Russian police detained two women and five children who were trying to lay flowers at the Ukrainian embassy in Moscow, according to a report on social media. Alexandra Arkhipova said in the Facebook post Tuesday that the mothers and their children were held in a police van before being taken to a police station. She
Month: March 2022
Twenty-four hours after having a meltdown over President Joe Biden not selling his “economic wins” during his State of the Union address, Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday challenged Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over what the administration will do to lower skyrocketing gas prices. During her first night as the new host of MSNBC’s The 11th
It appears Liz Cheney and the Marxists on the January 6 panel are gearing up to ask federal prosecutors to charge Trump. The sham January 6 Committee on Wednesday said Trump may have engaged in criminal conduct to overturn the 2020 election. “Evidence and information available to the Committee establishes a good-faith belief that Mr.
An employee turns a valve at a gas compressor station in Boyarka, outside Kiev, Ukraine, in 2015. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters) It was entirely predictable that the unhealthy dependence of some EU countries on Russian natural gas was something that Vladimir Putin might try to exploit. It was so predictable, indeed, that, in making his decision whether
The small Baltic nation of Estonia—a once-communist republic—now stands as one of the freest economies in the world, a shining example and defender of freedom, and a tremendous ally of the West. As a former republic of the old Soviet Union, it has some advice for dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent aggressions. Estonia’s
Loading chart… Norwegian Cruise Line: “One of the worst performers in the market, with one of the best CEOs. I still believe. I think at $20, with everything starting to open around the world, it is a [buy].” Loading chart… Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais: “I think that’s an interesting spec, frankly, because I believe
The juror who threw Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction into doubt will not answer a judge’s questions on the matter, his lawyer has said. Known as Juror No 50, he failed to reveal before the trial he had been sexually abused as a child – something he shared with other jurors during his deliberations. He
Going into the State of the Union address, journalists and pollsters discussed how the speech could be a great opportunity for a “bounce” in public opinion. But the liberal media coverage in the aftermath was divided between cheerleaders and skeptics. Nick Fondacaro and Kevin Tober joined me to discuss the live coverage of Biden’s State
Today’s feel-good story comes from my friend Brodigan at Louder with Crowder who reports that Ukrainians are shrinkwrapping looters to electrical poles. Just for the record, it’s the shrinkwrappees going public sans pantalons, not the shrinkwrappers. Here’s one, buns and all. This one had his pants pulled down and then taped in the freezing cold
This month, inflation hit a new milestone. In February, annual inflation (as measured by the Consumer Price Index) jumped to 7.5% You’ve probably felt the effects of inflation in your daily life. Trips to the grocery store are more expensive, filling your car is a budget buster, and maybe your rent has gone up on
In response to How Many Meatpacking Companies Should There Be? Some of you will remember the story — it is a myth — about President George H. W. Bush being so out of touch that he was baffled by a supermarket price-scanner. Like John Ashcroft clothing a naked statue of Lady Justice, it is mostly
In this clip, LevinTV host Mark Levin dissecs Joe Biden’s ‘not weak at all’ response to Putin’s war in Ukraine. Mark explains that U.S. President Joe Biden’s weakness in Afghanistan and his failure to raise military funds to cover the cost of inflation, among other things, led to the economic sanctions currently being implemented against
The official account of “The Daily Show” tweeted a meme during the State of the Union address that mocked President Joe Biden for being low energy, but deleted it soon after. Biden went through the typical laundry list of items for his first State of the Union speech Tuesday, but the Daily Show account offered
MSNBC’s Morning Joe decided on Wednesday to engage in comically dumb wishcasting about President Biden’s State of the Union address, insisting Tuesday’s speech was “brilliant,” “rallying,” a “return to normalcy” and “very unifying” as it showcased “the expanse of his personality in full blossom” and why Biden was made for this moment amid Russia’s war. Syrupy
Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted to nix Biden’s CMS healthcare worker vaccine mandate in a 49-44 vote under the Congressional Review Act. Six Democrat Senators missed the vote on Wednesday. The effort will die in the Democrat-controlled House and Psaki already said Biden will use his veto power. The Hill reported: TRENDING: EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Hairdresser
