Maine craftsman. I hand-hew round logs into square beams using only an axe. Supporter of Ukraine. Coauthor of “Men of God — Men of War.”

I’m delighted to announce that “Wood Work: Building a Living, Crafting a Life” is available for preorder (link in comments). Publication date 12/1/26 via Islandport Press. 🪓 🪵
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I’m a proud American from Maine, and I stand with Ukraine as it fights for its freedom against Russia. History will judge this current US administration harshly. I will not be silenced by bullies or dictators. Slava Ukraini, and God bless America 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
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Me, an American, realizing that my drone donations may have helped wipe out 30% of Russia’s strategic bombers despite my own government’s current dysfunction 😎 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🔥 🔥 🔥
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🇺🇸 Proud American reminding you that the French 🇫🇷 helped us gain independence, the British 🇬🇧 and Canadians 🇨🇦 went over the beach with us at Normandy, NATO answered the call after 9/11, and Ukraine 🇺🇦 stands today against Russian imperialism. We must not forsake our allies 🫡
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The reply 🫡🫡🫡
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I just blocked two veterans who disparaged my brother’s combat service. They are unhappy that I support Ukraine, and had a lot to say about it. Fine, no problem. But to hide behind anonymous profiles and—as veterans—say that my Marine brother is a piece of shit? Blocked.
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To the United States Congress: I support Ukraine 100% until victory. And I vote. I’m watching to see which US representatives and senators have a moral backbone and which are cowardly and weak. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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Listen. The majority of Americans support Ukraine. We give $ when we can, we vote for politicians who send aid to Ukraine, and we fight against disinformation independently or as part of NAFO. We absolutely won’t stop, because our hearts are with you. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
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Replying to @WhiteHouse
You sound like every abuser ever.
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A late-20s autistic man politely asked if he could join the boys and me on a log flume boat because the park employees “won’t let me ride alone.” Yes, of course. Best part of my day. Be kind, friends. It costs nothing.
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Crimea is Ukraine 🇺🇦
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I am an American, physically untouched by this war. But I am a human being and my heart bleeds for Ukraine. Moreover, I am a craftsman, devoted to beauty, truth, and light. Never—Never!—can evil remain unchecked. Never can darkness raise scaly wings unopposed. I stand with 🇺🇦
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The Russian offensive has culminated. Its best kit lies rusting in the fields, its best soldiers lie dead. Ukraine is building THREE new Army Corps and has better equipment than one year ago. The Ukrainian spring offensive will start any time. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦👊🏻 @saintjavelin
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Oh hey! America loves Ukraine. My president is in Kyiv. And I’m hoping Biden gives Zelensky a beautiful bouquet of long-range missiles 💥🇺🇸❤️🇺🇦 Proud moment. Ukraine deserves all our support. Give Ukrainians the best weapons NOW. Slava Ukraini! @saintjavelin
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Replying to @BasedMikeLee
My friend, is it so hard to believe that thousands of informed, morally outraged people would stand up for Ukraine against Russian aggression and disinformation? I have a name, a business, an address, and a face. And I vote. Look me up. Happy to chat.
