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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWHEN THE FUCK IS IT GONNA BE " ENOUGH ALREADY"?
Hes selling our security to a fucking telecom company that isnt even an American company. I mean, what the fuck does it take? If he were paid to nuke Chicago would it still be all right? Where does it stop? When are these cowardly Congresspeople gonna step up and scream YOURE TERMINATED, MOTHERFUCKER!?
I suppose never. Fuckers...
Cary
(11,746 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)for that 500 million dollar Chinese loan for his Indonesian project.
N_E_1 for Tennis
(9,715 posts)Washington D.C. has no morals left anywhere in anyone.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)We need to make that clear..
Of course there has not exactly been a rush by Democrats to 'protest.'
appalachiablue
(41,127 posts)joshdawg
(2,647 posts)republicans are the scourge of this country!
Zoonart
(11,849 posts)makes me wonder if it is already too late. Perhaps we are in the second year of the coup.
Tin foil time: Why would the Russians waste two decades bringing Trump along, spoon feeding him money, praise, and promises, only to see him burned down by the Congress? Perhaps Trump was the Trojan horse and now that he is through the gates, he IS expendable, because Mike Pence was the plan all along. Remember that Manafort brought Pence to the table. Just imagine, if Trump is impeached or resigns, how the television trolls will sing hosanna for Pence- the upright true Christian....also in Vlad's pocket. I suspect that all of these never trumpers that seem to be on our side would jump ship to Pence in a flash.
BlueJac
(7,838 posts)I have had enough for months now, but it seems to keep building toward what, I don't know!
magicarpet
(14,144 posts).... Christian wackanoodle Crusaders marching off to do war with American Democracy. Their stealth goal is to disassemble our American government of Democracy and replace or Reconstruct our government and transform that government into their special brand of a Fundamentalist - Old Testaments Christian Theocracy.
Out goes the Constitution - in comes the biblical law and order. Full compliance or get stoned to death without a trial required. Just think of it as retrograde witch trials redux - fuck this progressive malarkey.
The honorable Judge Roy Moore for United States President. May he plant his mammoth granite monument to the Christian Ten Commandments on the White House front lawn. Take down the American flag from the roof of the White House and install a golden Christian cross to Almighty Jesus and his white supremacists brand of Fascistic followers.
trDump is just the prelude - wait and see what these Christian nut-jobs really have in mind for America.
hedda_foil
(16,372 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Are fighting because the Pence group thinks Trump will be gone.
Zoonart
(11,849 posts)Pence has been running business of the GOP since the inauguration. He and his wife have been holding parties and entertaining congressmen and senators and DC society at the Naval Observatory since the inauguration. Just more overt about it now.
The tRumps do not entertain at all and in DC, entertaining is all about consolidation of power.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Pence created a PAC for himself.
PCIntern
(25,532 posts)Texin
(2,594 posts)The Russians saw the American cult of personality and the way average folks can't peel their eyeballs away from *reality* television in the age of the Kardashians and Fox Spews. I think they realized that tRump would be highly electable to those in the rust buckets that actually elect the POTUS when the electoral votes are tallied. Pence may have been, as you said, the real Manchurian candidate, but would have been totally unelectable; therefore, Manafort brought him to tRump's attention and he was always the stealth insert they hoped (and believed) would one day be accomplishing their goals.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)While I will never fully trust Schmidt, he is telling the truth about the white right wing of the Republican Party.
xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)surprised at how thoroughly furious Schmidt was. His anger has been steadily accumulating. His slow burn seemed to erupt. As if HE finally reached his 'enough' point.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)As much or more than they hate Trump. That could be a reason they have not moved on Trump - they don't want Pence in charge any more than many did not want Cheney in charge during the GWB period. If that is the case they may be hoping that Mueller can find enough dirt on Pence to throw him into the blender.
SergeStorms
(19,193 posts)Trump's base. He knows he's going to need them if he wants to get anything done as (dog help us!) President. Trump will go down, one way or another, and as bad as Pence is, he'll be appointed President. With just his christian, theocratic lunatics behind him Pence gets nothing done. With Trump's cult behind him, as well as his loonies, he has a chance to turn the U.S. into a fascist/theocratic nightmare.
CousinIT
(9,239 posts)If most of us just VOTED in November, much of this could be brought to a screeching halt and investigations had and proper charges brought.
A REPUBLICAN DOMINATED House and Senate are NOT going to do it.
PCIntern
(25,532 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)That's a big deal, esp in some areas.
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)But impeachment should not be the first and foremost issue. All that will do is motivate trump voters. We need to tell what a Dem majority would be like which means stopping the trump/repub agenda and saving Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)to the OP's question.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)Really? Please detail a list of Wall Street icons who'er suffering as a result of their having f**ked so many hard-working Americans. I'll give you all of one minute to comprise a complete list. That's all the time you'll need.
