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[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Russia continues to bomb Ukraine and kill civilians every night. Meanwhile, the FBI director is in Russia tweeting “From Russia, with Love.”

Absolutely disgraceful.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

crazy to me that some of you are on the third day of complaining about children of low-income parents using EBT to go to the zoo for $9 when the US is currently spending billions to fight a war in iran

[Spiro’s Ghost @AntiToxicPeople]

This might as well have been written by Putin and probably was. Trump is owned by Russia and we desperately need to find out how and why. This post is deranged and insane and includes one lie after another non-stop. He is a deeply sick man who cannot stop being Putin’s whore.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

Trump has cut off intelligence to Ukraine so that Putin can more easily bomb civilians including children.

[Mike Levin @MikeLevin]

The NY Times reports that Ukraine’s military access to Starshield (the Pentagon-funded version of Starlink) was restricted overnight without warning. That’s what Ukraine uses to fly its drones.

Ukrainian officials say the order came from Washington.

The same night, Russia hit Ukraine with 39 ballistic missiles, the biggest barrage of the entire war. 600,000 in Kyiv lost power.

This comes after Trump said Ukraine should get a new president. He said Putin wants a deal more than Zelensky. He gave Putin a (likely illegal) sanctions waiver to sell diesel, a total betrayal of Ukraine. And today Kash Patel reportedly landed in Moscow.

Ukrainians are fighting for the same freedom our grandparents’ generation fought for, the right of a free people to choose their own leaders.

Meanwhile, Putin is a murderous thug.

I stand with Ukraine. I stand with democracy.
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[The Washington Sun Metro @washsunmetro]

Errors made during the installation of the coating on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool caused at least 85 failures, according to a report commissioned by the contractor. https://t.co/RlGhDbKe7Y

[tern @1goodtern]

Musk cutting off Starlink.
Trump cutting off intelligence.
Trump funding Russia.

It's a betrayal on a colossal scale.

Putin's economy is crumbling and he knows Trump may lose in November so like any mafia boss under pressure he's using and burning every last asset.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Trump: "I will end the war in Ukraine on day one"

631 days later Trump: "I now side with Vladimir Putin"

[CBS News @CBSNews]

The U.S. may have intentionally withheld early warnings this week of Russian strikes on Ukraine, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. https://t.co/uBOCUqxUUy

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

If this is true, it means that Trump just helped Putin kill Ukrainian civilians. A Democratic Congress would be well justified in investigating this.

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

To be clear a ICE ran down a man on foot who has been in the United States for the last 34 years since he was 14. They broke both his legs and he wasn’t the person they were looking for. Terrorist organization

[Richard Stengel @stengel]

"Zelensky better damn well stop," the President said. "He's making problems for our farmers, our ranchers." The two people making problems for farmers & ranchers are (1) Putin by invading Ukraine in the first place, and (2) Trump by invading Iran. Mr. Zelensky has nothing to do with it.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Make no mistake: By cutting intelligence sharing with Ukraine and buying Russian diesel, the United States is actively helping Russia wage its war against Ukraine and kill its people.

Shame on every Republican in Congress who knows better but is too cowardly to act.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Overnight, the Russians used 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions against our energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, and Kharkiv. A targeted Russian ballistic missile strike specifically against energy infrastructure – the very infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American President. The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale – Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect toward the United States. Russia does not consider the American President’s statements strong. Unfortunately, at least 600,000 people are now without power. Outages could become even more widespread. Unfortunately, there is significant damage to facilities and equipment – at 26 facilities of our power system and four facilities in the oil and gas sector. I am grateful to the repair crews, all Ukrainian energy workers, and the personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine for all their efforts to address the aftermath of this Russian strike. Tragically, there have been fatalities and injuries.

We ask America and EVERYONE in the world who does not turn a blind eye to reality to respond – and to respond forcefully. Russia has squandered the opportunity for de-escalation and has clearly chosen to continue its insane war of annihilation. We ask President Trump to impose STRONG sanctions on Russia, especially since the Lindsey Graham bill, which was recently passed and signed into law, authorizes and regulates such measures. The American President has all the effective and necessary tools to bring peace closer through strength, justice, and pressure on the aggressor. We ask for additional packages of Patriot missile interceptors for Ukraine. It is entirely fair for us to tell the United States, Europe, and all our partners that no country in the world should be left alone to face such a deranged and pro-war actor as Russia. I am grateful to everyone who helps Ukraine! Peace can only come through strength, and we ask America to remember this principle of Reagan’s. Glory to Ukraine!

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Look at the shabby state and increasingly authoritarian trajectory of the country and ask yourself if we can endure 2 more years of a lawless Trump administration wreaking havoc with no check from Congress, then vote accordingly. This is not the time for a protest vote or purity politics.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

UnitedHealth reported $4.1 billion in profit for Q3 — up 75% from a year ago.

Your reminder that health insurance profits are your denied claims and cut coverage.

Demand Medicare for All.

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

CFTC staff analyzing oil trades for insider trading around the U.S.-Iran war were told to retract their referral to the agency's enforcement division | h/t @CGorrivan https://t.co/YdN6lVAXC7

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

Remember when Republicans said DEI was hiring an unqualified person based on their looks? ANYWAY.

[Sir William Browder KCMG @Billbrowder]

The Trump/Putin deal gets worse. According to reports, the US was also offering $100 billion of frozen assets (that are in the custody of the EU) in exchange for a limited ceasefire. https://t.co/rtvs5FGHUr

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

No, Mr. Altman. We won’t accept a severe AI cyberattack in exchange for “liberty.”

74% of the American people don’t trust Big Tech Oligarchs. And for good reason.

Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, recently said: “There is a coming tidal wave of cybersecurity problems that are going to come from these open source [AI] models … We're going to, as a society, I think, have to just accept some fairly severe cyber incidents from open [AI] models, in exchange for the liberty that comes with that."

Mr. Altman: What do you mean by that?

Should we “accept” a global financial breakdown and massive economic pain if AI models hack into the international banking system?

Should we “accept” patients dying if hospitals are forced to shut down because AI models hack into the power grid causing massive blackouts?

Should we “accept” another Chernobyl if AI models hack into nuclear power plants?

No, Mr. Altman. The American people are not willing to accept disaster “in exchange for the liberty” of making Big Tech Oligarchs even richer and more powerful.

Let me be clear: The creators of any AI model — open-source or not — are not above the law.

If you and other Big Tech Oligarchs make products that commit crimes or disasters, we will hold you accountable for breaking the law — no matter how much wealth and power you have.

We must PAUSE advanced AI and permanently BAN artificial superintelligence before it is too late.