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UKRAINE: Putin Got His Strategy from Studying America | Steve Berman

UKRAINE: Putin Got His Strategy from Studying America | Steve Berman


Opinion Contributor

As predicted, Vladimir Putin signed a law recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics, and immediately the Russians came in as “peacekeepers.” What’s key here is the territory claimed by the two newly carved out republics, that Ukraine hasn’t recognized by the way, is larger than the territory their militias control. That means the Russians will …

BABEL: God Lets Some White Churches Die | Steve Berman

BABEL: God Lets Some White Churches Die | Steve Berman


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In 1959, Rev. Kyle Haselden, wrote “The Racial Problem in Christian Perspective,” which took five years for Harper to publish, in 1964. Haselden pastored an all-Black church in Charleston, West Virginia. When the book hit, the New York Times, published Haselden’s essay, “11 A.M. Sunday Is Our Most Segregated Hour.” It’s a marvelous piece of …

UKRAINE: Watch This to See When Putin Will Invade | Steve Berman

UKRAINE: Watch This to See When Putin Will Invade | Steve Berman


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The Russians are as ready as they’ll ever be if they plan to invade Ukraine. According to U.S. sources, backed by satellite imagery, Russia’s claim of pulling back troops is false. American media, citing all kinds of unspecified sources, had claimed that Putin was going to invade on February 16th, Wednesday. This led to a very strong, sarcastic, …

Democracy Didn’t Die in Darkness | Steve Berman

Democracy Didn’t Die in Darkness | Steve Berman


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In perhaps the second-most liberal city in America, ruled by authoritarian busybodies who protect billionaires while virtue signaling their devotion to the homeless—yes, I mean San Francisco—the voters decided to deploy their super weapon. Yes, I mean democracy. Many are calling it a “revolution” or a “revolt” but those things only happen when democracy isn’t available. …

I’ll Take Justin Trudeau Over All Y’all | Steve Berman

I’ll Take Justin Trudeau Over All Y’all | Steve Berman


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I’d rather vote for Justin Trudeau than for most Democrats or Republicans. At least Trudeau knows his place when the President of the United States tells him to get his truckers off the border, or else. Speaking of President Biden, after the U.S. Army, of which he is Commander-in-Chief, released its findings of the bungling of our Afghanistan exit, he told …