Hard to deny that Putin, at least in spirit, has been at Trump's side ever since day one, as Trump weakens America massively, dividing us one from another and America from our traditional and powerful allies.

Why yes, I do say that Trump has turned immigration control and enforcement into his personal brownshirt army....
The American people expect and deserve a strong and secure border, but that is not what ICE is about.

All empires fall, but sometimes there are revolutions that show the disappointment of the lost and the poor. Tax the crap out of the billionaires, arrest the Trump gang for crimes against humanity, certainly Trump is a mass murderer like Ted Bundy.

MAGA made sure America had a murderer in the White House, a man who would ignore international law and elevate the genocidal government of Israel to the status of 51st state. Apartheid is an indicator that a state is not a democracy, goodness knows Israel is no democracy, it has imprisoned millions of Arabs in the illegal Occupied Territories.

I hope there are many people out there as cynical as I am about how the legal system handles a dictator wannabe. The truth of the matter is, MAGA and the billionaire billies, sorry, bullies, got him back in the White House to destroy our constitutional republic not save it. The damage has been done, SS and medicare and medicaid and the Defense Department and the Department of Education, and Health and Human Services, and so many other needed protections for the American people...murdered.

And through it all, make no mistake, is the hand of MAGA, insanely choking itself by elevating our fascist in chief. MAGA, as our empire falls, you elected your own emperor, to destroy our democracy.

Cutthroat capitalism at its finest...cutting jobs, depreciating lives, ruining family hopes...to ally the super rich with the robot called Power, America's future of wreaking havoc for profit.

One fears the future...when the rule of law is finally dead and gone, when independent media is also dead and gone, to be replaced by grinning propaganda tools like Fox News, hello "1984"

One catches glimpses of what the big boys of the oligarch caste are doing, and...one feels distrust,, to the max. Most Americans are fine with their limited knowledge of computer science and of the internet, but certainly AI will be run by and for those who care about hauling in all the money in the universe, from the yokels.
Yokels like me...

I strongly suspect the Iranian war of Trump's will pass the "accomplishments" of the insane Vietnam War...with less done, and our leaving in disgrace earlier.
To attack a nation, in this case Iran, and murder over 80 of its leaders is a war crime, as it is a war of aggression.

And the difference between the mass murdering psychopath Ted Bundy and Putin is ???

Slowly, this civilization of ours is transitioning to a hybrid, part one person one vote democracy, and one dollar, one vote oligarchy.
Bring back the draft, and not let anyone vote until they have served for the mandated time either in a civilian capacity or in the military. And no corporations get fitted for uniforms...

As for me, an oldster...I love NASA, but until they fix the coming SS shortfall, and other FDR safety net programs, I see no need to spend billions to such an excursion.

Just a small, itty bitty tiny point...We murdered over 80 leaders of Iran, with a sneak attack, in a bald faced war crime. Anything that comes after that is not a negotiation, it is extortion and deserving of a visit to the Hague for Trump and Hegseth.

Trump knows that overwhelmingly the Federal Work Force is against him and his cult...so sure, shutting them up and down is part of his grand conspiracy.

They didn't teach in my high school civics class...wonder if Alabama ever bothers even having such classes...

And why would Alabama want to indulge in racism so late in the election cycle, other than to rig things for the far right, totally white.

I am guessing that Putin has been informed that Trump is thinking of resigning so he can be pardoned by Vance...so Putin wants to plaster Ukraine night and day before is biggest supporter in the White House leaves. Just a guess of course...

Fascinating to start my day by reading the first headline on this site...stopping our cooperation with the World Health Organization.
Nothing says nuts more than...don't prepare for the pandemics, don't help your neighbors and fellow humans...the Republican Party is nuts, they demonstrate that with each and every day.

Now imagine America having a President who speaks as Pope Leo speaks, with a heart for the plight of the poor and the powerless. Instead, thanks to MAGA, we have a major fascist running things in DC.

Imagine the rule of law making a comeback, and murderers like Putin and Trump and Netanyahu being held to the law, being cuffed and tried at The Hague for murderous war crimes. We have to imagine such things because the first thing the fascists did was kill the rule of law in international law for the powerful.

Football is an addiction, like tobacco, and it is run for the profit, one way or another, of the top rungs of the economic pyramid. NO parent who forces, or even allows, their kid to play contact football is a good parent..just check out the research on CTE and what happens to long time players.