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George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

@georgetakei
Many are, George. Many feel like the US is finally revealing its true face.

@cqd_sos @georgetakei The US isn't just one thing or ideology. Is this regime really bad? Yes, of course it is! But the US is also filled with extremely good and passionate people who want to stop it.

@jdaniele @georgetakei
And that's in which way different from any other country where things go haywire?

@cqd_sos @georgetakei the legal frame work. Power is apread very thin in the US, way more than most. Some countries are close but still lack the layers.

@jdaniele @georgetakei
The legal framework? Pray remind me again, what exactly is the legal framework in the US, where a president can do whatever he wants with the stroke of a pen?

@cqd_sos @georgetakei that's the thing, they can't, but people still freak out until the system does what it does. It is literally blocking a chunk of the EA that were signed. Only a few that he's actually in charge of are sticking. The system works in a reactionary way, plus someone needs to sue for it to happen. Not a fan of that part, but it works.

@jdaniele @georgetakei
Most certainly. It sure works, when a felon can shred administrative institutions, built up and refined during centuries, to pieces in a minute. Congratulations.

@juglugs @georgetakei Trump's first term started before the Brexit referendum. I think both are products of a common evil neither directly the cause of the other.

@acs @georgetakei

But the campaigning and lies (I'm not going to use the euphemism of disinformation - they are lies) of Brexit started WAY before Trump descended the escalator.
Putin/Lebedev then installed Boris (nee a remainer) as Trump's puppet.

@georgetakei I don't like Putin but USAID is not a neutral agency. Often USAID just works to advance US economic interest in other countries. See for instance its work in Sri Lanka some years ago.

@georgetakei Actually sir, Putin is celebrating the fact that he did what he set out to do. Exploit the despairing gap between the "Ultra wealthy and Middle class" created by Americans since the days of Regan allowing massive companies buy almost every politician in your country. All he had to do was send some infiltrators and spam social media with bots. The rest does it's self.

@georgetakei

Putin gave his playbook to Republicans who met with him in Moscow on July 4, 2017!

@georgetakei This is no surprise, #TheHeadLiar has been in Putin’s pocket for a long time including his first stint as Incompetent CHAOS POTUS.

@georgetakei
Obviously that's why Trump is doing it. He always sides with the despicable dictators.

@georgetakei Yeah, he's either gonna run this country into the dirt AND OR try to become president for life. I'm tired of listening to people demanding someone else do something. This only gets fixed by enough people dumping the time & resourcing into actually tackling this problem head on. Nobody else is going to slay this dragon for you. Maybe WITH you. But not FOR you.

@georgetakei it's almost as though you now have an autocrat in power.

** No legal accountability for anything he orders in an official capacity **

Boycott the big tech sponsors of this nightmare.

@georgetakei USAID has been involved in various regime change operations, often under the guise of promoting democracy, which has led to controversy and criticism regarding its legitimacy and effectiveness. These operations have historically undermined the agency's core missions of humanitarian assistance and development.

 The New York Times U.S. Agency for International Development

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@georgetakei I think there is an valid argument to suggest the Fondling Frump is doing this to tickle the dick of his Russian boyfriend.

@georgetakei obvious that’s what your own Autocrat wants as well.

The world waits with bated breath to see if the USA can survive dictatorship

@georgetakei makes me wonder about Musk’s motives and loyalties (beyond himself)

@georgetakei@universeodon.comYes We must support USAID. not only to assist people suffering in disasters but to prevent Tyrants taking advantage of them !