What is a poor Marjorie Taylor Greene going to do when the Post calls her Moscow Marjorie? Hint: It will not stop ONE iota of arms to Ukraine: Tough
So magically Marjorie Taylor Greene will be right, and everything is doomed ? Tell that to the Ukrainians when they take out the bridge to Crimea from Russia with the ATACMS missiles
Once again, time for the surrender CAUCUS to get it. No surrender
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The US Senate has passed the $61 billion Ukraine aid package! An overwhelming majority 79-18?of Senators have voted to pass the aid package and support Ukraine in this historic time. The US has proven once more that they stand on the right side of history. ? This massive aid will provide enough weapons and ammo to defend Ukraine through the year. It also signals to russia that they cannot win in Ukraine. ? The Pentagon is ready to send aid worth $1 billion as early as next week. The aid will include air defense missiles, artillery, cluster munitions, HIMARS rockets, ATACMS, UAVs, small arms, and armored fighting vehicles. ? This will have an immediate impact on the frontlines. There will be an increase in outbound artillery rounds, Russian casualties will spike, Europe will be able to focus on humanitarian aid to Ukraine while expanding its own military capacity.
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Great summary, and when that happens, let us get a load of this
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The very next day, the cover of the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post — Donald Trump’s onetime favorite tabloid — read, “NYET, MOSCOW MARJORIE,” and was emblazoned with a picture of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in a furry gray ushanka. And Monday, the Post published a column from Piers Morgan, the longtime Murdoch editor, calling Greene “Vladimir Putin’s chief ‘useful idiot.’”
“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s position on Ukraine was clearly a bridge too far for Piers Morgan and the New York Post,” said Howard Polskin, who runs conservative media tracker TheRighting. “I was surprised — pleasantly so — that she was dubbed ‘Moscow Marjorie’ in the headline.?Hopefully, that moniker will be an indelible stain on her reputation.”
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Meanwhile, there are people who still do not get this:
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Monday, after Greene told Bannon she would continue her quixotic quest, Trump himself — the grand duke of “burn it down” politics — shot the whole idea down. “We have a majority of one, OK?” he told conservative radio host John Fredericks. “It’s not like [Johnson] can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person. … I think he’s trying very hard.”
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And now for the latest quixotic twist, those who FANTASIZE that Imperial Russia will magically teleport its forces right into KYIV and that any assistance is DOOMED
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The Biden administration is preparing a?new aid package for Ukraine?that is expected to be worth around $1 billion,?multiple?sources familiar with the matter told CNN, and?is set to be?approved by President Joe Biden?after?the Senate passes a new?foreign aid?funding bill as soon as Tuesday afternoon.
In briefings?to Congress?in recent weeks, administration officials have indicated that the US will likely send Ukraine long-range ATACMS, or Army Tactical Missile Systems, for the first time as part of the new aid package, three of the sources said.
Last fall?the US first sent?Ukraine?the?midrange?variant of the ATACMS missile system, which?can reach?about 100 miles,?while?the longer-range version can reach as far as 190 miles.
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So magically Marjorie Taylor Greene will be right, and everything is doomed ? Tell that to the Ukrainians when they take out the bridge to Crimea from Russia with the ATACMS missiles
Once again, time for the surrender CAUCUS to get it. No surrender
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Even Trump has had enough of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest stunt
House Republicans' "burn it down caucus" has torched their own majority.
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By Molly Jong-Fast, special correspondent for Vanity Fair and host of the podcast "Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast."
The Capitol Hill chroniclers at?Punchbowl News made a proclamation Monday morning: “The winner of this Congress? Joe Biden.” It’s a remarkable statement, considering Democrats only hold the majority in the Senate. But the “burn it down caucus” in the House GOP has achieved the impossible. They have torched their own congressional majority, leaving themselves a one-seat governing majority in the House of Representatives.?
How? Republicans are running for the exits at an alarming clip. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado left in late March; now Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin is leaving early. “This place just keeps going downhill, and I don’t need to spend my time here,” Buck said, per The Washington Post. But it’s not the place that’s going downhill; it’s that the Republicans are at all-out war with each other. On Saturday, that war hit a fever pitch, when embattled Speaker Mike Johnson was finally able to pass the $94 billion foreign aid package.?
The right-wing media industrial complex is sending a message to Greene loud and clear.
The very next day, the cover of the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post — Donald Trump’s onetime favorite tabloid — read, “NYET, MOSCOW MARJORIE,” and was emblazoned with a picture of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in a furry gray ushanka. And Monday, the Post published a column from Piers Morgan, the longtime Murdoch editor, calling Greene “Vladimir Putin’s chief ‘useful idiot.’”
“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s position on Ukraine was clearly a bridge too far for Piers Morgan and the New York Post,” said Howard Polskin, who runs conservative media tracker TheRighting. “I was surprised — pleasantly so — that she was dubbed ‘Moscow Marjorie’ in the headline.?Hopefully, that moniker will be an indelible stain on her reputation.”
The Post wasn’t alone. Last week, Fox News’ website (which is also owned by Murdoch) published an opinion piece titled “Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP.”?The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal (also owned by Murdoch) blasted “Rep. Mayhem Taylor Greene.” And far-right outlet Newsmax — not owned by Murdoch — ran a piece asking, “Who Put Marjorie Taylor Greene In Charge?”
