A key Ukrainian national security official sat down today and told the country’s allies what they could do to help: please, calm down.
But also: Keep the weapons coming.
Continue reading “Russian Invasion Talk Mounts. Ukrainian Officials Urge Everyone To Please Calm Down.”The only two Republicans on the Jan. 6 Committee have responded to calls made by a member of their own party — Newt Gingrich — suggesting that they, and the rest of the panel, should be jailed for the committee’s investigative work.
At this point, it’s par for the course for Gingrich to traffic in Trumpian outrage, as Josh Marshall outlined here. But it’s also an illustration of the Republican Party’s ongoing divide and the ways in which the party as a whole has responded to the bombastic individual who commandeered it for his own ends.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Cheney Isn’t Entertaining Newt’s Call For Her (And Others) To Be Jailed”A request by Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for a special grant jury in her election interference probe into former President Trump was granted by a panel of county judges on Monday.
Continue reading “Georgia County Judges Grant DA Request For Special Grand Jury In Trump Election Steal Probe”British intelligence services released a bizarre statement on Saturday, saying not only that the Kremlin is mulling whether to install a proxy government in Kyiv — but that they know who’s under consideration for the top puppet job.
Continue reading “Who Do Western Intel Services Think The Russians Want In Ukraine?”This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation.
The Kazakhstan government shut off the internet nationwide on Jan. 5, 2022, in response to widespread civil unrest in the country. The unrest started on Jan. 2, after the government lifted the price cap on liquid natural gas, which Kazakhs use to fuel their cars. The Kazakhstan town of Zhanaozen, an oil and gas hub, erupted with a protest against sharply rising fuel prices.
Immediately, there were reports of internet dark zones. As the demonstrations grew, so did the internet service disruptions. Mass internet shutdowns and mobile blocking were reported on Jan. 4, with only intermittent connectivity. By Jan. 5, approximately 95% of internet users were reportedly blocked.
Continue reading “Kazakhstan’s Internet Shutdown Is Latest Episode In An Ominous Trend: Digital Authoritarianism”Seven Virginia school boards on Monday sued to stop a mask-optional order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) on the first day it was scheduled to take effect.
Continue reading “Defiant School Boards Across Virginia Sue Over Youngkin’s Anti-Mask Order”What was supposed to be the first day of the trial in ex-GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s defamation case against the New York Times on Monday has been pushed back to next week after she tested positive for COVID-19, the judge in the case announced on Monday.
Continue reading “Unvaccinated Palin Gets COVID, Derailing Her NYT Defamation Suit Trial”The Supreme Court, with its weighty conservative majority, has shown its cards with the cases it takes up: lots on religious liberty, a handful of challenges to abortion rights, one on a defunct Environmental Protection Agency rule that experts were equal parts shocked and alarmed to see the Court accept.
Continue reading “Conservative Supreme Court Takes Up Affirmative Action Cases, Raising Alarms”Ex-President Donald Trump’s team is collaborating with American Conservative Union (ACU) chair Matt Schlapp to decide which of Trump’s former staffers who’ve been subpoenaed by the House Jan. 6 committee deserve some financial help, according to CNN.
Continue reading “Trump Team Coordinates Legal Fund For Select Cronies In Jan. 6 Panel Probe”Newt Gingrich, who is advising the House GOP leadership, is now threatening jail time for the members running the select committee investigation of the January 6th insurrection. “I think when you have a Republican Congress, this is all going to come crashing down,” Gingrich told Maria Bartiromo. “The wolves are gonna find out they’re now sheep, and they’re the ones who are, in fact, I think, going to face a real risk of going to jail for the kind of laws that they’re breaking.”
Continue reading “Newt Threatens Jail for Jan 6th Investigators”
