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Wed Nov 7, 2018, 07:36 PM Nov 2018

Trump just reminded us he's still a dangerous authoritarian who will burn it all down

Just in case the Democratic capture of the House of Representatives tempted you to relax for a moment about the state of our country, President Trump quickly moved to remind us that we still have no idea how low he’s going to sink — or how much damage he’ll do along the way.
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Now this person, conveniently enough, is Whitaker. Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein oversees the investigation, but the new acting attorney general, by not recusing himself, might be able to carry out such a scenario. According to legal expert Stephen Vladeck, Whitaker supplants Rosenstein as overseer of the investigation. This raises at least the possibility that some sort of effort to constrain the probe could be put in motion during the lame-duck period, that is, before Democrats take over the House.
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There is a tendency after big electoral victories such as the one last night to grow a bit complacent, to imagine that a semblance of normalcy has been restored. In multiple ways, Trump reminded us today that we can’t relax even for a second. - WaPo
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Trump just reminded us he's still a dangerous authoritarian who will burn it all down (Original Post) ffr Nov 2018 OP
We're going to set HIS ass on fire first... Blue_Tires Nov 2018 #1
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