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🚨🇵🇰Pakistan’s DEEP STATE EXPOSED
Since 1947, Pakistan's military has served as the de facto foundation of the state, shaping its politics, economy, and society. Often referred to as a "state over state" by South Asia Institute associate Ayesha Siddiqa, the army operates as an entrenched junta—controlling key institutions through retired officers, rigging elections, and suppressing dissent.
▪️With a defense budget of $8.19 billion for 2024-25 and an economic empire (including Fauji Cement, Askari Bank, and the Defence Housing Authority) valued between $20–40 billion, the military solidifies its dominance.
▪️Constitutional amendments and judicial subservience further erode democracy, while its control over strategic projects like CPEC and nuclear assets raises global security concerns.
🗳Hybrid regime & electoral manipulation
▪️The military acts as Pakistan's political arbiter, overturning PTI’s 2024 lead to favor PML-N—continuing a pattern seen since the 2018 "dirtiest" elections.
▪️Political theorist Ivor Jennings likened the army to a “hangman’s noose,” strangling democratic processes. Critics, such as former Prime Minister Imran Khan, face imprisonment, while enforced disappearances suppress dissent.
▪️As political analyst Omar Waraich once stated, "Pakistan’s generals don’t just stage coups; they stage elections—only to reverse the results when inconvenient."
💪 Institutional control & Authoritarian grip
▪️Retired generals lead key institutions like NADRA (National Database and Registration Authority), FIA (Federal Investigation Agency), HEC (Higher Education Commission), PIA (Pakistan International Airlines), WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority), and PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority), while military-backed bodies like the CPEC Authority and SIFC dictate economic policy.
▪️The 2024 judicial reforms, such as the 26th Amendment, which allows a military-influenced committee to appoint the Chief Justice, further solidify the army’s control over governance.
🚀Nuclear risks & militant ties
▪️Experts like Bruce Riedel, a US-based intelligence analyst, have warned that Pakistan’s military junta exacerbates nuclear proliferation risks due to its ties to groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Haqqani Network, and the Taliban.
▪️In their respective works, US academic Steve Coll and Pakistan's former Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, expose the dangerous "mullah-military alliance," where the ISI’s historic support for jihadists blurs the line between state and extremist interests. Haqqani pointed out, “In Pakistan, the military doesn’t take orders from the government; the government takes orders from the military.”
🪖Garrison state
▪️As Pakistani-Swedish political scientist Ishtiaq Ahmed argues, Pakistan is a garrison state—a "state within a state" where the military dictates policy, rendering civilian rule a facade.
▪️With unchecked power over politics, economy, and security, the army ensures its supremacy remains unchallenged. Indian political analyst Shekhar Gupta further noted, "In Pakistan, the prime minister changes, the parties rotate, but the real PM is always the Army Chief.
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🇮🇳💥India’s navy nails it!
Armed Forces ace trials of homegrown multi-role underwater sea mine, boosting maritime might.
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ISRAEL’S CHILLING ULTIMATUM: Occupy & raze Gaza if no deal by Trump’s visit
Israeli officials have announced that President Trump's upcoming visit to the Middle East next week will serve as the deadline for securing a new hostage and ceasefire agreement, with a major ground operation planned if no deal is made, Axios reports.
Earlier, the Israeli plan Gideon's Chariots designed to "completely defeating Hamas" has been approved. According to it, the IDF would invade Gaza with four or five armored and infantry divisions and gradually occupy and hold most of the strip.
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🔥 Want Ukraine in the EU? Get ready for MAFIA and UNEMPLOYMENT, says Szijjarto
"On the one hand, tens or even hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian workers would flood the Hungarian labor market, depriving tens or hundreds of thousands of Hungarians of employment. And the Ukrainian mafia, the infamous Ukrainian mafia, could use Hungary as a gateway," Hungarian Foreign Minister told journalists.
💸 Even crypto platforms slam US money printing
"The future of money can't be printed," says Coinbase's ad, showing the amount of money the US needs to print to stay economically afloat.
