Trump Doctrine: Destroy government program illegally, await lawsuit and TRO temporarily halting destruction, watch case move through courts at taxpayer expense, repeat. Meanwhile, we all pay the price in legal fees and chaos.
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Do you think the courts will hold? I’m pretty confident in the appellate level but as an atty, I’m shocked at what scotus has become. And if it will even matter if congress is complicit.😕
they must be being cautious with their purge of the military b/c this is the moment right now where they are most vulnerable to violence against themselves. If the violence against them does not come now, or soon, it may not have the opportunity to come at all.
The price also includes the continuing security threat from corrupted code and “back doors” installed into the Treasury Department system (per Wired reporting).
Trump and Musk are terrorists. They withhold funds, allocated by Congress, on Fridays, when courts are closed and Congress is out. Workers and students and families suffer. Intentional.
Yep. He wants to drag everybody who's doing good work down & link them to lawsuits that will drain their banks & upend their lives. Ultimately, Donald will lose most of the cases. But he will destroy countless lives in the meantime. Collateral yet extremely critical damage. https://youtu.be/b_mDTOKvyV8?si=SKdGXIKvMSIgfZop
If the courts continue to rule against tRump's unconstitutional & illegal destruction of our government, how long until the tRump's DOJ argues in court that even if it was illegal, it'd be impossible to restore these programs now because everything has been disassembled and destroyed?
Yes we did. We are looking in the mirror and seeing something ugly. But I have NEVER doubted the original concept of America and the ability of Americans to reinvent ourselves to achieve that vision. 🇺🇸
The “concept” (for lack of a better word) was modeled after the Haudenosaunee matriarchy (and oldest functioning democracy). Sadly, huge chunks of the “concept” were obliterated. So you are not wrong in your admonishment. 💚
We’re told DOGE is just a new Truman Senate Committee of the 1940’s. But Congress is dysfunctional (by design) so … oh well … we just *need* to let DOGE restructure the govt without consulting Congress.
Barb, I rely heavily on you for legal commentary and wisdom. Please tell me who is going to enforce these court orders? What happens if they're just ignored, which is likely? The DOJ won't do anything.
I would just love to see the tally of how much his antics have cost taxpayers over the last 10 years. Never mind the lost progress we could have made as a country. Mind boggling.
Not so! Lawsuits are succeeding. We can write our senators and members of Congress, talk to our friends and neighbors, write letters to the editor, engage in peaceful protest. The people still have power. Loss of democracy is not inevitable.
Yes! Here's one of the very best, most articulate, straightforward politicians I've EVER SEEN. He'll be president one day if the US remains a democracy.
Dems REALLY need him to speak publicly, especially in interviews, so the clips can go viral.
Yes! I was just chatting with my son about speaking up, making phone calls, standing firm, and holding on to hope. I've also been reading about what colonists endured when fighting for independence and human rights. We must be as brave as they were.
He’s deliberately destroying the economy and the country. Impossible to believe he isn’t.
Actions show republicans dastardly agenda, to become like Russia.
Trump isn't so much a fascist as he is a nihilist. He rejects all religious and moral principles and if anything, is guided by a vague desire to destroy everything
This is, and has been, his M.O. Because it works for him. He has figured out a way to game the system exploiting the fact that lady justice is not always swift and if you move fast enough, break things quickly, deny everything, and sell your soul to the devil, then you can get away with a lot.
100% and they're betting that 1. they can destroy institutions faster than courts will maintain them 2. that destruction is irremediable and 3. SCOTUS will ultimately cover, regardless.
And in harmed lives. Millions were harmed around the world before the closure of USAID was haunted. Elon still has our data even with a court block. All according to plan.
Thanks to our #SupremeCourt former #AG #GOP #Politicians making $200K not enough money to save our #democracy & stand up to Trumpkins or is it #Blackmail
The justice system in this country has become a joke. It costs too much and takes too long.
Ask anyone who’s had the misfortune of having to go through it.
The speed with which this attack is carried out is astonishing, carefully planned and the very prerequisite for the desired result.
(And definitely not designed by Trump.)
What happens if they start ignoring TROs? They probably will a little covertly but what if they do it very overtly. DOGE is popular. I’m afraid that ppl would side w/T over the courts.
When the rulings come down and the Trump Administration fails to follow it through malice or incompetence why can't the request be for a court appointed administrator to carry out the order?
And he's testing to see who pushes back against his dictatorial moves. Once he finds that his supporters are impacted, he pulls back all the illegal shutting down of programs that impact them.
Combined with the ability[unlimited resources] to stall, delay, 'starve out' the opposition, felon Trump learned from Cohn that it is best to play with 'marked cards.' 'Marked cards' in the sense of 'pliable' judges and investigators. In Trump's early organized crime days, it was his sister.
