Friends,
I just took part in a team effort to get a message across to Congress.
If we do not help Ukraine now, we lose all the things that Ukrainians have won for all of us these last two years. The world changes in a way that tips the balance to the tyrants and the aggressors. This is laid out in the appeal, published by CNN.
Just in the hours since the appeal was published, its message has become the more urgent. As Congress does nothing, Russia is carrying out comprehensive missile and drone strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure. The idea is to make the entire country cease to function.
Imagine what your life would be like if you local power station had just been destroyed by a ballistic missile. Because we are denying Ukraine the systems it needs to defend itself, the missiles and too many drones are getting through. This is one of countless problems that American aid could solve.
Please read the appeal and please share it. Please call your own Congressional representatives. Here is a guide to making those calls. If you want to donate directly to Ukraine’s anti-drone defense, you can do so here.
There’s more at the link.
Every hour of delay Trump, Mike Johnson, and the House Republicans cause is a win for Putin and Russia. It’s a betrayal of not just Ukraine, but the interests of our NATO allies, democratic governments around the world, and America itself. While the news cycle is going to be consumed by Trump’s criminal trial and his other antics, the people of Ukraine are fighting and dying as the media look away. The situation is dire. We must get aid to Ukraine ASAP.