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38. The full power of the presidency will be turned to staying in power. For the first time,

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2020, 07:23 PM

May 2020

in my lifetime I think. Power of the presidency and as much of the government as he has control over (2.5 of the 3 branches of govt plus installed staff) will be used to create deception, investigations, compliant foreign powers, compliant corporations, voting challenges, legal backflips, etc.. This is for all the marbles, almost literally.

Add to that the power of the world's oligarchs who want one of their own, or at least one who wants to be one, to control the world's only superpower...and you have something terrifying and unprecedented.

I doubt that the world's wealthy and powerful, including many in the WH, will leave the fate of their dominance and hegemony up to mere citizens of the US practicing what they thought was fair democracy.

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I think we are in a really, really dangerous place right now. [View all] NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 OP

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The full power of the presidency will be turned to staying in power. For the first time, wiggs May 2020 #38

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