We're here, sadly. And about a third of the country thinks what's happening is great, and another third seems to be uninterested or "they don't want to be political".
Republicans like uneducated voters for just this reason and have been working toward this end since at least Reagan. These people vote against their own best interests repeatedly, and then blame the Democrats for their miserable lives.
I fear that we are all are facing a very unpleasant wake-up call. Who are we going to blame then?
To quote Walt Kelly's Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he us."
I don't think that's true anymore. More than half the population receives some form of government benefit now under the gun. That includes a lot of Republicans, now in the noose, -- even some Congressional Republicans. Multiply that by the national security issue, and financial siucide by tarriff, etc..
That is very true Martha. As a toothless bib overalled dude stood on his pallet step outside his one wide in Mississippi, gazing at his trash strewn lawn, told Alexandra Pelosi, when asked why he was opposed to food stamps, because them lazy colored folks don't deserve them, when she mentioned that you too get food stamps he said, that's different I deserve them.
We need to impress Congressional Republicans. Consider those who represent majority Dem districts. Who support Ukraine. Whose donors are being bankrupted by suicide tarriffs. Those who personally lost benefits.
E.G. in cow country, cattle/government subsidies/removal of alt engery tax writeoffs/loss of govenment susidies to research and development and infrastructure projects. All car dealers.
We know who is the great loser, ourselves. So who is the great winner? Surprise, surprise - not Putin. Yes, he gains some breathing space; but the big winner is XI (Why don't we call him "Eleven"?). This headline is telling:
"China Displaces the U.S. as Global Leader in Research, with 9 of top 10 Institutions"
Russia has only strong-arm methods, up to and including actual war. China is doing it without firing a shot. And we are so weakened by trump's antics that there seems to be nothing we can do about it.
With our withdrawal of USAID, China is winning the global PR war too - they're already generously helping earthquake victims in Myanmar, while we might eventually show up on Wednesday with a fraction of the aid....
We are the thing that will save us or fail us, no one else is coming to the rescue. Even united, this will be an uphill battle - but a fight worthy of all our ability.
Don Bacon: (202) 225-4155 D.C. —— (402) 938-0300 District Office
2104 Rayburn House Office Building —Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 3906 Gold Circle, Suite 101 — Omaha, NE 68144
Brian Fitzpatrick: (202) 225-4276 D.C. —— (215) 579-8102 District Office
271 Canon House Office Building - Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 1717 Langhorne Newtown Rd. Suite 225 — Langhorne, PA 19047
David Joyce: (202) 225-5731 D.C. —— (440) 352-3939 District Office
2065 Rayburn House Office Building -- Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 8500 Station Street, Suite 390 — Mentor, OH 44060
Andrew Garbarino: (202) 225-7896 D.C. —— (631) 541-4225 District
2344 Rayburn House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515 — Fax: (202) 226-2279
District Office: 31 Oak St., Suite 20 — Patchogue, NY 11772
Dan Newhouse: (202) 225-5816 D.C. —— (509) 452-3243 District
504 Cannon House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515 — Fax: (202) 225-3251
District Offices: 402 E. Yakima Ave., Suite #1000 — Yakima,WA 98901 Fax: (509) 452-3438 and 3100 George Washington Way #130 — Richland,WA 99354 — (509) 713-7374
Young Kim (R-CA-40): (202) 225-4111 D.C. —— (714) 984-2440 District
2439 Rayburn House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515
District Offices: 180 N. Riverview Dr. Suite 150 — Anaheim, CA 92808 (714) 984-2440 and Mission Viejo City Hall —200 Civic Center — Mission Viejo, CA 92691— (949) 268-6706
Ashley Hinson: (202) 225-2911 D.C. —— (319) 364-2288 District
1717 Longworth House Office Building - Washington,DC 20515
District Office: 118 Third Avenue SE, Suite 206 — Cedar Rapids,IA 52401
David Valadao: (202) 225-4695 D.C. —— (661) 864-7736 District
2465 Rayburn House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515
District Offices: 2700 M Street, Suite 250B — Bakersfield, CA 93301 — Fax: (833) 284-9090 and 107 South Douty Street — Hanford, CA 93230 — (559) 460-6070 Fax: (559) 584-3564
Mike Lawler: (202) 225-6506 D.C324 - - (845) 201- 2060 District
324 Cannon House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515
District Office:: One Blue Hill Plaza, Third Floor, P.O. Box 1645 — Pearl River, NY 10965 and 60 McAlpin Ave. — Mahopac, NY 10541 — (845) 743-7130
Rob Brenahan: (202) 225-5546 D. C. -- (570) 906-6850 District
1133 Longworth House Office Building --- Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 116 North Washington Avenue, Suite 101 — Scranton,PA 18503
Please also protest to our 3 MAGA House members, Carlos Gimenez, Mario Diaz Balart, and Maria Elvira Salazar. Gimenez, born iin Cuba was our Democratic county Mayor until 2020.
