#Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary

#Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary

“Why Putin won’t pull out and other commentary” Foreign desk: Putin Won’t Pull Out Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine war “will get uglier,” predicts Walter Russell Mead at The Wall Street Journal. The autocrat “is no doubt dismayed by the cascade of bad news” as his forces flounder, but “knows that his future in power, his freedom…

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#Biden’s unserious State of the Union

#Biden’s unserious State of the Union

“#Biden’s unserious State of the Union” It takes a special sort of political cynicism to publicly thank the Ukrainian ambassador for her nation’s bravery — and stress in the next moment that we will do nothing to defend her country with our military.  But then President Biden’s State of the Union speech was nothing but…

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#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary

#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary

“#We cannot look away from Ukraine and other commentary” From the right: Bitter Lessons of the War “It’s vital that the world not look away” from “the indifferent brutality of Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine,” argues The Wall Street Journal’s editors, since “it’s a warning of what will become more common as the multi-decade Pax…

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#John Kerry’s deadly Ukraine hot air

#John Kerry’s deadly Ukraine hot air

“#John Kerry’s deadly Ukraine hot air” Proving that he’s still the same old clueless gasbag, ex-Secretary of State John Kerry has flagged the great worry about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: It will lead to “massive emissions” and distract from the fight against climate change.  Talk about tunnel vision: The “emissions” generated by an autocrat’s…

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#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more

#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more

“#Tom Friedman’s ‘oops,’ the WaPo’s stump and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions Flashback: “If Vladimir Putin opts to back away from invading Ukraine, even temporarily, it’s because Joe Biden . . . has matched every Putin chess move with an effective counter of his own.” — Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Thomas Friedman,…

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#The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post

#The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post

“#The absurd ‘Russiagate’ Pulitzer of the NY Times and Washington Post” “For deeply sourced, relentlessly reported coverage in the public interest,” the citation from the Pulitzer Prize board begins, “that dramatically furthered the nation’s understanding of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and its connections to the Trump campaign, the president-elect’s transition team and…

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#AOC’s shoplifting myth vs. real harm on the poor

#AOC’s shoplifting myth vs. real harm on the poor

“#AOC’s shoplifting myth vs. real harm on the poor” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez once again constructs a Dickensian fantasy world where every criminal is a saint, and every police action unfair. “It’s much easier to frame people who steal baby formula and medicine as monsters to be jailed than acknowledge our politics and economic priorities create…

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#Justin Trudeau’s low blow, AOC’s idiocy and more

#Justin Trudeau’s low blow, AOC’s idiocy and more

“#Justin Trudeau’s low blow, AOC’s idiocy and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This statement: “Conservative Party members . . . stand with people who wave swastikas.” — Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, responding to Jewish Holocaust-survivor descendant MP Melissa Lantsman’s complaint about his criticisms of protesters in Ottowa, Feb. 16. We say: Video…

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