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wiggs

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8. one of the hallmarks of this administration is that they tell us how they will break

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2020, 05:29 PM

Nov 2020

the law or established norms and then they do it. Or try to do it.

Yet, somehow we still don't believe they will go that low and then we have to play catch-up rather than proactively stop the theft.

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Timothy Snyder: Don't Underestimate Where This [Trump] Can Go [View all] Grasswire2 Nov 2020 OP

There is a lot of discussion here about this issue - cilla4progress Nov 2020 #1

I couldn't have said it better. Mike 03 Nov 2020 #4

We still have three things working in our favor... Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #2

That's only if he fails, and has to continue his message from out of power... regnaD kciN Nov 2020 #6

IMO odds are ven he will pull it off. what happens then, who knows. I don't see much msongs Nov 2020 #3

I was just about to post this same article, myself. I think it's the best, most clear-eyed analysis scarletwoman Nov 2020 #5

Timothy Snyder is the expert, really. Holocaust historian. Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #7

And "Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin" Mike 03 Nov 2020 #10

We need a plan for fighting this - but it seems it may already be too late. scarletwoman Nov 2020 #11

absolutely Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #13

one of the hallmarks of this administration is that they tell us how they will break wiggs Nov 2020 #8

More often than not, we would be much closer to reality if we simply ASSUME the wiggs Nov 2020 #9

Wait till they find out who they are really dealing with? Brainfodder Nov 2020 #12