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[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there. The speed has not been restored. And the delivery of interceptors to protect us against Russian ballistic missiles is still delayed. We’re waiting for interceptors that were already agreed on. But they are still not coming. This is a real problem, because the Russians attack us almost every single day.

All of this is happening while we continue our quite successful operations on the front. We keep defending positions. Things have become harder – partly because of the Starlink and Starshield policies and speed limits. But our frontline is still holding and I am proud of how strong our people are.

From an address at the Hudson Institute. (2/3)

[John Ridge @WeaponScientist]

They broke Eisenhower’s globe because they didn’t want to wait for a team of specialist historians to move it.

I cannot think of a more apt metaphor for Pete Hegseth’s DoD.

[Joe Scarborough @ScarboroughNow]

“We are taking our country back.
Not with anger. Not with fear, not with division. But with the hope that built this state.”
~@jamestalarico

One of the most powerful ads I’ve ever seen, with the added value of being true.

[Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports]

The president has announced the impending closure of DC’s historic municipal golf course accessible to the public at minimal to be replaced by a fancy Trump style course. I have been on the course and park recently to interview golfers joggers and bicyclists who use it regularly. The remaining trees despite last weekend’s tree cutting are historic and beautiful. This matter is still before a federal judge. Not over yet.

[Mitt Romney @MittRomney]

“we will pay any price….to assure the success and survival of liberty.” Is this still true? Do we prize liberty or do we prize power and purse? No more clear test than the choice between Ukraine and Russia. Abandon Ukraine and we abandon liberty. Eventually even our own.

[Amy Siskind @Amy_Siskind]

Wow, this is awesome!

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Fuck @elonmusk. Fuck @realDonaldTrump. Traitors to this country. Traitors to the free world.👇

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We don’t use Starlink for our responses inside Russia. We use Starlink to intercept jet-powered “shaheds” that attack our civilians and kill families.

Starlink wasn’t turned off – its speed was reduced. And when the speed was reduced, we were unable to intercept a certain number of jet-powered “shaheds.” We couldn’t use a tool that helps protect people. That’s very painful and frustrating.

We also use Starlink for mid-range strikes against enemy military targets in our temporarily occupied territories. We couldn’t do that when the restrictions were in place. And third, what matters most is people. Our warriors, who spend weeks and months on the front line, receive food and water delivered by drones using Starlink.

Has the speed been fully restored to what it was before? No. Is it being restored now? Yes.

From a conversation with media representatives in Brussels. (2/3)

[Miles Taylor @MilesTaylorUSA]

2019: Trump was impeached for withholding Ukraine's aid for a political favor.

2026: Trump may have colluded with Russia to drop Ukraine’s air defenses, all to lower gas prices before a midterm.

Both started with a phone call from Trump.

A big investigation is coming.

[Sam Stein @samstein]

Feels like Republican candidates should probably get asked if they're fine with their party's biggest donor putting restrictions on Ukraine's internet access overnight, aiding Putin.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

The war in Ukraine is the greatest fight for sovereignty and freedom in the 21st century so far.

The tragedy of Trump changing sides and backing autocratic Russia instead of democratic Ukraine will go down in history as one of America's biggest foreign policy mistakes ever.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

@ElonMusk, you’ve been an underdog and never quit fighting for your ideas. Don’t abandon Ukrainians as they fight for their lives and freedom against an aggressor.

[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.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Putin, Trump, and Musk have blood on their hands.

[MM  @adgirlMM]

If this is what the Trump administration is doing to hundreds of perfectly healthy mature trees in Washington, D.C. in broad daylight, imagine what they're doing to our national forests, protected public lands, and the Arctic Refuge.

[Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports]

National Park Service about to chop down up to 529 trees from municipal golf course Trump trying to take over telling federal judge they don’t contribute to the “historic landscape” - no arborist could possibly have said that. Or anyone who’s visited that park along the Potomac

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

We are now allied with Russia to lower the price of diesel that is sky high because of our war against Iran, who is being supported by…. Russia

Do i have that right?

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Putin throws lifeline to try to save Trump in the midterms. In return, American dollars go to Russia and get put toward killing innocent Ukrainians. Trump/Russia right out in the open.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

Another way to think about Trump announcement today: If he increased US diesel imports from Canada by 4%, he would gain as much fuel as from this Russia deal. But the Canadians are global super-villains, so who wants to buy from them when you could enrich Putin instead?

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

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