Over half of Ukrainian children have been displaced by war, Biden lays down the law to Xi, Pope Francis essentially declares Ukrainians should not fight back against the invaders, and what are America’s Putin fans going to do when America is left with no choice but to declare war on Putin?

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NPR: One month of war has displaced more than half of Ukrainian children. 

A quick google search reveals there are approximately 73 million kids under 18 in the United States. Just try to imagine between 35 and 40 million American kids being forced to trek into Canada (or Mexico) for any given reason. Almost impossible to imagine the horror. But when Americans see Latino children coming across our southern border (and being locked in cages), they either turn away or demand they be sent back. When they see Ukrainian children escaping Putin’s bombs, they either shrug their shoulders or declare ‘fake news.’ Even just ten years ago, this United States of ours was still a humane country overall - in spite of the many warts of history - and its people were by and large good. I do not feel or see that anymore, and it is simply evident that a spirit of darkness has taken hold in our land and around the world. Especially since this time two years ago, when the pandemic began. We are in a time very similar to the 1930s, and we all know what resulted from that. Millions upon millions dead, a genocide of historic proportions that nearly wiped out an entire race of people, nations destroyed and carved to pieces, 45 years of Communist terror in Eastern Europe, and the ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation. World War III may have already started, and when America’s hand is forced and troops must be sent into Eastern Europe, are all these Putin-saluting, ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ saying, tin-foil hat wearing, white supremacist, nationalist populist people going to rally behind their country and the free world? Or will they revolt, finally beginning the long-simmering civil war here at home and preventing the United States from fulfilling its obligations to NATO and to global order? I’m betting on the latter. I’v never been this disgusted with this country and all too many Americans. And if I’m nobody special - and I am not - then I at least see what is happening here and have not sacrificed my humanity.

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(VIDEO) President Biden delivers a press conference in Brussels during an emergency NATO summit - He made it clear America is going to #StandWithUkraine, and that the impatient and hateful American public  will not dissuade him from doing the right thing, 2024 be damned. Nor will Russia’s good friend, Xi Jinping. Thank you, Mr. President, for standing with the free world even as our country’s people are turning their back on it. Слава Україні. (Washington Post 3/24) 

(VIDEO) An amazing, up-close look at the challenges - evading Russian fire - two Ukrainian volunteer medics are facing as they rush to save the lives of innocent civilians in Irpin (France24 3/23)

Pope Francis says more weaponry is not the solution for ending the war in Ukraine, refuses to specifically name Russia as the aggressor and culprit - How does ‘his holiness’ expect the Ukrainians are going to fight off the Russians? By praying for them? With roses and kind words? With sticks and stones (but those would, technically, be weapons, so can’t use them)? Anybody can express vague platitudes about the horrors of war. The Ukrainians didn’t start this war, but they damn sure are going to finish it, regardless of whether any peacenik or prelate approves. (Reuters 3/23)

‘An official from the US embassy in Moscow found US basketball player Brittney Griner to be "in good condition," after they were recently granted consular access to the American athlete who is being detained in Russia.’ - #FreeBrittney (CNN 3/23)

‘One of the senior Manhattan prosecutors who investigated Donald J. Trump believed that the former president was “guilty of numerous felony violations” and that it was “a grave failure of justice” not to hold him accountable, according to a copy of his resignation letter.’ - Not even in the slightest bit interested in anything Trump-related right now, but it remains fact that he is either stopped during this period of grace we are in, or we will become the new Russia. We’re already about 95% of the way there, and millions are chomping at the bit to start killing fellow citizens en masse. Hyperbole? No, this level of division we have in America is such that there is no stopping it from boiling over into mass violence and bloodshed. January 6 was our red flag warning, and most Americans either supported the insurrectionists, or just couldn’t be arsed to care. Putin is delighted that so many are making fools of our country. (New York Times 3/23)

‘Participants in the so-called "People's Convoy" have come down with symptoms resembling COVID-19 while taking part in a demonstration that started out as a protest against public health mandates aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus’ - Who would have thought it. (Salon 3/23)

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