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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe only conclusion i can possibly come up with is
RUSSIA has got some real fucking dirt on almost EVERY rethug in congress. THEY are the scummiest lowest mother fuckers EVER!
LoisB
(13,604 posts)Meadowoak
(6,607 posts)Upthevibe
(10,249 posts)I have been absolutely befuddled regarding why these people have stayed with this lunatic....
bluestarone
(22,486 posts)We better do EVERYTHING we can in 24. WE can get rid of all the SCUM!!
WhiteTara
(31,282 posts)at the same time as the DNC? They kept the RNC for kompromat.
bluestarone
(22,486 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,927 posts)It keeps them toeing the party line.
bluestarone
(22,486 posts)They need every corrupt son of a bitch they can get!! Voters need to VOTE!!
usonian
(26,725 posts)When you start with the premise that Russia has instigated a campaign of disruption in the U.S. to bolster its aims, ALL the pieces fit together perfectly.
The conservative movement took a hard swing right from its Limbaugh days of conservative issues and hate to pure hate and destruction. This coincides with the breakup of the Soviet Union. Anti-Soviet messaging ceased.
Russias economy is extremely oil-dependent. Oil interests control many legislators, and reap massive subsidies and favors.
Russia is an Orthodox Christian in name only, mostly white state. The church blesses nuclear warheads and Putin has declared his intention to expand his White Christian Nationalism.
Putin wants Ukraine. Arguably, that is the cause of his interference in the 2015 election to install an asset as president and weaken NATO, effectively delivering him Ukraine.
Bots spread lies and divisive messages to get Americans to fight one another.
A major news outlet repeatedly praises Putin, when theres nothing apparent to gain by doing so. On the surface, anyway.
Russia financed and infiltrated the NRA with the goal of replacing constitutional government with mob rule, and domestic terrorism.
The abortion issue is just the first volley. They have others at the ready, and are working top-down and bottom-up to destroy constitutional rights, the constitution and the country, and hand it over.
The GOP is Putin's "fifth column" in the U.S.

bluestarone
(22,486 posts)How the STUPID religious right has chosen to follow TFG. I NEVER EVER thought they would SUCKER into him being the fucking CHOSEN ONE!
usonian
(26,725 posts)Mostly of their white privilege and fear that others they bashed will treat them the way they were treated.
Here's more from a past post.
Democracy in Crisis: Weve Been Headed Here for Decades. Part 1of 8
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/6/2044226/-America-2021-The-Good-the-Bad-the-Ugly
Read all 8 to get the "plan" in detail.
You might follow Rachel's series on earlier corruption of religion, and don't forget Hitler's ass-kisser "clergy".
I look at "four horsemen" of this cult takeover of the GOP.
Corrupt "ministers" seeing their influence dwindle and selling out for secular power.
Business, looking to abolish rules and regulations.
Politicians on the take, and looking for rabble-rousing issues (i.e. culture wars to cover up their sins)
Our forever enemy, racism.
They thrive on selfishness, hatred and delusion, which reinforce each other.
Repeats through history.
"Flooding the zone with shit" is intended to shut down rational thought, and encourage personality politics (rabble rousing, populism).
All cult behavior, and if you read up on that, it's exactly what we see today (can't expand here).