I have to fight the urge to get burned out following what amounts to a radical right wing (fascist) attempt at taking over our government. I have no problem with actual “conservatives” making their case to the voters and living with the outcome one way or the other. But, when you have a group willing to CHEAT in order to “win” it’s more than problematic and calling the ATTACK on our Capitol Building on January 6th, 2021 “legitimate political discourse” borders on the absurd.

That was the basis of the report by the Republican National Committee where two actual conservatives (who, by the way, I believe I’d disagree with almost 100% of the time, other than their commitment to speaking truth to power – although, both supported individual 1 for four long years virtually ALL the time), Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger were “censured.” Kinzinger was already “gerrymandered” out of his seat and Cheney has been “censured” by Wyoming republicans although she IS running for re-election. (Despite Kevin McCarthy’s suggestion otherwise)

As, so far, a close observer of the so-called “Select January 6th Committee” (1/6) it becomes clearer and clearer to me the “seditious conspiracy” very well could consume a large number of participants, including our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president at the focal point. Based on the information in the several books I’ve read, “I Alone Can Fix It” by Carol Loennig and Philip Rucker, “Peril” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, “Betrayal” by Jonathan Karl and a couple others that don’t come to mind right now plus the information becoming public daily coming from investigative journalists who are closely following the 1/6 Committee and exposing the evidence of wrongdoing by individual 1 and his sycophants it would SUGGEST the Justice Department be more involved in all of this. For example, I don’t believe Fani Willis in Fulton County Georgia should be “leading the way” in the CRIMINAL investigation of individual 1 and his cohorts in (alleged) CRIME.

Long before the forming of the January 6th, 2021 Select Committee was formed I was predicting there would, ultimately, be the “drip, drip, drip” of the TRUTH about individual 1 and those who “hitched their wagons” to him. At this point in time it appears the “drip, drip, drip” has become like a “faucet” which is wide open and there seems to be something significant “coming out” virtually every day. Will the “TRUTH” make any difference when it’s finally known? I’m guessing NOT with right wing persons I personally happen to know. With many of them I’ll be surprised if they even watch the hearings once the January 6th Committee becomes public.

Democrats are worried that “time will run out on the Committee” because the predictions say republicans are likely to take back the majority in the House in November. Here’s the problem I have with that – if the Justice Department isn’t knee deep in this investigation by then, well, our country is in deep “doo doo.” The CONSPIRACY involves about 100 people around the country who SIGNED forged documents suggesting they were the “electors” from about 7 states – people who could be facing CHARGES in their various states plus individual 1 and all the characters around him suggesting Mike Pense had the “power” to “overturn the election.” They ALL appear to be part of the CONSPIRACY aimed at overthrowing our government.

Maybe the FAKE electors just got “sucked in?” Well, I “get” that republicans have come to the conclusion the laws only apply to democrats and Black people. But here’s the deal: Judges in D.C. who are hearing the cases which are presently being resolved are complaining the Justice Department is going too “soft” on the “enemy combatants” (My term “borrowed” from Bush/Cheney et al) who stormed the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. They’re also suggesting it appears the Department isn’t holding the INSTIGATORS to account. I’ll say this again, I worry Merrick Garland FEARS individual 1’s “base” enough to “look the other way” from treasonous behavior. (TREASON is another word for SEDITION)

I wrote all that a few days ago and have been on a bit of a vacation from venting my frustration at the apparent lack of will coming from the Justice Department. I’ll admit, the SEDITIOUS Conspiracy charges against 11 “Oathkeepers” (I continue wondering to who or what did they take an “oath?”) came out of “nowhere” – so, I still hope Mr. Garland is going to surprise me and there’s some kind of investigation going on behind “closed doors.” However, I have a hard time believing the investigation wouldn’t have “leaked” out if people were being called before a Grand Jury. I’m still hopeful, but it bothers me to think the 1/6 Committee and The DA in Fulton County Georgia are the ones doing this investigation.

That all being said, I FINALLY opened up “Race and Reunion” by David Blight, a professor at Yale University which is a study of the aftermath of the Civil War. I decided it was time for me to refresh my memory of this critical time in our history. Years ago I read several books on Lincoln AND the Civil War, I read the Biography of James Polk who came before Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant who came after Andrew Johnson, Lincoln’s VP and successor. I’m only about 100 pages into this book – it’s a challenging read – but it’s given me considerable “food for thought.”

The first thing which came to mind, for me, is remembering the saying “Those who choose to ignore HISTORY are bound to REPEAT it.” And, the first part of this book has left my mind “swirling” in thought about the relevance of American History post Civil War and what is happening in our nation today. For example, the effort of those in the South, post war, to both “forget” what really happened in the war, but to also attempt to rewrite History in a way to exonerate them from the reality of the war. Additionally, many in the North were way too accommodating, which led to an early end to “reconstruction” in around 1875 and the spreading of the “Lost Cause” among those in Southern States.

This all really reminded me of the attempt by republicans today to “rewrite” the “History” of what happened on January 6th, 2021 – and, there’s all too many of them willing to participate in this and too many willing to simply believe the LIES. January 6th, 2021 was NOT perpetrated by “a normal tourist visit” as in the words of Georgia republican Andrew Clyde – who was seen barricading the House Chamber doors as INSURRECTIONISTS were attempting to break it down. Representative Clyde said, “Calling January 6th an INSURRECTION is a bold faced lie.” Yikes, how do you respond to such STUPIDITY? January 6th WAS in INSURRECTION!

Of course, as I mentioned above, the Republican National Committee (RNC) called January 6th, 2021 “legitimate political discourse.” And, of course, they are doing everything they can to undermine the January 6th Select Committee of Congress which is the entity uncovering a MOUNTAIN of evidence showing January 6th, 2021 was, in essence, an attempt at a coup d’etat. And, the participation, as I stated above in the CONSPIRACY, encompassed allegedly (potentially) HUNDREDS of republicans. Can you picture when the Committee makes their findings PUBLIC, which they’ve promised to do? Just think about how this will make our Justice Department look if it’s not taking LEGAL action against the TRAITORS!

Keep in mind, after the Civil War, the Southerners promoting the “Lost Cause” and in cahoots with the KKK became democrats as they were “melded” (my term) back into the mainstream of politics – this was during the time of President Grant – which, so far, hasn’t been part of the book “Race and Reunion.” Southern politicians were democrats all the way up until the Civil Rights era when Lyndon Johnson correctly predicted him supporting the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 would be the end of democrats dominating the South. Soon, Richard Nixon would implement the so-called “Southern Strategy” in 1968 and the South has been dominated by the republican party ever since.

Of course, now much of the North is dominated by the democratic party so, in that regard, the only thing which has changed is the party names on their office doors. I mentioned above that D.C. Judges are complaining about the “soft” treatment of many of the INSURRECTIONISTS who, in essence, could be called TRAITORS. I point that out because, as I was reading “Race and Reunion” I couldn’t help but see the parallel regarding how right after the Civil War – and certainly after a few years had gone by – there was a reluctance to call those who fought for the confederacy “TRAITORS.” But, to me, in reality, they were – just as those who attempted the coup d’etat on January 6th, 2021 were, in essence, “traitors.”

In their own minds they were “patriots.” However, how can you be a “patriot” if you’re attempting to overthrow your own government? That makes no sense to me. By definition, attempting to overthrow your own government you’d be a “traitor.” Here’s Webster’s definition of “traitor:” “1: one who betrays another’s trust or is false to an obligation or duty 2: one who commits treason.” Here are some synonyms to “traitor:” “backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, double-dealer, Judas, quisling, recreant, serpent, snake, turncoat.” These, to me, are words befitting those who were crashing through the windows and doors of the Capitol, those who battered the Capitol Police and Metro Police, injuring over 140 and leading to at least five police officers DYING as a result of the siege, those who defacated inside the Capitol and SMEARED it on the walls, those who ransacked offices and STOLE items from various members of Congress of the building itself, etc. etc.

If you watch Fox “news,” “Newsmax” (arguably worse than Fox), “OANN” or you frequent the right wing sections of the internet it’s been bashed into your brain the INSURRECIONISTS actually are “patriots.” In addition, the right wing (heavily armed) so-called “militias” are also referred to as “patriots.” Tucker Carlson, the Fox “news” connection to the white nationalists in America, actually made a “documentary” suggesting January 6th, 2021 was an “FBI false flag operation” as a phony way to “defend” the so-called “patriot!” Huh??? Carlson, in my view, is a wack job and the people who watch him are truly “suckers” for believing his shtick. (I do know, for a fact, that people like David Duke, Don Black, and others connected to the KKK watch Carlson on a regular basis. This comes from Black’s own son.)

History tells us, very clearly, the issue with large portions of America being infected with “white nationalism” is nothing new. It appears IGNORING the issue is nothing new, either. Which is my point regarding the saying “Those who choose to ignore history are bound to repeat it.” Largely in the South, right now, we’re seeing what many are calling “Jim Crow 2.0” with a massive “swath” of voter suppression bills popping up in state after state. Something like 400 bills with at least one potential bill in virtually every state. Of course, some of them will never make it to being a law because of Governor veto pens (mostly democratic governors) but, some already have made it to becoming law – and, again, our Justice Department seems to be helpless in fighting this – plus our Congress is not interested – there’s too many republicans in the Senate for any meaningful Voting Rights legislation to pass (not to mention Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema).

