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To me Alexei Navalny was a miracle. He was a man that came forward formed of the sincerest hopes of the Russian people. There was never a doubt he was their profound hero. That desire for a different Russia was a vision he shared with vast numbers of the Russian population.
His life is a statement that defines the suffering of the Russian people. He was one of the true living examples of their deepest wishes. He was the son of Russia. Unafraid. Deeply committed. Willing to sacrifice all to achieve a dream that is Russia shared by so many others.
His life story and the love he had for the future of his country must be written, treasured, and passed on from one generation to the next.
To me Alexei Navalny was a miracle that is the true heart of the Russian people. Pure hope for a different Russia. His name must be spoken often and of the hope of millions of Russians. His death is not defeat, but, rebirth.
Right now I have $200 in cash and about $4.00 in change. That is actually less than I had on Tuesday, because, I spent $100.
I rarely travel with less than $500 cash. Why? Because cash is real and works when nothing else will. Cash is important especially during times of difficult weather.
I frequently pay people that are friends in cash if they have gone into debt for something important for me.
This is a money tester pen. It is used frequently by restaurants and businesses for detecting counterfeit dollars. They don’t test every dollar, do they? They test $50 or $100 bills. So, I guess there are lots of other people that carry lots of cash, too, huh?
I am not a minority, but, money talks when skin color doesn’t. Huh?
President John F. Kennedy never gave a second thought to asking his brother to take the Presidential Cabinet position of Attorney General. Why? Because he knew the trustworthiness of the man that would serve the USA.
When it comes to asking personal friends and relatives to serve in government in offices with prestige and financial gain it always raises suspicions as to the real motivation. The point is the USA respected the Late Attorney General Kennedy and this building proves it.
I find the Georgia case against Former President Trump overwhelming. As a responsible prosecutor would Fani Willis seek to place the case in very capable hands even if it means controversies? Yes.
I think the current case in Georgia preceding the actual trial is nothing but COVID brain fog by Trump. He can’t seem to come to terms with the truth regarding his criminal acts and is using money to purchase gambles that he can actually derail the truth. It is a shame that a gas lighter like Trump is actually given brevity by lawyers for profit and the media for sensationalism.
Trump lawyers are seeking to reinvent the wheel. They are parsing words and are using the hearing to create social controversies.
Basically, the defense council has no defense.
It is beneficial to the Trump Campaign to create the idea of having to deal with a corrupt court by emphasizing the need for transparency (even to change the definition of lawyer-client privilege) and definition of words.
The Trump defense lawyers are attempting to do the impossible. An effective lawyer would recognize the extreme brevity of the evidence and the guilt of the client and move to minimize any forthcoming sentence.
The court hearings are another example of Trump’s desire to manipulate the conversation and has nothing to do with good practice. The Trump lawyers are probably getting paid plenty to please the demand of their client. All I can think is that any lawyer employed should realize others have fallen in efforts to please Trump’s impossible demands, ie; Sidney Powell.
The U.S.A. Republicans have passed a new milestone using a majority of their members to use impeachment as a political tool.
Homeland Security was created as a Presidential Cabinet position by Former President George W. Bush after devastating terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. It was created to incorporate the knowledge and expertise of USA agencies to end any danger domestically to the American people by terrorists globally. Now, the small majority of extremists in the U.S. House have acted in defiance of the U.S. Constitution in an act of political anarchy and impeached a perfectly qualified Secretary of Homeland Security. This political act is a violation of the USA National Security.
The American people need to realize how their security domestically is being trivialized by US House Republicans for politics. This is more of the trivialized national security agenda of the Firmer Trump Administration who is now directing an entire political party. One man is demanding undying leadership of an wntire political party in the uSA. One man. The Republicans are not governing by consensus, but, through illegitimate autocracy.
The USA is not going to be a militarized southern border to the USA because it would open this country to a border war that would be backed by communists like Russia and China and terrorists like Hezbollah out of Venezuela. The answer to mass migration out of the Northern Triad is to strength their economies, defeat drug cartels and allow the people domestic peace within their sovereign borders.
We take the fight to them. We don’t allow the instability to come to us. A huge player in mass migration globally is the climate crisis and the trivial Republicans don’t even recognize it.
The USA lost control of its southern border under Trump. Militarizing it is not the answer. A strong conversation has to begin in recognizing the problem, the migrating people, the problems they may cause and the labor answer they also bring in their willingness to work. The answer domestically is peace and strength within our borders, not bringing war to our sovereign bidets.
Trump and his minions are crazy and weak in their ability to solve problems . Their approach defies peace and welcomes chaos and violence. The domestic gun issue is a direct result of very poor domestic policy of right wing political extremists.
