March 3, 2022

Russian troops are resupplying by looting Ukrainians' stores, banks.

From Newsweek:

Videos on social media appear to show Russian soldiers looting banks and grocery stores in Ukraine.One video which has circulated widely on Twitter over the last few hours purportedly shows armed Russian soldiers taking items from a Ukrainian supermarket.

It was not immediately clear where the incident took place, and Newsweek is still trying to verify the details.

Meanwhile, another video appears to show Russian soldiers who had broken into a bank in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

https://www.newsweek.com/videos-show-russian-soldiers-looting-banks-grocery-stores-ukraine-1683027


https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1497853526881546241

March 2, 2022

Most speech watchers say State of the Union made them feel optimistic, proud - CBS News poll

Source: CBS News

Most Americans who watched President Biden's first State of the Union address approved of what they heard, and many said it made them feel optimistic and proud.

After nearly two years of the coronavirus pandemic, more than half who tuned in Tuesday night said the speech made them feel like the coronavirus is mostly behind us.

Older Americans who watched the speech were a bit more likely to say the speech made them feel the coronavirus will be with us for a while. CBS News interviewed speech viewers immediately after the president's speech.

Overall, about 8 in 10 of speech watchers approved of Mr. Biden's address tonight, including majorities of both Democrats and independents. Among members of his own party, his speech received high marks among both liberals and moderates.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-state-of-the-union-speech-watchers-reactions/?dc_data=4165335_samsung-browser-us&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=taboola_news&jd=V1_600865245568363801

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Lots more breakdown of opinions at the link. Good news for Biden, showing he moved the needle in his favor on several key issues, like inflation.

February 5, 2022

Facing massive blowback, RNC's McDaniel changes "legitimate political discourse" censure language.

The RNC'c censure resolution yesterday claimed Cheney and Kinzinger, the only Republicans on the nine-member select committee investigating the Capitol riot, "are participating in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse, and they are both utilizing their past professed political affiliation to mask Democrat abuse of prosecutorial power for partisan purposes."

RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel echoed that language in an interview with The Washington Post. But McDaniel modified that language in a statement to NBC later Friday afternoon, distinguishing the so-called legitimate political discourse from the violent riot.

Cheney and Kinzinger "chose to join [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi in a Democrat-led persecution of ordinary citizens who engaged in legitimate political discourse that had nothing to do with violence at the Capitol," McDaniel's latest statement said. The text of the resolution itself made no such distinction.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/04/rnc-censures-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-for-investigating-jan-6-pro-trump-riot.html