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We watched hours of broadcasts on Russian networks and spoke with expert fact checkers to understand how Russia is spinning the war it started in Ukraine.

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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to reporters in the wake of anti-Islamic comments made last week by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who likened Omar to a bomb-carrying terrorist, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
  • Biden called for a war crimes investigation into Russia.

  • The US should become a member of the International Criminal Court, according to Rep. Ilhan Omar.

  • The US should join the International Criminal Court, according to a resolution introduced Thursday.

It would be hypocritical for the US to support a war crimes investigation without becoming a member of the International Criminal Court.

There is a lot of evidence that Putin and Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine. The best way to support an investigation into those crimes is to support the International Criminal Court.

She said it would be hypocritical to support an investigation into Russia while opposing the court.

A resolution was introduced on Thursday calling for the US to become a member of the International Criminal Court, an international body that investigates genocides, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.

The resolution came after President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal and called for a war crimes trial against him after reports of atrocities committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.

The New York Times reported earlier this week that the US should be involved in an investigation into Russia.

The original article is on Business Insider.

  • I was horrified. State Sen. Julie Slama said in a radio interview that it was one of the most traumatizing things she had ever been through.

  • The campaign committee for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) reported its first-ever net loss on Friday, posting a 314,000 deficit over the first three months of 2022, while revising previous contribution totals down.

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  • There is no quick end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to Anthony Blinken.

  • Thousands of Serbians waving Russian and Serbian flags and carrying pictures of President Vladimir Putin marched through Belgrade to the Russian embassy on Friday to protest Serbia's government bid to distance itself from Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Many from ultranationalist organizations joined the march from the city center to the nearby Russian embassy, where they played Russian and Serbian anthem and fired signal flares.

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  • The five episode-run of Private Eye was solid, but the timing of the show was bad.

  • The CIA chief warned that none of us can take lightly the threat posed by tactical nuclear weapons or low-yield nuclear weapons.

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  • Some acts of street art are funnier than criminal acts, and we believe many would agree.

  • The head of European business for Nestl said he was sad to hear that employees were leaving.

  • When you are told that no one protests against the war in Russia, don't believe it, wrote jailed Washington Post columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza.

  • Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after six months aboard their country's newest orbital station in the longest crewed mission to date for China's ambitious space program. State TV broadcasted the live landing of the space capsule in the northern region of Inner Mongolia. The first spacewalk by a Chinese woman was carried out by Wang Yaping.

  • He believes that the new technology could be 2,000X bigger than the current one.

  • The Democrats have a fragile hold on power because of reports about 88-year-old Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

  • Moscow has pursued a strategy of prevarication and misinformation in order to create an alternative reality to explain how events have unfolded on the ground.

  • Good morning. On a day that saw Moscow suffer a stinging, symbolic defeat with the loss of its Black Sea flagship, the president of Ukraine hailed his people for their resolve.

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  • Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden's national-security adviser, speaks Thursday during an Economic Club of Washington, D.C.

  • The assets of Putin-ally Viktor Medvedchuk were seized by the Ukrainians this week.

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  • A video has been viewed thousands of times on social media posts in Hindu-majority India, which claims it shows controversial Hindu monk and politician Yogi Adityanath urging people to boycott Muslim Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's film. The claim is false as the clip has been circulating online since 2015, when the actor was targeted by the politician.

  • I knew Putin very well. The former president told Sean that he was almost as well known as him.

  • Russia confirmed that its flagship vessel in the Black Sea sank, while the CIA warned that the U.S. can't take lightly the possibility of Russia.