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Zelensky has been trying to drag the United States into a nuclear war with Russia/WW3 for years now, and no one has called him on it,
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard commented
It’s not clear that Zelenskyy truly wants to stop the fighting. He came in, even though he was warned not to, determined to litigate all of that … This was the wrong approach, wrong time in history, and definitely the wrong president to try to do this,
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz stated
The only person on the planet who is actively trying to bring an end to this conflict is named Donald Trump, the President of the United States,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio added
The days of America being taken advantage of and disrespected are OVER."
US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson statedTime is not on your side on the battlefield, time is not on your side in terms of the world situation, and most importantly, US aid and the taxpayers’ tolerance is not unlimited,
Waltz added
Zelensky is either going to have to fundamentally change or go. I can't believe most Americans, after what they saw today, would want to be partners with Zelensky."
This included Senator Lindsey Graham statingThis guy isn’t just trying to save his country — he’s the finger in the dike for the rest of Europe,
one State Department official said of Zelenskyy to our Nahal Toosi and Amy Mackinnon
What Mr. Trump really wants, one senior European official said this week before the blowup, is a normalization of the relationship with Russia,
writes The New York Times’ David Sanger in a news analysisThe Teacher in Room 1214, ... When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers.”
by NYT’s Emily Baumgaertner NunnIn an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning?” ... Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if they’re actually the only way for progressivism to flourish?”
by NYT Mag’s David Leonhardt
We are very grateful to the United States for all the support,
Zelensky said in a blitz of posts that appeared to be aimed at cleaning up the messProgressives Say They Want Clean Energy. They Held Up This Hydro Project for Years, ... An effort to bring clean energy to Massachusetts has languished in red tape.”
by Marc Dunkelman for POLITICO MagEveryone was giving him the same advice, which was get the deal done, don’t play games and be very appreciative of everything that Trump and the administration have done,
said a person familiar with Zelenskyy’s conversations with GOP senatorsThe episode, which has not been previously reported, has deepened concerns at the party’s highest levels about its singular dependency on a for-profit company whose majority owner, a private equity firm, has imposed layoffs in recent years to slash costs,
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[A] current and former official … said Crosland had been told that she must retire. She was not given a reason why.”
Telita Crosland, the head of the military’s health agency, Reuters’ Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart scoopWhat did you do last week? Part II,
POLITICO’s Danny Nguyen and Holly Otterbein reportFollowing a thorough internal inquiry, Courtney Johnson’s employment has been terminated, effective immediately, due to conduct inconsistent with company policies and standards,
the firm said in a statement to PlaybookDespite its small size, the PMF program delivers an outsized return on investment, and eliminating it won’t save taxpayer dollars — it will waste them,
the group writesHe still wants a deal,
one senior administration official saidHad it collapsed, the party’s entire get-out-the-vote operation could have been temporarily crippled, forcing canvassers to work with pen and paper instead of smartphones, and leaving campaigns effectively blind.”
After a private company who handles the voter database warned they could not handle the intense amount information being input and downloaded in their system, several DNC engineers and campaign operatives stepped in to keep it afloat last summer