UNDERSTANDING: Biden uses “financial nuclear option” and waves Russian banks from SWIFT network and imposes restrictions on Russian central bank as they tighten financial sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine

• The West has promised to isolate Russia from world markets by removing banks from the SWIFT network
• The United States, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada made the move on Saturday
• “We will hold Russia accountable and collectively ensure that this war is a strategic failure for Putin,” they said.
• Ukraine has been pushing for this for days as it fights some 75,000 invading Russian troops
• Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said that would stop Putin from using his “military chest”.
• Earlier, a Pentagon official said the United States was sending more Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.

from Rob Krillie, senior US political reporter

Published: 22:40 GMT, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 22:50 GMT 26 February 2022

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Ukraine is asking the West to remove Russia from the international banking network SWIFT

The United States and its Western allies announced on Saturday that they would take steps to exclude key Russian banks from the international banking network SWIFT and impose restrictions on Russia’s central bank.

The moves will be welcomed in Ukraine, which saw the isolation of Russian banks as a key way to stifle funding and punish Moscow for its invasion.

The announcement came when Russian troops were fighting Ukrainian forces on the outskirts of the capital Kiev.

Officials said the exclusion of Russian banks from the system would stop them from conducting most of their financial transactions around the world and effectively block Russian exports and imports.

Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, said this would prevent Putin from using his “military chest”.

In a joint statement, the United States, the European Commission, France, Germany, ItalyThe United Kingdom and Canada He said: “We will hold Russia accountable and guarantee collectively that this war is a strategic failure for Putin.”

A number of measures will be implemented in the coming days, they said.

“First, we are committed to ensuring that selected Russian banks are removed from the SWIFT messaging system. This will ensure that these banks are excluded from the international financial system and will damage their ability to operate worldwide, “they continued.

“Second, we are committed to imposing restrictive measures that will prevent the Russian Central Bank from allocating its international reserves in ways that undermine the impact of our sanctions.”

Russian troops have made rapid progress after storming early Thursday morning.

Clashes reportedly around the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, as local forces tried to detain Russian troops.

A Pentagon spokesman said half of the 150,000 Russian troops stationed on Ukraine’s border had not entered the country.

And the Kremlin has ordered its military to step up Ukraine an offensive “from all directions” – as ordinary Russians began to express their horror at the war being waged on their behalf.

Earlier, officials said the Javelin anti-tank missiles were part of a new $ 350 million package of military equipment sent to help Ukrainian troops hold off the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian tanks in motion before the attack in the Luhansk region on February 26, 2022.

President Biden authorizes new package Friday night as Russian troops close Ukrainian capital Kiev

This came two days after Ukraine’s defense minister made a direct appeal to Congress.

Alexei Reznikov said: “We need as many Stinger and anti-tank weapons as possible.

“To ensure the reliable purchase of equipment, you can deliver it to Poland. From there, we will transport them across the land and quickly saturate our defenses.

Javelins are used by small mobile units to destroy tanks from a distance and are seen by Kiev as one of their best hopes of delaying the offensive.

Although Ukrainian airspace is contested, the official said the Pentagon continues to find routes to the country.

“We will look for additional places to do this, especially now, given that the president has approved other aid worth $ 350 million,” the official said. “We will do everything possible to take it into the hands of the Ukrainians.”

The top Republican in the House Armed Services Committee said Ukraine needed Stingers.

“I hope the military aid package announced by the administration today includes these Stingers,” said spokesman Mike Rodgers.

Ukrainians are fighting hellishly to save their country, and the administration had to send this deadly aid weeks ago.

Military aid is authorized by the president Joe Biden a day earlier, bringing the total amount of aid to $ 1 billion in the last year.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said he would come from U.S. stockpiles, “including anti-armor, small arms and various ammunition, bulletproof vests and related equipment to support downward defenders of Ukraine’s front line.” Russia‘unprovoked attack.’

Ukraine desperately wants more Javelins as well as Stinger anti-aircraft missiles as its forces fight Russian tanks, bombers, helicopters and missiles

A Pentagon official told reporters that the Javelin anti-tank weapons were part of the package, but declined to say whether the Stingers were included, according to Defense News.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has pledged to exclude Russian banks from the Swift financial system “to damage their ability to operate globally”

from Dan Sales for Mailonline

Published: 22:29 GMT, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 22:32 GMT 26 February 2022

The long-discussed offer to exclude Russia from a crucial global banking system was almost signed tonight.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed excluding several target Russian banks from the Swift financial transaction system.

