Brian Goldsmith
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Kona Media. Sr Adviser @DemMaj4Israel , Mainstream Dems PAC, etc. Scriber. Always #TeamPete . Was: @YahooNews , @Seedrs US, @TheAtlantic , @CBSNews , @CNN .
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@daveweigel
@peterbakernyt
Stunning…but not unprecedented. Reminiscent of Nixon’s efforts to torpedo a peace deal in Vietnam before the 1968 election.
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Small but telling thing. Trump apparently distrusts men who wear wedding rings...thinks it means that they are "p--ywhipped." So JD stopped wearing his this year.
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@megynkelly
Meaningful gun reform passed last year. The 2A does nothing to stop reasonable regulation that would make us more like other advanced countries where mass shootings rarely happen.
This argument is ridiculous, it’s “we can’t give firefighters any water, that’s impossible, let’s
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@nicholaswu12
@Elex_Michaelson
@DaniellaMicaela
This is deeply petty.
Pelosi can’t even pack up her things because she’s in California preparing for Dianne Feinstein’s funeral.
And when Pelosi was speaker, she gave her Republican predecessor a larger suite of offices for as long as he wanted them.
#ThereIsNoBothSides
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“Republicans might not have had a shot at the House at all if not for a court ruling that let stand a brutal GOP gerrymander in Florida and another that tossed a D gerrymander in New York. Those two decisions swung as many as 6 seats...”
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@AndrewDesiderio
@bresreports
Last time McConnell went against his conscience to side with the majority of Senate Rs was when he wanted to convict Trump post Jan 6 and then backed down.
We are all living with the consequences of that today.
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Memo to D candidates getting pounded on late term abortion...this is how you answer the question.
Let's be clear, Republicans are naming this a super lengthy "late-term abortion" bill, but it's just word salad for a NATIONAL ABORTION BAN.
But since they brought it up, let's listen to
@PeteButtigieg
from back in 2019 perfectly answer a question on actual late-term abortion.
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@RalstonReports
deserves enormous credit for actually showing some guts and predicting a come from behind CCM victory. Shows yet again the value of deep local knowledge and real reporting.
“And what my friends in the national media missed about this race is that Laxalt was as bad a candidate as Blake Masters or Herschel Walker. It’s just that they didn’t let him speak too much, so you couldn’t really tell.”
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@atrupar
The video above and the video below tell you all you need to know about the two men running for president
“I’m just a regular kid, and in a short amount of time, Joe Biden made me more confident about something that’s bothered me my whole life. Joe Biden cared.”
– Brayden Harrington
#DemConvention
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@JakeSherman
Prediction: whoever wins won’t get 217. Deal w Ds inevitable. (And honestly much better for democracy here and abroad.)
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Name another Dem who can do 20 minutes on Fox News without breaking a sweat
.
@SecretaryPete
joins Neil to discuss air travelers facing delays and cancellations over holiday weekend
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I’m biased but no one does pitch perfect like Secretary Pete
While visiting an airport improvement project in Cedar Rapids,
@PeteButtigieg
is asked about anti-LGTQ rights bills in Iowa and red states across the country
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@elonmusk
Has anyone been brainwashed/redpilled by right wing social media as quickly and effectively as Elon?
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I make ads for Democrats. We can't improve on this.
Roy: One thing. I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing. One. That I can go campaign on and say we did. Anybody sitting in the complex, if you want to come down to the floor and come explain to me, one meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done
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@Acyn
DeSantis's bet is that, because he's not Trump, he can move WAY to the right and still keep the college educated and somewhat conservative Republicans that are actually his base. Reminds me of Warren's decision to move far to the left to compete for Bernie voters last cycle.
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Forever grateful to Harvard for so much in my life. But this statement is too little, too late. Carefully calculated by committee, it lacks any courage or moral clarity--about what happened and who is responsible, and about the wave of anti-Semitism on campus.
Hamas
“We write to you today heartbroken by the death and destruction unleashed by the attack by Hamas that targeted citizens in Israel this weekend, and by the war in Israel and Gaza now under way.” Read the full statement from University leadership.
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NEW POLL from
@DemMaj4Israel
. Key findings:
- Israel fav/unfav at 62-25. Among D's still 50-36.
- Hamas about as popular as anthrax; even the Palestinian Authority is deep underwater.
- D's favor support for Israel over Hamas by 63-6.
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@Redistrict
The Aaron Sorkin fantasy (which happened in a couple state legislatures) of a handful of mainstream Rs joining Ds to elect a moderate R speaker may actually be the only path forward.
