💬 Quoted… “[Some of] the most egregious and blatant violations we’ve seen by the Russian government in order to destabilize and undermine trust in American democracy.”

The DOJ on Friday indicted Aleksandr Viktorovich Ionov, a Russian national, for allegedly controlling three US groups that sought to “sow discord” in American politics on behalf of the Russian government.

• The indictment accuses Ionov of coordinating and funding direct action by these groups within the United States intended to further Russian interests, overseeing the publishing of pro-Russian propaganda, and coordinating coverage of this activity in Russian media outlets.

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✈️ Stat of the Day: A recent study analyzing data from @CelebJets, a Twitter account that tracks the private jet trips of celebrities, found the ten most frequent-flying celebs have already emitted, on average, 482.37x more CO2 so far this year than a normal person does annually.

• The top three biggest offenders are Taylor Swift (her team released a statement saying, “Taylor’s jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals. To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect.”), Floyd Mayweather, and Jay-Z. See the full list here.

🤯 Did You Know?... There’s an estimated $60 billion worth of sunken treasure in the oceans.

📖 Worth a Read: How I Became the Deepfake Tom Cruise → (Hollywood Reporter)

+Note: We’ll have the results from Friday’s poll for you tomorrow.