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In reply to the discussion: Okay I cannot dismiss this nagging thought any longer. [View all]valleyrogue
(2,698 posts)61. I agree. He is mostly unreadable. The vulgar and rude act wears very thin. n/t
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No need to declare it. They've already got it. trump/rethugs are in charge everywhere.
brush
Feb 2025
#104
This has been the rethug wet dream since during FDR's New Deal programs were enacted. Their mindset has never changed.
Texin
Feb 2025
#86
Not out of the realm of possibility. trump & Co would certainly seize the opportunity if it comes...nt
Wounded Bear
Feb 2025
#2
I agree. He is mostly unreadable. The vulgar and rude act wears very thin. n/t
valleyrogue
Feb 2025
#61
I agree but a reason, no matter how flimsy, has better optics, especially internationally. (n/t)
OldBaldy1701E
Feb 2025
#20
Well, they do employ an entire television network that masquerades as journalists.
BadgerMom
Feb 2025
#62
Notice that the G.O.P. is still hiding the facts of the PA "attempted assasination"
BoRaGard
Feb 2025
#30
He has a private army of alt-right militias. He'll turn to them first to stage a false-flag terror attack...
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2025
#9
They are incompetent and will botch it and be revealed, if a false flag is attempted. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2025
#23
Jan 6 was lied about, but most of the public know it was violent. Cons will con about other things but
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2025
#94
I would NOT say no here. (it's highly possible! My question is (for our lawyer friends here)
bluestarone
Feb 2025
#10
No. This is a combination of greed/grifting, power grab and ideological extremism on their part
themaguffin
Feb 2025
#11
They always over reach & this is it on steroids. They've been salivating at destroying the gov & are not even...
themaguffin
Feb 2025
#83
Herbert Hoover playbook: shaft veterans ("Hoovervilles" ), do nothing as stock market crashes & unemployment rises. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Feb 2025
#26
You are wrong because I think you aren't right enough. He won't need someone from the left or a plant.
Rustynaerduwell
Feb 2025
#22
Yep. That is a solid scenario that could end up with him making the declaration.
OldBaldy1701E
Feb 2025
#33
I think you're probably right, good reason for us not to rise to the bait. They will drown of their own weight pretty so
Walleye
Feb 2025
#32
Ehh... more 'seizing the moment because they know how they want to proceed' I think.
OldBaldy1701E
Feb 2025
#41
OF course they are. Probably another Kent State at a federal site though. With plenty of Jan 6 stooges
flying_wahini
Feb 2025
#48
They don't need us for that. They routinely lie and exaggerate, and obviously so.
unblock
Feb 2025
#58
Yes I have been thinking along these lines. Trump will do this for the simple reason that it makes him all powerful.
flashman13
Feb 2025
#59
The big unknown is the number of Americans that need medication to get through the day.
Baitball Blogger
Feb 2025
#103
I don't think they believe martial law is necessary. They are just planning a coup in broad daylight because the
LT Barclay
Feb 2025
#82
They can do whatever they want they're unchecked. No need for conspiracy theories.
live love laugh
Feb 2025
#84
At the rate that experienced gov't. people are leaving (willingly or not) and being replaced with
allegorical oracle
Feb 2025
#87
I don't think that's why they're doing this. I think this is what they want to do.
Meowmee
Feb 2025
#105
We would need to be organized and operate under a "well-regulated" methodology...
AntiFascist
Feb 2025
#106