Turkey just had a Presidential election.  Accounts are that it was fair, at least when it comes to issues like ballot box stuffing and similar shenanigans.  Voter intimidation was something of an issue but it's actually more subtle there. ...
In a move sure to make heads explode from D.C. to Moscow, President Biden has diverted from his planned state visit to Poland set for today and tomorrow to make a completely unannounced call on President Zelenskyy in embattled...
We can pretty much surmise that House Speaker-by-a-nose Kevin McCarthy promised the former Resident and current idiot drumpf to boot Reps. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff off the House Intelligence Committee for their role as Impeachment managers, because he...
As much as we may disagree with some of the political stances, former and present, of The Bulwark creators and staff, I think we should occasionally allow ourselves the pleasure of appreciating the unabashed zeal with which the online...
Ah, remember those halcyon days not so long ago when Elon Musk was employing his giant galaxy brain to imminently solvable problems such as digging giant traffic tunnels under L.A. without setting off the San Andreas fault, or sending...
Well, it would certainly surprise me if I received a 99% plurality of yes votes in a referendum to annex four provinces of a nation I wanted that I was currently trying to reduce to rubble. But then I am...
I 💖 N.Y. To commemorate Vladimir Putin’s illegal and ultimately ineffectual annexation of four Ukrainian Provinces, considerate New Yorkers came together last night to spruce up the Russian Consulate with a spiffy new coat of blood red paint. Perhaps they were...
I quote the article below from May of this year because President Biden made virtually the same statement then as he did last night, and the reporter has some insight into the President’s actions. Whelp, Twitter is all aflutter with...
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (left, left above) caused quite an international kerfuffle last week when iPhone video of her dancing with a group of friends at a supposedly private party was leaked to the press… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l21A3tS6_vs OMG! The resulting hyperventilation...
Russia’s initial plan was to have tanks rolling through the streets of Ukraine’s Capitol Kyiv in a matter of days. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and his valiant army of professionals, bakers, bike messengers and just ordinary folk made sure that that...

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. In fact, it's the only thing that ever has.

— Margaret Mead