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Dear America,

you are under attack from your own government.

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Yes, we know.

Even worse: it is doing so to the resounding cheers of a large fraction of our fellow citizens.

To be honest I am not sure I am seeing any reaction from the other fraction either. Yes I do read articles in NYT, and page linked above, but is there any opposition? protests about what is going on, about putting puppets on top of agencies, siding with Russia, dismantling the government?

It seems to me the strategy for the other fraction is to maybe hope for the best and maybe wait for the next election.

This needs to be stopped now, no one is waiting.

Why? This is what the American people voted for. And it's not any more radical than what the otherside has been doing the past four years.

EDIT: Going to remove these comments and step away, this week really has me heated and it's not fair to my conversational partners here.

Inform the opinions of the constituencies of member of congress to show them where there local support is. Try to force special elections. Flipping the house seems doable. The momentum seems there.

Yes, there are protests all over the US! Check out https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

I'm deeply impressed by the turnout in every state. It seems media coverage has been lagging in major outlets.

There's also a subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/ and Discord. Thanks for helping. (:

"I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic" [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_of_Allegiance_%28United_S...

Worry about your own country, this is our republic. Most of us voted for exactly this, not the hyper-intellectual multi-national HN crowd. Yes it's ugly, but we knew it would be going in. There is no pretty way to go about the reform we're after.

We'll decide for ourselves whether we're under attack or not. I voted for this admin, and while not perfect, I think it's much better than what we had.

The people were split almost evenly. That should not translate into the side that squeaked out a win being able to take a wrecking ball to everything.

Was this also your response to the forced social reforms including government-mandated racism and sexism pushed by the previous administration?

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

We collectively are under attack, whether you voted for this administration doesn't make you the decider of that. We have an unconstitutional tyrant and petulant billionaire side kick running around like bulls in a china shop destroying our collective value.

This isn't a Democrat or Republican issue, this is a constitutional issue.

Trump admin is acting as an illegitimate government by ignoring the Constitution and siding with Putin of all people. The results of the election are being rendered irrelevant.

Pump the brakes there comrade. You may live in America, but you don't get to speak for Americans.

“There is no pretty way” Bill Clinton would like a word

What reform are you referring to? I wasn't aware of there even being an endgame here, from where I stand it looks like you were deceived and they're just breaking as much stuff as they can now that you've invited them back in.

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