Progressive.
MyEbook:14 Dinners And A Lunch. It's not about the food! Decades being a scarce woman in male industrial world. 11year pancreatic cancer survivor.
APPLEBAUM: What Russians do is they put out not one lie, but million lies, or not one explanation, but one after another.
It's a propaganda technique. They just flood people with massive, contradictory stories, and sooner or later, people won't pay attention to anything at all.
And there's so much information all the time that people eventually just tune out, and they say, "I don't know what's true, I don't know what's not true, I don't believe anything, I'm not going to engage in this issue, I'm not going to get angry about it, I just don't want to know anything at all."
When President Obama suggested I sing “What a Wonderful World,” I was immediately inspired. Its message of hope, love, and possibility has always resonated with me, and I was honored to perform at such a joyful and memorable occasion. Congratulations and thank you again @ObamaFoundation@BarackObama@MichelleObama ✨
Zelensky:
I am giving Lukashenko one week to withdraw the military equipment from the Ukrainian border that is being used to adjust artillery fire against the Ukrainian population.
Otherwise, we will do it ourselves.
Zelensky says Ukraine has repeatedly warned Belarus over relay systems on Belarusian territory that allegedly help Russian drones navigate and strike Ukrainian cities more accurately. “If Lukashenko does not remove the relays, we will remove them,” he said. #Belarus
Russia keeps bringing more and more air defense systems to protect Moscow.
This doesn't stop Ukrainian drones from reaching Moscow and makes it easier for our drones to strike targets in other areas of Russia.
Hi Mark.
Loving the soccer atmosphere. People in Kansas welcome Algerian team. Visitors discovering the giant Buc-ees gas station. Waffle House all night. The Scots Tartans went from Boston partying to Miami & chants at baseball game. Took over Little Havana. Welcoming & fun.
Imagine Trump ever being invited to join a photo like this — not in a million years.
Four presidents. Zero drama. Just smiles, respect, and a shared love of country. 🇺🇸
Zelensky tells the Belarusian dictator that he has one week to remove the missile guidance systems that he allows Russia to use for targeting Ukrainian cities or "we will remove them ourselves".
Regarding Belarus.
When the full-scale war began, we were hit by missiles that killed children and adults. And Alexander Lukashenko knows this. A large number of missiles were launched from Belarus. Back then, he called, apologized, and said it was out of his control. I don’t believe that, but that’s what he’s already said. Now, Russia will keep pushing him further into this war. Now, he understands that Ukraine will respond.
There’s no need for extra words. There are retransmitters on his communication towers. On his territory, along the two regions bordering Ukraine, there is equipment that adjusts fire on our people. He should remove that equipment. I think a week is enough for him to do that. Because right now, every day, our civilians are being killed, and children are being wounded as a result of this. If he doesn’t do it, we will.
The same goes for his oil-refining sector, for example. We are doing everything so that the Russians don’t have the ability to sell oil and supply diesel and fuel to their army. Today, Belarus is one of the key suppliers for the Russian army. Can this be stopped? I’m sure it’s within his power. And he is the one who controls it.
As for the drone strike on a bus with Belarusian children, everyone has already acknowledged it – international experts and, it seems, even the Russians are admitting it wasn’t our strike. The Russians will resort to all sorts of provocations to drag the Belarusian people into this war. This is one of them.
From the joint press interaction with the President of Honduras, Nasry Asfura. (1/3)
Ukraine has just done something astonishing.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has just launched TrophyLab - essentially making access to all captured Russian weapon technologies free for foreign governments, research institutions and the defence industry.
They will even send physical hardware to allies for examination and to rip it apart to discover Russian military secrets. As well as technical specifications, blueprints and research results.
The website includes listings for armoured vehicles, missiles, aircraft, UAVs, EW assets, UGVs, cruise missiles etc.
Governments usually want to keep this kind of captured tech a secret for its own advantage. Ukraine has decided to make it (relatively, I think) open access for the benefit of the West.
A tech exec making a million dollars stops paying into Social Security in March. A school teacher pays in every single paycheck all year long. That’s the rigged system.
Make the wealthy pay their fair share and Social Security is saved.
#HandsOffSocialSecurity
Very emotional moment from the interview with Zelenskyy. You should watch this.
JOURNALIST: Do you miss being an actor?
ZELENSKYY:?I miss being a good father.
JOURNALIST: When your children were little, what did you tell them the most? What was the thing that you told them the most when they were small?
ZELENSKYY: I love you.
JOURNALIST: And what do you tell them now that they're older?
ZELENSKYY: Oh, I miss you.
JOURNALIST: When was the last time you cried?
ZELENSKYY: I will try to do it after our interview. No, I mean this, between us. I'm a normal man and then there are a lot of different moments, between us, almost each day, a lot of losses on the battlefield and civilians, and there are absolutely crazy attacks on our people.
And I'm just, it's… I mean, It's very difficult really, when I give orders (medals). I said about it. It's always difficult for me when I give orders (medals) to the mothers and fathers, who lost their children. In such moments, really, I often cry.
JOURNALIST: Are you a hero?
ZELENSKYY: No.
JOURNALIST: So who is your hero?
ZELENSKYY:?My hero? My children, my army, our army, and Ukrainian people. So I'm a part… I'm also a Ukrainian, so I'm a part of our nation. But now our nation, I think, that our nation is absolutely heroic.
This time, the Moscow region felt the reach of Ukraine’s long-range capabilities. An oil refinery was hit at a distance of 500 kilometers. I thank the warriors of the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the Missile Forces for their effective work.
Russia must be forced to end its war against our people. And Ukraine’s long-range weapons are one of the important components of such pressure.
This is a just response to Russian strikes – and to the dragging out of a war that must be ended.
Glory to Ukraine!
Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology.
China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/
All they have to do is to raise the cap that cuts off how much income you pay ss taxes on, now $185k. Millionaires should pay on all their earnings or at least more!
I’ve paid over $150k into social security
So boomers can enjoy their retirement
Social security runs out of $$$ by 2032
Who is paying to make sure millennials can enjoy their retirement? 🤔