Alexander S. Vindman ❎
@AVindman
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Dad. Spouse to @natsechobbyist . Vet. NYT Best-selling Author. Ex NSC/WH Staff. Senior Advisor @votevets . Dr. & Senior Fellow, SAIS, JHU. 🧵 @alexander_s_vindman
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Ukraine's Victory Remains in Reach: Implementing Critical Policy Changes in the Third Year of War
The negative news coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict has unleashed a flood of dire predictions. However, doomsayers’ forecasts are overly grim and the outcome can be much more…
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Pushkin Square, maybe less than 1000 meters from Red Square and the Kremlin, is the cite of a significant protest. These people know the risks of challenging the regime. They’re on the street in-spite of major personal costs.
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One year since The Call. Much has changed for me and so much more has changed for our country. I rest well knowing I did my duty.
#readthetranscript
#values
#hererightmatters
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Today I officially requested retirement from the US Army, an organization I love. My family and I look forward to the next chapter of our lives.
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I’ll put my reputation up against yours any day. I’ve spent my entire adult life in service to my country. Upheld my oath to protect & defend this nation at great personal cost. You’ve demonstrated yourself to be a purveyor of hate and division. Let history be the judge.
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A year ago today I testified in a public hearing about
@realDonaldTrump
’s attempted corruption & efforts to extort a foreign leader’s help to steal the 2020 election. During the past year—emboldened by a complicit
@GOP
— he has continued his corruption efforts. That is who he is.
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On Monday I will break my silence in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt. I hope you are able to tune in.
@LesterHoltNBC
@NBCNightlyNews
@NBCNews
MONDAY: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman — key witness in President Trump's impeachment inquiry — speaks out exclusively to
@LesterHoltNBC
.
Watch Monday, September 14, at 6:30 ET/5:30 CT on
@NBCNightlyNews
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Lady Ruby and Shaye,
I know what it’s like to have the President of the United States attack me. Stay strong. We are better than him and we will prevail. Much love!
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“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” RGB
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This was an historical speech for
@POTUS
. Like Kennedy’s Berlin Speech, this is the one Biden will be remembered for. Biden laid down a marker that the US will defend its allies & democracy. I’m proud of my POTUS & his powerful leadership during a climactic battle for democracy.
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I love this country. The President loves only himself. Yes, I am now a never-Trumper!
WATCH: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman addresses President Trump's suggestion that he is a "never Trumper."
Vindman tells
@LesterHoltNBC
that he was nonpartisan, but says now he is "absolutely a 'never Trumper.'"
More from the exclusive interview tonight on
@NBCNightlyNews
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One year ago today
@YVindman
and I were escorted off the White House grounds because we believe
#HereRightMatters
. Much has change for my family and me. I wouldn’t change a thing and have no regrets.
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Congratulations to President Elect
@JoeBiden
and Vice President Elect
@KamalaHarris
. I am grateful for your willingness to continue to serve the American people. Now we can start to heal and rebuild.
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Old news for many...but a year ago my life & my family’s life changed suddenly & irrevocably. This time last year, I appeared before the House Committees investigating
@realDonaldTrump
’s extortion of Ukraine to steal an American election. I did my duty & told the truth.
#VOTE
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America has thrived because citizens have been willing to contribute their voices and shed their blood to challenge injustice... It is in keeping with that history of service that, at this moment, I feel the burden to advocate for my values and an enormous urgency to act.
"Impeachment exposed Trump’s corruption, but the confluence of a pandemic, a financial crisis and the stoking of societal divisions has roused the soul of the American people,"
@AVindman
writes in an op-ed.
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I filed suit against
@DonaldJTrumpJr
,
@RudyGiuliani
,
@DanScavino
, & others for witness intimidation & retaliation. Donald Trump,
@FoxNews
, &
@IngrahamAngle
are also named in the law suit.
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Nope. It’s because you and your pro-Putin party encouraged Putin to invade, by cheerleading him. Worse yet, you undermined
@POTUS
efforts to signal punishing costs… you undermined U.S. efforts deter the war. You have blood in your hands. The American people will not forget.
1. Tragically, people are dying because of Biden’s poor decision making leading up to Putin declaring war on Ukraine.
Biden’s weakness and failure as a leader not only has put America last but is a danger to the entire world.
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Okay, rather than a “no fly zone,” let’s do a “secure humanitarian corridor.”
