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The Trump administration's decision to ease sanctions on countries buying Russian oil has been welcomed by the Kremlin and has sparked deep concern among pro-Ukraine campaigners.

The US waiver, active for one month, will let countries buy up Russian oil which, under current sanctions, has been floating at sea, unable to be sold.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the "tailored, short-term" policy move would reduce the economic impact of the US-Israel war with Iran.

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Tell me I'm not seeing what I'm seeing

NBC News: Trump eases Russian oil sanctions as Iran war sends prices spiking

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/russia/trump-eases-russian-oil-sanctions-iran-war-prices-ukraine-europe-rcna263310

What I am seeing is that Trump started an illegal war to fund Putin's illegal war.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221097712

A new report from Virginia states that Fairfax County police and school authorities refuse to hand over to ICE an adult illegal alien who has groped multiple female students in Fairfax public schools.

Israel Flores Ortiz is an 18-year-old El Salvadoran not fluent in English who entered the U.S. in 2024 and secured release from the Biden administration. Ortiz attended Fairfax High School in Virginia, where he repeatedly groped girls throughout the school year. The school district wouldn’t address the issue, and now the same county authorities who recently released an illegal alien murderer right before he killed another victim are also shielding Ortiz.

Nick Minock, an Emmy-winning journalist at ABC7-WJLA in Washington, reported on March 13, “I'm learning a Fairfax County high school student is charged with nine counts of assault and battery. And this student happens to be in the country illegally.” Minock spoke with ICE about the case.

ICE informed him that they had lodged a detainer request for custody of Ortiz when he was in jail. Fairfax Sheriff Stacey Kincaid will not honor the detainer, though. She cares much more about thumbing her nose at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) than she does about protecting vulnerable girls. ...

Israeli drones reportedly targeted a checkpoint operated by the Basij militia and Iranian security forces early this morning in the Fallah area of Tehran.

Explosions were reported across several districts of the capital as drones struck multiple checkpoints used by regime security units. Iranian media linked to the Revolutionary Guard say several Basij and security personnel were killed in the attacks.

The Basij are the regime’s street-level enforcement force, often deployed to run checkpoints, control movement, and suppress protests across Iranian cities.

Striking these checkpoints sends a clear message:

the regime’s internal security network is now being targeted inside its own capital.

It is the first time since the outbreak of the war that drone strikes have been reported directly over Tehran’s streets — a sign the conflict is reaching deep into the heart of the regime’s control apparatus.