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PHOENIX — A judge has denied Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County's motions for sanctions against Kari Lake. However, Hobbs was awarded roughly $33,000 in the decision. Judge Peter Thompson, who oversaw the recent two-day trial of Kari Lake's election-challenging lawsuit, found that Lake's claims were not brought before the court in bad faith. "The Court agrees with [Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County's] statements that election contests are purely statutory and provide for limited form of relief," Judge Thompson said in Tuesday's release. Judge Thompson reinforced his ruling that Lake did not present sufficient evidence to prove her claims that the...

SBU Hinted that They Consider Her a “pro-Russian Agent”, Linking Her Old Photos from Russia. Matilde Kimer, a correspondent for the public broadcaster Danish Radio, covering events in Ukraine and Russia, said in an interview with DR that in August she was deprived of military accreditation in Ukraine. For several months, the journalist and her employer tried to find out for what violation she was deprived of the opportunity to work in Ukraine — eventually it became known that the SBU was in charge of the case.Zaborona’s editor-in-chief Katerina Sergatskova looked into what happened and what old posts on social...

The Pentagon has given a tacit endorsement of Ukraine’s long-range attacks on targets inside Russia after President Putin’s multiple missile strikes against Kyiv’s critical infrastructure. Since daily assaults on civilians began in October, the Pentagon has revised its threat assessment of the war in Ukraine. Crucially, this includes new judgments about whether arms shipments to Kyiv might lead to a military confrontation between Russia and Nato. This represents a significant development in the nine-month war between Ukraine and Russia, with Washington now likelier to supply Kyiv with longer-range weapons. “We’re still using the same escalatory calculations but the fear of...

President US Senate US Senate GA Governor 2020 2022 2020 2022 Jo Jorgensen Chase Oliver Shane Hazel Shane Hazel 62,229 81,353 115,039 28,162 The "pop" column shows the population rank of each county in the state. Number 1 is Fulton County.

A Comparison of Arizona 2018 with Arizona 2022 The "pop" column shows the population rank of each county in the state. Number 1 is Maricopa County. The "garcia minus hobbs" column shows the increase in the Democrat "vote" from 2018 to 2022 [a negative number]. The "hobbs divided by garcia" column shows the percentage increase in the Democrat "vote" from 2018 to 2022.The "douchey minus Lake" column shows the increase (or decrease) in the Republican vote in that county from 2018 to 2022. The "Lake divided by douchey" column shows the percentage increase (or decrease) in the Republican vote in...

Colorado’s election recount rules could help determine the extent of Republicans’ slim majority in the lower chamber of Congress by deciding the outcome of Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s reelection race against Democrat Adam Frisch. The thin margin in the sprawling 3rd Congressional District, which covers the state’s largely rural western and southern territory, could trigger a rare automatic recount. The Associated Press declared the race too close to call Thursday night with Boebert up by 551 votes out of nearly 327,000 cast and nearly all votes counted. The AP won’t make a call until after the recount, if there is...

KYIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine's SBU security service and police raided a 1,000-year-old Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv early on Tuesday as part of operations to counter suspected "subversive activities by Russian special services". The sprawling Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex - or Kyiv Monastery of the Caves - is a Ukrainian cultural treasure and the headquarters of the Russian-backed wing of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that falls under the Moscow Patriarchate.

Ex-Californians Steve and Timpani visit a marriage counselor to solve their Texification problems - but this little gas station called Buc-ee's isn't helping!Episode 1: https://youtu.be/HlDWzN6TW5Y Episode 2: https://youtu.be/3MOy6Z_UP7c Episode 3: https://youtu.be/BJzOZuPgcMc Episode 4: https://youtu.be/WxQVUNPeWnc

A Comparison of Florida 2018 with Florida 2022Orange highlighted counties were won by the Democrat in 2018, and Governor DeSantis in 2022. The "Gillum Minus Crist" column shows the decrease in the Democrat "vote" from 2018 to 2022 [Sumter County didn't get The Memo]. The "DeSantis 22 Minus DeSantis 2018" column shows the increase (or decrease) in the DeSantis vote in that county from 2018 to 2022.

