Discussion: WaPo: Trump Has Political Advisers At Agencies To Track Loyalty To President

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How very Communist of you.

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As New York’s Ed Kilgore noted last month, “People like that can be described as political commissars, to use the term made famous in the Soviet Union for the agents sent to impose ideological discipline, particularly in military units.” Sure enough, the former Marine and fighter pilot assigned to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is privately referred to as “the commissar” within the Pentagon.

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Yes, Trump installed “Commissars” to monitor the political loyalty of his subordinates to the Communist Republican Party!

Now when will Lin Biao, er, Bannon begin the KKKultural Revolution?

Or should we refer to them as “KKKommissars”?

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Notice, not loyal to an agenda put forward by the President, loyalty to the President. But isn’t that how a Cult of Personality works? Doesn’t matter the agenda - what ever is uttered aloud by the Cult Leader becomes the rule to follow - or pay the price.

A cult leader who not only dabbles in Conspiracy theories and is convinced that he can make no error, but who eschews advisors and briefings by experts, and lets underlings push out whatever policies they like (such as the extreme budget) as long as they don’t contradict the cult leader, er, President.

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OMG, this is so creepy!

How completely Stasi-like.

How far we have descended, thanks to this asswipe in chief.

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Somebody please wake me up from this nightmare…

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right here in River CIty…

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The political officers of the Commissariat are here for your protection, comrades!

Remember, doubt and questions are a poison that erodes the foundation of social order!

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If Trumpp’s approval keeps dropping, Mattis will have the upper hand. Firing Mattis would hurt Trumpp more than would letting Mattis modify instructions that he thinks would be undesirable.

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and they want you to list your relatives and their addresses.

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trump’s base will be fine with this, because it plays into their paranoid fantasies.

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Jesus H Titty-fucking Christ, if it were anyone except the Shitgibbon-in-Chief I’d say this was straight out of The Onion.

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Or, as I keep repeating, please put him out of our misery.

One word for this: SAD!

Okay, two words: LOSER!

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Agenda is really popular. So much winning:

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Most members of President Trump’s Cabinet do not yet have leadership teams in place or even nominees for top deputies.

Even something as large as the Federal government can’t coast forever. The lack of robust, functional management of agencies, along with the appointment of Cabinet members who are hostile to or ignorant of their agency’s mission will cause problems for Trumpp. The timing and nature of the problems are uncertain, but it is certain that problems will arise.

Unfortunately, the problems will harm the public first.

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Perhaps it started in New Zealand.

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Talk about an act that proves how paranoid Trump is.

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Hey staffers!
When you’re drinking your morning coffee Do you feel the breath on your neck?

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That Gallup chart is encouraging, but that new high in disapproval is just one 3-day poll that is within the margin of other peaks in Trumpp’s disapproval in Gallup polling.

I’m trying not to get my hopes up until I see other polls recording new highs and I see a higher base of disapproval or further increases in disapproval even as the GOP tries to make minor reductions in the cruelty of their healthcare bill.

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