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More Madeline Albright worldview, less Newt Gingrich: The greater good v. “I win.”

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Madeline Albright was amazing. One of my favorite quotes from her goes as follows: "It took me a long time to find my voice and I'm not going to shut up now!" And neither should we. Happy Friday everyone!

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“Liberty is worth the trouble.” I can’t improve on that! Have a good weekend, everyone.

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I am very proud of President Biden for asking Congress for 30 Billion Dollars to aid Ukraine in their fight against Russia. Every senator should vote in favor of this aid package. Any who do not should be named specifically and publicly so that their constituents know who they are. Most American citizens are very much in favor of our assisting Ukraine in their fight to retain their sovereignty.

Those Republicans who support our enemy Putin should be treated like traitors and removed from office.

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I blocked on the name of Julian Assange in my earlier email - forgive! I'm going to be 96 in October and I can't always find what I'm looking for in my very crowded head. L&B&L

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❤ Was going to publish a "This Will Change The World" comment, but then got stopped by the Iris Parade!

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Robert, I just want to thank you for this very high quality newsletter. Have been traveling and busy, and sometimes your newsletter is how I get my news and keep up on events. I also know I can trust it. Thank you again.

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The lovely Iris Parade was like a dessert - but one that settled my nerves and lowered my blood pressure and didn't add a single pound!

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I am of the era of Secretary Albright and that final tribe of Republicans who were, indeed, human beings just like the rest of us. It hasn't been that long. How did this happen so fast?

As for President Biden, they aren't going to allow him to gain an inch. The press is nipping at his heels and whatever decisions he makes he is attacked for them. As my mother used to say, "He can't win for losing."

We live in a harsh and unforgiving world. I hope we can summon the energy to fight it.

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"Predicting defeat becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy because it can depress turnout! "

This is one of the greatest dangers we face. The mainline press is now in the full-time business of creating the news. Low poll numbers announced--especially with alarming headlines--poll numbers drop even lower. "Democrats Face Certain Defeat." lWhy bother to vote? The Press collude with the administration to bring the real, final end of the world. They have a lot of power, those pundits and journalists. We must vote. We must help others to vote. We must do it even if we feel it won't count, even if we believe we've already lost. What we feel and believe in this case doesn't matter a whit. We vote.

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Your tribute to Albright is especially inspiring, Robert!

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Madeline Albright. Bill Clinton. Hillary…no, just no. You’re caught up in the moment and not thInking clearly, Robert. And as for the rest of today’s newsletter, the American people IS A ASS.

Just got my Canadian passport and am getting out before the idiot right wing shit shit storm. Good luck, you will need it. I am going to spend the rest of my days doing good things for people in need and am done with the American voters.

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33 Billion for Ukraine and and we have food lines, homeless people everywhere, opioid crisis a border crisis, global warming and not a penny for any of this. We hold 100 billion dollars of Russian money, That's where the money should come from!!

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Madeleine Albright was a giant of a woman. She knew what was right and forged ahead. We should all be proud of her and her accomplishments.

She and her generation of Republicans were leaders of whom we could all be proud. Now they are gone. What is left are a pack of liars and cheats who are only out for themselves. Their main goals are re-election and power.

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I have read Consortium News for several years usually finding it a reliable source of information; it has been my only source of information re--------------. Occasionally, it reports news as completely different from what I read in the alternate media in the US.

I t has done this is the matter of Russia's attack on Bucha in Ukraine. Do you have read anything that would contribute to understanding that remarkable difference?

L&B&L

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