Tweets Review: Senators to grill FBI Director Christopher Wray over security failures during the January 6 insurrection

Daily Mail US

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Amazon changes its new smartphone app logo after shoppers say it reminds them of a smirking Adolf Hitler https://trib.al/i4wvhq2 

Amazon ditches app logo after Hitler comparison

The US-based online sales giant recently ditched the familiar shopping cart symbol from its app logo in favour of a brown Amazon box with a piece of tape at the top.

dailymail.co.uk

Military History Now@MilHistNow

On this day in 1965, America’s military kicks off a three-year air campaign against North Vietnam: Operation Rolling Thunder. By the time it ends in 1968, nearly a million tons of bombs will have been dropped. That’s more than the total U.S. tonnage to fall on Nazi Germany.

Mark Galeotti@MarkGaleotti

Out on 16th but I got my author’s copy today: my new @OspreyBooks book, on Storm-333, the ruthlessly successful operation that kicked off the misconceived and bloody Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Available for pre-order!

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Senators to grill FBI Director Christopher Wray over security failures during the January 6 insurrection https://cnn.it/3sTJ2FB 

Daily Mail Online

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France WILL give AstraZeneca jab to over-65s in humiliating U-turn for Emmanuel Macron https://trib.al/GeCfR2f 

The Moscow Times

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Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the U.S.S.R., celebrates his 90th birthday today.

He marked his 90th birthday in quarantine and like everyone else is “tired” of coronavirus restrictions, his spokesman said https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/03/02/on-this-day-in-1931-mikhail-gorbachev-was-born-a69483 …

On This Day in 1931 Mikhail Gorbachev Was Born

The last leader of the Soviet Union celebrates his 90th birthday today.

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Anders Åslund@anders_aslund

The Trump families escape from criminal prosecution for 40 years shows how unjust the US judicial system is. The Trumps were too rich so they could afford too good lawyers, so the public prosecutors did not find it beneficial for their careers to go after them. https://twitter.com/OlgaNYC1211/status/1366542798049185794

Anders Åslund@anders_aslund

Can anybody explain to me why it is standard practice to lie about everything (like Trump), while the US sentence a couple of thousand of people to prison for perjury each year? Isn’t that hypocrisy?
Why is truth not considered a value in the US?

The Moscow Times

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Two UN human rights experts called Monday for an international investigation into the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and demanded his “immediate release” from a penal colonyhttps://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/03/01/un-experts-urge-global-probe-of-navalny-poisoning-a73114 …

UN Experts Urge Global Probe of Navalny Poisoning

The experts also demanded Navalny’s “immediate release” from a Russian penal colony.

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Anders Åslund@anders_aslund

The big question for US law enforcement & the US judicial system is whether it will be able to prosecute Trump for his many & blatant crimes. Is the US a country of the rule of law or a state captured by a corrupt elite? I am waiting for the answer.

Jeremy Diamond

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to 3 years in jail (of which 2 suspended), making him the first former president in the country’s modern history to serve time in prison
(Chirac was convicted to a suspended sentence, did not go to prison)https://www.lemonde.fr/politique/article/2021/03/01/nicolas-sarkozy-condamne-a-trois-ans-de-prison-dont-un-an-ferme-dans-l-affaire-des-ecoutes_6071580_823448.html …

Nicolas Sarkozy condamné à trois ans de prison dont un an ferme dans l’affaire des écoutes

L’ancien président de la République a été déclaré coupable de corruption et trafic d’influence. Il va faire appel de cette condamnation.

lemonde.fr

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy gets a historic prison sentence for corruption. He can serve one year of a suspended term at home. https://cnn.it/3bOqbVo 

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail in historic ruling

A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison for corruption and influence peddling, but suspended two years of the sentence.

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