Official Russia vs Ukraine War Thread

I believe that you are hearing from Republican lawmakers and politicians. Former VP Pence took a huge shot at Trump when denouncing Russia/Putin.

Rubio, Cruz, Romney, Graham, McConnell and many more. I don't have a list, but you could probably find one.

In any case, my comment was not limited to politicians who, as you noted, may feel inhibited by the presence of Trump. It was my observation of the string sentiments of people at work, my friends, family, neighborhood, etc. I can only think of 2 people I know that are hedging on this. I have to come to this website if I want to to observe masses of Russia/Putin apologists.

You should probably double-check the polls before saying the "GOP is done."

The Democrats are gaining bigtime from gerrymandering this time around. But probably not enough to save their as.ses in the midterms.

I agree with you there. the vast majority of this country is not liberal. Also the vast majority of this country is not M.a.g.a. So a good question is... Where is the political party where the majority of this country can find any representation?

just amazing that americans will vote in republicans after all the devastation they bring to this nation. Just one R admin after the next blows up the country and hands regular peoples' money to rich people. And is unbearably corrupt, time after time, every time.

Every recession in decades has been with an R president. An R president presided over 9/11, Afghanistan and Iraq. And the great financial crisis.

Ok, America UBU. Feeling masochistic? Let's vote them in again - maybe they'll succeed in taking away your health insurance this time. It's their fondest dream. Maybe they'll outlaw abortion - let's see how you like that in the real world. Maybe they'll give even more of your money to rich people while driving the deficit even higher AGAIN. Your dream, America.

Housing starts highest since Bush blew up the nation in the great financial crisis. Good on the Dems.

Number of Americans receiving ongoing unemployment lowest since the Nixon Admin. Good on the Dems.

Deficit dropping like mad, first time since the LAST Dem president got it done. In 2015. Good on the Dems.

Fed Gummint tax receipts at highest level ever, due to massive economic growth of the Biden era. Good on the dems.

fred.stlouisfed.org

Federal government current tax receipts

Federal government current tax receipts

Link:fred.stlouisfed.org/series/W006RC1Q027...

The term used in the mod vaporized thread was "cannon fodder", aka "the expendables." Maybe those sent to the front lines are deemed by Putin to be potential dissidents. That would explain a lot. This war was never meant to be won by Putin.

merde I put these in the wrong thread. I meant to put them in the Biden thread.

Please accept apologies.

You should block yourself for breaking your own rule.

More echo chamber. All polling suggests there will be a complete wipeout for the Democrats in November.

The economy was great under Trump.

The economy is bad under Biden.

People with bills and internet connections are aware of this distinction and no amount of partisan fiction will change this.

The COVID recession was COVID not politics. The 2008 recession was a direct result of Democrats demanding loans be given out based on feelings rather than credit score and subsidized the loans with the government. Bush was in office when the damn broke but it was Democrat policy which caused it.

9/11 didn't come out of no where. 50+ years of US meddling in the middle east led to 9/11. Blaming it on the guy in the chair when it happened is absurd particularly when BOTH parties behave the same way. Clinton bombed half the world. Obama carried right on with Bush's wars and toppled the Libyan government and tried to topple the Syrian government. Trump was the first actually anti-war president we've had in generations.

Both parties are terrible. Democrats are terrible AND they want to control every aspect of your life. It's an easy choice.

Meanwhile, the labor participation rate is lower than ever. People aren't getting jobs they just exhausted their eligibility after being on unemployment for 2 solid years. When you send out free money so people don't have to go to work... People tend not to go to work....

This one is just pure propaganda. We printed trillions of dollars and mailed it out to people but this year we didn't so the "budget" was a trillion less than last year! YAY!

LOL!

The deficit in 2020 from all the COVID relief was $3.132 TRILLION. Prior to 2020 the deficit had only been over 1 trillion 4 times in history and all happened right after the 2008 crash.

Of COURSE the deficit is reduced when your starting point is the highest deficit in American history.

The 2021 deficit was $2.7 TRILLION. Biden's first budget was the 2nd highest in human history, more than double the 3rd highest ever.

How dumb do you have to be to not notice how idiotic it is for him to spike the football on this?

He should at least sanction himself; downvote his own posts or something.

Printing TRILLIONS in cash and injecting it the government results in greater tax receipts.

It's also why we have the highest inflation the country has seen in 40 years.

Spiking the football on bad things just demonstrates that you don't understand how anything works.

Does it makes you even wonder a little bit that with the "highest tax receipts ever" the deficit is almost 4 times larger than it's ever been?

Frontline did a good job on this

Putin majorly miscalculated Ukrainians will to fight and Russia's military and the world's response. He entered a war Russia cannot win. He set Russia back many years and caused many thousands of Ukrainians and Russians to die. What a mess.

The only hope is (and it is a big hope) is that Putin licks his wounds and doesn't prolong. The fear is he will launch a chemical or biological attack or use nukes or a dirty bomb and blame Ukraine to try to bolster support and justification for this war to continue.