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Putin's thug army: Russia deploys soccer hooligans to Ukraine as war drags on

FOX News

David Bellavia, Dr. Richard Jadick, and Ozzie Martinez Jr. weigh in on the intensifying war in Ukraine after Russia fired more than 100 missiles. They also reflect on the military's efforts in the Battle of Fallujah. Russia will deploy violent soccer fans, known as "hooligans" or "ultras," to Ukraine in an effort to bolster troop numbers as the conflict enters its 11th month. "What is very clear is that Putin will not end this war any time soon," Rebekah Koffler, president of Doctrine & Strategy Consulting and a former DIA intelligence officer, told Fox News Digital. "He will use hooligans, prisoners, and any sort of thug to continue flowing fighters into Ukraine, to keep it from becoming part of NATO. The mission is this important."


AI-Generated Rapper Controversy Spotlights the Need for More Blacks in Tech

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Almost as quickly as it began, the music industry may have seen the end of the infamous Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) rapper referred to as "FN Meka", a computer-generated character being widely condemned for appropriating Black culture and saying the N-word. The A.I. rapper was developed by Anthony Martini and Brandon Le, co-founders of Factory New, a Metaverse media company. Some critics claim that the creators who are not Black are trivializing Black art and the Black experience, tantamount to what some are calling "digital Blackface." "In many ways, digital Blackface is an example of … the'digital afterlife of slavery' and Jim Crow, where you have real people and virtual characters engaging in a kind of machine-automated minstrelsy that disrespects and disregards the artistry and production value that goes into the creation of Black culture," Dr. Faithe J. Day, Assistant Professor of Black Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB), told California Black Media. Media watchers say FN Meka is modeled after rap artists like Lil Pump and Travis Scott and was voiced by real-life rap artist Kyle the Hooligan.