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Kremlin said to plan callup of 200,000 more troops for spring offensive against Ukraine, cyber attacks to stir up unrest among ethnic Russians in near abroad, accusations of plots to topple Putin, and attempt to cut transportation links from Poland to Lithuania via Suwalki Gap; Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave are hinges of land grab;
Ongoing sabotage of Ukraine defense by MAGA Quisling Caucus and expected strategic confusion in wake of potential Trump win fit perfectly into Kremlin war plans;
Strategic crisis emerges as Iran attacks targets in Syria, Iraq, and Pakistan with ballistic missiles; Hamas-Houthi-Hezbollah proxies of Tehran already in action; Pakistan retaliates in first air attack on Iran since early 1980s;
Top NATO officials at defense chiefs meeting warn of need to prepare defenses for clash with Russia at any time during coming years; Swedish civil defense minister suggests 210 years of peace may be ending for country;
Putin threatens Ukraine with irreparable damage to national sovereignty if resistance against occupiers continues;
North Korean dictator Kim demonstratively turns towards war, abandons rhetoric of unification with South Korea;
Biden defeats Xi in Taiwan’s presidential election as voters defy Xi’s threats; Winner is William Lai of DPP;
In another insult to US, Netanyahu rejects demand for two-state solution; White House and State Department contradict him; First Biden-Bibi phone call in 26 days; Likud sources see end of Bibi era; Eisenkot and Gantz of war cabinet signal waning trust in premier; Labor Party seeks no confidence vote vs government in Knesset;
Fake populism exposed: In Switzerland, finance oligarchs of the Davoisie expect Trump will win presidency, and are happy about it!
Breaking: Germany debates banning anti-constitutional Alternatives for Germany party
Hitler’s lawyer Carl Schmitt defended his master after the bloody purge of dissidents known as the Night of the Long Knives by claiming that the Fuehrer was able to legislate through his actions, i.e. his murders;
To defend freedom of navigation in Red Sea against Houthi piracy, vandalism, and international anarchy, Biden orders powerful air strikes against Houthi capacity to interdict maritime traffic; US and UK, aided by Canada, Australia, Netherlands, and Bahrain hit 60 targets at 28 locations with 150 bombs and missiles; Who are these Houthis? Slaveholders specialized in black African chattels!
If Christie wants to help defeat Trump, he should endorse Biden, repudiate the GOP, and demand full application of XIV Amendment Insurrection Clause to bar putschist Trump from White House; No confidence for liberal Republicans;
In Iowa and New Hampshire, any rational Republicans should vote strategically for Haley to weaken Trump and prepare breakup and extinction of party;
Speaker Johnson must quickly bring bipartisan budget/supplemental complete with funds for Ukraine and Taiwan to floor vote it will easily win; No more minority rule by lunatics of pro-Putin MAGA Quisling caucus;
International Criminal Court in The Hague hears South Africa’s charges against Netanyahu regime as Gaza death toll approaches 24,000-equivalent to 20 times the slaughter of Oct. 7 aggression; Evidence of genocidal bombing and denial of prerequisites for human survival is overwhelming; Case includes genocidal statements by Netanyahu likening Palestinians to the Amalekites, an ancient people whom the Hebrews exterminated, plus Gallant’s raving order for a total siege of ”human animals” in Gaza; Israeli answer is a self-righteous rehash of discredited Mossad arguments;
At 1945 Nuremberg trials, Nazi defendants were prevented from offering a ”tu quoque” or ”you too” defense, arguing that their accusers committed the same war crimes, so the trials could not continue; But at ICC today, Israel was permitted to assert in effect that Oct. 7 massacre legitimizes everything that has followed;
Recommending Orson Welles’ 1941 Citizen Kane for these times; Classic film depicts a malignant narcissist who demands love but gives none; Running for governor, he pledges to appoint a district attorney who will investigate and convict his opponent; On election night, his newspaper staff prepares two headlines reading ”Kane Elected” and ”Fraud at Polls,” and quickly decides to print the latter with no proof when the boss loses owing to a scandal: A Mirror for Modern MAGAs!
