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Putin drags young men to slaughter for pride. Now endorsed by US —“Russia is fine,” “humanitarian.” This resets US in line w/mass killing. We have to spit this out.

Witkoff’s fawning shows how far gone they are. Capable of anything.

The American president absolving Russia as it bombs civilians is an enormous rupture. Discarding reality is half-step to discarding lives. A play for ultimate impunity.

Trump admires the N. Korean dictator. What more to say?

What does it mean that young anti-liberals in US & Europe favor Putin & disdain Ukraine? The main enemy is liberalism & anything goes? Inability to imagine what a Russian future means? Eternal perversity? Ah well, let’s do our best.

America First in the 30s meant fair-play for Hitler America First today is fair-play for Putin. Trump gains from unwillingness of good people to take his evil at face-value. As if ignoring the obvious makes it go away.

Expect sideways rationalizations of Trump's betrayal of Ukraine: 'crude, but possibly effective,' etc. No. Trump admires Putin, gangster to gangster. Trump wants the Russian system here. N. Korea and Russia have it right in his mind.

So much waved away: Trump's praise of Putin; his contempt for Ukraine; his excitement when Putin invaded Ukraine, "brilliant, savvy ... '; his use of Russian assistance in 2016; his contempt for NATO. Put aside. Even now, if I say that US will arm Russia, I can hear the scoffs, nervous now.

My impression of John Durham is a not bad fellow who fell under the spell of Bill Barr. Barr is a different matter. His obscuring Trump's obvious alliance w/Russia fortified Trump's reality reversal. Instead of censure,Trump was victim. Today Trump is full-blown traitor.

Bravo President Zelensky. Defy extortion. I support you. Trump is our common enemy.

US is not a credible negotiator for Russia/Ukraine. Trump cannot destroy the world order & play statesman. Until Trump is gone, another force must rise to responsibly defend free government.

I hope Ukraine defies Trump. Cunningly. Bravely. Their success is ours. Trump is our enemy, as sure as Putin.

Trump’s sabotage of Ukraine is dishonorable crime. Delivered by Kush/Witi & never to be forgotten. Under traitors we are in the dictator’s column.

Our precious form of government is temporarily in enemy hands. Let’s end that.

Russia is Trump & Co.'s vision of the world: extortion, fear, reward, punishment. Upending this is Ukraine's defiance. Trump & Co. are enemies of free government everywhere, and friends of tyranny everywhere.

Without shame, Kushner demands Ukrainian submission to Trump’s demand for election help. And we are told Zelensky must mend fences. The goal is to get you to accept this perversion.

Degradation of morals is Trump’s object. Accustoming the public to evil acts is the game. They live on the 48 hour rule: revulsion to shrugging.

A military fixated on appearances & violent discipline — “laying on hands“ — amounts to bluster & retreat. Put faith in a motivated, self-respecting force.

US bad-faith under Trump rules US out as peacemaker. Trump thinks he can destroy US moral standing yet still play the game of all-powerful summitry. US power depends upon all that Trump is destroying: prestige, respect, commitment, trust.

Trump is a traitor. The titles of our government —President, AG, DHS, envoys, etc. — are being used to destroy us. We must stop them.

Trump invites government by accusation, retribution, conspiracy, lies. Space for honorable, conscience bound, lawful exercise of power shrinks. Trump's deliberate degradation is grave offense

LIFE AND IMMORTALITY 11/13/1960. A CHILD RUNS IN WITH A WAVE. THEY STAY ON THE SHORE FOR A WHILE THEN ARE PULLED OUT TO THE SPACIOUS SEA, WHERE THEY DIFFUSE INTO THE WATERS, FLOW WITH OTHER WAVES AND RETURN TO THE SHORE OF MORTAL LIFE FOR A WHILE, UNTIL THEY ARE PULLED OUT TO THE SPACIOUS SEA.

Grave matter that DOJ dedicated to voter suppression & persecution of Trump’s enemies. Pathetic that Blanche was confirmed by Senators professing respect for rule of law.

Arrest of Milo so-and-so no good. Trump & Miller want to train the public to accept round-ups of undesirables. To accept jailing anyone who looks at the boss cross-eyed. No cheering for jailing immigration violators.

Russian opposition pols leaving the country; others poisoned/dead. Guilty of making extremist symbols. This is the future under Trump/Blanche, & successors. The present administration admires Putin's violence against enemies. Russia is the future under Trumpism. Defeat Trump.

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Simon Rosenberg good on DSA. The hardcore is not democratic. They are pro-Putin; pro-Castro/Maduro; covertly pro-Trump. DSA means to hurt Democrats. That’s the object.

The killing in Maine by ICE. The defense by Trump & Homan. This cannot stand. At present, ICE is armed force outside of democratic control. Domestic terror.

Standoff over Blanche treated as normal political theatre. No. Trump's principle is criminal. He is demanding personal & family immunity from all tax investigation, along with payouts to criminal associates. Trump's demand is admission of criminality.

Just a couple years back, Americans would call for police and mutual aid if approached by masked men with guns Today that approach is met with dread, embarassment, & relief that they didn't come for me. Dark achievement.

Imagine a school elected a principal w/no background in education. Instead of administration, he spends all day on the PA taunting, menacing, incoherent. How would that school perform?

Shift in my lifetime regarding Israel. The favorite now villain. Positions shift; melodrama endures. Super-indulgence for Israel has yielded to wide abuse. The millions in Israel must live. Iran disagrees. War. Another people lives in W. Bank & Gaza. They must rule themselves.

Yielding to Trump has created a disaster. He openly taunts us with destruction of the system which he is charged to uphold. A President aiming to strangle voting to maintain power. An enemy of the State. An enemy of our welfare. The President.

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‘I’d never do that,”Trump said about spying on N. Korea. He’s allied w/enemies. Trump’s hatred of law & the Deep State are one. A gangster‘s vision. He’s a traitorous enemy aiming at our security on behalf of dictators & crooks.

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Live right next to a polling site here in Manhattan. The young people supporting candidates are out of this world. 6am putting up signs. Now, 8:45pm, they ask every passerby: 'have you voted?' 8:59. I hear them counting down seconds to 9:00pm close of polls. Big cheer. They are wonderful.