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Opinion | What happened to Republicans? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The other night, I flipped on my TV and caught the start of a “Daily Show” episode featuring clips of rightwing fishstick darling Tucker Carlson denouncing America because he bought some cheap groceries in communist Russia.  A few days before that, Alabama’s senior senator, global policy and three-branch government expert Tommy Tuberville, launched into a […]

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Mayor

Power Cuts In Kyiv After Explosions: Mayor

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Wednesday that part of the city was without electricity after power lines were damaged during a Russian missile attack. “As a result of an enemy attack, two high-voltage lines were damaged by missile fragments in the capital. Some consumers on the left bank are currently without electricity,” Klitschko wrote on social […]

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Alabama

Senate supplemental receives frosty reception from some members | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A bill that would unlock tens of billions of dollars in national security supplemental funding and overhaul U.S. immigration policy at the southern border received a frosty reception from lawmakers in both chambers and across the political spectrum on Monday, casting doubts over the legislation’s future. The $118.3 billion package would direct some of the […]

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Mayor

Zelensky Names Mayor Once Abducted By Russia As Regional Head

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed the mayor of an occupied city who was once abducted by Russia as the new head of the country’s southern embattled Zaporizhzhia region, his office said on Sunday. Zelensky made the announcement as he visited the southern front on Sunday, including meeting troops in the frontline village and fighting hotspot […]

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Alaska

State Department responds to Putin on Alaska: ‘Certainly he’s not getting it back’ | #alaska | #politics

The State Department on Monday brushed off reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his government to look into the nation’s former “real estate” abroad, saying Alaska would be staying in American hands. Putin signed a new decree last week to allocate funds for the research and registration of Russian property overseas, including that in […]

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Alaska

Putin Ally Hints at Russian Plot to Reclaim Alaska | #alaska | #politics

A Russian lawmaker and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested on Wednesday that Moscow should consider an attempt to retake Alaska from the United States. Alaska, the largest U.S. state by area situated to the west of Canada, was the 49th state admitted to the union, joining in January 1959. Prior to that, […]

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Mayor

Ukrainian Drone Kills Two In Russian-occupied Zone: Mayor

A Ukrainian drone Friday killed two people and wounded six during an evacuation of injured people near the city of Gorlivka, held by pro-Russia separatists since 2014, the mayor said. Ivan Prikhodko said the drone hit an ambulance evacuating energy workers wounded in previous shelling, killing a paramedic and an energy worker in the village […]

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Mayor

Air Defence Systems In Moscow Repelled Drone ‘Attack’: Mayor

Air defence systems in the Russian capital on Tuesday destroyed a drone over the city, Moscow’s mayor announced, without specifying whether it was a Ukrainian drone or from where it was launched. “Air defence forces in the Odintsovo district repelled a drone attack. According to preliminary information, there is no damage or casualties at the […]

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Mayor

Russia Steps Up Attacks On East Ukraine’s Avdiivka: Mayor

Russia has stepped up attacks on the Ukraine’s shattered eastern frontline town of Avdiivka, its mayor said Thursday. The industrial town near the Russian-held regional stronghold of Donetsk has been under fierce attack for more than a month. “It is very hot. Indeed, in the last few days, the enemy has become more active,” Avdiivka’s […]

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Alabama

Some Alabama GOP congressional members receive failing scores on pro-Ukraine report card | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A recent report card from a pro-Ukraine GOP organization rated Alabama GOP congressmen based on their support for Ukraine during the current conflict against Russia, with several failing. Republicans for Ukraine is a coalition of Republicans who believe that the GOP should continue to support Ukraine and be “united in our support for helping Ukraine […]

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