Open Thread | What’s At Stake In Ukraine

About that negotiated immigration deal that the GOP is running away from.
The reason I would have agreed to GOP Terms is because I would have wanted the money that was meant to help Ukraine.

Once again..
Ukraine is England 1940.

But, instead of being the last country standing, it’s the first. We need to help it because helping it, helps us fight Putin.
And, he needs to be fought at every level.

Sadly, I realized that nothing is going to change with Ukraine until after the November 2024 Election. Putin is hanging on, in hopes that Dolt45 will win. And, of course, Dolt45 being Putin’s lapdog, he will pull out American financial support for Ukraine, and begin to mess with our relations in NATO.

So, we need to fully fund Ukraine until November 2024.

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
🧵I went to the Pentagon today with several colleagues for a briefing on Ukraine and what will happen if we fail to support its military. It was the most stark description of the stakes — for both Ukraine and US interests — should we fail to provide more military aid. /1
(https://x.com/RepSlotkin/status/1754701759824461871?t=1N7HMrjvEYA0-GQE-VV02Q&s=03)

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
First, it’s no secret that Ukraine is running short of critical ammunition – artillery shells to hold Russia’s ground forces back, and air and missile defenses to knock down the missiles Russia uses to attack Ukrainian civilians. /2

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
Russia would be able to strike Ukraine’s cities with ballistic missiles, destroying its economy, damaging critical infrastructure like energy plants, and raising worldwide food prices as Ukraine is unable to export grain that feeds millions around the globe. /3

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
Russia could break through the current front lines and capture more territory, subjecting more of Ukraine’s people to the same horrific crimes that took place at the start of the war. /4

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
Ukrainian refugees, fleeing bombardment and the cruelty of Russian forces, would leave in massive numbers, creating new strains for our European allies. /5

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
In short: We can pay now to help Ukraine, or we can pay much more later to counteract the strategic gains we would hand Vladimir Putin and Russia. /6

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
And this tragedy would ripple far beyond Ukraine. It has major implications for US leadership, and would mark the unofficial end of more than 70 years of our commitment to democracy and to standing up to autocracies around the world. /7

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
Make no mistake, our adversaries & our friends are watching. China will take note that the US was unwilling to finish the job & use that in their calculus on Taiwan. Our friends will doubt our fortitude, their safety & will look to other countries (read: China) for leadership. /8

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
The irony is that there is a bipartisan agreement, negotiated in the Senate, that would send help to Ukraine, as well as Taiwan & Israel, & secure our own border. I hope the Senate considers it & I hope Speaker Johnson changes course & brings it to the House floor for a vote./9

Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) posted at 9:01 PM on Mon, Feb 05, 2024:
If not, historians may remember this as the moment when America gave up on defending democracy. When our political polarization got so bad that we abandoned the principles our grandparents fought for. /10

This is what’s at stake.

David Frum (@davidfrum) posted at 6:45 AM on Thu, Feb 08, 2024:
Putin held three cards against Ukraine:

The first was Russian military might. That card was defeated.

The second was dependence on Russian energy. That card failed.

The third was Putin’s hold on Donald Trump, and through Trump, the US Republican Party. That card is working.
(https://x.com/davidfrum/status/1755573556568535176?t=4xtChW_IyVhoLXzwFFngpg&s=03)

The Question the MSM refuses to ask is WHY is that card working?

emptywheel (@emptywheel) posted at 8:12 AM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
I still really want someone to write a generational biography of the GOP men — people like Cruz, Lee, Rubio — who HAD to have been attracted to the Republican party by Ronald Reagan, who just voted to give Ukraine to Russia. https://t.co/JruY9W19N9
(https://x.com/emptywheel/status/1757407343938023577?t=RgnaoMNqBsQecksp0QJq_A&s=03)

So, the Senate did a stand alone foreign aid bill.