All these voter suppression laws are being passed due to the Supreme Court “gutting” the two provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which would prevent states like Georgia, Texas, and Arizona from passing these draconian laws. Honestly, I’m not sure if John Roberts falls into the category of someone who has ignored History or if he’s a republican from the South. The bottom line is the Voting Rights Act no longer has any “teeth” and the Congress which used to renew it almost unanimously every 10 years now has a republican party “missing in action.” Of course, the republicans believe the voter suppression laws will work to their benefit. There’s NOTHING more important to them than POWER. (Many republicans – some I know personally – don’t believe African Americans should be allowed to vote)

I point this out because the INSURRECTION of January 6th, 2021 wasn’t the first attempt for Americans to overthrow our constitutional republic. Who knows what would have been the result had the confederacy prevailed in the 1860’s and, likewise, who knows what would have happened had the INSURRECTIONISTS succeeded on January 6th, 2021. It begs credulity to believe individual 1 wasn’t sitting in the “White House” for those 187 minutes of INACTION hoping the siege would be successful and the certification of the Electoral College votes would have been stopped. Who knows what would have happened?

Here’s the deal. We ignore HISTORY at our peril. Individual 1 is a CHEATER, a pathological LIAR, and, allegedly, an organized CRIMINAL. (I believe BOTH the Fulton County DA and the Manhattan DA are investigating RICO charges – look it up) Our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president has his legal “issues” closing in on him from multiple sides. Is Merrick Garland “sitting this one out?” In my view, the solution to America’s most serious problems lie in the hands of AG Garland! Individual 1 is a known LIAR, a CHEATER, and “alleged” organized CRIMINAL. His being held to account for his many brazen CRIMINAL acts will go a long way in determining the future course of this great nation.

Final Thought: I’ve compared individual 1 and his administration to the Germans back in the 1930’s and I’ve also pointed out his affinity for authoritarian world leaders, most significantly Vladimir Putin. As a country, we ignore these parallels at our peril. Our constitutional republic has existed for almost 250 years – really a “miracle” when you consider how fragile it is under present circumstances where you have a metastasizing attack coming from within along with an attack via platforms like Facebook coming from Putin himself (Facebook is the home of massive amounts of misinformation along with an algorithm designed to SPREAD it! Along with a CEO focused solely on sucking more people in and finding ways to keep them “sucked in” for extended periods of time.) and, you combine that with a Justice Department which is reticent to respond to these attacks “head on” you can see our constitutional republic is fragile and, in danger.

Then there’s those like Tucker Carlson and some members of the republican party who are regurgitating Russian talking points as an invasion by Russia of Ukraine appears to be imminent. I’m picturing in my mind people like Carlson will openly support Russia if this invasion occurs while continuing to act in what, IMHO, represents, once again, TRAITORS. This very well could be the first time in my lifetime where there’s a serious foreign military conflict where Americans choose to side with our ENEMY simply because they will oppose President Biden under all circumstances. I truly hope the members of individual 1’s CULT wake up before the damage to this nation is near irreversible. Sad!!!

I finished this post several days ago – before Putin’s ordering Russian troops to invade Ukraine. This is a very sad point of time in world History as I ponder the terrible tragedy which is happening to the people of Ukraine as I’m writing this. It appears the Russian troops, at the direction of Vladimir Putin, very well could commit the MURDER of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians – not even considering the devastation which will occur because basic staples of life, including FOOD, In essence, this Russian president has ordered the MURDER of people who actually speak Russian, many BORN in Russia, and many with relatives in Russia – people who posed NO threat to Russia. This will put Vladimir Putin into the HISTORY books next to some of the most SAVAGE leaders in the HISTORY of the world!

Putin is deranged and his commentary would suggest he’s gone off the rails. Just imagine if individual 1 still occupied the Oval Office. Putin is threatening to deploy NUCLEAR weapons. He’s simply a CRAZY person who is a danger to the entire world! Individual 1 is one of his biggest “fans” and it’s almost unbelievable to me so many Americans continue to support him. I believe individual 1 is every much as CRAZY as his mentor Vladimir Putin!

As Putin has ordered his troops into Ukraine I’m left to wonder, as I listen to his “rationale” for ordering this invasion, is Vladimir Putin influencing individual 1 or vice versa? It appears to me they are both pathological LIARS and they both are lacking a soul. The worst part, for me, is the large number of members of the so-called “GOP” who have aligned themselves with Putin and in opposition of President Biden. I was born shortly after WW II and, to me, this is traitorous behavior on the part of people like our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president, Mike Pompeo, Senator Ron Johnson, Tucker Carlson, and others who appear to be siding with Putin and Russia in this undeniably TRECHEROUS action on the part of Russian’s DICTATOR.

And, to me, this is totally different from American fiascos in Viet Nam and Iraq. Which, to be clear, were indefensible. in fact, it was the Bush/Cheney LIE pulling American troops and BOMBS into Iraq which brought my frustration with America’s government to start putting those frustrations into writing in this “blog.” I urged GW Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and others to face charges as WAR CRIMINALS. Sadly, in my mind, the major failure of President Obama’s years in the Oval Office was the blocking of investigations into the authorization of TORTURE, among other crimes, of the Bush/Cheney regime. We’re seeing in real time the distraction to our politics of investigating a former president as individual 1 is being targeted in multiple investigations during President Biden’s first year plus in office. That all being said, I find Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to be MUCH more serious.

This “deplorable” invasion is too reminiscent of Poland in 1939 and, make no mistake, this invasion of Ukraine by Russia could very well, ultimately, end up with Russian troops in Poland. Putin, in justifying his actions, had the audacity to refer to the Ukrainian government as “Nazi.” OMG, does that remind you of anything? (Hint, hint, the right wing wack jobs in America accusing American “liberals” – like me – as being “Fascists”) The absurdity of what Putin is doing will likely fall on MILLIONS of “uneducated voters” in America who are too easily manipulated by Fox “news,” or any of the other right wing media outlets as if they have “deaf ears.” Putin is NOW undeniably a WAR CRIMINAL.

“We the people” are about to discover the true evil nature of people in America like Carlson, Steve Bannon, and many other white nationalists across our land – many of whom no longer hide their affinity for Hitler and the Nazi’s of WW II. I’ve pointed out many times here the sobering parallels between individual 1’s rise to power in America and the Third Reich in Nazi Germany back in the early 1930’s. If you think I’m nuts just look to the four years of individual 1’s reign on America. For starters, there was the march on Charlottesville with all the “very fine people” who were carrying Tiki Torches, wearing Nazi armbands, carrying confederate flags embossed with swastikas and chanting “Jews will not replace us” along with other repulsive phrases. These are the people who call American “liberals” “fascists.”

I’ve written several times here with the actual definition of “fascists” and the idea “liberals” in America are the “fascists” would be laughable if all of this wasn’t so serious. I’ve pointed out, also, Mr. Putin is a prime example of a “fascist,” based on the ACTUAL definition of the term. President Biden has predicted Putin’s actions step by step and he’s (Biden) been proved correct on each occasion. The reality is the people of Ukraine are our friends and Putin is our enemy. (The Russian people, by and large, are also our friends – my guess is most of them oppose what Putin is doing) I’ve been praying for the people of Ukraine repeatedly and I hope America’s government will find ways to continue helping those who are resisting.

Putin is going to be pushing up near NATO countries’ borders and we have to hope nothing happens which pushes this absurd conflict over one of the borders of a country protected by Article Five of the NATO alliance. President Biden has made clear the alliance will defend every “INCH” of the territory of our NATO friends. Vladimir Putin is acting like a madman and will be personally responsible for EVERY death resulting from this unprovoked escapade into Ukraine.

I have to wonder if Putin actually believes them putting a “puppet regime” in place in Kyiv will have lasting power? Does Putin actually believe the Ukrainian people will simply “stand” for this? I’ve seen videos of Ukraine grandmothers working to learn how to use an automatic weapon – similar to an AR-15 and claiming she will fight to the death. The economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European allies plus several non-NATO nations is going to cripple Russia’s economy. Virtually every country in the world, save for China and Pakistan, are lining up against Putin’s MURDERING of what is likely to end up being THOUSANDS of Ukrainians along with an untold number of Russian troops. I have to believe Ukraine’s army of over 250,000 troops is planning to put up a ferocious FIGHT against the Russians – despite the Russian’s clear advantage in POWER.

As I’m writing all this I can’t help but think of individual 1 and all of his sycophants who’ve given the Russians lots of propaganda “meat” for their media outlets and, to me, are in the category of TRAITORS. Of course, I’ve been suggesting our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president will end up right next to Benedict Arnold in the History books for several years now. And, of course, it remains to be seen if Merrick Garland chooses to hold individual 1, along with his close co-conspirators accountable for the attempted coup d’etat of January 6th, 2021. Can you picture a scenario where Putin is standing before the CRIMINAL court at the Hague regarding accountability for all the DEATH which will be evidenced by the “blood on his hands” re: Ukraine and, somewhat simultaneously, individual 1 facing indictment in America for his part in the SEDITIOUS conspiracy leading to the January 6th, 2021 INSURRECTION! At least we can hope!

And, of course, in America, as I’ve said many times regarding republicans, “there’s always more.” I keep wondering why Merrick Garland, for example, and the Justice Department hasn’t moved to INDICT Mark Meadows who was CRIMINALLY referred to the department for his CONTEMPT of Congress (months ago) by refusing to honor a subpoena from the 1/6 Committee. If these subpoenas are not “official” – where it shouldn’t be an option whether or not you show up – well, then, Congress is essentially “toothless.” However, I believe Mr. Meadows is potentially into the CONSPIRACY far deeper than originally thought and, just maybe, he’s facing much more serious CHARGES which are still to come. AG Garland is a central figure in all of this, whether he likes it or not.

There’s also the media personalities like Tucker Carlson and Steve Bannon (who HAS been indicted for his refusal to appear before the 1/6 Committee) along with members of the GOP like Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson, Paul Gosar, Rand Paul, Andy Biggs, Mike Pompeo, etc. etc. who have made comments suggesting they support Putin’s “Russia first” policy as opposed to Biden pulling the NATO alliance to the strongest position it’s been in for years. Kind of miraculous after individual 1’s attempt to undermine the alliance for essentially the entire four years he was in office. Some republicans have suggested Biden should follow Putin’s “deplorable” actions in Ukraine at our Southern border! I’m not kidding! They suggest this would make Biden “strong.” Yikes!!! To me, this all just proves Putin doesn’t have a monopoly on derangement syndrome!