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@McFaul
But why should we listen to you—a mere expert and former US ambassador to Russia—over venture capitalist podcasters who have never been to the region? 🤦♂️🙃
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@SpeakerMcCarthy
@SpeakerRyan
@housebudgetGOP
While Ryan piously spoke about fiscal responsibility, his tax cuts exploded the debt… sort of like endlessly lecturing the country on civility while sitting on the board of Fox News.
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We don’t appreciate enough how weird the 80s were…
Merry Xmas everyone!
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Trump is stealing nuclear secrets and inciting mobs. Meanwhile, here’s what the Biden administration has been up to:
To date, President Biden's infrastructure law has funded over 32,000 projects nationwide - delivering investments that many communities have waited to see for decades.
Where these projects come to fruition, opportunity and better quality of life follows.
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@RoKhanna
@SenFeinstein
Congressman, would you also say that the people of California should vote on Senator Feinstein’s successor?
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@jonathanvswan
@maggieNYT
Perfect:
“Now let me tell you a secret — don’t leak this,” the strategist, Jeff Roe, told the donors last Wednesday, according to a recording of the meeting reviewed by The New York Times.
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Hey kids, if you’re asked about EVs, this is how you answer
Sec.
@PeteButtigieg
: I feel like I'm talking to people who think we can have landline phones forever. The reality is the automotive sector is moving toward EVs and the U.S. can either fall behind China or we can claim the lead. President Biden wants things made in America
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@Lis_Smith
@JoeBiden
It also misses the fact that Latimer was way ahead before AIPAC spent a nickel.
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Joe Biden is a mensch
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Good question for the party of “family values”
An honest question for you,
@Mike_Pence
, after your attempted joke this weekend. If your grandchild was born prematurely and placed on a ventilator at two months old - their tiny fingers wrapped around yours as the monitors beep in the background - where would you be?
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@juliaioffe
And…think of the courage of each of them. Going out to pay tribute to Navalny could mean imprisonment, torture, etc. And they do it anyway.
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A beautiful piece about Pete and Chasten’s amazing/heartbreaking year… one that I hope might produce a little reflection among the opportunists who attacked Pete’s paternity leave.
Reflecting on the miraculous growth that our kids - and we ourselves - have gone through in this magical and demanding first year as parents.
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Question for Pres Biden on Thurs:
You say the polling in 20 and 22 was wrong
Polling in 22 was the most accurate in decades per 538
Polling in 20 (like polling in 16) UNDERESTIMATED Trump
You are now more behind than any D nominee this century. Please explain how you can win
RCP poll average on this day in prior campaigns:
2020: Biden +9.0
2016: Clinton +4.7
2012: Obama +2.5
2008: Obama +4.2
2004: Kerry +2.0
First time in 24 years that the GOP nominee has led after the July 4 holiday, going into conventions.
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@ClayTravis
@WSJ
Fun facts: deficits exploded under Reagan, budget was balanced under Clinton, deficits soared again under Bush, cut in half under Obama, record-setting deficits under Trump, and way down under Biden.
For all the Republicans (ahem
@elonmusk
) liking this: do we detect a pattern?
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@NoLieWithBTC
Shana tova everyone.
If you're a liberal Jew, time to step up and do everything possible to defeat this demagogue.
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“You give me statistically representative data, I’ll give you anecdotes from our supporters”
NEW: Biden campaign is having all staff call right now, according to a source familiar. Marty Walsh is speaking on it.
Campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon said on it, "When you give me polls, I'm going to give you direct voter contact."
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But come on, who are you going to trust re the job Pete is doing:
1) Dozens of mayors across the country who’ve worked with him, or…
2) A couple Extremely Online white guys with Bernie tattoos?
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@JoshKraushaar
@AndrewJBates46
I keep hearing calls from people—where is the vital center, where is the progressive pro-Israel champion…the truth is, there are a lot of them in the Democratic Party, including such obscure figures as the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate…and the DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT!
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Old enough to remember Pete being mocked about delivering generational change…
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Remarkable video of the Queen, on the old royal yacht, with ex-presidents Reagan and Ford...a discussion of decaf and the cost of government services.
The Queen in conversation with the Reagans on board HMY Britannia, off the coast of Florida, 1991.
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Both on track to lose. Omar's brand of politics is having a bad night.
Two incredible progressive women are on the ballot today!
