But they are supposed to control its illegitimate power. May the courts continue to provide the checks and balances we hold so dear.
Thanks for sharing.
They will defy any court orders that go against their mission. They dare anyone to stop them.
7.4.26 is their target date to call it mission complete.
Tick tock, tick tock.
1 day closer now.
You're only in trouble if you accept the punishment, right? And if they can swing their cases to a friendly judge, they know there'll be no punishment.
I must be old as I recall being taught that there are 3 branches of government -- legislative, executive, and judicial. And that there are 3 branches for the SPECIFIC PURPOSE of check & balance of each other.
This nut wants to override the Constitution in order to get unchecked power.
But.... that actually is what judges are allowed to do?
The whole basis of a tripartite system of Government is that it is literally the Judiciary's job to tell the Executive if they are trying to exercise powers that are not legitimate.
Please tell me someone has pointed this out to him?
So idk if JD Vance is very familiar w the constitution and how we have 3 CO-EQUAL BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. The literal function of those appointed judges is to keep the government in check.
We fought a revolution to get rid of a king. They had better do well to remember that.
They are purposefully setting up for a constitutional crisis to have the christofascist SCOTUS supermajority confirm their dictatorship.
We need to accelerate articles of impeachment, converge on D.C. for their public presentation, shutdown the government, & activate general strike.
#NQNQ247
JD thinks that if he says things forcefully enough, loudly enough, and pounds the lectern with his angry fist then everyone will believe him. He's as big a liar as Donald, but he's not got dementia. So he's dangerous.
Judges can’t stop Trump? That’s just wrong.
Three equal branches keep U.S. strong.
A court can stop Trump case by case.
Vance just wants an orange king in place.
Yeah if people like him think there's not going to be a couple of million heavily armed Democrats and regular United States loving people show up at that Capitol Hill and white house to have these fuckers removed forcibly, then they are sadly mistaken. There will literally be a million Warriors
You would think he would be familiar
He went to Yale Law. He took the same oaths as anyone else practicing.
I guess he's betting on ppl not knowing that @tribelaw.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @joyannreid.bsky.social
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I don't believe his education is better just because it's Yale. Obviously, the school failed miserably if this was the way he and others turned out. Or is that its purpose?
I put his pedigree in there in part bc I'd like to think the school would know its reputation would suffer with someone out here acting like an oathbreaking lunatic.
I'm emphasizing that because HE ought to remember that prior to opening his mouth.
You know what they call someone who scrapes by and barely passes the bar? A lawyer. You know what they call someone who takes the bar so that they can circumvent the law? A lawyer. You know what they call someone who’s passed the bar and ignores the law? A lawyer.
Being a lawyer is a job.
I get the point.
So many folks are either unaware or don’t care that what the Nazis did was legal, according to their system.
It’s disappointing, to say the least.
He's failing at his job of Vice President and it's the job of our national press & his profession whose oath he took to remind him @tribelaw.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @joyannreid.bsky.social
@yalepress.bsky.social
I swear, I'm not usually a fan of politicians, but Jamie Raskin...he reminds me of my religion professor in college. He can talk about *everything* related to the US constitution and history with 100% confidence and more depth than a lot of historians. Would love to take a class with him teaching.
he IS familiar with how the government is supposed to work. he AGAIN is pandering to his magaidiots who Don't know the true workings of OUR government 🙄 We ALL need to see this for what it is and RISE UP!
Yup, more people should understand that. The musk admin aren't stupid apart from Trump himself, they know exactly what they're doing and how it'll tear the country apart.
Maybe he went to Yale like trump went to Wheaton - paid someone to take the tests.... It's amazing that these bungling fools got pretty far with their coup before much official resistance. Isn't there more than enough evidence to arrest them?
“If a judge tried to tell BigBallz that he cannot change Social Security payments to all be $4.20, (geddit?) that would be illegal.
If a judge tried to say Trump cannot shoot some random person on 5th St., that would be impermissible interference in the Executive Branch.”
Republicans have carefully and systematically put in their partisan judges. Look at SCOTUS, look at US district judge Kacsmaryk, and many, many more. They are aiding MAGA.
Sure as a rational & decent person you'd say this, but we're talking about an unpunished criminal who has no regard for the Rule of Law. Unenforced law is no law at all.
They are opening it up for anyone to do whatever they want. They'll find out when people stop giving a fuck about their rules and laws they care about.
The most effective thing we could do is a national general strike combined with mass boycotting where nobody bought anything but essentials like food & toilet paper the ruling class would crumble in a matter of weeks, not months.
That’s why they want us so broke so we can’t afford to do that.
Being serious, given employers withhold taxes for many. Should we all be doing something with our tax filling, like claiming our living expenses as business expenses or something that would require an enormous expense to figure out?
I mean if it gets to the point we can't afford food or toilet paper what makes the dumbfucks think we can afford their goods? Pigs always hurt themselves.
At the very least, a conclusion like that needs to be based on a court ruling, not a party argument. (Like the US Supreme Court’s immunity decision to take a recent, egregious example 😬 )
You may have lost my point which is that you can’t base what you’re saying on the bad faith arguments of parties; you need actual examples of justice escaped (of which there are many). You then gave an example. So very good. No need to give more.
