Prologue Journal – Page 32713 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Rare Common Sense on Diversity

Wall Street Journal A talk at VMI about merit and opportunity rather than outcomes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/diversity-virginia-vmi-opportunity-94a8754e

You Know What Isn’t Fun?

Wall Street Journal Paying off the debt of privileged college students. https://www.wsj.com/articles/fun-employment-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-4f489d

EAEU, Iran close to concluding free trade zone agreement — Russian Deputy PM

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. EEC Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev said earlier that the agreement on a free trade zone between the EAEU and Iran could be signed as early as this year https://tass.com/economy/1620311

Data on Ukrainian officers with NATO training declassified in Zaporozhye

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The security forces of the Zaporozhye Region came in possession of a large number of personal files of military pilots from the 25th Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, who served in the Zaporozhye Region https://tass.com/defense/1620309

Tourist flow from Russia to Cuba to surge to half a million people per year

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian Deputy PM participated in the meeting devoted to tourism attended by the republic’s Prime Minister Manuel Marrero and Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Garcia Granda https://tass.com/economy/1620307

Russia Targets Kyiv for 10th Time This Month

New York Times The attacks come as a widely anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive looms. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/world/europe/a-russian-aerial-attack-targets-kyiv-for-the-10th-time-this-month.html

Debt Limit Talks Hit a Snag as G.O.P. Declares a ‘Pause’

New York Times Republicans left negotiations on Friday saying the White House was refusing to move its way on spending cuts. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/debt-limit-gop-pause.html

F.B.I. Violated Surveillance Program Rules, Court Ruling Says

New York Times The bureau made changes after the newly revealed violations of rules for querying messages intercepted under an expiring warrantless surveillance law. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/19/us/politics/fbi-violated-surveillance-program-rules.html

US request to visit Gershkovich declined again in retaliatory move — foreign ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the ministry, the move was motivated by the non-issuance of US visas to Russian journalists who were to accompany Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during his visit to New York for UN Security Council events https://tass.com/politics/1620305

Ukraines’ Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces discusses work of Patriot air defence system with US General Mark Milley

Pravda Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discussed the effective work of Patriot air defence systems in Ukraine with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States, General Mark Milley. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/19/7403021/