Political Current Events March 7-12

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Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans are at odds over January 6 investigation​



“… Johnson wants Republicans to stop investigating the former January 6 committee, including former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and narrow its focus, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations. But GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who has been tapped to helm the probe, would prefer a broader mandate, a position backed by some officials at the White House. President Donald Trump told Johnson before he took office that he wanted this investigation to be a priority, CNN previously reported. …”
 

Johnson pledges House probe into Tesla threats​

The speaker says Congress will support investigations of alleged threats against employees of the company owned by Trump ally Elon Musk.


Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday said Congress will probe “domestic terrorism” attacks targeting the Tesla car brand after vehicles and storefronts were vandalized.

“Congress will investigate the sources of these attacks and help the DOJ & FBI ensure those responsible are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Johnson said in a post on X.

Johnson's announcement is the latest attempt by Republican leaders to rally around Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk after Tesla's stock price took a dive in recent days and the company faced a wave of attacks and heated demonstrations. Trump said this week he would buy a Tesla in support of Musk. …”
 
nycfan said:
This story has some … interesting players:

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Captain of Ship That Hit North Sea Tanker Is Russian, Company Says

The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that was being operated by the U.S. Navy.
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The captain of a container ship that struck an oil tanker transporting fuel for the U.S. military on Monday was a Russian citizen, the company that owns that ship said on Wednesday.

The man was arrested in northern England on Tuesday on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter. One crew member is missing and presumed dead after the crash, which forced both crews to abandon ship.

There was no immediate indication that the captain’s nationality played a role in the crash. Russians make up about 10 percent of international seafarers, according to the International Chamber of Shipping. British lawmakers said on Tuesday that they had no evidence to suggest foul play.

Ernst Russ, the company that owns the container ship, named the Solong, said in a statement that the vessel’s captain was a Russian citizen, while the rest of the crew members were Russian and Filipino.

… The crash on Monday morning, about 13 nautical miles off the northeastern coast of England, set off a series of explosions and a fire onboard both vessels that sent plumes of black smoke rising into the air. Given that the Solong plowed into the tanker, called the Stena Immaculate, in daylight hours while the tanker was stationary, experts have raised questions about why radar and alert systems did not prevent the crash. …”
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british news is all over the story here. An American sailor on the tanker spoke anonymously, saying he was near the impact site and he could see into the freighter bridge and it was empty at the time of the crash.
 
I can't imagine obeying that order. It's illegal, and why would anyone at US Aid contribute to its own demise. What are you going to do? Fire them now instead of firing them in a month?
 
Paine said:
Surprised to not see more discussion about this on the board. Maybe I missed the thread.
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Yeah, it's been talked about on a few threads but hasn't had its own. In part that's because there's not much to say. It's plainly illegal. It's what we've known was going to happen for months. What is there to say that hasn't been said?

And this guy won't get a lot of sympathy here since his protests helped Trump in a completely predictable way, while doing nothing to help the people he was supposedly championing. That, of course, does not make his detention in any way justified. It is still a blatant and unconstitutional (and non-constitutionally illegal too) power grab that shouldn't be tolerated. I guess there's just a lot of stuff happening that shouldn't be tolerated. It's hard to fit this in.
 
Paine said:
Surprised to not see more discussion about this on the board. Maybe I missed the thread.
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I'm surprised there isn't more discussion nationwide. I bet if his name were John Smith it'd lead every newscast.
 
Kingpin said:
He cannot be trusted. No wondering about it
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Exactly! I'll answer Europe's question: No, Trump cannot be trusted with intelligence. And neither can Russia Tulsi. Or any of the other kooks heading intelligence. Check back in four years with security updates.
 
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british news is all over the story here. An American sailor on the tanker spoke anonymously, saying he was near the impact site and he could see into the freighter bridge and it was empty at the time of the crash.
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As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans​

The “gray zone” war on America and its allies isn’t going to stop.​


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As Trump Courts Putin, Russians Keep Trying to Kill Americans

The “gray zone” war on America and its allies isn’t going to stop.
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Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has attacked the United States and Europe on a near-daily basis using what are often referred to as “hybrid” operations, meant to hide the hand of the Russian government and to remain below the threshold of war so as not to trigger a response.

Russia has conducted cyberattacks on water facilities in the United States, including one in Texas that led a tank to overflow for 45 minutes. Senior British officials have blamed Russia for flying drones over U.K. air force bases where American military personnel are stationed. Russian proxies are suspected of having left explosives near a pipeline supplying air force bases in western Germany. A number of suspicious fires have broken out at weapons manufacturing facilities that supply arms to Ukraine, including at a General Dynamics ammunition plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania in April and another at a BAE Systems facility in the United Kingdom the following day. A separate explosion in July at a General Dynamics plant in Arkansas left one person dead.

Before the war began, Russia was already targeting Americans. Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, paid the Taliban and other militia bounties to attack American soldiers in Afghanistan, with an offer of Russian documents and asylum in return. The GRU is also the likely culprit behind “Havana syndrome” or “anomalous health incidents,” attacks from a directed-energy weapon that have left hundreds of American diplomats and intelligence officers and their families—including children—with traumatic brain injury and other cognitive ailments.

Had such attacks been carried out by al Qaeda, ISIS, or Hezbollah, the response would have been swift and severe.

It's hard to understand why President Trump is ready to make deals with Vladimir Putin, when it is clear Putin has given his blessing for these and other operations that have led to American deaths. …”
 


I genuinely cannot fathom being this sort of sycophant …
 
“…A reporter asked the president what responsibility he felt for the civil servants who had lost their jobs during Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin.

“I feel very badly, but many of them don’t work at all,” Trump replied just one day after cutting nearly half of the Education Department’s staff.

”Many of them never showed up to work. Many of them, many of them never showed up to work," he repeated.

The president insisted that the job cuts are targeted at “the people that aren’t working or are not doing a good job,” a message echoed by the department’s Secretary, Linda McMahon. …”
 
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