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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn /Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc OFFICIAL TRAILER
Feb 17, 2021
Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Radu Jude (Aferim!) delivers an incendiary mix of unconventional form, irreverent humour and scathing commentary on hypocrisy and prejudice in our societies.
Russia Refuses License To Berlin Film Festival Winner For Violating Porn Laws
A scene from Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn

Jun. 12 - The Russian Ministry of Culture has refused to issue a distribution license for Romanian director Radu Jude’s film Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn, which won the prestigious Golden Bear award for best film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, known as the Berlinale.

The ministry said on June 11 that the movie violates Russia’s laws on pornography.


Bad Luck Banging Or Loony Porn is a satire that tells the story of a schoolteacher who finds her reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked onto the Internet. Despite pressure from parents and public condemnation, she refuses to step down.

The Berlinale jury described the film as “a lasting artwork.”    

source from www.rferl.org/a/russia-romania-film-berlinale-distribution-license-bad-luck-banging/31303672.html

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In NBC News Exclusive, Putin Responds To Biden Calling Him A ‘Killer’
Jun 12, 2021
In an exclusive interview, NBC News’ Keir Simmons presses Russian President Vladimir Putin on accusations that he has ordered assassinations of his adversaries. Putin responds to President Biden calling him a “killer
Putin: Trump "An Extraordinary Individual, Talented Individual," Biden Is A "Career Man" In Politics

Jun. 12 - Ahead of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to NBC News correspondent Keir Simmons, his first appearance on an American television network in three years. Putin called reports that Russia is offering to supply Iran with technology to attack the U.S. "fake news."


Putin called former President Donald Trump is an "extraordinary talented individual," and said that Biden is "radically different from Trump because Biden is a career man, he has spent virtually his entire adulthood in politics."

"You once described President Trump as a bright person, talented, how would you describe President Biden?" Simmons asked the Russian leader.

"Even now, I believe that former U.S. president Mr. Trump is an extraordinary individual, talented individual, otherwise he would not have become U.S. president," Putin answered. "He is a colorful individual. You may like him or not. But he didn't come from the U.S. establishment, he had not been part of big time politics before, and some like it, some don’t like it but that is a fact."

"President Biden, of course, is radically different from Trump because President Biden is a career man," the foreign leader said. "He has spent virtually his entire adulthood in politics … Just think of the number of years he spent in the Senate … That's a different kind of person, and it is my great hope that yes, there are some advantages, some disadvantages"...     source from

June 11, 2021
Prime Minister Johnson Delivers Remarks at Opening of G7 Summit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers remarks at the opening of the G7 Summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall in the United Kingdom.


G7: Boris Johnson appears to repudiate Tory austerity at summit opening

Jun. 12 - Boris Johnson has told his fellow G7 leaders in Cornwall they should avoid repeating the mistakes of 2008, when the recovery from the deep recession that followed the financial crisis entrenched inequalities.

In his opening remarks to the first formal session of the three-day summit, Johnson said: “It is vital that we don’t repeat the mistakes of the last great crisis, the last big economic recession of 2008, when the recovery was not uniform across all part of society.”

His comments appeared to be a repudiation of his own party’s policies, when a decade of austerity was imposed on public services and welfare benefits after 2010.

Peppering his remarks with Conservative slogans about “building back better” and “levelling up”, Johnson also said the G7 should rebuild their economies “in a more gender-neutral, a more feminine, way”.

“What’s gone wrong with this pandemic, what risks being a lasting scar is, the inequalities that have been entrenched. We need to make sure that as we recover, we level up across our societies – we need to build back better,” he said.     source from

FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders to Announce Steps to Forge a More Fair and Inclusive Global Economy

JUNE 11, 2021STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

The United States is rallying the world’s democracies to deliver for our people, meet the world’s biggest challenges, and demonstrate our shared values


Today, President Biden will meet with G7 leaders to discuss ways to forge a more fair, sustainable, and inclusive global economy that meets the unique challenges of our time. President Biden and G7 partners are committed to a global recovery that benefits the middle class and working families at home and around the world.