How do you figure?
Trump is above the law.
Congressional republicans are above the law.
Cops are nearly always above the law.
Republican governors are above the law.
And we’re literally sanctioning ICC officials on behalf of a genocidal dictator who’s above international law.
No it’s always been like this.
Trump just made a lot more people catch on. W Bush/Cheney pulled a SUCCESSFUL January 6 with the brooks brothers riot
Then they slaughtered a million Iraqi civilians over a made up lie of nonexistent WMDs
Neither faced a single consequence
That (not voting) is difficult to understand, but also be mad at the Democrats for failing to make a compelling argument and losing to the worst least qualified person on the planet, and somehow thinking "we're going to change nothing, everything is great the way it is!" is in any way acceptable.
Some did, but I believe the literal infamous quote from Kamala to the question "would you change anything from Biden?" was "Not a thing comes to mind". That didn't help. Nor did suggesting the economy was doing great based on abstract numbers while many can't afford rent or groceries.
Like... do you think a fascist dictator mid-coup will just go "Oh why didn't you guys tell me it was ILLEGAL?! Gosh, I wouldn't have done this if I knew it *wasn't allowed*..." You have no idea what is happening, do you? Wake up and fight back!
This is exactly why I am saying that #Democrats like Pete Butigieg are still in denial. Because, even when told the exact plan, he's still arguing about what is "legal."
They still don't grasp that Trump is LAWLESS and enabling LAWLESSNESS. The only question is, who is going to arrest him and Musk?
For starters Dems need to start obstructing literally everything. filibuster all day, do not confirm nominations, do not "meet halfway" on anything, enough with the "collaborating"... and people need to go out and protest, do civil disobedience, go on strike, etc. Grind it all to a halt. Stop them.
Agree 100%. If any Democratic politician says the word "bipartisan" again I won't be responsible for what I do. Unless it's in the sentence, "We can't be bipartisan with Nazis."
Correction: 'In America, what is legal and illegal USED TO BE made by courts of law, not the Vice President." Sadly, Mr. Buttigieg's statement is no longer true.
Somebody told me Pete's "not electable." I don't believe that. Quickest, most articulate, restrained man I've heard in a long time. The whole package. Such a decent man. His family is very lucky.
It's the gay thing. 'muricans apparently won't elect a woman, white or black. Will they elect a gay man? I'm saying it doesn't look good. And I love Pete and think he's brilliant, as well as incredibly articulate and quick on his feet.
Maga conducts govt business on social media. you can feel their contempt for the rule of law. This is Pure greed. Pure evil. They’re in the cat bird seat now but when we finally act I will cheer their complete destruction.
These are the architects of the end of America. They must be stopped.
💯 % agree. The sooner everyone realizes the better. This is a Christian Nationalist fascist movement. We are experiencing a systemic takeover through policy, bureaucracy, & legal means that reshaping our government to then reshape American culture. Goal= Christian version. Of Saudi Arabia.
Are we in denial? No.
I see the coup. My question is when do our congress, courts and enforcement authorities do something? Because as a mother and grandmother raising kids and cooking dinner every night in Armpit Texas with can I do besides object?
This is the next phase of the Jan 6th insurrection—an accelerated Christian nationalist coup. It’s unfolding rapidly, dismantling democracy and replacing it with an unrecognizable, authoritarian America. The takeover isn’t coming—it’s already here.
I want them to call it what it is...a Coup. And I want them to fight both and nail to stop it and save democracy. What do you want them to do about it?
More seriously how do you fight tooth and nail? You can throw up legal challenges, which seems to be the MO at the moment, to slow things down, but what if the perpetrators of a coup (as maybe the case) don’t recognise the law as applying and carry on regardless? …
WE didn't start anything. But WE need to defend our democracy. Sucks this is happening but it's time everyone gets up to speed and acknowledge the coup is complete and start acting to reclaim our rule of law.
Feet in the street. Each elected D and former official are just 1 person each. Forget blame and let's do whatever WE can, no matter how big or small. It all adds up. The Revolutionary War was won by lots of spies where King George and his troops never expected. Find whistleblowers in all communities
As an aside: the tyrant king was known as "Mad King George," and not because he was angry. He was mentally ill. Sound familiar? Today we have a wannabe tyrant king who is also mentally unsound.
I sure hope Congress votes to impeach. I think really there has to be 15 or so Republicans in the US Senate that would vote their conscience and vote for our country and kick Trump out. All it takes is 60 conviction votes. The Dems have 48 votes. They would only need 12 Republicans to get to 60
As much as I would like to see an impeachment- this is not going to happen.
Congress is toeing the line. Trump and his cohort have already enough clout to make sure they all stay in lockstep.
"It's a Fucking COUP!
Why does it seem so tiring?
It's a fucking COUP!
It smells of real fist-fighting.
Splintering crowds
Are coming for real
They make me feel
I'm done.
- (apologies to Vernon Duke)
Lets be clear- they have been for a long time. Nobody wants to believe their country is being taken over.