All have objected to some of the Trump immigration policy. Also have a huge, powerful, vocal, Canadian constituency. Miami Dade is majority Democratic.
Please also protest to CANF -- Cuban American National Foundation --
Thom, this article is nothing short of "brilliant!" You have created the antithesis to Project 2025. I have been troubled by the apathetic inhumanity and callousness of this administration. Their actions are anti-christian. I am fearful that our democracy may be lost to this coup. But you have laid out all of their horrible policies and actions that have dismantled our democracy. I have seen a communist society, while stationed in W. Germany, early 1980s. We were required to go on a tour to the Hof border crossing, separating West from East Germany. The tour was a requirement for our orientation to W. Germany. We arrived at the a border town that was separated east and west by a gate We entered a building tgat gave us a clear view of E. Germany as we had climbed to the top of a building. We got a view of the horrible degradation and poverty of this communist regime. People wore two colors black and grey, waited in soup/bread lines. They all looked miserable, unkempt, poorly groomed, sullen, malnourished and pale. I fear that we are headed in that direction if We don't take heed of your instructions . Its up to US to stop the kleptocracy
Elect a madman Putin-puppet ["No puppet," my ass!], expect a Mad House.
I think the real prez and vice prez, South Afrikkkaners (Musk & Sacks), have a throwback semi-concentration system in mind. A permanent source of cheap labor.
During apartheid in South Africa, areas where Black people were forced to live were called "Bantustans" or "homelands." These were regions designated for different ethnic groups, and the government claimed they were independent territories. However, they were underdeveloped, overcrowded, and lacked resources, serving as a way to segregate and control the Black population.
Just yesterday, I was reading about Soutwest Afrika, from whence Peter Thiel came to us.
A former German colony, South West Africa became known as Namibia by the UN when the General Assembly changed the territory's name. A territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1966, and under South African occupation from 1966 to 1990.
The main street in the capitol is still "Herman Goering Boulevard." Many of the white concurrent majority speak Germen as a first language.
There is a strong argument that all these folks see apartheid South Africa as paradise lost and want to impose it on us.
That includes a-holes like David Sacks, who would have himelf exterimated under Nazi policy.
Thom, with this you’ve given every Democrat worth electing or re-electing their marching orders. The Democratic Party’s historically low approval rating should make it clear to them that, to borrow from our Canadian brothers, it’s elbows up time. I hope you’re on Ken Martin’s speed dial.
"The Democratic Party, as it is, fundamentally doesn’t want transformation. It doesn’t see the moment it’s in. Democrats believe they barely lost the presidency, barely lost the House, barely lost the Senate, and so the strategy should be to claw back a few seats, squeak out a win, and return to business as usual. But business as usual is exactly what got them here. They aren’t trying to build an overwhelming majority because they don’t believe they need to—and worse, they don’t even want to."
We need to remind the congressmen that they need to take action!
“But business as usual is exactly what got them here.” My oft-expressed sentiments exactly. The Dem establishment and its donor class are tone deaf and dedicated to failure through a commitment to mediocrity. The old guard is chronically derelict and must be defeated.
Given that the United States is a rogue nation, there may be some orchestration by President Putin. However, when most of the world despises you, thine enemies are many. Then, of course, there does exist the distinct possibility that the United States is imploding on its very own. Which tends to be my thinking because, if the "US" is such a global baddass and "the greatest nation on Earth" it would be impervious to attack of any type; except that which it inflicts upon itself.
That's Putin's wish list, to destroy the strength and power of its biggest enemy, the United States, and destroy it internationally as well, so that the U.S. is never again a threat to whatever Czar Putin wishes to do. In laying this out, Thom, you're making the case that Trump is a willing asset for Putin and Russia and there's much information from other sources to buttress that argument.
