MAGA Mike’s genius idea of demanding border reform before Ukraine funding while simultaneously saying they won’t pass border reform until Orange Jesus is back stinking up the White House guarantees that everyone will know Republicans aren’t serious about governing.
Putin is watching what the GOP does. In addition to thinking he can win by wearing Ukraine down if the US stops sending military assistance, sort of like how we assisted Britain in defending themselves against Germany before we entered WW II, he thinks if we won't even send equipment and supplies to Ukraine, how likely is it we will send in our troops if he tries to roll over our NATO allies like Estonia. The three Baltic states have a total population of just over 6 million so without NATO intervention even a weakened Russia could occupy them and give Russia a commanding military presence in a body of water that borders Poland, Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark.
One thing we do know is that if Trump is elected again he will start his bullshit about NATO paying us, then use that as an excuse to withdraw from that pact. What the Republicans are doing is following borders from their master. Remember just a few months ago when Lindsey Graham said aid to Ukraine was essential to stop Russia? Now he thinks it's not so important after all. We need to build that wall and mine our southern border before we help Ukraine any more.
But I want the Republicans to imagine what would have happened before we entered WW II if we had not provided material assistance to Britain and they fell to Germany before Germany declared war against us. Without Britain as a base to launch attacks on Germany, Germany could have used troops defending against an attack from Britain on the north to bolster their presence in southern Europe, helped Italy secure North Africa since Britain would not be a threat there, occupy Egypt and the Suez Canal, and possibly have had the resources to defeat Russia. It's not a hard conclusion to make, especially if Hitler had not attacked Russia but had consolidated his gains in all of Europe including Britain, adding North Africa and much of the Middle East, even then a major oil location. There was no Israel then either. Maybe we could have successfully fought Japan but without Britain as a base I doubt we could have done much to counter Hitler. Especially without Air Base Britain to launch bombers to destroy his military capacity. And D Day would have been much more difficult if we had to cross the entire Atlantic Ocean rather than just the English Channel.
Russia may use a defeated Ukraine to start nibbling away at countries that used to comprise the USSR confident the Trump owned Republican party would do nothing to defend Europe against Russian aggression, saying what has Europe done for us lately. And is Putin really that bad a person anyway. And with NATO falling apart it would be hard for bordering countries like Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Serbia to counter even a weakened Russia. I don't think Putin is stupid enough to threaten Germany, France, and Britain but he can cause a lot of problems in Eastern Europe by restoring much of the USSR and making him a more formidable foe to Western democracies, including us.
"Unfortunately, McConnell is a Lex Luthor Republican trying to reason with a cackling Joker House majority." OMG, best description of the current political climate I've heard yet. Bravo! And fuck.
They scream about closing the border, but when they take steps to do that, the rural ag-based economies that they disproportionately represent get fucked b/c they're dependent on foreign migrant workers.
They don't "solve" the "problem" when they're in power because they don't want to and it's not a problem to them. Undocumented migration is a key plank in their economic platform.
Likewise asylum from abusive governments is a key plank in their public-image platform. They want desperately for everyone to know that they support instant and automatic refugee status for Cubans who enter the US unlawfully, because you can't expect desperate people distrusted by their government to walk up to a US embassy or consulate and request a visa. They just also want everyone to know that they relentlessly oppose treating folks similarly if they are escaping tyrannical governments in Central America. There's no principled difference here, of course, because the GOP has no principles.
They're frequently dependent on unlawfully present foreign workers (same for the building trades and hospitality). R's whine about "illegals," but you never hear them advocating that we hold employers accountable. We need a non-immigrant visa option that allows people to be in the system, pay taxes, and be subject to I9. As long as people think they can get work (even if it's terrible or even if their 12 year olds is hauling tar up a roof with them), they're going to risk coming in because its got to be better than where they are now. Way too many "legit" employers take advantage of people who are desperate for employment and have no support or meaningful advocacy in the US.
And yet, their MAGA Boss PAB was known for illegally hiring undocumented foreign workers in NYC to do construction of his shit castles on the cheap. Mind you, I believe they were mostly Eastern European, so WHITE.
Ta, Stephen. Yes, that tells me everything.
they are not a legitimate party any more, are they
Just a mob. Nothing more.
MAGA Mike’s genius idea of demanding border reform before Ukraine funding while simultaneously saying they won’t pass border reform until Orange Jesus is back stinking up the White House guarantees that everyone will know Republicans aren’t serious about governing.
There’s a reason why Luthor never wanted the Joker in his Legion of Doom.
https://youtu.be/TEtb4pcae6w?si=z7_5CkTs3FJ0WLZP
Putin is watching what the GOP does. In addition to thinking he can win by wearing Ukraine down if the US stops sending military assistance, sort of like how we assisted Britain in defending themselves against Germany before we entered WW II, he thinks if we won't even send equipment and supplies to Ukraine, how likely is it we will send in our troops if he tries to roll over our NATO allies like Estonia. The three Baltic states have a total population of just over 6 million so without NATO intervention even a weakened Russia could occupy them and give Russia a commanding military presence in a body of water that borders Poland, Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Denmark.