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Let the Ukrainians hit Russia with everything they’ve got, at the time and place of their own choosing. Stop tying their hands with milque toast constraints that only apply in Ivy League classrooms. 🇺🇦 💥 @saintjavelin
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I’m a Maine woodsman who loves my country 🇺🇸, supports Ukraine 🇺🇦, owes allegiance to the Constitution rather than to a man, and stands firm against the creeping rise of tyranny. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
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Rest in peace my Maine brother 🫡🙏 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇺🇸❤️
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I stand for Ukraine. I stand for Liberty. I stand against tyrants and dictators, at home or abroad. I stand for checks and balances and the rule of law. I stand for kindness, compassion, and common decency. And I am unafraid. 💪🏼 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 🦅❤️
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Today I support Ukraine. Tomorrow I support Ukraine. I am with Ukraine until victory. @saintjavelin
Today I support Ukraine. Tomorrow I support Ukraine. I am with Ukraine until victory. Please join me with a QT black and white photo, to show those that oppose freedom that we are real people. Fuck ruzzia. Glory to Ukraine, glory to her heroes. 🫶🇺🇦🫶🇺🇦
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Russia is losing 1,000 men PER DAY against Ukraine. And it still talks smack about NATO? Omfg 🤭🤭🤭 Russia is a gas station posing as a state. And all you RuZZian trolls have are your absolutely HILARIOUS non sequiturs. You are adorable 🥹😅 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦💪🏼
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To the troll who said my feed looks like a Tinder ad for Ukrainian support: 😘 Happy to go for long walks on the beach and explain why it is always morally correct to support Ukraine 🇺🇦 💪🏼 🔥
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Convicted pedophile @RealScottRitter swooping in with characteristic moral clarity. 😆
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Good morning Twitter! I’m Steve Smith, a woodsman and hand hewer from Cumberland, Maine, USA. Here’s a brief reason why I support Ukraine and donate to @UkraineAidOps @Harri_Est @VictoryTeamUA and @DefactoHumanity Happy Tuesday and Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦👊🏻❤️
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It’s my birthday and all I want is for my friends around the world to donate to @U24_gov_ua to support Ukraine in their fight for liberty against Russia. Can we raise $1000 today? It would be the greatest birthday gift. I’ll start with $50. Boost and re-post 🇺🇦
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Give Ukraine everything it needs to win, and do it now.
Imagine if Ukraine had another hundred ATACMS, TAURUS, Storm Shadow or SCALP? Crimea would be untenable base for Russia...no navy, no air force, no drone launches against innocent civilians, no logistics hub to sustain Russian defenses in southern Ukraine...no Kerch Bridge.
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I’m just a simple woodsman from Maine who happens to support Ukraine. I don’t have much, but what I have I give: my undivided attention, unwavering moral support, and 💰 when I can. Donate to: @UkraineAidOps @Harri_Est @DefactoHumanity & @VictoryTeamUA Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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America stands with you, Ukraine. And when you’ve won—as you undoubtedly will—we’ll help you rebuild. We won’t forget you. Not now. Not ever. Slava Ukraini! Onward to victory! 🇺🇦👊🏻❤️ (📷 Brian Threlkeld)
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Another good day to support Ukraine against the Russian genocidal war of terror. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
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Britain just gave Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, with a range of 250+km. Kerch Bridge? Sevastopol? I’m looking at you 👀 Thank you 🇬🇧! Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Freedom Tryzub Shirt by @saintjavelin
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Ukraine will win. We remember the heroes in freezing trenches today and send strength and love 🇺🇦💪🏼❤️ @saintjavelin
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To all the trolls who surfaced yesterday on my response to Senator Mike Lee, I’d like to wish you a happy Monday and Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦❤️💪🏼 @saintjavelin
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"Behind every #Fella is a real person who believes in #Ukraine's victory." - @kajakallas #NAFOExpansionIsNonNegotiable
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Men like Vance, Rubio, and Trump who demand that others say “thank you” or else they will punish them, are fragile and petulant. This is not the flex that MAGA thinks it is. Real men are empathic and generous and use their strength to help the oppressed without toxic demands.
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A good morning to all Ukraine-lovers. What if I told you that the AFU heavy armored brigades haven’t even joined the fight yet? There will be much good news in coming days. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Hoodie by @saintjavelin
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha—takes a deep breath—hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Exactly what he said happened. And the entire National Security Team lying to cover their own asses. Fire them all. JV clowns.
BREAKING: “People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @JeffreyGoldberg and @shaneharris share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen. theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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The world needs your kindness just as much as it needs your activism and your strong protection of the oppressed. This orphaned baby squirrel curled right up in my @saintjavelin hoodie and wouldn’t leave ❤️❤️❤️
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Ukraine will win. Of this I’m sure. And though I’m a simple woodsman from Maine, I can make a difference by giving to direct aid organizations who supply socks and food and ballistic plates to soldiers of the AFU. Distance no longer deters me. Ethically I’m there. Slava Ukraini!
