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barbtries

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11. i haven't heard the whole speech by a long shot

Reply to TygrBright (Original post)

Wed Jan 31, 2018, 05:15 PM

Jan 2018

but (and i think you'll be glad to hear this) this quote was one of the first i became aware of. i have already shared it on twitter. i think it is a call to end democracy as we know it in the USA and one person remarked, "This is Stephen Miller." yeah i can believe that.

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Last Night, [Redacted] Asked Congress for an Enabling Act [View all] TygrBright Jan 2018 OP

Friggin' Scary! kentuck Jan 2018 #1

I have a republican rep and he listens to me not Angry Dragon Jan 2018 #2

He may not listen to you, individually. TygrBright Jan 2018 #5

It is authoritarian in the extreme. alarimer Jan 2018 #3

It's my understanding that if it's the U.S. Govt it IS illegal RandomAccess Jan 2018 #16

I suspect it would run afoul of current Civil Service regulations. alarimer Feb 2018 #17

Exactly RandomAccess Feb 2018 #18

First offical shot at Wellstone ruled Jan 2018 #4

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #6

Trump ignores such history, of course. Or he'd know it's a slippery slope... FailureToCommunicate Jan 2018 #7

"remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people" avebury Jan 2018 #8

Including him. We are the Sec'y of the ppl, we should be able to fire him iluvtennis Jan 2018 #10

Important post. Thank you. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #9

i haven't heard the whole speech by a long shot barbtries Jan 2018 #11

I think you're right. It's got that Miller stench. TygrBright Jan 2018 #15

Yep..... SergeStorms Jan 2018 #12

Decades of demonizing Federal workers not fooled Jan 2018 #13

OMG. That is shocking. He wants to purge all those whose spouses didn't vote for him. Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #14