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lastlib

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29. While we're fighting to prevent the REALLY TERRIBLE things,,,,

Reply to TBA (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 03:10 PM

Dec 2016

they're DOING the less-terrible things.............they're opening the battles on so many fronts, we exhaust ourselves trying to fight them all. We need a better strategy to allocate our resources and fight more strategically. (I say that knowing that I have no clue how to do it...... . )

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Let me tell you what I think is going on... [View all] TBA Dec 2016 OP

I get it TOTALLY and cilla4progress Dec 2016 #1

i hope if they do try those things John_Doe80004 Dec 2016 #2

You are absolutely correct... First Speaker Dec 2016 #3

Yes. I agree. murielm99 Dec 2016 #4

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2016 #5

*BELIEVE*the autocrat(his bullying, his threats, his "jokes"). My sig line for the indefinite future UTUSN Dec 2016 #6

Check this out. The "Autocrat" brand coffee/coffee syrup logo is similarl to twitter's bird logo. JudyM Dec 2016 #15

Dead on Cha Dec 2016 #7

When trump screws the pooch in year one and is impeached, the World will celebrate Prez Pence NightWatcher Dec 2016 #8

In addition to which mexit Dec 2016 #9

CNN had a different name for the same thing mchill Dec 2016 #10

From the Wiki article grantcart Dec 2016 #12

Not quite grantcart Dec 2016 #11

He's trying to gaslight the planet MrScorpio Dec 2016 #13

Keep them on their toes bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #14

YEP. n/t CousinIT Dec 2016 #16

K&R smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #17

tRump says whatever he thinks will get a reaction from his audience and then Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2016 #18

No, "we won't all be thrilled when all they do is restructure Social Security or replace Medicare KittyWampus Dec 2016 #19

"Thrilled" was sarcastic. TBA Dec 2016 #22

You give him to much credit sellitman Dec 2016 #20

MSM needs to get a social worker with abused family experience on camera to comment. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #21

Yes - TBA Dec 2016 #23

Don't know if you saw this Nation article by Ann Jones, with the same analysis: Mc Mike Dec 2016 #24

The bit that Ivana retracted from her divorce papers certainly gives a glimpse into his household... Hekate Dec 2016 #28

So many of the reality tv shows I've seen any part of, Mc Mike Dec 2016 #37

Absolutely Hekate Dec 2016 #25

Good point MFM008 Dec 2016 #26

He has all the earmarks of a bully, an abuser, a malignant narcissist, a sociopath, and a liar lunatica Dec 2016 #27

While we're fighting to prevent the REALLY TERRIBLE things,,,, lastlib Dec 2016 #29

Shock Doctrine. nt zentrum Dec 2016 #30

It's a classic case of Stockholm Syndrome for sure. Initech Dec 2016 #31

The unfortunate problem is that 1/3 Cosmocat Dec 2016 #32

Of course we get it. Anybody with a brain gets it. pangaia Dec 2016 #33

! n/t BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2016 #35

Gingrich calls it brilliance. code for abuse/conservatism. SleeplessinSoCal Dec 2016 #34

Not played if we refuse to go along Marthe48 Dec 2016 #36

Yes because everything until he actually takes the oath is just hot air. Kablooie Dec 2016 #38