Everything with Trump is trans actual, he sees money in everything.
His tariffs go up and down because it is his way to extort money from the affected business.
Same when he extorts money from the law firms, colleges etc. give him a few million and poof the threads go away. Trump and Musk are the biggest grifters in the country.
If Trump wanted Greenland for strategic reasons he could restore the many military basis we had in the past (Greenland will welcome that). Instead he wants Greenland for its large deposit of valuable minerals. Same with Canada, he sees dollar signs, timber, oil etc.
Now he is demanding payback from the Ukraine. You just have to follow the money.
Putin and the far right institutions pay him millions to do their bidding, Trump is a sociopath he will do anything for money without any remorse.
His other hobby is counter suing people (4000 and counting), he is obsessed with gold and glitter to cover up his insecurities. Trump and Mrs are morally bankrupt people, they are happy to destroy our democracy in exchange for unchecked power and wealth.
"And whether Trump and Musk are doing it on Putin’s instructions, acting out the Dark Enlightenment vision of a CEO America, or simply trying to wipe out any institutions that might challenge their exercise of raw power, that’s exactly what’s happening right now."
YES, Thom!
If Trump KNOWS he is a Russian asset, that's EVIL.
If Trump DOESN'T KNOW he is a Russian asset, that's WORSE!
If he does declare martial law how will the military react? I have heard that some officers are consulting lawyers to see what their possibilities are. Hopefully they will do the right thing and not turn on their fellow citizens.
The officers that refuse to comply will be court martialed, there are plenty of self serving careerists and just as many theocratic Dominionist, gratis of the infection that started at the Air Force Academy
The enlisted oath (google it), is to obey the orders of the President and officers appointed over him or her.
That’s what hitler’s henchmen did. That didn’t work out too well for them. I do suspect however that most will comply given the consequences that they might face. Tough choice. Not everyone is a Nathan Hale.
The only reason Hitler's henchman had a bad ending is because Das Grosser Reich was taken down from the outside, not the inside. A lesson we Americans have not learned.
There is no force on the outside to take down the 4th Reich of the Rich, it will have to be done from the inside. Or Trusk,(Trump/Musk) is so lacking of forethought, that they and their wrecking ball crew, will destroy all that made America the superpower that once was, we are on the decline, but the fall is not immediate so it is not immediately felt. It will be by the time Trusk finishes the job, but look at the harm done, the people who will suffer and die.
You can absolutely bet that Putin has orchestrated and is running this shit show but maybe not alone. Trump is now pretending to be hard on him about Ukraine negotiations. Another masterful show of disinformation PUT ON by Putin.
China comes out the winner. We have made them powerful financially. Their workforce (or one could say forced) came through for Xi and the CCP.
It's likely Putin and Xi are actually doing this together. Russia is in a weakened state in many ways. Who knows what Xi has promised them and has already given them.
Putin is going to need somewhere to flee if the Russians ever get brave enough to dump him. He can take that other Syrian psychopath, Assad, with him. Maybe everyone of these psychos will end up like many of the others in history. Duterte is in the Hague. A girl can dream.
It's treason. Too bad that doesn't mean anything to republicans. Yet.
Reject the axis of evil!
Just need 3 Republican house members to get started. The strategy to overcome it is laid out in Feathers of Hope -- Jerry Weiss.
https://jerryweiss.substack.com/
Treason for them is anyone who defies them and their agenda.
We're here, sadly. And about a third of the country thinks what's happening is great, and another third seems to be uninterested or "they don't want to be political".
Republicans like uneducated voters for just this reason and have been working toward this end since at least Reagan. These people vote against their own best interests repeatedly, and then blame the Democrats for their miserable lives.
I fear that we are all are facing a very unpleasant wake-up call. Who are we going to blame then?
To quote Walt Kelly's Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he us."
I don't think that's true anymore. More than half the population receives some form of government benefit now under the gun. That includes a lot of Republicans, now in the noose, -- even some Congressional Republicans. Multiply that by the national security issue, and financial siucide by tarriff, etc..
We need to enlist people affected.
Except the MAGA people who are adversely affected don't seem to care as long as the people they hate are also adversely affected.
