Rick Scott’s ‘Plan to Rescue America’ includes promise to name border wall after Trump

https://thehill.com/homenews/595338-rick-scotts-plan-to-save-america-includes-promise-to-name-border-wall-after-trump

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has crafted an 11-point plan laying out what the agenda should be for Republicans and conservatives if they retake control of Congress this year and the White House in 2024. 

Scott, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, released what he called a plan to “rescue America,” which includes a promise to finish a wall along the Southwest border with Mexico and name is after former President Trump

“Nations have borders. We should give that a try. President Trump’s plan to build a wall was right. We welcome those who want to join us in building the American dream, immigrants who want to be Americans, not change America,” a slide deck featuring the plan reads. “We are a stronger nation because we are a nation of immigrants; but immigration without assimilation makes us weaker. Politicians from both parties talk big about border security and do nothing. We are done with that.” 

The plan also calls on Republican leaders to “strip all federal funding from ‘sanctuary cities’ and prosecute any elected officials who flout our immigration laws.” 

Scott has been working with other party leaders to craft the Republican message ahead of this year’s mid-term elections and has met with Trump at least once since the former president left office. 

Trump’s endorsements of Republican primary candidates in races in several states is widely seen as pivotal as he ponders his own political future. 

“I want to be an additive, I want us all to row the boats in the same direction,” Scott said of Trump during an interview last March. “My goal is to tell the [former] president what I’m doing. I’ve talked to him, and he tells me he wants to be helpful to me. He’s committed to Republicans taking back a majority in the U.S. Senate.”

Scott’s plan was widely praised by Republican allies and mocked by Democrats on Twitter. 

“Raise taxes on half of Americans, including seniors and working families,” White House Rapid Response Director Mike Gwin said in a tweet. “Literally nothing on how to lower prices for working families.” 

Joe Biden and Democrats have made life more expensive and less safe for families across America,” said Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel in a statement. “Republicans like Senator Rick Scott have real solutions to put us back on track. From lowering costs and creating jobs, to supporting police and securing the border, Republicans are offering a clear plan to protect and reinvigorate the America we know and love.”

Please notice what the Republican party is focused on.   First pleasing tRump.  Second racism and bigotry of the base.   Again putting the burden of the cost of the country on the lower incomes and giving the higher incomes a pass.   Nothing addressing the current problems of the country.  

Charlie Kirk: Ukraine Voted To Be Invaded By Russia

Media Matters has the transcript:

Why does Putin feel so empowered? The entire Western world is putting sanctions, right now, on Russia as they call this an invasion. There well might be.

I’m not the person to determine whether or not this is an invasion or an annexation. It feels as if Putin is going into places that want him.

They have voted overwhelmingly to be part of it. It is a family dispute that we shouldn’t get in the midst of, that’s for certain.

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In case you are missing it, the paid trolls on the right are backing Putin 100%.  They are using their social media accounts to push the idea the US should stay out of it, it is a family matter between Ukraine and Russia, it is just posturing that means nothing.  What is it to us that we should care about it is also something I heard.

Biden: Sanctions To Target Russian Elites, Banks, Debt

The Washington Post reports:

President Biden announced new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday after its moves against Ukraine, saying the actions amounted to a “flagrant violation of international law.”

In imposing economic penalties on Russia, the United States joins European allies in responding to Russia’s deployment of troops into two pro-Russian separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. Biden called Russia’s actions the “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.”

Biden said a “first tranche” of U.S. sanctions against Russia would target two financial institutions, Russian sovereign debt and Russian elites and their family members.

The New York Times reports:

Mr. Biden said the United States is imposing “full blocking” on two large Russian financial institutions and “comprehensive sanctions” on Russian debt.

“That means we’ve cut off Russia’s government from Western finance,” he said. “It can no longer raise money from the West and cannot trade in its new debt on our markets or European markets either.”

He also said that the United States would impose sanctions on Russian elites and their families, an effort to ensure that those closest to Mr. Putin do not escape financial pain that is expected to hit hard for average Russian citizens.

I am impressed.   These are not small steps or weak words.   Biden stood strong and firm and warned the country that defending democracy is going to come at a cost and it is going to hurt in some ways.   I don’t think Russia / Putin expected this.   I don’t think he thought the gas pipeline was threatened.   These sanction will hurt the oligarchs which will threaten Putin’s hold on the country.  

Candace Owens Blames America For Russian Invasion of Ukraine: ‘WE Are at Fault’

She is a grifter and paid troll.

Let’s talk about Republicans in Michigan and the Constitution….

I know some of you don’t care for this guy. But I would ask you to listen anyway. He talks about what Republicans are trying to do with states rights and controlling people even in the bedroom. He talks about what they are trying to overturn in the constitution. Pretty important stuff.

Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights.”

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/feb/21/jd-vance/jd-vance-says-transgender-rights-drives-looming-co/

Senatorial candidate JD Vance speaks at a rally in Mason, Ohio. (AP)

JD Vance says transgender rights drives looming conflict in Ukraine

IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT

  • Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance said the State Department’s focus on transgender rights is inflaming the conflict with Russia in Ukraine.

  • Russia has placed as many as 150,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders.

  • Russia has said Ukraine’s ties to NATO are a key threat to Russia’s national security.

 

As the prospect of a ground war hangs over Ukraine, Ohio Senate hopeful JD Vance said he doesn’t “really care what happens to Ukraine, one way or the other.”

Speaking to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, Vance, a Marine veteran, said there’s no reason for U.S. military intervention.

“We didn’t not serve in the Marine Corps to go and fight Vladimir Putin because he didn’t believe in transgender rights,” Vance said Feb. 19. “Which is what the U.S. State Department is saying is a major problem with Russia.”

Vance went on to say he is “sick of Joe Biden focusing” on Ukraine at the expense of dealing with problems on the border with Mexico.

Whatever the troubles on America’s southern border, Russia’s transgender policies are not affecting the current tensions in Ukraine.

The U.S. and its NATO allies estimate that since last spring, Russia has moved as many as 150,000 troops within striking distance of Ukraine’s borders. 

“That is by any means, by any estimate, a massive number of forces,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said Feb. 16. “We also know that the Russians have capabilities when it comes to electronic warfare, when it comes to aerial capabilities, any number of tactics they could employ, whether on their own or together as part of a broader onslaught.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said a Russian attack could come at any moment, if Russia wanted.

“They have enough troops and enough capabilities to launch a full fledged invasion of Ukraine with very little or no warning time,” Stoltenberg said Feb. 17. “That is what makes the situation so dangerous.”

President Joe Biden has said the warnings of war are aimed at forestalling it.

“We’re calling out Russia’s plans loudly and repeatedly, not because we want a conflict, but because we’re doing everything in our power to remove any reason that Russia may give to justify invading Ukraine and prevent them from moving,” Biden said Feb. 18.

Europe hasn’t seen sustained warfare on its turf since the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, and that didn’t involve the prospect of Russian forces driving combat operations. With Ukraine, the potential scale of a military conflict is orders of magnitude bigger.

Trump Ecstatic Over Putin’s “Genius” Plans For Ukraine

“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful.

“I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s the strongest peace force. We could use that on our southern border.

“That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right.

“No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy. Here’s a guy that says, you know, ‘I’m gonna declare a big portion of Ukraine independent,’ he used the word ‘independent’ and ‘we’re gonna go out and we’re gonna go in and we’re gonna help keep peace.’

“You gotta say that’s pretty savvy. And you know what the response was from Biden? There was no response. They didn’t have one for that. No, it’s very sad. Very sad.” – Donald Trump, speaking today on the podcast of cultist Buck Sexton.

 

US Plans Sanctions Against Ukraine Breakaway Regions

The Associated Press reports:

The White House says President Joe Biden is ordering new sanctions after Russia moved to recognize separatist eastern Ukraine regions.

The Biden administration calls Monday’s announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin a “blatant violation of Russia’s international commitments.”

The sanctions will prohibit new investment, trade and financing in the two separatist regions of Ukraine recognized by Putin. The European Union’s top officials have also said the bloc will impose sanctions.

Via White House press release:

President Biden will soon issue an Executive Order that will prohibit new investment, trade, and financing by U.S. persons to, from, or in the so-called DNR and LNR regions of Ukraine.

We will also soon announce additional measures related to today’s blatant violation of Russia’s international commitments.

To be clear: these measures are separate from and would be in addition to the swift and severe economic measures we have been preparing in coordination with Allies and partners should Russia further invade Ukraine.

 

Putin Claims Ukraine Was Never A Real Country, Calls It “Madness” That Nations Were Allowed To Leave USSR

From the Russia state outlet Pravda:

Putin started his urgent address to the nation with an insight into the history of Ukraine and its creation. The Ukraine that we know today was created during the times of Bolshevist Russia, he said. Putin in particular said that today’s Ukraine was completely created by Lenin.

Today’s Ukraine can be referred to as “The Ukraine in the name of Vladimir Lenin”,” Putin said. He was the author and the architect of Ukraine,” he added. Ukraine has never had true statehood of its own, Putin said, recalling the scale of corruption of Ukraine.

There is no independent statehood in Ukraine — everything depends on what Westerners say. Foreign advisors are in charge of Ukrainian intelligence services. “We are well aware of that,” he said.

