Amen. The answer to right-wing populism dependent on dividing the working class is a leftist populist message uniting the working class by pointing the finger at the rich who are the true root of all their problems.

Good. The rest of our traditional allies must remain united and in lockstep with Ukraine.

Trump under the direction of Putin is clearly attempting to fracture the Western alliances in order to gain relative strength. It seems most of these countries recognize the game being played and aren’t taking the bait thankfully.

I’ll feel much better if Canadian elections go well.

I know the results of Germany are something of a mixed bag but at least they managed to hold the line. It will give me a good bit of hope if we see Canada at least manage the same. We’ll need all the stability we can get for these next years…

Honestly. Until the ZyklonB starts pumping in, there’s totally nothing to worry about!

Hahaha ladies and gentlemen, bystander audience… There it is. My case in point.

Checkmate.

I think it’s a pretty high bar to say that 2 genocides > 1 genocide and Option 2 was more persuadable than Option 1.

But I’ll be sure to relay to Ukrainians that you believe, by extension, that they’re not noteworthy at all.

Well all I know is that now we’re going full-throttle on not one but 2 genocides, including the one in Ukraine with even less of a chance to dissuade this administration than the previous on either so… Overall I’d call them, better.

Do you know why Biden had a complete falling out with Bibi and why Bibi was quite clearly going behind Biden and supporting Trump’s reelection? Do you know why Biden and Harris had no good choices when it came to Israel/Palestine ahead of the election?

If you want to know why people elected Trump not once but twice, I’d start with the Citizen’s United decision and the complete stranglehold right wing media has in controlling the national narrative in this country. That’s a hint to the last question as well.

FBI does a lot of good work. Most obvious are the national and international pedo and sex trafficking busts. The last director, Christopher Wray clearly testified to Congress they right-wing white supremacists were the number one domestic terrorist threat. They also oversaw the largest criminal investigation and prosecution in the agency’s history with Jan 6th insurrectionists. They also disrupted the maga plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer.

Like most things, the agency’s directives are only as good as whom we place in the White House.

Uncommitted performative boTh sIDEs grandstanding couch sitters who drank a bit too much right-wing wedge-driving vodka:

and online “reaction” are never representing on the ground situation.

Unironically saying this as online reaction such as this, absent of any evidence or being on the ground themselves.

Fleeing from conscription is common across all wars, no matter how just. Russia has massive problems with people fleeing. Anyways, that’s not really what the article was discussing.

It actually is pretty black-and-white in terms of who is fighting a just war, and who is fighting a war more akin to Hitler’s invasion of Poland.

To be honest, we should be protesting Democrats until they cede more control to progressives in the party, mainly AOC.

Step 1 is reforming their platform to be more competitive.

For the worse, I’d say JFK and RFK.

Democracy resisted for quite some time despite glaring problems.

See the Business Plot of 1933 that was undermined by a Medal of Honor-recipient and Major General, Smedley Butler whom they tried to recruit for the coup.

I had to do a double-take on the fact that Trump’s approval rating has been steadily improving since the beginning of January. Jesus fuck people are ignorant. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised with the wealth inequality, the media consolidation, the education standards the way they are…

Conservatives do change. Exposure is key. We’re where we are at because the rich have isolated us in echo-chambers. Speaking as a former conservative whose entire family across 3 generations shifted to the left. I caution your thinking they’re a lost cause.

It’s less about an abusive relationship and getting them therapy.

Much respect to you for evolving your views! There’s an incredible documentary, Once Upon a Time in Iraq that shows the war through the perspective of Iraqi civilians. One of the best docs I’ve ever seen.

You must have a pretty unique perspective on the Russian-Ukraine war. Hoping any family and friends you may have over there are safe.

As an American who opposed the Iraq War and watched so many of my fellow Americans, mostly conservative, beat the drums of war and slapping yellow ribbons on their suburbans… The same sentiment was definitely here. People treated war in Afghanistan and Iraq like a game. Americans especially as of late have never really felt the direct impact of all-out war. In fact Putin learned a lot about domestic propaganda from those Bush years.