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John Van Dammit retweeted
A strong decision by the U.S. State Department – authorizing Ukraine’s purchase of Patriot interceptors to counter Russian ballistic missiles. Five hundred PAC-3 interceptors is a substantial number, and very soon – this winter – they COULD make for a highly effective defense package. However, it has been stipulated that deliveries may begin ONLY IN A FEW YEARS. We are asking our American partners to find a solution for the time when there is a real danger and a real need to use PAC-3 interceptors.
Right now, the Russians are attacking our energy infrastructure every single day. In just these past two weeks of October, there have already been more than 30 Russian strikes on critical parts of our power grid. It is right now, even before the beginning of winter, that Putin has started carrying out his operation to attack the systems that sustain life in our cities and communities. The targets are electricity, heating, water supplies, bridges, and life in our cities in general.
We did ask our American partners to provide Ukraine with a winter support package – at a rate of 100 Patriot interceptors per month. Five hundred missiles would be enough to protect our skies over the coming months – precisely when it is so important for Ukraine to be in a strong position in negotiations and for Russia NOT to succeed in breaking life in Ukrainian cities and communities.
The United States, our European partners, and other partners around the world have sufficient stocks of PAC-3 interceptors in their warehouses. Providing them to Ukraine right now – in the winter of 2026–2027 – and replenishing our partners’ arsenals LATER, in THE FOLLOWING YEARS, through this production already contracted and paid for by Ukraine and our partners would be the right approach. And it is entirely feasible.
We are grateful to President Trump. Importantly, we recently discussed PAC-3 interceptors with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Ukraine is grateful to the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Administration overall for granting this authorization. But we are asking for decisions that can guarantee the protection of lives not the day after tomorrow or sometime later, but at the very moment the threat is there – when Russia is killing and destroying. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine!
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John Van Dammit retweeted
The US has finally approved a $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors to Ukraine, financed by European funds.
John Van Dammit retweeted
Now it gets interesting in Russia 🇷🇺:
John Van Dammit retweeted
Nie pozwolę, by prawica wyprowadziła nas z Unii Europejskiej. O to dziś toczy się gra.
“Hardship essays” are good admissions criteria
but the fascist, racist scumbags RFK jr and his MAGA sycophants claim it constitutes illegal DEI
Theyve co-opted the civil rights decision & now use our tax dollars to force their poisonous rhetoric down our throats
TODAY: HHS Office for Civil Rights (@HHSOCR) has officially referred Duke University School of Medicine to the Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
OCR's investigation found continued use of race and race-revealing proxies in decisions regarding medical school admissions.
John Van Dammit retweeted
In a limited search of the drive, the OIG found that 116 files included physical security information, personally identifiable information, general proprietary business information or other CUI and were shared agency-wide, the redacted report said.
This included Social Security numbers, dates of birth, phone numbers, addresses and vendor proposals with pricing information, as well as site and floor plans, with details on building vulnerabilities and security areas, it said.
Read more by @ksophiewill: fedscoop.com/gsa-exposed-sen…
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A grocery company that experiments on shoppers to see how much it can overcharge them is merging with a delivery company that tracks their every click and scroll to do the same.
Two of America's biggest ripoff machines should not become one.
The FTC must block this merger.
BREAKING: DoorDash just agreed to buy Instacart for $17 billion. Here's what that means for customers and shoppers. apnews.com/article/doordash-…
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NYT: “A Chinese businesswoman who had a close relationship with Jensen Huang was found to be passing intelligence to Beijing. President Trump was briefed and took no action.”
nytimes.com/2026/10/29/us/po…
John Van Dammit retweeted
"Within days, Russian soldiers poisoned their dog, an Alabai, along with all the other large dogs in Oleshky. They killed Liudmila’s nextdoor neighbor and raped his wife. A local butcher disappeared; no one knew whether he was also killed. Some neighbors were detained and beaten. Armed, masked soldiers searched Liudmila’s home three times, confiscating the couple’s Ukrainian passports and leaving them with no documents. And yet, Liudmila and Andriy stayed. They got a new puppy, also an Alabai. Russian troops started to move into civilian houses, parking tanks in what once were gardens."
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For those shocked by the election results (at least so far) in Israel - I tried to warn you. giftarticle.ft.com/giftartic…
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Hey @Meta 👋 We are currently hosting a get-out-the-vote rally in Osceola County, home to a large Puerto Rican community, and our #LatinosConAngie @Instagram page was suddenly taken down while we were actively posting content from the event.
This page is a critical communication tool for reaching Latino voters and mobilizing our community. With just seven days until Election Day, every minute matters.
We are calling on Meta to immediately restore the page and provide an explanation for its removal. Voters deserve access to critical election information, especially in these final days. @andymstone
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Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.
RFK jr weaponizing AI slop to avoid compliance w arbitration
“The decision also noted that HHS likely used artificial intelligence to draft the exception brief. FLRA found that over half of the legal or record citations in HHS’s brief were fictitious, erroneous or irrelevant.”
John Van Dammit retweeted
Dear @FBI,
I just watched The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers on @peacock. I am in it. You know my part. I was asked to gather intelligence on Evan Torgan, the attorney representing the women who came forward against the Alexander brothers, and to work against his clients. I said no. I protected the women’s lawyer. I protected the women. And I brought what I had to you.
I knew the women were being targeted. I did not know the full extent of it until tonight. What the film describes is very serious witness intimidation and the targeting of victims using PR firms and private investigators. They were intimidated. They were targeted. And on camera, the people who did it said the women bore responsibility for what happened to them. I watched it twice to make sure I heard it right. I did.
That is wrong.
I am asking you to investigate the investigators and the PR firm that did this. Not because I am angry, although I am. Because going after witnesses is not crisis management. It is a second crime committed against people who had already survived the first one.
These women did their part. They spoke. They trusted that if they told the truth, someone would stand in front of them. I did. Now I am asking you to.
Everyone who engaged in witness intimidation and the targeting of these women and their lawyer should be held accountable and should have to answer for their actions. You have the authority to make that happen. Please use it.
I can look myself in the mirror because I turned down the money and stood with the victims. The people who took the money and went after them cannot say the same. They took a paycheck to make women who had already been hurt afraid to speak. That is not a job. That is a choice, and they should have to answer for it.
Everett A. Stern
HSBC Whistleblower
Founder and Intelligence Director, Tactical Rabbit