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  • House Foreign Affairs chairman says some members don’t understand what’s at stake in Ukraine

    01/23/2023 4:08:19 AM PST · by Timber Rattler · 82 replies
    CNN.com ^ | January 22, 2023 | Daniella Diaz and Paul LeBlanc
    The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sought Sunday to tamp down speculation that the new GOP majority will be less likely to fund aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia, though he did suggest some members of his party may need to be convinced about the need to continue US support. “I think there’s enough support on both sides of the aisle. Majority in the Democratic Party, majority in the Republican,” Texas Rep. Michael McCaul told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” referring to aid to Ukraine. But he added, “We have to educate...
  • How the St. Javelin meme raised a million dollars for Ukraine

    09/18/2022 11:04:45 AM PDT · by Timber Rattler · 27 replies
    WaPo, via Stars & Stripes ^ | September 18, 2022 | LEILA BARGHOUTY
    Saint Javelin doesn’t grace the stained-glass windows of any church. Her halo is a shade of yellow closer to that of sunflowers and wheat than the golden orb on a traditionally canonized saint. Instead of an infant, she tenderly cradles a Javelin — an American-made, handheld antitank missile. The Mary knockoff might not be a church-sanctioned saint, but in just a few months, she’s developed a following with devotion that rivals that of any high-holiday worshiper. More impressively, she’s raised over 1 million dollars for the Ukrainian resistance against the Russian invasion. The business is the brainchild of Christian Borys,...