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[Link] Jared Kushner ‘voluntarily’ gives Capitol attack panel information in testimony
Read: 3/4/2022 www.theguardian.com
Jared Kushner testified Thursday before the House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol, becoming the first member of Donald Trump’s family to speak to investigators.
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[Link] How Russia Used the War in Ukraine to ‘Occupy’ Another Neighbouring Country
Read: 16/3/2022 www.vice.com
The Belarusian dictator’s complicity in letting his country be used by Russia to attack Ukraine has effectively turned Belarus into a Russian client state and amounts to an occupation, the country’s opposition says.
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[Link] Michaelia Cash shelves pledge on federal Icac as Liberal MP urges debate
Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The government will abandon an election promise to establish a commonwealth integrity commission, with the attorney general, Michaelia Cash indicating there is not enough time to legislate before voters return to the polls.
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[Link] Sweden returns to cold war tactics to battle fake news
Read: 6/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
A top official from Sweden’s new “psychological defence” agency said the country had decided to bring back the cold war-era government body amid fears over Russian aggression against Ukraine.
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[Link] China Calls This ‘Democracy.’ Hong Kongers Don’t Buy It.
Read: 20/12/2021 www.vice.com
Only 30.2 percent of Hong Kong’s 4.4 million voters cast a ballot on Sunday, a record low turnout for any citywide elections, even as the government tried to encourage voting by offering free subway rides and text message reminders.
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[Link] The First Female President of Honduras Just Vowed to End Narco Corruption
Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com
After one of the most dramatic elections in Honduran history, Xiomara Castro has declared herself the winner, making her the first female president in the country's history. Then she made her first promise: to end the narco-corruption that plagued the reign of her predecessor.
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[Link] High-profile Liberal woman quits party to run as independent after alleging ‘inappropriate’ behaviour
Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A high-profile NSW Liberal woman is quitting to run as an independent at the next federal election, partly to protest the handling of an internal complaint in which she alleged “inappropriate” behaviour by some senior men within the party and government.
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[Link] ‘Keep the bastards honest’: former Australian Democrats leader joins high-profile group backing independents
Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
As Scott Morrison comes to the end of a ragged parliamentary week, the organisation bankrolling independents challenging Liberal incumbents in their urban heartland has amassed an election war chest of more than $4m, and bolstered its advisory body.
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[Link] Trump Supporters Have Already Turned on the Cyber Ninjas
Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com
Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Doug Logan, the CEO of Cyber Ninjas, the Florida-based company that conducted the bogus election ‘audit’ in Arizona over the last six months, says he won’t be conducting any more recounts—unless God tells him to.
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[Link] Trump demands Pulitzer board rescind awards for Russia interference reporting
Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Donald Trump has again demanded the Pulitzer prize board rescind the prize for national reporting awarded to the New York Times and Washington Post in 2018, for exposing Russian election interference and links between Trump and Moscow.
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[Link] Netanyahu has no clear path to remain prime minister, Israeli election results show
Read: 26/3/2021 www.thenations.co.uk
JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen short of securing the parliamentary majority he needs to stay in office, according to the official Israeli election results announced Thursday, raising the possibility that Israel’s political gridlock will continue.