Tag: Vladimir Putin
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Welcome to the Age of the Broligarchs | Vince Bzdek
One of the most remarkable things about the inauguration Monday was the prominence of place given to tech titans during the ceremonies. Magnates worth more than $1 trillion were seated right behind the president and a row ahead of Donald Trump’s Cabinet as Trump was sworn in. Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO…
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Hundreds in Denver rally to support Ukraine on 2nd anniversary of Russian invasion
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Hundreds of Ukraine supporters gathered at a rally at the Colorado state Capitol in Denver on Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the U.S. ally. “Today, we are asking members of U.S. Congress to step up and vote for help to…
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Power to the people: Ukrainian refugee in Colorado takes it to Putin with grassroots effort
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Yana Malik has started a grass roots effort from the basement of her host family home in Colorado Springs last month, already raising $80,000 for generators, heaters and magnetic lamps to keep the people of her home town, Luhansk, from freezing and starving to death. …
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Generators for Ukraine – Colorado Springs-led group acts to save citizens from deep-freeze
Not even the sparkle of 1,000 holiday lights can assuage Yana Malyk’s troubled heart, knowing that her own country has gone dark. There is almost zero power for heat or cooking in Luhansk, an Eastern Ukrainian province on the Russian border, due to constant bombings from Vladimir Putin’s forces. The Ukrainian refugee with movie star…
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The nuclear nightmare rears its head again | Vince Bzdek
What happens if Vladimir Putin, feeling more and more like a cornered rat in Ukraine, actually uses a tactical nuclear weapon against Ukrainian troops? Is this a “red line” crossed that would demand a direct American response? Vince Bzdek What if the radiation from such a weapon drifts over into a NATO country that the…
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Colorado delegation urges Biden to consider national security, cost in Space Command basing decision
Keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs. That was the message Colorado’s congressional delegation made loud and clear in a letter delivered to President Joe Biden Tuesday. “We remain deeply troubled that the decision to relocate USSPACECOM undermined the two most important factors for any critical basing decision: protecting national security and minimizing cost,” the…
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EDITORIAL: Inflation hurts the poor, as the wealthy drink lattes
A popular meme tells Americans to stop fussing about inflation. Variations are rampant on social and legacy media platforms. We hear the message from politicians and pundits throughout the free world. Here’s a Facebook version shared Tuesday by our friend and colleague, the venerable Harvard graduate and syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette — a man who…
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Today we are all Ukrainians | Vince Bzdek
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Why should we Coloradans, 5,000 miles away, care about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? The answer is simple. This is the Berlin of our generation. This is the absolute front lines of democracy against the dark forces of dictatorship. This is the new flashpoint in…
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Hundreds gather for ‘Stand With Ukraine’ rally at Colorado Capitol
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ukraine’s national colors of blue and yellow bloomed outside Colorado’s Capitol on Saturday as hundreds of people — with and without ties with the Eastern European country — gathered to stand in unity with the “breadbasket of Europe.“ Swarms of people held and waved the…
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INSIGHTS | Colorado beat the Russians at its election games
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When Wayne Williams took office in 2015, secretaries of state didn’t talk much about hackers or, if at all, Russians. Now those topics dominate discussions among the sharpest minds and deepest worriers about the security of our elections. Colorado became a tough nut to crack…