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Scientists Vote to Allow Growing Babies in the Womb for 40 Days to Kill Them for ResearchAn international group of scientists has ditched ethical guidelines in or to allow them to pursue grisly experiments that would grow unborn babies in the womb for 40 days for the sole purpose of killing them for dubious research.Yesterday, the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), an international non-profit and professional organization of stem cell scientists, issued new guidelines governing research with ethical implications. The guidelines lift restrictions on certain types of unethical research that manipulate, alter, or destroy human embryos. Some examples...

Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton paid homage to George Floyd, who died a year ago today after an incident with former Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin, telling activists “don’t stop pushing.” “To John Lewis, the effects of the protests following George Floyd’s murder were clear. ‘People will never, ever forget what happened and how it happened,’ he said. ‘And it is my hope that we are on our way to greater change.’ That’s my hope too,” Clinton said, telling activists, “Don’t stop pushing”:

The White House confirmed Tuesday that President Joe Biden would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in June, after signaling weakness with his diplomatic relationship with Russia. “The leaders will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship,” the White House said in a statement. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, 2021.

Unlike Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia, Russia, Russia… Biden’s is not imaginary but very real and in your face. Democrats could never say what exactly Trump did, what precise decision was made, or what policy was changed. He “colluded,” don’t ya know. With Biden, we can start with the Colonial Pipeline hack by Russian conspirators and Biden’s non-reaction to it, Biden’s approval of a pipeline designed to make our NATO allies dependent on energy from Moscow, and, of course, his day-one cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. Trump promised Europe a share in our energy independence including building liquefied natural...

President Biden will meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland, next month. It will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since Biden became president. White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the June 16 meeting in a statement on Tuesday, saying the two leaders "will discuss the full range of pressing issues, as we seek to restore predictability and stability to the U.S.-Russia relationship." The meeting had been in the works for some time and will take place at the end of Biden's first trip abroad to Europe.

If you were to ask anyone at random, what is the most dangerous threat to our country, he'd likely say China, Russia, or Iran, because those countries are, or soon will be, a military threat to our nation. Some might say a polluted environment is our greatest enemy, while others might say the increase in rioting and looting from coast to coast. It's highly unlikely that many people will say the greatest threat comes from the drug cartels that destroy the lives of tens of thousands of Americans each year. Deaths from illicit drug use can be differentiated in several...

The greatest cover band in history just released You're the Inspiration, another Chicago classic. A few years ago, Russian musician Leonid Vorobiev put together a group of friends to record a song by his favorite band, Chicago. The video exploded on youtube and Leonid and Friends has become a phenomenon. Three albums and several US tours later, they are still putting out great music.

When the U.S. created NATO, a primary purpose of the alliance was to serve as a western wall to defend Germany against the 400,000 Russian troops on the eastern side of the Elbe River. Seventy years later, Germany has decided to double its dependence on Vladimir Putin's Russia for the natural gas needed to run the German economy, despite the opposition of her great protector, the USA. The Biden administration decided to waive sanctions on Matthias Warnig, the ally of Putin whose company, Nord Stream 2 AG, is laying the pipeline beneath the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany that...

The Biden administration said Monday that it would appeal a judge's order directing it to release in its entirety a legal memo on whether President Donald Trump had obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. But it also agreed to make a brief portion of the document public. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson earlier this month ordered the Justice Department to release the entire March 2019 memo as part of a public records lawsuit from a Washington-based advocacy organization. She said the department, under Attorney General William Barr, had misstated the purpose of the document in arguing that it was...

Moscow, May 24, Interfax - The Russian Foreign Ministry called the US State Department's assessment of the country's policy on religious freedom" biased and non-objective". "We would like to stress again: protection of religious rights is one of absolute state priorities for us. Russia has always been a multiconfessional state and today it shows to the world an example of it," the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large Gennady Askaldovich said in a comment posted on the Foreign Ministry's website. US State Department has recently published its report on religious freedom and it as well refers to Russia. Speaking about the document...

