Chernobyl Exclusion Zone radiation monitoring system not working, firm says

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone radiation monitoring system not working, firm says

Ukraine's state nuclear operator announced on Monday that the automated radiation monitoring system in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is not functioning amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country.

If Biden was a real man he'd handle this situation by playing golf at his club and charging us taxpayers millions to let his cabinet, staff & secret service stay there. - John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Slovakia starts deploying Patriot air defence system
• Top EU diplomat accuses Russia of 'massive war crime' in Mariupol assault
• Biden to visit Poland during Europe trip
• 10 million Ukrainians have fled homes since war began: UN
• A 5th Russian general has been killed in attack on an army base, Ukraine officials claim
• Russian navy commander killed in Mariupol fighting
• Liz Cheney Says Jan. 6 Committee Looking at 'Enhanced Criminal Penalties' for Trump's 'Supreme Dereliction of Duty'
• A Boogaloo Boi Tried to Join the Foreign Legion In Ukraine — It Didn’t End Well
• Russian Flack Sergey Lavrov Praises Fox News: Only Outlet 'Trying to Represent Some Alternative Points of View'

Republicans falsely say that immigrants bring crime and violence, but I am way more afraid of angry Trump supporters.-  Jon Cooper

Isn't It Illegal To Intimidate Voters, At Their Homes?

Voting rights groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a pro-Trump group from going door-to-door in Colorado in search of evidence to support voter fraud allegations that have already been debunked and rejected by courts.

The lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Election Integrity Plan — led by Shawn Smith, an ally of former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and MyPillow founder Mike Lindell — is sending armed members door-to-door in areas with large numbers of voters of color, questioning people about how they voted and taking photographs of their homes.

Trump ruined orange.

But Ukraine has made blue and yellow great again. - duty2warn tweet

Republican Shenanigans

• Senators spar at historic U.S. Supreme Court pick
• Mitch McConnell Dismisses Madison Cawthorn and Marjorie Taylor Greene as 'Lonely Voices' in the GOP
• Steve Bannon Chides Josh Mandel After GOP Debate Almost Comes to Blows: 'Tone Down The Personal Animosity'
• Kid Rock to Tucker Carlson: 'F--- Fauci'
• Federal judge rules Kim Davis violated rights when she refused to marry same-sex couples in 2015
• Sen. Durbin Shreds Hawley for Accusing Judge Jackson of Going Easy on Child Porn Offenders: This Man Was 'Fist-Bumping the Murderous Mob'

Nothing excites a Republican senator more than the prospect of voting against a qualified Black woman. - Middle Age Riot

I Won't Say Anything Mean About Clarence Thomas If You Won't.

Justice Clarence Thomas was absent from Supreme Court oral arguments on Monday due to illness.

Chief Justice John Roberts announced Thomas’s absence from a pair of in-person hearings prior to the start of arguments.

To me, the only litmus test for a Supreme Court nominee is this: Is their spouse as batsh*t crazy as Ginni Thomas? - Andy Borowitz

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Rock The Voter News

• Dems begin building a Latino vote firewall in the West
• 55 percent in new poll say Jackson should be confirmed
• Fauci Throws Cold Water on Retirement Talk: I Want to Stay Until 'We're Really Out' of the Pandemic

Republicans Accuse Supreme Court Nominee of Being Chosen By Biden. - Andy Borowitz

Surprise, Surprise. Trump Can't Hire People Who Are Tech Experts.

It’s been a full month and President Donald Trump is not posting to his newly-unveiled social media platform.

TRUTH Social launched on Feb. 21, and some users, such as journalist Greg Price, complained about sitting in a queue to access their accounts.

Senate Republicans have a 6-3 Supreme Court and still act like they've been treated unfairly in the nominations game. Just an amazing commitment to grievance politics. - Bill Scher

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Business/Tech News

• Kremlin: Russian oil embargo would squeeze Europe, not US
• Apple down: Music, messages, App Store, iCloud, maps and many other services suddenly knocked offline
• Cannabis industry goes all-in on banking push before midterms
• AstraZeneca says COVID-19 drug neutralizes omicron variants

what the f---, why isn't Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson crying or talking about how much she likes beer. you people promised me she knew how to nominee. - Jeff Tiedrich

Anonymous Has Been Busy With Putin's Printers
Ever since declaring war against Russian President Vladimir Putin, Anonymous, the decentralized international activist and hacktivist collective, has continued to relentlessly hit the Kremlin with attacks that are undermining the country's leadership and disrupting its narrative on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The latest is a printer hack, which allows the collective to send a message across the transcontinental country.

Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever. — Coco Chanel

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Odd News

• A message to Ukraine? Cosmonauts wear yellow-and-blue flight suits for trip to space station
• Woolly mammoth tooth discovered at Iowa construction site
• Man working on plumbing finds body under girlfriend’s home, Pennsylvania police say
• British man harvests 1,269 cherry tomatoes from a single stem
• Lost children survive 25-day ordeal in Amazon

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Beauty is as beauty does.

