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.

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  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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House Votes for TikTok Ban or Sale

Thursday, March 14, 2024

TIK TOK: The House yesterday passed a bill with strong support from both parties that would force the sale of the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok or ban it with the US.   Rep. Mike Gallagher, the Wisconsin Republican who is among …

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Trump v. Biden Again

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

REPLAY: The rematch is on. Joe Biden and Donald Trump both won enough delegates in primary races yesterday to put them over the top for their party’s presidential nomination. It will be the first time in 70 years that candidates have …

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

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The Most Corrupt Justice

Monday, October 2, 2023

Democracy and Video in the Dark

Sunday, February 26, 2023

Page Two: Do the Right Thing

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Page Two: Sound Recall

Monday, September 13, 2021

Page Two: Cuomo Must Go

Friday, August 13, 2021

Trump and the Truth

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

The “Great” President

Monday, March 30, 2020

The Wright Stuff

Saturday, February 29, 2020

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