If this happens, it means that Russia will struggle to receive payments outside the country, which will lead to serious economic problems.

Germany opposed this move, but today she seemed even warmer to the idea.

Ms von der Leyen said: “As Russian forces launch their attack on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, we are determined to continue to impose huge costs on Russia, which will further isolate Russia from the international financial system and our economies.

“In coordination with President Biden, President Macron, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Prime Minister Draghi, as well as Prime Minister Trudeau and Prime Minister Johnson, we have considered significantly tightening our international response.

“The European Union and its partners are working to cripple Putin’s ability to fund his military machine.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has proposed excluding several target Russian banks from the Swift financial transaction system

Although it is widely believed that the Russian dictator will take Western sanctions into account in his calculations, the combined effect of punitive measures on the Russian banking system will put additional pressure on its economy.

The United States, Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia and the European Union have unveiled sanctions against Moscow in addition to sanctions earlier this week, including a move by Germany to shut down a gas pipeline from Russia.

President Joe Biden has taken further action against Russian banks, oligarchs and high-tech sectors, while the EU unveils its own new package, including financial, energy and technological sanctions.

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Now it’s Ben and Barbie! Affleck and Jennifer Lopez move to the UK this summer as he “names a role in an action film with Margo Robbie”

from Katie Hind for the post office on Sunday

Published: 22:01 GMT, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 26 February 2022

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez will move to the UK this summer, The Mail on Sunday may reveal.

It is believed that the couple on the list of A – called “Benifer” – is looking for a home on the outskirts of London.

Sources suggest that Affleck’s possible participation in an upcoming film about Barbie, which is being shot at the Leavesden studio of Warner Bros. in Hertfordshire, may explain their interest in a British hole.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez (pictured together in September) will move to the UK this summer, The Mail on Sunday may reveal

There has been speculation that Affleck is in talks with the film’s producers, who have already chosen Margo Robbie (pictured in 2016) for Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken’s boyfriend.

There has been speculation that the Good Will Hunting star is in talks with the film’s producers, who have already chosen Margo Robbie for Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken’s boyfriend.

Affleck and Lopez, who resumed their relationship last May, instructed real estate agents to find a place to rent, possibly in south-west London.

“There is a very trusted team that is looking for the perfect home for Ben and J. Lo for the summer,” said a source.

“It will probably be the usual green mansion on the outskirts of London.” American stars love areas like Richmond, which is not only beautiful, but also close to Heathrow Airport, but also close enough to some of the big studios like Leavesden and Shepperton.

Affleck and Lopez (pictured earlier this month), who resumed their relationship last May, instructed real estate agents to find a place to rent, possibly in south-west London

Affleck, 49, and 52-year-old mother of two, Ms. Lopez, delighted fans last year when, as she later described it, they renewed their “beautiful love story.”

They first met in 2001 on the set of Gigli and began dating the following year, after Ms. Lopez broke up with her second husband, dancer Chris Judd.

They got engaged in November 2002, when Affleck proposed marrying a 6.1-carat pink diamond, which allegedly cost 1.9 million pounds, but postponed the wedding in September 2003, two days before they left. on the trail, citing “excessive media attention”.

The couple separated the following January, with Affleck marrying actress Jennifer Garner, the mother of his three children, in 2005.

They divorced in 2018.

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The “cynical” companies are accused of offering benefits of in vitro fertilization treatment to young women by delaying the birth of children and focusing on their careers.

• Professor Adam Balen claims that employers cynically offer in vitro fertilization treatment
• The fertility expert said this reliance on the success of the treatment was inappropriate
• He said employers’ approach was to “actually encourage women to work”

from Emma Dunkley for the post office on Sunday

Published: 22:02 GMT, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 22:33 GMT, 26 February 2022

Employers cynically offer IVF treatment as an advantage, so that young women will delay the birth of children and focus on their careers, says a fertility expert.

An increasing number of companies, including the owner of British Gas Centrica, NatWest and the law firm Freshfields, are promoting egg freezing as a workplace benefit.

They say it allows women to postpone being parents as they work their way up the corporate ladder, but Professor Adam Balen, a former chairman of the British Fertility Society, said this reliance on the success of fertility treatment was inappropriate. .

Employers cynically offer in vitro fertilization treatment as an advantage, so young women will delay childbirth and focus on their careers, says fertility expert (main photo used)

“Some organizations offer egg freezing. In other words, freeze your eggs now for us and when we live to your best years, then you can use your eggs, “he said.

