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Major government websites in Ukraine, such as the sites for the Defense, Culture, and Foreign ministries were hit by a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyberattack Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. Privatbank and Oshadbank, which are large government-operated financial institutions, have also been hacked. The Defense Ministry tweeted out a statement indicating that they
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Yesterday, NFL star and Stanford grad Richard Sherman made great use of his black privilege. Sherman announced his retirement from football and launched his TV broadcasting career by climbing on the back of Super Bowl-winning quarterback Matt Stafford. Sherman took a massive dump on the idea of the Rams’ Super Bowl victory justifying Stafford’s candidacy
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MSNBC’s Joy Reid blasted the NFL, saying that the league tried to “sanitize blackness” for Sunday’s Super Bowl. What are the details? During Monday’s broadcast of “The ReidOut,” Reid took aim at the NFL for its “sport with a lot of black people in it” — but “not black people with power.” The show opened
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New York Times economist Paul Krugman spewed bile at the so-called “vandalism” by Canadian truckers protesting the country’s draconian COVID-19 policies. He did this while dismissing the 2020 Marxist Black Lives Matter riots across the U.S. that reportedly caused at least around $2 billion in damages. Krugman flailed that the Canadian truckers were engaged in
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Over the weekend, a “bombshell” was released by special counsel John Durham, revealing that contractors for the Hillary Clinton campaign were spying on Donald Trump (even into his White House years). The networks and major papers avoided touching this news like Durham was a leper. A search of closed-captioning results showed the only mentions were on
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The Super Bowl was mercifully mostly kneel-free, with the exception of Eminem’s genuflection during his halftime performance. The gesture was approved by the NFL, which had observed the rapper’s rehearsal. Kneeling as a political statement was popularized by perennial free agent Colin Kaepernick, as the multi-millionaire sought to protest the nation that made him a
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American Airlines flight 1775 from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. was diverted to Kansas City after an “unruly passenger” tried to rush the cockpit and open the aircraft door mid-flight, according to a NPR report. The following statement was released by an American Airlines spokesperson: “American Airlines flight 1775 with service from Los Angeles (LAX)
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Marc Racicot, a former Montana governor and former chair of the Republican National Committee, has written a letter to current RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel calling for her to lead the committee in reversing course on the recently passed resolution censuring GOP Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois. Both Cheney and Kinzinger
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A man riding a BMX bicycle randomly stabbed eleven people on Sunday evening in Albuquerque, said New Mexico police. The alleged stabbing spree lasted over three hours on Sunday morning and was spread across numerous locations including a McDonald’s fast food restaurant and a Circle-K convenience store. Two of the victims were critically injured, including
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Hackers reportedly shut down fundraising site GiveSendGo temporarily after the Canadian Freedom Convoy raised millions of dollars on the platform.  The site’s front page reportedly redirected to a mocking video from the movie Frozen 2 that accused the convoy of promoting “insurrection,” called GiveSendGo “a continuing threat to democracy” and supported the authoritarian Canadian government.
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The mainstream media created a translation nightmare as tensions mount in Eastern Europe between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly put out a statement saying that Wednesday would be a day for Ukrainians to rally around their country, and he reportedly was referring to outside reports about the date of a Russian invasion
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A carjacking witness wasted no time gawking at the crime Sunday morning in a California beach town — or worse, recording video to post on social media. Instead, he decided to get directly involved. What went down? Police in Grover Beach — which is about 90 minutes northwest of Santa Barbara — responded to a
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Levi’s executive Jennifer Sey explained Monday that she abruptly resigned her job at the clothing company over its attempts to silence her for speaking about COVID-related school closures. Sey is a former elite gymnast and former member of the United States women’s gymnastics national team. What happened? Sey joined the jeans manufacturer in 1999 as
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Where were the police during the Canadian truckers protest against vaccine mandates? That’s what the hypocritical media is suddenly demanding, now from the front page of Sunday’s New York Times: “Ottawa’s Police Reacted Slowly As Protest Built.” The online headline: “In Ottawa Trucker Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?” (Black Lives Matters protesters in
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Two questions about Russia vs. Ukraine bothered me all weekend, despite the VodkaWife’s™ longstanding injunction against me worrying about the news on my off-time. First Question: Why does Russian strongman Vladimir Putin have 140,000 or so troops massed against Ukraine, when occupying and pacifying the former Soviet Republic is almost certainly beyond Russia’s capabilities? Second
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Democrats in the House of Representatives recently introduced a bill hoping to declare an “unconditional war on racism,” which, if passed, would establish a new federal agency called the “Department of Reconciliation.” The bill was introduced as H. Res. 919 by Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), and its full title is “Declaring an unconditional war on
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CNN and Joe Rogan engaged in a war of words in recent months following the cable news network’s repeated claims that the podcaster took “horse dewormer.” The latest slam of Rogan from CNN is an article titled: “Joe Rogan’s use of the n-word is another January 6 moment.” Twitter reactions to the article have included
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Airlines are canceling and diverting flights to Ukraine as the international community increasingly dears an imminent Russian invasion. Notably, the Dutch airline KLM a subsidiary of Air France KLM has ceased service to Ukraine. Reuters reports that the Dutch airline announced that it would no longer be chartering flights to Ukraine shortly after the government
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