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Russia has been selling off some of its gold reserves to finance the war, but even that desperate move won’t work forever. Russia’s central bank has about 2,330 tons of gold in its reserves (worth about $300 billion) and the National Wealth Fund held...
by quaoar
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Sound up Holy Shit! This is where my story ends. Anything between this and the comments has nothing to do with me. ZT
by ZenTrainer
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We begin today with� Heather Cox Richardson �writing for her “Letters from an American” Substack about the seeming avalanche of challenges to the Trump regime from the Republican Party.
In the ...
by Chitown Kev
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Exactly 80 years ago today German U-Boat Commander Heinz Wilhelm Eck was executed by firing squad, along with two other officers under his command. In 1944, Eck’s submarine torpedoed the Greek merchant ship Peleus. Eck ordered the U-852 to surface....
by KeithDB
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President Donald Trump has a malevolent preference for red states, throwing money at them while ...
by Andrew Mangan
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