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Jon Rainwater: Diplomacy is Only Path to Decrease Danger of Ukraine War Escalation & Nuclear Catastrophe; Lindsay Koshgarian: Biden’s New Pentagon Budget Prioritizes War and Militarization Over Human Need; John Bonifaz: Law Group Calls for AG Garland to Resign Over Inaction on Prosecuting Trump Coup Attempt; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

He "wanted" to go to the Capitol on January 6, Donald Trump tells the Washington Post, but the Secret Service wouldn’t let him. He "hated" the violence, and was furious Nancy Pelosi wasn’t putting a stop to it. He "doesn’t remember" getting many phone calls, and he didn’t destroy any call logs. Trump would lie on credit even when he could tell the truth for cash, so why are so many pundits invested in suggesting that he can never be legally brought to account? We’ll hear from Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, about the stunning new ruling that shows a way to do just that.

This week: Lee Camp, the host, head writer, & creator of “Redacted Tonight” for 8 years, until RT suddenly shut down completely. Perhaps due to U.S. sanctions? It was the only anti-war anti-corporate comedy show on U.S. TV, and RT never had problems with it. But in the same week, Lee’s podcast, “Moment of Clarity,” was removed from Spotify, and his youtube channel was banned across Europe and the UK, a sign of a rabid jingoistic putsch. Now he’s at patreon.com/LeeCamp, which has paywalls.

President Joe Biden has invoked the International Criminal Court (ICC), and accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of war crimes. ... For anyone who has paid attention to U.S. foreign policy over the last 33 years – the end of the Soviet Union over 1989-91 is a key historical starting point – the fact that a U.S. president should charge another country’s leader with war crimes seems the zenith of imperialist hypocrisy. It also seems as if Biden is opening a can of worms regarding U.S. presidents, an act he may come to regret. For who will crawl out of that can? ...

Introduced on Day 1 of Woodstock 1969; calliope added later. Refrain: "And it's one, two, three, What are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. Next stop is Vietnam. And it's five, six, seven, Open up the pearly gates, Well there ain't no time to wonder why, Whoopee! we're all gonna die" ... Full lyrics are at https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/countryjoeandthefish/ifeellikeimfixintodierag.html .