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Nitram

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41. Yes.

Thu Sep 6, 2018, 12:15 PM

Sep 2018

This is absolutely what has happened. And the intent was to rapidly pack the courts and implement a far right agenda before trump is impeached or resigns.

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The largest and most dangerous cover-up in history is happening right now... [View all] cynatnite Sep 2018 OP

Yes, it is very dangerous. FM123 Sep 2018 #1

I just posted this article. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2018 #2

The Frum article from The Atlantic as well exboyfil Sep 2018 #8

The cabinet members that can invoke the 25th amendment as well as the repug-controlled ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #32

They know he is a traitor. Deb Sep 2018 #3

Exactly Right. Zoonart Sep 2018 #4

Isn't that exactly what happened when Reagan has Alzheimer's or when Cheney was calling the shots FSogol Sep 2018 #5

Yes and Yes. Zoonart Sep 2018 #6

Great quote. SMoss Sep 2018 #16

Thanks, Moss. Zoonart Sep 2018 #22

Yes, but I think this is a much worse situation... cynatnite Sep 2018 #7

...or Woodrow Wilson's stroke. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #12

But that was prior to the 25th admendment. There was no procedure to deal with it in Wilson's time. FSogol Sep 2018 #38

Yeah; 25th was written because of Wilson, if I recall correctly. lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #39

JFK appalachiablue Sep 2018 #50

Oh wow, great educational stuff! lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #55

My thoughts exactly! Wawannabe Sep 2018 #43

That's what I'm saying. blueinredohio Sep 2018 #54

He wasn't elected. llmart Sep 2018 #11

Russians are laughing their asses off. pangaia Sep 2018 #26

Yep. Zoonart Sep 2018 #28

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #56

Anyone ready for a Parliamentary constitution? exboyfil Sep 2018 #9

Not a safe time to mess with the Constitution. I have plenty of complaints about it too, lagomorph777 Sep 2018 #15

OMG watoos Sep 2018 #17

I love that visual! Blue_playwright Sep 2018 #25

Yes.. but not now.. defacto7 Sep 2018 #52

The Republicans are complicit in this Jarqui Sep 2018 #10

Yes, except it's not even "party first" any more FakeNoose Sep 2018 #13

or is it? bdamomma Sep 2018 #44

don't forget Kavanaugh Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #14

Kavanaugh on the SC is terrifying watoos Sep 2018 #21

Trump was always going to outsource the Presidency anyway... HipChick Sep 2018 #18

It's not like he hired qualified people - and I don't mean that sarcastically hopeforchange2008 Sep 2018 #19

And when things go terribly, catastrophically wrong Harker Sep 2018 #29

The pendulum swings both ways, 2016 coup now a 2018 counter coup. gordianot Sep 2018 #20

I see no counter coup from the right. watoos Sep 2018 #23

You make a good point. Blue_playwright Sep 2018 #27

Trump is easily played, if I were him I would not trust Graham or Pence. gordianot Sep 2018 #33

I find no comfort in the thought that he is being contained The Liberal Lion Sep 2018 #24

Why did they write the OP ed? flibbitygiblets Sep 2018 #30

It's not comforting...but, it's good that they recognize that the GOP are not doing their jobs. Texin Sep 2018 #31

Republican's don't give a damn yuiyoshida Sep 2018 #34

Thank You GOP dlk Sep 2018 #35

This smells distinctly of a McConnell proxy presidency. ffr Sep 2018 #36

I just called both my US Senators and my US Representative. PatrickforO Sep 2018 #37

Who cares if they were NOT elected on a rigged and corrupted system? Farmer-Rick Sep 2018 #40

Yes. Nitram Sep 2018 #41

Reagan Wawannabe Sep 2018 #42

Dangerous, yes, but letting the elected official make the decisions would be even more dangerous. Kablooie Sep 2018 #45

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #46

It is much more than a cover up. It is a coup. A coterie of unelected right wingers is running the Nitram Sep 2018 #47

+1 dalton99a Sep 2018 #49

There we go again "If what the anonymous OpEd said is true" Perseus Sep 2018 #48

Everything in the op-ed has been reported previously, for the most part. Garrett78 Sep 2018 #51

k&r Demovictory9 Sep 2018 #53