‘The ISIS assault on Moscow must be a wake-up name to the US’
Kevin Carroll at The Dispatch
It could be a mistake to “coldly dismiss” the Islamic State assaults in Russia final week and Iran in January as a result of these “murderous” strikes focused U.S. adversaries, says Kevin Carroll. The assaults in Russia, the place 143 concertgoers died, and an Iranian memorial service confirmed the Islamist extremist group is “able to and dedicated to launching mass-casualty terrorism from its Afghan sanctuary.” These tragedies concentrating on civilians ought to function a reminder that America is “susceptible,” too.
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‘The approaching electrical energy disaster’
The Wall Avenue Journal editorial board
President Joe Biden retains sounding “alarms a couple of local weather disaster that his insurance policies cannot do a lot about,” says The Wall Avenue Journal editorial board. His media cheerleaders play alongside whereas “ignoring how authorities local weather insurance policies are contributing to a looming electric-grid disaster that’s extra pressing and could possibly be prevented.” America’s energy demand is hovering thanks partly to new synthetic intelligence knowledge facilities and the “government-driven electric-vehicle transition.” Possibly the press will “discover when extra blackouts arrive.”
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‘Trump’s Bible grift goes to backfire’
Eugene Robinson in The Washington Submit
Former President Donald Trump may remorse “hawking the ‘God Bless the USA’ Bible to his MAGA supporters,” says Eugene Robinson. The enterprise “may effectively flop, like Trump Steaks” and his “hideous gold-colored ‘By no means Give up’ sneakers.” The “grift” actually “deserves to be obsessed with a wrathful market.” It additionally might backfire if Trump’s followers look contained in the Good Ebook, the place they’re going to “discover myriad causes to forsake their profoundly flawed political hero.” As Jesus mentioned, “Watch out for false prophets.”
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‘Evan Gershkovich’s yr in captivity’
Tom Nichols at The Atlantic
Wall Avenue Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has now been “held in Russia’s notorious Lefortovo jail for a yr,” says Tom Nichols. Moscow has accused the Russian-speaking Gershkovich of espionage, the “first international journalist charged with that crime by the Kremlin because the finish of the Chilly Struggle.” The allegation is “nonsense,” however Russian President Vladimir Putin does not care. He’ll hold taking hostages “as bargaining chips” for Russians imprisoned within the West simply to point out the world he can.
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