Not surprising on both counts - self-serving, the rest of us be damned,Kushner Trump et al .
and 2nd the fact that main line news ignored it - refused to read the details...
But I am also bothered by the cheating in the Tennessee election on 2 December...
. and the Republicans cheated on the Tennessee election 2 days ago - they rigged the vote - the bigger the # of votes per machine, the bigger the Republican vote - regardless of where you live in Montgomery County - machine-driven ballot changing - by the software known as "the Russian veil" ..... plus the anomalous addition of Epps votes after 99.4% votes had been counted-
- check it out!!! we need to make it more public too...
The fact that the krasnov klan can commit all of these crimes in broad daylight is beyond belief. But they pale in comparison to the hundreds of thousands they have killed by the elimination of USAID. Our reputation on the international stage will be permanently damaged unless we get rid of the current administration asap.
Max on UNFTR this morning compared Trump to the Roman Emperor Commodus, the eccentric and corrupt emperor before the rapid decline. Thanks, Thom, for the daily report. I learn so much from what you share and look forward to it every day.
If and when we escape this madness, there cannot be any of the "we just need to move on" BS. These men and women must be held accountable - for the grift, the corruption and perhaps most important, for the cruelty.
Jared the Kush is negotiating for Prince Bonesaw while supposedly acting as a peacemaker for the US. Trump thinks that we don't notice. This country has never seen such corruption! Historians will have a field day with the many misdeeds of the Trump Administration.
Because "mainstream" media is too stupid to keep track of independent news?
Truthfully, looking at this issue that will ensure grain gets to people that need to eat, I'm thinking "Six Seven".
The fire hose of corrupt profit being sprayed in the direction of the TRump syndicate would dominate every news cycle. People would nod off after the first five minutes. Kinda like the Pres at his Cabinet meetings.
Thank you Thom and Company and ALL the independent reporters for the details. Dems are making a list---just remember they didn't start the fire. First the boat murders and hearings; that's something the MSM got right.
Whitkoff and Kushner looked so stupid sitting across from a grinning Putin. That payoff is too complicated for a sign, but the words corruption and Russia Russia Russia work. See you in the streets.
The rest of the story. Unreported that House Democrats have announced they have 214 signatures on a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the tax credits and invited Republicans to join them to bring the measure to the floor.
If they can do it on Obamacare, they can do it re murder on the high seas. Same with Ukraine/Putin.
If they can do it for those reasons, no reason why the Al Green intitiative can't be brought.
I'm not able to determine whether he still is required to file. I would hope that he has to be audited.
I asked AI for an accounting. It is difficult to determine the exact amount of money the Trump family made during #45 due to undisclosed and complex financial dealings. However, reports indicate they profited substantially, with some estimates suggesting the Trump Organization revenue exceeded $1.6 billion, while Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's outside income was reported between $172 million and $640 million during the same period. Other reports highlight significant foreign government payments and the role of family businesses and political connections in generating income.
3. As I reported earlier, most of the current scam was planned here in Bagahad By the Sea when the Saudis and Trumps had a public lovefest last month. Witcoff's son is a business partner and close friend of the Trump kids.
Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer and a special envoy under the Trump administration, has an extensive network of business connections, primarily in real estate and a new cryptocurrency venture, with several ties to the Trump family, Russian-linked individuals, and Middle Eastern nations.
Key Business Connections
Donald Trump and Family:
Longstanding Relationship: Witkoff and Trump have been friends and business partners for decades, originating from their shared history in New York real estate.
World Liberty Financial: Steve Witkoff and his sons Alex and Zach co-founded World Liberty, a cryptocurrency company, in partnership with the Trump family.
Advisory Roles: During Trump's first term, Witkoff served on the Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups and became an informal advisor on various issues.
Len Blavatnik:
Real Estate Partnerships: Blavatnik, a billionaire born in Soviet Ukraine with U.S. and U.K. citizenship, is a key business partner of Witkoff.
Major Projects: They partnered on the development of the luxury One High Line project in New York City and the Ocean Terrace and Belgrove developments in Miami/West Palm Beach.
Russian Connections: Blavatnik made his initial fortune by investing in Russian oil assets alongside sanctioned Russian oligarch Victor Vekselberg, who reportedly has close ties to Vladimir Putin.
Middle Eastern Entities (Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia):
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Witkoff's firm has received hundreds of millions in financing tied to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, particularly from Qatar, often via intermediaries like the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management.
