Day: April 20, 2024

Ukraine and in other instances, we have a better hand to play than CCP China does, and we have a network of allies and partners; by comparison, CCP China and Russia are lonelier countries. – CIA Director William Burns, 04/18/2024

— 权力的觉醒Jeremy (@jeremyzhang9182) April 20, 2024

CIA局长警告：美须认真看待习近平对台野心
XI Jinping Is Determined
to Control Taiwan

美中央情报局(CIA)局长威廉·伯恩斯(William Burns)4月18日表示，没有任何人会低估当下中国的野心，尤其是在习近平治下。他警告，“我认为习近平已下定决心要在他的政治生涯中控制台湾，这并不表示他计划明天 https://t.co/Ws9rLI2sXt

Ukraine Russia war: US House passes crucial Ukrainian aid deal worth $61bn  Yahoo! Voices

Awaiting aid, Ukraine salvaged damaged weapons – DW – 04/20/2024  DW (English)

In October 2022, members of the Progressive Caucus (@USProgressives) sent Biden a letter asking him to negotiate with Russia to end the Ukraine proxy war. After a 24-hour neocon meltdown, they retracted the letter and haven’t raised the issue since.

Today, in a vote to pour… pic.twitter.com/6rJwQQOwsb

— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) April 20, 2024

Middle East updates: US blocks UN membership for Palestine – DW – 04/19/2024  DW (English)

The USA confirms it will pull out of Niger.

1000 soldiers will leave after having been told to get out by the new Russian-friendly military junta

They will leave the $110 mln airbase built a few years ago from which the US has been running its drone operations against AQ & ISIS pic.twitter.com/UwCLn79acW

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 20, 2024

Zelensky thanks U.S. House of Reps over approval of $61 billion military aid for Ukraine  Peoples Gazette

Ukraine’s Zelensky says Nato must choose ‘whether we indeed are allies’  Better Life

Stunning Intelligence at Symphony Hall  The Boston Musical Intelligencer