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[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

This awful episode is an example of character assassination, a longtime authoritarian tactic, along with "going after the target's family." The goal is to cause such psychological distress that they will stop opposing the government or defending democracy.
Baseless accusations of sex crimes and domestic abuse are among the most common categories of character assassinations, and are frequently used in Russia to harass and sometimes imprison people who displease the government.

[BicycleRob @BicycleRob]

@BCFerrys "One bourbon, one scotch, one beer"

[James Mulroy @mulroyj]

The X post shares a BBC article on Alexander Smirnov, a dual US-Israeli citizen and FBI informant for over a decade, who pleaded guilty in December 2024 to fabricating claims that Joe and Hunter Biden each received $5 million bribes from Ukraine's Burisma.
Smirnov admitted the allegations were false, motivated by personal bias against Biden, while also pleading guilty to tax evasion on over $2 million in unreported income; prosecutors identified ties to Russian intelligence and Donald Trump. Smirnov was granted early release by the DOJ after only serving 6 months of a six year prison term

[Cate Brown @catebrown12]

SCOOP: Trump’s Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity to shield its members, security forces and contractors from potential prosecution for work in Gaza

@AramRoston and I obtained a draft of the unsigned resolution —>
https://t.co/vyl2rczCf7

[Not Real Donald Trump @RealDonalDrumpf]

They donated to my inauguration, Nancy. So I decided to let them poison everybody.

[House Judiciary Dems @HouseJudiciary]

Investigators from the @HouseJudiciary and @OversightDems visited Ghislaine Maxwell’s cushy, minimum-security camp.

But the Bureau of Prisons shut down questions about who signed off on admitting her as the only sex offender at FPC Bryan and who instructed the warden to give her VIP treatment, including puppy time, private meals, and special gym times.

What’s the deal here?

https://t.co/wA98qdHJ5U

[Richard W. Painter @RWPUSA]

The person who made this false report should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://t.co/g78lyJIJ8n

[Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D @RVAwonk]

When Tulsi Gabbard recently released intelligence documents pertaining to biolabs, she claimed they contained “never before seen” intelligence. But the thing is, some of those very same documents *had* been seen before — in a 2022 Russian disinformation campaign.

Link below.

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

We need to call what happened to @PeteButtigieg’s family what it is: poltical violence. Someone could’ve been seriously hurt or worse, and there’s no justification for it.

Gabby and I are thankful everyone is safe, and we hope those behind the false report are held responsible.

[Not Real Donald Trump @RealDonalDrumpf]

@RepNancyMace Wut?

[Not Real Donald Trump @RealDonalDrumpf]

America's Top Law Nonenforcement Officer!

[Naheed Nenshi @nenshi]

The UCP and Danielle Smith are moving forward with their ill-conceived plan to move many of Alberta's most vulnerable residents from AISH to ADAP, a program that will push people even further below the poverty line.

Today, we learned that the UCP is paying foreign contractors nearly $100 million to administer this cruel and ineffective scheme.

Every time this government appears to hit rock bottom in their agenda of chaos, cuts, corruption, and cruelty, they keep digging.

Albertans deserve a better government, one that helps lift people out of poverty, not pushes them further down. Alberta’s New Democrats will be that government.

https://t.co/9bvLvZG3ZN

[Bill Bramhall @BillBramhall]

Cartoon

[Joe Breedon @joebreedon]

Trump will drop his lawsuit against the BBC like a hot potato before he complies with this demand for evidence as he is responsible for the riot on 1/6 at the Capitol.

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

This is hilariously exposing for Facebook. They are now going after Sarah Wynn-Williams for sitting SILENTLY on the Hay stage with me & Tim Wu 🤯

Even more hilariously, they say of my comments: ‘Meta found disparaging’.

Well doh! That was the point.

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he doesn’t plan to attend ANY Pride parades this year, stating that it’s just not in his “plan.”

Wow…so this is where we’re at now, eh?

[Terry Mosher @TerryMosher1]

it was announced that Yvan Cournoyer has been named to the Order of Canada. I was delighted that it finally came through. Here I am with Yvan and his cats, Dule and Lady – and, agin,with our dog Sparky, and our two incredible .wives, Mary and Evelyn (at a book signing in 1972).

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

This is a recent post from Israel’s ultra-right-wing national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. It doesn’t represent the views of a large majority of Israelis, but in order to stay in power, Bibi Netanyahu has to keep Ben-Gvir and his supporters happy.

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

NEWS: Gregg Phillips, the third-ranking FEMA official in charge of disaster response - who claimed he teleported to a Waffle House - has been ousted from the agency.
https://t.co/XC1DK8hNVa with @GabeCohenNews

[Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkKelly]

Trump just admitted why he canceled the bipartisan housing bill. He has more in common with the hedge funds buying up single-family homes than he does with the families who can't afford them. He doesn’t care what working Americans are going through and he never will.