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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 10 June 2025 at 2:40am | IP Logged | 1
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There will be midterms but they will be contested and/or overturned where needed.
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Bill Collins
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| Posted: 10 June 2025 at 7:29am | IP Logged | 2
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Just seeing on tv that at least two foreign press have been
hit by rubber bullets whilst interveiwing members of the
public. The British reporter was black, am wondering if
that's why he was targetted? He was wearing a pretty
obvious "Press" jacket and obviously had a cameraman with
him.
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Edward Aycock
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| Posted: 10 June 2025 at 10:37am | IP Logged | 3
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Yes, Bill Collins, I saw one where an Australian reporter was hit in the leg with a rubber bullet and you can clearly see the shooter aim for her and shoot. There was no crowd, no mass confusion. Just a deliberate shot.
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Trevor Smith
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You know, when I lived in Istanbul, Erdogan (a dictator in
all but name) met even peaceful demonstrations with fully
armed and armoured riot squads and tanks with water
cannons. I'm experiencing a bit of deja vu, listening to
news out of the US.
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James Woodcock
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I periodically am reminded of this.
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John Byrne
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As noted before, Trumf has made it clear he wants to be an absolute dictator and, potentially worse, a nuclear president. Watching the real America die…..
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Dave Kopperman
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Prior to his reelection, I had been expecting the "military deployment against the citizenry" thing, since Trump had very clearly wanted to do so in his previous term. What I hadn't been expecting was the assault on the science and medical infrastructure. Both big news stories yesterday were terrible and renewed confirmation that we are in an autocracy (albeit the earliest stages of such), but RFK removing the entire CDC vaccine advisory panel feels way worse.
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James Woodcock
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Without a doubt.
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Dave Kopperman
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| Posted: 10 June 2025 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | 9
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Trump views the nuclear arsenal with his usual toxic mix of prideful ignorance and a totally misremembered American Golden Age of his youth. A man who thinks you can stop a hurricane with an atomic bomb, thinks himself smarter than any expert, thinks all of his enemies can be terrified into submission, and who clearly bought into the rah-rah nuclear propaganda* that suffused his childhood is about as dangerous a red-button finger possessor as you can get.
*America's nuclear arsenal is such a powerful deterrent than no-one on Earth will dare get out of line, but it's safe enough that you can emerge unscathed from an attack by hiding under your school desk.
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Charles Valderrama
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Trump just threatened protestors who dare protest his authoritarian military parade on Saturday.
So much for "Free Speech!"
-C!
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James Woodcock
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I guess we are going to see him go full authoritarian earlier than maybe he
planned. So we might see a greater backlash before election time, which
might give people more time to accept what he is.
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