Need to Know News (20 January 2023) with Joe Olson and Chris Weinert

US considering assisting Ukraine in attacking Crimea (which might trigger WWIII, since Russia will not take it kindly). Lavrov sees no way for Russia to return to cordial relations with the West, which has violated treaties and solemn legal and binding agreements and can no longer be trusted. Indeed, Russia is now moving to withdraw from 21 treaties with the Council of Europe. The Biden doc scandal grows and grows, where even CNN has now turned against him, which strongly suggests the Dems want to toss him under the bus. Kevin McCarthy has signaled that raising the national debt ceiling may require compromises and concessions from the Biden admin, which would be all to the good. And, at this late date, it's admitting that cancelling the XL pipeline--which was Biden's first act in office--was a blunder, costing thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions in revenue. EMusk slams the WEF as an "unelected world government" which arrogantly asserts the right to control the destiny of nations and people. Biden continues to make ridiculous assertions and says the people need F-15s, not just AR-15s, if it wants to take on the government, opening suggesting that the government might be at risk of a popular uprising against it. Reason and rationality may or may not be enough to awaken the "woke", alas!