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Trump. Bringing back the good old McCarthy era days.

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A president who disregards political norms (such as ignoring the emoluments clause of the constitution).
A president who attacks the media, relentlessly.
A president who outright lies and uses common propaganda techniques to create an us vs them endowment.
Tearing down or delegitimizing government institutions.
Going after political enemies (lock her up, lock comey up).
Ignoring or tearing down our allies (talking shit about other world leaders who happen to be our allies, talking crap about NATO).
Openly admiring dictators and authoritarian strongmen.
Ignoring outside threats to our democracy and elections.
Nominating SC judges who must pass a litmus test.
Normalizing violence and hate (see Charlottesville).
Essentially using a tv network to push the propaganda of the state.
Going after "citizens that might have fallen through the cracks" with regard to immigration.
Using the military for political purposes (see the entirely useless bombing of the Syrian airport or trumps desire to have a military parade).
Needlessly separating families in the name of security.
Implementing policies in the name of security despite there not being a security threat (see the travel ban).
Indefinite detention with no exercise of legal rights (see Guantanamo and trumps latest zero tolerance immigration policies).
We have a Congress that's abdicated its duty to put checks on the other branches of governments (have you heard a single call from Republican legislators to start investigating Pruitt).
A Congress that uses its power to investigate its political enemies for the expressed purpose of hurting them politically.
Ignoring congressional norms to stack the courts (stealing a SC nomination from Obama).
Rigging elections so that a minority of people elect representatives who control a majority of government.
Rigging elections to disenfranchise particular groups of voters because of their typical party affiliation.
(the last few would fall under the heading of, consolidating/reinforcing their power).
We have a supreme court that ignores precedent to pursue an agenda (see the federalist society and things like the Heller ruling).
A supreme court that has members on it that refuse to recuse themselves when previous justices would have in the past (see Clarence Thomas and his tea partier wife and the hobby lobby ruling).


That's just to name a few off the top of my head, I'm sure others can add more.

Oh and regarding godwins law (how quaint btw).

https://gizmodo.com/godwin-of-godwins-law-by-all-means-compare-these-shi-1797807646

He's speaking of the people trump calls, "very fine people".
If you're pissed about the Supreme Court, then start a political action committee for the midterms and 2020 and go do something about it. What did Obama say? "Elections have consequences". Also, aside from your first two bullets, everything else was going on under Obama's 8 years. You're only finding out about it now because it was swept under the rug. What I can tell you that Trump didn't do that Obama did was stack his cabinet with a list of people from Citibank (source: wikileaks). So with respect to corporations completely owning our politicians, we have shown progress. Imagine what would've happened if hillary (i.e. the corporate posterchild) would've won. Scary to think about.
 
If you're pissed about the Supreme Court, then start a political action committee for the midterms and 2020 and go do something about it. What did Obama say? "Elections have consequences". Also, aside from your first two bullets, everything else was going on under Obama's 8 years. You're only finding out about it now because it was swept under the rug. What I can tell you that Trump didn't do that Obama did was stack his cabinet with a list of people from Citibank (source: wikileaks). So with respect to corporations completely owning our politicians, we have shown progress. Imagine what would've happened if hillary (i.e. the corporate posterchild) would've won. Scary to think about.

But Hillary!
 
If you're pissed about the Supreme Court, then start a political action committee for the midterms and 2020 and go do something about it. What did Obama say? "Elections have consequences". Also, aside from your first two bullets, everything else was going on under Obama's 8 years. You're only finding out about it now because it was swept under the rug. What I can tell you that Trump didn't do that Obama did was stack his cabinet with a list of people from Citibank (source: wikileaks). So with respect to corporations completely owning our politicians, we have shown progress. Imagine what would've happened if hillary (i.e. the corporate posterchild) would've won. Scary to think about.


Lol good one

I'll just quote myself since you seem intent on spamming the forums with your bullshit.

Are you trying to be funny? Because trump did put an entire team of Goldman Sachs on his cabinet.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/15/inv...an-trump-treasury-deputy-secretary/index.html

As far a successful business people go? Sure, if by successful you mean shady.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...history/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.2d0e5c2794b1


Trump is the greatest president in the world...so long as you don't look at the actual facts or the details about the man and his cabinet members

Quite the cult you've joined there.
 
If you're pissed about the Supreme Court, then start a political action committee for the midterms and 2020 and go do something about it. What did Obama say? "Elections have consequences". Also, aside from your first two bullets, everything else was going on under Obama's 8 years. You're only finding out about it now because it was swept under the rug. What I can tell you that Trump didn't do that Obama did was stack his cabinet with a list of people from Citibank (source: wikileaks). So with respect to corporations completely owning our politicians, we have shown progress. Imagine what would've happened if hillary (i.e. the corporate posterchild) would've won. Scary to think about.

You know that wikileaks doc has pretty much been proven false, right? Im not an Obama fan, but attack him with true things. Theres plenty of those.
 
The tea party and trump will do thier best to make America white again.

Oh dont worry. Your time is coming. Dunno what it'll be called, but the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the beginning. Your side is getting as looney as the right.
 
Oh dont worry. Your time is coming. Dunno what it'll be called, but the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the beginning. Your side is getting as looney as the right.
Half or more of the issues she campaigned on are approved of by over 50% of the population.

BothSidesDoIt™ now. BothSidesDoIt™ tomorrow. BothSidesDoIt™ forever.
 
