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Westerners were just in Russia proclaiming it the bulwark of Christian civilization. Tonight, Russia bombed the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of Ukraine's most revered Christian sites.
Kyiv’s iconic Lavra Monastery is on fire after Russian missiles and Shahed attack drones struck Ukraine’s capital tonight.
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So Zelensky desecrated the White House by not wearing a suit but this is ok?????

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Every intelligent person told you that Trump's painting the bottom wouldn't stop algae growing. Trump filled it with drinking water, so of course it was "clear" for a few days before algae started growing. Besides the well-known changes of repainting the bottom and stopping links, Trump is doing more to stop algae, such as increasing the amount of ozone used in the "nanobubbler" and continuous cleaning of the bottom of bird poop. But still, algae is the natural state of the pool and you can't stop it without enormous resources and expense, more than Trump is spending.
President Trump fixes the reflecting pool and a week later it’s green again, loaded with algae… Sabotage… Vandalism? I believe it is. The left can’t stand Trump, American greatness and his quest to make DC beautiful again. What a shame!
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ICE took a 31 y/o Haitian asylum-seeker into custody, drove her 30 miles away to a Pittsburgh office, put an ankle monitor on her, then sent her out the front door with no way to get anywhere or contact her family. She froze to death at a bus stop. It's now ruled a homicide.
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Sorry, but this needs to be said again and again, until it is fully understood and accepted: 🇷🇺 The Russian Army has been fought to a standstill in Ukraine - 1.4 million casualties with about 400K deaths. The sheer scale of human and equipment losses is staggering. 🇷🇺 It means Russia is not going to precipitate a second war anytime soon. However, the Russian economy has proved to be much stronger and more resilient than Western analysts expected. Military spending has sustained growth even if inflation is high and energy export income has fallen. 🇷🇺 It is entirely possible that a peace deal could be concluded within the next 12 months. Any such agreement will only be signed off by Putin if it gifts him a large chunk of Ukraine. This will allow him to declare victory and remain in power. 🇷🇺 When the conflict with Ukraine ends, Russia will not immediately revert to a non-wartime economy. Peace will give Putin a much needed breathing space which he will use to rearm and retrain his battered army. It is likely to take a decade before Russia regains any credible military strength while the economy recovers — and it is entirely possible that China will support Russia’s rearmament process. So we could see a Russian military resurgence within 5 years. This is the risk. 🇷🇺 Whatever happens, there is no inexorable path to war with Russia. But if we do nothing, if we refuse to bolster our defences when time is on our side, it’s the same as leaving the door unlocked — we will invite aggression, because Putin is strategically ambitious and opportunistic. 🇷🇺 A strong Europe, fully prepared, with potent and flexible capabilities, plus resilient and scalable economic production, would definitely deter aggression, just as NATO’s Cold War presence in Europe kept the peace for almost half a century. 🇬🇧 So,we have a straightforward binary choice: deter aggression through strength. Invite aggression through weakness. I do not want to send my children to fight a war that could have been be avoided. If you are a parent, I hope you will agree.
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Submissions are open for the Babylon Fest Spooktacular, our annual horror film festival at The Babylon Kino. Send us your best horror shorts and features! filmfreeway.com/BabylonFest
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Multiple judges ruled that Alabama’s maps discriminated based on race. Yet the Supreme Court is bending over backwards to let them stand. This court will do anything to help Republicans stay in power. No matter the cost. They have lost all semblance of impartiality.
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We must face the reality that the Supreme Court has been captured by partisan hacks and ideological extremists. x.com/phil_lewis_/status/206…

WASHINGTON (AP) — US Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map favoring Republicans in this year's elections.
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(1) Shelby: SCOTUS says that Congress no longer has pre-clearance authority for jurisdictions w/ legacy of racial discrimination. (2) Allen v Milligan: SCOTUS then says AL discriminated when designing their map (3) Yesterday: SCOTUS says we should assume good faith on part of AL.
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