Diplomatic/Business Overlap: These business ties have drawn scrutiny as Witkoff serves as a special envoy to the Middle East. His sons have also sought investments from Gulf nations for Witkoff Group projects and the World Liberty crypto venture.
UAE Deals: World Liberty secured a $2 billion transaction with MGX, an investment firm backed by the Emirati ruling family. This coincided with Witkoff advocating for the U.A.E. to access advanced A.I. chips, raising significant ethics concerns.
Park Lane Hotel: A consortium including Witkoff and Howard Lorber sold the Park Lane Hotel to the Qatari Investment Authority for $623 million.
Other Notable Connections:
Blackstone: In 2015, the Witkoff Group secured a $256 million refinancing of the Woolworth Building from Blackstone, whose chairman, Stephen Schwarzman, previously sat on the advisory board of a Russian sovereign wealth fund.
Howard Lorber and Bennett LeBow: Witkoff's network includes Howard Lorber and Bennett LeBow, fellow real estate and business figures with whom he has partnered on various ventures.
Jared Kushner: Witkoff has worked with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and former Middle East envoy, on diplomatic missions and both have business ties to the Middle East.
Witkoff has faced significant scrutiny and questions from U.S. senators and ethics watchdogs regarding potential conflicts of interest stemming from his simultaneous business dealings and diplomatic roles. He has reportedly sold an interest in his company as part of a divestiture plan but maintains a significant ownership stake.
Were there really laws, in the far distant past, about "conflict of interest?" If so, then it's obvious that Trump should never have been a candidate for anything.
IG's were aggressive in every agency, Office of Special Counsel and DOJ prosecuted conflicts. I heard debarmants of government contractors under certain circumstances.. I.E. Service Contract Act.
Biden didn't want to appear to be vindictive. Garland was ineffective.
Trump is lucky that so many prosecutoirs were duds.
Yes Sir, Biden and Garland let us all down by playing (very) soft ball, while Trump and the Republicans were playing (well, not merely playing) hardball.
IMHO , I think the press is or are to afraid of what the corrupt president &his goons, the maga will do. In all my life I've never heard of people getting Death Threats because they go against a president. But then again we've never had a more corrupt, arrogant, and felon as a president. I truly wish that things turn around before it's way to late to fix.
Sarah Palin was right about the “lame stream media”, although she had no idea why. Between the stultifying, unending avalanche of Repugnican corruption and corporate media’s ever-expanding dereliction, the danger of creeping inurement is real and increasingly “normal”. Of equally real concern is that Dems, should they get the chance, will be unwilling to pursue and prosecute wherever justified for fear of appearing to weaponize justice. Impact of the damage being done is incalculable. Failure to address all of it in the name of appearances would be catastrophic.
Tom. tis the corporate media, not MSM or Lamestream, but corporate and that tells you all you need to know. The one and only responsibility of a corporation is to make a profit, a positive return for investors. To fulfill that responsibility they take whatever action, whatever side that is necessary.
See Dodge v Ford, Michigan, 1919. There is no liberal media, no conservative media only corporate media, and they hire and fire writers, reporters,editors as needed to stay in business and maximize profits.
They also engage in what is called market segmentation. For example: Fox, OANN, Newsmax et al, have a virtual monopoly on the conservative market, and fight among themselves for share).
MSNOW, formerly MSNBC, slanted their coverage to the untapped market of liberal gray hairs
Which would be obvious to the perceptive, if they paid attention to the commercials, MSNOW's commercials are tailored to the geriatric crowd
Thom - from the minute Kushner stepped into the negotiations we knew he would try to benefit for himself and his “clients”. It’s just unfathomable that he treats this like a business deal rather than an agreement to stop killing people because that’s what a peace deal should be about. He’s just another rich, uncaring person - like his father-in-law- who hit a home run in his first at bat and doesn’t realize how lucky he is. With his wealth, he should be helping people, not trying to destroy their country
Here is the quandry. But explainable by power politics.
Jared kushner is a Jew. Saudi Arabia will not allow anyone into their country with an Israeli stamp on the passport. Kushner has been to Israel many times, as recently as last month.
