Zelensky Denied an Oscar
Zelensky Denied an Oscar
Ukraine's president won't be getting a cameo at the Academy Awards.
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The frontrunner for Chicago mayor mocked Barack Obama, one of the most popular Chicagoans.
The biggest public corruption trial in Ohio’s history ends with the convictions of two top Republicans.
Volodymyr Zelensky won’t be thanking the Academy.
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Zelensky is amongst world Heroes(along with Jaime Raskin), so I can care less about the Oscars. Hopefully Biden’s new IRS chief can handle the fat cats & their GOP allies. & I believe he’ll have his campaign in order soon.
Also lo & behold DeSantis’ book is being boosted by bulk sales & I said earlier on PW that this was going on. Now along with Ohio we need more corruption trials.