The US has told OPEC that a proposed cap on Russian oil prices won't later be repurposed to also target the cartel, a Treasury official told Reuters. The official also said that the price cap plan isn't the beginning of a buyers' cartel that's meant to counter OPEC's sway over oil markets. The US reassurances could help remedy increasingly strained relations between the US and de facto OPEC leaders Saudi Arabia. Earlier this month, OPEC and allies non-member allies like Russia slashed its oil output quota by 2 million barrels a day despite pleas from Washington to boost production. The...

A much-touted EU fund meant to help countries replace weapons shipped to Ukraine is increasingly unable to cover an influx of reimbursement requests — and it hasn’t even sent out its first payment. Days after Russia’s war began, the EU set up a €‎500 million pot, encouraging countries to arm Kyiv and ask the EU to foot the bill. After looking at the receipts it received, Brussels determined it could cover about 85 percent of the costs, according to estimates shared by three diplomats. Then the EU authorized an even bigger pot — eventually totaling €1.5 billion. That’s when the...

The 240,000-barrels-per-day Port Jerome-Gravenchon oil refinery in France, operated by ExxonMobil, is producing less fuel because of strike action at the plant, Exxon told Reuters on Wednesday. French trade unions called for the strike due to disagreements over wage negotiations with ExxonMobil. The industrial action at the Port Jerome-Gravenchon refinery and the Notre Dame de Gravenchon (NDG) petrochemical site was called on Tuesday evening. According to Exxon, both refinery and petrochemical operations are hit by reduced production, and truck loading of fuels is also affected. “Refinery and petrochemical operations are then impacted with reduced throughput, supply and truck loading are...

This morning, many people worldwide experienced Microsoft Defender warning them of a recurring virus threat. It's a false positive, and your computer is OK. This morning, a listing in Microsoft Defender's database (or even Windows Update) is causing havoc on people's Windows PCs. People on Reddit are "freaking out" over not just a reported threat from Microsoft Defender but one that keeps popping up and recurring despite the alleged threat being blocked. The threat is revealed in a pop-up message noting that "Behavior:Win32/Hive.ZY" has been detected and is listed as "severe." However, after taking action to rectify the issue, it...

Kiev has the right to siphon off supplies destined for the EU, a Ukrainian politician claims. The former chairman of Ukraine’s parliament, the Rada, Dmitry Razumkov has stated that Kiev has the right to confiscate Russian gas that flows to the EU through Ukraine, and sell it in order to solve the country’s economic problems. “The gas that is transported through the territory of Ukraine is Russian. To the border with Europe, it is Russian gas. And if we act in accordance with the law, we e should confiscate it,” he said in a video posted on Facebook on Friday....

Tiger Woods has reiterated his opposition to the Saudi-backed breakaway fronted by Greg Norman and questioned if its younger recruits will ever be able to compete in majors. Speaking in a press conference ahead of the 150th Open Championship, Woods said he supported the R&A’s decision not to invite Norman, a two-time winner, to the Champions’ Dinner at St Andrews due to his role as CEO of LIV Golf. And the 15-time major winner said he could not understand why the likes of Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka had “turned their backs” on the PGA Tour to join...

Russia cut its gas supply to top Dutch trader GasTerra on Tuesday, escalating the economic battle between Moscow and Brussels and pushing up European gas prices. The move comes a day after Denmark flagged a potential end to its Russian gas supply and the European Union's toughest measure yet against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, an agreement to halt sea-borne imports of its oil. GasTerra, which buys and trades gas on behalf of the Dutch government, said it had contracted elsewhere for the 2 billion cubic metres of gas it had expected to receive from Gazprom through October. "This...

A Comparison of Obama 2008 with Biden 2020Blue highlighted counties were won by the Democrat. pop column is the county population rank in the state. A negative number in the Obama minus Biden column means that Biden "turnout" was greater than Obama 2008.Light green entries - later investigation. Metropolitan areas [grouped counties] follow the main table.

Norway’s excess oil and gas profits will exceed one hundred billion euros. It is indirectly preying on Putin’s induced war. It is unfair, they should share, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Saturday at a meeting with young people. He called on young people to “write to their friends in Norway” about this. On Saturday, the head of government participated in a question and answer session during the National Youth Dialogue Congress. He said the surplus – in excess of the annual average of recent years – oil and gas profits from “a small country of five million like Norway...