Delving Deeply Into Democrat Desires

[Dadoalex]

Your post is a re-visit of the old joke punchline.... "who ya' gonna believe, me or your lyin' eye!!"


I provided the pictures of Biden's mansions, and you post "is not, issssss noooottttttttttt!!!!"


Gads, you're a moron.

A beach house is not a mansion.
No matter how badly you and the owner may want it (resale value)

 

[francoHFW]

Why would you back this???


1. The Democrats are, and have always been, the party of slavery, segregation, and second-class citizenship, the party that stood in schoolhouse doors to block black school children….until Republicans sent in the 101st airborne


2. It is the party of Jefferson Davis, of Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Knights of the KKK, Planned Parenthood, concentration camps for American citizens, and restrictions on free speech.


3. It is the party of Mao ornaments on the White House Christmas tree, and of James Hodgkinson, and of Communist Bernie Sanders, of pretend genders.


4. The Democrat Party is the oldest racist organization in America, the trail of tears, the author of Jim Crow and the bigotry of low expectations, filibustered against women getting the vote and killed every anti-lynching bill to get to Congress



5. The Democrat Party is the number one funder of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran….to the tune of $100 billion to the Ayatollahs….and gave Hezbollah the go-ahead to sell cocaine in America.


6. It is the party of anti-Semitism and Louis Farrakhan, and of the first Cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of Congress.


7. It is the party that admits its future depends on flooding the country with illegal aliens, and telling them to vote.



8. It is the party that couldn't suck up to the Castro Brothers enough, and treats the Bill of Rights like a Chinese menu..


9. The Democrats got us into the Civil War…Jefferson Davis .... Woodrow Wilson, WWI….FDR, WWII……Truman, Korean War….VietNam, JFK and LBJ…..yet they want to weaken our military.


10. The Democrats are the party that looks at the mayhem their gun laws have produced in Chicago, ……and this is their model for the nation.



11. I should mention that the Democrat Party was used as a model by Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party….another ‘feather’ in the party’s cap?



12. The Democrat Party is now running on full-blown anti-white racism.



13. It's the party of felons over law-abiding actual citizens



14. No shared values, not an American party…they oppose free speech, the second amendment, and the free practice of one’s religion.



15. Recent development prove the Democrats to be, as well, the party of rioters, arsonists, murderers, and anarchists.



Democrats: Bull Connor, George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, Al Gore, Sr., Bill Clinton….all racists, all Democrats.



One would conclude that you worship evil.

True???

You are brainwashed out of your tiny little mind. Yes southern conservatives are a problem. Now the worst since the civil war and they are now all GOP. How dumb can you get read a history book.

"Your contempt for working people is palpable."


By now you know that I never mind ramming your lies back down your throat.


Thanks for making it so easy.



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"'Tis the season for giving—and it turns out that conservatives and like-minded welfare skeptics more than hold their own when it comes to charity. So says Arthur C. Brooks in his new book Who Really Cares?: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism.



2. Arthur Brooks, a public policy professor at Syracuse University, sums up his own results thusly: Giving is dictated by "strong families, church attendance, earned income (as opposed to state-subsidized income), and the belief that individuals, not government, offer the best solution to social ills--all of these factors determine how likely one is to give."



3. ...those who say they strongly oppose redistribution by government to remedy income inequality give over 10 times more to charity than those who strongly support government intervention, with a difference of $1,627 annually versus $140 to all causes.



4. Brooks finds that households with a conservative at the helm gave an average of 30 percent more money to charity in 2000 than liberal households (a difference of $1,600 to $1,227). The difference isn't explained by income differential—in fact, liberal households make about 6 percent more per year.



5. Poor, rich, and middle class conservatives all gave more than their liberal counterparts. ... "People who do not value freedom and opportunity simply don't value individual solutions to social problems very much. It creates a culture of not giving."



6. In 2004, self-described liberals younger than thirty belonged to one-third fewer organizations in their communities than young conservatives. In 2002, they were 12 percent less likely to give money to charities, and one-third less likely to give blood." Liberals, he says, give less than conservatives because of religion, attitudes about government, structure of families, and earned income.



7. ...young liberals are less likely do nice things for their nearest and dearest, too. Compared with young conservatives, "a lower percentage said they would prefer to suffer than let a loved one suffer, that they are not happy unless the loved one is happy, or that they would sacrifice their own wishes for those they love."



