Responding to the poll in the thread:
I voted the batshit crazy option, but I think the situation is even worse than that.
@Padawanbater2 posted this recently;
https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.kc3zhj2ru
This seems to explain a great deal of carefully manufactured and orchestrated turmoil in our government right now.
If this is correct- and the past 25 years have been leading us directly to this point, of that there can be little doubt- then we're witnessing the usurpation of the control of our government in a rather more fundamental way than ever before.
America is acting like it's on a war footing economically and socially where dissent, political engagement, disobedience of any kind must no longer be tolerated. There's only one problem; there's no enemy.
Muslims and immigrants are far less likely to commit acts of terrorism than conservative and/or religious extremists of domestic origin. Yet they and equally industrious Latinos are singled out as enemies. Racism is deliberately being fanned BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, now so clearly on the wrong side of any reasonable definition of freedom, equal rights or fair play. I could go on, but here's another list to ponder;
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