I try to keep up with the news, both here in the United States and internationally, but it is getting more and more difficult to do, especially regarding the federal government here. It seems that every day has so many important news stories that I can only hear summary reports on most, delving into detail on only a small fraction.
One story that is more and more alarming is the interference of Russia in election campaigns, both here in the United States and around the world. During the 2016 election campaign, I was disturbed about the role of Russia in the Democratic National Committee hacking. I was also disgusted that Congressional Republican leaders blocked a unified response to the threat under President Obama.
Even more shamefully, that denial/lack of response persists both among most Republicans in Congress and with the current executive branch.
Meanwhile, more and more evidence has been found of Russian meddling in our election and many other countries, especially European ones, have experienced Russian interference as well. These countries are actively taking countermeasures, but the United States federal government is not.
Among the people, the response to the situation is mixed. Some of us are alarmed and making a point of staying informed and alert. Some companies, media, and state and local governments are putting in policies to counteract as much Russian interference as they can.
The problem is that the Republican lies about Russian meddling are believed by some of the people, making them particularly vulnerable to further foreign influence and adding to the bizarre discounting of facts and mistrust of the mainstream press that made the whole mess possible in the first place.
This division is dangerous to our society and our democracy. It appears that what Russia wants is to destabilize democracies.
I’m very much afraid that they have succeeding, in part, here in the United States.
We cannot and must not let them change our fundamental structures of government and daily life. Many of us are and will continue to fight for our American values.
We must prevail.
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You are right. The news there has had so much drama. I watch on from Kenya, where we do have our own share of crazy politics, and it amazes me because growing up, I had such a different view of the states, and most other countries, really. Adulting has put a lot of things in perspective now though.
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Admittedly, one of the distressing things about some of the current US politicians is that they are not acting like adults at all!
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My fear is that your president has no interest in keeping your country a democracy.
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Your fear is shared by many. The courts are serving as a check at this point, but the Congressional Republican majority has fallen down on their duties. It is a nightmare, made more frightening by the number of firearms among the populace if there is civil unrest.
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