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Nat sec, con law. @WarontheRocks Net Assessment host, @CSIS . Idaho girl. World's Best Aunt. Probably won't reply to your reply.
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Which was amazing, considering Jimmy Carter was president in 1980.
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He's worth millions of dollars. He is 72 and could travel, start a new business, spend time with family, whatever. But he'd rather tell the world he is emasculated and dishonest. For what? For whom?
.
@DavidPerdueGA
’s opening message in the first GOP governor’s debate: “First off, let me be very clear, the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen:”
#gapol
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"Gov. Josh Shapiro...ordered every state agency to adopt a strict timeline for issuing permits, and created a single office for businesses and individuals to apply. Then came the hard ball. He added a program called PAyback that requires the state to refund application fees if it
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Buddy, the day you figure out how to construct a Patriot system, I promise he'll hang out with you, too.
Zelensky is literally meeting with defense contractors.
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Also embarrassing: His time at CNN while not suspended
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Sorry, I can't help reminding the people and press who so relentlessly mocked
@MittRomney
for his old timey sensibilities that here he is, condemning his fellow Rs for undermining the system that elected Biden, who said Romney would put African Americans back in chains. Shame.
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From
@politico
's national security email:
"DONALD TRUMP speculated that China released the Covid-19 virus in response to tariffs he imposed on more than $300 billion worth of Chinese goods during his presidency in a wide ranging interview with Fox News’ MARK LEVIN." 🤡🤡🤡
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"We don't even have tariffs." No, really, you have to read this whole pile of crazy. It's amazing. I can't wait for someone on F&F to explain it to the rest of us in the morning.
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@SenTuberville
Taking your holds off the nominations of senior military leaders for something they have no control over would probably be a better "thank you" than a tweet.
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It was Peter Navarro
Trump says a very strong guy came up to him with tears in his eyes to thank him for his tariffs
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I'm so embarrassed for QI.
Seriously. The CCP is so delicate that it can *ban* American social media apps all day long but OH MY GOSH *keep Tik Tok* but not under the control of the CCP and there will be "serious blowback"? You're not making the case you think you are.
Banning TikTok won't fix our problems.
But you know what it will do?
Inflame US-China tensions & risk serious blowback.
We're supposed to believe banning TikTok is about our "security."
How does fueling geopolitical conflict make Americans safer?
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Golden Rice could save millions of lives a year, but we won't let it. "Greenpeace opposition to Golden Rice was especially persistent, vocal, and extreme, perhaps because it was a GM crop that had so much going for it." Greenpeace thinks it's a hoax.
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This week is the turning point where the administration's loudest cheerleaders will transform themselves into thoughtful critics and will convince everyone it's what they've been all along.
@conswahoo
@RadioFreeTom
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@charlescwcooke
@CillizzaCNN
It would be really weird for everyone to remember everything. But dangerous to even ask? Then you're not looking for answers. You're looking for a result.
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Which is exactly why they refused to resign & waited to get fired. Also, are you suggesting pres should keep USAs simply for appearances?
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So basically like every other guy.
Bernie Sanders signals he's looking for a younger, female running mate
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Horrifying, shameful, embarrassing for administrations and Congresses. We are unforgivably umserious. All the words written in NDSes and strategies and future plans by smart people with lots of prestigious degrees and experience mean nothing if you refuse to fund and execute.
BREAKING: The Navy released a fact sheet late Tuesday showing that every major shipbuilding program they're working on is delayed by years. YEARS. It's jaw-dropping.
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I'm not surprised that people who spent the last 4 1/2 years ingratiating themselves with the Trump circle and praising him relentlessly have been essentially silent on his behavior the last 2 weeks, but it's still pretty funny to see them just quietly move on like it's been nbd.
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uh I doubt Biden golfs more than Trump. But note to Trump: Biden isn't president and we don't expect him to be on the job. Or running up bills for the taxpayers.
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Yes, if by "sleepwalked" you mean for *years* intentionally headed down a path people were screaming would lead to this.
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Maybe the news here isn't that Republicans are backlashing, but that Democrats aren't.
Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib refused to apologize Wednesday for saying Tuesday that Israel is to blame for the hospital explosion that day in Gaza, an accusation that sparked political backlash against Tlaib from Republicans as Israel denies fault.
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Inclusive? Can you hear yourself? You must be kidding, unless you mean men who believe in stoning, beheading, *and* beating to death. Full range of views.
