If the US doesn't fund Ukraine, and they fall to Russia – Putin will not stop. He will attack Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland ... NATO. And China will then have perfect timing for attacking Taiwan – forcing the US into fighting a two-front war. A World War. If this happens, there is no human being upon whose shoulders it will rest more than Mike Johnson.
When Donald Trump praises, salutes, plays their 'alternative National Anthem', and promises to pardon the January 6th 2021 insurrectionists – he's actively recruiting others to commit the same (and much worse) crimes.
So don't stick your head in the sand, when he says, "Bloodbath", Trump is issuing an order.
If Ukraine falls, Putin will invade Eastern and Central Europe. If Ukraine falls, Xi will invade Taiwan. Ukraine must not fall. The ramifications are beyond measure. Stand with Ukraine.
"On Nov 9th, 2022, U.S. Navy nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe and his wife, Dianna, were sentenced to 18 and 21 years in prison — respectively — for merely *attempting* to *sell* classified information about nuclear submarines to a foreign country. Trump blurted it out for free."
Andrew Wortman
After the news that Donald Trump divulged Top-Secret information regarding our nuclear submarines, how could ANY military or former military member advocate for him in any way, let alone vote for him?
Donald Trump's gave Top Secret nuclear submarine secrets to a billionaire from Australia as a casual braggadocio who then further disseminated these secrets to dozens. Just imagine the Classified information Trump gave to Putin, Xi, and their surrogates.
This morning, as Speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy was second in line in the order of Presidential succession. Tonight that position belongs to Sen. Patty Murray (President Pro Tempore of the Senate).
If Matt Gaetz or other like-minded Republicans try to oust Kevin McCarthy as The Speaker of the House, they don't have the votes to put any other Republican in that seat.
File under:
• Facts
• Conundrums
• Self-destructive behaviors
"I am not over January 6th. I'll never be over January 6th. The only way to move beyond it is to deal with what caused it and what has been left in its wake."
Dan Rather
Trump's being covered by most of the MSM like a normal candidate rather than someone who tried to end Democracy. This is not objective.
The MSM are the townspeople in 'The Emperor's New Clothes' — but they need to be the child crying out, 'He's naked!"
Trump is calling for vigilantism.
Trump is calling for violence.
Trump is calling for extrajudicial killing.
Trump is calling for murder.
His acts are NOT 'political campaigning'.
His acts are fascist, authoritarian, and profoundly dangerous.
Trump must be jailed pending his trials.
"To all the Americans out there: Remember, if you work hard and dream hard you might just be able to afford basic necessities that other countries guarantee to all their people."
Ben Dashper
The Senate has passed a bill. The House could pass it right now — but they won't, because ~20 Republicans (including Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene, et. al.) are saying, if the House passes the bill, they will remove Kevin McCarthy from the Speaker of the House.
America is being held hostage by internal squabbling of Republicans.
"Donald Trump knows the impact of his words. So when he — on January 6th, when he wanted to go to the Capitol — everything, that was intentional. The Mark Milley tweet that you earlier mentioned from this past weekend — he knows the impact that those words will have. He knows that people will come out and be violent against these people — and that's what he wants."
Cassidy Hutchinson
26 Sept. 2023
Note Gaetz's specific word choice:
• "I don't remember"
• "I doubt they occurred"
Nebulous statements are highly correlated with deception.
Moreover, Gaetz's use of "based on Cassidy's prior false statements" is a false premise.
Note too, Gaetz's use of "Cassidy" in this context, rather than "Ms. Hutchinson" is unprofessional, misogynistic, and manipulative. A profound red flag.
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"This inquiry is not actually about wrongdoing; it is a reiteration of the same plan Trump tried to execute in 2019 when he asked Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to smear Biden before the 2020 presidential election. By launching an inquiry, Republicans can count on their false accusations spreading through the media, tainting their opponents even without evidence of wrongdoing. See, for example, Clinton, Hillary: emails."
Heather Cox Richardson
Is Tommy Tuberville ignorant? Yes — but that's not the reason he's actively delaying the confirmations of more than 300 senior military nominees. And it's not his anti-abortion stance either — that gives him plausible deniability. It's because Tuberville is in Putin's pocket. He wants to hold these spots open for Trump. If Trump is re-elected, Trump will be able to assign these military spots to those who are sympathetic to his agenda — and another coup.
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