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Oh heck, even Rachel is alleging that the UNTHINKABLE could be coming maybe because (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Aug 2020 OP
What do you mean? Doodley Aug 2020 #1
The last 4 years have been the unthinkable. dawg day Aug 2020 #2
Belarus West. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2020 #4
I am thinking frogs. Laelth Aug 2020 #6
We've had that Leith Aug 2020 #26
?????????????????????? USALiberal Aug 2020 #3
Tune into MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show. she's covering dangers on the election. onetexan Aug 2020 #14
No tv where I am right now JI7 Aug 2020 #15
MSNBC.com will have full replay of the episode so worth watching. So glad all of the shows from onetexan Aug 2020 #27
I mean I am watching Rachel qazplm135 Aug 2020 #5
Does she name the unthinkable TlalocW Aug 2020 #7
She Was Showing What Is Going On In Belarus - Saying That This Is Unthinkable And That.... global1 Aug 2020 #19
If it is unthinkable, why try to think about it? cayugafalls Aug 2020 #8
Totally off topic, but how do I bet the Biden/Harris thingy on my posts? Laffy Kat Aug 2020 #28
which one? cayugafalls Aug 2020 #29
Oh, sorry, the signature. Laffy Kat Aug 2020 #30
The "Immovable Object" meets the "Irresistable Force". oasis Aug 2020 #9
May I have a crumb of context? EllieBC Aug 2020 #10
No! ornotna Aug 2020 #20
The post office is a first step. Wait until November and December. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #11
She is our early warning system. Take Trump' attempt to hold power seriously progressive nobody Aug 2020 #12
Former US Intel official Kyle Murphy is on Rachel's show right now saying he's lost confidence in onetexan Aug 2020 #13
Kyle Murphy's piece at JustSecurity: Mersky Aug 2020 #16
Amazing and scary show so far Beaverhausen Aug 2020 #17
Oh boy. I love 20 questions. I'll guess what you're talking about and you give me hints. dem4decades Aug 2020 #18
*snort* smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #21
You expect him to SAY it?!? jcgoldie Aug 2020 #22
Now, she's going over this fresh hell re: USPS and Pennsylvania Mersky Aug 2020 #23
Roy Cohn wouldn't stop at this level Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #24
And why not? He gets away with each new overreach! ecstatic Aug 2020 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Aug 2020 #31

onetexan

(13,024 posts)
27. MSNBC.com will have full replay of the episode so worth watching. So glad all of the shows from
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 10:05 PM
Aug 2020

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.

global1

(25,226 posts)
19. She Was Showing What Is Going On In Belarus - Saying That This Is Unthinkable And That....
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:46 PM
Aug 2020

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.

 

progressive nobody

(816 posts)
12. She is our early warning system. Take Trump' attempt to hold power seriously
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:36 PM
Aug 2020

And McConnell and the others are going along to hold their power.

onetexan

(13,024 posts)
13. Former US Intel official Kyle Murphy is on Rachel's show right now saying he's lost confidence in
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:38 PM
Aug 2020

the head of Joint Chiefs of Staff to stand up against the Idiot's illegal orders. This is really frightening.

Mersky

(4,980 posts)
16. Kyle Murphy's piece at JustSecurity:
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:41 PM
Aug 2020
I Resigned from U.S. Government After My Own Leaders Began to Act Like the Autocrats I Analyzed
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 administration’s authoritarian approach to dissent, not an anomaly.

-snip-



https://www.justsecurity.org/72008/i-resigned-from-u-s-government-after-my-own-leaders-began-to-act-like-the-autocrats-i-analyzed/

dem4decades

(11,270 posts)
18. Oh boy. I love 20 questions. I'll guess what you're talking about and you give me hints.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:45 PM
Aug 2020

On second thought, forget about it.

Mersky

(4,980 posts)
23. Now, she's going over this fresh hell re: USPS and Pennsylvania
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:52 PM
Aug 2020
USPS says Pennsylvania mail ballots may not be delivered on time, and state warns of ‘overwhelming’ risk to voters
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 state’s 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.

-snip-

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/pennsylvania-mail-voting-deadlines-post-office-lawsuit-20200813.html
 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
24. Roy Cohn wouldn't stop at this level
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:53 PM
Aug 2020

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)
25. And why not? He gets away with each new overreach!
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 09:54 PM
Aug 2020

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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