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Putin hoped Xi’s state visit to Russia would reinforce their “friendship without limits.” He wanted Xi to agree to supply weapons to help him wage his genocidal war in Ukraine. But Xi has been limiting his support to little more than parroting Putin’s propaganda. Xi’s state visit to Russia And who can blame Putin? After… Read more.
Wellesley promotes itself as a women’s college. The “My Wellesley” page proclaims its mission is to educate women. But that mission got turned on its head this week. Wellesley students voted to admit trans men. Wellesley students vote to admit trans men Their vote triggered a national debate. Even Congress will soon debate a bill… Read more.
Donald Trump had the media all atwitter on Saturday. He “truthed” (on his Truth Social) that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg will arrest him today. But Trump was trying to intimidate the prosecutor. You know, the way he intimidated special prosecutor Robert Mueller. And that was no different from him blurting out that the FBI was… Read more.
To be fair, the ratings were not as bad as I expected. But that’s only because everyone tuned in to hear host Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes about that slap. And suspended animation prevailed as most viewers waited with bated breath for them. I waited with bated breath only for winners in the acting categories to be… Listen.
Conservatives use the word “woke” like a political sword. But try asking them, “What is woke?” Because chances are that, like Bethany Mandel, they’ll spew out a word salad. What is woke? The MAGA world promotes Mandel as its expert on “woke” education. So you’d think she would be able to define it. Instead, when asked… Read more.
Russian pilots have been menacing US pilots and unmanned drones for years. And they’ve been doing so with reckless abandon and impunity. So this comes as no surprise: Russia downs US drone The Kremlin said it would try to retrieve the wreckage of the surveillance drone, which the Biden administration said was crashed in international… Read more.
Reports abound that Credit Suisse is about to go the way of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. Shares of Credit Suisse on Wednesday plunged to a fresh all-time low for the second consecutive day after a top investor in the embattled Swiss bank said it would not be able to provide any more cash… Read more.
President Biden is redoubling efforts to enact his student loan forgiveness plan. It promises to forgive $400 million in debt for tens of millions of Americans. So it enjoys popular support. But Republicans oppose it as much as they opposed President Obama’s healthcare plan. Student loan forgiveness Biden’s debt forgiveness plan delivers on a campaign… Read more.
It’s simple. China’s biggest embassy is in The Bahamas because it’s a hub for spying. Hundreds of millions of Chinese tourists aren’t suddenly heading for The Bahamas. If they were, that would explain the need for China’s biggest embassy being there. That is, to provide consular services. China’s biggest embassy China could have built its… Read more.
