Dark New Territory

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Last edited Thu Jul 20, 2017, 10:05 AM - Edit history (5)

Joy Reid? @JoyAnnReid 9h9 hours ago

If Trump is really looking to reorganize the government to make the @FBI director report to him, we are in dark new territory.



Catherine Rampell? @crampell 8h8 hours ago
Trump says FBI director "really reports directly to the president of the United States" (this is, umm, false) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-transcript.html?smid=tw-share …

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Benjamin Wittes:


https://lawfareblog.com/president-vs-federal-law-enforcement-trump-attacks-everyone

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

Yep

[gademocrat7]

2. K&R

Sally Yates understands the rule of law. Unlike the orange buffoon.

[rurallib]

3. he can't read, he won't listen to anything but Fox, Brietbart et al.

So he will never even bother to learn how our government works.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. You're just lucky you didn't get stuck with J. Edgar, buddy.

You bet your bippy THAT dude would have showed up to your first oval office meeting with a copy of the pee tape.

[Javaman]

6. and j. edgar as crazy as he was, he would have been the defacto prez. nt

[gordianot]

5. Trump puts it out when he is angry and gives an interview.

In just a few words no hyperbole Donald Trump established himself as the most dangerous man alive. Waiting in the wings is a phalanx of actors just (maybe more) dangerous. This man wants to be a Dictator and he is frustrated.

[DK504]

7. I'd like to see him get this one through Congress.

Even Yertle knows this would be the undoing of America. Ripping apart the chain of command turns us into a baby Russia. He would push for mass surveillance and intimidation and god knows what else.

The 2nd Amendmenters would have more to worry about than any other time. He is the type of person that would begin seizing what ever he could.

[mountain grammy]

8. This is so true..we are headed into dark new territory.

Deportations, reinstating civil forfeiture, the "voting commission", degrading the press, and the never ending lies.. we are under siege. The constant sniping and bickering about Bernie Sanders on this board is unbelievable. He and others, Democrats, Independents, and even some Republicans, have been visible and focused, forcefully speaking out against this coup, against this hostile takeover. We have a clear and present danger here, and it's NOT Bernie Sanders.

The next time someone wants to post something negative about Bernie, I would ask that they please try to remember who is in the White House and focus the anger where it belongs.

[dlk]

9. The Work of James McGill Buchanan Provides a Blueprint of the Current Republican Agenda to Dismantle

our democracy, piece by piece. It is a dark vision of totalitarian capitalism and is the foundation of the political agenda the Koch brothers and their cronies have adopted for the Republican Party to carry out on their behalf. If we are all not all very afraid of where they are taking our country, we should be.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

10. "Other leaders get their own secret police. Why can't I?" nt