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https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/treasury-sanctions-ukrainians-for-russia-tied-election-meddling-1.1546835

(Bloomberg) The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned several Ukrainians including an ally of President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani – claiming they were part of a Russia-linked network that interfered in U.S. elections.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Contol added seven Ukrainian individuals and four organizations to its sanctions list for “foreign interference in U.S. elections.”

The sanctioned Ukrainians include a former chief prosecutor for the country, Konstantin Kulyk, who investigated President-elect Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and a former diplomat, Andriy Telizhenko, who worked with Giuliani to try to dig up dirt on the Bidens’ activities in the country.

“Russian disinformation campaigns targeting American citizens are a threat to our democracy,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement. “The United States will continue to aggressively defend the integrity of our election systems and processes.”

The new normal

https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-accused-of-foreign-election-interference-for-banning-ugandan-accounts

President Donald Trump has long insisted that he is being singled out by social media giants while others have exhibited similar behavior. Now he has a dubious ally in the fight against the tech bosses after a slew of Facebook pages linked to the Ugandan government were shuttered ahead of a key presidential election on Thursday, which officials say could change the course of history in that country.

Facebook said it closed the accounts, which included some run by the Ministry of Information and Communications as well as the personal accounts of government officials, because they were part of a network that was working together to target popstar-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who goes by Bobi Wine.

After the Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to Museveni’s senior press secretary Don Wanyama were shut down, Wanyama accused the company of seeking to influence the election. “Shame on the foreign forces that think they can aid and plant a puppet leadership on Uganda by disabling online accounts of (ruling party) NRM supporters,” he wrote on Twitter, which has so far not stifled him. “You wont take away President Kaguta Museveni.”

The viral claims that Trump signed the Insurrection Act over the weekend are not supported by evidence. It is legal convention for a proclamation to be issued before the powers invested in the president under the act are invoked. There is no evidence that Trump signed the Insurrection Act over the weekend.

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OOPS forgot to add this

I thought he did tell everyone to stop

https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-donald-trump-sign-insurrection-act-1560520?piano_t=1

Before the president could use any of the powers provided to him under the Insurrection Act, he would first have to issue a formal proclamation ordering insurgents to disperse.

According to a Congressional Research Service research paper from 2006, the president must command insurgents to disperse within a set time frame. If that order is not complied with, the president then has the power to deploy troops to resolve the issue through an executive order.

The act was last invoked during the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles in 1992, following a request from the former California Governor Pete Wilson. George H.W. Bush issued a proclamation on May 1, 1992, commanding all rioters to disperse, "retire peaceably," and cease all acts of violence and disorder.

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment.

https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2021/01/bolsonaros-reaction-to-the-us-capitol-invasion-will-likely-dampen-brazils-relationship-with-biden.shtml

After the scenes of violence in Washington last Wednesday (6), when a crowd inflated by Trump invaded the Capitol and suspended a session to certify a victory for the Democrat, Bolsonaro said that he is "linked to Trump" and that there were "lots of fraud claims" in the American elections. He also stated that "we will have a worse problem than the United States" if Brazil does not implement paper ballots for the 2022 elections.