The Russo-Ukrainian War Thread (FKA Political Thread)

[Canadian Dragon]

so many awful side-effects on top of less supply for diabetics. p sure they are also getting sued lol. big fucking yikes

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/politics/house-oversight-committee-subpoenas-hunter-biden/index.html

The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed Hunter and James Biden, President Joe Biden’s son and brother, the panel announced Wednesday, setting up a highly anticipated showdown as House Republicans continue to search for whether the President committed an impeachable offense in connection to his family’s foreign business dealings – a high bar they have yet to meet.

The Republican-led panel also said it had subpoenaed a business associate of the Biden family, Rob Walker, and requested voluntary interviews with a list of individuals including Sara Biden, James’ Biden’s wife, Hallie Biden, the widow of the president’s oldest son, Beau Biden who Hunter Biden was romantically involved with, and Tony Bobulinski, another business associate of the President’s son.

 

[Chris]

Musician Sues Former Grammys Head, Accusing Him of Rape

The woman, who is not named in the lawsuit, said that she was drugged by Neil Portnow, and that the Recording Academy was negligent in investigating her complaint.

www.nytimes.com

The former head of the Grammy Awards was sued on Wednesday by a woman who said he drugged and raped her in a New York hotel room in 2018.

The suit, filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, accuses Neil Portnow, who stepped down as chief executive of the Recording Academy in 2019, of sexual battery, and accuses the academy — the nonprofit group behind the Grammys — of negligence.

 

[Chris]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/09/manchin-senate-reelection/

Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) announced Thursday he would not seek reelection in 2024, leaving the door open for Republicans to flip a Senate seat in a solidly red state.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

was he not voting with the Rs anyways like Sinema?

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Yep, he was specifically one of the Democrats who flipped to basically being a Republican but not in name.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/10/politics/biden-xi-meeting-china-us-relations/index.html

President Biden’s highly anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping is set for next Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area, senior US administration officials said, setting up a test of whether the two men can slow a downward spiral in relations at a moment of heavy global turbulence.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Elon Musk almost needed SFPD wellness check after ‘breakdown,’ getting booed at Dave Chappelle show

‘He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset’ that Twitter employees feared he would hurt himself, the author of a new book says about the billionaire.

www.mercurynews.com

Elon Musk reportedly suffered a mental breakdown after facing angry boos at Dave Chappelle’s San Francisco show in December 2022, which added to the billionaire’s fears that his reputation as a tech visionary had been damaged by his seemingly chaotic moves in buying and running Twitter, the once iconic social media platform he rebranded as X.

Musk’s mental breakdown is being reported by Ben Mezrich, the author of a new book, “Breaking Twitter,” which covers the billionaire’s haphazard acquisition of X, Insider reported.

“He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset that the Twitter employees were considering calling a wellness check by the San Francisco police because they thought he was going to self-harm himself,” Mezrich said in an interview Tuesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box, Insider said.

“I think he truly cares about his reputation, and he was shocked,” Mezrich said.

Mezrich cited several incidents that led to Musk’s downward “spiral.” The first was the Chappelle show, which took place about two months after Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion.

If this is true.

 

[Butters]

Elon Musk almost needed SFPD wellness check after ‘breakdown,’ getting booed at Dave Chappelle show

‘He got to a point where he locked himself in his office, was so upset’ that Twitter employees feared he would hurt himself, the author of a new book says about the billionaire.

www.mercurynews.com

If this is true.

doesn't surprise me at all. he 100% gives me the dude from the movie Grandma's Boy vibes that dresses like he's in the matrix.

 

[Canadian Dragon]

played too much SF6 and read that as he needed an SPD (spinning piledriver)

 

[Canadian Dragon]

 

[Chris]

F.B.I. Seizes Eric Adams’s Phones as Campaign Investigation Intensifies

Days after a raid at Mr. Adams’s chief fund-raiser’s home, federal agents took the mayor’s phones and iPad, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

www.nytimes.com

F.B.I. agents seized Mayor Eric Adams’s electronic devices early this week in what appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a federal corruption investigation into whether his 2021 campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others to funnel money into its coffers, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Just gonna leave that here.

 

[SupineSnake]

was great to see hundreds of thousands of people out in london today, marching for peace and against apartheid and israeli war crimes. particularly enjoyed seeing the jewish anti-zionist league marching under a 'jews against genocide' banner. crazy to think the fascists tried the very thing braverman and crew were scared the pro-palestinians would do. was hilarious walking past a counter-protest comprising of six skinhead racists holding tinnies and the st george. still don't think we'll see either leader of the major parties stray from their fearful, cowardly line despite this incredible show of solidarity.

 

[Chris]

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/12/politics/tim-scott-ends-presidential-campaign/index.html

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is suspending his presidential campaign, he announced in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.

“I love America more today than I did on May 22. But when I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. I am suspending my campaign,” he said.