As soon as Putin is done making deals with Xi at the Olympics, he will apparently invade Ukraine. According to US Intel, 50-thosuand civilians could die.
“Russia is close to completing preparations for what appears to be a large-scale invasion of Ukraine that could result in up to 50,000 civilian deaths, decapitate the government in Kyiv within two days, and launch a humanitarian crisis with up to 5 million refugees fleeing”
“What could become the largest military land offensive in Europe since World War II would probably pose broad challenges to the U.S.-led postwar international order of the last 75 years.” washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/…
In 6 hrs of closed meetings with House and Senate lawmakers Thursday, officials warned Putin chose the most aggressive options, he could quickly surround or capture Kyiv, and remove the country’s democratically-elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky. nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/…
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Waking up to this news. US special forces kill Islamic State leader in Syria. President Biden will address the nation later about what happened. theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…
“"Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place," the president said in a statement.” usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
You know I am all in for making us and the world a safer place. While we have a big problem right now in America making us incredibly unsafe. His first name is Donald. He is practically waving his hands on his ears teasing “You can’t get me.”
“If Ginni Thomas is intimately involved—financially or ideologically tied to the litigant—that strikes me as slicing the baloney a little thin.” @JaneMayerNYer takes a look at Justice Thomas’s spouse’s involvements in potential conflicts of interest. buff.ly/3tNEapc
Outstanding enterprising long take by Jane Mayer. She cites Ginni Thomas’s role as chair of weekly meetings of “Groundswell” where Ali Alexander was a participant. It’s a secret, by invitation only group waging “a 30 front war seeking to transform the nation.”
Ginni also co-hosted a “Remember the Ladies” Banquet, part of symposium in 2010 that featured Stewart Rhodes as a speaker. Rhodes pleaded not guilty to storming the Capitol on 1/6. She is involved in so many groups connected to cases coming before SCOTUS, it’s hard to keep track.
As Giuliani coordinated plan for Trump electoral votes in states Biden won, some electors balked-Among the unwilling were a state GOP chairman, a lawmaker who was one of the first in Congress to endorse Trump and a son of a legendary Republican senator. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
The extent and particulars of the behind-the-scenes coordination — and the refusal by some Trump electors to go along with the plan — have not been previously reported.
One of the people familiar with the plan said Giuliani was assisted at times by an anchor from the right-wing network One America News.
🧵1/6 Committee score card, it’s a LOT. Request for voluntary interviews; McCarthy, Jordan, Perry, Hannity. Trump close allies subpoenaed: Meadows, Scavino, Patel, Bannon, Giuliani. Family members phone records subpoenaed: Eric and Guilfoyle engaged to Junior.
Trump White House officials subpoenaed: Nicholas Luna (Trump’s personal assistant). Molly McMichael, Trump’s special assistant, operations coordinator. Ben Williamson, senior advisor to Meadows, Christopher Liddell, former deputy chief of staff. John McEntee, former personnel dir
Keith Kellogg, Pence’s national security advisor. Kayleigh McEnany, former WH press secy. Stephen Miller, the immigration whisperer, speech writer, senior advisor aka #SatansSnotRag. Cassidy’s Hutchinson, assistant for legislative affairs.
Hey, remember last week when we learned from @maddow about the states sending fake slates of electors to the National Archives. Anyone see any reporting that anyone involved has been arrested???