8. "Tangible evidence suggests that charitable giving makes people prosperous, healthy, and happy. And that on its own is a huge argument to protect institutions of giving in this country, as individuals, in communities, and as a nation. We simply do best, as a nation, when people are free and they freely give."



"There's something incredibly satisfying, inherently, about voluntary giving,"...

The Giving Gap​

Is the right more generous than the left?

reason.com

You actually blame the poor for their laziness and want to make them charity cases. Charity sucks because of high overhead and the fact that it runs out in hard times. Tax the rich for crying out loud super dupe and help the country its infrastructure and its people with cheap training and college like every other modern country, brainwashed functional a******....

 

[francoHFW]

Why would you back this???


1. The Democrats are, and have always been, the party of slavery, segregation, and second-class citizenship, the party that stood in schoolhouse doors to block black school children….until Republicans sent in the 101st airborne


2. It is the party of Jefferson Davis, of Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Knights of the KKK, Planned Parenthood, concentration camps for American citizens, and restrictions on free speech.


3. It is the party of Mao ornaments on the White House Christmas tree, and of James Hodgkinson, and of Communist Bernie Sanders, of pretend genders.


4. The Democrat Party is the oldest racist organization in America, the trail of tears, the author of Jim Crow and the bigotry of low expectations, filibustered against women getting the vote and killed every anti-lynching bill to get to Congress



5. The Democrat Party is the number one funder of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran….to the tune of $100 billion to the Ayatollahs….and gave Hezbollah the go-ahead to sell cocaine in America.


6. It is the party of anti-Semitism and Louis Farrakhan, and of the first Cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of Congress.


7. It is the party that admits its future depends on flooding the country with illegal aliens, and telling them to vote.



8. It is the party that couldn't suck up to the Castro Brothers enough, and treats the Bill of Rights like a Chinese menu..


9. The Democrats got us into the Civil War…Jefferson Davis .... Woodrow Wilson, WWI….FDR, WWII……Truman, Korean War….VietNam, JFK and LBJ…..yet they want to weaken our military.


10. The Democrats are the party that looks at the mayhem their gun laws have produced in Chicago, ……and this is their model for the nation.



11. I should mention that the Democrat Party was used as a model by Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party….another ‘feather’ in the party’s cap?



12. The Democrat Party is now running on full-blown anti-white racism.



13. It's the party of felons over law-abiding actual citizens



14. No shared values, not an American party…they oppose free speech, the second amendment, and the free practice of one’s religion.



15. Recent development prove the Democrats to be, as well, the party of rioters, arsonists, murderers, and anarchists.



Democrats: Bull Connor, George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, Al Gore, Sr., Bill Clinton….all racists, all Democrats.



One would conclude that you worship evil.

True???

Why would you back this???


1. The Democrats are, and have always been, the party of slavery, segregation, and second-class citizenship, the party that stood in schoolhouse doors to block black school children….until Republicans sent in the 101st airborne


2. It is the party of Jefferson Davis, of Nathan Bedford Forrest and the Knights of the KKK, Planned Parenthood, concentration camps for American citizens, and restrictions on free speech.


3. It is the party of Mao ornaments on the White House Christmas tree, and of James Hodgkinson, and of Communist Bernie Sanders, of pretend genders.


4. The Democrat Party is the oldest racist organization in America, the trail of tears, the author of Jim Crow and the bigotry of low expectations, filibustered against women getting the vote and killed every anti-lynching bill to get to Congress



5. The Democrat Party is the number one funder of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran….to the tune of $100 billion to the Ayatollahs….and gave Hezbollah the go-ahead to sell cocaine in America.


6. It is the party of anti-Semitism and Louis Farrakhan, and of the first Cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of Congress.


7. It is the party that admits its future depends on flooding the country with illegal aliens, and telling them to vote.



8. It is the party that couldn't suck up to the Castro Brothers enough, and treats the Bill of Rights like a Chinese menu..


9. The Democrats got us into the Civil War…Jefferson Davis .... Woodrow Wilson, WWI….FDR, WWII……Truman, Korean War….VietNam, JFK and LBJ…..yet they want to weaken our military.


10. The Democrats are the party that looks at the mayhem their gun laws have produced in Chicago, ……and this is their model for the nation.



