FWIW, the "you're acting like norms apply any more, you fool! Trump will be an unconstrained dictator and nothing can stand in his way!" chorus is not only tedious, it's also just wrong. Trump has already had 2 nominees withdraw under fire, and a third is on the rocks. (1/x)
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Incoming Trump people realize that :
* a federal pardon can't bring your law license back
* you can be bankrupted by civil and state litigation at any time
* They're stuck in here with us after Trump leaves the scene. people keep lists
AND
misrepresentation
by Congress.
AND kakistocracy in the Executive branch.
I think the people are done.
We'll see...
When you start a negotiation, which trump thinks everything is, you don't begin by asking for what you want, you ask for more and negotiate to what you wanted in the first place.
Also remember that Trump has a pathological need to create chaos. He lives for it. His own White House was boiling with palace intrigue. Maga Congress got flipped on its head because of his meddling. Self-sabotage, basically.
It's like Lucy and the football over and over and over and over and over....
We do in fact know what is going to happen because we know who and what president-felon is. Only difference now— he has dementia too along with more mendacious advisors.
1 TRUMP IS SUBORDIANTE TO PUTIN
2 All his choices are red-flag indicators of how he is testing the waters.
https://infoincontext.com/red-flag-indicators
More details here
https://youtu.be/Ql6P3cH2AVE?si=S9RC81egEHWSyOWH
That's why she is dangerous for them, imho.
Her loyalties are not to Trump. Or Rs.
Remember to remain NON-VIOLENT.
Use your voice and your pen.
Teach the girls how to fight dirty. (YBMC)
Teach boys to respect/protect women.
There is no time to lose! Start NOW.
I'm getting to the point where I am ready to get to work, seeing that yes, there is a way.
All I've ever learned is how it goes badly in these situations, not what is done about it.
I want to learn what to do, and to stop feeling helpless. Your posts (and article) help.
Speed bumps on the road to Trumplandia.
Schedule F is going to be a game changer.
Kinda tired of being right honestly
I need to research that for details.
Anyway- it is up to us what comes next.
Not the politicians.
if SCOTUS decides you must do ZZ, and Trump tells you not to do ZZ, what will you do?
Another way would be to observe that prior norms would have prevented such wildly unqualified candidates from being floated to begin with.
I do feel like others are saying it with their actions though.
That said, I'm also thankful for the inertia of bureaucracy. Hopefully saving us from this constant attack.
Hey ... wait a minute ...
Also, his cognitive decline isn't being talked about more. I think he's dying, and I don't know what it will look like after he kicks, but the GOP will tear each other apart fighting for whatever's left.
That's a different nightmare.
See: Roe
I think people can be forgiven for no longer allowing such leeway.
https://open.substack.com/pub/franklinsghosts/p/do-not-let-maga-do-maga-resist-at?r=4pg6ti&utm_medium=ios
Literally true, but the leader's latitude can vary a lot. Stalin cared about Soviet public opinion, but he could also execute thousands of people, put on show trials, uproot minorities.
Are legal challenges the only option?
However, I have a sinking feeling that these are exactly the kinds of things that intellectuals in 1933 Germany were saying.
It will be interesting to study what happens in future.
I thank you for your research 🙏
We are on the verge of a war-like situation against a criminal regime. what about this am i misunderstanding?
Yes, "constraints" still matter but basically to protect innocent people when they will.
https://bsky.app/profile/sababausa.bsky.social/post/3lbcpy272rk2o
https://bsky.app/profile/sababausa.bsky.social/post/3kh67jmnbsv2d
Setting aside the reasons your article sets forth for why forced recesses aren't happening, it's pretty clear that the GOP has at most two years to make any desired legislation, because they are going to lose their hold on power come 2026.
2) Putin will control us through Trump
3) No one is coming to save us
4) We must save ourselves
Read, share, and support the plan. Recruit friends. Hurry. We are running out of time.
#DeclassifyTrump
#ImpeachTrumpNow
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287839/-We-Can-Stop-Trump?_=2024-11-21T11:19:50.000-08:00
The reality is that most political commentary (including NYT op-eds) is simply tedious and unsophisticated on purpose.
"When I stepped into my role as Hillsborough County Sheriff, I knew that as a law enforcement agency, we could not arrest our way out of problems like drug addiction and mental health issues in our community. We had to take a holistic approach in order to reduce recidivism.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/03/congress/dea-nominee-withdraws-00192467
How do you know they weren't just stalking horses? The Project 2025 handlers let Trump have his little revenge-fun and now they are looking for people who can do the job of gutting the New Deal.
Insurrection Act.
He's probably not that smart though.
Rule by the worst.
How will a lunatic be worse than a sitting POTUS in clear cognitive decline?
It floors me that no one is troubled by that.
The illegals will be in work camps.
And the homeless.
To augment the prison labor they use, now.