I think a lot of what they're doing - deliberate provocative illegality followed by brazen noncompliance with courts - amounts to a program of acclimatising people to a post-legal government; training the public to accept their tacit declaration that they no longer consider themselves bound by law. - ThreadSky

timescarcass.bsky.social • 1 day ago

I think a lot of what they're doing - deliberate provocative illegality followed by brazen noncompliance with courts - amounts to a program of acclimatising people to a post-legal government; training the public to accept their tacit declaration that they no longer consider themselves bound by law.

Reposted from Greg Sargent

Don't overlook this: Trump is leaving Abrego Garcia to rot in a foreign gulag even though the admin can always bring him back and *retry him for deportation in a lawful way.* That they won't do this shows their case against him is nonsense.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1939...

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dbpublisher.bsky.social•1 day ago

They are testing to see how far they can go. Seeing no resistance, they just keep going, and when they come up with a little bit of resistance, they push ahead to see if the resistance is serious or just performative. It is almost always performative.

churchillsarrow.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hence the constant mantra about some overwhelming mandate of the people.

josalo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course. They’re establishing a new regime.

therealunclesam.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/drharmony.bsky.social/post/3lmmrc2affc2v

klaidlaw.bsky.social•1 day ago

This and so much more that is going on can be laid at the feet of the Roberts Supreme Court's ruling to give Trump immunity. Without that decision he would be in prison, not the White House

socrates80.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think may be the case but in this particular instance it may also be that he doesn’t back down on the racism - it’s been his trademark as far as he can be consistent about something

andyc300.bsky.social•1 day ago

And it's being done with an eye toward post Trump. They are trying to lever state power now to be used after he is gone.

jacks-brokenheart.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe someone needs to explain to Trump that his employment for the purpose of executing the law means he is supposed to uphold the law & abide by it instead of destroying it...

Or maybe Congress needs to go ahead & both impeach & remove both Trump & Vance after electing a new Speaker of the House.

timmyvalenti.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah I bet that'll work

jaybheins.bsky.social•1 day ago

if only there was a word for this… so close… it’s right there

flynavy77.bsky.social•1 day ago

Deny - delay - delete!

jvwest.bsky.social•1 day ago

Any single violation this man has done would have ended a normal political career in the past. But he keeps racking them up so fast nobody can assess them quick enough. He's stacked all the agencies with his goons. Who is left to act? Court orders are nothing without force behind them.

gregsargent.bsky.social•1 day ago

yup

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