43,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Killed Since
Russian Invasion: Zelenskyy
Posted By: earlybird, 12/10/2024 10:53:36 AM
An estimated 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. In a social media update on Dec. 8, Zelenskyy also said that 370,000 have been wounded since the Russia–Ukraine conflict started on Feb. 24, 2022. He said updated data on Russian losses show that 198,000 have been killed and more than 550,000 wounded.
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During the hearing, Mangione was denied bail—something he has 14 days to challenge—while prosecutors raised concerns about him being a flight risk.
Mangione’s attorney, Thomas Dickey, said his client wanted a hearing on extradition. He also questioned whether a second-degree murder charge from New York might be eligible for bail.
An estimated 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
In a social media update on Dec. 8, Zelenskyy also said that 370,000 have been wounded since the Russia–Ukraine conflict started on Feb. 24, 2022.
He said updated data on Russian losses show that 198,000 have been killed and more than 550,000 wounded.
The suspect in last week's UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting may have suffered or known someone who suffered from chronic pain, according to his Goodreads profile.
New York officials on Monday identified Luigi Mangione, 26, as a person of interest in the case. He was detained at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, a city about 275 miles from New York City.
On December 4, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in front of a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. As of midafternoon, Mangione had not been charged in Thompson's death.
Mangione Chronic Pain UnitedHealthcare
A screenshot of Luigi Mangione's Goodreads account. GOODREADS
While the investigation into Thompson's killing is
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., introduced legislation on Wednesday that would federally ban mutilating transgender procedures for children and punish so-called “physicians” who perform such procedures.
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Who should be Cheney’d?
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20 Republican senators are up for re-election in 2026. It is time to shake some of them up because they have forgotten for whom they work.
The Republican leadership allowed party senators (the caucus) to vote to impeach Trump in 2021. Seven did. While some of the names in leadership have changed the attitude remains the same as many Republican senators try to block Trump’s appointees to the Cabinet.
Given that most Republican senators represent one of the 31 states that went for Trump, that is a big FU to the voters.
Syria is a hot mess. There’s only one face with a genuine smile today, Turkish Leader Recep Erdogan who has been attempting to leverage support for the “rebels” in Syria for a decade. Through the years U.S. policy in Syria essentially armed and supported various factions of al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, and eventually Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), whose leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, is essentially the Defacto head of the rebels who now control it.
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are Talking About “Preemptive Pardons” 15 replies
President Trump suggested on his Truth Social account to review the commentary by Mark Levin this past weekend.
Within his opening monologue, Mr Levin walks through the historic background of the attacks against President Trump, and by extension the larger American electorate, and how all of that White House triggered weaponization underpins the nervousness of the Obama/Biden administration. It is an interesting review and revisit to the issues of great familiarity to all of us. WATCH:(videp)Why don’t we ever hear her name?
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More than any other Lawfare operative within Main Justice,
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The Talk of “Preemptive Pardons”
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Anytime the professional leftists lose anything, they immediately become victims. Whether defeated in the battle of ideas (retreat to safe spaces), defeated in the field of pop culture, or even defeated linguistically through debate (words are violence). Whenever the professional left loses, they immediately become victims. It’s what they do.
The professional political left, newest version from the Chicago spawn of Dohrn/Ayers, has been waging full combat Lawfare via a weaponized government for the past 16 years. However, Obama/Plouffe were defeated, “their kind” rose again and won the 2024 U.S. Presidential electionWhat we see in this “preemptive pardon” narrative, is a repeat of the victim narrative.
At last, Hunter Biden has his full and unconditional presidential pardon, covering all “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed” between the tender ages of 44 and 54. Freshly sober and exculpated, young master Biden is now at liberty to pursue his promising artistic career. I join the readership of The Federalist in well-wishing this walking, talking malum prohibitum.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed a one-time $300 payment to individuals earning $150,000 or less, and $500 to couples making $300,000 or less, her office announced Monday.
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to ‘send a message’ with calls for
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“Dear White People,” Bowman’s manifesto begins.
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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) flaunted her disobedience to her bishop in an interview on her Catholicism, saying that she always feels “there’s an angel” on her shoulder despite her vehement support for abortion. [Snip] Pelosi...said that she ignored the mandate of her bishop,...to stop receiving communion over her pro-abortion advocacy. [Snip] “I received Communion anyway,”..., adding of Cordileone. “That’s his problem, not mine.” “My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior,” she added. “It has nothing to do with the bishops.” Later in the interview, she told the publication, “My faith is always with me....”
There are certain behaviors we should not tolerate from government officials, elected, appointed, or hired. We shouldn't tolerate any kind of criminal activity or graft. And we shouldn't tolerate petulant displays of childish pique.
That last bit is precisely what we saw during a House Oversight Committee hearing on Tuesday when Postmaster General Louis DeJoy threw a tantrum (Snip) DeJoy told McCormick, “You’re talking to yourself” before covering his ears.
What is this guy, 12 years old? I wouldn't have put up with this from my kids when they were three. Why should we put up with this from the United States Postmaster?