The Ukrainian ambassador to the US was on Face the Nation this morning saying they’d like Biden’s help on negotiating peace. Our Secretary of State instead sets the bar this high: https://www.wbur.org/npr/1086835380/blinken-sets-a-standard-for-lifting-sanctions-an-irreversible-russian-withdrawal

“I think most people who don’t deal in the lane of foreign relations don’t realize those nine words that he uttered would cause the kind of eruption that they did,” Risch said. “This administration has done everything they can do to stop escalating. There’s not a whole lot more you can do to escalate than to call for regime change.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/27/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/#link-UXARDMSODJCTBA6SXFQFRY74DM

Biden: Implements sanctions so high that it’s impossible not to interpret them as a prodding for oligarchs and Russians to topple Putin.

Biden: “Putin cannot remain in power.”

White House: “the U.S. does not have a policy of regime change in Russia, full stop.”

If you’re scratching your head why a big swath of the Trumpist right is covering for Putin, it’s because they’ve been sucking at the teet of Russian propaganda for years, and they’re not exposed to information that’s actually critical of him. He’s a Holy warrior for their cause and the documentary “God Save Russia” on Tubi explains it all perfectly. He’s the logical conclusion of America’s alt right.

The audience for tonight’s Oscars include 5,000 Hollywood insiders, 14 white women outside of Philly having a girls night together and 600,000 conservative and libertarian podcasters doing show prep to bitch about the thing that no one wanted to watch in the first place.

case in point

How does Will Smith not get escorted out of the building and then arrested for battery? You can’t just allow people to violate the basic rules of society: don’t hit people and don’t take their stuff.

He’s on national television in a room of thousands and can’t calm himself down to not beat someone up over a joke? What happens behind closed doors?