That is very true Martha. As a toothless bib overalled dude stood on his pallet step outside his one wide in Mississippi, gazing at his trash strewn lawn, told Alexandra Pelosi, when asked why he was opposed to food stamps, because them lazy colored folks don't deserve them, when she mentioned that you too get food stamps he said, that's different I deserve them.
We need to impress Congressional Republicans. Consider those who represent majority Dem districts. Who support Ukraine. Whose donors are being bankrupted by suicide tarriffs. Those who personally lost benefits.
E.G. in cow country, cattle/government subsidies/removal of alt engery tax writeoffs/loss of govenment susidies to research and development and infrastructure projects. All car dealers.
We know who is the great loser, ourselves. So who is the great winner? Surprise, surprise - not Putin. Yes, he gains some breathing space; but the big winner is XI (Why don't we call him "Eleven"?). This headline is telling:
"China Displaces the U.S. as Global Leader in Research, with 9 of top 10 Institutions"
Russia has only strong-arm methods, up to and including actual war. China is doing it without firing a shot. And we are so weakened by trump's antics that there seems to be nothing we can do about it.
The time to act is now. Find and join a local group of Indivisible https://indivisible.org/ . And please check out the 3.5% rule: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world .
Xi Mandarin means "wash". jinping means only his name means Wash Only. (no rinse LOL)
With our withdrawal of USAID, China is winning the global PR war too - they're already generously helping earthquake victims in Myanmar, while we might eventually show up on Wednesday with a fraction of the aid....
I'm sure the ever-magnanimous trump will waive tariffs on imports from Myanmar.
We are the thing that will save us or fail us, no one else is coming to the rescue. Even united, this will be an uphill battle - but a fight worthy of all our ability.
Yes, the time to act is now. Find and join a local group of Indivisible https://indivisible.org/ . And please check out the 3.5% rule: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world .
So ...approximately 12.5 million active. Can you say April 5th? Followed up with multiple April 5ths.
It is possible.
April 5th will be a good practice event.
These Republicans say they want to negotiate:
Don Bacon: (202) 225-4155 D.C. —— (402) 938-0300 District Office
2104 Rayburn House Office Building —Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 3906 Gold Circle, Suite 101 — Omaha, NE 68144
Brian Fitzpatrick: (202) 225-4276 D.C. —— (215) 579-8102 District Office
271 Canon House Office Building - Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 1717 Langhorne Newtown Rd. Suite 225 — Langhorne, PA 19047
David Joyce: (202) 225-5731 D.C. —— (440) 352-3939 District Office
2065 Rayburn House Office Building -- Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 8500 Station Street, Suite 390 — Mentor, OH 44060
Andrew Garbarino: (202) 225-7896 D.C. —— (631) 541-4225 District
2344 Rayburn House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515 — Fax: (202) 226-2279
District Office: 31 Oak St., Suite 20 — Patchogue, NY 11772
Dan Newhouse: (202) 225-5816 D.C. —— (509) 452-3243 District
504 Cannon House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515 — Fax: (202) 225-3251
District Offices: 402 E. Yakima Ave., Suite #1000 — Yakima,WA 98901 Fax: (509) 452-3438 and 3100 George Washington Way #130 — Richland,WA 99354 — (509) 713-7374
Young Kim (R-CA-40): (202) 225-4111 D.C. —— (714) 984-2440 District
2439 Rayburn House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515
District Offices: 180 N. Riverview Dr. Suite 150 — Anaheim, CA 92808 (714) 984-2440 and Mission Viejo City Hall —200 Civic Center — Mission Viejo, CA 92691— (949) 268-6706
Ashley Hinson: (202) 225-2911 D.C. —— (319) 364-2288 District
1717 Longworth House Office Building - Washington,DC 20515
District Office: 118 Third Avenue SE, Suite 206 — Cedar Rapids,IA 52401
David Valadao: (202) 225-4695 D.C. —— (661) 864-7736 District
2465 Rayburn House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515
District Offices: 2700 M Street, Suite 250B — Bakersfield, CA 93301 — Fax: (833) 284-9090 and 107 South Douty Street — Hanford, CA 93230 — (559) 460-6070 Fax: (559) 584-3564
Mike Lawler: (202) 225-6506 D.C324 - - (845) 201- 2060 District
324 Cannon House Office Building — Washington, DC 20515
District Office:: One Blue Hill Plaza, Third Floor, P.O. Box 1645 — Pearl River, NY 10965 and 60 McAlpin Ave. — Mahopac, NY 10541 — (845) 743-7130
Rob Brenahan: (202) 225-5546 D. C. -- (570) 906-6850 District
1133 Longworth House Office Building --- Washington, DC 20515
District Office: 116 North Washington Avenue, Suite 101 — Scranton,PA 18503
Please also protest to our 3 MAGA House members, Carlos Gimenez, Mario Diaz Balart, and Maria Elvira Salazar. Gimenez, born iin Cuba was our Democratic county Mayor until 2020.
