Kyle Carney retweeted
There are certain decisions that will go down as history-defining moments. This is one of them. It's a terrible misjudgment of Putin, who has made it clear he wants to destroy the West. We shouldn't help him do it.
Trump waives many Russian sanctions, tariffs under new law backed by Lindsey Graham foxbusiness.com/politics/tru…
Kyle Carney retweeted
Overnight, the Russians used 39 ballistic missiles and more than 120 attack drones and loitering munitions against our energy and critical infrastructure in Kyiv, the Kyiv region, and Kharkiv. A targeted Russian ballistic missile strike specifically against energy infrastructure – the very infrastructure covered by the ceasefire announced by the American President. The strike was entirely deliberate and demonstrative in its scale – Russia has never before shown such ostentatious disrespect toward the United States. Russia does not consider the American President’s statements strong. Unfortunately, at least 600,000 people are now without power. Outages could become even more widespread. Unfortunately, there is significant damage to facilities and equipment – at 26 facilities of our power system and four facilities in the oil and gas sector. I am grateful to the repair crews, all Ukrainian energy workers, and the personnel of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine for all their efforts to address the aftermath of this Russian strike. Tragically, there have been fatalities and injuries.
We ask America and EVERYONE in the world who does not turn a blind eye to reality to respond – and to respond forcefully. Russia has squandered the opportunity for de-escalation and has clearly chosen to continue its insane war of annihilation. We ask President Trump to impose STRONG sanctions on Russia, especially since the Lindsey Graham bill, which was recently passed and signed into law, authorizes and regulates such measures. The American President has all the effective and necessary tools to bring peace closer through strength, justice, and pressure on the aggressor. We ask for additional packages of Patriot missile interceptors for Ukraine. It is entirely fair for us to tell the United States, Europe, and all our partners that no country in the world should be left alone to face such a deranged and pro-war actor as Russia. I am grateful to everyone who helps Ukraine! Peace can only come through strength, and we ask America to remember this principle of Reagan’s. Glory to Ukraine!
Kyle Carney retweeted
America spent the better part of the last century establishing a world where hostile nations can't simply conquer their neighbors. We have benefited enormously from the stability that followed. Stable trade and economies mean your children can prosper.
Putin's invasion threatens that stability - and anyone who thinks the consequences will be confined to Ukraine needs a history lesson.
Counter-factuals are helpful. Say we let Russia conquer Ukraine? Now you have Russia on the border of four more NATO countries and years more of tensions and financial investments. Keep the border at Ukraine? A message gets sent and NATO ushers in decades of peace.
This is a very easy strategic calculation.
Kyle Carney retweeted
I love the honesty and this actually happens quite a bit.
Most offenses and defenses look good in the offseason, fall camp, and spring ball. But the difference in an actual game is your ability to stack drives and sustain execution (which rarely gets replicated in practice).
A lot of teams don’t do enough unscripted, move the ball work in practice. Scripted 3rd down / redzone periods are great, but they don’t always replicate the flow and unpredictability of a game.
Game day exposes which offenses and defenses truly understand situations, timely play calling and details of a play.
It comes down to several things:
Can the playcaller put his players in a position to execute?
Can all 11 players operate in unison and execute their assignments?
Are the coaches and players prepared for what the opposing team might do and can they adjust when the opponent shows something that wasn’t on film?
And ultimately, can the players process that information and play instinctively?
That’s where preparation, situational awareness, and execution come together. It’s one thing to execute a play when you know what’s coming. It’s another to do it consistently when the game becomes unpredictable.
Must be able to put drives together. Not just for points, but for field position.
Kyle Carney retweeted
Here’s the real question: Why don’t you turn on Starlink over Russia so the Ukrainians can take out Russian ballistic missile launchers? One small action and you immediately save children from dying every day. Refusing to do so is like watching your friend die while you hold his EpiPen over him. It’s that simple.
Kyle Carney retweeted
This is one of the best analyses of the Trump-Putin diesel deal that I've read. Thank you, @JPavytska.
Have you all seen Trump’s announcement of his SUPER PUTIN DEAL? Russia promises to immediately supply more than 300,000 tonnes of diesel to the market, including the US, followed by another 500,000 tonnes in November. Then come promises of EVEN BIGGER volumes. Because the deal has to be HUGE. At least in the post.
OFAC, of course, wasted no time issuing a temporary waiver until April 7 to accommodate the president’s latest “GENIUS” deal.
Except the BIG DEAL is not actually that big. More of a stage prop. Very Trump.
Let’s do the maths. Actual numbers. TERRIBLE, I know.
300,000 tonnes is roughly 2.2 million barrels of diesel.
500,000 tonnes is roughly 3.7 million barrels.
In September, Russia managed to export just 0.1 million barrels. Basically none, as there is export ban.
