As it seems we have to remind ourselves and others to #NeverForget

In closing arguments, prosecutors say Trump knew of tax fraud at his company

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/closing-arguments-prosecutors-say-trump-knew-tax-fraud-company-rcna59878

#news
#CoSoNews
#politics

#Politics

The House January 6 committee is furiously working towards a deadline this month of issuing a comprehensive report of its findings.

The committee is due to sunset Dec. 31:

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/1140201200/jan-6-panel-meets-to-mull-potential-criminal-referrals-for-trump-others

'Silence is complicity': Biden calls on political leaders to denounce antisemitism

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/silence-complicity-biden-calls-political-leaders-denounce-antisemitism-rcna59831

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#CoSoNews
#politics

@DJNoneYa #Obama #politics

Barak Obama's Still Got It.

Savannah Police detectives have charged a 42-year-old Savannah man with shooting a teen outside his home on Monday. Authorities say the 15-year-old was campaigning for Sen. Warnock when he was shot in the leg

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#CoSoNews
#politics

https://savannahpd.org/spd-arrests-suspect-in-hartridge-street-shooting/

Just finished #voting, so glad the early voting line while long, moved swiftly. We were in and out in 40 mins. So proud of my stickers for voting (blue of course since I refuse to even consider a pathological, lying, egotistical spouse abuser). #politics

At the OSCE meeting Moldova has demanded of the withdrawal of Russian troops in Transnistria.

Transnistria territorial occupation is similar to Crimea or the Donbas in Ukraine.
Russia troops moved in to "protect" Russian speaking population... then refuses to leave.
#Ukraine #Moldova #Russia

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Michael McFaul: Most analysts in Russia & some in the West criticize the U.S. as allegedly fighting a "proxy war" in Ukraine, designed to weaken Russia. Why does no one ever contemplate the opposite, how China might be using Russia as a proxy to weaken US/NATO military capacities?
Which country benefits the most from a prolonged war in Ukraine? The PRC. Which country benefits the least? Ukraine. But which country benefits the second least? Russia

#Ukraine #China

Kyiv Independent: Germany to supply Ukraine with bridge-laying tanks, border protection vehicles. Germany has handed over to Ukraine unmanned surface vessels, some bridge-laying tanks and dozens of border protection vehicles as part of their new batch of military aid, according to a statement posted on the German government website.

#Ukraine

Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian soldiers to train on Czech territory. The Czech Republic's parliament on Dec. 1 approved a proposal to train Ukrainian soldiers in the country and deploy Czech soldiers in European Union member states to train Ukrainian service members, Radio Prague International reported.

#Ukraine

Kyiv Independent: Switzerland freezes almost $8 billion in Russian assets under EU sanctions as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said on Dec. 1. Fifteen Russian properties have also been blocked as of Nov. 25, the agency reported.

#Ukraine

I'm not crying, you're crying.
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Ukrainian children see their father off to war.

#Ukraine

#Kyiv #Ukraine

#CoSoGoodNews

Meet Vadana Shiva, a 70 year old physicist turned ecofeminist. In 1991 she launched Navdanya, which in Hindi means 'nine seeds.' The program supports small farmers in rescuing endangered crops and plants and makes them available through direct marketing. Over the past two decades Navdanya has helped two million farmers, set up 150 seed banks across India and saved 4,000 rice varieties and 31 varieties of wheat along with vegetables, and medicinal plants.

https://www.navdanya.org/

Ukraine produced a video, thanking Norway for sending NASAM air defense systems to Ukraine as a Christmas present.

#Ukraine

@freddyvandam Cute picture. Just coincidentally, I was sitting here at my desk, just this morning, thinking about the fact that the first job my father had, just before he became an adult, was working for the US Federal Government, and they were basically paying him to kill fascists. He served in the US Navy in the Pacific.

😎 😂 it's December

I so need more coffee for this

#Potus 🔥

Although Senator Cruz is not the only member of Congress to host a podcast, he is the only member who is apparently violating federal law because there is substantial evidence that an illegal source is paying for it.

Ted Cruz’s Podcast Deal With iHeartMedia May Violate Ethics Laws, Watchdog Says In New Complaint via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/12/01/ted-cruzs-podcast-deal-with-iheartmedia-may-violate-ethics-laws-watchdog-says-in-new-complaint/