First responders have put out the fires in Kyiv – at the Lavra and the Mystetskyi Arsenal. I am grateful to all the services working at the sites of the strikes, and to everyone who is helping. It has been confirmed that two Russian drones deliberately targeted the part of the city where the Lavra and the Mystetskyi Arsenal are located. As of now, 35 people are reported injured in Kyiv. Across the country, 53 people have been wounded, and 11 people are known to have been killed in this massive Russian attack. My condolences to all their families and loved ones.
We are in constant communication with our partners regarding the consequences of this Russian attack and the necessary response. It is important that state leaders, public leaders, and international organizations do not remain silent. I have instructed Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our entire diplomatic team to maximize all contacts with partners today so that international events this week and next deliver real results for strengthening our defense and increasing global pressure on Russia over this war. We need a just response to this Russian strike. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine.
🚨 Kyiv is under a massive Russian air attack right now. One of Ukraine’s most sacred landmarks - the historic Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - is on fire. Putin sends his birthday wishes to Donald Trump.
“I promise you, God willing, I will attend the next one.”
The Somali World Cup ref turned away by Trump & Stephen Miller’s blatantly racist policies speaks about the experience.
We have absolutely no business hosting this event at the moment. A disgrace. ⚽️(from AP)
The largest coffee pot in the world has made the journey from Visoko, Bosnia to St. Louis, MO. The pot serves 8,000 cups of coffee & will follow the Bosnian national team throughout their World Cup journey in North America.
The screwworm program wasn't charity, it was a $10 million fence that kept a billion-dollar problem from eating our own livestock alive. That's the thing with most USAID funding: it looks like "aid," but it's really cheap self-defense. Solve a problem there, and it never lands on our doorstep. But sure, let a bunch of guys who can't define DEI without Googling take a chainsaw to it. They didn't stop to ask, "Will this cut hurt us too?" Unless that's the point, burn it all down and call it efficiency.
As usual our inept agriculture secretary, blaming the Biden administration as usual, instead of offering a solution to the problem they created.
Texan here
A screwworm infestation is a nightmare for cattle, causing horrific wounds and economic devastation. For Texas, the situation has escalated dramatically in the last 24 hours with the first confirmed case of New World Screwworm (NWS) in over 60 years! This could have been avoided!
Infested animal can kill a cow in less than two weeks.
Treatment is extremely difficult and time-consuming, requiring the painful removal of every visible larva and deep disinfection of the wound. Ranchers no longer have much experience with this labor-intensive process, and there is currently no approved pharmaceutical treatment to make it easier.
This has triggered a massive economic threat. The USDA estimates that a widespread outbreak would drain an astonishing $1.8 billion from the Texas economy alone in livestock deaths, labor, and medication expenses.
How will this affect you? Tightening supplies will drive already high beef prices higher.
“Art is political. History will be told through art.”🗣️
Country music singer @bryanandrews_ tells @RollingStone why he wanted to make a statement with Rep. @Justinjpearson, bringing him on stage at CMA Fest.
Full: https://t.co/LpUsw7ZwRO
New Mexico, thank you for believing in what we can build together. I’m honored to officially accept the Democratic nomination for Governor of New Mexico.
@RealCandaceO Get your head out of your ass- try living there as a an un-Kremlin-aligned American or as a person of color or LGBTQ+ person! ¡пожалуйста! THERE IS MORE THAN ONE MOSKVA!
ALBANIA — Seems like it should be a bigger deal that Ivanka Trump & Kushner’s luxury resort project is being massively protested, with the people demanding the PM’s resignation and firebombing homes over the corruption of their project partners.🤷🏼
The Trump grift is endless.
ALBANIA — Seems like it should be a bigger deal that Ivanka Trump & Kushner’s luxury resort project is being massively protested, with the people demanding the PM’s resignation and firebombing homes over the corruption of their project partners.🤷🏼
The Trump grift is endless.
If you turned on the TV in another country and saw the leader's daughter-in-law giving him a softball interview on a major "news" channel, you would rightfully assume that country is a tinpot dictatorship.
At the end of Trump's first term, he pardoned a GOP fundraiser named Elliott Broidy after he pleaded guilty to illegally lobbying Trump and his administration.
Just last month, Broidy's AI company won a $106M contract from the DOJ.
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