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In reply to the discussion: Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines [View all]Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)6. That would make for an amazing, yet horrific, movie idea
What would have happened if this coup had been successful?
Would Dems have huffed and puffed and vowed to fix things in the future, ala Al Gore in 2000? Would the huddled masses yearning to be free have started their own uprising?
I will say, our Number 1 priority at this point has to be to ensure that Donald J. Trump is never able to hold public office again in his lifetime. Fascism is hard enough to battle, but doing so against a narcissistic sociopath like Trump adds a layer of volatility I'm not sure this nation could overcome.
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Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines [View all]
Dr. Jack
Jan 2022
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Not really - it's sensational (so that fits the "rag" bit); and you can be right wing and anti-Trump
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2022
#17
Sidney Powell appears to have drafted/helped draft the unsigned Trump executive order
L. Coyote
Jan 2022
#38
140+ were injured and more than one died. USA (and world) owes them. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2022
#22
A little credit to Mayor Bowser who issued a strong statement for counter protesters not to show up
Walleye
Jan 2022
#27
We are still perilously close to a dictatroship with the coming elections
Miguelito Loveless
Jan 2022
#15
Those millions of republicans want an authoritarian gov't but they mistakenly think they will be the
keithbvadu2
Jan 2022
#21
I don't know of any Catholics here who consider protestants false Christians.
oldsoftie
Jan 2022
#32
Optical scanners and retain the paper ballots. It's not hard but has never been the same anywhere.
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2022
#25
And to think the Supreme Court use the equal protection clause,stopped the vote counting in.Bush v G
Walleye
Jan 2022
#29
They started this shit with the "unitary executive", "nation building" and we write our own history.
Evolve Dammit
Jan 2022
#40