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We Are Watching A Slow-Motion Coup D’etat
The Federalist ^ | May 19, 2017 | James Downton

Posted on 05/19/2017 1:38:42 PM PDT by kiryandil

This coup d’etat is not only about President Trump. It represents not the rule of one man or even many, but by the multitude of our elites.

It’s nearly incontrovertible that a slow-motion coup d’etat is now taking place. Since November 9, 2016, forces within the U.S. government, media, and partisan opposition have aligned to overthrow the Electoral College winner, Donald Trump.

To achieve this they have undermined the institutions of the Fourth Estate, the bureaucratic apparatus of the U.S. government, and the very nature of a contentious yet affable two-party political system. Unlike the coup d’etat that sees a military or popular figure lead a minority resistance or majority force into power over the legitimate government, this coup d’etat is leaderless and exposes some of the deepest fissures in our system of government. This coup d’etat represents not the rule of one man or even many, but by the multitude of our elites.

This article outlines the mechanisms, institutions, and nature of this coup d’etat; not in defense of President Donald Trump — who has proven himself bereft of the temperament of a successful president — but in defense of the institutions of our republic that are now not just threatened, but may very well be on the verge of collapse...

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: coup; federalist; feminism; freetrade; jamesdownton; sedition; slowmotioncoup
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To: Jim Noble; Wolfie
Everyone knows about the Uniparty. Did I have to list ALL President Trump's enemies?

They'll all fit nicely in the tumbrels...

61 posted on 05/19/2017 4:44:03 PM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: kiryandil

I figured it out. This Trump Russia thing is about global warming. Or global cooling or climate change.

5.56mm


62 posted on 05/19/2017 4:45:35 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Gargantua
Interesting join-up date: December 12, 1998.

Not here for the Drudge bombshell, nor for the March in October.

I'll have to check his posting history for 1998-99. 😀

63 posted on 05/19/2017 4:46:11 PM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: DoughtyOne

I posted about twenty of those and accidentally forgot to remove the “to” person on two of them. Yours was one of them.

Sorry to have addressed it to you.


64 posted on 05/19/2017 4:46:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: M Kehoe

LOL!


65 posted on 05/19/2017 4:46:36 PM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: kiryandil

That we are, My FRiend. If the Left thinks that the coup will be successful, they will step up the tempo. If the coup doesn’t look like it will be successful, the Left will will gradually, slowly, and gently pull in their horns and wait for another day. Sorta like two tom cats facing off when neither can get the advantage. They will yowl and yowl at each other and then slowly begin inching away.


66 posted on 05/19/2017 4:53:09 PM PDT by sport
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To: kiryandil

I posted about twenty of those and accidentally forgot to remove the “to” person on two of them. Yours was one of them.

Sorry to have addressed it to you.


67 posted on 05/19/2017 5:12:35 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: kiryandil

He certainly seems quite selective, and eager to squash any notion of resistance...


68 posted on 05/19/2017 5:13:23 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Still not tired of winning---beeyotch!" ;^)
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To: Rome2000

Donate now so he can buy media


69 posted on 05/19/2017 5:14:32 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Jim Noble

Trump needs the help of Mossad, he can’t trust our own intelligence Mossad is the BEST in the world he needs to fight fire with fire and OUR CIA are idiots!!!


70 posted on 05/19/2017 5:32:30 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: kiryandil

Ironically, a lawsuit against the DNC is being ignored in favor of going after Trump. Meanwhile the DNC continues to have huge jeopardy:

http://yournewswire.com/media-blackout-dnc-lawsuit-rigging-primaries/

The mainstream media continue to censor coverage of a looming DNC lawsuit that accuses the Democrat Party of rigging the 2016 primaries in favor of Hillary Clinton.

Since October 2016, when the lawsuit was issued, reporters and pundits have ignored a lawsuit that looks set to prove that the Democratic National Committee systemically rigged the primaries in order to ensure Hillary Clinton won over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

The lawsuit was issued after shocking documents surfaced by hacker Guccifer 2.0 that shows the party and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman colluding “by hook or by crook” to make Sanders lose.

The class-action suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in October, accusing both the DNC and Wasserman Schultz of “intentional, willful, wanton, and malicious” conduct in violating Article 5, Section 4 of the DNC Charter.