In his newsletter today, Matthew Yglesias makes a good point about how portraying the U.S. in a struggle against authoritarianism has truth to it, but also has its limits (NB: I don’t agree with every characterization below): The European countries most enthusiastically supporting Ukraine are not the most solidly democratic ones, but the ones with
How did corporate media become so biased and corrupt, and why isn’t it being held accountable? Corporate media exists “to support corrupt regimes,” Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist, says. She is optimistic because “a lot of people have lost trust in corporate media in recent years, [and] that’s a good thing,” Hemingway says. “It’s
In this article F Ford has started initial pre-production of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck at a new plant in Dearborn, Mich. Michael Wayland | CNBC Ford Motor plans to produce more than 2 million electric vehicles annually and generate a 10% adjusted operating profit margin by 2026, the company announced Wednesday as part
They had gathered in the house chamber on Capitol Hill for the key annual moment in America’s political diary. With the yellow and the blue of the Ukrainian flag dotted through the chamber, President Joe Biden pitted democracy against autocracy; good against evil. “Six days ago,” he said, “Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the
Language warning. Sam Elliott is retiring from acting. At least, he doesn’t seem to want to work in Hollywood anymore. If he did, he wouldn’t have uncorked a glorious rant about a “piece of shit” Oscar-nominated movie and its LGBT sacred cow(boys). According to Variety, the iconic horse opera star doesn’t have much use for “Power
As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages on, the United States’ dependence on Russia and other nations for oil has fueled a heated debate. As of 2020, the U.S. gets 7% of its petroleum imports from Russia, according to the Energy Information Administration. Crude oil imports in particular from Russia also doubled in the
U.S. Big Oil corporation ExxonMobil joined multiple other multinational energy firms in announcing that it would distance itself from Russian business ventures Tuesday. The American energy giant announced that it would begin the process of exiting the Sakhalin-1 drilling project, a major oil and gas development located off the far east coast of Russia. The
(kieferpix/Getty Images) The core problem with contemporary bioethics is that the movement denies human exceptionalism. In this view, being human is morally irrelevant. What matters are capacities, such as the ability to value one’s life, which make one a “person.” Under personhood theory, there is such a thing as a human non-person and an animal-person. This
A man and three women perhaps figured they’d easily lay a beating on a lone 17-year-old boy as he was reporting to work Tuesday morning — and even steal his car. But the kid turned the tables on them. What happened? The teen arrived at his job at the Motel 6 on Hotel Circle in
A Wisconsin district attorney has charged a school superintendent with six counts of felony false imprisonment after she reportedly demanded that students strip down to their underwear while she watched in an effort to search for e-cigarette cartridges, KCRG-TV reported. What are the details? Suring School District Superintendent Kelly Casper is accused of herding at
On Wednesday, The Daily Signal reporter Mary Margaret Olohan discussed a new interview she conducted with The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway about the corruption of the left-wing media: “How did corporate media become so biased and corrupt, and why isn’t it being held accountable? Corporate media exists ‘to support corrupt regimes,’ Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The
Russian oil ship Biden and the European allies are putting on a brave face and claiming they’re really socking it to Russia, but this celebration is likely to be short-lived. The recent actions by Biden are likely to set in motion disruptions in the international financial system that could end America’s status as the World’s
Rep Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill, July 15, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) Delivering the progressive response to President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday, “squad” member Representative Rashida Tlaib pitched a radical restructuring of America’s economy and institutions, including but not limited to: passing Build Back Better and
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds criticized President Joe Biden’s foreign and domestic policy on Tuesday in the Republican response speech to the State of the Union address. “This is not the same country it was a year ago,” Reynolds said. “The president tried to paint a different picture tonight, but his actions over the last 12
Alfa Group Supervisory Board Chairman Mikhail Fridman attends the 2017 Atlases Russian Business Forum at the Crocus City Hall. Artyom Geodakyan | Tass | Getty Images As Europe and the U.S. ratchet up sanctions on the yachts and mansions of Russia’s oligarch elite, some of Vladimir Putin’s ultra-wealthy inner circle have begun speaking out against