Month: February 2022

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies to investigate reports of gender-dysphoric children undergoing “sex change” procedures as child abuse, in accordance with an opinion released by the state attorney general’s office earlier this week. In a letter to the Department of Family and Protective Services sent Tuesday, Abbott noted the agency is “responsible
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On Wednesday, NBC’s Today show brought on former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul to discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine and heap praise on President Biden’s failed foreign policy. Given McFaul’s diplomatic tenure in Moscow occurred during the Obama administration and ended just prior to Vladimir Putin’s initial 2014 invasion of Ukraine, perhaps he
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President Joe Biden hosts a virtual roundtable on securing critical minerals at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 22, 2022. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) On the menu today: President Biden and his administration have spent the past few months accurately decrying the Russian threat to the “rules-based international order” that they envision. But if Biden finds
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Could the conflict between Russia and Ukraine turn into a long-term war in Europe? Is World War III on the horizon? How will America be affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And what can China’s response to the situation tell us? Luke Coffey, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign
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A vote of Los Angeles prosecutors found an astounding 97.8% supported the recall of their boss, District Attorney George Gascón. The results of the vote were released Tuesday by the Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys. “It’s been one year of Gascon’s social experiment,” said LAADDA vice president Eric Siddall to Fox News Digital.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that in response to Russia’s behavior toward Ukraine, Canada will levy sanctions as part of a “stand against authoritarianism.” “Russia’s flagrant disregard for the independence of a sovereign nation is a serious threat to security and stability in the region and around the world,” Trudeau said. “Canada and
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Don’t believe the lies told by those who beat the drums of war. People sing the Ukrainian national anthem during a protest outside the Russian Embassy on February 22, 2022 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) I didn’t serve. I open with that admission because it is not entirely irrelevant to a discussion
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Joe Biden has announced the first wave of US sanctions against Russia in retaliation for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. The US president said the penalties would be slapped on Russian banks and oligarchs. Mr Biden told reporters that the deployment of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine after Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of two separatist-held
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National Republican Senate Committee Chairman, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), unveiled an 11-point agenda for candidates running in the 2022 midterm elections, and the plan provides key insights into the Republican strategy. The packet, obtained by Politico, revealed that Scott’s aim is to appeal to both fiscal conservatives and counter-culture warriors. Key points are parental rights
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The Los Angeles Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA), a union which represents the vast majority of Los Angeles County prosecutors, voted overwhelmingly to support the recall of District Attorney George Gascon. Gascon, who received over $2 million in financial backing from left-wing financier George Soros according to The Los Angeles Times, is currently facing
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Then-Russian President Boris Yeltsin and U.S. President Bill Clinton at the G8 meeting in Naples in 1994. (Peter Jones/Reuters) In a recent Russian Security Council Meeting, Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated their demands to roll back NATO’s eastward expansion. Lavrov said: . . . our main concerns: stopping NATO’s
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Amid the Russia-Ukraine situation, many on the political right have recently been highlighting a two-year-old tweet posted on the account of then-candidate Joe Biden — the tweet declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not want Biden to become America’s president. “Vladimir Putin doesn’t want me to be President. He doesn’t want me to be
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Pedestrians pass the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., October 29, 2001. (Andy Clark/Reuters) At Slate, Mark Joseph Stern tries repeatedly to cast the Supreme Court’s announcement that it will consider the case of 303 Creative v. Elenis as some sort of looming judicial attack on LGBT people. But, because it’s not, he can’t quite
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