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Here's what happ
ed to those who defied Putin in the past

https://apnews.com/article/putin-russia-election-president-candidate-60241837fd970ad4dfe0678982e4a8ab

Look at this pitiful excuse for a human being. What election??? He has murdered, imprisoned and tortured all his opponents.

CS gas, a riot control agent also known as tear gas, is a chemical compound that can render people temporarily unable to function by irritating the eyes, nose, mouth, lungs and skin, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The use of riot control agents in warfare is prohibited under the United Nations’ Chemical Weapons Convention.

There have been periodic reports of Russian soldiers using gas across the battlefield in recent months, yet its use around Orikhiv appears to be abnormally persistent.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/12/19/europe/ukraine-soldiers-russia-frontlines-cmd-intl/index.html

Putin has been either prime minister or president of Russia continuously since 1999, and is Russia's longest-serving leader since Joseph Stalin. He is widely expected to win the election as he faces no significant competition and his government has jailed his most serious political rivals, opposition politicians Alexei Navalny and Ilya Yashin.
Putin consistently saw landslide wins in previous elections, but independent observers say the votes were neither free nor far and were rife with fraud.
— Natasha Turak

https://apple.news/AVGPVgEagTH6fwjIOv85rZA

I ask you a simple question…let me know; what people who are in office in this nation for over 19 years going on 30 and have 🤢 poisoned imprisoned and murdered all their opponents? I’m waiting for your answer to a simple question. Putin does not even deserve the name human. He is a cruel beast. Animals behave better! The only president we’ve had that has even attempted such cruelty is Fuhrer Trump and he faces 90 felonies for doing so. And not even Trump has invaded other countries and used every conceivable war crime against another nation as the beast Putin has. He is despicable and must be stopped. I do not mean to be rude Eric and I do not disagree with you about your opinions about many things the United States has done, including our recent support of Isreal which you mentioned. That is not the point here. I’ve even agreed with you and mentioned many of the things we’ve done wrong myself. But does this excuse any nation from being war criminals including ours?

We are not talking about a nation free of crime. I’m talking about a man and his lackeys who have blood 🩸 on their hands so red that it is obvious how cruel they are. The crimes keep mounting exponentially. We can at least talk about the crimes of our nation here on this site. Putin has made it even a crime to mention anything he does not want to be heard and gives long prison terms for doing so. We have a nation asking for our help from a bully able to crush it. No we are not on the ‘high ground’ but don’t you see this is the work of Satan to keep our world in disarray. Questioning even our righteous actions. We did this and they did that. Yea we all know that. But where does discrimination come into all this? We could have also found some good points about Nazi Germany. And we were certainly not exemplary in our actions at the time. But did Hitler and the Axis powers need to be stopped? That is the kind of question I’m asking here. That is the kind of spiritual dilemma Krishna faced Arjuna with in the Bhagavad Gita and that is what we face today in our lives with ignoring the call to action when it comes to Putin. Arjuna also wanted to ignore the evil of his brother and constantly questioned Krishnas’ motives to fight. This is when he was encouraged to realize his need to uphold righteousness in the face of evil intentions that far outweighed any karmic factors that would ensue because of war.

I don’t know 🤷‍♂️ Eric. I have had this experience. It is often difficult but I believe we are both attempting it and are more or less successful depending on the issues;  “Admitting to a mistake means refusing to use other people as scape-goats to avoid responsibility but rather courageously owning up to every single one of them.” —T. Whitmore

Your response to my first question below and my admission.

“I ask you a simple question…let me know; what people who are in office in this nation for over 19 years going on 30 and have 🤢 poisoned imprisoned and murdered all their opponents? I’m waiting for your answer to a simple question. Putin does not even deserve the name human.”

~ Jitendra

‘We’re tired of being good girls’: Russia’s military wives and mothers protest against Putin
Female-led movements are challenging the official narrative that mobilised troops are required for war against Ukraine ~ Guardian

Because of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine other nations will continue to protect themselves from the threat of war and suppression of all dissent instigated by Putin’s repressive government.

But the U.K. military chief echoed similar calls from other Western military leaders and top defense officials, who have warned about the risk of a major war between Moscow and NATO.
Following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has upped its warmongering rhetoric against neighboring countries, including the Baltics — which are members of the NATO military alliance — and Moldova.

Last week, Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said a Russian attack on the NATO military alliance was “possible” in “five to eight years.”

Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, a top NATO official, had earlier said the military bloc faced “the most dangerous world in decades” and called for a “warfighting transformation of NATO.”
The Kremlin’s ever-more-threatening stance has prompted European countries to boost defense spending.
Poland is spending more than 4 percent of GDP on defense this year, while Germany last year revamped its military and strategic doctrine for the first time since 2011, aiming to turn the Bundeswehr into a war-capable army.

https://apple.news/AucJP8JIRQfC6gpsRBtBFFw

Putin Ally Threatens to 'Destroy' Poland: 'We Won't Even Think Twice'

MUNICH — With former president Donald Trump encouraging Russia to attack NATO territory and U.S. support for Ukraine flagging, some of the nations that border Russia are looking for ways to harden their defenses, considering land mines and other technologies from ancient wars in a bid to blunt a Kremlin attack.

https://apple.news/AXEUx_LjGR9W3P3HUAU3jJA

MUNICH — With former president Donald Trump encouraging Russia to attack NATO territory and U.S. support for Ukraine flagging, some of the nations that border Russia are looking for ways to harden their defenses, considering land mines and other technologies from ancient wars in a bid to blunt a Kremlin attack.

Two years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, countries such as the Baltic states and Finland warn that a threat to their own territory may be just over the horizon, with some intelligence agencies saying the Kremlin could make such an attempt within a decade. Now they are taking lessons from their enemy’s robust defense lines in Ukraine, noting that Russia’s system of minefields, concertina wire and trenches made it all but impossible for Kyiv’s forces to advance last summer.

European states are still clamoring for F-35 fighter jets and space-age weapons, but the renewed interest and investment in century-old tactics is the latest example of how Russia’s war in Ukraine is upending long-held assumptions about how to defend NATO territory, with a revived focus on stopping tanks and mobile artillery. And though policymakers say they are still confident that NATO would come to their defense, they add that Trump’s rhetoric makes it more important than ever to be able to hold their own for as long as they can.

~Apple News

U.S. bears karmic responsibility for letting such incidents occur by her leaders.

