ICYMI: “The US wrecked Afghanistan for 40 years... destroyed that country mercilessly, cynically, ignorantly, brutally" - Jeffrey Sachs

And they're gonna do the same with Ukraine unless the Ukrainians wake up and say God we're being killed by this approach.”

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🚨Trump and 18 Co-Defendants Charged With Racketeering In Georgia 2020 Election Probe

Former President Donald Trump and top allies including his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a top former Justice Department official, Jeffrey Clark, were indicted on felony charges in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

The sweeping 41-count indictment also names lawyers John Eastman, Kenneth Chesebro, Jenna Ellis and Ray Smith and several others.

Trump was charged with felony racketeering and numerous conspiracy charges, court filings show.
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*https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-indicted-georgia-racketeering-rcna74912
*Indictment: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23909543-23sc188947-criminal-indictment

15,000 UN Troops to 'Accelerate' Exit from DR Congo - Guterres

United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo will begin an “accelerated withdrawal,” Secretary General Antonio Guterres has confirmed - marking an end to 25 years in the African nation.

Their mission was extended by a year in December, but has since been met with protests in eastern parts of the country where the UN soldiers operate.

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