Bradley Alan 🇺🇦 @conscienceGOP

War Criminal Putin invaded Ukraine to rebuild the Failed Soviet Empire. That is the ONLY reason. Putin himself wrote a 5000-word essay on this, denying Ukrainian nationhood. He will not stop until he is made to stop! Negotiations need maximum leverage

Today, we unequivocally and unapologetically reaffirm, to the United States of America and to the World, the following undeniable and indisputable facts. We ask all Americans, including all elected officials from all Parties and all levels of Government, to join us by sharing and reposting this message for the World to see: 🇺🇸 Three years ago today, Vladimir Putin illegally invaded Ukraine without justification and without provocation.   🇺🇸 The United States of America stands for the Rule of Law, and respects and defends the borders and territorial sovereignty of all Freedom-Loving Nations.   🇺🇸 Ukraine is an independent, sovereign, and freedom-loving nation, and is an ally of the United States of America and the Free World.   🇺🇸 Vladimir Putin, through his illegal invasions, genocide, kidnapping, rape, torture and murder of innocent civilians, including women and children, is an enemy of the United States of America and the Free World.   🇺🇸 The United States of America stands with Democracies and opposes Dictatorships. 🇺🇸 Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the Legitimately Elected President of Ukraine through a free and fair election.   🇺🇸 Vladimir Putin is an Unelected Dictator who imprisons his political opponents and who has never held a free and fair election.   🇺🇸 The Ukrainian election has been delayed because Ukraine is under daily relentlessly bombings, over 200 per day, by Vladimir Putin, and Ukraine is in a State of 24/7 Martial Law.   🇺🇸 Ukraine will hold their elections as soon as Vladimir Putin stops his unprovoked, unjustified daily bombings inside Ukraine. 🇺🇸 If Putin is rewarded for his illegal invasion and genocide, this will serve as a green-light incentive to other Dictators, such as CCP Chairman Xi Jinping, to pursue their own conquests (i.e. Taiwan), which will lead to more instability across the Globe. 🇺🇸 Dictators like Vladimir Putin are the Adult Versions of the School Yard Bullies that we all confronted in Grade School. And they must be dealt with in the same exact way. There is Peace through Strength, and there is War through Weakness. There is no magical third option.   #PeaceThroughStrength

Yesterday, @RepGregoryMeeks and I introduced a bipartisan resolution in support of Ukraine on the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. We must support Ukraine in defending itself from a Russian invasion.

@BiscuitSlap Latest polls I’ve seen. Regardless if one wants to send more weapons or not, one has to be morally blind to not know Russia is responsible for this war.

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The Trump Administration royally screwed up today on Ukraine. The vast majority of Americans stand up for independence, freedom and free markets, and against the bully and invader.

I was deeply troubled by the vote at the UN today which put us on the same side as Russia and North Korea. These are not our friends. This posture is a dramatic shift from American ideals of freedom and democracy. We all want an end to the war, but it must be achieved on terms that ensure Ukraine’s sovereignty and security and that deter Putin from pursuing further territorial ambitions.

Axios @axios

a year ago

The U.S. voted against a UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, siding with Moscow and other non-democratic countries like North Korea, Belarus and Sudan. trib.al/FvlKPQm

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“To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.” — Nuremberg Trials International Military Tribunal in 1946.

Axios @axios

a year ago

The U.S. voted against a UN resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, siding with Moscow and other non-democratic countries like North Korea, Belarus and Sudan. trib.al/FvlKPQm

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Liar.

Visegrád 24 @visegrad24

a year ago

Trump on Ukraine and NATO: “I don't see any way that a country in Russia's position could allow them to join NATO... The war started because Biden went out and said that Ukraine could join NATO."

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If you read nothing else today, please read this.

The federal prosecutors who have resigned rather than bow to Trump on the Eric Adams case -- Danielle Sassoon, Hagan Scotten -- remind me of José Martí, who said, "When there are many men who lack honor, there are always others who have within themselves the honor of many men."

The United States ought to back Ukraine because it is the right thing to do, morally, and, above all, because it is in the hard U.S. interest to do so. To shake down a country that is struggling for its very existence is, to my sense, repulsive.

Josh Rogin @joshrogin

a year ago

Multiple lawmakers here in Munich told me the U.S. Congressional delegation presented Zelensky with a piece of paper they wanted him to sign which would grant the U.S. rights to 50% of Ukraine’s future mineral reserves. Zelensky politely declined to sign it. #MSC2025

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200 years from now, this headline will be used to help explain & understand the Trump era.👇

Ask yourself: Do you really want a government where all the principled prosecutors feel they are forced to resign in order to not break their oath to the Constitution and the laws of the United States?

I don’t hate Donald Trump and I certainly don’t hate his supporters. But I do think he and his ideas are impulsive, erratic, often based in half-truths and outright lies, and profoundly wrong for the country—and some are even dangerous. I think his plans risk plunging the country into crises that may prove irreparable, and I think ultimately Trump cares first and foremost about his own interests. And no margin of electoral victory can change any of these things. And so, even as we pray for the country’s success, I and others will continue to challenge Trump’s actions and plans where they distract from and erode the essence of what we believe America has been and should be. Dissent against those in power is the lifeblood of our republic and offering a competing vision for the country is part of what it means to be a citizen. That’s the chief task of every American today: citizenship. Help your neighbors. Care about your country. Define its future. Because it belongs to all of us—not just him.

20 yrs ago, if I would’ve told you that one day there’d be an American President who lost an election, refused to accept the result, refused to concede, and then committed crimes trying to overthrow the election, you wouldn’t have believed me. So please don’t tell me I’m wrong when I say to use your imagination this time and expect him to commit the worst possible attacks on our democratic institutions & the rule of law these next 4yrs.

Trump just picked his own personal criminal defense lawyers to the #2 & #3 top spots at DOJ. In any other era, this would have been a big story, a clear conflict of interest, a corrupt violation of keeping the Justice Department independent. But with Trump, barely a notice.

Trump has convinced millions & millions of Americans that the FBI is our enemy, the Justice Department is our enemy, the intelligence community is our enemy, elections officials are our enemy, scientists & health officials are our enemy, military leaders are our enemy, and on and on and on. It’s so wrong. And so dangerous. And is doing so much damage.

Josh Rogin @joshrogin

a year ago

Multiple lawmakers here in Munich told me the U.S. Congressional delegation presented Zelensky with a piece of paper they wanted him to sign which would grant the U.S. rights to 50% of Ukraine’s future mineral reserves. Zelensky politely declined to sign it. #MSC2025

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I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.

I don't agree with a lot of Harris policies. But I disagree with trying to steal an election so strongly that that's irrelevant. Respecting the peaceful transfer of power is a foundational issue in democracy: if you don't have that, nothing else matters.

If you’re still on the fence about voting in this election, think about what really matters – about the values we were taught, the kind of country we want to be, and how this is a moment when your vote really does count.  Your vote could determine the fate of our republic – the world that our children and grandchildren will inherit. It’s an awesome responsibility. But what an extraordinary privilege it is to live in a democracy that gives each of us the opportunity to make our voices heard.