10 minutes to #Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s address at @Stanford. His first visit to California.

Nice to see people wearing masks!
thx @FSIStanford Image
“Everything is possible”—President Zelensky @ZelenskyyUa @FSIStanford says, “This is Ukraine’s credo and mine. Here I am at Stanford, just a common guy from a common family from a common industrial town in Eastern Ukraine, Kryvyi Rih (Krivoy Rog) Image
First question from a woman from #Belarus, isn’t a question but a statement of gratitude. She thanks President Zelensky for supporting the opposition struggle for freedom. She says he & Ukraine have been an inspiration. Image
Lol. Grad student asks Zelensky: Which White House have you enjoyed working with the most.

#Ukraine @FSIStanford Image
In response to question, President Zelensky says he generally supports dual citizenship for Ukrainians, but says parliament has to develop targeted legislation so it doesn’t undermine Ukraine’s security. Image
Amb @McFaul ends the Q & A by thanking Ukraine’s President Zelensky for coming to Stanford, and invited him back “even in retirement” in an academic capacity. @ZelenskyyUa seemed intrigued by the invitation and the very warm welcome @FSIStanford Image

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‼️#Russia has blocked @googledocs, to prevent voters from accessing the opposition’s “Smart Voting” lists of candidates ahead of this weekend’s parliamentary elections. The system was designed to defeat Putin’s ruling party. It’s what @navalny was promoting when he was poisoned.
@googledocs @navalny Russian courts blocked @navalny's Smart Voting website as “extremist” & ordered Google & Yandex not to display search results for “Smart Voting”

Police visited office of Google’s Russian subsidiary to “enforce” the order.

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@googledocs @navalny As if that weren't enough to keep people from using Smart Voting in Russia's elections, the Kremlin has a proxy backup threat: a wool dealer registered a “Smart Voting” brand name w/ a logo that resembles the Navalny app icon. So anyone using it can go to jail for 6 years.😨 Image
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Zelensky finally got his WH meeting. And @CNN its interview—2 yrs late. @ZelenskyyUa tells @FareedZakaria his goal was & is for #Ukraine to win, diplomatically saying he didn’t feel pressure—even if Trump intended it. But jokes a dig at Trump? “This wasn’t Robert DeNiro—my idol.”
@CNN @ZelenskyyUa @FareedZakaria ZAKARIA: Are you worried America will abandon Ukraine [aft Afghanistan w/drawal]?
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Turns out, Republicans aren't really against killing babies. They're kind of for it. Texas leads in child COVID deaths.

Maybe it's time to view anti-abortion activism as another right-wing disinformation campaign, pushing anti-science lies about fetuses, babies & women's bodies.
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The Taliban capitalized on the uncertainty caused by the Feb. 2020 agreement in Doha between the militant group and Trump admin. calling for a full American withdrawal from #Afghanistan. Afghan forces saw US leaving as assuring the Taliban's return & wanted to be on winning side.
The Feb 2020 Trump/Pompeo Doha agreement to end the war in #Afghanistan left many Afghan forces demoralized.

“They saw that document as the end… The day the deal was signed we saw the change. Everyone was just looking out for himself. It was like [the U.S.] left us to fail.”
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@JohnAvlon @brianstelter @davidzurawik @ReliableSources 😂FYI @JohnAvlon's awesome slip of the tongue "Hucker's informercial for Hungary" has a name. Linguists call it "anticipation"—when a later sound replaces an earlier one. Anticipating the "H" in Hungary, John said Hucker for Tucker. Often funny, occasionally perfect. #Huckster🎯
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(3) Notorious Akrestsina Detention Center
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