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Retired general details all of the equipment going to Ukraine from the US

Earlier this week, Eric Trump, son to former President Donald Trump, attacked President Joe Biden for allegedly doing nothing but sending blankets to Ukraine at a time when they need help.

"By the way, my father had a great relationship with Putin," said Eric in an interview with the Fox network. "All the while, he was sending thousands of javelin missiles to Ukraine. Isn't that really amazing? I mean, Biden has no relationship with Putin and he's literally sending blankets to Ukraine."

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New campaign aims to 'Stop the Oil Profiteering' of fossil fuel giants

As fossil fuel companies use global crises and record inflation to hike prices, a new U.S. campaign launched Thursday aims to end the profiteering and build support for federal legislation to tax Big Oil's windfalls.

"While millions of Americans are struggling with high prices at the pump, Big Oil is making a killing," said Jamie Henn, a spokesperson for the "STOP: Stop the Oil Profiteering" campaign.

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Progressives hand Biden list of 55 executive actions because 'working people can't wait'

With the pivotal midterm elections looming, the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday unveiled a slate of more than 50 executive actions it is urging President Joe Biden to pursue as much of his domestic policy agenda remains stalled in Congress—thanks in large part to right-wing members of his own party.

"Working people can't wait for relief from rising costs—and that Democrats must use all the tools available to provide it, quickly."

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Eric Trump gets schooled after claiming that Putin wouldn’t have attacked Ukraine on his father’s watch

While some MAGA Republicans have been praising Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022 — Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming calls them the “Putin wing of the GOP” — others have claimed that President Joe Biden is to blame for the invasion, insisting that Putin wouldn’t have dared to invade Ukraine if Donald Trump were still president. One such MAGA Republican is Eric Trump, who Vanity Fair’s Bess Levin tears apart in a scathing column published on March 15.

“Why didn’t Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine while Donald Trump was president?” Levin writes. “Setting aside the fact that the Russian president has effectively been invading Ukraine since 2014, the reason Putin didn’t wage a full-scale war against the neighboring country while Trump was in office is that, more than likely, he didn’t think the Russian military was ready. At least, that’s the assessment of former National Security Adviser John Bolton, who has actual knowledge of this stuff. But what does Eric Trump, who doesn’t know anything about anything, think? Let’s find out!”

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Biden's 'war criminal' accusation is 'unforgivable,' says Kremlin

The Kremlin has hit back at US President Joe Biden's claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "war criminal," calling the assertion "unacceptable and unforgivable."

"Our president is a very wise, far-sighted, and cultured international personality," said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary for the Kremlin, on Thursday, according to the news agency Interfax.

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Conspiracy theories blaming Venezuela for Trump's loss originated inside his White House: report

At least one White House aide secretly produced a report that blamed Donald Trump's election loss on Dominion Voting Systems.

The report, which alleged foreign entities secretly manipulated votes, was initially prepared so it could be sent to legislatures in states where Trump was trying to overturn his loss, and it was amplified in early December 2020 by the conservative Gateway Pundit blog -- but originated in the White House, reported The Guardian.

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GOP conspiracy theorists suffer blow as Justice Department concludes Hunter Biden correctly paid his taxes

On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department has concluded that Hunter Biden has properly paid his tax bill — a major blow to right-wing conspiracy theorists who were hoping the president's son would be charged with a crime.

Nonetheless, the investigation continues to proceed along other lines.

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Pat Robertson slams Biden for not threatening to launch nukes against Russia

As Russia has escalated its invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden has walked a fine line, doing everything in his power to sanction, embargo, and punish Vladimir Putin's regime short of actually going to war, which could lead to the launch of nuclear weapons and the end of human civilization as we know it.

But former "700 Club" televangelist Pat Robertson — who has previously stated he believes the end of the world is necessary to fulfill the word of Jesus — took the exact opposite attitude on Wednesday, and criticized Biden for not being willing to launch nuclear weapons against Russia.

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Defense system being given to Ukraine could help them create their own no-fly zone: CNN

President Joe Biden has made it clear that the United States cannot establish a so-called "no-fly zone" to shoot down Russian aircraft in Ukraine, at least not without Russia escalating to attacks on NATO territory directly — for fear of triggering a world war.

But, reported CNN's Brian Todd on Tuesday, Ukraine may be able to create its own no-fly zone to repel the Russian invasion — thanks to powerful weaponry they are about to receive.

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'They cannot possibly win!' Marjorie Taylor Greene says Ukraine should give up as she decries more US military aid

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Wednesday slammed President Joe Biden for sending more military aid to Ukraine, and said that things would be better off if Ukrainians just gave up their efforts to resist the Russian invasion.

In a Facebook address to her supporters, Greene laid out the case against helping the Ukrainians with more weapons.

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Far-right MAGA media is promoting a debunked Kremlin conspiracy theory

More than 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine because of Russia’s invasion, which has caused thousands of deaths — and the worst may be yet to come. Regardless, some of President Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots in the United States have been apologists for the invasion, promoting a debunked Kremlin conspiracy theory which claims that bioweapons were being manufactured in Ukrainian laboratories. Putin, according to that conspiracy theory, was justified in invading Ukraine.

“Most of the conspiracy theories claim that the U.S. was developing and plotting to release a bioweapon or potentially another coronavirus from ‘biolabs’ throughout Ukraine and that Russia invaded to take over the labs,” journalists Ben Collins and Kevin Collier report in an article published by NBC News’ website on March 14. “Many of the theories implicate people who are often the targets of far-right conspiracy thinking — including Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Joe Biden — as being behind creating the weaponized diseases in the biolabs. Disinformation experts said the biolabs theory echoes other Russian propaganda meant to justify its military efforts, which often makes allegations against other countries and populations that reflect similar attacks it plans to make.”

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WATCH: Biden says Putin 'is a war criminal'

Barely hours after detailing additional military aid for Ukraine President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal.”

“I think he is a war criminal,” the American President said when asked by a reporter if he thought of Putin as a war criminal.

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Putin tells Russia the 'self-purification of society will only strengthen our country'

Vladimir Putin gives a daily address on national television and in the one he delivered Wednesday night, he made it clear that he seeks to "purify" Russia.

"I am convinced," said Putin today the west will use a "fifth column" to destroy Russia. He explained that "such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country."

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