No surrender.

Trump is starting his rant about Ukraine. He says he wants peace but he is willing to surrender everything to Russia. Surrender is not a peace treaty. He also has many other parties to bring to the peace table, namely NATO. They are very invested in Ukraine’s best outcome. 

Basically, Trump is a Russian asset. So is Tulsi Gabbard. That is not a wild out of the blue statement. Russia itself states Trump and Gabbard are Russian assets. I have no idea why she is still commanding a unit in the National Guard. Military intelligence needs to release any and all information on Gabbord’s communications with Russia before her confirmation. Trump’s communications needs to be known to the American people as well.

A smooth transition is what Trump promised. Surrendering to enemies is not a smooth transition. 

President Biden needs to be sure all records regarding Trump and his cabinet are provided to Congress and as much as is allowed to the American people. 

Another historical disagreement.

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Another reason for Trump to try to work a wedge issue to drive allies further apart. The more hostility, the better. Danger time to pick fights with each other.

Now is the time to set differences aside and strengthen alliances. After all, North Korea sent troops to Russia because Russia is running out of people, except of course at the Kremlin.

Elon Musk, the national security threat is feeling powerful.

He, along with most billionaires competing to be trillionaires, have attached themselves to Trump. Trump is an easy president to buy. But, Elon has his own town in Texas. He just opened a school for children. 

I don’t know what the name of the town is, I heard rumors it was being called Monkeytown by the employees that work there. See, that is the reason Musk moved to Texas, there is no morality, only profiteering.

American Association of Laboratory Animal Science

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There are standards to prevent cruelty to animals, especially when used in research. Texas doesn’t recognize any of it though. Business is business. I do believe the zoos in Texas meet standards of their peers. 

Karolinska Institute

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The Biden Administration and a bipartisan Congress…

…could have solved the immigration problems but Trump got scared and feared for his strongest reason for re-election, “fear of the other.”

Trump has no solutions except to satisfy his need to kill and appear powerful. Trump rather kill his problems than pay taxes that solve the problems of the country while upholding the dignity of life. 

Government is not a business.

It is not a cathedral. 

It was never designed to be either. 

It is a place where the common good of the people lie. It is benevolent and not aggressive against the people. Government relies on law and not the power of violence that it owns by its very nature.

When Eric Holder went to Ferguson, Missouri he didn’t send in the National Guard or the military to govern. He didn’t declare a police state. He didn’t disrupt government or governing, he assessed the response of government to the people and determined it to be too harsh and outside the law of any real purpose. Attorney General Holder held those that governed responsible for their misdeeds in carrying out their responsibility.

The violence that existed across the country was in response of the cultural hubris that exonerated Kyle Rittenhouse. Those unarmed men he killed never received a fair trial. 

The Kenosha police stood down to the anger that was filling the air. Rittenhouse and the cultural forces that turned him loose, including media, never followed the same good strategy of police who put life before property. 

It was a time when African Americans felt very threatened. There is a long history of disruption by African Americans when they feel the hate of racism as was the case with Rodney King. It has always been the response of government to stand down and not cause escalations of any confrontation. There was always a clear understanding that life is more important than property. When angry people are afraid for their lives it can erupt in the only vehicle they have and that is fire. It is common globally. France and it’s fire brigades are a clear example.

Michael Brown and Kyle Rittenhouse were both 18 years old. Yet their outcomes were very different. Michael Brown was never afforded an hearing or a trial. The officer’s gun was his jury. 

Unarmed people, like the men in Kenosha, Wisconsin didn’t have a chance against Rittenhouse with his illegally possessed weapon. Yet those men were gunned down as if common criminals destroying someone’s precious property rather than men who LEGITIMATELY feared for their own lives and wanted the world to know. Three dead men and a self-righteous bigot and the bastard walked. Why? 