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Pray for Ukraine. But also give them every weapon they ask for TODAY. Give them ATACMs and F-16s. Give them all the tanks and shells and Bradleys they want. Let’s err on the side of abundance and get this war won ASAP. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦❤️🇺🇸 @saintjavelin
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It’s not hard to understand why SwollBroMaga is triggered by @ZelenskyyUa A physically small man, he still has the biggest balls in the room. MAGA can’t fathom such courage, so they have to say he’s a grifter. It’s the calculus of an inferiority complex.
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To the guy who wants the US to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and said that my pics are like a Tinder ad for war: Want to go for a long walk on the beach so I can tell you why it’s always morally correct to stand against evil and support Ukraine? 🤣🤣🤣 🇺🇦 @saintjavelin
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How am I supposed to sleep with Kerch Bridge on fire? 👀 💥🥳 @saintjavelin
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Mental health stuff is hard. My youngest son has ADHD and may be on the autism spectrum. We’ve been in crisis mode with him for several weeks. In good news, he designed a cozy box to feel safe in, and I built it yesterday. Something positive ❤️
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Who’s behind NAFO? It’s all of us, Mike.
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🇺🇸 America is strong enough, brave enough, and wise enough to take care of her own citizens without forsaking allies and friends. We can—and should—do both. It’s a disgrace to walk away from 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Pursue change but never abandon allies. Never!
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I didn’t think I could dislike Ramaswamy more than I did… but now I do 😡 What a despicable thing for him to say.
Replying to @atrupar
Ramaswamy, attacking Ukraine, calls Zelenskyy "a Nazi ... a comedian in cargo pants." He then expresses indifference (to put it charitably) for Russian annexing parts of Ukraine
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Absolutely unshakable American who supports Ukraine until victory 🇺🇸 ❤️🇺🇦Repost with your own pic if you support Ukraine.
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Walked the dog and explained to my 9-year-old why #russiaisaterroriststate He’s interested in world events and aware enough to understand that Putin is like Hitler and must be stopped. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 @saintjavelin
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Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow grew up 9 miles (15km) from my house in Maine. In 1863 as the Civil War raged, he wrote “God is not dead, nor doth he sleep. The wrong shall fail, the right prevail, with peace on earth, goodwill to men.” That’s my prayer for Ukraine today 🙏🇺🇦❤️
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One woodsman from Maine who is happy to be here, unafraid of tomorrow, and still supporting Ukraine 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇺🇦 🪓 @saintjavelin
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We don’t talk about the 🇺🇦 counteroffensive as it happens. But we 👀 and we 🙏 and we re-tweet only after something is confirmed officially by Ukrainian government officials. Opsec is important. @saintjavelin #ukraine #counteroffensive #opsec
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Maine winter days make me think of Ukrainian soldiers in their trenches. I spend my days in the cold by choice. They huddle in trenches day and night, fighting against evil. @UkraineAidOps and @Harri_Est are helping them with warm clothes and gear. Support them today 🇺🇦👊🏻
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There are dozens of Ukrainian flags hanging from mailboxes and doorways in my small Maine town. So it is throughout my state. We do not grow weary in our support. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 Shirt by @saintjavelin Kharkiv-forged axe by @StrongWayTools
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I hurt them because I love them, said every abuser ever.
REPORTER: You said on social media that Russia is pounding Ukraine. Why not provide Ukraine with air defenses? TRUMP: Because I have to know that they want to settle. We want them to settle.
Community note
Total US aid to Ukraine was 114B€, of which 64B was military assistance. European aid amounts to 132B€ (62B military aid). The statement from President Trump is factually incorrect reuters.com/world/how-much…
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Replying to @igorsushko
That’s because they’re bullies who are used to beating up unarmed civilians and POWs. Like all bullies, they run or give up when met with superior force.
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Replying to @RichardStrocher
Brother, our worldviews are very different. But if you ever come to Maine, swing by. I’ll teach you how to hand hew logs into beams, and we can chat about life. There’s a lot of sense to be found among the pines. Sometimes more than among people.