The people spoke in 2020. That voice was for governance and not violence!
I expect the Minority Leader Hakeem Jefferies to be out front leading a strong vote in the U.S. House. Max Boot has an interesting opinion in the Washington Post.
The House Speaker is not capable of governance so much as politics. I would think US Intelligence is more damning than Max Boot, too.
Johnson has no conscience. He and Trump are scared of losing their majority along the southern border. That is all they focus on. Today, under Johnson’s leadership the USA national security is in danger. There is no turning away from allies and expect USA national security to be intact.
According to what I am reading 67 others were killed in the raid. What I am not reading is how many of those 67 were Hamas?
The King of Jordan was at the White House to advocate a ceasefire or more. There is an understanding that MBS is vital to ending the violence with Hezbollah.
This is very simple in many ways. I think most everyone agrees Hamas is a terrorist organization and not a governing authority. Hamas needs to surrender, provide proof of hostage death or release and end the Palestinians’ bondage as human shields.
If NATO looks the other way, this is exactly what will occur with Ukraine.
This film is bone chilling to realize this level of indifference and apathy about life is possible again. Putin already has camps full of Ukrainian children for reassignment of their loyalties to Russia. This is the level of evil that still exists in the world and it started a decade or so ago when Russia began to call it's diaspora home. There have been plans for a long time and this is nothing if Putin is given permission to conduct himself as he pleases.
"Don't worry, he won't put all of them up the chimney, there will be workers as you need them."
Hitler wanted a certain outcome to his cleansing of diversity from his land and it was carried out as the Fuehrer of the Third Reich demanded. Did Hitler make these plans? No. He simply stated what was to be and the result were the crematories. The Commandant said it was the perfect solution, demonstrated it, and expanded on it when granted the power. All others simply walked away and congratulated him as he continued to ethnically cleanse Hitler's land.
Retribution is nothing but evil.
Retribution is nothing but evil.
Retribution is nothing but evil.
The war with Ukraine, for Russia, is retribution for the fall of the Soviet Union.
There is no looking the other way or defunding the war for NATO or the USA.
February 11, 2024 By Stephen Fowler
Conway – Former President Donald Trump (click here) said America would not defend NATO allies against Russia if they did not meet his definition of contributing enough defense spending, threatening to upend the alliance if elected president again in 2024.
Trump has long criticized defense spending by other NATO member countries and has long falsely suggested there are unpaid balances owed by allies, but Saturday's remarks during a campaign rally in Conway, S.C., went a step further as he suggested Russia should attack allies that are "delinquent" with contributions.
"If we don't pay and we're attacked by Russia, will you protect us?," Trump recalled another country's leader asking while him while he was president. "No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want."...
This is retribution and nothing short of it. Alliances are far more than money. They are a commitment to stand with each other and protect the sovereign rights of the citizens. Reducing an alliance to obedience over funding is sick and lacks profound understanding of what national security actually is made of and why standing alone is idiocy.
Our allies put their military lives on the line along with us. This is not a minor issue. This is not simply politics or campaign fodder, this is a change in the way people think that will open them up to danger as they have never before experienced. The passivity of the USA previous to WWII was due to the importance placed on wealth and trade. It was absolutely idiocy to allow Europe to crumble while wealth merchants played a game that ultimately brought the war to USA shores.
Nearly 24 million Russians died in WWII of which half were civilians. There were Russians in those concentration camps that died along side others in the crematories. I would think this is NOTHING they would idealize again because the borders of Russia has changed and the people are happy living within a democracy.
The Holocaust (click here) was the Nazi’s deliberate, organized, state-sponsored persecution and machinelike murder of approximately six million European Jews and at least five million Soviet prisoners of war, Romany, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, and other victims....
This is old world hatred and war. There is no room for this anymore. There is a planet at stake and the divisiveness is typical of politics that destroys and is loyal to money rather than human life. This hatred has to end. Peace must be the discussion of the day.
The aspirations of the few can destroy the home of many. The priorities of the world have to change. This nightmare is never, ever to repeat itself.
Books are under profound attack in the United States. (click here) They are disappearing from library shelves, being challenged in droves, being decreed off limits by school boards, legislators, and prison authorities. And everywhere, it is the books that have long fought for a place on the shelf that are being targeted. Books by authors of color, by LGBTQ+ authors, by women. Books about racism, sexuality, gender, history. PEN America pushes back against the banning of books and the intolerance, exclusion, and censorship that undergird it.
PEN America tracks all book bans in libraries and classrooms across the U.S. in our Index of School Book Bans, updated for the 2022-2023 school year....
She has strong feelings about things and her fans appreciate her for her moral character. It is exciting and wonderful to see her in love. It would be wonderful for her and Travis Kelcie if this is true love and the story continues.
