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Q: What moves could the United States make beyond sanctions right now that would help protect Ukraine? A: The most important move now is for the president to announce Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. Really. This gives enormous diplomatic leverage and a greater incentive to help the campaign. ... Q: You advocate a no-fly zone? A: Absolutely. The airspace belongs to Ukraine. If they ask for help, why can’t we fly airplanes in there? Say, oh, it’s because of the Russians, they might come up and contest it. That’s the Russians’ problem. They’re going to get shot down. Okay,...

....."You know, as President, I have a military aide from each of the five services. My Coast Guard aides have been excellent. One of them taught me that "The Coast Guard is that hard nucleus about which the Navy forms in time of war.'' But there's one thing I haven't been able to get a straight answer on. What I want to know is, how's the awning? Cadets. Aye, aye, sir! The President. Well -- [laughter] -- I hope that means it's all right. [Laughter] Well, graduation day belongs to the graduates, but I want to take just a moment...

Joe Biden has ditched Donald Trump's plan to build a 'Garden of American Heroes' featuring statues of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Whitney Houston and Kobe Bryant. The President of the United States revoked his predecessor's July 2020 executive order via an email sent Friday while also axing a Trump order on punishing statue vandals. No explanation for the cancellation was given.

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Washington (CNN)When the Biden administration announced a ban on dozens of Saudis from traveling to the US in response to intelligence that the kingdom's powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had approved the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it was rolling out a plan that had been spiked by the Trump administration and brought back to life once President Joe Biden took office. Dubbed the "Khashoggi Ban" by the State Department, the measure issued visa restrictions on 76 Saudis and their families. The plan had initially been drafted by the Trump administration, which shelved it over fears of alienating the...

It didn’t take long for The Washington Post to act as the propaganda arm for President Joe Biden’s pork-laced $1.9 trillion stimulus package. The Post slobbered all over the irresponsible spending bill in a March 6 story headlined, “Biden stimulus showers money on Americans, sharply cutting poverty and favoring individuals over businesses.” In the story, The Post treated Biden like a benevolent Santa Claus, and said his plan “represents one of the most generous expansions of aid to the poor in recent history, while also showering thousands or, in some cases, tens of thousands of dollars on Americans families navigating...

Time has published an explainer piece offering a fascinating insight into how the presidential election was won. It’s titled “The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign that Saved the 2020 Election.” The fascinating part is what it tells us about the brazenness of the left in general and the corrupt, mendacious MSM in particular: they are now heavy-hinting that they cheated but want you to know that it’s all OK because they were doing it to not to destroy democracy but to preserve and enhance it. Here’s the key paragraph: That’s why the participants want the secret history of the...

This seems like the sort of thing you don’t say out loud but, like a serial killer, many in politics are just too absorbed in their own egos to not try to take credit for their deeds. TIME wrote a very interesting piece making some very alarming claims. Namely, that a secret cabal banded together across the country to stop Donald Trump from winning re-election. This included everything from manipulating media coverage to getting election laws changed, at least according to TIME’s account. Wat https://t.co/GiKXiWGduD pic.twitter.com/h0Z9yrPETf — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) February 5, 2021 If you had said this out...

The 2020 election is over, but the feeling that former President Trump was cheated out of a second term will remain fresh in the minds of GOP voters. They’re not moving on from this — it could become a 2022 campaign issue. Republicans will have to navigate that very carefully, however, as these allegations led to the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill. Voter integrity should be something that all sides can agree on; only the GOP seems to care about enforcing such matters, though. Yet, this lengthy Time Magazine piece goes into detail about the shadow campaign anti-Trump forces...

Is she right there whenever Biden faces the cameras in case he keels over? Or is this some attempt to add presidential “gravitas” to a problematic choice for the ticket, so lacking in appeal that she dropped out of the presidential field before the Iowa caucuses? Or, are we being prepared for Harris to assume the presidency sooner than anyone expected? Whatever the motives, Joe Biden’s handlers seem to have decided that they need to double-team presidential public events when the cameras start rolling....But I wonder if it really adds luster to Harris to show up, masked, with nothing better...

These steps, experts say, could prod more people to abandon the scourge of hoaxes and lies. Last month, millions of Americans watched as President Biden took the oath of office and, in a high-minded Inaugural Address, called for a new era of American unity. But plenty of other Americans weren’t paying attention to Mr. Biden’s speech. They were too busy watching YouTube videos alleging that the inauguration was a prerecorded hoax that had been filmed on a Hollywood soundstage. Or they were melting down in QAnon group chats, trying to figure out why former President Donald J. Trump wasn’t interrupting...