The Political Thread

[Sky]

Military Plane Crashes in Russia, Killing All Aboard, Moscow Says

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that the transport plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war and accused Ukraine of shooting it down. The claims could not be independently verified.

www.nytimes.com

A large Russian military transport plane crashed on Wednesday in the Belgorod region near the border with Ukraine killing everyone onboard, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, accusing Ukraine of shooting down the plane with missiles.

The Defense Ministry said that the plane had been carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being transferred to the region from a military airport near Moscow to be exchanged for Russian service personnel. It accused Ukrainian forces of launching two missiles from the nearby Kharkiv region of Ukraine that struck the aircraft. The plane was also carrying six crew members and three other individuals, the ministry said.

The Russian claims could not be independently verified.

Nah the Russians crashed the plane themselves, it's in their wheelhouse

 

[Death By Looch]

The chair of the Arizona Republican Party Jeff DeWit resigns after a tape recording of him attempting to bribe Kari Lake into stepping down from the United States Senate race leaks.

Arizona GOP boss quits after leaked tape shows him floating a job for Kari Lake to skip Senate race

Arizona Republican Party Chairman Jeff DeWit has resigned after he could be heard in a leaked recording offering a job and asking U.S.

apnews.com

 

[Chris]

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter, much better than expected

GDP was expected to grow at a 2% annualized rate in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

www.cnbc.com

The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter, much better than expected​

Gross domestic product was expected to grow at a 2% annualized rate in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

 

[Chris]

Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena

Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced to four months Thursday for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House Jan. 6 committee.

abcnews.go.com

Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was sentenced to four months in jail and ordered to pay a $9,500 fine Thursday for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

 

[Death By Looch]

Besides what's been happening in the World of Wrestling, there was other stuff in the world going on as well today...

The U.S. Justice Department finds former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo liable for sexual harassment.

Cuomo Created ‘Sexually Hostile’ Workplace, Says Justice Department

Investigators found that the executive staff of Andrew Cuomo, the former governor, prioritized protecting him rather than the women accusing him of sexual harassment.

www.nytimes.com

E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

• A jury in New York awards E. Jean Carroll a $83.3 million defamation judgment against former President of the United States Donald Trump.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/26/trump-verdict-e-jean-carroll-defamation-trial/

 

[Chris]

Widening Mideast Crisis: Mix-Up Preceded Deadly Drone Strike in Jordan, U.S. Officials Say

The three U.S. service members killed Sunday were the first known American military deaths since Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza began. The U.N. aid organization there said it will soon run out of money.

www.nytimes.com

Air defenses failed to stop a deadly attack on a U.S. military outpost in Jordan on Sunday because the hostile drone homed in on its target at the same time an American drone was returning to the base, two U.S. officials said Monday.

The return of the American surveillance drone to the remote resupply base prompted some confusion over whether the incoming drone was friendly or not, and air defenses were not immediately activated, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an internal investigation into the matter. Two other drones that attacked other locations nearby were shot down, they added.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Trump Allies Pledge 'Holy War' Against Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift hasn’t even endorsed Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign, but Trump is already privately grousing he’s “more popular” than her.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Canadian Dragon]

wait, conservatives hate Taylor Swift now?

 

[Bobby Barrows]

wait, conservatives hate Taylor Swift now?

Apparently, they don't like the fact she's more popular than their boy Trump.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Apparently, they don't like the fact she's more popular than their boy Trump.

I figured it was more that she tells people to go vote and that she won't vote for trump

 

[Canadian Dragon]

also ''KeEp ThIs WoMaN and PoLiTiCs outta my sports'' crowd

 

[Bobby Barrows]

also ''KeEp ThIs WoMaN and PoLiTiCs outta my sports'' crowd

This is the same crowd who thinks having representation in your product means "Get woke, go broke".

It's almost like they hypocritically practice cancel culture when it's something they don't agree with.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

This is the same crowd who thinks having representation in your product means "Get woke, go broke".

It's almost like they hypocritically practice cancel culture when it's something they don't agree with.

i always find the bud light example hilarious because I would be willing to bet most bud light drinkers swing to the right

 

[Death By Looch]

But that crowd HAAAAATES cancel culture, so how dare you float the idea they'd engage in that woke fad?

 

[Canadian Dragon]

But that crowd HAAAAATES cancel culture, so how dare you float the idea they'd engage in that woke fad?

rules for thee but not for me