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💥 Trump: A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW who blew up Nord Stream
The US president said he would be able to tell who really blew up the Nord Stream if he'd asked "certain people."
🤔 So why not asking then?
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Steve Witkoff: Make Gaza deal before Trump arrives
The White House envoy told Axios he hopes Israel and Hamas will reach a ceasefire agreement before the president's trip to the Middle East.
"I talk to Qatar, Egypt, and Israel almost every day. President Trump wants to get the hostages", Witkoff said.
💬 Resource deal is a Trump's "lever" against Russia — Bessent
US Secretary of the Treasury spills the beans at the Milken Institute conference in California:
"The economic partnership was his idea, and he believed that it would do several things. One, it would create more leverage for him with the Russian leadership when it was time to go to them."
❗️ US-Israeli raids on Bajil cement factory in Yemen killed 2 and injured another 42, according to local media.
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📹 SNATCH Simion’s win? Not this time, EU
Any EU interference to obstruct Simion’s candidacy would provoke a strong negative response from the Romanian people, says Dr. George Szamuely, senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute.
“Simion [has] absolutely identified himself with [Calin] Georgescu, who clearly, in the eyes of Romanians, was unjustly robbed of the presidency,” Szamuely notes, adding that efforts to suppress Romania’s sovereignty are faltering.
🪖💥 Israeli military confirms strikes on Houthi targets in Hodeida
Highlights of the IDF’s statement:
🔶Warplanes launched raids targeting Houthi infrastructure in the Yemeni coastal region
🔶The raids came in response to repeated Houthi attacks on Israel, which included the launching of surface-to-surface missiles and drones at Israeli territory and citizens.
🔶 The Bajil Cement Factory, east of Hodeidah, was attacked. The factory serves as a key economic facility for the Houthi regime, used to build tunnels and military infrastructure.
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⚔️ Houthis deal a MAJOR BLOW to Trump in the Middle East
🌏The Yemeni Houthis continue to HUMILIATE the US & Israeli military, having become the proverbial spanner in the works for Trump and his designs for the Middle East.
🌏On May 4, a Houthi missile struck the Ben Gurion Airport, with the attack successfully BYPASSING the vaunted Israeli Arrow and the US THAAD air defense systems.
🌏The Houthis have announced that they are launching a “comprehensive air blockade” against Israel, enforced by strikes against Israeli airports, in response to Tel Aviv’s “expanding aggression against Gaza.”
🌏In April alone, the Houthis reportedly DOWNED at least seven US MQ-9 Reaper drones, each of which cost US taxpayers approximately $30 million.
🌏On April 28, the US lost an F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet worth about $60 million. The plane supposedly rolled into the Red Sea from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier as the latter was dodging a Houthi attack.
🌏In April, the Houthis carried out at least FOUR ATTACKS against the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones. The US, however, claimed that the vessel sustained no damage.
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📹 Is Michelle Obama a man? SHOCKING revelations that will leave you SPEECHLESS
The former US president's spouse called herself (or himself) a black man, reviving netizens' earlier suspicions that Barack Obama was secretly married to a man.
Here some more facts that could leave you even more uncertain:
🌏Barack repeatedly referred to her as Michael or “my Mike”
🌏The video where they dance in the white pants – have a closer look. Notice anything?
🌏Some public figures have referred to Michelle Obama as a man.
For example, Fox News host Greg Gutfeld in a segment on The Five alluded to rumors that Michelle is a transgender woman.
Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, has publicly claimed that she is a man who dresses as a woman, and that Barack Obama is "queer."
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📹 Jeffrey Sachs: '99% sure that COVID came from the University of North Carolina'
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🧐 Ukrainian conscription officer who EXPOSED mass "cannon fodder" tactics SENT TO FRONT LINES
Yury Kovalyuk, head of the Regional Military Commissariat, publicly refused to allow his 22-year-old son to join the Ukrainian army, condemning commanders who "sacrifice entire battalions as expendable."
