Manchin strikes the death knell to the "Build Back Better" plan, refusing all climate and tax provisions.

An update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: BIDEN's call to remove PUTIN from power; Russian troops WITHDRAWAL to BELARUS; Russia losing CLOUT in its immediate geo-political sphere, AZERBAIJAN defies RUSSIA.

Update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: NATO summit, Ukrainian COUNTER-OFFENSIVE, Putin CO-OPTS JK Rowling.

Update on the RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine: probability of using small  NUCLEAR missiles, and news of an imminent RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACK on US private sector companies.

An update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine; hyper-sonic missiles and the long-term strategic use of the refugee crisis.

An update on the Russian invasion of UKraine; US THREAT to China.

A quick review of the history of the Telegram app and its founder and CEO, Pavel Durov, and an exploration of the app's relevance in the future of messaging and social media communications.

Forty-five years after her death, France decided to induct Josephine Baker, the African American-born singer/performer, into the monument for its most veneered citizens.   

Josephine Baker had lived the majority of her adult life in France, ‎adopting French life, language, and even working briefly ‎during the Second World War as a spy for the French ‎Resistance. ‎  

Her induction to the Pantheon seems to be a testament to French egalitarianism, and France’s ‎embrace of people coming from diverse backgrounds. ‎  

However, a closer look at France's past, may reveal signs that ‎Baker’s induction perhaps isn’t as bright or fantastical as one ‎might think, or believe.

The INCREDIBLE story of the LEGENDARY Soviet spy who defied the FBI for too long, only to fall at hands of his treacherous deputy.

He established the world's modern Police State, and his life is a classic example of revolutionary-turned-reactionary.   He's remembered in history as a fearsome statesman of Revolutionary and Napoleonic France... and the slayer of horrifying Robespierre.