It’s too hard to admit to yourself, especially if you are fighting and doing the work to help bring positive change for the benefit of your community, how many said the idea was/is extreme…
No they aren't, they just have zero power to do anything about it because we took their keys away. America did this to itself, using all the caps in the world doesn't change that sad fact.
The clown is the Tea Party Messiah for the paranoid nazi cult, and how do you compete with that ??? Americans have been taught to hate government since Reagan and Democrats are "government" ....
Ways to Hurt Trump:
- Stop underestimating this guy like you have the last 4 years! How did that turn out?
- Make sure he OWNS everything that's going on right now! Everything is a result of a Trump decision so keep the spotlight on him!
- Attention is the new currency! Resist, Rebel, Repeat!
Trump will never turn on his co-hitler. I think he fears & needs him at the same time. The cult might turn on him tho because they ALWAYS excuse their orange messiah.
I did not say ALL Democrats.
I, for one, have been warning about this fascist takeover by MAGA for NINE YEARS, long before many Democrats were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes. So I know what I talk - and write - about.
But this from Pete Butigieg is not helpful. #MakeItPlain
The road to fascism is paved with "overreactors."
I took a lot of flack for being too mouthy about it when he was going down the escalator.
And still, after all these years, republicans are still saying,"It'll be okay."
That's how you know they're trumpers.
The solution is right there in the body of this post - And we better wake the fuck up to the fact that nobody is coming to save us, except ourselves or, perhaps, THE #MILITARY that swore an oath to the #CONSTITUTION and not to a #POTUS.
This is a fucking #COUP, not a "Constitutional Crisis."
We still got guys writing, angry letters to Congress. Like wagging your finger at an angry bull for making too much noise. You simply do not understand what’s happening.
the coup is succeeding because even people as smart and famous as Patton Oswalt are literally spending all their energy on lashing out at non voters instead of supporting the resistance.
we're going to lose our government the same way we lose elections.
Yet we fight a war of words like Pete Butigieg is doing talking foolishness about courts making laws in a fucking coup, instead of pointing the way to escalating the removal of the top two treasonous persons who have defiled the Constitution to which they swore an oath? Where, e.g. is the #military?
Notable is that Trump directing/allowing musk to cut so much of the government & agencies that keep us safe actually makes THEM vulnerable to foreign actors taking them out…without civilians having to storm buildings.
The military? You mean the military controlled by Trump & Hegseth control? The military isn’t an autonomous entity that can act domestically without presidential orders.
Also, Pete Buttigieg isn’t in any position of authority.
Congress is solely responsible for what’s happening.
When the right attacked our Capitol and institutions, we rightfully wanted them all prosecuted and thrown in prison.
I’m no less outraged by what’s happening, but becoming lawless anarchists with a tyrant president who can invoke the insurrection act sick the military on civilians isn’t a solution.
Enough of that, what are all of YOU going to do about this? Stop complaining about what was and whose fault it is and start acting. Otherwise, you become part of the problem. If I was a US citizen, I would be mobilizing to protect my rights. What is YOUR plan? Power to people. Hand holding is over.
I have been warning, speaking out, writing, protesting, supporting my first born to run for political office for the #DemocraticParty for NINE YEARS. You don't fucking know me. And don't presume to know me either from one #bluesky post!
I admire your dedication and yes, I don't know you or judge you. What I do know is how it feels to live under a technocratic regime because I lived it. World is watching what's happening to your country with horror. This is encouragement, not criticism. Power to you.
Nobody is in denial. The problem is figuring out how to fight anything against a party in power that refuses to uphold the law. That has never happened before.
You didn't specify, I just gave an example. It's one of many that can be given. Freedoms are striped away from people who don't fight as a collective to keep them. That's what happened then, and is what is happening now
We aren’t in denial. It’s more about the Art of war You dont just grab weapons and try to overrun the White House. Not every one extrapolates dangers the same, not everyone wakes at the same time. Trump is a reckless buffoon. Americans aren’t ready for austerity and authoritarianism ,it will come
Nah I checked my focus group last night 11 middle age Florida white guys age 40-65
Poker game. Lol. They are at the Susan Collins concern level 1. Ie I didn’t here his fcking name once in 7 hours
My lib buddy laughed when I called his Tesla a swasticar.
Ironically that is what enabled this. Years of people buying into disinformation and saying "both sides are the same" because I guess the subtlety of comparing a blatantly anti-democracy party against one that just isn't quite as harsh against corporations as we mostly would prefer, was too much.
Trump being cuddly with Epstein and having countless credible accounts of sexual assaults doesn't matter because Bill Clinton engaged in adultery with adult women and Al Franken made a crass joke.
Not so say that SA is ever okay but with our perfectionism, we played right into the "both sides" game
Democrats are the other side of the coin, hence why they don't care. Their sugar daddies will pay them as much next election so why bother? They're capitalist parasites like republicans.
THIS IS WHO J.D. VANCE IS - This is who is next in line for #POTUS. He wants to give children voting rights — but only if their parents get control of those votes.
This was him in 2021: People with kids should have “more power” when they go to the polls than people without kids.
He's a converted Catholic who tries to use ancient church doctrine to defend his horrible soul. I'm not surprised he became Catholic when so many people with a conscience left the church.
