Russian President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vladimir-putin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vladimir Putin</a> is planning to move tactical nuclear weapons to storage facilities in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/belarus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Belarus</a> — and potentially deploy them from that location later — in a move he compared to U.S. nuclear installments in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nato" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NATO</a> countries.
Russia is building storage units for the weapons that are expected to be ready on July 1, according to the <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/32cdce4a-7f89-4c3a-a9b3-fa113d87bef3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Financial Times</a>. Lukashenko has allowed Belarus to serve as a staging ground for the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the earliest days of the war.
Putin said in remarks on Saturday that he was moving the nuclear weapons to Belarus in response to a longstanding request from Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to counter NATO. He also said the move is a counter to the U.K.’s decision to send armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium to Ukraine.
Moscow would retain control of the nuclear armaments, Putin said.
“There is nothing unusual here: first of all, the US has been doing this for decades,” Putin said. “They placed their tactical nuclear weapons in six different allied NATO countries in Europe. … We have agreed to do the same thing, without, I stress, violating our international non-proliferation obligations.”
“They have [tactical nuclear weapons] in certain countries, prepare the delivery systems, and train the crews. We’re planning to do the same thing,” he added.
In response to the Russian maneuvering, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Ukraine called for members of the council to intervene directly to stop the nuclear threat.
“Ukraine expects effective actions to counter the nuclear blackmail of the Kremlin,” Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement, according to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-warns-against-russian-threat-to-put-nuclear-weapons-in-belarus-fd94ae39" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a>. “We demand to immediately convene an extraordinary meeting of the U.N. Security Council for this purpose.”
Russia’s move appears calculated to threaten that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate to a nuclear conflict, though officials in the U.S. remain skeptical that Putin would actually follow through with a nuclear strike. U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the White House is monitoring Russia’s moves, but has no reason to believe that Moscow intends to use the nuclear weapons.
“We have not seen any indication that he has made good on this pledge or moved any nuclear weapons around,” Kirby <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/03/26/us-russia-nuclear-weapon-belarus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on Sunday. “We’ve in fact seen no indication he has any intention to use nuclear weapons, period, inside Ukraine.”
It’s unclear how many tactical nuclear weapons Putin intends to house in Belarus. The U.S. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-belarus-nuclear-weapons-2d9584534da25c00c56dbf7b14694e0e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimates</a> that Russia’s entire nuclear arsenal comprises around 2,000 such bombs.

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Danish investigators invited the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nord-stream-pipeline" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nord Stream</a> pipelines’ Russian operator to inspect and help recover an unidentified object found near the only remaining intact pipeline on Thursday.
Last week, the pipelines’ Swiss-based operator found the cylindrical object jutting over a foot out of the seabed during an inspection of the last intact pipeline, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-invites-nord-stream-operator-help-salvage-unidentified-object-2023-03-23/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>. The other three pipelines that make up the Nord Stream network, which carries natural gas from Russia to Germany, were blown up in September in what several countries’ investigators have said was an intentional act of sabotage.
“With a view to further clarifying the nature of the object, Danish authorities have decided to salvage the object with assistance from the Danish Defence,” Denmark’s Energy Agency said in a statement Thursday. “The Danish Energy Agency has in that context invited the owner of the pipeline, Nord Stream 2 AG, to participate in the operation.”
Despite months of investigating, officials have yet to formally accuse anyone of blowing up the pipelines. German investigators have said the party of a yacht rented several weeks before the explosions is raising red flags. The mysterious crew, which rented the boat on September 6, has ties to Ukraine, investigators <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/nord-stream-pipeline-blasts-lead-to-ukraine-media-reports-germany/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, dismissed questions that Ukraine’s government had been involved in the Nord Stream explosions.
“Although I enjoy collecting amusing conspiracy theories about the [Ukrainian] government, I have to say: [Ukraine] has nothing to do with the Baltic Sea mishap and has no information about ‘pro-[Ukraine] sabotage groups,’” Podolyak <a href="https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1633160394427494415" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on social media.
Investigators say that the 50-foot-long yacht Andromeda, rented from a harbor in northern Germany, could have served as a staging point for divers to swim down to the pipelines on the bed of the Baltic Sea and rig them with explosives. The boat carried traces of explosives when investigators examined it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was under suspicion of ordering the sabotage early on, though no evidence has been found connecting Russia with the explosions. It is unclear what motive Putin would have to carry out the attack, and skeptics have pointed out that if Russia wanted the pipelines offline, it could have cut off the supply of fuel.
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Putin has dismissed reports that suggested Ukraine or pro-Ukraine militants were responsible for sabotaging the pipeline.