11. I should mention that the Democrat Party was used as a model by Adolph Hitler and the Nazi Party….another ‘feather’ in the party’s cap?



12. The Democrat Party is now running on full-blown anti-white racism.



13. It's the party of felons over law-abiding actual citizens



14. No shared values, not an American party…they oppose free speech, the second amendment, and the free practice of one’s religion.



15. Recent development prove the Democrats to be, as well, the party of rioters, arsonists, murderers, and anarchists.



Democrats: Bull Connor, George Wallace, Orval Faubus, Lester Maddox, Al Gore, Sr., Bill Clinton….all racists, all Democrats.



One would conclude that you worship evil.

True???

Rioters and anarchists are not Democrats ddumbass. All those southern conservatives would now be in the GOP. You're so stupid are you
a machine lol

 

[mamooth]

Can summary summarize PC's latest Kremlin propaganda dump here? I don't have the time to wade through the swill. Just give me the high points of what Putin wanted her to publish.

 

[Dragonlady]

Seems the success Trump had as President really gets under your scales.

Excellent.

What success would that be? The economy was falling into recession even before the pandemic hit. Manufacturing was at 2009 levels.

Maybe you think half a million dead from covid and the worst epidemic in the world is a success? The crashed economy? What about the $200 billion increase in the trade deficit? Or his exposion of the nation debt, getting NOTHING of last value for his spending? How about letting the North Koreans acquire ICBM's? The fracturing of NATO.

Even worse, the political chaos he continues to spawn is driving investment and jobs out of the USA.

Yeah, that one one big success story of a Presidency. Debt, Disease and Death. But I can see how someone who hates American democracy would love it.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Nothing about democrats.
Makes the entire post wrong.

I nailed ya' again, huh?


You must feel pretty stoooooopid.

 

[PoliticalChic]

A beach house is not a mansion.
No matter how badly you and the owner may want it (resale value)

Three mansions.

Three.


Because of all the bribes he and his family accepted from our enemies.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Rioters and anarchists are not Democrats ddumbass. All those southern conservatives would now be in the GOP. You're so stupid are you
a machine lol

"Rioters and anarchists are not Democrats"


Yeah, they are.

Democrats....Biden voters every one.

And here's the payback from your party to their troops:



I'm stating the obvious: the riots were perpetrated by Biden voters.


And in 'payment,'.....

‘We Will Not Prosecute’: Left-Wing Prosecutors, Many Backed By Soros Cash, Implement Soft-On-Crime Policies Across America

• Left-wing prosecutors overseeing Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia and San Francisco have embraced soft-on-crime approaches, a Daily Caller News Foundation review found.
• Several top district attorneys vowed not to prosecute specific crimes as a matter of policy.
• Multiple analyses have shown left-wing prosecutors dropping or diverting more charges than their predecessors.
• Super PACs backed by billionaire George Soros are major funders for several left-wing prosecutors taking soft-on-crime approaches.

‘We Will Not Prosecute’: Left-Wing Prosecutors, Many Backed By Soros Cash, Implement Soft-On-Crime Policies Across America
Left-wing prosecutors have implemented soft-on-crime approaches to criminal justice across America, in some instances making it a matter of policy not to prosecute specific crimes.

dailycaller.com



"Oregon State Police pull out of Portland after prosecutors refuse to prosecute Antifa criminals
What's the point of law enforcement arresting people for committing crimes if county prosecutors are going to give them unlimited get-out-of-jail cards?


The “woke” Democrat-filled government of the city and state have done everything they can to advance the rioting by Antifa and Black Lives Matter “activists” who are committing constant acts of wanton violence and destruction."


"Chicago police worried that prosecutors will drop all charges against vandals, rioters and those who attacked cops

“Criminals took to the street with confidence there would be no consequences. We have to have consequences for the arrests Chicago police officers make.”

Brown continued:

“Not many of those cases [past protests] were prosecuted to the full extent. These looters, these thieves, these criminals being emboldened by (the last of) consequences…emboldened to do more.”

Chicago police worried prosecutors will drop all charges against vandals, rioters and those who attacked cops
Prosecutors in the city have a track record of dropping charges against vandals, and now Chicago police are afraid it's about to happen en masse.

www.lawenforcementtoday.com

 

[PoliticalChic]

What success would that be? The economy was falling into recession even before the pandemic hit. Manufacturing was at 2009 levels.

