Well, folks, it’s official now. IMPOTUS may now rename our nation’s capital as he did the Gulf of Mexico. After the U.S. vote with Russia, North Korea, Iran and 14 other Moscow allies against a UN resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine, there’s no further need to refer Washington, D.C. as anything other than West Moscow.
And by its crushing silence, the U.S. Congress, with its Repugnantcan majorities in both chambers, is fully complicit in the abandonment of our European of our allies, of democracy and of every principle this country once stood for.
There is no longer any purpose in pretending that America is the “shining city on the hill” which Ronald Reagan once claimed.
The closest thing we’ve heard in the way of protest against Donald Trump’s whoring himself out to Putin is when Kennedy said Putin made Jeffrey Dahmer look like Mother Theresa. That was something of a rebuke of Trump but other than that, there’s been nothing but silence from our senators and representatives.
- Steve Scalise: nothing
- Clay Higgins: nothing
- Mike Johnson: nothing
- Julia Letlow: nothing
- Cleo Fields: nothing
- Troy Carter; nothing
- Bill Cassidy: nothing
- John Kennedy: platitudes
In high school typing class, there was a practice sentence we were all required to type. It went like this:
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of our country.
It was an exercise that required us to hit nearly every letter of the alphabet.
But it is also a sentence that says much about the heart and soul of America.
It wasn’t so long ago that Reagan took on the Soviet Union and, we thought at the time, defeated communism. It was a time when the Republican Party was the vociferous opponent of Moscow and the Democrats were looked on as less than sufficiently rigid in its opposition.
Trump has turned all that on its head and now we have him, backed by nearly every Republican member of Congress, playing footsie with Russia, North Korea and Iran. And every single one of them should know that given the opportunity, Putin will turn on us in a heartbeat and without blinking an eye.
The current climate begs the questions of just what does Putin really have on Trump and what concessions will Trump ultimately cede to that despot?
And to think, he’s been in office for only a month.
Now is indeed the time for all good men to act.
Louisiana Voice 
I used to wonder what Putin had on him too. But I have come to realize that what he wants is to emulate him. Run the USA like Putin runs Russia. Following his playbook on how to get there. And unless someone figures out how to stop him, he will get there.
And OMG, how well I remember that typing class, and Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of our country.
Best class I ever had in my life.
The odds are it boils down to money. Promises to divide the globe into 3 parts. Build Trump Towers in Russia. Casinos near the Black Sea. The man has no shame-in fact it seems to burnish his imperfect perfection. So its not likely to be a threatened release of Trump enjoying golden showers with one or more Russian working girls.
I used to think Putin had something on him, but I am now convinced he admires him and is naive enough to think Putin admires him in return. His ego will never allow him to see he is being played. Unfortunately, so are we.
MAGA is like gangrene – dead tissue in the body politic. The stink of it triggers a gag reflex. It spreads by attaching itself to lies. Its symptoms are cowardice and betrayal. It is fatal if not permanently removed, cut out, amputated and discarded like the waste it is.
Trump is in bed with the enemy and Trump and Republicans are the enemy within!!
Quote attributed to Nikita Khrushchev: “‘We will take America without firing a shot … we will bury you!
“We can’t expect the American people to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have communism.
“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.'”
Sounds like a wise man, a modern day Nostradamus – and also a man who helped Stalin murder hundreds of thousands of political opponents in Russia.”
Will Trump do the same in America to his political opponents?
To all Representatives and Senators – do not forget your Oath is to the United States Constitution, not the President. Do not let our Constitution fail nor our Republic fall because of displaced loyalty. Stand up and have courage to do what is right for our Country, not a party or President.
Cindy Murphy
I quote from the tombstone of my mentor Lawyer Bob Jones. “Disagreed with the Supreme Court and the Church, gone to find out who is correct” I agree with Mr. Winham and Mr. Spillman and LTC (R) Vindman. I remain confident in our Democracy. thanks