If you live in
#PA12
or
#NC04
make sure to get out and vote for
@SummerforPA
and
@NidaAllam
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Biden is the greatest legislative leader in the presidency since LBJ. Remarkable accomplishment—following two and a half years of remarkable accomplishments—especially in the context of tight margins and radicalized opposition.
DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT, per source w/direct knowledge:
—Two-year approps deal
—No budget caps after 2025
—Work requirements: no changes to Medicaid
—Phases in & then sunsets (in 2030) SNAP time limits to people up to age 54
—WH pushed to reduce # of ppl subject to time limits
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So much mythology about the 20 primaries (and gen election).
But one thing I’m very proud of: as soon as it was clear—literally that day—that
@PeteButtigieg
staying in the race would hurt the effort to defeat Donald Trump, he put pride and personal interest aside, and got out.
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Extraordinary/ridiculous to watch some of the Twitter Left—who have never gotten over Buttigieg beating Bernie in Iowa—attack Pete for labor negotiations/oversight that are not part of his department!
Meantime here’s how progressives in Congress feel about the job he’s done 👇
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For the history books—
The biggest American investment ever in tackling climate change.
🚨🚨 Democrats’ reconciliation bill — the $740B Inflation Reduction Act — has passed the Senate.
The vote is 51-50, with all Democrats in favor, all Republicans against, and VP Kamala Harris breaking the tie.
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What other Cabinet Secretary (in history?) has a full time political hit squad masquerading as honest journalism?
David Sirota’s The Lever is fundraising off of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment.
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Strength?
This is absurd. There isn’t a bigger patsy for dictators and authoritarians around the world. Trump would “settle” issues with Putin by giving him exactly what he wants.
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Four years ago today. Pete’s formal announcement.
@Chasten
gets full credit for this warmup music.
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@maggieNYT
The cost of shutting out mainstream reporters—you’re not used to answering even perfectly fair questions
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@JakeSherman
@rachelvscott
“Those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” JFK
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@BillKristol
Always comes back to Mitch. Still think if he had done what he believed in 2021 and voted for Trump’s conviction, we wouldn’t be facing the nightmare of 2024.
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@EliseStefanik
This is how it happens here. How people are turned into “them.”
I’ve known Elise for almost 20 years. Until the first impeachment, she was privately mocking Trump and voting against his policies. Now she’s deploying pedo as a political attack and saying all Dems are scum.
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Joe Biden is a hero for the Jewish people, and for American democracy. He has earned not just our support but our everlasting respect and admiration.
President Biden is speaking live: "All these hostages have been through a terrible ordeal...Jill and I are keeping them all in their prayers...Today is a product of weeks of personal engagement...I have worked around the clock to secure their release."
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Secret superstar (and Pete 2020 pollster)
@katiemconnolly
played a critical role defeating a right wing government in Australia and electing Labor. High hopes everywhere.
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@anthonydmusa
@ShawnMcCreesh
Why would an ex-NATO Supreme Allied Commander choose to do that?
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"Here [Biden] may owe a debt to one of his opponents in the Democratic primaries...when Pete Buttigieg announced his candidacy, one of his central themes was the need for progressives to reclaim the idea of freedom."
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A dream scenario for American democracy.
Fred Upton (R-MI) for Speaker. He voted to impeach Trump and to certify the election. He will lead the House fairly for everyone and remain faithful to the rule of law and the Constitution. The 212 Dems + six other Rs gets him there.
Six Rs is all it takes.
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A note on
@ninaturner
on CNN as a Democratic commentator: she refused to support HRC over Trump, or Biden over Trump--comparing both to "bowls of shit...and you've got to pick one." D primary voters rejected her twice for Congress. She is way outside the party's mainstream.
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@JakeSherman
@JoshKraushaar
What Bowman did was wrong.
But it reflects the worst/superficial instincts of the press to focus on that sideshow instead of the real story: a tiny minority of the House forcing America to abandon its support of Ukraine (at least for now).
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Credit to
@adamwren
for not doing “on the one hand, on the other hand”—but taking the right position and defending it
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Barbara Walters was the first woman to co-anchor a network evening newscast—a huge deal in 1976. It took another THIRTY years for another iconic woman to anchor the evening news solo. Moving to see that journalist
@katiecouric
pay tribute to her friend.
“I can not really emphasize enough how much BS Barbara Walkers had to deal with in TV news in those early days of her career - and quite frankly throughout her career.” —
@katiecouric
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@kylegriffin1
There is no limit to the extent Kevin McCarthy will debase himself (and Congress) just to keep his fancy office and security detail.
