Tim RichardsThere's no way Israel should compete in the next Eurovision. If Russia is out for war crimes, so should Israel be.
#Eurovision #gaza #israel https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/trouble-brews-for-eurovision-amid-push-for-boycott-20250921-p5mwny.html
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Tim MakTo read more about how a Chinese pirate’s son muddled Taiwanese identity, click the link: https://www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-chinese-pirates-son-muddled
MACRON: RUSSIA’S DRONE ATTACKS ON #NATO WERE NO MISTAKE: French President Emmanuel #Macron said Russia’s recent drone incursions into NATO airspace were deliberate, not accidental, and called for new sanctions to pressure Moscow, Kyiv Post reports.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/60574
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/60574
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Matthew Sheffield🧵 Since the shooting of #CharlieKirk, radical Republicans have been pushing violence-inciting claims about the shooter. The police have not apprehended the person and don't know his name.
We don't know what the motive is, however, I think given the miasma of claims that "of course" a left-winger or trans person did it, it's worth exploring why the shooter very easily could be a right-wing extremist.
Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)It's not up on the COVID vaccine page yet, but Kaiser just announced that vaccinations will be available to everyone in their network starting Monday (according to NBC).
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/kaiser-covid-vaccine/3946558/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_BAYBrand
Here’s what we're reading today:
Ex-FBI informant, who falsely accused the Biden family of ties to Ukrainian business, sentenced to 6 years.
Alexander Smirnov falsely accused Joe and Hunter Biden of taking $5 mln from a Ukrainian company to prevent legal issues in the U.S.
Ex-FBI informant accused of lying about Biden family's ties to Ukrainian business jailed for 6 years
A Californian court sentenced former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, who falsely accused the Biden family of taking a bribe from a Ukrainian business, to six years in prison, CNN reported on Jan. 8.
#MOSCOW SENTENCES FMR U.S. CONSUL EMPLOYEE: Russia has sentenced a former employee of the #American consulate to four years and 10 months in prison for "secret cooperation with a foreign state."
Russia imprisons former US consulate employee for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’
Robert Shonov, a former employee of the U.S. consulate in Vladivostok, was detained in 2023 and accused of passing information on Russia’s war in Ukraine to the U.S. He was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison on Nov. 1.
SheldonMore photos from my Halloween weekend photography binge. These are from a Trick or Treat event in Monterey, CA.
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