❗️Nuland says Nord Stream 2 is "now dead", avoiding the question on whether the sanctions on the pipeline should be permanent

🖋Judge Kaplan has signed the order officially dismissing Giuffre's case against the Duke of York 👆

🇨🇺Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has accused the US and NATO of driving Russia to the edge by pushing their military hegemony in Europe and called them out for "fanning the flames" by introducing sanctions that hurt the already struggling global economy.

❗️🇺🇸🇷🇺 The US has charged dual US-Russian national Elena Branson with acting illegally as a "Russian agent", making false statements to the FBI.

The US Justice Department claims Branson corresponded with President Putin himself and met a high-ranking Russian minister before founding a "propaganda center" in NYC

⭕️A Republican candidate favored to win a seat in the Michigan House said he tells his daughters to “just lie back and enjoy it” if raped, as he attempted to make an analogy about abandoning efforts to decertify the results of the 2020 election.

Robert Regan, who is running to represent Michigan’s District 74 in the state legislature, made the comments during a Facebook live stream Sunday. 

Robert Regan, who is running to represent Michigan’s District 74 in the state legislature, made the comments during a Facebook live stream Sunday. 

Regan then moved on to other comparisons, drawing a parallel between his recent victory in the Republican primary and the biblical story of David and Goliath.

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🔎 Teachers in Minneapolis went on strike Tuesday morning, shuttering classrooms for about 30,000 public school students.

For weeks, the teachers’ union and school district officials have been negotiating over salaries, hiring, and resources for students’ mental health. The talks in Minneapolis failed to reach a resolution by their Monday evening deadline, with the district saying it could not afford to meet the teachers’ demands.

Students in the Twin Cities have already faced pandemic-related disruptions this year. In January, students in Minneapolis learned remotely for two weeks because of staff shortages related to the coronavirus. In St. Paul, some schools also returned to virtual learning for days at a time.

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❗️🇺🇸🇲🇨 The Pentagon has rejected Poland's plan for giving fighter jets to Ukraine

❗️❗️🇪🇺The EU sanctions against Russia cause enormous damage to EU citizens, Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Department of Economic Cooperation, said in an interview with Sputnik

Pentagon says Poland’s offer to fly its jets from a US air base to Ukraine “raises serious concerns for the entire NATO alliance” and is not “tenable.”

🎯 The Democratic Party’s emerging priority: Save the governors

Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats are expanding their scope far beyond congressional contests and on to governor races in battleground states, seeing them as essential for the party’s presidential prospects, if not Democratic governance itself.

Party leaders, deep-pocketed donors and leading super PACS were already planning to prioritize November’s gubernatorial contests, which have long been an afterthought on national election maps. But their focus has intensified this past year after Republicans attempted to undermine and overturn the last election and Democratic-led federal voting rights legislation went up in smoke.

A coordinated, and well-funded push from Democrats centered around these contests would amount to a role-reversal of sorts for a party whose major and grassroots donors are often criticized for sinking large sums into long-shot candidates for the House and Senate.

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Biden says he "can't do much" about skyrocketing gas prices, shifts blame on Russia

🇻🇪😮 Cracks in the anti-Maduro US consensus?

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced on Monday a ‘vigorous reactivation’ of discussions with the country’s opposition.

In what was apparently a sign of success of the talks between Caracas and Washington, Maduro's announcement was followed by a release of US citizen Gustavo Cardenas, one of six Exxon executives detained in Venezuela on corruption and embezzlement charges charges, media reported.

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❗️🇺🇸🇲🇨 US is redeploying two Patriot air defense system units to Poland, the Pentagon tells Sputnik

🍕🍕Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is adamant that his famous pizza franchise never would’ve found its footing in today's economic climate, he told Fox News Digital at CPAC 2022.

"Could I do Papa John’s today in 2022? No way," he said. "No way."

Schnatter shared that he’s "thankful" to have built his brand during Reaganomics in 1984 under a president like Ronald Reagan who bolstered support for small business and entrepreneurship.

Biden’s economy has seen inflation hit decades-high records with consumer prices surging 7.5% in January. Schnatter reiterated the scale at which government money-pumping is causing an inverse effect on the economy, as the devaluation of the dollar occurs behind the backs of the American people.

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📞😁Hello?

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman 🇸🇦 and UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan 🇦🇪 both ignored Biden when the US president tried to reach out to them on the surging gas prices.

“There was some expectation of a phone call, but it didn’t happen. It was part of turning on the spigot [of Saudi oil],” an unnamed official told The Wall Street Journal.

Well, things seem to be getting complicated between them...

🇺🇦🇷🇺The situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is under the full control of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya), the station staff are working normally, Ukrainian soldiers who guarded the facility laid down their weapons and were allowed to go home, a Rosgvardiya spokesman told reporters.

💥Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock have FINALLY settled their bitter divorce case, and Kelly's walking away with the lion's share of assets, although he's getting a pretty penny in support.

L.A. Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon has just signed off on the terms. Kelly will have primary custody of their 2 kids. Brandon, who lives in Montana, will have the kids one weekend a month ... at least for now.

Speaking of Montana, as we reported, Kelly will keep the Montana ranch, but Brandon is allowed to live there until June 1. He must, however, pay her rent -- $12,500 a month.

🇺🇸🇺🇦The State Dept is advising Americans traveling to Ukraine (for what?) to draft a will 📃and leave DNA samples 🧬

Americans leaving the US for Ukraine are also advised to designate a power of attorney and discuss with their loved ones custody of children 👶, care of pets 🐶 & “funeral wishes” 😐

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