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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe coup is complete.
Sadly they have all branches of government , complete control of the media - broadcast - print , support of wall street and the assistance from the financial side . The agencies entrusted to protect the USA and the Constitution have failed us and/or climbed onboard with those who's goal is total control . Do not see an out at this time.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Next will be the purges of Governmental Agencies. Watch for major disruption of Voter Rolls in the Blue States.
Different Drummer
(7,650 posts)the electors will do the right thing.
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Good luck with that.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)And at the same time turning their backs on people of other lands we have helped.
Jim__
(14,083 posts)We cant rely on the media, and we cant rely on the internet. However, we can hand distribute facts to mail-boxes and/or doorways. People who are Trump believers will not read our internet messages. However, they may read our hand-distributed messages. Not all of them, but maybe enough of them to make a difference.
Trump is going to attack social security, medicare, obama-care, the minimum wage, unions, and anything that helps working people. The media and rw-radio will blame any subsequent problems on the Democrats. Hand-distributed messages could get enough people thinking to expose the republican lies.
We can fight back.
global1
(25,272 posts)Gorilla Warfare.
GoneOffShore
(17,341 posts)And humans to deal with the guerrilla warfare.
Oneironaut
(5,525 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)4 years we'll take power back and won't look back. They've seen their last winning season for a long, long time.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)would you mind sharing?
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)screw up bigly.
WhiteTara
(29,722 posts)doesn't give me comfort.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)How is that possible?
A tRumputin DOJ will completely destroy as many voting rights acts as they WANT to--Voter disenfranchisement/voter suppression also on 'roids because this same DOJ won't even bother investigating alleged voter suppression in red states practiced on Dems. They'll turn a blind eye or in some cases won't even bother investigating voter suppression as it relates to Dems. And you know that redistricting will be taking place in the SAME year as the 2020 GE, and I'm very much afraid that there will be MORE cyber-hacking practiced on Dems by the time 2020 rolls around. In fact, I'm not even seeing a Dem President in at least the next 2 GE cycles. Gawd, and I hate thinking about how the thugs will be getting a 60+ Senate and that will be another freaking' nightmare. All 3 branches of government belonging to THESE thuglicans/tea party wing-nuts?
So, with Dems suffering MORE voter suppression/voter disenfranchisement, MORE voter-cross-checking, MORE voter purging from the rolls--all of these things on 'roids and all done to Dems AGAIN, and with whoever tRumputin and his DOJ allows to cyber-hack us so thuglicans can retain and expand upon COMPLETE power, Dems are going to be on the outside looking in for a LONG time to come IMHO.
global1
(25,272 posts)but I've heard your words before thru the years and the Repugs always manage to survive and win.
ileus
(15,396 posts)Sure I'm wrong lots of times, but there's always that one time.
I guess it's just my Faith keeping me going.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Freddie
(9,275 posts)If we can't get some power back by 2020, Calexit or the formation of the nation Pacifica (CA, OR, WA, maybe NV) is not exactly far-fetched. Sadly I live in PA and have too much family here to ever leave.
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)duffyduff
(3,251 posts)duffyduff
(3,251 posts)Bonhomme Richard
(9,000 posts)That would be the intelligence agencies. For the most part they consider themselves patriots whether right or wrong. i think they have way more information on the Russian connection than they are letting on and the reason they haven't sat down with the congressional intelligence committees is because they do not trust them. Specifically they do not trust the Republicans with the intelligence they have. They understand what the republicans are capable of. The intelligence community does not want to show their hand.....least not yet.
Now if that isn't a stretch to hold out hope on then I don't know what is.
kacekwl
(7,022 posts)Unfortunately patriotism seems to have a different meaning to many.
JudyM
(29,280 posts)independently, in a rogue manner, to protect constitutional values?
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Bonhomme Richard
(9,000 posts)all their ducks are in a row leaving very little room to squirm....and maybe a few leaks to the media.
It's the last straw I have to hang on to.
