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Retrograde

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9. Standing up is all well and good

Reply to Raven (Original post)

Fri Apr 24, 2020, 01:53 PM

Apr 2020

if you have the FU money to do it. We've seen what our vindictive Dear Leader does to people he thinks slight him - remember Andrew McCabe being kicked out just before his retirement was vested? That's one of the ways Trump gets leverage over people: praise me or live with the consequences.

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What really astounds me is that there is no one around Trump with [View all] Raven Apr 2020 OP

I think some of them try. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #1

Then they should get out and go loudly. Staying lends him credibility. Raven Apr 2020 #2

Eventually Pantagruel Apr 2020 #3

For The Good Of The Country They Should Resign.... global1 Apr 2020 #8

They think that if they speak up enough to get fired then a clown will replace them. dawg Apr 2020 #4

Sure....They're Staying For OUR Own Good sfstaxprep Apr 2020 #5

Birx and Fauci are damned if they do and damned if they don't, and I was willing to give them 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 2020 #6

Even worse imo ScratchCat Apr 2020 #7

But they're Republicans, and they don't want to interfere with the appointment of judges, tblue37 Apr 2020 #10

Standing up is all well and good Retrograde Apr 2020 #9

neither Birx nor Fauci are going to starve.n/t Raven Apr 2020 #11