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D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor

Protestocracy: Maidan America

Caution: the following is strictly an imaginary scenario.  This "prediction" was written two days before "thousands of students" were reported to have rallied throughout France to protest the gains by the rightwing National Front (FN) in elections to the European Parliament (EP), with the FN winning 24 of France's 74 seats in the EP.


December 1, 2014 -

Responding to a call from Rev. Al Sharpton, "tens of thousands" of demonstrators gathered at the Mall in Washington, D.C. to protest the election of Republican majorities in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.  Claiming that the election results must be a mistake, the protesters vowed to remain at the Mall until political gridlock in Washington is broken.  Signs visible throughout  the throng included the following demands"  "Congress Must Go," "All Power to the President",  "Complete the Transformation,"  "Nationalize Everything," "Polarizing for the People," "A 100% Tax for the Koch Brothers," as well as "B.D.S. Israel",  "Free Palestine," " Stop the Fracking Fracking," "Conservatives Conserve Nothing," "Ban the Tea Party," and "Indict all Republican Conspirators." The White House assured demonstrators they can stay on the Mall as long as they want.

January 1, 2015 -

One month after anti-Congress protesters, now said to number "hundreds of thousands", occupied   Washington's Mall, officials from the European Union [EU] addressed the vast crowd, declaring the EU's solidarity with progressive America.  The officials said it was their duty to be with the demonstrators and to address them on behalf of human rights and the American people.  The officials urged the demonstrators to continue their campaign to end gridlock in Washington which, they warned, is hindering the West's ability to resist Russian expansionism and aggression in Ukraine.

January 2, 2015 -

President Barack H. Obama, speaking to a global-wide television audience and surrounded by Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Bill deBlasio, Al Sharpton, George  Soros, Lois Lerner, Harvey Weinstein,  Harry Belafonte and Maxine Waters, announced his intention to use his powers as commander-in-chief to end our national nightmare of political gridlock in Washington.  President Obama said that the Mall demonstrators convinced him that the second decade of the 21st century demands a new government in America so that the promise of America can be renewed -- an executive form of government.  The President announced that he will name a task force to establish a President's Advisory Board consisting of a coalition of progressive institutions and activists that will be co-chaired by Lois Lerner and Bill deBlasio.

January 3, 2015 -

White House spokesman Jay Carney announced that all Democrats who were formerly senators or representatives will be named honorary members of the President's Advisory Board and will begin to receive their government pensions and Obamacare exemptions immediately.  Mr. Carney had no information on the whereabouts of Republicans who had been members of the former Congress.

January 4, 2015 -

The European Union said that any Republican member of the former United States Congress found on the territory of any of the 28 EU states will be arrested and hauled before the International Criminal Court for sentencing.