3/2

There's another counter-plan text circulating that includes no limits on Ukraine's military.

x.com/michaeldweis...

2/2 Caps on Ukraine's military but not Russia's? Granted, Russia faces more threats, vastly more territory to defend, but limitations on Russian forces deployed near Ukraine border in order if Ukraine must accept military force limits.

Layperson's take. FWIW.

2/2 would have Russia "enshrine in law" its policy of nonaggression toward Ukraine and Europe. The commitments should be of equal legal weight.

Far from a comprehensive take, but important points.

1/2 If Europe really is taking this seriously:

Item 25 (Ukraine will hold elections in 100 days) needs to go. Russia has no business dictating Ukraine's democratic process.

Item 7 would have Ukraine enshrine in its constitution that it would never join NATO, but item 16...

Re proposed limits on Ukraine's military (600,000 troops), is there a limit on weaponry? This part of item 10 implies Ukraine will retain weapons than can strike inside Russia:

"If Ukraine launches a missile at Moscow or St. Petersburg without cause, the security guarantee will be deemed invalid."

2/2

Dropping this app won't end this "guardianship" system, but Apple's enabling it is toxic to human rights. Apple can and should do better.

www.ecdhr.org/saudi-arabia...

Not sure anyone will tear down whatever does go up on the East Wing site. Maybe small-r republicans should crowdsource, brainstorm ideas for turning whatever structure goes up into a democratic space.

4/3 "The sale of Dominion to a Republican partisan is, at bottom, a reminder: These are our elections. We should know who’s running them."

3/3 "The McCarthy Group was founded by Michael McCarthy, who served as treasurer for Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel’s campaign in the 1990s. Hagel reportedly invested significantly in the McCarthy Group, and after leaving office, joined as a senior adviser."

2/3 "Nor would the Dominion sale be the first time an owner exhibited partisan ties or affiliations. Election Systems & Software, the largest voting system vendor, which counts over 46 percent of votes, is financed by the private equity firm the McCarthy Group."

2/2 Schifrin's tweet reporting the SFRC vote:

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