He is fine with kids being raped by priests obviously, that's all I need to know about him.
#JDVance is no longer on the campaign trail - He doesn't have to pretend anymore re #Project2025 's fascist agenda.
MAGA swallowed the bait.
So now, no more separate, co-equal branches of government.
WE NOW HAVE A DICTATOR.
Soon back on the agenda will likely be to remove #OneManOneVote. #ItsACoup
I expected nothing less from them. If they do defy the court then judge must follow up with consequences for their actions. They figure they have gotten away with everything up until now why should they listen to the court now. Despicable people. I don’t care how much money they have to punish
It also serves to groom the Red Hats so they will support any horrific unlawful thing the fascists propose. They will support their own oppression just to "own the libs."
I think we should make all of the politicians take an assessment that determines they know how the government and economy works. If they don't: immediately removed from office.. lookin at you 45, MTG, Vance, Abbott, Desantis, and many more 🧐
Yes, we’ve seen how unchecked executive power has played out in history around the world. Put two boxers in a ring and give them the rules but tell them there’s no ref and no consequences to breaking the rules. Within 1 round, they will be kicking and biting and breaking every boxing rule there is.
Problem is that the arm of law enforcement that would be tasked with enforcement of court orders isn't following the courts direction any more. It's gone feral with the other fascists running amok in government at the moment.
Kinda need one. I want to start one. If we can get a couple million people to walk out of work, stop paying for any unnecessary goods/services (except for local non-franchise, non-fascist businesses), and paying their bills. We'd hobble Trump's government in short order.
If you'd like a twist of irony, in the comic book it's an election-rigging corrupt right-wing President who tries to subvert Congress and start a nuclear war, forcing the Judges to take over.
It amuses me when Musk talks about "Judge Dredd", because he clearly knows jack-shit about the comics.
That's the scary part. The rulings are enforced by the US Marshals, who report to the director of the US Marshals service who, in turn, reports to the US Attorney General, who was appointed by Felon 47.
And therein lies the rub. Even if the Supreme Court, which is in his pocket, rules against him, it has no enforcement arm other than what you have stated. In a chess game it would be checkmate but I think we still have some moves to make. It's in our hands.
Says the guy who fucking lied about his upbringing in an "autobiography" and a movie. Vance needs a few hundred pounds of checks and balances right up his ass.
I read P2025 online but I don't recall the particular section on the three branches or elections but what I did read scared me. I wish more people had read it or listened to others who had.
The judiciary exists to hold the executive branch accountable, prevent overreach, and ensure laws are followed. Suggesting that the executive should ignore court rulings is not just incorrect but authoritarian rhetoric. They’re testing the waters, and we can’t let them get away with it.
The judiciary's power to review and potentially invalidate executive actions is rooted in the principle of judicial review, established by the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803).
This fucking idiot Vance doesn't know a goddamn thing about how this fucking government, with its constitutional checks and balances, works! #ImpeachTheExecutiveBranch
He’s making himself an enemy with the Supreme Court. They gave trump immunity, doesn’t extend to Vance, they can take trumps immunity away in a reversal of decision. Now do they have the spine to do it.
Steve Bannon went to prison for defying a CONGRESSIONAL subpoena--the ones noted for being difficult to enforce. If Trump & Co. defy legit, defendable court rulings, they need to be cuffed + stuffed. Due process for one + all. Anything else is a king +monarchy--rejected that with lives + tears.
Your Bill of Rights and Constitution is based on the Magna Carta that we base our legal system on. In the UK the King (Queen), the Riyal family and Parliament including the House of Lords is not above the Law. Make sure you keep it safe. Use it against Trump before it's too late 🙏
100% agree, the problem is who controls enforcement? Congress would have to get involved if this order is defied, and that is looking like a tall order.
It's a lawless country. There's no one, no agency to enforce any laws anymore. Repeat. IT'S A LAWLESS COUNTRY. Prediction:We will be a clone of Nazi Germany by summer. Long before that we will have crossed the point of no return, which is in the next 10-14 days. Fascism is our government. It's over.
There’s something that would cause the banks to take a huge hit, it would scare them, but people would have to have the balls to see it thru. There’s tens of millions of credit card holders out there that owe many billions of dollars. Don’t pay your card. Every month. Within 2 months they’re fucked
They'll need to be forced to. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it, but it can look like Little Rock/Central High era where state troops clash with federal ones; also the dance between South Carolina vs. Lincoln + federals at Ft. Sumter leading up to the famous part. I can see those examples.
Agreed. In our dark hour, Congress needs to be like Lincoln, and as Lincoln found, keep walking toward Constitutionality and fulfilling ALL the promise of the Great Document.
Cuffs aren't my thing. You cited policy; the Constitution it the highest law of the land (it says so in the Constitution) and it trumps policy; furthermore, when the Constitution does not address an issue, it is up to the states, and the people, to decide (10th). Don't bother coming back. Cheers.
💯 They present chances for us to talk them away with data + logic. Jean, we've got to find a way to dumbfound them at the state and local level like we can do with our comments here. The only answer is more civic involvement saturation by folks like you + me. We're going to have to fight.
