Genocide in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin is turning Ukrainians into Russians by force.

As Ukraine gains back portions of its territory conquered by Russia, some Ukrainians are searching for lost friends and family, and learning that they were forcibly relocated to Russia.

Since the early months of Russia’s full-scale war, the Ukrainian government has been ordering civilians to evacuate Russian-occupied territory. But Russia has also been making Ukrainians move—not to safety, but to other Russian regions, some thousands of miles from Ukraine.

Read more at “Russia Is Committing Genocide in Ukraine”

The Samurai

At the end of World War II, the United States forced Japan into adopting a new constitution that explicitly forbade Japan from “the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.” Japan never wholeheartedly embraced this part of the Constitution. Over the years it has evaded its strict enforcement, quietly rebuilding security measures. But by and large, Japan has been married to the title of pacifist.

On Friday, however, that marriage came to an end.

Read more at “The Samurai Abandons Pacifism”

Twitter Gate

New evidence of election tampering by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

“Elon Musk didn’t just buy a company … he purchased a crime scene.” That is how conservative commentator Jack Posobiec responded when Musk paid $44 billion for the social media platform. On Friday, Musk published the first pieces of evidence.

With left-wing journalist Matt Taibbi, Musk released the “Twitter Files,” internal e-mails and memos between Twitter leaders and government agents from late 2020. The topic: How best to suppress the truth about Hunter Biden so that Joe Biden could take the presidency.

Read more at “Government Agents Censored Speech to Seize Power”