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Just your regular reminder from Maine that Americans support Ukraine, that Ukraine is winning, and that together we will achieve victory. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦💪🏼 ❤️ @saintjavelin
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I read this on the flight back to Maine and got weepy. I will not stand idly by as Ukraine fights for her survival. I will steadfastly support her. This is good versus evil, and history will judge harshly those who sit on the fence. Silence is complicity. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦👊🏻
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Buying and wearing @saintjavelin shirts is one way I support Ukraine. The shirts raise awareness in my little corner of Maine, spark conversations, and keep me constantly mindful of 🇺🇦. Saint Javelin also sends profits to help Ukrainians. Slava Ukraini! Onward to victory.
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Sorry I can’t reply to all the comments on my recent post. Bots and MAGAs got triggered and the spam factor is high. It’s important to stand up in these times and be counted. History will judge harshly the silent and complicit.
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Rescued a red tail hawk tangled in avian netting beside the chicken coop. It flew off about an hour after I fed and watered it. Every creature deserves a fighting chance.
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This gentleman needs to be president of NATO. 😎👏👏👏
President @PrezidentPavel of Czech Republic: We have three essential tasks ahead of us: 1. Immediately increase industrial production in practically all key segments of the defence industry; 2. Expand the real combat capability of individual European armies and, in doing so, rigorously apply the innovations and experience from Ukrainian battlefields, particularly regarding autonomous systems; 3. Stand strong against the Kremlin’s information operations, which are interested in precisely the opposite outcome.
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When I was in 5th grade, a group of 6th grade bullies roamed the playground. One big guy pushed me up against a tree and made me cry. The next week he hit me and I lost it. I put him in a headlock and punched him in the face. He never bullied me again. Punch Russia in the face.
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Just a reminder that it is always morally correct to hope that another piece of Kerch Bridge will fall into the water 💥💦 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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Replying to @rima_medUA
The bots and MAGAs are out in force right now. Absolutely spamming anyone who supports Ukraine.
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Bakhmut holds. The ICC just issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin. Russians celebrate knocking down a UAV because it’s the ONLY tangible victory they’ve had in months 🤭 And Ukraine is poised to start its own spring offensives. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦👊🏻 @saintjavelin
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Just a woodsman from Maine who understands history and supports Ukraine against the Russian genocidal war of aggression. 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇺🇦
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Replying to @IAPonomarenko
As an American, I am deeply ashamed of our leaders and am doing what I can to support Ukraine. Slava Ukraini 🫡
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Wild Russian propaganda out there.
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Question: Why are Russian bots clogging up posts like this? The majority of “MAGA” comments are from accounts created after February 2022 and exhibit hallmarks of Russian bot farms. Pete Hegseth just ordered our military to stop taking cyber measures against Russia. Concerning.
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It’s a beautiful day to support Ukraine wherever you are. Let us not grow weary in doing good. Slava Ukraini from Maine! 🇺🇦👊🏻 @saintjavelin #ukraine #SlavaUkraini #ukraineiswinning
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Good morning from Texas. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦💪🏼👊🏻 @saintjavelin
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Good morning from Maine! When we each give what we can to support Ukraine, our little adds up to a LOT. @saintjavelin donates profits from apparel sales to help in the fight. Tell me where you are in the world today, and one way you support Ukraine. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 📷 K Gardner
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NAFO in the wild. Actual people who love freedom, truth, and human decency. Powerful elites may fuss because they’ve lost control of the narrative—but NAFO is here to fight disinformation until Ukrainian victory. #ukraine @saintjavelin #maine #usa
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My lifelong dentist retired and his son took over the practice. He had to take down a birch tree that his Dad planted 40 yrs ago. His Dad was so sad to see it go. Secretly, the son asked me to mill planks from the wood and make a love seat for his parents. 🥹❤️
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A fella gifted me this Kippie Kippie sweater from Ukraine and I love it 🥰 Ukraine will win 🇺🇦
