Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Took a @bikeshare.bsky.social to drop off my vote for @miguelfordc.bsky.social 🇺🇸 020
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Bar-wide boos when Gianni Infantino and Marco Rubio came on at the #WorldCup game 1160
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Friends, an update: This week I joined @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social's team as her new Legislative Assistant for Military & Foreign Affairs. I'm thrilled to join Congresswoman Kaptur's team and to serve the people of Northwest Ohio. It's a big change, but an exciting one. 170
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Great new @cepa.org report from Marianna Fakhurdinova on military assistance to Ukraine. Here's one of many findings: how have the weapons sent from the US to Ukraine impacted what systems the US still has available? 065
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 31/12/2025What happened to “with Liberty and Justice for all?” 371
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025It's also remarkable to step back and realize just how much US support for Ukraine has ended. It's unlikely it will ever return to levels seen under the last administration as long as Trump is in office, and this legislation does not guarantee new arms to Ukraine. 1102
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Repeatedly this year, the Trump admin has threatened to end intelligence support for Ukraine. Sec. 1244 creates new oversight mechanisms requiring Congress to be notified immediately if that happens, signaling there would be serious backlash to such a move. 1101
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Here’s an important point to note: The Trump administration doesn’t want to provide arms to Ukraine without getting paid to do so. Congress is reasserting that it is indeed in the US interest to arm Ukraine. The American public also agrees, according to recent polls. 1121
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025First, a quick reminder on how the US (used to) militarily aid Ukraine: Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA)=direct transfers of arms from US stocks. Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI)=issuing contracts to build new arms for Ukraine. 181
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Sec. 1241: The new National Security Strategy may not view Russia as a major threat to US interests, but Congress sure does. This requires the administration to submit a formal assessment of the threat Russia poses to the United States and its allies. 1112
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025First, here's the text itself. I'll be citing some of the key sections related to Ukraine below. After the House and Senate passed their own versions, a conference committee worked over recent weeks to reconcile the differences—this is the result. docs.house.gov/billsthiswee... 141
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 03/12/2025What did we think was going to happen? Just two weeks ago, the United States threatened to withhold arms sales for Ukraine that were *already paid for* by European allies. After a year of policy like that, it's hard to make the case that the United States is reliable. 22814
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 29/11/2025The Kremlin bet that offering lucrative business deals would convince the White House to ignore its war crimes in Ukraine. The bet paid off. Also, get a look at the kicker here. Why, Witkoff asks, would Ukraine want missiles when it can get a tariff exemption? 2239
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Just like that. After a week of frantic diplomacy and U.S. threats against Ukraine, Putin rejects ANY agreement. The only path forward is pressure on Russia to change this stance—sanctions and resumed US military assistance to Ukraine. Otherwise, the last 10 months were a waste. 1311164419
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 27/11/2025As we reach President Trump's Thanksgiving deadline for Ukraine to agree to a peace deal, President Zelenskyy says another "thank you" for US support after negotiators agreed to a partial framework in Geneva. I'm joining @thetimes.com Radio in 2 hours to talk about what comes next. 020
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 23/11/2025The president may have inherited the war, but he’ll own the peace. So let’s get it right. 021
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 22/11/2025If you’re confused about the Trump administration’s position on this Ukraine deal, you’re correct. Rubio now says it is *not* the position of the admin, just that it was *received* and is being shared with Ukraine. Backlash in Washington has been intense and isn’t going away. 2285
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 27/10/2025It was great to moderate this #UkraineActionSummit panel on why U.S. security assistance to Ukraine is essential (and why it should resume). Thanks to Laura Cooper and @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social’s Amb. John Herbst for joining me! 070
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Big day in the Senate as these bills passed through the Foreign Relations Committee: -Sanctions on China for supporting Russia's war on Ukraine -Strengthening the REPO Act to transfer frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine -Designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism Time to pass them! 261
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Here’s something that hasn’t changed: a record 73% of Republicans voters want to see sanctions on Russia and arms to Ukraine. By refusing to act, Trump is flouting his own voters. 080
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 14/10/2025What a pleasant surprise to walk into a bar and see my former @razomforukraine.org colleague Allegra on @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social tonight! Go Allegra! 060
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 12/10/2025Aw, is someone nervous about the U.S. helping Ukraine strike Russian oil refineries? 290
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 01/10/2025I’m also loving how many local DC spots are represented at DCA now. Solid State Books, Atlas Brewery, Zeke’s coffee, all favorites of mine. 120
