Did Ukrainians hear what they wanted to from Biden last night?
Yes and no, says @brhodes. "They want more than solidarity, they want action. And they welcome the sanctions we've taken, they welcome the military assistance we've provided, but... they just want more."
.@BeschlossDC has a litmus test for #SOTU addresses, and it involves aliens 👽
“If you came from Mars and you watched this thing and you knew nothing about Joe Biden, it would have told you who he is and what kind of a society he wants.”
A suit says Texas has “initiated investigations” into trans kids' families as set out by a new law.
“None of us should put up with this nonsense,” says @JasmineForUS. The “Texas GOP” adds @mehdirhasan, “The party of parents unless you’re the parents of transgender children.”
Who is Kim Reynolds, the Iowa governor giving the GOP response to Biden’s SOTU?
As @mehdirhasan explains, she’s “a perfect ad for the Republican Party at this moment in our history”. WATCH:
Who is Kim Reynolds, the Iowa governor giving the GOP response to Biden’s SOTU?
As @mehdirhasan explains, she’s “a perfect ad for the Republican Party at this moment in our history”. WATCH:
Should the U.S. and NATO impose a ‘no-fly zone’ over Ukraine?
“That would be a declaration of war and that could plunge us into WWIII,” says @IlhanMN. “And we have to understand what that actually could mean for world order.”
What's the mood on the ground for those living in Southeastern Ukraine, away from the fighting?
“People in cities like Dnipro are expecting the war to come,” says @jscros. “They are promising themselves and everyone around them they're going to be ready.”
“If McCarthy becomes the speaker, white supremacy, white nationalists, and Nazis will have a seat at governing.”
@IlhanMN reacts to the weak response from Kevin McCarthy after Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at a white supremacist event.
Remember that scary painting of Trump that Sen. Ted Cruz was pictured sitting in front of at Mar-a-Lago last week? It seems as if Rep. Dan Crenshaw saw it and said ‘Hold my beer’:
.@chefjoseandres is helping to feed Ukrainian refugees on the other side of the border in Poland. He tells @mehdirhasan what he’s seeing and hearing from people there:
“The question is: What are you actually gonna do about it, Kevin?”
Two sitting Republican members of Congress spoke at a Holocaust-denying white nationalist’s conference last weekend… and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy isn’t rushing to take action:
France has changed course in its previous attitude toward refugees, welcoming Ukrainians after trying to “protect itself” from Afghans months earlier. @GerardAraud says it’s bc of feeling more of a connection with fellow Europeans.
“You can say that’s a shame, but it’s a fact.”
From TV president to… real president and war hero. @mehdirhasan maps out how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s career in entertainment prepared him for this current moment.
Is it too early to start talking compromise w/ Putin? Would it be letting down brave Ukrainians or a strategy that could save millions of lives? As concerned as many of us are, emotions aren't a substitute for strategy. Watch @mehdirhasan’s take on the #RussiaUkraine war: