That's the uneasy feeling that somehow the public discussion is missing the big picture. There's something that should be factored into every story but is being ignored. We're under Putin's thumb. Ukraine might be a mistake, or a distraction. But it's still true that the odds favor the Repubs, Putin's party, taking over everything by 2024. I can't imagine Putin thinking that the prize is Ukraine. The prize is the US Treasury.#
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