Today is Independence Day, the 242nd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
America has gone through many crises and challenges over those 242 years.
But now we face the reality of what is the greatest crisis in our years of independence, with evidence of Russian collusion in our government, and likely continuing into the future.
This is not a conspiracy theory, but reality, as even the Republican controlled Senate Intelligence Committee, under the leadership of North Carolina Republican Senator Richard Burr, asserts, with the entire committee unanimous in its conclusion that the intelligence agencies and national security apparatus has been accurate in its assessment.
Donald Trump is clearly a traitor, undermining our democracy and our history of proud independence, and ready to sell America down the river.
And yet his party, with a few exceptions, remains unwilling to face the challenge presented by Donald Trump, and the damage he is doing to our national security, foreign policy, and alliance system with the nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which has promoted a stable world since the end of World War II.
There are widespread feelings of despair and hopelessness being expressed, including when this blogger gives lectures on public affairs and history to groups all over South Florida.
Many feel the country is being destroyed by a vehement base of ignorant, prejudiced, and clueless people who fail to see the damage that has been done by Donald Trump in the three years since he announced his candidacy.
But the nation and its good majority cannot give up, must resist in every way possible, and restore our democracy and heritage, so that our children and grandchildren can live in a land still affected by the vision of the Founding Fathers in the 18th century!
The bipartisan Senate panel gave the middle finger to Devin Nunes.
Russians Will Target Liberals on Social Media for the Midterm Elections
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2018/07/05/russians-will-target-liberals-on-social-media-for-the-midterm-elections/#.Wz5ik1xKD44.facebook
Scott Pruitt resigned! Good riddance to him!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/05/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-resigns/index.html
Former MSNBC host, Ed Schultz, has passed away.
http://money.cnn.com/2018/07/05/media/ed-schultz-death/index.html
Liked him when he was on MSNBC but was rather disappointed to learn about his career turn.
I am suspicious of the motives of Ed Schultz and Larry King, willing to work for a Russian news service, very much a curiosity hard to explain!
This NYT op-ed mentions that the skepticism about the Russia investigation by some on the left has been from Bernie supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/opinion/bernie-supporters-russia-investigation.html
I’ve also heard that Jill Stein supporters are skeptical about the investigation.
The 11 most dangerous things Donald Trump said in his Montana speech yesterday.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/06/politics/donald-trump-montana-speech/index.html