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4/4 border of Ukraine? After he got The Crimea for nothing. She said "No, never trust the GD Russians!" Memories die hard! I said what's next after Ukraine? She named Romania,, Latvia, Estonia (already have Belarus), but not Poland. Haven't we seen this scenario before with Poland in say 1938?

3/3 the invasion happened. She is an hour from the Ukranian border. Now somehow she thinks Zelensky started the war because of Nazis and that Ukraine asks too much of Poland and they didn't say thank-you enough for Polish kindness. When I asked her if Putin would stop after getting the northern

2/3 She hates Putin and Russia as she grew up under Soviet Communism. She also voted for Trump the 1st time because of immigrants (yes, she was an immigrant). Now Trump is giving Putin everything he wants in Ukraine, master negotiator my asshole! She was very happy to take in fleeing Ukranians when

1/3 Putin and Ukraine: I have a MIL who lives in Poland. She lived in the States for 35 years and moved back after the sad and untimely death of her husband. Since her return she has been listening to a steady stream of Far Right propaganda in her home country. Now she finds herself in a conundrum.

So, instead of berating my wife and mother-in-law about politics, I will just berate you all. Sorry in advance.

I am so dismayed with the State of my United States. We have forgotten who we are. Why are we pretending we are still a democracy when we are acting like a fascist state even before the self identified fascist takes over tomorrow? We are devolving into a fascist theocratic oligarchy.

I am here because I cannot be on Tik Tok. It has gone dark. What a foolish fascist nonsensical bit of grandstanding and lying it took to shut it down. I feel so sad. I know the algorithm makes you feel a false sense of connection, but it also created real a Community of ideas.

Couldn’t some clever politico get in Trump’s ear and convince him giving everyone Universal Healthcare would make him the most beloved and important President since WW2? With his narcissistic tendencies and need for attention and validation this seems fairly plausible.