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Spreaker March 18, 2022 Click to View Podcast
Judge takes unusual guilty plea from Capitol riot suspect By Josh Gerstein POLITICO March 17, 2022 A Texas man accused of assaulting a police officer with a pole during the Capitol riot pleaded guilty to that crime on Thursday even though prosecutors indicated earlier this week that they were willing to agree to have that charge dismissed, for now, due to mishandling of the case. The unusual move by Lucas Denney, 44, came after an even more unusual admission by prosecutors that they violated federal law by failing to promptly arrange a court appearance for Denney last month…
France 24 March 17, 2022 With online posts in Hebrew and appeals to Jews to “cry out” in response to Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invoked his faith to rally support for his embattled country. The 44-year-old comedian-turned-president told the Times of Israel in 2020 that he had an “ordinary… Jewish upbringing,” explaining “most Jewish families in the Soviet Union were not religious.” He has also described religion as a personal matter and even swore his presidential oath on the Bible. Continue Reading…..
By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com March 17, 2022 The world has had a crash course on Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days, as the Ukrainian president has galvanized his country against an unprovoked attack by neighboring Russia. The broad strokes of Zelensky’s career have long been known to those who pay attention to Ukrainian politics — or to their spillover effects in American government. He’s young, funny, Jewish and committed to a strong democratic Ukraine, even at the risk of death. “I need ammunition, not a ride,” he reportedly told American authorities this week after they offered…
By Cnaan Liphshiz Jewish Telegraphic Agency March 17, 2022 ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) — Arkady Kesselman, a 20-year-old Jewish student, was set on leaving his native Ukraine for the West last winter. In a war-torn nation losing about 1.2 million citizens each year, where the average monthly salary is about $300, it’s not an unusual decision. But Kesselman has since changed his mind. The reason? Volodymyr Zelensky’s landslide victory in May’s presidential election. Continue Reading…..
Spreaker March 17, 2022 Click to View Podcast
Trump: I am not using campaign funds for new plane By Bob Cusack TheHill March 16, 2022 Former President Trump on Monday said he is not using any campaign funding to construct a new plane. In a phone interview, Trump took issue with an article by The Hill over the weekend that cited a fundraising email his political action committee recently sent out. “The story was incorrect,” Trump told The Hill. “I already have a plane, the same one I used on the 2016 campaign.” Continue Reading…..
Harris to become Biden road warrior By Amie Parnes TheHill March 16, 2022 Vice President Harris will be hitting the road more frequently in the coming weeks and months, sources familiar with the plans tell The Hill. With COVID-19 cases declining across the nation, Harris will be spending more time crisscrossing the country and touting the successes of the administration, the sources say. On the trips, the vice president will be discussing issues including infrastructure, expanded broadband access and key executive orders signed by President Biden. Continue Reading…..
Spreaker March 16, 2022 Click to View Podcast
Joe Biden won’t get away with blaming Vladimir Putin for inflation By David Mark, political analyst NBC News March 15, 2022 Joe Biden in the mid-1970s was a first-term senator when President Gerald Ford implored Americans to wear “Whip Inflation Now” (WIN) buttons and stickers. The Ford administration’s sartorial effort to raise awareness about fast-rising prices and get Americans to spend less drew widespread media ridicule and even raised private doubts among top White House economic advisers. Biden watched inflation become a major theme in Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter’s defeat of Ford. Inflation is now getting too…