Breaking: In Taiwan elections, world needs a victory for ruling Democratic Progressive Party, since KuoMinTang ex-Nationalists have degenerated into a shadow of their former selves;
US forces hit Houthis a second time, wiping out a key radar used for targeting Red Sea shipping.
In powerful campaign kickoff at start of year of destiny, President brands Trump as holding a dagger to the throat of democracy since January 6 MAGA insurrection, cites George Washington’s ”sacred cause” of independence;
Liberty, freedom, and democracy are on the 2024 ballot, along with the MAGA alternative of totalitarian fascist dictatorship;
As FDR noted, needy people cannot be free, so content of freedom and democracy is not only political rights, but also return to economic progress after nightmare of plutocratic globalization-as in today’s sustained job creation of 216,000 jobs and full employment jobless rate of 3.7%, continuing longest stretch below 4% since Vietnam war;
Legality under Constitution is indivisible, meaning that Insurrection Clause of XIV Amendment bans Trump from second term, despite whining from faint-hearted centrists and liberals from Newsom to the Washington Post; Scalia majority opinion in 1989 Midland Asphalt case limiting interlocutory appeals may rule out Trump’s delaying tactics in his immunity appeal;
Gaza death toll among Palestinians approaches twenty times the victims of October 7 terrorist attacks; US attempt to prevent spread of Gaza war is failing as conflict metastasizes across Middle East; with Netanyahu further weakened by defeat in Supreme Court, opportunity emerges to speed his replacement; Blinken starts mission to Middle East;
To enhance White House performance, time for departure of inept Chief of Staff Zients and AG Garland, who has failed to enforce law vs Congressional insurrectionists;
A mirror for modern squadristi: Shameful track record of ultra-left sectarian fratricide over a century features treachery of German KPD in enabling 1933 Nazi seizure of power;
Best wishes to those marking Epiphany!
Coming year must see the decisive electoral defeat, conviction, and incarceration of Trump, with the breakup of the moribund Republican Party, and three branches of the federal government entirely controlled by Biden Democrats elected on a strong reform agenda!
Insurrection Clause of Fourteenth Amendment is the sacred embodiment of Lincoln’s new birth of freedom and reflects the sacrifices of the Union dead; As part of Constitution, the Insurrection Clause is an integral part of the supreme law of the land and is binding and compulsory for all officials at all levels of government, whatever their preferences;
Alleged aversion to ”patchwork” of election rules and demand for lockstep among states are no argument in a variegated federal system in which election practices have long diverged; Trump is unquestionably guilty of aggravated insurrection; Only an imbecile could suggest that a president is not an officer of United States; Some say they prefer to defeat Trump at polls, but the advanced fascist emergency does not permit this luxury;
Defeatist spirit of McClellan 1864 grips milquetoast Democrats who propose to ignore a clear Constitutional imperative in favor of their own fears and preferences for appeasement of MAGA fascists; Standard fascist seizure of power involves cynical gaming of democratic systems and guarantees to impose totalitarian dictatorship;
”Let the voters decide” is a catchy slogan but collapses utterly when it becomes a direct attack on the Constitution, where some critical points are deliberately placed beyond the reach of majority votes;
Gov. Newsom and Dems must understand their only chance to prevail against Trump subversion is to run strong candidates pledged to defend constitution, not populist demagogues pandering to masses by tampering with it;
Corrupt, discredited, bribed, and hated Supremes should contemplate not just the threats of the shrinking MAGA hooligan minority, but also the pro-constitution supermajority who reject a return to the MAGA fascist yoke; Given their claims to represent originalism, textualism, and state’s rights, the only valid choice for Supremes is full implementation of Insurrection Clause against Trump;
Rep. Scott Perry’s phone messages now scrutinized by Jack Smith could implicate other MAGA Hill bigwigs as January 6 co-conspirators, with potential to break legislative logjam and flip chamber as they are brought to justice;
House GOP sabotage of Ukraine military aid facilitates deadly Russian attacks and makes these MAGA bosses accessories to war crimes eligible for prosecution in The Hague, starting with MAGA Mike;
MAGA dirty tricks against Ukraine feed Putin’s hope for new orgy of appeasement on model of 1938 Munich sellout, with himself cast as Hitler, Ukraine cast as Czechoslovakia, and Biden-led NATO cast as appeasers Chamberlain and Daladier!
