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PCIntern

(28,555 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 02:39 PM 23 hrs ago

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I will be blunt: I have spent the last twelve years hearing that the reason Republicans fall in line with Trump unfailingly is that he’s got the “goods” on them via domestic spying or Putin’s KGB or whatever.

Now during these years all the Democrats and a few Republicans have rebelled against this tinhorn Mussolini and I have yet to see any expose of anyone’s peculiarities, perversions, or deviate behavior.

If he is so all-fucking powerful in that sense why haven’t we seen dirty pix of Democrats or turncoat Republicans? If it is threats of physical violence I refuse to believe that a group have not coalesced and revealed this. At least they do in the movies….

I am sincerely interested in what people here have to say in this regard.

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I would guess that fear is a great motivator. Otherwise, I got nuthin'. CaliforniaPeggy 23 hrs ago #1
Money, Power, Position... FalloutShelter 23 hrs ago #2
It only takes a few tweets Bmoboy 23 hrs ago #3
Yes, if they publicly crossed Trump, their family gets death threats. Walleye 23 hrs ago #4
They are a willing collection of collaborators seeking various agendas: surfered 23 hrs ago #5
;-{) KRAKEN Goonch 23 hrs ago #6
BECAUSE HE STILL NEEDS THE VOTES OF THE BLACKMAILED! ColoringFool 23 hrs ago #7
Kompromat is too specialized a category bucolic_frolic 23 hrs ago #8
Reality shows ForgedCrank 23 hrs ago #9
I think that legislators and business people feel the threat (usually implicit) usonian 23 hrs ago #10
Most men think tr-HUMP is cool,... rich,.. successful,... a very astute businessman, owns luxurious comercial,... magicarpet 22 hrs ago #11
Republicans fall in line due to you watching the Clown as they steal EVERYTHING else. Mitch LOVES the Clown. dave99 22 hrs ago #12
People have talked about the threats. MTG, judges, AOC, Ilhan Omar. I have zero Gaugamela 22 hrs ago #13
Yes, we've seen this demonstrated over and over. And while Trmp can pretty much decide GOP primaries, his candidates ... eppur_se_muova 21 hrs ago #14
IMO, Trump has somehow established a Jim Jones-like relationship with his diehard base and Republicans are Vinca 20 hrs ago #15
Cowardice and collaboration Martin Eden 5 hrs ago #16
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