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January 24, 2022
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My apologies, dear readers, for not publishing CTTN for a couple of days last week. The US-Russia stand off over Ukraine has been keeping me busy. Joe Biden has gotten us on the brink of war with nuclear Russia, by sleeping at the wheel and pursuing a foolish "Russia reset" policy, as Obama's VP. Biden-Obama crew did not act when we still had time to develop a counter-strategy to Putin's secret plan to destabilize Europe and the United States by waging "new generation
warfare."
Today, as Commander-in-Chief, Joe Biden has neglected his top priority: to protect Americans from foreign threats. He has no strategy to counter Putin's asymmetric war. Biden has placed America in Putin's crosshairs. If US intervenes militarily into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Putin will wage devastating cyber attacks on America. Biden is endangering our country by sleep-walking into another foreign war that is unwindable.
Here are a couple of my Op-Eds published by Fox News and The New York Post:
No respect: Biden's weakness on Ukraine makes Putin feel free to act up . . . Analysis. By Rebekah Koffler. Russia President Vladimir Putin is on the march in Eurasia. From Ukraine to Kazakhstan to Belarus and beyond, Moscow’s spymaster is waging what his strategists term "new generation warfare." It is not by chance that Putin chose Joe Biden’s presidency as a window of opportunity to consummate his imperial ambitions and secure
his legacy as a mighty leader. The Russians have profiled President Biden as unable to mount a serious challenge to Putin and Russia’s aggressive foreign policy.
Russian spy services have followed closely the Hunter Biden’s laptop debacle, which revealed President Biden’s secret involvement in his son’s business shenanigans. The Russian press has written about Hunter Biden’s corrupt dealings, saying he received millions of dollars from foreigners, including from the Ukrainian company Burisma and from the super wealthy widow of a former Moscow Mayor, Yuriy Luzhkov, Elena Baturina. Fox News
Why ‘madman’ Putin and his Ukraine shenanigans are entirely logical . . . Analysis. By Rebekah Koffler. Russian President Vladimir Putin is making the West anxious. “It’s not clear what Russia’s central demand is,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. For years, Western leaders have scratched their heads over Putin. Security analysts consider him arrogant and reckless. In the aftermath of Russia’s
annexation of Crimea, President Obama suggested that Putin acted irrationally, counter to his long-term interests. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called him “wholly irrational,” a “megalomaniac,” and speculated that there is a “5 percent chance” that the Russian president is delusional.
As frustrating and unpredictable as the Russian strongman’s actions can be, there is a method to Vladimir’s “madness.” His logic is Russian, and partly Soviet, too — rather than American or Western. His actions reflect Russian cultural norms and standards of behavior. This is why many Russians continue to be on his side. As a former intelligence officer and specialist on Russia and Putin, I can offer my own profile of the Russian president, using his own words. Putin’s worldview and
character are shaped by four factors: Russia’s and his family’s survival of World War II, the humiliating collapse of the Soviet Union, his athletic training in judo, and his career as an intelligence agent. New York post
Blinken had plenty of time to do his homework on Russia, as part of the Obama crew of Putin appeasers. I personally briefed the Obama White House, the Pentagon, NATO, Combattant Commads on the Russian threat to Europe and our homeland. Biden and Obama did NOTHING to develop a counter-strategy to Putin. They created a mess that we are now with the Russia/Ukraine crisis.
