I watched an interview of a young woman the other day from Ukraine. and she said, "President Zelenskyy has destroyed our country. President Zelensky has taken our men away from us. Our men have no legs, no arms. Our men, in many cases, are in mental institutions, or they're dead."
When President Trump announced that Katie Zacharia would serve as the next White House press secretary, he referred to her as an attorney. But she hasn’t passed the bar exam in the U.S.
Zacharia sat for the California bar exam after graduating from law school at Pepperdine University in 2011, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, but she didn’t pass. She took the exam around the time she was planning a wedding and preparing to move to China with her future husband, the person said.
She moved to Beijing that summer to work as an associate on the international practice team at Zhong Lun Law Firm, a prominent law firm in China. Zacharia was later advised by lawyers that she could provide legal analysis based on her law degree and international transaction experience, the person said.
Her legal credentials have come under scrutiny after she didn’t appear in searches for licensed attorneys in California, Texas or Washington, D.C., under her married or maiden name. Judd Legum, a progressive political activist and journalist, raised questions about Zacharia’s standing as an attorney in his Popular Information newsletter.
When asked by a reporter on Tuesday in which state she passed the bar exam, Zacharia said, “When I moved to China,” without elaborating. In a statement this week, Zacharia said, “I practiced international transaction law, with all the appropriate credentials.”
“Katie is a fabulous and wonderful addition to the team,” White House spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement. “She is uniquely qualified and whip smart to help inform the American people about all the great things President Trump and his Administration have been doing, and she will do an incredible job as Press Secretary.”
A White House official said Zacharia wasn’t hired by the president to work on legal matters.
A person familiar with Zacharia’s employment at the Zhong Lun Law Firm said she was one of four international associates who drafted multimillion-dollar agreements for cross-border transactions and focused on client communication for American and multinational corporations doing business in China.
It wasn’t necessary for individuals working in the firm’s international division to be licensed as attorneys in China, the person said, because they were technically international legal consultants. A U.S. bar qualification wasn’t relevant to the firm’s work, the person said, because any legal opinions would be handled by local Chinese partners.
Zacharia told Buck Sexton on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” in February 2025 that she had worked as outside counsel to the International Finance Corporation and the World Bank while based in China.
Practicing attorneys in the U.S. are required to be licensed by the jurisdiction in which they practice, generally by passing the bar exam and undergoing a review of their moral character. People who identify themselves as lawyers or attorneys or claim to be able to provide legal services without being admitted to the bar can face criminal charges in some states. Some law schools explicitly discourage graduates from calling themselves lawyers or attorneys until they have been admitted to the bar.
California is widely considered one of the tougher state bar exams to pass; about 55% of test-takers passed the July 2025 exam, while roughly 31% did in February of this year, according to the state’s bar association.
Zacharia passed the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, a test of a candidate’s understanding of legal and professional ethics, before she sat for the bar, said the person with direct knowledge of the matter.
Robert Pushaw, a Pepperdine law professor who taught Zacharia and later attended her wedding, described her as “a good law student and a genuinely good person” but couldn’t say whether the press secretary technically qualified as an attorney. He added that some well-respected legal scholars aren’t attorneys.
Judge Thomas Griffith, a George W. Bush appointee on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was confirmed despite facing criticism that he had served as general counsel for Brigham Young University without passing the Utah bar exam. Past presidents of the Utah Bar said that someone working as a general counsel didn’t need to be a member of the bar so long as legal advice was given in conjunction with a barred attorney. The Senate confirmed Griffith 73-24.
Zacharia worked as a research assistant for Roger Alford during her time in law school. Now at the University of Notre Dame, Alford remembered her as “a star at Pepperdine” and said he hoped the public would “get to know her before they prejudge her.”
While he was unfamiliar with all the details of Zacharia’s career after graduation, Alford said that “generally speaking it would be unusual to say that you’re a lawyer if you’ve not passed the bar somewhere.”
Zacharia’s LinkedIn profile lists her as having worked as general counsel for the nonprofit Fix California, founded by Trump administration official Richard Grenell, from January 2024 to March 2025. A person familiar with her tenure there said Zacharia directed and served as the point of contact for the organization’s outside lawyers.