Really, just try to imagine what would be happening right now if individual 1 was still in the Oval Office. OMG, just writing that as a possibility makes the hair on my back stand on end. Here’s what SHOULD be happening right now, Americans SHOULD be taking a practical look at what has transpired over the previous 13 months with Joe Biden as our president and give thanks. Inflation will level out and the increased wages of those at the bottom tier of our economy will be lasting. Gas prices have gone up and down many times in my lifetime. We’ve experienced the highest increase in our GDP in Biden’s first year compared to any other year in recent memory (since the early 1980’s). I’ve said here, originally, he wasn’t my choice for the nomination, but, as usual – in times of critical circumstances – the American people get it right and the exact right person comes along.

No president is perfect and, to me, it’s refreshing to have one who doesn’t claim he’s never wrong – he actually owns mistakes. However, he’s not making many mistakes. Even the withdrawal of the 2500 troops who remained in Afghanistan when he took office went as I would have guessed. Based on the AGREEMENT between the Taliban and our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president – which, by the way, essentially “flew under the radar” – President Biden had two choices. He could have “surged” American troops – which, anyone who’s listened to him over the previous 10-15 years KNEW was a non starter OR get the troops out at a date determined. It was always going to be messy.

If you were around when America left Viet Nam with their tails between their legs you understood you can’t leave a “war” (which NEVER should have happened in the first place) you’ve LOST without it being messy. Getting the locals who’ve helped the Americans over the time frame of the war out of the country is a sure recipe for CHAOS! I’m NEVER surprised by our “liberal media” but, I have to admit, virtually all of them got sucked in to blaming Biden for the chaos. And, to his credit, he didn’t run from the issue – he faced it head on and didn’t waver. I gained a bit more respect for Biden as I watched him stand his ground in the face of massive criticism. At some point, the majority of Americans are going to realize we are VERY fortunate Joe Biden is our president at this perilous time in world history. (Can you imagine where we’d be right now had he “surged” the troops in Afghanistan)

I say SHAME on the right wing Americans who are siding with Vladimir Putin as he makes this blunderous (I might have made up that word) and “adventurist” move into Ukraine. This is nothing less than MASS murder being ordered by Russia’s president. (many dying will be his own troops) And, for individual 1, Josh Hawley, Steve Bannon, Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar, Mike Pompeo, and other republicans suggesting Putin’s behavior would be appropriate at our Southern border is idiocy. Let’s hope the American voters remove a bunch of these wack jobs come November from their posts of public trust where their oaths to the constitution appear to mean NOTHING. As I’ve been saying – please pray for the people of Ukraine. And pray that more and more Americans would come to understand the importance of American unity in the face of these BRAZEN military WAR CRIMES ordered by the murderous DICTATOR (including MURDERING his own people) Vladimir Putin. Stay tuned………..

Final Thought: I mentioned Viet Nam above in reference to America’s exit from Afghanistan and I couldn’t help thinking about individual 1 – who likes to suggest he’s “strong” – and his FIVE deferments from the DRAFT back in the 1960’s by LYING (surprise, surprise) about his “bone spurs.” Apparently, his daddy had enough money to buy off a doctor who was lacking in moral character. I, personally, actually joined the Marine PLC in 1967 only to get medically discharged (“honorable”) at my final physical prior to “boot camp” because of arthritic knees (at the age of 20 I was actually disappointed). Individual 1’s “deplorable” behavior began at an early age – including his disrespect for our military. Only the GOP would find this a positive trait in a Commander in Chief. To me, this, as much as anything, explains their (republicans’) DISGUSTING behavior as the Ukrainians are fighting to preserve their democratic ELECTED government along with their FREEDOM! (And, their lives!) Pray for the Ukrainian people!

OMG, So much going through my head right now. First, I’ve been pointing out for YEARS that Vladimir Putin’s goal, politically, is to recreate the “Soviet Union.” My guess is there’s a good portion of the young people in America who don’t really understand what “Soviet Union” means. As I’m writing this Putin is on the verge of starting a WAR in Ukraine, and, of course, as you would expect from individual 1’s mentor, he will LIE about what is happening – with no concern with people who call out his LIES.

Putin has been “grooming” Americans for the past 9 or 10 years for his “first move” into Ukraine. (OK, it’s his third move) Keep in mind, there’s undoubtedly more “targets” and it’s very possible NATO troops will be put to the test in Poland, Romania, or other former “satellites” as Putin acts like the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler. All while this is happening you can count on Russia’s “Active measures” campaign which “gave” “we the people” four years of individual 1 and exacerbated every “wedge issue” in America they could via Facebook and other “social media” outlets. Not only did they (The Russians) move individual 1 into the mainstream of American politics (along with a plethora of white nationalists believing individual 1 to be their “fuhrer”) but, when you listen to some of the right wing “talkers” in America along with a few members of Congress and others in the republican party, it feels like there’s a lot of TRAITORS with alarming access to the mainstream media.

Just the other day I listened to Josh Hawley of Missouri sounding like someone who would actually support this Russian VIOLATION of Ukraine’s SOVEREIGNTY. I believe he said something along the lines of why should we care about Ukraine – we should be worried about China. Well, to that I would say, it bothers me not if you worry about China, a conceivably legitimate worry, but ignore Putin at yours and everyone else’s PERIL. But, of course, as usual, with republicans there’s always more. Today I read where Mike Pompeo was quoted as saying
“Putin is a very talented statesman, He was a KGB agent, for goodness sakes. He knows how to use power. We should respect that.”

Here’s my take on Pompeo – he SHOULD have been indicted for his corrupt actions as Secretary of State – saved only by individual 1 firing the IG who was investigating his misbehavior and self-dealing. Always more you say? Well, I’m sure you can guess what came out of the mouth of our TWICE IMPEACHED two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president who openly asked the Russians to “find the missing 30,000 emails” – which, of course, they immediately attempted to do. Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and all the rest of the propagandists in our right wing media sphere didn’t consider this “collusion” – and, of course, individual 1 “won” the 2016 election with the help of the same Vladimir Putin he affirmed as he “threw under the bus” on worldwide TV our own intelligence service.

Individual 1 referred to Putin’s actions this week as “genius.” This should be no surprise considering the other pro Russian things he did while in office such as attempting to force Russia back into the “Group of Seven” – of which they were expelled after annexing Crimea in 2014, he even echoed Russian propaganda about Crimea while in office, and right after firing James Comey (thinking that would end the Russia investigation) he gave away code word protected secrets to the Russian Ambassador and the Russian Foreign Minister in the Oval Office as he was bragging about the firing of Comey. The people in the orbit of Pompeo and individual 1 are being proven to be TRAITORS – like the 11 “Oathkeepers” facing seditious conspiracy charges for January 6th, 2021 – likely, soon to “wedge” further into individual 1’s “orbit.”

There’s a bunch of others – if you want to watch them “slime” themselves just turn on Fox “news” and look for republican members of Congress to show up on Tucker Carlson’s nightly white nationalist extravaganza. These people are anti-democratic and overtly so – Carlson even took his show to Hungary and openly sucked up to Viktor Orban – just as he likely admires Putin. Yes, the same Putin who came across as deranged as he was giving his justification for violating the Sovereign boundaries of Ukraine to the Russian people yesterday. And, tonight, Carlson spewed off a list of his own grievances in an “did Putin do this?” rant, as a way to give his support to the Russian DICTATOR! Yikes!!! This is treachery, at a minimum – and the Murdoch’s let him get away with it because they “value” his white nationalist base of viewers.

I believe Joe Biden is going to make it as difficult for Putin as possible, and regrettably this is going to cause a lot of aftereffects for the Russian people. (And, “we the people” as well – which President Biden will be further attacked by the Carlson’s et al) From what I can tell, the Ukrainians are going to make it is as difficult as they can for the Russians. based on reports I’ve read, there’s going to be MANY members of the Russian military returning home in body bags. “We the people” SHOULD understand that very well – although, when the selective service “draft,” which was around when I was young, caused more members of our society to directly feel the pain of war (ie Viet Nam) and young people (largely) coming home in body bags – the “volunteer army” has allowed many Americans to feel the “pain” of war only via their TV sets or internet connections.

The FACT America has ventured into her fair share of ill-advised military invasions – Viet Nam and Iraq in particular, although Afghanistan was misguided and incompetently prosecuted, Viet Nam and Iraq were based on pure LIES to the American people as justifications – kind of similar to what we’re seeing from Putin. And, it’s true Joe Biden voted to give George W Bush the authority to go into Iraq, but I have to say, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is going to make these two American fiascos look like child’s play. I say that because I don’t believe for a second that Ukraine is the “end objective of Putin.” And, I have to say, this is one more reason for “we the people” to be thankful we voted Putin’s “puppet,” individual 1, out of office in 2020. (And, by a record number of votes! OVER 7 MILLION)

Biden promised “the mother of all sanctions” if Russia makes a full throated incursion into Ukraine. So far, the invasion is “just” in the Eastern region of the country although Putin (naturally) unilaterally declared the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in the region called the Donbas as “independent entities.” The troops he moved in are being referred to as “peacekeeping forces.” That’s as legit as me saying I’m a fan of Tucker Carlson! So far, Biden has imposed severe sanctions, but the “mother” of them all are still in the quiver for when Putin pushes farther in, likely toward Kyiv. The U. S. is supplying Ukraine with weapons and ammunition and will continue to do so, they’ve supplied a $1 BILLION loan guarantee for Ukraine to use in purchasing more defensive military hardware in addition to what has already been provided. The rest is going to be up to the Ukrainians. Apparently, we’re going to wait until Putin gets to Poland or Lithuania or ???? before WW III begins.