However I doubt that Kushner, nor Witkoff nor any in the Trump administration has to go through passport control in S.A., just like Putin did not have to go through passport control when he landed in Alaska
Jews aren't necessarily Israelis, or Zionists either, so that is irrelevant. And plenty of non-Jews go to Israel. But in any case Israel no longer stamps passports, just gives visitors a piece of paper to turn in. Of course they know he goes there, but rules can be bent for political needs, every government does that. Diplomatic cover allows a lot of people to cross borders who otherwise would never be allowed into certain countries.
Uh Doc, you are stating the obvious, but you are also being knee jerk reflexive, I stated that Kushner had been to Israel, thus the assumption is that he had an Israel stamp on his passport, , But thanks for the update, Israel in response to the Saudi law, evidently by passed it by not stamping passports
This points out convoluted the Mid East is. For decades the Muslim countries were united and dedicated to the erasure of the Jewish state, and they formed the Arab League.
The flags of Egypt until 1972, of Syria and Iraq, until the end of the Ba'athist regime, represented the United Arab Republic.
now with oil flowing out and gold flowing in, their interest has turned to self preservation, most assuredly the top leadership is secularized, although I doubt that they have left Islam and become Irtidad, When in America and Europe they party harder than Americans and Europeans.
I witnessed the partying of a Prince and his entourage at an officers club in the states.
My late uncle was the US government appaaiser for US property in Saudi Arabia. Some of us served in the military in Saudi.
Henry Kissinger visited Saudi Arabia multiple times, including meetings with King Faisal in Riyadh in November 1973 and February 1975. He also had other discussions with Saudi officials, such as Prince Fahd and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Omar Sakkaf, during his trips.
AI. Henry Kissinger's relationship with Saudi Arabia revolved around a 1970s effort to mediate peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict and secure American interests, particularly regarding oil. During the 1973 oil embargo, Kissinger met with Saudi King Faisal to negotiate, but the U.S. and Saudi Arabia had a tense relationship, with the Saudis tying the lifting of the embargo to the return of occupied Arab territories. Later, in the 1970s, Kissinger also worked to establish the "petrodollar" system, an agreement where Saudi Arabia would price its oil exclusively in U.S. dollars in exchange for U.S. military protection.
Did your late uncle also have an Israel stamp on his passport? If he did then he met the political criteria for exceptions, same with Kissinger.
As I said, and you can verify with AI overview. If you have an Israel stamp on your passport, you are denied entrance. So evidently they make exceptions for political purposes
There's a rumor that Jared has a hideous portrait of himself hidden in his attic. And with respect to the Qatar defense pact, how is it that the so-called "arsenal of democracy" become committed to propping up dictators and defending torture and genocide?
I will await the flurry of McCarthyist accusations from Thom Hartmann loyalists, but the Trump peace proposal has many of same points that were in the agreement that was reached in March of 2022 before Biden sent Boris Johnson to tell Zelensky this was going to be a protracted war to weaken Putin (a line echoed the very next day by former Raytheon board member then Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin). Unfortunately, due to the propaganda spread by the likes of you Thom and other corporate media sources, I have to preface my facts by stating the obvious that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was not justified but by the same token it was not unprovoked. The not-so-funny thing is that in this piece I present copies of leaked documents to support the points that Obama's coup in Ukraine in 2014, NATO encroachment since 1991 and Ukraine's treatment of ethnic Russians in the Donbass are three major instigators of Putin's actions, yet your minions will no doubt personally attack me. And therein lies the problem in our country and in our politics--a complete inversion of justice. Those who tell the truth are now the villains, and those who ignore or deny the truth in favor of political expediency are the heroes. https://barryjkaufmando.substack.com/p/ukraine-for-dummies-take-the-quiz
Thank you Thom:
Not surprising on both counts - self-serving, the rest of us be damned,Kushner Trump et al .
and 2nd the fact that main line news ignored it - refused to read the details...
But I am also bothered by the cheating in the Tennessee election on 2 December...
. and the Republicans cheated on the Tennessee election 2 days ago - they rigged the vote - the bigger the # of votes per machine, the bigger the Republican vote - regardless of where you live in Montgomery County - machine-driven ballot changing - by the software known as "the Russian veil" ..... plus the anomalous addition of Epps votes after 99.4% votes had been counted-
- check it out!!! we need to make it more public too...
Cruelty and corruption will be what is remembered about the Trump administration, unless we have a geographic or economic catastrophe.
@ Gordon -- Mongomery County Pa?
