Sahil Kapur

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur

Zelenskyy says he’s grateful to the US and Biden for the recent aid package. He says new sanctions against Russia are needed and calls on Americans can use more tools to confront Russia and punish evil. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelenskyy says he needs weapons and air defense systems to fend off the Russians. He invokes MLK’s “I have a dream.” The weapons exist and you have them, he says. I have a need; I need to protect our sky, he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a terror that Europe has not seen for 80 years, Zelenskyy says, asking for a no-fly zone over Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelenskyy implores US lawmakers to remember parts of American history that, he says, would allow them to understand Ukrainians today. He mentions Pearl Harbor and September 11. His country has been experiencing that daily for weeks, he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Standing ovation for Zelenskyy as his address to Congress begins. He opens by mentioninh his country’s “freedom loving people who for 8 years have been resisting the Russian aggression,” per translator. “Right now the destiny of our country is being decided,” he says. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SenatorTester @SenBooker Flagrant 1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @daveweigel: New TRAILER is up, live from Wisconsin, where the "de-certify the election" movement has traveled from "huh?" status to the… — PolitiTweet.org

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So half of the eight Democrats who voted to repeal the mask mandate for public transportation face re-election in 2022, and the other half face re-election in 2024. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate votes 57-40 to revoke the mask mandate for public transportation. DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED YES Bennet (re-election in 2022) Cortez-Masto (re-election in 2022) Hassan (re-election in 2022) Kelly (re-election in 2022) Manchin Rosen Sinema Tester REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED NO Romney — PolitiTweet.org

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maybe Congress can pass a stopgap bill to extend daylight savings time for two weeks while the House and Senate negotiate a long-term deal — PolitiTweet.org

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.@SecondGentleman tests + VP’s office: “Earlier today, the Second Gentleman tested positive for COVID-19. Out of an abundance of caution, the Vice President will not participate in tonight’s event. The Vice President tested negative for COVID-19 today and will continue to test.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Shalanda Young is confirmed 61-36 by the Senate. Fourteen months into his presidency, @JoeBiden has an official Office of Management and Budget director. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DLind @LewisHamilton I mean, MAYBE the boy who cried wolf (or Wolff?) is right this time? we shall see! I won't buy it till Bahrain. though that's quite interesting from Guenther — PolitiTweet.org

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@qzex21a @LewisHamilton cry wolff — PolitiTweet.org

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.@LewisHamilton is "skeptical" every year, folks. Check the timestamps 👇. Mercedes have won eight straight constructors titles. I'll believe it when I see it. https://t.co/M21V7fZCz7 — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Banking Committee Chair @SherrodBrown says Sarah Bloom Raskin was undone by a “disingenuous smear campaign” led by Republicans and laments that too many of his colleagues “fell for talking points written by the oil and gas industry.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws from contention for Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision. w/ @PeterAlexander: https://t.co/MKfUVssvYj — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/UdXiUkNx0o — PolitiTweet.org

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@daveweigel well now i’m thinking about elephants — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate GOP #2 John Thune on passing new Covid response funds after they were axed from omnibus: “We had a chance to get that last week and the House progressive wing blew it up. They torpedoed it.” “I think what our members are going to say is repurpose existing funds.” — PolitiTweet.org

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John Barrasso: “Joe Biden is the president of high gas prices.” He claims the president is in thrall to “climate elitists.” Theme of this Republican leadership presser is abundantly clear. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate Republican Whip John Thune says the Biden administration is “shamelessly trying to say this is Putin’s price hike or this is corporate greed,” instead calling it a product of “hostility” to energy, specifically oil and gas, in U.S. policy. — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell opens his weekly presser, rebutting Biden: “It’s pretty clear that Vladimir Putin is not the cause of this rampant inflation.” https://t.co/Malr6AWlY0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden to travel to Brussels for summit on Ukraine next week https://t.co/ojyyeC7QFR — PolitiTweet.org

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Mitch McConnell gave extended Senate floor remarks today trashing @WeDemandJustice (not by name), calling them a "radical" group and labeling the Federalist Society "mainstream." He had little criticism of Ketanji Brown Jackson but repeatedly asked why that group supports her. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @washingtonweek: "Done with the name, done with highlighting the price tag and the massive transformational stuff. They're rebranding it… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @johnrobertsFox: Horrible news to report: Fox cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed in the same attack that wounded correspondent Benja… — PolitiTweet.org

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“A document found by federal prosecutors in the possession of a far-right leader contained a detailed plan to surveil and storm government buildings around the Capitol on Jan. 6 last year,” NYT reports. https://t.co/cZwxzGBVsR — PolitiTweet.org

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“A Texas lawmaker has filed a bill that would abolish and criminalize abortions, leaving women and physicians who perform the procedure to face criminal charges that could carry the death penalty.” https://t.co/aXgjdNLwIn — PolitiTweet.org

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Senate votes 53-31 to advance the Shalanda Young nomination, putting Joe Biden on a path to get his first official OMB director, roughly 14 months into his presidency. Final vote still to come. — PolitiTweet.org