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Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that America should keep the option of a no-fly zone over Ukraine on the table. Host Chuck Todd said, “Would you support a no-fly zone? Would you support doing this, which could trigger a wider conflict?”

Vladimir Putin’s mistress Alina Kabaeva is allegedly hiding in Switzerland with their four young children, sources tell Page Six. “While Putin carries out his assault on the Ukraine, attacking innocent citizens and causing a refugee crisis, his family is holed up in a very private and very secure chalet somewhere in Switzerland – for now, at least,” a source told us. Kabaeva, an Olympic gold-winning gymnast, reportedly has four children with the Russian leader, 69, but the two have never officially confirmed it. Sources say they share 7-year-old twin daughters, who were born near Lugano, Switzerland, in February 2015. It...

FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO KURT VOLKER: Well, I think there are ways to do this that mitigate those risks, if not- doesn't eliminate the risk, but mitigates the risk of direct conflict with Russia. First off, I think we have to recognize that the civilian casualties and the horrific scenes that we just saw are going to get worse. They're not going to get better. There's going to be massive airstrikes against Kyiv, against other cities, and it's going to be absolutely devastating. So if we can prevent that from a humanitarian point of view, I think we- we...

As Russia keeps increasing its attacks on Ukraine, the partisan finger-pointing continues here at home. On Sunday's This Week on ABC, the "PowerHouse Roundtable" got heated when Former New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie rightly blamed President Joe Biden for the current situation in Ukraine. Anchor George Stephanopoulos started off the firestorm by asking Christie if there's anything Biden could've done short of "imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine" that would've prevented Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading. Christie argued that if Biden had "aggressively armed Ukraine" from day one in office by continuing "the Trump policy" of providing arms,...

Most of my readers didn’t trust corporate media’s portrayal of Russiagate or the alleged pee tape that was manufactured for effect by Hillary Clinton’s operatives. You laughed when they tried to tell us the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation. You were skeptical of the narratives surrounding the after-dark counting of ballots following the 2020 election, as well as the dismissal of mountains of evidence of massive, widespread voter fraud. You didn’t buy the January 6 “insurrection” narrative. You haven’t fallen for Pandemic Panic Theater. Why, then, are so many people buying into the notion that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...

We elect leaders to protect us, our families and our communities. We elect leaders to act responsibly with our tax dollars, to make our lives better, and to uphold our Constitution. The Biden Administration has done none of this. Below is an inventory of major actions taken by the Biden Administration that have hurt America. Not one action makes America better – Not one! 1. Our elections are sacred and the cornerstone of our republic. If they are stolen our republic is nothing. It’s over. Biden’s first major act against America was to steal the 2020 Election. You may not...

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on this week’s broadcast of FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that the United States importing Russian oil during the Ukraine invasion was “absolute lunacy.” Bartiromo said, “Ambassador, what needs to be done now? The embassy in Kyiv tweeted that attacking a nuclear plant is a war crime. We are watching images of explosions and street fighting in cities across Ukraine, and I know that the Congress right now is taking up action this upcoming week about cutting off Russia’s oil now. But what should the administration and allies be doing for Ukraine today?”

Formulating its policy on the Ukraine crisis, Israel must take into account its coordination with Russia in Syria, its special relations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, its super important alliance with the United States and its large Russian-Ukraine-born population. At a Feb. 27 meeting of Israel’s foreign affairs and security Cabinet, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid turned to his colleagues with a strange request-cum-warning, asking them not to provide assistance to Jewish-Russian billionaires/oligarchs who have been hit by international sanctions. “You have to be very careful because those guys have connections and they can call you on the phone and ask...

...Speaking to donors at a Republican National Committee event in New Orleans, Trump called the 30-nation Western alliance a "paper tiger" and said the United States cannot stand by as Russia devastates its neighbor, according to the Washington Post, which obtained a recording of Trump's remarks. "At what point do we [say we] cannot take this massive crime against humanity?" Trump asked. "We can't let it happen. We can't let it continue to happen."... Trump suggested, perhaps not seriously, that the U.S. "put Chinese flags on America's F-22s and then bomb the s***" out of Russia while "we sit back...