I’m sure the people that were let go at the CIA are keeping tabs on everything. They have contacts from around the world in the military, so it’s a good possibility they will eventually intervene.
Wow it's almost like JD is so fucking stupid he doesn't get the SEPARATION OF POWERS and how branches work so one branch. Or more aptly put ONE OR TWO MEN, don't control the whole country without checks.
Oh JD. He so wants to be a tough guy. But there is one fact he conveniently wants to try to ignore EVERYBODY has SOMEBODY they answer to, and for wannabe DictatorDon he answers to…
“WE THE PEOPLE”
Trump works for US. He doesn’t get to just rewrite the Constitution to his liking. Remember that JD.
Does Putin answer to the Russian people? No. Neither do that. That has already gone. You must all rise up now; look at Germany? they are already protesting because they know about tyrant. Get off the high horse America. Resist now! before it's too late.
Yes! OR Please get all the ally friends to protest for the USA as a wake up call.
The 1/6/21 Defenders are forcing everyone to normalize cop beaters tax fraud, felonies, sexual assault, charity fraud & grift with crypto & shredding the constitution, , vengeance, serial infidelity & weirdo elite
right? I'm in Australia. If you google Yarvin, go to his substack (Gray Mirror) and his article called "a converation about monarchy" and KEEP READING (it's long!) you find the plan written in glaring detail. Took me IDK 1/2 hr to find it? Americans don't read, i'm sure of it.
sure! I'm a Canadian born Aussie ... look at Germany? they know what's on the line. I just saw demonstrations in DC ... it needs to be happening EVERYWHERE and I hope Canada is taking notes and will be ready to do the same if needed. Aussies too.
They are happening in all 50 states. The public pushback against this has already halted sone of this illegal shit! Our outrage will be turned to action. Especially now that some his followers are already seeing how they are getting screwed. We are not going down without a fight!
“We the people” elected T (yes I know not everyone) but as a country he was elected. There is nothing he answers to anymore except Muskrat. If we are lucky we will be able to vote him out in 4 years but the damage will already be done. It will take decades to recover from this if not longer.
Even legitimate, it's exactly one of the roles of the judicial branch. They are there to tell the other branches if what they are doing is legal or not.
This is the sort of thing you post when you are spoon-feeding idiotic bumper sticker slogans to weak-minded, ignorant stooges. (Of course, it is precisely the job of the judge to determine whether Trump's actions ARE with "the executive's legitimate power.)
Looks like one branch of power now instead of three equal.
I’m just a 64yo Australian grandmother of 10 but it seems I know more about the American Constitution than the Vice President of the USA.
He is stepping up to continue it all once trump goes home - whether that in a few months or a few years
He is fully project 25 and a puppet to the musk and thiel group
But the Supreme Court has already given Trump absolute immunity, and he can pardon anyone he feels like removing from the constraints of the law. There is nothing to keep these people from ignoring any court order.
I agree with you I think. I live in very Red-ville Missouri. I know they voted for T because he was a “man of the people, and told it like it was”. He is the epitome of smarmy president that they hate. I mean they’ll still vote for him but he is nowhere near a popular as T.
Let’s be clear: If the musk and trump admin ignore court orders then it’s over and the only hope to restore the constitution and rule of law is intervention by the military or revolution.
Ramping up? Pshaw. They probably already are actively defying the court order. I don't know what the fix is. I only know they need to be stopped. **Stat**
You’re working for a felon you’re freaking dope, I know Peter Thiel has given you everything from the jump. I know Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, are trying to run a shadow presidency. Truffle step down JD Vance will become president and you will pull his strings. We all know bro we all know.
You’re a fucking idiot bro quick kissing Trump’s ass they have lifetime appointments and you can’t see a fucking word just like the Supreme Court so shut up bro you’re a coward and you’re a clown
but it was so cool when a judge decided a felonious pesident could not be held accountable for his actions as president and since he is running again all trials need to be delayed.
Just more proof these criminals don't know how the US form of democracy is supposed to work as per the US constitution. I guess we should expect that from people who also cherry-pick the Bible to justify their hate.
Yep, and when you bunch of entilted executive assholes start doing things that are within your power ligimately, they won't bother you, worst fuckin bunch of crybaby assholes I've ever seen, snowflakes
when ppl do not have the mental capacity to understand balance of power and its advantages compared to unrestricted executive power...
This should be a topic in the media.
Well, JD, that's actually kinda how it works. You would know that if you took a class on government or had any interest in politics. It's different than helping Peter Thiel drain blood from teenagers to keep him young.
If we didn’t have a bunch of complicit cowards in the GOP. Musk took their private info too. They also got the Supreme Court financial info. Now who on earth would love to buy all this stuff??? What do they think about it?
JD Vance only believes that the courts cannot restrict the power of the executive branch, because they won. If Harris was in power, the would be trying to use the courts to block every action that she tried to take.
LOL:
Legal?
Nothing about this dismantled failing country is legal now.
The pearl wringing from Y’all makes me chuckle in disgust.
Honey, they already stole the election, your ID info, and your $$$.
God knows what the FUCK they will do next.
