Zelensky’s Message on Ukraine War Anniversary: ‘We Will Defeat Everyone’

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A defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion by vowing to bring his country to victory as battles raged on in the east with no end in sight to the conflict.

At a solemn ceremony on St. Sophia Square in Kyiv, a visibly emotional Zelensky handed out medals to soldiers and families of those killed and held back tears when a military band played the national anthem under Ukraine’s yellow-and-blue national flag fluttering in the wind. . .

The 45-year-old first-term president sat at a desk and recalled how he addressed Ukrainians a year ago in a brief statement, as Russian troops poured into the neighboring country, hoping to bring it to heel in three days’ time. . .

“…we are strong. We are ready for anything. We will defeat everyone. This is how it began on February 24, 2022. The longest day of our lives. The most difficult day in our recent history. We woke up early and haven’t slept since.” (Read more from “Zelensky’s Message on Ukraine War Anniversary: ‘We Will Defeat Everyone’” HERE)

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Woke Insanity: UK Fire Chief Bans Use of ‘Fireman’ and ‘Firemen’ as ‘Sexist’

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A UK fire chief has been accused of “wokeism gone mad” after banning the terms “fireman” and “firemen” — calling them “sexist, exclusionary” and a “micro-aggression that is damaging to our culture.”

Dave Russel, the chief fire officer for Greater Manchester, said in an email obtained by the Bolton News that the terms used in “everyday vocabulary” will “not be tolerated.”

“We employ firefighters, not ‘firemen,’ and haven’t for decades, so why use the term?” he wrote, with the Telegraph saying it applied to the singular term, too.

“Its connotation is sexist, exclusionary, and represents a form of micro-aggression that is damaging to our culture.

“This needs to stop and the term permanently erased from our vocabulary.” (Read more from “Woke Insanity: UK Fire Chief Bans Use of ‘Fireman’ and ‘Firemen’ as ‘Sexist’” HERE)

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UK Defence Secretary Warns ‘War Is Coming’ to Britain, Demands More Military Spending

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UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned that “war is coming” to Britain, as he redoubled his demands that the government commit to more military spending.

Speaking ahead of the one-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, Mr Wallace said the world is “definitely more dangerous, more unstable and more insecure” and therefore Rishi Sunak’s government must commit to increasing the defence budget of the nation.

In an interview with the Sun newspaper, Wallace warned: “Conflict is coming by the end of this decade… whether it is a cold war or hot, war is coming.”

“We just have to recognise that in order to deter you just have to be ready, you have to be equipped and you have to stand with your friends and your allies,” he said, adding that therefore “we need a greater proportion of the public spend on defence.”

Warning that the conflict in Ukraine could last for another year, Wallace continued: “We are not in for a period, we are in it until you defeat Russia and Ukrainians can go home. Britain’s message to Russia is we are not giving up and we are not going away.” (Read more from “UK Defence Secretary Warns ‘War Is Coming’ to Britain, Demands More Military Spending” HERE)

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Biden Admin Clears Ukraine of Misusing Financial Aid

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Ukraine is not misusing the tens of billions of dollars in direct financial assistance it is receiving courtesy of U.S. taxpayers according to a top Biden administration official.

Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), gave the public affirmation during a CNN live town hall on Thursday evening.

Her assurances came just hours ahead of the White House revealing it would give another $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine as its war with Russia officially hits the one-year mark, bringing the total amount of American military assistance to over $30 billion in one year.

The former Obama administration official further claimed Ukraine has made progress in working to root out corruption while officials are continually checking to ensure U.S. taxpayer dollars are used properly.

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The Project Veritas Board Is Feeling the Pain after Ousting Founder James O’Keefe

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Did James O’Keefe jump or get pushed out of Project Veritas, the gonzo journalism outfit he founded in 2010? Either way, the people who picked a fight with O’Keefe are obviously feeling the heat from angry supporters. On Thursday, they tried to patch things up with friends and supporters. . .

In the meantime, it looks like both sides called their lawyers again because O’Keefe clarified his status in an Instagram post by saying he didn’t resign.

But now Project Veritas is back with another clarification basically saying, hey, we never threatened his job; trust us!

The “Project Veritas Team” sent an email with the subject line, “we hold everyone accountable, especially ourselves.” It distinctly separated “the team” from the board and alluded to the fact that the organization is getting lit up by O’Keefe fans. Whoever the team is, they hoped that “you might continue to give us a chance. We can’t stress how separate the board’s role is from daily operations here at PV. We are still grinding and pursuing stories of great public importance.” . . .

But there has been considerable blowback online.

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The Biden Administration’s Attacks and Misleading Excuses in East Palestine Can’t Survive Scrutiny

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. . .’Blame the GOP’ is what they finally landed on, nearly three weeks after the accident. Naturally. It’s fair to point out that train derailments are more common than one might think in America, and it’s also fair to question if some Republican critiques of the Biden administration’s delayed and weak response to this incident may be somewhat hypocritical and political in nature (though the nature of this derailment distinguishes it from a ‘typical’ event in this category). Pointing the finger at the opposition party is feeble stuff, especially since it took them so long to cobble together their blame-storming talking points. But it also looks like it’s factually wrong:

