@alex_kokcharov @RepLuna @ZelenskyyUa 1).
On the night of July 23, 2023, Russian troops bombed Odesa [1], severely damaging the cityʼs historic center. Two person was killed and 21 were injured, including four children.
@alex_kokcharov @RepLuna @ZelenskyyUa 2).
As a result of the missile attack, the Transfiguration Cathedral [2] [3] was damaged, among other things.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
The name of Shylock [1] [2], the Jew in „The Merchant of Venice” (c. 1600) [3] by William Shakespeare (1564–1616) [4], has become a common pejorative synonym for a moneylender in English.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
Along with Fagin {Ikey Solomon (c. 1787–1850) [5]} of „Oliver Twist” (1837) [6] [7] by Charles Dickens (1812–1870) [8] [9], this character has become one of the most powerful and enduring anti-Judaic archetypes of the Jew.
@RonFilipkowski 3).
Shakespeare based the character of Shylock on the insidious Jewish merchant Barabas of play „The Jew of Malta” (c. 1590) [10] by Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593) [11].
@RonFilipkowski 1)
„Plans for a UFC fight on the grounds of the White House during the US’ 250th birthday celebration in 2026 were confirmed to The Athletic by a UFC spokesperson Friday. The confirmation comes one day after @POTUS Donald Trump shared the plan to a crowd in Iowa on Thurs. [1]”
@RonFilipkowski @POTUS 2).
„ @POTUS @realDonaldTrump has been known to attend Ultimate Fighting Championship events over the years, most recently in Newark, N.J., in June. In 2001, he hosted a UFC match at his Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City [2].”
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Underpinning the proposed exemptions is a dispute within the administration, with @BrookeLRollins, the agriculture secretary,
@RonFilipkowski @BrookeLRollins 2).
pushing for concessions for farmers and their workers, while immigration hardliner and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller strongly opposes any concessions.
@RonFilipkowski @BrookeLRollins 3).
At one point, raids on farms, meatpacking plants and restaurants were paused. But they were resumed again after immigration hawks, including Mr @StephenM and Ms @KristiNoem (@Sec_Noem), leaned on the @POTUS.
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The project, launched on Feb. 1, 1943 and closed on Oct. 1, 1980, made it possible to assess the scale of Soviet espionage in the US and other countries and identify or confirm the identities of many Kremlin agents.
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However, the evidence obtained by Venona could not be presented in court or to the public, because the project remained secret until the mid-1990s.
@RonFilipkowski 1).
„Bloomberg Economics’ Anna Wong says:
– »June’s unemployment rate fell – defying our and the consensus forecast for a rise – and payrolls grew at a decent clip.
@RonFilipkowski 2).
But we don’t think this suggests the labor market is in solid shape, as the unemployment drop was due to exits from the labor force,
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while payroll gains were exaggerated by a Bureau of Labor Statistics model that seeks to measure the impact of business formations and closures«.”
The attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021, has been compared by some academics to the Beer Hall Putsch [1] [2], a failed coup attempt in Germany by NSDAP leader A. Hitler against the Weimar government in 1923 [3] [4] [5] [6].
@RonFilipkowski 2).
»Anatomy of Fascism« (2004) author Dr. Robert Paxton, a political scientist and historian specializing in the study of fascism, previously denied that @realDonaldTrump should be labeled a fascist but changed his views following the Jan. 6 attack [7] [8].
@RonFilipkowski @realDonaldTrump 3).
Paxton saw the attack on the capitol as similar to both Mussoliniʼs 1922 march on Rome, in which his blackshirts successfully took over Italyʼs capital, and the 1934 far-right anti-parliamentary riot in Paris;