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#USA needs to stand shoulder to shoulder with #Ukraine and #Ukranians in opposition to #PutinsWar.
There is no middle ground.
Trump’s actions show that he is on Putin’s side.
Which side are you on, @SenRonJohnson? With Putin or against him?
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸
Dave Benforado retweeted
.@SteveWitkoff @jaredkushner @POTUS please please until to achieve a real ceasefire or even ending the war can you just achieve the simple ask to Putin to stop hunting for children, women, elderly….? Killing them everyday in the open?🇺🇦🇺🇸😔😢🥺🕊️please? This should be your main job…
Thank you @EmmanuelMacron.
Outside of the small man who thinks he is King, the USA stands with you, France and Ukraine, and other western democracies.
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇫🇷🇺🇦🇫🇷
#PutinsWar
#RussianInvasion
#NATOStrong
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
Dave Benforado retweeted
I am watching leaders around the world condemn this horrific attack on the Dnipro train station.
Has Trump condemned it?
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
Dave Benforado retweeted
New Jersey governor threatens to block delivery of Russian diesel cargoes ft.trib.al/3iBCBdE
Dave Benforado retweeted
The Kremlin has spent years courting Donald Trump. Now they're seeing the payoff.
The United States of America is now helping Putin in his war against Ukraine.
I find that tragic.
Agree @McFaul. A #Russian jet-powered drone strike today on #Dnipro RR station, #Ukraine, killed 14 people/injured 10. @POTUS is supporting Russia in this war, against direct Congressional direction & will of Americans.
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸
@SenatorBaldwin
@SenRonJohnson
After Putin's terrorist attack on a train station in Ukraine today, I am even more outraged that my president is siding with autocratic Russia and against democratic Ukraine. foreignaffairs.com/russia/pu… via @ForeignAffairs
TY @McFaul for continuing to shine the bright spotlight on and fact check #Trump et al’s immoral pro-Putin actions re #Ukraine; all contrary to Congressional intent; all contrary to the will of the American people.
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸
#PutinsWar
#RussianInvasion
#Democracy
Trump's pivot to help Russia and abandon Ukraine is (1) immoral, (2) not in US national interests, and (3) wildly unpopular at home.
foreignaffairs.com/russia/pu… via @ForeignAffairs
We just learned more about Trump’s Venezuela oil deal, and here’s everything you need to know:
1. This deal is structured to hide the identities of people who stand to profit from it.
You don’t hide that unless you have a reason to. And the man whose firm Trump just bought a 35% stake in? Alejandro Betancourt, a Venezuelan billionaire who has faced several money-laundering investigations around the world.
2. Don’t expect cheaper gas anytime soon.
Experts have been telling us for MONTHS that oil production in Venezuela isn’t going to lower U.S. gas prices anytime soon. Betancourt’s company is able to deliver as much oil in a year as the U.S. uses in a few days. Anyone promising this deal will bring down prices at the pump is selling you lies.
3. If there’s a legal fight over this agreement, it has to go through a Texas court that Trump’s DOJ has repeatedly turned to for favorable rulings.
4. This deal creates a board designed to be shielded from oversight and accountability. Trump’s own Treasury Secretary wasn’t able to give Congress basic answers or audits when he testified about Venezuela just last month. But we should blindly trust them now?
So let’s recap: Americans aren’t going to feel relief at the pump. The identity of the people involved is conveniently hidden from us. And legal disputes go to a specific court that disproportionately rules in Trump’s favor.
Whatever you think American foreign policy towards Venezuela should be, Congress and the public deserve to know who’s involved and where the money is going.
propublica.org/article/trump…
Dave Benforado retweeted
Lavrov should not be allowed in the country. As long as Putin is waging war against Ukraine and bombing cities, Russian leaders should not be welcomed in any of these forums. They lead a pariah state.
Thank you @RepDonBacon for highlighting Former Polish President Lech Walesa's comments, please keep US support for sovereign #Ukraine in the bright spotlight.
#StandByUkraine
#PutinsWar
#RussianInvasion
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The fastest route to ending the killing is extending Starshield’s reach several hundred kilometers into Russia, to pressure Vladimir Putin and eliminate more of his capacity to launch strikes on Ukraine. wsj.com/opinion/elon-musk-st… via @WSJopinion
McConnell in WSJ on Trump’s relationship with Putin & the upcoming “lame-duck” session of Congress: “Mr. Trump has high hopes for a lame-duck legislative agenda, including the one-time defense spending I’ve urged the administration instead to build into full-year appropriations. Passing this agenda will require working with Republicans who know the difference between the good guys and the bad guys. Ending the obeisance to Mr. Putin may be table stakes for the end-of-year legislation. The president should plan accordingly.” wsj.com/opinion/coddling-put…
Dave Benforado retweeted
This is totally dishonest. The White House didn’t work with Pope Leo XIV on securing this temporary ceasefire.
Leo XIV was involved with this for months.
Even while he was in the hospital recovering from lung cancer surgery, he called Putin and then Zelenskyy.
The pope wasn’t a supporting actor. He was the protagonist.
The Russia smell of this Alaska fossil fuel deal was so bad that even former Exxon people bailed from the company. The smell of Russia permeates the corrupt Trump administration. ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a…
Thank you for that history lesson @Mike_Pence. The USA needs to reestablish its relationship with and find ways to support #Ukraine.
#StandByUkraine 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇦🇺🇸
“Russia invaded Ukraine, committed atrocities in the territories it occupied, and when it failed to force the government to fall or achieve its aims on the battlefield, began targeting civilians, seeking to terrorize the population into accepting Russian domination. The first Trump Administration shook off the Obama Administration’s reticence to assist and admirably sent both weapons and military trainers to help Ukraine. After the full-scale invasion in 2022, the Biden Administration orchestrated a herculean international effort to assist Ukraine, which the Trump Administration has abandoned.”-@KoriSchake @AEI aei.org/foreign-and-defense-…
Trump has already started meddling in the 2026 Mid-Term Elections; thank you @lisamurkowski for clearly telling him that #ALASKA can run its own elections.
Alaskans don’t need any help voting for their preferred candidates, and the State of Alaska has already handled this by clearly distinguishing the candidates on this year’s ballot. The Department of Justice should never have filed this lawsuit.
apnews.com/article/alaska-se…
Dave Benforado retweeted
As expected, the "Melania Trump saved the people of Oleshky" was just another Trump con job.
The Pope did this, then the White House put out a press release claiming it was them.
🚨 WAIT A MINUTE: Melania Trump is now being credited with brokering a ceasefire in Ukraine by the White House—just one week after Pope Leo personally called Vladimir Putin to push for the SAME THING.
On October 16, Reuters reported that Pope Leo had called Putin to request a ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid and food to reach civilians.
The Kremlin confirmed Putin had agreed to cooperate. The Vatican made clear the initiative came from the Pope himself.
Fast-forward to today.
The White House is now announcing that Melania Trump brokered a ceasefire in Oleshky, claiming SHE initiated discussions with Russian and Ukrainian leadership.
The Associated Press is reporting the White House's account without mentioning the Pope's earlier intervention.
So why is the White House taking credit for an initiative Pope Leo was publicly pursuing a week ago?
Wow.
US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control ft.com/content/e9cfbfbb-e65a… via @ft