She has been dedicated to her career and seems to be a good business woman. Her shows don’t lack in quality which speaks to her love for her fans. I hope for them, Taylor, and Travis this friendship becomes the real thing.
It was a special expression of the respect and affection Travis has for Taylor by bringing her family to the Superbowl. Very, very special. Let’s hope all her travel plans work well AND SAFELY for her arrival to watch the big game. It is noteworthy she didn’t cancel any performances to be at the Superbowl. I think it demonstrates her dedication and priorities to her career and her loyalty to her fans.
Everyone is looking forward to the lucky charm called Taylor Swift to this year’s Superbowl!
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was voted on by Congress; by a majority of its members; and passed so that it could be voted on by a majority of Americans to pass safeguards to the U.S. Constitution. No justice in any court has a right to disallow the will of the majority of federal legislators and states full of citizens because to exercise the will of those people is inconvenient for their politics.
American men and women died during the Civil War to defend the U.S.A. Constitution. That sacrifice cannot be ignored by extremists sitting on the Supreme Court of the United States of America.
By the way, the Supreme Court’s radical right wing is a vehicle to destroy this democracy of which those Justices will never rule again in their oath of office should an insurrectionist become president!
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, (click here) the chair of the Senate Judiciary committee, called for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from weighing in on whether former President Donald Trump can be removed from states’ 2024 ballots for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The nation’s highest court is expected to hear arguments on Thursday in the case, which centers on the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove the GOP frontrunner from their state’s primary ballot. The state court ruled Trump ineligible based on the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause, a Civil War-era provision that bars those who took an oath of office as a U.S. official from federal office for participating in a rebellion or insurrection.
Durbin argued the involvement of Thomas’ wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, in the effort to overturn Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss creates a conflict of interest for the justice....
Ginni Thomas, (click here) the wife of a Supreme Court justice, was directly involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
How on Earth has Clarence Thomas not been required to recuse himself from all cases involving Trump's attempted coup? At the very least. I mean c'mon....
March 25, 2022
By Jack Holmes
It's easy to get caught up (click here) on the news that the spouse of a sitting Supreme Court justice went full QAnon regarding the 2020 election, parroting conspiratorial delusions around how "the Biden crime family" would be "living in barges off GITMO to face a military tribunal" for the grievous crime of getting more votes than "This Great President." (Scattergun capitalization appears to be a hallmark of the politically unhinged.) Granted, Thomas seemed to legitimately believe Trump really won, likely because she boiled her own brain in a vat of right-wing Internet. But within its sterling writeup of Ginni Thomas's communications with then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows—as Donald Trump's coterie attempted to overturn the results of an election he lost so that he could stay in power in contravention of the will of the American public—the Washington Post flagged an important detail....
Trump spoke publicly during this period about his intent to contest the election results in the Supreme Court. “This is a major fraud on our nation,” the president said in a speech at 2:30 the morning after the election. “We want the law to be used in a proper manner. So we’ll be going to the U.S. Supreme Court.”...
It is all so cozy, isn't it? Like a family sort of. No. Not family, a religious conspiracy against a democracy that allows freedom is more the picture.
Do I think there is something corrupt and dangerous about this court?
You betcha I do.
Beginning in the early 1980s, (click here) when it was not exactly cool to be a conservative law student, a small group of students started a club, named in honor of The Federalist Papers, where they could safely discuss their right-of-center views. Fast-forward 40 years and six of the nine sitting Supreme Court Justices are current or former members of that club....
Never in my wildest imagination did I expect a Chief Justice confused about the Rule of Law. This is a no brainer. Robert’s doesn’t understand the words of the 14th Amendment? The courts after the civil war never had a problem understanding the English language of that Constitutional Amendment. Trump is guilty as sin through his own actions and words.
John Roberts is bringing shame to his court. According to him every state will bring lawsuits that remove a candidate from office on the grounds of insurrection. For real now? It is all nonsense.
Colorado is correct and other states that allow Trump a place to be president are corrupted. This is just plain wrong!
February 7. 2024 By Stephen Groves and Mary Clare Jalonick
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans (click here) blocked a bipartisan border package Wednesday, scuttling months of negotiations with Democrats on legislation intended to cut back record numbers of illegal border crossings.
Many Republicans said the election-year compromise wasn’t enough, even as supporters of the bill insisted it was the best possible in divided government.
The 49-50 vote, far short of the 60 ayes needed to take up the bill, came after most Republicans said they would vote against the legislation, which also includes $60 billion in wartime aid to Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel and was backed by President Joe Biden. GOP lawmakers had insisted that the money for conflicts abroad be paired with help for the U.S. border....
