#Men Seni Suyemin’s P.L.U.R. pop explosion

#Men Seni Suyemin’s P.L.U.R. pop explosion

The Kazakhstan-based electro-pop artist wrote her debut album BELIEVE after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Men Seni Suyemin.   Photo courtesy of Men Seni Suyemin Discover Blogly is The FADER’s curated roundup of our favorite new music discoveries. In the Kazakh language, “Men Seni Suyemin” means “I love you,” a stage name that, in the wrong…

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#President’s budget is blind to the New Cold War

#President’s budget is blind to the New Cold War

President Biden likes to share an expression from his father: “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you value.” Let’s follow that logic. Last month, Biden released a budget proposal that calls into serious question how much he values our national security. The United States has entered…

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#Western powers shot down Iranian missiles. Why not Russian missiles?

#Western powers shot down Iranian missiles. Why not Russian missiles?

Ukrainians are asking an indelicate question: Why has the West reacted with near-unanimous indignation to Iran’s missile attack against Israel, immediately expressing a willingness to protect its population against further attacks, while failing to help Ukraine protect itself against daily Russian bombardments of its people, cities and infrastructure? Or as the Wall Street Journal put…

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#Zelensky says Ukraine will lose war without US funding

#Zelensky says Ukraine will lose war without US funding

Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky warned Ukraine “will lose the war” if U.S. lawmakers do not pass funding for the war-torn nation. “We need to tell Congress specifically … if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said Sunday during a meeting with the UNITED24, the Ukrainian government’s fundraising platform. “If Ukraine…

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#As Washington emboldens Putin, Ukraine pays the price

#As Washington emboldens Putin, Ukraine pays the price

Washington has done just about everything it can to embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin. Congress’s inability to muster a vote to renew aid to Ukraine is only surpassed by the White House’s inability, over the last 24 months, to provide Ukraine the weapons and ammunition it needs to win. Neither can get beyond excuses, much to the benefit and approval of…

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#Scandinavia is boosting its defense spending even as Sweden’s NATO entry is stalled

#Scandinavia is boosting its defense spending even as Sweden’s NATO entry is stalled

After a needless two-month delay, the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee finally approved Sweden’s application for NATO membership earlier this week. But Fuad Oktay, the committee’s chairman, made it clear that full parliamentary ratification was still some time away. Since the parliament, like the committee, is controlled by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK…

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#The world’s first drone war is happening in Ukraine

#The world’s first drone war is happening in Ukraine

A lot of blame-shifting is happening about the failed Ukrainian military offensive. But strangely there’s almost no discussion of its real causes, which are the steep learning curve of the Russian army and the military technology revolution happening right now on both sides. The Russo-Ukrainian war began as a classic artillery war. Now it is…

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