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agenasolva

(87 posts)
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 01:17 AM Mar 2017

We 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

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We are literally Russia right now (Original Post) agenasolva Mar 2017 OP
No, we are not. Your second to the last line is ridiculous FUD. I prescribe a good night's sleep.... Hekate Mar 2017 #1
++++++++++++++ JHan Mar 2017 #2
No, we are not. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #3
Seriously? littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #4
John Wayne is the epitome of toxic masculinity milestogo Mar 2017 #8
Courage should be gender neutral. The sentiment is noble. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2017 #9
TY. ♡ littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #11
Of course it is from the horse. littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #10
Better learn to like borscht. Kablooie Mar 2017 #5
Mm-hmm. n/t ronnie624 Mar 2017 #6
тролль tenderfoot Mar 2017 #7
littlemissmartypants Mar 2017 #12
And as each day passes, it becomes more and more true. C Moon Mar 2017 #13
Russia Today, Glenn Greenwald and Rush Limbaugh Join Forces and Attack...the Deep State? TomCADem Mar 2017 #14
Game over man, game over.... FSogol Mar 2017 #15
Russia is not trying to take over the US, they are trying to destablize faith in the US. FSogol Mar 2017 #16
Not yet, but they're working on it... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #17
Only Russia is literally Russia. HeartachesNhangovers Mar 2017 #18

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
1. No, we are not. Your second to the last line is ridiculous FUD. I prescribe a good night's sleep....
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 01:29 AM
Mar 2017

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.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
4. Seriously?
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 02:03 AM
Mar 2017

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.



littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
10. Of course it is from the horse.
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 02:41 AM
Mar 2017

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

TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
14. Russia Today, Glenn Greenwald and Rush Limbaugh Join Forces and Attack...the Deep State?
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 04:13 AM
Mar 2017

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, Trump’s 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 faction’s 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 Trump’s administration as being directed by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Joining Chris Wallace for an interview with Fox News Sunday, Limbaugh drew on Glenn Greenwald’s depiction of the “deep state” in describing obstruction of Trump’s 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)
16. Russia is not trying to take over the US, they are trying to destablize faith in the US.
Thu Mar 9, 2017, 12:30 PM
Mar 2017

I guess in your case, they have succeeded.

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