CIA Director Burns sounds a more dire warning about Ukraine if they don't get more aid: “There is a very real risk that the Ukrainians could lose on the battlefield by the end of 2024, or at least put Putin in a position where he could dictate the terms..' cnn.com/2024/04/18/pol…

“Fighting with [Biden] is insane,” said Amir Tibon אמיר תיבון. “It’s not like we have any alternative. Russia and China are on Iran’s side. The E.U. has lost patience with us long ago, and in the U.K., a conservative government is discussing an arms embargo. What are we doing, fighting with…

“For all practical purposes, this is unprecedented in terms of the breadth of the gap between the American and the Israeli government, and the overall strategic significance of this deep crisis of trust, personally and professionally, between Biden and Netanyahu,” said…

Biden is a doddering old geezer, though.

People ask why Alexey Navalny returned to Russia despite the risks. Here's a partial answer: the vast majority of Russians look unfavorably and 'condemn' those who emigrated for political reasons.

Recent poll from Levada.

levada.ru/2024/04/11/emi…

A secessionist who married and abandoned a string of teenage girls, some of whom he abducted and one of whom was 12. That's who helped pass the 1864 Arizona abortion law that's now back on the books.

That's who is deciding women's health in the 21st c.

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'I think they don't love democracy as much as you would like them to.' Julia Ioffe explains why Republicans serving as mouthpieces for Russia propaganda may not actually be very surprising.

You can read the interview and subscribe here: puck.news/ukraine-aid-q-…

You can read the interview and subscribe here: puck.news/ukraine-aid-q-…

On today's pod, we dig deep into why some MAGA Republicans oppose aid to Ukraine: They see Putinism as a model for their designs here.

There is an 'ideological affinity between the right wings of our two countries,' says guest Julia Ioffe.

Illuminating👇
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This is brutal. I asked Julia Ioffe how our debate over aid to Ukraine is perceived in Ukraine and Russia.

Check out her answer. If the US abandons Ukraine, the rising global far right will see it as a sign of the decadence of western liberal democracy.
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Meduza speaks to Oscar-winning filmmaker Roher and journalist Julia Ioffe, one of America’s foremost voices on Russia-U.S. relations, for a look back at Alexey Navalny’s career in politics and ahead to the political future of his widow, Yulia. meduza.io/en/episodes/20…

Finally got to read Julia Ioffe's interview with Michael McCaul and it's 100% worth the read. It's reassuring to hear from a Republican member of Congress who, when it comes to Ukraine, just *gets* it on many levels.

“There are some more nighttime entertainment shows that seem to spin, like, I see the Russian propaganda in some of it — and it’s almost identical [to what they’re saying on Russian state television] — on our airwaves,” McCaul told Julia Ioffe puck.news/ukraine-aid-q-…

This follows similar comments from House Foreign Relations Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Tex) to Julia Ioffe, which Turner was asked about. twitter.com/juliaioffe/sta…

'I think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base,' Michael McCaul, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells
Julia Ioffe.

A credit to his profession (via POLITICO Playbook)