Month: February 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks about authorizing a military operation in Ukraine’s Donbass region during a special televised address on Russian state TV in Moscow, Russia, February 24, 2022. (Russian Pool/via Reuters TV) The casual speculation about Vladimir Putin’s mental state has become more serious. Senator Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence
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This month a slew of Democratic governors finally ended COVID-19 restrictions. Earlier this month, CNN medical analyst – who previously compared unvaccinated Americans to drunk drivers and has been in favor of strict mandates throughout the pandemic until recently – said it was now appropriate to drop mask mandates because “the science has changed.” However,
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and her staff at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., February 25, 2022. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) Marjorie Taylor Greene (QAnon, Ga.) might be a preternatural dope, but that’s still doesn’t excuse her speaking at the junior varsity Ku Klux Klan jamboree this weekend. Greene pleaded ignorance, claiming she was
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ORLANDO, Fla.—Former presidential candidate and celebrated neurosurgeon Ben Carson says he is disappointed with how President Joe Biden selected Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. “When we start making the criteria for public positions something that people have no control over—they have no control over their race … it goes against all the work, the
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One of the five Ukrainian Boeign 737-800 aircraft that landed yesterday at Castellon airport in the face of the political situation in Ukraine and Russia, on 15 February, 2022 in Castellon, Valencian Community, Spain. Carme Ripolles | Europa Press | Getty Images Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week is ripping through the air travel industry,
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.) addresses a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2021. (Sarah Silbiger / Reuters) At the America First Political Action Conference, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican congresswoman from Georgia, was the star speaker. The No. 2 star, probably, was the conference’s leader, Nick Fuentes. In the
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The U.S. government reportedly made Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy an offer that most politicians wouldn’t refuse. However, Zelenskyy allegedly showed that he isn’t like most world leaders. As Russian military forces invaded Ukraine this week, the U.S. government offered to evacuate Zelenskyy out of harm’s way. Despite understanding that his defense was severely outgunned by
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Poland’s national soccer team is refusing to play Russia in a 2022 World Cup playoff match in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The president of the Polish football association, Cezary Kulesza, said that the Polish national team “does not intend” to participate in the playoff match, the BBC reported. In a joint
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Over there in The Washington Free Beacon was an astute analysis by Drew Holden that reminds just how in the tank the liberal media is for all things Left. In this case, Holden recalls the now infamous  2012 presidential debate between President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney. Obama looked across the debate table at
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2018—By a 4-3 divide, the California supreme court holds (in People v. Contreras) that very long sentences imposed on two juvenile offenders for brutal rapes violate the Eighth Amendment of the federal Constitution. According to Goodwin Liu, the justice who wrote the majority opinion, the two sentences (one of 50 years to life, the other
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Barrick Gold CEO Mark Bristow told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Friday that the company’s plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will deliver financial benefits internally, in addition to the positive environmental impacts. By 2030, the gold miner plans to reduce emissions by 30% compared with its 2018 baseline, according to Barrick’s most recent sustainability report.
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In a move that has angered crypto investors, companies and enthusiasts all over the world, the Canadian government is considering permanently extending the emergency measures that allow it to monitor and seize cryptocurrency.  Prominent executives in crypto have spoken up against this overreach: Elon Musk mocked Trudeau by comparing him to Hitler, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, November 11, 2017. (Jore Silva/Reuters) With Joe Biden looking on helplessly as Russia invades Ukraine, Democrats and their pundit and activist class have put most of their eggs in the basket of pretending that Republicans are the pro-Putin party and
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An article from National Public Radio was hit with universal scorn because it detailed the self-care people might need in order to deal with the traumatizing headlines from the war in Ukraine. “Russia’s attack on Ukraine means there’s a stressful news cycle ahead of us. The reality of conflict is always a shock to the
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As brave Ukrainian citizens battle invading Russian forces, GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois is calling for the establishment of a no-fly zone over Ukrainian airspace. Kinzinger described the situation in dramatic fashion: “The fate of #Ukraine is being decided tonight, but also the fate of the west. Declare a #NoFlyZone over Ukraine at the
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Naturally, the PBS NewsHour was delighted with President Biden’s nomination of radical Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Friday night. David Brooks touted how Jackson brings “a new lived set of experiences. It can’t help but have a humanizing aspect.” He put her in the mainstream….of the Democrats. That might be correct,
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin waited to invade Ukraine until he could work around a “weak American president” like Joe Biden.  The Indiana congressman weighed in on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a Friday interview with The Daily Signal, critiquing Biden’s “weak” sanctions of Russia
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