Pro-Kremlin military blogger dead days after reporting massive Russian losses in Avdiivka
Updated 6:39 AM EST February 22, 2024
A prominent pro-war Russian military blogger, Andrey Morozov, has reportedly died by suicide just days after he reported that Russia suffered huge losses during its months-long assault on the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka.
Morozov, known as “Murz” on Telegram, was an ultra-nationalist commentator and vocal supporter of Russia’s war in Ukraine, having fought alongside Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and during the full-scale invasion in 2022.
Writing on Sunday to his 120,000 followers on Telegram, Morozov said Moscow had lost around 16,000 soldiers and 300 armored vehicles since it launched its assault on Avdiivka in October, which forced Ukrainian troops to retreat from the eastern town last week. After the post drew severe criticism from Russian propagandists, Morozov said he had been forced to delete the post but did not specify who gave the order.
Several well informed pro-Russian military bloggers and Russian state media reported Wednesday that Morozov had died by suicide. His lawyer and friend, Maxim Pashkov, confirmed his death and said he had spoken to Morozov the day before.
“We spoke with him at night, two or three hours before what happened. We agreed to write it off in the morning,” Pashkov wrote Wednesday on Telegram. “You were a true friend.”
Morozov had written a series of posts on Wednesday morning announcing his apparent intention to take his own life. He called on his readers not to mourn him and asked that he be buried in the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) – the Russian name for the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, whose annexation by Moscow is considered illegal by most of the international community.
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Spurred partly by the abortive mutiny last year of former Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin last year, the Kremlin has cracked down on military bloggers like Morozov, who had previously enjoyed some freedom to analyze and sometimes criticize the way Russia’s Defense Ministry is waging war in Ukraine.
Igor Girkin, another Russian pro-war blogger, was sentenced last month to four years in prison by a Moscow court after being found on extremism charges. Girkin had played a crucial role in Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014, but was arrested in July after becoming increasingly critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his military’s mishaps in Ukraine.
Russia’s true casualty numbers remain shrouded in secrecy, but Western officials believe Russia has had more than 300,000 troops killed or injured on the battlefields of Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began nearly two years ago.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/europe/russian-war-blogger-dead-ukraine-avdiivka-intl/index.html

Unfortunately in the case of Putin’s war machine there is and was no respectful engagement and  he used his perceived powers to bully and invade another country without provocation. As Yogananda said the British were gentleman that is why Gandhi succeeded with them. Never think that such practices like ahimsa would work with Hitler and such is also the case with Putin.

https://youtube.com/shorts/7Ors4xO2Ef8?si=rirf9yuW5jeo_c-p

President Nixon making an unusually correct prediction.

Russian Rebels Issue Ultimatum to Kremlin With Prisoners of War

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-rebels-issue-ultimatum-to-kremlin-with-prisoners-of-war/ar-BB1k0hLI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9e139fa1802946a0a099b9214d19137f&ei=7

For Putin’s election in occupied Ukraine, voting is forced at gunpoint

https://apple.news/AyDXpIvnyTTmFf6f7aih6WA

Putin tells Russians Ukraine linked to attack on Moscow concert hall without evidence – video

https://apple.news/Ary3C0-qTRo-mbVCj2p9g0Q

Putin, in his first public comments on the event that shocked the nation, made no mention of Islamic State’s claim to have carried out the attack.

Putin looks more and more like a fictional character rather than a real person in the real world.

Problem is that many Russians seem to trust him....

God created him also. This is the problem;  he has chosen darkness and cruelty over light and kindness. We are taught by the Masters to rise above these dualities. But the method is to embrace the light, the way of service and kindness to all nations and people; not just our own and ourselves.

We may not be Masters or saints, but we do need to differentiate between good and evil. This is part of learning discrimination. An important element of spiritual development and practice.

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The United States on Friday released a U.S. intelligence assessment sent to more than 100 countries that found Moscow is using spies, social media and Russian state-run media to erode public faith in the integrity of democratic elections worldwide.

The assessment was sent in a State Department cable dated Wednesday to more than 100 U.S. embassies in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa for distribution to their host governments, he said.
Washington was privately briefing recipient governments and shared the assessment "to get ahead of elections that are over the horizon over the next year," the official said.
The report represents Washington's latest move to combat what it says are Moscow's efforts "to sow instability" in democratic countries by portraying elections as "dysfunctional, and resulting governments as illegitimate."


Washington "recognizes its own vulnerability to this threat," said the report, noting that U.S. intelligence agencies found that "Russian actors spread and amplified information to undermine public confidence in the U.S. 2020 election."
U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in 2020 beat his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, who refuses to accept the results, falsely claiming that he lost due to fraud.


US intelligence report alleging Russia election interference shared with 100 countries.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-intelligence-report-alleging-russia-election-interference-shared-with-100-2023-10-20/

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko undermined his key ally Vladimir Putin when he said that the men who allegedly opened fire on the Crocus City Hall music venue in Moscow last week, killing at least 139 people, initially attempted to flee to Belarus, not Ukraine—contradicting the Kremlin line.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S.-based think tank, said in its latest analysis of the conflict in Ukraine on Tuesday that Lukashenko's suggestion that the attackers were heading towards Belarus before Belarusian and Russian special services forced them to change direction "flatly contradicts Russian President Vladimir Putin's claims regarding the attackers' planned escape."

"Putin addressed the Russian Federation on March 23 following the March 22 Crocus City Hall terror attack and claimed that the attackers had 'contacts' who had prepared a 'window' for their exfiltration across the border into Ukraine, a claim for which there is no evidence that has become central to the Kremlin's baseless accusations that Ukraine was involved in or responsible for the attack," the think tank said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-s-key-ally-undermines-him-over-moscow-massacre/ar-BB1kCIgR

Putin miscalculated on Finland’s border

“We generally had ideal relations with Finland. Simply perfect. We did not have a single claim against each other, especially territorial, not to mention other areas. We didn’t even have troops; we removed all the troops from there, from the Russian-Finnish border,” Putin complained in an interview with the RIA state news agency last month. Even so, Finland joined NATO. “That’s what they decided. But we didn’t have troops there, now we will,” he added.

Putin’s complaint was much like that of a bully or abusive partner claiming everything was fine until the other person went to the police or moved out. Indeed, one wonders whether the Kremlin’s top occupants have ever considered the effect their words and actions have on other countries, as it was, of course, Russia’s belligerence that prompted Finland to apply for NATO membership.
But the problem with constantly menacing others is that it requires considerable resources. If Russia wants to intimidate Finland by announcing it’ll avenge the country’s NATO accession with troops on the border, it needs to have plenty of troops at its disposal. And Russia simply doesn’t.

“The Russians won’t have the resources to build infrastructure, produce new heavy weaponry and recruit considerable numbers of forces to our border before the 2030s,” retired Major General Pekka Toveri, a former chief of Finnish military intelligence and recently elected member of the Finnish parliament, told me.

Politico

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-russia-miscalculated-on-finland-border/

True enough, states like Poland and the Baltic nations are said to be afraid to be the next target of a Russian invasion but to evaluate facts objectively, Russia's troops are still at an impasse, having conquered only part of the Donbas territory. The Ukrainians have fewer men and resources, they made some strategic errors, nevertheless, Russia has been at a standstill for months.

