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Third State to Introduce Legislation Classifying mRNA as Weapons of Mass Destruction or Biological Weapons *Dr. Joseph Sansone* Tennessee is the third state to see a version of the Sansone mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act introduced. American Patriot, Tennessee State Senator Janice Bowling introduced the ‘mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act’ (SB 1949) into the Tennessee legislature. The bill classifies mRNA as Weapons of Mass Destruction.…

It’s suppositionally possible that the Financial Times’ report becomes reality, but to be absolutely clear, this is pure guesswork and it’s much more likely that Russia won’t agree to that. *Andrew Korybko* The US signaled its support for NATO troops in Ukraine last month after Trump’s Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner praised the principle of security guarantees for the first time right after France and the UK committed to…

The issue was reportedly discussed on the sidelines of the Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi *FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / Sergey Elagin* [RT] Moscow and Washington are working on a deal to continue the New START nuclear reduction treaty, Axios reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the issue. The strategic arms control agreement officially expired on February 5. Signed in 2010, the treaty put caps…

Newly unsealed documents linked to the convicted sex offender have renewed scrutiny of the billionaire’s personal life and health-related dealings *Bill Gates. © Getty Images / Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News* [RT] Bill Gates has apologized for his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying he was *“foolish”* to spend time with him. In an interview with 9 News Australia released on…

*Clandestine* Observe the timeline: June 2025, Trump and Elon have a very public social media spat that leads to a falling out, in which Elon claims Trump is in the Epstein files. The result of this feud was a MASSIVE rise in public interest in Epstein, particularly on the Left. Jump to the present, Trump and Elon have slowly and quietly gotten back on good terms. Elon has attended multiple events with Trump, including private dinners,…

Finland has warned the US against using the term, arguing it risks diluting the bloc’s core mutual defense clause *Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen © Getty Images / Murat Gok;  Anadolu* [RT] Finland has privately urged US officials to avoid describing future security commitments to Ukraine as *“Article 5-like,”* warning the terminology could undermine NATO’s foundational…

Ryan Wesley Routh stalked the US president with a rifle during his 2024 campaign *A screen grab shows police forces arresting Ryan Wesley Routh in Florida. September 16, 2024. ©  Getty Images* [RT] A US federal court has sentenced Ryan Wesley Routh to life in prison for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf resort in 2024. Prosecutors said Routh, who was reportedly obsessed with the Ukraine conflict,…

Ukraine has become a world leader in black-market trafficking, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed *Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova ©  Ekaterina Chesnokova;  RIA Novosti* [RT] Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has alleged that members of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s administration are personally engaged in, and are…

The notorious pedophile found a playground to live out his darkest dreams *Jeffrey Epstein ©  Kypros / Getty Images* RT} Human trafficking, animal abuse, and scientific experiments that pushed the boundaries of humanity itself: Jeffrey Epstein had grand ambitions, and where better to pursue them than Ukraine? A wild west where everyone has a price, and citizens are little more than lab rats. Within days of Epstein’s 2019…

*Authored by Matthew Piepenberg via VonGreyerz.gold,* On Friday, January 30, 2026, the world learned (or rediscovered) just how grotesquely **rigged the paper gold and silver markets** truly are. **The Great (Yet Familiar) Fall** Despite no change whatsoever in global supply and demand forces, silver went from a $120 near-high on Thursday to a $78 low on Friday, marking this as the largest single-day crash (35%) in the silver market in…

In this episode of RT’s Sanchez Effect Rick discuss one of today’s top stories – the Epstein files. US Army infantry veteran, counselor-at-law, constitutionalist, advocate, writer, and historian Tyler Nixon joins Rick and slams the double standards of the US judiciary system – where there’s one set of rules for elites, and another for common people. Sanchez and Nixon agree that the main concern here is that US elites are owned by foreign…

Here’s how mysticism and witchcraft fueled Ukraine’s war mindset *By **Marina Akhmedova**, member of the presidential human rights council of Russia* *©  This image was generated using AI technology.* [RT] Yulia Mendel, former press secretary to Vladimir Zelensky, has made claims that would once have sounded like tabloid fantasy. Yet in today’s Ukraine, they land differently. Mendel says that Andrey Yermak, long the …

The RAND Corporation has urged big capital to seize the “business opportunity of the decade” while snubbing Russia *Ukraine offers far better investment opportunities than Russia for Western businesses, according to the influential US think tank RAND Corporation, known for its close defense ties. But the pitch to ‘big capital’ comes with caveats.* Opportunity of a decade In a Barron’s commentary two weeks ago, RAND Corp. senior economist…

The sex offender who represented the banking family claimed “many opportunities” would arise after the deadly Western-backed putsch *RT composite. ©  Rick Friedman Photography / Corbis via Getty Images; Sputnik / Andrey Stenin* Pedophile sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein treated the 2014 Western-backed coup in Kiev as a lucrative business opportunity, newly released documents suggest. The latest batch of Epstein-related files…

The Russian tech mogul has accused Paris of a broader crackdown on digital privacy and media freedom *Pavel Durov ©  AOP.Press / Corbis via Getty Images* [RT] Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has condemned France, saying it is *“not a free country”* after a raid on Elon Musk's X offices in Paris. The search was part of a probe into the social media platform’s Grok AI and its alleged generation of sexualized deepfake images of…

Diplomatic contact with Moscow was cut after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022 *French President Emmanuel Macron ©  Nicolas Economou / NurPhoto via Getty Images* [RT] Ukraine’s European backers are preparing for possible talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. The EU and UK cut off diplomatic communication with Moscow following the escalation of the…

Diplomacy is possible if talks are “free of threats and unreasonable expectations,” President Masoud Pezeshkian has said *Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. © Getty Images / Anadolu / Contributor* [RT] Iran has signaled a willingness to pursue diplomacy with the United States, while stressing that any dialogue must be free of pressure and respect Tehran’s stated position on its nuclear program. Tensions have run high…

Unsealed documents have raised big questions about the billionaire’s health agendas and personal scandals *RT composite. © Getty Images / Christophe Viseux; Rick Friedman; Henrik5000* Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files from the US Justice Department have delivered a barrage of revelations about Bill Gates’ entanglement with the convicted sex offender. Over 3 million pages of emails, notes, and photos paint a troubling…

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was shot in his own garden, a family source has claimed *Saif Gaddafi, son of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in London, July 24, 2002. ©  Sean Dempsey - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images* [RT] Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been assassinated, a source close to the family confirmed to RT on Tuesday. He was killed by four people *“who quickly fled the scene…

Berlin and Rome have reportedly aligned to reshape European policy *FILE PHOTO: Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni greets German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. ©  Leon Neal / Getty Images* [RT] Germany is moving to deepen ties with Italy as tensions rise with France over EU trade policy, Emmanuel Macron’s looming exit, and relations with US President Donald Trump, The Telegraph reported on Monday, citing diplomats from the…