Supporting Ukraine
When Americans learned of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the U.S. had an opportunity not seen in quite a few years: to agree unanimously that these war crimes were not acceptable and would not stand.
Of course, that’s not what happened. Somehow, Fox News and the other far-right “news” shows were able to make the case that Ukraine was not worthy of our help, that we have nothing in common with its people, and that their country’s government was corrupt, so Russia should be allowed, even encouraged, to do whatever it liked in the region: indiscriminately bombing dozens of cities and towns, while arresting, torturing, raping and executing thousands of innocent men, women, and children.
It really came down to one thing: if the Democrats wanted something, regardless of how noncontroversial, it had to be opposed, even if that meant signaling to the world’s single most aggressive and oppressive regime that the United States and its allies were offering an open invitation to annex European democracies.
So here we are, enter a new year, defensing the indefensible. The actual facts on the Russian invasion and the state of peril in which it leaves the entire free world have long since ceased to matter in our post-truth society. Defending democracy against tyranny is no longer an imperative; it’s an option, here a poor one, adopted by woke liberal sissies.
On another matter, last month we actually reconfirmed how little value we place on facts and honesty, as we watched in horror as sociopath, moron, and pathological liar Herschel Walker came within a hair’s breadth of becoming a U.S. senator. One would have thought Walker would have lost by 30 points, but no, it was less than 3.
Fighting against one another, over the most ridiculous causes, is really the only thing we do well at this point.
Technology “leaked from NASA.” Rumors say it’s the most efficient new source of energy.
Who doesn’t?
It appears that the timetable at work here may enable the United States to remove Trump from the political scene with a minimum of bloodshed. All these events are happening gradually and methodically:
It would be interesting to know where this meme came from. An ultra-right-wing think tank? Some random QAnoner?
Number 4 here reminds me of my frequent conversations with my mom on politics. I wish I had a dollar for every time I said, “In my view, it’s more complicated than that.”
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Will DeSantis’ war on vaccines have consequences? Of course. Many thousands of people will die needlessly, and countless others will become horrifically ill, and will never fully recover.
As some Americans know, we live in a land whose federal government is composed of three co-equal branches. The fact that none of these has any power over the other two means that our legislative branch’s (Congress) decision to refer criminal prosecution against someone, in this case a former president, forms no imperative for the executive branch, in which the Department of Justice resides, to take action.
