Injured Ukrainian serviceman in the tunnels beneath the Azovstal steel works, Mariupol, May 10, 2022. All anyone has to do is tune into pro-Russian Twitter — or US right-wing media — to discover that Russia’s plans for Ukraine are both simple and brilliant. It works like this: In order to capture the Donbas, Russia invaded…
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Guest post by Leo Hohmann The globalist left are planning to unleash their mobs on Catholic and Evangelical churches nationwide from May 8 through May 14, with Mother’s Day being a particular day of interest on their protest calendar. This is being done to express anger over an anticipated ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and…
The repercussions of this decision could be wide-reaching and extend beyond reproductive rights — touching on everything from contraceptive access and gay marriage. As Eleveld put it: We don’t know how this is exactly going to influence the election, but I think on a personal level, people are trying to figure out, ‘What does this…
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today: It’s time for Democrats to use the leaked Roe opinion as a battering ram against the GOP Democrats could pick up Republican seats in states where majorities support broad access to legal abortion by double-digit margins. “Saturday Night Live” used to have a segment called “What if?” that asked the…
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This fragment of a destroyed Russian aircraft was added to museum exhibits in Kyiv, May 9, 2022. Since the invasion began, Ukrainian-living-in-London Dmitri has translated hundreds of documents, text messages, and transcripts into English. His translations have helped to reveal disgruntled Russian soldiers who are aware that their leaders are lying to them, soldiers terrified…
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Mud and trenches on the eastern front. It was an eventful weekend in Ukraine, and Mark Sumner did an admirable job summing it all up here and here. In short, Ukraine is on the move around Kharkiv, pushing Russian forces to their side of the international border, while Russia is on the move in Donbas,…
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We know that at least one Republican House will be getting the boot after West Virginia lost a seat in reapportionment, and Reps. David McKinley and Alex Mooney are fighting to make sure they’re not the one who needs to look for new work on Wednesday morning. Nebraska Republicans will also pick a nominee for…
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A Ukrainian flag waves at an open air WWII museum in Kyiv. May 9, 2022 For those who gathered in Moscow for the May 9 parade, there was one big let down on the pomp-and-circumstances front: Reportedly, very few aircraft passed over the city, with none of the low altitude flyovers from fighters, bombers, and…
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The issues of abortion and access to free or inexpensive birth control are inextricably linked. Numerous legal experts and constitutional scholars have noted that the 1965 Griswold v. Connecticut decision (on which Roe is based) affirming the right of married couples to purchase and use methods of contraception is now apparently forfeit as well, suggesting…
First up is the HUGE news that at some point between May 1st and May 5th, Donald Trump was reinstalled as President of the United States. It didn’t happen, you say? Sounds to me like you’re the one living in the dream world. You know that one QAnon guy, the one who convinced an offshoot…