If so a case was filed in the WDPA requesting an accounting for votes in the 2024 election.
This is definitely for Montgomery County, Tennessee - the 2 December election -
The SAME problems and more - they had a pile of votes arbitrarily added for Epps at the end
The fact that the krasnov klan can commit all of these crimes in broad daylight is beyond belief. But they pale in comparison to the hundreds of thousands they have killed by the elimination of USAID. Our reputation on the international stage will be permanently damaged unless we get rid of the current administration asap.
Max on UNFTR this morning compared Trump to the Roman Emperor Commodus, the eccentric and corrupt emperor before the rapid decline. Thanks, Thom, for the daily report. I learn so much from what you share and look forward to it every day.
Is this why "commode" is another word for a toilet?
Lol.
If and when we escape this madness, there cannot be any of the "we just need to move on" BS. These men and women must be held accountable - for the grift, the corruption and perhaps most important, for the cruelty.
Jared the Kush is negotiating for Prince Bonesaw while supposedly acting as a peacemaker for the US. Trump thinks that we don't notice. This country has never seen such corruption! Historians will have a field day with the many misdeeds of the Trump Administration.
Because "mainstream" media is too stupid to keep track of independent news?
Truthfully, looking at this issue that will ensure grain gets to people that need to eat, I'm thinking "Six Seven".
The fire hose of corrupt profit being sprayed in the direction of the TRump syndicate would dominate every news cycle. People would nod off after the first five minutes. Kinda like the Pres at his Cabinet meetings.
Thank you Thom and Company and ALL the independent reporters for the details. Dems are making a list---just remember they didn't start the fire. First the boat murders and hearings; that's something the MSM got right.
Whitkoff and Kushner looked so stupid sitting across from a grinning Putin. That payoff is too complicated for a sign, but the words corruption and Russia Russia Russia work. See you in the streets.
The MSM issue is re hype.
The rest of the story. Unreported that House Democrats have announced they have 214 signatures on a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the tax credits and invited Republicans to join them to bring the measure to the floor.
If they can do it on Obamacare, they can do it re murder on the high seas. Same with Ukraine/Putin.
If they can do it for those reasons, no reason why the Al Green intitiative can't be brought.
1. Thom: when will Democrats begin an investigation into it?
Ans. They have an ongoing investigation initiated by Ron Wrden and Jamie Raskin last year.
2. As a fed, Kushner was required to file a financial statement...which he screwed ujp annually. https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-final-financial-disclosures/
I'm not able to determine whether he still is required to file. I would hope that he has to be audited.
I asked AI for an accounting. It is difficult to determine the exact amount of money the Trump family made during #45 due to undisclosed and complex financial dealings. However, reports indicate they profited substantially, with some estimates suggesting the Trump Organization revenue exceeded $1.6 billion, while Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's outside income was reported between $172 million and $640 million during the same period. Other reports highlight significant foreign government payments and the role of family businesses and political connections in generating income.
3. As I reported earlier, most of the current scam was planned here in Bagahad By the Sea when the Saudis and Trumps had a public lovefest last month. Witcoff's son is a business partner and close friend of the Trump kids.
Steve Witkoff, a real estate developer and a special envoy under the Trump administration, has an extensive network of business connections, primarily in real estate and a new cryptocurrency venture, with several ties to the Trump family, Russian-linked individuals, and Middle Eastern nations.
Key Business Connections
Donald Trump and Family:
Longstanding Relationship: Witkoff and Trump have been friends and business partners for decades, originating from their shared history in New York real estate.
World Liberty Financial: Steve Witkoff and his sons Alex and Zach co-founded World Liberty, a cryptocurrency company, in partnership with the Trump family.
Advisory Roles: During Trump's first term, Witkoff served on the Great American Economic Revival Industry Groups and became an informal advisor on various issues.
Len Blavatnik:
Real Estate Partnerships: Blavatnik, a billionaire born in Soviet Ukraine with U.S. and U.K. citizenship, is a key business partner of Witkoff.
Major Projects: They partnered on the development of the luxury One High Line project in New York City and the Ocean Terrace and Belgrove developments in Miami/West Palm Beach.
Russian Connections: Blavatnik made his initial fortune by investing in Russian oil assets alongside sanctioned Russian oligarch Victor Vekselberg, who reportedly has close ties to Vladimir Putin.