We, as a country are entering a very dangerous time. The USA is a tinderbox due to violent MAGA rhetoric and a president that seeks retribution not only for himself but the people that backed his particular form “of hatred of the other.” Trump has openly said he intends to declare a national emergency and he is already backed by an extremist House Speaker that has no valid proof of 3 million dangerous undocumented.  

The hate “of the other” is all too familiar a partner to those that want to justify violence. We have a problem and it has been stoked for the past four years. The anxiousness of Trump’s intentions are palpable. Americans should act now to write the elected representatives to end the freely exhibited racism and cultural hubris before it gets started.

National emergency?

Where? 

Texas? 

Take it to the governor and tell him to do his job rather than whining about it.

I can’t look the other way.

I am not good at political dodging, nor do it want to be.

Look, Trump is continuing his racist ways. It is very, very obvious. He has a majority Caucasian staff. In his cabinet the only African American is the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. That is a traditionally Republican cabinet seat for one African American. 

When one compares the Biden Administration with that of Trump’s nominations; Trump is a disgrace. I am seriously concerned for the minorities in the USA, the LGBTQ community, and Native Americans.

There is something very wrong here. The USA should never be in retreat when it comes to diversity and inclusion. The USA needs its brain trust and our children deserve to be represented at the highest levels of government. From where I sit this is nothing but arrogance and complete disrespect for the American people.

There was an attack on the UN in Lebanon?

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I guess so. (Click here) Qatar is citing violations in international law. 

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It appears to me the UAE is concerned about regional stability as well as its plans to combat the Climate Crisis. The Saudis have engaged talks with France, the USA regarding the Middle East and Ukraine was discussed with Russia. I would be surprised if Russia wasn’t asked about any interest with Iran. 

The thing is this, the region has chronic religious migration. I am fairly confident none of these countries bargained for the continued escalation of war. They have more liberal border issues because of religious tourism. It would not surprise anyone if elements of Hamas or Hezbollah would be among those in religious migration.

These other countries must be given some sort of immunity from Israel’s wrath until they can get up to speed to prevent and/or end such danger to their populations. I read there was an incident in Jordan. That is unthinkable.

The USA must have a solid resolve regarding Venezuela. It is where Hezbollah operates its drug cartel. When “I surrender” Donald gets into office he’ll hand over the USA to them. 

This came in a roll of quarters from the bank.

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Starting in December merchants throughout the world will not have to accept mutilated money as legal tender.

I went to put this quarter in a coin slot and it wouldn’t accept it. Thinking it was a malfunction I tried it again, and again it was returned to me. So, I looked closer and realized it was grossly mutilated by someone harvesting silver from quarters. 

Someone decided they could legally mutilate this quarter for silver and get away with it. This is the kind of criminality that exists in the USA now. There is no respect for anything.

So, in realizing the monetary policy should protect the integrity of the instrument of money Secretary Yellin has instituted changes in policy to end this form of criminality regarding USA currency. 

This quarter still has value but it will be upto me to take it back to the bank for an exchange for one that still has integrity that a coin slot recognizes.

I thank Secretary Yellin for paying attention to details that others have ignored.

Speaker Johnson…

…has stated there are 3 million violent undocumented in the USA to help signal his willingness to cooperate with a national emergency declaration. I hope he has proof of that and law enforcement’s unwillingness to act. 

Enormous mistake…

…is about to happen if the Republicans start to act as if immune to any violent act. The ICC exists as a deterrent to escalating tensions and war. It is a measure of humanity left on Earth. If Republicans move into the column of those that leverage power against humanity they will have completely changed the character of this country and opened it to danger not yet measured in national security. They need to act cautiously. Trump has already assassinated two Iranian generals with impunity. The Republicans should act cautiously to repeat these horrors. 

The ICC should be immune from sanctions and rely on conscience and member opinion and dialogue for any indiscretions. They don’t make enormous amounts of money. I don’t know what good sanctions will do.

He’s back.

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I don’t imagine Dearborn, Michigan is happy today. Gorka is intelligence now. 