But, even if it is clear that Russia would not presently be able to invade other countries beyond Ukraine, the war has leveraged the fear of surrounding countries, acting like a powerful boomerang.

From a strategic and geopolitical point of view, Putin's decision has been a colossal fiasco, which he is trying to sell as a huge success and inevitable act of defense.

As already discussed in other threads, his figure is very similar to some dystopic figures of dictators I read in fiction books.

Why we should never stop supporting the fight against an extremely brutal man;

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-20/polar-wolf-penal-colony-alexei-navalny-inside-russia-prison/103483894

https://youtu.be/q-SwIe1qi00?si=hvo3r80qEirgMCZG

Do everything we can to help stop such brutality!

I think it’s important to humanity that we continue to help others be aware of the cruelty this man has caused to many people, so we can stop his bullying others and taking freedom away from our family around the world.

Russia is waging a war against religious freedom in Ukraine

“Providing lethal aid to Ukraine right now is critically important.  I really do believe the intel in the briefings that we’ve gotten. I believe Xi (Jinping) and Vladimir Putin and Iran really are an axis of evil. I think they’re in coordination on this. I think that Vladimir Putin would continue to march through Europe if he were allowed,” Johnson said.

Mike Johnson; speaker of the house

I just heard the news that the congress has approved a conspicuous sum to aid Ukraine, well done, the Russian superpower is not exhibiting great military prowess now and some help may leverage the stand in favour of Ukraine.

Just gobbling up a little land is never enough for a Napoleon, a Hitler, a Putin. The taste of conquer and the submission; power over others becomes insatiable. It becomes an addiction. When someone has no real spiritual aspiration, no true and visible purpose to express in humble submission to the divine; their souls desire for omnipotence becomes directed instead at materialism and world domination; dominion and supremacy over others, with brutality rearing its ugly head. Instead of conquering the ego, the life desire becomes absorbed in conquest and making God out of one self, and the loss of channeling divine forces that include the expansion and happiness of others as well.

Vladimir Putin's alleged use of a "horrendous" chemical weapon in Ukraine should serve as a wake-up call for NATO to provide additional defenses to Kyiv, according to Colonel Hamish Stephen de Bretton-Gordon OBE, a chemical weapons expert. He told the Daily Express US that reports of Russia using chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces represent another "war crime" to add to Putin's list.

Irish Star

The new Russia is glorifying Stalin and rewriting history to whitewash Soviet crimes. Some people who had close contact with Putin in his early years as president described his fervent mission to rebuild Russia as a superpower and his admiration not only for imperial czars but also for the Soviet dictator and wartime leader Joseph Stalin, who engineered the Great Terror, the purges of the mid-to-late 1930s, sent millions to the gulag system of prisons and forced labor camps, and had about 800,000 people executed for political reasons. At least 95 of the 110 Stalin monuments in Russia were erected during Putin’s time as leader.

https://apple.news/A51eogAVfSpWeyJrXSmnByg


We reported for months on changes sweeping Russia. Here’s what we found.

~ Washington Post

Burning Skin, Teary Eyes: Ukraine’s Troops Say Russia Is Using a Banned Toxic Gas
Ukrainian forces describe the physical effects of gas they say Moscow’s troops are using to oust them from their positions

Wall Street Journal

Putin’s evil legacy continues vs. Greenpeace.

https://apple.news/ANGE7QjfyQhKFjpZFRj0ppg

He added that the West must continue its support for Ukraine to pile more pressure on Putin.

Mr Drummond said: "The West is at a crossroads. Some people are saying Putin has won and the war in Ukraine is done. But other people are saying it is far from done.

"The longer we keep this pressure up, eventually we will cause a collapse of Russia from within.

"If the West lets Putin succeed in Ukraine, we will send the worst possible message to China. They will think 'We can invade Taiwan, and no one can stop us.'"

According to Ukraine, Russia has suffered over 500,000 casualties during the war.

Mr Drummond believes Putin's strategy is bringing the war in Ukraine closer to Russians at home.

https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/139897/vladimir-putin-regime-russian-casualties

He continued: "In simple mathematical terms, Putin is gambling that Ukraine will run out of bodies before he does. However, the sheer scale of the casualties he is taking means he will meet resistance internally due to burning the flower of Russian youth on the Ukrainian battlefield.

"It was reported recently that he lost 1,400 men in one day.

"There are pictures of these new graveyards in Russia. They are enormous, and they are really bringing the war home to Russians."

G7 meeting has taken place in Italy. It was decided that Ukraine should receive 50 billion US$ for reconstruction. Whose money? Russian money, taken from seized assets of the oligarchs and of Putin himself. This sounds a lot like fair karmic retribution!

“Group of Seven leaders were meanwhile gathering at their annual summit in Italy on Thursday and looked likely to announce that they have agreed at least in principle on plans to issue $50 billion of loans for Ukraine using interest from frozen Russian sovereign assets to back the multi-year debt package.”

https://apple.news/AcEFUKZUaSnW1PEuqHwE3qw

See above quote; mccoy what I read is a slightly different spin on what is being done by G7.

Actually, it is not clear in the details what will be done, I gather from the info that Ukraine will be loaned, in this case meaning it will be given, for free, money for reconstruction. The money will come from the interests of the Russian money frozen in European banks, plus other sources in America and UK. It is not told, but I believe that western companies will plan and carry out most of the reconstruction, so much of the money will flow back to Europe.
But again, the intention is clear, the details are not.

The risks for a larger war in Europe have been rising after Russian President Vladimir Putin “finally resorted to open conflict” in Ukraine, pursuing his aim to “recreate the Soviet empire,” said Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), who served as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

https://www.wral.com/story/europe-turns-to-conscription-as-threat-of-wider-war-with-russia-grows/21534456/

Vladimir Kara-Murza, a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin who was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison, was on his way to freedom after he was released during a prisoner swap when an FSB agent shared ominous parting advice.

"'Be careful about what you eat. You know how these things happen,'" Kara-Murza said he was told.

Kara-Murza had already survived two poisonings — first in 2015 and then again in 2017. He was then arrested in 2022 and tried for treason last year after denouncing Putin's war on Ukraine.

Kara-Murza knew the risks that come with speaking out against Putin, but he did it anyway.

"There are causes larger than ourselves. And to me, the cause of a free, peaceful, civilized and democratic Russia is certainly much larger than I could ever be," he said.

"It's amazing how fast the human body just loses everything, just loses all the strength and you just have to start anew," he said.

Freed Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza says Russia deserves better than "criminal, archaic KGB-led dictatorship"
Two years later, in 2017, he was poisoned again. This time, he went to the U.S., where his wife and three children live, to recover. Kara-Murza is a U.S. permanent resident.

