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lostnfound

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Fri Dec 2, 2016, 08:30 AM Dec 2016

It Can't Happen Here [View all]

Elected to the presidency after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values...Windrip's administration, known as the "Corpo" government, curtails women's and minority rights, and eliminates individual states by subdividing the country into administrative sectors...
Windrip is less a Nazi than a con-man-plus-Rotarian, a manipulator who knows how to appeal to people's desperation...

Watching trumps speech yesterday, he was talking about hating the media at a post-election political rally.

It's arrived,and it's wrapped in a flag.

Time to re-read the warnings. I think we need a special forum for the new fascist government. And now that Obama managed to nurse the economy back from the brink of disaster, another Republican is coming in to drive up massive federal debt to fund corporate handouts (and possibly new military adventures).

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It Can't Happen Here [View all] lostnfound Dec 2016 OP
And the courting begins. . annabanana Dec 2016 #1
Great book. Javaman Dec 2016 #2
It can; Americans are not better than Germans in this regard. alarimer Dec 2016 #3
yep heaven05 Dec 2016 #4
Kickin' for the truth! Faux pas Dec 2016 #5
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