You can vote all you want. It might change red states to blue. What it WILL do is propel the elected to millionarehood before their term is up. Then they'll fight like hell (not for you, of course!) to make damned sure their family is financially set for life by playing "the game". But justice? For their own?
pangaia
(24,324 posts)I will keep trying up here in the NY 27th,
But I believe it is all over.
MarvinGardens
(779 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)It is expression of my opinion trying to be realistic.
whathehell
(29,067 posts)isn't necessarily "realism'.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)With any luck, I will be proven wrong in my expectation...
olegramps
(8,200 posts)If the young people don't realize that their future is in jeopardy, then they are in for a surprise. I will just quote one fact. Fifty years ago the largest employer was General Motors and the average salary in 2016 dollars was $30.00 an hour. Today the largest employer is Walmart and their average salary is $8.00 per hour. Over 95% or today's job are minimal pay work. That is the future kids. We are going to have the highest educated dish washer in the nation's history.
Wednesdays
(17,342 posts)66 million people cast votes for Hillary, more than for any other person in history except Obama. And it's still not enough?
druidity33
(6,446 posts)signing off with #basta. Which i recently found out means 'enough' in Italian.
K&R
lunatica
(53,410 posts)get the red out
(13,461 posts)But is there a legal mechanism to put a stop to this madness that doesn't require Rs to give a damn about the country (which is not going to happen anytime soon IMO)? The founding fathers just never envisioned a President this corrupt being supported and covered for by nearly everyone in his party. I guess they didn't think anyone would care much more about their party than their country.
kentuck
(111,079 posts)They are corrupt.
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)That is when folks who know how bad things are with trump and the repubs will get out and vote. it is the only way to stop/slow down the trump/repub agenda. That is our only hope, but some left leaning purists are blind to reality.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)happened for me 1 1/2 year ago... but seems the Republicans in Congress have no morals, no respect for the Country, no concern for us as citizens, no concern for the Global Community... I'm livid
mehrrh
(233 posts)This move is really troublesome -- as so many of his moves -- this one has the explanation that Trump will benefit from this trade-off with China because he wants a building in Indonesia (Chna controlled). So as is always the case with him, follow the money and follow his insatiable ego.
Turbineguy
(37,319 posts)From the Israeli (Likud Party) perspective, the perfect guy to run Palestine. Stupid, corrupt and physically repulsive. He, more than anyone put the Palestinians where they are today. And they don't seem to be saying, "enough already".
For those who want the U.S. taken down a peg or two, trump is just the guy to do it.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)The word "republican" trumps everything. No pun intended because I will NEVER use the real name of the PGIC.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)I know he takes a shit on the book on a daily basis, but there are reasons that it's hard to depose a sitting president that the electoral college put there.
Even if a hostile foreign enemy made his reign possible.
I was glad of that book during the Obama administration, because they would have removed him if at all possible legally.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,393 posts)Initech
(100,063 posts)bluestarone
(16,906 posts)I'm worried, that even if we take the house and senate in November, we'll just be able to slow it down some! We have to BLOCK these bastards somehow! INVESTIGATIONS need to begin in BOTH house and senate when we win them!!!!
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,582 posts)have his military parade this year (next year's will be even bigger!), meet with the North Korean leader and give an international pariah legitimacy, move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and set the Mideast peace process 50 years, hire John Bolton as national security advisor, have Sean Hannity as his one-man kitchen cabinet, watch Fox News incessantly, dismantle the EPA because it gets in the way of corporate profits, fail to fill major positions in the State department, attack the DOJ and FBI and let (actually support) Devon Nunes trying to out a covert DOJ asset, fire a career FBI manager two days before his retirement, let a staffer insult John McCain without consequence, laud neo-Nazis as "fine people," tell the North Koreans they took "excellent care" of three American prisoners (ignoring the one who entered into a coma while in their care), weaken America's traditional role as the moral leader of the world, claim he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, turn an honored war time hero (Kelly) into a lying sycophant, play golf as much as he likes, continue to call for his political opponent to be jailed, attack the press for doing its job (calling it an enemy of the state!), etc.
In other words, this is never going to end. The best we can expect is for Mueller to indict everyone in Trump's orbit, especially Jared and Don-Don. the Repugs have been working overtime to blunt the results of Mueller's probe, and unless the Dems gain control of the House and two-thirds of the Senate, we're stuck with him.
BTW, how do you work for someone who says in public that your are a coward and a traitor? Is his WH staff's self esteem that low? Or is it Stockholm Syndrome? Actually, people who come into contact with Trump act like battered spouses.