Biden’s foreign policy madness is putting America at peril . . . Opinion. By Cheryl K. Chumley. President Biden in a recent press conference said he makes “no apologies” about Afghanistan — though felt sorry for those who were “blown up” at the airport, due to America’s ill-planned departure. Then he assured he pressed hard in November at China’s President Xi Jinping about the origins of the coronavirus, but added that nobody
knew he pressed hard ‘cause he did it behind closed doors. Secret like. Then he said it’s “not time to give up” on a revived nuclear deal with Iran — the country that regularly chants “death to America,” “death to Israel,” and other wonderfully diplomatic phrases that seemingly, inexplicably, nonetheless scream to this White House, “trust us!” Then he went on to tamp down Russia’s military assemblage against Ukraine, assuring the world that a “minor” attack is hardly worrisome — the logic
being that only major military attacks bring cause for concern. What’s the difference between a “minor” versus “major” incursion into Ukraine? Anybody’s guess. Washington Times
Voters reluctant to give Biden a second term . . . Six in 10 voters would back someone other than President Biden if the 2024 presidential election were today, according to a Fox News national survey released Sunday. That makes his current reelection prospects dimmer than they ever were for his most recent predecessors, Donald Trump and Barack Obama. At the end of Biden’s first year in office, economic anxiety is higher than a year ago,
and many feel the pandemic is not at all under control. His job rating in both these areas is down in recent months, and over half of voters disapprove of Biden’s performance overall. The president’s job rating has been underwater since October and that still holds true: 47% approve and 52% disapprove. Fox News
Over 30,000 People Marched To ‘Defeat the Mandates’ In Washington DC . . . Over 30,000 people took to the streets in Washington D.C. for the “Defeat the Mandates: An American Homecoming” march to protest “draconian COVID-19 requirements” Sunday. Protesters attending the march called for the end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates across the country, according to Fox News. Speakers at the march included Dr. Robert Malone, a scientist who was
instrumental in inventing mRNA technology, and Stephanie De Garay, whose daughter Maddie De Garay became ill after receiving a COVID-19 shot in a clinical trial. Daily Caller
Jan. 6 probe roils Cheney race in Wyoming . . . As the special House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol escalates its inquiry, its actions are reverberating in Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) knife fight of a House primary over 1,500 miles away. Cheney, the panel’s vice chair who broke with her party to help lead the committee, is fighting for her political life as Republicans in Wyoming and Washington seethe over
her criticism of former President Donald Trump and other Republicans over the insurrection. She will face off in an August primary against attorney Harriet Hageman, who is backed by Trump and his allies. the Hill
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NATO sending fighters, ships to region; UK to withdraw some staff from embassy in Ukraine . . . NATO announced Monday that it will send fighter jets and ships to eastern Europe as tension with the alliance and Russia hit a fever pitch due to the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. Denmark will sail a frigate to the Baltic Sea and send four F-16 fighter jets to Lithuania. Spain is also sending ships to join NATO naval forces in the region and is
considering sending fighter jets to Bulgaria, the statement read. France said it is willing to send troops to Romania, and the Netherlands also said it will send two F-35 fighter aircraft to Bulgaria in April. The moves come as tension in the region is increasing by the day. Fox News
U.S. sends tactical security teams to Ukraine embassy after Moscow warns 'countdown' is underway . . . Tensions have spiked over Russia's troop movements and ominous statements about Ukraine. The State Department has quietly sent special operations teams into Kyiv to help with a potential diplomatic evacuation, sources told Just the News, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday rebuffed pleas from Ukraine to impose preemptive
sanctions against a bellicose Russia. The teams arrived last week, shortly before U.S. Embassy families were ordered to begin evacuating Ukraine, said the sources, who have direct knowledge of the events. "This means that they're anticipating violence or complete deterioration in short order," said former Diplomatic Security Service Special Agent Dale McElhattan, who has taken part in diplomatic evacuations. International tension has spiked recently as Russia maintains an
estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine and has issued ominous statements about "the start of a countdown" and claims that Moscow is being "provoked. Just the News
Why are we rushing to defend Ukraine? . . . No one has yet explained what American interest is at risk. The military-industrial complex and its clients sprinkled throughout both political parties seem to have decided that the next place we need to go and kill people (or at least sell weapons to help others kill people) is Ukraine, assuming that Russia decides to slice off a section of its former province. Good for them. But before
the rest of us get involved in yet another war that no one intends to win, it might be worthwhile to consider a few features of the landscape. There is no nice way to say this, but the idea of Ukraine as a nation-state is relatively new. In the 350 years since the Eternal Peace Treaty (actual name) was signed in 1686, Ukraine has been either a vassal state or province of Russia. Ukraine has been independent only since 1991, and that independence happened only as a consequence of the United
States and its allies winning the Cold War. Washington Times
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US threatens sweeping export controls against Russian industries . . . The U.S. is threatening to use sweeping export controls against key Russian industries if Moscow invades Ukraine, a senior administration official confirmed to The Hill. The threat, first reported by The Washington Post, broadens out the administration’s options for retaliating against Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has amassed at least
100,000 troops near Ukraine’s border, should an invasion occur.
