This is my son speaking to the judge before the judge went to deliberate his sentence.
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"We need our own government to get its ducks in a row...before my dad has to suffer even more"
A week before travels to Beijing, Harrison Li, son of , asks to use all tools to free all Americans wrongfully detained in China.
#BringThemHome
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The Soviet-era 'block watchers' are back. What a paranoid place to live.
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"#SlavaUkraรฏni (Glory to Ukraine), no, no, I will not shut my mouth. No! I will not shut my mouth! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes! ... "
To Putin's gestapo taping: "I can feel how ashamed you are. I know. In your youthful age how you live in shame for everything you do."
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Olesya Ovchinnikova was defiant after getting handcuffed by Putin's gestapo during dinner with her husband & 9-year-old child for having a pro-Ukraine conversation at the table, at which time another person reported them to the police. She says:
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Itโs another work week to #BringAustinHome. Austinโs family, friends, colleagues and fellow citizens are counting on the administration, , , , , and . #Journalism #Syria #FreeAustinTice #Marines
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Seeing on this morning made by day.
Iโll never forget the day he got hurt. He had literally just interviewed about โs case a few weeks prior.
#inspiration
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I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. But education was free. As was the local library. I knew books were my passport to a better life. #SupportLibraries
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Do I believe Biden knew he had classified documents in his home? No.
Do I believe Pence knew he had classified documents in his home? No.
Do I believe Trump knew he had classified documents in his home? Yes.
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Kevin McCarthy just kicked me and off the Intelligence Committee.
This is petty, political payback for investigating Donald Trump.
If he thinks this will stop me, he will soon find out just how wrong he is.
I will always defend our democracy.
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Classified documents found at the home of Vice President Penceโฆ
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4 years, 9 months, and 2 days since Emad was taken from them. , please at least meet with my sister-in-law and my parents. #freeEMAD #bringEMADhome #BringTHEMhome ๐ธ โฆโฉ in #washingtondc โฆ
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This is MONUMENTAL! Both houses, Both sides of the aisle. All agree. it is time to
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42 Members of Congress sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to PM @kishida230 last week prior to his meeting with @POTUS pressing him to expedite the transfer of #LtRidgeAlkonis back to the U.S.
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42 Members of Congress sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to PM @kishida230 last week prior to his meeting with @POTUS pressing him to expedite the transfer of #LtRidgeAlkonis back to the U.S.
Thank you @SenMikeLee & @RepMikeLevin for leading this letter. pic.twitter.com/j2iM8sE1PQpic.twitter.com/j2iM8sE1PQShow this threadView
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So many military families have contacted us. They are scared. They DO NOT want to serve in Japan. We have heard people are turning down these high risk assignments. has problems. 1st step to fixing โem: twitter.com/BrittanyAlkoni
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I don't think you can really expect an independent credible investigation from Rawanda. #FreeTheHero #FreePaulRusesabagina twitter.com/PowerUSAID/sta
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Without acknowledgement of our letters and protests to , we're announcing the launch of a new media campaign in
Our message will be EVERYWHERE. Tag if you see us #BringThemHome
Help us do more: secure.qgiv.com/for/bofcam/
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Kudos to y'all. I like the finished product. I hope it gets a lot of people to scan the QR code, then write and make calls to help ALL Americans held abroad.
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Mostly cold rainโฆsurface temps will be high enough to prevent any problems.
Weโll see you on at 10 with more info!!!
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Congress is looking for some action from . โ๏ธ
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๐จ42 Members of Congress sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to PM last week prior to his meeting with pressing him to expedite the transfer of #LtRidgeAlkonis back to the U.S.
Thank you & for leading this letter.
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The letter outlines that DoJ has requested Japan to transfer #LtRidgeAlkonis back to the U.S. under the Council of Europe Treaty, which both countries have utilized in the past.
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Itโs great that has written advice for SoFA members.
My question is why did JAGs advise to waive these same rights?
Really bad legal advice from โlawyers,โ has been a theme of #LtRidgeAlkonisโ ordeal. twitter.com/EubanksAndrew/
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Grateful to the press pool for asking the questions!
Letโs keep asking!
#LtRidgeAlkonis twitter.com/RNCResearch/st
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๐จThe team welcoming the Japanese PM to town.
Friends tell friends the truth. Iโd echo Sen. โs call for โs to expel #LtRidgeAlkonis forthwith, or transfer him via the Council of Europe process.
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Hi ,
On behalf of , we apologize for crashing your party.
It wasnโt personal. Itโs just you were hosting & so had to come uninvited.
Good luck though with your new space agreement! twitter.com/BGOnTheScene/s
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Paul Rusesabagina, kidnapped, tortured, subjected to sham trial, and Wrongfully Detained under the Rwandan brutal dictatorship for 865 days.
Learn how to help ๐ paulr.org
#FreeRusesabagina #BringThemHome
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Brittany Alkonis, the wife of a U.S. Navy lieutenant sentenced to three years in a Japanese prison, is fighting to get the government to help her husband.
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Austin Tice disappeared in #Syria in 2012.
3,804 days is long time for someone to have disappeared without an update.
every additional day makes it harder to find #AustinTice!We urge you to double your efforts to #bringAustinhome.
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Please join us in downtown Houston on Friday to demonstrate outside the Japanese Consulate for the release of Navy Lt. Ridge Alkonis. We will be there from 10:00 till after 12:00. Incorrect times were posted previously. DM with questions. #BringRidgeHome
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Siamak Namazi has been forgotten in #EvinPrison for 2,647 days.
Siamakโs only crime is that #Iran wants to use him as a bargaining chip in its war with the U.S.
Siamak deserves your unwavering commitment to do everything in your power to free him. #FreeSiamak
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๐๏ธSAVE THE DATE:
Friday, January 13th, 10am-2pm ET
Join outside the for a rally.
Not close to DC?
Join #LtRidgeAlkonis supporters at protests throughout the U.S. on the same day. See full list ๐
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. has locked the account of a former American hostage ().
There used to be a person at Twitter who fixed problems like thisโฆ
Can you help ?
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๐ฅSo good news !!! another 140 Ukrainian defenders returned home from russian captivity, after POWs exchange. Thereโre wounded, also defenders of Mariupol, Snake Island, territorial defense forces from Slavutych, defenders from Bakhmut region.
Back homeโค๏ธโ๐ฉน
Source, ๐ธ: Grnt media
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SO GRATEFUL to have our son, home again!! Words just can't express it! โคโค
And still pushing for others to have the same reunion experience in their families!!
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This year we brought home Americans from Russia, Iran, Venezuela, Burma, Afghanistan, Haiti, and other countries. We will keep working every single day to bring home Americans who are wrongfully detained or held hostage around the world.
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A Trump-supporting patriotic Republican ? twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrum
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Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican, spent three decades in the Arizona Legislature.
He refused pressure from Trump to overturn the stateโs election results and lost re-election this year.
Now, he says, he faces a โhugeโ number of threats โfrom all over" the U.S.
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Inching towards yet another year & leaving behind American hostages in foreign prisons #bringthemhome #freeEMAD
#FreeLukeAndAiran
#freeMarkSwidan
#FreeSiamakNamazi
#FreeRusesabagina
#BringEyvinHome #JeffreyWoodke
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