Lifezette.com reports: They represent three classes of plaintiffs: donors to the DNC, donors to the Bernie Sanders campaign, and all registered Democrats — and they want their money back.

On April 25, the court held a hearing on a motion to dismiss, with the DNC’s lawyers arguing that the party has every right to pick candidates in back rooms.

“There’s no contractual obligation here … it’s not a situation where a promise has been made that is an enforceable promise,” DNC lawyer Bruce Spiva argued in court.

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The major news organizations shunned the controversy and allowed it to slip into near-oblivion as they hammered President Trump.

An article published Saturday on the liberal progressive website Salon notes that the mainstream media “almost completely blacked out coverage of this lawsuit.”

A writer for the Observer wrote on Monday: “In large part, the mainstream media [have] not covered the lawsuit in the six months between the court’s initial hearings in October 2016 to its latest hearing on April 25, 2017.”

The revelation that the Democratic Party is fine with rigging elections, and has no qualms about lying to its members and pretending to be neutral, is certainly interesting news. But many in the media apparently didn’t want anyone to pay too much attention to this.

“For Sanders supporters, the lawsuit provides an opportunity for vindication for being cheated and attacked by the Democratic establishment,” Observer reporter Michael Sainato wrote. “Now, the DNC is on record arguing that its voters have no reason to trust it to maintain free and fair elections.”

“Spiva’s defense is blatant proof that despite the fact that the DNC fashions itself as the party of the people, it is openly and clearly an oligarchy — a fact also made clear by its use of superdelgates,” Salon writer Sophia McClennen wrote.

A WikiLeaks document dump also revealed that former interim DNC chair Donna Brazile appeared to favor Clinton when she leaked a Democratic primary debate question to Clinton in an email. Sanders supporters cried fowl. But the media largely spurned them in favor of dogging Trump.

“The elephant in the room for the DNC isn’t Trump or the GOP or Bernie bros or Russian hackers; it is its own elitist, corporatist, cronyist, corrupt system that consistently refuses to listen to the will of the people it hopes to represent,” McClennen wrote. “This all proves that the DNC has a serious problem not only with the democratic process but also with the very idea of representing the will of its constituents.”


71 posted on 05/19/2017 5:36:37 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Home of the Free because of the brave.MAGA!!)
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To: kiryandil

How about they investigate Clinton selling of 20% of our Urainium to the Russians? SHE’s your Russian agent, along with Bill and “more flexibility” 0bama.


72 posted on 05/19/2017 5:38:52 PM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! And please, God, bless the USA again.)
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To: kiryandil

Totally disagree ... this is what the left wants us to believe ... it is BS&M ... BLUE SMOKE & Mirrors.


73 posted on 05/19/2017 5:56:08 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for!)
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To: GoldenPup

Slow motion coup, to be followed by a very rapid uprising.


74 posted on 05/19/2017 6:06:39 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Truth29

Nah, we should huntem for sport


75 posted on 05/19/2017 6:08:25 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Gargantua

Yes, he does, doesn’t he? Hmmm...


76 posted on 05/19/2017 6:18:08 PM PDT by kiryandil (Americ)
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To: Gargantua
How long ago was that? Did they give up once the media gave them bad publicity? Did that movement hang on to remain culturally active?

It was a short lived fluke. I tried to keep it going. Nobody was interested.

Try again, please.

77 posted on 05/19/2017 7:28:01 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK
"...Did that movement hang on to remain culturally active?"

They gave you President Trump, drooler. Wake up and smell stuff.

78 posted on 05/19/2017 8:00:49 PM PDT by Gargantua ("Still not tired of winning---beeyotch!" ;^)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat
I think hiring the Mossad is a great idea. Outside agents with no loyalties or connections to the US political parties. Pres Trump should be the only person they report to. Hire the best and get quick results. Whatever it takes to save this Republic must be done.
79 posted on 05/19/2017 8:23:55 PM PDT by mountainfolk
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To: kiryandil
A memorable quote for on this day that John & Jim brought the FreeRepublic back online:
"Honorable men have the ability to see Tyranny and the Backbone to stand against it."
I sincerely believe this site will be the parchment that the next Declaration of Independence will be written on.
80 posted on 05/19/2017 8:27:47 PM PDT by babbabooey (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing...)
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