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BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. I agree. Russia's power in our highest gov't via tRump should worry us all more than anything
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 09:52 AM
Dec 2016

else!

Thus refighting-turned-into-infighting isn't helping us nor our country in any way.

libtodeath

(2,892 posts)
2. We need to point out repuke treason in every committee hearing,every confirmation hearing and every
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 10:55 AM
Dec 2016

floor debate.

delisen

(6,451 posts)
3. Yes Russia is not just riding the wave of authoritarianism-it is promoting and exploiting
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 11:11 AM
Dec 2016

I think we are taking the first steps in fighting back. We were asleep but now we have had the rude awakening and are building the resistance.

I think FDR's words-the only thing we have to fear is fear itself-are applicable.

We are stronger together and I think that overall we are getting together.

A few people will never let go of the primary-but they will steadily lose influence. There are many Trump supporters who will never let go of authoritarianism but we will defeat them.














 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
17. A Surprising Number of Democrats Think Pizzagate Is True
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 11:42 AM
Jan 2017
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/a-surprising-number-of-democrats-think-pizzagate-is-true.html?mid=facebook_nymag

Nearly half of the nation’s Republicans believe John Podesta’s leaked emails contain coded messages referring to “pedophilia, human trafficking and satanic ritual abuse,” according to a new poll from The Economist and YouGov. But more shocking is the number of Dems who have signed on to the asinine conspiracy: Twenty four percent say Pizzagate is “definitely” or “probably” true.

The poll asked respondents to weigh in on a series of questions labeled “conspiracy theories,” including some classics (Was 9/11 an inside job?) and some of the tinfoil crowd’s more recent hits (Did millions of undocumented people vote in the election?). Answers broke down largely along party lines, but it’s the small percentage of weirdos who believe in the conspiracies aimed at their own side that’s always the most fascinating.

For example, it’s not shocking to learn that more than half of Republicans think President Obama was born in Kenya, which was throughly debunked years ago. But it is shocking to learn that 20 percent of Democrats think so, too. On the other side, it’s easy to believe that a full 50 percent of Clinton voters think Russia “tampered with vote tallies” to help elect Trump, despite a lack of evidence. But why would 9 percent of Trump voters believe the same thing?

Despite broad disagreements on politically relevant conspiracy theories, Democrats and Republicans did find an issue to unite them — vaccines and autism. The poll found that 28 percent of Democrats believe “vaccines have been shown to cause autism” and 29 percent of Republicans do, too.




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The actual Poll

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ljv2ohxmzj/econTabReport.pdf

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
5. I agree, LaydeeBug.
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 01:16 PM
Dec 2016

And let's start to focus on blocking drumpf at every turn. Let's mobilize to let our congress people know what we believe and how we feel about his initiatives.

I was thinking that maybe it is time to move away from "2016 Postmortem" and on to "Proactive 2017". No, I'm not "over it" (never will be), but I think it's about time to move forward.

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True_Blue

(3,063 posts)
12. The election was stolen
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:01 PM
Jan 2017

Last edited Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:48 PM - Edit history (1)

So it doesn't really matter who the Dem candidate was. This Russian coup to install Trump as POTUS was a long well thought out plan. Who knows how much of our country has already been infilitrated by Putin. I suspect the MSM, pols, and the FBI.

 

triron

(22,240 posts)
14. I think you are onto something.
Wed Jan 4, 2017, 11:42 PM
Jan 2017

Election was engineered for Trump win for sure. I just wonder whether anything is going on behind the scenes in our intel. I cannot believe they will be complicit in it as well.

zipplewrath

(16,692 posts)
16. Can't I do both?
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 11:03 AM
Jan 2017

The fight over the "primaries" is really more about the future direction of the party. Is our future direction not important or should we let Trump and his actions define what we do?

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