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In the last 24 hours, the Secretary of Defense (SecDef), the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD-P), and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intell (OUSD-I) have been sacked. Trump loyalist now sit in the 1, 3, and 4 slots at DOD. Kash Patel is DOD Chief of Staff. Why?
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.
@realDonaldTrump
is corrupt and this call fits a pattern of corruption. In time investigators will uncover a series of “perfect” calls. Priority 1 will be uncovering corruption and protecting democracy.
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Congress has asked the DOD IG to investigate retaliation against my brother and me. This is the complaint.
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After four years, the media continues to be manipulated by Trump.
BREAKING: President Trump will take part in an NBC News town hall event in Miami on Thursday.
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Let this be a warning to dictators and would be dictators. You can try to steal an election, but the people still hold the power!
#peoplepower
#belarus
#2020Election
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Please send this thread out far and wide. Retweet, post on FB, Instagram, etc. let’s get a million eyes on this!!
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I had to choose between the President and the Constitution... I chose the Constitution. No Army officer wants to be put in that position, but there I was."
Truth is a victim in this administration, I think it’s Orwellian—the ultimate goal of this president is to get you to disbelieve what you’ve seen and what you’ve heard. My goal now is to remind people of this.
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Abandoned BM-21 Grad battery. They’re supposedly running out of fuel.
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You are a fool looking for attention. You don’t represent Jewish values. You preach hate for refugees, when your own ancestors came here as immigrants and refugees. Sit down and shut up.
#RefugeesWelcome
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This is what service looks like.
I served my country--the United States of America who welcomed my refugee family--for 21 years, 6 months, & 10 days in uniform & I continue to serve out of uniform.
You only serve as Putin's useful idiot.
#HereRightMatters
This clown wants to drag Americans into war with Russia with his big tough tweets and his zoom interviews on CNN.
Go ahead and go fight yourself since you’re from Ukraine.
You are clueless about Americans being fed up with sending our sons and daughters to die in foreign lands.
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.
@TuckerCarlson
, what kind of self-loathing and hate for the United States must you have to tout fascism as superior to American democracy?
There was a time when this would have been considered unpatriotic. This is America and we need to Make Right Matter!
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I know the uniformed services will refuse illegal orders & the DOD career civil servants won’t be complicit in illicit activities. Elected officials and political appointees should know illegalities will be investigated.
#HereRightMatters
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I’m in Ukraine in a war zone because I think I can help.
1) I’m meeting with senior military and political leadership to better understand how this war is going and how it might end to better advise leaders and the public. I think you can only do that when are on the ground.
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💡Why don’t we take the Patriot Batteries designated for the Saudis and deliver them to Ukraine, instead. Ukraine is a much better ally.
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Tucker Carlson dishonors the service & sacrifice of all women who have served in the Armed Forces. Many who paid the ultimate sacrifice. He’s never served anyone but himself, but would deny soldiers the means & equipment to be effective.
#HereRightMatters
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I have never received something like this. We are experiencing a rise in hate, while many look the other way or seek to profit from it. I refuse to allow this to be the norm and a part of my child’s future. I will fight against hate and extremism and for decency and acceptance.
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Deepest gratitude to those who have served and are serving. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” -John Fitzgerald Kennedy
#VeteransDay2020
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Women don’t enjoy having fewer rights. Sorry you had to find out this way, Republicans.
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The Lincoln Project provides a beautiful endorsement of a leader who leads with love and compassion. What a contrast with four years of divisivion and hate!
#hererightmatters
We have a choice this November. It's a choice to vote for a man of character or a man without character.
#AmericaOrTrump
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This idiotic criticism of the
@POTUS
by media elites is absurd. They take umbrage over the use of the military as props, completely missing the content of his message… THE NATION IS IN DANGER! MAGA fascist are trying to end our democracy. Get a clue and some perspective.
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Trump is a fascist. Trumpism is fascism. There are too many innocent victim of Trump’s lies and corruption.
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Ukraine held on, beyond all expectations and hopes. And now we are seeing the concrete beginning of the end of Putin. This war was also going be his undoing. Russia will be weaker… more dangerous for sometime, but weaker. And the world safer. We owe Ukraine a debt of gratitude.
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Vote!!!
@Tolkiengrl
It’s easier to steal a close election. Vote like our democracy depends on it. Issue a crushing mandate against hate.
#vote
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I understood it was less about the holdup of military aid and more about the quid pro quo extortion, but what do I know?
Remember when freezing military aid to Ukraine was an impeachable offense?