Things aren’t going to get better for the Palestinians. Israeli settlers are already moving into the West Bank. And a Republican Congress is set to legislate sanctions on the chief at the ICC. If the legislature fails then Trump will write an Executive Order for sanctions at the ICC. I think the Executive Order can be challenged.

Blind to the truth.

Does anyone believe anything said in Mar-a-lago? The place needs to be refurbished, what do you say, Elon? And then there are the golf courses that need primping. How about an investment in exchange for NASA?

If people sell their interests in Tesla and SpaceX Elon has no one to blame but himself and his extremist political views. 

Grimes is not alone.

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I think many people, including myself, witnessed a radical change in Elon Musk. It is what makes him a greater and growing to our national security.

I firmly believe Elon can’t be trusted. What the country thinks doesn’t matter now. Elon will have his way with Trump in office. 

There is going to be a lot of damage done to the USA in four years. We can only hope Biden’s four years of push back was enough.

There is a girl in Canada in intensive care with a mutated strain of the bird flu. Nothing should be dismissed as simply one infection. Bird flu can spread like wildfire. We’ve seen in the early 1900s. 

The vaccines are in order. The virus is being given an opportunity to mutate. People need to be vaccinated to end the opportunities for mutations. 

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Vladimir Putin has it all wrong.

No one in this world is interested in invading Russia and change its sovereign identity. He needs to take his military back within Russian borders and this would all be over. 

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Ukraine is and always has been interested in being an independent state, just as all the other Post-Soviet states. Ukraine has an obligation to the world in that it’s magnificent farmland can feed a very large percentage of those that are hungry. It is that which Putin needs to concentrate.

The days of the Soviet Union are over. The country was too large to protect no matter what military were to do it. There is no conventional weaponry capable of securing the former Soviet Union. It is why the nuclear capacity of the country was considered important.

The Post Soviet States have good quality of life for their people. Their citizens want to be free and not captive to regressive regimes. Continuing to rant about threats to democracy and nuclear strikes is a losing strategy, especially when it was never necessary in the first place.

Communists always WANT to believe there is some sort of evil plot against them by Free Nations of people. NO ONE IS INTERESTED.

The paradigm of strong militaries exists because everyone has their politics wrong. The never ending story of mutual hatred is the wrong political message. Aggression for land by free countries does not exist. We are no longer kingdoms. There is no head of state  looking for economic exploitation of any country.

Vladimir Putin is causing self-destruction and that of Russia. He is dragging other countries into a war they had nothing to do with.

Russia lost this war within the first week. The only reason this is continuing is because of wayward ideology with no basis in reality. 

NO ONE IS COMING FOR RUSSIA.

The Free World cannot stand by and watch this anymore. It isn’t even called a war, is it? What it is, is an ideological incursion into what was an unarmed country. Ukraine would gladly go back to being within its borders seeking trade with all it’s neighbors, but, somehow that is a threat to Russia, huh?

Vladimir Putin has ruined Russia. It not only has thousands upon thousands of dead citizens and any other sympathetic soldiers, it now has to accept soldiers from other countries to pretend it is important enough to the sovereign state of Russia. 

NO ONE IS COMING FOR RUSSIA!

Putin is in the position of protecting himself as a man guilty of human rights abuses and genocide of Ukraine’s children. That is the real problem and he doesn’t care what type of war engagement it takes to protect himself from prison or worse.

If Putin begins to release nuclear weapons there are no winners. Putin is standing at the door of mutual annihilation. Of all the profoundly evil men in this world he is the first to have access to nuclear weapons to protect his own life. It is astounding he is so intractable in a resolve to return the Soviet Union to existence. Certainly he knows how hideous this is. 

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NO ONE IS COMING FOR RUSSIA and no one is allowing Russia to come for us!

Vladimir Putin needs to stop this ridiculous aggression with no basis in reality and he needs to stop it now.

The Manhattan DA’s Office is exactly correct.

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Once the Attorney General is in place she can file for a dismissal based on Trump’s re-election and supposed Supreme Court ruling. Them Then the convicted criminal and his Attorneys General can argue their case. 

