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I was sent a post at medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-ballon-for-a-coup
Sounds scary.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)through the Patriot Act and enacting martial law. Bannon can write a paragraph. Trumpy can write a sentence and sign his name.
Both he and Trumpy may as well be drinking buddies playing the video poker machines in a beer swill dive. They WILL go the distance with their power. Bannon has no qualms about upping the ante and is looking for an excuse.
The only good news from today's wire is that the Dow is taking a plunge. That's the ONLY factoid that will get the GOP to scratch an itch. Otherwise, Trumpy will continue to treat them like abused spouses immersed in Stockholm Syndrome. The GOP is even MORE gutless than the Dems. It's a small consolation, to be sure.
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)except the last statement. I think the Rs are being blackmailed by Bannon with the help of the pootiehacking of the RNC. We just never enjoyed getting to see their dirty laundry, and I'm sure it's pretty bad. I finally came to that conclusion this morning when I read that they Congress members on that side of the aisle are scared of "him" without attaching a name. Cheato is the frontman.
GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)Zunger totally gets what's happening, which is why that piece has gone viral. The one he wrote right before it is just as imporant.
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