The Taliban needs to meet its commitments and obligations in Afghanistan on freedom of travel, respecting basic rights of the people, upholding its commitments on counterterrorism, not carrying out reprisal violence against those who stayed, and forming an inclusive government.
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Around 2013, D Lithwick said at Miami U in the foreseeable future there would be no women w kids on SCOTUS bc you had to make a choice about what you want: super intensive career or kids. Now a woman w SEVEN school age kids is doing it and Slate's all "shameless careerism." 🤮
Barrett has established who she is: a shameless careerist who believes nobody can stop her.
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I don't have kids, let alone any w spec needs, but this seems like huge blessing for a lot of families. Wish Target success w this.
Target Expands Its Clothing Options to Fit Kids With Special Needs —
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@APEastRegion
@AP_Politics
I'm sure being perhaps 1/512th Native American will stop the jokes.
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Note to administration: stop talking about this. Stop talking about intel we are giving Ukraine. Stop talking about weakening Russia. Stop talking about escalation concerns. This is not seventh grade and you don't have to convince us you're so cool. Stop talking.
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Germany is Europe's freshman honors dorm with too much weed and Kant floating around
The war raises many questions. Can violence be fought with violence? Can peace only be established without weapons? We should discuss both questions with respect. But one thing is clear: we support Ukraine so that violence does not become the norm. -
@Bundeskanzler
Scholz
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This is the most unhinged thing I have seen on whether Trump will accept election results. The authors, who call upon CJCS Milley to order the military to remove him from Oval Office, might first recognize Milley isn't in the chain of command.
JUST IN: Open Letter to Gen. Milley: "If Donald Trump refuses to leave office at the expiration of his constitutional term, the United States military must remove him by force, and you must give that order." Commentary by
@DrJohnNagl
& Paul Yingling
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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the new Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. 🤔
Statement from
@LindseyGrahamSC
: “It is time for President Trump to use emergency powers to fund the construction of a border wall/barrier.”
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@charlescwcooke
@CillizzaCNN
She should be heard and taken seriously. But if it's unacceptable and out of bounds to question memory of basic facts 35 years later, I'd like
@CillizzaCNN
to provide a list of Qs for her that would help get to truth/neutrally assess believability that ARE acceptable.
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Modley fired Crozier partly because Crozier's email, which was "intended to be private," was published. Now Modley's "intended to be private" remarks are public as well. I'm not going to say it.
Just in: Navy official pushes back on leak of Acting SecNav Modly remarks criticizing fired Capt. Crozier as "too stupid or too naive" to lead: “There is no official transcript of the Secretary’s remarks to the crew of USS Theodore Roosevelt." Remarks intended to be private.
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“I was charging China so much money in tariffs and taxes that a lot of people said they did it to take me out." A lot. They.
Congratulations, everyone who gave him to us and is supporting him again. Looking forward to the insanity, are you? At least the publicity.
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We're back!
@capreble
,
@ZackCooper
, and I sat down with
@EvansRyan202
on the
@WarOnTheRocks
podcast to talk about our return from summer/fall hiatus and some current topics. We are resuming the regular show after Thanksgiving and hope you will join us!
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@EmilyLindin
You seem a bit mixed up, so let me help you here. It's the innocent men who will "absolutely" be paying the price, not you. Perhaps you could be a little less smug about their lives and reputations.
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@redsteeze
Senators worried about the length of the Facebook privacy statement can't be bothered to read and understand one of their own questions ahead of time.
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.
@senatorshoshana
looking lovely in a dress she made the at
@aei
annual dinner. Is there anything she doesn't do?
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Excellent work,
@SenatorRisch
and
@repmccaul
"who are spearheading bills to ease US arms export control laws they and pact members Australia and the U.K. say are standing in the way. Faster action is needed to deter China from aggression toward Taiwan."
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I used to think there were limits on how much people would let themselves be humiliated. And for what?
SARAH SANDERS: It was out of respect for our President that world leaders observed a moment of silence during Vice President Pence’s speech in Munich.
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2000 people die a day from vitamin A deficiency, but hey, 1st world activists get to feel good about themselves, so it all balances out.
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(I mean, why start holding him now to a character standard a tenth as high as you'll hold the Biden administration to?)
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There is no way we won't be paying her loans in three years.
This topic of study is Exhibit A in why schools should be largely on the hook for their students' incredibly expensive and unemployable dreams.
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Are you telling me incentives matter?