“There is an argument that having young eggs in the freezer is better than not having them at all, but this may give the false impression that… IVF always works.

“As much as we have made tremendous progress in IVF, especially in the UK, unfortunately this does not work for everyone.”

Professor Balen, a leading clinician at Leeds’ private fertility clinic, said it was “a cynical approach to actually encourage women to work instead of supporting them to have a family”.

While some celebrities, including actresses Halle Berry and Laura Linney, became mothers after the age of 45, Prof. Balen said that media coverage “may give people an unrealistic impression that current technology works at any age, but unfortunately it is not. so. “

He added: “Unfortunately, we cannot reverse the natural decline in a woman’s egg fertility.”

His comments come when companies looking to attract the best talent and promote gender equality offer fertility treatments at reduced prices as benefits in the workplace.

Professor Adam Balen, former President of the British Fertility Society, said that this reliance on the success of fertility treatment was inappropriate (standard photo used).

IVF involves extracting eggs and fertilizing them with sperm in a laboratory to create an embryo before it is placed in the mother’s womb.

According to the UK’s Fertility Regulator, the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority, the birth rate for patients under the age of 35 using their own eggs was 32 per cent of the transferred embryo, but less than five per cent for women over the age of 43.

– We [Leeds Fertility] don’t do IVF over the age of 45 because it just doesn’t work with your own eggs, “said Prof. Balen. “It’s just wrong to subject someone to everything that has to do with IVF, plus the costs involved, for zero chance.”

He suggested that companies instead offer parental leave and childcare facilities.

“It would be more responsible for large companies and organizations to support their workforce, both men and women, in order to enable them to have better crèches and maternity and paternity leave,” he said.

“You will get more out of your workforce if they are happy and have managed to have a family at the right time.”

… BUT THIS GIVES WORKERS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE NHS IVF LOTTERY

By Natalie Sutherland, Fertility Officer and Partner at Burgess Mee Family Law

Professor Adam Balen is right that when companies offer in vitro fertilization and egg freezing as benefits, it can be seen as encouraging women to postpone starting a family.

This can really tempt some women to focus on their careers during their most fertile years and then cash in on this obvious insurance policy once they “succeed”.

However, I fully support any company that offers IVF and egg freezing as an advantage for employees.

Unfortunately, too many women are left childless because NHS funding for infertility treatment is a lottery with a zip code: hit and miss at best, and extremely inadequate at worst.

Private funding for IVF can reach tens of thousands of pounds, which is unaffordable for many, so if instead women can access treatment through an employer who gives them more choice, that should be a good thing.

Armed with the full facts – how their fertility changes with age and how much treatment can help as they do so – women are fully capable of making decisions.

But we need to do much more to make society, including jobs, more family-friendly, starting with better fertility education and a change in work culture that helps, not hinders, women from having children.

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Vladimir Putin has deployed a volley missile system that “sucks the air out of its victims.” Ukraine as his occupation war intensified.

TOS-1 Buratino launches “thermobaric” fuel-air missiles, which, when exploded, consume all the oxygen in the area of ​​the explosion, killing everyone in the area.

It may seem that the victims have no visible external injuries, but they will suffer great internal damage.

The weapon is based on the Soviet-era main T-72 battle tank, with the main tower removed and replaced by a missile launch system containing 30.8.5-inch missiles.

The TOS-1 Buratino multiple rocket launcher, pictured here in June 2020 during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, is believed to have been stationed in Ukraine.

The weapon system can fire 30-8.5-inch missiles in 15 seconds. Thermobaric missiles have a range of approximately two miles, with each warhead causing an explosion area 1,000 feet in diameter

The TOS-1A Buratino multiple rocket launcher can fire 30 thermobaric projectiles in 15 seconds, devastating a 1,000-foot-wide blast zone

The system was developed in the mid-1980s and unguided missiles have a range of two miles.

Witnesses say they saw the weapons system crossing into Ukraine from Belarus, possibly heading to Kiev.

Indiscriminate weapons are very effective against people and lightly armored vehicles, causing devastation in an area 1,000 feet in diameter.

The Russians describe TOS-1 Buratino as a “flamethrower”, but military experts say it fired a “wall of napalm at its victims”.

CNN reported that one of the terrifying weapon systems was seen on the back of a transport truck in Belgorod, near the northern Ukrainian border.

This was said by Charlie Gao, a commentator on defense and national security The sun: “Pinocchio and Solntsepek are very useful weapons for the military, which can enter the city battle without paying attention to the side damage.”