The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) posted at 4:28 AM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
⚡️Speaker Johnson preemptively rejects Ukraine aid bill as it moves forward in Senate.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested on Feb. 12 that he would not support a $95 billion foreign aid bill that included funding for Ukraine on the grounds that it did not address the… https://t.co/n4irAoUSVw
(https://x.com/KyivIndependent/status/1757350947087368582?t=XCVSiMh2YLs5Zckysns-uA&s=03)

⚡️Speaker Johnson preemptively rejects Ukraine aid bill as it moves forward in Senate.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested on Feb. 12 that he would not support a $95 billion foreign aid bill that included funding for Ukraine on the grounds that it did not address the ongoing crisis at the southern border.

The bill, which has slowly progressed through the Senate, allocates $60 billion to Ukraine, $14.1 billion for security aid to Israel, $9.2 billion for humanitarian support, and $4.8 billion to assist regional partners in the Indo-Pacific area. A potential final vote in the Senate could come as early as Feb. 14.

Learn more here: kyivindependent.com/speaker-johnso…

UH HUH
UH HUH

David Frum (@davidfrum) posted at 6:00 AM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
Putin’s last hope is Speaker Mike Johnson.
(https://x.com/davidfrum/status/1757374257493926345?t=9-Bi5vXthveX8YhDbu10fA&s=03)

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56 Responses to Open Thread | What’s At Stake In Ukraine

  1. rikyrah says:

    Candidly Tiff (@tify330) posted at 9:50 PM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    MAGA is gonna have a meltdown when Judge McAfee rules that Fani is not removed from this case. I can’t wait.
    (https://x.com/tify330/status/1758338021907153033?s=02)

  2. rikyrah says:

    18 GOP-held Biden districts targeted to flip blue (@Needle_of_Arya) posted at 7:54 PM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    Another way to look at this “secret bank account”/”secret mattress stash” issue is that in subsequent discussions involving people from everywhere in the world, literally everyone does this, but (certain but only) white Americans are shocked that Black Americans also do it.
    (https://x.com/Needle_of_Arya/status/1758671134252306631?s=02)

  3. rikyrah says:

    I love Black people.
    We can bring to life anything….. Including a TV Show theme song🤗🤗

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  4. rikyrah says:

    Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 11:50 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    Reporter: An FBI informant at the center of the impeachment inquiry into you has been indicted for allegedly lying. Should the inquiry be dropped?

    Biden: He is lying. It should be dropped. It’s been an outrageous effort from the beginning. https://t.co/LlENPclx4r
    (https://x.com/Acyn/status/1758549382926844401?t=f_YkxmFhuDs_yly-np7Ggg&s=03)

  5. rikyrah says:

    Pokorak, J. (@Immanentize) posted at 11:41 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    I’m white and an Old. I keep cash in my house because I grew up rather country poor. Family scratched its way into the lower middle class. Then I got to go to college and law school!

    But the old habits of poverty — being a moment away from hunger and homelessness — linger.
    (https://x.com/Immanentize/status/1758547217256681973?t=GhjDfAi9IWefU7HxAsfFQg&s=03)

  6. rikyrah says:

    Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) posted at 11:32 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    Navalny was poisoned WHILE TRUMP WAS PRESIDENT. Putin tried to kill him then. He returned to Russia and was imprisoned while Trump was president. Trump didn’t say one word about either thing.
    (https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1758544912776044998?t=sfyIjhw5_DkCf1eeC9B_gg&s=03)

  7. rikyrah says:

    Robert Reich (@RBReich) posted at 11:45 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    Harlan Crow and a few other GOP megadonors have provided Clarence Thomas with:

    -38 destination vacations

    -26 private jet flights

    -6 helicopter flights

    -Yacht voyages

    Still wondering why SCOTUS approval ratings have hit record lows?
    (https://x.com/RBReich/status/1758548057614897345?t=cMa2-hWZ6_Du9eMUFwapHA&s=03)

  8. rikyrah says:

    Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 11:47 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    Biden slams Republicans in Congress: It’s about time they step up. Don’t you think? Instead of going on a two-week vacation? Two weeks they are walking away. Two weeks! What are they thinking? My god. This is bizarre. https://t.co/v8RWPNPbd5
    (https://x.com/Acyn/status/1758548649057919241?t=rz3Nc0Bi7FiCOD3OrUuSxg&s=03)

  9. rikyrah says:

    Dr. Nola Haynes | Ph.D, M.Div (@nolahaynes_) posted at 7:26 PM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    Poor Black women = loud, lazy, dumb, lascivious
    Educated Black women = Affirmative Action, upitty, loud and dumb
    Celebrity Black women = loud, troublemakers, token and yes, dumb.