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)Ohiogal
(31,979 posts)were talking about if Asshole wins another term we are seriously thinking about moving out of the country, it is that bad.
bluestarone
(16,906 posts)Someone's gotta continue the fight, as bad as it is now, our country needs help! BAD times ahead that's for sure!!
Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)I've been asking myself the same question after every abnormal and unprecedented outrage (almost daily!) since this regime came to power. The complicit Republican Congress is pleased to aid and abet.
Initech
(100,063 posts)They think this is all part of his plan to "make America great again" and that he can do no wrong.
kacekwl
(7,016 posts)every day that the repukes stop this now. They should be flooding the media demanding they take responsibility for this man and the great damage he is doing. Let the special counsel do what they are doing but there is so much else the don't care public need to know and democrats have to pound this every day. Please.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,430 posts)For the right price, Trumpy would slit Ivanka's throat. Oh, he'd be sad for a few seconds, but his monetary reward would soon make him forget he had a daughter.
But you're right, hyperbole notwithstanding. The GOP will allow Trumpy to enrich himself every day, every hour. They really don't care. And Trumpy will do exactly that. Any foreign policy decision MUST leave Trumpy with a cut, or it's dead in the water. Graft, bribery, extortion, treason... all of it makes no difference to the GOP nor to Trumpy. It's all good because they're in power and everyone else can go suck eggs.
And you know what? 75% of Republicans believe that the Mueller investigation is "fake news." Propaganda works.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)And NOT be held accountable. Heck, he probably brags about it to his close circle of criminals. But her EMAILS!
dhill926
(16,337 posts)his entire life. That's a big part of the problem....
elmac
(4,642 posts)they have been buying up our debt for over a decade. If they pull the plug we enter a great depression that will never end. To them, hard times is nothing, a few hundred million people die, so what, the leaders will still have their power and wealth. They could pull the plug, wait a few years and swoop in, destroy whats left, start the new country of Chinusa.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)budkin
(6,699 posts)They can't get enough! /sarcasm
Runningdawg
(4,516 posts)until the average American is personally affected by his actions and by then it will be too late. Ask an old German.
ollie10
(2,091 posts)......that was a good day for him because he knew at this time that if he could get away with that, he could get away with anything.
7962
(11,841 posts)but its not the LAW that he has to do it, so until then we get jack squat.
Honestly I think the only reason he never released them is because it would show him making far less than his followers all THINK he makes. And part of the trump illusion is how rich and successful he is. Remember, he said he's worth 10 Billion. And theres no way thats accurate. But legal tax returns would show the truth as far as yearly income.
blkyank1
(45 posts)At least until next year, when California passes a law saying you can't be on the states presidential ballot
if you don't reveal your last so many years worth of taxes. Jerry Brown shot that down so we have to wait for the next
Governor.
7962
(11,841 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)"progressives" who are working to make sure only certain candidates get support, which will of course result AGAIN in electing cons.
7962
(11,841 posts)Whether I agree with them 100% or not. Because losing guarantees I get NOTHING I agree with.
Kablooie
(18,625 posts)Until then the destruction is free to continue without any checks at all.
FlyByNight
(1,756 posts)If *45's last name was Clinton and/or had a "D" after his name, he'd be impeached (and convicted) over this alone.
W. T. F.
tiptonic
(765 posts)Reminds me of 'Milo Minderbinder' bombing his own use, in 'Catch 22'.
Nitram
(22,791 posts)And the GOP are a bunch of lickspittle ass-kissing know-nothings
Oneironaut
(5,492 posts)paparush
(7,964 posts)They're bringing about the End Times. EVERYTHING else is irrelevant.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)A juncture at which the hassle just isn't worth the....WTF they're getting out of this lunacy.
Or...It could be that they are becoming resigned to ignominious defeat and just can't be bothered to do anything with their time remaining than grab whatever isn't nailed down, then start prying up the rest.
7962
(11,841 posts)He never told me what reasons he had, but he said "he kept Hillary out of office, so he served his purpose. But he's a bigger idiot than I ever expected & I cant stand him".
I imagine hes not the only one. And I doubt trumps winning any NEW voters.
Wolf Frankula
(3,600 posts)tRump is running the government like a business. He's running it for his own personal profit. Eventually it will go bankrupt, like his other businesses.
Wolf
CCExile
(468 posts)to bomb our own airbase, and the Air Force goes for it because it is so much more efficient...
Vinca
(50,261 posts)This whole episode in American history is bizarre. Republicans have turned into a party of deaf mutes. I think this will be the status quo until after the midterms. Assuming they lose badly, I then think they might begin impeachment hearings to get rid of Trump and install Pence. Pence is playing the role of obedient lapdog for a reason and it's not because he admires Don's pussy grabbing. He's the heir apparent and their only hope for 2020.