I have to admit, I’m not even close to an “expert” on sanctions – but, what I heard were authorized seemed like a good first step – and based on the response of people involved in NATO countries Biden is, so far, getting good “reviews” for his actions. A couple key Russian banks have been sanctioned along with members of Putin’s “inner circle” and their families. Russia has been cut off from the world’s “sovereign wealth fund.” A “biggie” is the Germans refusing to certify the Nord Stream 2 pipeline – cutting off a key source of Russian natural gas to Western Europe (and funding to Russia) – a difficult action for the Germans to take – give them credit! Here’s a rundown of what sanctions the U.S. CAN impose on Putin if he pushes further into Ukraine (from ABC news):

“SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ENTITIES

U.S. officials suggested that the latest sanctions were only a hint of how far it could go in targeting Russian companies and individuals.

Tuesday’s actions included hitting civilian leaders in Russia’s leadership hierarchy and two Russian banks considered especially close to the Kremlin and Russia’s military, with more than $80 billion in combined assets. That includes freezing all of those banks’ assets under U.S. jurisdiction.

But U.S. officials emphasized Washington still could take more of Russia’s banks, including its biggest, offline with a push of a button.

Overall, the U.S. and its allies aim to impose sanctions that compel Putin to change his ways, while hoping to minimize the harshest impacts on ordinary Russians and any collateral economic damage on the U.S. and European allies.

Sanctions are imposed on individuals listed on a Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List through the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Also known as SDNs, the list includes individuals and companies owned, controlled by or acting on behalf of a targeted country. Traditionally, their assets will be blocked and the U.S. is almost completely prohibited from dealing with SDNs. Individuals, groups, companies and even aircraft can be given this designation.

Additionally, sectoral sanctions are an option to damage the economy. Sectoral sanctions apply to specific Russian firms — such as energy, finance, technology and defense — to be included on the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications List. Sectoral sanctions will limit some trade but will permit some transactions.

For historical context, Western sanctions issued when Russia invaded and annexed Crimea in 2014 included limits on trade, the blocking of assets under American jurisdiction and limits on access to the U.S. financial system. Those restrictions are maintained to this day on at least 735 individuals, entities and vessels, according to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

SWIFT

For the U.S. and its European allies, cutting Russia out of the SWIFT financial system, which shuffles money from bank to bank around the globe, would be one of the toughest financial steps they could take, damaging Russia’s economy immediately and in the long term. The move could cut Russia off from most international financial transactions, including international profits from oil and gas production, which in all accounts for more than 40% of the country’s revenue.

Allies on both sides of the Atlantic also considered the SWIFT option in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine. Russia declared then that kicking it out of SWIFT would be equivalent to a declaration of war. The allies — criticized ever after for responding too weakly to Russia’s 2014 aggression — shelved the idea.

Russia since then has tried to develop its own financial transfer system, with limited success.

The U.S. has succeeded before in persuading the SWIFT system to kick out a country — Iran, over its nuclear program. But kicking Russia out of SWIFT would also hurt other economies, including those of the U.S. and key ally Germany.

DOLLAR CLEARING

The United States holds one of the most powerful financial weapons to wield against Putin — blocking Russia from access to the U.S. dollar. Dollars still dominate in financial transactions around the world, with trillions of dollars in play daily.

Transactions in U.S. dollars ultimately are cleared through the Federal Reserve or through U.S. financial institutions. Crucially for Putin, that means foreign banks have to be able to access the U.S. financial system to settle dollar transactions.

The ability to block that access gives the United States the ability to inflict financial pain well beyond its borders. Previously, the U.S. has suspended financial institutions from dollar clearing for allegedly violating sanctions against Iran, Sudan and other countries.

Unlike the SWIFT option and the other financial measures, it’s one the U.S. could do on its own. Many Russians and Russian companies would be stymied in carrying out even the most routine transactions, like making payroll or buying things, because they would have no access to the U.S. banking system.

EXPORT CONTROLS

U.S. export controls could cut off Russia from the high tech that helps warplanes and passenger jets fly and makes smartphones smart, along with other software and advanced electronic gear that make the modern world run.

That could include adding Russia to the most restrictive group of countries for export control purposes, together with Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria, officials said.

That would mean that Russia’s ability to obtain integrated circuits, and products containing integrated circuits, would be severely restricted because of the global dominance of U.S. software, technology and equipment. The impact could extend to aircraft avionics, machine tools, smartphones, game consoles, tablets and televisions.

Such sanctions could also target critical Russian industry, including its defense and civil aviation sectors, which would hit Russia’s high-tech ambitions, whether in artificial intelligence or quantum computing.

Like some of the other penalties under consideration, U.S. export restrictions would risk motivating businesses to look for alternatives in other countries, including China.”

These all being implemented, it appears, would be the ACTUAL “mother of all sanctions.” I don’t believe Putin believes Biden will do it – and, I believe Biden hopes he doesn’t have to do it – but, I have no doubt this all is “on the table” and likely, based on the THREATS spelled out by Putin the other day in his deranged TV address to the Russian people justifying attacking their “brothers and sisters” in Ukraine. Could this be a precursor to WW III or could it be the beginning of the end of Vladimir Putin? Do the Russian people want to see their sons and daughters coming home in body bags from a WAR with Ukraine? The ONLY offense, apparently, committed by the Ukrainian people is a “thirst” for democracy. Will they FIGHT? Keep in mind, Ukraine has an army of 250,000 and MANY Ukrainian civilians are arming themselves for an Iraqi style resistance should Putin manage to put a “puppet” in control of their government. Stay tuned…..

Final Thought: If anyone ever had any second thoughts about my characterization of the republican party, all you had to do is listen to the Carlson’s, Pompeo’s, Hawley’s, etc. etc. (not to mention individual 1) and you could see their authoritarianism in all its “glory.” Carlson’s list of “grievances” – that is, all those things “Putin hasn’t done to America” – like, for one, “liberals” suggesting he be fired because of all his SEDITIOUS and racist commentary (with the backing of the Murdoch’s). Look, republicans have been demonizing “liberals” since back when Bush/Cheney LIED “we the people” into the Iraq WAR, but its surge to the “right” has pushed it “over the cliff.” When republicans’ commentary is being used on Russian TV to help with the brainwashing of the Russian people visa vie Ukraine, we KNOW our nation has devolved to an almost unimaginable place. Let’s hope “we the people” understand what I’ve been saying for years – and, that is to vote republicans into the History books, FINALLY!

Pray for the people of Ukraine!

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“He’s learned his lesson.” Those were the words of Susan Collins and, in a bit of an altered word salad, Lamar Alexander (and, maybe others) used to justify voting to acquit individual 1 after his FIRST IMPEACHMENT. Did he “learn his lesson?” Of course not – just as Adam Schiff predicted in his closing argument. So, we ended up with a completely incompetent response to the COVID pandemic and, of course, an attempted INSURRECTION leading to the deaths of (now) 7 people, injuries (some very serious) to over 140 police officers, and ultimately the SECOND IMPEACHMENT of individual 1. In the SECOND IMPEACHMENT trial republicans had the opportunity to admit Schiff was correct in the FIRST IMPEACHMENT trial and that individual 1 “would not change” so all they had to do was CONVICT him of OBVIOUS “high crimes and misdemeanors.” Seven of them actually voted to acquit, but the rest were COWERING in their boots and, of course, now we have individual 1 attempting to do it all over again.

The republican national committee actually, recently, referred to the ASSAULT on our Capitol where over 140 police officers were injured (one lost an eye, there was at least one with a traumatic brain injury, one was tased with his own taser at least 7 times to where he had a heart attack, and it goes on and on with MOST of the officers ending up with PTSD) as “legitimate political discourse.” I can picture the political ads now – running those words across the screen as video of the INSURRECTION is being played. Even some republican voters who have been sucked into individual 1’s CULT will be able to figure out that WASN’T “legitimate political discourse.” Will they still vote for these thugs? Who knows – we’ll see in November.

I have a (former) friend – who’s head over heals into the CULT – who believes republicans are going to win the midterms in the “biggest landslide ever” – and, of course, I hope he’s wrong. (he predicted individual 1 would win the 2020 election in a landslide – and, oh, by the way, he also predicted “liberals” would riot after the election – he won’t communicate but I suspect he believes the Capitol INSURRECTION was either caused by “antifa” or was an “FBI false flag” or, who knows “legitimate political discourse”) Of late I’ve reluctantly used the word STUPID in referring to republicans in Congress and, sadly, to members of the CULT who I occasionally hear giving their reasoning behind supporting our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president.

I use the term “sadly” in reference to the everyday Americans who actually believe what they’re being “fed” from the right wing media sphere – which includes everything from Fox “news” to the so-called “war room” of alleged (and pardoned – why did he need a pardon?) CRIMINAL Steve Bannon. (OK, I have to add this – it appears Bannon’s CRIMINAL behavior went beyond scamming individual 1’s supporters out of a few MILLION bucks – just sayin) I consider MOST of these Americans flocking toward individual 1 to be hard working honorable people – many are in the category individual 1 referred to as “uneducated voters.” I still remember after he LOST the Iowa Caucuses back in 2016 saying how he loved “uneducated voters.” I suppose he was referring to Rush Limbaugh’s followers who willingly referred to themselves as “ditto heads.”

