Crimes-Of-Radical-Republicans-Under-President-Trump-Infect-Our-Nation

[kentuck]

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C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N

I have seen six dozen trips around the Sun and I have never in my lifetime seen anything close to the corruption we are now experiencing in Washington, DC.

Donald Trump is skimming money from the taxpayers and the military to put into his own pocket. It is so blatantly criminal that it is unbelievable to most Americans.

Mitch McConnell refuses to pass legislation to protect our votes, even as he knows that foreign countries are intent on messing with our elections and our sacred right to vote. Why would he block a bill to protect the voters of this country?

It is a cesspool.

[Kurt V.]

1. What's most amazing to me is how easily this was done.

so many ppl were primed and ready for corruption. for me, that's the bigger story

[kentuck]

2. I have to think it is mostly ignorance.

Ignorance is evil.

[sharedvalues]

7. Fox, Limbaugh persuade the base

And WSJ, Heritage, AEI, etc persuade the GOP elite.

And all of that is funded/owned by rightwing billionaires.

The corruption of American democracy is caused by a handful of rightwing billionaires.

[Kurt V.]

9. +1000

[Hermit-The-Prog]

27. don't forget "Kochland"

A specific (late) rightwing billionaire is still doing damage from beyond the grave --

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212415599
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/27/christopher_leonard_kochland_koch_brothers
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/27/death-destruction-david-koch-legacy

[democratisphere]

3. America is the most corrupt nation on Earth.

The WH, Congress, Health Care, Corporations, Wall Street, Rethuglicons, Politics and Elections are saturated with massive corruption. WTF are "we" going to do about it?! 2020 can not be allowed to be our demise.

[pangaia]

23. you might want to consider russia, myanmar, thailand, china and north korea

just for starters..

humm look at the club we belong to...

[democratisphere]

28. America has become the role model for corruption.

What an achievement!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

5. What? No one's tracking the TARIFF monies?

Who'd a thought it?

Tariffs must total $2 Billion a month. Plus every time the tariff war is on/off, you can go long YINN or YANG ETF's on the Chinese market.

You could make $15-20 Billion a year on these 2 rackets. Hell, you or I could make $200 a month and we're not in on the cash flow and don't even know what's going on!

[DemocracyMouse]

12. Please translate. We don't all use the same jargon :-)

[Zoonart]

6. So right, Kentucky...

The entire administration is nothing but a criminal cartel, with the *Resident as the doddering mob boss; waiving his arms about and shouting orders as his seconds and children sharpen their knives for the power grab to come.

[democrank]

8. Cesspool indeed

Hip boots won’t even do the job anymore.

[ewagner]

10. As usual Kentuck, we agree...

One thing that has puzzled me about this level of corruption is how it showed that the constitution and the laws which were based upon it, all depended on a commitment to the common good of the country. None of us, who have had six dozen or more trips around the sun could have ever imagined that there would be people so immune to any sense of patriotism; any sense of propriety; any sense of justice that they would seek personal profit at the expense of our liberty.

I've never seen anything like this....

[kentuck]

11. Hey Friend!

How ya' doin'?

[DemocracyMouse]

13. Social bonds + civic groups are thinning and therein lies the bedrock of the mold we call corruption

[DemocracyMouse]

18. ...of course, the corporate systems that facilitate the unprecedented...

concentrations of wealth undermine local, more intimate and feedback-rich (read: ethical) social structures.

So I guess we have a clusterfuck.

[ewagner]

14. HANGIN' IN THERE...

Glad to see you're still in the fight!

Keep it up my friend!

[kentuck]

16. I don't know if I'm still in the fight?

And that's the problem. I hope our words still have meaning?

[ewagner]

19. I "retired" from public life in 2018

finished my last council/board meetings on April 18 and proceeded to my 3rd heart attack on May 5....

Health has improved....I'm ready to get back into the game!

[kentuck]

20. It's good to see your head is in the right place.

Good luck with your health.

[kentuck]

15. The Radical Republicans are taking advantage of an opportunity, in my opinion.

I think the tech revolution has created a new war between the ignorant and uninformed vs educated and informed. It is the ignorance that is being manipulated by the Radicals. We fear the thought of the ignorant winning the war.

Just my opinion.

[ewagner]

17. Good point

The concept of demagoguery has been with us forever, but certainly social media has given it a rich source of uninformed, bigoted audiences.

good point.

[spanone]

24. immune to any sense of truth.

[pangaia]

25. About your last sentence beginning with... "None of us,..."

That is absolitely not true.

I, for one, have seen this since I became politically somewhat aware in 1980.... And I am sure millions of others have as well..
just not in such huge numbers of crooks and liars....

[pangaia]

21. contact your congress people

letters to editor
protest on street corners-WITH friends
and anything else active you can do...

again and again

[spanone]

22. It is under the cesspool

[Chipper Chat]

26. What pisses me off is the MSM.

"Joining me now is Soandso from Whatever newspaper or Entity for their take on the issue..." TRANSLATION: for their take which will be watered down and without emotion because god knows we wont allow them to be honest and say what is really their thoughts and opinions because god knows they would never be invited on this show again and besides we would god knows incur the wrath and scorn of donald jackass trump."