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In a world turned upside down, this is who i am and how i must live. Resistance begets hope, healing and joy. i Love and embrace you for all that you are. You are beloved. You are enough. You are not alone.
@McFaul Multiple possibilities occur to me: For one, I think that many Americans have become numbed to the constant grift of Trump and his extended circle, feeling that they (and existing political institutions) are powerless to stop it. Also, and this pains me to say…
250 years after July 4, 1776, the successor of King George III pays taxes and publishes his returns. The successor of George Washington does not. https://t.co/CbIXDe8UQY
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by I.C.E. on January 7, 2026
by Amanda Gorman
They say she is no more,
That there her absence roars,
Blood-blown like a rose.
Iced wheels flinched & froze.
Now, bare riot of candles,
Dark fury of flowers,
Pure howling of hymns.
If for us she arose,
Somewhere, in the pitched deep of our grief,
Crouches our power,
The howl where we begin,
Straining upon the edge of the crooked crater
Of the worst of what we’ve been.
Change is only possible,
& all the greater,
When the labour
& bitter anger of our neighbors
Is moved by the love
& better angels of our nature.
What they call death & void,
We know is breath & voice;
In the end, gorgeously,
Endures our enormity.
You could believe departed to be the dawn
When the blank night has so long stood.
But our bright-fled angels will never be fully gone,
When they forever are so fiercely Good.
Back in Kyiv, my first thoughts go to the Ukrainian people. For more than three years, you have stood with admirable courage.
For your land.
For your freedom.
For Europe.
The security of our continent is at stake here.
In the face of Russia’s aggression, our response must be collective. This visit is made jointly with Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
I have three messages.
First, peace.
A just and lasting peace begins with a full and unconditional ceasefire. That is the proposal we are advancing with the United States. Ukraine accepted it on March 11. Russia, however, delays, sets preconditions, plays for time, and continues its war of invasion.
If Moscow continues to obstruct, we will step up the pressure—together, as Europeans and in close coordination with the United States. We welcome President Trump’s call to move forward in this direction.
Our unity is our strength. That too is the meaning of this visit: we all want peace!
Second, sovereignty.
The peace agreement to be built must guarantee Ukraine’s security. That is what we have been working on—in Paris, in London, and now here in Kyiv. We are making progress together.
Finally, the future.
Ukraine is fighting for its people, but also for the European ideal we all believe in. A free, strong, prosperous, and European Ukraine is our goal.
History is watching us.