“One should always look for those who are interested. And who is interested? Theoretically, of course, the United States is interested,” Putin <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-nord-stream-blasts-carried-out-state-level-2023-03-14/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. The Russian president added that whoever was responsible needed state support to pull it off.
The United States has been pointed to as a potential culprit, earning early suspicion because of some of President Joe Biden’s past opposition to Nord Stream and his pledge to “stop it.” Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who won a 1970 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, but whose later journalism has been strongly questioned, reported in February that the United States sabotaged the pipeline with help from Norway.
The U.S. and Norway have denied Hersh’s <a href="https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-took-out-the-nord-stream">report</a>, which has not been corroborated. “This is false and complete fiction,” White House spokeswoman Adrienne Watson told Hersh.

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An air defense system that protected a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S.</a> coalition base in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/syria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Syria</a> was “not fully operational” when a suspected Iranian drone hit the base on Thursday, killing a U.S. contractor and wounding six Americans.
Why the system struggled or if it would have made a difference in the drone strike if it had been working properly is unknown. U.S. officials are investigating the matter, military officials told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/us/politics/syria-us-contractor-killed-iran-drone.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>. Other defense systems at the U.S. base near Hasakah, Syria, were functioning normally but did not stop the attack.
The United States carried out a series of retaliatory airstrikes on facilities in Syria belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), which supports militant groups in the region with training and supplies. The U.S. airstrikes hit a munition warehouse, a control building, and an intelligence-collection site. Eight militants died in the strikes, according to a group that tracks conflict in Syria.
The Pentagon revealed the attack on the U.S.-coalition base and the airstrikes against IRGC-backed facilities on Thursday evening.
“At the direction of President Biden, I authorized U.S. Central Command forces to conduct precision airstrikes tonight in eastern Syria against facilities used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC),” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-contractor-killed-service-members-wounded-in-drone-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement. “The airstrikes were conducted in response to today’s attack as well as a series of recent attacks against Coalition forces in Syria by groups affiliated with the IRGC.”
“As President Biden has made clear, we will take all necessary measures to defend our people and will always respond at a time and place of our choosing,” he added. “No group will strike our troops with impunity.”
Militants <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-proxies-fire-missiles-at-u-s-base-in-syria-after-airstrikes-kill-eight-militants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to the U.S. airstrikes with a missile attack on a U.S.-coalition base near Al-Omar oil field in Syria on Friday. No injuries were reported in the attack.
The spate of violence comes at a time when Iran has grown increasingly influential and aggressive in the region. Iran has been aided in its rise by China. Beijing brokered a peace agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
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Iran also may receive an air defense system from Russia, which Iran is backing in its war against Ukraine. Iran has been supplying lethal aid to Russia, including drones.
U.S. forces in Syria are on high alert for attacks from Iran-backed groups. The U.S. military estimates that Iran-backed terror groups have carried out 78 attacks on U.S. troops in the country since 2021.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a>-backed proxy groups fired missiles at a U.S. military base near Al-Omar oil field in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/syria" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Syria</a> on Friday after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S.</a> killed eight militants in retaliatory airstrikes.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby called the Friday missile attack ineffective. No U.S. injuries were reported, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/missile-attack-targets-us-base-east-syria-security-source-media-2023-03-24/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>.
The attack came after the United States delivered airstrikes against what the U.S. military said were facilities belonging to Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). The American airstrikes hit a munition warehouse, a control building, and an intelligence-collection site, killing eight militants, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/23/us/politics/syria-drone-attack-us-base.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
U.S. forces <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-contractor-killed-service-members-wounded-in-drone-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suffered</a> one casualty after a drone of “Iranian origin” struck a U.S. coalition base on Thursday afternoon. Five U.S. service members and another contractor were also injured in the attack.
The family of the dead contractor was notified Thursday night, Kirby said during a Friday morning appearance on CNN. The contractor was an American citizen.
Kirby stated that the U.S. would protect its service members and bases in the wake of the deadly attack. He said that the U.S. has made clear to Iran that it should not be involved in militant attacks on U.S.-led forces in Syria or elsewhere. He noted that Iran has continued to arm and train militants in Syria, however.
Asked if the U.S. would seek war with Iran over the drone strike, Kirby said no.
“We don’t seek a war with Iran. We’re not looking for an armed conflict with that country, or another war in the region,” Kirby said. “We do seek to make sure we can protect our people and our facilities against these Iran-backed groups. These are militant groups that Iran is funding, resourcing, even training. And they’ve got facilities there, Iran and the IRGC has facilities there in Syria from which a lot of that resourcing and training and facilitation occurs, and it was against some of those targets again that we struck back last night.”