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Putin Orders “Peacekeeping” Troops Into Ukraine

 

The Washington Post reports:

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees ordering military forces into two separatist regions of Ukraine for “peacekeeping” purposes as Moscow recognized the breakaway regions’ independence Monday.

Putin signed a decree recognizing the areas — a move that Russia could use to justify an attack in those areas — and an agreement of cooperation with the heads of the two regions: Denis Pushilin of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Leonid Pasechnik of the Luhansk People’s Republic.

The formal recognition prompted a chorus of condemnation from world leaders, with some vowing sanctions.

 

Daily cartoon / meme roundup: Imagine … if the US was run for the people and not the wealthy corporations

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Working It Out Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Monty Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Bernie doesn't equal socialism

The right calls anything that helps the public socialism.  Republican block any attempt to require the upper wealthy pay their share of taxes so the country can have more than the bare minimums of survival.   The country did best when the upper class paid more in taxes including wealth taxes.  The country had the money to expand and create, to do things that astonished the world.   Now a we have multimillionaires and billionaires paying next to nothing ruling the country while 80% of the people struggle for a decent quality of life.  40% of the country couldn’t handle an unexpected $400 expense.   We need to do better on the messaging and help people see they have been lied to by the wealthy to steal the countries assets. 

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The end of privilege feels like loss for so many.

Kindness is a choice

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Are we in 1984?

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trump wants to be like Putin

the rootin tootin Putin show

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Dog peeing on cruz

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Return to canada and stay there

We hate cruz also

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we are fine thanks canadayou're a fucking idiot

whitepeopletwitter:
“I hate Tom Hortons coffee but damn I love a honey cruller.
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Promotion of underacchievers

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Nutrition aids education. Taking away food will guarantee a worse education.

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Stock market before people

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Moderately Confused Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

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Pick a pannel and

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“It’s really, massively stupid not to welcome vaccination,” the 98-year-old Munger said. “We probably have 30% of the people in the country that think vaccination is evil and [is] coming after them like the hobgoblins. It’s not good that there’s that much ignorance left.”

Republicans attract the ignorant, then weaponize their self-interests and sadism.

ViewsEurope Comic Strip for February 19, 2022

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Misleading right wing media cartoons / memes

Ted Rall Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

FFS, corps are having record profits, CEOs & execs are getting big bonuses and raises. The supply chain is breaking down, slowing products from the Wall Street bottom liners outsourced factories to the market, decreasing supply and driving up prices even further. The Owning Class is engaged in wholesale looting, and Real Leftist Ted Rall is putting this drivel out? GTFO.  

Wages are up and people are still buying. If people are willing to spend over retail for vehicles and such, inflation will continue.  The white supremacist backed road blocks impeding commerce between the USA and Canada certainly didn’t help do anything good to slow inflation.  Republicans are desperate to find an issue they can run with. One fizzle after another. Hillary still seems the best bet for them.

Gary Varvel for Feb 21, 2022

The protesting truckers were a small percentage of all the truckers in Canada. The truckers union and the majority of truckers condemned the protest. It wouldn’t have stopped food deliveries nor caused shortages in grocery stores. This cartoon is about fear. Be afraid, don’t let the government require vaccines or you will go hungry.

Bob Gorrell for Feb 21, 2022

The slogan is awkward but it is correct. The police have become too militarized with too many non-law enforcement jobs required of them. Right now the police are more occupying army than protectors of the people. Police shouldn’t be the primary ones answering mental health calls, they should only be a back up to the mental health workers trained for that job. Several places have tried switching to having trained professionals answer those types of calls and it works. Right now in many areas of the country the police have become gangs, thugs demanding ever higher pay, perks, and military gear. Time to get back to what core policing really is and leave the video game commando tactic to the gaming consoles. Civilian boards should be in charge of police investigations, No excuses for body cams not on or worn. It is time for civilians to be in charge, not the gangs of cops. A national database for bad cops and those in that data base do not get rehired if they are fired for cause.

A.F. Branco for Feb 21, 2022

A protest organized by a fascist Qanon leader and supported mainly by far right white supremacists with the goal of over turning a law in the US about not being able to cross the US / Canada border without being vaccinated. This was vaccine protest was in a country already 90% vaccinated. The public did not support this, the truckers union did not support this action, and the protest was conducted by a very small percentage of Canadian truckers. It was promoted on social media by foreign governments interested in causing unrest and chaos in the US and Canada. The majority of funding was coming from the US. Which might explain the Confederate battle flag being flown by the protestors.

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And now some for fun

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Non Sequitur Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Calvin and Hobbes Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Speed Bump Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Eek! Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Herman Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Pickles Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Family Tree Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Shoe Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

The Buckets Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Lola Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Close to Home Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

Mannequin on the Moon Comic Strip for February 21, 2022

The Duplex Comic Strip for February 21, 2022