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The philanthropist argues that the West must "mobilize all our resources" to defeat Putin-as the war is setting back urgent action against climate change. The invasion of Ukraine "may have been the beginning" of the Third World War, according to the philanthropist and financier George Soros. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he argues that even if this is outcome averted, the war has relegated the fight against climate change to second place-and we have "already fallen far behind". This damagw is on the verge on being irreversible-meaning that our civilization "may not survive". Such high stakes demand...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday called for “total help” from other counties as Russian forces continue to advance in the eastern region of Ukraine amid Moscow’s ongoing invasion of the country. In an address, Zelensky stressed Ukraine’s need for aid from other countries, saying that Russian forces have significantly more equipment and soldiers than Ukraine in some places and adding that Moscow’s “desire to fight still remains.”

Mixed feelings abound after an older Florida woman said she shot and killed a man who had broken into her home. Virginia Morrison, 69, told outlets she was protecting herself and her partner after a stranger—later identified as Ezequiel Rosario-Torres, 38—entered her home on Sunday, said nothing, and refused to leave, even in the face of separate warning shots. “I have feelings. I have God in my life,” she told WOFL. “That’s my main thing: Wondering if God’s going to forgive me for taking a life. It bothers me.” But at least one member of Rosario-Torres’ family suggested he wanted...

Yep, there it is, the first reference to cannabis use by Salvador Ramos, the Texas elementary school killer. In the New York Times. Took 24 hours, give or take. And Ms. Rodriguez recalled he would often talk about how much he despised his mother and grandmother, whom he told her did not let him smoke weed or do what he wanted.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Start Them Young! First Cavalry Troopers show a saddle to Meadows Elementary students during the school's annual career day, May 20, 2022 on Fort Hood, TX. The career day was conducted to provide the children of servicemembers exposure to a variety of career options for their future, including civilian, and army occupations. (Photo by Sgt. Broderick Hennington) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Who Will Win Among The Mascots? The...

Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that American parents are lying to their children by telling them they will be safe from mass shootings at school. Swalwell said, “The public is with us, and parents want us on offense. Look at Republicans, they go on offense on wildly unpopular issues like a woman’s right to choose, and they don’t care about public sentiment. They lean in on that. Instead, we are always, always apologizing about, well, we’re not trying to infringe on the 2nd Amendment. We’re not saying gun control. Why don’t we just have guns disciplined...

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he and first lady Jill Biden would travel to Uvalde, Texas, after a mass shooting at an elementary school. Biden said his trip to the Uvalde community would “let them know that we have a sense, just a sense of their pain and hopefully bring some little comfort to the community in shock, and grief, and in trauma.”

O n the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death in Minnesota, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to crack down on US Police. The Biden regime will review the use of force policies, restrict the flow of military surplus equipment and encourage limitations on no-knock warrants

AOC says she's itching to ditch her Tesla after spat with Elon: Progressive rep says she wants to buy electric car made at unionized factory after Musk told her to stop flirting with him on Twitter AOC said that she bought the electric Tesla Model 3 in order to get back and forward to DC during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic Following her recent banter with Elon Musk on Twitter, AOC says she wants to buy an American electric car that was built by union workers AOC is one of around 10 members of Congress who own Tesla...

We are the greatest nation in the world, and we are failing our children like no other. To read the description of America’s latest school shooter is to recognize an all-too-familiar profile: Young, male, angry. Notably disturbed, witnesses piecing together the clues — including online threats made openly, not on the dark web — only after the fact. An obsession with guns, violence and first-person shooter video games. An estrangement from at least one parent. Refusal to attend school. Anger towards girls and women. Antisocial. Has no sense of belonging to family, to school, to community, and thus retreats online,...

"All hail the people of Georgia, who just rejected one poisonous big lie and disproved another. Republican primary voters overwhelmingly re-nominated Gov. Brian Kemp over ex-Sen. David Perdue, former President Donald Trump’s chosen standard-bearer for his 2020 “stolen election” fantasies."

NASA's next-generation space observatory successfully watched a moving asteroid as the telescope inches towards the end of its six-month commissioning period. The successful tracking of a nearby object shows that the James Webb Space Telescope can keep a watch on solar system objects as well as the distant galaxies, stars and other faraway objects it is expected to observe in its perhaps 20-year lifespan. asteroid named after Tenzing Norgay. The Tibetan mountaineer was one of the first two known individuals to summit Mount Everest, alongside Edmund Hillary. Coincidentally, the Webb observations took place just days before the 69th anniversary of...

Pope says ‘Irish brought the whiskey, Italians brought the Mafia,’ referring to US immigrantsROME – Speaking about the need to welcome, accompany, promote, and integrate migrants when they arrive in a new country, Pope Francis said that when it comes to the United States, “a people of migrants,” the Irish brought the whiskey and the Italians brought the mafia.To understand migrants today, the pope said, the only thing most people have to do is look to their own roots because “most of us are children or grandchildren of migrants,” himself included, as his parents arrived in Argentina from northern Italy.Recalling...

Ward talks to "Lucky" Luckadoo, World War II veteran who flew 25 B-17 missions in 1943 and the subject of "Damn Lucky," a new book written by Kevin Maurer.Watch This 100-Year-Old Badass B-17 Pilot Describe Flying into Hell | May 23, 2022 | Ward Carroll

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Barack Obama sent out a tweet on Wednesday urging people to take time from grieving the children killed in Uvalde to remember the anniversary of George Floyd’s death. The drug addict’s death in Minneapolis police custody, while resisting arrest, sparked a summer of deadly riots across the country. “As we grieve the children of Uvalde today, we should take time to recognize that two years have passed since the murder of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer. His killing stays with us all to this day, especially those who loved him,” Obama tweeted. The former president did...

The mother of the sick school shooter who shot dead 19 children and two teachers in Texas has claimed he 'wasn't a violent person'. Adriana Reyes said she was 'surprised' Salvador Ramos opened fire in a horrific killing spree at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde yesterday. She admitted her son was a loner who 'kept to himself and didn't have many friends' but shot down reports she had a toxic relationship with him. In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com she did not address claims she was a drug addict who saw the boy ditch her and go to live with...

A woman has had her dating profile put on a 48-foot billboard by her closest friends in a bid to help her find love. Sha Tabb, 42, a traffic reporter from Florida, had been looking for a partner with little success when her best friends of 11-years, Jacqui and Sheri, decided to intervene.

As the situation turned chaotic in Islamabad after PTI Chairman Imran Khan and his convoy entered the federal capital and started marching towards the city's D-Chowk, the government decided to seek the help of the army to control the situation and protect the government's offices located in the Red Zone. The government, in a notification, said that the army was summoned to control the situation under article 245 of the Constitution. The decision comes after the protests staged by PTI workers took a violent turn as they clashed with law enforcement agencies (LEAs) in the federal capital and injured multiple...

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