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💰Firtash💰

Drop attempt to extradite Firtash to get ginned up dirt on Biden

Firtash hates Biden

He is described as a: “Kremlin Influence agent.” “a political person representing RU interests in UKR.”

Firtash is linked to Mogilevich, one of the region’s biggest Mafia bosses
💰Firtash2💰

The FBI placed Mogilevitch on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Firtash paid Parnas & underwrote the cost of Manafort’s services to Yanukovych.

Note the narrative symmetry of this scandal: Both Manafort and Parnas shared the same Russian-alligned paymaster.
💰Firtash3💰

In 2002, appointed by Putin, Firtash became Gazprom’s most important middleman: He was responsible for selling RU gas to UKR

Gazprom sold Firtash gas at 4x below the market price.

When Firtash resold the gas to the Ukrainian state, he pocketed a profit of $3B
💰Firtash4💰

Even as he amassed this fortune, bankers close to Putin extended Firtash an $11B line of credit.

Firtash has long seethed at Joe Biden.

As VP, Biden vigorously promoted an anti-corruption agenda that included liberating UKR’s energy sector from Firtash’s dominance
💰Firtash5💰

Ousting Yavonovitch & getting Zelensky to announce an inv’n into Biden wasn’t all Parnas, Fruman, Giuliani, diGenova, and Toensing conspired to do.

Parnas.said they also angled to get Zelensky to force at least two people out of his own orbit:
💰Firtash5💰

Journo Leshchenko & then-NatSec adviser Oleksandr Danylyuk. The reason? In Parnas’ words, they were “Soros people.”

Parnas said he attended a meeting, where Giuliani tried to get material from the oligarch that would bolster his attacks on Mueller’s probe of Trump.
💰Firtash6💰

Giuliani wanted details on a supposed effort by Mueller prosecutor Weissmann to get Firtash to cooperate w/ their probe.

FHill testified that the Kremlin offered to trade VZ for UKR.

IOW the Kremlin would pull out of VZ if the U.S. withdrew its support for UKR
💰Firtash7💰

Trump Legal Team Denies Impeachment Charges in 1st Official Response

In a six-page letter formally responding to the impeachment charges, Trump’s lawyers rejected the process against him as illegitimate & called the effort to remove him dangerous.

A mob threat?
💰Firtash7💰

U.S. House of Representatives Files Brief in Impeachment Trial of President D.J. Trump

The world’s trust in the US, a country w/ its impeached president facing trial in the Senate & global alarm about the Soleimani killing has dropped by more than 50% since 2016.
💰Firtash8💰

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will stop using their royal titles, forgo state funding and repay millions of dollars in taxpayer money used to refurbish their official residence in Windsor, under an agreement announced by Buckingham Palace on Saturday.
💰Firtash8💰

NSC official on leave pending investigation -escorted from the WH.

Andrew Peek, the senior director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation.
💰Firtash9💰

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It

A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.
💰Firtash10💰

New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'

The Senate must not ignore the new evidence on Ukraine

Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts

North Korean foreign minister replaced:

Inside Kushner’s Unusual WH Role - Kush’s files: #FiFA
💰Firtash11💰

Iran has a 'shockingly strong' war-crimes case against Trump over Soleimani's killing

A NATO military attaché in the ME told Insider that the case against the US is "shockingly strong."

Ahead of tinder box Virginia gun rally, Trump says Constitution under attack
💰Firtash12💰

Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Soleimani during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at Mar-A-Lago

Hackers may have gained ‘almost total control’ of an election server in Georgia, report says
💰Firtash13💰

An election security report has revealed evidence of a possible hacking on a GA server that may have compromised the state’s voting machines in both 2016 & 2018.

Facebook is ordered to hand over data about thousands of apps that may have violated user privacy
💰Firtash14💰

Facebook Removes ‘Misleading’ Pages Defending Trump Donor Accused of Tracking Former Ambassador Yavonovitch

Brazil’s Top Culture Official Fired Over Speech Evoking Nazi Propaganda

Iran will send downed plane's black boxes to Ukraine for analysis
💰Firtash15💰

Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.

The retired pilot responds to recent comments fromTrump’s DIL, Lara Trump, on the way the former VP talks

FM Lavrov’s real estate value is more than he would earn in 100 yrs
💰Firtash16💰

Minister: Germany needs China’s Huawei to build 5G network

Myanmar, China ink deals to accelerate Belt and Road as Xi courts an isolated Suu Kyi

UK Economy Won’t Stay Close to EU After Brexit, Javid Says

Saudi Arabia demands end of Turkish intervention in Syria
💰Firtash17💰

Criminal case against SC GOP consultant Richard Quinn still alive

CDC Steps Back From Broad Rec’n to Refrain From E-Cigarettes

US sanctions Iranian commander over Mahshahr killings

A new US ambassador arrives in Moscow at a tricky time in U.S.-Russia relations
💰Firtash18💰

''Simply a lie,' Biden accuses Sanders campaign of releasing 'doctored' video

Did KAC & Trump’s pal James O’keefe has a hand in false video?

Draft of 🐢's rules for trial still allows motion to dismiss

Judge grants ND GOP block Native Americans from voting
💰Firtash19💰

Now people must provide an ID with their exact residency-something that many Native Americans don't have & can't get, as they live on rural reservations w/ no street names or residential addresses.