“No final decisions have been made, but we would start high and stay high and maximize the pain to the Kremlin,” the official said, adding that that the US is in discussion with allies on these actions. The administration is considering exercising the foreign direct product rule to control exports to Russia of all microelectronics designed with US software or technology or produced using US equipment. The Hill
Germany’s Reliance on Russian Gas Limits Europe’s Options in Ukraine Crisis . . . Germany’s dependence on Russian gas has left Europe short of options to sanction Moscow if it invades Ukraine—and itself vulnerable should Russia stop gas exports to the West. A two-decade-old decision to phase out nuclear power and more recent moves to cut reliance on coal in an effort to bring down CO2 emissions mean Germany is now more reliant on Russian
gas than most of its neighbors, not just for heating but also for power generation. This year, the country’s last three nuclear power plants will be closed, just as Germany faces some of the highest energy prices in the developed world. All German coal plants are due to be closed by 2038. With cheap gas reliably flowing from Russia for decades, successive governments never built an infrastructure to import more expensive liquefied natural gas from major exporters such as the U.S. or
Qatar. The country currently has no LNG terminal of its own. Wall Street Journal
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Poll: One-Third of Americans Say They Haven’t Gotten a COVID-19 Vaccine . . . bout one-third of Americans said they hadn’t received a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a new poll from the Economist/YouGov survey that was recently released. The poll asked respondents to indicate whether they had received a vaccine for COVID-19 virus, and about 31 percent said they had not. Of that figure, about 61 percent said they
don’t ever plan to get any of the COVID-19 vaccines. Another 20 percent said they “might” get a vaccine in the future, the poll found. Forty percent of independents, 36 percent of Republicans, and 14 percent of Democrats said they hadn’t received a vaccine dose, the survey found. Eight percent of people who voted for President Joe Biden in 2020 hadn’t received a vaccine dose, and 43 percent who voted for former President Donald Trump hadn’t. Epoch Times
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U.S. Food Supply Is Under Pressure, From Plants to Store Shelves . . . The U.S. food system is under renewed strain as Covid-19’s Omicron variant stretches workforces from processing plants to grocery stores, leaving gaps on supermarket shelves. In Arizona, one in 10 processing plant and distribution workers at a major produce company were recently out sick. In Massachusetts, employee illnesses have slowed the flow of
fish to supermarkets and restaurants. A grocery chain in the U.S. Southeast had to hire temporary workers after roughly one-third of employees at its distribution centers fell ill. Food-industry executives and analysts warn that the situation could persist for weeks or months, even as the current wave of Covid-19 infections eases. Recent virus-related absences among workers have added to continuing supply and transportation disruptions, keeping some foods scarce. Wall Street Journal
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‘Women are now third-class citizens,’ says Penn swimmer in exclusive interview . . . The University of Pennsylvania women’s swimming team faced Harvard at a dual meet on Saturday. Controversial transgender swimmer Lia Thomas continued to dominate, winning two events: the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle races. Thomas swam the 100-yard free in 50.55 seconds and the 200-yard free in 1:47.08 seconds. Thomas was born male and is competing
among biological females. The swimmer's place on the women’s team has caused a lot of anger and frustration among the other swimmers. They were promised fair competition among females before accepting admission to the Ivy League school, but that turned out not to be true. After swimming for three years on the men's team, Thomas's involvement with the women's team has left a feeling that the school employed a bait-and-switch tactic on the students.
For years, liberals, Democrats, and leftists have routinely claimed that a patriarchy in the United States exists and makes women second-class citizens. Female athletes have echoed these claims, bemoaning significant inequalities between men's and women’s athletics. Consider the numerous reports that highlight disparities between men's and women’s sports, especially at the collegiate level. Now, with athletes who have the genetics of a man being permitted to take away athletic opportunities
from women, females have been relegated to an even lower position. Washington Examiner
I don't know how any self-respecting woman could be voting Democratic. Democrats have disparaged women, calling them "birthing people" and all sorts of things. Now they are erasing the victories that have made in the work place, national security arena and even doing the hardest job of all - being a Mom. The Marxist-CRT educators, i.e. the soldiers of the US Security State, are driving a wedge between the parents and their children. Just like Stalin did.
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NJ toddler buys over $1,700 worth of goods online from Walmart . . . One tiny tot sure knows how to shop. Little Ayaansh Kumar of New Jersey is a mere 22 months old, yet he already knows how to handle a cellphone and — even more hilariously — to supply his family with more furniture than they'll ever need. On his mom's device, the little one began clicking away recently, ordering more than $1,700 worth of furniture from an online cart
she'd begun on her Walmart account. He'd found the cart icon — and soon an array of packages began arriving at the family's home in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Fox News
Funny and sad at the same time that a toddler would be subjected to the evils of electronics at such young age.
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