Short Take Politics
US pushes pro-Russia deal
Ukraine should give up all that Russia has taken, agree about Crimea and give up dreams of NATO. Then it can have peace. It’s as if Putin is getting everything he wants from someone on his payroll. Hmmm. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-rubio-witkoff-coalition-paris-74e93e2943687a7d8c7b23608919459a
Investors try to control 60 Minutes
Journalistic autonomy is threatened by the oversight of a 3rd party vetting stories and reporting back to the owners at Paramount, in other words, the billionaire elite. https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/60-minutes-staffers-warn-shari-redstone-bill-owens-exit-1236375935/
Women’s health study gets the ax
After decades of collecting data on the health of 1000s of women, the women’s health study run by the National Institute of Health and in part based at the University of Buffalo has been hit with the hatchet. Understanding how we age and how to offer better care is no longer important. This one hits my family. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/23/nx-s1-5372892/womens-health-initiative-research-funding-gets-cut