Milley Feared Trump Could Potentially Launch Coup | Talking Points Memo

Fatal drug overdoses hit a record of more than 93,000 in 2020, a staggering 30 percent surge from the previous record in 2019.

I wonder how many of them were due to hydroxychloroquine?

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I have my doubts about Milley. First was the Hitleresque photo op walk thru Lafayette Park, then the Military doing nothing while MAGATS attacked our capital on 6/6/21, Added to that is there is still a Flynn in the Pentagon.

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Trump will deny the report, so will Putin, FOX News, and the GOP, putting the GOP and Trump supporters on the side with Putin.

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If ever there was a time for a leaker, whistleblower, or to break the chain of command and speak, this was it!

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Some of us boomer agnostics tend to quote things from ā€œThe Lord of the Ringsā€ or other fantasy works, richly observed stories like ā€œThe Wire,ā€ or, in my case at least, the classic mid-'40s Bugs Bunnies, the way older generations would compare life situations to Bible stories.

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Sureā€¦ Except anyone who was paying any attention in the lead-up to the election.

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To be more correct, it wasnā€™t backed by the military leadership. Successful coups dā€™etat begin with support from the people who have the authority to order the troops out of the barracks: generally speaking, at least colonels. Better yet, generals. The are other requisites: for details, see Knebel, Fletcher Seven Days in May.

Trump had a lot more support among the junior enlisted and junior officers than Iā€™m comfortable with.

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Yes, if he wasnā€™t concerned enough to do anything about those events to do anything, what would it take?

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Cosplay for the Clueless. ā„¢

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You canā€™t go wrong with these.

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In the morning TPM should just leave an open space for us to post. We do better then Christine.

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The incompetence of Trump and the yes men around him saved the day for the rest of us, but it was a close call so we must stay vigilant.

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Oh good, I can pass on reading it.

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Iā€™m throwing the bullshit flag. Heā€™s saying it now. He would not have dared to do it then. He knew how little support he had even among his GQP sycophants like McConnell and the eminent invertebrate, Qevin McQarthy.

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Thank god we had the gang that couldnā€™t shoot straight.

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Such language, really? /s

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The Guardian shows some excerpts in their article. I donā€™t even know the Cyrillic alphabet, much less speak/read Russian. I have to take a translatorā€™s word for it.

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I sort of lost interest when everyone was clamoring for the ā€œpee tapeā€ like it was that yearā€™s Tickle Me Elmo. It had become clear the pee tape, should it exist, wasnā€™t going to abate the nuisance. Itā€™s a little late in the day to start up again with it. :face_with_monocle:

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ETA: The way TPM shows this, regrettably, the GIF doesnā€™t show. It says: ā€œThatā€™s bait.ā€

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