Mrs Clinton went on MSNBC [read: CIAtv] to encourage the #BlobMOB to oppress and suppress the free speech rights of Fellow Americans who she has deemed literal traitors for not toeing the War Party’s line.

Laurence Tribe (a widely respected constitutional law expert who now works for Bill Kristol’s NeoCon rag, The Bulwark) was one of the original propagators of the #WarPropaganda campaign that calls for people who counter the Warmonger narrative to be *literally* arrested for treason. He even armed people with a dubious legal argument for it.

His comment kept me up for a few nights… because he sometimes name-drops Merrick Garland, as if he has our Attorney General’s ear. I was also astounded that he, who was once known as a *sound* realist, had gone full NeoCon.

Professor Tribe deleted his Tweet, but not before it laid the groundwork for war propaganda espoused by Women Consensus Builders of The View, who asserted that to go against the Warmongers is to “aid and abet, and give comfort to the enemy”. And I guess we’re supposed to be cool with this authoritarian rubbish, because it supposedly only hurts “people on the right”.

The View also established *how* people are allegedly “aiding and abetting, and giving comfort to the enemy”: Counter-narratives are supposedly being broadcast by Russian media (Hillary repeats this line), thus providing Putin with propaganda to “bolster” Russia’s cause.

Orders for this attack against independent journalists and common citizens who question the state approved narrative, and who share a bigger picture of this war (in pursuit of the whole truth and practical solutions that could prevent end this war), originated from the White House. At the time, they were attempting to silence anyone who was sounding alarm bells about how Ukraine’s provocative behavior could trigger World War III.

White House launches preemptive strike against Truth, calls for bullying of independent minded journalists who counter war propaganda.

They sit there, with their smug faces, telling us that our own democracy depends on defending democracy abroad… but their strategy for “defending democracy abroad” includes suppressing freedoms at home.

People keep saying that NATO is not an issue, and that Putin is using an imagined NATO threat as a pretext for war. But in March 2021, Zelenskyy signed an executive order (known broadly as the Crimea Platform) to “deoccupy” the Donbas, Crimea, and Sevastopol (Home of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet), by military means if necessary, and the document’s outlined strategy included obtaining NATO membership… a document that Zelenskyy’s administration knew would trigger an attack from Russia.

Putin has mentioned this executive order in his speeches, but our leaders and their talking heads keep ignoring this integral part of the war.

https://archive.is/iCtEM

Zelenskyy has even gone as far as threatening to arm Ukraine with nuclear bombs if we don’t expedite Ukraine’s NATO membership. His justification for this political blackmail: Repeating the false claim that since Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons, we are obligated to defend their territory, and if we won’t, they should nuke up. But no such agreement was made in the Budapest Memorandum. The agreement was that we would seek assistance and action, from the United Nations Security Council, if Ukraine is ever threatened with *nuclear* weapons.

https://treaties.un.org/doc/Publication/UNTS/Volume%203007/Part/volume-3007-I-52241.pdf

Since this EO was issued, instigators, spectators, and backers of war have been doing all they can to frame Russia as the aggressor, done all they can to convince our leaders to launch a preemptive first-strike, and done all they can to provoke, dare, and double-dare Russia into launching a preemptive first-strike of their own.

Zelenskyy’s March 2021 EO was a declaration of war against Russia, and Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba doubled down on it, as he stood shoulder to shoulder with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in January, and said that the “conflict” with Russia won’t end until Russia abandons the Donbas, Crimea, and Sevastopol.

https://112.international/politics/conflict-with-russia-to-be-over-after-russian-troops-leave-donbas-crimea-ukraine-68760.html

As far as why Zelenskyy would make such a bold declaration… that’s a good question, well worth exploring.

The United States should disavow Ukraine’s Crimea Platform, and condemn it as a threat to global peace.

Our leaders and their talking heads keep ignoring these provocations, on Ukraine’s part, that triggered the current war. Zelenskyy’s EO was a violation of international law, and we should not be supporting Ukraine in a war that they started. Instead of beefing up Ukraine’s military, rewarding their bad behavior with NATO membership, and further emboldening escalations, we should be encouraging Zelenskyy to negotiate for resolution and peace, and to learn to get along with Russia peaceably. We should also acknowledge and address Russia’s legitimate security concerns.