But once he recovered, he returned to Russia.

"How could I not go back to Russia? I am a Russian politician. A politician has to be in their own country," Kara-Murza said. "How could I call on my fellow citizens and my fellow Russians to stand up and oppose this dictatorship if I myself was too scared to do it? How is that possible?"

Kara-Murza continues speaking out as Putin cracks down
Kara-Murza says all of Putin's opponents are either in exile, in prison, or dead.

Shortly after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, lawmakers passed a law imposing a 15-year prison sentence for those who criticize the war.

"We tried to warn the world. We tried to shout," Kara-Murza said. "We tried to get the message out that this regime is dangerous, that this man is dangerous."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/vladimir-kara-murza-says-he-got-warning-during-russian-prisoner-swap/ar-AA1rqxH0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d3ceb2538f75454882eb45936b79d434&ei=40

https://youtube.com/shorts/2GgzYBLW2GI?si=oP9wMyNGQhpoLtif

Let us be clear here about who is the dictator and who invaded who.

Bernie Sanders is just enunciating obvious facts.

Nobody really minds about Mr. Trump distorting the truth, because he often does it, and everyone with a minimum of computer literacy can verify the facts from his inaccuracies.

What minds is the substance, the gist, is the POTUS going to obtain peace or not in Ukraine? From this his credibility and image depend.

This will be a proof of his abilities. He has been repeating, peace in Ukraine in 24 hours, in the latest meeting at the Oval Office Zelenski has acted like a pampered child and Trump failed to remain calm and focused, as he should have in such a very high-level public meeting.

I'm not concerned about the obvious details Mr. Sanders is repeating, I'm concerned with results, real results, relative to stopping an ugly war that has been going on for too long now.

What possible peace can exist with a man that throws all his opponents in jail? What possible peace can be obtained by a man who wipes out all his dissent? What possible peace can be made with a man who hires killers to poison ☠️ people who disagree with him in other countries?! What possible peace can be made with a man who invades other countries around him with immunity?

The only people that don’t mind Dishonest Don telling distortions of truth are those people who do not care about truth but rather convenience as an alternative to truth. And a false narrative as a substitution for what really has happened. People will accept anything for a cheap solution which will never truly replace the problem at hand and that is we have authoritarian leaders in both Russia and the U.S. today that must be removed before any constructive solutions will be achieved.


“This country must not align itself with authoritarianism. We must fight for democracy all over the world “

~ Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders does not deal the cards.

Zelensky does not deal the cards.

They may talk their platitudes as long as they wish, it's an exercise in perfect futility.

Mr. Zelensky is a true war hero, but he has shown to be a very poor diplomat. He has been pampered by European countries and the leftists Americans led by Biden. This may be his ruin. But maybe it's not too late.

His attitude may cause further ruin and doom to his country. Putin is a murderer, but Mr. Zelenski will be an accomplice to the mass murder if he goes ahead with his stubbornness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyZS-IZL6Qo

This is not a card game. It is foolish to attempt to put it in such belittling terms. As much as commentators would like to defend Trump in his bombastic manner of talking over a peaceful man with his bull dog tactics and his thug Vice President who continuously attacked Zelenskyy’s character. Even though Zelenskyy showed respect and gratitude, I really see no reason to give respect to two thugs supporting an evil empire and attempting to continue rein terror on its citizens. Karoline Leavitt is not representative of the patriots to democracy I know-she is speaking for dictatorship and only puppets the dictatorial regime we presently face in the U.S. It is not President Zelenskyy that fails to recognize the pragmatic realities but instead Trump and Vance that fail to recognize we are not dealing cards but we are dealing with a living monster 👿 that is  Putin and his evil war mongers. Besides we have already dealt with four years of Trumps so called peace attempts and promises for peace with Afghanistan. He is incapable to deliver on his bombastic promises and is a total failure in delivering peace including in his own country!

The White House secretary also supported Trump in his ability to negotiate peace terms with his European cohorts which was a total disaster since they are completely at odds with him about how to handle the invasion by Putin. In fact Trump and Vance will be responsible for the end of NATO as we know have known it in the past. It is quite evident to me that Trump and Vance have no respect or appreciation for the Ukrainian people who have valiantly fought for freedom and democracy when they have done nothing, not even lifted a finger to to do the same! In fact they are working against freedom and democracy in their support of Vlamir Putin.

I find MArco Rubio's words very eloquent and explicative.

Zelenski: as a statesman, he has always been a pampered kid with an attitude. Too much reverence in Europe ruined him. He's got to change his ways, if he wants to save his country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4MzGljlpr8

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/rubio-spreads-debunked-2020-election-fraud-claims/

Rubio spreads debunk election lies.

https://www.factcheck.org/2024/05/rubio-spreads-debunked-2020-election-fraud-claims/

In a May 19 interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Marco Rubio made misleading and unsubstantiated claims about election fraud in states lost by then-President Donald Trump in 2020.

In 2015, Rubio defended the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq at a time when there was near consensus in Washington that it was a mistake. We have since found that Sadam Hussein never had weapons of mass destruction and the multiple war initiatives of Bush spun the U.S. on a 20 year war in Afghanistan as well. These wars left the U.S. with a continuous presence in the Mideast and certainly no type of peace Rubio is talking about today.

Kinzinger Slams U.S. for Turning Its Back on Ukraine
©Ron Sachs - CNP for NY Post / MEGA
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Air Force veteran and vocal Donald Trump critic, expressed deep disappointment in how the U.S. is handling Russia's war in Ukraine. Following the chaotic Oval Office meeting where Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Kinzinger declared that the U.S. is no longer on the side of the "good guys." He criticized Trump's continued praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin and warned that America's credibility on the global stage is at risk.Here are four key points from the veteran's critique of Trump and Vance. MORE: Follow Wonderwall on MSN for more fun celebrity & entertainment photo galleries and content.

https://www.wonderwall.com/entertainment/congressman-calls-out-trump-after-fiery-oval-office-meeting-868351.gallery

Steve, we are not concerned with Rubio's past (alleged) errors, we are concerned with today, the ultimate peace negotiations.

In his video, he explained very eloquently his insider view of the issue. He and a couple of other cabinet members I listened to, gave the impression of being part of a very strong team.

Plus, the power of the wealthiest individuals in the globe.

This is a formidable conjuncture, if these human beings will not be deceived by the suggestions of Satan and his evil spirits, we are going to have a global renaissance in peace and prosperity.

As to the meeting with Zelenski, I hate to say but he has been very stubborn, or stupid, or both.

Or maybe, probably,  he just didn't want peace, he hates so much his adversary Putin and is so much engrossed in his role that, after having agreed to sign the mineral deals, first step of the peace negotiations, he changed publicly his mind and didn't want to. Listening to Satan's suggestions.

