Today was one of the largest and most consequential protests in Russia in a decade. The anger on the streets was palpable and the readiness to fight riot police was unprecedented. And there was a sense that it was about far more than Navalny. My report: https://t.co/GkE3vFAwsk
— Andrew Roth (@Andrew__Roth) January 23, 2021
"Not afraid": Protesters across Russia defy Putin in marches for jailed opposition leader Navalny https://t.co/3gqXAJSSZ8
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 23, 2021
This pro-Navalny protest in Yakutsk in the negative 50C absolutely blows my mind pic.twitter.com/1vnTqxUvtT
— Bakhti Nishanov (@b_nishanov) January 23, 2021
Locking up Navalny on his return from dodging assassination has had the effect of making him the front-and-centre figure of Russian politics, in spite of being banned and banished from media and campaigning. As he must have known https://t.co/1BTihMb0PS
— Doug Saunders (@DougSaunders) January 23, 2021
Russian police detained Yulia Navalnaya, the wife of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and one of Navalny's closest allies Lyubov Sobol. Police declared the protest rallies in Moscow and other cities illegal and have arrested hundreds of people https://t.co/hFkZ6eFM1T pic.twitter.com/Tui0JNNNJ1
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021
Lyubov Sobol, an activist and senior member of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s team, was abruptly hauled away by police while speaking with the press during an anti-Putin protest in Moscow.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 23, 2021
Over 2,000 Navalny supporters have been arrested. https://t.co/6x9u0J4kIq pic.twitter.com/bezF6ryQ6P
Biden administration condemns Putin’s attack on the protesters in Russia and calls for the release of @navalny. Big change from you-know-who. Elections have consequences. Maybe even for Putin. #FreeNavalny. pic.twitter.com/Gcp4hxG88S
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 23, 2021
Navalny’s foundation, with limited resources, has done a heroic job of exposing the extravagant corruption of the Putin gang.
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) January 23, 2021
Think of how much more could be done if the U.S. government devotes serious resources to the task. https://t.co/p6CLTNByLN
Biden and his team must accept that Putin will not end his assault on democracy, liberalism, and multilateral institutions anytime soon, @McFaul writes. They must therefore deter and contain Putin’s Russia for the long haul.https://t.co/63tLnPCSUz via @ForeignAffairs
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 23, 2021
NEWS
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 21, 2021
The president will order DNI Avril Haines to provide him a full intel assessment of Russia’s alleged interference in the 2020 election, use of chemical weapons against Alexei Navalny and bounties on US soldiers in Afghanistan@John_Hudson scoopshttps://t.co/Dwnc8WTsxt
"Biden is inheriting a country that is sick and scared and confused and profoundly divided and broken. With more than 410,000 dead and millions of Americans infected, I hope it's not too late."@MollyJongFast https://t.co/HhbAMcMp1Y
— Alexander Nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) January 23, 2021
President Biden promised incoming staffers that he would make equity a central theme of his administration. In his first days in office, he devoted more attention to issues of racial equity than any new president since Lyndon B. Johnson. https://t.co/qwpQ2RV1jh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 23, 2021
“And with Mr. Biden, a different, more liberal Christianity is ascendant: less focused on sexual politics and more on combating poverty, climate change and racial inequality” https://t.co/3q4mpdZvU5
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 23, 2021
67% of voters approve of how Pres. Biden has handled the transition into presidency, @SteveKornacki reports, compared to former Pres. Trump in his "president-elect phase" only receiving 40% of approval from voters. #TrackingKornacki pic.twitter.com/7djcUVwsMe
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 23, 2021
Biden administration set to signal its vision of climate future, adviser says https://t.co/GIcSgsoNWq pic.twitter.com/IVFyt1aYPn
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021
ICYMI: .@Reuters asks Gen Z from around the country about their hopes from the next four years of the Biden administration. Their responses ranged from a focus on empathy to social justice pic.twitter.com/GR8WR4fcgL
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2021
President Biden signed an executive action that directs the Education Department to extend the pause on federal student loan payments. Here’s what you need to know. https://t.co/UCirVePYFL
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 23, 2021
Most voters don’t pay enough attention to have an opinion on the filibuster. But they will *absolutely* have an opinion if the party that is ostensibly in charge fails to actually govern.
— Amanda Litman (@amandalitman) January 23, 2021
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MAYBE BEING JOE’S FIRST CALL WASN’T A GOOD THING…
Britain's Boris Johnson presses Biden for new trade deal https://t.co/Evz5EGZYx0
— The Independent (@Independent) January 23, 2021
… and will not give the UK a trade deal that would endorse Brexit or be detrimental in any way to the EU, apparently.
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 23, 2021
Here’s the thing: A strong EU is vital to the power of the West… and Biden gets that. Johnson Govt’s anti-EU stance gets us nowhere. https://t.co/0vLFpaE1MI
So we’ve reached the part of Brexit where government advisors tell UK companies to lay off British staff, open EU operations and employ EU based staff to circumvent Brexit barriers. Genuinely no one thought this through. https://t.co/zDALi81Idc
— Mike Buckley (@mdbuckley) January 23, 2021
🚨🇬🇧🇪🇺🚛🍤🐟🥬📦✈️🇬🇧🇪🇺🚨
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) January 22, 2021
So here it is. After the euphoria, the @FinancialTimes @FTMag long read of how @BorisJohnson did his Trade deal with the EU. Tl:dr…not so much “build back better”, more “build back the borders” – stay with me/1. https://t.co/rZWwtkNhIO
The Government's National Security and Investment Bill will hamper UK economic recovery and do little for national security. https://t.co/DdMYF4YEmW
— John Fingleton (@JohnFingleton1) January 23, 2021
Meanwhile… you don’t say…?
The Brexit-backing Sunday Times needs to take responsibility for this. pic.twitter.com/KWbefwOqLd
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 23, 2021
More info from the #poll.
— Darran Marshall (@DarranMarshall) January 23, 2021
47% would back remaining in UK.
42% would back a United Ireland.
11% are undecided. pic.twitter.com/GxbVhSNuoy
With regard to Scottish independence and Irish unification my biggest shift is that a previous view I would never see them in my lifetime has been reversed, now it feels like a matter of time. That isn't necessarily my choice (and it won't be anyway) just what I observe.
— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) January 23, 2021
Could the disintegration of a Union which has come to feel like an Empire of distinct peoples ruled from England be the best thing to come out of Brexit?
— Jo Maugham (@JolyonMaugham) January 23, 2021
Is the British government's main post-Brexit policy just to brief nonsense policies using the word 'woke' over and over again? How depressing https://t.co/yZ11pdfh2X
— Peter Geoghegan (@PeterKGeoghegan) January 23, 2021
The Overnight Note 