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dameatball

(7,380 posts)
28. There are any number of two-bit wanna be dictators in this country.
Sun Apr 8, 2018, 03:54 PM
Apr 2018

We have been fortunate enough over the decades that most of them failed to get elected and those that did were curbed by more patriotic members of other areas of our government. Things have changed. We have a Republican controlled Congress that allows the ongoing coup and a right-leaning SCOTUS that is either illegally or immorally tied to corporate interests.
It is up to us to defend and rehab what is left of Democracy.

1922, NYT: dalton99a Apr 2018 #1
This book is a MUST-Read!! GIANT K & R!! lastlib Apr 2018 #16
Good link. notdarkyet Apr 2018 #26
K&R smirkymonkey Apr 2018 #2
Almost as if we have to vote for ANY democrat, NO MATTER WHAT Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #3
Ding! Ding! Ding! Vote like your life depends on it! Initech Apr 2018 #5
But I am a person who votes for ideas, not people, so I cant promise Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #7
So how has that worked out out for us? Because it sure helped give us Trump. elocs Apr 2018 #13
And then their dumbasses counter with MariaCSR Apr 2018 #31
I arrived at that conclusion Hayduke Bomgarte Apr 2018 #11
Its already here! Fox News is practically state run TV at this point. Initech Apr 2018 #4
The link between fux and dump is much more direct. They are both getting orders erronis Apr 2018 #17
Yeah I wonder who is feeding Fox News. Initech Apr 2018 #18
Roger Ailes was the last surviving member of the 1968 Nixon "Dirty Tricks Team." DFW Apr 2018 #34
I worry that the rule of law will disappear.... kentuck Apr 2018 #6
2016 was a corrupted election. triron Apr 2018 #8
With more than a little help from our own FBI. (eom) StevieM Apr 2018 #21
help indeed. after the comey letter is when Clinton's polling numbers started to change. Kurt V. Apr 2018 #24
Fascism, A Warning by Madeleine Albright Poiuyt Apr 2018 #9
Past week: 1. Database of journalists & bloggers. 2. Concentration camps on military bases. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #10
Major K&R defacto7 Apr 2018 #12
Fascism Meowmee Apr 2018 #14
We're not fighting its arrival shadowmayor Apr 2018 #15
Our inability to confront the size of our Defense/War apparatus is a huge problem for our nation. jalan48 Apr 2018 #19
And going into a black hole nobody knows where. I always have thought it a crime and a sin. notdarkyet Apr 2018 #29
yes - those are the real powers Locrian Apr 2018 #23
Exactly. tRump just made it an emergency. GOTV! Kurt V. Apr 2018 #25
K&R! yonder Apr 2018 #20
and it's not just trump Locrian Apr 2018 #22
Kicked, Rec'd! nt Anon-C Apr 2018 #27
There are any number of two-bit wanna be dictators in this country. dameatball Apr 2018 #28
Fascism is way past the doorstep coeur_de_lion Apr 2018 #30
+1 Amen. appalachiablue Apr 2018 #35
I'm still hoping rownesheck Apr 2018 #32
It's not just at the door. Fascism has opened the door and crossed the threshold. hedda_foil Apr 2018 #33
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