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Russia has a little more than half its air force left

3 years 7 months ago
News from Ukraine: NEW: Russia has launched more than 300 sorties into Ukraine the last 24 hours: senior U.S. defense official. 🇷🇺 sorties are not "venturing very far and very long" into 🇺🇦 airspace, the official said. Russia still has more than 60 percent of fixed wing and rotary wing capability. — Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) ...continue reading "Russia has a little more than half its air force left"
Kevin Drum

Ukraine has biolabs. Ukraine is not making bioweapons.

3 years 7 months ago
What's the deal with all those loud allegations about biological laboratories in Ukraine? Do they exist? Are they making bioweapons? Are they dangerous? The answers are yes, no, and yes. The best short piece about them that I've read was in the Wall Street Journal yesterday: The allegations have shocked those who are most familiar ...continue reading "Ukraine has biolabs. Ukraine is not making bioweapons."
Kevin Drum

Eric Greitens accused of physical abuse in affidavit filed by his ex-wife

3 years 7 months ago

Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is facing new allegations that he physically abused his ex-wife and children, and that in the months before his resignation became so unstable that his access to firearms had to be limited.  The accusations are included in a sworn affidavit filed by former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens as part […]

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Tessa Weinberg

We are still building lots of new housing

3 years 7 months ago
Here is 60 Minutes on housing: Nicely done @FairweatherPhD. Time to build! https://t.co/qw5zaNxdVK — Adam Ozimek (@ModeledBehavior) March 21, 2022 I don't get it. People keep saying stuff like this, but: There are housing shortages in California and in specific cities that are hot destinations right now, but overall the US has been building houses ...continue reading "We are still building lots of new housing"
Kevin Drum

Illinois Lawsuit Against NBCUniversal, Celebrity TV Host Marcus Lemonis

3 years 7 months ago
GRAFTON - Joseph and Janice DeSherlia – the husband-wife team who own and operate the Grafton Harbor Marina – have just joined a growing list of small businesses that have filed lawsuits against NBCUniversal and its celebrity star Marcus Lemonis through the CNBC show The Profit. The DeSherlias say they never appeared or even sought to appear on the NBCUniversal show. Yet, in 2019, NBCUniversal produced an episode of The Profit called “ Rise of an American Floodtown,” focused on the city of Grafton, Illinois, (40 miles from St. Louis) and the town’s recovery after a devastating flood damaged the local tourism economy. The DeSherlias allege NBCUniversal and TV star Lemonis used the opportunity as a PR stunt. The DeSherlias claim the on-air tactic defamed the DeSherlias and their business and interfered with their contractual obligations, for the sake of ratings. On-air discussions between CNBC star Lemonis and former Mayor Rick Eberlin included what

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3 years 7 months ago
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