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[GliderGuider]

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Putin is behind it all, obviously.

Personally I think Putin would rather have bloodless coups and take over countries without killing too many, but as a KGB operative which is what he really still is under a different name, killing is perfectly fine too for those guys.

But people here needed a $900 tax cut and that woman had a private server so it makes perfect sense to destroy the world because of that.

Are we a misogynist society? Let's see: two candidates, one is the most qualified in history at least on paper and is a woman, the other is the least qualified, lying insane person, but he is a man, so there is that.

And guess who gets elected...

[underpants]

5. If Putin makes a move we are if disarray.

[irisblue]

2. **snort**

7 Days in May remade into 8 Days in January. #Resist

[2naSalit]

16. Exactly.

[Solly Mack]

3. You do have to wonder why.

To weaken the country in such a way.

[guillaumeb]

4. The Courts are already working on this.

And as more Courts strike down Trump's edicts, a few GOP Congress people will decide that Trump must be stopped. Not because they disagree with him, but because they might worry about the 2018 elections.

[GliderGuider]

7. Trump is ignoring the courts and the Congress

Toto, we're not in Kansas any more.
This isn't about politics or elections.

[guillaumeb]

9. True, Trump is attempting to ignore the Courts.

But that will not be successful in the long run. His Administration is already on the defense.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. That is why the election was so crucial, if they stay in power, Trump or not Trump

no court in 4 yrs will side with justice or the constitution ever again.

Courts will be packed with rightwingers and then we are completely over and out.

This will be done, Trump or no Trump unless somehow we can reverse this obviously non credible, stolen election.

[starshine00]

10. exactly

very little patriotism in that bunch, just pure self-serving and self preservation

[Bradical79]

6. Coup

Getting their own people in place and testing the waters to see how far they can go in bypassing the legislature and judiciary.

[vlyons]

8. Will suspending habeas corpus be next?

Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the civil war, and Japanese Americans were rounded up during WWII. Bannon may convince Trump that he has historical precedent to suspend habeas corpus and incarcerate his enemies and shut down some newspapers.

An analysis of Lincoln's Writ of Habeas Corpus :

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0029.205/--lincoln-s-suspension-of-the-writ-of-habeas-corpus?rgn=main;view=fulltext

[GliderGuider]

11. No. Think bigger than that.

Bannon doesn't give a fuck about Habeas Corpus. Trump doesn't even know the words.

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. True, and all my rightwing friends care about, literally, is that tax cut

they were told they are getting and watching non white people treated like shit on TV.

Those are the two reasons they voted for the idiot. No other, hate and greed.

[GliderGuider]

14. They were brainwashed. Quite literally.

This time we didn't have a Manchurian Candidate, we had Manchurian Voters.

Read all about it:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/big-data-cambridge-analytica-brexit-trump

[susanna]

19. I just read that an hour ago.

Still wrapping my head around it. It's horrifying. No election is legitimate now that this is the type of thing they are doing. It is propaganda on steroids, and targeted to the micro level.

On the other hand, I took a self-test on the original researcher's website. It turns out that based on my writing style, I am between 21 to 39 and almost assuredly a tough guy/masculine (97% - 99%). Neither is true.

Note: I did not do the self-test that would have processed my Facebook likes, because I could not get it to work.

[GliderGuider]

20. I took the test for FB likes

It was moderately accurate. my Big Five characteristics were all going in the right directions, but not as extreme in any category as I actually am. I guess I moderate myself a bit on FB, or they didn't go deep enough into my likes.

[susanna]

22. That is the one I was most interested in.

I will have to try again.

It is interesting what you said, because I know it's true of me: I moderate myself quite a bit on Facebook compared to the more overtly political sites I frequent.

[crappyjazz]

15. It will be a terrorist attack IMO

Support for further Muslim bans will increase
Protesters will be rounded up for "national security" reasons
Martial law
Democrats in congress will lose whatever courage they have to do anything for fear of being called "unpatriotic"
Judicial branch will be nullified
Bannon will have Trump signing EOs to do whatever they want.
Coup

[dalton99a]

18. Erik Prince is working on that project

[sharp_stick]

17. Blinding the military

may well be his undoing if that's what his plan is.

[GliderGuider]

21. From your keyboard to God's ears.

I sure hope so. And I hope it happens almost immediately.