Monday, March 21, 2022

McConnell greenlights pro-Putin Republicans

 

Airliner carrying 132 people crashes in southern China

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Mitch McConnell feebly tries to downplay Putin's support in Republican Party

The Senate minority leader awkwardly described numerous Republicans supporting Russia as "lonely voices" but declined to take any disciplinary measures to admonish them.


Biden to visit Poland on Europe tour to discuss Ukraine invasion response
Poland flanks Ukraine’s western edge and has been inundated with up to 50,000 exhausted, terrified refugees arriving at its border towns every day.



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Major update on windfall tax for oil companies

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.


Ukraine defies Russian demand to lay down arms in Mariupol
Ukraine defied a Russian demand that its forces lay down arms before dawn on Monday in Mariupol, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have been trapped in a city under siege and already laid to waste by Russian bombardment.



Justice Clarence Thomas hospitalized with infection, flu-like symptoms
Justice Thomas was hospitalized on Friday evening after experiencing flu-like symptoms, which have responded to intravenous antibiotics and are now abating.


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History-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high court

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court, is going before the Senate Judiciary Committee with the path to her historic confirmation seemingly clear, but GOP opposition promises to make the hearings contentious and divisive.


Another pro-Trump Senate candidate calls for McConnell's ouster
Alabama Republican Mo Brooks is calling for Mitch McConnell to be ousted as Senate GOP leader, making him the party’s third major Senate candidate to come out in favor of booting the Kentucky Republican.


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WATCH: These 5 candidates are Democrats' BEST chances for Senate gains

OD Action partner: The two BIG things they all have in common: They're champions for working-class Americans, and they're endorsed by No Dem Left Behind.


DeSantis turns fight with Disney over LGBTQ rights into rallying cry for radicalized GOP
The Sunshine State has become ground zero for a political party hellbent on denying basic freedoms, dignity, and acceptance to the LGBTQ community.



Trucker convoy gets hilariously trolled by lone DC bicyclist
The farcical moment came as the right-wing "People's Convoy" enters its third week of repeatedly attempting and failing to cause mayhem in the Beltway area.


Black store owner reports robbery, gets punched by cop in Alabama
Kevin Penn has sued after a police officer responding to a robbery call at his liquor store punched him in the face and broke his jaw in March 2020. Police claim Penn was "obstructing a robbery investigation." Got it.


Biden administration rules Myanmar army committed genocide against Rohingya
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to announce the decision today at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, which currently features an exhibit on the brutal plight of the Rohingya.


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