House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will push for aid to Israel and Ukraine THIS WEEK

AP ^ | April 14 | AP

[RandFan]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he will try to advance wartime aid for Israel this week as he attempts the difficult task of winning House approval for a national security package that also includes funding for Ukraine and allies in Asia.

Johnson, R-La., is already under immense political pressure from his fellow GOP lawmakers as he tries to stretch between the Republican Party’s divided support for helping Kyiv defend itself from Moscow’s invasion. The Republican speaker has sat for two months on a $95 billion supplemental package that would send support to the U.S. allies, as well as provide humanitarian aid for civilians in Ukraine and Gaza and funding to replenish U.S. weapons provided to Taiwan.

The attack by Iran on Israel early Sunday further ratcheted up the pressure on Johnson, but also gave him an opportunity to underscore the urgency of approving the funding.

Johnson told Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that he and Republicans “understand the necessity of standing with Israel” and he would try this week to advance the aid.

“The details of that package are being put together right now,” he said. “We’re looking at the options and all these supplemental issues.”

[Kazan]

You are a criminal for defending the Neo-Bolshevik dictator and his brutal invasions

Translation: If I lived in Ukraine, you'd report me, have me arrested and I ended up like Gonzalo Lira did.

I sure as hell hope you don't live in America. We believe in free speech here and you obviously don't.

[Monterrosa-24]

“...You’re (sic) hatred of Russians is just as despicable as what Stalin did to Ukrainians...”

Your Putin loves Stalin and bemoans the loss of the old Soviet Union and that is why he is establishing the NeoSoviet Union. That is why the hammer and sickle flag is back. That is why Ukraine’s occupied Liberty Plaza was renamed Lenin Plaza.

Let’s talk about that Russian restraint of civilian casualties you mentioned. The Russians are responsible for the invasions of 2014 and 2022. They have murdered tens of thousands of women and children. Ukraine fights defensively. You arrogantly tell those who live in the Donbas about the Donbas. But those Ukrainians know the truth. There was peace there before the Russians started sending in agents and using Mafia tactics to prep for their land grab and created a fake separatist movement. Even before 2014 Russia was hard at work on stealing Ukrainian land and resources.

You are sort of an equivalent to Julius Streicher and boldly blame the victims for the horrid crimes committed against the victims. Hopefully you will meet the same fate as Streicher.

I do not hate Russians. I admire Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Olga Smirnova, Boris Nemtsov, Alexei Navalny, and many other brave Russians who dare speak truth to power. But cowardly Putin sycophants like yourself are detestable.