Zacharia, who has appeared on Fox News, CNN and Newsmax before taking on her White House role, called herself a lawyer regularly in public appearances—and some of the outlets in which she appeared did the same.
“As a lawyer, the procedural steps are absolutely critical to ensure that they get this right,” she told Fox News in an Aug. 31 appearance regarding the trial of Charlie Kirk’s accused killer. A line appeared on the chyron at the bottom of the screen referring to her as a legal and political strategist, and as an attorney.
Fox News didn’t respond to a request for comment.
The network’s parent, Fox Corp., and Wall Street Journal parent News Corp share common ownership.
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President Trump’s new press secretary, Katie Zacharia, was fired Friday, after less than a week on the job, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Oleks imestunud kui mingit "jama" ei korraldata. Trump käitub aina meeleheitlikumalt.
Kui tuleb "sinine laine", siis Hegseth, RFK jr jt ebakompetentsed lojalistid hakkavad ilmselt 2027 "lendama". Sinna juurde igasugu uurimised, mis toimuma hakkavad.
Märkimisväärne:
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Nearly 90 percent of 1,202 respondents to the Fox News poll said they were either extremely or very concerned about government corruption, putting the issue just ahead of inflation and high prices as the top area of concern.
Ehk siis vastajad on kõige enam mures mitte kütuse hinna, tervishoiu või elukalliduse pärast, vaid valitsuse korruptsiooni. Trumpi teine valitsus ilmselt ongi kõigi aegade enim korrumpeerunud.
SKG, "Trump (kogemata) tunnistas, et tal on tõsised terviseprobleemid."
Pole mõtet Trumpi sõnu liigselt analüüsida. Ta lihtslalt non-stop valetab, suurustab ja muu jutu illustreerimiseks lisab isiklikku kogemust justkui. Ükskõik millest juttu, ta ju ka väidab, et ta teab sellest teemast rohkem kui keegi teine. Ja tüüp on 80. aastane. Ilmselgelt on tal mingi terviseprobleemide nimekiri.
Kui keegi ütleb, et tal on vähk, siis Trump ütleb, et tal on mitu vähki.
Kasvõi sealsamas artiklis on all
"After a rally in Ohio in 2023, Trump stopped at a McDonald’s, where he told employees, “I know this menu better than you do.”"
Kes küll seda oleks osanud arvata, et Trump putini venemaad soosib
Olulised ja talle kasulikd otsused tehakse ennem vahevalimisi ära ja siis saabub n-ö patiseis. _________________ Alati teadke, et kuulujutte mõtlevad välja vihkajad, levitavad lollid, aga usuvad idioodid.
Most startling: Despite hosting the World Cup, overseas travel to the U.S. was DOWN this summer.
We're on pace for overseas visitors to drop by 2 million from last year — down 20% from our '19 peak.
"We're the only major country in the world losing visitation, he told me. "It's mind-boggling."
US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions
Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies https://www.ft.com/content/d1e28d93-8574-4a46-946a-b261c401d6fa
Järjekorne näide, et USAst sõltumist tuleb vähendada.
USA on juba ammu partnerina ebausaldusväärne, peaks nagu selge olema.
Ma saan natuke aru, et poliitikutel ja suurfirmadel on keeruline kohe seda tunnistada või tegudeks vromistada, aga millegipärast ei näe ma reaktsioone. Ainult imelik võbelemine, et oh, äkki ikka saame sõbrad olla.
Ei, lillekesed, USA kui liitlase võite maha kanda. Oleks võinud juba 2 aastat tagasi seda teha, oleks elu lillelisem. Aga arusaadav ka, kardinaalsed otsused on rasked teha. _________________ MTÜ Sõdurilt Sõdurile (FB-leht)
Ukraina (ja Eesti) vastupanuvõime toetamine läbi pisikeste tegude
US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions
Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies https://www.ft.com/content/d1e28d93-8574-4a46-946a-b261c401d6fa
Järjekorne näide, et USAst sõltumist tuleb vähendada.
US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions
Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies https://www.ft.com/content/d1e28d93-8574-4a46-946a-b261c401d6fa
Järjekorne näide, et USAst sõltumist tuleb vähendada.