As their hour of reckoning approaches, Netanyahu, Gallant & Co. are trying harder than ever to embroil US in war with Hezbollah and Iran; These schemers must receive a decisive rebuff;
In US, fratricidal ultra-lefts and assorted squadristi are eager to blame Biden for war crimes committed by Netanyahu, but stubbornly refuse to condemn Putin for the war crimes Putin has unquestionably committed!
Reviewing Toni Negri, in whose career postmodern anarchosyndicalism turned into the ideology of terrorism;
Happy New Year to listeners and friends of World Crisis Radio!
54% of Americans back move, including 24% of Republicans, a number that potentially dooms Don’s bid for power;
Ruling leaves no doubt that Trump was kingpin of insurrection for violent overthrow US government; Corrupt Thomas-Alito court boxed in; Two, three, many states must now disqualify would-be dictator;
As monument to epic sacrifices of Union dead, Fourteenth Amendment is essence of New Birth of Freedom foreseen by Lincoln as second founding of this country; Prime movers Thad Stevens and Sen. Sumner loom as moral giants whose radicalism frightens the cowardly pols, trimmers, and media hacks of today;
Imbecilic and dishonest calls to let the voters decide ignore the wisdom acquired at great cost by the victors in a bloody Civil War; Intent was to bar infamous, hardened traitors from federal office; Trump’s exclusion is objective and Constitutional, just like barring foreign born and teenagers from presidency;
Given sabotage by House MAGA Quislings, Biden should order billions in emergency military aid to Ukraine, shielding Europe from Putin’s aggression; $300 billion in frozen Russian assets must be expropriated now and transferred to Kyiv as combined Lend Lease and Marshall Plan to finance defense and postwar reconstruction;
Federal judge orders texts, emails, and phone records from MAGA Congressman Scott Perry’s phone turned over to Jack Smith-A first step towards finally indicting the Congressional coup plotters who backed January 6, who are the same clique trying to destroy Ukraine;
US takes step away from Netanyahu’s war crimes by abstaining on UNSC resolution mandating humanitarian aid; Experts question if Israel is losing Gaza war militarily after mauling of elite Golani brigade and suspected heavy losses; US assembles ten-power coalition for freedom of navigation Red Sea, where 12% of world trade is threatened by Iran’s Houthi proxies;
Phone tapes said to depict Trump and RNC’s Ronna McDaniel coercing Detroit election officials to sabotage Wayne County vote count in 2020;
Glorieta March 1862: How Colorado Union regiments stopped Texas troops from extending the slaveholder Confederacy to the Pacific in a neglected battle rightly called The Gettysburg of the West.
Breaking: Renegade Supremes feed Trump delaying strategy, deny Jack Smith’s bid to fast track Don’s absurd claim to blanket immunity as president!
Kremlin media congratulate MAGA Quislings on their infamous handiwork in the service of Putin;
Biden should use constitutional power to compel House to come back into session to fund emergency support for Kyiv and other allies; Time to enforce law against Congressmen implicated in January 6 coup attempt;
Impeachment for no known crime or misdemeanor is a last gasp of moribund GOP headed for extinction;
Savage cruelty of MAGA anti-abortion policies will be another key factor in party’s looming defeat next year, as confirmed by recent elections;
Hungarian dictator Orban blocks EU aid to Ukraine for now, but cannot prevent membership process from starting;
Funding of Hamas by UAE with help from Netanyahu exposed, undermining Bibi’s posturing;
Israeli officials show contempt for two-state solution, long the official policy of the US; Netanyahu demands long war to keep himself in power and out of jail; Congress must pass Van Hollen-Bernie Sanders bill to prevent US military aid from being used for further war crimes; Biden demands end to bombing within weeks, but Bibi & Co. say no; IDF kills 3 more Israeli hostages in Gaza;
In triumph of Bidenomics, Fed keeps interest rates steady and announces three rate cuts for 2024 as inflation falls to 3.1%, with gasoline below $3 per gallon in many states; Dow all-time record above 37,000 eclipses Trump’s incessant bragging about stock market!
