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Russians ‘spread fake plot to assassinate Boris Johnson’ on social media

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Suspected spy operation was designed to provoke tension in the west, says new study

Suspected Russian spies floated a series of fake stories on social media including a claim that Remainers were planning to kill Boris Johnson and that the novichok used in the Salisbury attack came from the Real IRA, a new study shows.

The operation was done to provoke tensions between western countries. It was persistent, sophisticated and well-resourced, and involved fake accounts on more than 30 platforms and nine languages, over five years, the study says.

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H.R. 3419: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after leaving office, and for other purposes.

Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Angie Craig [D-MN2]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Ethics, House Committee on House Administration, and 2 other committees which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

Biden stumbles over abortion rights while Warren receives cheers | World news | The Guardian

Casey is the 1992 supreme court decision which allowed states to severely restrict abortion access, including imposing waiting periods and medically unnecessary administrative burdens. This is what Biden said he supports! Fail!

Source: Biden stumbles over abortion rights while Warren receives cheers | World news | The Guardian