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Bernardo de La Paz

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94. Jan 6 was lied about, but most of the public know it was violent. Cons will con about other things but
Mon Feb 17, 2025, 02:33 PM
Feb 2025

... but the public will know.

For example, they may try to jigger unemployment stats, but there are private companies like ADP who also track it, and the public will know if larger numbers of their family and friends and neighbors are unemployed than usual.

Further, if Democrats and progressives meme the hell out of it, propaganda and fake news can be countered.

FACET counter-propaganda:

* Fast (quick response),
* Accurate (true, unassailable),
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* Targeted (at audience of original propaganda)

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They don't think anything out that far. underpants Feb 2025 #1
Ahhh, they have been gaming out this takeover for 40 years or more BoRaGard Feb 2025 #8
"...and humping a Bible (which they ignore systematically)." OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #18
Longer than that. The Russian love is new though. Blue Full Moon Feb 2025 #53
No need to declare it. They've already got it. trump/rethugs are in charge everywhere. brush Feb 2025 #104
Trump doesn't, Linda ladeewolf Feb 2025 #54
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
Rude Pundit agrees. ariadne0614 Feb 2025 #45
The Rude One is one of my faves. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #51
Problem is claudette Feb 2025 #57
I agree. He is mostly unreadable. The vulgar and rude act wears very thin. n/t valleyrogue Feb 2025 #61
👍 claudette Feb 2025 #78
No, S/he doesn't need to be vulgar to mwmisses4289 Feb 2025 #65
Maybe claudette Feb 2025 #77
What is truly scary is Lee Papa (RP) is a professor of English. valleyrogue Feb 2025 #91
Oh dear Lord claudette Feb 2025 #96
The problem is he (RP is a man) is vulgar just to be vulgar. valleyrogue Feb 2025 #89
I lean to agreement... rasputin1952 Feb 2025 #99
Sorry claudette Feb 2025 #107
That is fine by me... rasputin1952 Feb 2025 #110
That's pretty depressing. aocommunalpunch Feb 2025 #108
It's not that claudette Feb 2025 #115
Mine too, in spite of his potty mouth. ariadne0614 Feb 2025 #95
I make an exception when it comes to MAGA bastages JoseBalow Feb 2025 #114
Lousy cork-soakers! Beausoleil Feb 2025 #121
I cuss when my feelings I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2025 #116
He's on Stephanie Miller right now ybbor Feb 2025 #52
For the whole hour! rubbersole Feb 2025 #67
ME TOO! BBbats Feb 2025 #97
i think the proud boys have been awfully quiet rampartd Feb 2025 #3
They don't need a reason. Hope22 Feb 2025 #4
I agree but a reason, no matter how flimsy, has better optics, especially internationally. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #20
Unfortunately they do not give a crap about optics. Hope22 Feb 2025 #39
Well, they do employ an entire television network that masquerades as journalists. BadgerMom Feb 2025 #62
Don't obey in advance. Voltaire2 Feb 2025 #5
They don't need an excuse Johnny2X2X Feb 2025 #6
Wouldn't have to be someone from displacedvermoter Feb 2025 #7
That is why I mentioned a 'plant'. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #14
I think there are enough MAGA crazies displacedvermoter Feb 2025 #19
Notice that the G.O.P. is still hiding the facts of the PA "attempted assasination" BoRaGard Feb 2025 #30
The whole episode was hinkey from the jump. rubbersole Feb 2025 #70
"High velocity lobotomy" mr715 Feb 2025 #111
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
I find that scenario a solid one. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #15
They are incompetent and will botch it and be revealed, if a false flag is attempted. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #23
I hope you are correct! Trust_Reality Feb 2025 #29
Yeah, and that will matter how? Gary 50 Feb 2025 #72
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 have a similar concern. yellow dahlia Feb 2025 #112
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
Yes, I am saying that this is their M.O. to get there. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #17
They always over reach & this is it on steroids. They've been salivating at destroying the gov & are not even... themaguffin Feb 2025 #83
Some on our side have literally said "We are at war", yagotme Feb 2025 #12
