March 29, 2022

Truck convoy protesting COVID mandates is heading to California

A group of truck drivers protesting COVID-19 mandates on roads and highways around the Washington, D.C., area in recent weeks will head to California next, an organizer announced Sunday night.

During a livestream of the People’s Convoy nightly rally Sunday, organizer Mike Landis read a list of measures aimed at controlling COVID-19 in California, The Herald-Mail reported.

“I think stopping those is more important at this point in time than getting the emergency declaration repealed because that’s already in place and we need to stop stuff like these bills from getting in place,” Landis said, “otherwise, the rest of us that don’t live in California are going to end up subject to the same situation.”

https://ktla.com/news/california/truck-convoy-protesting-covid-mandates-heading-to-california/




Just what California needs, a bunch of idiots in semis fucking up our already FUBAR traffic. California has dropped just about all the covid mandates, so I don't know what the fuck they're protesting.

March 11, 2022

Accused Russian Agent Gave to One Politician: Tulsi Gabbard

Source: Daily Beast

Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and 2020 presidential dark horse candidate, has long perplexed U.S. officials and observers with her seemingly inexplicable pro-Russian positions. And a new development this week is sure to reinforce the half-jokes that Gabbard is a “Russian asset”; as it turns out, her campaign took money from one.

That agent—dual Russian-American national Elena Branson, also known as Elena Chernykh—stands accused of illegally pushing pro-Russia policies in the United States for nearly a decade, at the direction of top Kremlin officials, without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), according to a criminal complaint federal prosecutors filed this week in the Southern District of New York.

But, in all her time lobbying for Russian goals, she gave money to just one federal candidate: Gabbard.

According to Federal Election Commission records, an Elena Branson made two donations in 2019 to Gabbard’s presidential campaign. The filings tie the donation to Branson’s former address at a million-dollar condo on Central Park West. However, the merchant banker listed her occupation as “not employed.” (Branson lived in the United States for decades and holds American citizenship, so the contributions were legal.)



Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/accused-russian-agent-elena-branson-gave-to-one-politician-tulsi-gabbard?ref=home

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March 7, 2022

Great idea to get money directly into the hands of Ukrainians: Airbnb

March 3, 2022

Russian troops are resupplying by looting Ukrainians' stores, banks.

From Newsweek:

Videos on social media appear to show Russian soldiers looting banks and grocery stores in Ukraine.One video which has circulated widely on Twitter over the last few hours purportedly shows armed Russian soldiers taking items from a Ukrainian supermarket.

It was not immediately clear where the incident took place, and Newsweek is still trying to verify the details.

Meanwhile, another video appears to show Russian soldiers who had broken into a bank in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

https://www.newsweek.com/videos-show-russian-soldiers-looting-banks-grocery-stores-ukraine-1683027


https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1497853526881546241

March 2, 2022

Most speech watchers say State of the Union made them feel optimistic, proud - CBS News poll

Source: CBS News

Most Americans who watched President Biden's first State of the Union address approved of what they heard, and many said it made them feel optimistic and proud.

After nearly two years of the coronavirus pandemic, more than half who tuned in Tuesday night said the speech made them feel like the coronavirus is mostly behind us.

Older Americans who watched the speech were a bit more likely to say the speech made them feel the coronavirus will be with us for a while. CBS News interviewed speech viewers immediately after the president's speech.

Overall, about 8 in 10 of speech watchers approved of Mr. Biden's address tonight, including majorities of both Democrats and independents. Among members of his own party, his speech received high marks among both liberals and moderates.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-state-of-the-union-speech-watchers-reactions/?dc_data=4165335_samsung-browser-us&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=taboola_news&jd=V1_600865245568363801

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Lots more breakdown of opinions at the link. Good news for Biden, showing he moved the needle in his favor on several key issues, like inflation.