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Thu Apr 6, 2017, 04:12 PM Apr 2017

Our Democracy is pretty much dead [View all]

From here on out the Repugnants are just gonna cheat their way through everything and do whatever they want because they know nobody has the backbone to stop them. They cheat Obama out of his rightful SCOTUS appointment, change the rules to appoint Trump's appointee, gerrymander everything, ignore the blatant Russia involvement and fake news that tarnished the recent election, and will NEVER vote to repeal the Electoral College because it was put in place to benefit the elites and suppress the majority.

Congratulations big corporations! You won. You have finally succeeded at eating the heart and soul out of the the USA, and you have destroyed any remaining integrity this nation had. I hope the profits are worth it ;/

-We have an illegitimate leader who lost the popular vote by a large margin and is sitting on mid 30's approval ratings after only a few months in office. He doesn't seem to care so long as he can keep golfing and enriching his family.
-We have a government full of Russian puppets, religious fundies, and science deniers.
-We have a new SCOTUS member who thought a truck driver should freeze to death rather than abandon his broken down truck.
-Expect more gerrymandering and vote suppression from the Repugnants in the future. They need to ensure their continued power somehow.
-We have roughly 30-40% of our population in a state of such stupidity and ignorance that they believe fake news garbage about pedophile pizza rings, and will vote for any moron who says catch phrases like MAGA!
-We have one of the worst healthcare systems in the world where we pay 2.5X what most other developed countries do, and have rampant price gouging by big pharma and the healthcare industry in general.
-I could keep going and write a few pages on why this country sucks now, but what's the point?

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Our Democracy is pretty much dead [View all] Calculating Apr 2017 OP
Resist. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #1
Gorsuch appointment is now a permanent control of our government by rethugs. kimbutgar Apr 2017 #2
Pretty much. moondust Apr 2017 #3
Repealing citizens united and the EC are mandatory if we ever want to truly fix things Calculating Apr 2017 #5
Good place to start. n/t moondust Apr 2017 #6
Citizen's United forever! world wide wally Apr 2017 #4
We have been thru 7 years of this in Wisconsin jodymarie aimee Apr 2017 #7
I agree with the OP jeanmarc Apr 2017 #8
Resist, or get out of the way BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #15
Post removed Post removed Apr 2017 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #17
If I were you, I'd give up. brooklynite Apr 2017 #9
+1 FreepFryer Apr 2017 #11
Just because you know the train is going off a cliff doesn't mean you can't TRY to apply the brakes Calculating Apr 2017 #12
recommend you watch this video a few times 0rganism Apr 2017 #10
The Gibson SG on the left is a good guitar. Ligyron Apr 2017 #13
Resist BannonsLiver Apr 2017 #14
It's Only Dead If We Declare It Dead peggysue2 Apr 2017 #18
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