The coup is just about completed. Heaven help us.

[stopbush]

Last edited Fri Aug 4, 2017, 12:06 PM - Edit history (1)

Step back for a second and consider:

- the Rs control Congress, most governorships and state legislatures. Even so, they need to resort to ignoring Senate traditions to control that body

- gerrymandering has pretty much assured R dominance at the Fed level for years to come

- political machinations have insured the SCOTUS will be dominated by RW idelogues for decades to come

- Rs currently control the presidency, but not the person who is president. They are using their dislike of tRump to pass legislation that will serve to reign in the presidency going forward. They realize that Ds will be elected president in the future, so the best way to handle that without completely destroying the façade of our Constitutional government is to leave the presidency in place as a weakened, easy to control branch of government

- get ready for the purges. Today, Jeff Sessions announced a major crackdown on leaks. That will mean many longterm staffers losing their jobs based on trumped up suspicion that they are leakers. They will be replaced by party operatives. Don't forget that the leaks are coming from a R White House...but nothing to see here as to who is probably making those leaks, or if those leaks are being used as the set up to start the purges

- tRump will fire Mueller, and nothing will happen. Watch for Rs to dutifully fall into line and claim that he had to go even if there was only the slightest (RWNM-generated) reason to question him being conflicted in his investigation. It was only "fair" that he be fired.

[CincyDem]

1. Said in my best Joe McCarthy voice "Are you now, or have you ever been a leaker"?

That's where this is heading, IMHO.

[itcfish]

4. No

But somebody we all know likes to be leaked on.

[Zoonart]

2. AG Jeff Sessions, citing leaks, says he's "reviewing policies" for subpoenaing the press.

Let that sink in...it's the fault of the free press. Kill the messenger.

[itcfish]

3. They Were Claiming on CNN

that the leakers were Obama's holdovers (if that is the term)

[Canoe52]

5. At least they are not sending anyone to the gulags.

Not yet anyway.

[Achilleaze]

6. The Purge. KGOP kristofascist treasonweasels will get around to you

in due time.

[H2O Man]

7. Horse latitudes

When the still sea conspires an armor
And her sullen and aborted
Currents breed tiny monsters,
True sailing is dead.
Awkward instant
And the first animal is jettisoned,
Legs furiously pumping
Their stiff green gallop,
And heads bob up
Poise
Delicate
Pause
Consent
In mute nostril agony
Carefully refined
And sealed over.

-- Jim Morrison

[H2O Man]

8. (When all else fails,

we can whip the horses eyes" -- Soft Parade