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Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader who oversaw detente with the West, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, has died in a Moscow hospital at the age of 91.

Chinese military researchers recently called for the destruction of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites, an extraordinary threat for a state to make against a private foreign enterprise.

In December 2021, China filed a complaint with the United Nations, claiming that two of Musk’s Starlink satellites had nearly collided with the Tianhe module of its Tiangong Space Station…

"You can either have a live daughter or a dead son" (or, reverse the sexes) is the Body Choppers' favorite scripted line to pressure parents into allowing them to perform surgeries on children.

But what is the evidence for this claim? There should be some evidence, right?, in science?

But there is not.

It was reported yesterday that Joe Biden will be delivering a televised primetime presidential address Thursday evening from Philadelphia, ostensibly to talk about “the battle for the soul of the nation.”

But it’s not a presidential address. In reality, it’ll be an extended campaign ad urging Americans to vote for Democrats in November.

And yet, every news outlet will interrupt its regular programming to air this faux presidential address free of charge.

Talk about an abuse of the office.

Joe Biden tells Pennsylvanians to elect Josh Shapiro as senator (he’s running for governor) and to elect John Fetterman as governor (he’s running for Senate) pic.twitter.com/zDgpESfEMD

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