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Lance Mercereau retweeted
I’ll stipulate that Trump is an agent of Putin. Go down the checklist. 1. Destroyed the Western alliance? Putin wanted that. 2. Threatened a NATO ally over Greenland? Putin wanted that. 3. Pulled out of the intermediate nuclear pact? Putin wanted that. 4. Withdrawing 25-40,000 troops from Western Europe while Russian bellicosity is rising? Putin wanted that. 5. Russian satellites giving coordinates to Iranians killing our soldiers, and his response is “they kill us, we kill them”? What American president says that? I think he’s been compromised. The election of Donald Trump may be the greatest foreign policy success in post-Czarist Russian history.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
This is never not funny:
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
We need Gang of 8 brief, order to retain all records, full IG probe, hearings, etc. - just too important to sweep under by Rubio. If the USG (anyone, Musk, WH or DoD) deliberately withheld a force protection measure that ended up killing Ukrainians, and putting US personnel at Embassy Kyiv and American citizens in Ukraine at risk, that is a very big deal.
Not helping the situation that no one outside the DoD itself seems to understand Starlink and Starshield/MILNET/SDN-B, or what Ukraine has access to.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
I was very surprised to learn that our vice president has spoken on the phone with Putin. That is very uncharacteristic of Putin to have a call with any US government official besides the president. Are there any readouts of these calls?
Vance: "I've never met Putin in person. I've spoken to him on the phone. He was calmer than you might expect. The American media has a stereotype of him. He's very deliberate and measured in his words. I think, at his core, he's someone who cares about Russia's interests as he sees them. One reason he respects the President is that he recognizes the President cares about the interests of the American people."
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
Deaths of Ukrainians resulted from this. And they put USG officials at Embassy Kyiv plus thousands of US citizens in Ukraine at grave risk. Unconscionable. This is not ok.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
Amen.
It should be obvious now - if it wasn’t before - that developing a high-end Europe+ alternative to Starlink must be pursued with wartime-level urgency.
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Congress unanimously supported this bill. There is *ZERO* legitimate reason for Trump to waive these sanctions, other than being compromised by Russia. Everyone, including EVERY Republican, must stand up on this issue. It is time for Congress to find its FUCKING spine!!
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
The kompromat Russia has on trump must be insane.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
Of course he did. What will it do to the balance in the Senate when Trump gives Alaska back to Russia?
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
⏰The head of the @BritishArmy has just delivered a massive wake-up call to his troops - and the whole of the UK - about the gathering storm. Please read or watch ⬇️ General Sir Roly Walker tells his soldiers: "You didn’t know this but our nation is going to need you. "Very soon the political leaders of this country will start to have a frank conversation with the citizens of this country about just what is going on and where the risk lies. "They are going to try and explain to our citizens that our citizens have got to consent to sacrifices to prioritise defence and security. "And then they are going to ask those citizens, to whom we are not necessarily at the front of their mind, that they too need to play a part in the defence and security of this country. "They need to understand what we do for them. "They need to consent to allow us to do that, which means sacrifices by them. "And ultimately we are going to need them to back us, to back you to do the one thing that you do that noody else gets to do and that is to take the fight to the enemy."
🇬🇧 Are Britons ready for the sacrifices needed to strengthen national security? Speaking to soldiers in Catterick Garrison the head of the British Army warns Britons must face a “frank conversation” about the sacrifices needed for defence and security🔗forcesnews.com/services/army…
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
The “block, blunt, and break” NATO theory of victory that @NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander sketched at today’s @WarsawForum is a steady (if general) approach. The emphasis on not seeking to impose strategic defeat on an aggressor is curious, though. 1/2
Replying to @AmbDanFried
NATO will not seek “strategic defeat” on the aggressor but simply to beat its attack, i.e., not escalation to nuclear. 2/3
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Mike Evans checking to see who was talking to him might be the most GOAT’d thing I’ve ever seen
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
🚨The UK believes Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum, PM @andyburnham has revealed. He made this hugely consequential remark when speaking on The Rest Is Politics podcast. It begs the question - what is the UK going to do in response? theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Hahahahahahah. And shockingly so has GOP traffic
Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
This is a bombshell - outright attribution at last of RU manipulation of the Brexit referendum: through whom is the next question 👇🏽
Andy Burnham becomes first PM to confirm Russian interference in Brexit referendum @campbellclaret and @RoryStewartUK's exclusive interview with @andyburnham on tomorrow's episode of Leading is out in full at midnight.
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Why did five prime ministers leave voters in the dark about Russian interference? Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer Shame on all of them.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
Congratulations to Carole Cadwalladr, @carolecadwalla, who together with colleagues first revealed this story.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
When you do not have any real friends, you can buy them for your birthday.
Putin spent his 74th birthday yesterday with Gerhard Schröder. According to the Kremlin, Putin learned from media reports that the former German Chancellor was in Moscow on business with supermarket chain Globus and invited him to his home to celebrate.
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
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Ukraine needs to double down on hitting Russian oil now
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Lance Mercereau retweeted
The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.
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