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MAGA Mouthpiece Ed Martin Under Investigation by Ethics Committee
"The former DC US attorney nominee revealed he faces a legal disciplinary review in an all-office goodbye email, while claiming his confidentiality was violated."
This couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
Original Source: www.washingtonpost.com
Archived Link: archive.ph
Vladimir Putin Fires Commander-in-Chief of Russian Ground Forces
General Oleg Selyukov was fired by presidential decree on 15 May. He had been in this position since 2014 and commanded the Victory Parade on Red Square on 9 May. The Russian despot moved Selyukov to be deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council under Sergey Shoigu.
Putin refused to meet Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky in Istanbul this week, so that whole affair was a monumental waste of time and money. But it gave the diplomats the opportunity to enjoy delicious Turkish cuisine and hospitality while jabber-jawing at taxpayer expense.
Since Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, they have lost ~970,590 military personnel (plus 1,220 over the last 24 hours), 372 aircraft, 337 helicopters, and 10,820 tanks.
An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for war crimes remains active for Vladimir Putin. An indictment is merely an accusation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Source: Link
Florida Bans Fluoride in Public Water
"Florida has become the second state to officially ban fluoride in public water." (Utah was the first with this lunacy).
Gov. Ron DeSantis called the fluoridation of water "forced medication," saying it violates "informed consent."
"The move to block fluoride has been decried by major health organizations, who warn that it would negatively affect residents' health."
Nota Bene: The governor of the Sunshine State is an Ivy League graduate like JD Vance.
Source: www.nbcnews.com
DHS Requests 20,000 National Guard Troops to Help With Mass Deportations
What role National Guard soldiers would take in the immigration crackdown in unknown: a) Rounding up and arresting people for deportation; b) Prisoner transport; c) or Facility security. Also unclear is whether state governors would have to approve the plan or if Dotard Trumpf would move to federalize the National Guard to take control of its troops. The last time the US government did so was in 1992 during the Los Angeles riots, sparked by the brutal racist police beating of Rodney King.
Source: www.msn.com
Note Bene: This month marks exactly 55 years since Ohio Army National Guardsmen opened fire on unarmed college students at Kent State University.
Dotard Trumpf Told Soldiers Hitler Gave Speech at the Eiffel Tower
FTA:
Trumpf believed US dominance of airports helped win the war for America's independence. He said Frederick Douglass "has done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more," 122 years after the former slave's death. Trump referred to 9/11 as 7/11, and he theorized that the Spanish Flu of 1918 "probably ended" World War II. And on and on. Now the Dotard has a new imaginary historical event: Adolf Hitler's speech at the Eiffel Tower in Paris when the Germans occupied France during the Second World War.
Hitler, historians know, never gave a speech at the Eiffel Tower. Der Fuhrer visited Paris shortly after the fall of the city, when the Germans occupied France in June 1940. He toured several landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, but he did not deliver a public speech there. Those sneaky French actually cut the Eiffel Tower's elevator cables, forcing Hitler to walk to the top, but he reportedly declined. The German military governor also did not destroy French landmarks as ordered after Der Fuhrer returned to Berlin.
Source: www.nj.com
Former US Ambassador to Ukraine Quit Her Post Because of Trumpf
"I was US Ambassador to Ukraine. I resigned because of Trumpf's foreign policy."
Ambassador Brink couldn't tolerate the manner in which Trumpf was dealing with Russia. She describes some of the miseries of the invasion:
Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, it has done what can only be described as pure evil: killed thousands of civilians, including 700 children, with missiles and drones that hit their homes and apartments in the dead of night.
It has committed over 150,000 war crimes, abducted 20,000 children from their families, and forced millions of men, women and children to flee into Europe and elsewhere.
Source: www.freep.com
Russia Imprisons Australian Volunteer to 13 Years Prison
Oscar Jenkins (33) was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces, state prosecutors in the Russian-controlled parts of eastern Ukraine said. Jenkins was found guilty by a court in Luhansk of participating in an armed conflict as a mercenary. He had fought for Ukraine against Russia from Mar-Dec 2024. Australian FM Penny Wong said that her government was "appalled" by the sentencing, calling it a "sham trial" and urged Russia to treat Jenkins in accordance with international humanitarian law. Australia has repeatedly called for the release of Jenkins, who is originally from Melbourne, since he was captured by Russian forces in December.
Source: www.cnn.com
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