it is a project about freedom. and let me say that ukraine is europe. as the european union stands united in support of ukraine, ukrainian diplomats engaged in day four of peace talks with russia. this week, we ve gotten a firmer grasp of what a settlement between moscow and kyiv might look like. while ukraine might still join the eu, it s offered to give up his aspirations of joining nato, which happens to be the ukrainian constitution, by the way. and perhaps, for good reason. because not only has putin demanded ukraine s exclusion from nato, there are new invalid questions about whether the alliances aggressive enough in its response to the existential threat that russia poses. in a new and important article for the atlantic, titled quote, there is no liberal world order, anne applebaum writes quote, unless democracies defend them selves, the forces of a top chrissy will destroy them. this liberal world order relied
its aspirations of joining nato, which happens to be the ukrainian constitution, by the way. and perhaps, for good reason. because not only has putin demanded ukraine s exclusion from nato, there are new invalid questions about whether the alliance is aggressive enough in its response to the existential threat that russia poses. in a new and important article for the atlantic, titled quote, there is no liberal world order, anne applebaum writes quote, unless democracies defend themselves, the forces of autocracy will destroy them. this liberal world order relied on the mantra of never again , unquote. never again will there be genocide. never again would large nations erase smaller nations from them up. with the third, more brutal invasion of ukraine, the vacuity of those beliefs was revealed. the russian president openly denied the existence of illegitimate ukrainian state. never again was exposed as an empty slogan, while a genocidal
the russian conspiracy to influence our midterm elections, 18 days away, included, quote, posing as u.s. persons, to operate fictitious social media, to address divisive political and social issues or to advocate for the election or electoral defeat of particular candidates. now, the social media post covered the gamut. gay rights. gun rights. the anthem protest in the nfl. family separation. criticism of mueller. criticism of john mccain. any subject that can divide americans one against the other. prosecutors say this is how conspirators referred to mueller, as they spread articles attacking him, quote, as a puppet of the establishment, and his investigation, as damaging to the country. this post was also allegedly part of an online propaganda campaign, titled quote, every
omarosa has been fired for real by donald trump before, at least on the show, now the white house says she s again leaving the employ of the man who made her a household name. a source close to the trump white house tells nbc news that she was escorted off the white house grounds tuesday night after trying to reenter the residence droes terms of they are departure. it was john kelly who made the call to fire her. it s accurate to characterize her as having been, quote, forced out of her job. earlier tonight the secret service seemed to contradict the characterizization. our only involvement in this matter was to deactivate her pass.
but ultmally i think it s all related. who says this president enjoys hyperbole. bigger than anything ever done in this country. republicans are forging forward with their tax bill hoping to have a final version on the president s desk before the holiday break. giving the gop their first legislative victory or so they hope this year. a the washington post opinion piece titled quote, on their tax bill republicans are making a risky, desperate gamble. points out, quote, writing a giganttic sweeping reform of the tax system in just a few days might allow you to pass it before opposition can coalesce and mobilize, but it also might cause enough senators to want to hit the pause button. eugene and charlie are back with us. so charlie, is this going to be another mess with them trying to get out of town, tossing stuff in an enormous bill, some