« Ohio and Pennsylvania in particular have large populations of Ukrainian American voters, strategists in both parties say.
A Senate Democratic strategist pointed out that Eastern European and Ukrainian voters are important to winning counties in Northeastern Ohio.
The source said voters in that part of the state had shifted away from Republicans recently because of eroding Republican support for the war in Ukraine, which was reflected by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) vow that Republicans will not write a “blank check” for Ukraine if they win the House majority. »
And then came the Progressive Caucus (Jayapal, AOC, Omar, et al.). Unbelievable.
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 27-Oct-2022 19:19:56 JST
simsa04And Progressives do it again. First Bernie Sanders and his people in 2016 blew it for Hillary Clinton; now Progressive Caucus members under Rep. Pramila Jayapal with their letter on "talks" with Russia are about to harm the Senate races. Why are Progressives always such idiots?
simsa04 (simsa04@gnusocial.net)'s status on Thursday, 27-Oct-2022 12:17:20 JST
simsa04This was a difficult day at work and partly due to my co-workers I felt quite depressed. Hours later and deep at night I feel better. Again I think about #hope. The more exhausted and cornered I feel, the more hope I sense, which, in one way, makes no sense, but in another, tells quite a lot about how baseless and without reason hope is. It's a mistake to think that one needs reasons, even good reasons, in order for hope to arise (as with the correlate mistake that without reasons at hand hope cannot rise). Hope is primarily without reason, base, or connection to some "antecedent conditions". Which is pretty obvious because hope is not an opinion, belief, or statement, but rather a sense organ, more or less clouded by the situation one is in. But that hope is baseless and unfounded is a relief. We can feel connected to the future of our surrounding reality without being stuck in the misery we sense in it. Both are not connected. (I guess the younger people need time to understand this.)
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The EU ponders a "Marshall Plan" for #Ukraine and doesn't even take into account reparation payments by the Russian Federation. Some member states think about "confiscating" Russian assets (which is "parked" outside Russia) but that is not reparation payments proper, and a straightforward legal way towards "confiscation" of Russian assets is not in sight yet.
(My point is that only reparation payments, i.e., Russia making amends for its war, can be a basis for a lasting re-integration of Russia into Europe. "Confiscating assets" may provide short-term financial means but will be seen by Russia as theft, with all the acrimony and rejection that follows.)