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Militant attacks on U.S. forces are common in Syria. Since 2021, the Pentagon estimates that Iran-backed groups have carried out 78 attacks on U.S. troops in the country.
The U.S. military has over 900 troops and hundreds more contractors in Syria working with Kurdish fighters to ensure that the Islamic State, which controlled much of Syria and Iraq in 2014, cannot rebuild itself, according to the Times. Though the Islamic State has been pushed from most of its territory, pockets of terror groups still exist and continue to attack coalition forces.

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The window to prevent an Israeli strike against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a>’s growing nuclear program is closing quickly, a retired Israeli military general says.
Retired Brigadier General Amir Avivi says that the United States’ retreat from the Middle East, which has allowed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia</a> to move in, is quickly limiting Israel’s options for avoiding conflict. Israel’s timeframe for launching a strike against Iran has shortened to potentially as little as a few months.
An Israeli strike against Iran “is bad for everybody, but this is at the moment what’s going to happen, and maybe happen in three months, in six months, maybe a year,” Avivi told <a href="https://freebeacon.com/national-security/israel-could-strike-iran-in-three-months-retired-israeli-general-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Free Beacon</a>. Avivi spent three decades in the Israel Defense Forces before becoming the chairman of an Israeli national security think tank, the Israel Defense and Security Forum.
Iran and Russia have deepened ties since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war last year. Iran has reportedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-ups-weapons-shipments-to-russia-with-millions-of-rounds-of-ammo-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provided</a> Russia with ammo and drones to fuel its war machine while pressuring Moscow to <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-733214" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supply</a> Tehran with S-400 missile systems. The anti-air missile system would bolster Iran’s defensive capabilities and make delivering a strike against sensitive or high-priority targets more difficult for Israel.
“At the moment, the U.S. is sitting on the fence, not deciding to lead and build a coalition that will stabilize [the region] and challenge” the Iran-Russia alliance, Avivi said.
“We managed for many years to prevent the Russians from giving the Iranians many capabilities, mainly air defense,” Avivi said. “But now the Russians are so dependent on Iran that they’re willing to assist Iran further. Israel needs to take into account that it’s not only about this red line, but our ability to act.”
Former President Donald Trump had begun to build such a coalition around the Abraham Accords and checking Iran. Progress faltered after President Joe Biden entered office on more confrontational footing with Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the region, over its human rights record.
Earlier this month, Saudi Arabia and Iran <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/arch-rivals-iran-and-saudi-arabia-agree-to-revive-ties-reopen-embassies.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">struck</a> a peace agreement and agreed to resume diplomatic relations. The agreement was mediated by China, which has extended its influence in the Middle East along with Russia as the U.S. has drawn back.
“We were very concerned that the consequences of the U.S. not being proactive in the Middle East would push the Saudis into the China-Russian axis,” Avivi said. “However, this is not irreversible. The U.S. must make it clear that they will be very active in the Middle East—enough to gain the confidence of allies that they will not abandon them.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced concerns over the progress that Iran has made toward becoming a nuclear power at a national security conference in February. Iran has enriched uranium up to 84%. Weapons-grade uranium is 90%.
“The only thing that has credibly stopped rogue nations from developing nuclear weapons is a credible military threat or a credible military action,” Netanyahu <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-732319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“You can couple that with crippling economic sanctions, but that&#8217;s not a sufficient condition. A necessary condition, and an often sufficient condition, is credible military action,” he continued. “The longer you wait, the harder that becomes. We&#8217;ve waited very long.”

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I regret to inform you the Anglos are attacking the Irish way of life again. Though the threat is not from Cromwell nor the Crown, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meads-happy-st-patricks-day-except-to-joe-biden-the-phony-irishman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emerald Isle</a> has been infected with an American brand of progressivism that seeks to indoctrinate the rest of the world.
Worse, it seems plenty of the Irish are all too happy to go along with this 21st-century colonization. From how it handles social issues to the refugee crisis to placing its own citizens last, Ireland seems hellbent on adopting all the Woke the West has to offer.
If you have been paying even a modicum of attention, you know that the influence of the Roman Catholic Church has been decimated in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-story-of-saint-patrick-how-a-former-slave-brought-christianity-to-ireland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">land of St.Patrick</a>. As a result, fundamental changes to its society have taken place in a dramatically short period of time. For example, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ireland-votes-overwhelmingly-overturn-8th-frank-camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion was legalized in 2018</a> for the first time ever, which was shocking and a true sign of the times. The usual arguments spewed by anti-life American politicians and activists were uttered by abortion advocates in Ireland.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a woman&#8217;s right!&#8221; many supporters argued. But they, too, have trouble defining what a woman is.