    When you see memes that say, WE ARE TIRED. This is what it means.
    (https://x.com/nolahaynes_/status/1758301855833076218?t=FfjZrAcCChbdRtM9ALgK6g&s=03)

  10. rikyrah says:

    Vicki Ringer (@vickiringer) posted at 10:58 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    DA Fani Willis’s father, John Floyd, is quite the accomplished attorney. He has done some impressive work all over the world, including regarding the genocide in Rwanda. We see where DA Willis gets her skills and independence.
    (https://x.com/vickiringer/status/1758536323189633266?t=z3YRN1kucYWL_C6JmUcXHQ&s=03)

  11. rikyrah says:

    Que La Chinga, America?!! 🇵🇷 (@TerpGrad01) posted at 10:53 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    I can’t believe Fani Willis’ father is on the stand having to tell his business and his daughter’s. This is some bullshit because a Black woman dared to hold that piece of shit Trump accountable. I’m so disgusted with this shit.
    (https://x.com/TerpGrad01/status/1758535187867042099?t=iwIgHqK1fjqhT0TQB_28SQ&s=03)

  12. rikyrah says:

    Yeah, well…like..isn’t that obvious as to what’s going to happen?

    Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 6:39 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    Just crazy: GOP officials are worried that Trump’s legal fees could “drain party resources,” a problem that could “boil over” for the party.

    That’s from @MarcACaputo on today’s pod. We dig into the real story behind the MAGA takeover of the RNC.

    Listen👇
    https://t.co/lc0nttu0K8
    (https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1758471228942131711?t=QjZhJ3Rg4DCBvBH3YRK7aQ&s=03)

  13. rikyrah says:

    Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) posted at 6:33 AM on Fri, Feb 16, 2024:
    When Trump claims that he believes a U.S. President could order Seal Team Six to murder his political opponent and never be held criminally accountable, he’s saying that he wishes he could be like Putin.

    Believe him.
    (https://x.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1758469536439750754?t=LlxpceHyT6PPAnO60q8TUQ&s=03)

  14. rikyrah says:

    Skeptical Brotha 💛🐝🌈 (@skepticalbrotha) posted at 2:04 PM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    They have made it about Fani because Trump has no defense for conspiracy to overthrow the 2020 election. These proceedings are a masquerade to hide their hands as they fill people’s heads up with racist & sexist tropes. It’s what Black people in positions of power always endure. https://t.co/limbPYkp4Q
    (https://x.com/skepticalbrotha/status/1758220853605544302?t=VDEkUPNJR2uGRWN94KFxnA&s=03)

  15. rikyrah says:

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    ChudsOfTikTok 🐀 (@ChudsOfTikTok) posted at 2:12 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    A Canadian 🇨🇦 family with 8 children sold everything they owned & moved to Russia 🇷🇺 to raise their children in Orthodox values & away from “left wing ideology,” the LGBT 🏳️‍🌈 community. Anyways their bank accounts have been frozen & they’re starting to regret their decision 🤭 https://t.co/u1HUOhpAm3
    (https://x.com/ChudsOfTikTok/status/1758041553967186159?t=-QHlkUumYTENDTu61Rf7Iw&s=03)

  16. rikyrah says:

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    Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) posted at 10:08 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    My friend @NewsCHill just asked DeSantis how he can square his opposition to gender affirming care and people identifying with the gender of their choosing with his choice to wear heels to identify with the height of his choosing and the whole room laughed at DeSantis 😂 https://t.co/pqovbUDOw4
    (https://x.com/tomaskenn/status/1758161459077382650?t=k7ko7SzjQ5KoNJGNUcqOqA&s=03)

  17. rikyrah says:

    Lips so pursed

    Rachel Bitecofer 
     (@RachelBitecofer) posted at 9:57 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    Star witness against Fani Willis is falling apart on the stand right after being reminded you have to tell the truth.

