The USA Is Following An Ancient & Harmful Governing Pattern

"Witnessing a social, criminal, political, psychological, and a faith phenomenon in the United States has only been seen in glimpses in other contexts, and not to the extent now. To understand what is going on and to hopefully devise remedies will require examining the primary causes and the interactions.

"From the beginnings of civilization in the Fertile Crescent, the Indus River valley, and China politics, rule has been intertwined with faith, religious traditions. The leader, ruler, the monarch was considered divine and could do no wrong, at least to the faithful followers. All negative stories, facts were considered fake or propaganda. Being a priest meant you had the leader's ear, thereby influencing the direction of society and the nation. It was also a good position for increasing your wealth by selling the people and the leaders' promises that are, in fact, baseless. This has taken the form of charismatic preachers grifting so much that they build their own super churches, colleges, and homes. The faith also could and has had a significant impact on loyalty to the monarch, driving it ever higher.

"Being part of a court held immense power and possibilities, so long as you did what the leader asked or ordered you to do. Such a position also had the leader's ear, with the possibility of influencing state policies and increasing your own wealth. So being part of a cabinet, a Soviet, a portion of the executive staff, meant that you could have your own fiefdom to exploit. Any position below that was a minor nobleman or a capo who had their own soldiers. Yes, government and organized crime are similar in structure, with goals of maintaining territory, gaining territory, power, and wealth. It has only been in the recent 200 years that the development of democracy has started to change. However, the old ways always have a way of returning.

"All dictators and their courts have degrees of narcissism. Trump has been classified as a malignant narcissist with sociopathy, which presents us with a unique, extremely dangerous situation that is potentially mortal to the country and its citizens! Was Hitler narcissistic? The answer is most probably yes, as all dictators and monarchs are. A known con man, liar, and cheat is Trump. His experience in fighting in the courts gave him the experience and knowledge of how to manipulate our justice system! Is or was our government and judicial system up to putting up guardrails? Part of his sickness is thinking like a godfather and being able to threaten others, particularly Republican politicians, without saying it directly. This forces the GOP to bend to his worst instincts. Note that his experience as a con man makes him charming and convincing to his audience/supporters. This is by knowing their grievances, fears, and anger, thereby co-opting them to control them. The help of the regime's propaganda media, Fox News, has captured a viewership. Trump's mental illness is very focused on two things: wealth and power, but keeping his followers convinced that he is fighting for them! He doesn’t care about anybody else, no matter how close; those around him, including his own family, are expendable.

"This sets up an environment and needs to resist, peacefully if possible, but it may have to be taken to the next level, VIOLENCE! Don’t get me wrong, to assume that I recommend violence via internal war is what I want. But as the ruling class feels more threatened, the more likely they will resort to violence themselves at any cost. So history and psychology tell us to be ready. Then you ask why the Russian 1917 revolution didn’t lead to such massive wars. They remembered that the peasants saw the czar and his nobles as the ruthless ruling class stealing from them. They saw the Bolsheviks working and protecting them, promising land reform, equality, etc. Sometimes it takes generations to reform or end dictatorships. If Trump and MAGA win, how long will it take for America to end the dictatorship?

Stephen Stripe (from his post on Facebook, 4/21/2025)

The USA Should Be Ashamed

"Ukraine is not - as the Russian ambassador said - a 'project'.

"Its statehood has a longer history than Russia. It has been a member of the UN longer than Russia. It has a history, language, identity, and its own aspirations. Poland supports peace, but stable and with respect for the rights of the victim of aggression."

Click here for a 8-minute video from the recent UN gathering to vote on support for Ukraine against Russian aggression. Shortly after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the UN essentially unanimously voted against Russia's aggression. A few days ago, the US voted with Iran, North Korea, and Russia to NOT once again condemn them.

The speaker is from Poland and puts the present in the context of European history. Memo to the USA: Isolationism in the face of national aggression never works.

Why Trump Is Beholden To Putin

 David Clayton-Thomas

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Someday the true story of Donald Trump’s Russian connection will be told and it will read like a spy novel worthy of Tom Clancy…

It’s the story of a beauty pageant that led to the election of a President.

In November of 2013 Donald Trump held the Miss Universe Contest in Moscow.

At the time Trump was beyond broke… He was deeply in debt and after five bankruptcies, not a bank in America would lend him money.

