AvatarDEight Republicans voted against a bill suspending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus. We asked them why.verified_publisherPOLITICOWhat happened? A federal appeals court has resuscitated a bid by journalists to make public the Justice Department’s grounds for getting a search warrant for Sen. Richard Burr’s (R-N.C.) phone two years ago during a since-closed criminal investigation into potential insider trading by the North …
AvatarDKremlin vet says aides would kill Putin before sharing ‘bad news,’ now Putin orders house arrestsMSNBCVladimir Putin has now put some of his own intelligence officials under house arrest, according to sources who spoke to The New York Times, as Russia …
AvatarDFox News' Invasion Expert Is a Trump-Appointed Putin Propagandist Who Thinks Russia Is Being 'Too Gentle'Rolling Stone - Ryan BortTucker Carlson has been a little confused about how to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He’s long praised Vladimir Putin and even said the …
AvatarDUS dismisses Polish plan to provide fighter jets to be sent to Ukraineverified_publisherThe Guardian - Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour in LondonPentagon says plan for Poles to give Soviet-era jets to US ‘not tenable’ as Ukraine cities await promised Russian ceasefire The Pentagon has dismissed Poland’s plan to hand the US its MiG-29 fighter jets to boost Ukraine’s fight against Russia, as Moscow officials said they were ready to provide …
AvatarDHow Did This Many Deaths Become Normal?verified_publisherThe Atlantic - Ed YongThe U.S. is nearing 1 million recorded COVID-19 deaths without the social reckoning that such a tragedy should provoke. Why? The United States reported more deaths from COVID-19 last Friday than deaths from Hurricane Katrina, more on any two recent weekdays than deaths during the 9/11 terrorist …
AvatarDGame industry unites behind call to cut off Russian marketverified_publisherArs Technica - Kyle OrlandUbisoft, Take-Two, EA, Activision, Epic, and more join a growing corporate movement. Further Reading Ukrainian gov’t calls for game companies to cut …