Hoover Institution's Scott Atlas says he was in a meeting with Anthony Fauci during Covid He says Anthony Fauci’s goal was to make the public as afraid as possible so we would listen to mandates “Dr. Fauci at one point leaned over this sort of oval conference table and said, "One of the problems is the public is not afraid enough." And I was shocked to hear something like this. And I interrupted. I said, "Can you repeat that?" Dr. Fauci said, "That's the problem. The people are not afraid enough, so they won't listen."” “That's unethical. That's not the way public health is supposed to be done. It's unethical, in my opinion, to use fear in an emergency to manipulate people” - Being apart of releasing a virus that causes a global pandemic is crimes against humanity - Crimes against humanity can’t be pardoned - Multiple life sentences is the historical punishment

Today is Russia Day. For thirty years, we've been told the Cold War ended because communism collapsed. But if that were true, why did the confrontation continue? Russia abandoned communism and opened its economy. It sought partnership with the West and Putin even proposed joining NATO. But NATO's response was its expansion to Russia's borders. Yugoslavia was destroyed and was a rehearsal of what to do to Russia. Western-backed coups swept through former Soviet states. Sanctions became permanent policy. The boogeyman changed costumes but stayed in the script. First it was the Tsar, then the communists. Now it's Putin. Here's what actually threatens the West: a Russia that refuses to hand over its resources and its role as an independent civilization. That's the real crime, not the ideology. It's refusal to submit. Happy Russia Day. 🇷🇺

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