In 2021, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/irelands-rose-of-tralee-contest-for-young-women-invites-transgender-individuals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">international Rose of Tralee</a> let it be known that lads around the globe are welcome in the competition — so long as they identify as a &#8220;woman.&#8221; The organizers of the decades-old competition not only welcome such men, but encourage them to join.
Keep in mind these ladies compete for the title of the “Rose” and are judged based on the maiden who embodies the virtues found in a 19th-century ballad about a rich Protestant who falls in love with a Catholic woman named Mary who lives in Kerry.
The two most prominent virtues are &#8220;lovely and fair.&#8221; Suffice it to say the contest has since strayed from those values.
To make matters worse, Ireland&#8217;s official St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Celebration was cannibalized by those who used the Christian holiday to promote all things drag and tout the hallmark of American neoliberal values.
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The St. Patrick&#8217;s Day Festival 2023 featured a litany of drag queens and drag-themed events. Ireland&#8217;s Arts Minister Catherine Martin previously told the press that the purpose of this year&#8217;s event was to promote two planks of diversity and inclusion.
“The theme ‘We Are One’ is about inclusivity and there’s no better time than St Patrick’s Day to have that welcoming message, that cead míle fáilte, that we are one as a people and to celebrate diversity too,&#8221; Martin <a href="https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/inclusivity-takes-centre-stage-at-we-are-one-st-patricks-festival-2023-with-hopes-for-500000-people-to-attend-parade-42320050.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Had she mentioned equity, she would have earned a perfect 10 on the DEI scorecard in the game of Critical Race Theory.
Not to be outdone by the Biden administration&#8217;s willingness to open its borders, the Irish government is also intent on winning the race to puts its own citizens last. Over the past year, a number of protests have popped up in defiance of waves of refugees and asylum seekers coming ashore amid a housing crisis, inflationary woes, and other economic issues.
“It’s not about racism. There is no room for them,” one individual <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/anti-immigration-protesters-march-dublin-ireland-refugees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Guardian at a recent anti-refugee protest. “Why should migrants skip Irish people on the housing list? I won’t accept it.”
Since the start of the Russian-Ukraine war, Ireland has accepted more than 65,000 migrants from around the globe. Per The Guardian, the government was housing 73,000 migrants comprised of 54,000 Ukrainians and 19,000 international protection applicants as of January 2023. Last year, that figure was 7,500, the British newspaper reported.
Those who oppose such migration are vilified as racists or white supremacists. However, internal government documents <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/01/04/dealing-with-refugee-crisis-likely-to-become-more-challenging-in-2023-briefings-warn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicate that the nation&#8217;s social support system</a> is indeed teetering on the edge of disaster due to the heavy influx of foreign nationals.
If this all sounds familiar, it is because these are some of the same problems Americans are facing in the United States.
The irony is that in the West&#8217;s push for ideological homogeneity, we&#8217;re ruining &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hero-elon-musk-blasts-one-world-government-at-world-government-summithttps://www.dailywire.com/news/hero-elon-musk-blasts-one-world-government-at-world-government-summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">civilizational diversity</a>&#8221; to borrow a phrase from Elon Musk. The &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-fires-the-woke-mind-virus-is-either-defeated-or-nothing-else-matters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woke Mind Virus</a>,&#8221; as he has called it, is infecting and destroying other nations, just as it is here in America.
That virus is a new form of imperialism, this time not advanced by the British, but by the U.S. It starts on college campuses, perhaps before, and then gets promoted throughout the world. It seems evident that when people like the aforementioned Martin say, &#8220;We are one,&#8221; they don&#8217;t mean an Ireland with its unique heritage and borders, language, and culture, rather they want to be part of &#8220;one&#8221; global government of sorts, built on the foundations of American Leftism.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-american-values-biden-admin-funding-ecuadorian-drag-shows-for-diversity-and-inclusion-efforts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New American Values: Biden Admin. Funding Ecuadorian Drag Shows For ‘Diversity And Inclusion’ Efforts</a>

The Irish national flag and the rainbow flag seen at The Custom House in Dublin. On Thursday, 10 June 2021, in Dublin, Ireland.

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Russian officials shared plans to salvage the remains of a U.S. military drone that crashed into the Black Sea on Tuesday.
“I don’t know if we can recover them or not, but we will certainly have to do that, and we will deal with it,” Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, said during televised remarks Wednesday. “I certainly hope for success,&#8221; he added, according to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-drone-pentagon-9f4b3e8fdd719c0fa91a0683228b9e51" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>.
Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, told a reporter that he believes Moscow has the resources for such an operation. &#8220;The way I see it, there are such technical capabilities,&#8221; he said, per <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1589205" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russian state-run media</a>.
