Autocrats, Big, Fat Legacy Media, and Putin.

And maybe, you.

So today, Trump is an autocrat.

Big, Fat Legacy Media says so, it’s one of the big talking points those fucks are pushing, to try to change your mind about Trump. Of course, you can listen if you want to, even though it’s completely ridiculous, and at the same time it fits Biden and Harris, precisely.

You see the message here is that everything that Biden and Harris pushed is good for you, and good for the planet, which automatically removes any of it from consideration of behaving autocratically. Let me see now, if memory serves me correctly;

* executive orders were issued establishing a presidential envoy for climate, a “climate finance plan” for developing countries, prioritizing climate in foreign policy and national security, the Secretary of Homeland Security was recast as a climate-concerned office tasked with considering and reporting on the implications of climate change in the Arctic and along our borders.

* an executive order ending the transgender military service ban was issued.

* an executive order declared policies over the previous four years as counter to US values, and welcomes in migrants from South and Central America.

* New draconian emission standards were set for all manufactured vehicles beginning in 2027, by executive order.

In his first 100 days, according to CNN, Biden signed more than 60 new executive orders, 24 of which were direct reversals of Trump’s policies. In fact three years ago, in 2021, Biden had already signed 52 original orders as compared to Trump’s total of 39. Compare that to President Bush’s total of 13. And he used the Department of Energy to crack down on household appliances, such as gas stoves, furnaces, dishwashers, refrigerators and air conditioners.

But, Trump is the autocrat, why? Because we disagree with his policies. See that?

Today we have a situation that is largely being ignored by Big, Fat Legacy Media, and we ignore it at our extreme peril. They proclaim the headline, PUTIN’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED, why? Because they want it to be so. It just ain’t. Not yet. Not even close. Putin enjoys great popularity in his own country, despite his misjudgments and the sloppy invasion of Ukraine.

In 1994 an agreement was signed by Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom, known as the Budapest Memorandum. In exchange for the 1,600 or so nuclear weapons left behind in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, those three nations would guarantee Ukraine’s security.

Russia has flat-out ignored that agreement, claiming that it doesn’t count because they are now dealing with a different government.

I recall hearing President Trump relate that he told Putin, “Don’t do it. I’ll send troops, and ships, and air power.” But, Biden? Nada. Putin massed forces on the border and nothing happened, so he went in.

A bit further down the road, elite corporatists decided that this activity could not stand, and they martialed the support of the international community of governments they controlled, including the United States, and fought back by supplying Ukraine with all of the weapons and munitions they needed to fend off the Russian forces.

Well, now, here’s the thing. You can do what has been done, but there are limits. When long-range missiles of United States origin are “authorized” by the United States for use in Russia on Russian soil, that goes well beyond those limits. But, Biden doesn’t see that. He’s combating being seen as “weak,” because he is, and corporatists are gambling with our security, and Big, Fat Legacy Media is on board.

Putin, however, has pointed it out. Russian hypersonic missiles, he says, cannot be stopped, and before he launches he intends to give us a chance to clear an area of civilians. I heard him say it in a speech. Where in the news have you seen that covered?

Here’s my message to you, today. I have no time for any of the world’s despots who seek to expand their power at the expense of anyone else. Not the Iranian ayatollah, not North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not Putin or Biden or anybody else. I rather enjoy the relative peace of my American countryside, and will take considerable offense at being told to leave.

And if that happens, Biden voters, it is on you.

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