On top of all the right wing propaganda flowing around the internet we also KNOW the Russian “Active Measures” campaign to spread mis/disinformation across platforms like Facebook is a continuing threat to our republic, Vladimir Putin is a busy man. While he has much of the world focused on Ukraine, he’s busy fomenting discord in one Western “democracy” after another – and it’s working – likely Putin is a big fan, for instance of all the truckers protesting in Canada right now – protests which are spreading to the United States and countries around Europe. Truckers are a hard working bunch, but you don’t need education to drive a truck and they listen to the heirs to Limbaugh’s propaganda all day long as they’re driving from one state (or country) to another. The propaganda works (Just as Hitler predicted when he came up with the “Big Lie” theory). And, by the way, I have to add, I see a parallel to the rise of this disinformation and the rise of Facebook – I don’t do Facebook, but I consider it an “evil” platform – people on the platform have NO idea what Facebook is doing with their “data.” I believe people get “sucked in” to Facebook just as they get “sucked in” to a CULT.

When it comes to “STUPID” regarding members of Congress, the first person who comes to my mind (on a long “waiting list”) is Ted Cruz. He’s been confirming he’s STUPID – despite a Law degree from Harvard – over and over again during his time in the U.S. Senate. I read a few years ago how he was the most “despised” member of the Senate – a bipartisan characterization – (although Josh Hawley is now giving him a “run for his money”) but over the previous year or two Cruz has “cemented” his place in the history of STUPID.

Most people likely remember (I certainly hope Texans do the next time Cruz is up for re-election) Cruz heading off to Cancun last year while Texas was in a severe cold snap and the electrical grid “ERCOT” (which Texas’ leaders knew would not withstand such a “cold snap” but chose to do nothing to protect their residents anyway) had failed – leaving Texans without heat, electricity, and, of course, without water for several days. In the process approximately 700 Texans died and ERCOT raised the wholesale rate for electricity from $25/megawatt to $9000 per megawatt – leaving those who survived the disaster HUGE electric bills along with the broken pipes, etc. And, where did Cruz believe he belonged? Cancun! That was STUPID!

But, as usual with republicans, there’s always more. Recently Cruz had a “brain fart” and actually told the TRUTH in a Senate hearing when he referred to the ASSAULT on the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 as a “violent terrorist attack.” OMG – how did Fox “news” and Tucker Carlson respond to that? Well, Carlson didn’t like that characterization and called out Cruz on his propaganda show. Not surprisingly, Cruz was soon groveling back saying he was “dumb” to say that and almost begging for Carlson’s forgiveness. Talk about more STUPID! Of course, Cruz has his sights set on the “White House” and knows he can’t get there without all the white nationalist support which is funneled through Carlson’s propaganda network/show so he showed once again there’s no level too LOW for him.

Naturally, there’s a bunch of others. I mentioned Hawley – who is now “infamous” for giving a (seemingly Hitler) salute to the INSURRECTIONISTS just prior to individual 1 “sacking” them onto Hawley’s workplace. I’m not going to attempt to list a “string” of STUPID stuff Hawley has said, other than to say he’s also got his eyes on the “White House” and he’s presuming republican voters are STUPID. On that front, the line forms behind individual 1, Ron DeSantis (I’m not going to get into his STUPID because he’s much more calculating), and Cruz (and Kristi Noem, and Greg Abbott, etc. etc.). All these republicans have learned from individual 1 to “love uneducated voters.”

Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia, who is seen in photos helping to barricade the doors of the House Chamber during the INSURRECTION later referred to it as “a normal tourist visit.” OK, I don’t think I need to point out, that was STUPID. And, the STUPID just continues to flow from members of the House – Kevin McCarthy (videos of him on both sides of individual 1’s “fence”), Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs – both apparent white nationalists from Arizona – they say STUPID stuff all the time – and, somehow, remain in office, and Marjorie Taylor Green OMG, the list is a long one with her – beginning with “space lasers” starting fires in California to benefit Jerry Brown, the power company, and an investment bank run by Jews – yikes!

But, of course, there’s more – with republicans, there’s always more. Here’s some of the STUPID stuff which has come out of MTG’s mouth: An airplane never hit the Pentagon on September 11th – my (former) friend mentioned above believes the same thing – and MTG accused Hillary Clinton of “slicing off a child’s face and wearing it.” No matter the context of where that was said, it was STUPID!

There’s Louie Gohmert of Texas – giving Cruz a “run for his money” as the STUPIDEST member of Congress from Texas. Remember, as far as Texan’s are concerned, everything’s bigger in Texas. When you “visit” Gohmert’s list of STUPID things he’s said you can see he’s really concerned that some people happen to have been born “gay.” Here’s a (short) list: “I’m against gun control because Gay Marriage leads to sex with animals.” (Yikes!) Here’s another one: “If you let “gays” (my quotes) in the military they’ll massage each other and we’ll be too relaxed to win wars.” OMG But, there’s more: “Foreign mothers have babies in the U.S. just to turn them into terrorists.” I guess the good part of that one is he wasn’t referring to “gays.” This dude is incredibly STUPID!

I could go on and on with these people, but I hope you get my point – there are several others who fall in the really STUPID (or believe “we the people are “really stupid”) – but, STUPID permeates republican decisionmaking as well. I’ve pointed this out before, but the reason individual 1 LOST the 2020 election, in my view, comes from his combined STUPID with Moscow Mitch. During the first year of the COVID pandemic – even as individual 1 was claiming the pandemic was a “democrat hoax” (everything he doesn’t like seems to be a “hoax”) – Nancy Pelosi and the democrats attempted to get a bill through Congress which they referred to as the “HEROES Act” – it was designed to “crush the virus.” Both individual 1 and Moscow Mitch said it was “dead on arrival” in the Senate. I believe, had they passed that bill COVID would be less of a problem now – except for the strong possibility individual 1’s reign would be continuing. Calling that bill DOA was STUPID.

And, of course, individual 1, himself, proved his STUPID bonafides over and over again while he was occupying the Oval Office. For example, the hydroxychloroquine fiasco was STUPID. And, injecting Bleach was REALLY STUPID – possibly the STUPIDEST thing our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president said during his reign, but there’s always more. He also suggested finding a way to (I’m uncomfortable even imaging this one, because there’s only one possibility I can think of) put ultraviolet light “inside the body.” That was also REALLY STUPID! He LIED, by all accounts, over 10,000 times while our so-called president which I always considered STUPID, but people I know who are republicans, several of them, have told me they don’t believe he’s a LIAR. Yikes! To me, that’s STUPID!

Here’s my point, individual 1 is MORE dangerous now than he was in the “White House” simply because republicans have allowed him to be so. The January 6th Select Committee is collecting a mammouth amount of information and testimony regarding the ASSAULT on our Capitol which implies the “Seditious Conspiracy” goes all the way up to the “White House.” Yet, our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president goes around “doubling down” on the so-called “Big Lie” (Joseph Goebbels would be proud as I kind of said above) – and his CULT followers keep sucking it up. He even ADMITTED to the crime – when he publicly said, “Mike Pense should be investigated because he COULD have OVERTURNED the election.” STUPID!

America will NOT “heal” until (long after) individual 1 is spending his time behind bars. Keep in mind, investigators in New York and Atlanta have RICO (look it up) experts involved in their investigations – which, in the case of New York would imply individual 1’s children are allegedly up to their eyeballs in the alleged fraud just as their daddy. This is what happens when you put individuals with a history of organized crime activity in places of public honor. And, of course, “honor” is not something in their vocabulary. Once individual 1 is INDICTED, his base is going to revolt, because he’s been the “mechanism” white nationalists have used to, in their words, get into the “mainstream” of American politics. So far, it’s worked for them.

You can see examples of the DAMAGE (I’ve used that word over and over since the day individual 1 took [LIED about] his “oath” to his office) of this confluence of our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president with people like David Duke, Don Black, the “Oathkeepers,” The “Proud Boys” of “Stand back and stand by” fame, the 3 percenters, and other neo-Nazi groups who’ve come out from “under the rocks” because of individual 1’s “win” in 2016 – these are the “deplorables” Hillary Clinton warned us about. (Despite the fact it was TRUE – she didn’t fully explain who she was talking about which rendered THAT statement as STUPID as well)

The result of all this has been the “Jim Crow 2.0” anti-democratic voter suppression bills which have been “popping” up in one state after another where republicans control the legislature. These bills are aimed at making it possible for individual 1, or one of the other LYING republican candidates – whoever grovels enough to Tucker Carlson to get the nomination – to pull off the “coup d’etat” the next time around – where the state legislature can overturn the results in that state should the voters figure a way to still vote despite their (the legislature’s) attempt to suppress them. Just think, though, in 2024 should individual 1 somehow manage to CHEAT and get other republicans to CHEAT as well, it will be Kamala Harris overseeing the certification of the Electoral College results. Would she have the right, in individual 1’s mind, to overturn the results if he somehow managed to CHEAT to “win?” Obviously, the BEST solution to this problem lays in the “hands” of Merrick Garland! Stay tuned……………..

Final Thought: I have to say, “we the people” MUST expunge this nation of MULTIPLE members of republicans in Congress for the “healing” I referred to above in order for it to happen. I listed a group of the ones who’ve been at the forefront of the “STUPID” but it goes well beyond those I pointed out (for example, I said nothing about Ron Johnson, Rand Paul, Elise Stefanik, etc. etc.) – the reality is virtually EVERY member of the republican caucus in Congress is fully aware Joe Biden prevailed in the “most secure election in U.S. history” yet they’re AFRAID to say so. The level of the COWARDICE permeating the present day republican party is nauseating. I usually focus on the CRIMINAL behavior of individual 1 because I believe him being held CRIMINALLY accountable for his actions is paramount in our country being able to move on as a democratic republic. Yet, virtually all republicans in Congress are living in FEAR of our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president – which, to me, makes them all LOSERS! (whether they win their elections or NOT!) For SHAME!