Maybe you think half a million dead from covid and the worst epidemic in the world is a success? The crashed economy? What about the $200 billion increase in the trade deficit? Or his exposion of the nation debt, getting NOTHING of last value for his spending? How about letting the North Koreans acquire ICBM's? The fracturing of NATO.

Even worse, the political chaos he continues to spawn is driving investment and jobs out of the USA.

Yeah, that one one big success story of a Presidency. Debt, Disease and Death. But I can see how someone who hates American democracy would love it.

"What success would that be?"

Here ya' go, Querky.


The economy remains down 8.2 million jobs from its level in February 2020, just before the virus tore through the economy.

(Thanks Joe for mopping up the Trump mess!)
Click to expand...

Trump mess????????????



Here ya' go, Querky.

Trump achievements.


“Before the China Virus invaded our shores, we built the world’s most prosperous economy,” the statement begins, noting the administration achieved an “unprecedented economic boom.”

In addition to 7 million new jobs — “more than three times government experts’ projections” — the administration said that annual income for middle-class families grew by nearly $6,000, or “more than five times the gains during the entire previous administration.”

Weeks before state and local governments began shutting down their economies, the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, “the lowest in a half-century,” the administration said.

In fact, in March 2019, CBS News reported that there were a million more jobs available in the U.S. than unemployed workers — a fact noted by the administration, which said it “achieved 40 months in a row with more job openings than job hirings.”

Nearly 160 million Americans were employed pre-pandemic, another record, as “jobless claims hit a nearly 50-year low,” the White House said.

As incomes gained “in every single metro area” in the country for the first time in almost 30 years, the number of people “claiming unemployment insurance as a share of the population hit its lowest on record,” the administration said.

The list of accomplishments also noted an oft-repeated point — that during Trump’s term, blacks and Hispanics, as well as Asian-Americans and Native Americans all achieved record low unemployment rates. So, too, did Americans with disabilities and workers without a high school diploma, the administration said.

“The bottom 50 percent of American households saw a 40 percent increase in net worth,” said the administration, adding: “Wages rose fastest for low-income and blue collar workers – a 16 percent pay increase.”

Meanwhile, “African American homeownership increased from 41.7 percent to 46.4 percent,” the White House noted.

More than 1.2 million factory and construction jobs were created, as the president enacted “policies to bring back supply chains from overseas,” the list notes.

The administration also touted the meteoric growth in the various U.S. stock indices, which have been good for businesses as well as average Americans’ retirement accounts tied to the markets.

One of President Trump’s 2016 campaign pledges that went unfulfilled was the passage of a massive infrastructure rebuilding project to repair and replace aging, crumbling bridges, roads, sewers, and water systems. But the administration did manage to invest “over $1.3 billion through the Agriculture Department’s ReConnect Program to bring high-speed broadband infrastructure to rural America,” the list notes.

The administration also touted the president’s COVID-19 policies that included a rejection of “blanket lockdowns” as vital to the economic rebound seen in recent months.

“During the third quarter of 2020,” the White House said, “the economy grew at a rate of 33.1 percent — the most rapid GDP growth ever recorded.”

“Since coronavirus lockdowns ended, the economy has added back over 12 million jobs, more than half the jobs lost,” says the White House. “Jobs have been recovered 23 times faster than the previous administration’s recovery.”

The White House said that under President Barack Obama, “it took 49 months for the unemployment rate to fall from 10 percent” following the Great Recession” to under 7 percent compared to just 3 months for the Trump Administration” following the mass joblessness created by mandated business closures and the pandemic.

At the same time, “80 percent of small businesses are now up, up from just 53 percent in April.”

Additional accomplishments noted by the administration include:

— The creation of more than 9,000 “Opportunity Zones” to attract business investment and create jobs;

— Tax relief for corporations, businesses, and the vast majority of American workers;

— The elimination of reams of regulations, which has added to the country’s economic growth;

— Pursued “fair and reciprocal trade” agreements that put the United States first, including withdrawal “from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership” and replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA);

— “Historic support for American farmers”;

— Making the U.S. “a net energy exporter” for the first time in seven decades;

— Approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines;

— Increased access to the country’s “abundant natural resource in order to achieve energy independence”;

— Built more than 450 miles of new border wall and secured agreements with countries to house migrants there instead of in the U.S.;

— “Fully enforced the immigration laws” of the country;

— Got NATO countries to significantly increase their contributions to the alliance, as per their initial agreement;

— Strengthened and rebuilt the U.S. military;

— Reduced U.S. troop presence in war zones overseas;

— Brokered several historic peace deals between long-time enemies in eastern Europe and the Middle East;

— Moved the U.S. embassy in Israel to the capital of Jerusalem, though the three previous presidents pledged to do so;

— Defeated ISIS

— Sped development of two new vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic in record time.

