Judge Rejects RNC Effort to Block Jan 6 Panel
A federal judge has denied the Republican National Committee’s efforts to block the House Select Committee, that is investigating the January 6 insurrection, from obtaining emails and fundraising data from Salesforce, a digital communications vendor.
United States District Court Judge Timothy J. Kelly denied the subpoena on the grounds of the First Amendment, stating that the House has the power to investigate the issue contrary to what the RNC was arguing.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/politics/rnc-marketing-email-ruling-january-6-committee/index.html
Mike Lindell Re-Banned from Twitter
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was re-banned from Twitter Sunday, hours after launching a new account. Lindell was permanently banned from the social media platform in January of 2021 after he promoted unsubstantiated claims about the 2020 presidential election.
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Russian Foreign Minister Antisemitic Comments on Ukraine, Hitler
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov, made comments to justify Russia’s portrayal of Ukraine in that the leader’s country is invade to “de-nazify,” even though Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish. “Wise Jewish people say that the most ardent anti-Semites are usually Jews,” Lavrov said.
Lavrov added in his remarks in an interview on Italian TV program Zona Bianca that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler also “had Jewish blood,” sending Israel and other countries into outrage.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61296682
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/world/europe/israel-russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov.html
