I’m celebrating Independence Day a day ahead of time by denouncing the most extreme of anti-Constitutional/anti-Declaration of Independence fanatics, by sharing some information about them, knowing that will
just make them more appealing to Conservatives. But at least maybe they might stop insulting what little intelligence I have quite so much and List members here with their lies, or “fabrications,” if you prefer, given that is the Trumpism nature. Things are
bad enough under Biden, as they were in Germany before 1933, but that didn’t mean
any solution was for the better.
I sent this email at the time I was listening the first time to this Trump campaign event:
"I am pulling my hair out listening to the lies being dispensed on the TAC/Quincy Institute webinar right now, and will have more to add on that as the lies accrue representing Trump as someone who really
did "oppose the endless wars,” when the first thing he (and McCain, and Republicans as a whole [with some D support]) did was to add $100 billion on to the already gigantic military budget (and "called it peace”) while using those moneys to join Netanyahu
in a “clandestine” war against Iran, as the NYT reported.
But TAC/QI began this webinar by pointing out the “principled” Republican politicians (a contradiction of terms for virtually all politicians, but definitely is for “Trumpites”) who voted against Ukraine military
aid. Knowing how collective votes always have multiplicitous motives for voting, here is a short example available to anyone who knows how to JFGI.
TAC’s favorite NatCon (next to Trump and Yoram Hazony) Hawley was just mentioned by moderator Kelley Vlahos, so starting with Hawley below:
"Several Republican senators told CNN Thursday that despite their votes against a $40 billion military aid package for Ukraine, they do
intend to vote to admit Finland and Sweden into NATO when and if that question comes before the Senate.
"But some indicated they have not decided whether to approve the expansion the alliance and one conservative, Josh Hawley of Missouri, said he's "undecided" and concerned the US is too involved in security issues in Europe and should
be focused on the Asia Pacific.
"I'm undecided," Hawley said. "I want to make sure it will not increase America's security commitments in Europe. Certainly I want to make sure there is no need for more forces. My view is that we need to be, on the whole, doing less
in Europe and looking towards the Asia Pacific in terms of our foreign policy challenges.”
"When asked how to defend against the sudden and ongoing aggression from Russia against Ukraine, Hawley said: "The Europeans need to be doing more," adding he wants to increase the amount of money other NATO countries contribute to the organization.”
And might have added, and we’re taking them to wart against China with us!
More Republican “dissidents:”
"Yes, I'm supportive of that because it's going to be accretive to NATO's capabilities," said GOP Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee. "I'm very realistic about these situations and
the notion that it will bring in allies to NATO that will make it stronger.”
"I'm 100% for that. I think the more that we get in that region to push back on Putin, the better," said Sen. Mike Braun, a Republican of Indiana. "I'm one of the few that votes
against policies I like if it's not paid for. Every penny. And in this case I would expect the EU to be matching what we're doing and they are not.”
The accountant position, "balance the books by cutting everything else so we can go to war."
From Idaho: https://idahocapitalsun.com/2022/06/07/idahos-sen-crapo-congressman-fulcher-say-no-to-ukraine-federal-aid/
All four say they stand solidly behind Ukraine’s effort to curtain Russian President Vladimir Putin’s vicious assaults to the country, although
their approaches are different.
Crapo thinks the $40 million aid should be offset with reductions somewhere else in the budget.(TP-ok, lets “privatize the Post Office, as libertarians call for, to enrich the Oligarchs
even more)
“The United States cannot stand by while Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine,” said Sen. Blackburn. “This bipartisan legislation gives President Biden an unobstructed path to offer
Ukraine invaluable military equipment to secure its sovereignty and defend its national interests.
The White House, Congress, and our international allies and partners must work together to ensure the Axis of Evil does not win.” (The usual Republican/Conservative “Realism and Restraint” position.)
For the rest, JFGI!
As well as how these same Conservatives would vote on support for Israel’s wars and "endless war" of military occupation that Trump took the US to an even higher level of active participation in Israel’s wars,
as it too well known to everyone who isn’t a “Non-interventionist Conservative."
Now they’re on to China and I already know that pro-war propaganda meme of the Trumpites.
This Republican senator has a very weird theory for why Russia invaded Ukraine
(CNN) — Tommy Tuberville thinks he knows why Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.
It's not because Ukraine was once part of the Soviet Union and Putin wants to restore those former borders. Nor is it that Putin worries about the encroachment of the West -- and NATO -- into Ukraine and at his country's
western border.
According to the Alabama Republican senator, it's communism. And farmland. Or something.
"He can't feed his people," Tuberville said of Putin in a speech to the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce earlier this week, as was
reported
by 1819 News. "It's a communist country, so he can't feed his people, so they need more farmland."
Uh, what?
First off, it's worth noting that Russia is not, in fact, a communist country.
The Soviet Union was a communist country, but its fall in 1991 signaled
the end of the communist regime. Russia is now considered a federation government with a prime minister and a president, who has the power to appoint the prime minister. There is also a legislative
body as part of the Russian government; it's known as the Federal Assembly and is comprised of the State Duma (the lower house) and the Federation Council (the upper house).
Russia is now an authoritarian regime with Putin in charge. (Typical of countries under foreign assault.)
I also did a bit of digging on Tuberville's claim about Russia's inability to feed its people -- and, it turns out, he is totally wrong.
Here's what Rector of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alexander Yakovenko
said
at a UN summit in 2020, noting that his country wasn't facing the hunger issues that others were around the world.
"The problem of hunger in the world has exacerbated. According to the UN, 680 million people are starving in the world at present. Over the past five years, this figure has been increasing
by 10 million annually. Our country has attained a historic victory over famine, so the experience of Russia may be appealing to other countries. However, there is still a lot of work to be done to consolidate these positive dynamics of domestic food systems
and make them inclusive and sustainable."
I reached out to Tuberville's office for some clarity on what, exactly, he was talking about. They didn't get back to me, but if they do, I will be sure to share their perspective.