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Holocaust survivors in a bomb-shelter in Ukraine, cursing Putin and asking for peace.
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#CassidyHutchinson
has more guts than
@MarkMeadows
and the rest Trump’s henchmen combined!
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In the halls of Congress, the White House & the capital’s most stately buildings, senior leaders must already be considering the idea of invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the President or once again impeach him for his most heinous high crimes and misdemeanors. Right matters!
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Hey TuckyoRose,
@TuckerCarlson
. Yes, I 💯% support defending my homeland. That’s why I did more than talk, I served 21 years in the
@USArmy
. What did you do besides so discord amongst American, cheerlead for our enemies, and weaken us, inviting attacks on the U.S.
#tuckyorose
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Trump’s popularity slips in latest Military Times poll — and more troops say they’ll vote for Biden
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Passing forward from my Ukraine civil-society contacts.
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My thought on the recent “Ukrainian revelations”...nothing to it. No professional ever doubted the Russians would use Burisma to help
@realDonaldTrump
. Let’s focus on what matters: 220k Americans are dead and our economy is in ruins due to Trump’s incompetence.
#VoteHimOut
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In my experience, it’s not what
@realDonaldTrump
says & does publicly that’s most worrisome. It’s what happens behind-the-scenes that frightens me. In this case the drug deals, coercion & intimidation aimed at creating a wedge to overturn an election & damage to our democracy.
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Tell me this traitor’s security clearance has been revoked. He openly conspires with the enemy, when the U.S. is attempting to steer clear of a war with Russia.
Trump calls for Putin to release dirt on the Biden family right now since now "he's not exactly a fan of our country" during new interview with Real America's Voice
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Tesla stock is plummeting, Twitter is on the verge of insolvency, SpaceX succeeded in spite of you. You have a chance to salvage your legacy. Try this as your touchstone. Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless-Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage. LeaDeRSHIP.
#Armyvalues
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Is
@CNN
still going to do a town hall with the sexual predator twice impeached insurrectionist former president
@realDonaldTrump
?
I’m not watching it. I think it’s absurd for a major news network to normalize Trump.
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Kiss your Social Security good-bye. I’ve paid into Social Security my entire life. The GOP
@SenateGOP
@HouseGOP
wants to slash it for the Americans, that count on the benefit for retirement, to facilitate tax cuts for the wealthy. That’s what you get when you vote Republican!
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.
@realDonaldTrump
,
@kanyewest
,
@elonmusk
promote this kind of hate speech & no member of the
@SenateGOP
@HouseGOP
has the courage to stand up and say it’s wrong. I will hold you accountable! I will fight you on this.
#HereRightMatters
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When is the right moment to unfollow
@realDonaldTrump
? As a policy guy, I had to follow to see what catastrophe would come out of his Twitter. But know?
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You are a liar
@TulsiGabbard
. You lie for notoriety and self promotion. Worse yet, as an agent of Russian disinformation you promote Russian aggression and endanger America. You have picked a side. Your side is Russia and authoritarianism.
Tulsi: It’s never been about morality. It’s not about the people of Ukraine or protecting democracy. This is about regime change in Russia and exploiting this war to expand NATO..
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Sir, have you no shame?
This is an insult to anyone with an accent, anyone who fled communism, anyone born abroad. Your own ancestors were slurred for being born in elsewhere, were they not?
Abhorrent. I’ll say what she could not… to hell with you!
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA): “I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade.”
Someone off-camera: “Oh my goodness.”
Dr. Saule Omarova, Biden’s comptroller currency pick: “I’m not a communist. I do not subscribe to that ideology. I could not choose where I was born.”
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It’s hard to think of a party getting lower than acquitting a president who tried to get a foreign government to interfere in our election, and then tried to overthrow that election.
But
@SenateGOP
voting against vets who are ill is bottom feeding levels of low.
#PACTAct
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Very happy to see this! Ambassador Yovanovitch is an amazing public servant. PEN America to Award 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Award to Marie Yovanovitch
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Truth is a victim in this administration, I think it’s Orwellian—the ultimate goal of this president is to get you to disbelieve what you’ve seen and what you’ve heard. My goal now is to remind people of this.
This Atlantic interview provides some insight into my motivations for public service, testifying in Congress, and now speaking publicly.
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Fauci! Thank you for your distinguished service!!
