Category: Nations
Government-Funded Media Still Upset Twitter Calls Them Government-Funded Media
Wall Street Journal NPR isn’t the only taxpayer-supported broadcaster getting prickly. https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-funded-media-still-upset-twitter-calls-them-government-funded-media-223df4ed
Read MoreWisconsin Assembly passes bills outlawing local gas engine bans
Fox News State and local governments in Wisconsin would not be allowed to ban gas-powered vehicles, snow blowers, lawnmowers and other machines under a pair of bills the Republican-controlled Assembly passed Tuesday along party lines. The bills’ GOP sponsors hope to outlaw measures similar to a law passed in California last year requiring that all…
Read MoreRussian Foreign Minister Seeks Deeper Ties in Latin America
Wall Street Journal In a visit to the region, Sergei Lavrov thanked Brazil for its proposal to end the Ukraine war before flying to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba. https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-foreign-minister-seeks-deeper-ties-in-latin-america-24801709
Read MoreTwitter Chief Elon Musk Tries to Reassure Advertisers at Miami Beach Forum
Wall Street Journal The billionaire says he is receptive to brands’ concerns but will give priority to free speech. https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitter-chief-elon-musk-tries-to-reassure-advertisers-at-miami-beach-forum-c5505448
Read MoreOver flight intercom, El Al pilot links Israel’s judicial reform to the Holocaust
Jerusalem Post Pilot Doron Ginzburg referenced Yom Hashoah and said “[t]hings like the Holocaust are potentially to be occurring in a dictatorship, and we are fighting in Israel to remain a democratic country.” https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-739620
Read MoreAuthorities of Russian Bryansk Oblast report drone attack on military enlistment office
Pravda Ukraine Alexander Bogomaz, Governor of Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, has said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have allegedly attacked the military enlistment office of Novozybkov municipal district with a drone. Source: Bogomaz on Telegram Quote: “The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the building of the military enlistment office of Novozybkov municipal district using a…
Read MoreRepublicans block Schumer’s request to replace Feinstein on Judiciary Committee
Fox News Senate Republicans on Tuesday evening blocked a request from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on the Judiciary Committee so that committee has the numbers to advance President Biden’s judicial nominees. Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced the resolution and asked that it be approved by unanimous consent – a…
Read MoreAtlanta Prosecutor Seeks Removal of Lawyer in Trump Case
New York Times The lawyer represents 10 Georgia Republicans who were part of a plan to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election and keep Donald J. Trump in power. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/18/us/trump-georgia-lawyer-fani-willis.html
Read MoreBill Barr joins group targeting progressive prosecutors: ‘Enforce our law’
Fox News Former attorney general William Barr has joined the advisory board of Protecting Americans Action Fund, a group led by Republican Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares aimed at stopping “progressive prosecutors” and enforcing the rule of law. “As the former U.S. Attorney General, I am proud to join Protecting Americans Action Fund because we…
Read MoreRussians strike Sumy Oblast 165 times, killing one woman and injuring two other civilians
Pravda Ukraine Over the course of the past 24 hours, Russian forces have attacked six border hromadas in Sumy Oblast [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/19/7398450/
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