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#298370 - 01/25/17 07:31 PM
Re: Impossible Possibilities?
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PATHETIC!! And this is only one agency. I can see this spreading to all agencies. It's going to be a long 4 years. As of last night, it was six agencies that got told not to publish or say anything until the WH has approved it.
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#298777 - 02/16/17 10:50 PM
Re: Impossible Possibilities?
[Re: Jim D (FreeThinker)]
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Well, we have seen one, although since it happened I guess it is no longer impossible (i.e. trump as prez.)
Are there others though?
Given the GOPs' current lack of respect for the Consitution (except or the second amendment and other parts when it suits them) and their current substantial control of many state legislatures, how long befort we start to see proposals for:
1. Making the Democratic party illegal as well as any other opposition party illegal. . . .
Yup, far fetched and alarmist I know, but last year at this time so was the presidency of trump. (sorry but I refuse to capitalize his name.) Republicans bar Hispanic lawmakers from meeting with ICE Step 1, isolate the first group. “I’ve been here 25 years and I’ve never been told by the Speaker of the House that I can’t attend a meeting I’ve requested,” Guitierrez said afterward, Politico reported.
According to the lawmakers, both members of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus were barred from entering a meeting between congressional leaders and the federal agency that has ramped up its immigration enforcement following the inauguration President Donald Trump. Who's next ?!
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#298878 - 02/21/17 04:56 PM
Re: Impossible Possibilities?
[Re: Jim D (FreeThinker)]
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I was listening, yesterday, to njr (nut-job radio, the counter-programming to npr), and the host was going on at length about the threat of the "deep state" against the Trump administration. It was clear to me that he was misapplying the concept, but his tirade made an important point: when we are sanguine about the threats posed to our constitutional order our hubris is likely to bring those very threats to fruition.
I believe we are in the throes of "interesting times" - protests will (and must) continue; legislators and others with authoritarian instincts will attempt to throttle dissent, and firm their grip on power; and real threats to our security and principles will proliferate. We must remain vigilant and resolute. I am personally stirred to action as I have not been in my lifetime. It will be interesting to see how that manifests.
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#298902 - 02/21/17 10:29 PM
Re: Impossible Possibilities?
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1. Making the Democratic party illegal as well as any other opposition party illegal.
Yup, far fetched and alarmist I know,
Iowa Republican proposes bill restricting left-leaning faculty at state colleges Let's see now . . . Identifiy first, then restrict and finally make illegal. Conservatives have such a weak position that they want disallow other points of view.
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#298908 - 02/22/17 12:28 AM
Re: Impossible Possibilities?
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They probably also have a bias toward actual solutions to actual problems, which makes them Liberal Scum....., So true. So damn true.
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