A complete destruction of the State Department is what Putin told Trump to do.

[Eliot Rosewater]

The state department is what makes America a leader through out the world.

Putin hates that.

The state department is being destroyed on purpose for a reason.

Putin is running the show. GOP is good with that. Rest of the world not so much.

Thanks to Rachel for pointing this out. You can see how frustrated she is, she is watching the Russians take over our government and pretty much nobody cares.

By nobody I mean I bet you 85% of the country has no clue what I am talking about.

Oh, is it a coincidence Assange released CIA intel now? Nope, you know Trump asked him to, the ultimate treason, if anybody cares. And if he didn't ask him to, he didn't have to, it was obvious it was done to help Trump.

Oh what we would give for ONE patriot in the republican party right about now.

[Chipper Chat]

1. They don't care as long as their cable works

and a six-pack is still available at the local convenience store

[RKP5637]

2. IMO most Americans are F'en clueless as to what is going on. Putin knows that well as

does the Trump Regime, and use it to their full advantage. US AKA United Stupidity!!! The land of Idiocracy!

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. We werent always like this in fact in the latter half of the 18th Century and the 19th

we were the most informed people on the planet.

[33taw]

20. We need to run commercials on Duck Dynasty

[world wide wally]

3. That is why Trump can appear to be so carefree and confident.

He gets a pat on the back from Pootie every week if he is a good boy.

[Binders Keepers]

5. Really, the only ones with a clue on this

Are those of us who watch Rachel. Nobody else in the media is laying this out so methodically and explicitly. Rachel gave almost her whole hour to it last night.

I bet she was a good softball player, because she knows how to keep her eye on the ball.

[ffr]

6. "Nobody in control of the power strings in Washington cares." Fixed. KGOP is in on this.

The United States has entered a very dark period.

[Akamai]

7. This is the "John Bolton-ization" of our state department, and when the state department is no more

it will be much, much more likely we will engage in war.

That may well be what Trump, Bannon, Al Caeda, Isis, the Republicans, etc. want.

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. And we will lose face around the world. Our popularity with the world is what Putey really

hates.

He is the richest man on the planet but never invented an app or cured an illness or anything, did he. Not once has he earned any money yet he has more of it than anybody else. Dont the republican voters understand WHY he does?

He stole it from his people. And Walmart greeters in America think that is great and cant wait for him to come here and steal from them.

[KittyWampus]

11. Yes, and it is NOT proof that "Putin told them to do this" which is what the OP alleges.

Sorry, but Rachel's show last night was a huge nothing.

[benld74]

9. New State Head has NOT met with employees since his original hi and bye

when he was named.
MANY employees have been let go.
Not only by Trump, but by the mew State Head.
Trump didnt even meet the new State head until the swearing in ceremony
BUT he was given Russia's highest honor by Putin

Not really sure Trump did this, but happened with his ok therough new State head.

ALL offices that housed dept employees who were let go are literally being revamped, under blue work tarps
Dept employees do NOT know what is going to happen.

[KittyWampus]

10. Actually, shrinking the Govt down so it can be drowned in a bathtub was what NORQUIST

told them to do. This has been the plan for decades.

I was disgusted with the big lead up to Rachel's show last night.

Bannon has made no secret about wanting to blow up the Govt.

It honestly just so happens doing this also helps Putin.

[ronnie624]

12. A well-known Latin American joke:

Do you know why there has never been a coup d'tat in the US?

Because there's no US embassy there.

Buh-dum pshh!

[SharonAnn]

14. Unfortunately, so true.

[maddiemom]

21. Was that a "rimshot"?

[ronnie624]

22. I'm not sure.

But the joke illustrates a central element of US global power.

[Ilsa]

29. Close enough, I guess:

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

40. Sure sounded like one

Like this

[Fast Walker 52]

23. the sad legacy of our anti-communist crusades, that still haven't completely ended

we do need to better than that

[RainAndMoreRain]

13. Amazing How Many Americans Don't Care About What Russia Did/Is Doing

A mafia controlled petro-state running our government now.

Complain?

Putin will have you killed.

[ronnie624]

15. Creative speculation is that way --》. n/t

[notdarkyet]

18. The people I know don'care. Politics turns them off. As far as they are concerned it has nothing to

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Do with them.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

37. Politics is just a "hobby" to too many people

Just an optional thing to spend time doing- like people might choose to spend time reading, drawing, watching sports, playing Basketball, etc. Yeah, people usually hear something, something about the Presidential election every 4 years and, yeah, a lot of people get off their butts and vote if they happen to feel like it but most of them don't care enough about the issues and all that "wonky" policy stuff and try to find a candidate that they can "have a beer with" or somebody whose personality they really like. Some might just fall into the trap of feeling like everybody running sucks and don't even bother to vote or throw their vote away on some yahoo like Gary Johnson or Jill Stein because, in the end, what does it matter?

