So, how does it end for Putin, round #2?

I don't have a clue. But whatever happens isn't going to take place soon enough.

It was predictable

"Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces on alert"


So, now it comes down to who flinches first?

https://www.axios.com/putin-nuclear-forces-9d1a2823-9512-4ab3-89f2-118ee37e0970.html

Not that we didn't already know

I'm so sick of hearing "the radical left" crap...

..from the Hypocracy Party. L. Graham says Biden's SCOTUS nominee is the result of Joe caving to the radical left. For what it's worth, the radical left isn't a destructive faction of the population, as is the radical right, and deserve representation same as the rest of us. Screw you, Lindsey.

If it hasn't been mentioned

"Putin sounds unstable…. seems to be threatening nuclear war if others threaten his seizure."

https://twitter.com/mccaffreyr3/status/1496911878563319808?s=20&t=L40wFbgdaFpMHwMR6fZPRw

Trump was right, saying Putin would not...

..have invaded Ukraine if he was President. He was in the process of giving Ukraine to Putin.

(The article is a year old.)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-russia-putin/2020/10/24/4edb462e-13bb-11eb-ba42-ec6a580836ed_story.html

"Why Trump’s America has been a ‘gift’ to Putin"

"Under President Trump, the United States has abandoned international climate and nuclear arms agreements. It has announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, questioned the future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and antagonized stalwart allies like Germany.

America’s past presidents have long promoted democracy, human rights and the rule of law abroad, yet Trump instead has waged an assault on those values at home, where he has weakened institutions, shredded norms and declared without evidence that the upcoming election will be “rigged.”

America’s moral authority also has been undercut by the devastatingly high death toll and wrenching economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the racial reckoning that has convulsed the country."

"These highlights from Trump’s nearly four years in office read like Vladimir Putin’s wish list. Few countries have benefited more geopolitically from Trump’s time in office than Russia."


"Russia’s longtime aim has been to undermine trust in democratic systems of government around the world, and the United States with Trump at the helm has proved an ideal model to advance that goal.

“This president has been the most extraordinary gift to the Kremlin,” said Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. “Across every field, in terms of America’s standing in the world, in terms of America’s cohesion at home, no president has done more to damage the United States or to advantage the Kremlin than Donald Trump. That will be his lasting legacy.”"

“One of Putin’s primary objectives is to utterly discredit democracy as a model, and on that he’s getting an A-plus because in Donald Trump, you have a would-be authoritarian who is deliberately and overtly taking a wrecking ball to the underpinnings of our democracy,” said Susan E. Rice, a former ambassador to the United Nations and national security adviser in the Obama administration.

What the hell kinda' former president...

..compliments and praises a ruthless dictator for invading another country?

Well, if you don't like Chuck Todd...

..who is your favorite political analyst/journalist/news show host/hostess?

9% of Texas Repugs running for something believe the 2020 election was legit.

The rest of 'em are campaigning on "getting to the bottom of the 2020 election fraud."

"Of the 86 with discernible stances, at least 42 have said outright that the 2020 election was stolen, called the results illegitimate or said they would have voted not to certify. Another 11 candidates have said there was enough fraud or irregularities to cast doubt on the results of the election. Just 13 said the results were legitimate."

On a near-daily basis, Trump beats the drum -- via his Save America PAC -- on the false notion that he was somehow robbed of a victory. And that only "real" Republicans support him in this effort.

"Mitch McConnell does not speak for the Republican Party, and does not represent the views of the vast majority of its voters," Trump said in a statement earlier this month about the Senate minority leader. "He did nothing to fight for his constituents and stop the most fraudulent election in American history ... If Mitch would have fought for the election, like the Democrats would have if in the same position, we would not be discussing any of the above today, and our Country would be STRONG and PROUD instead of weak and embarrassed."

The insanity just keeps on coming.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/17/politics/texas-primary-republican-party/index.html