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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOh heck, even Rachel is alleging that the UNTHINKABLE could be coming maybe because
why not, so far they have done everything unthinkable.
Oh well...
Doodley
(9,048 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)What's next? Plague of locusts?
rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)Yep. Frogs.
-Laelth
Leith
(7,808 posts)Last summer, I went out to water the plants and it freaked me right out.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)onetexan
(13,024 posts)JI7
(89,241 posts)onetexan
(13,024 posts)Joy Reid to Ali Velshi to Rachel Maddow - they're all covering the open election meddling by 45 to steal the election. It's frightening.
update: Lawrence O'Donnell is covering it now too.
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)and even I have no idea what you are talking about
TlalocW
(15,377 posts)Or is it also unknowable?
TlalocW
global1
(25,226 posts)this is going on right now. If the unthinkable can happen there - it can happen here.
In the last 3 3/4 years many unthinkable things have happened in the U.S. under the Trump presidency.
What's happening now in Belarus could be something that may be the unthinkable thing in the cards to happen going forward here in the U.S. under Trump.
cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)cayugafalls
(5,639 posts)My signature or avatar?
Laffy Kat
(16,373 posts)I didn't notice the avatar. Nice.
oasis
(49,338 posts)🎼Somethings gotta give🎼
EllieBC
(2,990 posts)Clickbait headlines in the GD are kind of irritating.
No context for you!
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)progressive nobody
(816 posts)And McConnell and the others are going along to hold their power.
onetexan
(13,024 posts)the head of Joint Chiefs of Staff to stand up against the Idiot's illegal orders. This is really frightening.
Mersky
(4,980 posts)by Kyle Murphy
August 13, 2020
I recently resigned as a senior analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency after experiencing firsthand the actions of U.S. government leaders to suppress nonviolent dissent during the recent nationwide protests for racial justice. I was among the thousands of peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters tear-gassed in Lafayette Square and nearly knocked to the ground by the downdraft from a military helicopter hovering over Pennsylvania Avenue. In the course of my work, I have watched autocratic leaders around the world employ similar tactics, actions that often precede broader uses of violence against domestic opposition. Unidentified federal forces in cities across the United States committing abuses against demonstrators is an evolution in the Trump administrations authoritarian approach to dissent, not an anomaly.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/72008/i-resigned-from-u-s-government-after-my-own-leaders-began-to-act-like-the-autocrats-i-analyzed/
Beaverhausen
(24,470 posts)dem4decades
(11,270 posts)On second thought, forget about it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Man, I love playing this game. And we get to play it so often here!
jcgoldie
(11,613 posts)Its not even THINKABLE!
Mersky
(4,980 posts)by Jonathan Lai and Ellie Rushing, Updated: 8 minutes ago
The United States Postal Service warned Pennsylvania that some mail ballots may not be delivered on time because the states deadlines are too tight for its delivery standards, prompting elections officials to ask the state Supreme Court to extend those deadlines to avoid disenfranchising voters.
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https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-mail-voting-deadlines-post-office-lawsuit-20200813.html
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)And Trump is willing to take it far beyond Roy Cohn level. That's why I think this is a simple evaluation. It's not going to be anything close to watching the polls for 80 days and cruising home. There will be one despicable twist and obstacle after another. They were already scheming when we were looking back at Russia.
ecstatic
(32,653 posts)So why should he stop reaching?
The people who can stop him either won't or are too busy / exhausted to impeach (again) or at least subpoena these criminals. Extraordinary times should mean extraordinary measures. You can't say voters will have the last say if the election is being compromised right before our eyes.
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