1).
At the request of the Tver Oblast District Prosecutorʼs Office, bas-reliefs of Polish military decorations were removed from the Mednoe Memorial Complex [1] dedicated to the memory of murdered Polish officers [2].
2).
In the section dedicated to Soviet citizens, victims of political repressions of the 1930s (i.a. the Great Terror [3] [4]) and 1950s, bust of Joseph Stalin and statues Vladimir Lenin, Felix Dzerzhinsky and Yakov Sverdlov were installed in Oct. 2023.
1).
„Moon Rays” (1939) [1] by Artie Show (1910–2004) [2]. Performance of a piece: Artie Shaw and His Orchestra [3] and Helen Forrest [vocal] (1917–1999) [4].
2).
Arrangement for the soundtrack of the Polish film „The Train” (1959) [5] [6] [7] arranged by Andrzej Trzaskowski (1933–1998) [8] [9] [10] performed by Andrzej Dąbrowski [11] [12]; Józef Gawrych (1938–2022) [13] [14]; Roman Dyląg (1938–2023) [15] [16];
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Andrzej Kurylewicz (1932–2007) [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]; Andrzej Trzaskowski and Wanda Warska [vocals] (1930–2019) [22] [23] [24].
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The Trumpʼs @TheJusticeDept, under @AGPamBondi (@PamBondi), is weighing a move that could end the Public Integrity Section’s power to oversee indictments of members of Congress,
@RonFilipkowski @TheJusticeDept @AGPamBondi @PamBondi 2).
potentially opening the door to politically motivated prosecutions, 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖂𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖙𝖔𝖓 𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙 reports [1] [2].
@RonFilipkowski @TheJusticeDept @AGPamBondi @PamBondi 3).
If the proposed changes go through, U.S. attorneys – positions appointed by the @POTUS – could indict members of Congress without the sign off from attorneys in the Public Integrity Section (PIN), reducing the office’s ethical watchdog role.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„The U.S. had not even established air superiority over the Houthis. Instead, what was emerging after 30 days of a stepped-up campaign against the Yemeni group was another expensive but inconclusive American military engagement in the region.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
The Houthis shot down several American MQ-9 Reaper drones and continued to fire at naval ships in the Red Sea, including an American aircraft carrier. And the U.S. strikes burned through weapons and munitions at a rate of about $1 billion in the first month alone.
@RonFilipkowski 3).
It did not help that two $67 million F/A-18 Super Hornets from America’s flagship aircraft carrier tasked with conducting strikes against the Houthis accidentally tumbled off the carrier into the sea.
@haaretzcom @Shayan86 1).
Bezalel Smotrich „hails the newly expanded @IDF campaign in Gaza, saying that the army is now operating »with unprecedented power… not with intermittent raids, but capturing, cleaning out and retaining [areas] until Hamas is destroyed«.
@haaretzcom @Shayan86 @IDF 2).
– »Along the way, they are destroying what is left of the Strip simply because everything there is one big city of terror. This is a tremendous change from what has been so far and, God willing, will lead to victory, the destruction of Hamas and the return of the hostages«
@haaretzcom @Shayan86 @IDF 3).
— he says – adding that after the population of Gaza is relocated to the south of the Strip, it will be relocated abroad »as part of @POTUS @realDonaldTrump's plan«.”
1).
„ @realDonaldTrump said on Monday that Russia and Ukraine would begin negotiations »immediately« on preparations for peace talks, but added that he was leaving Moscow and Kyiv to find a deal without the US as a broker.
2).
After a two-hour call with Vladimir Pootin, Trump posted that »Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War«.
3).
But in separate comments the Russian [dictator] sounded far more tentative about any process and did not spell out a substantive change in the Kremlin’s stance.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Ashli Babbitt’s family filed the wrongful death lawsuit in early 2024, seeking $30 million.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
Lawyers for both sides told a judge this month that they had reached a settlement in principle, reversing @TheJusticeDept's earlier opposition in the case, which had been set for trial in July 2026.
@RonFilipkowski @TheJusticeDept 3).
No final deal had been signed and terms were not disclosed at the May 2 hearing. Judge Ana C. Reyes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia directed both sides to update the court this Thursday.