Reminder of what "Presidential" look like. George H. Bush letter to Bill Clinton on inauguration in 1993:
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Nancy Pelosi made an unannounced visit to Ukraine’s capital Saturday, becoming the highest-ranking U.S. official to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky since the war started. She told him, "Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done." nyti.ms/3773TQq
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While Angelina Jolie is UNHCR envoy on refugees, she is in Ukraine in personal capacity.
Prior to Lviv, she was in Rome, Italy meeting Ukrainian refugees, Italian media reported.
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Video of Angelina Jolie spotted today in coffeeshop in Lviv, #Ukraine, proving once again that her humanitarian work remains unparalleled among Hollywood stars.
Yemen, Jordan, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso…she’s there:
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NEWS: Biden admin working on ways to lure Russian scientists — one idea is to drop a rule so that Russians with master’s or PhD in science, tech, engineering or math can get an employment-based visa to come to US even if they don’t a current employer.
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Appears our story on Syrian doctors helping in Ukraine did not sit well with someone(s) in Germany. Thank you German law and Twitter for stating the obvious
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Resolved!
Middle East collectively breathes sigh of relief
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Since 40 minutes ago basically
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🚨 WhatsApp is Down, mysterious outage since ~ 4:39 ET US.
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Thanks to Dr , and for speaking to and me for this story.
"We don't want Ukraine to become Syria", in casualties & negligence, is something deeply felt in Syrian community.
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*Senior US Def. Official (obviously)
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Senior Defense Official: "They [Russians] are still hitting Mariupol from sky...and you don't continue to do that, if you think you won the battle"
Adds that "not an insignificant" number of Russian forces have also left Mariupol #Ukraine.
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Pentagon assesses:
• 1900 missiles fired, still mostly on Mariupol (who Putin says is 'liberated')
• 92 Russian BTG in UKR
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It’s amazing that has chosen our Editor in Chief among 30 incredible women who have created meaningful change across MENA. Privileged to be working with a leader, who has the capacity to inspire, determination to work hard and a clear sense of vision. #SheCreates
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Elon Musk's net worth tumbles by $29bn as Tesla shares plunge
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"The negotiations that allowed us to bring Trevor home required difficult decisions that I do not take lightly"
Trevor Reed, former US marine, freed in US-Russia prisoner swap
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UPDATE: US officials on Swap w #Russia
• NOTHING to do w Ukraine
• No change on Ukraine
• Trevor Reed en route home
• Will let his family speak about his health
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US Pres. Biden confirms Trevor Reed release from #Russia. Trevor was jailed in 2019. “The negotiations that allowed us to bring Trevor home required difficult decisions that I do not take lightly” :
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BREAKING: US & #Russia do Prisoner Swap. US Marine Trevor Reed is Released from Russia in exchange for release Russian Pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko (AP, Interfax)
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Metal fences go as high as two meters and were put in place in some residential areas of Shanghai over the weekend.
Video via who is a must follow on anything China
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Woman in Shanghai kicks & breaks the metal fence recently erected by authorities to force residents into quarantine. #China is enforcing in city of 26 million one of harshest lockdowns in its zero-Covid policy:
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Putin meets UN secretary general António Guterres in the Kremlin. The long table is back!
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And there are many reasons to criticize US policy on Ukraine but using USSR history as pretext, justification for Russia’s invasion is whole new level that only Putin has used.
In 2022 nonetheless.
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*KAMALA HARRIS HAS COVID-19
+ Wyden, Sen. Murphy
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NEW: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he expects Ukraine to apply again down the road to be a member of NATO. In remarks at the end of a 40 nation donor conference for Ukraine that US hosted at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
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Would we as a society be better off with civilized democratic platforms that don’t violate our privacy, don’t allow bullying, don’t fuel conflict, and don’t spread misinformation? Absolutely.
But this is not an exclusively Musk - Twitter problem. Bigger effort & reforms required
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Re. Elon Musk ownership of Twitter:
- Never a good thing to have one billionaire in control of a vast info. platform
- A systematic problem,not just Twitter
- Better judgement will come from policies that will be enacted/reversed
- We each do our part & have choices to make
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A U.S. missile destroyer, the USS Sampson, carried out a routine Taiwan Strait passage earlier today.
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Details on Elon Musk - Twitter acquisition here
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BREAKING: Elon Musk Buys Twitter
• $44 Billion deal
• Unanimous approval by board
• Trading been halted
Twitter is now Private
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CNN is publishing the Meadows texts. I scrolled to the bottom to read in reverse order and this one jumped out:
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- Stay52.2%
- Leave19.4%
- Undecided28.5%
2,310 votesFinal results
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