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lagomorph777

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13. Exactly. What works in a country that's never really had democracy...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 31, 2020, 01:28 PM

Jul 2020

won't work here. Americans don't take too kindly to government-sponsored terrorism. Trump was too stupid or too cowed to tell Putin that his scheme would fail.

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Trump badly miscalculated in Portland - and even he knows it [View all] marmar Jul 2020 OP

Well the goons aren't leaving, so.... soothsayer Jul 2020 #1

Clarification: PUTIN "badly miscalculated" Portland. no_hypocrisy Jul 2020 #2

Exactly. What works in a country that's never really had democracy... lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #13

What Eliot Rosewater Jul 2020 #3

That stopped me, too. Harker Jul 2020 #7

It may also be Turbineguy Jul 2020 #4

shithole and treason barr are using DHS as their personal . . Iliyah Jul 2020 #5

One thing it made clear is that DHS and I.C.E. operate outside the Constitution. Ford_Prefect Jul 2020 #6

+1! CrispyQ Jul 2020 #8

The Homeland Security Bill and the Patriot Act ALLOWED that they could act outside the Constitution BComplex Jul 2020 #9

As I said DHS is an aberration crushed through congress in the fear of post 9/11. Ford_Prefect Jul 2020 #12

Absolutely. It should be repealed immediately, and trump proves it. BComplex Jul 2020 #15

Yep dalton99a Jul 2020 #10

Ironically, Fox News is helping destroy Trump. He is stuck in their bubble, believes their bullshit Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #11

Who the fuck called him a "political genius"???? AZ8theist Jul 2020 #14

non Trump-humping Americans do not like fascism Skittles Jul 2020 #16

K&R Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 #17