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Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov Discusses WWIII

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The TPLF TLDR

The long feud between Eritrea and Ethiopia stems from the territorial ambitions of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The Tigray regional state of Ethiopia borders Eritrea. The TPLF, governing Ethiopia since 1991, claimed and occupied territory awarded to Eritrea by an international boundary commission. In 2018 Mass protests, primarily in the Oromia region, lead to the TPLF being ousted from governing Ethiopia by their previously subordinate coalition 'partners'. The TPLF remained popular and in power in their home region state of Tigray.

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Philip Pilkington has been watching the recent wire-tap scandal with Steve Witkoff and Russian official Yuri Ushakov with interest. There is only one country with the capabilities to pull off that kind of intelligence breach, he suggests. And as a result of this and much else, that country may soon find itself off the special list. So what then? What is Britain’s destiny if it can’t eat at America’s table? And how will America re-make itself in a world where it treats its historic allies so lightly? And what will that mean in turn for the wider Western alliance?

Chorus content creator Allie O’Brien tries to clap back at guest Taylor Lorenz’s WIRED article, but the very contract she waves around confirms the reporting on secret disclosure clauses, restrictions on criticizing Democrats, the program’s structured trainings, and its dark money funding.

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George Beebe: Ending NATO Expansion is Required for Peace in Ukraine