Donald Trump has lost control of his own image
With the Jan. 6 indictment,
Please don't breeze past this fact: The former President of the United States believed violence was ultimately how he could execute his attempted coup. He incited that violence for months, and he exploited that violence on Jan. 6.
You can't read this 45-page indictment and not understand that Donald Trump tried everything he could to overturn the election results
#trumpindictment
https://www.salon.com/2023/08/04/donald-has-lost-control-of-his-own-image/
Wagner forces are trying to ‘destabilize’ NATO, Polish PM says
Belarus border closure is up for discussion, Lithuanian president adds.
Russia’s Wagner Group might carry out “sabotage actions” and their threat should not be underestimated, said Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday, warning that the mercenary group’s provocations are an attempt to destabilize NATO.
"Shouldn't be taken lightly"
just sayin
#NATO #Wagner #Prigozhin
What’s Happening in Italy Is Scary, and It’s Spreading
Ms. Meloni’s administration has spent its first months accusing minorities of undermining the triad of God, nation and family, with dire practical consequences for migrants, nongovernmental organizations and same-sex parents.
Efforts to weaken anti-torture legislation, stack the public broadcaster with loyalists and rewrite Italy’s postwar constitution to increase executive power are troubling.
#nationalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/opinion/meloni-italy-washington-visit.html
Socialism and Capitalism Working Together
Capitalism without socialism equals fascism
Socialism without capitalism is communism
Democratic Socialism is the Balance
I mostly credited the rise in material prosperity over the past three to four decades to the operation of a free market. This may read like a cautionary tale about the perils of socialism to some. The attempts at socialism in China under Mao Zedong and India prior to 1991 did, in fact, stunt economic ....
https://gwfoto.medium.com/socialism-and-capitalism-working-together-9f4bfe4686b9