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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho's guarding the hen house?
After nearly eight years of Republican control of Congress and countless investigations into what they perceived as "scandals" in the Obama administration, who will now investigate the Trump administration as the need arises?
We are already seeing serious conflicts of interest between the office he will hold and his private business dealings.
With continued control of Congress by Republicans, will they play a partisan role by not investigating Trump even for obvious transgressions? Will the mainstream media cower in the face of this incoming administration from fear of losing access that would affect their ratings?
I see that we no longer have much of a "check and balance" of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of our Federal government now that Republicans control it all.
And subsequently not much of a check will be offered through the mainstream media (TV) intent on its bottomline and that of it's shareholders.
Where will justice come from?
Who's guarding the hen house?
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Who's guarding the hen house? (Original Post)
SHRED
Nov 2016
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FarPoint
(12,309 posts)1. Well...one thing we do know...
Who is controlling the hen house....the GOP, Corporate Fat Cats and all being embraced by the Media....
NRaleighLiberal
(60,013 posts)2. the "normalization" is well underway.
Some of "our" politicians are speaking out a bit - but it is far too muted. I am feeling utterly unrepresented!
FarPoint
(12,309 posts)3. This normalization has been just one reason we lost.
We are closed into a mouse trap.
edhopper
(33,554 posts)4. No one
America is no longer a place with even the perception of justice.