Mitch Blunder Thread 1/

Let's do a quick Thread about the second biggest political blunder in US history

#MoscowMitch McTurtle was given a chance to make the January 6th hearings END by last Christmas, yes end of year 2021. And have half of the seats by Republicans incl Senate
Mitch Blunder Thread 2/

Can you imagine what kind of circus the Jan 6th hearings would've been if we'd have to listen to the whine of Repulsican Senators like Ted Cruz #CancunCruz & #LeningradLindsey Graham?

Speaker Pelosi OFFERED THIS DEAL to Mitch McConnell. He turned it down
Mitch Blunder Thread 3/

When #MoscowMitch (use that term, he hates it) McTurtle was offered this bipartisan, bicameral deal by Speaker Pelosi, where GOP would have had EQUAL power, Mitch personally lobbied AGAINST the deal

So now we have Pelosi's bipartisan House cttee instead
Mitch Blunder Thread 4/

This mistake by McConnell to reject orig bipartisan & bicameral Jan 6th committee deal by Pelosi is second biggest political blunder in US history

Ironically, worst blunder was also #MoscowMitch when he did not push to indict Trump in second impeachment
Mitch Blunder Thread 5/

And third biggest blunder in US political history? Was House Minority Leader Qevin McCoward pulling the accepted 3 Republican members from this bipartisan House committee on Jan 6th after Pelosi blocked the two criminals McCarthy had nominated

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Kherson Counter-Attack Thread 1/

Let me show you briefly what is going on with the sudden Southern Counter-Offensive by Ukraine, in the Battle of Donbas that has run for 5 weeks now

Let's do a short thread drawing onto this excellent map by cc @war_mapper from a few days ago
Kherson Counter-Attack Thread 2/

The Battle of Donbas is the largest land-battle in Europe since World War 2. It has involved more than 200,000 soldiers, several thousand tanks, and run for 5 weeks, with over 10,000 dead and twice that injured (both sides combined)
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And their older Russian-made artillery had less range
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Then as that ammunition will run out, Ukraine needs to CHANGE to Western
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