<a href="https://www.eucom.mil/pressrelease/42314/russian-aircraft-collides-into-us-unmanned-system-in-international-waters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The U.S. military says</a> one of two Russian Su-27 aircraft conducting an intercept struck a propeller of a MQ-9 surveillance drone conducting routine operations in international airspace, causing U.S. forces to bring the aircraft down in international waters. State Department spokesman Ned Price <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-says-a-russian-fighter-jet-hit-an-american-drone-over-the-black-sea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described the incident as a</a> “brazen violation of international law.&#8221;
Russia&#8217;s defense ministry claims the drone flew toward the Russian border with its transponders turned off and was in violation of airspace restrictions set up for its &#8220;special military operation&#8221; in Ukraine, according to <a href="https://tass.com/politics/1589195" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state-run news agency TASS</a>.
The defense ministry also denied Russia&#8217;s fighter jets came into contact with the drone and claimed the U.S. aircraft hit the water due to &#8220;uncontrollable maneuvering.&#8221;
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told CNN on Wednesday that recovery of the drone&#8217;s remnants may be impossible for the United States.
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&#8220;I’m not sure that we’re going to be able to recover it. Where it fell into the Black Sea — very, very deep water,&#8221; Kirby said. &#8220;We’re still assessing whether there can be any recovery effort. There may not be.&#8221;
Without going into detail, Kirby added the U.S. took steps to &#8220;minimize any intelligence value that might come from somebody else getting their hands on that drone.&#8221;
The drone threatens to escalate an already tense situation as the U.S. and its Western allies provide military support to Ukraine in its efforts to ward off a full-scale invasion by Russian forces.
&#8220;The incident with the American MQ-9 Reaper UAV — provoked by Russia over the Black Sea — is [Russian President Vladimir] Putin&#8217;s way of signaling his readiness to expand the conflict to involve other parties,&#8221; said Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-try-recovering-downed-us-drone-us-vows-protect-our-equities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per Fox News</a>. &#8220;The purpose of this all-in tactic is to always be raising the stakes.&#8221;
While Russia&#8217;s ambassador to the U.S. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-warned-washington-not-violate-152745830.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly claimed he told Washington</a> that Russia would &#8220;no longer allow anybody to violate our waters,&#8221; the Defense Department insisted the U.S. military will not be making any concessions.
“Make no mistake, the United States will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows,&#8221; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/15/politics/lloyd-austin-russian-aircraft-us-drone/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>. &#8220;And it is incumbent upon Russia to operate as military aircraft in a safe and professional manner.&#8221;

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The U.S. will sell three to five nuclear-powered submarines to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia</a> beginning in the early 2030s, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> announced on Monday, prompting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> to respond with a direct warning to America and its allies.
Biden made the announcement as part of the AUKUS Partnership alongside British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. The deal marks the first time since 1959 that the U.S. will share nuclear submarine technology with an ally, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-issues-ominous-threat-biden-australia-nuclear-submarine-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“Our unprecedented trilateral cooperation … is testament to the strength of the longstanding ties that unite us and to our shared commitment of ensuring the Indo-Pacific remains free and open, prosperous and secure, defined by opportunity for all — a shared commitment to create a future rooted in our common values,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/03/13/remarks-by-president-biden-prime-minister-albanese-of-australia-and-prime-minister-sunak-of-the-united-kingdom-on-the-aukus-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
The president clarified that the submarines going to Australia would be &#8220;nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed.&#8221; China, nevertheless, blasted the three countries, arguing that the deal could violate the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
&#8220;The latest joint statement issued by the U.S., U.K., and Australia shows that the three countries have gone further down the wrong and dangerous path for their own geopolitical self-interest, completely ignoring the concerns of the international community,&#8221; China spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday. 
As part of the deal, the U.S. and the United Kingdom will send subs to Australian ports for Australian sailors to learn American and British nuclear-propulsion technology, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/13/aukus-nuke-submarine-deal-00086835#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20is%20preparing%20to,Monday%20alongside%20his%20allied%20counterparts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to POLITICO. After Australian sailors have learned the technology, the country will purchase three nuclear-powered submarines from the U.S. with the option to buy two more. 
The submarines will vastly improve Australia’s naval capabilities in the coming years as its adversary in Beijing threatens expansion and influence into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-plans-to-drastically-increase-troop-numbers-in-taiwan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taiwan</a> and <a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/chinas-military-aggression-in-the-indo-pacific-region/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beyond</a>. Prime Minister Albanese said the plan “is a genuine trilateral undertaking. All three nations stand ready to contribute and all three nations stand ready to benefit.”
