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What other countries might they have said the same thing about? Here's what I found for the rest of it: The truth We had a feeling that folks repeating the claim missed important context from Nuland’s speech. Wasn’t Nuland talking about money given since Ukraine broke away from the Soviet Union? The State Department said yes. "The insinuation that the United States incited the people of Ukraine to riot or rebel is patently false," said Nicole Thompson, a State Department spokeswoman. Since 1992, the government has spent about $5.1 billion to support democracy-building programs in Ukraine, Thompson said, with money flowing mostly from the Department of State via U.S. Agency for International Development, as well as the departments of Defense, Energy, Agriculture and others. The United States does this with hundreds of other countries. About $2.4 billion went to programs promoting peace and security, which could include military assistance, border security, human trafficking issues, international narcotics abatement and law enforcement interdiction, Thompson said. More money went to categories with the objectives of "governing justly and democratically" ($800 million), "investing in people" ($400 million), economic growth ($1.1 billion), and humanitarian assistance ($300 million). The descriptions are a bit vague, which could lead people to think the money was used for some clandestine purpose. But even if it that were so, the money in question was spent over more than 20 years. Yanukovych was elected in 2010. So any connection between the protests and the $5 billion is inaccurate. And Obama was elected in 2008, so any connection between $5 billion and Obama also is inaccurate.

I don't know if you're butthurt over maggats, or just don't like how I post, but the mature thing to do when you see a mistake, is bring it to their attention. If you haven't made a mistake, then go ahead and cast that first stone. For what all that is worth, what I said is factual. I'll post it. the first column is House: I agree the corruption is both parties, but that's not the narrative the GQP is spewing. You almost admitted that, then say the Dems are "acting guilty". Quit being a clown. I'm under the impression that people support republicans ,because they have a trifecta. 104th (1995–1997)RepublicansRepublicansDemocrat (Clinton)Divided 105th (1997–1999)RepublicansRepublicansDemocrat (Clinton)Divided 106th (1999–2001)RepublicansRepublicansDemocrat (Clinton)Divided 107th (2001–2003)RepublicansRepublicans / Democrats12Republican (G.W. Bush)Unified / Divided 108th (2003–2005)RepublicansRepublicansRepublican (G.W. Bush)Unified 109th (2005–2007)RepublicansRepublicansRepublican (G.W. Bush)Unified 110th (2007–2009)DemocratsDemocrats13Republican (G.W. Bush)Divided 111th (2009–2011)DemocratsDemocratsDemocrat (Obama)Unified 112th (2011–2013)RepublicansDemocratsDemocrat (Obama)Divided 113th (2013–2015)RepublicansDemocratsDemocrat (Obama)Divided 114th (2015–2017)RepublicansRepublicansDemocrat (Obama)Divided 115th (2017–2019)RepublicansRepublicansRepublican (Trump)Unified 116th (2019–2021)DemocratsRepublicansRepublican (Trump)Divided 117th (2021–2023)DemocratsDemocrats14Democrat (Biden)Unified 118th (2023–2025)RepublicansDemocratsDemocrat (Biden)Divided 119th (2025–2027)RepublicansRepublicansRepublican (Trump)Unified

Yeah, blame everyone but Russia. LOL Is that you Vlad?

Thirty years ago, on 5 December 1994, at a ceremony in Budapest, Ukraine joined Belarus and Kazakhstan in giving up their nuclear arsenals in return for security guarantees from the United States, the UK, France, China and Russia. They should already be balls deep in sanctions, too.

No. He's going to use it for tax cuts for billionaires and corporations. That's already a known fact.

Of course I mean support going forward. I get your opinion is end it, and give them something. I don't agree, because I feel it's appeasement. What's Russia's guarantee they don't do it again, and why should we trust that? What measures could we take to ensure it? Sorry, I'm not buying Putin's Soviet defense. Have you guys forgotten Ukraine already got burned bad??

Autocrat is pretty accurate. How else could you have the power to remove power? I get your point, that it's early in this session, but my statement was still accurate and factual. Furthermore, the premise of this was good, and no one seems to want to touch that part.

They literally have a budget on their desks as we speak. Do you otherwise agree with the premise, or are you just doing some chatroom laundry?

You don't think that the support, or lack of, from the USA has any bearing on this???

Thanks for avoiding the point entirely. Most people have no clue who she even is. The picture itself is the hit job. That was the point. If they're not going to use dog whistles anymore, then I'm not going to pretend to hear them.

Substitute "any country" for Ukraine, and you have your answer. You don't reward naked aggression.

DEE EEE EYE

Tell me this is AI. I mean it still wins the internet if it is, but... Bruh, these are GOLD!

How is a voucher that much different than paying off student debt? Why do people who homeschool pay school taxes? Any anti-socialist here?

You still have to hate how the GQP plays their politics, though. Right here they're saying, "just look at this person and judge them". I'll even agree that the optics are bad, but we as people need to get beyond that.

I don't remember George Bush telling Sadaam, how about this nice chunk of Kuwait? Will that keep you happy? Putin might be trump's buddy, but I'd NEVER show weakness to him and ceding territory is doing just that. A reward for naked aggression. Plus a promise to not let them join NATO, and likely other concessions. Rolling over for Putin. Psht!!!

I don't see any error in the numbers. Why would making a mistake make me "look silly"? Everyone makes mistakes.

Yes, in some areas. Others I know for a fact he was supposed to give Congress 30 days' notice, and detailed explanation. "We're going in a different direction" isn't a detailed explanation. I'm guessing the others are based on contract.

trump prefaces every single comment with why everything was Bidens fault, so I guess him. He's that kind of person. I find that amusing, because you'd be hard pressed to find a larger instance in fraud in anything around government, than trumps Covid relief plan. Also, if one party is more corrupt than the other, I'd like to know. I'm finding it hard to believe it's all the Democrats fault, AS THEY'RE SAYING, not me. House controls the budget, and Republicans controlled it 12-4.

I heard there's all kinds of waste/fraud/corruption from the democrats, who've only held the purse strings 4 of the last 16 sessions of Congress. 🤣 Wouldn't it be nice to pour a nice, cold glass of reality on maggats? Nah, let's let em enjoy one more month.

They are arbitrating the Constitution. They're also arbitrating who he's legally and constitutionally allowed to fire, and when.

This is more about spending appropriations than the organizational aspect, which is the executive's job.

Do you have link to this information?

The plan seems to be Ukraine gets hosed.

Any crime that's not been adjudicated is alleged. It certainly can't be helping the DOJ's cases to point out the fraud publicly. The fraudsters can hide evidence, and begin their legal strategies ahead of time. They should just keep quiet, and then bust them when the time is right. Again, too much politics.