Vladimir Putin’s belligerence on Ukraine was laid bare after a five-hour meeting on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron, with the Russian president snapping “Do you want France to go to war with Russia?” when asked about the country’s desire to join NATO.
American voters, for their part, are split narrowly on many of the proposed sanctions and military responses the Biden administration has threatened if Moscow does attack. But a little context goes a long way: Voters who can identify Ukraine on a map are more likely to back stronger policy responses against Russia, according to a new Morning Consult poll. Read More...
Samantha Cerio, a 22-year-old aerospace engineering student who announced on Sunday that her gymnastics career was over, told people on Twitter: "My pain is not your entertainment." "Those of you posting and tagging me in the video of my injury, I am asking you to please stop," Cerio tweeted on Wednesday, before putting her account on private, according to The Washington Post . "Going through the pain and seeing my knees bent unnaturally in real life was horrible enough, but to continue to see it from videos/pictures because some people feel entitled to repost it is not okay. Read More...
Hulu’s TV adaptation of Sarah J. Maas’s romantasy book series “A Court of Thorns and Roses” has not been scrapped — yet. A Monday report said it is not moving forward at the streamer, and indeed its longterm fate at the streamer appears to be extremely murky. Read More...