Here is a bit of reality orientation for the amateur Trump administration.

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The USA is a democracy of, by, and for the people. Soldiers are citizens that took up the call for readiness and during their service died in protecting the idea of their mighty country.

1.1 million soldiers dead in service to the USA since it’s inception.

And that is only the bloodshed. That doesn’t account for the wounded both physically and mentally.

THIS idea of defunding the federal government is dead on arrival.

This country exists because of the magnificent men and women of the USA military. Trump’s homey boys never served a day in their life and this is the genius they pretend to have?

The million-billionaires of the USA are spoiled brats with drool running out of their mouths for USA Treasury money. Maybe we should simply defund the space program? What do you say? The private space business certainly can exist with their profits. They don’t need USA Treasury welfare to exist anymore, right?

Elon and his friend prioritize their space investments over the lives of Americans that they should be grateful exist. I don’t believe Musk realizes how delicate the space program is in relationship to the lived of Americans. This country will soon be 250 years old. The space program has been around from Kennedy, but, this country’s people and military have been around for more than 250 years. Musk needs to get real about what is important about life. 

These guys are trippin’.

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Trump is proposing throwing our veterans under the bus?

NIH is invaluable. Absolutely invaluable. This is ridiculous. This is how Musk sees his role in seeking pork and duplicity? Seriously. There is no genius in this. 

In seeking power in controlling government money, Elon Musk couldn’t see his way clear to increase taxes on the filthy rich? Seriously. Veterans’ health care is to be eliminated while billionaires are tax free? It definitely and without a doubt it sounds exactly like Donald John Trump. Does Trump ever believe he will have a well staffed military after this?

Defense Secretary

Setting aside the sexual exploits of most of Trump’s cabinet nominees;

Is the name Pete Hegseth…

OR

Five Star General Commander Pete Hegseth? 

He was a major. He was a field commander. That does not qualify him to be Secretary of Defense.

Has he ever been to the Pentagon other than as a tourist?

Will he be meeting the Joint Chiefs for the first time at an inaugural party? 

Does he understand the nuclear triad? Is it state of the art and if not, why not?

Knowing the affection Trump has for the USA’s enemies, and Russia was posing an eminent threat; would he stand down in the face of that danger if Trump says so? Would he surrender the most powerful military the world has ever known? Would he wave at Venezuela’s nuclear jets as they landed at Dulles? 

Does Major Hegseth believe Trump won the 2020 election? Does he actually think the 2020 election was stolen?

Angry Donald?

I am certain Trump is more than annoyed his nominees aren’t accepted with adulation. But, this is the problem with Trump. He doesn’t get it. Realizing how he lived his life in complete opposition to good practices in life and business he never “got it.”

The government is not about breaking rules for a certain personal outcome, it is about upholding values that all people value. Governance IS NOT JUST ABOUT HIM. 

There is nothing wrong with change, but, completely reordering the government to his own personal ideology is not possible in a democracy as great and diverse as the USA.

All of his nominees are his friends. They think the same as he does. They are all wealthy and like the privilege wealth brings them. It isn’t that people dislike the nominees personally, it is that they are not qualified.

The difference between he and Former President Obama is 180 degrees. Obama welcomed diversity of thought to his cabinet. He thrived with dialogue and advice different than his own. President Obama is a brilliant man, but he is always open to suggestions and opinion different than his before making critical decisions. Obama never had an agenda as Trump. President Obama lead. He did not dictate. There was no my way of the highway.

President Obama was admired for his life accomplishments even before he took office. The world and allies longed for his dialogue to be a part of theirs, so much so they awarded him the Nobel early in his presidency. In contrast Trump will never know the power of reputation that leads to peace, so much as brutal handling of other human beings. 

Obama’s reputation preceded him. He elevated others simply by being in his presence. Trump will never achieve what Obama did. Trump’s cabinet is a reflection of that truth. Trump embraces lies. He is the tabloid president.