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Trading Brittney Griner for the merchant of death is not diplomacy. It is idiocy.
Sadly, under the Biden administration, these two words have become synonymous.
#BrittneyGriner
#merchantofdeath twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Sadly, under the Biden administration, these two words have become synonymous.
#BrittneyGriner
#merchantofdeath twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Viktor Bout has been indicted as a terrorist four times by the United States, selling tens of thousands of AK-47s and similar weaponry to the “potpourri of global scum”
🤦🏻‍♂️ foxnews.com/us/pentagon-me…
It's Day 288 of #Russia's invasion of peaceful #Ukraine. Where once there were close ties, #Putin has ripped them apart and set his nation back years, maybe decades
Welcome to another daily thread, live from #Ukraine, I'll do what I can but it's difficult to be able to post much
Welcome to another daily thread, live from #Ukraine, I'll do what I can but it's difficult to be able to post much
Not too busy so far today (thankfully)
Here's the link to yesterday's thread on the #RussiaUkraineWar:
Here's the link to yesterday's thread on the #RussiaUkraineWar:
#Russia's daily losses slowing a little but still on course to hit 100,000 dead soldiers sometime around "western" Christmas (25 Dec)
#RussiansGoHome #StandWithUkraine
#RussiansGoHome #StandWithUkraine
VIDEO THREAD: This afternoon, cannabis activists with @DCMJ2014 released smoke canisters, inflated a 51-foot joint, and smoked marijuana in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington DC to protest the 9-year sentence of American basketball player #BrittneyGriner in Russia.
"You got bud over there man?" a Secret Service agent asked @aeidinger, who explained that he weighed it, and it's indeed less than two ounces.
"It's a prop," he added.
"It smells like a prop!" the Secret Service officer joked.
"It's a prop," he added.
"It smells like a prop!" the Secret Service officer joked.
The Secret Service officer was more concerned about an unspent smoke canister.
"Why are you sneaky about it?" he asked a protester.
"I'm not being sneaky about anything!" the activist said, picking it up. "This is what he's upset about, a legal smoke-emitting device."
"Why are you sneaky about it?" he asked a protester.
"I'm not being sneaky about anything!" the activist said, picking it up. "This is what he's upset about, a legal smoke-emitting device."
Brittney Griner: Victim of Putin's white supremacist farright culture war / instrumentalised for the dirty war in Ukraine.
#FreeBritneyGriner
Our full statement here: facebook.com/39441104407259…
#FreeBritneyGriner
Our full statement here: facebook.com/39441104407259…
Brittney Griner is. 31yrs old Black / African (American) woman from Texas. While on a visit to do with her professional basketball career she was detained by Putin in Moscow on the 17 Feb this year (2022).
She was apparently said to be carrying some hash oil which is legal in the usa but illegal in Russia. She was 'legally' kidnapped and held in prison by Putin, the person and humanity of Brittney Griner has been used by Putin for his twisted racist culture war ..
NEW-"Watching the images of Pres. #Putin & #Iran's supreme leader meeting yesterday in #Tehran did not exactly fill me w/nostalgia" @CIA Director William Burns tells #AspenSecurity
But "The reality is Russians & Iranians need each other right now..."
But "The reality is Russians & Iranians need each other right now..."
June 28th Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia extended for six months pending her trial, which was July 1st.
The @StateDept has been saying BG is being wrongfully detained.
The customs agent said they found 0.7 gram of THC.
The @StateDept has been saying BG is being wrongfully detained.
The customs agent said they found 0.7 gram of THC.
According to Russian law, she should only be facing a FINE she has been in jail for over 4 months
She’s facing 10 years
Today Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court but denied she had intentionally broken the law.
She’s facing 10 years
Today Brittney Griner pleaded guilty in a Russian court but denied she had intentionally broken the law.
A guilty plea would likely be a requirement of any prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia
US Embassy’s Elizabeth Rood delivered letter from Biden to #BrittneyGriner at trial in Moscow today.
Next court appearance July 14th
US Embassy’s Elizabeth Rood delivered letter from Biden to #BrittneyGriner at trial in Moscow today.
Next court appearance July 14th