Elon owns us now, don’t you get that?
Legal, lol.
Ummm 🤔 for every court order they break, we should break EVERY last “Mr Trump executive order” they mean nothing more than the toilet paper I flush after wiping my butt! 😂
For a government to function the 3 branches must show respect for each other and the rule of law. If you don't get your way, you still need to play by the rules. MAGA is working on justifying ignoring the judges.This is Jan 6th type crap. They believed the election was stolen, so justified Jan 6th
JD Vance was a Fobbit so he doesn’t know this but… judges absolutely have say in war… that’s why you get a legal brief and go through investigations after firefights
Peter ‘literal Sauron’ Thiel, the only person who rooted for the darkness to consume middle earth. We just need a contemporary fellowship of Mario Bros for this sort of thing
so, in other words, this ‘executive’ is a king? that about right @VP? projecting your hope for your own ‘reign?’ you’re a jackass.
truth is, in the real america, such talk is tantamount to sedition. we fought a big bloody war over our sovereignty : we are not going back : for you or the imbecile!!
He doesn’t have to convince anyone here though, or the courts, just make it sound intelligible for the base, so they’ll parrot it and get angry with anyone who disagrees because that will prove they are a lib or a commie or an elite pervert or something.
In the case he is trying to make Congress will have already voted to support the general's actions. No one voted for Doge or Elon. No one voted to allow unfettered meddling in the treasury. No one voted to totally trash the Constitution, though they were warned felon 47 would try.
Then DO something LEGAL for a change. He has NOT done legal and you damn well know it, Vance. You will never hear us say Semper Fi to you. NEVER. Traitor.
WRONG. THE LAW EXISTS. THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IS NOT A LAWLESS ENTITY THAT CAN DO WHATEVER IT WANTS. TRAITORS NEED TO BE HUNG. TRUMP. MUSK. VANCE. EVERY REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS. ALL CORRUPT MEMBERS OF SCOTUS. HANG THEM ALL IN FRONT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING SO THIS SHIT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
Correct. It's like providing cover or giving permission.
& Now, if Elon defies court orders bc he really wants to invade treasury, or he really really wants to keep all the information he downloaded from Treasury against court order to delete them, the VPOTUS is complicit in that conduct.
Yep. Sending out test balloons for ignoring the laws of the land under the guise of cutting waste and making strong/tough decisions. There’s a difference between auditing and blindly cutting things based on a fever dream or racism.
Health insurance companies delay and ration care, causing thousands of deaths every year, yet you wrinkle your nose at the one person to pay them back in kind?
By all means, rationalize why it's only acceptable when insurance companies do it.
That is the attitude that led to the American Revolution. That is exactly why the constitution was written the way it is. If you don’t like something JD, write a bill and get the law changed.
they have ZERO intention of doing that; the plan is to ignore; turn your government to dust; declare a state of emergency; trump assigned as THE CZAR and the USA becomes an autocracy...people should be rising up in the streets? I'm in Australia. Just a bit of reading uncovers their plot 🤷♀️
In thriller novels when the gov't officials assert special powers, the generals and colonels arrest the president, vp and others and proclaim a new gov't under them. Instead we have Elmo and the kids taking over the computers of gov't. for El jefe naranja.
Well the generals and military can take away Musk and Naranja and Vance any time now before more damage is done!!! The sooner the better. This is a coup and we are in trouble!!
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution …”
for the United States of America.” - The Constitution of the United States. The Military pledges allegiance to the Constitution, not to a wannabe dictator like DJT. Service Members should know better. Something must be done soon before it’s too late.
These people went to school? What the fuck is he talking about. A lunatic. This is where and how the American constitution ends, checks and balances end. Fucking insane
Duh. There's a chain of command in the military. The AGs actions get challenged in court all the times once actions are taken. In these cases courts are intervening as they always have. The VP wants the First Felon to be the first king.
Vance has a Bachelor's Degree in political science and he posted that nonsense??
What he posted goes AGAINST the established 3 branches of US government. He's so focused on power grabs and trying to be something he's not, that he doesn't see he's proving our point - he's unfit to be VP.
It’s all in Project 2025 to have only one branch of government over all of the others and also to federally control and monitor all elections. He’s following what Hungary did to establish authoritarian rule.
He should know better, right? And he does. He's laying the groundwork for defying those orders by putting that nonsense into the zeitgeist so the cult will believe what he says and follow along without protest.
Judges requiring the executive to follow the law is what judges are supposed to do with lawbreakers. T has refused his entire life to follow the law voluntarily.
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Thanks for sharing.
"You OK with ending the Constitution?"
"No prob."
"Hello VP Vance."
His assignment is social media warrior, and stay away from the adult table.
No worries, keep moving! 😎
7.4.26 is their target date to call it mission complete.
Tick tock, tick tock.
1 day closer now.
This nut wants to override the Constitution in order to get unchecked power.
Hell NO!
Seems like a sign we should get organized and host marches straight on through the month. From 1 to 31. #March231
The whole basis of a tripartite system of Government is that it is literally the Judiciary's job to tell the Executive if they are trying to exercise powers that are not legitimate.
