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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis week was bad for the Supreme Court, the FBI, and the Senate.
Our democratic institutions continue to lose credibility under this president.
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This week was bad for the Supreme Court, the FBI, and the Senate. (Original Post)
milestogo
Oct 2018
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marybourg
(12,634 posts)1. Except for the military. Dictators need to have a militia
they can rely on.
Takket
(21,616 posts)2. all three branches of government are damaged beyond repair. it is nothing less than a national
disaster.
all great superpowers eventually fall. The US is beginning to crumble.
Funtatlaguy
(10,885 posts)4. Someone once said...we get the government we deserve....November 6th?
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. I have exactly zero faith in our government and intelligence
Zero, none, nada!
roamer65
(36,747 posts)5. Whatever Dump touches, dies.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)6. These institutions sure do not represent the USA's citizens, except for the
very rich.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)7. Well, then I guess we've lost nothing.
(Virtual sarcasm smilie)
0rganism
(23,966 posts)9. we won't be the first failed experiment in making a democratic republic
and we probably won't be the last. it saddens me that i've come upon these days, but it's also kind of spectacular in its own nihilistic way. i wonder what will remain once the smoke clears and the dust settles.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)10. kick