William Lindsey Feb 11, 2024

Heather Cox Richardson notes that Trump, who has "deep and well documented" ties to Russia, tried to weaken NATO when he was in office. And now he's campaigning by attacking NATO directly.

Yesterday, Trump stated,

“I would encourage [Russia] to do whatever the hell they want.”

But, sure, Biden's too old. Go ahead and vote for Trump or vote your "conscience" and elect him by voting third-party.

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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-10-2024

February 10, 2024

A key story that got missed yesterday was that the Senate voted 64–19 to allow a bill that includes $95.34 billion in aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan to advance a step forward. In terms of domestic politics, this appears to be an attempt by those who controlled the Republican Party before Trump to push back against Trump and the MAGA Republicans.

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

As Richardson states,

"Russian president Vladimir Putin is intent on dismantling the rules-based international order of norms and values developed after World War II. …

After decades of relative stability, authoritarian powers have risen to challenge the rules-based international order, throwing away the ideas of national sovereignty and human rights."

#Trump #Russia #Putin #NATO
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Feb 11, 2024 at 1:40pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Feb 11, 2024

"As wealth becomes more and more concentrated, people are losing faith in that international order as well as in democracy itself. In a world increasingly under pressure from authoritarians who are trying to enrich themselves and stay in power, … the [Biden] administration is trying to defend fair competition, international law, and human rights."

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Show threadJ.Sʜᴀʀᴘ🌍🇺🇦Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ+DᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏFeb 11, 2024

@wdlindsy

It's not looking good.

Show threadDaleFeb 11, 2024
@wdlindsy What we have here is the oligarchs fighting for absolute power. Without it, the labor class has an outside chance of keeping some of the value labor produces. The filthy rich have been consumed by their greed and want it all. It's a class war and they envision scorched earth tactics as the road that takes them to their perceived utopia.
Show threadVote to Save Us AllFeb 11, 2024
@wdlindsy And Trump is enthusiastically on board with that.
Show threadJuan Per¢ent,🇲🇽 🍉,🇻🇪Feb 11, 2024
@wdlindsy There has never been a rules based international system. Rules are made up by the most powerful military countries. Irak, Vietnam Afghanistan and many others wouldn’t have happened if such system was observed. Rules about genocide were written in 1946, and look at Gaza! The framing doesn’t work