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WTF Happened? (Original Post) Soph0571 Sep 2019 OP
Last gasp JustAnotherGen Sep 2019 #1
I sure hope this is just an extinction burst. Pacifist Patriot Sep 2019 #2
The active replaces the passive C_U_L8R Sep 2019 #3
He's been packing the federal courts with young RW judges with lifetime appointments IronLionZion Sep 2019 #4
It Is A Few Things colsohlibgal Sep 2019 #5
We don't have 12 years ... GeorgeGist Sep 2019 #6
The horror... the horror... Blue Owl Sep 2019 #7

C_U_L8R

(44,986 posts)
3. The active replaces the passive
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 08:38 AM
Sep 2019

And these hateful fucks are on a full-on offensive to grab all the power they can. They are just rolling over anyone that gets in their way. Including us.

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
4. He's been packing the federal courts with young RW judges with lifetime appointments
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 09:06 AM
Sep 2019

Dems need to take the Senate, not just the White House. And the electoral college makes things difficult for us in close elections, so we need it to be am Obama-like landslide in our favor.

Ginsburg will likely retire when Dems take control.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
5. It Is A Few Things
Thu Sep 19, 2019, 09:16 AM
Sep 2019

Reagan slashing the top marginal tax rates on wealthy people and corporations, breaking the taxation system that had been there from FDR till the B actor got in. Reagan also doing away with the long time Fairness Doctrine....which gave us Fox News, Limbaugh and other far right Media.

So old Ronnie really started this ball rolling. Eisenhower saw this coming as he outlined in his farewell speech as he was exiting the White House. It is worth watching.

Some other resources are the docs “Inside Job” and “Why We Fight” , Jane Mayer’s book “Dark Money” among others.

We are in a pickle.

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