The National Endowment for Democracy can claim it is in the business of democracy promotion. In reality, it does anything but that, unless “democracy” is entirely synonymous with elite U.S. interests.
Over the weekend we heard that the US is evacuating its embassy in Kiev for fear of a Russian invasion. We also heard that Russia is evacuating its embassy in Kiev for fear of a US-backed provocation in eastern Ukraine that may lead to a Russian military response.
During their Sunday phone call, Ukraine's President Zelensky asked Biden to visit Kyiv in person amid continuing White House claims that a Russian invasion is set to happen "any day" now.
A homeless man in California recently admitted that he moved to the West Coast from Texas because he knew it was easier to live the homeless lifestyle in San Francisco.
On the menu today: Accounts of the phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky offer an unnerving portrait of a Ukrainian leader who is in denial about the risk of a full-scale Russian invasion, and an American leader who doesn’t want to send any more weapons, after equipping the Ukrainians to fight a ground war without any air cover.
UFC President Dana White defended himself against a reporter who questioned the COVID treatments he and friend Joe Rogan have taken after contracting the virus.
Thomas Welnicki from New York was charged on Saturday with knowingly and willfully threatening to kill, kidnap, and inflict bodily harm upon President Donald Trump.
