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This week's This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow on .

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Sunday's had a distinct flavor. Use the link to view at a larger size.

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From :

Alexander Smirnov told investigators he got dirt from Russian intelligence officials.

cnn.com/2024/02/20/politics/bi

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From : Former trade adviser Peter Navarro may be held in contempt of court if he doesn't turn over emails covered by the Presidential Records Act.

cnn.com/2024/02/20/politics/pe

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As one senior campaign adviser put it recently, they have been surprised by how many voters appear to put on “rose-colored glasses” when looking back on the Trump years – a reality that the campaign says they must alter by constantly reminding voters of what Trump stands for.

cnn.com/2024/02/20/politics/jo

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From : lets stand sanctions against lawyers for election denials in court.

nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-c

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From Wisconsin State Journal: governor Tony Evers signs bill creating new state districts that eliminate institutional gerrymandering that gave Republicans an unfair advantage for years.

madison.com/news/state-regiona

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From : passes a bill which says that they don't have to comply with federal law. Good luck with that.

cnn.com/2024/02/19/us/utahs-so

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This blog article is on Emptywheel ... I've been suspecting there might be some alignment between Alexander Smirnov, arrested for falsely telling the FBI that Joe took bribes from , and Rudy Giuliani's activities to create false evidence.

This article digs into the minutiae and finds some details that suggest I might be right.

emptywheel.net/2024/02/17/58a-

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So much winning! From : ordered to pay $355 million fine in civil fraud case, barred from serving in a "top role" in any New York company. His two sons are also barred for two years and have to pay fines.

“Their complete lack of contrition and remorse borders on pathological,” the judge said.

nytimes.com/2024/02/16/nyregio

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BREAKING From : fined $350 million for business fraud, banned from serving as a company officer.

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Chris Hayes of tonight on the "spectacular embarrassment" for Republicans after they were caught today fabricating bribe charges against Joe .

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The Republicans' impeachment inquiry is undercut by the arrest today of their informant for lying about it to the FBI. The indictment calls it all a "fabrication."

cnn.com/2024/02/15/politics/fo

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From : The letter Rep. Comer and Sen. Grassley sent to DOJ demanding they release to the public evidence of taking bribes was based on informant Smirnov's lies. Smirnov was indicted today.

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From :

"The 37-page indictment alleges that Smirnov had been a confidential human source for the FBI since 2010 and "provided false derogatory information to the FBI" about both Bidens after Joe Biden became a candidate for president in 2020."

nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden

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Two years ago today, President addressed the nation about the growing threat posed by to . The invasion was nine days away.

youtube.com/watch?v=sJmMHQIsf3

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I can't stress how incredibly destabilizing that would be. As far as we know, no nation has done that -- not us, not China, and certainly not .

Every spacefaring nation abides by the Outer Space Treaty. To violate it in such a blatant manner would make Russia an international pariah in the space community. I think it would end the partnership, and it might cause China to rethink their space alliance with Russia.

I still think it's the hypersonic missile. We'll see. (2/2)

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There's speculation on X that the "threat" may be that is planning to deploy nuclear weapons in orbit.

That would be a violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, Article IV.

"States Parties to the Treaty undertake not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction, install such weapons on celestial bodies, or station such weapons in outer space in any other manner." (1/x)

unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spa

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Just my speculation, the "serious national security threat" might be the combat operational use of a hypersonic missile by against earlier this month. (2/2)

cnn.com/2024/02/13/europe/ukra

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Breaking from : House Intelligence Committee chair has made available to all members of Congress evidence of a "serious national security threat." Sources say it involves . (1/2)

cnn.com/2024/02/14/politics/ho

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