Emily Jones
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Tag: Russia
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UKRAINE UPDATE: The Wagner Group, Visa and Mastercard, War Crimes
CNN Russia is going to send in 1,000 more mercenaries. Note: The mercenaries allow the Russians to be more brutal and attempt to escape credit for it. The Wagner Group is a mercenary group used all over the world by the Russians. Note: I just heard for the second time a CNN narrator questioning the… Read.
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Ukraine Update: Notes
SATURDAY 5 MARCH 2022 CNN • Moldovans are moving West in fear that they too will be invaded. • Note: Russia controls the eastern part of Moldova, much like they control the Donbas. The region is called Transnistria • McRaven is not supporting the no-fly zone. It would expand the war instead of containing it,… Read.
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Ukraine Update: An “off ramp”, preemptive capitulation, we only fight when we are guaranteed to win.
FRIDAY 3/4/22 MSNBC: Nicolle Wallace Rich Stengel is talking about giving Putin an “off ramp.” Why are people still proposing that? What in hell do they propose to offer? Putin, Stengel argues, can save face and withdraw. And what in hell is Stengel proposing we offer Putin to get him to do that? Ukraine? Putin… Read.
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Ukraine Update: Ships, threats of assassinations, Russian propaganda, graphic videos, Coca-Cola
FRIDAY 4 MARCH 2022 UKRAINE UPDATE MSNBC • The Russians seem to be focusing on the south of Ukraine where they are being more successful. • There are large ships in the area of Odessa. • Lindsey Graham once again, assists Putin’s effort to destroy democracy. By calling for Putin’s assassination, he has provided Putin… Read.
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UPDATE: UKRAINE
UKRAINE NOTES: 6:30 PM POLITICS Joe (“stunningly superficial”) Scarborough is joining the other Republicans in calling for a cessation of regulations on the fossil fuel industry so we can establish “energy independence.” Fox News has been pumping this line today. Additionally in FOX, the “expert” called Putin a “communist.” I. Just. Can’t. Zelensky wanted to… Read.
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UKRAINE: SOME NOTES
THURSDAY 3 MARCH 2022 Ukraine Mariupol under siege as Russia tries to establish a land bridge to Crimea. That would leave Ukraine without access to the Black Sea. Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, nine dead in attacks. Closer to Kyiv, shelling on residential areas. The convoy is still stalled. They are having fuel and food problems… Read.
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UKRAINE: THE ANTI-WAR LEFT AND THE FASCIST RIGHT
I hope this is not confusing. I keep getting push back about the support for the Ukrainians and sanctions from a group that Malcolm Nance calls the “anti-war left.” I have tried to list some of the arguments this group uses for basically taking a hands-off stance about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Similar arguments… Read.
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Ukraine: Morning Update
“We will fight to the end.” Wednesday 2 March 2022 CNN, 10:00 AM Extensive damage and casualties from clashes on the outskirts of Kyiv. Where does this end? asks Nick Walsh, reporter in Odessa. Port cities under intense pressure. There are Russian ships in the region. Kira Rudik, Ukrainian Member of Parliament. Putin is going… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: 4 pm EST
BLOG NOTES: UKRAINE UPDATE 4:00 est CNN Why did Russians feel they needed to move into towns near Black Sea? Russian forces are going into towns. Videos display abusive treatment. Black Sea is a vital part of Ukrainian economy. Talking again about Putin’s “erratic and irrational behavior.” What the intelligence community is looking at. That… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: 2:00 pm est
BLOG NOTES: 2:00 CNN Rusia is trying to keep Western countries from fleeing the country. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/01/investing/russia-economy-capital-controls/index.html “Capital controls” are designed to stop the exodus, announced by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. Companies would be prevented from selling Russian assets. BP announced it was planning to exit its 20% stake in Russia’s biggest oil company, Rosneft. … Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE: To the Anti-war Left – PLEASE.
12 Noon: Ukraine FOX NEWS “When tyrants say they are going to do something” you should listen. This is Nikki Haley talking about Putin. Biden is not doing enough, according to the Russian collaborators on Fox News. Haley advocating harsher sanctions while the leader of her party, Trump, praises Putin. Note: These Republicans know that… Read.
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UKRAINE UPDATE:
Blog Notes: 10:30 AM AFP News Agency: Serious strikes in Kharkiv (evidently pronounced Har-kiv) directly in front of a government building. Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second largest city. On the eastern side of Ukraine. The strike killed an estimated 10 people. Russian troops have reportedly entered the southern city of Kherson (near Odesa on Black sea.… Read.
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Update Ukraine: 5 PM in Kyiv
When did it get to be March? Reporter on Twitter, following this Ukraine story like all of us, says he feels guilty when he goes to bed because he feels he is abandoning the courageous Ukrainians. We feel much the same. Update Ukrains: The Russians have announced that they are planning on attacking civilian areas… Read.
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Ukraine Update: 28 February 2022
Ukraine Update: 2/28/22 8:30 PM CNN • William Taylor, former Ambassador to Ukraine, is asked about Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons. Taylor says that Putin’s threat is “performance,” that Putin is trying to bully. • Jake Tapper uses as evidence that Putin is “unstable” the meeting between Putin and his military officials when he… Read.
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“Putin is a madman”narrative: CNN, Jake Tapper, Josh Rogin and William Taylor
5:30 PM James Clapper, earlier on CNN, joined the “Putin is a madman” drum beat of a narrative. This has to raise the question of why the intelligence community is part of this “Putin is crazy” effort. Jake Tapper, adding to this narrative which has taken root on corporate news repeated the charge that Putin… Read.
Law, Power, and Justice 