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February 5, 2021

David Hogg to MTG: "why just take one of them down when you can use one to take all of them down 🙃"

Marge- you’re sorely mistaken if you think that wasn’t purely our intent we want to give you more time to speak so we can make you the face of the Republican Party (that’s part of the point)

https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/status/1357690174122168324?s=20

February 5, 2021

Russian doctor, 55, whose quick work likely saved Aleksey Navalny's life, died "suddenly"

(CNN)A top doctor at the Russian hospital where opposition leader Alexey Navalny was treated immediately after his poisoning last summer has died, the hospital said on Thursday.

Sergey Maximishin, who was the deputy chief physician of the Omsk emergency hospital, "suddenly" died at the age of 55, according to a statement released by the hospital.

"With regret, we inform you that...the deputy chief physician for anesthesiology and resuscitation of the emergency hospital №1, assistant of the department of Omsk State Medical University, PhD of medical sciences Maximishin Sergey Valentinovich suddenly passed away," the hospital said in a statement, which did not mention a cause of death.

A spokeswoman from Omsk's regional health ministry told CNN on Friday that according to "preliminary data" Maximishin had died as a result of a heart attack. She would not provide further details.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/04/europe/russia-navalny-doctor-maximishin-dies-intl/index.html

February 5, 2021

Massive trove of cell phone location shows 40% of those who went to rally then went to Capital

Massive trove of cell phone location shared w/NYT shows that 40% of those who went to rally then went to Capitol.

About 40 percent of the phones tracked near the rally stage on the National Mall during the speeches were also found in and around the Capitol during the siege — a clear link between those who’d listened to the president and his allies and then marched on the building.

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1357669907899576326?s=20
https://twitter.com/cwarzel/status/1357684160912003072?s=20
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/capitol-attack-cellphone-data.html

UPDATED TO ADD:
https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1358100837185187840?s=20

February 4, 2021

MTG STRIPPED OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS ... 230-199

WOW ... 11 REPUBLICANS have now voted YES to boot MTG off her committees. Many more yes votes than we had expected.

These are the 11 Republicans:

Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY)
John Katko (R-NY)
Fred Upton (R-MI)
Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
Chris Jacobs (R-NY)
Young Kim (R-CA)
Maria Salazar (R-FL)
Chris Smith (R- NJ)
Mario Diaz Balart (R-FL)


https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1357476715002478592?s=20
https://twitter.com/lrozen/status/1357476391898537984?s=20
https://twitter.com/RebeccaRKaplan/status/1357479032946835461?s=20

MORE:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-republicans-vote/u-s-house-strips-republican-greene-of-committee-assignments-idUSKBN2A4349?il=0

February 4, 2021

Biden: I made it clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that...

Biden: I made it clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days of the United States rolling over in the face of Russia’s aggressive actions... are over

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1357420127155752961?s=20
February 4, 2021

LOL SAG -Statement on Trump's Resignation from Union

"Thank you."


In response to Trump’s letter, Carteris and National Executive Director David White released a two word statement: “Thank you.”

https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1357400912923414528?s=20

MORE HERE:
https://www.thewrap.com/donald-trump-resigns-from-sag-aftra-guild-simply-says-thank-you/
February 4, 2021

Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Giuliani & Powell over 'disinfo campaign

Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over 'disinformation campaign'

New York (CNN)A voting technology company swept up in baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election filed a monster $2.7 billion lawsuit on Thursday against Fox News, some of the network's star hosts, and pro-Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, alleging the parties worked in concert to wage a "disinformation campaign" that has jeopardized its very survival.

"We have no choice," Antonio Mugica, the chief executive and founder of Smartmatic, told CNN Business in an interview about the company's decision to file the lawsuit. "The disinformation campaign that was launched against us is an obliterating one. For us, this is existential, and we have to take action."

The lawsuit, filed in New York state court, accused Fox, Giuliani, Powell and hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro of intentionally lying about Smartmatic in an effort to mislead the public into the false belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

"They needed a villain," the lawsuit said. "They needed someone to blame. They needed someone whom they could get others to hate. A story of good versus evil, the type that would incite an angry mob, only works if the storyteller provides the audience with someone who personifies evil."

..........

https://twitter.com/lauferlaw/status/1357390593392058376?s=20
https://twitter.com/holmescnn/status/1357389271330672640?s=20
February 4, 2021

Fuck Fox.

February 4, 2021

Madam Minority Leader

Source tells me that roughly half the House GOP conference gave Marjorie Taylor Greene a standing ovation after she rose to speak a few min ago.

https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1357118038630400002?s=20

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