Blaine Coleman
2 min readAug 30, 2023

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Pradeep, I would not insult anyone by saying they're ignorant; not paying attention isn't ignorance but it is choosing to see only what one wants to see.

Let's begin with NATO- it's now a functioning body no longer in fear of the U.S. abandoning it (i.e.- throwing our allies to the wolves).

Ukraine- a pivotal war as serious a threat as was Hitler's attempted takeover of Europe. Putin is the 21st century's Hitler, to date- worse leaders may yet emerge. Hitler promised that if he was allowed to just keep the territory he illegally annexed he would go no farther. Putin has made that same promise about Ukraine three times and broken it three times. He even promised, via Treaty, to DEFEND Ukraine but instead broke the treaties he signed and then tried to take all of Ukraine- Trump was on his side, trying to prevent Ukraine from getting U.S. weapons and support that Congress passed. Remember that "if you'll do me a favor" recording? That's known by the legal term: blackmail. Biden is wise enough to have not backed down from Puttin's threats and managed to get most developed nations on the planet to side with the "West", however that might be defined.

The IRA- funds for new infrastructure passed while Republicans controlled the Senate.

13 million new jobs (granted, roughly half of those were people able to return to work after he helped end the worst of the pandemic) but the other millions are actually new jobs. Unemployment at a 50-year low.

Despite the claims some people make, he withdrew us from Afghanistan with minimal losses even though Trump had it set up for him to fail.

Factories moving back to the U.S. and adding 200k+ new manufacturing jobs.

Capped the cost of insulin (which its creator intended to be free to everyone, but drug companies saw in it a great way to make a lot of money by simply 'adjusting' a tiny part of it and taking out a patent by calling it a new and improved version and raising the price to $600 a month) at $35.00 per month and price caps on ten more commonly used drugs going into effect by 2026. Despite the huge sums of money spent lobbying against it by Big Pharma.

I suppose I could go on and on but that would simply be a recap of what I already wrote.

Many thanks.

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Blaine Coleman
Blaine Coleman

Written by Blaine Coleman

Rel. Studies, Creative Writing… Social liberal/fiscal conservative, occasional writer- profile pic- 6-yr-old coal minor 1910-flow with the Tao, all will be well

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