During his address on Monday, Biden said that China would not view the deal as aggression and promised he would discuss the plan with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexican</a> cartel suspected of killing two Americans during an armed kidnapping attempt has purportedly turned over the members it says are responsible and written an apology letter.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drug-cartels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gulf Cartel</a> reportedly turned over five of its members to Mexican authorities and issued an apology letter for the attack on a group of four Americans last week and the death of one Mexican woman, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/09/us/mexico-matamoros-americans-kidnapped-thursday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a>. The attack strained relations between the U.S. and Mexico as U.S. lawmakers called for harsher treatment of Mexico’s notorious drug cartels.
“The [Gulf Cartel] apologizes to the society of Matamoros, the relatives of Ms. Areli, and the affected American people and families,” a handwritten letter purportedly from the cartel said.
“The Gulf Cartel, Scorpion Group, strongly condemns the events of last Friday,” the letter says. The Scorpion Group is the division of the cartel allegedly responsible for the attack.
“For this reason, we decided to hand over those directly involved and responsible for the acts, who at all times acted under their own determination and indiscipline and against the rules in which the [Gulf Cartel] always operates,” the letter says.
The authenticity of the letter has not been verified. A Tamaulipas state law enforcement official turned over a copy of the letter to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-missing-americans-cartel-e35e8c6fcda926e5c2fb8f896aa91f4e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. A picture of the letter has also circulated online along with a picture of five alleged cartel members lying on the ground with a group of Mexican police standing over them.
A week ago, a group of Americans crossed into Matamoros from Texas; one of them planned to have cosmetic surgery at a Mexican medical office. A group of suspected cartel members in a pickup truck fired upon the group in downtown Matamoros, killing two of the Americans, wounding a third, and killing a nearby Mexican woman. The fourth American was not physically harmed.
Mexican authorities turned over the bodies of the dead Americans to U.S. authorities on Thursday. The surviving Americans <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/07/americans-kidnapping-mexico-border-00085920" target="_blank" rel="noopener">returned</a> to the U.S. earlier this week.
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U.S. authorities began looking into the disappearance of the four Americans last week after a friend of the group contacted authorities after not being able to contact the group. The four Americans were later found in Ejido Longoreño, a rural area outside of Matamoros. They were being guarded by a man who was one of the five alleged cartel members later turned over to the police.

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Transsexuals want to reclaim the narrative on gender dysphoria as a meaningful diagnosis from radical <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender</a> activists who wish to eradicate it and other so-called &#8220;barriers&#8221; to sex change services.
In an <a href="https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/openletter-apa2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">open letter</a> to 29 major medical organizations based in the U.S., a group of transsexuals (a term they prefer) belonging to the <a href="https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gender Dysphoria Alliance</a> (GDA) called for a shift toward evidence-based care and a rejection of ideologically and politically-driven narratives.
&#8220;As people with gender dysphoria, many of us transgender or detransitioners, we want to clear away the confusion and obfuscation surrounding our condition,&#8221; the letter reads. &#8220;For the safety and well-being of all trans and gender dysphoric people, we need our healthcare, especially our mental healthcare, disentangled from a well-meaning yet misappropriated academic philosophy.&#8221;
The letter explains that the postmodern philosophy called <a href="https://newdiscourses.com/tftw-queer-theory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queer Theory</a>, which seeks to do away with biological categories based on the belief that they are oppressive and socially constructed, is where ideological narratives about transgender people arose that have filtered into mainstream culture in recent years. According to the letter, the view of &#8220;gender&#8221; being untethered from biological sex has been embraced by transgender activists who have managed to impose their beliefs into law and medicine. The letter argues that the beliefs taught in Queer Theory have infiltrated healthcare practices and compromised the safety of patients by prioritizing ideology over evidence.
&#8220;Activists have created confusion about what &#8216;trans&#8217; is by couching it in an academic theory that deliberately obscures any definitive categories,&#8221; the letter continues. &#8220;In addition, they employ intimidation campaigns against any individual or organization that seeks clarity.&#8221;
Aaron Kimberly, a female-to-male transsexual, mental health clinician, and founder and executive director of GDA, is concerned that radical transgender activism is causing more hostility towards people with gender dysphoria throughout society — not more acceptance.
&#8220;I feel as though the trans population is being used in a larger political movement at the federal and international level and the resulting culture war has real-life consequences on the wellbeing of trans, gay and gender non-conforming people,&#8221; Kimberly told The Daily Wire.