I have to add: I’m a strong believer in the EV movement. My wife drives a Nissan Leaf – which is an amazing car that gets up to 260 miles on a single charge – and I drive a Chevrolet Volt (which I love – other than it’s pretty small) plus I used MOST of my retirement savings to put Solar panels on our property. That being said, I always wondered if someday I could afford to purchase a Tesla. Well, that was before I got my fill up to my eyeballs from listening to/reading about Elon Musk. Personally, I put him in the same stratosphere as Mark Zuckerberg. Their both “genius” in their fields, but NEITHER one of them seems to understand the importance of us regular folk and our best interests. The other day when I heard Musk encouraging the truckers who are blocking the U.S./Canada borders with their “big rigs” because, apparently Musk is an “anti-vaxxer” it became clear to me – I’ll NEVER own a Tesla. (Actually, I believe the Leaf is a worthy substitute – and I can go wherever I want and as far as I want in my Volt) As you can surmise, I don’t have a soft spot for tech “wizkids” who act like students I had in school (6th grade) who were autisitic – they seem to have NO social common sense. Yikes! once again.

A sidenote: I once predicted individual 1 (I was still calling him by his surname at the time) would “rue the day he decided to run for president.” Well, despite the fact he seems to be a willing “sponge” for all the media attention, good AND bad, I think that “day” is on the horizon. Letitia James has her sights set on his “organization” and Liz Cheney and Fani Willis have their sights set on his freedom. (As SHOULD Merrick Garland) Drip, drip, drip!

In a classic example of PROJECTION coming from republicans who refer to democrats as “fascists” – I’ve pointed out here numerously, these people don’t have a clue about the meaning of words, including “conservative” – you now have republicans all across this great nation pushing for “book bans” in schools (some are even suggesting book burnings) and, in Florida, republicans are pushing a law where it’s prohibited for schools (or business trainings) to teach anything which “makes white people uncomfortable.” I kid you not!

This is coming from the so-called “MAGA” crowd who have supported the CULT of individual 1, you know, the CONSPIRATOR who attempted to overthrow our constitutional republic leading up to the Assault on Congress on January 6th, 2021. And, of course, his “co-conspirators” include several “militia’s” which are neo-Nazi white nationalist thugs. Read up on your history of the Germans back in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s and you’ll see a lot of parallels – including the “base” of Hitler being evangelical (“conservative”) “Christians.”

I keep thinking, is individual 1 going to actually be thrown in JAIL for his CORRUPT and ILLEGAL activity? (I certainly hope so) Well, Hitler was JAILED in the late 20’s and came back stronger than ever in the early thirties and we all know the rest. My father FOUGHT in WW II when America was committed to defeating the Nazi’s as did many other fathers of the “Baby Boomers” who have somehow committed themselves to supporting individual 1 and his fascist attempt to overthrow America. Book banning, setting up call centers for parents who believe a school or teacher taught their child something which made them uncomfortable? So much for the “less government” approach, huh?

In Texas, if a young girl (12, 13, or ??) gets raped by a relative or, for that matter, anyone, if she chooses to abort the fetus should she become pregnant the “abortion bounty hunters” can receive $10,000 (or more) for reporting her to the “authorities.” And, of course, there’s always more. Places like Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Iowa, and other states controlled by republican legislatures are passing voter suppression laws designed to DISCOURAGE people of “color,” students, young people, in essence, anyone who might vote for a democrat from voting. In true individual 1 form, the solution to having no policy platform is to CHEAT in order to have a chance to win. And, of course, if they don’t win, the legislature can overturn the “will of the people.”

I’ve given the definition of fascism on this site numerous times so I’m going to force you to look it up if you haven’t been around here, but suffice it to say, individual 1 appears to be a full throated fascist and, therefore, if you’re “with him” well, you can figure out the rest! In Georgia, if you give someone a bottle of water while they’re standing in line waiting to vote it’s a FELONY! I’m not kidding, do you find that “democratic?” (Of course, the “long lines” happen in districts where the predominance of voters are Black! Coincidence?) In Florida, which is adopting similarly restrictive voting requirements they’re taking a step further, of course they are, because their governor is Ron DeSantis (they call him “DeathSantic” because of his pro COVID policies – I guess that means he HAS “policies” – but, I digress) has introduced a law to provide him with a group of paid THUGS who will be able to intimidate anyone who is uncertain of their voting status to stay as far from the polls as they can. Democratic??? DeSantis is attempting to out-fascist individual 1.

I started this post a week or two ago and since have actually posted a rant which led with a refresher course on the definition of fascism – for anyone who might happen upon this site and be confused. The neo-Nazi’s who were hiding “under the rocks” prior to individual 1 finding his way into the Oval Office are becoming even more overt despite Joe Biden’s LANDSLIDE victory (over 7 MILLION votes more than individual 1) – they’re showing up waving their SWASTIKA soiled paraphernalia along busy streets and over freeway overpasses in cities around the country – most prominently lately in Orlando, Florida. These are people who believe in VIOLENCE against people they disagree with – and, when they LOSE an election. Their numbers are growing and the danger is real.

I have a (former) friend who I used to meet for breakfast and we would “dialogue” – him a republican me a “liberal” independent who regularly votes AGAINST republicans – but, the relationship, like many I’m sure, turned sour as he got further and further sucked in to individual 1’s Cult. After the election of 2020, as he was showing signs of believing the so-called “Big Lie” and I began to place some of his previous comments to me as potentially coming from the far right of the “dark web” where the “white nationalists” hang out I, admittedly, turned a bit away from “dialogue.” I told him, at the time, I felt he would NEVER be able to admit he was wrong because he was so sucked in to a place he should have been able to avoid, as a Christian. Of course, as many Americans have come to realize, Much of America’s Evangelical Christian community have made the same “deal with the devil.”

I suspect the foundational motive is they believe should Roe v Wade be overturned by individual 1’s appointments to the Supreme Court – which, ultimately Moscow Mitch will be more responsible for – it was worth “dealing with the devil.” All the tangential horrors, to them, are worth it. Of course, as I tried to explain, overturning Roe will not prevent women from having abortions – yes, it will prevent some – mostly poor – from having the procedure, but it will accomplish little if reducing the demand for abortions was their actual goal. What this “deal with the devil” has really accomplished is to give our children and grandchildren a right wing Supreme Court for the foreseeable future. But, like is said, most in the CULT will never be able to admit they’ve been WRONG.

The bottom line here is “we the people” continue to have the RESPONSIBILITY I’ve been writing about for years and that is to show up at the polls to VOTE these right wing thugs out of office – and, of course, by saying “right wing thugs” I’m suggesting it’s the LARGE majority of republicans. That being said, I’m not one to suggest having HUGE majorities of Congressional seats being filled by democrats is what this country needs. Will “never individual 1ers” (honestly, I can’t bring myself to write the name) somehow reclaim the republican party? There are republicans I totally disagree with, like, of course, Liz Cheney who ARE respectable political figures – but, the question remains whether or not any of them will be able to even win a primary challenge. “We the people’s” challenge, of course, is to protect the United States of America from devolving into fascism!

Final Thought: Sometimes I have to wonder if members of the “media” somehow happen upon this site. (Of course, I fully understand the odds of that are miniscule) Lately, though, I’ve heard MANY terms which are beginning to be used, terms I’ve been using for years. (I have to wonder what took them so long?) For example, I’ve heard several now using the “mob boss” term when referring to individual 1, I’ve heard the republican party, lately, referred to as a CULT, and, of course, I’ve been hearing references to the similarities between individual 1 and world leaders who are fascists. Make no mistake, Vladimir Putin is a fascist – no matter how Russian “democracy” is represented by the Kremlin. Kim Jong Un is probably worse than a fascist – can that be? – but individual 1 “loves” him. And, Duterte of the Philippines? Not a “nice guy.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Another thug who has caused a “democracy” to descend into “authority.” Fascism? You decide. I hope you get my point! Remember, many of those “very fine people” from Charlottesville who were adorned with swastikas and resemble those who were waving confederate flags adorned with swastikas and giving the “heil Hitler” salute to passing motorists as they cluttered sidewalks and bridge overpasses last week in Orlando, Florida are among the most ardent of individual 1’s supporters!

I’ve pointed out here many times the EVIDENCE against individual 1’s criminal activity would continue to come out drip by drip – and, that’s exactly what has happened. You have to believe the Select January 6th Committee has a MOUNTAIN of evidence suggesting CRIMINALITY of our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president which, it seems, the Justice Department SHOULD also be investigating. As I’ve said here many times, one of my FEARS is that Merrick Garland FEARS individual 1’s base (as much as all the COWARDLY republicans – including my own representative Jaimie Herrera-Beutler) enough to cause the Justice Department to choose to look the other way in the face of CLEAR lawbreaking!

For heaven’s sake, just in the last few days we’re getting reports of ALL of individual 1’s attempts to DESTROY evidence – meaning, destroying papers which he was required to PRESERVE for the National Archives. We can see in his FAILED attempt to block the 1/6 Committee from getting records of “White House” activity around the time of the January 6th, 2021 INSURRECTION what he was worried about. As would be true of any organized CRIME boss, destroying evidence would be almost a casual activity. (There are reports he was even “flushing” papers down the toilet – I’m not kidding! _ he actually has been recorded many times of complaining about how many times you have to “flush” because of the flow of the water – you can’t make this stuff up) The potential CRIMINAL liability facing individual 1 seems almost endless. Honestly, if he doesn’t face accountability our system of laws will become somewhat meaningless – certainly the phrase “no one is above the law” will have virtually no meaning whatsoever.

