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Home prices are falling in these 98 major housing markets—only 50 markets remain at the peak
Guaranteed Income Programs Spread, City by City
The article says “sometimes referred to as universal basic income” but since these programs have qualifications, they’re not really universal.
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Politics:
It’s Time to Prepare for a Ukrainian Victory
Over the past six days, Ukraine’s armed forces have broken through the Russian lines in the northeastern corner of the country, swept eastward, and liberated town after town in what had been occupied territory. First Balakliya, then Kupyansk, then Izium, a city that sits on major supply routes. These names won’t mean much to a foreign audience, but they are places that have been beyond reach, impossible for Ukrainians to contact for months.
Now they have fallen in hours. As I write this, Ukrainian forces are said to be fighting on the outskirts of Donetsk, a city that Russia has occupied since 2014.
Many things about this advance are unexpected, especially the location: For many weeks, the Ukrainians loudly telegraphed their intention to launch a major offensive farther south. The biggest shock is not Ukraine’s tactics but Russia’s response… Russian troops are not fighting back.
Russian soldiers ‘literally running’ for their lives as chain of command collapses
Senators Press for Details About Fake Heiress
Raising concerns about security threats at Mar-a-Lago, members of one of the Senate’s most influential committees say they will press national security leaders for more information about the woman who posed as a banking heiress and visited the sprawling estate multiple times while boasting of her family fortune and infiltrating former President Donald Trump’s entourage.
The trips to Mr. Trump’s Florida home last year by Inna Yashchyshyn, a Ukraine immigrant and a subject of an FBI investigation, underscore the challenges of protecting a 17-acre compound where she was allowed to enter at least five times with no security checks of her background.
Trump Backers Flood Election Offices with Requests
Supporters of former president Donald Trump have swamped local election offices across the nation in recent weeks with a coordinated campaign of requests for 2020 voting records, in some cases paralyzing preparations for the fall election season.
Trump Told Aides He Would Never Leave White House
The Sordid Saga of Hunter Biden’s Laptop
It’s hard to argue that Du Bois, perhaps the most celebrated Black intellectual of all time, is underrecognized. His work remains a standard on syllabi across disciplines; prizes from academic associations bear his name. Despite the acclaim, however, Du Bois remains underappreciated—especially when it comes to his thinking on international politics.
Serendipity:
Visa to start categorizing gun shop sales separately
How accurate would this be? Very for gun stores, but probably not at all for purchases of guns and ammo at sporting goods stores that also sell camping gear and baseball gloves. But even at a gun store, why not just pay with cash? I’ve yet to see anyone turn down Jacksons.
What will actually happen when the so-called ‘Doomsday Glacier’ disintegrates?
The FBI monitored Aretha Franklin's role in the civil rights movement for years
