In a tense game of chicken, remarkable for its mix of petulance and audacity, congressional Republicans are threatening to halt U.S. aid to Ukraineā€”guaranteeing a Russian breakthrough and possible victory in that warā€”unless Democrats help pass a bill that all but locks down Americaā€™s Southern border.

If the impasse isnā€™t resolved by the end of next week, when Congress goes on recess until the new year, the Ukrainian army could run out of ammunition. President Joe Biden could resupply the arsenal from U.S. stockpiles without legislative approval, but the move would be temporary, and the signal sentā€”that Ukraine, and by implication other allies, can no longer count on U.S. support in a pinchā€”could be a holiday cork-popper for Russian President Vladimir Putin and all of our other adversaries.

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    Anyway, thereā€™s still a genocide going on.

    Going around Congress, the Biden administration said Saturday it has approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition worth more than $106 million as Israel intensifies its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip.

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          No, youā€™re here to be needlessly rude to people and self-righteously claim it helps fight genocide.

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                Because Iā€™m not lying. The commenter said;

                He posted a spicy worthless hot-take on an irrelevant corner of the internet! take that, libcucks!

                I felt my response was proportional. He disrespected me, I disrespected him. You think Iā€™m hostile, Iā€™m demonstrating that Iā€™m not trying to be. Why are you so invested in proving me wrong?

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                  Would you like me to start quoting other times you have been rude to people who werenā€™t rude to you? Because I will be happy to do so from now on.