CousinIT
(9,259 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)Play them at their own game.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Thats all you see in the grocery line. Nothing neg about tepubs,no matter what
KewlKat
(5,624 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)jehop61
(1,735 posts)Put on your big boy pants and fight! March, protest and generally raise Hell! We did it in the 60s and stopped a war and the draft. We got a president to resign. Stop sitting in the corner quivering . We had a civil war and came out of it. We had the entire economy collapse and came out of it. Who says you are not the Second Greatest Generation? Stop surrendering to the big orange ogre.
Hekate
(90,829 posts)world wide wally
(21,755 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)Do we recruit a corporate media owned by a FEW whose in the pockets of the thuglicans who are only chasing ratings now-a-days?
That ship has sailed. I know Current wasn't wasn't watched by many people, but for Al Gore to sell it to Al Jezeera America. YIKES!
But then again, I guess Oprah or some other really rich left-leaner's just aren't in the market to band together to start a left-leaning news network.
*LE SIGH*
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Look at the talent out there if someone is willing to dpend the money.
Fox made its mark by attacking Clinton 24/7 during the nineties. Trump will supply more material than they could ever hope for.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)Oprah only cares about her bank account
sarisataka
(18,779 posts)pbmus
(12,422 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)Evolution teaches us that the best two strategies for survival are 1) to fight tooth and nail, and 2) find a hole to hide in until danger blows over.
Both strategies work. Only one of them will do any good for our country and our planet, and it isn't the one that involves burrows in the ground.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)u only have look as far as any of the Super Red Controlled States. They all are a economic and civic disaster. Moochers living off the Blue states. Is Exon and Russia going to let us mooch off them to stay afloat?
Liberal In Red State
(442 posts)Boeing making too much and then Lockheed . . . His utterances have caused their stocks to tumble. He will weaken the military to such a degree that Russia will be able to win without firing a shot.
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Pay attention! We're going to have a quiz later.
rwsanders
(2,606 posts)Sorry, I just had to get a dig in at this group that promises to "protect the constitution". Apparently the Constitution is now a "Reader's Digest" version that consists of only a carefully edited second amendment.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)Except we won't wear stupid costumes and hang teabags off our hats.
And we could definitely get some better flag designs.
kacekwl
(7,022 posts)from the Koch boys and soon after the media coverage too ...Hi Faux entertainment.
Mc Mike
(9,115 posts)and that faded pdq. We have a lot of good media people, too, with guts and brains. Theirs lack brains, and substitute complete shamelessness and buttsucking for guts.
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)as per Tillerson and Putin and Trump partnership, or a nuclear war.
That is about it.
Initech
(100,104 posts)We have no voice in the media anymore because they stole it from us like a bully taking your lunch money, and denounce anyone who has a dissenting opinion as being part of the "liberal media". Well guess what - THERE IS NO LIBERAL MEDIA ANYMORE, YOU CONSERVATIVE FUCKING SCUMBAGS!!
Different Drummer
(7,650 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,139 posts)we still have SC for now.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)what did we do? We dicked around with "town halls" for a year and let the tricorner hat crowd go on C-SPAN about "keep yer gaddam socialized medicine gummermint hands offa mah medicare!"
Unfortunately, though, I suspect the GOP won't be as timid as we were in using the government to advance an agenda. The good news is, their actual policies are gonna be deeply unpopular with a lot of Americans.
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)As some who's LIVED in a country where Democracy was overthrown, I find throwing out phrases like "coup" to be lazy and simple-minded. Russian hacking of the DNC, allowing Wikileaks to publish emails about political campaign tactics didn't change many minds, and despite some of the claims here, there's no evidence that voting machine hacking occuered. Bottom line, the Republicans won because we let them.
Botany
(70,589 posts)n/t
treestar
(82,383 posts)There are of course judges from previous administrations. And the courts are not totally political.
MFM008
(19,820 posts)Lightening hits his plane.
Apoplexy
Anything just get him out of our faces.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)But it's like a two-year old trying to fly a 747.
Physics is not on their side.
CrispyQ
(36,527 posts)The press and the Democratic Party have failed the most.
Generator
(7,770 posts)says we didn't show up to vote. So it's only our fault. He is worthless.