Our Reichstag fire is named Al Franken.

[Drahthaardogs]

That's what this is.

Welcome to Fascism! Enjoy!

[questionseverything]

1. the deep pockets of the party have stopped pretending to care

about us nobodies

[BzaDem]

2. Oh please. n/t

[Willie Pep]

3. I am suspicious about the timing.

Just in time for the Republican tax bill to go through Congress. The GOP has successfully distracted the public once again.

[smirkymonkey]

34. Yes, very interesting, isn't it?

Rat-fuckers. This was a planned hit.

[melman]

4. No

It's actually not.

[Drahthaardogs]

5. Oh you just wait and see

THIS is how they do it. This is how they will kill off the resistance. Anonymous complaints...

[Bear Creek]

13. Been done before

Anonymous tips that is the way nazi Germany operated.

[Doodley]

6. I do not see that analogy at all.

[Drahthaardogs]

7. This. Is. How. They. Remove. The. Opposition.

All. Lies. And. Innuendo.

[Doodley]

9. That is what the Roy Moore campaign is saying about Roy Moore. Can't we be better than that?

[arthritisR_US]

10. The Moore campaign is projecting, you surely can do better

[Doodley]

11. Should we just let them project, unchallenged, and let Trump win in 2020?

[arthritisR_US]

16. Calling them what ii is, isnt leaving them unchallenged.

[treestar]

21. Obviously not. It is just letting them win.

[blimablam]

8. Political hit job

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029863217

[Amimnoch]

12. I think this is more of a Goebbels parallel than the Reichstag fire.

This is more ministry of "culture and propaganda" tactics than the Reichstag.

I do agree that it's coming. In both the Vegas shooting and Sutherland Springs shooting, I was on the edge of my seat while waiting to find out the identity of the shooter for this very reason. They will absolutely use any tragedy that they can to make a modern day Reichstag fire happen.

I do absolutely believe that this entire move to recognize the capital of Jerusalem is an attempt to force a Reichstag fire situation. If he can incite an attack on us, either at home or abroad, he can use it. North Korea.. the same.

[Bear Creek]

14. Call me old fashioned

But where is the proof? Sorry but he said, she said is not.

[MrModerate]

15. It bothers me greatly that Dem Senators . . .

Are so easily sucked into a blatantly orchestrated political assassination. No wonder Republicans believe they can get away with anything -- we let them!

[Duppers]

20. +100

Amen!!!!

This has been about unconfirmed accusations without evidence of facts and circumstances and about prejudging. Al has asked for investigations but they deny him that.

These Dems cannot see what's happening. They cannot see the clever plot and manipulation by rethugs that probably began in some RW back-room think tanks. They don't understand that they're doing Steve Bannon's work for him.

[brush]

24. You're right. Tweeden had help with starting the hit job.

Tom Arnold‏Verified account @TomArnold

"To put a button on this the only truth about my old pal Leeann Tweeden’s Al Franken story was the picture. The rest was created by KABC colleague & fellow Trump supporter John Phillips & his bud Roger Stone who coached Leeann for weeks to take Al down. Mission accomplished."
7:29 PM - 6 Dec 2017

And the picture was just a gag photo where Franken was not even touching her.

[Soxfan58]

17. No

Unfortunately our Reichstag fire is yet to come. And they will blame Muslims or North Korea. Then we will be all told we must rally around or supreme leader and let the repervs do anything they want to protect us. Then Welcome to fascism. But thank god we didn't elect the grandmother with a email problem. (How do I get the sarcasm icon?)

[montana_hazeleyes]

19. To get the sarcasm icon,

go to the bottom of the icons you see. The last one is the candle holding icon. Right next to it to the right is a little box with three dots in it. Click on that box and other icons appear below. The sarcasm icon is the first one of these other icons.

[Richard D]

18. I wonder . . .

. . . how long till they take-down Maddow.

[oasis]

23. +1

[brush]

25. Yeah, that occured to me too, especially after the threads last week attacking Joy Reid.

Now that the repugs now know anonymous attacks work, I'm sure they've got their researchers scouring the internet and other sources looking for old bits of info and questionable photos they can build a hit job attack on other prominent progressives.

Look out Lawrence, Rachel, Don Lemon, Adam Schiff, Jake Tapper...

[Sunsky]

22. I agree nt

[Bengus81]

26. Meanwhile NEO CONS have all but GUTTED the CHIP program.........

While Dems were running around getting Franken to resign the CONS are laughing their asses off and have found FUNDING in the CHIP program for their tax give away to Corporations.

32 of them:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/politics/al-franken-replacement/index.html

[OliverQ]

27. Leeanne Tweeden apparently admitted to Tom Arnold that this was a right

wing smear by Roger Stone/Hannity to bring down Franken.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

28. Link for that assertion? Nt

[OliverQ]

29. This is part 1. There are several connecting tweets on his page.

Link to tweet

[Dr Hobbitstein]

30. Tom Arnold also says he has Apprentice tapes.

I don’t ever believe a word he says.

[OliverQ]

31. Well, we do know Hannity knew about the photo years ago

We know that Leeanne Tweeden accepted Franken's apology and didn't want him fired, and we know that Roger Stone had some involvement since he tweeted about it before the news broke. Tweeden is also on video grabbing a man's butt without his approval at one of the USO concerts, so her credibility is pretty bad.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

32. And Franken has a patern of harrassing women.

I like the guy’s political ideology, but sweeping multiple claims in reputable publications is wrong.

If he resigns, then it was true. If it wasn’t true, Al (being the fighter that he is) would vehemently deny it and go nowhere.

We shall see.

[Kimchijeon]

33. I also feel this is the final "yep this is fascism"

Turning point. It's been a long time coming, and sure we have been saying it for so long many dismiss the idea. But guess what lil froggies? The water is boiling now.... it hurts, doesn't it?