I don't disagree with your overall point and personally I do blame Roosevelt's BullMoose run us getting stuck with Wilson as President and all the issues we've had to deal with because of that.
However using the argument a president who expands the government during crisis is responsible for shrinking it after the crisis could be used against Lincoln, Jackson, and potentially Trump depending how things go.
IMO Roosevelt just like Trump today tried to upend the special interests and trusts/corps power over the political system and ultimately got spit out and spurred them to go further to try and stop another President from being able to threaten their grip again. Trumps in an even worse spot because he's got the CIA, Google and the social media companies on top of the groups Teddy was dealing with in his day.
He was a progressive Republican, some would define him as an Americanist or as its know today America 1st. Using the federal government to address issues the states can't bring themselves to address in the numbers needed is what it takes some times. But his fight against crony capitalism, fighting off the last European power still lurking in areas the U.S considered its region of influence, and his fight against corruption are the exact things we should want any President should do. How politicians after used his actions to advance their own agendas including expanding the fed power. Progress is a key component of America, today's progressive movement is a bastardized version of what people like him actually advocated and Teddy probably woukdve used the rough riders to put down
And ofcourse there's already an investigation into which pilot is responsible... God forbid you have your own opinion
Xi isnt about to see change in my opinion of him so long as the Uhgurs continue to suffer under his China.
Putin isn't committing genocide but I'd rather not have foreign powers try and undermine the person in the WH even if thag person is Biden.
Trump really should've spent more energy and effort on breaking up the control over the market and information our media and tech corporations have. Freedom of the press doesn't mean freedom to fan division and continuously report false information as fact. I don't known how any judge could be presented with incident after incident and see how they all cover each other's backs including tech corps and still say nothing can be done without internal communications showing their actions were malicious.
Do we know how any votes this applied to? And possibly the breakdown of who the votes went to?
She knew there was 0 chance of having a the votes to actually succeed and that it could potentially backfire as well. This wasn't decency just a calculated move.
So China actually did have a revolution/civil war and to America's annoyance the communists won and took the spot in the UN that was originally filled by the nationalist who escaped to Taiwan. Also the U.S reached out to China and the decades of Henry Kissenger foreign policy began. IDK if Kissenger planned on China starting to try and unseat America from the SCS along with over taking American companies spots in the market after stealing their tech and thoroughly corrupting global institutions or if China just played along and Bided its time until the opportunity or need to act arose but the fact remains China and Russia aren't comparable on this issue. Russia was a superpower and target number 1 for decades while China was focused internally and was not even in the same century lifestyle wise as all tge other big players, in fact they call their lost time the century of shame and blame all of it on the west ( even though Britain and Japan were the most responsible). Their motivation isn't simply to regain prestige and influence, they want payback and to regain their "roghtfuk" spot as the global power house that dictated global trade. but knew there was no way they could get caught up enough to exact that payback if they were on the outside, they still are at the Mercy of India, Japan and the U.S because they can't control the shipping lanes that bring in their imports. But by using deception 5o obtain a Russian aircraft carrier and reverse engineering it along with copy the latest fighter jet sold to them by Russia and by building up islands they are slowly getting in a position to excert military force in their region that the U.S doesn't have the spare numbers to deal with. Playing along with the globalist allows China to manipulate institutions and powerful corps/politicians into making sure no 1 gets in Chinas way or undermines their plans and they needed the resources and tech only partners were privy to, all while letting the U.S protect ME oil fields, shipping lanes, make it easier for American companies to use China to produce their products and have them sold to Americans. That's a win win win for China and has 0 chance of succeeding had they not played along.
Russia isn't in anything like that situation. Russia has its own resources that it actually sells to Europe which allows Russia to avoid any cripple sanctions since Europe needs the energy and raw material. Russia is capable of making advanced tech without the need to copy from others, in fact they arguably have the best air defense system in the world which is a direct counter to America having the number 1 air offense in the world. Russia can feed itself, it had countries like Syria, Iran, ect that actually side with Russia and who together can have an effect on the global oil trade. It also was already developed when the Soviet Union fell so it didn't need to play catch up like China did. Russia had no need to join in with the program even if the offer was there because they were more likely to succeed in their own goals from the outside since their goals contrast that of the globalist. Lastly even if the West did offer Russia a spot at the table I'm certain the stipulations were created with the intention of being denied because Russia to this day is their scapegoat/boogeyman because that's the only justification they have left to maintain the global order created during the cold War and that order has made these people rich and powerful beyond expectations so they aren't about to get rid of their excuse to hold on.
Keep in mind all 3 know the only way to really weaken America is to divide us against ourselves. Yea they are certainly loving a Biden presidency but don't forget they will probably try to take advantage of this situation and that hurts all of us.
The difference is Putin isn't as concerned with the life's or freedoms of the Russian people so much as rebuilding Russian prestige and global influence. Sure building the Russian state back up benefits the people to an extent but it's not the goal. Trump wanted to undo the economic strangle hold the back corps/banks had that kept prices high, employment opportunities limited and wages low, he also wanted to focus foreign policy on things that directly benefit the American people, such as getting China to stop messing with American companies/inventors, get other countries to take more of the finacial burden of the global troop presence, ect.
1 was trying to relive the glory days of the Soviet Union which was never the dreamland for your avg Russian (compared to what it would've been had personal freedom been a bigger priority) The other was trying to allow for a more robust, free and prosperous environment for the citizens to pursue their life's.