For a week Mr. Trump and a bevy of the most beautiful women in the world partied with all the big wigs in Russia… politicos, oligarchs, rock stars, celebrities, even Vladimir Putin himself.

There has been much speculation about what went down in that week of booze, babes and big money, but whatever it was, it changed the course of history.

A few months later the Trump organization received a massive infusion of cash from Deutsche Bank… a German banking giant that has routinely paid millions in fines for illegally laundering money for the Russians.

Trump left Moscow with the financial backing he so desperately needed and Putin had his hooks in Trump.

In 2015 Trump announced his candidacy for POTUS and Putin began actively cultivating his asset.

The Mueller report States unequivocally that Russia conducted a systematic misinformation campaign designed to tarnish Trump’s opponents and promote his candidacy.

Russia’s influence in the 2016 election was pervasive and it worked…

With Putin’s help Donald J Trump became the 45th President of the United States and he wasted no time paying off the debt he owed to his pal Vladimir…

Trump spoke glowingly of him every chance he got… every executive decision benefited Putin.

He ceded the middle east to Russia, withdrew from Syria and allowed Putin to fill the void.

He turned his back on Ukraine, the last bastion standing between Russia and a free Europe.

He disavowed NATO, the alliance that had held Russia at bay for over 70 years.

He pulled US troops out of Germany… something the Kremlin has always wanted.

At the Helsinki summit, Trump chose to publicly believe Putin over his own intelligence agencies.

He attacked America’s friends and embraced her enemies just as Vladimir wanted.

At home Trump became the divider in chief, driving deep divisions between all the different factions of American society.

To divide America from within… to drive a wedge between blacks and whites, rich and poor, left and right, has long been a part of Putin’s KGB playbook.

Russian hackers are inflaming racial tensions across the country, infiltrating radical groups and planting disinformation on social media.

We can only hope that the US Intelligence Services are prepared to address this threat because obviously Mr.Trump isn’t.

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Russia Owns The USA (Mic Drop)

History repeats itself, it doesn't just rhyme. The Republican Party, at least since the 1930s, has had to battle fascist extremists. Until now, it has been able to attenuate and keep them under control. Enter Donald J. Trump, a con man/huckster/racist narcissist who, while portraying himself as a real estate tycoon, went bankrupt several times. In recent decades, his reputation became so toxic that only one bank in the world would lend him money, Deutsche Bank. Yes, the favorite bank of Russian Oligarchs, who used it to launder money. (link)

Connect the dots.

Click here for an excellent summation of the reality of the present USA being a puppet of Russia.

Click here for a reality check from my favorite American historian on how bad things are now in the USA.

There is a base upon which he did it.

Attacks On Education: The Base Of Dictatorships

"With democracy under threat around the world, author Jason Stanley warns that the fundamental danger lies closer to home: in the schools. In his latest book, the American philosopher argues that attacks on education empower authoritarian regimes by reshaping our understanding of the past. Stanley joins the show to discuss."

Click on the link below for the history of dictatorships in recent decades:

Russia, Nazi Germany, MAGA: The Dangers of Weaponizing History and Education

Putin & Russian History

"The political tension in Georgia and the devastating war in Ukraine share a common point of origin: Vladimir Putin’s determination to deny them democracy and integration with Europe while also expanding Russia's sphere of influence. The Washington Post's David Herszenhorn, a specialist on the region's politics, spearheads the Post's “Russia, Remastered” series. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explore the dramatic domestic transformation of Putin's Russia."

Click on this link for a video presenting Russian history and how Putin is looking back to recover the worst of it:

Ukraine And Russia: A History Lession

"Although few Americans paid much attention at the time, the events of February 18, 2014, in Ukraine would turn out to be a linchpin in how the United States ended up where it is a decade later."

Click on the link below to better understand the connection between the Republican Party/MAGA and Putin/Russia:

10 years of US/Ukraine/Russia History

Why It's Important To Help Ukraine

" - - - I guess over the holidays a lot of people talked with family members and their parents, or whomever and they had things to say about the amount of money the United States was spending on Ukraine and wanted to know what the U.S was getting out of it. - - - First, on the other side of this, when Ukraine emerges from the other side of this war, it is going to be an economic power, a big one, if, at the end of the war, it is aligned with Europe. That's good for the United States. It's good for NATO. - - - "

Click on the link below for more:

Let's talk about what the US is getting out of Ukraine