'Unprecedented': White House releases exhaustive list of achievements for Trump presidency​

The Trump Administration has released an exhaustive list of accomplishments achieved over the past four years, many of which have largely gone unreported

www.bizpacreview.com


Now, let's see what Democrats voted for.

 

[hadit]

Basically the Democrats were obstructed totally by Republicans which is easy to do. They didn't pass anything between Medicare and Medicaid under LBJ and Obamacare under Obama. We've had stupid low GOP top national tax rates since 1986. Not enough money to invest in America and Americans. Thanks GOP and silly doops... Apology cares about is top tax rates on the rich and giveaway to corporations and screwing over regular people including their doops...

If the Republicans can so easily block everything the democrats want to do, why did not the democrats also easily block everything the Republicans wanted to do? Again, they're scared that a Republican is going to look at them sideways and never give you what you want, but like a good little sycophant, you always blame the other guy. Well, they're in charge now. Let's see what they give you now.

 

[francoHFW]

If the Republicans can so easily block everything the democrats want to do, why did not the democrats also easily block everything the Republicans wanted to do? Again, they're scared that a Republican is going to look at them sideways and never give you what you want, but like a good little sycophant, you always blame the other guy. Well, they're in charge now. Let's see what they give you now.

All Republicans care about his cutting taxes on the rich and giant corporations lol, which they can do through reconciliation every year -and they do.

 

[francoHFW]

If the Republicans can so easily block everything the democrats want to do, why did not the democrats also easily block everything the Republicans wanted to do? Again, they're scared that a Republican is going to look at them sideways and never give you what you want, but like a good little sycophant, you always blame the other guy. Well, they're in charge now. Let's see what they give you now.

They are only in charge if they can do reconciliation. Which they can't do on anything except taxes and spending. And they are not lock step like the big money brainwashing Nazi GOP is.

 

[hadit]

They are only in charge if they can do reconciliation. Which they can't do on anything except taxes and spending. And they are not lock step like the big money brainwashing Nazi GOP is.

Where are the attempts? Where are the failed votes?

You keep whining about "Republican" taxes and spending while the democrats have had multiple occasions where they were in charge and could do something about them, yet did not. My point stands, they aren't giving you what you want, but you keep voting for them. Ever the Charlie Brown, "Just wait til next year". Next time will be different, you'll see. Rinse, repeat.

 

[hadit]

All Republicans care about his cutting taxes on the rich and giant corporations lol, which they can do through reconciliation every year -and they do.

Again, why are the democrats not doing the same thing, if it is so important that they do and they so desperately want to? Obviously, they don't, yet you keep voting for them. That's blind faith right there.

And I find it tre amusing that you claim, how did you say, "which they can do through reconciliation every year -and they do". I'd like to see evidence of that happening every year. Heck, let's do it this year. Give with the evidence already.

 

[francoHFW]

Where are the attempts? Where are the failed votes?

You keep whining about "Republican" taxes and spending while the democrats have had multiple occasions where they were in charge and could do something about them, yet did not. My point stands, they aren't giving you what you want, but you keep voting for them. Ever the Charlie Brown, "Just wait til next year". Next time will be different, you'll see. Rinse, repeat.

The obstruction and hypocrisy of the GOP is becoming so obvious even some brainwashed functional morons are noticing...

 

[francoHFW]

Again, why are the democrats not doing the same thing, if it is so important that they do and they so desperately want to? Obviously, they don't, yet you keep voting for them. That's blind faith right there.

And I find it tre amusing that you claim, how did you say, "which they can do through reconciliation every year -and they do". I'd like to see evidence of that happening every year. Heck, let's do it this year. Give with the evidence already.