Aaron Terrell, a female-to-male transexual and the Director of Operations at GDA, and colleagues were inspired to write the open letter after the Human Rights Campaign, GLAAD, and a number of other organizations and celebrities released a <a href="https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/human-rights-campaign-glaad-100-organizations-advocates-call-out-biased-harmful-new-york-times-coverage-of-transgender-people-in-joint-letter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint letter</a> last week calling on The New York Times and other media outlets to &#8220;improve their coverage of transgender people and issues.&#8221; The joint letter included a list of demands urging journalists to &#8220;stop printing biased anti-trans stories&#8221; and to &#8220;listen to trans people.&#8221;
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&#8220;I merely heeded their call,&#8221; Terrell told The Daily Wire.
The letter highlights the concern that teenagers, especially adolescent girls, may be influenced to adopt transgender identities through their peer groups and social media. The letter points to other suspected forms of &#8220;social contagion,&#8221; including the recent surge of adolescent girls developing tics with no known biological cause that experts have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wave-of-teens-who-developed-strange-tics-from-watching-tiktok-videos-are-now-recovering-according-to-neurologists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attributed</a> to watching TikTok videos of influencers who claim to have Tourette&#8217;s syndrome.
&#8220;Our healthcare system is failing these young people, as well as people with gender dysphoria, by robbing us of evidence-based information about what our condition is,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/_files/ugd/712544_3d2b995866e346ff857c29f1c9799937.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> states.
&#8220;What we are given instead of an evidence-based explanation for gender dysphoria is a postmodernist philosophy that attempts to deny biological realities,&#8221; the press release continues. &#8220;This is a political maneuver that is at odds with clinical care.&#8221;
Gender dysphoria was always understood to be a psychiatric condition until recent years when transgender activists have pushed for a more <a href="https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/every-tomboy-is-tagged-transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;inclusive&#8221;</a> definition that ceases to categorize it as a mental illness in order to &#8220;reduce stigma.&#8221; They have also pushed for little to no &#8220;gatekeeping&#8221; of medical transition treatments and lobbied to have therapy that doesn&#8217;t affirm their chosen &#8220;gender identity&#8221; <a href="https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/conversion_therapy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> in 20 states.
According to such influential organizations and medical institutions as Planned Parenthood, American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, their websites now define “transgender” as an “umbrella term” that includes mere gender nonconformity, or the rejection of stereotypical preferences and behaviors commonly associated with one’s sex.
With the broadening of criteria, more children are in danger of becoming lifelong medical patients who might otherwise have outgrown their gender-related distress. There is <a href="http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sexologytoday.org/2016/01/do-trans-kids-stay-trans-when-they-grow_99.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1677358801357000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2YzyGCoEdDggXk6kme6eW9">evidence</a> that roughly 60–90% of children who identify as transgender, but do not socially or medically transition will no longer identify as transgender in adulthood, and many will grow up to be gay adults. 
A clinical diagnosis of persistent gender dysphoria since early childhood isn&#8217;t even necessary to receive irreversible medical treatments. At least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-clinics-are-promoting-services-to-gender-nonconforming-kids-here-are-47-of-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">47 pediatric gender clinics</a> in the United States advertise their services to “gender nonconforming” children, according to an <a href="https://www.hrc.org/resources/interactive-map-clinical-care-programs-for-gender-nonconforming-childr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interactive map</a> provided by the Human Rights Campaign.
GDA&#8217;s stated mission is to inform the conversation around gender dysphoria and evidence-based care, while amplifying the voices of detransitioners and advocating for women&#8217;s sex-based rights. The <a href="https://www.genderdysphoriaalliance.com/openletter-apa2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> currently has over 100 signatures, and others who have gender dysphoria are encouraged to sign.

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Transgender patients who undergo hormone therapy have a significantly increased risk of serious health problems, such as stroke, heart attack, and pulmonary embolism, according to a new study.
A <a href="https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2023/02/22/20/29/Hormone-Therapy-for-Gender-Dysphoria-May-Raise-Cardiovascular-Risks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new study</a> presented at an American College of Cardiology conference found that transgender patients who take cross-sex hormones had an increased risk of dangerous blood clots that can create blockages in the brain, heart, and lungs, according to a press release. The study found the subjects had nearly seven times the risk of ischemic stroke, six times the risk of the most severe type of heart attack and nearly five times the risk of pulmonary embolism, compared to those with gender dysphoria who never used hormone therapy.
&#8220;It&#8217;s all about risks and benefits,&#8221; said Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed, a third-year resident at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Darby, Pennsylvania, and the study&#8217;s lead author. &#8220;Starting transitioning is a big part of a person&#8217;s life and helping them feel more themselves, but hormone replacement therapy also has a lot of side effects; it&#8217;s not a risk-free endeavor.&#8221;
This new study, which will be presented at the Annual Scientific Session Together With the World Congress of Cardiology in March, is the largest to date to examine the cardiovascular risks associated with hormone replacement therapy in people with gender dysphoria, a population that has not been well-researched. 