On August 14, 2023, (click here) a Fulton County, Georgia grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 13 counts of criminal felonies. The charges revolve around Trump’s and 18 co-defendants’ efforts to overturn the will of the voters and interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election.
On August 24, 2023, Donald Trump surrendered at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia. As part of his release, he agreed to a $200,000 bond and certain release terms, including agreeing not to use social media to target or harass his co-defendants or witnesses who might appear in the criminal proceedings.
All 19 defendants, including Trump, are charged with criminal racketeering under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, which ties together individual criminal acts into a broader criminal network and conspiracy.
The Fulton County, Georgia indictment was brought by a grand jury of everyday citizens convened by DA Fani Willis. DA Willis is a highly respected veteran prosecutor who has been investigating Trump and his allies efforts to meddle with the 2020 election for more than two-and-a-half years.
The grand jury heard from many witnesses, including state officials who were asked by Trump and his allies to help overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
What I find incredibly unsettling is the persistent harassment by Mr. Trump of Mr. Raffensperger who diligently was trying to get him to understand they have found no fraud in the election. I sincerely believe Mr. Raffensperger thought Mr. Trump was misdirected by others and needed to understand the facts and not fiction. I think there is great respect of the former president to listen and validate his concerns, but, Trump gave them no respect in return.
I think Mr. Raffensperger is a great American. I believe he loves the country and the rule of law. He has integrity and that means a lot.
April 18, 2023 By David Bauder, Randall Chase and Geoff Mulvihill
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News (click here) agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company’s lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election.
The stunning settlement emerged just as opening statements were supposed to begin, abruptly ending a case that had embarrassed Fox News over several months and raised the possibility that network founder Rupert Murdoch and stars such as Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity would have to testify publicly.
“The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson told reporters outside a Delaware courthouse after Superior Court Judge Eric Davis announced the deal....
The FCC has enormous amount of evidence to severely review licenses of these broadcast frauds.
December 15, 2023 By Andrew Goudsward
WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Rudy Giuliani (click here) must pay more than $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers he defamed through false accusations that they helped rig the 2020 election against Donald Trump, a jury decided on Friday.
The jury in federal court in Washington found that Giuliani owes the workers, Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman, roughly $73 million to compensate them for the reputational and emotional harm they suffered and $75 million to punish the former Trump lawyer and one-time New York mayor for his conduct....
Sorry folks, but, the conspiracy touted by the Trump camp is so big that it falls as false by it's own weight.
It is time for the Federal Communication Commission to monitor the blatant lies in some media services (click here). According to the Newsweek article a woman with the convoy that went to the USA southern border found the conditions at the border were not as bad as she thought.
Ya know, infotainment is causing Americans a lot of stress in broadcasting blatant lies. No American needs more stress in relation to their own personal safety and the safety of their family members.
The USA has been experiencing a booming labor market. Wages have kept up with inflation and in most instances show a small margin increase over inflation. In the last year inflation is far less than the year before.
Personally, a private industry job I work increased my pay 28 percent as a retention issue. I never asked for it and it is not union. Then management opened the number of hours worked to be decided by the individual while holding the line on hours required to work.
President Joe Biden has conducted a magnificent return of the USA following a very volatile and deadly presidency preceding him. His job rating on the economy should be substantially better than it is. Additionally, President Biden and the Secretary of Defense never treated the USA military capacity as muscle bound. The use of our military has been more than appropriate in addressing genocide, potential threats to NATO, showing strength in the Pacific, and being a strong ally to Israel.
The FCC needs to apply power in ensuring the American people are protected from the extreme right wing media that is completely out of control. The caravan of concerned Americans traveling to the southern USA border is uninformed and upset as well as being armed. The FCC is not doing its job and allowing frank and dangerous lies to cause such dangerous actions by Americans that sincerely love their country, but, have media full of misinformation and misdirection in reporting.
It is profitable to be conjuring up lies, but, that is also illegal. Infotainment is false advertising and Americans don’t realize it.
This attack was empowered by Iranian weapons purchased by terrorists. Iran supports terrorists and no matter how much Iran wants to deny the decisions to attack Americans, Iran facilitates terrorists. Iran gives aid and comfort to the enemy.
This attack also took place on Jordanian soil. Jordan is an American ally. The USA would have responded anyway regardless of who was murdered by Iranian facilitated terrorists.
This temperature map on February 2nd is pathetic. February is usually brutally cold. There is not one place in the USA experiencing single digit temperatures.
Snow cove is even more pathetic. Where it exists it is melting.
His Neurolink is a national security issue. He is creating androids and there is no guarantee this technology is secure. If our enemies get their hands on it as we know they will there is no way to know where this will stop.
