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Reader: Biden’s Economy Is Even Better Than You Think! | Diane Ravitch’s blog

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Source: Reader: Biden’s Economy Is Even Better Than You Think! | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Heather Cox Richardson: Two Years Ago, Russia Invaded Ukraine Without Cause | Diane Ravitch’s blog

Heather Cox Richardson brings us back to that terrible day two years ago when Vladimir Putin sent Russian troops into Ukraine. He expected the government to collapse within a matter of days or weeks. Yet Ukraine stands. Entire cities, such as Mariupol, have been obliterated. The inhabitants of towns such as Bucha were subjected to murders, rapes, and torture. Yet Ukraine stands. Europe supports Ukraine because they fear what Putin will do next. Will he storm Poland or Lithuania? The extreme right wing of the GOP has turned against funding Ukraine because Trump, their cult leader, is opposed. As usual, he will do thing to offend his very good friend Putin.

Richardson wrote:

Two years ago today, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to the people of Russia, begging them to avoid war. He gave the speech in Russian, his own primary language, and, reminding Russians of their shared border and history, told them to “listen to the voice of reason”: Ukrainians want peace.  

“You’ve been told I’m going to bomb Donbass,” he said. “Bomb what? The Donetsk stadium where the locals and I cheered for our team at Euro 2012? The bar where we drank when they lost? Luhansk, where my best friend’s mom lives?” Zelensky tried to make the human cost of this conflict clear. Observers lauded the speech and contrasted its statesmanship with the ramblings in which Putin had recently engaged.

And yet Zelensky’s speech stood only as a marker. Early the next day, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” involving dozens of missile strikes on Ukrainian cities before dawn. He claimed in a statement that was transparently false that he needed to defend the people in the “new republics” within Ukraine that he had recognized two days before from “persecution and genocide by the Kyiv regime.” He called for “demilitarization” of Ukraine, demanding that soldiers lay down their weapons and saying that any bloodshed would be on their hands…

Source: Heather Cox Richardson: Two Years Ago, Russia Invaded Ukraine Without Cause | Diane Ravitch’s blog

9 Street Art Masterpieces Around the World Standing United with Ukraine | STREET ART UTOPIA

Seth Globepainter

Paris-based muralist Julien Malland, known as Seth Globepainter, creates art that captures local communities’ cultural and socioeconomic nuances. Malland’s work in Paris’s 13th arrondissement blends his recurring theme of childhood play with symbols of war, expressing hope for a better future.

Source: 9 Street Art Masterpieces Around the World Standing United with Ukraine | STREET ART UTOPIA

This Massachusetts Town is Called the Most Hippie Town in MA – (Me: my hometown… Northampton :))

The publication ‘Thrillist’ named the most hippie town in all 50 states. As it turns out, in Massachusetts, that town in Northampton.

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Florida Surgeon General Defies CDC Guidance Amid School Measles Outbreak

…Amid an outbreak of measles at a Florida elementary school, the state’s surgeon general has defied federal health guidance and told parents it’s up to them whether they want to keep their unvaccinated child home to avoid infection.

In a letter to parents of children attending Manatee Bay Elementary school in Weston, where six cases of measles have already been reported, Florida surgeon general Dr. Joseph Ladapo said the state health department “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance.”

That advice runs counter to what Ladapo acknowledged in his letter was the “normal” recommendation that parents keep unvaccinated children home for up to 21 days — the incubation period for measles…

Source: Florida Surgeon General Defies CDC Guidance Amid School Measles Outbreak