    Can’t remember when Fani Willis told her about dating Wade. Can’t remember what was said. When her atty tried to help with “is it something you talked about…
    (https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1758158494207709361?t=0lI4eiFF8t7xIFxp-Mc2QQ&s=03

  18. rikyrah says:

    Queens R. Made (@QueenRMade1) posted at 1:19 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    This brought a smile to my face. Enjoy! #BEYONCEISCOUNTRY
    https://t.co/8zLaMt9AzT
    (https://x.com/QueenRMade1/status/1758028201539100869?t=li-8jYsu4C0xlV1KdO7x6g&s=03)

  19. rikyrah says:

    Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) posted at 9:41 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    Joe Manchin floats Mitt Romney as a potential running mate as he weighs a third-party presidential bid https://t.co/H7JS0deTyV
    (https://x.com/JonLemire/status/1758154619681673217?t=2PriwRjaQkTEZn8vphzTdA&s=03)

  20. rikyrah says:

    Lowlifes

    😡😡🤬🤬🤬

    ⚖️THEE Powerful Mel Ankoly 🇺🇦 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) posted at 0:02 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Bernie’s “Our Revolution” is sending emails to 87,000 members in Michigan and to about 225,000 supporters in other states, encouraging them to vote Uncommitted in the state’s Feb. 27 primary to “push Biden to change course on Gaza now.”

    https://t.co/UE0jCYWVK2
    (https://x.com/Mel_Ankoly/status/1757827728349540818?t=5ILpq9qATPpuWbZuuOZ38g&s=03)

  21. rikyrah says:

    Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) posted at 9:03 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    Just in: This year, #BadBunny, @ChrisHemsworth, @jlo, @Zendaya, and Anna Wintour will serve as this year’s official #MetGala co-chairs! Tied to the aforementioned exhibition, the dress code is “The Garden of Time.” https://t.co/69FO7LdvIV https://t.co/fjCSQVpID8
    (https://x.com/voguemagazine/status/1758144939051868569?t=p85syBtxApx0nBtlJkU9Vg&s=03)

  22. rikyrah says:

    Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) posted at 9:30 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Ordered by a judge to turn over evidence of election fraud that it had long claimed to have, the right-wing group True the Vote now admits that no such evidence exists.
    The MAGA movement is a fascist con job. https://t.co/v3ZoQtbWw5
    (https://x.com/MarkJacob16/status/1757970719156109643?t=uZtpkF1584OYJYur2MVjZQ&s=03)

  23. rikyrah says:

    Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) posted at 7:23 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    Even after concerns about Biden’s mental acuity hit a new level, the hold he has on the Democratic Party has never been more apparent https://t.co/UUSKPdRbHL
    (https://x.com/bpolitics/status/1758119826461991250?t=ejhjV58cs8-Br6A2Mz5wYw&s=03)

    Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) posted at 7:36 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    He is the fucking incumbent president. That makes him the leader of the Democratic Party. He doesn’t have a hold. he is the party. Also, there is not a new level of concerns about his mental acuity. This is all media pushed bullshit. Do better!
    (https://x.com/JJohnsonLaw/status/1758123031304573294?t=OnrgvqbelWfpFozhagwE5A&s=03)

  24. rikyrah says:

    Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) posted at 7:29 PM on Thu, Feb 08, 2024:
    The media is doing to Biden what they did to Hillary. It’s so blatant. We can’t let it happen again. Call it out. Everywhere. Every time.
    (https://x.com/KaivanShroff/status/1755765950450745362?t=2_RFnYrEQt65wDOdA5_dog&s=03)

