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    Rand Paul blasts nationwide lockdowns, says they’re ironically making US even more dependent on China
    May07

    Rand Paul blasts nationwide lockdowns, says they’re ironically making US even more dependent on China

    Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says the nationwide stay-at-home orders must cease if America is ever to get back on its feet. What are the details? Speaking on Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom,” the Republican senator said that states continuing to enforce lockdown measures are sabotaging themselves as well as the United States and...

    Media Watchdog Condemns ‘Wave Of Violence’ Against Ukrainian Journalists
    May07

    Media Watchdog Condemns ‘Wave Of Violence’ Against Ukrainian Journalists

    Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is urging Ukrainian authorities to enforce legislation penalizing violence against journalists after a reporter was assaulted by officers in Kyiv last week while he was filming an anti-lockdown protest. In a statement on May 7, the Paris-based media-freedom watchdog says the incident came amid “many other...

    Where Things Stand: Breaking Their Own Rules
    May06

    Where Things Stand: Breaking Their Own Rules

    During the Passover, first daughter Ivanka Trump was shredded in the media for traveling to her father’s resort to celebrate, breaking the White House’s own “essential travel” rules. While President Trump has spent the last month essentially advocating against the rules his own White House established amid a pandemic, it is still...

    Obama Called GOP’s Bogus Biden-Ukraine Probe Part Of ‘Russian Disinformation’
    May06

    Obama Called GOP’s Bogus Biden-Ukraine Probe Part Of ‘Russian Disinformation’

    A highly politicized GOP Senate investigation into discredited allegations against Joe Biden in Ukraine constitute efforts to boost Russia-sourced disinformation, President Obama’s office said in a March 2020 letter. The former president’s office sent the letter to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in response to...

    Ukraine’s Security Service Says It Detained FSB Agent
    May06

    Ukraine’s Security Service Says It Detained FSB Agent

    The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) says it has detained an alleged spy accused of collecting data on a “modern missile system” on behalf of Russia. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Freedom House Warns of Democratic Breakdown in Central, Eastern Europe 
    May06

    Freedom House Warns of Democratic Breakdown in Central, Eastern Europe 

    In its latest report, U.S.-based democracy monitor Freedom House warns of a “stunning democratic breakdown” across Central Europe, the Balkans, and Eurasia as many leaders in the region attempt to do away with any remaining checks on their power. “A growing number of leaders in Central and Eastern Europe have dropped even the...

    Obama’s office ripped Republicans’ investigation into Bidens in private letter
    May06

    Obama’s office ripped Republicans’ investigation into Bidens in private letter

    The office of former President Obama privately condemned a congressional investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son’s ties to Ukraine, describing it as an attempt “to shift the blame for Rus… …read more Source:: The...

    In unearthed private letter, Obama excoriated GOP-led probe into Biden as aiding Russian disinformation
    May06

    In unearthed private letter, Obama excoriated GOP-led probe into Biden as aiding Russian disinformation

    A newly unearthed private letter showed former President Barack Obama’s response to a Republican-led demand for information on Joe Biden, and it was not well received. The letter was sent from the office of the 44th president to the National Archives and Records Administration in March over a request from Republican Sens. Grassley (Iowa)...

    Obama’s office excoriated a GOP-led congressional probe into Joe Biden and Ukraine as giving ‘credence to a Russian disinformation’
    May06

    Obama’s office excoriated a GOP-led congressional probe into Joe Biden and Ukraine as giving ‘credence to a Russian disinformation’

    The investigation is rooted in efforts by some who are “actively supported by Russia” to blame Ukraine for meddling in 2016, Obama’s office said. …read more Source:: Business...

    The Coronavirus Test for Russia
    May06

    The Coronavirus Test for Russia

    The coronavirus crisis was not the kind of challenge the Russian government was expecting. While Russia was preparing for threats, real or imagined, from geopolitical rivals and internal opponents, the pandemic struck and has now paralyzed the system of personalized power. Russia, like the rest of the world, failed the coronavirus test. But the...