My biggest mistake when I first started realizing the danger Donald Trump posed to America was believing, at some point, REPUBLICANS would understand the danger he addled to, not only America, but also to them, would cause REPUBLICANS to turn on Trump and, well, that would be the end of it. While much of the things I predicted were correct, in this regard, I couldn’t have been more wrong. My frustration with democrats used to be they seemed afraid to defend their own policies – highlighted by their running away from “Obamacare,” for example, the midterm after it was passed, leading to a solid “thrashing” at the polls, but the “kings of cowardice” has to belong to republicans in Congress as they cower from doing anything which would be considered “right” to avoid getting the nasty “tweet” (or is it now a “truth”) from Trump.
When you look back at how they really felt about Trump, prior to him “winning” the election in 2016 to what they said about him, even after he won the republican nomination, their malfeasance is almost nauseating. If you took the time to read Robert Mueller’s report after the “Russia investigation,” you realize it was Vladimir Putin who was behind the “active measusres” aimed at helping Trump “win” the election, but more importantly to Putin, was to create a divide in America helping him claim his “fevor dream” of bringing Russia back to world dominance. When you read a bit further, in other well documented books, it becomes clear Trump was targeted by Putin years before he claimed the “White House” and has become Putin’s “useful idiot.”
And, not only was Putin involved in the “active measures” (via, mostly, Facebook – sorry Mr. Zuckerberg, but maybe you should be referred to as “Suckerberg”) but so were the Saudi’s, the Emerati’s, the Egyptians, and the Israeli’s in the conspiracy to get Trump elected. (Read: Seth Abramson’s “Proof of Conspiracy: How Trump’s International Collusion is threatening American Democracy”) If you’ve read about Cambridge Analytica, the work of Steve Bannon and Robert Mercer, they (Cambridge Analytica) were not only key in providing “data” leading to “Brexit” (Great Britain exiting the EU) but their “data harvesting” from Facebook was shared with represtentatives of the Russians, the Saudi’s, the Emerati’s, and members of Israeli Intelligence, according to Abramson’s book – and Abramson has the “receipts” to back up his claims.
If you think I’m using hyperbole here, Facebook has paid OVER $5 BILLION in fines and settlements (I believe it’s approaching $6 BILLION now) for it’s reckless policies which have allowed user data to be almost routinely “harvested” from their platform. In 2016 it was reported by former Cambridge Analytica employee, Christopher Wylie, that Facebook pilfered the info of approximately 87 MILLION Americans prior to the 2016 election and that info was used to “feed” unsuspecting Americans mis/disinformation designed to destabIlize the American election in Trump’s favor. (Click HERE if you want to further check out what I’m saying)
The Trump Campaign used this information, as did the Russians and the others I mentioned above in a conspiracy to – Mr. Wylie used the term “Mindf*cked” in a book he wrote confessing his “sins” – sway the American electorate into, on the one hand, supporting Trump and, on the other, opposing Mrs. Clinton. And, of course, it worked. Plus, don’t be fooled, Mr. Bannon is at it again – pushing his neo-Nazi agenda across the right wing blogosphere and, you can be assured the other countries which are all controlled by fascist dictators are right there with him. Bannon has his “fingers” in right wing fascist movements all across Europe and, once he “pays his debt” (four months in prison for Contempt of Congress) he’ll likely be back in the next Trump administration if all these “bad actors” succeed once again. (Bannon does have a “minor” date with the authorities in New York this coming May for his phony “We Build the Wall” campaign to siphon money from MAGA faithful)
As for the American voters, I keep thinking of the saying “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” Are they going to fall for this once again. Despite the “booming” economy President Biden is “sitting” with historically low “approval ratings.” His foreign policy challenges are beyond what any president in my lifetime has faced – and, to me, he’s doing an incredible job – although, the issue in Gaza is a challenge he MUST face head on or his chances of re-election are going to shrink. Benjamin Netanyahu is no friend of Biden’s – period, full stop. Personally, I don’t consider him a “friend” of Israel. He’s corrupt just like Trump is corrupt and he understands as soon as the war against Hamas ends, his reign over Israel will end.
