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By Eric Mack Newsmax March 21, 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is praising Fox News’ coverage of its war on Ukraine, hailing it as ”trying to represent some alternative points of view” and denouncing ”information terrorism.” ”We understood long ago that there is no such thing as an independent Western media,” Lavrov told RT.com, which is Russian state media television Russia Today, in an in-studio interview Friday, citing U.S. media ”censorship” and the blocking of former President Donald Trump on social media. Continue Reading…..
Coach K’s legacy beyond Duke includes a coaching tree that is still growing By Paul Myerberg USA TODAY March 20, 2022 GREENVILLE, S.C. — The first to be promoted was Mike Dement, who in 1986 was named the head coach at Cornell. The latest was Nate James, who just completed his first year at Austin Peay. The next to follow is Jon Scheyer, who will assume full control of the Blue Devils’ program as soon as Sunday evening or as late as the day after the national championship game in early April. For decades, Mike Krzyzewski has crafted…
Why Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing is significant – CNN Video CNN March 20, 2022 Dean of Boston University School of Law, Angela Onwuachi-Willig explains what Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to justice on the Supreme Court of the United States means to not only Black women, but all Americans. Continue Reading…..
Marie Yovanovitch says Trump’s Helsinki press conference with Putin was so ‘disastrous’ that she couldn’t finish eating her french fries By Sonam Sheth Business Insider March 19, 2022 It was a “spectacle” that left people “pondering the depths to which Trump had sunk in his pandering to Putin.” “I watched the infamous Trump-Putin press conference at my Odesa hotel that evening while pecking at room-service french fries,” the book says. “I quickly lost my appetite as I saw our president toady up to Putin and take the Russian’s word over that of our own intelligence agencies, which assessed…
Justice Department charges Wisconsin man who said it was ‘satisfying’ to attack police on January 6 By Tara Subramaniam and Hannah Rabinowitz CNN March 18, 2022 (CNN)The Justice Department unsealed charges on Thursday against a 23-year-old Wisconsin man who allegedly told associates it was “satisfying” to assault US Capitol Police officers on January 6, 2021, and threatened to return to Washington, DC, with paintball guns that resembled an automatic rifle. Riley Kasper was arrested on Thursday and is facing six federal charges, including assaulting law enforcement using a deadly or dangerous weapon. He is scheduled to make his…
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Judge takes unusual guilty plea from Capitol riot suspect By Josh Gerstein POLITICO March 17, 2022 A Texas man accused of assaulting a police officer with a pole during the Capitol riot pleaded guilty to that crime on Thursday even though prosecutors indicated earlier this week that they were willing to agree to have that charge dismissed, for now, due to mishandling of the case. The unusual move by Lucas Denney, 44, came after an even more unusual admission by prosecutors that they violated federal law by failing to promptly arrange a court appearance for Denney last month…
France 24 March 17, 2022 With online posts in Hebrew and appeals to Jews to “cry out” in response to Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invoked his faith to rally support for his embattled country. The 44-year-old comedian-turned-president told the Times of Israel in 2020 that he had an “ordinary… Jewish upbringing,” explaining “most Jewish families in the Soviet Union were not religious.” He has also described religion as a personal matter and even swore his presidential oath on the Bible. Continue Reading…..
By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com March 17, 2022 The world has had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, as the Ukrainian president has galvanized his country against an unprovoked attack by neighboring Russia. The broad strokes of Zelensky’s career have long been known to those who pay attention to Ukrainian politics — or to their spillover effects in American government. He’s young, funny, Jewish and committed to a strong democratic Ukraine, even at the risk of death. “I need ammunition, not a ride,” he reportedly told American authorities this week after they offered…
By Cnaan Liphshiz Jewish Telegraphic Agency March 17, 2022 ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) — Arkady Kesselman, a 20-year-old Jewish student, was set on leaving his native Ukraine for the West last winter. In a war-torn nation losing about 1.2 million citizens each year, where the average monthly salary is about $300, it’s not an unusual decision. But Kesselman has since changed his mind. The reason? Volodymyr Zelensky’s landslide victory in May’s presidential election. Continue Reading…..