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halfulglas

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17. This is the insidious power of the authoritarian despot.

Fri Dec 17, 2021, 12:16 PM

Dec 2021

The government scientists, lawyers and other employees who fear that their jobs and even careers are in jeopardy. They may have decades invested and fear how they would support their families. He and his minions have put targets on the backs of so many already. Look at the venom with which many Republicans still speak of Dr. Fauci. They are relentless. They threaten jail. So many fear not just for their livelihoods but their lives.

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House Committee finds trump's biggest crime against humanity [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 OP

The follow-up question: madaboutharry Dec 2021 #1

they said nothing because they were scared agingdem Dec 2021 #5

This is the insidious power of the authoritarian despot. halfulglas Dec 2021 #17

But Dr Jake Butler wrote an email + he's "haunted" Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #6

Gee, jay, what about that oath you supposedly took? You know? Something niyad Dec 2021 #11

Agree! There are so many of them!!!!! Tumbulu Dec 2021 #12

800,000 dead and he's "haunted" agingdem Dec 2021 #23

But, only "haunted" for "some time", not for the rest of his gutless, oath-breaking life. niyad Dec 2021 #26

Picked up on that too. Guess tho there's an IOTA of Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #29

It was the TRAITOR**. Why would anyone think anything else? niyad Dec 2021 #33

and then there's Birx... agingdem Dec 2021 #37

Only to get slap back from the people who demand to be told what they WANT to hear 2Gingersnaps Dec 2021 #34

+1 stage left Dec 2021 #9

From Sally Yates through the Vindamans to Secretary Esper 2Gingersnaps Dec 2021 #36

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2021 #38

Whats going to be done Beachnutt Dec 2021 #2

It MUST be spread far and wide. For the sake of those of us who lost loved ones Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #4

Think I'll just wait and see, because Magoo48 Dec 2021 #27

You are very poetic Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #43

Thank You. Magoo48 Dec 2021 #45

At the very least, CrispyQ Dec 2021 #31

Our message mechanics suck, based off recent history we don't know how to flood a communication ... uponit7771 Dec 2021 #39

+1000000. I tell you if we can't come up with something on Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #44

Another reason why tfg should be banned from politics for life, worldwide spanone Dec 2021 #3

He should be indicted for this malaise Dec 2021 #7

Yes. Someone here said 140k people dying can be attributed directly to trump Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #15

Absolutely! Duppers Dec 2021 #19

TRUMP IS A KILLER, & This proves it !!!!!...K AND R Stuart G Dec 2021 #8

Aren't Republican governors doing the same thing right now? What about Fox News? gab13by13 Dec 2021 #10

You are exactly right. In TX, I saw first hand Abbott would meet with FG and Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #20

Yep. piddyprints Dec 2021 #22

And according to experts, about 140,000 Americans died as a result. CaptainTruth Dec 2021 #13

Because he got them to blame Gy-na Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #21

It fed their innermost wet dream - conquer the libs while God protected them bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #14

TFG wanted it to get worse. limbaugh is dead but there is a pic of him meeting with trump certainot Dec 2021 #16

I have been saying this for two years. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #18

He lied daily on camera Beachnutt Dec 2021 #25

All pathological cultures demand human sacrifice Ponietz Dec 2021 #24

Wow! interesting. Please expound Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Ponietz Dec 2021 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author 33taw Dec 2021 #28

It's murder. He should be indicted for the hundreds of thousands of deaths. lindysalsagal Dec 2021 #32

K&R for the 800,000 who can't kick anymore. Tommymac Dec 2021 #35

Those people are evil Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 #40

Don't forget Jared's "leadership". 🙄 live love laugh Dec 2021 #41

My head is exploding that this is not the #1 story in the land! Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #42

Another atrocious revelation and he's still holding fund raising scams at large? BSdetect Dec 2021 #46

Four solid minutes of trump downplaying the seriousness of this pandemic. nt albacore Dec 2021 #47

Great find! Slimebag. Just saw this from John Hopkins doctor Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2021 #48