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8. Here we go again: McCarthyism 2.0. Soon Trump will sign his own version of EO 9835

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 10:14 AM

Jan 2018

"EO 9835 facilitated the establishment of the highly publicized "Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations" (AGLOSO). Eventually, AGLOSO would become one of the central influences in the second American Red Scare, known collectively as McCarthyism. The list came into being after Truman signed EO 9835, both the order and AGLOSO established more than two years before Senator Joseph McCarthy's first allegations of Communist infiltration in the U.S. government in early 1950."

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Donald Trump Just Asked Congress to End the Rule of Law [View all] demmiblue Jan 2018 OP

Frightening. MBS Jan 2018 #1

OMG. He actually can learn. AllyCat Jan 2018 #2

he's a puppet Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #5

Sounds like Drumpf wants a purge. Ohioboy Jan 2018 #3

Scary gademocrat7 Jan 2018 #4

Those were the most frightening words he spoke. rickford66 Jan 2018 #6

I actually gasped when he said that... Moostache Jan 2018 #7

Here we go again: McCarthyism 2.0. Soon Trump will sign his own version of EO 9835 FailureToCommunicate Jan 2018 #8

That's Joseph N. Welch on the left. longship Jan 2018 #11

Good catch. FailureToCommunicate Jan 2018 #17

Trump has no sense of decency. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2018 #21

I'd love to hear endless round-tables about that. Saviolo Jan 2018 #9

Well, shitler, wish in one hand, have a high level FSB connected russian hooker Mc Mike Jan 2018 #10

This is indeed a frightening statement- if you read between the lines Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #12

+1 dalton99a Jan 2018 #16

Loyalty oaths for Federal workers not fooled Jan 2018 #13

"A nonpolitical civil service is a bulwark against fascism." MBS Jan 2018 #18

nixon did that too and blew up in his face ' AllaN01Bear Jan 2018 #14

That sounds like he's calling for a purge. Scary shit! Initech Jan 2018 #15

" to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people" would mean onetexan Jan 2018 #19

A simply amazing statement. TomSlick Jan 2018 #20

A return to bad old days of patronage alarimer Feb 2018 #22