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6+ min ago (636+ words) Medvedev's article shows that Russia is prepared to tackle all Finnish-emanating threats from NATO. Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a scathing article at TASS in early September about "The New Finnish" Andrew Korybko Medvedev's article shows that Russia is prepared to tackle all Finnish-emanating threats from NATO. Former Russian President and incumbent Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev published a scathing article at TASS in early September about "The New Finnish Doctrine: Stupidity, Lies, Ingratitude" in which he excoriated Finland for its former alliance with the Nazis and warned about new threats from it. This follows reports in May that Russia has been beefing up its defenses along the Finnish frontier, which was analyzed here and includes links to several briefings on this subject. Much of Medvedev's article is…...

10+ min ago (478+ words) A woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, went to see "Wicked: For Good" in theaters. Then, the ceiling collapsed halfway through the movie. "We hear kind of a creaking, and it almost sounds like the fan, [which indicated that] the entire fan system at the top was all going to fall," said Angela (@getawaywithang) in a video that's gotten more than 153,000 views on TikTok. According to her account, everyone was "OK," but some movie attendees left during the screening. Echoing the sort of unfortunate events that happen in "Wicked: For Good" and its original Broadway adaptation, something was amiss during Angela's screening. "I was three seats over from where everything collapsed and I was next to three nice older women. The ceiling did actively fall on one of the women, but she wasn't hurt," Angela said. "She was just a little…...

13+ min ago (355+ words) Only international pressure can stop Israel, as it stopped apartheid in South Africa. In Israel as here, wherever here may be. I met Ella, Iddo, and Daniel last night in the far north of Italy, in Valtellina, in a room packed with people of all ages. Antonio Scordia, Amnesty International's North Africa and Middle East coordinator, introduced them at an event organized by AssopacePalestina, Amnesty International, and GIT Bancaetica. Ella and Iddo are conscientious objectors, anti-colonialist activists, and communists. Iddo is the party secretary and Ella is a member of the council; they are 18 and 19 years old. Daniel recalls the value of remembering all genocides and the universal value of that Never Again, which we repeat every year. "Israel is an army with a state rather than a state with an army," Ella declares. A statement that resonates because we…...

14+ min ago (538+ words) Inset: Charity Beallis (Facebook). Background: The home in Bonanza, Arkansas, where Beallis and her two children were found shot to death (KFSM). Authorities in Arkansas are investigating the shooting deaths of a woman and her two children in her home as a divorce from her husband was being finalized. The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that it conducted a welfare check around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the 1100 block of 1st Avenue in Bonanza, a tiny town which sits along the state's border with Oklahoma. Cops arrived at the residence but no one answered when they knocked on the door. Two people who worked at the home let them inside where they found 40-year-old Charity Beallis along with her two children. "It was apparent that the three had gunshot wounds," cops said. Autopsies will be conducted to…...

34+ min ago (221+ words) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) upbraided President Donald Trump for his continued attacks against Somali-Americans, calling his rhetoric "completely disgusting" and "dehumanizing" in a new interview on Sunday. Omar joined CBS News' Margaret Brennan on "Face The Nation" on Sunday to discuss Trump's most recent attacks on the Somali community. Trump has called the community "garbage" and said he would deport as many Somali-Americans back to Somalia as he can. The attacks came after a conservative outlet published a report alleging some Somali Americans had stolen government funds by committing fraud. "It's disgusting. It's completely disgusting," Omar, a Somali-America, said. "These are Americans that he is calling garbage, and we feel like there is an unhealthy obsession that he has on the Somali community and an unhealthy and creepy obsession that he has with me." Deportation has become a central part…...

38+ min ago (264+ words) US Supreme Court may be Poised to Ditch More of its Precedents Posted by Corky at 05:31 PM | 1 COMMENT | permalink | Comment on This Entry | The GOP-majority Supreme Court will issue a ruling on Trump's executive order banning birthright citizenship, one more step in the president's plot to take away citizenship for the US-born children of immigrants.[image or embed] "The precedent at issue on Monday was established in a case called Humphrey's Executor v. United States. The ruling held that Congress possesses the power to insulate certain federal agencies from full presidential control. Rebecca Slaughter, who was a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, is challenging Trump's decision in March to fire her from the consumer protection agency. The administration has called the Humphrey's Executor decision "egregiously wrong," arguing that the Constitution grants the president sole control over the U.S. government's executive…...

42+ min ago (504+ words) The University of Notre Dame football team sent shockwaves through the college sports world on Sunday when it announced it would not be playing in any bowl games " shortly after the storied program missed the College Football Playoff by one spot. Notre Dame was ranked #11 at the end of the season, but the team still missed the 12-team playoff bracket because two spots went to Tulane and James Madison, which they earned by winning their respective conferences; Alabama and University of Miami grabbed the last two playoff spots and pushed the Fighting Irish out. As a team, we'd decided to withdraw our name from consideration for a bowl game following the 2025 season. We appreciate all the support from our families and fans, and we're hoping to bring the 12th national title to South Bend in 2026. CFP chairman Hunter Yurachek'explained to ESPN's…...

44+ min ago (1806+ words) Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah on Sunday offered a mealymouthed excuse for President Donald Trump's xenophobic attacks on the Somali community. "We don't want 'em in our country," Trump said of Somali immigrants at a Tuesday Cabinet meeting. "Let 'em go back to where they came from." Asked about the remarks on CNN, Curtis refused to criticize them. "I can't control anybody but me, right?" the senator said. Rather than address the president's comments head-on, Curtis took a philosophical detour, urging every American to live as a positive role model for others'to "wake up every morning, look in the mirror," and ask yourself what you will do "to make all of our immigrants feel more welcome." In such a world, Curtis mused, "it would matter less what individuals said." But, as CNN's Dana Bash pointed out, Trump is no…...

52+ min ago (58+ words) Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. A holiday gift guide: presents to thank your host. The real housewives of Moscow. What did men do to deserve this? The Prime Minister who tried to have a life outside the office. The pain of perfectionism....

52+ min ago (461+ words) Joe Lonsdale, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, 8VC, speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, U.S., December 6, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Alcorn Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale, a co-founder of data platform company Palantir, is calling for the return of public hangings as part of a broader push to restore what he describes as "masculine leadership" to the US. "If I'm in charge later, we won't just have a three strikes law," he wrote. "We will quickly try and hang men after three violent crimes. And yes, we will do it in public to deter others." Lonsdale then added that "our society needs balance," and said that "it's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable." Lonsdale's views on public hangings being necessary to restore "masculine leadership" drew swift criticism. Gil Dur'n, a…...