Not long after sparking outrage inside and outside the country by barring right-wing frontrunner Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election, Romania has barred another populist from the contest, attributing the decision to the candidate's supposedly unacceptable policy stances and "making declarations "contrary to democratic values." Romania's electoral commission on Saturday announced that Diana Sosoaca would be banned from competing for the country's presidency. That news is troubling enough on its face, but the Central Election Bureau's rationale makes the development all the more chilling: Sosoaca is unfit for office because she has publicly voiced opposition to Romania's memberships in the European Union and NATO. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/romania-bars-another-nationalist-presidential-race-opposing-eu-nato-membership

But the center-right Demokraatit party just won Greenland’s parliamentary elections this week, and Greenland’s likely new prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has surprised many by quickly coming out so strongly against Trump's rhetoric on Greenland: "We don’t want to be Americans. No, we don’t want to be Danes. We want to be Greenlanders, and we want our own independence in the future," Nielsen, 33, told Britain’s Sky News. "And we want to build our own country by ourselves." That didn’t stop Trump from suggesting during a Thursday Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that Greenland’s election that it was “very good” for “us” and “the person who did the best is a very good person, as far as we’re concerned.” https://www.zerohedge.com/political/greenlands-election-winners-brush-back-trump-who-asserts-annexation-us-will-happen

No one ever lost money betting on the batshit crazy “policies” of the ferociously yapping Baltic chihuahuas. Their latest power play of sorts is a drive to turn the Baltic Sea into a NATO lake. What kind of black hole rump “Ukraine” will turn out to be after the end of the war – which may not even happen in 2025 – remains to be seen. What’s certain is that in the case of a Ukraine exit – whatever the modalities – enter Romania. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-balticblack-sea-power-games-red-lines-intersect-strange-war

Liberal-appointed Senator says Canada is ‘deeply bigoted’ against China! Senator Yuen Pau Woo was earlier named as a supposed beneficiary of foreign interference. 🇨🇦#MarkCarneyCantBeTrusted🇨🇦 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/liberal_appointed_senator_says_canada_is_deeply_bigoted_against_china

Zelenskyy willing to table resignation for NATO membership, peace with Russia: report! “If you need me to leave this chair, I am ready to do that; and I also can exchange it for NATO membership for Ukraine,” Zelenskyy told reporters on Sunday. 🇨🇦#MarkCarneyCantBeTrusted🇨🇦 🇨🇦#NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP🇨🇦 🇨🇦#SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud🇨🇦 🇨🇦#JustSayNoMore🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/zelenskyy_will_table_resignation_for_nato_membership_peace_with_russia_report

A Feb. 10 deadline for the 195 signatories of the Paris (climate) Agreement to publish and submit their emissions-reduction plans to the U.N. has come and gone with just 10 nations complying. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/only-10-195-countries-meet-un-deadline-submit-emissions-reduction-plans

Russia might agree to pay for Ukraine's rebuild if the EU just stays out. Trump To 'Force' Zelensky To Agree On Ceasefire By Easter According To Alleged Leaked Peace Plan ​The Trump administration is seeking to end the war within 100 days. ​"The unconfirmed plans, reported by Ukrainian outlet Strana, have been doing the rounds in 'political and diplomatic circles' in Ukraine, and will include a ceasefire by April 20 that would freeze Russia's steady advance, a ban on Ukraine from joining NATO, and a demand for Kyiv to accept Russian sovereignty on annexed land."...​ ..On top of these alleged key aspects​.. a ban on NATO admission, freezing the front lines, and agreeing to Russian sovereignty over the four annexed territories in the east... Ukrainian troops will be made to leave Russia's Kursk region, where it launched a counteroffensive in August, while a contingent of European soldiers, which could include British troops, would be asked to police a demilitarised zone. American troops will not be involved in this contingent. ​The EU will reportedly be asked to assist Ukraine in its reconstruction efforts, which may cost as much as $486billion (£392billion) over the next decade according to the German Marshall Fund thinktank. The plans will reportedly begin with a phone call between Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in early February, a meeting between the two warring leaders in late February to early March and an official ceasefire declaration of a ceasefire by April 20. ​ A declaration on the agreed parameters for ending the war would then be released by May 9, after which Kyiv would be asked not to extend martial law or mobilize troops.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-force-zelensky-agree-ceasefire-easter-according-alleged-leaked-peace-plan

The corruption at USAID is nothing new -- Senators and Congresmen knew this for years and most just looked the other way (likely because somehow they benefited) . . . 2 Decades Ago, A Senator's Probe Of USAID Funding Led To Government Transparency Reform Nearly 20 years ago, in October 2005, the refusal of USAID officials to admit they were funding a prostitution ring in India so angered Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that he vowed to introduce a new law enabling every U.S. citizen with the internet to quickly and easily find out how federal officials are spending his or her tax dollars.​ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/2-decades-ago-senators-probe-usaid-funding-led-government-transparency-reform

To end corruption in US governmental agencies is seen as an unlawful action among democrats and RINOs . . . https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/democrat-senator-im-ready-shut-down-government-stop/

1st Mountie to wear a turban among trio of new senators appointed by Justin Trudeau Baltej Dhillon of B.C., Martine Hébert from Quebec and Saskatchewan's Todd Lewis tapped to fill vacancies https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/baltej-dhillon-martine-h%C3%A9bert-todd-lewis-new-senators-1.7454173