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Olga Lautman @olgaNYC1211
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Restrict free press
Revoke media licenses
Make protests illegal
Threaten to prosecute opposition
Protect loyalists from prosecution
Demand loyalty from law enforcement
Reward loyalists w lucrative contracts

Yes Authoritarianism can happen in America if we don’t stop this
Every single person needs to vote because this is the most important elections EVER. We will not allow Trump to turn this into a banana republic. This is not Russia
And a reminder!! @HouseGOP @SenateGOP fully supports destroying our Democracy because they are either silent or assisting Trump. Either way they are complicit
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800,000 federal employees are panicking about paying for rent and their living expenses and Trump is using the #TrumpsShutdown to collect donations

@realDonaldTrump has been a con his whole life
Is he running out of money for his legal expenses? Conspiracy against America can be quite expensive to defend
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This is very important to watch! I have been following the story on the Russian side since last spring when the Kremlin considered several ways of getting Deripaska’s companies out of sanctions. According to the Russians Mnuchin provided a path for lifting sanctions in April 2018

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Veselnitskaya the Russian lawyer known for the infamous Trump tower meet, her recruitment of a Swiss cop, and other Kremlin ops is charged with obstruction of justice in the Prevezon case. The Prevezon case which was very solid got settled unexpectedly taking many by surprise
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Trump’s Wannabe Despot Checklist
✓Call press “enemy of the people”
✓Scapegoat minorities
✓Call to jail political opponents
✓Pardon political allies
✓Lie constantly to erode public sense of objective truth
✓Appoint unqualified family members as top advisers
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✓Appoint cronies (like the family wedding planner @LynnePatton) to top posts
✓Lie about ongoing investigations to confuse public opinion
✓Attack your Attorney General for properly recusing himself from an investigation
✓”Joke” about making yourself “president for life”
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Trump’s wannabe despot checklist:
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✓Scapegoat minorities
✓Call to jail political opponents
✓Fire people investigating you
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✓Lie to boost cult of personality
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✓Appoint cronies like the family wedding planner to top posts
✓Encourage violence at rallies
✓Pardon political loyalists
✓Use public office to generate personal income
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