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Re:Reuters' position on covering Trump by astrodust on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:58PM (#13545089)
As much as that's true today, I have no idea what tomorrow brings. They've already terminated a high-level judge for obstructing the administration. What if they "detain" a reporter for "leaking classified information"? What if Manning-like detention becomes the norm for those that speak out?

I'm extremely concerned that in the next few weeks the President will appear with generals flanking him at some big military event and he'll make some incoherent speech about something or other and, at a quick glance, you might not be able to tell him from Muammar Gaddafi.

Once he crosses that line there's no telling what will happen. There are too many utterly terrifying historical examples to draw on.

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Re:Reuters' position on covering Trump by maxerickson on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @07:05PM (#13546736)
Are you talking about the firing of the acting Attorney General? Not a judge.

It wasn't really that big a deal, it was as much a political statement on her part as it was on the administration's. It's concerning, but it is unlikely to become part of a pattern, the top officials at the Justice Department will soon be appointees of the administration rather than people that agreed to carry out necessary functions during the transition.

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Re:Reuters' position on covering Trump by astrodust on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @11:06PM (#13548030)
> ...it is unlikely to become part of a pattern...

And that's where we disagree. I think this is the first of many.

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Re:Reuters' position on covering Trump by matwood on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @04:57PM (#13545725)
What are you talking about? This type of incoherent rambling gives normal liberals a bad name.
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Re:Reuters' position on covering Trump by astrodust on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @05:04PM (#13545807)
People I know who've had to escape tyrannical regimes would say this isn't incoherent rambling.

If Glen Beck and Newt Gingrich are raising concerns this is not a "liberal" problem. Get a grip.

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