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lunatica

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7. Anslinger would feel right at home today

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2018, 03:22 PM

Apr 2018

He would make it to the top easily, and hob nob with Republican governors, congress people and the President as well as our Attorney General. He would be an important Fundamentalist Church leader and would have his own radio or tv talk show. He would be a regular guest on Fox, or maybe even a host.

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How "Strange Fruit" Killed Billie Holiday [View all] niyad Apr 2018 OP

Heartbreaking...absolutely heartbreaking Docreed2003 Apr 2018 #1

I was horrified, but not really surprised. niyad Apr 2018 #2

Hope Anslinger is burning in hell right now Blue Owl Apr 2018 #3

I wish he were someplace worse than hell. niyad Apr 2018 #13

Harry Anslinger was a HORRIBLE racist... Dennis Donovan Apr 2018 #4

has jeffie started on the framing part yet? niyad Apr 2018 #14

Thank you for posting this here & elsewhere. Must not forget. What a horrible man in so many ways.nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #5

and his "heir" , sessions, is the load we are saddled with today. niyad Apr 2018 #9

Thank you for the link. They_Live Apr 2018 #6

Anslinger would feel right at home today lunatica Apr 2018 #7

sadly, you are absolutely correct. niyad Apr 2018 #11

Horrifying! potone Apr 2018 #8

Harry Anslinger, minus most brain cells, is now ACTUALLY and for real in the god damn Oval Office. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #10

terrifying. I keep hoping that we are in a mass dream--and will wake up--SOON!!!!!! niyad Apr 2018 #12

Night after night for months I watched as Rachel Maddow reported on the most Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #15

sadly, it was always on my mind that the pukes would do their best to steal the election--I told niyad Apr 2018 #16