That is a scary thing to be sure. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #24
Yes/No DeepWinter Feb 2025 #13
My question, which follows up to your point about the military is... Alice B. Feb 2025 #25
It would be a blood bath. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #31
Thank you 😣 Alice B. Feb 2025 #35
It's a Hoover vacuum situation dlilafae Feb 2025 #16
Herbert Hoover playbook: shaft veterans ("Hoovervilles" ), do nothing as stock market crashes & unemployment rises. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2025 #26
It would have to be a Reichstag fire gab13by13 Feb 2025 #21
My exact thought when I first started noticing what was going on. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #27
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
More likely that RW'ers who lost jobs and medicaid react usonian Feb 2025 #28
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
I hope so. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #36
We don't need hotheads like the group that started the chant genocide Joe Walleye Feb 2025 #37
Absolutely not. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #44
I think they welcome the thought, but that's not the driving purpose. Maru Kitteh Feb 2025 #34
Yes. What I am saying is that they seem to be trying to provoke it. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #40
Think it could work out that way, but don't think it's some master plan. Silent Type Feb 2025 #38
Ehh... more 'seizing the moment because they know how they want to proceed' I think. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #41
Has crossed Rebl2 Feb 2025 #42
He'll just fabricate his own crisis. C_U_L8R Feb 2025 #43
I have thought of that as well. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #47
And if they do? GreenEyedLefty Feb 2025 #46
That is my question as well. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #49
OF course they are. Probably another Kent State at a federal site though. With plenty of Jan 6 stooges flying_wahini Feb 2025 #48
My thought as well. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #50
I think that is the end game. Never underestimate evil. johnnyplankton Feb 2025 #55
Honestly claudette Feb 2025 #56
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
They're setting up the conditions and will let nature take its course ms liberty Feb 2025 #60
You mean extralegal methods? orangecrush Feb 2025 #63
Aw, shit! Get out of my HEAD! dchill Feb 2025 #64
Nah. They'll run a false flag Nululu Feb 2025 #66
That is what I see as well. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #100
Sounds like those evil SOBs NT Nululu Feb 2025 #102
I think of Lafayette Park. stillcool Feb 2025 #68
Yes. Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #69
A planted 'leftist' who will take the fall for dear leader. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #101
The big unknown is the number of Americans that need medication to get through the day. Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #103
Rfk I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2025 #118
Is this in writing? Baitball Blogger Feb 2025 #119
CT somsai Feb 2025 #71
"maybe all of this is an attempt to goad" Martin Eden Feb 2025 #73
Yes Arazi Feb 2025 #74
My thought is similar, but it's more in terms of Sogo Feb 2025 #75
What I expect is a false flag operation - he follows Hitlers example closely! lark Feb 2025 #76
Martial law is on the menu for sure but not during the opening courses. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #79
I've been saying exactly that for months... GiqueCee Feb 2025 #80
I have no trouble believing that. BBbats Feb 2025 #81
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
My hypothesis is that we will be in martial law by spring. DemMedic Feb 2025 #85
At the rate that experienced gov't. people are leaving (willingly or not) and being replaced with allegorical oracle Feb 2025 #87
This has been my belief the entire time lageorgia Feb 2025 #88
Frankly yes jgmiller Feb 2025 #90
distinct possibility. Insurrection Act or equivalent Evolve Dammit Feb 2025 #92
Definitely possible. RhapsodyFav Feb 2025 #93
Probably. alarimer Feb 2025 #98
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
Let's see what happens in March Zorro Feb 2025 #109
I think they have a few disgusting tactics up their sleeves. yellow dahlia Feb 2025 #113
Interesting idea TheFarseer Feb 2025 #117
Like any rapist.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2025 #120
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