Need to Know News (19 December 2022) with Carl Herman and Chris Weinert

Russia has hit Ukraine with 72 missiles that have taken out 50% of the energy resources of Ukraine, where it's going to be a long, cold winter for its residents. The solidifying of the ground for winter makes a major operation by Russia highly likely. The US contemplates sending more US troops to Ukraine to monitor the dispersal of weapons and funds, but in the chaos taking place there, it's an all-but-hopeless task. The Democrats are using these bills to launder money to benefit themselves. New Twitter revelations show that the FBI/DHS/ODNI were all flooding Twitter with requests and demands for censorship in blatant violation of the 1st Amendment. And Musk, who has done a brilliant job restoring Twitter to be the free-speech platform of America, has taken a poll to decide if he should remain as CEO, which is not a question that ought to be open to dispute. HE SHOULD STAY. The outcome (which I question) was against by some 58% to 42%, which suggests to me it was rigged using bots and other techniques to warp the outcome. Trump has (unwisely) introduced a set of TrumpCards that would better have been left in a drawer. Israel claims to have "lost" its contract with Pfizer, which is about as absurd as it gets. Meanwhile, a Court of Appeals has decided against the rights of girls and women to not have to compete in athletic events against men who call themselves "women". And the Cambridge Dictionary has redefined "woman" to include men who claim to be women, which is equally absurd. We must all remember that, those who can make us believe absurdities can make us commit atrocities. The US is turning into a massive pile of horseshit.