A neutral Ukraine is the only path to peace, and anything else moves us closer to a global war.

Recommended:

“Why is the Biden Administration Pushing Ukraine to Attack Russia?” By Ron Paul

Trouble Waters in the Black Sea (Timeline of Escalations).

UPDATE: Two days after this post was published, Russia launched an attack against Ukraine, while simultaneously conducting a military intervention in the Donbas. Russia’s president described the military operation as a preemptive measure taken to prevent having to go to war with NATO.

Zelenskyy should abandon the Crimea Platform and rescind his declaration of war, before he gets more of his people killed.

FYI:

Measures for the Implementation of the Minsk Agreements

February 12, 2015

1. Immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine and its strict implementation as of 15 February 2015, 12am local time.
2. Withdrawal of all heavy weapons by both sides by equal distances in order to create a security zone of at least 50km wide from each other for the artillery systems of caliber of 100 and more, a security zone of 70km wide for MLRS and 140km wide for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and Tactical Missile Systems (Tochka, Tochka U):

   -for the Ukrainian troops: from the de facto line of contact;

   -for the armed formations from certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine: from the line of contact according to the Minsk Memorandum of Sept. 19th, 2014;

   The withdrawal of the heavy weapons as specified above is to start on day 2 of the ceasefire at the latest and be completed within 14 days.

   The process shall be facilitated by the OSCE and supported by the Trilateral Contact Group.

3. Ensure effective monitoring and verification of the ceasefire regime and the withdrawal of heavy weapons by the OSCE from day 1 of the withdrawal, using all technical equipment necessary, including satellites, drones, radar equipment, etc.
4. Launch a dialogue, on day 1 of the withdrawal, on modalities of local elections in accordance with Ukrainian legislation and the Law of Ukraine “On interim local self-government order in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions” as well as on the future regime of these areas based on this law.

   Adopt promptly, by no later than 30 days after the date of signing of this document a Resolution of the Parliament of Ukraine specifying the area enjoying a special regime, under the Law of Ukraine “On interim self-government order in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions”, based on the line of the Minsk Memorandum of September 19, 2014.

5. Ensure pardon and amnesty by enacting the law prohibiting the prosecution and punishment of persons in connection with the events that took place in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
6. Ensure release and exchange of all hostages and unlawfully detained persons, based on the principle “all for all”. This process is to be finished on the day 5 after the withdrawal at the latest.
7. Ensure safe access, delivery, storage, and distribution of humanitarian assistance to those in need, on the basis of an international mechanism.
8. Definition of modalities of full resumption of socio-economic ties, including social transfers such as pension payments and other payments (incomes and revenues, timely payments of all utility bills, reinstating taxation within the legal framework of Ukraine).

   To this end, Ukraine shall reinstate control of the segment of its banking system in the conflict-affected areas and possibly an international mechanism to facilitate such transfers shall be established.

9. Reinstatement of full control of the state border by the government of Ukraine throughout the conflict area, starting on day 1 after the local elections and ending after the comprehensive political settlement (local elections in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the basis of the Law of Ukraine and constitutional reform) to be finalized by the end of 2015, provided that paragraph 11 has been implemented in consultation with and upon agreement by representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the framework of the Trilateral Contact Group.
10. Withdrawal of all foreign armed formations, military equipment, as well as mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine under monitoring of the OSCE. Disarmament of all illegal groups.
11. Carrying out constitutional reform in Ukraine with a new constitution entering into force by the end of 2015 providing for decentralization as a key element (including a reference to the specificities of certain areas in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, agreed with the representatives of these areas), as well as adopting permanent legislation on the special status of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in line with measures as set out in the footnote until the end of 2015.
12. Based on the Law of Ukraine “On interim local self-government order in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions”, questions related to local elections will be discussed and agreed upon with representatives of certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in the framework of the Trilateral Contact Group. Elections will be held in accordance with relevant OSCE standards and monitored by OSCE/ODIHR
13. Intensify the work of the Trilateral Contact Group including through the establishment of working groups on the implementation of relevant aspects of the Minsk agreements. They will reflect the composition of the Trilateral Contact Group.

