Shocked to hear of my friend Sen Lindsey Graham’s passing I’ve worked alongside him in Judiciary & Budget Cmtes for decades and know how dedicated he was to the ppl of South Carolina and our country he loved so much Barbara & I are praying for his family friends & staff
NATO exists to defend, not provoke. Peace through strength means a strong America, capable Allies, and an Alliance ready to deter threats before conflict begins.
The Vilnius TV Tower is a symbol of Lithuania’s fight for freedom in January 1991. Today, a record-breaking American flag flies here to mark #America250.
Happy Independence Day! 🇱🇹🇺🇸
@CVernonSmith The Ukraine the Latest podcast always refers to him as “the occasionally sober Medvedev”. I also remember when he was fake president, some people, including apparently our president at the time, thought he was a liberal at heart and someone we could work with.
On America’s Independence Day, I find myself reflecting on what America has always been about for me.
More than a powerful ally. More than a continent-spanning land of extraordinary landscapes and cities where the world comes together.
For me, America has always been about freedom—and the relentless pursuit of it. A pursuit driven by both a profound love of liberty and the humility to recognize that perfection will always remain beyond our reach. Yet in America, that has never been a reason for paralysis or resignation. It has always been a call to keep striving—to move ever closer to our ideals.
From the Founding Fathers onward, generation after generation has understood that freedom is never guaranteed. It is always just one generation away from extinction.
That aspiration is ours as well.
So today we celebrate America. But we also celebrate the principles that inspire us to be better than we were yesterday, better tomorrow than we are today, always guided by the conviction that all people are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
Happy Fourth of July. 🇺🇸
@CVernonSmith I got a chance to visit their vast network of underground emergency shelters a couple years ago. I actually got a little choked up seeing the extraordinary lengths the Finns had to go to in order to protect their population just because of their bad neighbor.
Thank you, Sen. @ChuckGrassley, for your unwavering support of Ukraine. Your stance reflects the views of the vast majority of Americans, who continue to stand with the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom.
Shortly before Putin had him murdered in front of the Kremlin, Boris Nemtsov predicted Putin would become the monster that he is today, and that after the Russian people tire of isolation and war, they will finally rid themselves of him.
Last night on @LoomerUnleashed, @LauraLoomer previewed this exclusive video on how Russia is systematically replacing Christians with Muslims in occupied Ukraine.
Russia destroyed churches in occupied Ukraine but rebuilt mosques.
Putin has used Muslim immigration in Europe as a grayzone war tactic, importing planeloads of "refugees" into Belarus who travel to Poland through tunnels.
Chechnyn Jihadist fighters have free reign to abuse and murder civilians. They do not take prisoners. They torture and kill.
In his 2025 end-of-year address, Putin said Russian Orthodoxy has more in common with Islam than actually Christianity. He made similar remarks in 2010 and 2013, amplified by official Russian news sources.
Putin bombed the Lavra, one of the holiest sites in all of Eastern Orthodoxy.
He has provided drones and intelligence to the Ayatollahs in Iran, resulting in American deaths.
The first place the October 7th killers went after murdering Jewish women, children, and civilians in Israel was to Moscow for diplomatic cover. Putin obliged.
Putin has aligned himself with Jihadists who want to destroy the West.
He has coopted the Russian Orthodox church, replacing the official statist Soviet religion built around the shrine of Lenin, and giving his regime the veneer of traditionalism.
Putin uses religion for purely political purposes, nothing more.
Then it will be too late: Chubarov urges Russians to flee Crimea
The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov called on Russian citizens illegally present in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea to immediately leave the peninsula. And he urged Crimeans, who are awaiting the liberation of Crimea from Russian occupiers, to take care of their own safety.
Chubarov noted that for more than three weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been carrying out precise and effective strikes on the military facilities of Russian occupiers in Crimea, and the intensity of these strikes is increasing.
“I want to address those who settled on the peninsula after February 27, 2014. Your presence in the territories of Crimea with forged Russian property ownership documents is illegal in all respects according to Ukrainian national legislation and international law.
As long as the Kerch Bridge is still operational, you have a chance to leave Crimea. Soon, this opportunity will no longer exist. Don't put off your departure from Crimea until tomorrow. Pack your things and return to your homeland. Now. It will be too late later,” said the politician
Putin targeting religious sites and historic sites is an act of barbarism which should remind us how evil his dictatorship is. We should do everything we can to help Ukraine defeat this brutal and unprovoked attack on their right to be free.