Last news are that he changed his mind again though. I firmly hope so. The angelic suggestions prevailing over the legion of evil spirits. Hopefully.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4GVGy0sSI

Wealth is not a barometer reading for wisdom. In fact I’ve met many wealthy people in my life and although they may show elements of kindness they are usually the most maya webbed people living. The important element of political life that you have missed in all your evaluations is this. You seem to have forgotten our common beliefs that we are moving up in the yugas. In the higher ages men and women of wisdom become rulers . This age of transition is showing us ego is no longer a compatible characteristic of the Dwapara Yuga. Yet it is still a guiding principle for many world leaders including in the United Clones of Ameretards. This veil will be lifted as we see in retrospect the major errors that ego manifests in the likes of Xi Trump and Putin as they take their countries down delusional thought patterns. The world problem’s cannot be solved by people of the past who are still applying principles of the past to present conditions.

Zelenskyy is accurately ‘stubborn’ about his country’s future and the future of the world. In the same way that Churchill was ‘stubborn’ about his persistent role in fighting Hitler till the end. It perplexes me how you can blame Putin’s evil on Zelenskyys heroic actions. In the same way you have said I have an obsession about Trump or Lincoln has an obsession about Robert Lee or Jefferson Davis. There is only a persistent attitude of ending the forces of evil my friend. And not giving up when faced by the forces of evil aggression. Again I will remind you of Paramahansa Yogananda’s words; “There will come a day when one country will invade another and the rest of the nations will ponce on that country” the evil that King Trump is a part of is dismantling the very forces that have come into play to fight this righteous cause. That is NATO which Donald Trump wants to isolate himself from. Which is similar to what Chamberlain wanted to do for England. No mccoy the forces of spineless evil that the west are now trying to implement will only strengthen the powers of demonic actions perpetrated by evil itself which is Putin’s aggression and now the west has fallen prey to those evil intentions.

Steve, LOL, your comparison with churcill is alas, not the most appropriate that you might have chosen. Alas, because I really wish that Zelensky was that visionary, intelligently stubborn, very successful statesman that Churchill was.
Alas again, the facts have proven the contrary. Zelenski is a mere war hero, who should have stopped being a war hero after one month of the invasion, and should have started reasoning about peace.

NO, by hindsight, he has not been like Churchill, he has badly, badly botched it, encouraged by the USA administration and Europe. Everyone thought the war was ending soon, Russia will crack in a few months.

The facts have badly contradicted all of em.

Presently, Zelenski is a man consumed by the demon of hate. A deep, visceral hate against the Russians. I have listened to him in one serious podcast. He is no more apt to his position, he should put himself aside and leave room to someone whose brain has not been irremediably ruined by the demonic quality of hate. I understand him, everyone understands him, but his mental lucidity has gone. He has become a demon of hate himself. No more suited for the mission. Unfortunately. I used to admire him. No more now. He is deliberately taking his nation to the ruin and giving a gift to Putin. He also wanted to drag the whole world in a 3rd world war. The POTUS has alluded to that in a very precise and appropriate way. The POTUS is no fool, his enemies would like to depict him as such, but he clearly isn't. He is eccentric and sometimes crazy, but not a fool. Definitely not.

That day has clearly not come yet. That day will be a part of the Satya Yuga, probably, it is not unfortunately part of the Dwapara, as we have seen. Yogananda meant that the rascals will be isolated. The Russians weren't. China and others supported them.

We are still in Dwapara, not Treta, Nor Satyia.

It is very difficult to fathom listening to you talk about a man consumed in hate and the whole time not even considering or recognizing that hate is the word which identifies murdering your countrymen who disagree. Poisoning your opponents. Giving long term prison sentences to those who’ve disagreed with your invasion of other countries. Left them to die a slow death in the arctic circle freezing to death. Left your citizens in fear of saying anything that somehow may appear offensive to a madman consumed with power. Lived a life of luxury while you’ve sent your soldiers to die and be mutilated to protect your gluttony for power and domination.

No in fact Zelenskyy is not only a man of heroic courage for his country but now that he has invaded Russia he is also a man of great compassion for the Russian people and their misery as well. In fact it is not just Putin who is responsible for the torture and demolition of another country but for his as well. And anyone that rationalizes the support of such demonic action is also responsible for the support of such hatred. Remember that as you lie on your own death bed. Remember all the bravery that Zelensky inspired while you worked against him and supported a tyrant. Not only that but you demeaned his efforts to protect the rest of the free world and your country as well. Because tyrants are never satisfied in their greed for power.

It is in your illusion you have attempted to justify might over right; A quick fix like the peace treaties Chamberlin signed that Hitler never adhered to. In fact at least Churchill had the support of the United States in his overwhelming opposition to domination by a deranged man. But Zelensky is confronted by an another evil force; a man who himself is an authoritarian autocrat who admires and condones the power hungry autocratic peers around the world and has openly done so. That man is Donald Trump, a man who is now an open supporter of a tyrant and cruelty in Russia. A man who himself has not eliminated the possibility of openly conquering other countries by force because he himself loves power for its own sake. A man that supports the idea that the wealthy should subdue the poor and should live high on the hog like Putin and XI while their country men live in debt and poverty and work in sweatshops across their countries. A man willing to shred the constitution who feels his own subjective judgments are more important than men who fought valiantly to end tyranny and kings forever who now aspires to be a king himself. That man is now in power in the U.S. with his cult followers. That man is a danger to democracy and has become - like Mussolini in Italy - an open supporter of tyranny and oppression. Such is the slow transition such men fall prey to when they let the temptation of greed and avarice consume them in their lack of development of compassion and and sympathy for their fellow men and service to Mother Earth.

One important factor you have left out here mccoy… that is there have always been men and women living in the higher ages despite the darkness around them. Jesus certainly did not let his consciousness fall to the level of most of those who surrounded him at the time. The ‘rascals’ that you are talking about are beginning to be surrounded and isolated today and will  be more and more as we move into the higher ages as we have done since the rapid change of the electric age we now have ascended to. Let us not continue reasoning with the darkness of the Kali Yuga to justify the ignorance of some of the lingering darkness that is adhered to by such people like Trump, Jung Un, Xi and Putin when all around us we see the dim light of hope emerging through the dark clouds of ignorance we have come out of as emissaries of a new age.

The Rascals have been isolated and let us not backslide into the depths of despair because of certain isolated ignorant  presences now who are still representive of an age dwindling away while dark presences of ego still attempt to thwart the progress already attained. Let us not reason like the Judas figures of the past that thought they knew the best line of reasoning when they were surrounded by light shining like a shaft on the the darkness around them.

"President Trump's declaration of intention to maybe take Greenland by force is very similar to President Putin's rhetoric when it comes to Ukraine," he tells the BBC.

