This morning I am nervously concerned. Forget about the election It is for the United States of

[mfcorey1]

America. The Newsweek article should have every military installation in the country and its allies on alert. Then you wake to a Huffington Post article that outlines an out of control FBI that is allegedly in cahoots with Trump through Rudy Guiliana's contacts in the agency. I don't know what the president, the justice department, and even the CIA are doing, but somebody needs to reassure the public. WTF?

[Javaman]

1. I've been saying this for months...

I don't fear as much a trump win (I don't want him to win. to be clear) as I truly fear a trump loss.

[catbyte]

2. If anything does happen, they need to start arresting people for

sedition and/or treason, depending on what they do. That whole Bundy bullshit has just emboldened them and it's time to drop the hammer.

[Martin Eden]

3. "depending on what they do"

You can arrest them for treason if they have actually committed acts of treason -- not just for frothing at the mouth and engaging in hate speech. Rounding them up for anything less than actual prosecutable crimes would confirm their most outrageous conspiracy theories.

[catbyte]

8. Well, duh. The 1st Amendment still holds. It's the actions, not the blathering

I'm worried about. Although, one could credibly argue that Republicans have already crossed the sedition line. Remember the Iran letter? Trump joking about assassination?

[Martin Eden]

13. I'm worried too

The recent militia plot to blow up an apartment building with Somali refugees the day after the election was thwarted, but how many other domestic terrorist plots are out there?

Republicans have been fostering Hillary Derangement Syndrome for decades, but Donald Trump has ramped it up to hysterically deranged levels (not in a funny way). Our national politics was already toxic, but he has poisoned the well beyond what we've seen in the past. His fervent believers really believe Hillary Clinton is an evil criminal who should be jailed or executed and this election is being stolen by conspirators who pose an existential threat to "their" country. Between the organized militias and crazed individuals, we should expect terrible acts of violence.

Our law enforcement agencies are no doubt aware of this, but in some areas Trump supporters are among the local police.

The Secret Service will have its hands full protecting Hillary Clinton.

[lillypaddle]

4. I'm with you on this one.

K&R

[Cobalt Violet]

5. It's so scary.

It's dangerous to our democracy.

[a la izquierda]

6. I'm an historian of Latin America.

I've seen this song and dance before.

[mountain grammy]

7. I saw this on facebook..

Democracy is like tinkerbell, it only works when you believe in it. Republicans have been beating up on that belief for a very long time and it's working. Time to fight back.

[liberalmuse]

9. Everyone who loves our democratic-republic...

...should be very disturbed with what we're seeing. It's been a long time coming. The Republicans totally disregard the rule of law and Democrats in power have allowed it. It's like a frog in boiling water only now the frog realizes he's in trouble.

How do you undo all this ugliness? How many people in the FBI need to be "purged", and if they are, what will they be up to as civilians?

Hate groups won't be going away anytime soon, and civilized, reasoned discourse has been tossed out the window. The TV media conglomerates have seen the billions raked in from their ridiculously skewed coverage devoid of relevant issues. My heart hurts for "America".

[Grey Lemercier]

10. fascism, like Sandburg's fog, comes creeping in on little cat feet

[yardwork]

11. The election IS the thing.

If Trump gets the White House, the U.S. will be changed irrevocably. We will not recover.

The goal for the Russians and their mobster allies is to take over the U.S. from within by convincing us to elect their puppet.

Looks to me like they already have Congress and the FBI. I wonder how long Putin had been meddling in our state elections.

[warrprayer]

12. K&R. n/t

[pressbox69]

14. We need to shut them down.

but keep in mind that they will keep trying.