However, Putin’s invasion has been dampened by stronger-than-expected resistance from Ukraine’s defense forces.

Kiev’s European allies are sending modern weapons systems to support defense against Russia.

Today, the Netherlands and Germany have promised to send weapons capable of removing heavy armor or military planes and helicopters.

The Dutch quickly delivered 200 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and 50 Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank weapons with 400 missiles.

The Netherlands is also considering sending a Patriot air defense system to a NATO battle group in Slovakia, the statement said.

This Russian multiple rocket launcher was destroyed outside Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, after a battle. This system does not fire the thermobaric rocket

A Ukrainian soldier inspects Russian hardware that is no longer working

The body of a Russian soldier was seen a few meters from the destroyed missile system

The missiles are in addition to other equipment the Netherlands promised earlier this month, including rifles, ammunition, radar systems and mine detection robots.

Earlier on Saturday, the Netherlands said it was moving Dutch embassy staff from the western Ukrainian city of Lviv to Yaroslavl, across the border from Poland, due to deteriorating security.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Berlin would supply Ukraine with 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger surface-to-air missiles from the Bundeswehr’s stockpile.

He said: “The Russian invasion of Ukraine marks a turning point. It is our duty to do everything we can to support Ukraine in defending itself against Putin’s invading army.

Berlin also approved the delivery of 400 RPGs from the Netherlands and a request from Estonia to hand over old howitzers to the GDR in Ukraine. Finland bought the howitzers in the 1990s after the fall of the Berlin Wall and later resold them to Estonia.

Germany has a long-standing policy of not exporting weapons to military zones, rooted in part in its bloody 20th-century history and the resulting pacifism. Countries seeking to surrender German arms exports must first apply for approval in Berlin.

Scholz has repeatedly cited this policy in recent weeks when refusing to supply deadly weapons to Ukraine.

Saturday’s announcement was well received in Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter: “Continue in the same spirit, Chancellor @OlafScholz! Anti-war coalition in action! ‘

A Ukrainian soldier issued a stern warning to the Russians, telling the enemy they were “Edi” and should use their “last chance” to surrender while grinning at the camera.

An unknown Ukrainian soldier boldly plays with a gun while seen standing in a dark place in camouflage and smiling at the camera as he writes his message to the enemy in their native language to “be damn” * g clear . ‘

The soldier’s warning comes only days later Russia declared war on Ukraine on Thursday. Putin said he was launching a “special military operation” to demilitarize and “denationalize” the country.

“I’m going to write this in Russian to make the hell clear,” he said before greeting them as an old friend.

“Well, boys, what’s going on?” He says unchecked video roam social networks.

He asked the Russians if they liked how “quiet” the night was before quoting Ukrainian-born writer Nikolai Gogol, who said, “Are you all right, children?”

The nasty soldier even asks if they like “our bayraktars”, which are Turkish drones that have the ability to bring out a military tank. Ukraine bought the drones from Turkey in 2019, and the Ukrainian armed forces launched the drones early Thursday.

An unidentified Ukrainian soldier boldly fiddled with his pistol as he stood in a dark, camouflaged suit and smiled at the camera as he recorded his message to the enemy in their native language to “damn clear”

He told the Russian to “use his last chance” to surrender to Ukrainian forces because “it’s your duty, damn it.” We have everything! You are ours, friends!

Ukrainian soldiers full warning to the Russians

“I will write this in Russian to make the hell clear.

“Well, boys, what’s going on?”

‘What? Is the Ukrainian night quiet? As the great Ukrainian writer Gogol said: “Is everything okay with you children?”

“Do you like our Bayraktari?” What do you think – what is flying over you at the moment?

“What do you think – what’s buzzing in the bushes, boys?”

“What do you think about that?” What the hell could it be?

“Dudes, you’re fucked!

“You’re stopped for now.” We are fine. We are gathering our reserves. We have aviation and tanks.

“We have everything!

“You are ours, friends!

‘What will you say about this? Why don’t you give up while you still have that chance?

“Many of you have already chosen this path, it’s really not that bad. It may be a mistake, but we treat prisoners of war quite well.

“So, you’re stuck right now and we’re going to start kicking your ass soon. And we will start doing it right away.

“So take your last chance.”

Source: Twitter

“Do you like our Bayraktari?” What do you think – what is flying over you at the moment? ‘ he scoffs with a Cheshire cat smile on his face.

