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Is This the Return of Realism in Foreign Policy?

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At Foreign Policy, Stephen M. Walt suggests that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks the return to realism. He writes in conclusion: The emerging future will be neither a U.S.-centered “liberal order” nor a Chinese-centered autocratic one. Instead, each of these two major powers will lead partial orders that incorporate states that either share similar values or have […]

Has the Potential Wheat Shortage Been Overblown?

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News outlets have been replete with stories of how the war in Ukraine could affect the world’s supply of wheat. No doubt, Ukraine and Russia are responsible for growing a big part of the world’s wheat crop, but suggests Sarah Taber in Foreign Policy, there’s no need for alarm. She writes: You might have seen […]

Putin Appoints New General for Donbas Campaign

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Vladimir Putin has appointed a new general to lead the campaign to take the Donbas from Ukraine. The Russian president appointed Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov, who oversaw Russia’s operations in Syria, to lead the campaign. Jack Detsch reports in Foreign Policy: His appointment and Russia’s withdrawal from the Kyiv region, Ukraine’s capital, is tacit acknowledgement from […]

Marxist BLM Founder Angry that Charity Laws Revealed Her $6 Million Mansion

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“Trained Marxist,” founder of BLM, Patrisse Cullors, is angry about charity laws that were instrumental in the discovery of her spending fundraising dollars on a $6 million mansion in Los Angeles. The Washington Examiner reports: Laws that require charities to disclose their finances and activities to the public endanger the lives of activists, Black Lives Matter co-founder […]

PROPAGANDA BATTLE: The Digital War for Hearts and Minds

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The propaganda battle between Russia and Ukraine taking place on social media and the internet news channels is unlike anything the world has seen before. It’s not just governments and state-run media pitching in, but patriots on both sides of the war. From the daily list of Russian equipment destroyed posted by the Kyiv Independent: […]

Draconian COVID School Closures Cost 13.8 Million Years of Life Lost

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According to a new study published as a working paper by the NBER, the harsh school lockdowns in response to COVID-19 cost Americans 13.8 million years in lost life. Just the News reports: A working paper that examined how U.S. states responded to the COVID-19 pandemic found strict lockdowns and other COVID-19 policies did little […]

ELECTION 2022: Pelosi Takes Crazy Democrat Tactic to the Next Level

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Before Donald Trump ever considered the results of the 2020 presidential election, and whether or not they may have been accurate, Democrats were delegitimizing election results. Hillary Clinton, who lost in a major upset to Trump in 2016 still hasn’t admitted it was a fair election. And leftwing darling Stacey Abrams, who lost a race […]

The Road to Economic Hell Is Paved with Radical Policies

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Americans are facing tragic economic conditions today, most noticeable in their grocery and gasoline bills, but apparent in other ways as well. But the country didn’t get to this point randomly, bad policies preceded its current state of despair. At The American Spectator, Dov Fischer explains how Biden, Pelosi and AOC screwed up the economy, […]

Russians Packing Bags of Cash into Turkey to Avoid Sanctions

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Russians are fleeing into Turkey with bags of cash in order to avoid sanctions, reports the Wall Street Journal: Turkey is fast becoming a haven for Russian money, from oligarchs parking their superyachts on the country’s shores to young dissidents and tech workers flying from Moscow with cash in suitcases. The influx of Russian money […]