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As expected the Senate GOP killed a bill that contained the very things they’d demanded for months.

While McConnell sent a few of his people (most notably James Lankford of Oklahoma) to negotiate in good faith, it turns out there was never enough of that in the larger caucus.

Too many made noise about only accepting a deal if certain conditions were met and when Lankford got them into the proposed legislation they balked.

They were lying all along.

Some others were afraid of Trump. (“Please don’t tweet mean things about me sir!”)

And some, I think would have even if Trump hadn’t issued “kill it” orders have voted "NO" because, like Trump, they wanted the “border crisis” as a campaign issue.

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The import of Russian gas into the Czech Republic has sharply increased. It already accounts for more than 60% of supplies — Novinky. cz.

In 2023, the Czech Republic managed to radically reduce gas imports from Russia compared to 2022, to 2% of total imports in the first ten months.

In early December, Russian gas imports to the Czech Republic resumed through the Lanžhot station on the border with Slovakia.

In January, imports of Russian gas reached about 62% of total imports
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#Interlune - a #space #startup that lists Apollo 17 moonwalker Harrison Schmitt and former Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson among its co-founders - says it's raising millions of dollars in investment funding to harvest resources on the #moon: geekwire.com/2024/interlune-bl

Cashew nut shells contain oil that is extremely irritating to human skin.

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