The bailout of Silicon Valley Bank’s depositors means every dollar in U.S. bank accounts is insured by the federal government.
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Hatchet Speed built a career as a Beltway contractor and Navy reservist while praising Putin and Hitler.
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Why a military intervention would only entrench the island’s problems.
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“Iraq Syndrome” does not appear to be as widespread among the broader public as their leaders think, writes Peter Feaver, Christopher Gelpi, and Jason Reifler.
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In the immediate term, the West should make a commitment to providing Ukraine with all feasible military support as quickly as possible, writes Sam Greene and Alina Polyakova.
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There were many chances for the Kremlin to do things differently, but Putin has squandered that for a personal accumulation of power, writes Alexander Gabuev.
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A Republican plan to restrict the way history is taught at Florida’s colleges and universities is receiving outcry from academics, particularly historians, from across the U.S.
— Read on wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/politics-issues/2023-03-15/historians-express-horror-at-floridas-hb-999-they-say-it-threatens-academic-freedomif you don’t think it can happen here, it can and is.
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Joseph E. Stiglitz blames US policymakers and regulators for the collapse of a financial mainstay of Silicon Valley.
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It must become clear to the West, however, that anything short of the full restoration of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity will represent a catastrophic defeat for the United States and its European allies.
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Death sentences are sanctioned by the government. We, the people, are the jurors, the final arbiters of that crushing, irreversible decision. And no one should be comfortable with the possibility that maybe, just maybe, we got it wrong.
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Other pro-Russian messages focused on the economic costs of the war for the US have been echoed by Republicans in the powerful far-right House Freedom Caucus such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, Scott Perry and Paul Gosar, who to varying degrees have questioned giving Ukraine more military aid and demanded tougher oversight.
Bannon’s War Room podcast in February 2022 featured an interview with Erik Prince, the wealthy US founder of Blackwater, where they both enthused that Putin’s policies were “anti-woke” and praised Putin’s homophobia and transphobia.
Carlson revved up his attacks on US support for Ukraine claiming falsely that Biden’s goal had become “overthrowing Putin and putting American tanks in Red Square because, sure, we could manage Russia once we overthrow the dictator”.
Russia had an “interest in promoting authentic American voices expressing views that align with the Kremlin’s foreign policy goals. And that’s why you often see them retweet Americans that make these arguments.”
“Millions of people in the west understand they are being led to a real spiritual catastrophe,” Putin railed last month in a wildly hyperbolic speech that homed in on “the destruction of families”, and related themes.
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Oil export revenue in Russia fell sharply by nearly half in February compared with last year following a European Union freeze and price caps imposed by Ukraine’s Western allies
U.S. officials hosted the 10th gathering of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, an alliance of dozens of nations supplying military equipment to Ukraine to combat Russia. “Russia hopes to grind down Ukraine in a war of attrition
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he would support a greater Russian military presence in Syria in an interview with RIA Novosti, after meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Assad, who has hosted Russian military forces in Syria since 2015, also signaled his support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
The United Kingdom has pledged new funding for Moldova and Georgia to support their territorial integrity
