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bucolic_frolic

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71. It is a coup d'etat
Thu Dec 15, 2016, 06:22 AM
Dec 2016

The seizing of the government by a faction of extremists masquerading
as mainstream people

We have been handed over to a foreign power and to radical right
business interests

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Bottom line, it was a coup! The timing was not by chance in the least. It was strategically planned RKP5637 Dec 2016 #1
Agree 100% workinclasszero Dec 2016 #2
Comey is a Russian mole. lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #3
+1000 JustAnotherGen Dec 2016 #4
.. Cha Dec 2016 #6
Doesn't the question edhopper Dec 2016 #9
Great stuff - link please! lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #10
Sorry, I was being lazy... it's very late here.. Cha Dec 2016 #13
awesome thanks! lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #14
I hope someday, he will have to explain under oath ThoughtCriminal Dec 2016 #63
I hope someday he is waterboarded until he confesses DFW Dec 2016 #69
Yes! workinclasszero Dec 2016 #11
I think we should start calling him the new Robert Hanssen. Loki Dec 2016 #66
NOT ONLY THAT but the FBI is the CURRENT dissenting voice on who Putin helped during the election uponit7771 Dec 2016 #72
+1 Botany Dec 2016 #8
I wonder, will anything happen? Will Trump and his gangster gang just slither into the WH unscathed? RKP5637 Dec 2016 #16
Trump really is a gangster .... his connections to the mob are well known Botany Dec 2016 #18
Many Americans are stupid, probably genetically stupid by now. There is really no way in getting RKP5637 Dec 2016 #34
Many of those "losers" have been fed hate by russian sponsored fake news or American ... Botany Dec 2016 #37
I had an eminent psychiatrist friend way back who said the downfall of the US would one RKP5637 Dec 2016 #38
It is no small thing the right wing/dumb ass/fundy christian stuff has flooded basic cable along ... Botany Dec 2016 #39
You know, and I hate to say this, sometimes I think it would be best if the US RKP5637 Dec 2016 #40
I think that after the civil war if we had lined up the leaders of the south against a wall ..... Botany Dec 2016 #42
It is so F'ed up words pale to describe it, and they are so damn proud of their hatefulness RKP5637 Dec 2016 #44
I live in that flyover country Botany Dec 2016 #46
Maybe he can just refuse to vacate the WH! I used to live in several states in RKP5637 Dec 2016 #47
Fear and smear is quite profitable. n/t Mr. Evil Dec 2016 #52
the same losers who were convinced to hate the russians.... tomp Dec 2016 #73
The thing no one is talking about his that this election tampering is happing in Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #36
And had it failed, Comey was all too happy to fall on the sword in love of party. ffr Dec 2016 #30
The thing that amazes me is that the US spends Mr. Evil Dec 2016 #48
Much as with 9/11, others know how to work over the US with minimal effort. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #51
Said ths ages ago malaise Dec 2016 #53
Yep! Others see it too in gov., but they remain silent. It's so blatantly obvious. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #57
Looking for my Smedley Butler malaise Dec 2016 #60
Was a coup in 2000 too. harun Dec 2016 #56
And again nothing was done! So F'en tired of it all. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #58
This, is really really serious. I hope enough people in the US are seeing this! It ALL RKP5637 Dec 2016 #5
Half the US population is too stupid to understand even if they were told. pangaia Dec 2016 #29
And they will defend Trump, no matter what. There is a disease in the US called massive stupidity! RKP5637 Dec 2016 #35
Rampant cognitive dissonance. n/t Mr. Evil Dec 2016 #49
They don't know what that means. Just say stupid.. pangaia Dec 2016 #50
The saddest part is edhopper Dec 2016 #7
The stupid half. pangaia Dec 2016 #31
We need to investigate the FBI's failure to properly notify the DNC Hortensis Dec 2016 #12
Who is "we?" :)))) pangaia Dec 2016 #32
More like to make the election close enough to render stealing it less obvious. Coyotl Dec 2016 #15
HEY ALEX JONES!!! THIS IS WHAT AN ACTUAL CONSPIRACY LOOKS LIKE! Initech Dec 2016 #17
He already knows... he's been doing his part... Raster Dec 2016 #19
Treason hurple Dec 2016 #20
true, But... who is going to arrest them? pangaia Dec 2016 #33
This is just coming across as breaking from yesterday..................... turbinetree Dec 2016 #21
Abso-freaking-lutely and the Dems need to get their act together to stop this Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #22
Yes much worse than Watergate True_Blue Dec 2016 #23
No, he only stretched a war out for four unnecessary years duffyduff Dec 2016 #25
I anticipate that Trump will prove to be even worse than Nixon. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #26
"it's not illegal if the president does it" Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #28
all presidents are puppets of the rich to one extent or another. nt tomp Dec 2016 #74
This was the plan all along. HurricaneWarning Dec 2016 #24
Everyone in the FBI that was part of this need to be identified and exposed. LiberalFighter Dec 2016 #27
the comey letter was the oldest trick in the book, too. mopinko Dec 2016 #41
Please arrest and shake down flamingdem Dec 2016 #43
Were the FBI's actions tied to Anthony Weiner? This is all very odd. jalan48 Dec 2016 #45
K & R FailureToCommunicate Dec 2016 #54
The numbers show the devastating impact of the "Comey Effect." SunSeeker Dec 2016 #55
Frogmarch those agents. How sweet would that be. zonkers Dec 2016 #59
Can someone help me understand why? dreamland Dec 2016 #61
Because they chose ideology and party workinclasszero Dec 2016 #62
rachel maddow covered this at length on 3 november niyad Dec 2016 #64
My take? It's all about BLM. rgbecker Dec 2016 #65
This part of the REAL scandal nikto Dec 2016 #67
Unfortunately it will be next to impossible to prove it's what got Trump elected... Locut0s Dec 2016 #68
Kick. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #70
It is a coup d'etat bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #71
I agree workinclasszero Dec 2016 #76
Guiliani kentuck Dec 2016 #75
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