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Brazil Is About To Show The World How A Modern Democracy Collapses | HuffPost

17 million guns in Brazil; hopefully somebody can put one to good use soon. Real soon.

 

In a nutshell ...

And while he has pitched his surge to power as the result of a “populist” revolt, his base of support mirrors that of the old coup masters: wealthy financial elites, segments of the population willing to trade the rights and lives of the poor and marginalized for their own safety and economic prosperity, and traditional parties and politicians who refuse to acknowledge their own roles in creating the monster before folding themselves into his arms.

Sound familiar?

 

And you know...Trump is the fucking "President " and abbot is a message board schtick. But yeah, great point.

 

It hurts brown people the most at the moment, which is why folks like the coffee repair clown love it.

 

Eerily so.

 

Welcome back from vacation, Daniel Dale.

 

Roger Ailes and FoxNews Mission Statement. Ingraham Hannity and Limbaugh follow this because they are in fact American Nazis.

 

Mitt Romney writes op-ed that's very critical of Trump ahead of being sworn in. Question is, will he be a force for change, or be the next Flake/Corker?

I lean toward Flake/Corker, but hopeful he'll create some sort of moderate coalition in the Senate.

 

One thing that insulates Romney that Flake and Corker didn't have: he's been shitting on Trump from the start. Shitting on Trump got him elected. He doesn't have to worry about political fallout quite like they did.

 

There are no moderate Republicans in the Senate.

 

"I wholly disagree with this decision," Senator Romney said shortly after voting to confirm Kanye West as Commerce Secretary.