Peace.

Putin praises Russian ‘unity’ at rally as glitch cuts state TV broadcast

Putin praises Russian ‘unity’ at rally as glitch cuts state TV broadcast

President’s five-minute address to flag-waving crowd re-aired from start after ‘technical failure’

Thanks to Putin’s media censorship, Tolstoy now wrote, “and Peace.” - Stephen Colbert

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Russian missile strike hits western Ukraine city of Lviv
• 'Fair Game': Russian Foreign Minister Threatens Any Transport They 'Believe' Carries Weapons
• Russian
• generals sent to Ukraine front line 'because troop morale is so low'
• German chancellor pleads for ceasefire in call with Putin
• Schwarzenegger tells Russian people their leaders are lying to them
• Bannon Hails Jesse Watters, Tucker Carlson's Ukraine Coverage, Says Rest of Fox News is For 'Stupid People'
• India buys 3 million barrels of Russian oil: report

America is helping save Ukraine

So yes, we will save Florida and Texas too. - Badd Company tweet

Biden Speaks With Chinese President For 2 Hours

When President Joe Biden spoke Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, it wasn't just another phone call in an ongoing flurry of telephone diplomacy.

This call -- which went nearly two hours, according to the White House -- comes at a potential turning point for ties between the United States and China. 

Zelensky doesn't get his No-Fly Zone but he gets quite a bit: 

Biden announces the U.S. will send Ukraine: 

-drones

-9,000 Anti-armor systems

- 800 Anti-aircraft systems 

-7,000 Small arms, 20 million rounds in ammunition. - John Hudson

Republican Shenanigans

• Here are the eight Republicans who voted against ending normal trade relations with Russia
• Ohio Republicans discussing impeachment of Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor after map ruling
• GOP leader says Republicans will boot Schiff from Intel panel
• Kansas Senate revives anti-vax, pro-ivermectin bill
• 'Evil and Wrong': Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Bill to Ban U.S. Funding of 'Bioweapons' in Ukraine
• With Idaho abortion ban, a projected 200K women would go to Oregon if they wanted one

Idaho’s abortion ban allows a rapist's siblings to sue the doc administering the abortion & collect $20,000 each

The rapist’s family can cash in on rape, which is now financially incentivized

This is so deeply revolting

The tidal wave of ChristoFascism is washing over America. - Lindy Li

Republican Commits Voter Fraud?
The office of North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein (D) has asked the State Bureau of Investigations (SBI) to look into former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows over allegations that he registered to vote at an address where he does not live.

LIFE HACK:

Turn down the sound on Fox News and just run loops of crying babies over their footage.

You get basically the same message, but with a lot less disinformation. - Jay Black

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This morning, a trucker with The People’s Convoy on the main stage said: “What’s going to happen up here in DC: Black Lives Matter Street, we’re gonna take it back. All that paint’s coming off that street.” The trucker adds, “it’s gonna get tar and feathered.” - Zachary Petrizzo, Daily Beast

Rock The Voter News

• White House hits Cotton for not backing Ukraine security assistance
• Bernie Sanders allies reportedly push Bay Area congressman Ro Khanna to challenge Kamala Harris for president
• Fauci says officials need more than $22.5B for COVID-19 response

BIDEN: Putin is a war criminal.

TRUMP: Putin is a savvy genius.

Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2024 candidates. - Jeremy Newberger

Methinks The Cuomos Are Suffering From Limelight Withdrawal 

Andrew Cuomo on Thursday during an address delivered at a church said he's “open” to mounting another run for New York governor.

“I’m open to all options,” Cuomo said, according to Bloomberg, after being asked if he was planning to run for governor again.

Republicans: "Hunter Benghazi's emails are coming for your guns." - Middle Age Riot

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Business/Tech News

• Congressional Democrats to Grill Oil Execs in Hearings on Gas Prices
• Delta says ticket costs set to rise 5 to 10 percent amid spike in oil prices
• Gutfeld's Late Night Show Beats Every CNN and MSNBC Program
• Disney employees among those arrested in Florida human trafficking operation

Republicans Hone Their Hypocrisy! 

Republicans clamoring to accuse President Joe Biden of slow-walking support for Ukraine don’t see a shred of comparison with Donald Trump’s impeachment for withholding aid from the very same nation.

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.” 

-Euripides, who didn't waste his time attempting good-faith debate with trolls on twitter - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• In Peru, skull of 'marine monster' points to fearsome ancient predator
• Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years
• Florida drawbridge operator arrested in death of woman, 79, who fell when it opened
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Rejects Dolly Parton's Request to Remove Herself from Running
• Equilibrium/Sustainability — Magpies outsmart the scientists studying them
• Coors Light unveils beer-flavored lollipops

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Where two continental plates meet - Eurasian and North American in Iceland.

Peace and love to all, especially Ukraine.

