Putin’s Still In Charge Trump can’t end the Ukraine war, and he knows it.

The call between Putin and Trump was a painful reminder that Trump is the junior partner in the Russian-American relationship and that Putin will continue his mass-murder campaign in Ukraine for as long as he can get away with it.

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YouTube video by Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute Challenger: President Reagan's Challenger Disaster Speech - 1/28/86

Memo to DJT: This is what a real leader sounds like; www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa7i...

Book check

‘A Day of Love’: How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6 The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.

Well worth reading from @danbarrynyt @alanfeuer @nytimes.com …

One Thing Left for You to Do The Power of the FBI Director

Remarkable story from @timbarnicle @substack…What can happen when the FBI is truly political:
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He survived the Battle of the Bulge and stormed the beaches of Normandy. Now, at 104, he’s still golfing three days a week. - The Boston Globe Medeiros, who was decorated with three Purple Hearts and Bronze and Silver stars, returned from Europe with harrowing tales. He still shares them, saying “there’s so few of us left.”

If you only read one thing today read this from kevin.dupont@bostonglobe.com…and then say a prayer of thanks for heroes still aming us.https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/12/12/sports/arthur-medeiros-world-war-2-veteran-golf/

Family First Behind the pardon

@timbarnicle@ substack…
Joe Biden, President. Patriot. Parent.
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The Happy Things, Not the Sad Things JFK’s Final Trip Across America

@timbarnicle @substack A time of memory and tears on the eve of a long-ago yet unforgettable Thanksgiving

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On Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential.

@danbarrynyt…,words spoken lomg ago in Gettysburg echo across time and history to resonate loudly today:
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...