Posted on 04/06/2023 3:41:29 PM PDT by Twotone
The unprecedented indictment, arrest, and arraignment of former President and current 2024 contender Donald Trump is giving me disturbing flashbacks to my birthplace, Soviet Russia, which I fled in search of freedom and justice. Growing up during the Cold War, when the bushy-eyed Leonid Brezhnev ruled the USSR, It was understood that the head of the Communist Party, the one and only political party in existence under the totalitarian form of government, would rule for life. Free elections were not a thing. It was something we heard about on Voice of America or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which the Soviet government jammed from being broadcasted in the USSR, and it sounded fascinating. The idea of two or more candidates competing for the highest office to rule the land and its people seemed perfect.
The minute I became a U.S. citizen, I proudly cast my first vote—for Bill Clinton, I must admit. Bill was charming, spoke with passion, seemed to defend the common folk in America. I hadn't yet learned that some American politicians were not much different from Soviet politicians; they wanted power and would do anything to get it.
Since then, as most Americans do, I have taken the idea of free elections for granted: a plurality of opinions, a variety of candidates. Of course, I thought, the American people make their choice and cast their vote for whomever they believe is the best candidate for the highest position in the world, the leader of the United States of America!
It was not until I saw the stern face of President Trump, leaving Manhattan Criminal Court that I realized that my adopted homeland is on the verge of a transformation, being infected with the virus of totalitarianism.
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The Democrats are the real Rooskies! We will totally own the libs with this.
Pay attention people
Newswreak is defeated not Trump as far as I can tell.
You liars are HISTORY!!!!
If the Republican politicians had any brains, they would be trumpeting this every day from a lectern.
“How come we hate Putin for this sh*t, but then you do the same sh*t to Trump?”
Of course, many Americans wouldn’t be surprised that 400 Russians went to prison last year for what they posted on social media.
They would be surprised that 3,300 British citizens went to jail last year for the same thing.
misleading stats ... the British citizens didn’t go to jail for posting political opinions, the Russian ones did
that’s the difference between the countries
you also forgot to mention all the opposition politicans in Russia who were poisoned, shot, or thrown out of windows by the Russian state thugs, just because they opposed Putin ... that stuff doesn’t happen here either
Oh I disagree about the opinions that got citizens jailed in the UK not being political opinions.
Putin’s fault?
Radioactive sushi and defenestration?
They tried to use Putin to beat Trump in 2016.
Why would the Washington Uniparty attack its own?
Prosecutor Jack Smith is the one to worry about not Bragg,the Grand jury in DC doing the Jan 6 investigation is coming for Trump,all Trumps cabinet are testifying,including Pence,watch out for this one folks
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