Please tell me someone has pointed this out to him?
We fought a revolution to get rid of a king. They had better do well to remember that.
We need to accelerate articles of impeachment, converge on D.C. for their public presentation, shutdown the government, & activate general strike.
#NQNQ247
.....to get OFF our La-Z-Boys (oh sorry - AFTER the Superbowl!) .... and FIGHT BACK! 😖⏱️🧨
He has no moral code, ethics, nor loyalty to this country or constitution. He’s a self-serving, bought & paid for, scumbag.
Let’s not pretend he’s anything else!
Judges can’t stop Trump? That’s just wrong.
Three equal branches keep U.S. strong.
A court can stop Trump case by case.
Vance just wants an orange king in place.
They remember that America has been based on the rule of law.
It's a coup.
They. Don't. Care.
He went to Yale Law. He took the same oaths as anyone else practicing.
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@yalepress.bsky.social
I'm emphasizing that because HE ought to remember that prior to opening his mouth.
Being a lawyer is a job.
https://bsky.app/profile/fpwellman.bsky.social/post/3lhr7qgyjrc2q
So many folks are either unaware or don’t care that what the Nazis did was legal, according to their system.
It’s disappointing, to say the least.
@yalepress.bsky.social
It awful
To that end - pls pass this on to anyone you know who might need this & doesn't have it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZnn302Cp2c
@raskin.house.gov
https://bsky.app/profile/fpwellman.bsky.social/post/3lhr7qgyjrc2q
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My wife graduated from OSU the same year he did. She was also a polisci major.
He knows. He doesn't believe in it, because he's a megalomaniac.
https://bsky.app/profile/fpwellman.bsky.social/post/3lhr7qgyjrc2q
If a judge tried to say Trump cannot shoot some random person on 5th St., that would be impermissible interference in the Executive Branch.”
JD Vance KNOWS the law. He just doesn't think it should be the law.
Good thing he swore an oath to uphold the law, eh?
This is the treason regime. Plain and simple.
He has no moral code, ethics, nor loyalty to this country or constitution. He’s a self-serving, bought & paid for, scumbag.
Let’s not pretend he’s anything else!
That’s why they want us so broke so we can’t afford to do that.
And then there’s Elon..
Trump is above the law.
Congressional republicans are above the law.
Cops are nearly always above the law.
Republican governors are above the law.
And we’re literally sanctioning ICC officials on behalf of a genocidal dictator who’s above international law.
Trump just made a lot more people catch on. W Bush/Cheney pulled a SUCCESSFUL January 6 with the brooks brothers riot
Then they slaughtered a million Iraqi civilians over a made up lie of nonexistent WMDs
Neither faced a single consequence
I'm mad that not enough voters got their asses out there after him being in office already! wtf?
Democrats yelled it over and over ad nauseam and we still should have been more forceful.
They still don't grasp that Trump is LAWLESS and enabling LAWLESSNESS. The only question is, who is going to arrest him and Musk?
These are the architects of the end of America. They must be stopped.
This is a #fascist #coup - it is no longer a mere #ConstitutionalCrisis
Democrats aren't in denial.
The American People are.
We've been warning them for almost a decade, and still, they've abdicated democracy to tyranny; and they did it with their eyes wide open.
Now, they shall reap what they have so meanly sown.
And they have no one to blame but themselves.
I see the coup. My question is when do our congress, courts and enforcement authorities do something? Because as a mother and grandmother raising kids and cooking dinner every night in Armpit Texas with can I do besides object?
We are under one-party rule; our only recourse is civil resistance.
Once Trump defies a court order we must begin: strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, etc.
We are under one-party rule; our only recourse is civil resistance.
Once Trump defies a court order we must begin: strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, etc.
Congress is toeing the line. Trump and his cohort have already enough clout to make sure they all stay in lockstep.
"It's a Fucking COUP!
Why does it seem so tiring?
It's a fucking COUP!
It smells of real fist-fighting.
Splintering crowds
Are coming for real
They make me feel
I'm done.
- (apologies to Vernon Duke)
It’s too hard to admit to yourself, especially if you are fighting and doing the work to help bring positive change for the benefit of your community, how many said the idea was/is extreme…
- Stop underestimating this guy like you have the last 4 years! How did that turn out?
- Make sure he OWNS everything that's going on right now! Everything is a result of a Trump decision so keep the spotlight on him!
- Attention is the new currency! Resist, Rebel, Repeat!
I, for one, have been warning about this fascist takeover by MAGA for NINE YEARS, long before many Democrats were rubbing the sleep out of their eyes. So I know what I talk - and write - about.
But this from Pete Butigieg is not helpful. #MakeItPlain
I took a lot of flack for being too mouthy about it when he was going down the escalator.
And still, after all these years, republicans are still saying,"It'll be okay."
That's how you know they're trumpers.
This is a fucking #COUP, not a "Constitutional Crisis."
How that is handled will more clearly define the parameters of their current #coup.
the coup is succeeding because even people as smart and famous as Patton Oswalt are literally spending all their energy on lashing out at non voters instead of supporting the resistance.
we're going to lose our government the same way we lose elections.
