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George A. Polisner's avatar

I’m at a loss as to why anyone thinks “National Security” is important anymore.

In his first term, the individual the US elevated to “President” had Manafort provide election data to his Russian handler, directed Flynn to subvert President Obama’s sanctions on Russia related to Putin’s annex of Crimea and election interference, shared classified material with the Russian Ambassador, attempted to blackmail an ally, abandoned other allies, and after losing an election incited an attack on Congress while stealing classified materials and storing them in his bathroom.

For his second crime wave he appoints an inexperienced alcoholic Fox News host to be Secretary of Defense, a Russian sympathizer to become the Director of National Intelligence, a Q-Anon conspiracy loon to run the FBI, and “Bribe Me” Barbie to run the DOJ.

And all this while a South African billionaire imbecile has unleashed a team of DOGE treason monkeys on private IRS, Social Security and other systems with previously secure personal information of hundreds of millions of US citizens.

Sure, we care about National Security.

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Dave Drell's avatar

You had to mention Manafort! now my day is ruined…

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George A. Polisner's avatar

I’m not happy until you’re not happy!

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drosophilist's avatar

Words to live by.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Sad truths George…The moment SCOTUS says that one person is above the law, we no longer have the rule of law.  The moment we no longer have the rule of law, we cease to exist as any kind of republic!!

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Kay's avatar

THIS!👆👆👆👆 I have my outlets. One is here every morning! (Today Jeff was late according to my PST read! I wondered if he was “disappeared!”😳) The others are Heather Cox Richardson on Letters from an American on Substack and Colbert and Kimmel. Otherwise I would be crazy or crying nonstop. I can’t get over the fact that we can’t seem to do anything about trump and his goons! He has infected the entire world; our allies in Europe, Ukraine, Panama, Canada, Greenland, Denmark, Mexico. He has his fingers in El Salvador, Venezuela, Yemen, Gaza, Israel and I could go on. Now this! And it will be lied away or investigated to death until it becomes old news because there will be more and more fuck ups to deal with. Nothing will be done. It seems highly unreasonable. Are we heading back to Hitler’s Germany? Or maybe worse?

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Kay's avatar

😮‍💨😔

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Kay's avatar

What do we do about that?

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Chet Brandt's avatar

Resist in any way one sees possible and hope we don’t have history (1933-1945) repeat itself.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

It certainly appears to be the case Kay, our billionaire overlords are seizing the country from our government. The money appropriated by congress is now being funneled into the Uber wealthiest pockets…all “we the serfs can do is to protest and call our duly elected. Unless We the Serfs organize a modern day revolution, our republic is toast!!

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