President Biden simply can not supply military support to Israel without conditions on Netanyahu – the demand being backing off the slaughter of Palestinians – mostly women and children. Israel moved into War Crimes territory, in my view, long ago. President Biden warned them about the potential fall out if they were unable to control their rage over what happened on October 7th. The ANGER was justified. The damage caused to Palestinians in Gaza, in my view, was WAY over the top. Netanyahu actually referred to Abimelech who is referred to by some Bible scholars as “conniving and evil” as he planned out the invasion of Gaza. Abimeleche was responsible for the slaughter of “thousands” which, apparently, is how Netanyahu wants to be remembered.
President Biden has to find a way to show his support of ISRAEL but, at the same time, withdrawing support, if necessary, from Netanyahu. I was happy to hear President Biden, while in Israel shortly after October 7th, point out the ONLY solution to this conflict is the so-called “two state” solution. Netanyahu doesn’t want that and, neither does Hamas nor Iran – the funding behind Hamas. (Actually, there have been reports Netanyahu has supported Hamas in his disdain for any “two state” solution.) I have to believe Biden’s patience toward Netanyahu has become “paper thin” – but, I also believe Netanyahu could care less what President Biden thinks. Netanyahu would like nothing better than Trump back in the “White House.”
Stop and think about the Saudi’s funneling $2 BILLION to Jared Kushner shortly after Trump left office back in 2020 to set up an investment firm, “Affinity partners” – to which he had NO experience. Do you really believe that was done out of the goodness of Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) heart? – personally I don’t think there’s ANY “goodness” in MBS’s heart. However, one thing you can say about MBS is that he’s ambitious. He has a “2030 plan” to develop his nation and it’s getting mixed reviews. And, it involves the U.S. and Israel. Kushner is investing much of the “stake” coming from MBS in Israel which is interesting to say the least. Reports were that Iran “pushed” the events of October 7th out of fear the Saudi’s and Israeli’s were nearing some kind of diplomatic settlement. Bottom line: None of, Netanyahu, Iran, or Hamas wants/wanted anything to do with the “two state solution.”
While republicans are focused on “investigating” Hunter Biden for ???? we know they’re not interested in finding out about Kushner’s $2 BILLION (of which, Kushner pulls out a “cool” $25 MILLION annually for himself). Yes, Kushner’s firm was started almost the next day after he left the “White House,” and, yes, it didn’t take even long enough to “squeeze” the money out of the Saudi’s Private Investment Fund to, well, make it look like it was on the up and up – but, why would we expect republicans to investigate someone in Trump’s family – a family which apparently was pilfering MONEY throughout the four years in office from foreign governments. Remember, they’re inventing the “Biden Crime Family” out of pure projection! Just sayin…….
Trump recently BRAGGED about blocking the “bipartisan immigration bill,” he’s blocking the House from providing aid to Ukraine – shamelessly, he’s bragged about doing NOTHING to address gun violence in America at a recent NRA convention, he’s BRAGGED he was the president who got Roe v Wade overturned, and he’s promising, once again, to repealing “Obamacare” – which will, if he’s successful, take health insurance from roughly 30 MILLION Americans. What could possibly go wrong? Stay tuned……
Final Thought: Will Americans flock to the polls to FINALLY put Trump into the History books right where he belongs next to Benedict Arnold? Or will they “sit on their hands” or, just as badly, vote for one of the third party candidates who are being propped up by major Trump donors? Will those donors be publicly “outed?” We do KNOW that the Super Bowl add for Robert Kennedy Jr. was funded via a (something like) $7 MILLION “donation” coming from Timothy Mellon, one of the heirs to the Mellon Banking fortune. The Mellon family has been integral republican donors for generations. Timothy Mellon is a multi-billionaire so $7 MILLION is a drop in the bucket, but he’s been an integral Trump supporter, but is funding RFK Jr.’s campaign. Do I need to explain this for you?
This past weekend, once again – this time in Tennessee – we got another dose of right wing politics. It was reported as a “neo-Nazi” group marching down the streets in Nashville with hoods over their faces (jobs related?) and carrying NAZI flags emblazoned with swastikas. To me, not “neo-Nazi’s” but full blown NAZI’S. Of course, republicans immediately came out accusing Joe Biden supporters as being the culprits. I’m not kidding. Check it out HERE. Trump and his sycophants are counting on “we the people” becoming so disoriented by the constant swirl of UNBELIEVABLE crap which just keeps piling up causing voters to loose their minds between now and November – finally giving in to the crazy. I really hope they’re wrong! Yikes!!!
Oh yes! (Sorry Uncle Tony ;o) Too many paragraphs!
I heard someone refer to this photo as “The Speaker of the House and Mike Johnson.”