I hate to “beat a dead horse” here – but, if you haven’t been here before let me explain. One of the first things Barack Obama did when after he took the oath of office was to block ALL the investigations into George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and many others over the reality Americans were TORTURING so-called “enemy combatants.” (At the time, I labeled this his first “red flag”) Was there any question there was TORTURE being committed by Americans? Absolutely NOT! Both Bush and Cheney admitted in front of national TV cameras they authorized WATERBOARDING (which is TORTURE according to the Geneva Conventions) and, I stated at the time, clearly, my belief was “looking forward instead of back” was a MAJOR blunder and would lead to WORSE behavior in the future. (I don’t know why a sixth grade teacher could figure this out and out government leaders couldn’t) Just read the book about Abu Ghraib and you’ll understand there was much WORSE going on than “Waterboarding.”

President Obama didn’t want the distraction which is going on today as Joe Biden’s attempts to tackle WORSE problems which he was left with than the problems Bush/Cheney left for the Obama/Biden administration. But, as I said at the time, at some point you MUST decide no one, REALLY, is above the law. You MUST “draw the line.” Ronald Reagan got “left of the hook” as did George HW Bush for the Iran/Contra scandal and – if Merrick Garland chooses not to intervene in individual 1’s misdeeds, the CORRUPT activity coming out of the republican party (and, maybe, at some point, the democratic party) will metastasize in the future. I still believe, based on public knowledge I, a non lawyer, could get a conviction of individual 1 for SEDITIOUS behavior while in office – being part of the CONSPIRACY we KNOW was intended to overthrow the 2020 election – “The most secure election in history” according to individual 1’s own director of election security in the Homeland Security department, Chris Krebs. Stay tuned………….

One more thing – a prediction: The “hero” (or should I say heroine) who will come out of all this will be Liz Cheney. Who knows, she might end up as the first woman to win the presidency???

Apparently, I need to do this once again. Fascism:

1. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, a capitalist economy subject to stringent governmental controls, violent suppression of the opposition, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
2. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
3. Oppressive, dictatorial control.

According to: ” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition”.

The reason I feel the necessity to start this rant in this manner is because I keep hearing these numbskulls who continue to support individual 1 referring to “liberals” as “fascists.” Thankfully, individual 1 was unsuccessful in his attempt to turn America into a nation resembling the definition above, but, clearly, him and his CULT continue their push to turn this nation into an ACTUAL fascist state. What republicans (the CULT – sadly) seem to refer to as “fascism” is them being forced to accept the result of ELECTIONS they lose.

Look at the final word in the first portion of the definition above. If you’re a republican and have chosen to continue supporting individual 1 you can’t diverge yourself from the reality of that word. I’ve been pointing out how the republican party has been INFECTED by racism for much longer than the four years of individual 1’s reign. For heaven’s sake, if you were paying even somewhat close attention to the “birthing” of the “Tea Party” you saw the horrible signs at their rallies depicting former President Obama in the most vile RACIST manner and, if you listened to the speakers at their rallies the racism wasn’t covert. It was disgusting, to say the least.

I know republicans who demonstrated, outwardly, racist behavior in discussions about President Obama and seemed totally unaware of their own behavior. I had one acquaintance, after I brought this up at a breakfast (He’s now a pastor of a church in Washington State), send me an email asking if someone had “these” beliefs – the beliefs were listed one by one (very anti-Obama for disgusting reasons) – would you call that person a racist? I could only respond to the email with, yes! He didn’t even understand the “birther movement” was racist – what I’d call an educated person who was actually very poorly educated when it came to our (America’s) diversity.

I’ve had other acquaintances who call themselves republicans suggest to me they don’t believe in “democracy.” Here’s the reason republicans hate “democracy” (full disclosure – we live in a “democratic republic” with three “co-equal” branches of government) – in a “democracy” you have to participate in the battleground of “ideas.” You have to give people a reason to vote for you other than vote based on “FEAR” of the “other” – which is what our republicans have evolved to. Republicans are using FEAR as a tool to cause people to choose NOT to vote. Why? Because these republicans FEAR how these people would vote and don’t want to address the reasons why they WON’T vote for republicans.

Individual 1’s association with white nationalists is becoming less subtle all the time. Recently, he referred to the African American officials investigating his CORRUPT and CRIMINAL behavior as being “racists” – apparently because they have the temerity to investigate a white organized CRIMINAL! You just can’t be part of the so-called “MAGA” movement without accepting that you’re part of the racism at its foundation. And, when I talk about how “we the people” should, simply based on the above, vote OUT republicans at every opportunity we have for CHOOSING our government leaders, there’s always more.

For example, it’s almost as if you can’t talk about the republicans’ efforts at overturning our government via the 2020 election without mentioning some of the republicans in Congress who were part of the INSURRECTION. Take Josh Hawley, for example. He’s the one with the high fisted salute to those who would soon be causing him to take refuge in the Capitol because they BUSTED through broken windows and bashed in doors while seeking out VP Pense and Nancy Pelosi – with a gallows set up on the Capitol grounds. Well, as disgusting as Hawley has been all the while as he’s been defending those who assaulted the Capitol on January 6th, 2021 now he’s regurgitating RUSSIAN “talking points” regarding their amassing troops on Ukraine’s border. To me, just another TRAITOR among a group of them in today’s republican party.

Naturally, there’s others. Ron Johnson is the senator from Wisconsin, which actually boggles my mind – but, then, I remind myself Wisconsin is the home of the “birth” of the John Birch Society. If you don’t know about them, look it up. Johnson has been regurgitating Russian talking points for much longer than this surge of Russian troops on Ukraine’s border. The FBI actually warned Johnson during the 2020 election he was the target of direct disinformation from the Kremlin, a warning he “brushed off.” What about Rudy Giuliani? It’s been reported by multiple sources Giuliani was regurgitating information which came directly from a Russian intelligence officer. And, MOST of us know about individual 1 and his COLLUSION with Russia to “win” the 2016 election. “Russia, if you’re listening……..” And, of course, they were! These people all deserve to sit right next to Benedict Arnold in our History books! (with a long list of others, ie, Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, MTG, Lauren Boebert, Matt Gaetz, and on and on……… )

Also, today the republican national committee “censured” both Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. What was their offense? Well, actually, they’ve been telling the TRUTH about January 6th, 2021 which is anathema to republican doctrine when it comes to the democrats investigating republicans – what that means is the republican national committee is saying if republicans commit CRIMES other republicans are obligated to keep “mum.” And, sadly, MOST of them actually do. My representative is Jaimie Herrera-Beutler, who voted to IMPEACH individual 1 after the second IMPEACHMENT but, with one exception, has been SILENT ever since. She would rather get re-elected than piss off the “MAGA” crowd in our district any more than she already has. I’ve called her office several times to register my disgust.

To me, all of this points to the reality the republican party in America right now is willing to create an ACTUAL fascist RULING party in order to find their way back into POWER. In the resolution to censure Cheney and Kinzinger the republicans referred to those involved in attempting to overthrow our government on January 6th, 2021 as “ordinary citizens engaged in normal political discourse” and it goes on saying Cheney and Kinzinger “are both utilizing their past professed political affiliation to mask Democrat abuse of prosecutorial power for partisan purposes.” Just think about that for a second! “ordinary citizens engaged in normal political discourse” – did you watch what happened on January 6th, 2021?

Or, are they suggesting those who planned, organized, funded, and carried threw with individual 1’s attempt to overturn the election (remember, our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president admitted to this) were just “ordinary citizens engaged in normal political discourse?” If so, it’s even MORE imperative “we the people” vote these people into the HISTORY books sooner rather than later. If what happened on January 6th, 2021 was “normal political discourse” (or the planning for January 6th, 2021) well, “we the people” MUST not underestimate the significance of the PROBLEM! I don’t care where you live in this country, you MUST vote against this attempt at a FASCIST takeover of our government. My father fought in WW II to prevent Hitler from causing this very thing to happen!

I’ll say it again, well, I’ve said this in previous posts, the democrats are NOT “fascists.” Calling them such comes from pure IGNORANCE. Democrats are a “big tent” party where you find anywhere from Bernie Sanders to Joe Manchin. Democrats focus their legislative actions on the Middle Class and those below that level. Sanders refers to himself as a “socialist” although he supports many programs which support “capitalists.” America has had “socialist” tendencies since the “New Deal” and many older Americans don’t seem to understand they’re the beneficiaries of those policies as I’m writing this. (Full disclosure: I’m receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits and I’m very thankful for both programs)

What individual 1 and his CULT stand for fall right SQUARELY into the DEFINITION of fascism as listed above. (And, by the way, that definition is found in other “dictionaries”) Our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president is famous for his complaints about those he considered not “loyal” enough – finding ways to “fire” them. (Although, he rarely, if ever, had the GUTS to do it in person) Let’s focus on his final months in office for our evidence. Individual 1’s head of election security pointed out the 2020 election was the “most secure election in our history” and our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president participated in a two months long CONSPIRACY aimed at “overturning the election” – in his words – seriously, where do you think we’d be right now had he succeeded? And, of course, he’s still working on it! Pure CORRUPTION in “plain sight.”

final Thought: When individual 1 was speaking at the rally in Texas and he was complaining about all the “Black” prosecutors who have him in their “sights” while suggesting should they “do something wrong or illegal” – suggesting indicting him would be such – he said, “I hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in Washington, D.C, in New York, in Atlanta and elsewhere. Because our country and our elections are corrupt.”

I’ve mentioned many times individual 1 is the master at PROJECTION! Suggesting our “country and our elections are corrupt” is almost the epitome of his PROJECTION. Of course our country is CORRUPT because he’s not the only rich white guy who pays lawyers to find ways around our system of laws – especially those laws pertaining to paying taxes – and, as far as our elections being “corrupt” his own head of election security, Chris Krebs, stated the 2020 election was “the most secure election in our history,” Of course individual 1 fired him soon after he said that and since January 6th, 2021 states all over the Union have been busy attempting to make our future elections as CORRUPT as their legislatures can get away with.