The former prime minister of Denmark and ex-secretary general of the Nato alliance argues this is the moment Denmark and the rest of Europe must step up to better protect itself if the US is not willing to.

"Since my childhood, I have admired the United States and their role as the world's policeman. And I think we need a policeman to ensure international law and order but if the United States does not want to execute that role, then Europe must be able to defend itself, to stand on its own feet."

BBC

The Greenland story is fascinating. President trump sure talks like a crazy man sometimes, other times he's more reasonable, he's confounding people every day but his claims on Greenland have a reasonable aspect. Strategic positioning and defense of the Arctic sea. All geopolitical analysts here agree upon that. And he maybe is leveraging the sentiments of Greenlanders, who like independence and maybe would like more to be a part of America rather than Europe.
We'll see.

In the meantime, I have a note of disappointment. The POTUS has interrupted intelligence support to Ukraine. Why? This is increasing the damage inflicted by Russian missiles upon the population. Unless it is something that will facilitate the negotiations, it sounds like a cruel decision. But we're going to see. Sure, the cosmic drama is not boring right now.

Unfortunately, in the past the USA and Europe have encouraged Ukraine to keep up with the war, maybe expecting an imminent breakdown of Russia. Colossal mistake. They wanted escalation (above all Biden) and did not think about diplomacy. This error probably costed many hundreds of thousands of lives.

So, based on an impartial observation of facts, Mr. Trump is inheriting a difficult situation. I'm on the fence now, waiting for the promised negotiations results. They must be there unless the POTUS loses much of his face.

I believe you are candid about your mistakes mccoy and I certainly will be the same. But quite frankly though I think this war of attrition will take quite longer than you expected. The people of Russia cannot endure the hardship and suppression Putin has put them trough. They deserve much better. And I believe the encouragement given by Biden and Europe are necessary to end the evil perpetuated and which will continue in his own narrative of reality. Even in schooling in Russia this narrative continues and will breed a monstrous conception of reality which will encourage aggression in future generations. He must be stopped my friend even if it takes decades. Putin was also instrumental in helping the election of President Trump in the United Clones as well. Their combined philosophy is power and might over justice and right.

Steve, the issue about the attrition war is that people in most nations (barring Poland and some bordering Russia) are not willing to support economically Ukraine for too long. Another issue is the cost of energy, the less wealthy are having problems with winter heating and electricity bills, big problems. Also, an invasion into European territory is highly unlikely, since we have seen how poor have been the military performances of the Russian army, surprisingly poor. It clearly would not be able to withstand a full NATO counteroffensive.

The main issue though is that Ukraine is running out of fighters. Some are killed or wounded, some others need some rest from the front, having PTSD or other problems. Russia is importing soldiers from North Korea, even Yemen, and these are used as pure cannon fodder. Russia has this direct help from other rascals, plus significant indirect help from China.

The only way for Ukraine to resist would be to start a 3rd world war, which Zelenski has really tried hard to trigger. By allowing western NATO troops to be on the front. This is excessively dangerous, since Russians are crazy rascals, they might be capable of firing nukes and this would total destruiction on the ground and irreparable global pollution and climate changes for decades. This is a far bigger hazard than global warming.

Presently there are no alternatives to the negotiations led by the POTUS. He is the only one who can potentially stop this war now. Again, if he's able, I hope he'll present fair conditions for Ukraine. The russians are very interested in peace, they make it believe otherwise but they ran to the negotiations in Ryhad. They don't want to be the satellites of China.

I still wonder though about the apparently cruel interruption of US intelligence support to Ukraine. Maybe it's an unspoken part of the deals with Russia.
campaign

Proofs of direct help from Putin in the first mandate are lacking. We can hypothesize, but the lack of evidence means that it can be a defamation campaign coming from the democrat elite. The alleged collusion with Russia has been used to defamate Tulsi GAbbard as well.

You have missed my whole point here. The Russian people are enduring the most evil man you can imagine and the rest of the world does not care??? I do care about brave men like this;

Strict instructions had been issued. The location of the meeting, released at the last minute, was not to be divulged; there were to be no tweets; participants were to show ID at the entrance without saying their names out loud; and they were to wait for 48 hours before publishing anything about the event. With these precautions, the Congress of Anti-War Initiatives, held in Brussels on Monday, November 27, supported by the European Union (EU) and the German Foreign Ministry, brought together some 250 Russian citizens actively working against the invasion of Ukraine and the Kremlin's "dictatorship."

These underground currents of resistance, whether helping deserters, assisting the growing number of political prisoners or helping Ukrainians seeking to flee Russia, operate in secret. These "volunteers," as they describe themselves, have formed informal networks, each aware of the risks.
"There are 10 of us, four abroad and six in Russia, and we only use encrypted communication channels," explained Ania Kurbateva, a 33-year-old artist with hair dyed blue. She has been a refugee in Germany since September, and now devotes all her time to the group, which is called "Defense Zone" and provides legal support to Russians prosecuted for anti-war activities…

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2023/12/01/russian-activists-form-resistance-networks-against-putin-and-the-war-in-ukraine_6305224_4.html

What about Kara-Murza and Navalny? They will receive no help from you! Evil will persist because others as yourself do not have the courage and conviction to help others suffering at the hands of Putin. People that frankly do not care.

Steve, I don't know if your concerns about the population are justified after all.

As far as I know, from Italians living in Russia, most Russians who fled just after the war went back to their Russian homeland. Most Russians do not complain; they are stoics. They withstand the inflation and the high prices of groceries and goods. Very few are like Navalny and Kara Murzi—very, very few. The regime is, of course, repressive, so the citizens are compelled to stay quiet, and many just don't mind. Some are nationalists and support the war. Putin employs volunteers or troops from other countries, so citizens won't worry about their sons at the front.

So, maybe, going back to your point, if now I grasp it, unfortunately the heroic actions of Navalny and Kara murzi have been little to no effective, if not useless, in their home country. Surely they showed us again something we already knew. The dictator is not a benevolent one. Not at all...

It took a small amount of dedicated people to cross the Delaware and bust the drinking party of some Hussein mercenaries and finally gain independence from King George. In the same way it will take a small amount of morally inclined people to overhaul the corruption in the Russian oligarchy and here in the states oligarchy as well.  For those people the rest will be forever grateful as I am for the likes of a Washington or a Lincoln and is clearly the reason that Paramahansa Yogananda spoke highly of them. He was not as complimentary of leaders who practiced acts of political expediency.

