Vida Jaugelis (she, her) 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦

Pilgrim in search of the heart of life where justice and mercy meet | #StandwithUkraine #StopGazaGenocide #humanrights |

[Vida Jaugelis (she, her) 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Vida_Jay]

88 yr old Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos featured in #nyt Public Square - Illysyrations of people in protest by Olivier Kugler #stoptheGenocide #Gaza

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States.
See my latest essay: "Capitulation Day: The dimensions of defeat, and the chance for recovery."

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

Some thoughts on Capitulation Day.
This level of defeat in Iran is only possible at the hands of a super loser like Trump.
To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States.

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

To win a war means changing the politics of the enemy such that they must surrender. That is what Iran just did to the United States.
https://t.co/2RpMAeTl70

[Vida Jaugelis (she, her) 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Vida_Jay]

#worldrefugeeday the silence around Sudan is deafening https://t.co/xV4rVzR1Ix

[Vida Jaugelis (she, her) 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Vida_Jay]

#worldrefugeeday How you can help https://t.co/yzvDREP9HC

[Vida Jaugelis (she, her) 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Vida_Jay]

Jerusalem Patriarchate: Silwan Land Grab Violates Church Rights and Jerusalem’s Historic Christian Presence - Jerusalem Patriarchate - News Gate https://t.co/UY5TuxJuQl

[The Vulnerable People Project @Vulnerable_VPP]

The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem warns that Church-owned land in Silwan was unlawfully seized, raising concerns for religious freedom, Christian heritage, and the indigenous Christian presence in the Holy Land.

Pray for peace and justice.

Read more here: https://t.co/0rsz9PiOFL

[The Vulnerable People Project @Vulnerable_VPP]

Christian families in the Holy Land are facing growing isolation, intimidation, and pressure to abandon the land their ancestors have lived on for centuries.

But many remain steadfast in faith and hope.

The disappearance of indigenous Christians from the land of Christ would be a tragedy for the entire world.

Go to https://t.co/YeACGqFjlz to learn more.

[The Vulnerable People Project @Vulnerable_VPP]

Jason Jones joins Scott to discuss the realities facing Christian communities in the West Bank and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Hear firsthand accounts from the field and why defending human dignity matters now more than ever.

Watch here: https://t.co/a5OE9MJhrr

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

She is not wrong

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Zelenskyy: Putin relies on one constant: ballistic missiles. Our drone interception rate is above 90%.

Cruise missiles — we manage. But Russian ballistic missiles remain a problem we don't have an answer to yet.

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[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Ex-US Ambassador to Ukraine, Taylor: Trump's view of Ukraine is less and less relevant.

Ukrainians are taking matters into their own hands. Europeans are stepping up.

It's good Trump is coming around back to support, but it's moved on. Ukraine is on the front foot. 1/

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Good lord the most brutal community note ever. Quoting the MOU directly

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

An attack on the oil depot in Usť-Labínsk destroyed most of the tank farm, with only small tanks at a distance from the strike surviving, CyberBoroshno reports.

[Hromadske Int. @Hromadske]

Russian forces attacked civilian vessels in the Black Sea with drones, says Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration and Minister for Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba.

A crew member of a Panama-flagged vessel was killed in the attack, two more were injured. A vessel under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis was also attacked, three crew members were injured.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

What exactly did Lavrov write that made Politico Europe decide not to publish his article?

In short, Russia’s foreign minister argues that:

🔵 Europe has spent decades deceiving Russia and using negotiations as a cover for NATO’s eastward expansion.

🔵 The West bears responsibility for the Maidan uprising, the change of power in Kyiv, the rise of Ukrainian nationalism, and the collapse of the Minsk agreements.

🔵 According to Lavrov, the Minsk agreements were only meant to buy time for Ukraine to rearm.

🔵 Europe is allegedly not interested in peace, but in preserving Zelensky’s government and preparing for a future confrontation with Russia.

🔵 NATO and the EU are waging a form of “legal aggression” against Russia and seeking to limit its influence.

🔵 The old European security architecture is dead — it should be replaced with a new Eurasian security framework based on the principles of a multipolar world.