President Biden and G7 leaders agreed to continue providing policy support to the global economy for as long as necessary to create a strong, balanced, and inclusive economic recovery.  In addition, leaders are expected to announce that the G7 is:

Rallying around the US proposal for Strong Global Minimum Tax.  G7 leaders will endorse a strong global minimum tax of at least 15 percent. This U.S. priority is a critical step towards ending the decades-long race to the bottom that pushes nations to compete over who can offer the lowest tax rate to large corporations at the expense of protecting workers, investing in infrastructure, and growing the middle class...     more

Statement by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on the Visit of Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany

JUNE 11, 2021STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

President Biden looks forward to welcoming Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany to the White House on July 15, 2021. Chancellor Merkel’s visit will affirm the deep bilateral ties between the United States and Germany. The leaders will discuss their commitment to close cooperation on a range of common challenges, including ending the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing the threat of climate change, and promoting economic prosperity and international security based on our shared democratic values.     source from

6/11/2021

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President Biden and British Prime Minister Johnson Arrival in St. Ives, Cornwall
President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, along with their wives, arrive at St. Ives in Cornwall, England, ahead of bilateral talks at the G7 Summit. They also look at photographs of the signing of the Atlantic Charter in 1941.


Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with U.S. President Joe Biden during their meeting, ahead of the G7 summit, at Carbis Bay Hotel, on June 10, 2021 near St Ives, England. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will host leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit that begins on Friday, June 11 2021. 

Joe Biden ‘a breath of fresh air’, says Boris Johnson as pair push Brexit tensions to background


Jun 11 - Boris Johnson praised Joe Biden’s administration as a “breath of fresh air” on Thursday as the pair put on a display of unity despite Brexit tensions in their first face-to-face meeting.

speculation the US president was preparing to dress down his counterpart over the Northern Ireland Protocol, the leaders traded public compliments rather than veiled threats.

Their meeting in Cornwall, where the G7 summit of world leaders formally begins on Friday, lasted an hour and 20 minutes – longer than planned, according to Downing Street.

Mr Biden called their talks “very productive” and spoke of a “good first full day” in the UK, while Mr Johnson called their discussions “great” and “fantastic”.

Beforehand the pair posed with touched elbows and thumbs up alongside their wives, Jill Biden and Carrie Johnson, who later strolled on the beach with the Johnsons’ son, Wilfred.

EU capitals have been banking on Mr Biden to weigh in on their side over the dispute about how to keep trade flowing on the island of Ireland without physical checks at the land border.

Lord Frost, the UK government minister leading on Brexit, was given a dressing down by the US Embassy last week and urged to tone down his rhetoric on the Northern Ireland Protocol.


But Mr Biden declined to reprimand Mr Johnson in public on Thursday nor, according to Number 10 sources, in private, with their talks said to have been good natured.

Instead the pair signed a detailed agreement, a new version of the 1941 Atlantic Charter which shaped the post-Second World War globe, which listed dozens of areas the UK-US pledged to cooperate on.

Speaking after the talks in Cornwall’s Carbis Bay, Mr Johnson said: “The talks were great. They went on for a long time.

“We covered a huge range of subjects and it’s wonderful to listen to the Biden administration and to Joe Biden because there’s so much that they want to do together with us from security and Nato to climate change. It’s fantastic, it’s a breath of fresh air”...     more
Boris Johnson hails Joe Biden meeting as 'breath of fresh air'
Jun 11, 2021
June 10, 2021
President Biden on COVID-19 Global Vaccinations
From the site of the G7 summit in England, President Biden announced the U.S. would donate half a billion Pfizer vaccines to over 92 low to middle-income countries



Remarks by President Biden on the COVID-19 Vaccination Program and the Effort to Defeat COVID-19 Globally

JUNE 10, 2021SPEECHES AND REMARKS

Tregenna Castle Resort
Cornwall, United Kingdom



PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Good evening, everyone.  First, I want to express our condolences on behalf of Jill and I to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the entire Royal Family, and the people of the United Kingdom.  Today would have been Prince Philip’s 100th birthday, and I know there are a lot of people feeling his absence today. 

In addition, I’d like to point out that the — the greet from the British government has been exemplary.  We’ve had a good first full day here in the UK.  Prime Minister Johnson and I had a very productive meeting.  We discharged and discussed a broad range of issues on which the United Kingdom and the United States are working in very close cooperation...     more

6/10/2021

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Jen Psaki Answers Questions: Foreign Trip, Vaccine Progress, and More
Jun 9, 2021
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan En Route Suffolk, England

June 09, 2021 • Press Briefings
Aboard Air Force One
En Route Suffolk, England

 
MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Okay.  Hi, everyone.  We are on our way, almost arriving on the President’s first foreign trip.  We have a very special guest for our gaggle today.  Our National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, will take some questions, and then once you’re done with that, I’m happy to take some as well.  But you may have mostly for him.

