I was disagreeing with a friend about politics last night. I got so annoyed that I bear-sprayed him and beat him with a flagpole. I was surprised when he objected since we were obviously engaging in legitimate political discourse.

What newspaper did this appear in, “My Weekly Reader”? It would have fit perfectly in that great new Larry David commercial had this been Larry’s picture and byline.

This isn't just Putin vs Ukraine, just as it wasn't just Syria or Georgia. Putin was in Beijing days ago with Xi Jinping. This wouldn't be happening had they not come to an agreement. China may pretend neutrality, but dictatorships stick together. So must democracies.

A group of Ukrainian border guards were stationed on Snake Island, in the Black Sea south of Odessa, when a Russian warship ordered them to surrender under threat of attack. Their response: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself." They held their ground. All 13 were killed.

CNN: Ukraine’s defenders of “Snake Island” who were initially feared dead after telling the Russians to go “F” themselves are “alive and well” according to the Ukrainian Navy.

The Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Two neighbouring houses are projecting the blue and yellow onto its facade. The ambassador is reportedly “apoplectic”.

Can anyone explain why the UN General Assembly has not invoked the “United for Peace” resolution of 1950 and kicked Russia off the Security Council?

This. “Zelensky and the Ukrainians chose to stand for something, and to be. They are united as a democracy in a way America has not been for a long time.” Maureen Dowd

So here’s my whole story with Kevin Collier on how the Ukrainian “biolabs” conspiracy came to take over the global far-right, and put Putin back in the good graces of American conspiracy theorists. It has decades of history in it. I hope you read it. nbcnews.com/tech/internet/…

This is the Ukrainian member of the Fox News crew. She was killed today alongside their cameraman. Fox News doesn’t even mention her in their report. (Photo published by Oksana Romaniuk of the Institute of Mass Information)

Harrowing, gripping account. If the truth was not so powerful, autocrats like Putin would not go to such extremes to try and snuff it out. But truth is like those trick birthday candles you can’t extinguish no matter how hard you blow. apnews.com/article/russia…

when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no

A thousand times yes. The FDIC of reportable info you could take to the bank, and a generous colleague. 👏👏

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Olivia Rodrigo looks like she’s about to lead the Rohirrim into Helm’s Deep

I can only save the Queen for so long.

For nearly two years, The Associated Press journalists traced the origins of one boat and the people who died in it. Their remains were found aboard a white and blue Mauritanian fishing boat that drifted nearly 3,000 miles away to the Caribbean Island of Tobago in 2021. apne.ws/fBIhWcf