Knowing Truth from a Lie

 

BREAKING:

Alexei Navalny’s wife @yulia_navalnaya releases a video announces she will continue her murdered husband’s work.

She says it’s clear Putin murdered Alexei.

“ Iwill continue to fight for our country. And I call on you to stand beside me” pic.twitter.com/evgIGHqBym

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) February 20, 2024

Yulia Navalnaya has been by her husband's side while Putin's government poisoned him, lied about him, arrested him, imprisoned and tortured him, and finally, murdered him. She knows truth from a lie. Her mother-in-law has gone to collect to body of her son--the authorities would not like to release it, because a body can tell a story. Alexei Navalny's brother is now threatened with new charges. 

The truth is, Putin cannot bear opposition. The flowers left for the martyr are swept away from sight, and so are the protesters. And the flowers return, and sometimes, the protesters will. This is the country Tucker Carlson extolled because of its supermarkets, one where a dual citizen is accused of treason for sending $51 to a humanitarian aid fund for Ukraine. 

This is a country that commits heinous acts against humanity. 

And they are responsible for actual election interference here in the United States with respects to our presidential elections, especially. We know this is actually true about the 2016 election, despite all the right-wing foofaraw. And it's starting to look like there was definite election interference in the 2020 election by Russians just as many former intelligence officials believed. Because now we know from an indicted witness that they had contacts with Russian intelligence who passed on "dirt" on Hunter Biden. Which snowballed into the fucking up of his plea deal, but also was pimped by GOP congresscritters as ammo against Biden. 

And the silliness of it all is I have to say this is Alex Smirnov, because the other witness with possible Russian ties is Tony Bobulinski.  The other indicted witness has Chinese ties. 

Weird that it looks like foreign sources are trying to influence a "campaign by other means" against Trump's 2020 or 2024 opponent via a member of his family? 

And on the day we learn this, Trump is moaning to a Fox News cry towel that because he got fined for his egregious business practices, he's Navalny. 

Trump on his Civil Fraud Fine: It’s a form of Navalny pic.twitter.com/0tQMea3Jci

— Acyn (@Acyn) February 21, 2024

Does that make any sense at all?  Are we capable of telling the truth from a lie? He gets due process. He's alive. And we all can understand what he did wrong--he committed fraud. It has nothing to do with his politics. He just lies about things. He's a con artist. So, if we know the truth from a lie?

Then let's talk about it. Trump was supported with the help of Russian lies in two campaigns going for three. There is no good reason to think that Russia wants us to have a good, loyal, stable president. That's why they want Trump. This is because he is infinitely malleable for the right price, and his stock keeps going lower. 

Russia has also interfered in European elections. They are networking and influencing elected officials and separatists movements. Just like elected officials and separatist movements are influenced in these United States. They also are likely behind the convoy that fails to disrupt food shipments here in the US and the one in Poland actually dumping out Ukrainian food due for elsewhere. (We know they inspired the Candian convoy.)

How many Republicans ran with or are running with Russian propaganda?  Is it possible they don't know truth from a lie and can't tell that Russia is not an ally? How many are badmouthing Ukraine aid? How many are still allied to Trump--even fully understanding what he is? 

(Exactly as Hillary Clinton told us--Putin's puppet, or why else would he go to all the effort?) 

And knowing truth from a lie, why would we trust any Republican knowing all this--and supporting Trump anyway?