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.@avindman: “Trump knew he had them over a barrel. I found it repulsive and un-American for an American president to try to get a leg up by pressuring a foreign leader to get dirt on an American politician.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
“He (Trump) likes authoritarian strongmen who act with impunity, without checks and balances. So he’ll try to please Putin....In the Army we call this ‘free chicken,’ something you don’t have to work for—it just comes to you.”
“I think it’s important for me to tell people that I think the president has made this country weaker. We’re mocked by our adversaries and by our allies, and we’re heading for more disaster.”

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Mar 4
Thread 🧵 “There are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred during the 7 Oct attacks in multiple locations across Gaza periphery, including rape and gang rape, in at least three locations.” - new UN report concludes:
The report comes from the office of the special representative of the Secretary General on Sexual Violence in conflict. Pramila Patten and her team conducted a two and a half week investigation in Israel. Among their other findings:
“Across the various locations of the 7 Oct attacks, the mission team found that several fully naked or partially naked bodies from the waist down were recovered- mostly women- with hands tied and shot multiple times, often in the head.”
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Feb 21
🧵Excerpts from today’s report on Hamas’ sexual violence during and after Oct 7th from ARCCI submitted to the UN
“Analysis of the data reveals that sexual and gender-based violence systematically occurred in all arenas where the Oct 7th massacre occurred, as well as in captivity”
“Several survivors of the massacre provided eyewitness testimony of gang rape, where women were abused and handled between multiple terrorists who beat, injured and ultimately killed them…
…One survivor who wandered the area after the massacre described it as an “apocalypse of bodies, girls without clothes, some missing their upper, some their lower parts.”
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Apr 30, 2022
1/6 Putin's illegal war stretches far beyond Ukraine's borders:
"57% of the land in Ukraine was used for growing crops in 2019 — making it one of the most highly-cultivated countries in the world. By comparison, in the same year the US actively used 17%."
ig.ft.com/ukraine-war-fo…
2/6 "In India, 77% of the domestic supply of sunflower oil came from Ukraine in 2019. In China, it was 63%. Ukraine supplied 43% of the corn used in the UK in 2019, much of it to feed livestock."
3/6 "Spring crops, including corn, barley and sunflowers, must be planted during April. The UN food and Agriculture Organization estimates that between 20 and 30% of the areas producing these crops will either remain unharvested or not be planted this spring."
Read 6 tweets
Mar 30, 2022
1/ The Levada Center (an independent polling site in Russia now deemed a "foreign agent") released a new poll showing increased approval for Putin since the war began: from 69% in January to 83% in March.
bbc.com/russian/live/n…
2/ 69% of respondents believe things in the country are headed in the right direction, compared to 52% in February. Support for the State Duma has increased from 47% to 59%.
3/ Denis Volkov, director of the Levada Center: “This is precisely the rallying around the leadership against the backdrop of an acute conflict with the West, and the initial shock from the sanctions,”
Read 7 tweets
Mar 27, 2022
Zelensky in his first interview with Russian journalists: "I believe (Putin) was told that we (Ukrainians) are waiting for you with flowers and smiles, the situation is very bad, the current President (Zelensky) and party are not supported. I believe that 99.9%."
Asked by @tikhondzyadko about who is in control of Mariupol, Zelensky says: There city is under Russian blockade, civilians cannot leave, and the port is mined. It's a humanitarian disaster. No food, medicine or water can be brought in given the continuous bombardment...
Humanitarian convoys are being shot at, drivers are being killed. Many of the trucks were forced to return back. Civilians were moved east (to Russian controlled areas). Based on our information, over 2,000 children were moved. We view that as kidnapping...
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Mar 6, 2022
1/ A message from a source in Kyiv who asked that I share. I have translated from Russian: “It is very difficult to explain the mood of the population in short phrases - this is the pain of betrayal of neighbors - "friendly" Slavic peoples, and anger at the occupier,
2/ and the horror of what has been experienced and is being experienced, and fear of the uncertainty of the future. But, in 98% there is an unshakable faith in victory, in our army, in our own strength. Few remain detached from these events -
3/ Everyone is doing their part. Even the elderly with very little means are donating money to help the cause. Women and children are volunteering. (for reasons of national security I will not describe in detail).
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