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Republicans oppose attempt to repeal the strict 1864 abortion law.

Putin explains they can't shoot down their own plane

The Russians shot down their own 122 today.

Rest in Peace Pavel

Rest in Peace Yuriy

Historian and Wikipedia contributor Yuriy Lushchay was killed near Bakhmut.

He was the author of dozens of scientific articles, was fluent in 6 languages, worked as a teacher, and was a regular Wikipedia contributor.

On March 25, 2024, Yuriy Lushchay made his last edit on Wikipedia. On March 28, he was first reported missing, and later it was reported that he was killed that day, defending his birthplace in Donetsk region during a shelling by the Russians. He was buried on April 10 in the village of Velyki Luchky.

Good morning Resisters everywhere.

Republican Party member Marjorie Taylor Greene has proposed a series of strange amendments to the Ukraine support bill

▫️One of them requires that any member of the House of Representatives who voted in favor of the Ukraine aid bill be required to join the Ukrainian Armed Forces;

▫️Another Greene's amendment is that Ukraine must "close all its biolabs" and provide all data on such "research;"

▫️Other amendments call for a report to prove that Christian churches in Ukraine can operate without government interference and that no funds can be used or spent "until the government of Ukraine holds free and fair elections";

The amendments are unlikely to gain support among Greene's colleagues because they are too extraordinary.

It is noteworthy that Greene's systematic anti-Ukrainian actions are also being criticized by her fellow party members. The day before, the Republican Fox News published a column titled "Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP."

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Doctors in Lviv recently performed a complex operation on a child from Northern Ireland for the first time. The patient, a 4-year-old girl, suffered from severe seizures that threatened her life and hindered her development. Pediatric neurosurgeons at the largest Center for Neurosurgery and Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy in Western Ukraine, based at St. Nicholas Children's Hospital, removed part of her brain hemisphere to address the problem.

The girl's family traveled 3,000 kilometers to seek the help of these specialists. Despite the challenging nature of the surgery, which lasted 7 hours, the operation was successful. The child is now seizure-free, which means her development will no longer be delayed.

She didn't have to think about it this morning.

Good morning Resisters everywhere. It's fixing to get stormy. T-storm alert and possible rotation. But we really don't get them here. Tornadoes have an affinity for flat ground and trailer parks. Neither of those here.

Goodnight Resisters everywhere.

These guys are Resisters. Just ask DeathSantis

Much beloved double amputee with a big heart

Yana Stepanenko has raised UAH 615,000 ($15,450) for a prosthesis for Ukrainian Defender Oleksandr Riasnyi when she ran 5k at Boston marathon.

"When we started running at the start, it was not difficult at all. That is, I ran about 300 meters without any difficulties, and then, towards the end, when there was a kilometer left, my legs began to hurt, and I was tired, but despite the pain, I made it to the finish line," Yana shared.

Yana raised the whole amount for a prosthesis for 30-year-old Oleksandr Riasnyi. He fought in the ATO, the JFO, and then in the full-scale war. Oleksandr was defending his native Zaporizhzhia direction when a shell exploded near him last September. He lost his right leg. Now, Oleksandr is learning to walk on prosthetic leg, plans to return to service, and dreams of running.

Yana Stepanenko, her brother Yaroslav, and their mom Nataliia were at a train station in Kramatorsk on April 8, 2022, trying to evacuate, when Russia attacked the station with a missile carrying cluster munitions. The strike killed 61 people and injured more than 100. Yana lost both legs, her mom lost one. Yaroslav was not hurt because he stayed indoors at the time of the shelling.

Yana's strength and spirit are out of this world.