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Feb 24, 2025 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The US joined Russia to vote against a Ukrainian & European-backed UN General Assembly resolution marking the anniversary of Russia's war against Ukraine.
The resolution passed.
The vote against the Ukrainian and European-backed resolution saw the US at odds with its longtime European allies and instead aligned with the aggressor in the war on the three-year anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
.@SecBlinken warns against a “Potemkin peace” in Ukraine that would come from a ceasefire in the coming months, saying such a move “would legitimize Russia’s land grab” and “reward the aggressor and punish the victim.”
@SecBlinken “We will support efforts – whether by Brazil, China, or any other nation – if they help find a way to a just and lasting peace, consistent with the principles in the UN Charter,” @SecBlinken says in speech in Helsinki.
Apr 28, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
The US has “information that Russia’s planning for its further invasion of Ukraine includes a forced capitulation of Ukraine’s democratically elected government, including dissolving all local municipal governments in Ukraine,” per @USAmbOSCE. osce.usmission.gov/the-russian-fe…
According to @USAmbOSCE, “new governance structures were to be set up in ‘liberated’ territories under Russian control” and “plans for a new government and new constitution are being developed by Russian officials and so-called ‘separatists.’”
Aug 15, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: Biden admin has curtailed the number of flights to the US for Afghans who worked alongside the US as it prioritizes the evacuation of American personnel from the country, three sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
The last flight for the time being of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants and their families bound for Fort Lee, Virginia, has left Afghanistan, sources tell me, @priscialva and @kylieatwood
Jan 19, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
NEW: The Trump administration has determined that the Chinese government has committed genocide and crimes against humanity against Uighur Muslims and ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang, China, per @SecPompeo
Pompeo said in a statement, released on his last full day as top US diplomat, that he believes “this genocide is ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state.”
Jan 17, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs his Foggy Bottom post on Wednesday a loyal Trump footman to the very end.
cnn.com/2021/01/17/pol…
His nearly three-year term was marked by an "America First" approach that saw fundamental, oftentimes controversial shifts in foreign policy & of his most consequential decisions were announced in the final weeks of his tenure, leaving behind a minefield for the Biden admin
Nov 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
NEW: @USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick has been ousted, sources tell CNN.
She received a note from the White House this afternoon telling her that she needed to resign by 5:00pm or she would be terminated, the sources said.
Her ouster comes the same day that John Barsa's term as acting administrator of the agency expires under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act and sources believe that she was fired so he could be named to her #2 post and remain at the helm of USAID.
Nov 4, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
A prelim report from OSCE's election monitoring mission of the US general election offers multiple critiques of Trump’s actions, including his efforts to stop legitimate vote counting & his statements undermining “public trust in democratic institutions" osce.org/files/f/docume…
"Baseless allegations of systematic deficiencies, notably by the incumbent President, including on election night, harm public trust in democratic institutions," OSCE's Michael Georg Link says today.
Jul 22, 2020 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: Woody Johnson, billionaire NFL owner & US ambassador to UK, was investigated by State OIG after allegations he made racist & sexist comments to staff & sought to use his gov't post to benefit Trump's personal biz in UK
(w. @kylieatwood & @NicoleCNN) cnn.com/2020/07/22/pol…
Woody Johnson, top envoy since Aug 2017, made racist generalizations about Black men & questioned why the Black community celebrates Black History Month, per three sources and a diplomat familiar with the complaints to State IG cnn.com/2020/07/22/pol…
