TODAY Putin Wins Fixed Election
PUTIN DEMOCRACY: Thousands of Russians went to the polls yesterday on the final day of voting to create long lines in silent protest to Vladimir Putin’s guaranteed election for a fifth six-year term as president. They were responding to the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny who had called for the “Noon Against Putin” protest before his death in an arctic prison camp last month.
YESTERDAY Fani Stays, Boyfriend Goes
JUST PEACHY: The judge in the Georgia election interference case ruled that District Attorney Fani Willis can stay but her former boyfriend who’s been running the case must go.
Long lines formed in major cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Tomsk, and Novosibirsk in a visible yet ultimately futile display of dissent. The voters appeared at noon despite government warnings against “extremist” actions and even the possibility of arrest. Dozens were in fact detained.
Russians living abroad were allowed to vote at their country’s embassies. Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny’s exiled widow, stood in a mile-long line in Berlin.
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Schumer calls for Israel leadership Change
Friday, March 15, 2024
LEADER TO LEADER: Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the US, spoke on the Senate floor yesterday condemning the wartime leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called for elections to replace him. With more than …
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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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It's Been Said
"In my mind, I’ve never crossed the line with anyone, but I didn’t realize the extent to which the line has been redrawn. There are generational and cultural shifts that I just didn’t fully appreciate, and I should have, no excuses."
-Andrew Cuomo, resigning as governor of New York after accusations of sexual harassment