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  1. Artemis II crew in good health after ‘bullseye’ ocean landing
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    <p>Refusing the wheelchairs offered to them, the astronauts walked across the deck upon return</p>
    #bullseye #refusing #artemis #landing

  2. 2 'no longer' at Smoothie King after refusing service to man in Trump shirt

    misryoum.com/us/trending/2-no-

    We made Jeff Daniels' viral pita sandwichAfter explaining it on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the odd sandwich was talked about for days on TV and social media.Two employees at an Ann Arbor Smoothie King "are no longer with...

    #longer #Smoothie #King #after #refusing #service #man #Trump #shirt #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

  3. Mitch McConnell always cared about the courts.

    In 1987, after Democrats defeated Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, McConnell warned that if a Democratic president “sends up somebody we don’t like” to a Republican-controlled Senate, the GOP would follow suit.

    He fulfilled that threat in 2016, #refusing to confirm Merrick #Garland, Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court.

    Keeping that vacancy open helped elect Donald Trump. Two people could hardly be more different, but the taciturn McConnell and the voluble Trump have at least one thing in common:
    They want #power.

    Trump had exercised his power with what often seems like reckless audacity, but McConnell’s 36-year Senate tenure is built on his calculated audacity. themoderatevoice.com/sen-mitch

  4. Mitch McConnell always cared about the courts.

    In 1987, after Democrats defeated Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork, McConnell warned that if a Democratic president “sends up somebody we don’t like” to a Republican-controlled Senate, the GOP would follow suit.

    He fulfilled that threat in 2016, #refusing to confirm Merrick #Garland, Barack Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court.

    Keeping that vacancy open helped elect Donald Trump. Two people could hardly be more different, but the taciturn McConnell and the voluble Trump have at least one thing in common:
    They want #power.

    Trump had exercised his power with what often seems like reckless audacity, but McConnell’s 36-year Senate tenure is built on his calculated audacity. themoderatevoice.com/sen-mitch

  5. CW: BBC news - Russia objector jailed

    A #Russian #serviceman has been sent to prison for #refusing to fight in #Ukraine. The man, named only as "Alexei B" was stationed in the far eastern region of #Kamchatka when he was ordered to join what Russia calls its "special military operation" in #Ukraine. According to the local news agency, Kam24, he was #tried by a #military #court, and given a 20 month sentence. He has now filed an appeal.