Putin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal ties to Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin is concluding a two-day visit to China by emphasizing the countries' strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as they ... 05/17/2024 - 10:18 am | View Link
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China must choose trade with Europe or Russia’s war in Ukraine In France, Xi made no commitment to change course on Ukraine. As Blinken intimated, however, China will soon have to decide what is more important: Selling to the EU or supporting Russia’s war efforts ... 05/14/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Biden's coming new tariffs on China reflect 'lessons learned' A sweeping White House move on China tariffs that is expected to be unveiled early next week "reflects lessons learned," according to a former official who was involved in the process. 05/11/2024 - 2:01 am | View Link
Colorado voters in November will decide whether to make abortion a state constitutional right after the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced Friday that backers of a ballot initiative had gathered enough signatures.
Advocates for the measure turned in 159,930 valid signatures last month — more than enough to place the question on the ballot, according to the state agency.
The ballot measure, if approved by 55% of voters, would prohibit state and local governments from outlawing or impeding access to abortions.
President Biden drew a parallel on Friday between Donald Trump “and his MAGA Republican allies” and segregationists in the 1950s who tried to prevent Black and white Americans from going to school together.
Speaking to Black leaders gathered at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Biden described meeting with some of the nine people who faced racist jeers and abuse to attend Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957, three years after the Supreme Court ruled segregation in education was unconstitutional.
The shit hit the fan when Chaos Crew member Marjorie Taylor Greene insulted Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett for wearing "false eyelashes," as if the Georgia Sasquatch has room to talk about anyone's appearance. Insults were lobbed back and forth, and Ocasio-Cortez demanded an apology from Klan Mom Marge.
That wasn't going to happen (narcissists never apologize unless they're desperate and it's rehearsed), but MTG did agree to have her words stricken from the record.
"Oh, girl," AOC said.