Jul 30 2025

Episode 4666: Western Liberalism Is A Dying Star

Posted originally on Rumble By Bannon’s War Room on: July 29, 2025

Jul 30 2025

Episode 4667: Confirming Trump’s Judges; The Illicit Intelligence Machine

Posted originally on Rumble By Bannon’s War Room on: July 29, 2025

Jul 30 2025

Rickards: “He’s Being Sucked Into This War, It’s No Longer Biden’s War It’s Trump’s War.”

Posted originally on Rumble By Bannon’s War Room on: July 29, 2025

Jul 30 2025

EU and IMF Reconsider Funding Ukraine over Govt Corruption

Posted originally on Jul 30, 2025 by Martin Armstrong

Ukraine was well-known as the most corrupt nation in Europe, if not the world. This is why Ukraine was not permitted to join the European Union, as the bloc determined that the country needed to implement harsh anti-corruption measures if it wanted to join. The EU decided to give that same corrupt government endless funds in their proxy war with Russia. Now, the EU is threatening to freeze funding to Ukraine if government corruption continues.

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) lost their independent statuses last week after President Zelensky signed a law to usurp these agencies that are tasked with investigating high-level corruption. The EU has insisted since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity that these agencies remain independent. The promise was a main component of Ukraine’s accession into the bloc, but Zelensky is using martial law to consolidate power. EU officials warned that these actions “cross a red line,” and they are now reluctant to provide unconditional funding.

This is an issue that the people of Ukraine have been speaking out on. They realize that their government is corrupt, and many initially voted for Zelensky as he campaigned on the promise to end government corruption. My sources have said there are ongoing protests over Zelensky’s recent actions that have not been aired on any mainstream media outlet.

The EU is now holding off on providing $20 billion of the $50 billion promised to Ukraine under the Russian asset confiscation scheme. If corruption continues, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) plan to pause funding. The next package to Ukraine’s Facility Program has been reduced to 3.05 billion euros ($3.5 billion) from 4.5 billion euros ($5.2 billion) as a direct result of ongoing corruption. “Everything has been put on hold until the situation is corrected,” EU officials stated to Ukrainska Pravda.

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The European Union has provided Ukraine with $48.6 billion in funds since the war began, and provided another $9.3 billion through frozen Russian assets. Yaroslav Zheleznyak, deputy chairman of the parliamentary tax committee, admitted that Ukraine has only fulfilled 5 of the 11 requirements to join the European Union in a move that could cost Ukraine 3 billion euros. Ukraine is anticipating a 17.2 billion euro ERA loan and a 12.5 billion euro loan to the Ukraine Facility in 2025, but none of that will happen if Zelensky continues down his current path.

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Ukraine’s government has no checks and balances for how it spends these loans or donations. The government claims it is operating at a $19 billion deficit despite the large increase in aid. Analysts estimate that the deficit will rise to $40 billion if EU aid ceases. Now, the IMF stipulated that Ukraine needs to reduce its budget deficit to 10% of GDP in 2026 to continue to receive financing.

Several parliament members voting on the future of the NABU and SAPO are currently under investigation by those agencies. They’re going to vote in their best interest, as no government employee is actually a public servant. The Verkhovna Rada will reconsider the future of these anti-corruption agencies on July 31. Rest assured that the corruption will continue, but Zelensky cannot be as blatant about his dealings now that funding is on the line.

Jul 30 2025

Zelensky Urges Women and Seniors to Enlist

Posted originally on Jul 30, 2025 by Martin Armstrong

Where have we seen this before? President Volodymyr Zelensky is wiping through troops so rapidly that he is encouraging men and women over 60 years of age to enlist in the military. Previously prohibited, Zelensky signed the measure into law under the premise of martial law.

The new law encourages people over 60 to sign up for one-year military contracts if they are cleared to serve. There is now no maximum age of service. The Ukrainian military will place seniors under a two-month probationary period to see if they are fit to fight. I fear where they would place these individuals on the battlefield.

Last April, Zelensky also lowered the draft age from 27 to 25. Casualties outnumbered estimates, and in February 2025, Zelensky implemented one-year military contracts for teens and young adults aged 18 to 24 on a voluntary basis. The youngest and oldest among the population are encouraged to fight voluntarily, for now—again, where have we seen this before in modern history?

