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garybeck

(10,041 posts)
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 12:21 AM Nov 26

If you want to know the direction we are headed.

Ask yourself, what does Putin want ?

That's the direction we are going.

We all know Tmp is in Putin's pocket.

Two predictions-
Soon after taking office, we will cut off aid to Ukraine
Within one year it will be clear that we are attempting to sabotage NATO. we will either cut off funding to NATO, or simply drop out.

Putin also wants unrest and instability in the United States, both socially and economically

So while we are all concerned that trump's economic policies will favore the rich, they will also simply cause economic downturn. And that is by design.

And yeah, Putin's real wet dream is a civil war in the US.

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Initech

(102,512 posts)
1. We couldn't investigate Trump's ties to Putin in 2016.
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 12:30 AM
Nov 26

Now they're basically flaunting it in our faces. Hell even his #2 guy, Elon, got outed as a Russian stooge. The sooner Putin and his goons rid the world of their evil existence, the better.

Irish_Dem

(59,727 posts)
6. Putin wants us to know he is behind all of it.
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 04:46 AM
Nov 26

He doesn't bother to hide it. Made it clear Russia was behind the bomb threats on Election Day in Dem precincts.

Putin always leaves his calling card at his crime scenes.
He loves it when people know how smart and powerful he is.

lees1975

(6,103 posts)
2. In past American history, threats like this have been taken down by people with courage and conviction.
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 12:43 AM
Nov 26

Those under a sworn oath to the Constitution were committed to protecting it. Now it's political games as usual and everyone only cares about their own position, and how to keep it and the money stream flowing.

We have had Supreme Court justices in the past with the will to step up and take things into their own hands if that became necessary. That's what should have happened to the Mueller Report, the Supreme Court should have wrestled it out of the Justice Department's hands and put it in the federal court system. But there's no Thurgood Marshall on the court, and hasn't been any one with that kind of courage since he died.

rubbersole

(8,709 posts)
4. It's all working.
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 02:24 AM
Nov 26

Most Americans lack critical thinking skills. I found that out on November 5th. Still in denial about it. We can't really be this stupid. Defending democracy is the only game right now. The frying planet will have to wait.

moniss

(6,151 posts)
5. Yes indeed the biggest lesson
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 02:32 AM
Nov 26

that authoritarians learn the hard way is that Mother Nature doesn't give a damn about someone's crown or title.

Initech

(102,512 posts)
9. I'm sick of the media asking "how Dems lost".
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 10:56 AM
Nov 26

The bigger question should be how Fuckface won. The answer is that so many people have been brainwashed by propaganda and there is no alternative to Fox, Infowars, Joe Rogan, etc. We need to get to work on fixing that. The world may not look the same in 4 years.

IzzaNuDay

(689 posts)
8. Don't forget that Tulsi is in this mess.
Tue Nov 26, 2024, 10:55 AM
Nov 26

She will probably provide safe cover for Vlad and his gang.

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