Q    Jake, do you want to talk a little bit about the President’s plan for boosting the global vaccine supply?

 
MR. SULLIVAN:  I do not want to get ahead of the President, who will be speaking to this issue tomorrow.  And we’ll be able to talk about additional steps the United States is taking to help donate more doses to poor countries around the world and also to leverage what the United States is doing to help get the world’s democracies to increase their commitment to supplying vaccines to the developing world to help end this pandemic once and for all.  But that announcement that he will make, he will — I will let him make. 
 
And then the G7, we’ll make a combined announcement on this issue, and it won’t simply be about vaccines — though vaccines will be a part of it — but it will be a comprehensive plan to help end this pandemic as rapidly as possible.     more


June 9, 2021
President Biden and First Lady Address U.S. Troops in the U.K.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden delivered remarks to U.S. troops and their families stationed at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the United Kingdom. This is the president’s first trip overseas since taking office.

President Joe Biden speaks to American service members at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk, England, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. 

US military declares China "number one" challenge as Biden rallies Europe for "cold war"


Jun. 10 - Over the past week, the United States has massively expanded its conflict with China through a series of military, economic, diplomatic and propaganda initiatives aimed at strangling China’s economic development, demonizing it in the eyes of the world’s population and preparing for military conflict.

On Wednesday, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin issued a directive declaring China to be the 'number one' focus of the US military. Austin’s statement echoed the words of former acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, who stressed last year that the focus of the US military must be “China, China, China.”     more

6/09/2021

Immigrants | Jun. 9, 2021


Harris' first trip abroad as VP was to a pair of Central American neighbors, but she took flak for not first visiting the US' southern border
US: Kamala Harris declares Mexico, Guatemala trip 'a success'

Despite backlash from some Democratic and Republican lawmakers at home, US Vice President Kamala Harris maintained that Washington needed to tackle the "root causes"



Jun. 9 - US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday defended not visiting the US-Mexico border during her trip to the Central American country following criticism for not prioritizing the shared frontier.

In an effort to stem the flow of migration from Central America to the US, Harris also visited Guatemala this week on her first trip abroad since taking office.

Some Republican lawmakers called on Harris to first look at the border, where migration has reached its highest levels in 20 years.
"
You can't say you care about the border without caring about the root causes," Harris said.
The situation at the US southern border is a "legitimate, correct" concern, Harris said, but added that Washington needed to look into the core of the issue.

"We cannot have that question, and that conversation, without also giving equal weight and attention to what is causing that to occur," she said...     more

June 8, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki held a briefing on the Biden administration’s policy agenda. A variety of topics were discussed during the briefing, including bipartisan agreement on infrastructure, reunification of migrant children at the border, COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts, concerns with the supply chain, and voting rights. Joining the press secretary at the top of the briefing to discuss strengthening and securing the U.S. supply chain were Sameera Fazili, National Economic Council deputy director, and Peter Harrell, senior director of international economics for the White House’s National Security Council.

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Sameera Fazili, and Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness Peter Harrell, June 8, 2021

June 08, 2021 • Press Briefings
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room

MS. PSAKI:  Happy Tuesday.  So, we have two very special guests with us again today.  As you know, the Biden-Harris administration — I’m just going to let you all settle in here.  Okay.  All right.  Great.  Okay. 

So, as you all know, today, the Biden-Harris administration announced key findings from the reviews directed by the President’s executive order on America’s supply chains.  The executive order, signed February 24th, directed a whole-of-government approach to assessing vulnerabilities in and strengthening the resilience of critical supply chains.


So, here to discuss the immediate actions we will be taking to promote economic security, national security, and create good-paying union jobs by strengthening American supply chains are repeat guests — back for the second time; they had so much fun the first time — Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Sameera Fazili and Senior Director of International Economics and Competitiveness at the NSC Peter Harrell.

Okay.  Thanks, Sameera.  You’re kicking us off.


DEPUTY DIRECTOR FAZILI:  Thank you.  Hi, everyone.  Good afternoon.  And thank you, Jen.  It is good to be back here at the end of this whole-of-government review that we just undertook of America’s supply chains, following President Biden’s direction back in February.

