Russia’s influence operation was “in full swing during both the [2015-16] Republican and Democratic primary season that may have helped sink the hopes of candidates more hostile to Russian interests long before the field narrowed.”
3. The Intelligence Community assessment in 2017 and Mueller documents also pointed to Kremlin involvement at time GOP primary was in full swing.
4. Think how much time was lost in efforts to address Russian interference in US political institutions and processes due to Trump and his willing enablers.
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Letter raises key issue: DoD's standard for assessing #CivCas is artificially high, and DoD report "appears to DEFY the congressional requirement" to use lower standard.
2. I wrote about the wrong-headedness of the Pentagon's standard for assessing civilian casualties in this @nytopinion piece in April 2018.
3. In June 2021, @annieshiel (@CivCenter) and @chrisjwoods (@airwars) wrote again about the DoD standard and how its use in reporting to Congress appears to (a) defy Congress' statutory requirements and (b) potentially vastly undercount civilian deaths.
2. Paying a senior executive their income in wads of cash to avoid paying taxes is ... not a fringe benefit case.
3. Professor @DanielShaviro (the very top tax law expert who authored the article) also provides a list.
"The following items that the company paid for, on Weisselberg’s behalf, most emphatically do not fit the profile of potentially excludable fringe benefits":
"The Speaker shall appoint 13 Members to the Select Committee, 5 of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader."
Maybe Members who vote against this Bill should be considered disqualified.
2. Good to see the bill to establish the January 6 Select Committee explicitly highlights investigation into "how technology, including online platforms ... may have factored into the motivation, organization, and execution of the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol."
3. Judicious use of these powers👇 in public hearings could be an enormous benefit to the public and to truth-seeking.
Questioning for longer than 5-minutes
Questioning by staff of the Select Committee
Question 4: The Feb. 25 U.S. strike was only in Syria. Did Iraq consent to June 27 U.S. strike on its territory?
Question 5: If Iraq did not consent, what's the international legal justification, and will the US submit a letter to United Nations (under article 51 of UN Charter)?