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Poet. Reader. Retired teacher. Army brat. News & politics nerd.
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America stands with the people of Ukraine.1
Can we get a little humility from all the analysts and reporters who spent the last three months insisting a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine was ridiculous now
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Prime Minister of Finland —>
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I strongly condemn the military action Russia has taken in Ukraine. The attack is a grave breach of international law and threatens the life of numerous civilians. Finland expresses its solid support to Ukraine and Ukrainians and we are looking for ways to increase this support.
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Eastern European members of NATO are invoking Article 4, which means urgent consultations on military plans for the alliance.
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The President of Ukraine is Jewish, and has many family members who died in the Holocaust. Putin's claim that he is invading to "de-Nazify Ukraine" should shock the world.
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He was right. And anyone who hasn't known that for years now is wilfully ignorant.
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18 months ago in @PostOpinions, I was berated by many for writing this sentence: "Vladimir Putin is evil."
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Our basement in Kyiv now filling up with families with small children. The kids are holding colouring books. Heartbreaking
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Ukraine's Interior Ministry is reporting 100s of casualties. Every single city is under attack. Innocent people are being killed by war criminals.
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NEW: President Biden: "President Zelenskyy reached out to me tonight and we just finished speaking... He asked me to call on the leaders of the world to speak out clearly against President Putin’s flagrant aggression, and to stand with the people of Ukraine."
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Wasn’t expecting the new Wordle to be TUCKERCARLSONISARUSSIANAGENT.
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A lot of people using the moment to remind everyone who they are.
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. why do you continue to allow this traitor to wear a uniform, hold a security clearance, and lead soldiers? The warning lights are ablaze - you have a foreign agent in your ranks. Do. Something.
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This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia’s border
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Hitler, 1938:
"I am simply demanding that the oppression of three and a half million Germans in Czechoslovakia cease and that the inalienable right to self-determination take its place."
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To Ukrainians: "Crimeans and Donbasians decided in 2014 to return to their historical motherland. We could do nothing but support them. ... We have no choice but to defend them against the threats they face."
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“We Lived Happily During the War” by Ilya Kaminsky
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This is exactly what I was just thinking.
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Twitter feels especially dystopian on nights like this. Tweets about war mixed in with sports, memes, etc like it’s all of the same importance. Don’t think we were meant to absorb info like this.
"All the cameras have left
for another war..."
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Tulsi is a Russian asset.
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This war and suffering could have easily been avoided if Biden Admin/NATO had simply acknowledged Russia’s legitimate security concerns regarding Ukraine’s becoming a member of NATO, which would mean US/NATO forces right on Russia’s border
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China’s ambassador says that the situation in Ukraine has reached a “critical juncture.” The “door to a peaceful solution is not fully shut, nor should it be.” Stresses China’s commitment to territorial integrity annnnnnd that’s it thank you for coming to his TED talk
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As you watch the destruction unfold just remember that the former president admires Putin for it
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. says a Ukrainian official in the interior ministry has told him that the explosions heard near Kyiv are missile strikes. "The invasion has begun," he says the official told him.
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Poet has a wonderful series called "Poems that Changed Me" & I shared 's poem "Small Kindnesses" because in challenging times, I want to share those who find the light, who use their art to make the world better. It matters.
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. reporting from Ukraine shares a striking message she received from a Pentagon official several hours ago: “You are likely in the last few hours of peace on the European continent for a long time to come.”
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CNN’s Matthew Chance reporting live in Kyiv right now hearing massive explosions.
Praying for Ukraine and our teams on the ground.
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And fortunately, reading while on the clock was a requirement of my job.
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If the subject of your email is "Please open this email," then, no, I won't open this email.
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I'm going to log off and just look at this for the rest of the day.
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The GOP has chosen some of the most vulnerable children and families in America as their prime target. Not raising wages, securing democracy, lowering the costs of healthcare…but attacking children. They’re incapable of leading so they taunt and bully and resort to name calling.
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Sitting Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene went on Alex Jones show to say that beating trans people “into the ground” is “exactly how we need to stand up against this stuff.” Trans people are four times more likely than cis people to be assault victims.
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"hijinks" is much hijinksier than "high jinks"
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How messy are you that you need your room cleaned every day?
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It’s a crock of crap hotels are STILL offering COVID related“limited services” AKA “we don’t clean your room anymore.” It has nothing to do with health and safety, it’s a lazy cop out.
Looks like NYC made some very bad choices last election.
"Bragg has signaled to others he is less interested in the case than was his predecessor, Cyrus R. Vance Jr"
In Texas, AS OF RIGHT NOW... you can be raped, impregnated, forced to bring the fetus to term against your will, care for the child for years, but if the child is trans and you try to help them, the state can kidnap your child and prosecute you.
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Don Cheadle energy for the timeline
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There is a magnet connecting Eric Adams’s mouth and his foot.
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Eric Adams continues to denounce remote work. "You can't stay home all day in your pajamas." He says humans are social creatures.
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Doing this with a Democratic POTUS is asinine, counterproductive, and free advertising for the GOP.
At least when Bernie delivered a separate response from the Democrats, it was when Trump was in office.
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Scoop: Rashida Tlaib will deliver a formal response to President Biden’s SOTU address on behalf of the left-wing Working Families Party. She’s expected to hammer moderates who have stymied his agenda. politico.com/news/2022/02/2
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The Democrats' filing also linked to this tweet, which contains @JoshRultNews video of Bob Cupp very literally laughing at a question about the court-imposed deadline and reporters' interest in it.
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WTAF. Are they *trying* to lose the majority?
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Who needs Republicans when you've got the progressives sniping at Biden? Squad member to deliver response to Biden SOTU politi.co/3pa8C9z via @politico
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JFC. Give me a break.
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Despite some sensational coverage, it’s simple: I’m giving a speech about supporting President Biden and his Build Back Better agenda for the people. Look past the headlines & hear progressives’ vision for working with the President & Congress to deliver for our residents. twitter.com/WorkingFamilie…
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