We said from the beginning that our approach to supply chain policy needs to be an integral part of the President’s overarching economic strategy to grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.     more

6/08/2021

Guatemala | Jun. 8, 2021

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PBS Reporter Claims Trump ‘Traumatized’ And Left ‘Scars’ On The International Community In Question To Jake Sullivan

Jun. 4 - PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor asked National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan during a Monday briefing if President Biden could heal the “scars” left by former President Donald Trump.

“Can you talk a bit about how President Biden plans to convince our European allies that former President Trump was an anomaly in some ways, all of the things that he did in some ways traumatized those leaders, calling into question the need for NATO, what’s the plan there and is there concern that those scars are gonna be deeper than his ability to address them?”


Biden and first lady Jill Biden are taking their presidential first trip overseas for a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II on June 13. Biden will also attend the Group of 7 (G7) summit meetings and diplomatic meetings in Brussels.

Sullivan said that during the upcoming G7 meetings, the president will focus on showing that the U.S. is “capable” of being a world leader. He emphasized investments in research and development (R&D) and infrastructure.

PBS’ Yamiche Alcindor to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan:

“Can you talk a bit about how Pres. Biden plans to convince our European allies that former Pres. Trump was an anomaly… Is there concern that those scars are gonna be deeper than his ability to address them?” pic.twitter.com/NOqD9d5N3V
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) June 7, 2021


“I think our view going into this trip is that actions speak louder than words,” he said.

“[S]howing that the [U.S] is capable of turning the corner on the pandemic, showing that the [U.S.] is capable of making the dramatic investments that will pull us up and out of this economic recovery and help power global growth, showing the world that we are ultimately capable of making the investments in R&D and infrastructure innovation and workforce.”


“Ultimately setting that foundation for this country will be the most effective way to show the rest of the world that the [U.S.] has the power and purpose to be able to deliver as the world’s leading democracy,” he added.

“So that’s what he’s going to try to demonstrate and he, as I said at the outset, feels that he goes into this from a position of strength because of the record he’s build up over the course of the first quarter.”

The G7 is an annual meeting of democracies from around the world. The 47th meeting is scheduled to take place June 11-13, 2021.


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June 7, 2021
White House Daily Briefing
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan briefed reporters at the White House. Mr. Sullivan offered a preview of President Biden’s upcoming trip to the G7 Summit in the U.K. along with his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva. Following his remarks, Press Secretary Psaki answered reporter questions focused mainly on infrastructure package negotiations, voting rights and the coronavirus pandemic
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and National Security Advisor Jake

Sullivan, June 7, 2021

JUNE 07, 2021PRESS BRIEFINGSJames S. Brady Press Briefing Room
 
MS. PSAKI:  Hi, everyone.  Full room.  I hope everyone is cozy.  So, today, we are fortunate to have a very special guest, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, here to join us and give a preview of the President’s trip.  And then, of course, we’ll do a full briefing after that. 
 
With that, I’ll turn it over to Jake.
 
MR. SULLIVAN:  Thank you, Jen.  And thanks, everybody.  So, as you all know, this week President Biden will head off to Europe on the first foreign trip of his presidency — certainly not his first foreign trip, but the first one as President of the United States.  And the trip, at its core, will advance the fundamental thrust of Joe Biden’s foreign policy: to rally the world’s democracies to tackle the great challenges of our time.
 
We believe that President Biden goes on this trip from a position of strength: dramatic progress against the pandemic at home; strong, projected growth that will help power the global economic recovery as well; renewed American power and purpose; and a rock-solid foundation of alliances that will serve as force multipliers for our global agenda.     more


The former US president refused to denounce white supremacists in Virginia in 2017.


Jun. 8 - ...Johnson’s latest comments have been compared to that of Donald Trump, who refused to denounce white supremacists in Virginia.

Britain Trump. pic.twitter.com/wSIIoNAEtU
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) June 7, 2021

David Schneider said he was far from surprised that a man who wrote about “piccaninnies with watermelon smiles” refused to condemn booing of an anti-racist gesture, while other said they are “ashamed” of the country they now live in.

Surprise as man who wrote about “piccaninnies with watermelon smiles”, dismissed Obama as “part-Kenyan”, and orchestrated a race report so flawed his most senior Black adviser resigned, refuses to condemn booing of anti-racist gesture.https://t.co/I2magrG6Og
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) June 7, 2021


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