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GiqueCee

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40. This is what Steve Bannon called...

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 09:23 AM

Mar 22

... flooding the zone. It's also analogous to convicts killing a fellow inmate. They stab him so many times that it is impossible to treat all the wounds at once, any one of which is potentially fatal. That is the principle at work here.
And it is a mistake to focus attention on one wound to the Body Politic. Every miscreant responsible for this treachery has their own motives, but ALL of it, whether intentionally or not, is in service to Vladimir Putin's psychotic obsession with destroying America from within. So far, it's working, and Republicans are just fine with it.
Maybe when MAGAts find themselves in the crosshairs – and make no mistake, they will – they'll smarten the fuck up, but don't count on it.

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I kind of think this actual threat to shut down Social Security [View all] senseandsensibility Mar 21 OP

Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 21 #1

Haven't seen it senseandsensibility Mar 21 #2

Thx! SheltieLover Mar 22 #31

It would be great if BonnieJW Mar 22 #37

We've got our own problems coming Laha Mar 22 #54

For the heck of it I went to Fuxnews web site and could not find any mention at all about an hour ago. LiberalArkie Mar 21 #5

That was a pretty safe bet, hu? SheltieLover Mar 22 #32

They could have at least been warning their viewers how Biden was shutting down SSA to hurt the seniors voting for Trump LiberalArkie Mar 22 #36

I don't think they care at all about elders SheltieLover Mar 22 #44

Just proves like Trump FOX doesn't give a shit about their viewers. Bengus81 Mar 22 #56

Right! Faux will tell them homelessness & starvation are good for them SheltieLover Mar 22 #59

That bucket or rancid turds... GiqueCee Mar 22 #38

I agree with everything you wrote, except AverageJoe Mar 22 #41

Ah, but that's what they call themselves... GiqueCee Mar 22 #42

Agreed AverageJoe Mar 22 #43

I agree! SheltieLover Mar 22 #50

If I understand 3auld6phart Mar 22 #53

Heavily covered angrychair Mar 21 #20

Glad to hear, so long as they aren't attempting to normalize this. SheltieLover Mar 22 #33

Oh they are. They cover the admins response not their actions. FDRFTW Mar 22 #66

Gawd... sickening SheltieLover Mar 22 #67

+1 dalton99a Mar 22 #28

I find it speaks volumes that we need to look to Canada & SheltieLover Mar 22 #34

Of course they are... reACTIONary Mar 22 #47

Thanks for the links flamingdem Mar 22 #49

Can you give us further information about... reACTIONary Mar 22 #69

Here you go! flamingdem Mar 22 #70

Thanks!!! (nt) reACTIONary Mar 23 #71

It's called blackmail...... Butterflylady Mar 22 #55

If I try to steal a stereo I go to jail MadameButterfly Mar 21 #3

The goose and the common Cirsium Mar 21 #16

A little more recent... rubbersole Mar 21 #19

brilliant! MadameButterfly Mar 22 #30

You are right canetoad Mar 21 #4

This is a tactic of what Applebaum calls Autocracy, Inc. lonely bird Mar 21 #25

The "news" are not going to publish anything that will make trump look bad Blue Full Moon Mar 22 #27

I wonder if Schumer KT2000 Mar 21 #6

right? Skittles Mar 21 #15

Probably not Bettie Mar 22 #39

If there ever was a question of "Is Trump trying to destroy the U.S. and put us into a depression?" LiberalArkie Mar 21 #7

People disregard the effect this will have on everyone! Nt Hope22 Mar 21 #14

Do this if they cut off the checks Captain Zero Mar 21 #26

How do we "force" the "free" media to cover this threat to Social Security? elocs Mar 21 #8

Why in the world do you think this went unreported? The original reporting was from... reACTIONary Mar 22 #68

Kicking Mike 03 Mar 21 #9

feels like I'm in a movie stillcool Mar 21 #10

It's a nightmare. BarbD Mar 22 #46

Agreed Baron2024 Mar 21 #11

Massive theft threat from millions of Americans. Hope22 Mar 21 #12

We're in a Tony Soprano reality TV show; surfered Mar 21 #13

What's the threat? Tickle Mar 21 #17

Just google Trump administration threat to Social Security surfered Mar 21 #18

I just checked all mainstream news sites except FOX (CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC & MSNBC) Wiz Imp Mar 21 #21

Wow. senseandsensibility Mar 21 #22

I think this will happen monthly to keep people afraid. Turbineguy Mar 21 #23

All part of the psyop. rzemanfl Mar 21 #24

But for what? Other than to force Powell to decrease rates, that's all I can think about why these guys are tryna ... uponit7771 Mar 22 #29

This is what Steve Bannon called... GiqueCee Mar 22 #40

Think they will smarten up? Gary 50 Mar 22 #48

The hard-core MAGAts... GiqueCee Mar 24 #72

I think Dems should run with Martin O'Malley's message malaise Mar 22 #35

I do find it a little perplexing that other Dems senseandsensibility Mar 22 #60

Agree malaise Mar 22 #61

Yup. Martin68 Mar 22 #45

In all due respect, and to point you in the right direction... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 22 #51

And didn't musk just say civil war is inevitable because his cars were burned Eliot Rosewater Mar 22 #52

The same 100 million who didn't bother to vote because they were busy on TikTok Eliot Rosewater Mar 22 #57

It was a screaming headline in my morning newspaper (the paper version) - Ocelot II Mar 22 #58

If Biden or Democrats had tried to B.See Mar 22 #62

Absolutely senseandsensibility Mar 22 #65

He CAN'T shut it down, but he's trying to hobble the SSA anyway he can FakeNoose Mar 22 #63

Provoke them to act on every threat they make. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 22 #64

The problem is, trump is a clown. A carnival barker. So people don't understand the danger ecstatic Mar 24 #73