Republican Mayra Flores becomes first Mexican-born woman elected to Congress.
Mayra Flores picked up 51% in a special four-way race against two Democrats and another Republican in a traditionally Democrat D+5 district.
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Axios says Ukraine suffers up to 1,000 casualties a day in Donbass, 200 to 500 deaths, many wounded.
Russia reduces Nord Stream 1 natural gas deliveries to Germany now by 60%.
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30-year mortgage rate tops 6.28%
The Federal Reserve raises interest rates by 0.75%, the largest one day increase since 1994, a panic move to stop inflation.
USAF clears crew of C-17 cargo plane that dropped Afghans to their death during Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal, no surprise there, it was business as usual, a moment in 20 years.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/us/politics/military-clears-crew-afghan-evacuation.html
Biden doesn’t know how to negotiate with the Taliban, or anyone for that matter. His State department employs clowns, Blinken being the head clown. The real world doesn’t speak in honk honk.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/west-getting-afghanistan-wrong-again-202935
The Biden team prefers to signal virtue, crying a lot, coming up short every time.