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The Washington Post thinks that traitorous conspiracies on the right are equivalent to protests and demonstrations by other types of "activist?"
The same Washington Post owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos? I'm shocked!
He's already declared like 30 emergencies.
Those are just called sharts.
Because "emergencies" are the Wild cards given to the Executive Branch by Congress and SCOTUS. There's no clear definition and no boundaries until he's challenged in court or Congress overrules him.
And if he waits six months before declaring an emergency, there would not be time for the court to annul it
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I'm sat here in Europe watching Trump and his sycophants systematically dismantle American democracy and I'm honestly shocked that they're being allowed to do it.
I'm assuming it's the end if he's allowed to nullify the midterms as he intends, the final remaining shred of democracy will be well and truly gone.
What a sad way to see the "Land of the free" fall.
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His MO has been to use "emergency" as a power grab even when nothing gives him any powers over these issues even if he claims an emergency.
Fuck you, you fucking orange turd. If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
If everything is an emergency, then nothing is.
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The Constitution is extremely clear that elections are the responsibility of the states, and we just saw the Supreme Court back the Constitution against him.
He tried to use the "Emergency" excuse to justify his tariffs, and SCOTUS didn't buy it. They aren't going to buy this emergency either.
The Supreme Court should not be trusted.
If we’re both putting forth theories then what’s incorrect about assuming the Supreme Court went against him on tariffs so it would seem “fair” when they back him on stealing elections?
After all, they’ve done this exact scenario before.
Cautiously optimistic nodding to your conclusion
He also immediately promised new tariffs
They probably will rule that the "emergency" is unconstitutional, but consider how long Trump got away with unconstitutional tariffs before SCOTUS tossed them out, and how long he would need to get away with fucking with election rules to get the election results he wants.
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so it's been leaked that they're "working on" an executive order to declare a national emergency?? for the midterms????? you don't have to "work on" declaring an emergency!??!?! it either IS an emergency or it ISN'T.
Dear heaven to think how dumb they think everyone is
wait, everyone might actually BE that dumb
Sitouts still think they did the right thing in 2024. Theres the answer for you.
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And none of that actually gives him any power to do anything like that.
He is not the States.
Counting down until he's lying in state.
Even if it were true that China stole the election, how is "something happened 6 years ago" an emergency? He won in 2024, so it can't be that effective anymore.
It's an emergency because if he leaves it alone Republicans are going to tank hard in the midterms which will mean he loses power and might even be held accountable for his crimes.
might even be held accountable for his crimes.
HahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahabhababahabababHhahahahahhahaha....
Ughh.... I hate that the thought of aliens coming directly to my house, handing me a winning lotto ticket, while they simultaneously get struck by lightning twice in a row and get bitten by a shark seems 1000000x more likely to happen than for Trump to ever face consequences for his actions.
If anyone even started that process "judge" Aileen Cannon would jump from the top rope and bodyslam the case shut with a "Trump is immune because I say so" ruling like she's been doing this entire time.
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So just as a bit of hopium. Bitch Cannon could be impeached by congress, if it's a bad enough wipeout for the Republicans in the midterms I could see some of them turning on Trump and cutting his little network up to make themselves look better. Assuming they don't decide to go scorched earth and impeach, convict, and execute Trump.
Though more likely they'll lose the Senate and it gridlocks. Which would still fuck over Trump since then he would basically be locked from passing any laws.
Not that he's passing many laws now. The 119th congress has been the least productive congress maybe ever. Most of the shit he's doing is just illegally pretending he has the authority to do the shit, then waiting until someone proves he can't.
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He will just never get over the fact that he lost in 2020. And he's willing to make all of America suffer for his butthurt.
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Hey, Mr. Stewart. Is it ok to now call it fascism?
Help
Putin must be ecstatic.
Getting control of one of the main oppositions to Russian power in the hands of one of the dumbest, weakest, most narcissistic people ever? He's probably preparing the celebratory champagne enemas and hookers as we speak.
If America is overhauled or replaced, I would like the new Constitution to have rules about emergency powers. Namely, the president has a 10 day grace period for Congress to accept the emergency. If they don't acknowledge it, the president and vice president is either executed or imprisoned, the latter method requiring a vote from Congress. Citizens may freely carry out the execution or arrest after 20 days, if Congress fails to implement their decision.
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Another article acting like the executive has any power over elections. They portray this as a warning, but all they're doing is normalizing the idea.
The billionaire owned media is normalizing this on purpose.
Well yes. That’s the idea. They’re special and deserve more than one vote. Democracy is foul, to them. One vote per person undermines what they believe regarding themselves.
This is absolutely the most important thing to keep in mind here.
Remember, this is a memo being circulated by Trump supporters. It's actual legal basis likely sits somewhere around "political fan-fiction."
The same thing happened in 2020. Trump supporters invented completely nonsensical legal justifications for how Trump could sieze power. None of them held water.
Can Trump just ignore the law and declare shit anyway? Sure. Self-coup is always an option in any democracy. But he is deeply unpopular; I don't really see that working out for him, although the process of it not working out certainly might be a very violent one.
Trump tried to self-coup in 2020, and the result absolutely fizzled. It was violent, and messy, and innocent people died, but in the grand scheme of attempted insurrections it was pretty fucking pathetic. He's got a cult of personality, but he's never actually done the work to build the kind of organized support he'd need for something like that.
I'm never going to tell Americans that the danger is over and everything is fine. There has probably never been a more dangerous time for American democracy. But don't mistake that danger for inevitability. While Trump is carving a path of destruction through your government, norms and institutions, he's also bleeding power every single day. You can win this.
He's got a cult of personality, but he's never actually done the work to build the kind of organized support he'd need for something like that.
ICE
This is exactly the Project 2025 playbook. Doing things by the law takes time. In that time, they do as they please.
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Good fucking God I can't wait to wake up one day and have the best news delivered to me. Multiple news sources letting me know all fucking day about this great news. It'll be a great great day.
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Are we in the greatest American period ever, as claimed during his long-ass speech to the union, or are we in a national emergency? It can't be both.
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