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Raster

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2. Barr* is a rethug dirty tricks guy with major authoritarian overtones... OPUS DEI...

Reply to dajoki (Original post)

Sat Oct 26, 2019, 10:59 AM

Oct 2019

...Barr* and his peeps would love to see a version of "The Handmaids Tale". What is amazing is that there are MANY persons that thought he would be a relatively straight-up kinda AG, another set of "guardrails" to keep tRump*zilla from wreaking havoc, which IS NOT how things have turned out.

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Bill Barr's alternate universe "investigation" has a goal: Right-wing authoritarian rule [View all] dajoki Oct 2019 OP

It's been growing for a while... Wounded Bear Oct 2019 #1

Over half a century n/t dajoki Oct 2019 #11

Bill Barr and Opus Dei. Opus Dei is made up of right-wing authoritarian people with power. SharonAnn Oct 2019 #14

Barr* is a rethug dirty tricks guy with major authoritarian overtones... OPUS DEI... Raster Oct 2019 #2

I met Barr at an event in D.C. when he was AG the first time. Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #4

Interesting. And not at all surprising! ElementaryPenguin Oct 2019 #7

Excellent article. Thx. Nt Shanti Mama Oct 2019 #3

Thanks for the link shanti Oct 2019 #5

Good read. It's important for all to understand that Barr, Bannon, Pompeo and many others... Garrett78 Oct 2019 #6

Pompeo, Pence are Dominionists. Barr is Opus Dei. Grasswire2 Oct 2019 #8

And I suspect Bannon is also Opus Dei. But I think dominionist applies to all of them. Garrett78 Oct 2019 #9

They all may not be strictly dominionists but they're all in "The Family." hedda_foil Oct 2019 #12

Very enlightening thread. Seems there are very good reasons for my disgust/fears. Enoki33 Oct 2019 #10

Yes, but this has been going on this entire century. Barr's Hortensis Oct 2019 #13

Yup, that's where this is all heading. Initech Oct 2019 #15

democracy or dictators Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2019 #16

Bookmarked, thanks. n/t Martin Eden Oct 2019 #17