"The Dept of Environmental Protection...has reduced its backlog for new permits by 41%....Car salesmen, pharmacists, and real-estate brokers are getting licenses in less than half the time it used to take. The threat of revenue loss was
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@npr
doesn't miss an opportunity for ideological battle! Abe: "divisive," "arch conservative," ultra nationalist, "angered many Japanese," "made enemies by forcing his defense goals"
Should have paragraphs about his security foresight. Galling.
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Yes, but her problem is that this particular glass of water won.
Pelosi: In Ocasio-Cortez’s District, ‘Glass of Water Would Win With a D Next to Its Name’
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(If you read Article I, you'll find out you don't have to wait for the VP to call you back to get things moving.)
This morning,
@SenSchumer
and I placed a call to Vice President Pence to urge him to invoke the 25th Amendment which would allow the Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet to remove the President. We have not yet heard back from the Vice President.
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ATM, not ATM machine. The point of an acronym is to not have to say the corresponding words, genius.
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Ted Cruz used to argue cases before the Supreme Court (my students had to listen to him and Paul Clement in Medellin). Now his constitutional theory is "He hit me first!!!"
Literally says "That's not how impeachment is supposed to work."
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@MarkMaremont
@ChuckRossDC
@WSJ
$13k for an intern's apartment for three months in Fairfax? That must be an amazing umm apartment.
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In his current
@nro
article and the latest episode of MD&E,
@charlescwcooke
mentions a free/hate speech panel he was on at Kenyon College.
If you want to watch it, here's the link.
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Absolutely not. Get Ukraine more drones, help it to otherwise deal with what Russia is doing. Getting the US/NATO directly involved and willing to shoot down Russian planes is not how to solve this problem. A no-fly zone is not a simple administrative action.
If this assessment is correct, the US & NATO have a moral obligation to implement a No-Fly zone.
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Than I.
Ocasio-Cortez mocks Fox News: They made it clear "they are far superior to and more intelligent than me"
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RFK Jr. definitely hitting the demo of my grandma, who died in December 1993
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And yet, impeachment/removal is still the right thing.
Congressional approval at 15% according to Gallup. 60% in another poll say impeachment is a waste of $/time. 77% wish Congress were working on Coronavirus, not impeachment. And 80% of GOP voters in battleground states say they'd be less likely to vote GOP who support impeachment.
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Interesting article, but when writing about the perils of recess appts and what a Dem pres might face in 2 years, it's odd to go from GWB to Trump and not mention the 9-0 smackdown the Sup Ct gave the Obama administration for its recess appt shenanigans.
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"Grappled"-Seriously? I'd like to see him truly pressed on how much he gave up/turned over to Russia, particularly in the second term. It's astounding.
“As somebody who grappled with the incursion into Crimea … I have been encouraged by the European reaction because in 2014 I often had to drag them kicking and screaming to respond in ways we would have wanted to see,”
@BarackObama
tells
@jeffreygoldberg
at
#Disinfo2022
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Excellent discussion of Ukraine and the world with
@KoriSchake
and
@TomTugendhat
at
@AEIfdp
this afternoon. And great questions from the summer students!
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I will be totally honest. In a primary field this strong with this many talented candidates, I wish you'd stop depending on men to do something so a woman will win. I wish you'd recognize that women have outvoted men in every election since 1964 /x
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@Noahpinion
"Designed by and for female bus riders"
"several female transit riders who provided input"
"which developed the structures with input from female transit riders"
I can't believe they are admitting this out loud. I didn't have anything to do with it and it's embarrassing *me*.
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@GrayConnolly
The idea that the administration "planned for every contingency" and yet they let this go--just walked out the door--is unimaginable and unbelievable.
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I'm sure he's uncomfortable, but she paid for a seat that reclines and he didn't. His behavior is reprehensible. That's the end.
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@Brian_Riedl
Don't worry. When he doesn't go full Jen Rubin and change every policy position he ever had, they'll go back to that.
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It's been a heck* of a bad day so I'll end it on a happy note. It's my mom's 75th birthday and I can't tell you how lucky I am to be her daughter. She is an amazing woman and I'm so grateful she's still with us.
(*She would never allow language stronger than this in the house.)
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oh my gosh Harris is a "HAND-PICKED VICE PRESIDENT"??? Why didn't anyone say so this changes everything
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert calling to:
- Impeach Biden, Harris (for not trying to oust Biden) & Blinken
- Remove Pelosi
Says Republicans with “doubts” will face primary challenges: “No amount of your precious money will be able to save you from the uprising of the American people.”
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I'm not a fan of complete decoupling (esp government-designed), but the pharmaceutical industry is one area where we should be hard derisking. A company proudly licking the boots of the CCP is a huge red flag.
