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In reply to the discussion: Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree [View all]unblock
(52,196 posts)7. How long do we keep saying "this is how it begins"??
We've been saying that ever since Reagan and Gingrich demonized the Democratic Party, built a Republican Party based on bigotry and contempt for government and experts and truth, and fox news and hate radio started spewing right wing propaganda relentlessly and shamelessly.
Donnie and his gang, including foreign operatives, stole the election and then began a purge and destruction of the bureaucracy and oversight and ethics went completely out the window.
Can we at least say it started with donnie's election, if not with Reagan's? It sure didn't start all of a sudden with a few arrests of protesters.
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Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree [View all]
erronis
Jul 2020
OP
tRump is in fascist desperation, a drowning man clutching straws. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2020
#1
I would agree, but I am always stopped by our very flawed justice system
Miguelito Loveless
Jul 2020
#36
If you're talking about who I think, they weren't ridded by internal pressures, either.
erronis
Jul 2020
#18
Consulting the atty. who thought torture was OK and Geneva Conventions "quaint." F' em all
Evolve Dammit
Jul 2020
#20
Yeah, being the bigger person and putting this behind us has really worked out.
Scalded Nun
Jul 2020
#33
he's doing a full court press trying to figure out a way he can fuck the election
Javaman
Jul 2020
#38