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In reply to the discussion: The point is that the voters should never have been put under the duress of a Trump candidacy... [View all]Walleye
(31,371 posts)1. It's the Republicans that are doing this to us, not a broken system. Only broken because they are there
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The point is that the voters should never have been put under the duress of a Trump candidacy... [View all]
kentuck
Mar 21
OP
It's the Republicans that are doing this to us, not a broken system. Only broken because they are there
Walleye
Mar 21
#1
".....capital's unlimited accumulation and control over every function in society."
jaxexpat
Mar 21
#25
American public is already worn down. Look how quickly they go to "both sides do it" etc.
Walleye
Mar 21
#10
Yes the media is part of the crazy train. They are enablers of societal/political abuse.
Irish_Dem
Mar 21
#13
Well said. When people say they don't understand how a whole country can accept a ruthless dictator
Cheezoholic
Mar 21
#18
Keep in mind that Trump is just an instrument of the ruling class -- predominantly white, wealthy
KPN
Mar 21
#30
If Mitch McConnell had done the right thing back in 2021, we would not have Trump as a candidate now.
Lonestarblue
Mar 21
#5
It is a Gigantic Godzilla-sized Gaslighting to Abuse the Public into Submission
bucolic_frolic
Mar 21
#7
THIS! All fucking day long. If we had an attorney general interested in doing his actual job, that orange cancer would
onecaliberal
Mar 21
#15
If he would have appointed the special council from the get go we wouldn't be here now.
onecaliberal
Mar 21
#35
SC Smith has done a great job, no doubt as late as it was that he was appointed. But Garland didn't even have to...
brush
Mar 22
#54
If N.Y State had followed up on his crimes back when he was committing them, recent history would be way different. nt
TeamProg
Mar 21
#34
The Subversive, Corrupt Court of the U.S. wants to eliminate the 14th Amendment.
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 21
#39
The US Congress could have passed a law that he had insurrected and was ineligible.
maxsolomon
Mar 21
#41