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There isn't going to be a coup. Codeine Jan 2019 #1
+++++ uppityperson Jan 2019 #3
+++++++++++++++ emulatorloo Jan 2019 #11
Thank you. Tipperary Jan 2019 #25
The coup started in November 2016.. Better believe it. pangaia Jan 2019 #27
It's pretty obvious Tumbulu Jan 2019 #61
Huh. Because it isn't possible we are in the middle of one already? MrGrieves Jan 2019 #52
There might be. I could see it happening. Joe941 Jan 2019 #54
Never say never with this presidency. Palisade Jan 2019 #65
Slippery slope fallacy bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #70
Eventually Congressional Republicans will cave and override the madman's veto manor321 Jan 2019 #2
Why would they? customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #10
Because their constituents are suffering n/t emulatorloo Jan 2019 #12
That customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #14
Or maybe they want to be re-elected, and need the votes of their constituents to acheive that emulatorloo Jan 2019 #77
Democrat constituants are probably suffering more. Joe941 Jan 2019 #56
They are too terrified of their base. Blue_true Jan 2019 #39
Republicans will cave on day 45 of shutdown! at140 Jan 2019 #4
And what would be the triggering event on that day, pray tell? customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #13
tRump is 45th president? at140 Jan 2019 #24
OK, fair enough customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #62
People are already demonstrating at McConnell's office in Kentucky. brush Jan 2019 #53
Demonstration don't phase rethugs unfortunately. Joe941 Jan 2019 #59
Agreed customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #63
Enough of them in enough cities will if this shutdown keeps going much longer. brush Jan 2019 #71
It is already longest shutdown at140 Jan 2019 #72
It was just reported on MSNBC that there are/were demonstration in New York... brush Jan 2019 #73
Do repugs even care about big cities anymore? at140 Jan 2019 #74
Patience, grasshopper. If the shutdown keeps going, so will the demonstrations... brush Jan 2019 #75
Wealthy repiggies will start losing money. murielm99 Jan 2019 #5
So then customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #17
But when the customers at the end of the food chain leftieNanner Jan 2019 #30
It took Bush II, 8 years to screw things up. Blue_true Jan 2019 #40
Some may suffer customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #64
Lol. No jberryhill Jan 2019 #6
No coup. They will, probably have start looking for new jobs still_one Jan 2019 #7
Pretty much what happened in my red county. Blue_true Jan 2019 #42
There will be Millions of People on Cha Jan 2019 #51
When Trump customerserviceguy Jan 2019 #8
There won't be a coup. There won't even be a strike by MineralMan Jan 2019 #9
As your post shows, someone will talk about it. But no one will actually do it. onenote Jan 2019 #15
I don't think there will be a coup, but we should 'be prepared'. empedocles Jan 2019 #16
That is a wildly over-exaggerated description of Codeine Jan 2019 #18
'the Business Plot', almost zero chance of actually happening . . ' is one of the empedocles Jan 2019 #37
Unfortunately that was a Coup attempt by some wealthy people. MarcA Jan 2019 #23
This 2017 Nation article may still be relevant. ariadne0614 Jan 2019 #66
It is amazing that the majority just continue to take this Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #19
"But a national strike...it would just be interesting to see how the media would cover it" BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #34
I was 11 but I do remember that Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #47
It sounds good in theory but BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #49
Don't need a national strike, one small group - TSA Dan Jan 2019 #57
Did you see my post about what would happen? BumRushDaShow Jan 2019 #67
Organizing people is very, very difficult. It's easy to imagine and wish for someone else to do the WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #20
Except for a few on the internet, never? Shockingly anti-democracy stuff. Hortensis Jan 2019 #21
You were too nice to just come out and say it. Blue_true Jan 2019 #43
:) I confess that inevitably occurred to me also. Hortensis Jan 2019 #68
+1 violetpastille Jan 2019 #55
At this point, I'd settle for people talking impeachment. Paladin Jan 2019 #22
Even if he were to be impeached, the Senate would not convict. Tipperary Jan 2019 #28
Exactly. Blue_true Jan 2019 #44
I think, in some ways, it's possible he just wants this to be over too anarch Jan 2019 #29
I don't know if he wants it over. Right now the news is all-Trump, all the time. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2019 #46
I wonder if either one of those investigations allow for a halt to whomever is being looked at? Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #26
The coup that needs to happen but probably won't is internal GOP party coup... Thomas Hurt Jan 2019 #31
Yeah, because a coup will such a smooth transition of power. What could possibly go wrong? Calista241 Jan 2019 #32
"Trump is about to declare martial law", "Trump is about to start a nuclear war" bearsfootball516 Jan 2019 #33
There is an active faction of hysterics here Codeine Jan 2019 #35
"Active faction of hysterics here." Tipperary Jan 2019 #36
Reams of Americans stood in Souplines for 2 plus years and there was no revolution. Blue_true Jan 2019 #38
I wonder how long it is before states or a group of states Yeehah Jan 2019 #41
I do business with a company where one person openly said that a move from a red part of the country Blue_true Jan 2019 #45
Tanks on the WH lawn? moondust Jan 2019 #48
Plenty of Tanks already: JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2019 #69
1) There was already a coup in 2016. Trump was installed over the democratically elected President Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2019 #50
just imagine if an event of 9/11 magnitude happens AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #58
Trump would say see we need border security. Joe941 Jan 2019 #60
December 12, 2000 davekriss Jan 2019 #76
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