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Donald Trump Moves Closer To Putin As Court Losses Mount | Morning News Rundown

Trump has surprised Russia with how its pivoted toward Putin, the Administration suffered a big loss over birthright citizenship in court, and a NFL player gets arrested for speaking out on MAGA.

Today is February 20th, I am recovering from a bad stomach bug, and here is your morning news rundown. To all those who joined us last night during the paid-subscriber only live and Q&A, thank you! It was such a fun time, and I am excited to host the next one on Monday at 8 PM EST. If you want to join or watch the next one, click the button below and become a paid subscriber today. Your subscription helps me do this work full-time, and while mainstream media is beholden to its large advertisers and billionaire owners, I am only beholden to you.

With that, here is all the news you may have missed overnight:

  • Donald Trump continues to call Ukrainian President Zelensky a “dictator” as the United States pivots closer to Russia than ever before.

  • The United States is refusing to co-sponsor a United Nations resolution marking the third year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, supporting Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty, and condemning Russia.

  • Russian officials have been caught off guard by the Trump Administration’s pivot toward Russia in the past 48-hours.

  • The Trump Administration suffered a major loss in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals as the Court continued to block the executive order that would alter the definition of birthright citizenship.

  • Chris Kluwe, the former punter for the Minnesota Vikings, was arrested after speaking out against MAGA and Donald Trump. Here is his speech:

  • Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is considering firing a large number of generals and career military officers over differing political viewpoints.

  • Elon Musk’s goal of using DOGE to cut $1 trillion in wasteful government spending has not been met. To date, DOGE has only cut about $8.5 billion in government spending.

  • Rosemary Farms is donating hundreds of thousands of eggs to Southern California residents impacted by the deadly fires in January.

  • NASA has updated the odds of an asteroid impacting earth in 2032, reducing them from 3.1% to 1.5%.

Thank you again for all of your support. Comment below and let me know what you think about this report!

— Aaron