Reuters: AstraZeneca will seek to be a patriotic company in China that "loves the Communist Party," its global executive vice president (who is also the company's China president) said at an event Friday.
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@dabadass419
@charlescwcooke
@CaitlinPacific
@MattWelch
Jefferson, thank heavens, was not in the country when the Constitution was written. You'd be better off citing the Constitution, ratification debates, etc. instead of what TJ thought about it 40 years later. Also, modifications are best done through reps.
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I'm very happy to announce that I am joining CSIS as a senior associate (nonresident) with the International Security Program! I'm looking forward to working with the people at
@csis_isp
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Ann Taylor isn't a clothing store. She's your stalker ex girlfriend you dated for two months a few years ago and still won't leave you alone.
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I agree with just about every word here. My only quibble is that
@SenFeinstein
deserves a paragraph of scorn, not two sentences.
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Slate 2020: Women, know your place!
Did not think I'd be seeing that.
Barrett has established who she is: a shameless careerist who believes nobody can stop her.
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The invasion begins.
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A good introduction for people unfamiliar with the horror of the Holodomor is the 2019 film Mr. Jones. Depiction of the soulless Duranty is spot-on.
An amazing NYT piece about the Soviet famine of 1932-32, which hit Ukraine particularly hard (probably deliberately on Stalin's part), and the fact that it is less well-known in the West than it ought to be. 1/2 | The Anniversary of Ukraine’s Famine
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@DiegoATLaw
@AndyGrewal
@EdWhelanEPPC
There are 259 lawyers in the directory. That she just kept asking the same thing without giving him one name was plain obnoxious and makes it clear it's about the stage, not substance. It's not a "men ask questions" thing. Plenty of male Senators took heat here during their Qs.
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Fine, but what the New Yorker also should have suspended Toobin, a legal reporter, for is either not knowing or intentionally misrepresenting what originalism is.
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And he's fine now. You don't need to report every time someone out of millions has a reaction. And if you are going to report it, there is certainly space in the tweet to write that he's okay now. Don't undermine confidence in the vaccine when we need people to get it.
Boston doctor has severe allergic reaction to Moderna COVID vaccine: NYT
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“'The thing we heard most consistently from our allies in Britain is that ITAR is a roadblock for cooperation with them,' Gallagher told reporters. He said a 'a free-world approach' to AUKUS is critical.
AUKUS standoff: Australia, UK wait on Congress to approve pact
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I've been busy the last few weeks and behind on podcasts. Just finished the
@KristolConvos
with
@scottlincicome
. Fantastic. Especially interesting to me was the discussion about China, which begins around 39:00.
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@MZHemingway
I'm sure that had Cheney caved and apologized to the caucus for not following the political winds you'd be tweeting out messages of respect for her, right? This is all just a real-time popularity contest, apparently, no principles allowed.
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@ArdenFarhi
Every time there's Nutella all over my 4 yr old niece's face and my sister asks her if she got into it, Olivia says she didn't. Then when she's cleaning Olivia up she realizes how insulted O is, and that's a very bad thing for their family.
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There's a lot of competition out there, but Eric Garcetti's parents (he's 51, mind you) hiring lobbyists to push his nomination to be ambassador to India through the Senate ranks pretty high on the "So entitled it's gross" list.
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"[T]he Chowder II arguments are flimsily constructed assertions based on opinions, straw-man arguments, incorrect data, and misunderstandings or misrepresentations of the commandant’s intent and plans."
Bob Work, taking no prisoners, in
@TXNatSecReview
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Trust me. He's a narcissistic traitor.
For some, the NSA leaker is a narcissistic traitor. For others, he’s a sexy nerd with an irresistible rebel swagger
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On the new Net Assessment, we talked about
@Jack_Watling
's
@ForeignAffairs
article, "American Aid Alone Won't Save Ukraine." US assistance is on the way! Yay! But Ukraine faces formidable challenges that must be dealt with comprehensively and immediately.
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Really? Who told you that? Get better friends, better advisors. A woman won a Senate seat in Arkansas in 1932. Nice to see blue Massachusetts finally come along in 2012.
When I first ran for the Senate, they told me that a woman couldn't win. But we built a movement, made history, and won. And I'm ready to do it again to fight for the big, structural change that we need.
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Remember the helmets Germany promised to Ukraine a month ago? They have *just* been delivered. The country most responsible for holding up action against Russia is the country so blind to defense it couldn't even move a truck 800 miles to aid a heroic ally before the invasion.
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