'The trial will afford Mr. Trump the opportunity to define the essence of his candidacy: I am a victim' says Resolute Square strategist & The Lincoln Project adviser Stuart Stevens in his recent The New York Times guest essay.
nytimes.com/2024/04/25/opi…

When your entire campaign is about grievance and victimhood, a courtroom can become a proof point. Trump is doing everything possible to use a criminal trial as a campaign set.

My piece for the The New York Times.

nytimes.com/2024/04/25/opi…

This tells you all you need to know about today’s Republican National Committee: The person in charge of election integrity for the GOP was just indicted in Arizona for lack of election integrity.

Shad, I think the pro-Hamas campus demonstrations are antisemitic and insane. But it's no accident that the greatest wealth centers of the world are all within a thirty-minute drive of the most 'liberal' colleges in America: Stanford, UC Berkley, Harvard, and Columbia. It wasn't…

Somewhere on the way to the front, in late 2020.
First foreigner to complete all aspects of Parachute training and jump as a Ukrainian Marine.
Not just a foreigner but one of the oldest guys to pass the Marines Beret Test.
Position Commander
Ukrainian Marine (Air Assault…

Late last night, Russia attacked Kharkiv yet again - a residential building. Six people were injured.

I'd like to share an excerpt from a text written by a Kharkiv journalist Anna Gin. I think it speaks volumes about Kharkiv residents and their current mood. The text was written…

Modern Russia is not just a captured state run by an authoritarian criminal mafia regime - it has also willingly become a true outlaw state, blatantly attacking the rule-based international order.

We should be doing everything to defeat Russia before it strikes militarily.
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Today's American military aid package for Ukraine is vital.

I thank all Americans who work in defense enterprises and every state that manufactures weapons that are now really protecting democracy and our way of life. All of the current cooperation between Ukraine and the…

No one wants to think about a bare Goebbels.

When I was coming up in politics, I was drawn to the 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall' party.

Today, the party of strength is the Democratic party. If the Democrats can sustain this identity and purpose, it will redefine American politics for decades.

This is a return to…

How long has it been since the citizens of a European country said, 'God bless America?'

Yes, America is great because we are good. If we lose that, we lose what it means to be an American.

A Ukrainian soldier texts from Donbas:

- The whole unit was watching. After the vote, one could hear all over the trench: “YESSS!”

Thank you!

#StandWithUkraine

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From the trenches in Ukraine to all Americans that made new aid for Ukraine possible.

Thank you❤️

The vote to help arm Ukraine will likely go down as a hinge in history, a moment when freedom and decency triumphed over tyranny and evil.

In that moment, the majority of Republicans voted against freedom and decency. Never forget. Never forgive. Hold them accountable.

I understand the 'Do you want to be Chamberlain or Churchill' question and it's a powerful framing.

But it gives far too much credit to the Republicans suporting Putin and too little to Chamberlain.

Neville Chamberlain was leading a country that had lost 880,000 soldiers in…

Very much enjoyed this. Thanks to Mark Z. Barabak for smart questions that drilled down. If you haven't read:

'Attack From Within' by Barbara McQuade
'The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself: The Power of Rhetoric in Polarized Times' by Robin Reames
'The Washington Book' by…

Europe is now fighting a coalition of Russia, Iran and China without American help, thanks to the Republican Party. Ask your congressman why they’re standing with America’s enemy.

Today's Russian attack on Synelnykove, Dnipropetrovsk region, has killed a whole family - grandma, mom, two kids, aged 8 and 14. One more son, aged 6, survived. He is in hospital and expected to make a full recovery. That boy became an orphan in one day.

In the video, local kids…

'My friend, a writer, texted last night from his trench to say a gentle goodbye. His unit is expecting an attack anytime, but they do not have the heavy artillery they need to repel the assault.'
read Oleksandra Matviichuk, on why Ukrainians keep fighting iwpr.net/global-voices/…