These Maps And Videos Show How Ukraine’s ‘Blitzkrieg’ Offensive Shocked Russia

In one week in September, Ukrainian forces liberated 1,100 square miles in Northeastern Ukraine. This is more than Russia’s military managed to seize in months of costly attritional warfare in the Donbas region. Further withdrawals announced by Russia’s Defense Ministry may result in over 3,200 square miles falling back under Ukrainian control.

Lurking in the shadow of Ukraine’s heavily advertised counteroffensive in Kherson, the Kharkiv campaign took Russian forces by surprise. It became a textbook example of a fast-paced breakthrough and exploitation operation – the very sort of campaign Russian armored units mostly failed to achieve at the beginning of the war.

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Defying Markets to Promote Organics

In the midst of historic inflation, the Department of Agriculture is pumping millions in taxpayer subsidies to support the overpriced, overhyped organic food industry.

Advocates of President Biden’s 2021 American Rescue Plan touted the $1.9 trillion-dollar stimulus bill as a vehicle for various goals—to fund a national vaccination program, stop Covid-19, and reopen schools. Who could be against any of that?

Those who questioned the price tag back then would like to direct you to the White House’s American Rescue Plan webpage, which now celebrates the bill as “one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in history.” The reality is that the Covid recovery bill is being revealed for what it was always intended to be: a slush fund for Biden administration pet projects, giveaways to narrow special interests, and ideological wish lists. The scope of the bait and switch legislation is becoming more evident as the Biden administration continues to dole out those taxpayer dollars.

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40 Percent of Americans Believe CCP Considers Itself at War With US: Poll

An increasing number of Americans believe that China’s communist regime considers itself to be at war with the United States, according to the results of a new national survey.

Some 40 percent of likely U.S. voters said they think the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which rules China as a single-party state, considers itself to be at war with the United States. Less than 26 percent said the CCP doesn’t consider itself at war with the United States, while more than 34 percent were unsure.

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The Palestinians and the World Do Not Need Another Corrupt, Failed Terrorist Arab State

The Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership has decided to renew its bid to gain full membership in the United Nations. PA President Mahmoud Abbas, who is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly during its session in New York later this month, is expected to raise the issue of upgrading the Palestinians’ status from non-member observer state to full member.

The PA leadership, in other words, wants the world to believe that the Palestinians are ready for statehood and that is why the time has come to recognize “Palestine” as a full member of the UN.

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Muslim migrant buys 14-year-old girl in Switzerland

With the alarming influx of illegal migrants in the Western nations, while Muslim migrants are committing numerous types of crimes including jihadist suicide attacks and stabbing attacks, now another nefarious culture of sexual perversion has started in several European countries, including Switzerland.

According to media reports, the criminal court of Lucerne sentences a Muslim migrant for sexual acts with a child. He handed over money to the parents of a 14-year-old girl in order to be able to buy her for using as sex slave.

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Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Live Action Trailer Dropped, And Fans Are Getting Called Racist For Hating It

Disney just released the trailer for its newest live-action remake, “The Little Mermaid,” and reactions have been strong from the get-go. Like with other projects, detractors are being told it’s racist to dislike this new version.

The studio chose Halle Bailey to portray the finned princess. Because the actress is black, many are already saying any criticism must be racially motivated. However, early critics have plenty of complaints about the movie that have nothing to do with Ariel’s skin color.

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Saudi Arabia: man arrested after Mecca pilgrimage for Queen

Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.

The man, a Yemeni national, published a video clip of himself on social media on Monday at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, where non-Muslims are forbidden.

In the clip, he held up a banner saying: “Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth II, we ask God to accept her in heaven and among the righteous.”

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The View: Until U.S. Has Racial Reckoning, Impossible to Unite Like 9/11

No one has ever accused the cast of ABC’s The View of being truly reflective or the pinnacle of civility on daytime TV. Yet on Monday’s show, in the wake of America remembering the tragedy of September 11, 2001, the cast was perplexed by the apparent loss of civility and unity in the country. One co-host even suggested that until America had a racial reckoning for slavery, we would NEVER be able to replicate that kind of unity.

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Russian state TV utters the unspeakable: ‘Ukraine cannot be defeated’

Western-leaning politician allowed to voice rare criticism in what may be ploy to prepare the Russian people for possibility of peace talks

A war commentator invited on to Russian state television told viewers that Vladimir Putin has been misled by advisers and said Ukraine cannot be defeated, in what appeared to be a rare example of sanctioned criticism.

Boris Nadezhdin, a Western-leaning politician appearing for the first time in months, called for peace talks as he made a surprise appearance on state-controlled NTV over the weekend.

Mr Nadezhdin, who for years played the token liberal on state television, said: “We’re not at the point where we have to understand – it’s absolutely impossible to defeat Ukraine, using the resources and colonial war methods that Russia is using to win this war.

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Germany: Activists protest on-going purchase of Russian uranium

Environmental activists on Monday protested in front of a fuel element factory in Germany where a Russian uranium shipment was set to arrive.

The Russian ship Mikhail Dudin was expected to arrive at the Rotterdam port Sunday evening, and the uranium was to be transported by truck on Monday to a plant in Lingen, near the German-Dutch border.

Protesters demanded an “immediate stop to nuclear deals with Russia,” according to a statement published by a citizen initiative.

Have these guys signed a non-aggression pact we’re not aware of?

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The Conservative ‘populist’ targeting Trudeau

Canada’s new Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has vowed to “fight tooth and nail” for Canadians as he sets his sights on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government.

“Canadians are hurting, and it is our job to transform that hurt into hope,” Mr Poilievre said in his first address to his party caucus on Monday.

Mr Poilievre was elected leader of the Conservative party on Saturday after winning it in a landslide first-ballot victory with nearly 70% of the vote from party members.

Commentators have said the leader of the right-wing party will usher in a new era of populist politics in Canada.

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Twitter misleading the public, whistleblower says

Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter Zatko, has told US lawmakers the firm is “misleading the public” about how secure the platform really is.

He claimed Twitter was “a decade behind” security standards, that users’ data is not sufficiently protected and that too many staff have access to it.

Mr Zatko was giving evidence following an 84-page long whistleblowing complaint he made about security practices inside the social network.

He was fired by the firm in January.

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