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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaul Krugman's tweets this morning on what keeps him up at night
Three-tweet thread here:
Link to tweet
What's obvious, looking both at Trump and Trumpist media, is that they are terrified. They know or strongly suspect that revelations of massive corruption and collusion are just around the corner. What we already know would have led to impeachment proceedings if Trump were D 2/
And the fact that they're terrified should have us terrified. These are people with authoritarian instincts, no respect for democratic norms, facing personal ruin, disgrace and quite possibly jail time. They will lash out -- and it will be a moment of truth for America 3/
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)hide in.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)and window-of-tall-building-proof.
7962
(11,841 posts)We can't have some "lied to the FBI" nonsense or some other equally lame charges. It HAS to be some serious shit that cannot be ignored, except by the sycophants. They would ignore him with a bloody head in hand
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)(yes, some trumpanzee I know trolled my FB page and called him that. URK! 🤮
And they wouldnt get it if you asked why they were upset about Kathy Griffin.
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)The entire IC is behind Mueller, all are being prepped for an amazing assertion of laws and legal standards.
As they say in sports, they have the horses.
Different Drummer
(7,617 posts)all hell will break loose in this country.
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)I mean, what are they really going to do? The only real weapon they have is their vote and what they choose to buy.
But, yeah - they'll be a mess alritey.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Exactly.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)to retain power to talk, and in Trump's case possibly to punish us, and how we will overcome it has bothered my nights a number of times.
We are a nation of laws, they are our strength and the means we must use, but some have not been established for all cases and must still be defined in the face of abuse.
These people have no limits to what they may do to keep power. Trump's most used tool is distraction, he's roiling with anger, at us I'm sure for betraying him, and what would be more destructive and distracting, and huge, than nuclear war?
bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)An authoritarian grab will crash world stock markets, flummox the left, leaev communities anguished and some divided, established order uncertain who to follow.
We are not prepared. Our leadership must make noise.
rainin
(3,011 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,173 posts)Yes, Class Action.
PatrickforO
(14,576 posts)Very afraid that the world we have known is about to 'move on' in some sinister, apocalyptic post-Gilead, post-North-Central-Positronics world where radical libertarian 'breakers' are tearing apart the 'beams' that hold us all together.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)"They will lash out." I am ready for the moment of truth.
JDC
(10,127 posts)BootinUp
(47,156 posts)paleotn
(17,918 posts)I am at times sort of comforted by the fact that this whole clown parade is breathtakingly inept. Then again, sometimes that scares the shit out of me too.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Who knows in what nature he will lash out, if given half a chance.
matt819
(10,749 posts)But I gave to say, Ill getting more than a little tired of these projections. Notwithstanding the few indictments and guilty pleas, no shoes have dropped, no perp walks have been walked. Meanwhile, we are all on the sidelines watching the destruction of this country.
Mr.Bill
(24,296 posts)Mueller could come up with video of Trump cutting the heads off live babies and nothing will happen.
And I am 100% serious.
ffr
(22,670 posts)and McConnell/Ryan would do nothing, Fox Noise would report that both sides do it, and the other media outlets would cower at sticking their necks out to say any different.
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)simple sober reality.
November 2018 is the last stand - either this country washes the Rs out of power in DC and at the state level, in a BIG way, or its over ...
Mr.Bill
(24,296 posts)the real carnage will begin. Say goodbye to Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, etc.
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)IF dems don't clock them, and if they retain control of congress with them being this off the hook, they will take that as affirmation that they can just say F it, we won and literally can do whatever we want (even more so than now).
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)The amount of damage and dismantling of our government (as we know it and understand it to be) is not completely known at this point. But just guessing, Id say when we do find out the extent of the damage, it will be breath taking. Devastating. Whether we can recover remains to be seen.
It will takes decades, plural, to undo what damage he can do up until d's can take power of Congress in 2019 alone, assuming this country has enough of a soul left to do what needs to be done.
All I have thinking about is 2018. If the Dems dont take it, we are doomed. Very scared.
ffr
(22,670 posts)Who will lead us?
oasis
(49,388 posts)True Dough
(17,305 posts)He knows his investigation has to be iron-clad, beyond reproach. He's the right man for the job, by all accounts, but the future of the country largely rests on his shoulders.
bdamomma
(63,859 posts)of hope on Mueller, I don't mean to lash out to you but what about the citizens of the country to take some sort of ACTION????
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)peggysue2
(10,829 posts)are being repeated throughout the country. With good reason.
I agree that the walls are obviously closing in and the Trumpster/Fox News crowd are in full panic. There's no mystery or secret about why the FBI and IC agencies are the object of so much wrath in right-wing circles. Mueller's closing in; Comey (among others) facilitated the downfall and our intelligence communities both here and abroad have and have had these thieves and sellouts under surveillance.
Krugman's right that desperate people will frequently do desperate things. There's no way the Trumpster is going gently into that Good Night. These prople can do a lot more damage on their way out.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)He's already trying to ruin the FBI and Mueller, in preparation for saying they're corrupt and their investigations and findings are crap.
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)When someone with the sole drive of self aggrandizement and no morals whatsoever is about to be destroyed he will do as much damage as he can to as many people as he can before he goes down.
And being the President of the United States gives him one of the largest hammers in history to do his damage with.
It's going to get pretty terrifying before this is over.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Start a really big war in Korea and the Middle East at the same time. Then, in collusion with all the generals he's installed in the White House, declare martial law, cancel elections, arrest the Dems in Congress for treason, arrest reporters, attempt to dissolve Muller et all and the FEB. Set up his own secret police.
And we can sit back and watch the GOP cheer.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)Very alarming and very dangerous
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Were Trumpy to be successful, he'd mirror Putin's system of wealth accumulation. Putin is reportedly worth between 60 and 80 BILLION dollars.
Trumpy's GOPers will be the last to recognize that their 401ks will be stolen by Trumpy and his cronies and the money will be laundered overseas, just as Putin's cabal does. Trumpy's Fanboys (and the rest of us) will be left with NOTHING.
bdamomma
(63,859 posts)Words don't cut it anymore. I would love to see some ACTION.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)They GOP is capable of following any pedophile, misogynist, fascist, demagogue or corrupt lying asshole.
SpankMe
(2,957 posts)If Mueller's revelations are anything short of jaw dropping and open-and-shut-damning, the Republicans will ignore it and move on with their destructive agenda.
Conservatives and Republicans are so dangerously stupid that Trump-thumpers in my office are saying that the deep state wants nuclear war with North Korea, and Trump is against nuke war and will heroically stave it off.
Funny - I thought it was just the opposite.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)GOP supporters and congress members that propaganda outlets like Fox and Breitbart fully understand and promotes in support of their meal tickets. They dont say it, but a fascist dictatorship is their ultimate goal. The orange idiot knows the coming Russian criminal indictments threatens their traitorous plans. It is probably safe to say they will stop at nothing to try to stop the looming downfall. Notice how dotard has never stopped stoking the ignorant base? The brilliant Paul Krugman is absolutely correct.