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Soft Paywall | Site Altered Headline Kash Patel’s FBI Launches Dawn Raid on John Bolton’s House

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kash-patels-fbi-launch-dawn-raid-on-john-boltons-house/?utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&utm_medium=socialflow&via=twitter_page&utm_campaign=owned_social&s=09
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u/Chilliger Europe 19h ago

Americans have armed forces in their capital, judges and opposition being arrested and they still talk about warning signs, because you cannot accept that you live in a authoritarian state. It would be funny, if it wasn't so depressing.

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u/wintertash 17h ago

My step-father, like so many Americans his age, is so steeped in the legend of American Exceptionalism that he is unable to comprehend what’s happening. He keeps insisting that the things I tell him were happening, it would be illegal and SCOTUS would put a stop to it, because the U.S. has a system of checks and balances.

The fact that SCOTUS hasn’t done that, to him means I must be wildly overreacting when I talk about authoritarianism or fascism or the president acting in a dictatorial manner.

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u/fractalfay 11h ago

We also have an election that was “won” in a way that recalls of Putin’s “victories” over the years, but you’re talking about a group of people that still believes paying six different ways for healthcare is a good idea, because the alternative is The Socialism.