Alexei Navalny's widow invited as Biden's guest to State of the Union
Source: Uk Independent
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden invited Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, to be their guest at Thursdays State of the Union address, the White House has said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday told reporters the invitation had been extended to Ms Navalnaya, but said the Russian opposition figure will not be in First Lady Jill Bidens box above the House floor when Mr Biden addresses Congress on Thursday.
I can confirm that she was indeed invited to the State of the Union. She is no longer able to attend, said Ms Jean-Pierre, who referred further questions to Ms Navalnayas representatives.
Mr Navalnys funeral took place on Friday in Moscow, with thousands of people paying their respects under a large police presence. The opposition leader died under unclear circumstances at a penal colony in the Arctic Circle more than two weeks ago. The date of his death has been reported as 16 February.
Many have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for his death. Mr Navalny, a 47-year-old attorney, was poisoned on a flight in 2020 with a substance traditionally used by the Russian security services.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/navalny-widow-biden-sotu-guest-b2507539.html
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Lovie777
(12,374 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,245 posts)pandr32
(11,635 posts)Harker
(14,064 posts)There are plenty of them in attendance.
Good point, :
AllaN01Bear
(18,578 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,737 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,722 posts)Joinfortmill
(14,486 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)he'd have her imprisoned and executed as well. I hope she has someone running interference for her.
Navalny knew what a murderous pig Putin is, and how he'd come for him. It still didn't save him. She probably doesn't have the insight her husband had, and I fear for her safety.
I sincerely hope I'm wrong and Putin leaves her alone. My instincts tell me he won't.
littlemissmartypants
(22,840 posts)JohnSJ
(92,479 posts)COL Mustard
(5,939 posts)Its their MO.
mobeau69
(11,163 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,503 posts)JoseBalow
(2,533 posts)I suspect the number of those commenting is even far less than the "OP" sharers
But what if we share something we didnt read? Its so easy to share information on social media (much easier than in a face-to-face conversation) that we may unthinkingly share an item without even clicking on it. Indeed, a majority of the time (59%!), people posting links on Twitter do not themselves click on the link they share. That means about three out of every five articles you see on Twitter, on average, have not been read by the person who posted them! (Weve written previously about measures Twitter has taken to encourage users to read before postingfor example, nudges.) Similarly, in the research article mentioned above, only 28% of participants responded that they read everything they shared. The researchers wrote: The ease of sharing via social media enablesand perhaps encouragesconsumers to share information that they did not generate and have not even read.
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We are not indicting our critics as somehow being unique in sharing without reading. In all fairness, the data suggest that most people engage in this behavior, at least some of the time. This example is simply a reminder that we should always read before we share. That way, we know that what we are sharing is accurate and a reflection of how we wish to portray ourselves. It also prevents us from succumbing to the psychological phenomenon of believing we are knowledgeable about a topic when we objectively are not. Reading generally makes us more knowledgeable, but not reading does not.
I share (comment), therefore I think?
mobeau69
(11,163 posts)Thank you.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,503 posts)It would give a very interesting chyron during the SoU.
oldsoftie
(12,638 posts)Openly supporting Putin
StarryNite
(9,464 posts)It was the right thing to do.
blue-wave
(4,370 posts)rubs the murderous butcher's genocide of Ukraine and mass murder of pooties' own people in the russiapublicans faces on national TV. Rub it so hard they squirm like the weasel-ly pootin enablers they are.
WiVoter
(915 posts)I can confirm that she was indeed invited to the State of the Union. She is no longer able to attend, said Ms Jean-Pierre, who referred further questions to Ms Navalnayas representatives.
WiVoter
(915 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,644 posts)Bayard
(22,184 posts)Putin is a petty little man.
BigmanPigman
(51,644 posts)I love to see that since I know it bugs him that he isn't taller. I remember when Tony Bourdain visited Moscow he told his dining partner, "Putin is like Trump, just another businessman, only shorter". That was before tRump was POTUS.
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brer cat
(24,629 posts)ificandream
(9,410 posts)And if memory serves me, Keith Olbermann suggested this on his podcast. It was last week, I think. Glad to hear the Prez is inviting her.
lastlib
(23,340 posts)Sick F*ck head explosion in 3....2...1....
rubbersole
(6,742 posts)But she shouldn't get on an airplane afterwards.
Drum
(9,202 posts)Sorry, however, that she cannot be there. Understandably.