“What do you think about that?” What the hell could it be?

“Dudes, you bastards!” He says rudely to the Russians.

“Your back is ours, friends! What will you say about this? Why the hell don’t you give up while you still have that chance?

“Many of you have already chosen this path, it’s really not that bad. It may be a mistake, but we treat prisoners of war quite well.

“So, you’re stuck right now and we’re going to start kicking your ass soon,” he continued. “And we’ll start doing it right away.”

“So take your last chance.”

Two Russian soldiers – believed to be Rafik Rakhmankulov, 19, and Mgomd Mgomdov, 26, from Kizilyurt – were captured by Ukrainian forces in the east.

As of Saturday morning, Russian forces continued to make their way to the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and took control of several cities across the country – including the radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Residents of Kiev took refuge on Saturday night as explosions and street fighting signaled new pressure on Russia to try to seize the Ukrainian capital.

Disobedient President Vladimir Zelensky said Kiev remained under Ukrainian control as Russian forces resumed their attack under cover of darkness, hitting the capital with artillery and cruise missiles.

“We will fight as long as necessary to liberate the country,” Zelenski said in a video address Saturday night local time.

He revealed that a girl was born on Saturday night in the Kiev subway, which has now been turned into a bomb shelter.

“If children are born in shelters, even when the shelling continues, then the enemy has no chance,” he said. ‘To victory! Glory to Ukraine! ‘

Sirens of air strikes and heavy weapons fire echoed through the city as Ukrainian soldiers and civilian volunteers dug in to repel Putin’s instigator.

Zelensky promised to “destroy the occupiers” and the people of Kiev seem to be fully mobilized to fight to the death.

As they huddled in air attack shelters, civilian teams worked at night, making Molotov cocktails to use against Russian forces.

A Russian tank was destroyed by Ukrainian forces (pictured). The soldier in the video asked the Russians if they liked “our Bayraktari”, which are Turkish drones that have the ability to bring out a military tank. It is not known if the tank in the photo was removed from a drone

Ukrainian soldiers are taking a stand, fighting Russian troops ahead of the capital Kiev

A building in Ukraine is said to have been hit by a Russian missile on Saturday as the war continues

Volunteers work to prepare Molotov cocktails in the basement of a bomb shelter on Saturday night in Kiev. Ukraine is now under common mobilization with all citizens called to join the fight against the Russian invasion

A Ukrainian soldier raises his thumb while riding in a military vehicle before Saturday’s attack

Men and women under the age of 60 prepared to use their state-issued AK-47s to repel the invasion after volunteering for the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Force.

Local media reported that much of Kiev was attacked by rocket-propelled grenade launchers and that the Ohmatt Children’s Oncology Hospital was hit by artillery, killing at least one child.

At 17:00 local time or 10:00 ET, an extended 48-hour curfew came into force, prohibiting civilians from taking to the streets of Kiev at least until Monday evening. The previous curfew was from 10 pm to 7 am.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said: “All civilians on the street during curfew will be considered members of the enemy’s sabotage and intelligence groups.”

“If children are born in shelters, even when the shelling continues, then the enemy has no chance,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured). ‘To victory! Glory to Ukraine! ‘

In a video message to the besieged nation, Zelensky accused the Kremlin of trying to seize the capital, overthrow the government and impose a “puppet” regime “like in Donetsk”, one of the two separatist regions that Putin officially recognized before starting all … outside the invasion.

Saying we “broke their idea.” he added: “The fights are taking place in many cities and regions of our country. But we know that we are defending the country, the land, the future of our children. Kiev and key cities around the capital are controlled by our army.

“Every Ukrainian must have one thing in mind: if you can stop and destroy the occupiers – do it. Anyone who can return to Ukraine – to return to defend Ukraine.

WAR IN UKRAINE: LAST

• Russia resumed its attack on Kiev on Saturday night with a barrage
• Heavy fighting continues in the eastern city of Kharkov
• Russian forces have been spotted moving thermobaric launchers
• Ukrainian forces say they shot down a Russian fighter jet in the Black Sea
• Russia has accused the United States of using drones to steer ships of the Ukrainian navy
• Kiev is already under 48 hours of curfew at least until Monday night
• The number of civilian casualties is 198
• A U.S. defense official says Ukraine is showing “viable” resistance
• United Intelligence says most Russian forces are now 29 miles from Kiev
• Ukraine’s president remains defiant and vows to fight after rejecting Biden’s offer of an evacuation flight
• Vladimir Putin called on the Ukrainian military to overthrow the country’s leadership and negotiate peace
• Russia vetoes draft UN Security Council resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine – China abstains
• Biden instructs US State Department to provide $ 350 million in military aid to Ukraine
• Canada, the United States, Britain and the EU say they can act to exclude Russia from the global SWIFT interbank payment system
• Polish PM calls German aid to Ukraine “a joke”
• Ukraine says more than 1,000 Russian soldiers have been killed – Russia has not released casualties
• NATO allies will provide more weapons to Ukraine and deploy more forces in the eastern part of the alliance

