We will continue to combine both blogs, Weekend Wrap Up and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict. Please feel free to share any headlines we may have missed providing they come from reliable and credible sources. We won’t accept any parroted, Russian propaganda from far-right ‘news’ sources unless you’re trying to point out that the far-right extremist in our country and elsewhere actually believe their own BS or Russian disinformation.
Hillary Clinton is warning us again. pic.twitter.com/DYI4BGnROs
— 👑😷𝓙𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓼 😷👑 (@JewelsJourneys1) April 9, 2022
Updates:
Poster at Kyiv main railway station… pic.twitter.com/FlkHUMcsVC
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) April 9, 2022
"We need weapons. We cannot defend our country with our fists.”
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 10, 2022
Wladimir Klitschko, brother of Kyiv’s mayor, calls for Russia to face more economic isolation because “every cent that Russia is getting, they're using for weapons to kill us Ukrainians.” https://t.co/9MoXTAFfLm pic.twitter.com/XDHFjcTFNS
A sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system was delivered to Russian ally Serbia in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms buildup in the Balkans during the war in Ukraine could threaten the fragile peace in the region. https://t.co/mzXvjIkXSW
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 10, 2022
Russia has drastically reduced the use of its air power in Ukraine, especially when it comes to close air support, attack helicopters.
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) April 10, 2022
The effect is here.
Apparently, we now have a documented kill with the Starstreak MANPAD by Ukraine’s 95th Airborne.
An Orlan UAV is down. pic.twitter.com/xQF9C8uUAk
JUST IN: A large majority of Americans say oil companies and Vladimir Putin are major culprits for recent increase in gas prices, new @ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. https://t.co/iPxZKz3Lvh
— ABC News (@ABC) April 10, 2022
President Biden/The Biden Administration:
The Biden administration is rushing more defensive military aid to Ukraine and sending a Patriot missile battery to Slovakia. CBS News' @EenaRuffini has the latest from the White House. pic.twitter.com/FrSOanA3iW
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) April 10, 2022
Congress:
The world is watching & rooting for Ukraine, that’s true.
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) April 10, 2022
They’re also watching what happens here, in America- where craven, spineless cucks like Kevin are letting an evil orange taint attack THIS democracy.
You can’t support freedom abroad & undermine it here at the same time. pic.twitter.com/nKF2e83RSh
Elections/Voting/Campaigning:
The effort to disqualify Cawthorn from the ballot is back. Grab your popcorn🍿.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) April 10, 2022
“Court Revives Challenge To Madison Cawthorn's Reelection Effort”https://t.co/8mZ8fsrYm2
Devastation, Destruction, and Ruin:
“We learned that Russia has been relentless attacking medical facilities—the World Health Organization documenting 103 separate attacks on hospitals, ambulances and other health care centers.” @jonkarl has the latest on Ukraine: https://t.co/A5oYoMInG0 pic.twitter.com/ORX3cC5wdG
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 10, 2022
What Others are Saying/The Sunday Shows:
"I think this clearly is genocide … Europe needs to understand and grapple with the fact that you have a genocidal campaign … also Europe needs to understand that they're funding that genocidal campaign" — Liz Cheney on Russia attacking civilian targets in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/IOfSTcI5e9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2022
"It's absolutely clear that what President Trump was doing, what a number of people around him were doing, that they knew it was unlawful. They did it anyway." — Liz Cheney on the January 6 plot pic.twitter.com/GKY6K8YwGx
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2022
WH national security adviser @JakeSullivan46 says Biden administration has not yet legally determined whether Russia has committed genocide.
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) April 10, 2022
“But let's set legalities aside…I think we can all say that these are mass atrocities. These are war crimes.” https://t.co/xbQ1JLLlwO pic.twitter.com/nHh7zf2ziH
FOX NEWS: Do you think that if you hold student loan debt that you will ever have to make a payment during the Biden administration?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2022
JEN PSAKI: I suspect at some time you will pic.twitter.com/z7SgVtq3iU
COVID-19/COVIDIOTS:
Should’ve Listened to Dr. Fauci Instead of Some Ignorant, Malignant, Illiterate, Racist, and ‘Fullish” MAGAt:
Fauci indicates he largely agrees with Leana Wen's argument about Americans not being willing to pay the price necessary at this point to avoid getting Covid: "This is not going to be eradicated … we're going to have to live with some degree of virus in the community." pic.twitter.com/2qDOZyw2hc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2022
Your Brain on Fox:
No, it's because republicans blocked it. Honestly if you have any ideas how to bust through the lies told to millions of Americans now's the time to tell us. https://t.co/lMiBpFkZjM
— Andrea R MD (@AndreaR9Md) April 9, 2022
The Worst People in the World:
Tucker complains that dads aren’t going in to “thrash” teachers pic.twitter.com/bgy3PkzQNV
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 9, 2022
TFG:
TFG Held a Klan Rally in NC:
Little kid goes off the rails on his parents at the Trump rally today.
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 9, 2022
Q – “What are you excited for?”
Kid – “To see Joe Biden.” pic.twitter.com/qHTP6BN2g4
Trump's North Carolina rally is news, in that a lunatic is not only a former POTUS but the presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee. But it's also not news, in that he's out there saying pretty much the stuff over and over. His material has barely changed over the past 4 years.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2022
Your Brain on MAGAt:
But don’t call them stupid https://t.co/tkTAMn65Sj
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 10, 2022
Trump says Letitia James is no longer working as the AG pic.twitter.com/ycxz2ddduC
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 9, 2022
Trump: I’ve been investigated by the Democrats more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Al Capone combined! pic.twitter.com/JLRqgOLPWf
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2022
And, scene https://t.co/u5C3UQ3oLK
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) April 10, 2022
You'd get three days of programming on Fox News if Joe Biden had said this https://t.co/k72EeyRPHX
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 10, 2022
Yes, he actually made this very false claim and kept a straight face while doing so:
Trump: I’ve gotta be the cleanest— I think I’m the most honest human being perhaps that god ever created pic.twitter.com/D98itzA6vi
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2022
The Opening Acts:
In a dramatic reenactment of a move seen in churches of televangelists, Madison Cawthorn performs a miracle and stands using his arms, the help of two aides, and metal braces to show that “with God anything is possible!” pic.twitter.com/gAMSVXHqtF
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 9, 2022
Let me correct the statement for you: “In Washington this week, a Trumpist judge wrongly exonerated a January 6 defendant as he continued his efforts to whitewash the insurrection.” https://t.co/cBoMnmbpyI
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) April 9, 2022
State News:
Three different fairgrounds in Ohio have all turned down Trump's request for a rally there.
— Roshan Rinaldi (@Roshan_Rinaldi) April 8, 2022
He's still desperately looking for a venue.https://t.co/YT0QVyXIBa pic.twitter.com/L7j32bajNe
New York Judge Whose Home Was Raided by Investigators is Found Dead https://t.co/HadbNrLzr0
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) April 10, 2022
In Arkansas, renters of color are most often denied federally subsidized housing.
— Arkansas Poor People's Campaign (@ArkansasPPC) April 10, 2022
Moreover, local governments are aware of it because they collect the data.
Federal housing, meant to equalize wealth inequity, denies BIPOC applicants with impunity in Arkansas. https://t.co/73yTj0GQJS
