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"...#Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has firmly stated that Kyiv will not raise any flag other than its national one in response to #Pope Francis’ recent remarks calling for Ukraine to “raise the white flag” and negotiate with russia.

“Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail. We shall never raise any other flags,” - Dmytro Kuleba..."

"...“This is not “polarization.” It is the authoritarian capture of much of the GOP by a right-wing movement bent on sowing chaos.”..."


https://wapo.st/4ccHL3R

"..Ever see Con Air? The scene where Steve Buscemi’s character said “Define irony”? Elaine Chao’s sister dying of entirely preventable lack of auto industry safety standards, that she was literally in charge of dismantling as best she could, seems to fit the bill. Just sayin’

People keep trying to give these banality-of-evil people the benefit of the doubt, saying “if it affects them and their own families, then they’ll see,” but they don’t. They CHOOSE not to, even then. Because even when it hits them, they still don’t care. They sacrifice their own children for their ideology. English fails me. There is no word or phrase sufficient to the task of describing or labeling this kind of evil. Evil is a cartoon. It’s hyperbole. It’s melodrama. We have no word serious enough nor accurate for this.."

republicans no doubt


"...CBS: Colorado ranchers sentenced after tampering with rain gauges to increase crop subsidies

Two southeastern Colorado ranch owners were recently sentenced to pay $6.6 million to resolve federal charges that they damaged or altered rain gauges in an effort to get paid for worsening drought conditions..."