After mocking an animated U.S. Army recruitment video that featured a young female soldier with two mothers, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has filled his Twitter feed with recruitment videos that in his judgment are sufficiently badass, including one featuring a Marine recruit scaling a cliff and a World War II film featuring Air Force pilot Jimmy Stewart. Last week, Cruz caused a social media ruckus when he tweeted a video that contrasted a TikTok video of a Russian paratrooper with the true story U.S. Army Cpl. Emma Malonelord, who operates a Patriot missile battery, along with his comment, “Holy crap....

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday told Russian President Vladimir Putin the international community should “give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” as punishment for responding so strongly to deadly Palestinian terror rocket attacks. AP reports the Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate said the two leaders talked by phone about the escalating conflict with Erdogan calling for an international strike back against Israel. The statement said Erdogan stressed the need for “the international community to give Israel a strong and deterrent lesson” and pressed for the United Nations Security Council to rapidly intervene with “determined and clear messages” to Israel....

I’m no fan of Vladimir Putin, but I feel a sinking sense of shame when I envision relations between the former KGB agent who enjoys skydiving with bald eagles or whatever and President Joe Biden, a man who is worried he’ll get in trouble with his own staff if he takes too many questions from reporters. That’s right, yet another embarrassing — and downright chilling — aspect of the Biden presidency is that he’s now the man we need to rely on to keep relations with the Kremlin civil without putting our country even further into crippling debt. And, boy,...

Hundreds of Ukrainians attended a neo-Nazi march celebrating Nazi SS soldiers in Kiev on Wednesday, sparking condemnation from around the world. The Embroidery March, which was conducted legally, marked the 78th anniversary of the creation of the SS Galicia, a force set up under German occupation of predominantly Ukrainian and German volunteers who wished to take up arms for Nazi Germany.

Alexei Navalny—Russia's most famous anti-corruption and pro-democracy campaigner—remains languishing in a penal colony east of Moscow, confined to the prison's hospital as his health deteriorates amid an ongoing hunger strike. International media coverage, sanctions and mass protests have failed to puncture the Kremlin's public indifference to the health of one of its most prominent critics. One doctor warned that Navalny could die at "any moment." But outside those prison walls, Moscow is still cracking down on his allies as they try to arrange fresh rallies. Some Navalny staff have gone into hiding, while others have been detained. Top aide Lyubov...

Russia is thought to have massed 80,000 troops along Ukraine's eastern border Clashes broke out in recent weeks, undermining a ceasefire brokered last year Ukraine's country's President Volodymyr Zelensky is visiting area near Mariupol Zelensky said a Russian invasion is a real possibility that Ukraine is bracing............

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on NATO on Tuesday to lay out a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which Russia has massed troops near the conflict-hit Donbass region.Zelenskiy's comments drew an immediate rebuke from Moscow, which said Kyiv's approach to NATO could further inflame the situation in Donbass, where violence has increased in recent days.The Pentagon, perhaps due to the sensitivities, flatly declined a request to comment on Zelenskiy's request at a news briefing.Russian-backed separatists have fought since 2014 against Ukrainian forces in the Donbass, a conflict that Kyiv says has killed...

Russia has begun a planned 'combat readiness' inspection of its army amid tensions with Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said. The ministry said the drill was a 'massive inspection' on the territory of all military districts. The tests come after Russia massed troops near the conflict-hit Donbass region in Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on NATO on Tuesday to lay out a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance. Zelenskiy's comments drew an immediate rebuke from Moscow, which said Kyiv's approach to NATO could further inflame the situation in Donbass, where violence has increased in recent days. Russian-backed...

The Biden administration has given Ukraine its full backing as new video showed Russia sending trains filled with tanks and military vehicles into Crimea. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed the United States' 'unwavering support' for Kiev as tensions continue to escalate with Moscow. The Kremlin said on Thursday the West should not 'worry' about Russian troop movements on the Ukrainian border,but there are concerns the situation could turn into another conflict.

Full Title: Putin vows to take down Twitter: Service will be blocked in Russia in 30 days if it does not delete 'banned content' related to porn, suicide and Alexis Navalny protestsRussia has threatened to block Twitter within 30 days unless the site acts to remove what the government refers to as 'banned content'.Vadim Subbotin, deputy head of watchdog Roskomnadzor, said on Tuesday that the ban would come into effect unless Twitter removed the content, which he said includes child porn and information on child suicide and drugs.But critics say the crackdown is actually an attempt to stop Putin's political...