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 01/10/2025It’s a beautiful day in Washington, our government has shut down, and I’ve got a hiking trip to get to. Perfect time to try taking a @bikeshare.bsky.social e-bike to the airport! 150
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Split-screen at the White House tonight—pro-Palestine protest chanting “from the river to the sea” and a handful of pro-Trump demonstrators trying to drown them out playing the song “America f*** yeah” and Zach Brown Band saying “Palestine isn’t real, name the first president of Palestine.” 1116
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Here's a forthcoming book I'm excited for—JUN FUJITA: BEHIND THE CAMERA. For a decade I've been fascinated by the story of 1920s Chicago's Japanese-American photojournalist who shot mobsters, dodged internment, and beautifully captured a city in tumult. Link 👉 hatandbeard.com/products/fuj... 041
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Europe’s single greatest defense asset is Ukraine. The largest and most experienced military in Europe is Ukraine. If Europe wants to be secure, it needs Ukraine at the heart of its security architecture. www.ft.com/content/2a4d... 0151
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Busy night, I’ll be doing an AMA on Zoom with @razomforukraine.org before heading over to BBC News at 10pm ET to talk Zelenskyy and Trump at UNGA and drones over the skies of Europe. Join me for either or both! 020
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Suspicion between the Balts and the US is mutual, Rachman writes, after seeing a reminder that Trump's White House is willing to side with the Russians posted in the Estonian foreign ministry. 160
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Trump says he’s ready for sanctions on Russia if: -NATO members stop buying Russian oil (Hungary and Slovakia sure aren’t stopping) -They put tariffs on China (the EU certainly won’t) These are poison pills. Trump doesn’t plan to sanction Russia. Congress has to force him. 35221
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 11/09/2025New! Rep. Don Bacon becomes the first Republican to sign on to Rep. Gregory Meeks’s discharge petition to force a vote on the UKRAINE SUPPORT ACT. This is the strongest legislation out there right now to arm Ukraine and sanction Russia—and the kind of leverage Trump needs for peace. 190
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 04/09/2025There’s a truck playing an ad in support of Trump’s DC takeover, parked downtown on Farragut Square. Paid for by “Citizens for Sanity.” “President Trump says lock up the criminals…and it’s working. Democrats say lock up your car/bike/packages/the shelves in every store.” 131
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 23/08/2025The last few days in particular it’s been impossible to go a few blocks in DC without coming across some kind of heavy security presence. I’ve seen more police overall, DEA squads at night, and yesterday near a baseball game 40+ national guard plus 3 MRAPs and 2 humvees. 031
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 20/08/2025To get some semblance of peace, the world is flattering Trump & telling him what he wants to hear at every turn. But here's a much-needed sanity check from @nytimes.com Thomas Friedman. There may be a parallel reality in the White House, but the truth is in Ukraine. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o... 181
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Good morning from Berlin, where I’m flying home to Washington, DC. In about 12 hours, Trump sits down with Putin in Alaska. Read today’s @nickkristof.bsky.social column in @nytimes.com to understand the tremendous stakes at this meeting. Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o... 030
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The Trump effect. New @gallup.com poll finds a record number of Ukrainians doubt they’ll ever be accepted into NATO while disapproval of the President of the United States skyrockets. Full poll here 👇 Trump’s damage to the U.S.-Ukraine relationship is immense. news.gallup.com/poll/693203/... 082
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 01/08/2025I'm reminded today of @zygaro.bsky.social's @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social report on Kremlin court politics, where he reported that far from Medvedev's rumored drunkenness, his boorish posts are part of a cultivated consultant-driven fascist image to position him as Putin's successor. 140
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Medvedev responds to Trump by doubling down with even more nuclear threats, alluding to the "Dead Hand" system to ensure Russian nukes launch even if Russian leadership is taken out in a first strike. 372
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 19/07/2025A headline like this would have seemed unthinkable a month ago 315019
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I mean come on, CBS is really claiming it’s cancelling the decades-long flagship Late Show as a “financial decision?” You couldn’t fool a fifth-grader with that. 3101
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Just got back to the US and finally seeing this in person! Thanks to @nypost.com for the rush job, printing this within hours of news breaking the Pentagon was cutting Ukraine aid. How far we’ve come in two weeks. 010
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Talk about a 180. According to a recent poll, 54% of Ukrainians believed Trump's presidency would be good for Ukraine back in December 2024. Now, 72% say Trump as President of the United States is bad for Ukraine. Source: Kyiv International Institute for Sociology (kiis.com.ua?lang=ukr&cat...) 692
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Here’s what I heard before heading down to the bomb shelter last night. Russia’s murder sprees on civilians are only growing bolder. Now is the time to be sending air defense to Ukraine—not stealing away the lifesaving defenses that were promised. 0163
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Good morning from the bomb shelter in Kyiv. I went down after hearing explosions. Russia is trying to kill civilians here just because they’re Ukrainian. It should be the easiest decision in the world for the United States to send additional air defenses to Ukraine. 38217
Doug Klain @dougklain.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Some trucks have mysteriously appeared in the east… 4636
