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eric carlson retweeted
Thank you, Emmanuel, for your condolences. Unfortunately, the death toll from the Russian strike on a commuter train in Dnipro has already risen to 14. And just a few hours ago, the Russians struck a residential neighborhood in Chernihiv with a drone and killed two girls. They were only 15 years old. In Kremenchuk, a Russian “shahed” struck an apartment building. Tragically, three people were killed. My condolences to all those who lost their loved ones. In these three attacks alone, 56 people have been reported injured, including 10 children.
These are deliberate strikes against civilians, brazen in their cruelty, and the Russians are carrying them out right as the humanitarian operation in Oleshky is unfolding. Russia’s signals are clear – they want the war to continue, and everyone around the world must still work very hard to achieve major de-escalation through strong steps and appropriate pressure on the aggressor.
Peace is needed – and for that to happen, Russia must end its war and terror.
Je viens d'apprendre avec émotion qu'un drone à réaction russe vient de s'abattre sur la gare de Dnipro, avec un très lourd bilan.
J'adresse au Président @ZelenskyyUa et au peuple ukrainien mes condoléances et notre solidarité.
Nous devons, dans ce contexte, aspirer à bien plus qu'un cessez-le-feu localisé comme celui qui vient d'être négocié localement à Olechky. Il est intolérable que la Russie continue d'opposer son refus à toutes les propositions en ce sens, en continuant de miser sur l'escalade et en visant les civils.
Nous devons ensemble redoubler d'efforts pour une paix juste et durable et amener la Russie à la table des négociations.
eric carlson retweeted
Obama: "I'm not making this up -- the president of the United States is spending time supergluing gold medallions to the mantle in the Oval Office. He's literally doing arts and crafts while we are fighting a war and trying to deal with out of control prices."
eric carlson retweeted
My initial thought about Flávio Bolsonaro fleeing to US was not his exposure but mostly because Trump needs to keep him quiet about what Trump, Bannon and perhaps Musk did to try to elect him.
eric carlson retweeted
Judge David Carter:
"Never before in American history has the federal government, on the eve of an election, sought to coerce a state and local government to abandon their own Constitutional elections procedures and bend to the will of the Executive Branch. In bringing this lawsuit, the Executive would have this Court believe that it reigns as a sole sovereign. But California and its people are sovereign, too."
eric carlson retweeted
Abdul El-Sayed: “The worst of the Big Ugly Bill hasn’t even hit yet. They knew it would be so disastrous to working people that they didn’t actually make it take effect until after the midterms. In January, Medicaid cuts, ACA subsidy cuts, all of that is gonna get worse. It’s about to be a nuclear bomb that goes off on our healthcare system”
eric carlson retweeted
That's why trump wants her. Not because she's qualified.🚨🚨🚨
A company connected to Sen. Darline Graham's husband has ties to a Chinese weapons supplier sanctioned by the United States for helping Russia's war against Ukraine, according to a new report. bit.ly/4eYSGkp
eric carlson retweeted
They removed 400,000 tonnes of rock and never added one.
Kailasa at Ellora was carved downward out of a single basalt hillside. Every wall, stair, column and statue was cut out of what was already there.
Nothing could be replaced. One wrong strike and that part of the temple is gone forever.
How did they plan something you can only subtract?
eric carlson retweeted
NEVER FORGET 🇺🇸 In 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to hold a confirmation hearing or vote on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, for 293 DAYS.
McConnell argued that an election-year vacancy should not be filled before a new president was chosen, subsequently allowing the seat to remain vacant for almost a year until Trump appointed Neil Gorsuch in 2017.
If Democrats take over the Senate in 2027, they should refuse to allow a vote for ANY Trump nominee to the Supreme Court until January 2029.
They should say, "We're invoking the Mitch McConnell rule."
eric carlson retweeted
The Kremlin just confirmed it: talks are underway to lift US sanctions on Putin's state investment fund.
Meanwhile NYT reports a Lukoil deal in the mix with investors tied to the Trump envoys negotiating it.
Ask yourself WHO gets paid when the sanctions come off.
I smell more corruption and bullshit.
eric carlson retweeted
A 56-year-old green card holder died at an immigration processing center in Laredo, Texas.
eric carlson retweeted
Fire another highly decorated general—this one with six Bronze Stars who oversees major military operational planning.
Prepare to restart a war with no clear objective or strategy.
Rinse. Repeat.
Scoop from @nancyayoussef: Hegseth fires yet another general:
theatlantic.com/national-sec…
eric carlson retweeted
REMINDER! THEY ADMITTED IT IN COURT. Whistleblower Chuck Borges was right all along. Musk's DOGE crew at Social Security copied 300 MILLION Americans' private data onto unsecured servers — then cut secret deals with political operatives to weaponize that data against election results.
This was never about efficiency. This was data TREASON. And they buried it for months while Borges lost his career for telling the truth.
No justice for this anti-American corruption, no peace.
AMERICANS ARE ANGRY.
EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
PRISON. NOW.
eric carlson retweeted
BREAKING: FBI records reveal 16 Epstein-related items, including CLASSIFIED materials, were delivered to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s office in March 2025, yet their whereabouts remain unclear as millions of pages remain unreleased, according to CBS News.
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In August 2015, at age 17, Yusra and her older sister Sara fled the Syrian civil war.
They reached Turkey and boarded an overcrowded inflatable dinghy (designed for 6-7 people but carrying about 20 refugees) heading across the Aegean Sea to the Greek island of Lesbos.
About 20-30 minutes into the crossing, the engine failed, and the boat began taking on water and sinking. Most passengers couldn't swim. Yusra, Sara (also a swimmer), and two other capable swimmers jumped into the sea. They grabbed ropes or the sides and swam/pushed/pullled the boat for over three hours (accounts vary slightly from 3 to 3.5 hours) until they reached safety on Lesbos. This effort kept the boat afloat and prevented it from capsizing, saving everyone on board, including themselves.
Yusra later made her way to Germany, resumed training, and was selected for the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team (under the Olympic flag). She competed in swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics (women's 100m butterfly and freestyle events) and again with the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
