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to do it. We will project the film on them. They will have to erase history with an audience watching. Amb. Antonov, feel free to send your goons to prevent the showing of a film about russia’s erasure of its genocidal crimes against Ukraine. We will take no countermeasures. — PolitiTweet.org

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in a compound. They can respond with spotlights without having to face us. At the russian press building, there are no gates. There are no walls to hide behind. If they want to try to use their “Z” spotlights to blot out @MrJones_Film, they will have to stand in front of a crowd — PolitiTweet.org

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genocidal activity in Ukraine. These are the people responsible for the campaign of disinformation about what russia is doing in Ukraine, now as then. Second, to date, all of our Special Military Operations have pitted us against people behind a wall — PolitiTweet.org

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of the New York Times in that manipulation and suppression. We are showing it Saturday evening on the walls of the russian embassy press building for two reasons: First, because this building is the office to this day responsible for propagating lies about russia’s ongoing — PolitiTweet.org

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@MrJones_Film, written by @AndreaChalupa and directed by Agnieszka Holland, is about the exposure of the Holodomor by a Welsh journalist named Gareth Jones. It is also a film about the suppression of this history—the manipulation of the foreign press and the collusion — PolitiTweet.org

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even to this day is remarkably unknown considering its magnitude. It is the subject of great works of history—Red Famine by @anneapplebaum, for example. But not in anything like the kind of numbers or density one would expect given its scale and monsterousness. — PolitiTweet.org

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And no foreign armies rolled in to expose it. The russians, rather, denied it as a matter of official policy for decades, and they manipulated the Western press into propagating their lies. The policy of erasing history was largely successful. The Holodomor, as it is known, — PolitiTweet.org

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Holocaust denial is ultimately impossible—though regularly attempted anyway—because the Allies ultimately conquered the physical places in which it happened. But only a few years before the Holocaust, Stalin murdered millions of Ukrainians by starvation. — PolitiTweet.org

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The answer to this question is the subject of our next Special Military Operation, in which we will show a film—and hear from the people who made the film—about the erasure of history and how possible it really is to make the most monstrous of crimes never have happened. — PolitiTweet.org

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Why do they care about Ukrainian flag images? Why do they buy expensive equipment to stop us from showing images of their war crimes on their walls? Why do they destroy sunflowers planted by small children—including when we have our cameras trained on them? — PolitiTweet.org

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The Battle of Wisconsin Avenue, as @sbg1 has dubbed it, began when Phil did this back in April and a passerby filmed it. The russian responses to our Special Military Operations have grown steadily angrier and more sophisticated since. Which raises an interesting question: Why? — PolitiTweet.org

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Hahahahah Tweet of the Day — PolitiTweet.org

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Also @Malinowski — PolitiTweet.org

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Here are the deets! — PolitiTweet.org

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@ShulimLeifer Come spend Shabbat in DC and come over after Havdallah! — PolitiTweet.org

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Word — PolitiTweet.org

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And if you have colleagues who want to come to, all supporters of #Ukraine in Congress are welcome. I think the more members who come the less potential there will for this sort of ugly scene to recur. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@AdamKinzinger inviting you personally to our next action: this Saturday evening at the russian embassy press office on 18th Street. We will be showing @MrJones_Film on the wall of building with the filmmakers in a zoom call on the wall. Please join us as my guest. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ianbassin: Follow @AmbPressman. There’s no better person for this critical role at this critical moment to represent the United States. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ambassador ⁦@OMarkarova⁩ responds on Facebook to yesterday’s outrageous conduct by Russian embassy staff. https://t.co/bjrF5Gpu6I — PolitiTweet.org

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@sbg1 https://t.co/BNzKGeljPw — PolitiTweet.org

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@saratoga_fish @sbg1 Yes although they came back: https://t.co/BNzKGeljPw — PolitiTweet.org

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@sbg1 Indeed. They really showed those sunflowers! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: Russian diplomats showing their macho dominance over a pile of sunflowers in the Battle of Wisconsin Ave. cc:@benjaminwittes — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @YAmzallagh: Let’s get this out. Great man. Noble cause. A hero of Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here is a higher-resolution video of yesterday’s incident produced by @USUA_Activists: — PolitiTweet.org

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Now that the first grain ship has left, it’s time to focus on a peace plan for Ukraine. Here’s my proposal for a ceasefire. — PolitiTweet.org

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Central and Eastern European folks: What a fabulous opportunity from @CEPA: https://t.co/mHlfT3M4g5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Oh, you are, Scott! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @antti_ruokonen: Ping @benjaminwittes @domenpresern — PolitiTweet.org