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Used the big Ukrainian chopping axe from @StrongWayTools today. It’s a beast! Ukrainian blacksmiths are some of the best in the world. Shirt by @saintjavelin Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 🪓💪🏼
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Keep supporting Ukraine. Don’t grow weary in this fight. Stay focused. 🇺🇦 @saintjavelin
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Listen. @elonmusk built his fortune through disruptive innovation and a focus on cutthroat profitability at the expense of human capital. None of this gives him moral authority or particular insight into geopolitics. His avarice is his downfall. But we walk in truth and love. 🇺🇦
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For those in the back: Ukraine is winning. Russia is a terrorist state. Light will overcome darkness. We will not grow weary 🇺🇦🫶🏻💪🏼. #SlavaUkraini #RussiaIsATerroristState #SupportUkraine @saintjavelin
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I hear weariness in many voices. Sometimes the journey is long and difficult. But we do not lose heart. We press on toward victory. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦💪🏼❤️ @saintjavelin #slavaukraini
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Why do I support Ukraine? “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.” - Martin Luther King Jr. / Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦👊🏻❤️
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I don’t care if you are Audie-Fucking-Murphy, if you claim that you’re a veteran and yet willfully disparage another combat veteran’s record—a record that is publicly available and easy to verify—I will block your ass so fast.
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🇺🇸 Make America Great Again! 🇺🇸 You know what makes us great as a nation? Using our strength to help the oppressed. Having the intelligence to discern truth from lies. Keeping our word to our allies. Holding our elected leaders accountable. And not taking shit from Russia 🇷🇺
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I’ve never seen someone so eager to pursue the FAFO hall of fame. I don’t know where he’ll be in five years, but morality tales tend to have brutally abrupt ends.
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I’m pleased to inform you that my current appetite for bullshit is extremely low. I live life in the round and have zero f*cks to give for one-dimensional theorists who justify genocide and rationalize terror. My kindness is not weakness. Have a lovely day 😘
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This is my yard. A town employee told me once that I could subdivide my two acres and a developer could put four condos here and I could make $100,000. She was excited for me. Instead I built a play house for my boys and kept my soul.
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It’s my 43rd birthday. Your life is broken into two parts: the part when life happens to you, and the part when YOU happen to life. Make the switch, my friends. Be an agent, not a victim. Shirt by @saintjavelin Axe by Ukrainian @StrongWayTools 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraini
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While you slept… Zelenskyy bought every blue and yellow M&M on earth with your tax dollars.
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Replying to @AckTeacher
I do donate my own money. As for fighting, the Ukrainians are warriors and I am unqualified. That’s not where I add value.
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Is there fatigue in the West for supporting Ukraine? (Spoiler: I’m not tired.) Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦❤️🇺🇸 👊🏻 #ukraine #slavaukraini #supportukraine #americalovesukraine #mainelovesukraine
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Every day I keep Ukraine on my heart as I work here in Maine. Slava Ukraini! Victory is coming. 🇺🇦❤️ 🇺🇸 @saintjavelin
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Seen here in East Orland, Maine, while on vacation. Warms my heart that other Mainers are actively participating on the right side of history until victory is won 🇺🇦 🇺🇸❤️💪🏼
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Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 These people cannot be broken. Not now. Not ever. From Maine with love ❤️🇺🇦
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It’s -40 F/C wind chill in Cumberland, Maine. Let’s turn boiling water to snow in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1… #maine #polarvortex #cold #freezing #wickedcoldbub
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All hail St. Neptune, who promoted the flagship Moskva to a submarine. @saintjavelin
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Happy 4th of July! Americans support Ukraine because we have a long memory of what it means to fight for freedom. We understand the cost. And we are with you heart and soul. 🇺🇦 🇺🇸💥❤️ Shirt by @saintjavelin
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This is my identical twin brother Nate. A Marine infantry officer with combat tours in Anbar Province, Iraq in 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. You don’t know him because he’s not on socials. But you’re about to. Stay tuned… #marines #combat #iraq #semperfi
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Waiting patiently to be added to the next National Security group chat on Signal. @PeteHegseth
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