Fmr. Congresswoman During Watergate Says Trump Involved In A Cover-Up | Hardball | MSNBC

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has made the historic decision to direct House committee chairs to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, a member of the Judiciary Committee during Watergate, says, "The president is involved in a big cover-up here." Aired on 12/5/19.

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[DavidJ]

Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton, who once taught at Harvard Medical School, wrote a paper titled Cult Formation in the early 1980s. He delineated  primary characteristics, which are the most common features shared by destructive cults, destructive cults like Trumpism.

1. A charismatic leader, who increasingly becomes an object of worship as the general principles that may have originally sustained the group lose power. That is a living leader, who has no meaningful accountability and becomes the single most defining element of the group and its source of power and authority.

2. A process of indoctrination or education is in use that can be seen as coercive persuasion or thought reform commonly called "brainwashing".

The culmination of this process can be seen by members of the group often doing things that are not in their own best interest, but consistently in the best interest of its leader.

3. The exploitation of group members by the leader and the ruling members.

Here are 10 warning signs of a potentially unsafe group or leader.

• Absolute authoritarianism without meaningful accountability.

• No tolerance for questions or critical inquiry.

• No meaningful financial disclosure regarding budget or expenses, such as an independently audited financial statement.

• Unreasonable fear about the outside world, such as impending catastrophe, evil conspiracies and persecutions.

• There is no legitimate reason to leave, former followers are always wrong in leaving, negative or even evil.

• Former members often relate the same stories of abuse and reflect a similar pattern of grievances.

• There are records, books, news articles, or broadcast reports that document the abuses of the group/leader.

• Followers feel they can never be "good enough".

• The group/leader is always right.

• The group/leader is the exclusive means of knowing "truth" or receiving validation, no other process of discovery is really acceptable or credible.

As we've all seen,   when it comes to the warning signs and characteristics of a cult, Trump and his followers check most of the boxes.

[kinngrimm]

Republicons should see this as opportunity to get rid of Trump while blaming dems for it ^^.

[howdoesthatmakesense]

The Russian troll farms are working overtime in the comment section. They're positively foaming at the mouth.

[Thatdude]

Found fathers thought that the parties would work in best interest of Americans not making a career and taking money under table .

[victorianmelody]

What are the signs of a narcissistic psychopath?

Grandiose sense of self-importance. ...

Believe he's great, that everything about him is magnificent...

Lives in a fantasy world that supports their delusions of grandeur. ...

Needs constant praise and admiration. ...

Sense of entitlement. ...

Exploits others Without Guilt or Shame....

Demeans, intimidates, bullies, or belittles others..

[billyjoyner]

This guys idea of being president is to try to be a monarch. What's sad is the millions of Americans who refuse to see it.

[monty]

HELLO IS NOT ABOUT DISLIKING HIM. HE BROKE THE LAWS. "CONSTITUTION ".

[puttentanesame]

Roast #45 on the Constitutional spit...slowly...

[youtruckrek]

If you are honest with yourself and come to the conclusion that this is not objective journalism you must decide; do you agree with what you hear or not? Read the constitution read the declaration of independence, read the federalist papers and decide if you are on the side of destroying our republic.or keeping it for your children.

[janein]

You want to have some fun ? Ask Donnie or his surrogates : "Why was the money eventually released ?"

[freejutube]

it was a "perfect call" on so many levels... good for the u.s. ... because "do us a favour though" means "do the u.s. a favour though" :-)

[ruffles]

43% believe he is greater than Abraham Lincoln
And they vote 😞😞😞

[newhorizons]

Ask Joan Rivers about Big Mike. oh, that's right you can't.

[marcemson]

Beyond the shabby cover-up on top of Trump's head?
Yes.

[crossingthemountain]

I love spending my time listening to Ben Shapiro who is not a gaggle of ancient lunatics. Thanks for helping me not peek at your opinion of palpable and body wide chemotherapy of bias and absence of objectivity and plethora of conspiracy theories.

[jonobester]

Methinks the King doth protest too much.

[newhorizons]

'Make no mistake, Madam; that folly is over. I will tear this sacred garment into a thousand pieces and scatter them on the wind.' - JFK on the CIA

[PeggyJame]

The Articles of Impeachment are ongoing

[midnighfairy]

Omg i am getting 2 minutes of fame !!!

[shesmypresident]

Andrea chainsaw Greenspan and her husband Alan are doing a Brutal Death Metal Core Core Duet tonight in the DUPONT underground Alan Sings "I'm a little bit country" And Andrea sings "ARRGGH!!! fuukhole slop vomit DROP DIE DIE DIE!! AWGHH!!! AWGHH!!!!"