"A Russian missile strike on one of the adjacent apartment buildings ripped open the church’s walls, roof and upper dome and hollowed out its interior. The golden onion cupola and spire somehow stayed upright, defying gravity in a manner that a person of faith might attribute to the hand of God."

Lost sanctuary

Russia’s war of annihilation guts another church as Kramatorsk is slowly ground to dust

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"Listening to the drone that sounded like a swarm of hornets outside the kitchen window, she wanted to believe that its unseen operator would ignore a 73-year-old babushka. But nearly all of her friends and neighbors had died in drone or missile strikes, drowned, or succumbed to disease."

Droning on and on

As Russia terrorizes Ukraine with faster, deadlier drones, the Trump regime pays lip service to ending the war

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It's hard to believe that Andy Ogles, star of the hit drama "Jesus' Heavily Armed Christmas," would be betrayed by his apostles.

Ohio, following the Trump corruption playbook in the most bumbling Ohio way.

JobsOhio chairman lobbies for Intel, a company that got millions from JobsOhio • Ohio Capital Journal

JobsOhio said it avoids conflicts. But the chairman of its board is a paid lobbyist for Intel, which has gotten millions from JobsOhio.

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Susan Collins will test drive new morals for the next 100 days to see what it's like.

Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.

Say what you will about Katie Miller, but she's been critical to the resurrection of the Eva Braun joke. I for one am grateful.

Reminder: The 2008 primary. Democratic establishment said to pick Hillary Clinton...or else. The people chose Barack Obama. It was ugly, nasty, and vicious. Obama won. What happened? He crushed McCain, turned around and asked Clinton to be his Sec of State, and then beat Romney as well.

Sam Altman isn't offering much in exchange for the eco nightmare he's about to inflict upon us.

I just had a gyro. Here's what Christopher Nolan gets wrong about Greek culture.

The latest version of trickle down economics is going to be way more fabulous than the original! It's hard to believe no one thought of this before!

Helpful volunteers offer directions to the annual Cuyahoga County Republican Picnic here in Cleveland so no one accidentally stumbles into a non-pedophile protector picnic.

"Their willingness to fill the streets even in wartime — even at risk of missile attacks — shows a devotion to and belief in democratic principles that should shame the older, allegedly democratic nations that persist in lecturing Ukraine about its unworthiness."

This is what democracy looks like

For the second time in a year, street protests have forced Ukraine’s president to backpedal

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes a bold stance against non-existent threats. A leader for our times.

“He was trying to make us more modern and less Soviet. With him gone, Putin is clapping.”

Wartime is a bad time for a turf war

Political infighting forced out Ukraine’s popular, drone-savvy defense minister. The move risks undercutting the military’s momentum and troop morale.

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If only Pete Hegseth would have stuck to fronting a boy band that was huge on the tween birthday party circuit.

Ohio Republicans want to recreate a MAGA version of a Maoist reeducation camp.

The GOP-created university civics centers aren't popular. They want to require attendance.

Ohio universities' new centers to combat "liberal bias" aren't popular with students, so a Republican leader wants to require attendance.

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"Stalin unleashed his secret police to quell support for Ukrainian nationalism with waves of arrests. My father recounted that neighbors started disappearing. Classmates whispered about the arrests of parents and teachers, artists and priests. Before long, students, too, went missing."

The lost fathers of Ukraine

On Father’s Day, recalling a WWII soldier from Lviv killed by the Red Army as Russia once again deprives Ukraine of its future ‘tatos'

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JD Vance has turned debasement into the highest form of performance art. He is the Rembrandt of ass kissing.

Russia has killed 16,000 Ukrainian civilians and wounded 45,000 during more than four years of war, adding that the true toll “is likely considerably higher.” Only Israel slaughters civilians — including infants — with greater frequency and in greater numbers than Russia.

War and faith

In Russia's invasion, I see the absence of the Almighty. But in Ukrainians, I find hope that man’s inhumanity to man need not be the epitaph of our species.

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Move this to the roof of the new White House ballroom and the world would whimper with envy.

"Astonishing levels of loser incel" could be the official slogan of the Freedom Caucus.

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The GOP (and its canine media) is trying out “ha ha Talarico his a hot girlfriend but she’s vegan and liberal, loser” and it is conveying just astonishing levels of loser incel. Is everyone doing their coms a weird MGTOW futon-crust?

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

It would have been ultimate MAGA to have Air Force One land in the Bahamas with Trump immediately deported.

In the fevered race between corruption and incompetence, Kristi Noem is still near the top of the leader board.

Shapiro should volunteer to go out with a roofing crew in FL this July to help them out for a few days to get an introduction to reality. Or work the overnight shift in a hospital emergency room. Or teach 8th graders.

DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you!

Arguably the most savage part of America right now: Doctors playing roulette with mothers' lives out of fear they'll go to prison for performing an emergency abortion.

As someone who doesn't even play a professional decorator on TV, I must admit the artificial hue captures the essence of the Trump administration.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5mo ago

That looks ridiculous.