Happy St. Patrick's Day - Rand Paul Upset Ukrainians Aren’t Paying for American Weapons

Rand Paul Upset Ukrainians Aren’t Paying for American Weapons: ‘They Should Be Sales, Not Gifts’

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) expressed his displeasure with the fact that the United States is giving assistance to help Ukrainians fight Russia’s invasion rather than making them pay for it.

Rand Paul is such a tool.

Poll Shows Zelensky Leading 2024 US Presidential Race. - Andy Borowitz

The World Is A Safer Place Without Republicans

• Zelensky Says World War III May Have Already Begun: 'We Have the Whole Civilization at Stake'
• Russian model who trashed Putin on social media found dead in suitcase
• Ex-KGB agent reacts to Putin's 'terrifying' remarks
• More than 3 million refugees have left Ukraine since invasion started, UN says
• Russia dismisses reports of peace talk movement: 'If there's progress, we'll tell you'
• Russia: We’ve got hundreds of your planes. What you going to do about it?
• Russian court extends Brittney Griner's arrest to May 19: state media
• Kremlin: Biden calling Putin a 'war criminal' is 'unforgivable'
• China says it would 'never attack Ukraine,' praises Ukrainian people

I wish all refugees were being as welcomed as the Ukrainian refugees are. - Molly Jong-Fast

Putin Wants WWIII. He's Itching For It.
Russia warned the United States on Thursday that Moscow had the might to put the world's pre-eminent superpower in its place and accused the West of stoking a wild Russophobic plot to tear Russia apart.

Putin must be defeated, and Ukraine must prevail.

But America's true enemy ... lies within. - duty2warn tweet

They will be singing songs 100 years from now praising Zelensky and the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Putin’s name will be a curse word. - Noel Casler

Republican Shenanigans

• Marjorie Taylor Greene mocked for calling Biden ‘commander and chief’
• Liz Cheney Rips 'Useful Idiot' Marjorie Taylor Greene for Both-Sideism of Russia's War With Ukraine
• House Republican Talks Over Tucker Carlson in HEATED Clash on Immigration: 'Let Me Finish!'
• Tucker Carlson Throws Down with GOP Congresswoman Over Ukraine: 'I'm Not Gonna Take the Anti-Communist Lecture from Anybody!'
• NEW POLL: Almost Half of Republicans Don't Mind if Leaders Praise Putin

Marjorie Taylor Greene is the commander and chief of the gazpacho police. - Tristan Snell

Congressional Aide Reported GOP Senator

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) gave truckers in the so-called “People’s Convoy” a tour of the Capitol last week — even as the building remains mostly closed to the public.

A senior congressional aide alerted the Department of Justice about the truckers’ presence out of concern that the guided tour could help the protesters plan an entry into the building.

It seems my mistake was sending slaves to 'liberate' a free people. - Darth Putin tweet

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Rock The Voter News

• Bernie Sanders camp quietly pushes Khanna presidential bid
• Kyrsten Sinema 'Mocked' Biden and Praised Far-Right GOP Rep. at Fundraiser: New Book Claims
• Stacey Abrams makes cameo as United Earth president on 'Star Trek: Discovery'

So very glad Hunter Biden's father is the president. - John Pavlovitz

House Puts Daylight Savings Time On Hold

A proposal to make daylight saving time permanent is finding bipartisan support in the House after its passage in the Senate.

But it’s unclear when – or if – the lower chamber will take up the legislation as leaders punt the effort to the back burner in favor of other pressing matters, including responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A few days away from Putin blaming setbacks on Critical Race Theory. - Scott Shapiro

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Business/Tech News

• Mortgage rates climb back above 4 percent
• BMW, VW say Russia invasion is causing reduced vehicle production in Europe
• Koch Industries continues to operate in Russia
• Andrew Cuomo: TimeWarner, Discovery afraid of 'cancel culture'
• Chris Cuomo Throws His Bestie Don Lemon Under the Bus in Pursuit of CNN Cash

Today we celebrate St. Patrick, patron saint of totally amateur alcoholics. - John Fugelsang

Unhappy St. Patrick's Day For This Oligarch!

A helicopter linked to a sanctioned Russian oligarch's yacht and 17 private jets with Russian ties had their registration removed by the Isle of Man, a tax haven for the super wealthy, The Guardian first reported.

Situated in the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland, the island has an aircraft registry that includes high-quality private and corporate jets, as well as helicopters, the government website said.

Every superyacht looks like something which the ultimate villain from a James Bond film would own. -4everNevertrump tweet

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Odd News

• NASA extends Ingenuity helicopter's mission on Mars to scout ancient riverbed for the rover
• Satellites show Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than scientists realized
•  Tick linked to dangerous virus in people now found in at least 6 states
• Nice try but no potato for New Zealand couple's giant find
• Florida woman targeted online after being mistaken for Russian foreign minister Lavrov’s daughter
• Naked woman breaks into neighbor’s home, grabs his shotgun, Pennsylvania cops say
• The US Is Offering You $5M to Snitch on Oligarch Yachts, Jets, and Mansions

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The Akhal-Teke is a magnificent Turkmen horse breed. They have a metallic sheen to their coat.

Peace.