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debsy

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36. Many of us are having these same thoughts...

Tue Jan 30, 2018, 04:25 PM

Jan 2018

I have been thinking silent coup for many months. i can't even watch the late night shows anymore because, even though the stuff should be funny, it just isn't anymore. I am sitting here watching like a frog in warm water sitting on a hot stove waiting to boil. We may have already waited too long. We can't wait any longer. We all have to be willing to give something up to save our country. We need to have a massive mobilization to starve them of money but how do you do that when the world's richest men are in charge of virtually everything and control more than 50% of the planet's wealth? Taxes? Strikes? Boycotts? Protests? It seems like whatever we do won't have any effect on them at all...

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Warning from Seth Abramson: [View all] triron Jan 2018 OP

Indeed. This is our country in 2018 The Polack MSgt Jan 2018 #1

Putin is running for re-election this year FakeNoose Jan 2018 #37

I agree with him. hedda_foil Jan 2018 #2

Thanks. Sophia4 Jan 2018 #29

Thank you, hedda, saidsimplesimon Jan 2018 #35

The media's failure to pound this point home implies that they, too, are complicit Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #3

Exactly! triron Jan 2018 #5

parts possibly D_Master81 Jan 2018 #8

It's more than that. Putin & Co. have been cuddling up to them RandomAccess Jan 2018 #38

No question about the NRA and Megachurches. Dawson Leery Jan 2018 #10

Fusion GPS founder testified that the mega arthritisR_US Jan 2018 #14

Yes, the gd US "media" that brought us Cha Jan 2018 #44

Trump fears the pee tape Gothmog Jan 2018 #4

Trump fears charges of money laundering & conspiracy against the USA. Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #7

I admire you that you didn't go there. Anti-climactic? Maybe that's dump's problem? erronis Jan 2018 #21

Scum republicans would get off on the Pee tape... Pepsidog Jan 2018 #27

The Text of the Tweet Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #6

Lets be honest, the gop are fine arthritisR_US Jan 2018 #16

As Krugman pointed out, with the Publicans it is not about patriotism, it is about power. Nitram Jan 2018 #19

Given their gerrymandering and voter arthritisR_US Jan 2018 #24

Democrats had that degree of power in the past, and some did became a bit corrupt. Nitram Jan 2018 #41

I can read it in the OP gristy Jan 2018 #51

I only see the link, no tweet text in the OP. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #53

Ah, ok gristy Feb 2018 #56

A coup by money and disinformation Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #9

True that. Nitram Jan 2018 #12

Good additions to the list. Is there a place to find mendacity %s? Other than 100% repuglican? erronis Jan 2018 #23

some Democrats became a bit corrupt when they were in the majority, and Newt Gingrich skillfully Nitram Jan 2018 #39

Yes, this is far more insidious and blatant than in the decades past erronis Jan 2018 #43

It is difficult to do anything when Repubs control all three branches of government. Nitram Jan 2018 #11

not enforcing laws??? bdamomma Jan 2018 #17

What should we do maltzmax Jan 2018 #13

Storm the Bastille???? bdamomma Jan 2018 #18

Yeah!! Pitchforks out and ready..... Pepsidog Jan 2018 #26

Pressure on Twitter, Facebook, who else? Juliusseizure Jan 2018 #20

I'm on twitter but don't see anything that I don't CHOOSE to see. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #30

Impact shouldn't be underestimated Juliusseizure Jan 2018 #46

Like I said, I've never seen anything on twitter. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #47

People see these posts when they look at trending topics... Princess Turandot Jan 2018 #52

Oh, I see. I'm not a big twitter user, so I don't do that. But I see. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #55

Yup workinclasszero Jan 2018 #15

I did do something Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #22

2018 election will be a day of reckoning..... Pepsidog Jan 2018 #25

Truer words were never spoken. Trump + Repubs in Congress. No checks and balances. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #28

I hope the Dems are planning on flooding the talking heads shows on cable news with surrogates world wide wally Jan 2018 #31

From what I've read . . . peggysue2 Jan 2018 #32

The RWNJs cannot rig elections when we vote on paper ballots FakeNoose Jan 2018 #42

options are scary ! johnsolaris Jan 2018 #33

I Agree 1000%. spanone Jan 2018 #34

Many of us are having these same thoughts... debsy Jan 2018 #36

I'm more inclined to think he's doing it to protect himself from whatever Putin has on him, and Lucinda Jan 2018 #40

We the PEOPLE are doing what we can. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2018 #45

good point triron Jan 2018 #50

How do we do MORE? I honestly want to know. tinrobot Jan 2018 #48

Nothing GitRDun Jan 2018 #49

Right you are, sir. Firestorm49 Jan 2018 #54