All have objected to some of the Trump immigration policy. Also have a huge, powerful, vocal, Canadian constituency. Miami Dade is majority Democratic.
Please also protest to CANF -- Cuban American National Foundation --
2147 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33135
Phone: (305) 592-7768
So if some Brave Democrat throws a bill of imeachment on the floor, then it should receive enough votes to pass.
One has been written -- Al Green -- but we need Feathers of Hope.
Trump sure was right about one thing. The enemy is within and they call themselves Republicans.
Within and without.
Thom, this article is nothing short of "brilliant!" You have created the antithesis to Project 2025. I have been troubled by the apathetic inhumanity and callousness of this administration. Their actions are anti-christian. I am fearful that our democracy may be lost to this coup. But you have laid out all of their horrible policies and actions that have dismantled our democracy. I have seen a communist society, while stationed in W. Germany, early 1980s. We were required to go on a tour to the Hof border crossing, separating West from East Germany. The tour was a requirement for our orientation to W. Germany. We arrived at the a border town that was separated east and west by a gate We entered a building tgat gave us a clear view of E. Germany as we had climbed to the top of a building. We got a view of the horrible degradation and poverty of this communist regime. People wore two colors black and grey, waited in soup/bread lines. They all looked miserable, unkempt, poorly groomed, sullen, malnourished and pale. I fear that we are headed in that direction if We don't take heed of your instructions . Its up to US to stop the kleptocracy
Elect a madman Putin-puppet ["No puppet," my ass!], expect a Mad House.
I think the real prez and vice prez, South Afrikkkaners (Musk & Sacks), have a throwback semi-concentration system in mind. A permanent source of cheap labor.
During apartheid in South Africa, areas where Black people were forced to live were called "Bantustans" or "homelands." These were regions designated for different ethnic groups, and the government claimed they were independent territories. However, they were underdeveloped, overcrowded, and lacked resources, serving as a way to segregate and control the Black population.
How Christian is THAT, Evangelicals, et al ???
Just yesterday, I was reading about Soutwest Afrika, from whence Peter Thiel came to us.
A former German colony, South West Africa became known as Namibia by the UN when the General Assembly changed the territory's name. A territory under South African administration from 1915 to 1966, and under South African occupation from 1966 to 1990.
The main street in the capitol is still "Herman Goering Boulevard." Many of the white concurrent majority speak Germen as a first language.
There is a strong argument that all these folks see apartheid South Africa as paradise lost and want to impose it on us.
That includes a-holes like David Sacks, who would have himelf exterimated under Nazi policy.
Thom, with this you’ve given every Democrat worth electing or re-electing their marching orders. The Democratic Party’s historically low approval rating should make it clear to them that, to borrow from our Canadian brothers, it’s elbows up time. I hope you’re on Ken Martin’s speed dial.
This from Corbin Trent oped in The Nation:
"The Democratic Party, as it is, fundamentally doesn’t want transformation. It doesn’t see the moment it’s in. Democrats believe they barely lost the presidency, barely lost the House, barely lost the Senate, and so the strategy should be to claw back a few seats, squeak out a win, and return to business as usual. But business as usual is exactly what got them here. They aren’t trying to build an overwhelming majority because they don’t believe they need to—and worse, they don’t even want to."
We need to remind the congressmen that they need to take action!
“But business as usual is exactly what got them here.” My oft-expressed sentiments exactly. The Dem establishment and its donor class are tone deaf and dedicated to failure through a commitment to mediocrity. The old guard is chronically derelict and must be defeated.
IMHO we actually won. We wuz riobbed.
Target Republicans.