🔵 Russia is open to negotiations, but views Europe not as a mediator, but as a party to the conflict that is interested in Russia’s defeat.

In short, if you regularly watch Russian state TV, there’s nothing particularly new here.

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

Dear Joe,
I wish I could sit down with you face to face and explain why so many of us were offended by the UFC fight on the South Lawn of the White House.
For me, it had nothing to do with the UFC or who showed up for the fights. The brand you and Dana have built is a bona fide American success story. More power to you. As for the fighters, in my book, anyone brave enough to put it all on the line in the arena is remarkable to witness. Their dedication and discipline inspire me. I don’t understand anyone who can’t admire that.
And as for the people who attended, I, for one, love Shane Gillis. I think he’s hilarious and brilliant. It was a show. A once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. I can’t blame anyone for wanting to witness it firsthand.
My problem is that I believe some of our public spaces are sacred. And unlike many of the great powers that came before us, these American monuments belong to all of us. Not to whoever happens to hold power at the moment.
The White House does not belong to Donald Trump. It does not belong to any President. It belongs to the people. To treat it as Caesar treated the Colosseum is antithetical to everything our founding fathers fought for.
This is not Rome. Presidents are not emperors doling out bread and circuses for the peasants. The White House is the People’s House. This “celebration” could have happened in any stadium within a stone’s throw of the South Lawn. No one would have had an issue with it.
But that was obviously Donald Trump’s whole point. By holding the event on the South Lawn, what he was saying to the rest of us is:
“This is my house. I own it. I will do with it what I please. I’ll build a colosseum and have the gladiators fight under my gaze. I’ll tear down the East Wing. I’ll pave over the Rose Garden. I’ll cover everything in gold and marble. I’ll erase the names of all the men who came before me.”
The fights were an exhibition of imperial domination, not a celebration of our 250th anniversary as a democracy.
The White House is not Buckingham Palace. It is not the Palace of Versailles. It is not the Forbidden City of Beijing. It does not belong to an emperor, or a king, or a commissar.
The White House belongs to us. All of us. The person who sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office is nothing more than an honored guest. A temporary caretaker.
The President is our servant. Not our Caesar.
Respectfully, Hunter

P.S. Cage match between me and Don Jr.? Your call on the venue. Anywhere but the South Lawn.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kuleba: The PiS party took the Volyn topic and weaponized it for decades. Films were made, historians wrote books, politicians talked about it nonstop.

You can't come out now and say 'let's forget it.' It's already living tissue of Polish society. It won't just go away. 2/

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"Controlamos entre el 60%-70% de la Franja de Gaza, estamos destruyendo toda su estructura, todo el mundo sabe lo que esto significa. Gaza se quedará en ruinas y los habitantes tendrán que migrar porque alli no habrá nada donde vivir en las próximas décadas".

Bezalel Smotrich, ministro de Finanzas de "Israel", habla orgulloso de la limpieza étnica y la destrucción sistemática que perpetran en Gaza, asegurando que el objetivo es hacerla inhabitable para que los palestinos tengan que huir de allí.

En mundo medio normal, después de que un ministro suelte esta barbaridad, tendría que ser detenido inmediatamente por crímenes de lesa de humanidad.

[Tamer Nahed @Tamer_Alnoaizy]

A very dangerous new nightmare we are living in Gaza City, and no one in the world is paying attention to it.

Days ago, the Israeli army installed huge military cranes, each about 30 meters tall, on the eastern areas it controls. These cranes are equipped with machine guns and cameras, and they fire randomly and almost continuously at tents, streets, and exposed neighborhoods.

Gaza City is extremely narrow, only 10 kilometers wide. A single crane at that height is enough to expose the entire city from east to west. Every street, every square, every tent, every house has become completely exposed. There is no place to hide, and not a single moment of safety.

In just the past two days, three people were killed by fire from these cranes. One of them was sitting quietly with his father in a small café, trying to breathe for a few minutes. Hours later, a 5year old girl was killed while playing near her home.

These cranes have turned the entire city into an open field. The latest military technologies are directed at civilians. We have become an open testing ground for their new weapons. The horror is not just in the sound… it is the constant feeling of being an exposed target at all times, where even children cannot run in the street without fear.