Hi Gabe, great post today, thank you! You mentioned that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were meeting with Putin today. Have you seen yesterday's Popular Information Substack post, "Top Trump negotiator (Witkoff)retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire". If this is real, it is certainly newsworthy. Most news services are mentioning Witkoff as as the main negotiator, but nothing of his Russian financial relationships. Thanks again.
I hope it is not too early to ask what you think about the reports that Trump is now focusing on Somali migrants in Minnesota? Are these stories true? What I have heard he plans on doing sounds illegal and inhuman to me. How can this plan be justified?
I hadn’t been paying any attention to the special election until I started getting request for $$ from the Democratic candidate. Since her opponent is a West Point grad, and I taught there twice, I looked at his campaign website, which explicitly tells people to elect him so he can help carry out Trump’s agenda. Even if the other parts of his campaign are not making that claim, he himself is. I am hoping for a Democratic win. One aide note—there’s no incumbent in this race, so I wonder what difference, if any, that makes.
On Admiral Bradley—one of the troublesome things to me is that our military establishment is no longer regarded as apolitical. Admiral Bradley’s predecessor retired rather than go along with these operations. A casual observer would likely conclude that Admiral Bradley has no such qualms. And if that’s the case, how many others at the top are similarly seemingly supportive?
If the country begins to see the military as hopelessly politicized, then its credibility is irretrievably lost. Folks won’t trust it to have the best interests of the country at heart, and they won’t be happy when their children are asked to serve. And if there aren’t enough volunteers, you’ll start hearing talk of the draft again. My first year in the Army (of 27 total)coincided with the last year of the draft—I had wonderful soldiers, but I wouldn’t want to see us go back to coercing folks to serve. I don’t think the current administration thinks that far head, alas.
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Hi Gabe, great post today, thank you! You mentioned that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were meeting with Putin today. Have you seen yesterday's Popular Information Substack post, "Top Trump negotiator (Witkoff)retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire". If this is real, it is certainly newsworthy. Most news services are mentioning Witkoff as as the main negotiator, but nothing of his Russian financial relationships. Thanks again.
Thank you. Gabe, for your accurate reporting.
I hope it is not too early to ask what you think about the reports that Trump is now focusing on Somali migrants in Minnesota? Are these stories true? What I have heard he plans on doing sounds illegal and inhuman to me. How can this plan be justified?
I hadn’t been paying any attention to the special election until I started getting request for $$ from the Democratic candidate. Since her opponent is a West Point grad, and I taught there twice, I looked at his campaign website, which explicitly tells people to elect him so he can help carry out Trump’s agenda. Even if the other parts of his campaign are not making that claim, he himself is. I am hoping for a Democratic win. One aide note—there’s no incumbent in this race, so I wonder what difference, if any, that makes.
On Admiral Bradley—one of the troublesome things to me is that our military establishment is no longer regarded as apolitical. Admiral Bradley’s predecessor retired rather than go along with these operations. A casual observer would likely conclude that Admiral Bradley has no such qualms. And if that’s the case, how many others at the top are similarly seemingly supportive?
If the country begins to see the military as hopelessly politicized, then its credibility is irretrievably lost. Folks won’t trust it to have the best interests of the country at heart, and they won’t be happy when their children are asked to serve. And if there aren’t enough volunteers, you’ll start hearing talk of the draft again. My first year in the Army (of 27 total)coincided with the last year of the draft—I had wonderful soldiers, but I wouldn’t want to see us go back to coercing folks to serve. I don’t think the current administration thinks that far head, alas.
What if a Congressman called for a President to be executed as a traitor? (on Twitter)
Thank you for a clear explanation for what is going on in these area.
For me the whole mess is very depressing !
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