It is one light 💡 that can change a whole room and make thing’s visible. In the same way it was few men of incredible spiritual wisdom to permanently change the spiritual lives of you and I in the states. Only a Paramahansa Yogananda and a Vivekananda. Let us be grateful for such lone souls and not compare them with the mass of humanity still living under the dark shadows of the lingering Kali Yuga. What you are and what you do are often two separate things. I attempt to look what people are and not what they do. Being is often more important than doing. In all our doing what are we accomplishing? Many people must be stopped in their doing because there is not enough being to recognize what to do is helpful rather than harmful.

Yes, of course I agree in that, a few people in the right historical situation can change everything. I just hope that it will become true for Russia. But I'm not optimistic, when the tyranny is so much entrenched, it is very hard to dislodge it. Almost impossible. Let's remember, Yogananda said that Gandhi would not have been successful with the likes of Stalin. Maybe Russians will have to wait for the demise of Mr. Putin, and hope that someone else worse does not take his place.

Yes Yogananda did say that about Gandhi that is why we are fortunate to have Zelensky fighting to the bitter end to dislodge a monster; Putin.

https://youtu.be/9VSpe4qRyxQ?si=_E1ekFWxGf0EtePB

‘For the first time in history we have a government aligning itself with other totalitarian governments around the world’

Bernie Sanders

....And for the first time since the inception of the war, we have a government that is actively trying, with some likelihood of success, to see the end of the conflict.

Perhaps Senator Sanders did not study the Hindu philosophy and the dualistic nature of the material world.

Are you saying a peaceful resolution should be at the expense of the Russian people? They should continue to endure the oppression of Vladimir Putin? Are you saying that a peaceful resolution should include the invader taking territory that is not there’s to take? Trump’s promise to a peaceful resolution of the Afghanistan war never took place. (Trump: I could end Afghanistan war 'in a week') In fact he escalated the war. He is so full of gas I’m surprised he doesn’t explode under the pressure of his own promises. He has done nothing but make life harder for the majority of U.S. citizens. There is no other word to describe him but; Worthless.

The only duality Trump recognizes is making the rich richer and the poor poorer. A duality that is increasing exponential in his presidency. At least we can give credit to Bernie for recognizing and expressing that coherently. Whereas we have old blow hard gushing out to make America great again when he is literally ruining the country; successfully turning the United Clones into a third world nation.

Instead of ending the war as he said …. He increased it. The biggest liar 🤥 of all presidents.

https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-afghanistan-troop-surge-complete-raising-total-number-us-servicemen-714588

Like always this site and its owner respects the views of others. Unlike Donald Trump who is systematically firing and dismantling all governmental agencies who do not adhere to his narrative of history and his political agenda.


#5 Social services have taken an incredible dive. Let us be honest here and say there are literally no social services since Elon Musk has led DOGE. He has cut a service that was almost non existent before. Waiting over an hour on the phone to talk with a representative was not uncommon before. And since he is cutting service and closing branches the wait now will be unbearable for most elderly people to handle. He not only shows a lack of concern but a brutal lack of compassion.

Furthermore public officials have been terminated and rehired with one objective in mind; loyalty and non critical attitude towards Donald Trump and his narrative, regardless of accuracy or honesty.

#3 we both know the total lack of empathy Elon Musk has for trans people since he has claimed his own daughter is dead. Since she has responded to his lies on the internet we know the extent of his outright lies. And let us not forget he himself was responsible for giving the go ahead to his daughters sex change.

4) the largest parasite of all to the American system are the welfare rich 🤑 which Donald Trump and Elon Musk are number one members. They have contributed so little to the American economy as to be parasites  on others…. With tax evasion and giving false accounts of property worth as well as feeding on the hard work of the American tax payer who actually payed taxes out of their income to make a difference to our countries service to all … not just an extremely small few who live off the work of others.

Most importantly though termination of employees that tell an honest version of the ecological and environmental impact of fossil fuel exploitation of Mother Earth. A view that that accurately represents the continued rising of heat in the world is being categorically denied and employees friendly to big business is replacing it with the attitude that all the matters is the profit incentive, with no regard for the destruction it is indeed causing to Mother Earth. Any thought of stewardship to Mother Earth is being destroyed and being replaced by employees who favor one economic agenda; That is more profit for outdated energy models that are no longer suited for our planet, nor new technologies that will be able to take us further in space. All scientific studies in that direction have been defunded.

#1 the MAGA people were inspired by the instigation of violence at the capital from the Fuhrer. If he had not sat and watched them but rather sent them home he would not have been the criminal he is today. The truth is that he falsely claimed he won an election for which major law suits were won by voting machine companies due to the fact that Trump defamed them with his open lies and attempted manipulation of election results.

#2) "Reported crime has not surged since 2021, when Biden took office, and the best data on the subject shows declining reported violent crime and massively declining murder rates," said Jeff Asher, a data analyst and co-founder of the firm AH Datalytics.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/apr/03/nancy-mace/has-crime-skyrocketed-under-joe-biden-not-exactly/

#6) from the vantage point of most Americans their standard of living continues to disintegrate as the wealthy are given larger tax cuts and therefore these tax cuts are being payed for by cutting social programs for those in need while giving more wealth to those not needing additional money to own not only most of the United States but instead all of it. Thus creating more of a dystopian society began under the Fuhrer in 2016.

Demonizing a person carries big risks. It may make that same person a martyr.

Since the opposition has tried by any means to demonize Mr. Trump, there is nothing that can be relied upon online. Many reports are spurious documents made up by the enemies of the POTUS. Unfortunately, I can believe no sources since the exaggerations have made any of their claims utterly unreliable. Presently, I don't know what's true and what's false. I'm rather inclined to believe to the opposite of what the oppositions say or write.

People will believe what their present bias dictates. But I will add this; I was a truck driver and musician much of my life traveling around Cloneland. I never saw so much violence in one place as the violence Trump instigated attempting to overthrow the government in 2020. It was on every network on TV and covered by conservative as well as liberal media. Donald Trump
needs no demonizing. He is a demon from the underworld.

Poverty is in the streets, under bridges on street corners begging. This is the great America Donald Trump envisioned. As he and the wealthiest people in the country cut more and more funding for social services in the name of perceived waste. The help that is needed for poverty in this country is being ignored. And is now a reality. ‘Feed them cake’ is the motto of Trump and Musk. And poverty increases and wealth is divided up among less than one percent of our population, the United States will continue to be the largest prison colony in the world. These are not the true criminals though. The true criminals are presently running our government.