Given that the United States is a rogue nation, there may be some orchestration by President Putin. However, when most of the world despises you, thine enemies are many. Then, of course, there does exist the distinct possibility that the United States is imploding on its very own. Which tends to be my thinking because, if the "US" is such a global baddass and "the greatest nation on Earth" it would be impervious to attack of any type; except that which it inflicts upon itself.
Psy ops in action.
Yes, absolutely. The Trump/Musk/Putin team is doing everything it can to take us down. The time to act is now. Find and join a local group of Indivisible https://indivisible.org/ . And please check out the 3.5% rule: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world .
That's Putin's wish list, to destroy the strength and power of its biggest enemy, the United States, and destroy it internationally as well, so that the U.S. is never again a threat to whatever Czar Putin wishes to do. In laying this out, Thom, you're making the case that Trump is a willing asset for Putin and Russia and there's much information from other sources to buttress that argument.
Everything with Trump is trans actual, he sees money in everything.
His tariffs go up and down because it is his way to extort money from the affected business.
Same when he extorts money from the law firms, colleges etc. give him a few million and poof the threads go away. Trump and Musk are the biggest grifters in the country.
If Trump wanted Greenland for strategic reasons he could restore the many military basis we had in the past (Greenland will welcome that). Instead he wants Greenland for its large deposit of valuable minerals. Same with Canada, he sees dollar signs, timber, oil etc.
Now he is demanding payback from the Ukraine. You just have to follow the money.
Putin and the far right institutions pay him millions to do their bidding, Trump is a sociopath he will do anything for money without any remorse.
His other hobby is counter suing people (4000 and counting), he is obsessed with gold and glitter to cover up his insecurities. Trump and Mrs are morally bankrupt people, they are happy to destroy our democracy in exchange for unchecked power and wealth.
Sorry Mrs. should be Musk
Trump sees Greenland as an open pit mine, extracting rare earth minerals. That is where the money is these days, in batteries and computers.
"And whether Trump and Musk are doing it on Putin’s instructions, acting out the Dark Enlightenment vision of a CEO America, or simply trying to wipe out any institutions that might challenge their exercise of raw power, that’s exactly what’s happening right now."
YES, Thom!
If Trump KNOWS he is a Russian asset, that's EVIL.
If Trump DOESN'T KNOW he is a Russian asset, that's WORSE!
If he does declare martial law how will the military react? I have heard that some officers are consulting lawyers to see what their possibilities are. Hopefully they will do the right thing and not turn on their fellow citizens.
The officers that refuse to comply will be court martialed, there are plenty of self serving careerists and just as many theocratic Dominionist, gratis of the infection that started at the Air Force Academy
The enlisted oath (google it), is to obey the orders of the President and officers appointed over him or her.
That’s what hitler’s henchmen did. That didn’t work out too well for them. I do suspect however that most will comply given the consequences that they might face. Tough choice. Not everyone is a Nathan Hale.
The only reason Hitler's henchman had a bad ending is because Das Grosser Reich was taken down from the outside, not the inside. A lesson we Americans have not learned.
There is no force on the outside to take down the 4th Reich of the Rich, it will have to be done from the inside. Or Trusk,(Trump/Musk) is so lacking of forethought, that they and their wrecking ball crew, will destroy all that made America the superpower that once was, we are on the decline, but the fall is not immediate so it is not immediately felt. It will be by the time Trusk finishes the job, but look at the harm done, the people who will suffer and die.
You can absolutely bet that Putin has orchestrated and is running this shit show but maybe not alone. Trump is now pretending to be hard on him about Ukraine negotiations. Another masterful show of disinformation PUT ON by Putin.
China comes out the winner. We have made them powerful financially. Their workforce (or one could say forced) came through for Xi and the CCP.
It's likely Putin and Xi are actually doing this together. Russia is in a weakened state in many ways. Who knows what Xi has promised them and has already given them.
Putin is going to need somewhere to flee if the Russians ever get brave enough to dump him. He can take that other Syrian psychopath, Assad, with him. Maybe everyone of these psychos will end up like many of the others in history. Duterte is in the Hague. A girl can dream.
Good lesson today, Thom!
The world of the future is Orwells world modified
Oceania is the Technate of America map https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:34227574
Eurasia is Europe and Russia and the Stans
East Asia is China
the Mideast and North Africa will be the Sultanate of Turqiye , Mullahcracy and Wahhabiyy of the Kingdom fighting it out for suzernaity.
Just like rump and the republicans.