• 02/28/2025

GOP Sen. Tim Scott to make major 2024 presidential campaign announcement on May 22

Fox News Saying “it’s time to take the final step,” Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will formally jump into the 2024 GOP presidential nomination race. Scott said Sunday at a political event in Charleston, South Carolina, that he’ll make a “major” 2024 announcement on May 22. That announcement, in North Charleston, South Carolina,…

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Anticipation surrounds Iran presidential visit to Syria

Jerusalem Post Iran backing Syria is expected to be helpful in Syria’s hopeful return to the Arab League. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-741719

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A Repository of American Classics

Wall Street Journal The Library of America preserves the nation’s best works against the depredations of wokeness and artificial intelligence. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-repository-of-american-classics-kerouac-melville-thoreau-emerson-literature-library-books-6cadac3e

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Your Monday Briefing: Inside Ukraine’s Trenches

New York Times Also, the potential for civil war in Darfur. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/briefing/ukraine-counteroffensive-asia.html

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Freya, the Walrus Killed by Norwegian Officials, Is Immortalized as a Sculpture

New York Times The bronze sculpture depicts the walrus on her side and should remind onlookers about the importance of coexisting, the artist said. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/world/europe/freya-walrus-statue-norway.html

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Turkish intelligence eliminates ISIS head in Syria — Erdogan

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “The National Intelligence of Turkey had been tracking ISIS head Abu Hussein al-Qurashi for a long time,” Erdogan said https://tass.com/world/1611789

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2024 hopeful raises concerns on trans rights movement negatively impacting kids

Fox News Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday that the cultural movement of transgender rights in the U.S. “is creating more gender dysphoria” and “confusion” among young people. “I think that when a kid says that I’m born into the wrong body, that my gender doesn’t match my biological sex, more often than not…

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Explosions rock Pavlohrad

Pravda Ukraine Explosions were heard in the city of Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, late on Sunday evening. Source: Pavlohrad Mayor Anatolii Vershyna in a comment to Suspilne, Ukraine’s public broadcaster; social media; Pavlohrad City Executive Committee on Facebook Details: Vershyna has confirmed that explosions were heard in Pavlohrad while an air raid warning was in force.…

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Pope Reveals He’s Working on Secret ‘Mission’ of Peace in Ukraine

New York Times Francis said he was doing “all that is humanly possible” to help return Ukrainian children taken to Russia and urged Hungary not to slam doors on migrants. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/30/world/europe/pope-francis-hungary.html

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