Ukraine is still fighting strong as there have been many new developments in the Russian invasion (00:13:25). A crazy man in the New York City subways smeared his own feces on a random woman 00:33:15). Estee Lauder fired a top executive making 10 million a year for posting a terrible meme online (00:47:53). Man in Texas shoots multiple employees for not giving him enough barbecue sauce (00:54:07). (00:00:00) - Timestamps Cup of Coffee in the Big Time (00:05:15) - Fun Fact: Mardi Gras - Items have been tossed off floats since at least 1871 (00:07:27) - Holidays: International Pancake Day; National Dadgum That’s Good Day (00:09:08) - This Day in History: 1872 - Yellowstone's first National Park; 1932 - Lindbergh baby was abducted; 1953 - Stalin suffers a fatal stroke (00:10:25) - Honorable Mention: School children in California, Oregon and Washington will no longer have to wear masks in schools (00:13:25) - Cream of the Crop - Ukraine/Russia updates: Snake Island soldiers are alive; the ruble and Russian economy are crumbling; heavy fire in Kharkiv during failed peace talks, Kyiv is surrounded and Ukrainians are looking for food to eat (00:33:15) - A man in the NYC subways decided to smear a bag of human poop on a woman waiting on a ride TikTok International Moment (00:43:00) - Russia - Onlyfan talent was banned from working and making money, but after complaining were reinstated (00:47:53) - Fake France - Top executive of Estee Lauder tweeted an insane racist and stupid meme that got him fired (00:50:30) - France - A Dad trying to prevent his children from using the internet at night used a jammer that shut down internet for multiple towns and is now arrested (00:54:07) - A man in Texas did not get enough barbeque sauce on his to go order so he shot the bbq store employees These stories, and much more, brought to you by our incredible sponsors: Birddogs - Go to http://BirdDogs.com and Enter Promo Code: HARDNEWS for a Free Bonus Gift PredictIt - Go to http://PredictIt.org/promo/HARDFACTOR40 to get up to $40 matched on your first deposit for political futures Go to store.hardfactor.com and patreon.com/hardfactor to support the pod with incredible merch and bonus podcasts Leave us a Voicemail at 512-270-1480, send us a voice memo to [email protected], and/or leave a 5-Star review on Apple Podcasts to hear it on Friday's show Other Places to Listen: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Lots More... Watch Full Episodes on YouTube Follow @HardFactorNews on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook

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