Vyvy Crabtree Gilliland

Pittsburgh Penguins/Pirates, Marc-Andre Fleury🌸 Fan.
Kind People Welcome to Follow. Hateful, go elsewhere. Twitter is NHL/MLB news source, not my social club.

[Vyvy Crabtree Gilliland @VyvyCG]

Peace be with you. #BeKind #PrayForPeace #LoveOneAnother #GrantUsPeace

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

The best way to protect the US against Russia is to provide military assistance to Ukraine.

Doing so would also enhance deterrence in Asia, demonstrating that the US does not abandon democracies.

Trump and team have no sense of grand strategy at all.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

Trump doesn't have to face the voters again, and he's surrounded by ass-kissers. You are seeing him as he really is.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God’s heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice and lies. But our Father’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud. God’s heart is with the little ones and the humble, and with them He builds up His Kingdom of love and peace day by day. Wherever there is love and service, God is there. #ApostolicJourney #Algeria

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

I disagree. The Trump administration to stop helping Ukraine will go down in history a giant strategy mistake and a major sign of Americas decline as the leader of the free world. (Hope it gets reversed)

[Vyvy Crabtree Gilliland @VyvyCG]

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[Vyvy Crabtree Gilliland @VyvyCG]

@JohnJHarwood Sad truth. The USA is tarnished because of #Trump and his inept, corrupt administration.
#KindnessMatters #TruthMatters #EqualityMatters

[Vyvy Crabtree Gilliland @VyvyCG]

@penguins Welcome to the Penguins!!! Best wishes to Jake Livanavage for happiness and success on and off of the Ice!!!
#LetsGoPens 🐧

[Josh Yohe @JoshYohe_PGH]

I had a chat with Sid yesterday. He told me what pushed him most in recent seasons is the thought of hearing the noise of the Pittsburgh crowd when he, Geno Malkin and Kris Letang take the ice in a playoff game again.
He will get his wish. The Penguins are headed to the playoffs.

[Bob Pompeani @KDPomp]

Incredible accomplishment!

We in Pittsburgh have been SO FORTUNATE to be able to watch these two for over 2 decades.

And it ain’t over yet 🐧🐧

[Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins]

Before the season, Vegas oddsmakers gave the Penguins a 91% chance of missing the playoffs for the fourth year in a row.

But they believed from the start.

Read more: https://t.co/qXoOMwvC90

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples.

[Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins]

Good morning from your playoff-bound Pittsburgh Penguins 🙌

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Today, many leaders will rightly condemn President Donald Trump’s unlawful and unjust actions in Venezuela, and I join them.

But just as glaring, and far more damning, is Congress’ ongoing abdication of its constitutional duty. For almost a year now, the legislative branch has failed to check a president who repeatedly violates his oath, disregards the law, and endangers American interests at home and abroad.

Time and again, Congress, now led by Republicans, has chosen spineless complicity over its sworn responsibilities. From the reckless leaking of classified information that put American troops at risk, to the illegal use of military force destroying vessels and killing people in the Caribbean and the Pacific without congressional authorization, there has been a stunning absence of accountability.

No hearings.
No serious investigations.
No enforcement of checks and balances.
No accountability.

Again and again, the president has exceeded his authority, defied congressional intent, trampled the separation of powers, and broken the law - while Congress looked away in cowardice and submission.

Republicans in Congress own this corrosive collapse of our constitutional order. With only a handful of honorable exceptions, they have bent themselves to the will of Donald Trump, afraid to state in public the feelings they often communicate privately. That submission, this abandonment of independent judgment and constitutional courage, now stands as one of the greatest dangers to our nation and to the global order America claims to defend.

Nicolás Maduro is a brutal dictator who has committed grave abuses. The United States military remains the most capable fighting force on Earth, and our praiseworthy service members carry out their orders with professionalism and excellence.

But none of that suspends the Constitution.

The Constitution is unambiguous: Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize the use of military force and declare war. Congress has a duty of oversight. Congress must serve as a check, not a rubber stamp, to the President. On this count, Congress has failed.

We face an authoritarian-minded president who acts with dangerous growing impunity. He has shown a willingness to defy court orders, violate the law, ignore congressional intent, and shred basic norms of decency and democracy. This pattern will continue unless the Article I branch of government, especially Republican congressional leadership, finds the courage to act.

They must stop behaving as partisan puppets and start acting as patriotic constitutional stewards.

What happened today is wrong. Congressional Republicans would say so immediately if a Democratic president had done the same. Their silence is surrender. And in that surrender lie the seeds of our democratic unraveling.

There are still three years left in this administration. From the pardoning of individuals who violently attacked police officers while attempting to overturn our election to this latest extrajudicial assault on another nation’s sovereignty, the damage will continue unless it is confronted.

Enough is enough.

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

Seize Greenland? A NATO ally. We’re already there in a NATO base. These Trump threats are the actions of a lawless US regime. Where is Congress? Art I of our Constitution.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The invasion of Venezuela has nothing to do with American security. Venezuela is not a security threat to the U.S..

This is about making Trump's oil industry and Wall Street friends rich. Trump's foreign policy - the Middle East, Russia, Venezuela - is fundamentally corrupt.

[Senator Patty Murray @PattyMurray]

This week, every Senator will have the opportunity to vote for or against the use of military force against Venezuela.

I am voting AGAINST any war with Venezuela.

Congress must rein in this corrupt and dangerous President IMMEDIATELY.

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

Sen. Van Hollen: "You don't invade a country to grab their natural resources…I think it's outrageous that the President of the United States puts American lives at risk so big American oil companies and his billionaire buddies can profit."

[Steve Schmidt @SteveSchmidtSES]

I promise you this: none of the widows and none of the kids of America’s dead soldiers are going to get a penny of Venezuela’s oil money, but Donald’s family will.

https://t.co/ajKpQchKxv

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

As a three time combat veteran, I get pissed when a five-time draft dodger like Trump bangs the war drums from Mar-A-Lago.

When politicians talk tough, it’s not their kids who get sent to war. It’s working class kids who have to fight.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Why did Trump throw Machado under the bus today in his press conference?

Some say it’s because she won the Nobel Peace Prize and he did not? Is he that petty?

Alternative theories?

I was genuinely surprised and disappointed by his dismissive remarks about her.