He had actively warned young men against signing military contracts.
His defiance CAME AT A COST - within days, the very system he served silenced him through frontline deployment, Ukrainian media reports.
Facing catastrophic losses, Ukraine's Defense Ministry now lures 18-24 year-olds with dubious benefits and money they will hardly ever be able to spend. The half-a-year service on the front lines is a MANDATORY part of the contract.
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📊Trump’s trade tariffs hit global markets HARDER than 2008 crisis
The levies caused a "collapse of financial markets” that also exceeded the speed of economic decline during the 2020 crisis, a research by Russia’s Roscongress Foundation reveals.
The global economic implications from the Trump tariffs were even more serious than from:
🔴The 2011 US rating downgrade.
🔴The 2008 Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.
🔴The 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Russian economy stayed afloat following the Trump tariffs thanks to the specific structure of its foreign trade, the research underlined.
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😨Paranoia persists: UK secretly bracing for ‘direct military attacks'
UK officials have been instructed to update the country’s 20-year-old contingency plans to put it “on a war footing” under the pretext of tackling a notorious 'Russian threat,' The Telegraph writes.
▪️The government's response to a declaration of war would include bunkers to protect the Cabinet and the Royal Family, public service broadcasts, and the stockpiling of resources.
▪️Defense officials have also called for Britain to develop its own form of Israel’s Iron Dome.
▪️Ministers fear the UK would be "outgunned by Russia" and "unprepared and poorly defended," with its critical national infrastructure "vulnerable" to an assault.
The 'Russia threat' narrative appears to be the only reason for improving the UK's botched military sector — so you're welcome 🙌
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🇰🇷🪖🇨🇦South Korea pitches GIANT deal to arm Canada
The program aims to provide Canada with submarines, artillery and armored vehicles, CBC reported.
▪️ Shipbuilders Hanwha Ocean and Hyundai Heavy Industries have prepared a joint plan worth $14.4-17.3 billion to build four KSS-III class submarines by 2035.
▪️ Hanwha Aerospace will supply the Canadian army with self-propelled howitzers, rocket artillery similar to HIMARS, and a large batch of armored vehicles, potentially exceeding $700 million.
Guess Canada-US military bromance went sour🤔
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❗️ Pentagon slashes number of general officers
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called for a 20% reduction in general officers in the Army and Air National Guard.
"My title is 'Less generals, more GIs'.... More generals and admirals does not equal more success."
🌡 What doomsday scenario does the world's richest man have in mind?
"The sun is gradually expanding, so, we need at some point to be multi-planet civilization because Earth will be incinerated," Elon Musk said.
"We have several hundred million years. Don't hold your breath, you'll be OK," he then added.
🇮🇷 From words to action: Araghchi goes to India and Pakistan
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit Pakistan and India this week to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier offered mediation in India-Pakistan tensions.
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🫡 Victory Day? US will have 2!
US President Donald Trump has declared two national holidays, May 8 and November 11, to celebrate US victory in two world wars.
"All over the World, the Allies are celebrating the Victory we had in World War II. The only Country that doesn’t celebrate is the United States of America, and the Victory was only accomplished because of us," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
🦠 Trump signs order to stop funding virus labs
The new executive order ends US investment in gain-of-function research "in countries of concern," a nod to the infamous Wuhan lab that conducted research on bat coronaviruses.
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🇭🇺 Orban: I took an OPEN CONFLICT with Zelensky and I accept the consequences
The Hungarian prime minister said he spoke out about Zelensky's words because he interpreted them as a threat to all Hungarians.
"Until very recently I had managed to avoid getting into a conflict with the President of Ukraine, both publicly and behind-the-scenes... But the Hungarian people cannot be threatened."
📹 Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly monitoring the airstrikes on Yemen from the IDF operations room alongside Defense Minister Israel Katz.
