Beltway Insider: Biden, World Leaders Denounce Putin, Alexei Navalny, Disinformation Campaign, Trump Fined, SC Polls

President Biden, along with French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minster Rishi Sunak have denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin over the murder of Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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Beltway Insider: Biden/Israel/Gaza Post Conflict, Fighting Resumes, Santos Expelled, Henry Kissinger, Rosalynn Carter, Sandra Day O’Connor

As the world recently experienced the short-lived pause in the Israeli/Hamas conflict, President Biden, and Vice President Harris, as well as international partners, has ramped up their conversations as what parameters should guide an expected post-conflict phase.

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Op/Ed: When Abortion Became a Religious Issue

Abortion wasn't always a religious issue as White evangelicals initially had a range of positions on abortion until right-wing evangelical leaders dominated the political scene in the 1970's. The leaders sought to steer evangelicals toward supporting the pro-life movement.

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Beltway Insider: Biden/UFOs, Politics 2024, Jimmy Carter in Hospice, Ohio Train Derailment, Michigan Shooting, Earthquake Updates, Raquel Welch

President Biden, in response to the continual interception of high-altitude objects entering U.S. airspace, has directed an alert enhancement of the North American Aerospace Defense Command system to be on the ready to capture slow moving objects.

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World News: Beijing, from East to West

While the war in Ukraine will still condition the content of international relations in 2023, the upheavals it is causing could still generate and revive Sino-American and European relations. At the expense of an increasingly lonely Russia.

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  • Max Azria Spring Collection - Bringing Flirtation Back to Fashion

    Max Azria, one the Fashion World's premiere designers, previewed his 2008 Spring/Summer Collection at the IMG Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York's Bryant Park recently, creating a fashion palette of summertime seduction as he brought flirtation back to fashion.

     
  • Viceroy’s House Review – Strong Choices Make this Indie One to See

    Viceroy’s House, from BBC Films and British Film Institute (BFI), chronicles the four months before the Lord Mountbatten Plan of Indian Independence went into effect, humanizing the tense meetings, the changes in customs, the fears and hopes of freedom.

     
  • Captain Marvel Review - Fast Action, Eye-Popping Visuals, Engaging Characters

    Captain Marvel, from Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios presents the newest character in the Marvel Superhero family, a former USAF fighter pilot, kidnapped and trained and given heightened intelligence, advanced mental conditioning and superior strength.

     
  • Ocean Boy Review – Awesome, Visually Stunning, A Must See

    Ocean Boy, from Gravitas Venture, presents a magical story of family, parenting, and the fragile bonds of love as seen through the eyes of an endearing teenager, who is struggling to understand the complexities of relationships.

     
  • The Fifth Letter Review - Page Turning Legal Thriller

    The Fifth Letter, a novel by research scholar Dr. Vivian Carpenter, introduces Katherine Helena Ross, the first black female Supreme Court justice caught between her conscience and political expedience when forced to consider the most important question facing the U.S. Supreme Court today: Who is a person with inalienable rights?

     
  • The Top Ten Most Fun Places to Retire In the U.S.

    Americans are widely known as some of the hardest workers in the world. Many work very long hours, and when they're not in the office, they're catching up on emails. The goal? To get to the point where they can retire.