Failed first term Trump's strategy, a decades-long strategy, a strategy a number of millionaires use, is to weaponize the courts. Those with unlimited resources have to ability to 'clog', stall, and 'starve out' their opposition.
A good reference is, "Plaintiff in Chief."[3500 cases].
How fitting that Clarence Thomas was the Justice chosen to officiate at the swear in of the administration brought to you by “The Citizens United” Legacy.
He and three of his current fellows were responsible for this travesty.
What if Musk ignores the court order as he says he will? I just learned to my dismay that the US marshals are part of the Justice Department. I always believed they worked for the courts. Who will enforce the court order?
It's been his Doctrine his entire adult life. Dirty mob lawyer Roy Cohn taught him the value of using the legal system of lope-holes as a weapon and he has perfected it.
Yes Democrats need to make sure that people know THEY ARE PAYING FOR THIS! They need to AMPLIFY AMPLIFY AMPLIFY. You talk to most people and they don't know any of this! It's maddening! Democrats need to get on LOCAL news and AMPLIFY!
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Unless you can slow walk the stages of a coup to overthrow the government so in each stage the people will think it can’t get any worse but of course it will until subjugation is complete. The Trump Coup is a Terminator. It won’t stop.
Yup. But if it leads to an end to his madness and cruelty, I’ll pay it. Even if it only slows it down significantly it’s better than the hellscape we’re living in now.Two more years…
Federal Judges have power to enforce compliance, either by imprisonment or daily fines. Then these people also have to worry what happens if the next Administration is a Democrat POTUS and there's probably a five-year statute of limitations.
The Pardon power isn't unlimited, and a pardon issued in bad faith, especially if agreed to before a crime is done, may not hold up. I agree it's a fucked up situation and unlike to improve soon. 😁
Yeah, that’s true. What was I even thinking? If we had a functioning system, he would never have made it out of the primaries in 2024 given his multiple indictments and pending trials. And by functioning system, I also mean an informed citizenry.
Yeah, in fact, we’d only know him for his involvement in the Central Park Five bullshit and his notorious repeated stiffing of contractors in NYC and Atlantic City.
He's ready to wait it out and hope for a favorable judgment. As long as it doesn't cost him anything he doesn't care. He's not concerned about the people his orders affect. He's admitted that people will suffer because of his policies but that's part of the deal
When he got the green light from SCOTUS that pretty much said he was free from lawsuits. Musk, however is not. But he's got the money to keep it going forever. The SC has got to be the WORST one EVER. Trump has always used henchmen for dirty work as his profile shows
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Meanwhile no progress on any of our real challenges.
May he rot in hell.
When the courts ordered him to restore the sorting centers, there was no equipment available.
Original concept of America. You are so entitled and self deluded.
https://youtu.be/-ive7OW8P8A?si=5V1McNgEa5VCDsRk
Your country is done.
Yeah, Shure.
https://youtube.com/shorts/UD2_CpQnZsk?si=rnRGVRJHjoRENCFS
Dems REALLY need him to speak publicly, especially in interviews, so the clips can go viral.
@kenmartin.bsky.social
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/video/the-lead-maxwell-frost-trump-administration-gop-democrats-musk-government-jake-tapper
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/02/08/guantanamo-migrants-trump-deportations-noem/
Dems really, really need him to speak publicly, especially in intererviews, so the clips can go viral.
@kenmartin.bsky.social
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/07/politics/video/the-lead-maxwell-frost-trump-administration-gop-democrats-musk-government-jake-tapper
Actions show republicans dastardly agenda, to become like Russia.
the picture?
Meanwhile, we are now a dictatorship thanks to our bullshit justice system.
'It's easier to drag it out in the courts until everyone forgets than it is to ask for permission today'
Just sayin'
It is at our expense - but with every move they are making - it is at our expense - just not all monetarily.
We have to focus on what he is doing - not on what he is saying!
Keep up with the good fight!
Ask anyone who’s had the misfortune of having to go through it.
When you let a wealthy criminal get away with crimes, he keeps committing crimes.
(And definitely not designed by Trump.)
What we don’t know is how to deal with it.
A weaker US, means a lesser threat to all the world from Greenland to México and beyond.
It's so nice to hear such good 👍🏻 news!
A good reference is, "Plaintiff in Chief."[3500 cases].
He and three of his current fellows were responsible for this travesty.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
The damage being done is incalculable
https://youtu.be/hnTBzgjme20?si=RpozCRXvskDsF77I
Luckily we can still vote to course correct this
Don’t obey in advance. Our vote is our biggest defense
We flipped a deep red seat in Idaho last week
This Tuesday we show Rs we are pissed & will vote them out
Elect those who are more likely to resist this admin
Our system of governing and law enforcement was not built for this kind of shitshow.
🙄🤷🏼♀️🤪🤦🏼♀️🤥🤡