Ei hakka igat linki Eesti VPN-iga kontrollima. Minu asukohast on artikkel sisselogimata tasuta loetav:
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European companies face “devastating” retaliation from Washington if Brussels presses ahead with plans to restrict American rivals such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX from parts of the European market, the US ambassador to the EU has warned.
Andrew Puzder’s warning comes after the European Commission this year proposed reserving part of its spectrum band that allows smartphones to connect directly to satellites for European players. That would limit the frequencies for Chinese and US companies such as SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite network.
Asked whether European companies should fear retaliation, Puzder told the FT that they “should be wary that it could happen and it would be very devastating for those companies”, given the size of the American market.
The proposed changes to the bloc’s spectrum allocation have already raised fierce criticism from SpaceX, which has warned the move risks poorer connectivity in Ukraine where its Starlink service has been critical to civilian and military communications since Russia’s full-scale invasion.
The proposed changes are part of a broader push to strengthen Europe’s technological sovereignty.
European policymakers are seeking to reduce their dependence on American technology amid concerns about the unpredictability of US President Donald Trump and the risk of relying on foreign companies for critical infrastructure.
The European Commission has introduced a Cloud and AI Development Act that would impose sovereignty requirements on providers of sensitive cloud services, while seeking to help European technology companies to scale up and provide alternatives to US tech companies.
Puzder said he recognised Europe’s right to protect sensitive government information but warned against using legislation to favour domestic companies at the expense of American competitors.
“If the purpose is to make United States less competitive, I think that that’s not a legitimate goal of this kind of legislation,” Puzder said. “You don’t make European companies more competitive by making US companies less competitive.
“We have best-in-class products in this area. They’re reliable products, they’re trusted products. We don’t need some kind of synchronised mediocrity.”
The ambassador also questioned whether the EU’s enforcement of its Digital Markets Act, which seeks to curb the power of the world’s largest technology companies, was really aimed at improving competition or more at generating revenue for the European budget, given the multibillion-euro fines on American companies.
“You start to wonder, are we trying to deal with the competition in the digital marketplace or are we trying to generate revenue from American companies to benefit Europe?”
Puzder argued Europe’s ambitions to strengthen its own tech industry risked being undermined by its regulatory approach and by discouraging investment from the American companies, as US tech companies are growing increasingly frustrated by the EU’s regulatory restrictions and fines.
Instead of seeking to curb the dominance of American companies, Brussels and Washington should join forces to compete with China in the race to develop AI, Puzder said, echoing comments from Trump that “the worst thing that could happen is that we lose this race to China”.
The ambassador urged Europe “to let go of this regulatory mindset where they’re going to try and stop things because we’re in a race with China” — both on AI and on quantum computing.
He said the US has the ingredients to win that race “but it’d be a lot easier if we were working with Europe instead of fighting Europe”.
The Commission said the proposal “incentivises the entry into the market and diversification of EU suppliers, while remaining open to non-EU operators”.
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said that only a small number of NATO allies were actively involved in combat operations in Afghanistan, despite dozens of countries contributing to the alliance’s mission in the country.
Tuberville: "Zelensky will play hardball, but you know what? He's not even a player in the game. Putin, President Trump, and the people on our side will make the final decision about Ukraine's future."
‘Trump May Try And Trade Ukraine for Putin’s Help on Iran’ – Ex-NATO Commander Warns of ‘Corrupt, Dangerous Bargain’
In brief: Former NATO commander Wesley Clark accused Trump of potentially sacrificing Ukraine to secure Putin’s cooperation on Iran, comparing the possible deal to the 1938 Munich Agreement.Retired US Army General Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, warned Monday, Oct. 19, that President Donald Trump may be seeking to trade Ukraine’s sovereignty for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cooperation in resolving Washington’s conflict with Iran.
Speaking in an interview with NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas, Clark described the potential arrangement as a “very, very corrupt, dangerous bargain,” warning that US pressure on Kyiv could force Ukraine into capitulation while rewarding Moscow for its aggression.
“If he can cause Ukraine to fail, he delivers Ukraine to Putin,” Clark said.The retired general suggested Trump might be seeking Putin’s assistance in pressuring Tehran over its nuclear program, while Moscow could demand concessions on Ukraine in return.“This is a very, very corrupt, dangerous bargain,” Clark said.
