Politics
Monday 25 January 2021
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"Colleagues, think again about what happened. The current president, for whom almost 75 million Americans voted, and his supporters, were deprived of a fundamental right – freedom of speech."
The U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, protecting free speech, does not guarantee access to a private speech platform like Twitter or Facebook. -
“Pompeo’s allegations come although all the US’ previous such accusations, including those made by former president George W. Bush’s administration — during which al-Qaida’s 9/11 attacks against the US took place — have been discredited.”
Key al-Qaida leaders, supporters and several members of Osama bin Laden’s family took refuge in Iran, and some stayed there for years. -
“Everything in this [U.S. presidential] election has been fraudulent.”
Carvalho’s assertion of broad conspiracy to steal the presidential election from Donald Trump is phony. The U.S. Congress certified the results, and courts rejected specific claims. -
“During the attack on the Capitol, supporters of Donald Trump used the Russian language.”
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“Chinese web users still remember the distress and anger they felt when they saw rioters in Hong Kong storming the Legislative Council Complex ... US politicians hailed the ‘courage’ of these mobs ... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi even called it a ‘beautiful sight.’”
Nancy Pelosi’s comment was about a peaceful candlelight vigil in Hong Kong’s Victoria Square to commemorate the Tiananmen Square massacre. -
"I don't believe illegal casinos are operating in Bangkok, but if the doctor knows about it, he can inform the authorities."
Health authorities say illicit gambling dens are a primary source of COVID-19 spread in Thailand. -
“Meanwhile, while sanctioning the Assad regime, the U.S. continued its massive financial support for the YPG terrorists in 2020.”
The U.S. supported the Kurdish YPG's fight against ISIS terrorists. Washington distinguishes between Syria-based YPG, and the PKK that operates in Turkey -
"In fact, during Wuhan's lockdown, many journalists were there reporting the real situation ... some of the articles and photos got the situation wrong, sparking fierce controversy. But apart from the online squabble, none led to serious consequences."
Citizen journalists were intimidated, detained, isolated, discredited, some disappeared for reporting on the Wuhan COVID-19 outbreak. -
"The so-called ‘investigation’ posted on the Internet by A. Navalny about the alleged actions taken against him is a planned provocation aimed at discrediting the FSB of Russia and its employees, the implementation of which would not have been possible without the organizational and technical support of foreign special services."
Navalny made the phone call using publicly available software. He called to the mobile number, listed in the Russian providers’ database as belonging to a known FSB operative. -
“Apart from five employees ... there aren’t any other Russian military personnel here.”
Russian foreign ministry confirmed 300-strong troop deployment to CAR a day after its top officials denied an enlarged military presence. -
“[T]he only corruption I have seen is from the famous Americans lobbyists who go there and steal millions of dollars from the government promising to fix the situation between the countries.”
Even former supporters of Maduro’s government have accused it of corruption. Saab himself is detained in Africa on suspicion of money laundering. -
“This is not some kind of investigation; this is the legalization of materials from the American special services.”
Bellingcat lays out its case and methods in revealing a Russian security service plot to assassinate opposition leader Alexey Navalny.