The United States has the highest prison population, both in terms of total number of incarcerated individuals and incarceration rate per capita.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Total Number of Incarcerated Individuals:
As of February 2025, the U.S. had over 1.8 million people in prison, followed by China with 1.69 million.
Incarceration Rate:
The U.S. has a high incarceration rate, meaning a large percentage of its population is incarcerated.
Global Comparison:
The U.S. accounts for a significant portion of the world's prison population, despite making up a relatively small percentage of the global population.

https://www.google.com/search?q=what+country+has+the+highest+prisoner+population%3F&sca_esv=02a19ff6f2f64912&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS811US811&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AHTn8zqSrDF8ZJTgZG227lyobp6jkCm1xw%3A1743528116481&ei=tCDsZ62EHdmzptQPqN6S8Qc

But Ice under Biden had been instructed to focus on arresting and detaining people with criminal histories, who might pose a threat to public safety. Even when immigration officers issued citations, they used their discretion to release immigrants on supervision. The Trump administration, meanwhile, has broadened Ice’s priorities to target anyone who is in the US without a permanent legal status.

You should be happy about it since you've been complaining about overpopulation in the USA

Thanks for your observation mccoy. There are many ways to lower over population and the United States should always be a refuge to other nations with repressive regimes. However when we have so called leaders ( they can hardly be called leaders because of their sickening moral decadence.) like Musk who had 14 children (that we know of; since he denies the existence of them if they do not fit with his current political views.) with four women and Trump who has five children with three wives. It sets a horrible example to others to over populate and remarry many times. The moral decadence of these men is constantly displayed in their character and living arrangements. Yet they attempt to show a glossy fake identity of some kind of grotesque morality.

mccoy you may see at as a complaint. Personally, I see it has a realistic observation of living conditions in the United Clones of  Ameretards. Where I have been in most of the states and had a chance to make such observations as both a truck driver and touring musician.

If a nation can no longer provide housing for its inhabitants. If a nation is so owned by private individuals that it is very difficult if not impossible for the public to enjoy the recreation of public lands when it is owned privately by individuals. If a nation is hoarded by private owned farms so that most of the population has no place to cultivate food. If a nation is so short on land that people are living under bridges in the middle of the winter. If a nation is so crowded that people are living in tent cities.  If one out of six people do not get enough food to eat each day to eat. Then that nation is obviously 🙄 overpopulated. That nation is the United Clones.

Or, if you choose to describe that nation as not overpopulated but rather increasingly inhabited by a small group of people who are incredibly selfish, self centered and egotistical I would sympathize with you because that is exactly the current situation we face in the Cloneland today from an elite group of people who do feel they are more important than the hungry and destitute masses. How could anyone be proud 🥹 of such a nation? How could anyone talk of ‘making it great again’ when they are increasingly themselves making it worst for others?

I cannot answer in detail because I'm not living in the USA. Objectively speaking, america is not overpopulated, since the population density is low.

We can say that there are overpopulated urban areas, but this seems to be a concern in all countries, in the West and in the East.

You are incorrect mccoy. You’re like the people who say that you could fit the population of the world in Texas. The problem is this; I’ve been in almost every state of the union. Who wants to live in desolate Texas? Who wants live in the northern states areas where there are no lakes? Who wants to live in Alaska where it is so cold and living conditions are harsh? Who would like to live in for instance Michigan where most all the nice wonderful property is owned and has private property signs all over their land? Who wants to live there now that Elon Musk and Donald Trump have given the ok to cut down forests for business? Who would like to live in California where now the fires are so bad because of people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump have blatantly ignored climate change and are causing people to move away from there because of rampant fires? And then they attempt to manipulate the political views of the residents before getting disaster relief? Who would like to live in Florida where right wing politicians have made it hard to even drive through the state because they want to keep people out? How could a trucker even drive through Florida because of regulations on public land against parking more than hours?

Steve, if the radical lefts are reasoning like that, blaming Musk and Trump for the gross negligence exhibited by governor Newscombe in the organization of the fire fighting workers...

Then, you can be assured that the mid-term elections will be a triumph for Mr. Trump.

Wow, you paint a pretty dim picture of the U.S. There are problems everywhere, no doubt, but is it really that bad?

My eldest daughter's partner moved over here from Texas. He was working in Walmart for about $7 an hour. He has a similar job here and maintains he feels like he has moved to heaven. He gets around $32 an hour and says the price of living is about the same. And they live on a beautiful island in the subtropics.

Well then dear friend there is obviously a reason he can live like that where he is now…. Thanks for the story it sounds like a ‘heaven’ I may take an interest in. There are reasons for being in Cloneland also. One of them is Yogananda’s bee hives of meditation another is Amma’s presence; he and her many visits as well as the communities these Masters and others like them have started here.

Americans are responding to Trump and Musks repressive behaviors and policies;

A national day of action against President Donald Trump and his administration has united an outpouring of protesters across the country who are rallying in defiance of what they describe as a relentless assault on democratic institutions and civil liberties.

Over 80 protests were held at state capitols, courthouses and city halls in several states as part of the “50501” demonstrations – short for 50 protests, 50 states, one movement – condemning what they describe as Trump’s executive overreach, including deportations without due process, the dismantling of federal agencies and threats to higher education.

In addition to rallies, Saturday’s day of action saw communities coming together through food drives and donation campaigns, offering support to those most affected by the administration’s policies.

“We are sending a clear and urgent message to the country and to those in power: the people are paying attention, we are organizing, and we will not accept authoritarian overreach, fascist policy, or the dismantling of our rights under the Constitution,” Sarah Parker, one of the 50501’s national coordinators, told CNN.

“The administration’s continued targeting of marginalized communities, the criminalization of dissent, and the erosion of civil liberties demand a response — and this is ours.”

A national day of action against President Donald Trump and his administration has united an outpouring of protesters across the country who are rallying in defiance of what they describe as a relentless assault on democratic institutions and civil liberties.

Over 80 protests were held at state capitols, courthouses and city halls in several states as part of the “50501” demonstrations – short for 50 protests, 50 states, one movement – condemning what they describe as Trump’s executive overreach, including deportations without due process, the dismantling of federal agencies and threats to higher education.

In addition to rallies, Saturday’s day of action saw communities coming together through food drives and donation campaigns, offering support to those most affected by the administration’s policies.

“We are sending a clear and urgent message to the country and to those in power: the people are paying attention, we are organizing, and we will not accept authoritarian overreach, fascist policy, or the dismantling of our rights under the Constitution,” Sarah Parker, one of the 50501’s national coordinators, told CNN.

In addition to rallies, Saturday’s day of action saw communities coming together through food drives and donation campaigns, offering support to those most affected by the administration’s policies.

As you can see Web, there is hope and there are kind magnanimous people in this country. However, unlike the hope mccoy has placed in selfish greedy people that are presently in the presidential administration today; This hope and action is coming from generous common people in this country, not so called leaders who have no compassion or empathy and can be called not only not spiritual in any sense of the word but rather egotists and spiritual retards as they have proven to be time and time again with their policies and personal living styles. As they are exorbitant and live lives that have nothing to be an example for as true leaders should be.

I'm not sure the Trump Administration cares much about protesters from the radical left. They will care if and when protests will come from their electors.