The study retrospectively analyzed hospital records of more than 21,000 individuals with gender dysphoria, out of which 1,675 had undergone cross-sex hormone therapy. Male-to-female transgender patients often take estrogen to induce the appearance of female secondary sex characteristics, and female-to-male transgender patients frequently take testosterone to induce the appearance of male secondary sex characteristics. 
Researchers said that both estrogen and testosterone are known to increase the clotting activity of blood, which could explain the increase in clotting-related cardiovascular events. Those taking hormone replacement therapy in the study also had higher rates of substance use disorder and hypothyroidism.
An ischemic stroke, for which patients in the study who had undergone hormone therapy were seven times more likely to experience, is a type of stroke that occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain, leading to a lack of blood flow and oxygen to brain tissue. This can cause damage to brain cells and result in various neurological symptoms, such as weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, speech difficulties, and vision problems. 
Patients in the study who had undergone hormone treatment also had six times the increased risk of a serious type of heart attack known as ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), which occurs when there is a complete blockage of one of the major arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. The interruption of blood flow to the heart can cause significant damage to the heart muscle, and if not treated promptly, can be life-threatening.
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In the study, the transgender patients who underwent hormone therapy also had five times the increased risk of a pulmonary embolism – a blockage in one of the arteries in the lungs. This can lead to serious health complications, such as damage to the lungs and other organs, and even death.
The researchers suggested that medical and family history should be considered before starting hormone replacement therapy, and individuals considering this therapy should be informed of all the potential risks. They also recommended studying the potential long-term cardiovascular and other health effects of cross-sex hormones, as the use of these therapies becomes more common. The researchers noted that the study had limitations, such as not accounting for the duration of hormone replacement therapy or the age at which it was initiated, and further research was needed to inform clinical decisions.

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A video released Wednesday afternoon captured the horrifying moment that a 10-foot alligator exploded out of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> pond this week and killed an 85-year-old woman who was walking her dog.
Gloria Serge was <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-85-killed-alligator-attack-walking-dog-florida-rcna71546" target="_blank" rel="noopener">walking</a> her small dog around midday on Monday at a community retention pond where she lived at Spanish Lakes Fairways, a community for the elderly, when the incident occurred.
The alligator, which local media said weighed up to 700 pounds, surged out of the water and tried to grab her dog. Serge tried to fight off the alligator, but was knocked over and it grabbed her foot and dragged her into the water.
Video was released that showed the moment that the incident occurred. The video does not show the alligator killing the woman.
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Robert Lilly, a specialist who traps alligators in the state, said that it was difficult for officials to recover the woman&#8217;s body and remove the animal from the pond.
“It was definitely a fight. [We] snagged him on the bottom. He never surfaced,&#8221; Lilly said. &#8220;He stayed down the whole time. We were able to get a second hook in him and a hard line in him so we could get him up.”
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that while alligators are still on the federal endangered species list, they can still easily be found all over the state.
&#8220;Alligators occur in all 67 counties in Florida and can be found in practically all fresh and brackish water bodies and occasionally in salt water,&#8221; the state agency said. &#8220;Although exact population figures are not known, Florida has a healthy and stable population of about 1.3 million alligators of every size. This population estimate is based on an estimated 6.7 million acres of suitable habitat.&#8221;
It is illegal to feed alligators because feeding them teaches them to associate food with humans and thus causes them to lose their fear of people. Despite their numbers in the state, attacks on people remain relatively rare as they prefer to only attack prey that they can easily overpower.
Fully-grown American <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/american-alligator" target="_blank" rel="noopener">alligators</a> can be up to 15 feet long and weigh up to 1,000 pounds.
There have been fewer than 450 <a href="https://myfwc.com/media/1776/human-alligatorincidentfactsheet.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">recorded</a> alligator attacks in Florida since 1948, with a couple dozen resulting in death.
American Alligators, while dangerous, pose less risk to humans than large crocodiles like the Nile Crocodile in Africa and the Saltwater Crocodile found in Asia and Australia.
Saltwater crocodiles are the largest crocodile species in the world, with full-grown males being able to grow up to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7492839/The-biggest-crocodile-caught-Australia-shot-Polish-woman-Krystyna-Pawlowski.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">28 feet</a> and weighing roughly 2,500 pounds. They are <a href="https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/deadliest-animals-to-humans/#:~:text=Saltwater%20crocodile%20(Crocodylus%20porosus)&amp;text=Crocodiles%20as%20a%20group%20are,to%20see%20humans%20as%20prey." target="_blank" rel="noopener">responsible</a> for killing 1,000 people per year.

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