The Kyiv Independent recently published an article regarding the manpower shortage. Ukraine began a military campaign to specifically target women. They believe women are discouraged from fighting due to “Soviet-rooted prejudice” and are firing up the propaganda to encourage women to enlist. There are currently 70,000 women serving in Ukraine’s military, but the nation needs more women to replenish the ranks.

Ukraine’s military was slated to be around 1 million strong at the beginning of the year, but Zelensky wants to increase that number by 50%. “The Ukrainian army is the largest in Europe. The second place after us (France) is four times smaller than us,” Zelensky attempted to brag. “I think the French have about 200,000. We have 980,000.” Russia allegedly has 1.5 million troops but actual data is opaque.

Zelensky needs everyone in Ukraine to prepare for battle. Children are learning about firearms and ammunition in school. There will come a time when service is no longer voluntary for women, seniors, teens, and young adults. The entire civilian population is expected to sacrifice itself for the deadliest European conflict since World War II, which could have been prevented.

Jul 30 2025

Zelenskyy on Ropes – Ukranian Regime Grabs More Authoritarian Power Then Backtracks When Protests Erupt

Posted originally on CTH on July 29, 2025 | Sundance

The terms Ukraine and government corruption are synonymous regardless of who is funding the schemes. After Volodymyr Zelenskyy grabbed more power by stripping two key anti-corruption agencies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP), of their independence, protests erupted.

European leaders immediately noticed the intent of the power move and threatened Zelenskyy with a withdrawal of support. The current dictatorship of Zelensky and his small team then quickly reversed course. However, the damage is done, and once again Ukranian corruption is center stage.

It doesn’t matter how much western intelligence agencies and pro-Ukraine western govt officials try to hide the nature of the duck represented by Zelenskyy by calling him a swan, eventually the quacking returns – the mask drops.

UKRAINE – […] Some also cautioned that the agitation could spark a popular uprising like the one that toppled then-President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. “We are now in the face of the most dangerous development in all the years since Maidan,” wrote Sevgil Musayeva, editor-in-chief of the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper. And like others, she hazarded that Zelenskyy’s powerful Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak was behind the move, amid signs that NABU is preparing cases against presidential insiders.

Eventually, with public uproar mounting, Ukraine’s president bowed to the pressure and agreed to restore the independence of the agencies — a new law turning back the clock is meant to be voted on Thursday.

Among the insiders currently under investigation are former Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov and former Deputy Head of the Office of the President Rostyslav Shurma. Shurma was dismissed last year, after it emerged his brother was receiving green subsidies from the Ukrainian government for solar plants operating in Russian-occupied Donbas. Coincidentally, Shurma’s Munich home was raided by NABU investigators and German police in mid-July.

“It is critical not to lose the unity. To listen to people, to have dialogue, and so on,” Zelenskyy told reporters at a press briefing on Friday, explaining his about-face and consequent decision to restore the independence of the agencies in question.

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[…] some civil society leaders think targeting the agencies is a sign that Zelenskyy and his clan-like group of aides are starting to panic about his poor polling numbers. As it stands, his chances of winning the next election, when it is eventually held, appear remote, with former armed forces commander General Valery Zaluzhny, who Zelenskyy fired after clashing over war strategy, seen as most likely to get elected.

[…] The street protests in Ukraine have put Zelenskyy on notice, and they’re an indication that patience is wearing thin. (read more)

Everywhere you travel in Europe the one constant amid the ordinary working-class is their knowledge that Ukraine is a bastion of political corruption. The summer coastline of Europe is full of Ukrainian govt officials and very wealthy Ukranian businessmen spending money, a lot of money, that everyone knows is coming from USA and European subsidy.

Visible Ukraine corruption is a joke amid those who cannot afford pretending and those in the service industries in the vacation resorts all along the European coast.

Making it all worse, is the in-your-face aspect of it very visible from the Ukrainians staying in luxury hotels, villas and opulent residences while sneering through their designer sunglasses. “Meh, or she, is Ukrainian,” is the simple response to the rudeness when noted.

There may be no love for Vladimir Putin within the muscle memory of some older populations within some former Soviet states. However, amid the working-class and the portion of the younger generation self-inoculated from western propaganda, opinion of Zelenskyy is even lower.

Eastern European support for the Zelenskyy regime is akin to U.S. support during the Biden regime. The pretending exists in media and government officials’ proclamations only.

Don’t kid yourself, the politicians know it.