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Thursday, January 19, 2017

US Oligarchic Triumph and Lockdown on Dissent

So it begins. Dissention lockdown. At the very least, our repressed media has stopped reporting it. But that's just the veneer.
          1) Republicans of once liberal Washington State are proposing felonies for civil disobedience protests.
          2) North Dakota Republicans now consider it legal to run down any protestors on highways.
          3) Minnesota - jail time for highway and freeway protestors.
        We citizens of the "free United States" are being implored to endure the so-called "peaceful transfer of power," or "suffer the consequences."
         This new power includes even greater big bank power, and an administration with Cayman Island ties, as well as officials who have demeaned the very departments they have been appointed to run: Ben Carson - HUD, Rick Perry - Energy (both of whom are known to have lobbied to end these department services).
          And that doesn't even include a Department of Education billionairess who has devoted her life to charter schools for privileged wealthy youth and plans to channel public education funds into these schools, further neglecting our already neglected public schools.
          Our much-controlled media is on-board with ushering Trump's gold plasticene/surgically-enhanced entourage. Little talk of his irascibility, 3-second attention span, numerous conflicts of interest, or demagoguery now.
          Oh, and meanwhile, very right-wing house speaker Paul Ryan is dismantling medicare. Easy enough to do with all Republicans and no separation of power.
      

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