The decision they’re trying to pin on Trump arises from a process that started under Obama. The Department of Transportation looked into the rule in question and determined that the benefits didn’t outweigh the costs, so the recommendation to follow through on the change (no longer mandating a certain type of brake on certain trains) was accepted and implemented during the Trump years. Crucially, under the regulations, the shift would not have applied to the train that derailed in Ohio, so “there’s no possible way to blame the rescinding of that rule” for what happened. But that didn’t stop the White House from doing so anyway. For his part, Buttigieg is also engaged in a political battle over all of this, since that’s been the top priority all along. He’s been sparring with Sen. Marco Rubio, and appears to be relying on distortions and misleading claims to make it seem as though he’s been a great champion for rail safety — only to be thwarted by the evil Big Train lobby and their Republican enablers:

“The facts don’t lie,” Buttigieg asserts, to his usual chorus of clapping-seal applause from online liberals. But political actors do lie. Note the sleight of hand allegedly at play here:

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Yet Another Nearly Catastrophic Air Collision Narrowly Averted, According to Report

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A collision was narrowly averted at a U.S. airport in California after a plane was forced to abort its landing because air traffic control cleared another plane for take-off, officials state.

Mesa Airlines Flight 5826 was preparing to land at the Hollywood Burbank Airport on the evening of Feb. 22 when an air traffic controller cleared SkyWest Airlines Embraer E175 to take off from the same runway, NBC News reported. Although the Mesa Airlines flight was only 1.3 miles away, the pilot was able to discontinue the landing procedure and climb out as the SkyWest flight took off from the runway, the outlet added.

This latest snafu is just another in a number of recent near-miss incidents that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to launch a “call to action” earlier in February. (Read more from “Yet Another Nearly Catastrophic Air Collision Narrowly Averted, According to Report” HERE)

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Chemical Expert Identifies What Officials Are Wrong about in East Palestine (VIDEO)

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Following the derailment of a train carrying hazardous chemicals earlier this month, residents were temporarily evacuated so a controlled burn could take place. But according to one chemical expert who traveled to the beleaguered town to conduct an independent analysis of the soil, air, and water, that’s a “lie.”

“It wasn’t a controlled burn. It was an uncontrolled burn,” independent environmental scientist and chemical spill expert Stephen Petty said. “In hazardous waste situations, they very carefully control the temperature and the amount of oxygen so they get complete combustion…so it’s not a controlled burn because a controlled burn would have to be like in a furnace or in your car or in some system where you control the fuel… the vinyl chloride and the amount of oxygen. So they didn’t do that.”

He said one of the ways to determine whether there’s been exposure is whether there’s an odor. Many residents reported noxious smells, which they said caused headaches and other problems like nausea, rashes, burning eyes, and more.

Thousands of fish and other wildlife also died in the days following the burn. (Read more from “Chemical Expert Identifies What Officials Are Wrong about in East Palestine” HERE)

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Scientists Unearth Giant Fish That Likely Ate Our Human Ancestors

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A study published Wednesday introduced us to a new species of giant fish that may have eaten our human ancestors.

The study, published in PLOS One, describes a 350-million-year-old enormous fish that reigned in our oceans long before the dinosaurs. The creature has distinct, deadly fangs that allowed it to hunt in river waterways in the ancient supercontinent Gondwana. Its remains were found in a fossil assemblage near Makhanda/Grahamstown, South Africa.

At up to 9-feet in length, it is the largest boney fish on record from the time period (Late Devonian) and is regarded as predatory. These features and behaviors prompted researchers to name it Hyneria udlezinye, or “one who eats others.”

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Buttigieg Finally Makes It to East Palestine, but It Does Not Go Well (VIDEO)

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By Red State. On Thursday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg finally made it to East Palestine, Ohio — almost three weeks since the train derailment there on February 3 that resulted in chemical contamination of the area. That was only after a huge public backlash to the lack of response by Buttigieg and the Biden team, and former President Donald Trump going to the site. Except for a tweet, Joe Biden hasn’t made any public statement on the disaster. Indeed, he went to Ukraine to give them millions instead and said Ukraine had captured his heart.

Trump came with water and supplies on Wednesday. He bought a ton of McDonald’s for first responders and residents in the area.

Buttigieg came with a hard hat and an attitude, at 7 a.m. in the morning.

Reporters tried to ask him questions but he blew them off and his press secretary got up in their faces. She said she didn’t want to have a conversation on camera for a public appearance with her boss, and that asking that she do so was “aggressive.” . . .

Isn’t answering questions on camera part of the job of a press secretary? Especially when they need to answer up for how badly they have dealt with this. This is like rubbing salt into the wound when they wouldn’t respond.

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Buttigieg’s Office Refuses to Say Why He Took Photo of Dcnf’s Jennie Taer, Demands Reporter Turn off Camera

By Daily Caller. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s press secretary refused on Thursday to say why he took a photo of Daily Caller News Foundation investigative reporter Jennie Taer, who confronted the secretary over a train derailment that spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio.

Buttigieg took a photo of Taer on Tuesday after she pressed him on his message to the people of East Palestine, Ohio, following the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals which prompted evacuations and shelter-in-place orders. During his visit to East Palestine on Thursday, Buttigieg’s press secretary would not say why the photo of Taer was taken and refused to answer what was being done with the photo even after DCNF reporter Alexa Schwerha turned her camera off.

“I’m happy to answer your question. I would like for you guys to not have your cameras on,” Buttigieg’s press secretary told Schwerha.

The Department of Transportation has not responded to the DCNF’s multiple requests for comment on why the photo of Taer was taken.

“Well, I’d refer you to about a dozen interviews I’ve given today, and if you’d like to reach conversation, be sure to reach out to the press office,” Buttigieg told Taer, adding that he was taking some “personal time,” when she approached him on Tuesday.

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