Too Many Lead Stories

NYT, Wednesday, April 11, 2018

You know your country is in trouble when the New York Times places an imminent US bombing of Syria lower on the front page than:

• "Target of Raids Was Money Paid To Hush Women"
• "A Legal Attack Dog's Seized Files Could Bite His Client"
• "Trump Said to Weigh Removal of Attorney General" and 
• Senators question Facebook founder about FB's role with Russians in electing dt.

I'm following the first two stories closely, hoping the money trail in Michael Cohen's records will expose enough campaign violations to get Republicans on board with impeachment.

I'm amazed at the third story, that dt persists in following Bill Clinton's recipe for "How To Get Impeached."

As for Facebook, I've stopped looking at it or posting on it.  I'm so angry at FB for allowing Russians and Cambridge Analytica to post lies about Hillary Clinton on the feeds of voters vulnerable to those lies.

The biggest story here is that tonight or tomorrow night, my nation may be bombing big enough targets in Syria to force Russia to bomb US targets, such as our aircraft carriers.  Nuclear war, anyone?

The latest chemical attacks on civilians, including children, in the village of Khan Shaykuhn are horrific enough to justify joint action by the United Nations against Bashar al-Assad--but Russia holds a veto.  So Prez #45 boasts that he will take unilateral action with his "nice and new and smart" missiles.  

Chemical attack on April 4 near Khan Shaykuhn (in 2nd province from sea on north)

A pause in the fast movement of escalation followed that threat, so we don't know what to expect: a peaceful and lush springtime here in the US or a hot branding iron of war clamping down on all our lives.

#PRAYINGFORPEACE

Anyway, thank you to Common Cause for complaining to the Justice Department and to the Federal Election Commission about the $150,000 that Cohen solicited from a Ukrainian billionaire.  I'm hoping we can get dt impeached on the basis of illegal campaign donations.

The Jeopardy music is playing.  When will Mueller's report come out?  When will the impeachment begin?  

Meanwhile, our illegally and barely elected president teeters on the brink of US-Russia conflict in Syria.


The NY Times editorial on April 11 "The Law Is Coming, Mr. Trump," lists the several incredible things happening this week under dt and asks this question:

Why don’t we take a step back and contemplate what Americans, and the world, are witnessing?