Analysis-Russia can't match a Western asset seizure, but it can inflict pain Russia's ability to mete out like-for-like retaliation if Western leaders seize its frozen assets has been eroded by dwindling foreign investment, but officials and economists say there are still ways ... 05/1/2024 - 9:28 pm | View Link
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Russia says it may downgrade ties with US if its assets are confiscated Russia is considering downgrading the level of its diplomatic relations with the United States if Western governments go ahead with proposals to confiscate its frozen assets, state news agency RIA ... 04/25/2024 - 1:23 am | View Link
In Default on $154 Billion of Debt, Venezuela Is Ready to Talk After years of fits and starts, Venezuela is setting the stage for one of the largest and most complex debt restructurings in decades — unwinding a $154 billion web of defaulted bonds, loans and legal ... 04/24/2024 - 2:34 am | View Link
“Fresh from his criminal trial in New York, Donald Trump delivered a frustrated and often profane roughly 75-minute speech at a Republican National Committee donor retreat in Florida on Saturday, attacking one of the prosecutors pursuing him and comparing President Biden’s administration to the Nazis,” the New York Times reports.
Said Trump: “These people are running a Gestapo administration.”
“In his speech, he complained repeatedly about the criminal trial in Manhattan, to which he will return on Monday, insisted that Democrats use ‘welfare’ to cheat in elections and said he would need an attorney general with ‘courage’ as he mocked his former attorney general, William P.
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 5:25 p.m.: A proposed excise tax on guns and ammunition to pay for victim services cleared a key Senate committee Saturday afternoon after Democrats turned on their own over its movement through the chamber.
The measure would create a 6.5% tax on gun and ammo dealers and raise an expected $39 million a year, according to sponsor Sen.
Since Mark Hamill's White House visit tells us how woke Star Wars has gotten, and we all know about wokester Star Trek, Starship Troopers and Helldivers are better choices.