Flurry of articles and broadcasts now discusses looming threat of fascism, although in-depth historical understanding of Mussolini and Hitler is often inadequate; Nazi enabling act of March 1933 set up dictatorship by allowing Hitler to rule by decree and approve treaties without parliament (Reichstag) and to violate the Weimar constitution;
MAGA saboteurs in House Traitorville block funding for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and border personnel; New questions about possible Russian influence on Speaker; Probe MAGA Mike for his obstruction of blurring faces; Why have Garland and Smith not indicted the GOP Congress members complicit in Trump’s January 6 coup?
With ouster of Santos, departure of Qevin, and other changes, House MAGA majority could soon dwindle to a single vote; Dems must prepare for quick and decisive motion to vacate the chair making Hakeem Jeffries the new Speaker, and then repeal the ”debt limit”;
To restore order in House, Garland must enforce federal law against 4 MAGA scofflaws who defied subpoenas from January 6 committee and investigate the half dozen who wanted pardons from Trump; House members must respect their oaths of office;
Israeli Ambassador Pincas denounces Netanyahu’s plan to activate infamous Breakaway Ally scenario, attempting to dump the opprobrium of his own failures on US and Biden; US should promote ouster of desperate demagogue Bibi and his coalition of fascist settlers;
US veto of UNSC ceasefire resolution is tragic blunder leaving this country isolated; Biden must urgently shift policy to favor armistice; US airlift needed to saturate Gaza with humanitarian supplies at rate of 250 truckloads per day, on scale of Berlin airlift;
Hunter Biden is targeted with draconian indictments for many of same offenses for which Trump ally Roger Stone got off scot free;
With 199,00 new jobs in November, Bidenomics racks up new record of 14 million jobs created so far during presidency!
Netanyahu brags to supporters of his ability to manipulate and dupe US public opinion;
State Department readies travel ban for armed fascist settlers of the Smotrich-Ben Gvir faction seeking US visas; Save the next rejection slip for Netanyahu!
US, UK, EU should fast track an Emergency International Peace Conference on the model of Madrid 1992 to enact a solution based on two sovereign states;
US media omit the late Henry Kissinger’s implication in the 1977 demise of Italian PM Aldo Moro; Moro’s widow said Henry had threatened her husband; Kissinger’s China card has boomeranged into today’s greatest threat to future of US; He presided with Nixon over the August 15 1971 wrecking of the Bretton Woods currency system, triggering decades of parasitical speculation; The 1971 Tilt crisis, which threatened to expand an Indo-Pakistani war into a US-USSR nuclear confrontation while 3 million died in Bengal; His role in Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile, the 1973 Kippur War; His brief interlude advising the JFK White House; How he set the stage for the Watergate Plumbers; The passing of a cynical nihilist and Spenglerian pessimist;
June 1990: Secretary of State James Baker reads the riot act to shifty, duplicitous Israeli PM and Netanyahu/Likud precursor Shamir over his refusal to start a peace process with Palestinians-a memorable example!
Netanyahu, Gallant, Smotrich, Bengvir & Co. bitterly insisted on endless war until Biden shut down Bibi’s impossible conditions;
Next task is to render ceasefire permanent, with abundant humanitarian aid, followed by release of all hostages on all sides;
When messianic Israeli warmongers demand resumption of bombing & killing, they must face the veto of US, EU, Arab League, & civilized world; Concerns about Hamas bigwigs are legit & can be handled by Mossad’s well-known traditional methods of targeted assassinations by highly trained hit teams and countergangs as frequently seen over decades; Never forget that some 60 hostages alleged by Israel have already been slain by relentless IDF carpet bombing; Where are the Americans?
