U.S. submits to pressure at U.N. to debate Israel-Palestine
AZERBAIJAN SEIZES ARMENIAN TERRITORY: Following a bloody 2020 conflict that saw Azerbaijan seize control of parts of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, Armenia said Thursday that Azerbaijan troops have advanced a further two miles into its territory. Armenia’s acting Prime Minister
What’s really going on? Azerbaijan may be attempting to pressure Armenia into delivering elements of a Russian-brokered ceasefire to the 2020 conflict. French President
.” Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) called Azerbaijan’s actions a “dangerous and illegal act of aggression“ and urged the Biden administration to deliver an ultimatum to withdraw or “face serious consequences.
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The myth of the “moderate” Joe Biden stubbornly refuses to die partially because the Democrats and the legacy media are working overtime to keep it breathing. From day one, Biden has aimed to erase his predecessor’s legacy, rejected Republican efforts to pass clean bills on COVID-19 and infrastructure, and inflamed the culture war on abortion, transgenderism, and race. He even called Georgia’s new election integrity bill “Jim Crow on steroids.”
Yet, somehow, Democrats and the legacy media continue to twist the limits of deception by branding this firebrand a “moderate.” This weekend, a White House staffer confessed that this is a key part of Biden’s strategy.
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