  25. rikyrah says:

    Sons of Killmonger & Disciple of Dark Brandon (@2Strong2Silence) posted at 6:54 AM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    The pushback on Jon Stewart & his dudebro nonsense this morning shows me two things: We learned from 2016 & ain’t letting it happen again & it shows that the same jackass pundits didn’t & aren’t ready for our responses.
    (https://x.com/2Strong2Silence/status/1757387745603768752?t=W0D0qCH9lJFT8OCkSA4sFQ&s=03)

  26. rikyrah says:

    Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 9:17 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    .@simonwdc on MSNBC: “There’s been a basic fundamental dynamic, in my view, in our politics, since the spring of 2022, when Dobbs happened, which is that Democrats keep over-performing expectations and Republicans keep struggling. It’s showing up in every kind of race.” https://t.co/eflDqJTmVn
    (https://x.com/atrupar/status/1757604871975436649?t=dBcFSxEDOKGJImVuB1pS2w&s=03)

  27. rikyrah says:

    Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) posted at 9:21 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    .@simonwdc: “What we know from history is that the issue of immigration & the border never rises up to a top tier issue. They don’t win general elections on immigration…if you remember in 2018, Trump spent the last month talking about caravans & we won that election by 8.5 pts” https://t.co/9bSBzUWHe3
    (https://x.com/atrupar/status/1757605883595399232?t=kHLWg2ETD-VHtvp31F5BkQ&s=03)

  28. rikyrah says:

    Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) posted at 6:24 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Amazing how before every election it’s crucial that Democrats win but as soon as they do the results are labeled meaningless. https://t.co/kerW6pMJST
    (https://x.com/JJohnsonLaw/status/1757742637895803068?t=_V83yxyIPmLG-qP6oyhycw&s=03)

  29. rikyrah says:

    Count QuarterBlacky (@groove_sdc) posted at 8:45 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    AOC is serious about her political future.

    She used the Justice Dems to get elected but I think she realized those mufuckas were not giving her good political advice.

    She knows she’s got ground to make up with the Democratic base cause we vote but she’s making in-roads.

    Good.
    (https://x.com/groove_sdc/status/1757596842152362363?t=VREqjz_y2-D5OH14WIuNQg&s=03)

  30. rikyrah says:

    Chris D. Jackson (@ChrisDJackson) posted at 8:29 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    🚨 BREAKING On CNN, @AOC just said President Biden is “one of the most successful presidents in modern American history” and that she will be voting for him with no qualms.

    Wow! Really impressed by her continued maturity as a leader!

    👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 https://t.co/jAljdQmjKD
    (https://x.com/ChrisDJackson/status/1757592902933357055?t=hKNk5Pquzu5-QYlUtbVveQ&s=03)

  31. rikyrah says:

    Brent Peabody 🇺🇸 (@brent_peabody) posted at 10:04 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    This is really important, because Dems may forfeit 2 seats if they nominate far-left progressives

    – Sue Altman in #NJ07 (an anti-Israel activist in a super Jewish seat)

    – Jamie Mcleod-Skinner in #OR05 (a socialist who lost a Biden +9 seat)
    (https://x.com/brent_peabody/status/1757797894709543367?t=rek11XEmiwf0AEow8KhlLA&s=03)

  32. rikyrah says:

    Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) posted at 8:49 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    We are at a rare moment when Congress can change the course of history. Voting to send weapons to Ukraine preserves Ukrainian lives and American alliances, all over the world. Refusal means catastrophe, and the beginning of the end of those alliances. https://t.co/A32dn8PuTS
    (https://x.com/anneapplebaum/status/1757778975013630132?t=Nz0WeUcd1561xwpWKJNvUQ&s=03)

  33. rikyrah says:

    Stuart Stevens (@stuartpstevens) posted at 9:51 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Republicans who are asking why they keep losing elections are like the guy who walks into the ER with a nail in his head, asking why he has a headache.