So Putin has already “sold” Trump a volume 22 TIMES larger than Russia’s entire September exports. Making promises is, of course, easier than rebuilding refineries after Ukrainian strikes. MUCH EASIER. SOME SAY THE EASIEST.
Meanwhile, Russia’s diesel export ban remains in force until October 31: the fuel is needed domestically, and Ukrainian drones have significantly reduced Russia’s ability to produce it. A VERY SUCCESSFUL phone call with Trump is unlikely to have fixed those problems.
Now for another comparison. Russia’s average monthly diesel exports last year were 18.3 million barrels. The promised deliveries amount to just 12% and 20% of that volume, respectively.
So we have a promise that Russia still needs to find a way to fulfil, given the state of its refineries. And even if delivered, it looks considerably less impressive than the presidential CAPS LOCK. Not quite THE GREATEST DEAL IN HISTORY.
The political logic is clear. The war with Iran and high fuel prices are a bad backdrop for the elections. One would hope politically FATAL, at this point. The administration desperately needs a story about how the president is about to FIX EVERYTHING. Preferably IMMEDIATELY. Preferably without explaining how we got here in the first place.
So perhaps the main product of this deal is not even diesel. It is another attempt to calm the market with a BIG, BEAUTIFUL ANNOUNCEMENT. Let’s see how much credibility these announcements still have.
Russia, of course, will sell this as a HUGE VICTORY. And why wouldn’t it? Promise diesel you still need to find somewhere, get a sanctions waiver UPFRONT. Plus another opportunity to tell the world that it simply CANNOT MANAGE WITHOUT RUSSIA.
But what worries me most is that this spectacle could weaken our European partners’ resolve. Trump’s latest “breakthrough” must not become an excuse to ease sanctions pressure on Russia — precisely when that pressure needs to INCREASE.
Of course, this decision will benefit Russia by generating additional revenues. We’ll be watching how much of its export capacity Russia actually manages to restore. One thing is CLEAR: Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries need to INTENSIFY.
Kyle Carney retweeted
I know X is a form for clever clap backs. But I want to have a real conversation on this. You see, Lincoln had to answer the same objections about the Americanness of recent immigrants. Back then, many claimed that those with French and German and Scandinavian blood were not American because their family did not fight in the Revolution. How can you be an American if no one in your family, not a great grandfather or great uncle, spilled blood fighting for this country?
Today the question is put to those of us of Indian heritage, or Mexican, or Chinese, to Hindus and Muslims, Jews and Buddhists. What did your family do in this country’s wars? What did they build? Where do you sit in the hierarchy of Americans?
Some tech barons would count your votes by your net worth, as if the only value that matters is what wealth you produce. The heritage school answers with a different ledger. Your standing as an American should be measured by how much your family has bled or sacrificed.
Lincoln answered the heritage school in some of the most beautiful words ever written in the English language. His speech for July 4, 1858 has more wisdom than everything collectively ever written on X, or for that matter, social media.
Lincoln said that if you believe in the Constitution, if you believe in the Declaration of Independence, then there is an electric chord that links your heart to the hearts of the men who fought in the Revolution for those principles, and that you are blood of the blood and flesh of the flesh of our founders. He articulated why our nation, unique in the history of the world, is constituted based on a devotion to a common set of ideals and principles.
I attach the text below. If even a few who engaged with my tweet read it, well, then our country would be a little better for it.
Dinesh the irony is that the President you worked for --Ronald Reagan --who gave an Indian immigrant with a thick accent a job in his White House knew this Lincoln passage very well.
Kyle Carney retweeted
Watch the whole thing
.@KarlRove on being Republican & endorsing Jon Rosenthal (D-TX) for the Texas Railroad Commissioner: "The problem is my party is infiltrated by these people...conspiracy nuts."
Kyle Carney retweeted
Texans’ electricity bills have skyrocketed, meanwhile Greg Abbott's ERCOT board gives themselves a 30% raise.
This is Greg Abbott’s record: he helps his friends get rich while working Texans are struggling to pay their bills. bit.ly/4yIyvyy
Kyle Carney retweeted
She never called her family to say goodbye. Instead, Sara Low used her final 30 minutes to make sure the FBI knew who attacked America.
Trapped at 30,000 feet with no weapon, 28-year-old flight attendant Sara Low held the only tool that could expose the 9/11 hijackers to the world: 14 numbers memorized in her head.
When terrorists stormed the cockpit of American Airlines Flight 11, chaos erupted in the cabin. Flight attendant Amy Sweeney scrambled to grab an onboard airphone to alert the ground team, but hit a devastating wall - she didn't have a calling card to bypass the system lock.
Without her wallet on hand, Sara stepped forward. She didn't have plastic, but she had clarity. She had memorized her family’s AT&T calling card digits.
Sara handed those numbers to Amy, unlocking a lifeline to the ground.
