Avis Boutell 🇺🇦

Retired from nearly 4 decades in IC trying to preserve peace & democracy. Now trying to save environment. #TheResistance ⚖️ #RightMattersTruthMatters #Biden2020

[Radu Hossu 🇹🇩🇺🇦 @RaduHossu]

No, these aren’t the Windberries warehouses in Moscow from last week or in Krasnodar from yesterday. They’re the ones in St. Petersburg from today!

Mihai Tonsciuc asked me yesterday whether “the Russians are feeling these attacks,” referring to Ukraine’s goal of pushing the war back to where it came from and drawing the population’s attention (also) in the context of the September parliamentary elections and the post-election mobilization.

Wildberries employs approximately 50,000 people. The Associated Press and Reuters estimate between 700,000 and 1 million merchants on the platform, and Mediascope estimated that 62% of Russians over the age of 12 accessed the platform at least once a month. If we add all these figures together, we arrive at the conclusion that 60% of the total population would be affected in one way or another if all Wildberries warehouses were destroyed.

If we consider that the warehouses in western Russia are the largest and most important—and that they are being systematically destroyed—then we can conclude that the Ukrainians will achieve this objective much more quickly. In recent days, 6 of the top 10 largest warehouses have already been hit or completely destroyed. Estimated losses amount to over $3 billion (not including today’s losses in St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, and Crimea).

Most likely, the costs and losses inflicted on Russia by Ukraine in this military operation alone will approach $10 billion by the end of the month.

As for the argument that “oh, but these are civilian targets,” the position remains as we’ve established:

If you have illegally attacked a country, without cause, without justification, kidnapped over 20,000 children, killed over 20,000 civilians in Mariupol alone, and created over 10 mass graves (Bucha, Irpin, Izium, Borodyanka, Chernihiv, Mariupol, etc.), you are guilty of mass murder and genocide, and in the fifth year, the victim strikes your logistics hubs through which you import parts and products that you turn into weapons to continue the massacre of the victim’s citizens—then yes, don’t complain, and those logistics hubs become legitimate military targets.

Slava Ukraini!

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

25th Amendment NOW
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[Angry Staffer @Angry_Staffer]

One billion to prevent sustainable energy is insane.

Not only are we lighting a billion dollars on fire, we are hurting our overall energy production.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

If you were trying to give Putin his dream of dreams gift, you would invade a NATO ally, launch the first war between democracies ever, and end the most powerful, enduring alliance in the history of the world.

[🇩🇪💙💛 Regina Laska @Sunnymica]

Quick question for every journalist covering the Ukraine/Berlin talks:
Have you read Section 257 of CAATSA?
It's current US law. Trump signed it himself in 2017. It says the US will NEVER recognize the separation of ANY Ukrainian territory through military force.
Never. That's what it says. Still in effect.
So why is no one asking why the President is demanding Ukraine do exactly what US law says America will never recognize?
This isn't obscure. It passed 419-3 in the House, 98-2 in the Senate.
Do your job.

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

Trump has adopted the autocrats view of the World.

This is a critically important thread to understand just how much of a departure Trump is from all his predecessors since at least World War II.

Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, both Bushes, all Republicans… all wrong!!

[WeThePeople🇺🇸🇺🇸 @PrincessBravato]

LETS DO THIS!!

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

WOW! President Zelensky has officially REJECTS Donald Trump’s Peace Deal.

RETWEET to thank Zelenskyy! 🇺🇦

[James E. Clyburn @RepJamesClyburn]

When my hometown of Sumter, SC is mentioned, I need to set the record straight.

1. That plant was initiated under Biden, not Trump.
2. It's tied to EVs, which Trump calls a hoax.
3. Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will kill thousands of EV jobs.

Facts matter.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Dr. Oz linking obesity to dementia while Trump’s slumped over at his desk is absolutely a choice...

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump’s new Defense plan quietly outlines a “National Guard response force” trained in crowd control and civil unrest, to be deployed across all 50 states by April 2026.

Let that sink in.

They’re not preparing to leave office; they’re preparing to lock the country down.

[ProPublica @propublica]

New: The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. https://t.co/tX2vMR1dgz

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Lawrence O'Donnell, making the case that Trump is beyond just being psychologically damaged and is now showing signs of being insane. If you are in congress and not calling for Trump's removal via the 25th Amendment — then you are not doing your job. 😳👇https://t.co/rF997V0AY6

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Retired Lt. General Russel Honoré, a 37-year Army veteran known for his role as the commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, has come out in strong opposition to Pete Hegseth's address.

RETWEET if you stand with @LtGRusselHonore against Hegseth!

[Amy McGrath @AmyMcGrathKY]

This morning’s grandstanding at Quantico only solidified what we already know: @PeteHegseth continues to disparage and lie about women in the military.

He claimed the military needs to “return to the male standard” in combat jobs (of 1990!), but here’s the truth: there has never been a separate male and female standard. When women entered combat roles, one standard was set, and we’ve been meeting it ever since. You can either do the job or you can’t. Period.

Thanks to @wolfblitzer and @cnn for having me on this morning.

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Federal Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee: “ICE goes masked for a single reason — to terrorize Americans into quiescence…In all our history we have never tolerated an armed, masked secret police.”

RETWEET to thank Judge Young for standing up for our democracy!

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

this is immoral fascist behavior

Americans are going to have to decide if this is really what they want

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

This is journalist Karen Attiah, the only Black opinion columnist at the Washington Post. She was just fired for sharing a statement made by Charlie Kirk insulting Black women.

RETWEET if you stand with @KarenAttiah!

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

RETWEET if you stand with Matthew Dowd!

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

According to CNN, Donald Trump is dropping plan to send The National Guard to Chicago over legal concerns.

RETWEET to thank Gov. JB Pritzker for standing up to Trump!