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Furious over the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura slammed President Donald Trump as a “draft-dodging coward” who has “destroyed the Constitution.” Ventura, an independent, former wrestler and Vietnam veteran, was at his high school alma mater Thursday to show support for it after ICE descended on the school the same day Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent. “He’s the draft dodging coward, who when it was his time to serve his country, he did what all rich white boys did. I wasn’t a...

Remember that long-promised, overhyped Spring counter-offensive that U.S. officials talked about at the beginning of the year? Well, it turns out that pretty much everyone knew Kiev was not remotely prepared for it, and yet they sent Ukrainian soldiers to die anyway.That’s according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, which claims that “Western military officials KNEW Kiev didn’t have all the training or weapons … that it needed to dislodge Russian forces. But they hoped Ukrainian courage and resourcefulness would carry the day.”Can we just take a minute to talk about how insane that is? Not only is...

Russia became the most sanctioned nation in the world in 2022, as it was targeted in an unprecedented NATO campaign.Nearly one year later, not only has the Russian economy not been “devastated,” but it’s actually expected to see more growth than Germany and Britain in 2023...It has been nearly one year since Russia became the most sanctioned nation in the world, and not only have the predictions from the Western politicians implementing those measures not become a reality—but now even the establishment media outlets that were once cheering for the complete isolation of Russia are now starting to admit that...