there's somethin happenin here.
what it is aint exactly clear.
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To your question about authority: I think only Ryan and McConnell are really in any position of power. Ryan is a big "nope" - he's young, ambitious and cunning. He cannot have missed his potential opportunities with this narcissist-in-chief. He seems to be gravitating to him. So he's out. Now, if Ryan and Bannon get into a power struggle, who knows?
McConnell, as much as I can't stand his sorry ass, has one super power: obstructionist. If he can find his patriotism (the true kind - not the bullshit alt-patriotism he spews about), he could have some positive impact. I am not holding out hope on that, for the record. But it's still a consideration.
It really comes down to some principled Republicans putting country before party; they have to be seeing what is unfolding, too. I'm thinking purple-state Republicans are the ones to focus on at this point, and work from there.
But what I think and what happens are not always in alignment.
I will always have hope, though. It is not in my nature to do otherwise.
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I knew he would be bad...I tried so hard to convince people of what I knew, but I was not always successful. But I tried.
All of this is off the charts, and I think we are all trying to get our heads around it. "Shock doctrine on steroids" is the best way I have heard it described. I will use that.
I'll continue to do everything I can, and I know that you will, too. They have not stopped us yet and we must continue to resist. 
Yes, big. Very big.