#DrFauciDay
#publicservice
#HereRightMatters
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Stunning scenes from across Russia. Moscow & St. Petersburg aren’t representative of Russia, so too often events there don’t represent the views of the rest of the country. These protests are different: In the dead of winter, tens of thousands have come out in the streets.
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I would like to give the far right-wingers, commenting on my appearance on Curb Your Enthusiam, a warm hug. I hope you are able to work past your grievances in 2022.
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Mr. Trump and his minions attacked me and my family. We are speaking out.
@natsechobbyist
This can happen to anyone who crosses him by doing the right thing. There are no guardrails, if he gets 4 more years.
#hererightmatters
#VoteHimOut
@votevets
@ProjectLincoln
Trump actively disparages the selfless heroism of our military.
@AVindman
not only felt the brunt of Trump’s disgusting attacks, but so did his family.
In a new ad, in partnership with
@ProjectLincoln
, the Vindmans tell their story.
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Wow! I’m humbled. Thank you,
@johnlithgow
#harryandthehendersons
Gearing up for tonight’s
#TrumptyDumpty
launch event! While you wait, here’s another limerick:
“Colonel Vindman, the POTUS’s nemesis,
Bears a fearlessness right out of Genesis.
Since he showed deeper fealty
Than our titan of realty,
Dumpty had him removed from the premises.”
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That’s us. As usual Yev is doing most of the talking. 😒😊
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Wait what??? Anti-dictatorship is controversial? What is wrong with you? Are you anti-democracy? You’ve demonstrated that you’re pro-hate and extremism.
@Renew_Democracy
@Kasparov63
@AVindman
Your anti-dictator stance is as controversial as it is brave. From whence cometh your 💰?
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I guest lectured for a Russia class at a university in a swing state. Questions were incisive & insightful. Common theme: we are weaker under the Trump Admin, our relationships have frayed, our standing in the world has fallen & there are obvious glimpses of authoritarianism.
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It’s easy to have no regrets about revealing corruption as I know I did my duty & defended the Constitution of the US. I hope every public servant serving the US can have a moment when they realize they lived up to their oath & made a difference. Because
#HereRightMatters
.
Ret. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman says the military hasn't properly supported him following his testimony in Pres. Trump's impeachment trial.
"No, they haven't… At no point did any senior leader, civilian or military… indicate that I was still in good standing in the military."
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The people of the Armed Forces of the US know the truth: Trump has not rebuilt the military nor has not he made the US safer. In fact no other president has done more to undermine US security. Military members cannot speak out but listen to what they are telling you here.
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This guy is amazing. Ukraine has no Navy and yet he travels miles into the waters of the Black Sea, on an inflatable, to visit Snake Island. There are very few modern leaders in the world that have shown this level of bravery.
500 days of the full-scale war.
Snake Island. The free island of free Ukraine.
I am grateful to everyone who fought here against the occupiers. We commemorated the heroes who gave their lives in this battle – one of the most important during the full-scale war.
Glory to…
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I so admire this man. He and his fellow police officer held the line and defended democracy. Michael Fanone you are a hero.
#HereRightMatters
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Thank you!! You’re too kind. Owe it all to my lovely wife!!
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Absolutely nothing this clown said is remotely correct. The dates, names, places, context, everything was wrong. To anyone who understands this topic he sounds like a complete ignoramus .
RFK Jr: Because of our pushing the Ukraine into the war—
Hannity: We pushed them to it or did Putin invade—
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It is now obvious that
@realDonaldTrump
cannot surmount
@JoeBiden
lead in Nevada. Arizona has already been call, by some. Any statistician can see the trend in Pennsylvania. Georgia also looks settled.
@CNN
@NBCNews
@FoxNews
need to call the race. Why wait?
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⚡️Russian Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov, reportedly fired today. Gerasimov was very highly regarded, the most important military leader of the past generation, & the architect of today’s Russian Armed Forces. He’s served as the head of the military since 2012.
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Ukraine needs helmets.
Ukraine needs body armor.
Ukraine needs the transfer of all that gear intended for Afghanistan.
Call your elected officials and urge them to send these items now!
#standwithukraine
#СлаваУкраїні
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Those are not Russian National Guard troops. That looks like Wagner troops entering the SMD HQ.
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⚡️Huge, unprecedented development. The pressure is really piling on Putin.
Turkey Bans Russia warships from entering the Black Sea. Zelensky announces move after call with Erdogan via
@Joyce_Karam
#Ukraine
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Today, Election Day, help correct the Senate’s failure.
@realDonaldTrump
#impeachedandremoved
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