When future historians go trying to find the ultimate nail within the US coffin, they might effectively choose the date April 20, 2024.
On that day Congress handed laws to fund two and a half wars, hand what’s left of our privateness over to the CIA and NSA, and provides the US president the ability to close down no matter a part of the Web he disagrees with.
The practically $100 billion grossly misnamed “Nationwide Safety Supplemental” ensures that Ukrainians will proceed to die in that nation’s unwinnable conflict with Russia, that Palestinian civilians will proceed to be slaughtered in Gaza with US weapons, and that the neocons will proceed to push us towards a conflict with China.
It was a complete victory for the conflict get together.
The massive spending invoice is all about politics for Biden, but so many Republicans merely went together with it. The very last thing the folks working Biden’s White Home need to see as an in depth election approaches are advertisements blaming Biden for “dropping Ukraine.”
The US and its allies have already despatched over $300 billion to Ukraine and the nation continues to be dropping its conflict with Russia. No one believes one other $60 billion will pull a victory from the jaws of defeat. However this extra cash is supposed to maintain up appearances till November on the expense of People who’re compelled to pay for it and Ukrainians who’re compelled to die for it.
Speaker Johnson couldn’t have handed these monstrosities with out the complete help of Home Democrats, as the vast majority of Republicans voted towards extra money for Ukraine. So within the worst instance of “bipartisanship,” Johnson reached throughout the aisle, stiffed the Republican majority that elected him Speaker, and pushed by an enormous reward to the warfare/(company) welfare state.
After the Home voted to ship one other $60 billion to notoriously corrupt Ukraine, Members waved Ukrainian flags on the Home Flooring and chanted “Ukraine, Ukraine.” Whereas I discover it distasteful and disgusting, ultimately it appeared becoming. In spite of everything, they might as effectively chant the identify of a international nation as a result of they definitely don’t care about this nation!
Together with sending $100 billion that we don’t need to fund extra abroad conflict, Speaker Johnson threw in one other model of the Tik Tok ban, which provides Joe Biden and future presidents the ability to close down web sites at will by merely declaring them to be “international adversary managed.”
To not be outdone, the US Senate on that very same day handed the extension of Part 702 of the FISA Act, which not solely allowed the federal government to proceed spying on us with no warrant, but in addition contained new language massively increasing how they will spy on us.
Many conservative voters are asking what the purpose of Republican management of the Home is that if the agenda is set by Democrats. Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer is even reported to have bragged to his colleagues about how simply Speaker Johnson gave Democrats all the pieces they wished and requested for nothing in return.
What’s the silver lining in all this unhealthy information? Most Republicans within the Home voted towards persevering with the Ukraine conflict. That’s a great begin. Our concepts are rising, not solely throughout the nation however even within the DC swamp. Take braveness and don’t quit! Work for peace!
