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Orsino

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60. Imagine all our national parks, monuments and public lands auctioned off...

Thu May 10, 2018, 08:40 AM

May 2018

...to mining and oil companies. That is what Citizens United is doing to democracy...and the actual auctioning off of the Commons is only one tragic result.

Yeah, the GOP gave in first, but our side is having a lot of trouble retaining its innocence.

The GOP isn't the problem so much as it was a conspicuous early casualty. And now the weapon of choice of the oligarchs.

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The entire GOP is compromised [View all] SHRED May 2018 OP

Yet another reason to not vote for Repubs... Wounded Bear May 2018 #1

Been saying that for several years now. Iliyah May 2018 #2

Why? DownriverDem May 2018 #29

80 years ago, to be precise. The second the New Deal was signed. Greed never sleeps OhNo-Really May 2018 #39

yep . . .n/t annabanana May 2018 #59

Clearly and without a doubt. dalton99a May 2018 #3

My thoughts as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone May 2018 #12

Where are the dems shouting from the rooftops about this? HipChick May 2018 #4

Levin is SHRED May 2018 #5

We defiantly need louder, more consistent Dem voices. Ligyron May 2018 #6

We've Been Too Nice Since Reagan PaulX2 May 2018 #23

Being nice does not cut it anymore... HipChick May 2018 #32

Amen, PaulX2. n/t raven mad May 2018 #33

We have given the GOPhers enough rope to hang themselves, and.... lastlib May 2018 #38

they can't, they've been trained, don't even try. the cons have 1500 coordinated radio stations certainot May 2018 #52

WHAT? Everyone on this thread know about it. Hortensis May 2018 #56

K&R... spanone May 2018 #7

K&R? Kangaroos & rabbits? We're drowning in acronyms, people. A little more effort to spell it out? DemocracyMouse May 2018 #54

At times I might agree with you. This is not one of those times. phylny May 2018 #55

Two questions then: DemocracyMouse May 2018 #62

Not offended. phylny May 2018 #63

This is one you need to get used to. You'll come to appreciate it Ilsa May 2018 #58

They're not compromised at all... cynatnite May 2018 #8

K&R. KPN May 2018 #9

republicans sold out America for $$$$$$ Achilleaze May 2018 #10

Why aren't the Dems flooding the cable news shows with surrogates right now? world wide wally May 2018 #11

EXACTLY!! Duppers May 2018 #18

Maybe the corporate media isn't inviting them. OhNo-Really May 2018 #40

+1 Hassler May 2018 #51

They were compromised the moment they made Trump their candidate. TNNurse May 2018 #13

it's why McConnell knew he could get a SCOTUS pick if he denied Obama the pick for a year, and wiggs May 2018 #14

👍👍 Nailed it. Duppers May 2018 #19

It is pretty easy to identify the minority who may not be Tom Rinaldo May 2018 #15

A.FUCKIN.MEN!!! Duppers May 2018 #16

MSNBC is the corporate mollycoddler. A few great hosts. OhNo-Really May 2018 #42

Republican National Committee cozy with Russian oligarchs. Inexcusable. nt oasis May 2018 #17

He is still a deputy finance chair of the RNC.. kentuck May 2018 #20

Treasonous bastards gademocrat7 May 2018 #21

Absolutely, they are. BSdetect May 2018 #22

I've been saying this since day one! Initech May 2018 #24

RNC complicit withpout a doubt. infullview May 2018 #25

And Republicans don't give a flying fuck!! Le Gaucher May 2018 #26

All 3 former co-chairs under criminal investigation. Garrett78 May 2018 #27

But how are we going to get this truth to the brainwashed cult members of maga? kimbutgar May 2018 #28

Also. . . matt819 May 2018 #30

A cult is an accurate description SHRED May 2018 #31

Anybody know where pitchforks are on sale? Fritz Walter May 2018 #34

K & R SunSeeker May 2018 #35

Be a twitter warrior. This is war of words. Takes a dose of dare. OhNo-Really May 2018 #43

Kick kentuck May 2018 #36

I just reminded my neighbor about this important fact BigmanPigman May 2018 #37

Vote. OhNo-Really May 2018 #44

Oh, I DO! BigmanPigman May 2018 #46

-- unless he has a major stroke or heart attack. Then we get Pence and Mother. 3Hotdogs May 2018 #57

Mueller will get Pence too. BigmanPigman May 2018 #64

When Avenatti was rifling off all the things that Cohen did this is the ONE THING I keep Kirk Lover May 2018 #41

Right now there's only circumstantial evidence - LOTS of circumstantial evidence Mr. Ected May 2018 #45

We know that Michael Cohen speaks Russian greymattermom May 2018 #47

His wife is from the Ukraine. kentuck May 2018 #49

I know the fix was in. Why was McConnell so dead set on not giving Merrick Garland a catbyte May 2018 #48

And we should be running strategic ads across this country making this point. Tatiana May 2018 #50

The Freaking derelict M$M Needs to Make it a Cha May 2018 #53

Imagine all our national parks, monuments and public lands auctioned off... Orsino May 2018 #60

Was? Isn't he STILL on it? n/t getagrip_already May 2018 #61

Shhhhh, you might wake the corporate media! eleny May 2018 #65