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Historian, wife, mother, citizen; I think facts matter, climate change is frightening, democracy is on the line and Russia should get out of Ukraine; interested in waste studies.
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In MAGA world this is good news.
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Putin does not want to meet Zelensky. The whole point of the war is to make Russia appear like a big power again, at par with the US. Meeting with "underlings" like Zelensky would destroy that purpose.
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On a purely analytical level it is fascinating. On every other level it is petrifying.
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Wirklich? Das ist aufregend. Ich muss schauen, ob ich das irgendwie kriege. Glückwunsch!
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This has little meaning if enough people can be prevented from voting in the midterms.
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Yes, MAGA will be getting what they voted for. However, as this woman points out in this very good video, there are many people in these states that did not vote for him, including and especially children, and who are also suffering the consequences. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vLS...
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It is not about peace. It's about power. And if the powerful are entitled to take from the weak, Putin is right to take Ukraine just as Trump is right to take Canada.
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So, was it really worth it for Rubio to kiss Trump's ring, just so he could sit in humiliating meetings and see his budget cut by half?
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all while accelerating climate change and turning the US into a country in which people get deported and disappeared without due process. And it has only been two months.
You can't say he is not impactful.
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But things are looking bleak for countries like Vietnam or Cambodia or Lesotho. Their only option is to turn to China, I guess. So, Trump is crashing the US economy, destroying US international trade relations, expanding the Chinese sphere of influence, slashing US academic soft power,
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The best case scenario is that millions of Americans lose their pension funds, go bankrupt, can no longer afford their houses or college or drugs, see their food stores emptying, unattended fires in parks, neighbors deported or dying of measles - and some MAGA folks begin to wonder about this all.