Septuagenarian conservative believer in small letter L liberalism. Pro-life, former Republican. I follow engaging followers.
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Gil Yoder retweeted
Ukraine agreed to Trump's ceasefire proposal. russia didn't even bother to respond.
Yet Ukraine faces threats to intelligence sharing and Starlink disruptions, while Trump eases sanctions on russia.
Is this what “peace through strength” looks like?
youtu.be/48qWbUltDf0
Gil Yoder retweeted
The Ukrainian people are the victims of this war, not its perpetrators. That simple historical fact eludes some in this administration, so it must be restated again and again.
Putin’s Kremlin isn’t just Ukraine’s enemy. It’s America’s enemy.
Whatever it is that drives the Trump administration’s animosity toward Ukraine, that hostility represents a grotesque moral failing. It isn’t just strategically incomprehensible; it betrays America’s values and traditions. nationalreview.com/corner/th…
Gil Yoder retweeted
We stand with Israel against those who seek its destruction. We should stand with Ukraine against Russian aggression, too.
Gil Yoder retweeted
Here is some relevant text of US law requiring the president to certify that Russia has reached an agreement *accepted by Ukraine* to withdraw its forces and cease hostilities before the president can resume the importation of Russian oil. (There is no such agreement.) Even then, there are lengthy timetables before such importation can occur, allowing Congress to overrule the president with a resolution of disapproval.
Gil Yoder retweeted
The eye of Hurricane Isaias continues to warm rapidly with further intensification into this morning. This happens with increased subsidence within the ring of intense convection. This hurricane is a big problem
Gil Yoder retweeted
As bad as Ken Paxton is now on corruption, policy, hyper-partisanship, character, personal life, divisiveness, dishonesty, slavish loyalty to Trump - he will be 10 times worse as a US Senator.
Gil Yoder retweeted
It’s bad enough that Trump is using what once was a White House to invite donors for dinner, but he’s not paying for it. We the taxpayers are.
Gil Yoder retweeted
“The woman was identified as Daria Sh., a 27- or 28-year-old employee of the Irkutsk anti-plague institute, by the exiled news outlet Lyudi Baikala (People of Baikal) and pro-Kremlin broadcaster REN TV.
“She reportedly told medical staff that she had accidentally broken a test tube containing live bacteria while collecting samples for testing.
“She was hospitalized Tuesday with symptoms of severe pneumonia in Shelekhov, a town near the regional capital of Irkutsk. She was placed on a ventilator and died Thursday, according to the reports.”
Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regional leader.
themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/0…
Gil Yoder retweeted
You, Senator are so representative of the reason I left the GOP. You will bend yourself into a pretzel to appease your dear leader, Trump, like some North Korean apparatchik. Someday, we will retake the GOP, return it to its Reagan roots, and drain the swamp of people like you. Trump clearly and illegally tried to overturn the election and he should be rotting in jail for that. I can’t wait for November when the blue wave turns into a blue tsunami because pathetic senators like you can’t lie your way out of the destruction and chaos that Trump has brought us. You are a complete and utter jackass senator.
Gil Yoder retweeted
Since Trump announced the Venezuela oil deal, executives at Chevron, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips have privately expressed frustration to others in the industry about the prospect of competing against a rival with ties to the U.S. government. wsj.com/business/energy-oil/…
Gil Yoder retweeted
BREAKING NEWS. Federal judge in Alabama orders ICE and CBP to stop warrantless raids of construction sites, to stop detaining people without individualized suspicion, and to stop detaining people who present valid ID.
More coming shortly.
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New @nberpubs: "The Returns to International Migration in a Free Mobility Setting: Evidence from Austria and Germany" nber.org/papers/w35774#fromr…
Gil Yoder retweeted
The Justice Department issued subpoenas to Washington Post and Wall Street Journal reporters about their national security reporting. The Post and Journal challenged the subpoenas, which were withdrawn earlier this month.
Good things happen when institutions stand up to Trump.