Misinformation overwhelmed our democracy - be smart, vet sources.
‘Once this is over, we’ll be kings’: How Lev Parnas worked his way into Trump’s world — and now is rattling it

msn.com/en-us/news/pol…
Excellent Article:

The Kremlin Inches Closer to the Biden Plot

Lev Parnas pointed his finger at Dmytro Firtash.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Background: Putin's allies channelled billions to Ukraine oligarch Firtash

reuters.com/article/russia…
Firtash has long seethed at Joe Biden. As vice president, Biden vigorously promoted an anti-corruption agenda that included liberating Ukraine’s energy sector from Firtash’s dominance.

thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-olig…
Lev Parnas Dishes on Kushner, Maduro, and Soros

Parnas and Giuliani’s Ukraine efforts took them all around Europe, including to London, where they met two associates of indicted Dmytro Firtash, one of whom was on his legal team.

washingtonpost.com/politics/how-g…
Lev Parnas Dishes on Kushner, Maduro, and Soros

U.S. House of Representatives Files Brief in Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump | Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

intelligence.house.gov/news/documents…
Trump Legal Team Denies Impeachment Charges in 1st Official Response
In a six-page letter formally responding to the impeachment charges, Trump’s lawyers rejected the case against him as illegitimate and called the effort to remove him dangerous. nytimes.com/2020/01/18/us/…
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will stop using their royal titles, forgo state funding and repay millions of dollars in taxpayer money used to refurbish their official residence in Windsor, under an agreement announced by Buckingham Palace on Saturday. nytimes.com/2020/01/18/wor…
Queen's statement on Harry and Meghan's future

reuters.com/article/uk-bri…
Factbox - Britain's retiring royals: who are Harry and Meghan?

reuters.com/article/us-bri…
Russian Foreign Minister’s real estate value is more than he would earn in 100 years

uawire.org/russian-foreig…
NSC official on leave pending investigation
Andrew Peek, the senior director for European and Russian affairs at the NDC, has been placed on administrative leave pending a security-related investigation, people familiar with the situation tell Axios.

axios.com/nsc-official-o…
Inside Jared Kushner’s Unusual White House Role

time.com/5766186/jared-…
Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts #Disgust

politico.com/news/2020/01/1…
The Senate must not ignore the new evidence on Ukraine

washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-s…
Excellent Thread

Watergate & how Barr will eventually be implicated.

The world’s trust in the US, a country entering an election year with its impeached president facing trial in the Senate and stirring global alarm over the U.S. killing of an Iranian general, has dropped by more than 50% since 2016.

usnews.com/news/best-coun…
Who Is U.S. neo-Nazi Group 'The Base'?
'The Base,' is the English translation of al Qaeda, although it is not clear if that was intentional and if there are other similarities between the two

haaretz.com/us-news/who-is…
A new U.S. ambassador arrives in Moscow at a tricky time in U.S.-Russia relations

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Hackers may have gained ‘almost total control’ of an election server in Georgia, report says

An election security report has revealed evidence of a possible hacking on a GA server that may have compromised the state’s voting machines in both 2016 & 2018.

independent.co.uk/news/world/ame…
Judge grants ND GOP block Native Americans from voting

Now people must provide an ID with their exact residency-something that many Native Americans don't have & can't get, as they live on rural reservations w/ no street names or residential addresses.

businessinsider.com/judge-grants-n…
Opinion | Trump’s Evil Is Contagious

Here’s the two-step that all good people must take now: First, realize the level of depravity that has taken over the White House, and second, fight accordingly.

nytimes.com/2020/01/17/opi…
Russian bots tied to the Russian Internet Research Agency had previously helped boost the Twitter hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo, which called on the House Intelligence Committee to release Nunes memo.

businessinsider.com/devin-nunes-as…
In Nicaragua, one of the company’s directors worked with US-backed Contra rebels. Documents seized from Colonel Oliver North, who oversaw the funding of US operations in Nicaragua, confirmed KMS’s involvement in the country.

theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'

bbc.com/news/health-51…
Iran has a 'shockingly strong' war-crimes case against Trump over Soleimani's killing — and it could win

A NATO military attaché in the Middle East told Insider that the case against the US is "shockingly strong."

businessinsider.com/trump-iran-qas…
Maduro says he’s still in control of Venezuela, ready for direct talks with the United States

washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.

nytimes.com/2020/01/18/tec…
Mueller Memos Part 4: FBI Documents That Congress Had To Fight To Get

buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…
President Trump recounted minute-by-minute details of the US strike that killed Iran's top military commander during remarks to high-dollar Republican donors at his South Florida estate, according to audio obtained by CNN.

cnn.com/2020/01/18/pol…
Criminal case against SC GOP consultant Richard Quinn still alive | Raleigh News & Observer

thestate.com/news/local/cri…
Russia-linked Twitter accounts are working overtime to help Devin Nunes and WikiLeaks #ReleaseTheMemo

H/T @minggao

businessinsider.com/release-the-me…
Myanmar, China ink deals to accelerate Belt and Road as Xi courts an isolated Suu Kyi

reuters.com/article/us-mya…
'It's going to be devastating': Senators gear up for no-talking, no-electronics impeachment trial rules

cnn.com/2020/01/18/pol…
How misinfo overwhelmed our democracy

“The real oppo is the media. & the way to deal w/them is to flood the zone w/ sh*t.”

The press ideally should sift fact from fiction & give the public the info it needs to make enlightened political choices.

vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Facebook Removes ‘Misleading’ Pages Defending Trump Donor Accused of Tracking Former Ambassador

thedailybeast.com/facebook-remov…
🌳Breathe🌳

The firehose of news continues.
I got nothin’ done today. 🤷‍♀️

Tomorrow I must shut it all down and do something fun-I hope you do too! Next week will be another level of crazy, so rest up & take time to smell the roses.

Sleep well, xoxo, Karol
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