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Trump is taking US down the path to tyranny (CNN alert)
CNN ^ | 07/23/2018 | Jeffrey Sachs

Posted on 07/24/2018 4:32:08 AM PDT by Category Four


The United States was born in a revolt against the tyranny of King George III. The Constitution was designed to prevent tyranny through a system of checks and balances, but in President Trump's America, those safeguards are failing.

Donald Trump holds the grandiose belief that only he should rule America. Unchecked by cowed or complicit Republicans in Congress, Trump invokes executive authority to alter policies and practices long established by law and treaty.

Days after his summit meeting with Vladimir Putin, no one knows what the two autocrats agreed to, or even talked about -- not the President's top aides, nor the Pentagon, nor security establishment or Congress, never mind the rest of us. And in the midst of the ensuing uproar, Trump has invited Putin to Washington, without telling his top intelligence official and no doubt most other key aides and officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at amp.cnn.com ...


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1 posted on 07/24/2018 4:32:08 AM PDT by Category Four
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For those wondering where the Barf Alert™ is, it’s in the header; it’s just spelled CNN.


2 posted on 07/24/2018 4:33:18 AM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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Put together an army and try to remove him.....

Just because you don’t like how he governs, he’s not a tyrant.


3 posted on 07/24/2018 4:35:21 AM PDT by CarmichaelPatriot
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Eight years of Obama trying to rule by decree and they didn’t say a word. Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.


4 posted on 07/24/2018 4:37:03 AM PDT by Bayan
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Substitute Obama for Trump and this article is spot on


5 posted on 07/24/2018 4:37:32 AM PDT by diggerwillow
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writer should shove Obama’s pen and phone up his arse.


6 posted on 07/24/2018 4:37:47 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
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Unchecked by cowed or complicit Republicans in Congress, Trump invokes executive authority to alter policies and practices long established by law and treaty.

Ol' Jeff either has a lot of nerve or a minuscule memory to write such a thing, after Obama.

7 posted on 07/24/2018 4:40:06 AM PDT by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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Lot of nerve? Miniscule memory?

I vote for both.
8 posted on 07/24/2018 4:41:29 AM PDT by Category Four (Joy, Fun, the Joke Proper, and Flippancy ... Flippancy is the best of all.)
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Sedition is overt conduct, such as speech and organization, that tends toward insurrection against the established order. Sedition often includes subversion of a constitution and incitement of discontent towards, or resistance against established authority. Sedition may include any commotion, though not aimed at direct and open violence against the laws. Seditious words in writing are seditious libel. A seditionist is one who engages in or promotes the interest of sedition.


9 posted on 07/24/2018 4:44:42 AM PDT by McGruff
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I think Trump is keeping this from happening:

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. "

10 posted on 07/24/2018 4:47:50 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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Now that their one & only holy messiah, odongo, has been tagged as the originator of the Mueller fiasco, the entire left has gone into full blown panic mode now. They’re tossing everything they can at Trump hoping anything will stick...well, it isn’t. More and more American People have awakened, and they aren’t real happy with what the left’s beloved odongo has done to our government. It’s only a matter of time before these insane POSs go hot...and on over the cliff. There is no co-existing with these jackasses anymore.


11 posted on 07/24/2018 4:50:42 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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“Wile E. Coyote, Mister Wile E. Coyote please call your office. Your Acme Dynamite Company package has arrived.”


12 posted on 07/24/2018 4:53:35 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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I not sure what I just read, so here is an image of the CNN editorial staff:


13 posted on 07/24/2018 4:54:02 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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It’s interesting. They keep calling themselves “The Resistance”. The fact of the matter is that Trump and his support is the Resistance. The people fought back against tyranny 2 years ago.


14 posted on 07/24/2018 4:56:31 AM PDT by Hatteras
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If these people want a fight they will get one. Harden your hearts folks.


15 posted on 07/24/2018 4:59:28 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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Forget it libs. Everyone knows that the tyranny in this country emanates from the LEFT.


16 posted on 07/24/2018 4:59:44 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Whatever CNN publicly states, I presume the opposite to be factual.


17 posted on 07/24/2018 4:59:59 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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Which side wanted to be like the Soviet Union and Communist China and which side wanted more liberty?


18 posted on 07/24/2018 5:03:41 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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Tyranny? Yeah, all those people with good jobs and options now - so oppressed.

You want to talk tyranny, consider someone saying "I've got a phone and a pen" - referring to circumventing the system of checks and balances put in place by the Founders. Now that's a big red flag of tyranny flying...

19 posted on 07/24/2018 5:03:54 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps ( Be ready!)
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I’m all for working with anyone, even CNN, to demand congress start doing their job.

Unfortunately for CNN, most of the things they listed are issues where congress didn’t want responsibility and has explicitly given the executive branch power to make decisions.

In other areas Trump has intentionally given up power and told congress they need to do their job. DACA and health care subsidies are 2 areas Obama did things that congress has not allowed and Trump said he won’t continue them so congress needs to fix it if they want them to contine.

Trump has also given up a lot of power of regulations. EPA regulations don’t just protect the environment (they often don’t protect the environment at all). They give the feds control over vast areas of land and water. By removing regulations, Trump is giving up authority.


20 posted on 07/24/2018 5:06:45 AM PDT by LostPassword
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