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We have four years to debate the accuracy of my tag but in the meantime I am watching, and reading, all the huzzahs from the Neo-Nazi media on the selection of Bannon. If he is not openly claiming them as "Mein familie", I say it is no different than any deadbeat dad who doesn't wish to claim his illegitimate crumb-snatchers that he helped spawn and nurture.


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a PR campaign to counteract GOP propaganda/FOX News programming
still not getting it

Fox is just doing what comes naturally .... they have an audience, and that audience is white, has a lower education, and paranoid ... no amount of PR will change the fundamental nature of these folks. the change has to come at the lowest levels, education.

since conservatives will or do control education do not expect any changes in the nature of the electorate.

everything else you listed would go a long way to try and get the vote out. I suspect after a Trump administration has entered the contraction economic phase, they will not be able to mitigate the problems and simply blame Pres Obama for leaving them in a failed economy. that should be the basis for an effective argument to counter conservative economic theory.


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Meanwhile, back at Casa de Trump, the transition appears to be more of a knife-fight.

Trump Staff Shake-Up Slows Transition to Near Halt

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Mr. Freedman, who had been in charge of coordinating Mr. Trump’s calls to world leaders after his election, is a former business associate of Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager, who once worked on the re-election bid of Ferdinand E. Marcos, the Filipino dictator ousted in the 1980s.


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based on these reports I have seen, I predict Transition Team Trump, with VPE Pence at helm, will try to staff from the swamp Mr Trump said he would drain.



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If you take out all the rotten bio-mas of course the water level will fall, thus making it look like the swamp is draining...


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But they ARE draining the swamp! Into the west wing...


A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
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since conservatives will or do control education do not expect any changes in the nature of the electorate.
Don't discount changes already made in the youth of America. Millenials are coming up with resoundingly progressive beliefs. Their embrace of Bernie Sanders speaks volumes about their rejection of the status quo in both parties. In numbers never seen before they are rejecting the tenets of organized religion and its bigotry towards the gay community. They struggled through the recession and watched as progressive policies opened up jobs and were given a brief glimpse of what life could have been like if higher education were more affordable. They tentatively accepted Clinton and the promise of the first woman president and were looking forward to a more egalitarian society in which they were accepted for who they are. And then they were slapped down.
They aren't going to forget this.


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But they ARE draining the swamp! Into the west wing...
Yes, and it isn't going to bode well for them. But don't expect Trump supporters to magically switch parties when the Trump trainwreck eventually derails.(not that it was ever actually on the rails)
Republicans tend to double down, seeking ever more radical policies, farther and farther removed from mainstream policies that actually work. When they find themselves in a hole they'll shout for more shovels and just dig themselves in deeper. Hopefully wiser heads will prevail in the midterms and the next presidential elections. It's going to be a wild ride until that happens though.


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Donald Trump wants to live in Trump Tower while running the country...

Reince Priebus will whisper in his right ear...

And Steve Bannon will whisper in his alt-right ear...


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since conservatives will or do control education do not expect any changes in the nature of the electorate.
Don't discount changes already made in the youth of America. Millenials are coming up with resoundingly progressive beliefs. Their embrace of Bernie Sanders speaks volumes about their rejection of the status quo in both parties. In numbers never seen before they are rejecting the tenets of organized religion and its bigotry towards the gay community. They struggled through the recession and watched as progressive policies opened up jobs and were given a brief glimpse of what life could have been like if higher education were more affordable. They tentatively accepted Clinton and the promise of the first woman president and were looking forward to a more egalitarian society in which they were accepted for who they are. And then they were slapped down.
They aren't going to forget this.

This is our hope for the next 4 years. #NotMyPresident Trump and his Domme Bannon must be made to feel the wrath of the people who are being fvcked over, including and especially those who voted for him.


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