i said it on day one-

[mopinko]

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the biggest danger of a twitler presidency was the howling power vacuum that is his empty head.
it could only cause an evolutionary cascade resulting in more and bigger swamp creatures.
and so it has.

now here we are, rattling sabers at iran.
the void has been filled by bolton and pompeo and erik prince and miller and bannon and and and and. ad infinitum.
and off we go to war.
were we all knew we would end up somehow.

and no this is not any kind of evil genius at work.
this is perfectly banal corruption, writ large.
imho, this cabinet bought their seats.
the people who have been buying up our govt under the table have been asked to pull up a chair. and put their money down.
i can think of no other plausible scenario where the worst of the worst rise so swiftly to the top.

the day may be coming where it will have to be pitchforks and (real)* torches, or this democracy dies.
itmfa
before he kills us all.


eta *

[Moostache]

1. That day (pitchforks and torches) passed...in Charlottesville...

The fact that the ass ferret's response did not force him to immediately resign in shame for giving comfort and support to Nazis and racists waving the Confederate Battle Flag confirmed it.

This representative republic is already dead, the last rites are going to be the lack of enforcement for congressional subpoenas that officially make Trump a dictator instead of a president.

[saidsimplesimon]

2. K&R, well said, thank you

"Death by a thousand cuts(next SS, Medicare,SNAP or insert more)"

[barbtries]

3. it just gets worse.

every day. every day.

[Celerity]

9. you know, I just pondered on this, after reading your post, and, in all honesty,

you are right.

I keep waiting for a lull in this Trumpian shitstorm of chaotic destruction of reality, the rule of law, decency, and most all norms, and dammit, it doesn't appear to be coming.

Dog help us all if the orange shitgiblet gets 4 more years.

Neo-Nazis explain why they like Donald Trump

[barbtries]

10. it's every day.

now they're going to go after political enemies and make criminals out of them. when they are the criminals. they're packing the courts, which are our last and pretty much only hope, thanks to mitch fucking mcconnell the evil fuck.

[Celerity]

11. if Barr gets even a crumb of dirt, they will come for our politicians and federal employees

with the leg-irons and cuffs.

I look at our country and see a nation in the deep and treacherous grasp of normalcy bias.

[abqtommy]

4. Ad Infinitum,

Ad Nauseum!

[H2O Man]

5. Recommended.

Very good!

[mopinko]

6. now i'm blushing.

thank you my friend.

[Nay]

7. Excellent. Not one word is untrue. I'll make a further prediction -- this slimeball

will 'win' the election in 2020 -- because the fix is in. There's no way the greedheads will let him be voted out; there's still too much money to be stolen.

[mopinko]

8. yup. unless we take them down.

hard.

[anarch]

12. Yuuuup.

I've sort of given up on the efficacy of "marches" per se, but would it be possible to organize on the level of millions, and occupy the mall, etc?...just surround the Capitol and WH for miles and miles and miles thick with people who are fed up, and STAY THERE until Congress does their fucking job and deals with these criminal scum.

[barbtries]

13. that's how we got out of vietnam.

i think a general strike is called for. i feel like a canary in a pot of boiling frogs.

[mopinko]

15. massive non-violent resistance.

it almost makes me a little giddy to think of spanky staring out at the sight you describe.

i think it is a matter of time. if a shootin war looks to break out, i think there will be no stopping it.

[Flaleftist]

14. Indeed

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