Already, in Georgia, the legislature has passed an egregious “Jim Crow 2.0” bill designed to keep as many “black and brown” voters from voting – plus, should the voters decide on a candidate not of the legislature’s approval they’ve given themselves the “right” to overturn it. You know, what individual 1 failed to accomplish after the 2020 election. The 2020 election was NOT rigged, but the 2022 elections and 2024 elections very well could be! Yikes!!! I would advise you, once again, to read the definition of fascism! Stay tuned………

One more thing: At the root of the fascist state created in Italy by Mussolini was an intersection of corporations and government. As you SHOULD be able to plainly see America has been in a slow moving progression toward FASCISM since the day Ronald Reagan took the oath of office. It hit “high gear” when John Roberts and Sam Alito were appointed to the Supreme Court and they’ve made several rulings which have expedited this move toward “Mussolini” type fascism. We can clearly see that corporate interests CONTINUE to funnel “boatloads” of money to members of Congress. If you don’t understand the effect of that MONEY on people like, for example, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin you’re not looking very hard to understand why they’re standing in the way of critical legislation right now.

Of course, the disease is MUCH worse in the republican party and I’m not going to go into detail here, but the Citizens United Supreme Court decision (and one more I can’t remember the title of right now) opened the floodgates worse than they were – including unidentifiable foreign money into our politics. (Allegedly the NRA funneled $30 MILLION of Russian money to individual 1’s campaign in 2016) Of course, Roberts was the judge who wrote the ruling gutting the Voting Rights Act which has been the stimulus for the voter suppression bills being passed in various states around the country as I’m writing this. When you combine a right wing Supreme Court (remember, they have LIFETIME appointments) with a right wing Congress and then you get someone like individual 1 in the Oval Office – well, I hope you can see the importance of Americans voting out the republicans in Congress and voting against republicans in the national elections for President and Vice President. (There’ll be nothing we can do, short of expanding the Court, to counter the Supreme Court for the remainder of my lifetime – I’m 74)

I’ve been pointing out for YEARS individual 1 is nothing more than a pseudo MOB boss who believes the laws are meant for us “commoners” but not he or his family. The number of potential CRIMES he committed in just his four years in office seems mammoth – despite the reality our Justice Department seems AFRAID to act in the face of overwhelming EVIDENCE in the public record. Really, it goes much farther than the INSURRECTION at the Capitol on January 6th, 2021. Is the Justice Department going to look past ALL of this?

Some of the violations now seem pretty minimal, but the reality – as I said back when Barack Obama “looked forward instead of back” stopping all the investigations into the Torture authorized by George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, among others – is when the Justice Department chooses to “look the other way” at CRIMINAL activity it just ENCOURAGES more CRIMINAL activity. We now have a republican party which is infested with people who feel enabled to IGNORE the laws they’ve sworn an oath to defend.

If you were around during the Watergate scandal of the 1970’s you remember virtually everyone who surrounded Richard Nixon ended up spending time in PRISON. The CORRUPTION of individual 1’s administration makes what happened during Watergate seem trivial in comparison. If Merrick Garland follows through on what he PROMISED (during his confirmation hearings and) on January 5th, 2022 to “follow the evidence wherever it leads” you have to believe the CONSPIRACY to overthrow the 2020 election will engulf a remarkable number of republicans who were willing to do ANYTHING in order to remain in POWER!

I’m going to list as many as I can – just off the top of my head, some being tangentially part of the conspiracy – here we go: First the obvious, individual 1 himself – for SURE, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Flynn, Sidney Powell, Mark Meadows, Jeffrey Clark, John Eastman, Jim Jordan, Mo Brooks, Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, members of various “militias,” those in the various states who signed FORGED “elector” documents which were sent to the Senate and the National Archives claiming to be the lawful “electors” claiming individual 1 “won” the election, numerous people involved in planning and funding January 6th, 2021, and who knows how many this will encompass?

Individual 1 and his surrogates were regularly destroying EVIDENCE – meaning records of phone calls, documents, text records, emails, etc. etc. – in violation of the “Presidential Records Act” which is a felony – this LAW was violated with impunity in individual 1’s administration. We KNOW our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (ex) president was doing this, we don’t know who else in his administration was doing this. It’s hard to believe those in his office didn’t KNOW this was illegal – someone was taping torn apart documents back together so the idea people didn’t know about this CRIME is almost laughable.

Then there’s Jared Kushner, Mark Meadows, AND individual 1 (likely among others) using their private cell phones to communicate AND doing so with “apps” allowing their conversations to be encrypted. I can’t help but remember what republicans put Hillary Clinton through for using a personal server and possibly destroying records of “classified information” – which of course was never proven – but, the investigation likely resulted in individual 1 “winning” back in 2016. (albeit with 3 MILLION fewer votes) Clearly the “records” of what went on in individual 1’s administration will be terribly INCOMPLETE! And, I’ll say it again, the destroying of (or hiding) “presidential records” is against the law. Anyone unwilling to record EVERYTHING that goes on there doesn’t belong there.

I pointed out several months ago I believed myself, a non lawyer (I did take a couple constitutional law classes in college back in the 1960’s :o), could argue a conviction of individual 1 for his INCITING the INSURRECTION based on information which is public knowledge. Of course, I’ve been following the “drip, drip, drip” of EVIDENCE becoming public, essentially, as it becomes “public knowledge” of the CONSPIRACY to overthrow our elected government. Well, the EVIDENCE is now pouring out and, what I wasn’t sure was possible, it’s making individual 1 look even worse by the day.

I tuned in to some of the segments of individual 1’s recent rally in a predominantly WHITE area of Texas and it just becomes clearer by the day the man is deranged. Obviously, he fully understands he’s in “deep doo doo” with authorities in several locales. The prosecutors in Manhattan along with New York’s Attorney General appear on the verge of either serious CRIMINAL charges for him and his family members – OR – in the case of the Attorney General’s Civil investigation individual 1’s “organization” could be in serious financial trouble should a suit find the “organization” guilty of the apparent FRAUD being scrutinized.

The Manhattan DA is Black, the New York Attorney General is Black, and,, of course, the DA in Fulton County Georgia – who may be on the verge of an INDICTMENT for individual 1 by this summer – is also Black. So, it should surprise no one hearing individual 1 making threats to these people referring to them as “racists,” and “horrible people,” and “sick” (these are the characterizations I remember) and then encouraging his CULT to stage the largest “protests” in history should he be INDICTED. i couldn’t help but think of all my observations of how individual 1 “projects” his own issues almost every time he speaks. If someone asked me to describe individual 1 i would use his own words – “racist, horrible person, and sick” but I’d have to had EXTREME narcissist, xenophobe, misogynist, and PATHOLOGICAL LIAR.

My point is, our TWICE IMPEACHED so-called two time popular vote LOSING (disgraced ex) president is still out there “grooming” his CULT to disregard the belief we live in a “nation of laws and not men.” The parallels of what his CULT is supporting with what happened in Germany back in the 1930’s is stark. I’ve even thought lately of how Hitler was jailed in the 1920’s and came back to take over his country – should individual 1 be INDICTED. Of course, individual 1 is likely too old to come back from a stint in jail – plus SEDITIOUS Conspiracy carries a 20 year sentence with no chance for parole.

As I’ve said for so long, individual 1 makes no effort (I don’t believe he can) to hide the FACT he acts like a member of organized crime. Of course, his idol, Vladimir Putin, is said to control the largest organized crime syndicate in the history of the world – making Putin the ACTUAL richest person on earth. Of course, that would cause someone like individual 1 to idolize Putin. I keep saying this, but is Merrick Garland listening? It’s too late for a “special counsel” because individual 1 continues to be a “clear and present danger” to our republic! Stay tuned…………

Final Thought: I while back I subscribed to a newsletter put out by one of the people in America I respect the most, Robert Reich. Today he made some interesting points regarding all the moves around this country to “ban books.” As a former teacher who has way too many books I find all this, well, “deplorable.” Reich pointed out when he was in High School the best way to get him (and some of his peers) to actually read a book was to tell them it was “banned.” He pointed out the graphic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman, a novel which received a “Pulitzer Prize,” and depicts a survivor of the Holocaust wasn’t on the top 1000 list of “best sellers” at Amazon until it was banned and NOW it’s number one! Interesting!

It’s “Black History Month” and, in my time as a sixth grade teacher I always had activities relating to African Americans who played an incredible part in our History in my classroom. I can’t help but think of how this might be a “problem” in today’s atmosphere. I don’t believe I would have been willing to compromise in these activities, but, of course, I’ve been out of the classroom for over half a decade. I have to add, it was a rare sixth grader back then, for instance, who was unaware of the issue of slavery, racism, and much of the dark history of our nation. Many of my students were Latinos and I’ll never forget the day individual 1 was elected. I had to, in essence, “cancel” the class – despite the FACT we were all present – because the students couldn’t stop talking among themselves. I still remember students asking each other if they were “legal.”

One last thing: Sadly, I saw the demonstrations of outright NAZI’S recently in Orlando, Florida – thugs shouting “Heil Hitler,” parading swastikas, assaulting passersby, and hanging their obscene signs off the railing of a freeway overpass – yelling out anti-Semitic garbage as people drove by in their cars. This is individual 1’s “America.” Make no mistake, he’s the public figure who has caused these “DEPLORABLE” people to feel emboldened to come out from under the “rocks” they were hiding under until individual 1 STOLE the 2016 election (with the help of Vladimir Putin and James Comey). It’s time for Americans of all “stripes” (republican, democrat, and independent – likely meaning “former republicans”) to band together in order to vote what I’ve called “the present day republican party” into the History books. As I’ve said many times here, they’ll end up on the same pages as Benedict Arnold!

Forgive me for failing to re-read and edit this page. Hopefully, I’ll get to it later.