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Feb 12 2022
News
'Nothing More Grotesque Than a Media Pushing for War,' Says Edward Snowden
Exiled American whistleblower Edward Snowden on Friday joined global critics who are decrying news outlets for encouraging war with their coverage of rising tensions between the United States and Russia—where he has lived since 2013—over Ukraine.
"There is nothing more grotesque than a media pushing for war," Snowden tweeted.
After a flood of responses—some highlighting that
Common DreamsDec 29 2021
Opinion
Abandoned: Networks Bury Biden’s Border Crisis in November as Coverage Drops to ZERO
The crisis at the border is still spiraling out of control and the liberal news networks are determined to smother any mention of it. According to statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Security, there were 173,600 encounters along the southern border in November. This is a five percent increase over October. Yet, the evening newscast coverage dropped to a shocking zero. Zero minutes and zero
NewsBustersAug 26 2014
News
Ukraine Says It Captured Russian Troops, Clouding Talks
Ukraine released video footage on Tuesday of what it said were 10 captured Russian soldiers, raising tensions as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arrived in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, for talks later in the day with his Ukrainian counterpart, President Petro O. Poroshenko.
New York Times (News)Feb 04 2014
News
ObamaCare network vulnerable to cyber attack
U.S. intelligence agencies last week urged the Obama administration to check its new healthcare network for malicious software after learning that developers linked to the Belarus government helped produce the website raising fresh concerns that private data posted by millions of Americans will be compromised.
Fox News DigitalFeb 20 2022
Opinion
Washington Must Prepare for War With Both Russia and China
As Russia threatens the largest land invasion in Europe since World War II, the most consequential strategic question of the 21st century is becoming clear: How can the United States manage two revisionist, autocratic, nuclear-armed great powers (Russia and China) simultaneously? The answer, according to many politicians and defense experts, is that Washington must moderate its response to
Foreign PolicyFeb 02 2022
News
Ukraine crisis: Biden to deploy more US troops to eastern Europe
Joe Biden will deploy more than 3,000 US troops in Germany, Poland, and Romania, as Russia continues to build up its forces around Ukraine, and after talks between Washington and Moscow failed to bring any breakthrough or easing of tensions.
The US is sending 1,700 troops from the 82nd Airborne division to Poland, a headquarters unit of about 300 from the 18th Airborne Corps will move
The GuardianFeb 16 2022
News
Russia Is Continuing to Build Up Forces Near Ukraine, NATO Chief Says
Russia is continuing its military buildup around Ukraine, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s secretary-general said, even as Moscow announced that it began drawing down some of its troops and released footage of tanks and armored personnel carriers being removed from the Crimean Peninsula.
On Wednesday, the day on which some U.S. intelligence officials had said a Russian invasion
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 06 2023
Perspectives Blog
Do Transgender Athletes Have a Place in Sports?
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Teresa Smallwood, Postdoctoral Fellow & Associate Director, Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative, and Mariah Burton Nelson, Former professional athlete and Women’s Sports Policy Working Group member.
Transgender Athletes: Hypostatic Union or Smoke Screen?By Teresa
Divided We Fall (author)Nov 30 2021
Analysis
The World Has No Answer for Migration
We didn’t need a confrontation between Belarus and the European Union over the fate of thousands of migrants and asylum-seekers from the Middle East and Africa to remind us that Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko was a brutal dictator with scant regard for human suffering—we knew that already. Instead, the real lesson of the crisis is what it says about the ability and willingness of
Foreign PolicySep 24 2020
News
Republicans condemn Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power
A number of prominent Republican lawmakers addressed President Trump's refusal on Wednesday to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses November's presidential election.
Driving the news: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted, "The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th. There will be an orderly transition just as there has been every
Axios