Putin is KGB, he's competent sure but he isn't making decisions based on what's best for the Russian people.
Trump moved more troops to Poland along with missiles and even organized a 15k troop Nato exercise in Poland. Armed Ukraine, sanctioned the Nordstream 2, undercut Russia control within Syria and their influence in the ME (Taking down Iran's influence and ability to support its proxies while mediating a normalization of various nations with Israel wasn't beneficial to Russian foreign policy goals)
Trump didn't make things easy for Putin at all as far as foreign policy/ambition is concerned. Where they did have agreement is Trump didn't publicly talk down about Putin, didn't interfere with domestic issues (that we know of anyway) and didn't try to make Russia out to be the scapegoat of everything which was new for Putin. Bush, Obama, and now Biden love to talk and meddle in Russia and its politics but aren't willing to get directly in the way of Russian foreign plans which Putin learned over the years how to take advantage of that. As soon as an American President came in and wasn't trying to have a public pissing match with him or interfere with the life's of the Russian people Putin didn't have the ammo he is used and also saw all the gains in the ME and Eastern Europe lost. Dont know if Trump really planned that out but he very much didn't stay out of Putins way in foreign affairs, just didn't bug him domestically.
I don't think I disagree with you that he could be on the inside if he wanted except I don't think Putin really ever had the option to take the actions required to get on the inside. He would've never gained power if he didn't look out for Russian/Russian oligarch interests nor would he have maintained it if he showed ex KGB officers he was going to play ball with the CIA for his own enrichment at the expense of Russians.
I would love if we got to hear world leaders talk to each other live without censoring any of the conversation. Woukdve loved to hear Trump with Putin or even Merkel. But I suppose I'll settle with Biden and Putin.
I don't like Putin more personally, I do however trust him more in a "he's going to do what he's going to do sort of way." Like I know Putin is at the top in Russia (or at least a powerful voice in the group at the top) and I know he is attempting to weaken those undermining Russias goal. Whereas I don't think Biden is much more than someone who had to make a few agreements to be the DNC canadite and be protected from his amd his families crimes while he ran as well as the whole winning thing, which means he is compromised and controllable by parties we don't know and likely don't have our best interests in mind.
You have to make a lot of big leaps to come to that conclusion with this information.
Right but he's only anti-global because Russia is on the outside, its not as though he wouldn't love to have the influence to pull the strings from within and push countries acting against his interests around without global rebuttal. RUGA is very different than MAGA in that sense.
Slavery was a key component behind the division that boiled into the Civil War. And towards the end of the war the focus on completely ridding the country of slavery became a driving factor. Granted it's likely Lincoln only chose to make that shift to make European powers abandon any idea of aiding the south.
Is there anyway to confirm if the ballots are 1s from election day and were submitted for the vote? It'd be to easy for naysayers to dismiss this claim by saying these aren't real ballots and this was just a PR stunt if there's no way to check the authenticity.
Think about it this way, CA is practically a 1 party state at the moment, home to Hollywood, big tech, ground zero for Chinese investment, its the state where Pelosi, Schiff, Harris, Feinstein, and that guy who was sleeping with a Chinese spy (forgot his name) and its a state that proves high taxes, overregulation, and encouraging illegal immigration makes everything expensive including transportation and housing which is directly responsible for how the poor get stuck at the bottom and homelessness is a never ending problem.
Big tech is using Chinese money to get Cali politicians into powerful positions within our federal government, it is not a healthy combo for this country
Ofcourse this about San Francisco, the same city that in previous years has spent 100+ million on homelessness without any significant progress. Literally could've housed and given salary to the 6k+ homeless population for the amount of money they spent. 16 million is insane but it's a drop in the bucket compared to how much money they throw at this, granted I think its a fair bet most of the money goes into corrupt pockets instead of towards the issue.
In what world does a county clerk have the authority to dismiss a court case without a judges order/ruling? I know the article states she didn't have the actual authority to do so but I still don't get how it took a judge overuling her to correct the situation, especially since she's a witness. She should've already been removed from any role in the administrative part of the court case since she's personally involved so who dropped the ball here by allowing her to even be in a position to do this?
On the 1st read I read that as free-fire zone
Just remember your comments are accessible by federal agents and genuine talk of revolution would fall under conspiracy laws. I doubt they'd bother doing anything about it unless they felt the discussion was going to actually lead to a armed revolt but still worth remembering when talking about stuff like this on a public forum or online in general. Any revolt right now would most likely fail mostly because Trump is actively trying to reform the Republican party and there seems to be a group of like-minded people including Trump that are going to set up a new media network to challenge the existing mainstream networks and social media companies. Most people will want to see how those pan out before risking it all. There is also the fact that the current media and tech companies have to much control over the spread information and the narrative for any revolt to possibly sway the public in its favor.
I would hope it's more to do with trying to unseat U.S influence and presence in the region instead of some petty nonsense like getting us back for what Britian did centuries ago, but I can imagine they are taking their resentment out on us.
Caesar also committed what amounts to genocide in Gaul, Britannia and was flirting with it in Germania. Then started a Civil War because corrupt politicians tried to use stuff like that to take him down, he got his soldiers to follow him by promising them money and the land that no longer had anyone living on it. And tried to take all the power for himself. Let's not pretend he was some hero who was murdered by corrupt people just because he was trying to take their power and give it to the people. He wanted to be the only 1 with power and troops, to do so he needed the troops and the people to back him which is why he did what he did.