Carl Mattick

Clarendon, VA - Master-planned National Airport and other Civil Engineering stuff in a former life. Jayhawk for life.

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

Holy sh*t, EVERY LAST WORD that Michael Steele said here! 🔥 🔥

He blasted trump and Republicans for trying to sell Americans a bunch of bullshit on Communism.

"Who's buddy-buddy with all the big name Communists in the world? Donald trump."

[Sir Rod Stewart @rodstewart]

My heart is with the people of Ukraine. For the past few years, we've dedicated this moment during The Rhythm of My Heart to the strength, courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Every night, the crowd joins together in support. In light of the recent horrific attacks on Kyiv, I hope this small tribute reminds you that people all over the world continue to stand with you.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

There is no more important topic for NATO leaders in Ankara than how to provide more missile defense interceptors to Ukraine asap. Defeating Putin in Ukraine very concretely enhances the security of all NATO members. Abstract blather about 5% spending (sandwiched with sycophantic praise for Trump) is a distraction to actual NATO security priorities)

[Jose Olivares @jlosc9]

For the past few months, I’ve been investigating a privately-owned federal facility in New Mexico used to lock up federal detainees under the U.S. Marshals Service and immigrants arrested by ICE.
What I found was shocking:

[Devin Nunes' Cattle Dog 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🇺🇸🇨🇦 🇦🇺 @Kaos_Vs_Control]

Larry David using sketch comedy to call Trump a crooked, murdering pedophile

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

This is terrorism.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Intelligence once again indicates that the Russians are preparing a new massive strike. This is typical of Putin: right after America’s Independence Day and before the NATO Summit in Ankara. Russia wants to bring more evil and kill people. Please stay safe and heed any air raid alerts.

Separately, to partners: any delay with missiles for our air defense – missiles for Patriots – means the loss of lives, and it encourages Russia to continue the war. The world has the necessary quantity and quality of air defense. What is needed are your decisions to ensure real protection of lives in Ukraine.

Above all, these are, of course, decisions by the United States, decisions by the strong countries in Europe and around the world. Please be active in your decisions and protect lives. Missiles for Patriots are needed not in warehouses right now, but in Patriot units in Ukraine. I thank everyone who is providing real help.

[Kristina Berdynskykh @berdynskykh_k]

Morning in Kyiv #Ukraine

[Kristina Berdynskykh @berdynskykh_k]

Day 1588 🇺🇦👊 #Ukraine

[GSquared @bestgsquared]

@DemocraticWins 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

BIG NEWS: I just signed and filed a discharge petition to force a floor vote on my legislation to permanently block Trump’s $1.8 BILLION taxpayer-funded slush fund for his January 6 private militia and family-sized Super Pardon.

I'm calling on all members of Congress to sign on. We can stop this self-dealing scheme and stand up for the taxpayers.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Biden: The reflecting pool reflects something even worse than the narcissism and incompetence at the core of this administration. It’s the corruption. The corruption. The brazen, blatant corruption. Corruption on a scale never seen before in American history in any administration.

Trump has made billions of dollars since returning to the White House. Simply stunning to me.

He has no shame. Frankly, it’s embarrassing for the country. Trump couldn’t care less.

Making money off the presidency is one of the reasons he wants to be president

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

BBC isn’t backing down.

Trump sued them for $10 billion, which means discovery cuts both ways. Now the BBC wants his phone logs, private schedules, daily diaries, and communications from November 2020 through January 20, 2021.

They aren’t just defending the case. They’re asking a simple question: did their documentary damage Trump’s reputation, or did January 6 do that all by itself?

Lawsuits open doors, and discovery is fair game 💥

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

The average life expectancy of a new Russian recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once sent onto the battlefield, they survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes. @peterfrankopan https://t.co/W3UhBerdH0

[Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @Mikiashvili_M]

Saturday protest in Georgia.

Soon it will be 600 consecutive days of #GeorgiaProtests

People keep demanding free and fair elections and the release of regime prisoners.

📷 Protest 24

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨HOLY SHIT: Thomas Massie is spitting some FACTS right now that should SHUT MAGA UP:

“I think it's ironic that we control the House, Senate, Supreme Court, and the White House, and we're yelling 'election fraud'? I mean, we won all the damn elections.”

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Russia is bombing Ukraine right now‼️ Explosions reported in Kyiv.

As always, Ukraine targets russian military and oil infrastructure to disrupt russia's ability to finance its invasion, while russia strikes civilian homes, churches, hospitals, schools...

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ our city is under russian attack right now. I'm too tired and sick to move, fuck this shit.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

ROSENBERG: Wherever we go in Russia now, people say "we hope war will be over," and they do use the word "war."

Officially it's still "special military operation," but most Russians call it "war" because when they switch on their television sets, they see war.

Few years ago, when I used to ask Russian people on the streets in what ways they were affected by the war, a lot of them said, "Well, we're not affected by the war, it's something on our television sets."

But now, you certainly feel that Russians are feeling the effects of the war more than ever. A lot of them know others who've been fighting in Ukraine, who've been getting injured or killed.

And Russians are feeling economic effects more and more because of more than four years of international sanctions.

And latest polling here in Russia suggests that approximately two-thirds of Russians would like peace talks rather than continuation of the war.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, no one on Earth can say that we are not fighting for Crimea or that we have forgotten about Crimea. Every day proves that Ukraine remembers every part of its land, every one of its people, and is truly fighting to ensure justice for our entire state and every integral part of it.

Russia brought its war to Ukraine, starting nowhere other than Crimea, and now, with our actions – medium-range sanctions against the Russian occupier, our long-range sanctions plan, and all other forms of pressure on the aggressor – we are doing everything to force Russia to end the war and restore justice. And it is Crimea that is at the center of this policy of ensuring justice. Russia turned Crimea into a launchpad for aggressive operations against other parts of our country and against other nations. For a very long time, Russia has tried to normalize its war – to make Ukraine, all of Europe, and the world accept that its aggression supposedly cannot be stopped and that justice supposedly cannot be restored.

Today, Ukraine is depriving Russia of this launchpad and drawing a line under its attempts to normalize war. And in doing so, we remember that justice for Ukraine also means justice for the Crimean Tatar people – a people forced to endure deportation and decades of oppression, a people who were able to return to their homeland, but whose home the Russians tried to steal again, a people who have preserved their vitality and remain an inseparable part of our society.

Today, as we honor the blue banner with the golden tamğa – this proud flag that unites the entire Crimean Tatar people – we affirm that Ukraine is fighting for itself and all its lands, defending justice for itself and all its people – for everyone who calls Ukraine and our Crimea their home. We must stop Russian aggression. We must bring freedom back to all those who are currently in Russian captivity. We must guarantee security and a reliable peace for the entirety of our state and all our people.

Qırımtatar Milliy Bayraq künü hayırlı olsun!

Glory to Ukraine!