To any Ukrainians out there in cyberspace...

[Sky Jewels]

A lot of us here in the USA did what we could to prevent a pro-Putin Republican takeover of our government. We understand all too well that making donations, making phone calls, writing letters and postcards, putting out signs, knocking on doors, driving people to and working at the polls, talking to friends and family to urge them to vote for Democrats are nothing compared to the battles you've been waging. But when each of us did our little part, we felt you walking shoulder to shoulder with us. We fought for ourselves, but we also fought for you, and for the rest of the world. The election results are far from perfect, but they're a lot better than many people expected. They indicate that the USA will not abandon you in your hours of need after all. Thank you for fighting so hard against the forces of authoritarianism and fascism and evil itself. You inspire us every day.

[blm]

1. Spreading this,

And hopefully more eyes will see it.

[Sky Jewels]

2. ...

Thank you.

[NJCher]

3. that needed to be said

thank you for putting this out there.

[Sky Jewels]

5. You're very welcome.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

4. Had I been polled about my number one issue, support for Ukraine would have ranked with

protecting women's reproductive rights at the top of my (long) list of reasons to support Democrats.

[Sky Jewels]

6. Yes, it was way up there for me too.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

7. I have remaining hope that Joe Biden will be able to cobble together

enough votes to keep the much needed support flowing.

It is the one part of his agenda that I'm hopeful he can advance if the House (as it seems likely) goes Republican. I hope I'm not wrong about that.

Chaos and obstruction are clearly in the cards.

I know we did better than expected, but...

[Sky Jewels]

10. Yes. Luckily there are some Rs who are semi-sane on Ukraine.

They might read the tea leaves and more firmly side with the good guys now. And hopefully Putin and Russia are damaged enough that some R's will not want to be associated with losers and will distance themselves like they will with Trump. Also, I don't think those rubles are flowing very freely to their coffers these days.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

12. Great points, all around.

[Disaffected]

8. ...

[Sky Jewels]

21. ...

[barbtries]

9. they are out there.

i play online poker with some of them. Also check out this youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrD8vIPKQC4D7WMqD7swvIw

he's continued to make videos throughout the war. You can also support him financially from youtube if so inclined.

Life goes on even in war. I have so much respect for the Ukrainian people. Fuck putin; even though he can sow so much destruction I believe that on an elemental level, he will never conquer Ukraine. He will never make Ukrainians Russians (except those who were already on that train).

[Sky Jewels]

11. Thanks for that.

[barbtries]

13. Thank you

for your heartfelt words to them. I wanted you to know that you can reach Ukrainians online. Maybe not all of them, thanks to this misbegotten war, but many.

[Sky Jewels]

14. Yes, that's a very magical thing about the internet.

It still blows me away that I can instantly communicate with anyone on the other side of the world at any time.

[barbtries]

15. so I mentioned that i play poker online

(just for fun; I'm in NC and can't actually gamble). I started a list of countries represented by the people playing on the site. Here it is so far:

1. Albania
2. Argentina
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Azerbaijan
6. Barbados
7. Belarus
8. Belgium
9. Bolivia
10. Brazil
11. Bulgaria
12. Canada
13. Chile
14. Colombia
15. Croatia
16. Cyprus
17. Czech Republic
18. Denmark
19. Dominican Republic
20. Ecuador
21. El Salvador
22. Equatorial Guinea
23. Estonia
24. Finland
25. France
26. Germany
27. Greece
28. Guatemala
29. Hungary
30. Indonesia
31. Ireland
32. Italy
33. Japan
34. Kazakhstan
35. Latvia
36. Lithuania
37. Luxembourg
38. Malta
39. Mexico
40. Moldova
41. Morocco
42. New Zealand
43. North Macedonia
44. Norway
45. Peru
46. Philippines
47. Poland
48. Portugal
49. Romania
50. Serbia
51. Slovakia
52. Slovenia
53. South Korea
54. Spain
55. Sweden
56. Switzerland
57. Taiwan
58. Thailand
59. Trinidad and Tobago
60. Ukraine
61. United Kingdom
62. Uruguay
63. Uzbekistan
64. Venezuela
65. Vietnam

[Sky Jewels]

16. Wow, that's incredible.

Talk about united nations!

[Tomconroy]

17. Well said!

[Sky Jewels]

18. Thank you!

[Irish_Dem]

19. Perfect message. I wish Zelensky and the Ukrainian people could see it.

[Sky Jewels]

20. Thank you.

I appreciate it.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. How we support Ukraine is probably a good predictor for how we might support Taiwan.

I'm sure Xi is watching with interest.

[Sky Jewels]

23. Good point.

That whole situation makes my stomach churn.