The Chief of Staff for the French Army, Gen. Pierre Schill, has stated that forces must be ready "as early as tonight" for high-intensity warfare, warning of a potential direct military confrontation in the near future with Russia over the defense of a NATO Ally in Eastern Europe.

1/ Thanks for the reading suggestions. I’ve some on early Nazi history, and the parallels are just obvious. Focused more on Goebbels, and how he turned a smart nation fascist, without social media, or advanced marketing techniques based on clinical research. A few things stood out. Short list:

The movie is based on the play of the same name, and is faithful to it. It shows the bustling, liberal Berlin as the Nazi's crack down and turn it inside out. Over night, the entire gay scene is destroyed, and gay people are running for their lives.

It happened there. It could happen here.