John Schnatter, the pizza mogul who in 2018 stepped down as chairman of the Papa John’s franchise after using a racial slur in a comment about blacks during a conference call, mingling with the crowd, saying that he was among those unfairly canceled. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida warned that “wake up, everything is run by the state.”

And former Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii, who in 2020 he ran for the presidency of the Democratic Party but took right-wing positions and became a darling of the conservative media, calling the government a “secular theocracy” due to its efforts to combat misinformation.

Eight miles from the CPAC, an even more angry right-wing gathering, the America First Political Action Conference, took place at another Orlando hotel, with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia as the main attraction and Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona appearing on video.

Commentator Nick Fuentesconference team leader said that Putin was compared to Hitler. He laughed and added, “They say it’s not good.”

Mr. Fuentes, a white nationalist and Holocaust denier, leads the so-called “America First” or “grouper” movement, which promotes the idea that the nation is losing “its white demographic core.” Last month, Mr. Fuentes was subpoenaed by congressional investigators investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

At CPAC and beyond, focusing on the negative can be both strategic and intuitive. Polls show Republican voters have a more favorable attitude towards Mr. Putin than Mr. Biden, and one of the lessons of the backlash against the party that owns the White House during the last four midterm elections is that a strong dislike of the president of the opposition party is more than enough to contribute to crushing victories.

“The conservative movement is always evolving, and as it evolves and responds to the radical ideas of the progressive left, the issues that really matter to people change a little,” said Charlie Gerow, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania. “The only unifying factor for conservatives is Joe Biden and his henchmen in the states.”

Beyoncé and Jay-Z look madly in love while enjoying red wine in the evening at a luxurious new Hollywood diner, where they met Sasha Obama

from MailOnline Reporter

Published: 20:38 GMT, 26 February 2022 | Updated: 20:58 GMT, 26 February 2022

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z were spotted drinking red wine together at the new luxury Hollywood establishment Mother Wolf. The 40-year-old singer cut a stylish figure in a well-furnished Italian restaurant, protecting herself from the winter cold with a scarlet sweater.

The daughter of former US President Barack Obama, 20-year-old Sasha, happened to be at the restaurant at the same time and cheerfully approached their table to greet them.

Affair with the Stars: Sasha, who was only seven years old when she and her sister Malia became the First Daughters, grinned broadly as she went to Bay and Jay.

Beyoncé let go of her luxurious hair and highlighted the characteristics of her on-screen siren with makeup for her evening out in the city.

Meanwhile, her husband chose a casual ensemble, donning a white T-shirt and adding a black baseball cap.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé have been married since 2008. Together they have three children: Blue Ivy, 10, and twins, Sir and Rumi, four.

Meanwhile, Sasha’s parents, Barack and Michelle Obama, have been married since 1992. Beyoncé was lured to deliver the traditional performance of The Star-Spangled Banner at Obama’s second inauguration in January 2013. Shortly afterwards, she found herself embroiled in controversy. when it became clear that she had synchronized the national anthem with a previous record of her own. She says the measure is necessary because she is a “perfectionist” and “does not feel comfortable taking risks” because of the little time she needs to rehearse.

“I wanted to make him and my country proud, so I decided to sing along with my pre-recorded song,” she told the then president. “I am very proud of my performance.”

When Obama first became president, the national anthem was performed by the United States Navy’s Sea Chanters at the ceremony. However, during the inaugural ball the same year, Beyoncé got a chance to perform by performing a serenade of the new head of state with the classic Etta James At Last.

Since then, families have remained friendly. As early as 2018, Sasha and Michelle were seen attending a performance by Jay-Z and Beyonce in Paris.

While at the concert, they interacted with Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Lawson, and even danced with her in the crowd during the concert. Just a year earlier, Michelle had gone so far as to dress as Beyoncé in honor of the singer Love On Top and Formation.

Jay-Z was seen smiling as he left the restaurant.

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