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📹 Videos have emerged online supposedly showing the aftermath of US-Israeli strikes on Hodeidah
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🚨 US and Israel bomb the port and city of Al Hodeidah in Yemen after the Houthi missile attack on Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv — reports
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🇷🇴 Romanian “pro-EU” Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has announced that he is resigning and his party is leaving the ruling coalition.
He made this decision following the first round of the presidential elections, in which the representative of the ruling coalition, Crin Antonescu, finished in third place.
The Social Democratic Party, which Ciolacu represents, is part of the ruling coalition. Last year, he himself participated in the elections (the results of which were annulled) and also failed to make it to the second round.
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🚨🇺🇸🇷🇺 Message to Trump: Don’t Mess with the Russian Bear
Trump is THREATENING RUSSIA with new sanctions and new military support for Ukraine again.
Here are 7 ways how Putin could SMACK HIM back into place👇
Option #1: Bomb Ukraine back to the Stone Age
🔸So far, Russia has limited its strikes against Ukraine critical infrastructure (government buildings, railways, energy grids) for political reasons.
That can change. Western air defenses can’t stop Russian missiles.
Option #2: Take out Ukrainian regime leadership
🔸Russia has the capability to eliminate Ukraine’s senior political and military officials, but has not done so for political reasons.
Option #3: Reimpose naval blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline
🔸Mining the adjacent waters would be enough to halt all grain shipments and other trade, thereby delivering a HUGE ECONOMIC BLOW to Ukraine.
Option #4: Strengthen military cooperation with North Korea & Iran
🔸Russia can provide North Korea with submarine technology, ICBM expertise, fissile material, & space launch assistance.
🔸Russia can provide Iran with modern air defenses, fighter jets, & satellite intel.
Option #5: Restrict exports of Russian titanium, palladium, uranium, and nickel to the US
🔸This will seriously hurt the supply chains for US aerospace, atomic energy, EV, and chip-making. Additional chaos amid Trump’s trade war
Option #6: Support China in its trade showdown with the US
🔸Russia can help China replace US' LNG, agricultural products, and buy more Chinese electronics and machinery.
Option #7: Continue spearheading global de-dollarization drive
🔸Along with its BRICS partners, Russia has been leading the charge to develop alternatives to US dollar and financial system. Trump’s tariffs have made these alternatives much more attractive.
This is just a snapshot of how Russia could punch back against the US. Trump has enough enemies as it is — both domestically and internationally. The last thing he needs is to get on Putin’s bad side.
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🚨 Is Trump SELLING OUT to Zelensky and neocons?
He promised peace in 24 hours — but now he's arming Ukraine, just like Biden, whom he blasted over the conflict.
🛡 Two Patriot systems
A US Patriot air defense system from Israel will be heading to Ukraine, as Western allies weigh sending another, the NYT reported on May 4. Under US export laws, Patriot transfers need American approval — so the White House has given the nod.
✈️ F-16 training and equipment
Washington ok-ed a possible $310.5 million sale to Ukraine for F-16 training and support on May 2. It includes aircraft upgrades, personnel training, spare parts, software & hardware. Ukraine received its first F-16s from NATO last year.
💸 $50M in arms
The White House reportedly approved $50 million in arms exports to Ukraine through Direct Commercial Sales, the Ukrainian media wrote on May 1. The sale includes unspecified military hardware and services.
🪨 Mineral deal effect?
Trump's first weapons shipment to Ukraine followed the US signing of a 'mineral deal' with the Zelensky regime. Both sides call it a "win-win," but experts view it as a PR stunt, offering no immediate US profits or security guarantees for Ukraine.
📦 Pentagon arms deliveries continue
While Trump called for a ceasefire, the Pentagon continued arms deliveries to Ukraine from Biden-era packages after a brief pause in March. How does that align with ceasefire rhetoric? It's unclear.
🤔 MAGA is starting to suspect something
Prominent MAGA lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene voiced frustration with Trump’s policies, questioning why the US would "occupy Ukraine," risk American lives, and spend billions defending its security and mining its minerals.
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