One thing we do know is that if Trump is elected again he will start his bullshit about NATO paying us, then use that as an excuse to withdraw from that pact. What the Republicans are doing is following borders from their master. Remember just a few months ago when Lindsey Graham said aid to Ukraine was essential to stop Russia? Now he thinks it's not so important after all. We need to build that wall and mine our southern border before we help Ukraine any more.
But I want the Republicans to imagine what would have happened before we entered WW II if we had not provided material assistance to Britain and they fell to Germany before Germany declared war against us. Without Britain as a base to launch attacks on Germany, Germany could have used troops defending against an attack from Britain on the north to bolster their presence in southern Europe, helped Italy secure North Africa since Britain would not be a threat there, occupy Egypt and the Suez Canal, and possibly have had the resources to defeat Russia. It's not a hard conclusion to make, especially if Hitler had not attacked Russia but had consolidated his gains in all of Europe including Britain, adding North Africa and much of the Middle East, even then a major oil location. There was no Israel then either. Maybe we could have successfully fought Japan but without Britain as a base I doubt we could have done much to counter Hitler. Especially without Air Base Britain to launch bombers to destroy his military capacity. And D Day would have been much more difficult if we had to cross the entire Atlantic Ocean rather than just the English Channel.
Russia may use a defeated Ukraine to start nibbling away at countries that used to comprise the USSR confident the Trump owned Republican party would do nothing to defend Europe against Russian aggression, saying what has Europe done for us lately. And is Putin really that bad a person anyway. And with NATO falling apart it would be hard for bordering countries like Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Serbia to counter even a weakened Russia. I don't think Putin is stupid enough to threaten Germany, France, and Britain but he can cause a lot of problems in Eastern Europe by restoring much of the USSR and making him a more formidable foe to Western democracies, including us.
>I’m also tired of Republicans acting like Barack Obama personally invaded Afghanistan. The conflict began on George W. Bush’s watch.
I think it's been true of most of our neo-colonial wars. However shitty things may get for awhile, things will never stabilize unless we GTFO.
I said it before and I'll say it again: There's NO WAY Republicans are gonna let Joe Biden solve their Border Crisis™.
100%
Just like Republicans never wanted to solve the "War On Drugs."
Don Jr: "War on WHAT, now?"
Mikey Johnson: A sniveling, sub-servient, christofascist toadie with porn issues. Damn ... that's the whole fuckin' package right there.
You're not going to see any movement if he's elected either, unless it's horrifying.
I keep coming back to The Avengers ... "So this all seems ... horrible."
Border is just a dog whistle for white nationalism and im sick of hearing it ringing in my ears.
"Unfortunately, McConnell is a Lex Luthor Republican trying to reason with a cackling Joker House majority." OMG, best description of the current political climate I've heard yet. Bravo! And fuck.
𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙥 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.
𝘏𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 "𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯" 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺, 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦.
--From "Senator Joe McCarthy" by Richard Rovere
Great analogy, SER. I am stealing it. You're a real Brainiac to think of it.
"Oh, for fuck's sake"
- the Ukrainian people
I like what Joe Scarborough called these yahoos today:
"Pro-Putin, anti-freedom Republicans"
That's EXACTLY what they are and every Democrat/Progressive should say so, as often and as loudly as possible.
They scream about closing the border, but when they take steps to do that, the rural ag-based economies that they disproportionately represent get fucked b/c they're dependent on foreign migrant workers.
They don't "solve" the "problem" when they're in power because they don't want to and it's not a problem to them. Undocumented migration is a key plank in their economic platform.
Likewise asylum from abusive governments is a key plank in their public-image platform. They want desperately for everyone to know that they support instant and automatic refugee status for Cubans who enter the US unlawfully, because you can't expect desperate people distrusted by their government to walk up to a US embassy or consulate and request a visa. They just also want everyone to know that they relentlessly oppose treating folks similarly if they are escaping tyrannical governments in Central America. There's no principled difference here, of course, because the GOP has no principles.
They're frequently dependent on unlawfully present foreign workers (same for the building trades and hospitality). R's whine about "illegals," but you never hear them advocating that we hold employers accountable. We need a non-immigrant visa option that allows people to be in the system, pay taxes, and be subject to I9. As long as people think they can get work (even if it's terrible or even if their 12 year olds is hauling tar up a roof with them), they're going to risk coming in because its got to be better than where they are now. Way too many "legit" employers take advantage of people who are desperate for employment and have no support or meaningful advocacy in the US.
And yet, their MAGA Boss PAB was known for illegally hiring undocumented foreign workers in NYC to do construction of his shit castles on the cheap. Mind you, I believe they were mostly Eastern European, so WHITE.
They caught the car on abortion. They have no intention of making that mistake with immigration.