    A party led by a rapist that believes it can fix its problem with women by attacking Taylor Swift, with weird little creeps…
    (https://x.com/stuartpstevens/status/1757794637266165769?t=p8T7pYMIyVGRfl9QCYx-qg&s=03)

    Republicans who are asking why they keep losing elections are like the guy who walks into the ER with a nail in his head, asking why he has a headache.

    A party led by a rapist that believes it can fix its problem with women by attacking Taylor Swift, with weird little creeps like Mike Johnson as a public face in Congress, that has no serious policy, that has decided to abandon decades of support for freedom in Europe to back a genocidal dictator, a party that is 85% white in a 59% white country, a party that has decided higher education is a gateway drug to Socialism, that believes public health policy should be set by random freaks on the internet and not doctors, a party that is still fighting cultural wars of gender politics the rest of America ended a decade ago, a party that has replaced American optimism with anger and fear of the future….

    Is there really any question why this party is losing?

  34. rikyrah says:

    Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 10:32 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    This short description of the disastrous consequences that could unfold if MAGA Republicans succeed in blocking aid to Ukraine is profoundly disturbing. Rep Jason Crow really nails the bigger stakes here. It’s from our pod discussion. Please watch: https://t.co/hWuYwIFBFr
    (https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1757804912107266518?t=gmXBoO9Mn8M3Ac_QDGOC6Q&s=03)

    Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) posted at 11:27 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Rep Jason Crow on what could happen:

    “A collapse of the Ukrainian economy…a collapse of food production…famine in very vulnerable places…refugees flooding Europe…destablizes their politics…NATO countries pulling back..other autocrats and dictators follow suit…”
    (https://x.com/GregTSargent/status/1757818850765046032?t=m7PieFyG9aNuiYZ8dOrMlg&s=03)

  35. rikyrah says:

    Biden’s Wins (@BidensWins) posted at 10:41 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    BREAKING: This is absurd. Mike Johnson, who last week prevented Republican desired border protection legislation from passing because of Donald Trump, just said we need to stop political posturing. You can’t make this stuff up. https://t.co/IOU4ARdZQg
    (https://x.com/BidensWins/status/1757807217141555586?t=qC9WdMzG15mieb1MAycKqw&s=03)

  36. rikyrah says:

    Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) posted at 11:08 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Q: You were part of killing the border bill. You called it dead on arrival. You say there needs to be solutions, but are House Republicans doing to get to a solution on the border? Or are you going to do nothing?

    Johnson: We are not going to be forced into action https://t.co/E7dFXA7SM0
    (https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1757813990783094916?t=altFnnE5Sxy2709FEdrKDQ&s=03)

  37. rikyrah says:

    Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) posted at 8:28 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Y’all. There’s no illusion anymore. Kids in the diverse Miami-Dade school system in Florida having to sign permission slips to be read to from a book because it’s “by an African American.”
    (https://x.com/nhannahjones/status/1757773921066094912?t=Y8yhYwY-T3bLZ0lszTvp6g&s=03)

  38. rikyrah says:

    THEE miranda writes 
     (@emiranda_writes) posted at 9:21 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Did y’all hear that Erik Prince wants to recolonize Africa?! This is the Blackwater Betsy Devos guy.

    Africa and Latin America countries should be recolonized by US – Blackwa… 

    Portia 
     McGonagal Same On 
     (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 10:31 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    He also wants Latin America. So all of you touting your legal immigration status and people like @ananavarro who cling to their Republicanism because of fleeing fascist and Communist regimes, congratulations. 3/

    Portia 
     McGonagal Same On 
     (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 10:32 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    4/
    Spare me the “can’t happen”. History is right there. The history of colonialism is right there. The history of powers like the US inserting itself in nation-states is right there. And Putin is right there. You think he’d sit back? We’ll be right back in

    Portia 
     McGonagal Same On 
     (@PortiaMcGonagal) posted at 10:34 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    in the same kinds of proxy wars that defined the post-WWII era in particular. This is directly related to Prince’s religious beliefs and his “white man’s burden” view of the world. It can happen because it has happened. But hey, TikTok videos amirite? 5/5

  39. rikyrah says:

    President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 0:02 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    The good thing about the republican party is not only is the party broken, no one in the party can fix it

    They are such bad managers, have such bad consultants, are funded by such dumb wealthy people, and told by media that “true” americans support them.