There's a reason doctors across the nation have been instructed to downplay potential adverse reactions to the Covid jabs. They're so frequent, it would be terrifying if people knew the truth. It feels like we’ve reached the end of Pandemic Panic Theater… at least temporarily. Mask mandates are lifting. Joe Biden didn’t even mention his beloved vaccine mandates during his State of the Union address. Anthony Fauci seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth.But there’s a very good chance that in the near future, likely no later than mid-autumn, Pandemic Panic Theater will rear its ugly head...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that NATO members have the go-ahead to send fighter jets to Ukraine as the U.S. and allies continue their efforts to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia's invasion. "That gets a green-light," Blinken said in an interview with "Face the Nation" when asked whether the Polish government, a member of NATO, could send fighter planes to Ukraine. "In fact, we're talking with our Polish friends right now about what we might be able to do to backfill their needs if in fact they choose to provide these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. What...

Russian Military ability is called into question. Can the Ukraine armed forces hold out long enoug to repel the Russian invasion?Day 4 of the Russian invasion and Kyiv has yet to fall. Major Ukrainian cities are being encircled. Using a live update open source intelligence tool we can track the Russian military in real time. https://liveuamap.com is the website used for open source intel.

It’s time for your red pill. Something smells rotten in Ukraine. The story is rotten, rancid, hinky, the story just doesn’t add up. Biden and the media desperately want you to believe Russia is the bad guy and Ukraine is a little angel. They want you to fall in love with underdog Ukraine. They want you to support America getting involved on behalf of Ukraine.To get your support, they need the media to sell you a bill of goods. But it just doesn’t add up. First, Biden is the one who funded Russia’s invasion. Biden killed our pipelines, killed coal,...

Bennett's decision to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin despite normally observing Shabbat shows the urgency and importance with which he views his mission. “Saving lives comes before Shabbat” is a well-known phrase among observers of Jewish law. Normally, it means that if you have an accident on a Saturday, you can take an ambulance to the hospital despite the prohibition against riding in a car, or that soldiers can protect their country on the Sabbath. This Saturday morning, it meant that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett could take a private jet to Moscow to try to convince Russian president Vladimir Putin to...

With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, everyone breathed easier. Russian communists tacitly, and in some cases openly, acknowledged that Reagan was right about the "evil empire." Religious extreme Marxism followed dinosaurs into extinction. Over a dozen countries emerged from behind the Iron Curtain. With his attack on Ukraine, Putin shows himself as a species of dinosaur. He believes that Russia, with a GDP smaller than those of California and Texas, is a world power that deserves special spheres of influence. He believes that Russia's nuclear arsenal allows him to claim a more aggressive role than that of a normal...

In a whirlwind series of visits, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after his meeting in Moscow and phone call with President Zelensky. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for three hours on Saturday, in an apparent attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Bennett and Putin discussed the war in Ukraine, including the situation of Israelis and Jewish communities as a result of the conflict, a diplomatic source said. Bennett informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in advance of the meeting with Putin, and called him before...

MIDVALE, Utah (KTVX) – A man is in custody after he allegedly told his 4-year-old child to shoot at police while at a Utah McDonald’s Monday afternoon. Unified Police say Sadaat Johnson, 27, had both of his children – a 4-year-old and a 3-year-old – in the backseat of his car when he went to a McDonald’s in Midvale, located about 12 miles south of Salt Lake City. According to police, the father became upset when the order he had placed in the drive-thru line was wrong. In response to the incorrect order, Johnson is said to have brandished a...

The Biden administration is discussing how to supply Polish Soviet-era fighter jets to Ukraine, American officials say, after President Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to American legislators on Saturday for assistance in obtaining more lethal military aid, especially Russian-made jets that Ukrainian pilots know how to fly. The White House said a deal with Poland was being discussed that would replace Poland’s planes with American F-16s, but Polish officials seemed less than enthusiastic.

Polish Air Force MiG-29Ukraine’s President Zelensky has been urging the United States and NATO countries that his military desperately needs more fighter jets to take on the Russian invasion force, on Friday telling US lawmakers in a Zoom call “close the skies or give us planes” – according to a Congressional leader present for the address. Apparently the Biden administration is busy working on just that, also at a moment Congress is still prepping a whopping $10 billion military and humanitarian aide package for Ukraine. The new aircraft deal would involve transferring Russian-made warplanes to Kiev from neighboring Poland,...

A Marshalltown woman is currently being held at the Marshall County Jail after allegedly attempting to steal a white 1994 Ford Econoline from a residence at approximately 1 a.m. on Thursday morning. According to Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) Captain Brian Batterson, Norida Lopez de Barrera tried to steal the vehicle from a residence located in the 100 block of North Ninth Street. The suspect knew the individual the car belonged to, and when that individual tried to intervene, she threatened him with a knife. The individual, along with another witness, called the police. When the MPD arrived, Batterson said...