From the Washington Post: "Two Uvalde police officers and a school resource officer fired at the shooter, but it did not stop him from entering the building."
There were armed people at the scene. It didn’t stop him.
Just got back from Korczowa, at the Poland-Ukraine border, where a shopping mall has been turned into a transit center filled with thousands. Many there are utterly traumatized and cried as they spoke to me. But the resilience of the Ukrainians I met/saw was beyond inspiring🧵 2/
The Kremlin has basically (and erroneously) claimed opposing the war amounts to Russophobia. There are Russians protesting this war so that’s obviously BS. It’s also why hating all Russians for this doesn’t help anyone. There are Russians risking serious consequences to oppose it
As Russia claims to be pulling troops back from Ukraine’s border it’s worth noting that Russia in 2014 invaded Crimea but lied about its military presence there for weeks, and Moscow continues to deny having troops in the Donbas despite solid evidence to the contrary.
From April 2014: “President Vladimir Putin admitted Thursday that Russian troops had been active in supporting separatist forces in Crimea.”
Sep 13, 2021 • 16 tweets • 2 min read
"A war that has gone on for almost 20 years is a disaster," HFAC chair Gregory Meeks states at the beginning of the hearing with Sec. Blinken.
Meeks is opening up this hearing by underscoring that the Trump administration made the deal with the Taliban to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan, echoing one of the Biden administration's key points in defending its handling of the withdrawal.
Aug 26, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
There’s no doubt the US has evacuated a remarkable number of people from Kabul. But can’t shake the feeling Democrats would have a much tougher time touting the numbers if it had been American bodies falling from planes last week and American body parts found in the landing gear.
Of course US leaders have an inherent obligation to Americans and their safety, but there’s an undeniable double-standard in terms of how this country treats the lives of those beyond our borders.
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