    It really is something
    (https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1757827565451161733?t=2MJUbd7SnhY7GSHWGi-fYA&s=03)

  40. rikyrah says:

    President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 0:06 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    They are the best example of never be your own lawyer or doctor or plumber.

    They are their own counsel and as a result their party is in shambles.

    No matter how many New York Times articles slurping up the king’s new wardrobe, that mofo is naked as his grifting and as his lies
    (https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1757828639641776187?t=iH08y6cYcJbJ916UAV7OEQ&s=03)

  41. rikyrah says:

    President Kamala’s Hand (Again) (@myronjclifton) posted at 0:09 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    It is more than they’ve sold out to trump. It is they’ve sold out to their mass stupidity.

    There isn’t any success they can point to. No worthwhile tactics or strategy. No meaningful post-mortem, relaunch, reorganization. Nothing.
    (https://x.com/myronjclifton/status/1757829313486033273?t=EqMGH5DG-gIY8EBxXANmug&s=03

  42. rikyrah says:

    Rachel Bitecofer 🗽💡🔭🦆 (@RachelBitecofer) posted at 5:56 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    🚨🚨🚨 A company allegedly tracked people’s visits to nearly 600 Planned Parenthood locations across 48 states and provided that data for one of the largest anti-abortion ad campaigns in the nation, according to an investigation by Sen. Ron Wyden.

    https://t.co/hT4pj39jdm
    (https://x.com/RachelBitecofer/status/1757554433800446039?t=lGyimXfZg4ndwMfn5Lk7-w&s=03)

  43. rikyrah says:

    Thomas Kennedy (@tomaskenn) posted at 0:48 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    An anti-immigrant law approved by Florida lawmakers last year requiring healthcare providers to ask patients about their immigration status is causing people to delay seeking needed medical care out of fear.
    https://t.co/nPgkmXPahA
    (https://x.com/tomaskenn/status/1757839265763934226?t=su8pL9fB4U0SChtcTRjiNQ&s=03)

  44. rikyrah says:

    The Associated Press (@AP) posted at 8:01 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    House Homeland chairman announces retirement a day after leading Mayorkas’ impeachment https://t.co/vwBqQqBLQ0
    (https://x.com/AP/status/1757948316514468169?t=dVuBFRwzX4fRYE8yJy1Xjw&s=03)

  45. rikyrah says:

    David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) posted at 4:34 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    The stark divide in the House GOP conference used to be policy based — the right wanted to push legislation as far to their liking as it could go. But they wanted to legislate. Now the divide is over whether to legislate at all. =>
    (https://x.com/DavidMDrucker/status/1757896033529393404?t=HO3kQq8i0PmIPumcTQpYog&s=03)

    David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) posted at 4:31 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Republicans are losing veteran lawmakers because serious people who want to accomplish things don’t want to waste their time, which is about all they’ve been doing for quite awhile. =>
    (https://x.com/DavidMDrucker/status/1757895341226045925?t=kwUP2ulJCEY-y0pH5FK2GQ&s=03)

  46. rikyrah says:

    BWA HA HA AH AHA HA HA HA

    John Cole (@Johngcole) posted at 8:10 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    why the fuck else do you think he wants to get Lara Trump in their jesus christ people go watch the bustout scene in Goodfellas

    Senior Republicans fear Trump will tap the RNC to cover legal bills again https://t.co/0FNxqMhReK via @politico
    (https://x.com/Johngcole/status/1757950355231629503?t=-MzTMLVCMg3KG4uZbcxn4A&s=03)

  47. rikyrah says:

    Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) posted at 8:43 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    BREAKING: Judge Merchan will DENY trump’s motions to dismiss the hush money election interference case in Manhattan, and jury selection BEGINS March 25th.
    (https://x.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1758139855266254940?t=5Yjg_Nknv_GkUpsatO4Dnw&s=03)

    erica orden (@eorden) posted at 10:09 AM on Thu, Feb 15, 2024:
    Blanche: “We strenuously object to what is happening in this courtroom…The fact that President Trump is going to now spend the next two months working on this trial instead of out on the campaign trail running for president — it should not happen in this country.”
    (https://x.com/eorden/status/1758161646692802858?t=OnPHNxDLyZlx9pGH5Gi-Ig&s=03)

  48. rikyrah says:

    José (@josecanyousee) posted at 0:21 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Another genius play by Biden.

    He harnessed all the GOP marketing on the border and put it on MAGA Republicans’ lap to vote on a bill they wanted. And they turned their backs on it!

    I could not have predicted that we’d be calling MAGA Republicans the open borders party in 2024.
    (https://x.com/josecanyousee/status/1757651372479324494?t=4BBNGj0ofAvFhNGO8-Asag&s=03)

  49. rikyrah says:

    Acyn (@Acyn) posted at 10:44 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    Dana Bash says several voters told her that they voted for Suozzi because Republicans tanked the bipartisan border security deal https://t.co/y3uE5OS3sM
    (https://x.com/Acyn/status/1757626729709920441?t=E2rfFr2K1oqxpi2T0gHx0w&s=03)

  50. rikyrah says:

    this this…1000 times this

    Terry Lee Watkins Jr. 王瑞民💜💙 (@TerryWatkinsJr1) posted at 6:55 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    You know that the free palestine protesters are anti dem psyops when there was no protest against THE LITERAL IDF VETERAN GOP candidate.

    No the takeaway isn’t appeal to these folks for a vote.
    Do a Suozzi,
    Throw them off the stage.
    (https://x.com/TerryWatkinsJr1/status/1757750522575032716?t=2wyBVEnmIH-qNKYc0XNxMQ&s=03)

  51. rikyrah says:

    THOMAS (@TommyInPA) posted at 3:21 PM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Interesting that AOC is giving full-on support to President Biden, Summer Lee tweeted praise for Biden Admin today.

    I guess they’ve heard the news about Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar looking like they’re gonna be losing to their Dem Primary challengers.

    All JD’s https://t.co/WfcO1Qa0rF
    S(https://x.com/TommyInPA/status/1757877731251888423?t=fBuPuhSWwyTER8LYwL0jPw&s=03)

  52. rikyrah says:

    👑 Mr. Weeks 👑 (@WonderKing82) posted at 10:28 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    Nimarata Nikki Haley already said that if President Biden won, VP Kamala Harris would be president in 2028. They’re sounding the alarm since she was announcedas his vice president nominee. They feared a Black man as president, but they’re terrified of a Black woman president.
    (https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/1757622731531554883?t=Xd2FwqG-ld3oQ0HMudmYkQ&s=03)

  53. rikyrah says:

    👑 Mr. Weeks 👑 (@WonderKing82) posted at 10:03 PM on Tue, Feb 13, 2024:
    Since when did America have a problem with a white man of Presidents Biden age? They’re panicking because if something were to happen to President Biden, the leader of the United States of America would be Vice President Harris, a Black woman. They’re using his age to stop her.
    (https://x.com/WonderKing82/status/1757616453753143319?t=8LgA6NS0_qfpx6USp8i8xw&s=03)

  54. rikyrah says:

    scary lawyerguy (@scarylawyerguy) posted at 6:32 AM on Wed, Feb 14, 2024:
    Had Suozzi lost last night, every story today would be about how his loss was a referendum on Biden & confirmation that the Democratic “brand” was in the toilet but Suozzi won so reporters dusted off the old “special elections mean nothing” spin they have for just such occasions
    (https://x.com/scarylawyerguy/status/1757744541539410240?s=02)

  55. rikyrah says:

    Good Morning Everyone 😊😊😊

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