5️⃣ UKRAINE UNDER SIEGE WHILE TRUMP PROVIDES PUTIN COVER
Putin unleashed over 1,000 missiles across Ukraine in just three days while Trump continues his "two weeks" charade about ending the war. This isn't diplomacy—it's providing operational cover for genocide. Every "two weeks" delay gives Russia time to fortify positions and prepare summer offensives while Ukrainian cities burn. The Senate bill with 80 co-sponsors supporting Ukraine sits dormant as Trump's performative peace theater enables Putin's systematic destruction of a democracy fighting for survival.
4️⃣ MUSK'S BLACK EYE BECOMES METAPHOR FOR DOGE'S SURVEILLANCE STATE MISSION
Friday's excruciating Oval Office performance revealed everything wrong with Trump's efficiency theater. Musk appeared visibly impaired with a black eye he blamed on his five-year-old, hours after explosive drug allegations surfaced. But the real revelation came when Trump admitted the entire "departure" was fake: "Elon is really not leaving." After promising $2 trillion in cuts and delivering $19 billion—0.5% of federal spending—DOGE's real mission becomes clear. It was never about efficiency. Musk's operatives infiltrated every agency, captured massive data troves including Social Security numbers and banking information, and built the surveillance infrastructure for authoritarian control.
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