Not quite a surprise. The Senate refused to advance a funding bill for both Israel and Ukraine. This is the reporting via my local PBS station, via the Associated Press: Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked the advance of a $110 billion package of wartime funding for Ukraine and Israel as…

We are increasingly getting more noise signals that things are starting to change within the Russian Federation. Remember when Igor Girkin was demanding this, and he was ignored? He is going to tell you so from Leforto's detention. We may not be fans. But the man has a knack for…

Photos Tom and Nadin Abbott The rally was held in Hillcrest by the flag pole. It was a rally held by both the LGBTQ community and the Jewish community, highlighting the rise of antisemitism in the United States, the State of California, and the City of San Diego. This is…

As I sit here watching Russia ban LGBTQ as an extremist organization, it is clear now. We are facing a battle of civilizations. I did not want to say this and have held off on this increasingly obvious conclusion for some time. This is a battle of values, not just…

When people ask why it is that Ukraine does not sit down with the Russian Federation, it’s because they know Russia. They have done this in the past. They know the Federation can’t be trusted because it’s an imperial power hell-bent on reestablishing the USSR and spheres of influence. Yes…

It takes work to write this. But over the last two-plus years, I have become very good at spotting Russian propaganda. Once I started following the Middle East closer, as a Jew, you quite never stop following, it was striking. Hamas uses the same propaganda techniques deployed by the Russian…

I said it the other day. Women are a force to be reckoned with in Russia. They were one reason the war in Afghanistan ended. Vladimir Putin tried to libel the wives of the Kursk crew. In this case, they are on the leading edge of speaking out. This is…

Let’s deal first with the Russian way of war and violations of the genocide convention. Here is a genuine violation. The transfer of children is a war crime. Russians don’t care. This is about Russification and a demographic collapse. So this is about one child, one family. It is also…

I am quite the critic of far-right violence. I expect “lone wolf attacks” at this point because that’s what some of those radicals want. Today, it’s not about them. Today, it is about the pro-Palestinian oppressed, an oppressor ideologically unable to see beyond black and white youth. Some decided to…