[Initech]

16. Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to America than Isis is.

[RainAndMoreRain]

36. Yep

So much for a better world...

[lark]

17. Sadly, that one patriotic Republican who cares more for country than selfish greed

is nowhere to be found. They are all traitorous greedy haters who are OK with poor people dying so rich don't have to pay a few extra dollars in taxes. They are willing to give the country to Pootie, as long as they get to implement their Teahadist laws, including no public education, no real healthcare for anyone except the rich, bad air and water, women have no ability to obtain contraception so there are tons of ignorant serfs who will die quickly if they get seriously ill or injured. Oh yeah, they also want to be able to discriminate freely against LGBT folks. They'll put up with the destruction of the country and the world just to get those.

[elias7]

19. Russia is our most immediate threat

With Republican support, I wonder if Trump could get away with declaring martial law.

[Yavin4]

24. Rachel was the very first nationally on the Flint water story and nobody cared

until they did.

[Eliot Rosewater]

25. Love Rachel, fear for her safety.

But here is the deal.

Cons will do what the Putin/Trump team tell them to do.

They will pass this twisted no care HC bill and people will die.

They will do what they are told. Otherwise the Koch bros will primary them.

[lunatica]

26. Rachel Maddow made that quite clear last night (3/8/17)

If no one stops him Rex Tillerson will destroy the State Department within a year.

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. Graham and McCain could try and stop it, but they wont.

Lots of trump supporters in lots of weird places, too.

Here, there, everywhere.

Below you, above you, everywhere.

[FairWinds]

27. This post is borderline fake news . .

It makes sensational wild-ass allegations,

without bothering to provide anything at all in the way of proof.

Seriously, where is your evidence about "what Putin told Trump to do."

[Ilsa]

30. Yeah, the connections are speculation. But,

the descimation of the State Dept budget is real. The firing of career (not political) State employees is real, as is the lack of transparency by State. They've yet to have a real press conference with Q&A. The reporters gets shown the door anytime they try to ask reasonable questions of the new Sec. Underfunding and underemploying State will definitely hamper its mission in the world, affecting our position. Who stands to gain from that arrangement? Of all the countries in the world, who have 45 and surrogates been in contact with the most?

[Initech]

32. The republicans don't care about jobs if it involves government employees.

To them they're expendable. They should just come out and say they hate workers. They'll still get votes.

[lunatica]

39. Watch Rachel Maddow's show for 3/8/17

She's emerging as one of the most respected journalists on television.

[colorado_ufo]

31. I have heard too many Trump voters

voicing inexplicable support: Russian influence? "If that's what it took to get him in, I'd say it was a good thing!" I heard that on a television interview, verbatim.

Bottom line is, patriotism fled a long time ago for these people. All they care about is whether they can get a job, etc. Important things? Absolutely! But compared to the fate of our Nation? These people have no long range view and no thought for the future and for generations to come - or for anyone else, not even their children and grandchildren.

It will take a while for the magnitude of what they have done to sink in. Then, I predict they will act stunned: How did this happen? Why didn't somebody DO something?

In the Bible it says, "Without a vision, the people perish." These people have no vision; they just live for "bread and circuses" and deride education.

When I think of all that veterans have sacrificed for the United States of America, of the Presidents who lay down their lives (Kennedy, especially), of the CIA who have given themselves, and so many ordinary people who built this great Nation on their backs with their sweat, to those who achieved positive change at great personal cost, it is difficult for me not to despair.

[Eliot Rosewater]

33. That last part, veterans who died....Pisses me off to no end.

Putin is a murderous dictator and the richest man on the planet who didnt invent an app, didnt cure a disease, hell hasnt earned one penny in his entire miserable life.

He stole it by killing his opposition.

and THIS is who your republican neighbor wants running the country.

[Initech]

38. The truth is they don't care about any of the issues.

They don't care about jobs. If it involves government employees. They don't care about children. They'll "expose" a bullshit theory about Hillary involving children and a pizza joint. But if they happen to be LGBT (and especially the T), they don't give a fuck. They don't give a shit about the economy. If it doesn't affect them directly. The only thing the average Trump voter cares about is that they just hate us. They don't know why they hate us, and they're too stupid to come up with reason as to why they hate us, but they just hate us. You can see it in their Twitter and Facebook posts. They voted for Trump out of blind hate for Obama and Hillary because their minds have been too warped by the clergy, AM hate radio, and Fox News. It's disgusting.

[SHRED]

34. Greenwald, Stein, etc...

They can all go straight to Hell.

[Eliot Rosewater]

35. Just announced STate will travel abroad and NO reporters will be allowed

Coup complete and rank and file republicans dont care.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

41. Nigel Farage seems to be current back channel to Assange. Met with him hours before the recent dump.

[dawnie51]

42. Trump had never met Tillerson......

Tillerson is Putin's boy. Treason