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In a letter to Putin, Seagal has asked to be sent to the front lines of Russia's Special Military Operation. With any luck at all, Seagal will be granted his wish. Source: Pravda Actor Steven Seagal, who became a Russian citizen in 2016, declared his readiness to fight for Russia as part of the special military operation. In his new documentary tentatively called "In the Name of Justice," the actor admitted that the day after Russia kicked off the special military operation in Ukraine, he wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin and made sure that it would reach the Russian leader. In the letter, Seagal noted that it would now be clear "who our true compatriots are, who our friends are, and who our enemies are.” "I will be on the side of my president and I will fight on the side of my president," Steven Seagal said. Seagal said that he would be ready to die for his president, if need be.

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Barack Obama is going to be living rent free in Trump's head once again after his constant ribbing of Trump during a rally in Pittsburgh, PA this Thursday. Barack Obama laid into fellow former President Donald Trump so thoroughly on Thursday that more than one X user quipped, “I’d like to report a murder.“ Obama, speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, ticked off a long list of reasons why voters should reject Trump and vote for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris next month. [] The 44th president continued to blast the 45th, recalling his shock at finding out how much diapers cost after his oldest daughter Malia was born.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. At a congressional hearing on the greenhouse effect in 1981, Al Gore, then a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee, remarked that it was hard to come to terms with the fact that rising carbon dioxide emissions could radically alter our world.

What’s happening there has turned Bangladesh into a jihad staging ground and provides a window into the future for any society in which Islam becomes ascendant.

Obama has tried to portray himself as some classy, aloof figure but, when push comes to shove, he's a bully -- and Kamala's failing campaign is revealing the true Obama.