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Acosta and Sessions - please tell me this is NOT fascism/authoritarianism writ large (Original Post) jpak Nov 2018 OP
Well... It's authoritarianism writ small, which is bad, but marylandblue Nov 2018 #1
We knew Sessions would be fired after the midterms Algernon Moncrieff Nov 2018 #2
It's an overt attempt to silence their critics Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #3
Correct! Separation Nov 2018 #4
Exactly... Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #6
It is fascism ZeroSomeBrains Nov 2018 #5

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
1. Well... It's authoritarianism writ small, which is bad, but
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:06 PM
Nov 2018

We took the House, so all is not lost. The next most important election of your lifetime is 2020. You didn't think this was a one-and-done deal did you?

Algernon Moncrieff

(5,790 posts)
2. We knew Sessions would be fired after the midterms
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:06 PM
Nov 2018

Presidents can fire cabinet members.

Acosta isn't so much fascism as really childish. Basically, he'd prefer to deal only with FAUX & BannonNews.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
3. It's an overt attempt to silence their critics
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:18 PM
Nov 2018

We can only hope their are enough sane people in the media left to expose this for what it truly is.

Docreed2003

(16,858 posts)
6. Exactly...
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:27 PM
Nov 2018

That's why we should push back now, otherwise actions like this will be accepted and ignored.

ZeroSomeBrains

(638 posts)
5. It is fascism
Wed Nov 7, 2018, 10:24 PM
Nov 2018

No question. They are looking to continue to make the abnormal normal. This is just the next small step that no patriotic German (I mean American) would object to. The real question is what and when the next steps will occur and whether people will take this creeping authoritarianism seriously.

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