Eighty Seven years ago, in October 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain made a deal with Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler, to hand over, peacefully, part of the nation of Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland), to avoid possible war, without consulting that nation.
Less than a half year later, Germany seized the rest of Czechoslovakia, and then in September 1939, World War II began.
Chamberlain went down in history for the act of appeasement, making it clear for all time that one does not give in to a dictator, in the thought that doing so will prevent future conflict.
Rather, one must stand strong and be willing to defend freedom and democracy.
Generations of students have been taught this lesson, but now, Donald Trump seems ready to kowtow to Russian Federation dictator Vladimir Putin at the upcoming Alaska Summit this Friday, over the issue of the continuing assault on Ukraine since February 2022.
European nations in NATO and President Joe Biden have supported and supplied Ukraine with the ability to resist the Russian invasion, which has been brutal, but now Trump seems ready to hand over a portion of Ukraine to Putin, rewarding an aggressor, whose intention is to conquer all of that nation, in his bid to restore the former Russian Empire.
Trump, already perceived as overly willing to favor Russia, including the reality that Putin wanted Trump elected in 2016, and collaborated in bringing that result about, is ready to commit appeasement, undermining the international order, and with no concern for Ukranian democracy.
Already, the horrendous mistreatment of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Oval Office meeting in February was disgraceful beyond belief, and with Vice President JD Vance another disgraceful appeaser in his own right, joining in the assault on Zelenskyy before the entire world.
Vladimir Putin KNOWS he has the number of Donald Trump, and international stability is in danger, as all Trump wants is to win the Nobel Peace Prize, no matter what harm it does to democracy around the world.
If anything, Trump should win an award for the Appeasement Prize as the successor to Neville Chamberlain, whose reputation in history lies in tatters!
Trump Says He’s Going to Alaska to See What Putin ‘Has in Mind’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/us/politics/trump-putin-alaska-meeting.html
We know what Putin has in mind – that he can totally “play” Trump and get what he wants. And Putin’s probably right, because Trump is an IDIOT.
Increasing the danger: Journalist killing in Gaza sends a chilling message.
https://apnews.com/article/jazeera-gaza-journalist-killed-israel-626962e8272a1352d72b8167d976ae03
Trump’s Shameful Anti-Immigrant Policies Are Starting to Disrupt Food Supplies
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a65656099/rotting-food-immigrant-farmworkers-trump/
Trump Names Heritage’s EJ Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-11/trump-names-heritage-s-ej-antoni-to-lead-bureau-of-labor-statistics
And with that, we can no longer trust a single number coming out of BLS.
Convicted Felon Trump Lies About Crime Rate In D.C., Deploys Troops
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dc-crime-troops_n_6899fc6ae4b07a70fa0911b3
Trump Warns Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
https://newrepublic.com/post/198978/donald-trump-warns-fascist-dc-takeover-just-beginning
American Bar Association adopts resolution against Trump’s law firm crackdown.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/american-bar-association-adopts-resolution-against-trumps-law-firm-crackdown-2025-08-11/
Other Nations Move Toward Making Their Own Vaccines as US Cuts Funding
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/other-nations-want-to-make-their-own-vaccines-as-us-pulls-back
State department softens human rights criticisms of Trump-allied countries.
Report steps up criticisms of Europe, Brazil and South Africa but says little about abuses in Israel and El Salvador.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/12/state-department-trump-human-rights-report
Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/russia-hack-federal-court-system.html?unlocked_article_code=1.dk8.i_rE.IL3OxKh0QIdv&smid=url-share
Netanyahu hints that Gaza ceasefire talks now focus on the release of all hostages at once.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-aid-08-12-2025-1735f5b4ee74d3d531498c1ee8a5f56c
Democrats say Trump is illegally blocking them from visiting Ice detention: ‘The goal is to bully us’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/democrats-ice-detention-visits-blocked
Judge orders ICE to stop forcing detainees to sleep on dirty concrete floors.
And he ordered officials to offer detainees three meals a day, not just two.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/12/ice-manahttan-detention-conditions-ruling-00505986
Trump’s BLS commissioner nominee EJ Antoni calls Social Security a “Ponzi scheme”.
https://www.mediamatters.org/social-security/trumps-bls-commissioner-nominee-ej-antoni-calls-social-security-ponzi-scheme
The guy’s a nutjob and extremist.
This is totally insane…
Federal appeals court clears DOGE to access sensitive records at agencies.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/12/doge-access-granted-federal-agencies-appeals-court/
The Christian right claims marriage equality is persecution.
Conservative justices are aching to declare that Christians are oppressed by other people’s marriages.
https://www.salon.com/2025/08/13/the-christian-right-claims-marriage-equality-is-persecution/
New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-family-billions-presidency-1235405843/
White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/white-house-to-vet-smithsonian-museums-to-fit-trumps-historical-vision-78875c8a?st=qKxsKD
Insanity. Also fascism.
Texas Democrats to return after governor ends special session that included redistricting, sources say.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-democrats-return-after-governor-ends-special-session/story?id=124592449
Trump and his BFF Putin met for 2 1/2 hours then had a press conference with no details and no questions.