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‘Nuclear weapons for everyone’ who joins Belarus and Russia, Putin ally says

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's comment comes amid escalating nuclear rhetoric from Vladimir Putin, whose army is floundering in Ukraine.
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“It’s very simple. You have to join the union between Belarus and Russia, and that’s it: there will be nuclear weapons for everyone,”

...once upon a time after the end of the cold war it was a nuisance and burden to keep count of your nuclear weapons, facilitate international inspections and keep them securely locked away.
 
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What to know as the falls of Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon roil U.K. politics

Two very different British politicians who often clashed, Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon both led their parties to great heights -- and both have had sudden and dramatic falls.
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Quality political stories across the pond. Boris Johnson storming out of a committee calling it a kangaroo court and resigning before being forced to expectedly lose in a by-election. About to be stripped of privileges to enter the Commons.

And the former SNP leader being questioned for 7 hours for misusing separatist referendum funds for campaign money.
 
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Just for fun I decided to tap on some old YouTube videos. I am laughing so hard I have tears.



And of course the all time 2020s great:

 
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Punishingly brutal report is devastating for Boris Johnson

Just 40 weeks ago, Boris Johnson was PM. Now this report raises questions whether he can ever return, the BBC's political editor says.
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The kangaroo court has spoken.

"The committee now says that I deliberately misled the House, and at the moment I spoke I was consciously concealing from the House my knowledge of illicit events. This is rubbish. It is a lie,"

"Johnson responded to the report's publication with a written statement in which he called its findings 'a protracted political assassination'"
 
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Rees-Moog is still defending him. Oh wait..Sir Jacob Rees-Moog - knighted because of the retiring Boris Johnson.
 
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Wyden launches investigation into PGA Tour's merger with Saudi-funded LIV Golf

In a letter to PGA Tour leadership, the Senate Finance Committee chair said the investigation into the merger is needed for lawmakers to "understand what risks this arrangement may pose to America’s national interests."
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"In a letter to PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, Blumenthal, who chairs the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, said the merger raises concerns about the Saudi government’s role in influencing this effort and the risks posed by a foreign government entity assuming control over a cherished American institution."

Uhh...Senator Blumenthal, Mr. Monahan is on medical leave indefinitely.
 
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Wow. I am the same age as Hunter and I’ve probably done more drugs than he has. I’d like to think I look a lot better for my age.
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Of course you do. But Hunter never had a chance with the hair given his genetics even if he's using all the modern day drugs.
 
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Obama draws ire of Indian officials with call to protect Muslim rights

Members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party accused the former U.S. president of hypocrisy, saying he had bombed Muslim countries while in office.
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White House blasts harassment of reporter who asked India's Modi about human rights

Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui posed her question to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a joint press conference with President Joe Biden.
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Nooo...we need their help after the President decided to shoot China relations in the foot.
 
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GOP presidential candidate Francis Suarez: 'What's a Uyghur?'

The Miami mayor appeared to not know about the persecuted Muslim minority group in western China. The U.S. has designated China's actions toward Uyghurs as genocide.
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"'What's a Uyghur?' Suarez asked the conservative host on his radio show when questioned about whether he would talk about Uyghurs in his presidential campaign.

'You've got to get smart on that,' Hewitt replied.

Suarez circled back to the topic at the end of the interview. 'You gave me homework, Hugh. I’ll look at what a, what was it, what did you call it, a Weeble?' Suarez asked, laughing.

'The Uyghurs. You really need to know about the Uyghurs, mayor,' Hewitt said. 'You’ve got to talk about it every day, okay?'

Suarez responded that he would search and talk about them. 'I’m a good learner. I’m a fast learner,' he said."

Astonishing. I guess that makes him about as competent as George W Bush's knowledge of the different eye-raqis that existed.
 
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Brazil's Bolsonaro has been barred from running for office until 2030

The decision from Brazil's highest electoral court upends the 68-year-old’s political future and likely erases any chance for him to regain power.
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“It removes Bolsonaro from the 2024 and 2028 municipal elections as well as the 2026 general elections. The former president also faces other legal troubles, including criminal investigations. Future criminal convictions could extend his ban by years and subject him to imprisonment.

Lula’s eligibility was reinstated by Brazil’s top court following rulings that then-judge and now Sen. Sergio Moro was biased when he sentenced the leftist leader to almost 10 years in prison for corruption and money laundering.”

A country where the former leader is barred from seeking another election and could be convicted and imprisoned and the current leader left prison to become the leader again.

Good thing Bolsonaro’s wife is ready to run.
 
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China accuses UK of harbouring Hong Kong fugitives

The UK had criticised Hong Kong for placing bounties on eight pro-democracy activists based overseas.
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"On Monday a bounty of HK$1m (£100,581; $127,637) was offered for the activists' arrest. The eight named in the announcement are all based in the UK, the US and Australia - countries which do not have extradition treaties with China."

