Anonymous ID: fddb52 Feb. 22, 2021, 6:26 p.m. No.13027537   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>7556 >>7887 >>7903

A leader of the far-right group Oath Keepers who is charged with participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitolreversed her story on Monday about having met with Secret Service agents in Washington on the day of the insurrection. Jessica Watkins, 38, had said in court papers over the weekend that she had traveled to Washington to provide security for the march, had received a VIP pass to then-President Donald Trump's rally and had met with the Secret Service.

 

But in a filing on Monday, Watkins' attorney said she had merely spoken with some agents while passing through a security checkpoint.

 

"Counsel in no way meant to imply that Ms. Watkins met with the Secret Service," A.J. Kramer, Watkins' court-appointed defense lawyer, wrote. "A better verb would have been 'encountered.'"

 

Watkins, an Afghanistan war veteran who has pleaded not guilty, is among nine associates of the anti-government organization charged with conspiring to storm the Capitol to prevent Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's electoral victory.

 

Federal prosecutors have accused Watkins of illegally entering the Capitol building. Her attorney has said she did not engage in any violence.

 

Prosecutors have said the Oath Keepers began planning a military-style assault as early as November. More than 200 people have been charged so far in connection with the attack, which left five people dead, including a police officer.

 

Trump delivered a fiery speech on Jan. 6 exhorting supporters to march to the Capitol to "stop the steal."

 

The ensuing assault prompted the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives to impeach Trump for inciting an insurrection. The Senate acquitted Trump largely along party lines, though seven Republicans voted to convict.

 

Watkins is asking the court to release her to home confinement while she awaits trial, citing in part the risk of maltreatment she faces in jail as a transgender woman.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oath-keeper-withdraws-claim-she-met-with-secret-service-before-us-capitol-attack/ar-BB1dV1Uw

Anonymous ID: fddb52 Feb. 22, 2021, 7:14 p.m. No.13027899   🗄️.is đź”—kun

Iran's New Nuclear 'Understanding' with World Atomic Agency ExplainedClarence Thomas GOP Election Challenge Dissent Sparks Calls to…

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A last-minute arrangement between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Islamic Republic of Iran has so far ensured the survival of an embattled 2015 nuclear deal among major world powers while allowing Tehran to terminate certain transparency commitments known as the Additional Protocol

 

While the details of the new compromise remain murky, Laura Rockwood, director of the One Earth Future think tank's Open Nuclear Network program and the principal author of the document that served as the basis of the IAEA's Model Additional Protocol, explained on Monday how this could move could potentially save the accord by giving a temporary off-ramp to rising tensions surrounding the deal.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/iran-s-new-nuclear-understanding-with-world-atomic-agency-explained/ar-BB1dVc2X

Anonymous ID: fddb52 Feb. 22, 2021, 7:27 p.m. No.13027992   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8014 >>8072

Freezing temperatures cause spike in Colorado gasoline pricesAs the temperatures plummeted in Texas last week knocking refineries out of commission, gasoline prices jumped in Colorado and other states.

 

The average price increase in Colorado was 7 cents, AAA said Monday. Nationwide, the price surged an average of 13 cents to $2.63, the highest since October 2019.

 

The average price in the Denver area was $2.47 per gallon Monday, compared with $2.41 a week ago. A month ago, the average price was $2.28 per gallon and $2.34 a year ago at this time.

 

“When you get right down to it, last week was the equivalent of a hurricane event,” Skyler McKinley, regional director of public affairs for AAA, said in a statement.

 

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/02/22/colorado-gas-prices-up-at-pump/

Anonymous ID: fddb52 Feb. 22, 2021, 7:32 p.m. No.13028033   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8046

7 cents was the average normal, now it’s moving at higher volumes, currently 13c and the largest since October 2019. Not only Colorado…other states as well.

May not sound like a lot to you anon, but it’s a lot over a year to this anon.