You know that wikileaks doc has pretty much been proven false, right? Im not an Obama fan, but attack him with true things. Theres plenty of those.
I don't think so, bro. It was an executive from Citi who emailed Podesta a list of 31 sample candidates and they said many more to come. Magically all of those people, including the Citi exec, were hired by the Obama admin. May as well just call it the "Citibank-approved cabinet" because that's what it was. Look, I don't have a problem with obama paying back his constituents but once you're hiring 30, 50, 100+ people from one institution into the government then it's fucked up and they are going to swing policy to their advantage. Which they did with impunity.
 
Half or more of the issues she campaigned on are approved of by over 50% of the population.

BothSidesDoIt™ now. BothSidesDoIt™ tomorrow. BothSidesDoIt™ forever.
Who wouldn't want FreeShit™? The problem is, how are you going to explain paying for FreeShit™ on national TV when your debate opponent asks about it? No way anyone pimping FreeShit™ will win any serious debate. Her FreeShit™ agenda is rather egregious: Free healthcare, housing, college, federal jobs, and the list goes on and on and on. She would get massacred on TV for this shit that a 2nd grader could come up with.
 
Half or more of the issues she campaigned on are approved of by over 50% of the population.

BothSidesDoIt™ now. BothSidesDoIt™ tomorrow. BothSidesDoIt™ forever.

And by the population you mean her constituents. Anyway. 50% isnt great. In any event, I guess the Democrats are embracing the term socialist. Thats very telling.
 
And by the population you mean her constituents. Anyway. 50% isnt great. In any event, I guess the Democrats are embracing the term socialist. Thats very telling.
Most issues poll over 50%, meaning that more than half of Americans think the ideas are good ideas.

And yes, many newer Democratic politicians are embracing the Social Democratic policies that concern trolls like to be concerned that the Democratic party hasn't supported as much over the past 40 years.

Social Democracy is what most successful, western countries have been practicing for over half a century.
 
Who wouldn't want FreeShit™? The problem is, how are you going to explain paying for FreeShit™ on national TV when your debate opponent asks about it? No way anyone pimping FreeShit™ will win any serious debate. Her FreeShit™ agenda is rather egregious: Free healthcare, housing, college, federal jobs, and the list goes on and on and on. She would get massacred on TV for this shit that a 2nd grader could come up with.
Everyone pays in, everyone benefits. It's how this country became a middle-class haven starting in the mid-to-late 30s, continuing until the mid 70s.

That right-wing authoritarians like yourself call it FreeShit™ is hilarious, and tragic, and the reason why this country has essentially stagnated for the past 40 years.
 
Everyone pays in, everyone benefits. It's how this country became a middle-class haven starting in the mid-to-late 30s, continuing until the mid 70s.

That right-wing authoritarians like yourself call it FreeShit™ is hilarious, and tragic, and the reason why this country has essentially stagnated for the past 40 years.
Define "stagnated for 40 years" relative to the rest of the world. What about our GDP vs social democratic countries? US wins. Median income? US wins. Better healthcare? US Wins. Median wages? US wins. Military might? US wins. Major global sports (baseball, basketball, hockey, football) aside from soccer? US wins. Overall Olympic gold medals all time? US wins (1,127 gold medals, next closest is 473 Soviet Union). I don't know what metric you're going by, I just named a bunch and the US wins big time.

Also have a look at the Euro/Dollar chart sometime. If your theory is right (that we've stagnated for 40 years), then surely more progressive countries like Europe would've passed us a long time ago. Yet the Euro/Dollar chart doesn't show that at all. In fact, it shows the exact opposite - the Euro has stagnated. So educate us - by what metric has the US stagnated and how does that compare to the EU?
 
Define "stagnated for 40 years" relative to the rest of the world. What about our GDP vs social democratic countries? US wins. Median income? US wins. Better healthcare? US Wins. Median wages? US wins. Military might? US wins. Major global sports (baseball, basketball, hockey, football) aside from soccer? US wins. Overall Olympic gold medals all time? US wins (1,127 gold medals, next closest is 473 Soviet Union). I don't know what metric you're going by, I just named a bunch and the US wins big time.

Also have a look at the Euro/Dollar chart sometime. If your theory is right (that we've stagnated for 40 years), then surely more progressive countries like Europe would've passed us a long time ago. Yet the Euro/Dollar chart doesn't show that at all. In fact, it shows the exact opposite - the Euro has stagnated. So educate us - by what metric has the US stagnated and how does that compare to the EU?
The US has stagnated in infrastructure development, wage growth, and manufacturing. Especially related to the rest of western countries. I don't care about baseball championships, gold medals, or how many bombs and bullets we manufacture instead of working on the things that have stagnated for the past 40 years.
 
Oh dont worry. Your time is coming. Dunno what it'll be called, but the election of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the beginning. Your side is getting as looney as the right.

This is bullshit, open your eyes and look at what the right says and does, compare it with Cortez, not even close.
 
Who wouldn't want FreeShit™? The problem is, how are you going to explain paying for FreeShit™ on national TV when your debate opponent asks about it? No way anyone pimping FreeShit™ will win any serious debate. Her FreeShit™ agenda is rather egregious: Free healthcare, housing, college, federal jobs, and the list goes on and on and on. She would get massacred on TV for this shit that a 2nd grader could come up with.

FreeShit like the inheritance of a real estate empire?
 
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