If you were excusing your support for Trump by claiming that "institutions" would keep him in check, you were admitting that he's dangerous. And, well, so far it looks like you were wrong. @monacharen.bsky.social from the archives: plus.thebulwark.com/p/checks-and... - ThreadSky

thebulwark.bsky.social • 6 hours ago

If you were excusing your support for Trump by claiming that "institutions" would keep him in check, you were admitting that he's dangerous. And, well, so far it looks like you were wrong. @monacharen.bsky.social from the archives: https://plus.thebulwark.com/p/checks-and-balances-wont-save-us

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metaphysicalist.bsky.social•6 hours ago

The only institution that could keep him in check has padded walls and uses straitjackets.

kanadianraven.bsky.social•6 hours ago

The judiciary is not the cavalry coming to save democracy. SCOTUS saw to that. 🍊💩 IS THE LAW NOW!

sherwoodb.bsky.social•6 hours ago

That was the Republican voters excuse

jkkcalifornia.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Our original writers didn’t count on such evil. They assumed everyone would have the country’s best interest at heart.

philoof.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Indeed. Integrity seems to be a vanishing resource.

fog627.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Nor will the current spineless elected Democratic leaders save us…

It’s up to us…

rodaimonia.bsky.social•6 hours ago

No country's institutions can successfully resist their destruction from a determined autocrat, which is why democratic norms are so important. And also why the Dems had 30 years of warning that this was going to happen and did nothing.

odonata73.bsky.social•6 hours ago

No 'institutions' ever kept him in check starting on the first term. The only thing keeping any rein on him was the fear of what would happen after he left office. Once that was removed, both by the ineffectual Judaical response and then the blanket immunity his SCOTU gave him all bets were off.

saqz007.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Don’t write such contradictory posts. 2 sentences. The second contradicting the first. Sheesh.

kproud.bsky.social•6 hours ago

I'm thinking a really good hacker, or a military coup or the ultimate will do it.

dee20002.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Not with the Congress and "Supreme Court" we have.

csmithers.bsky.social•6 hours ago

It’s clearly a failing state down there and far too many are in denial or are paralyzed to do anything. So now we have to take this fascist state on ourselves.

kilgoret95.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Susan Collins!

209times.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Trump is relying on the Project 2025 playbook to destroy the institutions designed to keep executive power in check. It's happening in real-time and I feel helpless to stop it.

mahalomalama.bsky.social•6 hours ago

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trixiejt.bsky.social•6 hours ago

Too Feckless of a notion. This is a Full Tilt Fascist Grab and ALL the Media is still using the Norms, which is why we are here.

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