Blinken is wheels down in Geneva for #Ukraine crisis talks with Russia, the third country today for Blinken who woke up in Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/dGRiRKW0m2
— Shaun Tandon (@shauntandon) January 20, 2022
President Biden says he thinks Russia will invade Ukraine and is warning President Putin that his country will pay a “dear price” if it does. Russia has amassed 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border. Talks in Europe last week failed to ease tensions. https://t.co/XI03vuo9mu
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 20, 2022
This from @SecBlinken is right on the mark: "This is not only about a possible invasion and war. It’s about whether Ukraine has a right to exist as a sovereign nation. It’s about whether Ukraine has a right to be a democracy."
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) January 20, 2022
"Nothing less is at stake than the European peace order," German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned during a meeting with her U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken on the ongoing tensions between Ukraine and Russia. pic.twitter.com/2OdGvwSqvN
— DW Politics (@dw_politics) January 20, 2022
The European view has always been divided about what to do in the face of Russian aggression toward Ukraine. President Biden caused controversy in his news conference Wednesday night by pointing that out.https://t.co/k1GiSiKUU6
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 20, 2022
Russia has announced sweeping naval drills in several parts of the world this month, and claims the West is plotting “provocations” in neighboring Ukraine where the Kremlin has been accused of planning aggressive military action. https://t.co/60kK5bIpz1
— ABC News (@ABC) January 20, 2022
This windy assertion that Biden should have bluffed better on Ukraine fails utterly to deal with the fact that it’s very hard credibly threaten to fight wars you have no real interest in fighting. https://t.co/lcVXxMZAWY
— Ben Friedman (@BH_Friedman) January 20, 2022
Thread 👇🏽 https://t.co/8PEK450Jcu
— Mike Madrid (@madrid_mike) January 20, 2022
Germany wants to buy natural gas from Russia, and doesn't want to send arms to Ukraine so as to avoid dangerous escalation. The GOP wants to sanction Germany for Nord Stream 2, the Dems for its refusal to send arms to Ukraine. National sovereignty is great https://t.co/cI7XLlmTiN pic.twitter.com/75bNXEmhzq
— George Szamuely (@GeorgeSzamuely) January 18, 2022
Analysis: In Ukraine crisis, Germany faces tough decisions over gas pipeline https://t.co/ysZzMMtuUp pic.twitter.com/mCR71VCTgu
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 20, 2022
🇺🇦 NEW: I spent this week on the Ukrainian front in Avdiivka, Opytne, & Niu-York, embedded with Ukraine's next generation of soldiers as Russia threatens a new invasion. Read my dispatch for @BuzzFeedNews. 📸 by @Kiehart; reporting also by @InnaVarenytsia. https://t.co/R4NYs2NuWe
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) January 20, 2022
President Biden: Russia will pay 'heavy price' if they invade Ukraine https://t.co/8dNArw4IMm
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 20, 2022
Ukraine President Zelensky hits back at Biden comments https://t.co/s0FSLI5Gk5
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) January 20, 2022
The UK has flown some 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine on several C-17 flights just this week. The unusually rapid gifting of kit appears to underline how seriously UK views the threat of a new Russian invasion https://t.co/hEKN0fuo8O
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) January 20, 2022
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Johnson unable to turn the page
Exclusive:
— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) January 20, 2022
Tory rebels who want to oust Boris Johnson consider releasing secretly recorded conversation with chief whip & text messages after accusing Govt of blackmail & intimidationhttps://t.co/SzHFG3hOkt
NEW The Government’s whips operation is on the front foot tonight about claims of threats over ‘partygate’. One source tells me the claims are a "load of b*******" and demanded to see "a single shred of evidence" for them.
— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) January 20, 2022
More in the @Telegraph tonight and tomorrow.
Stand by for:
— The Secret Barrister (@BarristerSecret) January 20, 2022
1. This did not happen.
2. It did happen, but the Prime Minister knew nothing about it.
3. The Prime Minister knew about it, but it wasn’t technically blackmail.
4. It was blackmail, but the Prime Minister wasn’t told that blackmail was against the law. https://t.co/stOkehR2MF
NEW: Senior Tory William Wragg has accused Govt of "blackmail" of Tory rebels – and said they should report it to police.