We are under one-party rule; our only recourse is civil resistance.
Once Trump defies a court order we must begin: strikes, protests, demonstrations, boycotts, etc.
No one on the left is unaware that MAGA is staging another coup.
Not an impossibility.
Also, Pete Buttigieg isn’t in any position of authority.
Congress is solely responsible for what’s happening.
I’m no less outraged by what’s happening, but becoming lawless anarchists with a tyrant president who can invoke the insurrection act sick the military on civilians isn’t a solution.
Poker game. Lol. They are at the Susan Collins concern level 1. Ie I didn’t here his fcking name once in 7 hours
My lib buddy laughed when I called his Tesla a swasticar.
Florida dudes are not the best barometer for a full blown coup, especially if they're maga.
Not so say that SA is ever okay but with our perfectionism, we played right into the "both sides" game
"Neigh. Not I," said the Horse."
"Meow. Not I," said the Cat."
So the Little Red Hen said,"Then I will take on these Nazi Motherfuckers myself."
This was him in 2021: People with kids should have “more power” when they go to the polls than people without kids.
#OneManOneVote
He is fine with kids being raped by priests obviously, that's all I need to know about him.
MAGA swallowed the bait.
So now, no more separate, co-equal branches of government.
WE NOW HAVE A DICTATOR.
Soon back on the agenda will likely be to remove #OneManOneVote. #ItsACoup
Iran...if you're listening........
Sure hope someone calls him out on this every damn time he graces someone w/a convo, not a one-way smearfest on "X"🙄
Meaningless..
Don't take your eyes off the road. Their whole plan is to confuse. We stay focused, and they can't beat us.
Go back to school Shady Vance.
Great BS Handle by the way
Shut it all down!!!
It amuses me when Musk talks about "Judge Dredd", because he clearly knows jack-shit about the comics.
Who’ll clean the billionaire welfare bros toilet when the world burns? Not us.
Let’s stay mad at the right people.
(& spoiler alert?).... it sure AIN'T "pearls of wisdom" 😖⏱️🧨
Either JD is the stupidest motherfucker alive or he thinks we are.
The judiciary's power to review and potentially invalidate executive actions is rooted in the principle of judicial review, established by the landmark Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison (1803).
If the courts fall than we have become a truly fascist state. The next few years are going to be very difficult.
And the election is not two years out
This entirely situation is illegal and morally wrong. How do all these jackals sleep at night and live with themselves?
“WE THE PEOPLE”
Trump works for US. He doesn’t get to just rewrite the Constitution to his liking. Remember that JD.
Get your millions out protesting now!!
Do I have to come down there and do it for you?
The 1/6/21 Defenders are forcing everyone to normalize cop beaters tax fraud, felonies, sexual assault, charity fraud & grift with crypto & shredding the constitution, , vengeance, serial infidelity & weirdo elite
“Laws are the instrument through which the state maintains its absolute unity.” - Franco
"A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation, and law must serve the revolution." - Lenin
I’m just a 64yo Australian grandmother of 10 but it seems I know more about the American Constitution than the Vice President of the USA.
He is fully project 25 and a puppet to the musk and thiel group
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/yale-university-03027#:~:text=Yale%20University%202024%20Law%20%26%20Specialties,196%20in%20Best%20Law%20Schools.
This should be a topic in the media.
They are gearing up to defy court orders. They are spoon feeding their fascist followers the "rationale" for doing so.
Legal?
Nothing about this dismantled failing country is legal now.
The pearl wringing from Y’all makes me chuckle in disgust.
Honey, they already stole the election, your ID info, and your $$$.
God knows what the FUCK they will do next.
Elon owns us now, don’t you get that?
Legal, lol.
It seems as if I know more about the constitutions and founding fathers intentions than he does.
Small wonder that these yahoos are against education, they didn't do their best with it.
But again Just a Desk Vance wouldn’t know
And the fun part is, once our republic falls, and people realize and want it back, you dont get it back peacefully.
without Judges was the point of LAWS or lawyers for that matter?
This is LAWLESSNESS & TREASONOUS. 🤬🏴☠️
Balance of power.
Checks and balances.
No Damn Nazis!
truth is, in the real america, such talk is tantamount to sedition. we fought a big bloody war over our sovereignty : we are not going back : for you or the imbecile!!
What?
& Now, if Elon defies court orders bc he really wants to invade treasury, or he really really wants to keep all the information he downloaded from Treasury against court order to delete them, the VPOTUS is complicit in that conduct.
You implied that luigi'a victim broke the law, so Luigi took the law into his own hands.
So what law?
Continue to rationalize murder.
Enlighten me. By all means, rationalize murder.
By all means, rationalize why it's only acceptable when insurance companies do it.
So does murder.
The insurance system still sucks.
So what did murder accomplish?
Jefferson would likely agree.
I'm lower middle class. I make 50k. Work paycheck to paycheck.
I owe 36k in student loans from 1996.
I don't rationalize, justify or condone murder.
I'm not alone.
What he posted goes AGAINST the established 3 branches of US government. He's so focused on power grabs and trying to be something he's not, that he doesn't see he's proving our point - he's unfit to be VP.