Sam Scott

Occupational Therapist Santa Monica. Krav Maga Worldwide, Husband to Louise.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

This war has been humiliating for Trump and American power generally. And when Trump announces he is going to call Netanyahu and tell him not to retaliate, and within hours Netanyahu retaliates, the humiliation just compounds.

[Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman]

He did not, in fact, call the shots.

[John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️‍🌈 @aravosis]

I didn’t think the face-eating leopards would eat my face!

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ZELENSKY: I told Trump that I didn’t play with Putin. For us, it’s very serious. It’s not about cards.

I didn’t have cards, but I had the most important — smart and brave people. This is our card — the card of Ukraine. That’s why we’re now very strong with our drone technology.

[Sam Scott @SamScottOT]

@RichardStiller4 @dearmurray You seem upset Dick, are you ok?

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Swedish Ambassador Martin Åberg visited the sites destroyed in the russian attack:

“My name is Martin Åberg, and I am the Ambassador of Sweden to Ukraine. Today is May 25, the day after a massive russian missile attack. A devastating strike on Kyiv.

What you see behind me is one of the sites visited by all invited ambassadors so they could witness the consequences with their own eyes. Six russian missiles struck a shopping center, a market, and the entrance to a metro station. It is simply staggering.”

Source: Embassy of Sweden in Kyiv

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

I want to thank Senator John Cornyn for his years representing our state. 

We don’t agree on everything, but we both still believe in public service.

To Senator Cornyn’s supporters: you have a place in our campaign.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

🎯 If, as the saying goes, democracy gives you the government you deserve, America, and Texas, are in a bad way. National populism, a know-nothing and no-nothing movement led by an amoral gameshow host. Hoping it would end when Trump left the stage was always wishful thinking.

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

Trump betrayed a decent, honorable man who had a 99.2 percent record of supporting him in the U.S. Senate. He destroyed the career of U.S. Senator Cornyn to elevate a dishonest, impeached and corrupt crook named Ken Paxton. (Google him. This guy is terrible.) When the President of the United States happily backs a bad man and throws a good man overboard, it sends a horrible message to the next generation. This president continues to do moral and ethical damage to the nation that will be hard to undo. Not surprised. But still disappointed in where GOP voters are.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

David Daniel, a Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Donald Trump, is set to plead guilty in a separate federal case involving the sexual exploitation of a minor and the possession of sexually explicit images of children

[Sam Scott @SamScottOT]

@BlueBoxDave Arhhh…….but isn’t Ken Paxton corrupt?

[Sam Scott @SamScottOT]

@andreagail_k @MarkMeadows True

[— • C H E E K Y • — @andreagail_k]

@MarkMeadows You worked for Trump. Talarico knows the bible better than any Republican. And he knows what public service is.

[Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz]

There is zero doubt tonight that Donald Trump is in complete and total control of the Republican Party.

He can beat just about any Republican in just about any state in just about any primary. He is chief strategist, chief advocate, and chief voice of the GOP.

His name may not be on the ballot in November, but make no mistake: Nothing and no one will have a bigger impact on voter behavior. 🗳️

[George Barros @georgewbarros]

We’re calling it: The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase.

@KatStepanenko and I have authored a new special report studying how Ukraine is actively challenging the positional character of the war that has dominated the battlefield since 2023.

Data on Russia’s battlefield performance indicates that the character of the war is shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces – at least for now. Russian forces rates of advances are stagnating while Ukrainian forces are employing novel tactics and operational concepts in efforts to break out of positional warfare. Neither Russia nor Ukraine can conduct operational maneuvers yet, however.

The bottom line is that the war in Ukraine is competitive and far from stalemated. Ukrainian forces are out-innovating Russian forces in both military technologies and in applying these new technologies in effective operational concepts that can help Ukrainian forces break out of positional warfare. Ukraine is employing mechanized equipment in tactical maneuvers in ways that were impossible 12 months ago. Russia’s ability to conduct infiltration missions will likely continue to degrade as Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign pushes Russia’s logistics and forward operating bases further away from the frontlines, reducing resourcing to sustain infantry tasked with infiltration missions. Ukraine may be able to scale these effects if they resourced properly by international partners.

Ukraine’s advantage in intermediate range strikes is notably not permanent, and Russia will very likely eventually develop countermeasures to mitigate Ukraine’s advantages. Ukraine’s international partners thus have a rare and temporary opportunity to help Ukraine exploit favorable battlefield dynamics while Ukraine has the upper hand.

Key Points of the report:

• Russia’s rate of advance is plummeting during the Russian Spring-Summer 2026 offensive.

• Russia is losing more soldiers to make fewer gains, with monthly Russian casualty rates reportedly outpacing monthly recruitment since December 2025.

• Ukraine is starting to regain more ground than it is losing for the first time since 2023.

• Ukraine’ recent counterattacks feature unique characteristics and deviate from key trends that defined the positional character of the war since 2023.

• Ukraine is conducting a pattern of more frequent mechanized counterattacks at the tactical level for the first time since 2023.

• The Ukrainian command’s operational planning is maturing.

• Ukraine’s early 2026 counterattacks in the south were successful likely due to better planning and preparation of the battlefield.

• Ukraine has been conducting a coherent campaign to suppress and destroy Russian air defenses since late 2025, in order to shape the battlefield as part of more sophisticated campaign planning.

• Ukraine significantly intensified its intermediate-range strike campaign against dynamic targets in Spring 2026 in order to degrade Russian logistics at operational depths ahead of planned Ukrainian maneuver.

• Ukrainian forces started actively disrupting Russian railway logistics in occupied Ukraine and Russian western regions in Spring 2026.

• Ukrainian intermediate-range strikes are already achieving notable operational effects, including degrading Russia's ability to use the key Russian highway connecting Russia to occupied Crimea and GLOCs around Donetsk City.

• Ukrainian forces decisively seized the initiative in intermediate-range strikes by fielding new technologies such as the US-made Hornet strike UAV, among other systems.

• Ukrainian forces are achieving temporary tactical drone overmatch in some frontline sectors, which is slowing Russian offensive operations by degrading the effectiveness of Russian shaping operations.

• Ukrainian forces likely achieved tactical drone overmatch in certain frontline sectors after degrading Russia’s drone capabilities in late 2025 to early 2026 - primarily by suppressing drone launch positions and increasingly intercepting Russian tactical UAVs.

• Ukraine’s degradation of Russian forces at operational depth combined with tactical-level drone overmatch likely is creating vulnerabilities in the Russian lines.

• Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign is likely far from its zenith, assuming continued support from Ukraine’s partners, and will likely intensify over 2026 as Ukraine fields new weapons capable of striking Russian’s operational rear.

Link to full report: https://t.co/rCeWbYJNiB

[Sam Scott @SamScottOT]

@BlueBoxDave Put that in a Campaign Ad

[Sam Scott @SamScottOT]

@KurtSchlichter @BlueBoxDave Serious about what exactly?

Infrastructure Policy?
Healthcare Policy?
Affordability?
No new wars?

[Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce]

You're a very stupid man.

[Kassy Akiva @KassyAkiva]

Iran negotiations appear to be so tedious that Trump is recycling content. Look at the dates.

[The Spirit of Lorenzo the Cat @LorenzoTheCat]

President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine were officially nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize today. We all know that the cats deserve it too. @ZelenskyyUa 💙🐱💙