re: There was an attempted coup against a sitting US President and the MSM is all but silent

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Coup definition is: the overthrow of an existing government The investigation is bad for the country. It doesn’t matter who started the investigation or how it was started. This was not a coup on the US government. Talking about the 25th Amendment is bad but not a attempted coup. Leaking info is bad but not a attempted coup When dossier info was leaked Trump was not President yet. A McCain aide leaked it in December 2016. Still not a attempted coup even if Trump would have been president.

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OK...you win. It wasn't a coup. It was senior members of the DNC/DOJ/FBI/CIA/NSA and their supporting bureaucracies that floated an entirely false narrative about Candidate Trump in order to de-legitimize his presidency and possibly lead to impeachment and removal within 6 months of taking office, and thereby overturning the single most fundamental aspect of our democracy...the will of the people.

Does that sound better?

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Examples? Be specific.

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frick it; i'll play:

intimidation of the press/media with threats (both explicit and implicit) of violence and taking away of access: check

fostering propaganda networks (fox news): check

instilling fear and sowing doubt among low-info voters/population by demonizing certain groups (latinX, AA), and creating crises (border): check

propping himself up as the one person who can "fix the problems" of the country: check

these are just a few. this is straight from the authoritarian playbook, and if you don't actually see it, you're actively putting your head in the sand, or you're low-info.

as for trump being evil, i can't even believe i have to say it, but anyone who has to pay hush money to porn stars, and brags about the fact that since they're rich, they can grab women by the pussy, is not someone i'd call a good person.


since we're on the subject, why don't you explain how trump is not authoritarian, and how he isn't evil. I'll wait anxiously...