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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia by helping Ukraine to take steps in removing Russian occupation.  “Turkey did not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea and is not going to do either,” Erdogan said in a joint press conference with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in Ankara. Fort-russ.com reports: According to him, Russia violated international law in this matter. “Mr President (of Turkey) supported the joint steps aimed at the de-occupation of Crimea.

Over the long weekend before the Mississippi and Michigan primaries, the sky above Sea Island was black with corporate jets.

Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, Napster’s Sean Parker, Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk, and other members of the super-rich were jetting in to the exclusive Georgia resort, ostensibly to participate in the annual World Forum of the American Enterprise Institute.

Among the advertised topics of discussion: “Millennials: How Much Do They Matter and What Do They Want?”

Politico reports on what may be the most ridiculous trial balloon of this election and maybe of all time:

A group of Republican donors and strategists has been working to persuade former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to make an independent bid for president, according to a memo outlining the plan obtained by POLITICO Florida.

Submitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

On July 25, these superdelegates will cast votes at the Democratic National Convention for whomever they want, regardless of primary and caucus outcomes. Democrats like to describe superdelegates as mostly elected officials and prominent party members, including President Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

 

Judging by the progression of the previous 11 GOP debates, tonight's slugfest will involve actual measurement of genitalia, a Hulk-Hogan-esque chair-slamming, and excessive use of four-letter words. As "handy" Trump, "little" Marco, "lyin'" Ted, and "quiet" Kasich step up to the podiums (podia?), the chairman of the Republican Party has declared that he wants tonight's Republican presidential debate to be "more of a G-rated" event than recent showdowns. Good luck with that.

And then there were four...