@Canvas_by_Inst@Instructure I own a small business dependent on the free for teacher platform. I cannot login to post to the community discussion board, there are no status updates about FFT, and you have given FFT users no timeline we can use to plan. You must do better!
@aimee_punessen@mgoetzke@BohuslavskaKate Additionally, I believe the war in Ukraine is critical to both economic and existential security for the US AND Europe, because I valued—and value—our alliance with Europe. 2/2
@aimee_punessen@mgoetzke@BohuslavskaKate No, the US contributed mostly weapons that were collecting dust in warehouses as well as cold weather gear, other kit, and supporting supplies. It’s just that Europe contributed more. 1/2
@ProVoiceMike@McFaul You might want to do a little research on who Michael McFaul is and what his career was before working in academia before spouting off.
Putin is our enemy. He's helping Iranian soldiers target American soldiers and assets.
Zelenskyy is our friend. He's helping American soldiers shoot down Iranian drones.
Most Americans understand these basic facts.
Trump, for whatever reason, does not.
@aimee_punessen@mgoetzke@BohuslavskaKate American here. You have no idea what you are talking about. Europe contributed more in pure $$ to Ukraine during Biden’s presidency than the US full stop. It’s not even a question, it is documented fact.
@atrupar The mid-sixties were a much different time. Today, being a single parent is accepted and respected. Today, women can have kids and go to college. Today, a woman can obtain credit without a man's approval. This is a disingenuous argument.
@JayTownAlabama@stealthygeek@maxnesterak She was backing up and steering her car away from the officer in front of her, she was trying to get around him and away from them and the scene when he shot her in cold blood. It's clear from the full video that this is what happened.
@GaysForTrump@kaitlancollins@MayorFrey I'm sorry, but there is more than one video from the other side showing her backing up and away from ICE, not driving toward the ICE officers. This angle is the worst one for showing the space and angle between her car and ICE and it misrepresents what happened in those moments.
The people of Central and Eastern Europe were some of the most genuinely pro-American people you can find. The honest sympathy and admiration for the American people you could find here ran deep and spanned across generations.
One common point you will find across our region is that all our grandparents lived their entire lives hoping "the Americans would come" one day. During the darkest days of Russian-imposed communism, people went to lengths you wouldn't believe to get their hands on a pair of jeans, a cassette with American music, or anything that gave them that little piece of America and what it stood for.
We wanted to be like you, dress like you, speak like you, see your movies, listen to your music, build a country like yours, something plenty have paid with their freedom or their life for.
Most of the Central and Eastern Europeans you encounter today on Twitter grew up with those stories from their parent and grandparents. We were also old enough to remember the early 2000s when most of our countries finally joined NATO, after long and painful waiting queues, and finally became American allies.
I don't think I could do justice to the joy and sense of euphoria we all felt then. People got drunk out of joy and hugged each other, took to the streets with flags, danced, sang and smiled, happy and hopeful because the "Americans finally arrived".
Today, less than a year into Trump's presidency, not only did those decades worth of sympathy for a now unrecognizable US evaporated, but made room for feelings that will take generations to amend.