For the next 20 minutes, Amy stayed on the line with American Airlines flight services in Boston. Because of Sara's calling card, the FBI received its very first concrete intelligence of the day: exact seat numbers of the hijackers, physical descriptions, and their movements in the cabin.
While Amy relayed the critical data, Sara spent her final half-hour moving terrified passengers toward the rear of the plane, shielding them from danger.
Sara had the means to use that airphone. She could have called her parents. She could have said a final goodbye to her sister.
She didn't. She chose to make sure the world would know the truth instead.
True heroism isn't defined by muscle or weapons. It’s defined by presence of mind in the face of impossible terror - and the selfless decision of who that mind chooses to serve.
#archaeohistories
Kyle Carney retweeted
Toni Nadal cuenta cómo descubrió que Rafa, con 15 años, tenía algo que casi nadie tiene. Perdía 5-0… jugando con la raqueta rota sin saberlo:
"Vi a mi sobrino jugar a lo lejos. Era un completo desastre. Perdía 5-0 contra un chico no muy bueno.
Vino un amigo mío, exjugador, y me dijo: oye, creo que tu sobrino está jugando con la raqueta rota. Quien haya jugado con el marco roto sabe que es casi imposible: las bolas se van todas fuera.
Me acerqué y le dije: la raqueta está rota. La cambió, pero acabó perdiendo.
Al terminar le dije: no me puedes decir que un chaval de 15 años, después de tantos años jugando, no nota que la raqueta está rota.
Su respuesta fue muy clara: 'Estoy tan acostumbrado a que la culpa siempre sea mía, que jamás habría imaginado que era la raqueta la que me hacía perder.'"
Kyle Carney retweeted
This is incredible what some athletes can accomplish. I want people to try to run 4:34 pace on a treadmill for 1 minute. Most can’t do that. They did it for 26.2.
Kyle Carney retweeted
Zelenskyy: Iranian operators launched the first Shaheds against Ukraine. Not Russians.
They trained Russian crews in a live war. Iran and Russia fought together from day one.
Asking whether Iran opens a new front misses four years of that alliance.
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Kyle Carney retweeted
Today, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attempted to persuade a Grand Jury to indict me. This was in response to me organizing a 90-second video that simply quoted the law. Pirro did this at the direction of President Trump, who said repeatedly that I should be investigated, arrested, and hanged for sedition.
Today, it was a grand jury of anonymous American citizens who upheld the rule of law and determined this case should not proceed. Hopefully, this ends this politicized investigation for good.
But today wasn’t just an embarrassing day for the Administration. It was another sad day for our country.
Because whether or not Pirro succeeded is not the point. It's that President Trump continues to weaponize our justice system against his perceived enemies. It’s the kind of thing you see in a foreign country, not in the United States we know and love.
No matter what President Trump and Pirro continue to do with this case, tonight we can score one for the Constitution, our freedom of speech, and the rule of law.
Kyle Carney retweeted
Here is @RepBrandonGill surrounded by 11 Pakistanis in Southlake TX collecting money for his campaign.
Kyle Carney retweeted
2 things can be true:
1) McCain & Romney were smeared terribly by the media and opposition party (Obama was treated awfully too, but not by them).
2) None of this excuses the GOP's "look what you made us do" turn to Trumpism. You are responsible for your own political choices.
Kyle Carney retweeted
One not to be so afraid of sounding “quasi-woke” that one cannot agree with Russell Moore on this.
Kyle Carney retweeted
Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released.
But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway.
Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.
Kyle Carney retweeted
It’s hardly surprising that Americans overwhelmingly say the shooting of Alex Pretti was not justified, especially among those who have seen video.
Again, if this administration would so blatantly lie about an incident caught on camera, think about everything else it lies about.
% who say the shooting of Alex Pretti was | wasn't justified
U.S. adults 20% | 48%
Saw video of shooting 25% | 63%
Heard about it; didn't see video 22% | 41%
Didn't hear about or see video 5% | 16%
Democrats 4% | 83%
Republicans 44% | 13%
today.yougov.com/politics/ar…
ALT A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "More Americans say the shooting of Alex Pretti was not justified than say it was justified. Those who have seen video overwhelmingly say it was not justified." The chart's sub-headline is: "Based on what you know, was the shooting of the man in Minneapolis justified or not justified? (%)." The chart has the note: "Note: Whether people had seen video of the shooting is based on responses to the question, "Did you see any videos of Border Patrol agents shooting a man in Minneapolis on Saturday?""
Kyle Carney retweeted
"Take off their masks. End their immunities. Limit their jurisdiction. Restrain their tactics. All of this can be done through legislation without inhibiting humane immigration enforcement. And if it’s done correctly, legislative reform can lead to greater accountability across the whole of government." nytimes.com/2026/01/26/opini…
