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We're Watching an Anti-Democratic Coup Unfold
The Atlantic ^ | September 5, 2018 | David A. Graham

Posted on 09/05/2018 4:40:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Acts of sabotage against the president are perilous to the American system of government. They're also self-serving.

The title of Bob Woodward’s new book, Fear, contains a multitude of meanings. For one thing, it describes the attitude of many of President Trump’s own aides toward his judgment.

It’s not just that many sources were willing to tell Woodward damaging stories about Trump: The most stunning examples are those where top aides reportedly thwarted his will. Even more stunning is an anonymous op-ed published in The New York Times Wednesday afternoon written by a purported “senior official in the Trump administration.”

The writer says that senior Trump officials “are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. I would know. I am one of them.” The official adds: “We believe our first duty is to this country, and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.”

The op-ed is so bizarre that it is tempting to dismiss it as fantasy—akin to the obviously bogus Twitter accounts that flourished early in the administration claiming to be by saboteurs inside the White House. (While the Times has likely done its homework, expect the president to question the veracity of the source.) Yet what the anonymous official says lines up closely with the accounts in Woodward’s book, in which officials steal documents, act on their own, and simply disregard orders from the president....

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


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1 posted on 09/05/2018 4:40:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Woodward= Bebozs


2 posted on 09/05/2018 4:42:27 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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Better dead than red. Don’t start what you can’t finish.


3 posted on 09/05/2018 4:42:34 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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Crap. Just like the NYT anonymous Crap. More Crap doesn’t make it anything better than Crap.


4 posted on 09/05/2018 4:43:11 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists call 'em what you will they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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Click It!


5 posted on 09/05/2018 4:44:11 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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‘What the anonymous official says lines up with the accounts in Woodward’s book’

Uh, maybe this is the same guy who is quoted extensively in Woodward’ book?? And maybe different stories of theirs guy are said to be from multiple people? And MAYBE IT IS ALL JUST LIES??


6 posted on 09/05/2018 4:44:30 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell.a!)
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Note that the Deep State traitor’s piece was focused on Trump wanting good relations with Russia and their forcing him to sanction Russia based on made up crap about poisonings.


7 posted on 09/05/2018 4:45:59 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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A 3rd Steele Dossier attempt brought to you by Deepthroat II.

Only thing missing were two prostitutes peeing on a bed (not each other) alone in Russia because Obama slept on that bed at some point in the past.


8 posted on 09/05/2018 4:47:10 PM PDT by Eddie01
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I havn’t seen any event corroboration.

All smoke and mirrors to date. Fuzzy mirrors at that.


9 posted on 09/05/2018 4:47:11 PM PDT by Paladin2
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[Acts of sabotage against the president are perilous to the American system of government. They’re also self-serving.]

VERY perilous.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 King James Version (KJV)

3 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.


10 posted on 09/05/2018 4:47:49 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: originalbuckeye

(psst - lanny davis)


11 posted on 09/05/2018 4:47:56 PM PDT by Eddie01
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The Atlantic is a left-wing cornerstone.

Amazing.


12 posted on 09/05/2018 4:48:03 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
Trump doesn't play by the uniparty gravitas rules. He actually cares about the USA and regular Americans as people not as part of some bought off voting block. He regularly points out the Wizards of Smart have no clothes on. For instance he asked a a room full of military eminentos ‘When are we going to win some of these wars.’ When shown the usual Powerpoint crapola about ‘The Way Forward’. This appalled these august folks who were there to discuss ‘long term solutions’, ‘stakeholder coordination’ and ‘strengthening the civil culture’ of Afghanistan. That's what drives the Beltway Culture berserk. He doesn't play by the most important rule the ‘Process is More Important than Product’.
13 posted on 09/05/2018 4:49:30 PM PDT by robowombat (Orthodox)
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This whole thing looks carefully orchestrated to coincide with the launch of Woodward’s book. However, its what we have come to expect. Another week, another attack by the Media against Trump on some pretext.


14 posted on 09/05/2018 4:49:33 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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[The op-ed is so bizarre that it is tempting to dismiss it as fantasy—akin to the obviously bogus Twitter accounts that flourished early in the administration claiming to be by saboteurs inside the White House.]

That’s because it’s propaganda. Whether “real” or not, it’s propaganda and pure propaganda.


15 posted on 09/05/2018 4:49:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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A few years ago, we got a conservative school board for the first time in generations. They promised to stop the forced busing and other asinine programs. They campaigned on it and fulfilled on their promises. We have the second largest school district in the country and the Democrats couldn’t let this happen without a fight. They organized “Moral Mondays” to vent their outrage over the “controversial school board” and never reported any good news.

When it came time for the next election, the media went on offense and kept reporting that education results continued to drop in NC. They weren’t lying directly but were lying by omission because our district was the one bright spot in the whole State. The result of all of the negative press was a return to the Democrats in the next election.

They are following this gameplan with Trump and it’s very worrying. The media knows he can’t win with just the political junkies like us. He needs average Americans just going about their lives and all they are hearing is bad news since he was elected. It has an effect. 2-3% is all it would take.


16 posted on 09/05/2018 4:50:11 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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A lib Q, I guess.

Ridiculous.


17 posted on 09/05/2018 4:50:20 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: originalbuckeye

Remember that Woodward was the guy who supposedly got a detailed interview out of CIA Director Casey while he was in the hospital in a coma.


18 posted on 09/05/2018 4:50:54 PM PDT by rbg81 (Truth is stranger than fiction)
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html

find the , execute them


19 posted on 09/05/2018 4:52:05 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Surprised the Atlantic isn’t celebrating.


20 posted on 09/05/2018 4:52:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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