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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe are literally Russia right now
Our government has literally been taken over by Russia
We have a Russian puppet as a President because Russia hacked the election
His cabinet is stacked with Russian stooges who take their orders directly from Putin
We have been taken over a silent coup
Now women have no rights, the poor are going hungry, and white supremacy reigns supreme....just like in Russia
It breaks my heart what is happening to our country
Hekate
(90,202 posts)So far the average person's life has not changed -- it is all in potentia. We are in deep trouble, but it is not yet too late. Harass your Congressional Representative and Senator. Join Indivisible and get active.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,706 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,418 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 9, 2017, 02:43 AM - Edit history (1)
Three things.
The oxygen masks will automatically deploy in case of an emergency.
Paper or plastic bags can be used in cases of hyperventilation.
Xanax.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)so I hope that quote is from his horse.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,706 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,418 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,418 posts)Toxic Masculinity with FUD caused the thread to alert on itself. The steely glare of the equine eye is what saved it from being locked by a jury.
I like the way you think. More righteous justice and less hair on fire is explicitly what we need.
Thanks for the reply milestogo.
♡lmsp
Kablooie
(18,572 posts)ronnie624
(5,764 posts)tenderfoot
(8,424 posts)Конец сообщения
littlemissmartypants
(22,418 posts)C Moon
(12,188 posts)TomCADem
(17,378 posts)Well, at least the Russians are being bipartisan in their propaganda efforts.
First, you have Kremlin propaganda outlet, Russia Today, publishing an editorial echoing Donald Trump's attacks on U.S. intelligence, particularly evidence that Russia interfered in the U.S. election.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/373493-trump-deep-state-russia-tillerson/
'Deep State' wins Trump is being tamed to toe the line
Donald Trump finally concedes Russia hacked the election, crowed the US media following his first news conference this week. That seeming turnaround by Trump signals 'the Donald' is being tamed to toe the official Washington line.
That line centers on the US pushing a belligerent policy toward Russia.
Notably, too, on the same day, Trumps pick for the next Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, adopted a remarkably antagonistic view of Russia under pressure from hostile senators during his Congressional confirmation grilling.
Tillerson, who holds a Russian Order of Friendship award bestowed by President Vladimir Putin in 2013, responded to relentless goading from senators by saying that the US should maintain sanctions on resurgent Russia, adding that the taking of Crimea was against the law.
Together, the shift by Trump and his incoming cabinet toward a more frosty stance on Russia signals that a coercive taming process is underway by the Washington establishment, with sinister implications for supposed US democracy.
Second, frequent Russia Today guest Glenn Greenwald pushes the idea of a secret Deep State shadow government from the "left."
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/11/the-deep-state-goes-to-war-with-president-elect-using-unverified-claims-as-dems-cheer/
The Deep State Goes to War With President-Elect, Using Unverified Claims, as Democrats Cheer
IN JANUARY 1961, Dwight Eisenhower delivered his farewell address after serving two terms as U.S. president; the five-star general chose to warn Americans of this specific threat to democracy: In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. That warning was issued prior to the decadelong escalation of the Vietnam War, three more decades of Cold War mania, and the post-9/11 era, all of which radically expanded that unelected factions power even further.
This is the faction that is now engaged in open warfare against the duly elected and already widely disliked president-elect, Donald Trump. They are using classic Cold War dirty tactics and the defining ingredients of what has until recently been denounced as Fake News.
Their most valuable instrument is the U.S. media, much of which reflexively reveres, serves, believes, and sides with hidden intelligence officials. And Democrats, still reeling from their unexpected and traumatic election loss, as well as a systemic collapse of their party, seemingly divorced further and further from reason with each passing day, are willing eager to embrace any claim, cheer any tactic, align with any villain, regardless of how unsupported, tawdry, and damaging those behaviors might be.
Then, you have Rush Limbaugh echoing Greenwald's argument about a secret Obama shadow government about the deep state:
http://www.dailywire.com/news/13623/limbaugh-deep-state-obamas-shadow-government-robert-kraychik
Limbaugh: 'Deep State' is Obama's 'Shadow Government
On Sunday, Rush Limbaugh described entrenched bureaucratic sabotage of President Donald Trumps administration as being directed by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Joining Chris Wallace for an interview with Fox News Sunday, Limbaugh drew on Glenn Greenwalds depiction of the deep state in describing obstruction of Trumps agenda by federal courts, agencies, and the judiciary.
You have to give credit to Russia's coordinated propaganda efforts. They know how to push a talking point across the ideological spectrum. No wonder you can have Putin sitting with both Flynn and Jill Stein at an event.
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FSogol
(45,363 posts)x ?
FSogol
(45,363 posts)I guess in your case, they have succeeded.