Bloodless. Coup.

[CousinIT]

https://twitter.com/baratunde/status/808710184205946880

[Iggo]

1. So. Far.

[Cosmocat]

5. Right

they got power "bloodlessly" but now that they have it ...

[niyad]

2. actually, not bloodless. how many people have been assaulted by der drumpfenfuhrer's storm

troopers already?

[The_Casual_Observer]

3. It's certainly playing out this way. The sanctions will be lifted as soon as he is sworn in.

It's going to go on and on like this.

[MFM008]

4. Nest

Of Traitors.

[Hekate]

6. So Far

[world wide wally]

7. Time to face it. The America we all knew and loved is over

I don't think we have the fortitude or ambition to start over…. and then again… this is what half of the American "patriots" wanted.
Good luck to that.

[CousinIT]

10. It's absolutely done. Dumbass electors will put in the nail.

We're finished.

I'm too old and tired to start over. Let the young ones wake up, get off their butts and fight for this country now.

I can't do it anymore.

[Missn-Hitch]

11. I agree. Let's do our best. Cheers!

[0rganism]

14. i'm not sure it ever existed

i think many of us greatly overestimated the sanity and coherence of our fellow Americans

[DeadLetterOffice]

24. Agree completely

Would add 'compassion' and 'common sense' to that list...

[Missn-Hitch]

8. Yep.

[jack69]

9. Penalties for high treason

Sure it varies with situations.

[lame54]

12. There will be blood

[rurallib]

13. It won't be bloodless for long

lots of Americans will be dying after they lose their health care.
They will be dying in a battle they didn't even see coming

[lame54]

15. This will kill Obama's legacy...

He won many battles during his term but lost the big one in the end

He has a month to turn it around

[lunatica]

21. So according you it's Obama's fault that Trump is Prez elect?

Well Thanks Obama!

[lame54]

31. Putin successfully attacked our nation...

And caused great damage

Can you say that didn't happen?

[lunatica]

34. No I can't say that hacking didn't happen

but I can say it doesn't mean he 'attacked our nation'. but in any case your blame is sadly misplaced. There are plenty of eyes on the Putin cyberattack issue. That's how we know it happened.

[brooklynite]

16. Not a coup...

...under the parameters of our political system, people voted for this.

I had a private post-mortem briefing for one of the rust-belt States Trump won; Russian involvement wasn't mentioned as a reason Hillary lost.

[AlexSFCA]

19. agree

people voted for trump after it was reported that the russians hacked dnc. And Trump's strong pro-Putin stance was on full display since the primaries. He even changed the GOP platform on the issue of Crimea. This is not a coup because trump was very open about his admiration of putin as many republicans (they are obsessed with him).

It's no shock the republicans aren't interested in democracy - they would be totally fine with one party rule.

The issue is that we grossly overstimated our democracy. We are a republic with strong corporate influence. We will be more like Russia where opposition is suppressed, permits to protesters are denied and government controls all media. In trump's case - he will control media through corporations.

It is treason, only if you consider russia as foe. trump is positioning russia as a key ally and no longer a foe. Welcome to alt reality.

Within weeks of inauguration, we may witness lifting of all sanctions against russia and encouragement of investments into Russia. Sad times for human right but good for business I guess.

[CousinIT]

32. "a republic with strong corporate influence." . . .

. . . is at best an Oligarchy.

US is and has been for decades an Oligarchy, bordering on full fascism (where corporations control the government)

[LisaM]

22. Because there wasn't any ONE reason. The polls were always close.

Only one thing was needed to tip the scale. Voter suppression, email nonsense, hacking BS that apparently only got leaked to hurt Hillary, the failure of the media to cover issues (in my opinion a large factor), the way the debate moderators fell down on their task - take away any one of those things, and the 77,000 vote gap that we, sadly, can't balance out with a 2.8 million vote advantage, vanishes.

Of course she should have won by double digits. So should Gore have. So should Kerry have. With the way the electoral college is set up, we have bigger hurdles than the GOP. It's unfair, it's been unfair for a while. It's difficult to combat a system that is set up to favor the opponent, especially when they get to knock people off the voter rolls at will. I know the Hillary camp worked to fight this, but it's a moving target.

If the only thing we have left at the moment is our voice, so we need to use it. If you have Republican reps, call and demand that they make sure things like Social Security, Medicare, and the environment are protected. If you have Democrats representing you, call and encourage them to hold the line.

[KamaAina]

26. When was this?

Was anyone aware of Russian involvement?

[brooklynite]

27. Earlier today.

[wiggs]

30. A coup that has taken decades to shape. This isn't something that could have

happened because of a few hacks. It look a LOT of money over decades to deceive people, create false memes, corrupt or destroy honest useful media, destroy the middle class, create inequalities that led to the ability of the top 1% to control elections, place corporatists in power, create polarization and hate so that voters would vote against their own best interests, devalue education, etc.

'People voted for this' is to ignore a lot of what has happened intentionally.

[malthaussen]

17. Oh, I think there will be plenty of blood, by and by.

As others have already posted upthread. Bunch of pessimists, we.

-- Mal

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Playing partisan politics if Obama went to the American people about

Russian interference in the GE, but NOT partisan politics when FBI Director Comey comes out with nothing but BS email crap 11 days before the GE....

[CousinIT]

20. Pretentious hypocrisy.

Republicans notorious for that.

[world wide wally]

23. Comey put the nail in our coffin

[Angry Dragon]

25. We can hope that the treasonous bastards all end up in jail or in front of the squad

[wiggs]

28. Of the world's largest 100 economies, 63 are corporations. Oil and gas companies are

among the most profitable in history. Oil and gas will own everything, including our government. Nearly free corporate reign for at least a few years, but the effects will be generational.

This is potentially a game-changing event in our country and probably for the world. The most powerful nation the world has seen is now wedded to the most profitable corporations the world has ever seen.

Rollerball here we come.

[wiggs]

29. Exxon is the 17th largest economy in the world. Of all economies, nations included.

http://www.corporationsandhealth.org/2015/08/27/the-100-largest-governments-and-corporations-by-revenue/

Putin's Rosneft oil company is #70. Five of the 35 world's largest economies are oil companies. Nations included. These companies had
oil men and oil women (Rice) in W's administration and look what happened.

Think other nations and other top oil companies are worried about Exxon, USA, Russia, and Rosneft ruling the world?

Is this what PA, MI, and WI were thinking?

[workinclasszero]

33. It was so easy. Not one shot fired.

Vladimir Putin the dictator of Russia will be the de facto ruler of the USA on January 20, 2017.

Trump will be his figurehead/lackey/puppet. The Russians already control the FBI via the traitor Comey and Trump is freezing out the CIA which proves to me that they are...not yet...infiltrated and compromised by the Russians.

America dies the second Trump is sworn in as President.

God knows what he and Putin have in mind for us but without a doubt it's not going to be good.