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☆ New Hampshire Republican Don Bolduc claimed a local school has 'litter boxes' for children. The school says that's 'entirely untrue.'
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
New Hampshire Republican Don Bolduc falsely claimed schools are providing kids "litter boxes." "They're putting litter boxes, right? Litter boxes for that." "There are no litter boxes in our buildings and students are not allowed to come to school in costume," the school said in a statement provided to a local Fox affiliate. "There are no furries or students identifying as such during the school day."
☆ Brazil votes in heated Bolsonaro vs. Lula presidential runoff
  + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( Anthony Boadle | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
Bolsonaro has vowed to consolidate a sharp conservative turn in Brazilian politics after a presidency marred by the pandemic. Lula promises more social and environmental responsibility, recalling the rising prosperity of his 2003-2010 presidency, before corruption scandals tarred his Workers Party. Several polls showed the race between them tightening in the final week, with Bolsonaro eroding a slight lead for Lula. Bolsonaro outperformed opinion polls in the first round of voting on Oct. 2 among a field of 11 candidates. POST-ELECTION CONCERNSBrazil's electoral authorities are preparing for a narrow result, which Bolsonaro may contest if he loses.
☆ Pelosi likely has the largest security detail of any lawmaker in Congress. Here's what we know about her and her husband Paul's protection.
  + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Details about congressional security practices remain closely guarded after the January 6 attack. Keeping information about congressional security practices under wraps is apparently part of the Capitol Police's job, as critical details remain closely guarded. Similar media reports say that full-time congressional security details are limited to the speaker, House and Senate majority and minority leaders, and House and Senate whips. Last month she told The New York Times that she'd spent more than $120,000 on private security over the past year. Financial records filed by the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund PAC show that the fundraising committee paid nearly $4,000 to private security firm Safehouse Security Solutions this spring.
☆ Poland demolishes four Red Army monuments
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
WARSAW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Poland tore down four monuments on Thursday to Red Army soldiers who died during World War Two, as historically strained relations between Warsaw and Moscow hit new lows due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia argues that it liberated Poland when its forces drove out German Nazis at the end of the war. Most Poles believe that the Soviet Union replaced Nazi occupation with another form of repression. Monuments in Byczyna and Staszow in southern Poland and Bobolice in the north were also demolished. "This is a lie, a monstrous lie, because so many citizens of the Soviet Union died liberating Poland," he told reporters when asked about Nawrocki's comments.
☆ Zelenskyy says Russia plans to blow up a Ukrainian dam. The Soviets used the same tactic in WWII to slow a Nazi invasion, killing thousands of civilians.
  + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Zelenskyy accused Russian forces of planning to blow up a major dam in southern Ukraine. It's a tactic that would mirror the Soviet's actions during WWII, in which thousands of civilians died. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of planning to blow up a major hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine as its forces struggle to hold off advancing Ukrainian forces. Zelenskyy said Russia had kicked out Ukrainian workers from the dam, but Insider could not verify the claims of a pending Russia plot. The dam-busting tactic was also used by Ukrainian forces earlier in the war with Russia this year as Putin's troops marched on the capital Kyiv.
☆ Ex-Russian foreign minister says 'terror' is a 'desperate' Putin's only option after his battered army rained missiles down on Ukraine's civilians
  + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
An ex-Russian foreign minister said that "terror is the only thing left" for a "desperate" Vladimir Putin. The Russian military on Monday and Tuesday launched a barrage of deadly strikes on cities across Ukraine. Andrei Kozyrev told CNN Putin ordered the strikes because he "is desperate, because he made miscalculations." Kozyrev said Putin ordered the strikes because he "is desperate because he made miscalculations." Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday called Putin a "terrorist" whose "only tactic is terror on peaceful Ukrainian cities."
☆ Factbox: Russia prepares to formally annex 15% of Ukraine
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
REUTERS/Sergei PivovarovLONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin is preparing to formally annex around 15% of Ukrainian territory after referendums on joining Russia in areas controlled by Russian forces or Russian-backed separatists. The United States is prepared to impose additional economic costs on Russia in conjunction with U.S. allies if Moscow moves forward with annexing portions of Ukrainian territory, the White House said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had received sophisticated air defence systems, known as National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), from the United States. Taken together, Russia would be annexing at least 90,000 square km of Ukrainian territory. With Crimea and the territory in the four other areas, Russia would have annexed at least one fifth of Ukrainian territory.
☆ Veterans criticize Doug Mastriano for wearing 'the uniform of traitors' after a photo of him in a Confederate outfit surfaces
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Nearly 60 veterans signed a letter criticizing Doug Mastriano for wearing a Confederate uniform. Mastriano, a Pennsylvania Republican, wore the uniform in a faculty photo for the US Army War College. As Reuters reported in August, Mastriano — a state senator running for governor – chose to wear the Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the US Army War College. Mastriano has battled claims of extremism since winning the GOP nomination with the help of former President Donald Trump. Mastriano paid the site $5,000 and praised its founder, Andrew Torba, an anti-Semite who identifies as a Christian nationalist.
☆ Ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows called to testify by Georgia district attorney investigating Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election
  + stars: | 2022-08-27 | by ( Taylor Ardrey | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The Georgia DA investigating Trump called for testimony from Mark Meadows. Fani Willis ordered Trump's former Chief of Staff to testify next month. Willis is looking into Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. It comes amid the Jan. 6 committee hearings, where House members are investigating the Capitol riot at the US Capitol as Congress was certifying the election. In June, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Meadows, gave bombshell testimony about Trump's behavior related to the attack during a House hearing.
☆ Usatyi : We will reaffirm our right to legally consider ourselves descendants of heroes-winners!
  + stars: | 2019-02-24 | by ( ) ru1.md   time to read: +1 min
Usatyi : We will reaffirm our right to legally consider ourselves descendants of heroes-winners! On August 24, Moldovans celebrate the liberation of the country from fascist invaders. By this we will reaffirm the right to legally consider ourselves descendants of heroes-winners. I extend my warmest congratulations to you on the Day of Liberation of Moldova from the Nazi invaders and Romanian occupiers. We bow our heads in respect of these honored veterans and eternal memory to heroes”, Renato Usatyi wrote on his Facebook page.
Persons: Renato Usatyi, “, ” Organizations: Party, Red Army, Nazi Locations: Moldova, Moldovan, Chisinau, Iasi, Romanian
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