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DEMOCRATS ARE RUSHING THROUGH A MASSIVE UKRAINE DEFENSE BILL
The Intercept ^ | 25-JAN-2022 | Sara Sirota

Posted on 01/25/2022 12:46:25 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas

DEMOCRATS IN THE House of Representatives are planning to expedite a massive bill that would dramatically increase U.S. security assistance to Ukraine and lay the groundwork for substantial new sanctions on Russia — hastening a war-friendly posture without opportunity for dissent as concerns over a military invasion abound.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told members on a caucus call Tuesday that she’s looking to skip marking up the bill and move it straight to the House floor, setting up the possibility of a vote as soon as early next week, two congressional sources told The Intercept. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity because they’re not authorized to talk to the press. Pelosi’s office did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at theintercept.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: california; followthemoney; lloydaustin; nancypelosi; raytheon; russia; ukraine; ukrainelobby; waronterror
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To: All

Should be dropping sanctions against Russia


21 posted on 01/25/2022 12:56:04 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

This all about protecting Biden. Trump warned us about Democrats rushing to War.


22 posted on 01/25/2022 12:57:52 PM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: MtnClimber

Liz Cheney reportedly showed her “O Face”.


23 posted on 01/25/2022 12:59:34 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
NO!
24 posted on 01/25/2022 12:59:48 PM PST by ducttape45 (Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

https://youtu.be/8CPBzpDu4vY


25 posted on 01/25/2022 12:59:52 PM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: stuck_in_new_orleans

How bout a massive defence bill for OUR southern border (aka: build the wall)


26 posted on 01/25/2022 1:02:37 PM PST by thinden
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To: thinden

Russia will be in Kiev before it gets to the floor.


27 posted on 01/25/2022 1:04:25 PM PST by AU72
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To: SpeedyInTexas

The danger to our country is invaders from Mexico.

The only danger from Ukraine is the Brandon Crime Family may lose their personal piggy bank.


28 posted on 01/25/2022 1:04:40 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: ifinnegan
It’s a grift.

It might even be a deal that Biden and Putin cooked up together. Everybody wins. (Except the American taxpayer)

29 posted on 01/25/2022 1:04:40 PM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: faithhopecharity

Against a country w nukes. Smart. All it will take is for some officer on Russia to launch tactical nukes and game over.


30 posted on 01/25/2022 1:04:56 PM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: SpeedyInTexas
There are two things going on here...

(1) Biden and the Democrats are trying to replace the recent voter memory of Afghanistan with a new and heavily publicized fantasy world in which the American Political Left is the stout defender of free people everywhere.

(2) And, Comment #2 nailed it: "10% for The Big Guy!"

31 posted on 01/25/2022 1:05:55 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: hardspunned

Yes.


32 posted on 01/25/2022 1:06:51 PM PST by OKSooner (All thinking people should read "The Real Anthony Fauci" by RFK Jr, and "Rainbow Six" by Tom Clancy.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Lord almighty.

I can tell you this will probably lead to a stalemate, and then Democrats will try to suspend elections because “the other side is in league with Russia.”


33 posted on 01/25/2022 1:08:11 PM PST by struggle
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To: SpeedyInTexas

The frenzy to turn everything the US does into a pile of crap is getting far too obvious.


34 posted on 01/25/2022 1:09:41 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Coffee_drinker

This gravy train has been in place since Obama sent MRE’s and blankets to Ukraine during his term. Joe got a taste of the big money and now, like being on crack, is hooked.

You can thank Joe for the US going the way of the British Empire, from hero to zero in less than 1-year.


35 posted on 01/25/2022 1:09:49 PM PST by offduty (Joe Biden, Commander in Thief)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

The only way to stop this might be for Putin to order an invasion and occupation of the entire Ukraine. Anything short of that, and the Ukraine will be the subject of massive foreign funding and a huge build-up of his defenses. So by doing this, Congress may cause the very thing it claims to want to avoid.


36 posted on 01/25/2022 1:09:50 PM PST by Stingray51 ( )
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To: DownInFlames

True.

It can only take one person sometimes

to make or break whether there’s a nuclear war

(Vasili Arkhipov comes to mind....)


37 posted on 01/25/2022 1:09:58 PM PST by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Dems get in and wreck the economy.
Launch inflatioo into the stars.
Start another war to save . . . what is it this time?
Military Industrial Complex gets rich off the treasury
Political Whores get greased.
Citizens loose more liberty.

And YOUR kids will be the fodder.

Let’s Go Brandon!
and RINOS, and NeoCons, and . . . .

Haven’t we had enough of this shiite?


38 posted on 01/25/2022 1:10:29 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: MtnClimber; SpeedyInTexas

Stolen elections have consequences.


39 posted on 01/25/2022 1:10:52 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

How much goes to the big guy?


40 posted on 01/25/2022 1:11:50 PM PST by Luke21
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