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    Crimean Tatar Activists Detained After Homes Searched
    Feb17

    Crimean Tatar Activists Detained After Homes Searched

    Russian authorities have detained several Crimean Tatar activists after their homes were searched in Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Crimea region. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Transcript: On Being Wrong
    Feb17

    Transcript: On Being Wrong

    A transcript of Episode 25 of The Politics of Everything, “Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Us” Walter Shapiro: Stage one is anonymity: You want to be the invisible man, you hope no one will notice. Then you go into rooting for amnesia: If you don’t remember it—and you willfully don’t remember it—maybe no one else does. Then you go into...

    Trump Will Be Haunted by the Law for Years to Come
    Feb17

    Trump Will Be Haunted by the Law for Years to Come

    Donald Trump has once again wriggled his way out of his latest jam. Fifty-seven senators voted on Saturday to find the former president guilty of inciting the January 6 attack on Capitol Hill, including seven Republicans who made an unprecedented break from the ranks of their party. But the Senate fell far short of the 67 guilty votes needed to...

    Ukraine Detains Man Accused Of Leading Sabotage Group For Russia-Backed Separatists
    Feb16

    Ukraine Detains Man Accused Of Leading Sabotage Group For Russia-Backed Separatists

    Ukraine’s Security Service said its agents have detained a man alleged to be the leader of an intelligence group of Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Belarus detains dozens of journalists, activists
    Feb16

    Belarus detains dozens of journalists, activists

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Tuesday raided homes and offices of journalists and human rights activists and detained dozens in the latest move to squelch protests against the nation’s authoritarian president. Police searched the offices of the Belarusian Association of Journalists and the Viasna human rights center as well...

    The Senate made a historic mistake by accepting the profoundly dangerous ‘Dershowitz precedent’
    Feb15

    The Senate made a historic mistake by accepting the profoundly dangerous ‘Dershowitz precedent’

    Donald Trump, who as president incited a riot in an effort to stay in office despite losing the 2020 election, was acquitted by the U.S. Senate on Saturday, putting an end to his second impeachment trial.He was not acquitted because he was innocent. He was acquitted for one reason: Donald Trump and his supporters have a toxic sense of...

    Russia says it’s open to better ties with EU despite chill
    Feb15

    Russia says it’s open to better ties with EU despite chill

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat blamed the European Union Monday for a freeze in ties but argued that Moscow remains ready to mend relations if it hears positive signals from the bloc. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after talks in St. Petersburg with his Finnish counterpart, Pekka Haavisto, that “if the EU decides that it’s...

    Three Ukrainian Soldiers Killed In Blast In East
    Feb14

    Three Ukrainian Soldiers Killed In Blast In East

    Ukraine’s army says three of its soldiers have been killed by an explosive device in eastern Ukraine, bringing to five the number of troops killed in the region this week, the latest casualties of a six-year conflict with Russia-backed separatists. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ralph Nader slams Democrats for ‘deliberately disabling themselves’ on impeachment
    Feb14

    Ralph Nader slams Democrats for ‘deliberately disabling themselves’ on impeachment

    Donald J. Trump has once again circumvented justice, but not because of a want of facts or law. His life preserver was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to refrain from calling critical witnesses possessing “smoking gun” incriminating evidence at Mr. Trump’s second impeachment trial. Her plan to abandon an Ace of...

    Mitch McConnell condemned Trump for the Capitol attack — but he’s just as guilty
    Feb14

    Mitch McConnell condemned Trump for the Capitol attack — but he’s just as guilty

    After voting to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell did something few were expecting.He took to the Senate floor and explained why Trump was guilty.”There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that...