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kentuck

(111,103 posts) Fri May 26, 2017, 08:27 AM May 2017

Someday someone will write a book about the fall of democracy.

And the main characters will be Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, Vladimir Putin, a Republican Party frozen with inaction and the paralysis of indecision, and a Congress that became a toothless tiger that surrendered all its senses and powers to investigations and explanations.

It is happening as we speak. We don't know how this is going to turn out? Maybe no one will suffer any consequences? Maybe it will all be explained away as nothing more than a partisan battle?

It does feel as if we are on the precipice of some great change. We can either build a bridge to the other side or we can fall into the pit? I do not see a lot of bridge builders at this time.

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Someday someone will write a book about the fall of democracy. (Original Post) kentuck May 2017 OP

I am hoping the book will be...The Fall of Democracy averted by people of Good will. Demsrule86 May 2017 #1

Oh, I don't think the Republican party is frozen with indecision. tanyev May 2017 #2

Or they will tell the story in the big cave after a sucessful hunt. n/t rzemanfl May 2017 #3

And it will be in Russian. WinkyDink May 2017 #4

Don't forget the right dishonorable Senator from Kentucky Turtle McConnell Va Lefty May 2017 #5

He was the primary political player in the whole mess, perhaps? kentuck May 2017 #6

A truly reprehensible excuse for a human being Va Lefty May 2017 #9

And don't forget, he stole a Supreme Court seat from Obama. hedda_foil May 2017 #10

Also Fox, Limbaugh, Sinclair, Zucker. sharedvalues May 2017 #7

The irony of these times when right-wing media is in decline... kentuck May 2017 #8

NO. Unfortunately. Sinclair taking over local news sharedvalues May 2017 #11

Demsrule86

(68,586 posts)

1. I am hoping the book will be...The Fall of Democracy averted by people of Good will.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 08:28 AM

May 2017

tanyev

(42,567 posts)

2. Oh, I don't think the Republican party is frozen with indecision.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 08:33 AM

May 2017

They are choosing inaction because they are complicit.

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

3. Or they will tell the story in the big cave after a sucessful hunt. n/t

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 08:42 AM

May 2017

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

4. And it will be in Russian.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 08:44 AM

May 2017

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

5. Don't forget the right dishonorable Senator from Kentucky Turtle McConnell

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 08:51 AM

May 2017

Who worked so hard to overturn McCain-Feingold, lame as it was, Stymied President Obama's agenda and stole a seat on the Supreme Court.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)

6. He was the primary political player in the whole mess, perhaps?

Reply to Va Lefty (Reply #5)

Fri May 26, 2017, 09:14 AM

May 2017

When the Gang of Eight was informed by the FBI that Russia was maybe interfering in our elections, Obama wanted to tell the people about it. McConnell vetoed the idea. He said if Obama and the Democrats brought this forward as an issue, he would say that it was nothing more than "partisan politics" by the Democrats. Obama made the decision to let it stand, since he was fairly sure Hillary was going to win the election anyway...

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)

9. A truly reprehensible excuse for a human being

Reply to kentuck (Reply #6)

Fri May 26, 2017, 09:56 AM

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hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)

10. And don't forget, he stole a Supreme Court seat from Obama.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #6)

Fri May 26, 2017, 12:39 PM

May 2017

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

7. Also Fox, Limbaugh, Sinclair, Zucker.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri May 26, 2017, 09:48 AM

May 2017

Media has played a huge role.

And dont forget Koch, Mercer, the Waltons, Adelson. GOP funders are behind the GOP shift into craziness.

Together they aim to make America an autocracy, or a banana republic -- all in the name of tax cuts for the rich.

kentuck

(111,103 posts)

8. The irony of these times when right-wing media is in decline...

Reply to sharedvalues (Reply #7)

Fri May 26, 2017, 09:53 AM

May 2017

With FOX primarily. But I have read that Iheart Radio may be gone by years end. It's like the end of alternative news. The truth is going to rush in to fill the vacuum.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

11. NO. Unfortunately. Sinclair taking over local news

Reply to kentuck (Reply #8)

Fri May 26, 2017, 03:31 PM

May 2017

"The imminent conservative takeover of local TV news, explained
Thanks to Trump, Sinclair Broadcast Group will soon have all it needs to be the next big force in right-wing news."

https://www.vox.com/2017/5/15/15598270/sinclair-broadcast-imminent-conservative-takeover-of-local-tv-news-explained

Also see
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/08/527462015/sinclair-broadcast-group-has-deal-to-buy-tribune-medias-tv-stations

"Sinclair owned station in Montana won't air recording of Gianforte assault"
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/05/25/sinclair-owned-station-montana-wont-air-recording-gianforte-assault/216678

"Fox’s Unfamiliar but Powerful Television Rival: Sinclair"
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/business/dealbook/sinclair-media-expansion-fox-conservative-media.html

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