Is that tax free?
 
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Can 'good cop' Janet Yellen help fix US-China relations?

The US Treasury Secretary's trip to Beijing comes as tensions between the two countries remain high.
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After Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken, now we send you Janet Yellen. Hopefully President Biden doesn't torpedo her positive work before her return flight lands on US soil again.
 
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Freedom Caucus members voted to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. It's unclear if it worked.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry has not informed Greene that she's out of the ultraconservative group, a source said. Other sources called the situation "a mess."
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“In Congress, I serve Northwest Georgia first, and serve no group in Washington...my America First credentials, guided by my Christian faith, are forged in steel, seared into my character, and will never change. ... I will work with ANYONE who wants to secure our border, protect our children inside the womb and after they are born, end the forever foreign wars, and do the work to save this country."

“The GOP has less than two years to show America what a strong, unified Republican-led congress will do when President Trump wins the White House in 2024...this is my focus, nothing else.”

Yeah. Tell'em congresswoman. Don't all y'all trip over each other to impress the previous guy.
 
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DeSantis brushes off early campaign obstacles

The Florida governor blamed the media for the narrative.
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“'Maria, these are narratives,' he said to Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo of reports on polls that show his support waning since January. 'The media does not want me to be the nominee. I think that’s very, very clear.'"

Now if only people would stop paying attention to media like Fox News then DeSantis can cruise to be the GOP nominee and take the White House.
 
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Ron DeSantis’ campaign finances have some flashing warning signs

Most of DeSantis' money came from donors who “maxed out” and can’t give again, as small donations have been a struggle for Trump's GOP challengers.
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"DeSantis finished June with more than $12.2 million in the bank, but his filing indicates that $3 million of that can only be used in the general election. Trump’s campaign ended the quarter with $22.5 million on hand."

"In another sign of the financial strain on the campaign, DeSantis has fired a dozen staffers in what a source familiar with the move described as a cost-cutting measure,"

Downsizing or right sizing...
 
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China’s Xi Jinping meets with Henry Kissinger in Beijing

Xi praised the 100-year-old veteran U.S. diplomat, who made a surprise visit this week and has been to China more than 100 times since helping to establish formal ties in the 1970s.
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"State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said this week that the Biden administration was aware of Kissinger’s visit to China but that he was acting 'under his own volition, not acting on behalf of the United States government.'

Kissinger’s visit to Beijing coincided with one by John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, who met with senior Chinese officials but not Xi."

A 100 year old former cabinet member happens to be in China at the exact same time John Kerry is there as the third member of the Biden administration to visit?
 
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China’s Xi Jinping meets with Henry Kissinger in Beijing

Xi praised the 100-year-old veteran U.S. diplomat, who made a surprise visit this week and has been to China more than 100 times since helping to establish formal ties in the 1970s.
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"State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said this week that the Biden administration was aware of Kissinger’s visit to China but that he was acting 'under his own volition, not acting on behalf of the United States government.'

Kissinger’s visit to Beijing coincided with one by John Kerry, the U.S. climate envoy, who met with senior Chinese officials but not Xi."

A 100 year old former cabinet member happens to be in China at the exact same time John Kerry is there as the third member of the Biden administration to visit?
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Let’s just hope his plane gets detoured to Cambodia.
 
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Qin Gang: China removes foreign minister after unexplained absence

Qin Gang's prolonged disappearance from public view, and the silence over it, fuelled furious speculation.
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"Mr Qin had been seen as a close associate of President Xi Jinping. The role will be taken up by Communist Party foreign affairs chief Wang Yi. Wang Yi is returning to a post he held between 2018 and 2022. He is currently in South Africa attending a Brics national security meeting."

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
 
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McConnell fell recently at Washington, D.C., airport prior to Wednesday’s freeze-up

The Senate Republican leader, 81, has also been using a wheelchair to navigate crowded airports, said a source familiar with his practices.
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"McConnell, a polio survivor who has long struggled to navigate stairs and other obstacles, has had a difficult recent history with falls. He sustained a concussion and a cracked rib in a fall in Washington this year, and he spent six weeks away from the Senate. He fractured a shoulder in a fall in Kentucky in 2019, requiring surgery.

McConnell’s nearly 20-second freeze during a news conference Wednesday renewed concerns about his overall health after the concussion."

Getting to the Dianne Feinstein territory.
 
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Putin offers African countries 'free grain' in bid to shore up global support

The Russian president had been internationally condemned for reneging on a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safe from its war against Russia.
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"Savadogo Mahamadi, head of the Burkina Faso Chamber of Commerce and Industry, called the offer 'a very good thing.'”

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