Month: May 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been provoked into launching an attack against Ukraine by NATO’s eastward expansion, Pope Francis said on Tuesday in an interview published by Italian daily Corriere Della Sera. The pontiff […]

CIA Lures Dissatisfied Russians to Get in Touch Via Darknet

As the Russian government continues a crackdown on outside information and opposition to the Kremlin’s months-long invasion of Ukraine, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is offering Russians opposed to the war a secure way to […]

Abortion is a ‘Religion for the Far Left’, Senator Hawley Says

In the wake of protests and left-wing outrage following the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion suggesting the overturn of Roe v. Wade, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley called abortion “religion for the far […]

A Record Number of Americans Quit Their Jobs in March

Emphasizing how one of the tightest labor markets in decades has made it difficult for employers to fill open positions, data released Tuesday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that, in March, a record-setting […]

LUNCHTIME POLITICS: Ohio, Nevada, Georgia, Massachusetts Poll Updates – Ukraine Options – Tuesday Trivia

May 3, 2022 John Ganjei

Your Daily Polling Update for Tuesday, May 3, 2022 BIDEN JOB APPROVAL: AVERAGE 42%Same as a week ago RON’S COMMENT: Today’s average is based on five polls, ranging from 42% (WaPo/ABC, Emerson, Reuters) to 43% […]

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Leaked Draft Supreme Court Doc Would Overturn Roe

A leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion shows that a majority of the conservative court voted to strike down the landmark abortion rights decision made in Roe v. Wade, making it unprecedented in the […]

UK Sends £300m More in Military Aid as PM Praises Ukraine’s Finest Hour

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will praise Ukraine’s resistance against Russia and tyranny as a whole as an exemplar for the world in a virtual address to the country’s parliament. The speech comes as the […]

Top Spanish Officials’ Devices Hacked

A hack of the Spanish Prime Minister’s phone has deepened Europe’s spyware crisis, making him the first EU head of state to be confirmed to have fallen victim to Pegasus. It means that the spyware scandal […]

More European Sanctions Against Russia Amid Fears of Annexation

The European Union is preparing another wave of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine after a major shift by Russia’s biggest energy consumer, Germany. The new sanctions come amid warnings from the United […]

New Zealand Welcomes Back Visitors as Border Reopens After Two Years

After more than two years of closed borders, New Zealand finally welcomed back visitors and loved ones. The first travelers and returning New Zealanders touched down in Aotearoa yesterday to a scene of Maori songs, tearful […]

Trump Wanted to Shoot Protesters, Former Defense Secretary Claims

Former President Donald Trump raised the idea of shooting protesters who took over the streets around the White House after George Floyd’s murder in 2020, former Defense Secretary Mark Esper claims in his new book […]

Abbott Could Invoke War Powers to Tackle Migrant Flow

In a direct challenge to the federal government and in an effort to tackle the migrant crisis caused, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is considering to declare ‘an invasion’ the record surge of illegal migration at […]

Ukraine Allegedly Sinks Two Russian Patrol Boats in the Black Sea

Ukrainian drones had sunk two Russian patrol boats near the Black Sea’s Zmiiny isle (Snake Island), the Ukrainian resistance’s symbol after soldiers there rebuffed Russian demands to surrender, Ukraine’s defense ministry said Monday. Referring to […]

Apple Pay Targeted in European Commission’s Antitrust Probe

The US tech giant Apple was issued on Monday a Statement of Objections by the EU Commission arguing that it has abused its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets on iOS devices to benefit […]

Sailors Allowed to Move Off USS George Washington by the Navy

After a string of deaths over the past year, including the three suicides that happened last month alone, the Navy decided to allow the sailors to move off the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and […]

May Day rallies in Europe Urge More Help as Inflation Bites

May Day was celebrated across Europe on Sunday and Monday, with many cities seeing protests to honor workers and shame governments into doing more for their people, Associated Press reported. Tens of thousands of people […]

EU Says Apple Breaking Competition Law over Contactless Payments

EU regulators claim that Apple is breaking competition laws by limiting rivals’ access to technology that is key to making contactless payments, The Guardian reports. The European Commission said today that Apple “set the rules” […]

White House Correspondents’ Dinner Returns with President in Attendance

Washington D.C. got dressed to the nines this weekend for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, ABC News reports. The famous event made its grand return over the weekend following two years of being canceled due […]

Some Evacuated in Mariupol but Several Hundred Civilians Still Trapped

A long-awaited evacuation of civilians began from a besieged steel plant in the Ukraine city of Mariupol, but several hundred civilians are still trapped, Associated Press reports. An operation to evacuate people from the Azovstal […]

Connecticut Senate OKs Bill That Protects Abortion Providers

Connecticut passed a bill that will make the state a safe haven for abortion, Associated Press reports. The Connecticut Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that abortion rights advocates say is needed in […]

U.S. Inflation-adjusted Consumer Expenditure Surged in March

Despite heavy pricing pressures, inflation-adjusted consumer expenditure in the United States increased in March, demonstrating that people still have strong appetites and financial resources for purchasing, Bloomberg reports. According to March Commerce Department numbers released […]

McConnel Keeps Quiet over 'Sour Relationship' with Trump

McConnell Keeps Quiet over ‘Sour Relationship’ with Trump

Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican Leader, has been tight-lipped about his strained relationship with former President Donald Trump, even among his own fellow Republicans, The Hill reports. According to the senators, McConnell, who prides himself […]

Housing Investments Jeopardized as Biden Spending Bill Becomes Stale

The route ahead for the essential housing investments Democrats hoped to safeguard in the Build Back Better Act (BBB) is becoming cloudy, as Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to the party’s partisan package casts doubt on […]

Amazon Hearing May Overturn NY Labor Union Vote

According to a US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) officer, Amazon Inc’s objections to a historic union election at a corporate warehouse in New York City necessitate a hearing that might invalidate the outcome. The […]

Civil Rights Activists Gather under Stone Mountain, Blast ‘Racist Traitors’

A large group of civil rights activists rallied and yelled at Georgia’s Stone Mountain on Saturday, carrying posters denouncing “racist traitors” as they protested the restoration of an annual Confederate festival, Reuters reports. The demonstration […]

GOP Slammed Homeland Security Secretary for ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Narrative

Republicans have been outraged by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ inability to identify a single case of domestic terrorism that his department has forwarded to the Department of Justice for prosecution, and their calls for […]

Gabbard Says Obama behind Effort of Forming Disinformation Governance Board

Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman from Hawaii, said that Barack Obama is behind the initiative to form a Disinformation Governance Board, which she equated with George Orwell’s famous “Ministry of Truth,” Fox News informed. Gabbard […]

New Polls Show Republicans in Front of Democrats for Upcoming Midterms

In the run-up to this year’s midterm elections, a new poll finds Republicans to have an advantage, even among those more normally associated with the Democratic Party, Fox News informed. According to the findings of […]

Biden’s Nominee for FEC Claimed Voting Machines in Georgia Switched Votes in 2018 Governor’s Race

President Joe Biden’s recent nominee to the Federal Election Commission represented a group backed by Stacey Abrams in a lawsuit alleging voting suppression on multiple unsubstantiated grounds, Fox News informed. Dara Lindenbaum, the nominee, also signed court documents […]

Honduran Foreign Minister Fears Mass Migration after Title 42 Repeal

With the elimination of the CDC’s public health policy of Title 42, an order that permits federal authorities to promptly expel migrants at US borders declaring a health pandemic, Honduras’ Foreign Minister fears that migration […]