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Biden makes surprise visit to Kyiv To show your support for Ukraine, you must make this pilgrimage. It has become a deadly litmus test. Only this explains President Joe Biden’s surprise visit to Kyiv today. Why did Biden visit Kyiv? Everyone is praising Ukrainian President Zelensky for his Churchillian bravery and leadership. No doubt Biden… Read more.
Podcast Episode 104 A key feature of the genocidal war Russia is waging in Ukraine is the United States announcing one installment after another of hundreds of millions (and sometimes billions) in military aid to Ukraine. But that’s the problem. Because everyone in Ukraine, military personnel and civilian alike, will tell you they could have… Listen.
Three years ago, Washington was hailing Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaidó. He was the most celebrated exiled leader since France’s Charles de Gaulle. President Trump even invited Guaidó as his guest of honor at the 2020 State of the Union Address. US Abandons Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Guaidó I was neither impressed nor encouraged. The title… Read more.
Pictures of President Biden golfing in the Caribbean are all over the media. But so are pictures of President Zelensky braving war trenches in Ukraine. This unwitting juxtaposition does not bode well – for Biden. Biden golfs while Zelensky braves war trenches Biden has done more to help Ukraine than any other world leader. And… Read more.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday and later deliver a prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, a daring trip abroad intended to reaffirm American support for his country, White House officials announced late Tuesday night. (The New York Times, December 21, 2022) Ukraine… Read more.
Biden’s Dithering Over Sending Weapons to Ukraine President Biden has been dithering over sending weapons to Ukraine from day one. His dithering will be the biggest blunder of this war. And, given the blunders President Putin has committed, that’s saying a lot. Putin’s blunders began with his ill-fated decision to launch his genocidal “Special Military Operation.” His master… Read more.
Kyrsten Sinema spent much of the last session of Congress trying to upstage Joe Manchin. Manchin prides himself on being the only senator Democrats, including President Biden, must lobby to pass signature legislation. Sinema wants to be that senator and then some. Sinema Leaves the Democratic Party Sinema has decided that becoming an Independent is the best… Read more.
Podcast Episode 97 It turns out reports of the death of American democracy were greatly exaggerated. Because voters not only rejected Republican calls for a Trumpian autocracy, but defied jack-booted MAGA thugs who tried to intimidate them against voting to do so. Most affirming and reassuring in this respect, of course, was all the threats… Listen.
I published the post-election post “Trump Turns Republican Red Wave Blue for Democrats” on November 9. In it, I advised President Biden to deliver the very speech Speaker Pelosi delivered yesterday. Under that post’s sub-heading, “Now is the time to go, Joe,” I urged Biden to announce he’s passing the torch to a new generation of Democratic… Read more.
Everyone expected Republicans to wrest control of both chambers of Congress. But that’s only because no one expected former President Donald Trump to be such a drag for Republican candidates. Trump turns Republican red wave blue But early results indicate that this disgraced, twice-impeached, coup-plotting former president motivated millions to vote against Republicans. Control of both chambers of Congress hung… Read more.
