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Mar 14 2022
News
Russia bans Instagram as promised, blocking access for 80 million users
Russia’s promised ban on Instagram has kicked into effect today, with the social media platform inaccessible for the vast majority of the country’s population, according to internet monitoring service GlobalCheck.
The country announced plans to ban Instagram last week, in response to parent company Meta’s decision to allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for
The Verge
Apr 03 2021
Analysis
Defiant Federal Judge Calls Out the Media-Democrat Complex
‘The flak only gets heavy when you’re over the target.” This oft-cited World War II fighter-pilot wisdom is the best way to understand the strident reaction to Judge Laurence Silberman, the formidable senior jurist on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, as a result of the dissent he filed in a recent libel case.
National Review (News)
Feb 17 2022
News
Biden: ‘Every indication’ Russia prepared to attack Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden warned Thursday that Russia could still invade Ukraine within days and Russia expelled the No. 2 diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, as tensions flared anew in the worst East-West standoff in decades.
NATO allies accused Russia of misleading the world by saying it was returning some troops to their bases but instead moved in thousands of new ones. The
Associated Press
Apr 15 2021
News
Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal
“President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will withdraw remaining U.S. troops from the ‘forever war’ in Afghanistan… His plan is to pull out all American forces — numbering 2,500 now — by this Sept. 11.” AP News
Both sides are deeply divided over the withdrawal.
Supporters of the withdrawal on both sides argue that the situation cannot be resolved militarily and that Afghanistan is
The Flip Side
May 11 2022
Analysis
The Pentagon Papers leaker explains why the Supreme Court draft leak is a good thing
At 91, Daniel Ellsberg is certain of many things. One of them is that unofficial leaks of government documents are fundamental to keeping a check on the most powerful operators of our society.
"Unauthorized disclosures are the lifeline of a republic," he told NPR during a phone interview from his home in Northern California.
And anyone who chooses to take on the burden of sharing
NPR (Online News)
Jun 11 2022
Analysis
Biden Is Still Worried About Poking the Russian Bear
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is more than 100 days old, and despite providing enough U.S. military aid during that time to nearly double Kyiv’s defense budget, the Biden administration remains concerned about provoking Russia into a wider war, a stance that has frustrated many in Washington and Eastern Europe.
Even after U.S. President Joe Biden signed off on providing the
Foreign Policy
Feb 28 2021
News
Biden sends letter to congressional leadership explaining justification for Syria strike
President Joe Biden sent a letter to congressional leadership Saturday explaining the reasoning behind Thursday's airstrike in Syria, which has been criticized by some Democrats in the latest fight between the executive and legislative branches over war powers.
In the letter, which fulfills an obligation of the President listed in the War Powers Resolution, Biden outlined the details of
CNN Digital
Jun 02 2021
News
Senate parliamentarian complicates Democrats' filibuster workaround options
Democrats’ options to bypass the 60-vote threshold to overcome a Senate filibuster and pass legislation without Republican support just got more complicated.
Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough reportedly issued guidance to Senate staff on Friday that suggests Democrats could have another shot to pass a reconciliation bill, saying the framers of the modern budget process law did
Washington Examiner
Mar 11 2022
News
Biden announces U.S. will move to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" trade status
President Biden announced Friday that the U.S., European Union and G7 countries are moving to revoke Russia's "most favored nation" trade status over its invasion of Ukraine. The U.S. will also take steps to ban the import of Russian seafood, diamonds and vodka, he said.
"Each of our nations is going to take steps to deny most favored nation status to Russia," he announced. "A most-
CBS News (Online)
Mar 22 2020
Opinion
The Media Is Helping Spread Trump’s Coronavirus Racism
aced with mounting pressure over the spread of the coronavirus and his administration’s sluggish response to the global pandemic, Donald Trump has gone running for his one true drug. That drug is “racism,” and he’s ingesting it with a chaser called “xenophobia.”
Trump is now blatantly blaming the coronavirus on China. Instead of calling it by its scientific name, Covid-19, Trump is now
The Nation