BACKGROUND
1) AFP/cvb, “Selenskyj-Berater wertet jüngste Drohungen Putins als Ausdruck „absoluter Angst“; Am Donnerstag hatte Russlands Präsident Wladimir Putin mit Angriffen auf die westlichen Länder gedroht. Ein ukrainischer Präsidentenberater wertet dies als Ausdruck „absoluter Angst“ und fordert den Westen zu einer härteren Haltung gegenüber Russland auf,” Die Welt, den 25. November 2024;
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1) Kenneth Roth, “The ICC arrest warrants for top Israeli officials are a step toward justice; The warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are also a reminder to governments arming Israel as it commits war crimes in Gaza, The Gyardian, November 26, 2024 (11.00 GMT);
2) Aluf Benn, “Netanyahu’s boycott of Haaretz won’t stop us reporting the grim truth about Israel’s wars; Unlike most Israeli news outlets, my paper shows the suffering in Gaza and Lebanon. That’s why the government has targeted us,” Haaretz, Novemberv26, 2024 (15.12 GMT);
Aluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of Haaretz
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1) Garry Kasparov, “Blame the Democratic Party for Trump; Their weak candidates, identity politics and extremism pushed voters toward the ex-president, Wall Street Journal, November 21, 2024 (1:13 pm ET);
2) Sylvie Kauffmann: “EUROPE « Sous l’effet de l’électrochoc Trump, un nouvel alignement émerge en Europe face à la crise ukrainienne
Inquiets de la perspective d’un règlement de la guerre en Ukraine dont ils seraient exclus par le président élu, Donald Trump, certains Européens tentent d’organiser un sursaut stratégique. La Pologne s’active, l’Allemagne est en retrait, analyse Sylvie Kauffmann, éditorialiste au « Monde », dans sa chronique,” Le Monde, le 13 novembre 2024(16:30);
1) Liam Archacki, “Dem Rep. Says Tulsi Gabbard Is ‘Likely a Russian Asset’; Florida Democrat slammed Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, whose comments about Russia have raised concerns,” The Daily Beast, November 15, 2024 (2:06 p.m. EST);
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1)Jim Tankersley, Christopher F. Schuetze and Anatoly Kurmanaev, “Putin Talks With German Chancellor, Breaking Ice With the West; The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years between Mr. Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz,” New York Times, November 15, 2024 (Updated 1:56 p.m. ET);
BACKGROUNS
1) David Ignatius, “Trump’s national security wrecking crew
If confirmed, Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard would do more to doom Trump’s presidency than Democrats ever could, ” Washington Post, November 14, 2024:
Hegseth talks as if he’s just campaigning against Biden-era “woke” military leaders. But he began hammering at the military chain of command when Trump was president. He crusaded on Fox News for Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who has been convicted for improper behavior in Afghanistan, and helped persuade Trump to rescue Gallagher. It was a bad omen, driven by contempt for military leaders, not DEI issues.
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1) Phillps. P. O’Brien, “What if the USA is about to Become an Ally of Putin?”
Hillips Newsletter, November 14, 2024;
Donald Trump’ insistence tgat the Senate accept his ploy to use recess appointments to bypass the require that the Senate confitm cabinet and other high-level U.S. officials looks like a transparent and blatant attempt to place pro-Russian Trump loyalists in key national security positions.
This is what we might call the Pro-Russian Coup d’Ėtat.
Tusi Gabbard and Matt Goetz, Donald Trump’s nominees for the positions of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and Attorney General, respectively, have two characteristics in common.
Each js singularly unqualified for tge position to which they have been nominated.
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Each has been an outspoken voice propagating Russian views.
It is highly likely that neither could be confirmed by the Senate.
There are two possible interpretations of these two nominations.
The first is that Trump unbends to put themm in office using recess nominations.
The second is tgat their nominations are a ploy to place in office other officials who are pro-Putin and pro-Russian.
Republican Senators will soon have to decide whether their loyalty to ((or fear of) Donald Trump is greater than their determination to defend the. National Security of the United States.
At an institutional kevel, they will have to decide whether or not to surrender one of the last bulwarks against the establishment of a pro-Russian dictatorship in the United States.
See,
1) Jennifer Rubin, “Democrats need to reclaim reality from the right-wing disinformation machine;Disinformation has taken hold over democracy,” Washington Post,>November 12, 2024 (7:45 a.m. EST);
We must not forget.
We must not accept Trump’s crimes, even as he dismantles and/or corrupts our legal system.
We must not cease our demands that public officials not lie, and not manipulate voters and citizens through the use of Hitler-style propaganda techniques.
We must never forget the lies of Trump and Vance about illegal Haitian immigrants stealing pet dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio, and eating them.
The news media are analyzing this election as if it were won on the basis of rational policy differences.
The media ignore the overwhelming role played by lies and propaganda in Trump’s victory.
They ignore the way the Republican Party became a group of fascists who had abandoned all moral values and united behind a fascist leader who exemplifies all the worst qualities of America and Americans throughout the country’s history.
We must maintain our belief in truth and honesty.
We must resolve to transform America into a country that can successfully resist Trump and his fascist movement, and ensure that Trump and the other fascists will never win again.
For more, see Trenchant Observations (jamesrowles.substack.com) and my books on Amazon including The Rape of American Democracy, 2016-2021.
James P. Rowles (name on Amazon)