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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:12 AM Jan 2019

I awake and pinch myself because I do not want to believe that the

United States of America and its citizens are being held hostage by a temper tantrum three year old. We need to all be afraid because all those who can check his behavior and put an end to his tantrum are in cahoots with him.

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I awake and pinch myself because I do not want to believe that the (Original Post) mfcorey1 Jan 2019 OP
trump is a political terrorist and it's time to storm the cockpit. Let's roll. NightWatcher Jan 2019 #1
One problem DownriverDem Jan 2019 #14
Time for Redumblicons to break with drumpf and get the government open today. democratisphere Jan 2019 #2
It's probably hard for them to give up all of those rubles. watoos Jan 2019 #6
It's interesting how complicit they are with him Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #3
It's the fault of 30% of America. We live in a country with dem4decades Jan 2019 #4
That's the way I see it too. watoos Jan 2019 #7
I feel your pain. ProfessorPlum Jan 2019 #16
gotta wonder how far the idiot will push it anarch Jan 2019 #5
mueller needs to find out how the $30million from Russia via NRA Rene Jan 2019 #8
Oh, he knows. GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #11
I'm sure mickswalkabout41 Jan 2019 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Fuzzpope Jan 2019 #9
18 U.S. Code 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #21
For the past two years, every morning, before the news comes on, I ask myself, GoCubsGo Jan 2019 #10
I wake up and am the opposite of you... BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #19
Held hostage Bear Creek Jan 2019 #12
A three year old with the nuclear codes .. DemoTex Jan 2019 #13
And Democrats CAN NOT Bettie Jan 2019 #15
Only about half are being held hostage. The other half are all for this, sadly. MadDAsHell Jan 2019 #18
More like 30%-35% and dropping EleanorR Jan 2019 #20
McConnell. ooky Jan 2019 #22
The American brand ... GeorgeGist Jan 2019 #23

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)
2. Time for Redumblicons to break with drumpf and get the government open today.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:17 AM
Jan 2019

drumpf is driving our country to ruin! Action needs to be taken NOW!

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
3. It's interesting how complicit they are with him
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:23 AM
Jan 2019

But he would run them over in a heart beat. It's like some weird abusive relationship. They would like to leave him but feel like they can't. And in the mean time, they both continue to do damage to everyone else.

dem4decades

(11,269 posts)
4. It's the fault of 30% of America. We live in a country with
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:24 AM
Jan 2019

A bunch of racist idiots. That's even scarier than Trump. He'll be gone but they're still going to be here.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
7. That's the way I see it too.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:54 AM
Jan 2019

I found out that I live amongst them in Central Pa. They voted Republican in my district in 2018, 80% to 20%.

ProfessorPlum

(11,253 posts)
16. I feel your pain.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 10:59 AM
Jan 2019

that's where I grew up, and I'm ashamed at the way they haven't evolved since then.

anarch

(6,535 posts)
5. gotta wonder how far the idiot will push it
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:25 AM
Jan 2019

I realize nothing matters anymore, and there's no point in trying to find any kind of logic or reason behind anything the fucker does, but really, at this point it's just "I care so much about this nation's safety and security, I will actively harm it, and continue to exponentially increase the amount of harm until I get my way."

What is this, like some racist fuck murdering his daughter b/c he'd rather see here dead than in a relationship with a black man? "I'd rather see this nation destroyed than continue to watch the demographics of the population keep going in a non-white direction."

Rene

(1,183 posts)
8. mueller needs to find out how the $30million from Russia via NRA
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:54 AM
Jan 2019

got distributed thru current repugs in Congress....especially McConnel and Graham.

mickswalkabout41

(145 posts)
17. I'm sure
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 11:03 AM
Jan 2019

He already knows. The Republican Party as a whole has slipped to a level of treason. They are all either involved, or are silent and therefore complicit and culpable. If ther was any question before this, it’s gone. There is now no way that they don’t know what’s going on. None of them.

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Hermit-The-Prog

(33,239 posts)
21. 18 U.S. Code 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 11:29 AM
Jan 2019

18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government



Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 2, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 87–486, June 19, 1962, 76 Stat. 103; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2385

GoCubsGo

(32,073 posts)
10. For the past two years, every morning, before the news comes on, I ask myself,
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 08:57 AM
Jan 2019

"What fresh hell awaits us today?" It's like being in the fucking Twilight Zone at this point.

BigmanPigman

(51,563 posts)
19. I wake up and am the opposite of you...
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 11:19 AM
Jan 2019

I turn on the news after asking myself, "I wonder if he had a stroke" or "I wonder what has happened that will definitely nail him immediately?"

DemoTex

(25,389 posts)
13. A three year old with the nuclear codes ..
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 09:29 AM
Jan 2019

A three year old with the nuclear codes, and no adult supervision.

Bettie

(16,058 posts)
15. And Democrats CAN NOT
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 09:41 AM
Jan 2019

give in to him. It will make him an even bigger monster if he thinks taking hostages works.

ooky

(8,905 posts)
22. McConnell.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 11:42 AM
Jan 2019

He is acting as a co-sponsor of this immoral shutdown. Every discussion of Trump as a bad faith actor in this shutdown should equally include McConnell. Trump is mentally deranged, but McConnell is public enemy number 1 for releasing him on the American public.

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