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Showing Original Post only (View all)So there is an open discussion now happening on TFG essentially turning the US into a dictatorship if he wins [View all]
The reporting I've read is that plans are actually being made behind the scenes to do so. We watched PBS Newshour tonight and Brooks and Capehart were discussing it.
How can this even be remotely possible - and how can even a single American voter support this kind of thing?
The shark has been utterly jumped.
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So there is an open discussion now happening on TFG essentially turning the US into a dictatorship if he wins [View all]
NewHendoLib
Nov 2023
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There was a documentary from before he was president and they have him twice on video
Maraya1969
Nov 2023
#13
It's good that he made his plans clear, so that people will know without a doubt, not his secret codes and dog whistles
usonian
Nov 2023
#5
if any of them illegaly touch me for any reason i will not be responsible for my actions period
AllaN01Bear
Nov 2023
#8
It's corporate media that profits from this dangerous drama. Corporate doesn't care about
ancianita
Nov 2023
#9
Good refresher. Fictional personhoods can excuse disregard of human beings with the
ancianita
Nov 2023
#22
I strongly disagree. Corporations of any kind require stability to thrive, and Dump represents anarchy and
Martin68
Nov 2023
#33
You greatly overestimate his power. Just look at Disney, whom DeSantis tried to humble. It was DeSantis
Martin68
Nov 2023
#83
l often wonder how many Americans don't know what you are trying to tell them
Stargazer99
Nov 2023
#56
Thanks for that. I read the WaPo and the NYT daily, and they both have covered the story on a daily basis.
Martin68
Nov 2023
#34
Unfortunately, not all Americans believe in democracy as much as they want their own party and beliefs
highplainsdem
Nov 2023
#18
The media I read and watch treat Dump as the leading Republican candidate - which he is.
Martin68
Nov 2023
#35
He is the leading Republican candidate. Exposure lets the people see what an idiot he is.
Martin68
Nov 2023
#40
On what do you base your belief that interviewing Trump helps him in the polls? We know that he has a large following
Martin68
Nov 2023
#44
He has many platform available to him for his lying purposes. But the media being cited here is not
Martin68
Nov 2023
#82
Exactly. Trump's standing in the polls is due entirely to Americans who want an authoritarian president who
Martin68
Nov 2023
#85
It's because MAGAts are totally brainwashed, and, the rest are people who don't pay attention.
Oneironaut
Nov 2023
#21
If most Americans have no idea what he plans to do then maybe they deserve him.
totodeinhere
Nov 2023
#64
Imo, most people assume America could never fall, and, that we're beyond Fascism.
Oneironaut
Nov 2023
#78
Where have you read that Hitler denied Germany lost WWI? That's news to me. Hitler rightly emphasized the
Martin68
Nov 2023
#36
Please note the Washington Post reported this in contradiction to those who say the media is ignoring it.
Martin68
Nov 2023
#38
The Republican plan to create a dictatorship is all laid out in their book Project2025.
Lonestarblue
Nov 2023
#31
This kind of talk is killing any remote chance he might have at winning the election.
lees1975
Nov 2023
#50
They will ignore the election and try to seize power again. We should prepare.
bucolic_frolic
Nov 2023
#76
Trump calls political enemies 'vermin,' echoing dictators Hitler, Mussolini
LetMyPeopleVote
Nov 2023
#97