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) January 20, 2022
Commons Public Administration Committee chair says MPs subject to intimidation over perceived opposition to PM. Serious charge.
https://t.co/ESHNKj7LTe
Nasty party never looked nastier. pic.twitter.com/W3fWcwdBO2
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 20, 2022
Boris Johnson’s fate
— Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) January 20, 2022
A @SkyNews @ 10 analysis with @annabotting pic.twitter.com/nstGL5zl3r
Downing Street insiders 'worried' Sue Gray investigation has come across damaging evidence and are now doubtful report will 'clear' Boris Johnson.
— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 20, 2022
Follow live updates 👇
Rory Stewart – #PartyGate should be the last nail in Boris Johnson's coffin… Johnson was manifestly unsuited to be Prime Minister from the beginning, & it's very, very disturbing that a great country, like Britain, should have chosen somebody so unsuitable for the role. pic.twitter.com/sZK1PDoyJD
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) January 20, 2022
Let’s be clear: if Tories are threatening to withhold public investment from constituencies as a way of keeping MPs in line then, yes, that’s blackmail & intimidation – but it is also corruption.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) January 20, 2022
The moral decay at the heart of Johnson’s govt may be even worse than we thought https://t.co/vG5uBWLDh4
The feasibility study into Boris Johnson’s £335 billion bridge to Northern Ireland cost £900,000 to conduct, according to new figures published by DFT.
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) January 20, 2022
The department previously refused to release this information to me. pic.twitter.com/8LukP6WVq3
Boris Johnson may be ending plan B measures, including mandatory face masks, despite 100k new cases of Covid a day.
— Rachel Clarke (@doctor_oxford) January 20, 2022
But my advice as a doctor is to strongly recommend continuing to wear masks in indoor spaces outside home.
To protect ourselves, our loved ones & each other 💙
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Coup details coming into focus
Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw efforts in Dec. 2020 to put forward illegitimate electors from 7 states Trump lost, per 3 sources.
— Zachary Cohen (@ZcohenCNN) January 20, 2022
Jan. 6 committee investigating this, including Giuliani's role.
New w/ @MarshallCohen & @merica. https://t.co/fXrJOwXuTu
Meanwhile, in WI, GOP AG candidate pledges to look the other way on electoral fraud. https://t.co/9x25qfZDoS
— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) January 20, 2022
I think sometimes the media gets into the weeds on each detail/development and people get overwhelmed and don't understand the big picture. A great connect the dots here by @amandacarpenter https://t.co/3SYzDzRPA3
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) January 20, 2022
SCOOP: Former aide Stephanie Grisham told the Jan. 6 committee that Trump held secret meetings in the White House residence days before the Capitol attack — and to examine the Jan. 6 presidential line-by-line. @GuardianUS https://t.co/0Nyjc3Kfvq
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 20, 2022
"What's gotten lost in the last 20 hours is… the specific documents, Congress is trying to know what Trump was doing on January 6th… and he went into court, including all the way to the Supreme Court and said no" – @neal_katyal w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/CdN6vxd9bv
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) January 20, 2022
Hannity texted Kayleigh a five point plan for talking to Trump on January 7th
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 20, 2022
Two of the points:
1. No more stolen election talk
2. Yes, impeachment and the 25th amendment are real, and many people will quit
Kayleigh responds with “Love that. Thank you. That is the playbook” pic.twitter.com/PqOeG6ZWTb
If the former president has no executive privilege to hide evidence of an attempted coup or insurrection, neither do his family or friends. If Ivanka Trump was with Donald Trump as the attack unfolded, she is a material fact witness. I look forward to her testimony.
— Rep. Jamie Raskin (@RepRaskin) January 20, 2022
JUST IN: A district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, requests a special grand jury to investigate former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the state's 2020 election results https://t.co/HqLBQ74E1m
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 20, 2022
Meanwhile…
'It feels awfully close that charges could be coming': New details in investigation into the Trump Organization finances point to Trump familyhttps://t.co/XeB7O3ANPu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 20, 2022
I am an American. https://t.co/MBXlmusvkP
— Marcus Flowers (@Marcus4Georgia) January 20, 2022
did a bar write th— https://t.co/qBV5QOotaK
— Sam Adams (@SamuelAAdams) January 19, 2022
The Overnight Note 