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Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:22 PM Jan 2017

I think we are going to find out IF this country has any true patriots

Is there a possibility that there are any republican Congress members would cross the aisle and change their party affiliation to Democrat to try to upset the balance of power?
History would be kind to these statesmen if they did. Statues would be erected and schools would be named for those that were willing to set aside their partisan interests to stop fascism.
Will the media continue to pressure this administration and report what is going on?
This will be their time in history to define their role in our democracy. Awards and accolades await those that are brave enough to tell the truth during these troubled times.
I agree with David Corn's tweet today. LEAK. While you can. You are going to be made irrelevant anyway. Why not be a hero first.
It is a scary time in our country.
We need some heroes and statesmen and Pulitzer Prize winning journalism to help save our republic.
But. I'm not holding my breath.



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I think we are going to find out IF this country has any true patriots (Original Post) Horse with no Name Jan 2017 OP
There were about 500,000 of them in Washington last Saturday. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #1
And 3/4 million in Los Angeles, not that the MSM took much notice of us... Hekate Jan 2017 #3
They noticed. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #4
They'd (MSNBC and CNN) consistently run 6 panels of protest pix, with everyone but the biggest Hekate Jan 2017 #6
Thank you for being there! Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #8
Except, no R would do that and jeopardize the looting frenzy to come ffr Jan 2017 #2
Send for the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt! Cracklin Charlie Jan 2017 #5
They don't even have to become Democrats... The_Voice_of_Reason Jan 2017 #7

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
3. And 3/4 million in Los Angeles, not that the MSM took much notice of us...
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:42 PM
Jan 2017

...compared to other cities around the country. Puzzling.

Hekate

(90,714 posts)
6. They'd (MSNBC and CNN) consistently run 6 panels of protest pix, with everyone but the biggest
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 04:12 PM
Jan 2017

Sometimes they'd run 8 panels and LA would show up. It was consistent. Once in awhile after naming every other city, they'd mention LA, but usually not. I was specifically looking for news about what turned out to be the biggest protest in the US, and hence the world, because I was there. I just thought it was odd.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
8. Thank you for being there!
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 04:47 PM
Jan 2017

Funny you should say that, because my niece was there and she had the same concern.

I don't watch corporate media, but trust me, you dolls have done started a fire!

This weekends demonstrations are a direct result.

I am so proud of you.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
2. Except, no R would do that and jeopardize the looting frenzy to come
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 03:37 PM
Jan 2017

While tRump distracts every news journalist with his circus act at the top, his KGOP accomplices are rewriting the rules.

They're prepping BLM land to be "disposed of," probably to themselves and those close to them. According to H.R. 5, passed by Republicans on 01/03/17, the use of such lands after they've taken ownership can be strip mined and logged, robbing the landscape for future generations. H.R. 5 is in effect.

Republican Jason Chaffetz then introduced H.R. 621, last Tuesday, which designates 3.3 million acres of public lands to be disposed of. It still is just in Bill stage, but you can see the direction they are going.

Robber Barons.

7. They don't even have to become Democrats...
Sun Jan 29, 2017, 04:17 PM
Jan 2017

Let them declare themselves Independent, and then vote country over party. IE...McCain has more than likely faced his last election, is riding in his last rodeo...it is time for this decorated war hero to join the resistence against Trump's facist dictatorial ways.

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