Im becoming unsettled. Maybe a few memes total on first two pages. How could things go so bad? Where are the yester beans gone?

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    Trump is using a technique called ‘The Gish Gallop.’

    Obama wanted to pass the ACA and the GOP managed to block it for almost two years because Obama kept talking about that one thing.

    Trump is breaking rules left and right; plus screaming about crazy ideas like buying Greenland.

    There is so much stuff going on that normal minds just want to shut down to get some peace and quiet.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

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      Obama increased mass surveillance and US undercover operations significantly. Bush ultimately started it but Obama has a opportunity to stand on the side of freedom but didn’t take it. Like all recent presidents he was focused on extending the power of the executive branch. The real answer is checks and balances.

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        LOL!

        Obama couldn’t get Gitmo closed. How many of those programs did he originate, and how many were passed by the Congress and he didn’t veto them?

        He was hamstrung by the GOP and conservative Dems.

        The answer is a veto proof progressive Dem majority, not more ‘checks and balances.’

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          The answer is a veto proof progressive Dem majority, not more ‘checks and balances.’

          After what trump is doing they still won’t be able to get there because they are corporate bootlickers who don’t resonate with working people anymore… at all.

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              Is the “progressive” in the room with us right now.

              They can muster like 2 people an dthe rest are corpo drones.

              Clearly somebody else decides who gets congret spots, and it ain’t the pedon vote.

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            Do you have an actual plan?

            Because screaming ‘BotH sidES aRe The SAme’ has worked so well to prevent Trump from getting elected twice.