Grave danger now is provocations to sabotage ceasefire carried out by armed fascist settlers in West Bank areas;
World public opinion must press for immediate convocation of an Emergency International Peace Conference with agenda of lasting armistice, world humanitarian mobilization, two-state solution, economic reconstruction & development;
Fratricidal progressive sectarians in US must turn away from irresponsible rhetoric; As Biden notes, starting with nothing but demands for ceasefire might never have produced such progress as has been attained;
Arab-Americans & youth foolishly threatening to desert Biden next year must also contemplate Trump’s likely program of giant concentration camps, massive deportations, & endless anti-immigrant raids, with Moslems & Arabs obviously among priority targets; RFK will be nothing but a spoiler & otherwise irrelevant, and is anyway backing Bibi to the hilt;
Extensive think-tank planning underlines that crushing MAGA fascist dictatorship will be on the ballot next November; Persons of good will must fight it out for freedom on this line over the next twelve months;
Failure to support Biden at this rendez-vous with destiny will disgrace anyone’s biography, as per Friedrich Schiller’s 1786 prophecy ”World history is the world court”!
The parable of Palestinian diplomat Issam Sartawi (1935-1983) and the terrorist countergang Abu Nidal, the precursor of Hamas.
Echo of Hitler’s rhetoric finally breaks media reluctance to condemn MAGA fascism;
Outburst follows raving threats to suspend Constitution, deploy Department of Justice to indict political adversaries, impose citizen’s arrest of prosecutors, and exact ”retribution”; 60 years after Dallas assassination, recalling Weimar pattern of defeated putschists morphing into the political assassins of the Consul Organization;
Over 75 think tanks, law firms, and quackademics prepare plans for replacing constitutional government with MAGA dictatorship; Likely measures include activation of Insurrection Act on January 20 2024, end of Civil Service system, government packed with MAGA hacks and cretins, killer austerity and deregulation, no birthright citizenship, no XIV Amendment, sweeping and continuous anti-immigrant raids, giant concentration camps, mass deportations, and unitary executive under Gleichschaltung of centralized control, including states; Garland and Wray must get ahead of this conspiracy by launching a task force investigation NOW!
In summit with Xi, Biden successfully implements One War at a Time strategy to keep Xi out of Ukraine (the central issue now) and away from Taiwan; Weakened Chinese dictator faces demographic cliff, labor shortage, bankrupt real estate sector, youth joblessness, slowing growth, exit of factories, declining foreign investments, reduced growth rate; Military communication promotes deconfliction to rule out war by miscalculation; Anti-fentanyl efforts can mitigate deadly opioid epidemic;
Ukraine liberates more territory on east bank of Dneiper River, keeping initiative by opening new path to free Crimea; 48% of Russians said to want an end to war; Russian draftees prepare protest demonstrations for Sunday, November 19;
Sec Def Austin warns Israelis not to provoke wider war with Hezbollah and Iran, alluding to Netanyahu’s notorious plan to embroil US in conflict; Israel threatens to bomb all of Gaza, despite assurances to refugees; Allegations of secret terrorist HQ under Shiva Hospital remain wholly unproven as Gaza death toll nears 12,000, including 5,000 children; Israeli opposition leader Lapid issues his first call for Netanyahu to step down as prime minister, marking a watershed; Macron of France calls for CEASEFIRE in Gaza;
Soution to crisis requires a ceasefire to enable an Emergency International Peace Conference to launch humanitarian aid, postwar reconstruction and development, and the two-state solution with an independent sovereign state under the Palestinian Authority as demanded by Biden;
Billionaires deploy phalanx of third-party fakers to replicate Weimar landscape of forty political parties against Biden to elect Trump and end democracy!
Breaking: Fani Willis requests August 6 start date for Georgia RICO election interference trial; MAGA lawyers howl!
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