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Pete helped negotiate an infrastructure law that will eliminate lead pipes in America, deliver universal broadband, national electric charging, and more roads and transit than any administration since Ike’s.
But he’s a failure because, uh, Southwest’s computers…
Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of Transportation represents what is wrong with Biden. Buttigieg is a lightweight who doesn't know what he's doing, and he was stuck in an accidentally important position as a political favor. And he spends his time liberal culture warring on TV.
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Fox News concluded Pete was just too good
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Ran Iowa for Pete in 20 primaries...
Ran PA for Biden in 20 general...
Just ran Fetterman for Senate...
I'd say this guy is pretty good!
New episode Tues w/Brendan McPhillips (
@BrendanMcP
), manager of Fetterman '22. The candidates, the primary, the stroke, the message, the attacks, The Debate, & the win. Great deep dive on the cycle's most interesting race.
Subscribe & get episode Tues AM:
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There’s an authoritarian movement inside America that is big and powerful and well-funded. They are a few thousand votes in a few states from fundamentally transforming American democracy.
JFC. Kevin Roberts, President of Heritage (lead organizer of Project 2025), has said that men & women currently employed by the federal government are part of “the secret Communist movement inside America,” that Senator Joe McCarthy largely got things right, & that Viktor Orban
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Which is better:
Shitposting or Getting Shit Done?
.
@SecretaryPete
just sent a letter to Southwest Airlines. Here are the highlights of what DOT is requiring Southwest to cover for travelers.
1) On covering alternate transportation, such as other airline tickets, Amtrak, or rental cars:
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#TeamPete
: Annie Kuster was there for us. Let’s be there for her. Donate and volunteer.
#NH01
(423 LV):
Pappas (D-inc) 50% (+7)
Leavitt (R) 43%
.
#NH02
(445 LV):
Kuster (D-inc) 48% (+3)
Burns (R) 45%
.
@UNHSurveyCenter
, 9/15-19
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Liz Cheney is an extraordinary figure—one of the most courageous politicians in decades. Win or lose, she will be honored by history…and the pygmies who attacked and dismissed her will either be condemned or forgotten.
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Among all voters, just 17% want “Israel and Hamas [to] negotiate a permanent ceasefire that ends Israeli military action and leaves Hamas in control of Gaza.”
60% support “Hamas gives up control of Gaza by surrendering its leaders, its weapons and the hostages, while Israel ends
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Eagerly awaiting comment from all the Republicans obsessed with late flights a few months ago
Great news from our
@FAANews
that will help keep flights on-time heading into the summer travel season.
So far, we've seen cancellation rates below 2% throughout 2023 - which hasn't happened since 2013.
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This is a BFD
For the first time in history, Israel's main union, as well as leaders from the banks and the entire business sector, are about to declare a general strike demanding that the government stop the judicial coup. Employers have committed to paying full wages to workers.
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Truly don’t understand waking up every day, looking out across the political landscape, and deciding yet again to just rage at…Pete Buttigieg.
Other than doing a fundraiser in the wine cave of a scandal-plagued financier from the S&L crisis, what is
@SecretaryPete
's relevant experience for the job of running the nation's transportation system?
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Sad day for Putin’s American cheerleaders.
THE FAILING COUNTEROFFENSIVE AND THE PEACE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN
With each passing day, it’s becoming clear that the Ukrainian counteroffensive is failing to achieve any of its originally stated objectives. Recall: the Biden administration’s bet was that the counteroffensive
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Absurd and ridiculous…
A PARTIAL list: Buttigieg, Whitmer, Warnock, Shapiro, Harris, Newsom, Cooper, Murphy, Beshear, etc etc
ABC News contributor
@whignewtons
on the Democratic party: “The Democrats have had a historically weak bench for the last 10-plus years because everyone is Joe Biden's age … there's no one to replace him on the ticket and they're stuck with him.”
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Fox News in microcosm: climate denialism, racism, and scared-like-hell-of-Pete-ism
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This was a wonderful moment
When Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez started quoting John Ruskin today, I knew Pete would love it. 😊
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Live shot of President Nixon reacting to today's proceedings on the House floor
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Time to quit fooling around,
@SpeakerJohnson
.
Pass the national security bill that got a Senate supermajority.
Put it on the floor and it will get 300+ votes.
Support our allies in Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan.
Send a message to our adversaries that America really means it.
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