Gen Z Believes These 16 Countries Are Going Away Generation Z—people born between 1997-2012—are currently the object of intense scrutiny in the media. The oldest members of this generation are already in their late 20’s and their spending and voting ... 04/18/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
Thomas Massie's Russia Ties Resurface Ahead of Ukraine Aid Vote The Rolling Stone article also notes that in 2017, Massie had met with Maria Butina, a Russian citizen who was sentenced to 18 months in prison in 2019 after admitting to acting as an unregistered ... 04/18/2024 - 1:45 am | View Link
What the rest of the world knows (but we don’t) Americans took the bait. That’s the bad news. The good news is just as simple (more on that in a moment). Sadly, our online addiction has helped fuel a crisis of confidence in democracy, and that’s ... 04/17/2024 - 11:30 pm | View Link
Prosecutors Seek to Try Russians for Ukraine War Crimes—In Argentina Today, a kind of solidarity has emerged between Ukraine and Argentina. Not only have the countries’ lawyers and prosecutors shared harrowing stories, but on Ukraine’s battlefields Argentinian forensic ... 04/17/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
How Alison Hammond met new man after he fled Russia to avoid fighting in Ukraine Reports have emerged claiming Alison Hammond is dating new man David Putman, and it's now been revealed how she met the Russian masseur - who is around 20 years her junior ... 04/17/2024 - 10:58 pm | View Link
Enthusiastic treason enabler Bill Barr said yesterday he will vote for the “Republican ticket” in the November presidential election. He said on Fox that it was his duty to pick the person "I think would do the least harm to the country." Ha, ha! What a lying weasel he is.
While Republicans once again blocked repeal of an ancient abortion statute, Democrats in the Arizona Senate worked on clearing a procedural path to bring a proposed repeal to a vote. Via HuffPost:
Although no vote was taken on the repeal itself, Republican Sens. T. J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick sided with 14 Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday in changing rules to let a repeal proposal advance after the deadline for hearing bills had passed.
The Kennedy family will come out in force to endorse Joe Biden at a campaign event in Philadelphia today, since Biden is likely more at risk from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s third-party challenge than Trump is. Via Axios:
RFK Jr.'s sister, Kerry Kennedy, will invoke the legacy of her slain father, former Attorney General Robert F.
Rep. Jamie Raskin laid into James Comer after the two got into a heated argument that lasted almost five minutes over the fact that Comer has not found any crime President Biden actually committed, but continually lies about it.
Since Republicans began investigating President Biden to aid Trump in his 2024 election bid, Reps.
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The Washington Post reported that the charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were dismissed after Republicans quashed their opportunity for limited debate and the creation of an impeachment committee. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dreams of being the MAGA star of the day must have been so crushed once she learned she and the other House impeachment managers would never have the opportunity to perform make their case.
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Some senators appeared bored at their small desks as Republicans made procedural point after procedural point, forcing a series of failed votes to delay the trial and other matters.