You're right they only do it every 4 years. They've had giveaway to the rich national tax rates for 30 years 35 years. And the GOP has blocked a living wage healthcare daycare pay parental leave cheap college and training great infrastructure and vacations ID card to end illegal immigration and raising taxes on the rich for 30 years. We are easily the richest country in the world and the only modern one without all that.The question is why the hell do you vote for them. It is the brainwash

 

[hadit]

The obstruction and hypocrisy of the GOP is becoming so obvious even some brainwashed functional morons are noticing...

When do we get democrat taxes? They have the same playing field the super powerful Republicans have when they're in charge.

 

[hadit]

You're right they only do it every 4 years. They've had giveaway to the rich national tax rates for 30 years 35 years. And the GOP has blocked a living wage healthcare daycare pay parental leave cheap college and training great infrastructure and vacations ID card to end illegal immigration and raising taxes on the rich for 30 years. We are easily the richest country in the world and the only modern one without all that.The question is why the hell do you vote for them. It is the brainwash

And the democrats now are in charge, so when do we get a living wage healthcare daycare pay parental leave cheap college and training great infrastructure and vacations ID card to end illegal immigration and raising taxes on the rich? If the Republicans can do things every 4 years, so can the democrats, but they don't. Then you vote for them again, thinking that this time will be different, this time they're really going to do it, but in the meantime you'll complain about Republicans, which is EXACTLY what your overlords in the DNC want you to do. Useful idiot indeed who does his bidding while getting nothing in return.

 

[otto105]

Your third post, all of which amount to "is not, issssssssssssss nooooottttttttttttt!!!!!!!"

There's really nothing to respond to from your tediously boring cut & paste posts Ruskie.

Your posts are just long bouts of digital diarrhea.

 

[PoliticalChic]

There's really nothing to respond to from your tediously boring cut & paste posts Ruskie.

Your posts are just long bouts of digital diarrhea.

Ruskie????



Let's review, and learn which party is joined at the hip with the Russians/Soviets.


I always enjoy the chance to teach readers that a vote for Democrats is a vote for the Kremlin.

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Rule #2​

To know what the Left is guilty of, just watch what they blame the other side of doing.

Russia's local chapter is called the 'Democrat Party.'



The folks you vote for.





1.Roosevelt: "I would rather lose New Zealand, Australia or anything else than have the Russian front collapse."
Robert Dallek, "Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945," p. 338.


2. Obama made a quid pro quo with Putin.....here:









3. Hillary Clinton Caught In Massive $145 Million Scandal ...



Hillary Clinton Caught In Massive $145 Million Scandal With Russia

And in addition to the $145 million Bill Clinton got half a billion dollars, $500,000 for a 20-minute speech from a Russian investment bank tied to the Kremlin, two months before the State Department signed off on this deal. It just stinks to high heaven and I think it requires a major investigation by the federal government.".





4.“Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline”

Nord Stream 2: Biden waives US sanctions on Russian pipeline

The US also waives sanctions on a Putin ally who leads the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 project.

www.bbc.com

5. "Biden damages NATO with his extraordinary Nord Stream 2 gift to Vladimir Putin

... Biden has decided to waive sanctions on a German company involved in completing the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. Absurdly, the Biden administration will sanction Russian ships involved in the pipeline's concluding construction but not the actual company involved in it. This is apparently because Biden believes that sanctioning the pipeline out of existence will cause more harm with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government than it will accrue benefits to NATO and European security.



...proof that Biden's tough-on-Putin rhetoric is basically just that: rhetoric. Most of the media will ignore this truth, of course. But Biden's decision here is a great gift to Putin.



Nord Stream 2 will give Putin the means of Europe's long-term energy dependence on Russia. That will allow Putin to leverage European political appeasement in return for Russia's provision of cold winter energy supplies. It will thus weaken the American-led international order. It is an order centered on democratic sovereignty, free trade, and the advancement of basic human rights. It will be of particular concern to NATO allies on Russia's border — notably Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These are governments, it should be noted, that actually spend 2% of their GDP on defense."

Biden damages NATO with his extraordinary Nord Stream 2 gift to Vladimir Putin - Washington Examiner

On one of the most important measures of American leadership against Vladimir Putin's aggression, President Joe Biden is now weaker than former President Donald Trump. That must be our incontrovertible assessment if Axios's reporting on Tuesday is accurate. After all, Jonathan Swan reports that...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Let me know if you haven't learned your lesson yet: I'd be happy to repeat it.