Saber Rattling
Since the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh last month, the world has been on high alert, anticipating an attack
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Sun’s new part-owner Armstrong Williams supports Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
One of the new owners of The Baltimore Sun, Armstrong Williams, wrote an Op-Ed on March 24 in support of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“If Nikita Khrushchev could arbitrarily transfer Crimea from Russia to Ukraine in 1954, what’s so terrible about [Russian President Vladimir] Putin reversing that in 2014?” Williams wrote.
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US components still found in Russian weapons against Ukraine, analysts tell Congress
American-made semiconductors and other parts have been found in Russian weapons used against Ukraine, even with strict Biden administration sanctions, analyts told a Senate panel on Tuesday.
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Biden administration readies new sanctions against Russia, urges House action on Ukraine aid
The Biden administration is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia to be unveiled on Friday, a move to hold Vladimir Putin responsible for the recent death of his most prominent critic, Alexei Navalny, and the two-year war against Ukraine.
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Maryland’s House Democrats press Republicans to pass Ukraine aid
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D–Maryland, accused House Republicans of taking orders from former President Donald Trump in a Wednesday interview with MSNBC. Raskin said the Senate was the best hope for bipartisan compromises, adding that the House Republicans fall in line with those on the MAGA right.
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Anti-war protesters confront House hearing on Houthi threat
As lawmakers reviewed increasing Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, anti-war protesters confronted a House hearing Wednesday over U.S. military involvement in the Middle East.
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Missing the Point – De-Stressing the New Year
Politically speaking, we’re all going to be okay. As I handicap the current election cycle, there’s a significantly better than fifty-fifty chance that Donald isn’t nominated and, even if he is, that he loses the general election.
Read moreGetting Old is Not For Weak-hearted
Whenever I picture myself in my head, it’s always somewhere in the general age range of when this photo (below)
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Zelenskyy makes pleas to Congress and the White House for more aid
“Today I’m in Washington to strengthen our coalition to defend Ukrainian children, families, our homes, freedom and democracy in the world,” Zelenskyy told reporters as he stood with Biden in the White House’s Oval Office in the afternoon. It was Zelenskyy’s sixth meeting with Biden since the Russian invasion.
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On Sleep: I’ve tried everything, and here’s what works
A few years ago when I was still living in Kyiv, I woke up to a ringing phone and instantly realized that I was late for work. What I didn’t get at first was how late. There was worry in my friend Vira’s voice when she asked if I was okay, and when I assured her that I’d get there as soon as possible she stopped me and said I didn’t need to come: it was 7 in the evening, and the day was already over.
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