Such measures, in accordance with the Law “On the special order of local government in individual areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” include the following:

– Exemption from punishment, harassment and discrimination of persons associated with the events that took place in individual areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions;

– The right to self-determination with regard to language;

– Participation of local governments in the appointment of heads of prosecutors’ offices and courts in individual areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions;

– The possibility for the central executive authorities to conclude agreements with the relevant local authorities on economic, social and cultural development of individual areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions;

– The state shall support socio-economic development of individual areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions;

– Assistance from the central government to cross-border cooperation between the individual areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and regions of the Russian Federation;

– The creation of people’s militia units [police] upon the decision of local councils in order to maintain public order in individual areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions;

– The powers of local council deputies and other officials elected in snap elections, appointed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine according to this law, cannot be terminated.

Mediation by representatives of France and Germany, under the Normandy Format.

Written, agreed to, and signed by members of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCP):

Swiss Ambassador, Heidi Tagliavini
Second President of Ukraine, L. D. Kuchma
Russian Ambassador to Ukraine, M. Yu. Zurabov
Donetsk Rep, A.W. Zakharchenko
Luhansk Rep, I.W. Plotnitski

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Let me ask you a question. Are you satisfied with the United States being the only major country on Earth not to guarantee paid family and medical leave?

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 9, 2022

Other countries call what Bernie Sanders is pretending to do, “Maternity Leave“. And, no. I’m not ‘satisfied’ with the fact that our country doesn’t give women enough paid maternity leave… but neither does his stupid bill.

Women should be given at least a year, and as much as two years, in government sponsored/protected maternity leave/accommodations, to give us enough time to heal from the trauma of birth, to nurse our babies, and because it has been proven that mother-baby separation during the first two years of life is psychologically damaging for children.

We’ve been fighting for this for decades. Instead, we’ve ended up with… 4 weeks? Which is less than what most of us already have. And, why? So other parental units, who do not share our unique and inherent issues, can share the benefit, equally? So men people with dicks can stop crying about how #WOMYN are granted special privileges because of their vaginas?

This is just one more reason why we shouldn’t let legislators adopt this stupid delusion that differences in biological sex don’t exist. Women didn’t come all this way just to go back to having our *unique* issues ignored. Did we?

Pardon me. I guess I should’ve said, birthing-menstruators-who-chestfeed-newborn-progeny… aka, “Breeders”.

Of course, there are economic factors that need to be considered, but that part of the issue deserves its own, separate debate… and we can’t move on to that part of the maternity leave argument, until we settle this one.

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A large number of people were dissuaded from @TulsiGabbard because she kept telling us that the “rebels” our CIA was providing aid and comfort to were al-Qaeda (our only declared enemy). We were told that she was spreading treasonous lies, but people are now learning that what she’s been saying is true.

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the primary swiftboaters, who try to make @TulsiGabbard look like a traitor and “Russian asset” for calling out the CIA’s dirty deeds in Syria, are former CIA agents and their cohorts.

People like Clint Watts, who accused her of lying about our government’s covert Ops to back al-Qaeda…

… even though he personally think-tanked this dumb ass policy.

And people like Evan McMullin, who was instrumental in putting this scheme into play by organizing the dubious Caesar Torture Photos used to get congress onboard.

archive.is/kBafY

McMullin’s version of truth: The al-Qaeda guys the CIA works with are the good guys… cuz they’re fighting the bad guys for us.

archive.is/JpQyQ

McMullin’s version of truth: The good al-Qaeda terrorists, who we pay and give guns to, are now “rebels”. All the bad ones are now ISIS…

archive.is/MnAkc

… and anyone who says otherwise is an Assad loving, Putin stooge.

archive.is/zMVzX

👆🏽 CIA talking points.

Note from the date, Evan started this propaganda campaign against Tulsi before she even made that controversial trip to Syria, and long before she even became a candidate for the 2020 presidency.

CIA talking points:

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Read More: archive.is/pYXhs

Does the CIA and our USIC even work for America anymore? It doesn’t look like it to me… especially since they’re so willing and eager to throw a proven patriot under the bus to protect their al-Qaeda friends.

Why the CIA hates @TulsiGabbard:

 

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