How is it that in 21st C America health care can be such a burden? In any other country I can think of, health care is a government provided service, not a for profit product of the insurance industry. Let's do it the Bernie Sanders way.

Trump had been hinting that he would sell Tomahawks to the Ukrainian army. But he did not. Why not? Perhaps Ushakov, on Witkoff’s advice, persuaded Putin to call Trump on 16 Oct to nix the sale. Witkoff may have helped block that sale and, consequently, prolonged the war.

It’s not that complicated, people.

Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Also, in his last term, Trump mused about shooting protestors in the legs. The man is a convicted felon who issued illegal orders regularly to his top company officers.

Who should be investigated and prosecuted?

Donald Trump says those who told the military to ignore his orders should be jailed for sedition. MAGAts say he’s exposing disloyalty. Patriots argue he is misusing the term and escalating tension. What do you think?

We must not become numb to this …

The aggressor must pay the price!

Here's a CBC News perspective of the Russian Peace Plan … www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEPX...

Under the UCMJ, A lawful order must: ✔️ Be legal ✔️ Be within the authority of the commander ✔️ Follow U.S. law, treaties, and the law of armed conflict ✔️ Use force only when force is legally justified

Mamdani: “We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. If there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.” www.thebulwark.com/p/what-mamda...

Sometimes editorial cartoons say it best …

Retired US General Ben Hodges warns: Security assurances without NATO membership provide Ukraine with little real protection. Only binding alliances — not political promises — can truly deter future Russian aggression.

Trump's team continues to make a mockery of the judicial system by orchestrating the replacement of Fani Willis with Pete Skandalakis. The result of this replacement? Dismissal of Georgia's RICO case against Trump et al (recall a number of the accused pled guilty to avoid prosecution). SHAMEFUL

also they mostly aren't "peace talks," they are talks about how to re-open US/Russia business deals

OF COURSE the leaked transcript was an attempt to disrupt damaging US-Russian peace talks, which are extremely dangerous for Europe and Ukraine www.nbcnews.com/world/russia...

👺 Kremlin stuck up for Trump's special envoy Vitkoff, says there is "nothing alarming" in leak

I should have said, "Trump's team CONTINUES TO MAKE a mockery of the judicial system."

Trump's team has made a mockery of the judicial system. Orchestrating the replacement of Fani Willis with Pete Skandalakis is a case in point. The result of this replacement? Dismissal of Georgia's RICO case against Trump et al (a number of the accused pled guilty to avoid prosecution).

The subtext in JD Vance asking for "patience" on the economy: When leaders stop talking about current conditions and jump straight to rosy forecasts, they’re signaling the present isn’t defensible. That’s your cue to scrutinize the numbers, not just the narrative.

Congress knows that Russians quite literally wrote the capitulation document that some people in the White House and sadly many people in the media refer to as a peace plan.

A "nephew" is the son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. That means the mother referred to in this post is either Leavitt's Mother's sister or Leavitt's Mother-In-Law's sister. Which is it?

It's truly problematic that Russians are writing Trump's foreign policy for him. The details of Putin's plan and Witkoff's "coaching" are being confirmed now by major outlets.

DEPLORABLE We must not permit Skandalakis (the prosecutor) nor McAfee the judge) to effectively "obstruct justice" with impunity.

In a more sensible and serious world, Mark Kelly would take Pete Hegseth’s job as secretary of defense, @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

DEPLORABLE

DEPLORABLE We cannot permit Skandalakis nor McAfee to effectively "obstruct justice" with impunity.

Pete Skandalakis is effectively "obstructing justice" and should be so prosecuted.

Pete Skandalakis should be prosecuted for "obstructing justice".

Instead of dropping the case, new charges must be brought against those making frivolous accusations for "obstruction of justice".

We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate. Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓

It's deplorable that Trump's strategy,—delay and obfuscation (muddy the waters)—has proven successful again.

It's truly problematic that Russians are writing our foreign policy. The details are being confirmed now by major outlets.

Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

BUT … Trump's peace plan was authored by Russia and solely reflects Putin's war aims. Stop referring to it as a peace plan. Stop referring to it as a US plan.

Listen to Senator Kelly tell it like it is …

We all know Trump's control over the DOJ is fundamentally wrong. (Have you seen the picture of a young Pam Bondi with Trump and Epstein at the opening of M-a-L as a private club in the 90's?). We must not allow the FBI to conduct investigations their operation guidelines prohibit.

In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit. To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.

Let's hope all his "frivolous" lawsuits get the same result.

If the investigative results lead to any finding other than this vindictive accusation is completely without merit something is terribly wrong.

"If a ruler wages war as though peace were merely the interval between invasions, he cannot be trusted....Any plan that rewards such a man with new lands or relieved sanctions is not a peace treaty but a capitulation." lnk.thebulwark.com/4pzTkrK

Just a reminder … www.facebook.com/share/1B26Km...

A policy expert on Russian TV explains why Russia supports Trump: "Trump is the destroyer. He will start a civil war and destroy America!"

What did Trump's real estate developer buddy get for counselling Yuri Ushakov on how best to advise Putin regarding pitching his Russian Peace Plan to Trump? No doubt, stroking Trump's ego was at the heart of his guidance.

What did Trump's real estate developer buddy get for counselling Yuri Ushakov on how best to advise Putin regarding pitching his Russian Peace Plan to Trump? No doubt, stroking Trump's ego was at the heart of his guidance.

A policy expert on Russian TV explains why Russia supports Trump: "Trump is the destroyer. He will start a civil war and destroy America!"