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The right-wing media industrial complex is sending a message to Greene loud and clear: Stop campaigning to oust Johnson. These outlets have no interest in repeating the disarray after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., triggered the end of then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership last fall. Johnson succeeded McCarthy, in large part thanks to Trump’s backing, but only after an embarrassing 22 days without a speaker.?
But Greene seems not to be heeding the message. She went on Steve Bannon’s podcast Monday to repeat her demand for a new speaker. And she wasn’t the only member of Congress being obstreperous. Rep. Thomas Massie, who has backed Greene’s move against Johnson, attacked the speaker and Rep. Andy Barr, Massie’s fellow Kentucky Republican, on social media. In South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia, Republicans are campaigning against other GOP incumbents in primaries. This is not how members of the same caucus are supposed to behave, especially during a campaign year when Republicans are desperately trying to keep the House and win the presidency.
Whether or not Trump’s intervention makes a difference, the pile of House Republicans’ failures rises higher by the week.
Late Monday, after Greene told Bannon she would continue her quixotic quest, Trump himself — the grand duke of “burn it down” politics — shot the whole idea down. “We have a majority of one, OK?” he told conservative radio host John Fredericks. “It’s not like [Johnson] can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person. … I think he’s trying very hard.”?
Whether or not Trump’s intervention makes a difference, the pile of House Republicans’ failures rises higher by the week. Their attempt to impeach Biden fell apart when their star witness was arrested. Their other impeachment effort, of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ended with a whimper. And their attempted “Appliance Week” — a series of lame messaging bills about gas stoves and other household items — had to be humiliatingly scrapped. Republicans allowed Trump to pick their speaker, but it turns out he’s about as good at picking speakers as he is at being president. And the beneficiaries are Joe Biden and the Democrats.
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New US military aid package to Ukraine expected to be worth around $1 billion
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In this handout photo from the US Army, an early version of an Army Tactical Missile System is tested December 14, 2021, at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
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The Biden administration is preparing a?new aid package for Ukraine?that is expected to be worth around $1 billion,?multiple?sources familiar with the matter told CNN, and?is set to be?approved by President Joe Biden?after?the Senate passes a new?foreign aid?funding bill as soon as Tuesday afternoon.
In briefings?to Congress?in recent weeks, administration officials have indicated that the US will likely send Ukraine long-range ATACMS, or Army Tactical Missile Systems, for the first time as part of the new aid package, three of the sources said.
Last fall?the US first sent?Ukraine?the?midrange?variant of the ATACMS missile system, which?can reach?about 100 miles,?while?the longer-range version can reach as far as 190 miles.
Ukrainian officials have been?asking the US?both in private and in public?for the long-range missile?to target deeper behind Russian lines. American officials have resisted, citing both supplies and further provoking Moscow as excuses.
But US officials have been describing the situation on the Ukrainian battlefield in increasingly dire terms over the last several months, as US aid stalled amid gridlock in Congress over the administration’s $60 billion supplemental funding request.
CIA Director Bill Burns testified?earlier this month?that Ukraine could lose the war by the end of this year without US support, and the top US general for Europe, EUCOM commander Gen. Chris Cavoli, told Congress that the Russians have such an advantage in artillery ammunition that they will soon be outfiring the Ukrainians 10-to-1. Broadly, Russia has maintained a “significant quantitative advantage” over Ukraine in terms of munitions, manpower and equipment, a NATO official?said earlier?this month.
Sen. Mark?Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday that?he hopes?ATACMS missiles?will?be sent to Ukraine by the end of next week.
“It should have happened six months ago. The next best time is right now. This week, we’ve seen the Ukrainians overperform if you step back for a moment and think about the fact that for most of my life, most of America’s defense forces were focused on Russia,”?Warner?said. “Getting this additional equipment as quickly as possible, I hope once this gets to the President by Tuesday or Wednesday, that these shipments will be literally launched with that longer range ATACMS.”
The package is also expected to include more desperately needed munitions for Ukraine, including?air defense and artillery ammunition, Bradley fighting vehicles and?demolition weaponry, the sources said.
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The text of the legislation passed by the House and set to be approved by the Senate requires the administration to transfer the?coveted?longer-range ATACMS “as soon as practicable,” unless the president determines that doing so would be detrimental to US national security interests.
The military aid will be sourced from the US’ own stockpiles through a funding mechanism known as presidential drawdown authority, or PDA, and will be the first PDA package for Ukraine since March. It will be significantly larger than that package, however, which was worth?only?around $300 million that the Pentagon was able to scrounge together from cost savings elsewhere in the department.
A White House official declined to comment on the contents of the PDA except to say that the US is “prepared to quickly send military aid to Ukraine to meet their urgent battlefield and air defense needs as soon as the supplemental passes the Senate and is signed into law.”
US European Command is now working to?process the weaponry so that once the Senate passes the aid,?it can flow into Ukraine as?efficiently as possible, officials told CNN. Once the funding is passed, the Pentagon can begin to transfer the aid “within a week or two,” Celeste Wallander, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, told lawmakers earlier this month.
This story has been updated with additional information.
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Andrew Beckwith, PhD