Middle Eastern Entities (Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia):
Sovereign Wealth Funds: Witkoff's firm has received hundreds of millions in financing tied to Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, particularly from Qatar, often via intermediaries like the private-equity firm Apollo Global Management.
Diplomatic/Business Overlap: These business ties have drawn scrutiny as Witkoff serves as a special envoy to the Middle East. His sons have also sought investments from Gulf nations for Witkoff Group projects and the World Liberty crypto venture.
UAE Deals: World Liberty secured a $2 billion transaction with MGX, an investment firm backed by the Emirati ruling family. This coincided with Witkoff advocating for the U.A.E. to access advanced A.I. chips, raising significant ethics concerns.
Park Lane Hotel: A consortium including Witkoff and Howard Lorber sold the Park Lane Hotel to the Qatari Investment Authority for $623 million.
Other Notable Connections:
Blackstone: In 2015, the Witkoff Group secured a $256 million refinancing of the Woolworth Building from Blackstone, whose chairman, Stephen Schwarzman, previously sat on the advisory board of a Russian sovereign wealth fund.
Howard Lorber and Bennett LeBow: Witkoff's network includes Howard Lorber and Bennett LeBow, fellow real estate and business figures with whom he has partnered on various ventures.
Jared Kushner: Witkoff has worked with Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and former Middle East envoy, on diplomatic missions and both have business ties to the Middle East.
Witkoff has faced significant scrutiny and questions from U.S. senators and ethics watchdogs regarding potential conflicts of interest stemming from his simultaneous business dealings and diplomatic roles. He has reportedly sold an interest in his company as part of a divestiture plan but maintains a significant ownership stake.
Were there really laws, in the far distant past, about "conflict of interest?" If so, then it's obvious that Trump should never have been a candidate for anything.
IG's were aggressive in every agency, Office of Special Counsel and DOJ prosecuted conflicts. I heard debarmants of government contractors under certain circumstances.. I.E. Service Contract Act.
Biden didn't want to appear to be vindictive. Garland was ineffective.
Trump is lucky that so many prosecutoirs were duds.
Yes Sir, Biden and Garland let us all down by playing (very) soft ball, while Trump and the Republicans were playing (well, not merely playing) hardball.
IMHO , I think the press is or are to afraid of what the corrupt president &his goons, the maga will do. In all my life I've never heard of people getting Death Threats because they go against a president. But then again we've never had a more corrupt, arrogant, and felon as a president. I truly wish that things turn around before it's way to late to fix.
Jared's Mo' Bone Saw's primary whore. He's an agent of any Arab with at least a billion to grease his palm and hindparts.
He's in Mo' BS's harem. Next, he'll dance in Mo's tent, in a gauzy outfit, with translucent "MC Hammer" pants and a midriff top. Also see through.
Sarah Palin was right about the “lame stream media”, although she had no idea why. Between the stultifying, unending avalanche of Repugnican corruption and corporate media’s ever-expanding dereliction, the danger of creeping inurement is real and increasingly “normal”. Of equally real concern is that Dems, should they get the chance, will be unwilling to pursue and prosecute wherever justified for fear of appearing to weaponize justice. Impact of the damage being done is incalculable. Failure to address all of it in the name of appearances would be catastrophic.
Tom. tis the corporate media, not MSM or Lamestream, but corporate and that tells you all you need to know. The one and only responsibility of a corporation is to make a profit, a positive return for investors. To fulfill that responsibility they take whatever action, whatever side that is necessary.
See Dodge v Ford, Michigan, 1919. There is no liberal media, no conservative media only corporate media, and they hire and fire writers, reporters,editors as needed to stay in business and maximize profits.
They also engage in what is called market segmentation. For example: Fox, OANN, Newsmax et al, have a virtual monopoly on the conservative market, and fight among themselves for share).
MSNOW, formerly MSNBC, slanted their coverage to the untapped market of liberal gray hairs
Which would be obvious to the perceptive, if they paid attention to the commercials, MSNOW's commercials are tailored to the geriatric crowd
It's a game folk.
Thom - from the minute Kushner stepped into the negotiations we knew he would try to benefit for himself and his “clients”. It’s just unfathomable that he treats this like a business deal rather than an agreement to stop killing people because that’s what a peace deal should be about. He’s just another rich, uncaring person - like his father-in-law- who hit a home run in his first at bat and doesn’t realize how lucky he is. With his wealth, he should be helping people, not trying to destroy their country
So thankful for your inquiring (and answering) mind, Thom!
I believe the proposed peace plan for Israel-Palestine has conditions for plenty of Trump/Kushner profit also.
Here is the quandry. But explainable by power politics.
Jared kushner is a Jew. Saudi Arabia will not allow anyone into their country with an Israeli stamp on the passport. Kushner has been to Israel many times, as recently as last month.
However I doubt that Kushner, nor Witkoff nor any in the Trump administration has to go through passport control in S.A., just like Putin did not have to go through passport control when he landed in Alaska
Different rules for the powerful and connected.
Jews aren't necessarily Israelis, or Zionists either, so that is irrelevant. And plenty of non-Jews go to Israel. But in any case Israel no longer stamps passports, just gives visitors a piece of paper to turn in. Of course they know he goes there, but rules can be bent for political needs, every government does that. Diplomatic cover allows a lot of people to cross borders who otherwise would never be allowed into certain countries.
Uh Doc, you are stating the obvious, but you are also being knee jerk reflexive, I stated that Kushner had been to Israel, thus the assumption is that he had an Israel stamp on his passport, , But thanks for the update, Israel in response to the Saudi law, evidently by passed it by not stamping passports
This points out convoluted the Mid East is. For decades the Muslim countries were united and dedicated to the erasure of the Jewish state, and they formed the Arab League.
The flags of Egypt until 1972, of Syria and Iraq, until the end of the Ba'athist regime, represented the United Arab Republic.
now with oil flowing out and gold flowing in, their interest has turned to self preservation, most assuredly the top leadership is secularized, although I doubt that they have left Islam and become Irtidad, When in America and Europe they party harder than Americans and Europeans.
I witnessed the partying of a Prince and his entourage at an officers club in the states.
My late uncle was the US government appaaiser for US property in Saudi Arabia. Some of us served in the military in Saudi.
Henry Kissinger visited Saudi Arabia multiple times, including meetings with King Faisal in Riyadh in November 1973 and February 1975. He also had other discussions with Saudi officials, such as Prince Fahd and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Omar Sakkaf, during his trips.
AI. Henry Kissinger's relationship with Saudi Arabia revolved around a 1970s effort to mediate peace in the Arab-Israeli conflict and secure American interests, particularly regarding oil. During the 1973 oil embargo, Kissinger met with Saudi King Faisal to negotiate, but the U.S. and Saudi Arabia had a tense relationship, with the Saudis tying the lifting of the embargo to the return of occupied Arab territories. Later, in the 1970s, Kissinger also worked to establish the "petrodollar" system, an agreement where Saudi Arabia would price its oil exclusively in U.S. dollars in exchange for U.S. military protection.
Also reminds me of the character, "Wrongway Golfarb" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goldfarb,_Please_Come_Home!
Did your late uncle also have an Israel stamp on his passport? If he did then he met the political criteria for exceptions, same with Kissinger.
As I said, and you can verify with AI overview. If you have an Israel stamp on your passport, you are denied entrance. So evidently they make exceptions for political purposes
The Exceptional Greed of the Exceptionally Wealthy!
There's a rumor that Jared has a hideous portrait of himself hidden in his attic. And with respect to the Qatar defense pact, how is it that the so-called "arsenal of democracy" become committed to propping up dictators and defending torture and genocide?
I will await the flurry of McCarthyist accusations from Thom Hartmann loyalists, but the Trump peace proposal has many of same points that were in the agreement that was reached in March of 2022 before Biden sent Boris Johnson to tell Zelensky this was going to be a protracted war to weaken Putin (a line echoed the very next day by former Raytheon board member then Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin). Unfortunately, due to the propaganda spread by the likes of you Thom and other corporate media sources, I have to preface my facts by stating the obvious that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was not justified but by the same token it was not unprovoked. The not-so-funny thing is that in this piece I present copies of leaked documents to support the points that Obama's coup in Ukraine in 2014, NATO encroachment since 1991 and Ukraine's treatment of ethnic Russians in the Donbass are three major instigators of Putin's actions, yet your minions will no doubt personally attack me. And therein lies the problem in our country and in our politics--a complete inversion of justice. Those who tell the truth are now the villains, and those who ignore or deny the truth in favor of political expediency are the heroes. https://barryjkaufmando.substack.com/p/ukraine-for-dummies-take-the-quiz