even if he asked, that doesn’t mean it will happen.
Have you not been paying attention to the exceptional lawyers that have been defeating R’s in Court in election cases?
now is not the time to give up based upon catastrophic thinking
Oh, but I have been paying attention. But I don’t know enough about which court such a case would land. That would matter. Yes, many talented, effective lawyers who are ethical and constitutionally bound.
I worried about that a little in his last reign…and then he incited a coup that barely failed. Now vast numbers of my fellow Americans voted him back in, and the forces that could contain him seem desperate not to.
So okay. Who said America would last forever, right?
Thank you. I've been wondering much the same thing. The Democrats patted themselves on the back for the seamless transition of power to would-be Autocrat with a history of trying to stay in office. What the fuck are people thinking? Truly. Puzzling.
Because in 2028, he’ll be older than Biden is now, and in worse health. He’s a ticking time bomb.
And the cult is around him, not his wannabe successors. Most of his supporters don’t give two sh*ts about JD Vance or Mike Johnson.
I'm holding on tight to the fact that the elections are administered by the states. Not the feds. And that campaign lawyers will fight those fights in court. I can't vouch for SCOTUS, but right wing pal of Clarence Thomas Judge Pryor in the 11th agrees that states run elections.
But I don’t trust the states. In NC, we’re waiting to see if the GOP will toss out 60,000 votes so they can take a seat on the state Supreme Court. That’s just the beginning of what they’re willing to do. And NC is not unique.
SEVERELY LIMITING VOTING ACCESS
Abusing executive power to interfere in our elections by criminalizing the voting process and damaging fair representation.
2/ To quote: "....a particular issue to watch is whether the bill or bills attempt to transform the obscure federal Election Assistance Commission, currently configured as a cheerful helper to local election authorities, into something closer to a regulator empowered to give them orders.
I truly think the only hope we have is MAGAts turning on him. It will have to get *very* bad to reach that point. But if they do, (R) politicians will suddenly locate their spines.
Exactly. They’ve already proposed a third term IN THE FIRST WEEK! Yet my husband disagrees because he thinks the justice system still works. Just like he knew “without a shadow of a doubt nothing bad will happen because it didn’t in his first four years”. It’s amazing 😡😭
Felon47 wants to remain in power but whether he is allowed to remain in power is up to us. Unlike jews in Nazi Germany, we are not naive, we have recorded the horror of the past, we know better, we are forewarned, we can rise up.
There will be elections. Repubs will put fingers, feet, and their whole asses on the scales to tilt the elections toward Republicans but a blue wave can still knock them out. Don’t be preaching despair, it’s counterproductive
There will be “interventions” and this current political path will end somehow. I have no idea what those may be but this nation will rise! I must have that confidence or my life and my allegiance has been a consummate failure!
I just think of the kids walking past other kids and adults screaming and spitting on them in Alabama when schools were first desegregated. I don’t remember Freedom Fighters giving up.
And they are already talking about changing the law so Trump can run again. However, he's getting up there in age...we can only hope mother nature has her way with him.
It would take a Constitutional Amendment for him to stay in office beyond 2028 - not just passing a law.
That means 38 states would have to ratify, and 2/3 of both the House and the Senate would have to vote for it. Not gonna happen. The country is too closely divided.
Trump is really do a job on poor white folks with these freezing of funds that they desperately need to feed their families. And medical help, they can forget about it. FORGET ABOUT IT. Sounds like MOB talk to me. My bad. Trump is convicted felon who always took advice from his mob buddy Roy Cohns.
Trump will die from old age and arrogance. Ain’t no way in hell anybody will ever vote for Trump’s old redneck racist ass again ever in life. And the cruelty he is inflicting on his MAGA cult today, they will probably be the ones sitting on the couch and not voting.
This is not helpful! Believe me, I can out-do most people in pessimism, but please don't give in to this. We'll lose our moral right to demand his ouster if we meekly accept the idea that he'll never leave.
Even if he’s soundly defeated, he won’t leave office. Vance wouldn’t pass the January 6th formality either. No one would make him leave office and SCOTUS will do nothing.
He will 100% try through sham-legal means or through extra-legal means.
We must and WILL stop him. This is the land of the free. America will NEVER become a truly fascist country. They may have a blip, but we will resign them to the scrap heap of history.
I've been shouting from the rooftops to my circle that the midterm elections are at risk.
This is the election that is a real threat to him. THE MIDTERMS 2026.
Don't speak that into existence, dammit! The FELON has been in office barely a week and I must have heard this a dozen times. I'm going to assume that Democrats & right-thinking Republicans will grow a pair & send this psychopathic toddler packing one way or another before 2028.
I think DJT's sycophants in the party are interested in becoming prez themselves on his coat-tails. Trump might have a convenient heart attack if necessary to make that possible.
That said, the real power is with The Heritage Foundation, not their toxic carnival barker; I'll be hopeful and skeptical at the same time. Depends how many of them are in lock up.
Depends, he is 78 then comes Don Jr or Ivanka, then Barron then the next Trump...whoever grows up next. All thanks to the Broligarchs, incels, Roganites, