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Fear triumphs over hope as Trump wins the presidency – how did it happen?
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I'm not completely sold on that idea. While I'm sure there are wings of the GOP who will buy into the idea of never losing power again, I also suspect that there will be members of the Senate who are old enough to know from experience that things never quite go to plan. Yes, we could be in for an end to Democracy, that possible. But, if we're there, the filibuster doesn't mean a thing. If our institutions are strong enough to hold up for the next four years, then the filibuster will be as contentious as it always is, when the majority has only a slim hold on power.
The resistance will be eliminated.
He's already said this.
He absolutely will order the arrest or killing of his enemies.
I have little doubt, and I'm fuckkng.glad, the end is actually near.
I am sick of this game.
Oh friend, it aint over till the last drop is bled.
My money is on civil war.
All part of the plan.
There will be blood.
Rivers.
Your institutions WILL NOT SAVE YOU. Hannah Arendt's most important warning.
I like your optimism. I don't share it yet, but I like it.