BREAKING: The U.S. State Department has ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened fears of a Russian invasion. https://t.co/uZrsOLhiRe
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 23, 2022
President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of American military involvement amid mounting fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine https://t.co/tBDNLiVqkN
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) January 24, 2022
I am following with concern the increase of tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to peace in Ukraine and call into question the security of the European Continent. Therefore, I propose that next Wednesday, 26 January be a day of prayer for peace.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) January 23, 2022
Ukraine receives second batch of U.S. weapons in Russian stand-off https://t.co/AaSo7r2xoE pic.twitter.com/8BvJ71SqP9
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 23, 2022
A month ago on this site I predicted that Putin is likely to invade Ukraine this winter. Since then the White House, among others, have come out with a similar assessment.
— Dmitri Alperovitch (@DAlperovitch) January 23, 2022
Let’s talk now about how such invasion may unfold and what its primary goals might be 🧵 https://t.co/oFEiswnEv6
Hope all those who cried “Russia hoax” are exposed or atone now that Putin’s moves at home,in Belarus and now Ukraine are clear. The agenda was set in 2014 when Ukraine rebelled: Manafort, US and Brexit election interference and far right funding followed.
— Peter Jukes (@peterjukes) January 23, 2022
It's now been 40 days since the House held Mark Meadows in contempt and referred the case to DOJ, and the Supreme Court last week firmly rejected Trump's executive privilege claims over January 6-related documents. Time for DOJ to make a call.
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) January 23, 2022
Americans need to know: Was our ex-president is crook? As widening probes into a Jan. 6 coup and Donald Trump's finances are showing, the answer is clearly "yes"
— Will Bunch (@Will_Bunch) January 23, 2022
The real questions: Will America will do anything about it? If not, then what? My new column https://t.co/QmdYYRM2lG
"We've focused a lot on the Jan. 6 speech, but I think the most dangerous speech of the Trump presidency was the one he gave at 2:30 in the morning, election night…He comes out, and not only does he declare victory…[and] they should stop the counting."https://t.co/PlOXobDUYg pic.twitter.com/SltnuCYMa6
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 23, 2022
Jan. 6 committee chair says panel spoke to Bill Barr https://t.co/1PfdfbkaSP pic.twitter.com/gWHN8Okaai
— The Hill (@thehill) January 23, 2022
New: Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson confirms to CBS about timeframe for public hearings: “Our hearings we expect to be sometime in the Spring.”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) January 23, 2022
Worse. They are potentially giving RW media and witnesses more time to spin. Spring? https://t.co/jGPILfcuYQ
— lex Maria (@spudsforever) January 23, 2022
This is embarrassing stenography that, at times, enters hagiography for insurrectionists…in the New York Times. https://t.co/YgI7gFLNRr
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 23, 2022
Will is right. Dean Baquet's own autopsy on his newsroom's 2016 coverage was that the Times — and the rest of the press — lost touch with Americans, as in: We listened to party insiders too much and "we weren’t out in the country enough.” I wrote about it: https://t.co/rjsvcCUIMv https://t.co/8jhIUgsD6N
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 23, 2022
KFile Video: Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander said in deleted videos he worked with extremist groups on security for the Jan. 6 rally. Said he'd rather see the White House "burn down" than have Biden enter. Commented on his contacts w/GOP lawmakers.https://t.co/rmZgqaBSEa pic.twitter.com/uXbzkeCFKV
— andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 22, 2022
Ginni Thomas—Clarence Thomas' wife—has ties to dark-money conservative groups. It raises questions about a staggering number of conflicts of interest on the Supreme Court or appearances thereof.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 23, 2022
She also has longstanding ties to some Jan. 6 organizers. https://t.co/pAWo7B8LOg
Everything is breathtaking in its stupidity https://t.co/AIZsh9ttgI
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 23, 2022
Newt had ambitions to be a world-historical figure. He ends up bring a mere precursor to, and now a B-team defender of, a more vulgar and more successful demagogue. https://t.co/l61NsJNfOF
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 23, 2022
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Partygate investigation crawls up inside itself
Seems the police are finally involved in Infinite Partygate, though not in their investigative capacity.
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) January 23, 2022
Apparently those responsible for Downing Street security have been extremely cooperative with Sue Gray. (And of course they'd know all about the comings and goings!) https://t.co/gVOo0yQn4D
Latest on Sue Gray with @ShippersUnbound @cazjwheeler
— Gabriel Pogrund (@Gabriel_Pogrund) January 23, 2022
Gray in “ongoing dialogue” with Scotland Yard
Up to 60 people could be disciplined
Aides fear her findings could be far worse than initially hoped https://t.co/IlqQ1ABIxy
There has to be a better way. Johnson is the figurehead of dishonesty. If he survives we will not even start to recover in my lifetime. https://t.co/4HLBm2G3eq
— Shown (@northernlad18) January 23, 2022
“There will be full transparency” says Dominic Raab, though he can’t say whether or not Sue Gray’s report will be published in full (we expect that it won’t be).
— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) January 23, 2022
This is not a good look for the UK and bears the hallmark of a Foreign Secretary who is desperate to be seen to be doing things, but has poor judgement about what those things should be. https://t.co/FBpX9tEDLn
— David Henig (@DavidHenigUK) January 23, 2022
To help us comprehend modern-day fanaticism, the behaviour of Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, in Australia, is described as 'demented' by the former Australian prime minister Paul Keating. Do extremists like her really want nuclear war? Perhaps they do. https://t.co/VGKDgSAkrj
— John Pilger (@johnpilger) January 22, 2022
— Tom Johnson🇪🇺💙#NotMovingOn (@TomJohnson1965) January 23, 2022
Today is 9 years, 3 Prime Ministers, over £200bn in lost revenue and a predicted 4% hit to GDP since David Cameron declared an In/Out referendum on Brexit and I think it's been a great success.
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 23, 2022
Happy anniversary!
Revolution based on a wafer thin majority was never going to turn out well.
— Concerned About (@SoRightly) January 23, 2022
If only it had been a binding referendum with thresholds for attendance (pass) and majority (fail) the UK would be a much more pleasant place today.
Nigel Farage, I present to you… YOUR LIFE’S WORK! pic.twitter.com/2T1uYsvuK3
— Moog (@a_toots) January 23, 2022
Haulage prices have rocketed since Brexit. Charges of £25 per tonne are now suddenly £90 per tonne for a UK exporter.
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) January 23, 2022
On imports, a consignment from eg Italy used to cross the UK border for free. It now must pay £200 for handling of customs papers. https://t.co/1zMe93emKR
Little support for Boris Johnson as he fights for his political life – 78% NI voters believe he should resign for breaking Covid rules
— Suzanne Breen (@SuzyJourno) January 23, 2022
But @LucidTalk poll finds unionists more sympathetic to PM – 63% say he should go compared to 96% of nationalists & 93% of Alliance/Green voters pic.twitter.com/VhhYA4SHVl
Jeffrey Donaldson will soon take a sharp swerve to the right as he tries to win back DUP voters who have defected to the TUV. He may even crash Stormont. But what serves the DUP's short-term electoral interests could well damage unionism in the long-term.https://t.co/cUmm7Jh1du
— Suzanne Breen (@SuzyJourno) January 23, 2022
Fine, let’s not. Let’s implement what was agreed. https://t.co/rb33bEyIfD
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) January 23, 2022
I miss the days when Michael Fabricant just presented Rainbow. pic.twitter.com/J3XZzZr47K
— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) January 23, 2022
The Overnight Note 