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“Just the beginning”: Kerch Bridge explosion sets off battle for Crimea?
Vladimir Putin appeared in person to open the 18-kilometer Kerch Bridge in 2018 as a symbol of the permanence of Russia's annexation of Crimea. The front-page image of this post shows Putin in the driver's seat of…
New York’s emergency: getting what they asked for
Be careful what you wish for. You may get it.
As Russian troops ‘panic’ a member of Putin’s inner circle confronts him about the conduct of the war
Just last week, Putin said in Red Square in front of a large crowd, ""Victory will be ours!" It's worth seeing him say it to get a sense of his resolution on this point. Just skip to the end of this clip.
WaPo, AP: On further review, it sure looks like the Saudis f’d with a Biden, no?
Did it really take a further review? After all, Joe Biden's fist-bump greeting to the man he swore to treat as a "pariah" while campaigning for the presidency didn't produce any concessions that the Saudis…
Portland bravely moves to stop “misgendering” the dead
Portland, Oregon, is committing a fresh new cardinal sin: Misgendering transgender individuals after they are dead, on their death certificates. (I know you're all simply aghast.) Leaving aside for a moment the fact that…
Vox: Are the polls about to sandbag Democrats — again?
Answer: probably, although this isn't really breaking news in any sense. In this case, the news relates to who's asking the question.
Rant: At Zucker’s CNN, Double Secret Probation was a gutless reality
For full disclosure, before this rant gets well underway, Mary Katharine Ham is a friend of mine, a colleague, and a fellow contributor here at Hot Air for a significant period of time. Don't doubt for a moment that that…
Is AP a news organization any more?
Or is it just a narrative service, and a malleable one at that? The Associated Press published this tweet on Thursday October 6 at 12:24. It eventually got taken down, but not before it got tons of circulation.
Deceleration? US adds lowest level of jobs in 18 months
The jobs report looks decent on its own -- but the trendlines are all going the wrong way. The US economy added 263,000 jobs in September, the lowest level in more than a year, and a miss even off the lowered expectations of…
“Pummeled”? Blake Masters calls on Mark Kelly to resign in AZ Senate debate
So who won the debate last night in the US Senate race in Arizona? Was it incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly, Republican nominee Blake Masters, or the Libertarian candidate who wanted to debate age-of-consent laws? No, really: