President Joe Biden, in a call Saturday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, directly tied Ukraineā€™s withdrawal from the key town of Avdiivka to Congressā€™ inability to pass further aid for the countryā€™s effort to fend off Russiaā€™s invasion.

ā€œThis morning, Ukraineā€™s military was forced to withdraw from Avdiivka after Ukrainian soldiers had to ration ammunition due to dwindling supplies as a result of congressional inaction, resulting in Russiaā€™s first notable gains in months. President Biden emphasized the need for Congress to urgently pass the national security supplemental funding bill to resupply Ukrainian forces,ā€ according to a White House readout of the call.

The call bookended a week defined by US attempts to reassert leadership on the world stage. It also highlighted renewed urgency to pass additional funds for Ukraine amid the withdrawal from Avdiivka, a key town that in recent months became one of the most fiercely contested battles on the eastern front, and the news of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalnyā€™s death.

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    Trump is still a useful idiot to Putin, and hereā€™s the evidence. How do his fans not see whatā€™s going on here? Itā€™s been obvious since well before the original election.

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      Intentionally robbing the school systems in GOP-dominated states of all critical thinking and reducing the necessity of teaching historical events that were the fault of conservative governments in the past.

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      Because Trumpā€™s genius is in selling himself to morons so they arenā€™t smart enough to see it.

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      They donā€™t care. They just wanna win. Itā€™s like a sporting event. Doesnā€™t matter how the team plays all long as they win and your team loses. Being a loser is the worst possible outcome in the US for the current crop of Trump supporters. They had to buy ā€œdonā€™t blame us we voted for Trumpā€ flags last election just to let you know they abdicate all responsibility because their team lost.