“The President of the United States is supposed to be the leader of the free world. He’s got to act like it and not cozy up to Putin.”
Asked whether he believed Putin was offering to help Trump resolve the war with Iran in exchange for Ukraine, Clark replied: “Exactly. That’s exactly what’s coming across.”
Clark offered no direct evidence of such an agreement, presenting the scenario as his interpretation of Trump’s recent actions and diplomatic priorities.
‘We’ve Seen This Play Before: 1938 Munich’
Clark drew a stark historical parallel between the possible Trump-Putin arrangement and the 1938 Munich Agreement, when Britain and France agreed to Nazi Germany’s annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland without Czechoslovakia’s participation.“We’ve seen this play before: 1938 Munich. The great powers met with Adolf Hitler,” Clark said.
“They gave up Czechoslovakia, and it didn’t stop World War II.”
Clark argued that ending a war at the expense of an invaded country’s sovereignty would undermine the international principles the United States has historically defended.
“The basic rule of this is you’re the leader of the free world. You go against aggressors,” he said.“You don’t say the most important thing is to stop a war. It isn’t. The most important thing is to maintain the rights of nations to be free of invasion.”
He also compared the situation to US negotiations over the Vietnam War, arguing that agreements reached without adequately protecting an ally’s interests could lead to disastrous consequences.
Clark Warns US Restrictions Are Leaving Ukraine Exposed
Clark’s warning came amid growing tensions between Kyiv and Washington over Trump’s decision to ease Russian energy sanctions, reported restrictions on satellite communications and delays in delivering critical air defense missiles.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Washington of failing to provide advance intelligence on recent Russian ballistic missile attacks and slowing satellite services used by Ukrainian forces.
During Monday’s interview, Clark said he had witnessed growing concern among European security officials during a recent visit to Warsaw.
“When they realized that we’d cut off the use of Starlink and cut off the intelligence and missiles were falling, 38 missiles in one night hitting around Kyiv,” Clark said, describing the reaction to the reported disruptions.“They know that President Trump is not the leader of the free world. They think he’s in a corrupt bargain with Vladimir Putin.”
“It really hurts me as an American to have people say that about our president,” he added.
As Kyiv Post previously reported, restrictions affecting Starshield satellite capabilities have disrupted Ukrainian military operations, including the use of interceptor drones against Russian aerial attacks.
Zelensky raised those concerns during a bipartisan congressional call Monday, warning that delays in urgently needed weapons and intelligence were undermining Ukraine’s defenses.
The Trump administration has denied deliberately suspending intelligence-sharing with Kyiv, while US officials have disputed claims that Washington ordered satellite restrictions.
‘How Can You Decide the Fate of Ukraine Without Ukraine?’
Clark also condemned the possibility of a three-way summit involving Trump, Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, which could take place during next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China.
The proposed meeting has prompted concerns in Kyiv that the leaders of the US, Russia and China could discuss a settlement to Russia’s war without Ukrainian participation.
“Why is China at the table to decide the fate of Ukraine? And why isn’t Ukraine at the table?” Clark asked.“How can you decide the fate of Ukraine without Ukraine there?”
Clark suggested that Beijing and Moscow could use such a meeting to pressure Washington into withdrawing further support for Kyiv, presenting Ukraine’s capitulation as a path toward ending the war.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has similarly warned that a summit between Trump, Putin and Xi without Zelensky would encourage Moscow to continue its invasion.
Ehk siis Iraan, kes toetas Venemaad sõjaliselt ja on igas mõttes USA ning kogu kapitalistlik-imperiaalse Euroopa vastane, saab nüüd venelastelt taha? Ei usu väga. _________________ M: Intel i5 4590 protsessorid: 10€/tk M: HP Elitedesk 800 G3 SFF: 90€/tk M: HP Elitedesk 800 G2 Mini 35W: 90€/tk
Reporter: "On the golf course, sir. You own a lot of golf courses..."
Trump: "Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. Quiet. Quiet. What's wrong with you? Are you a sick person?"
Reporter: "Not that I know of, sir."
Trump: "I actually think there's something wrong with you."
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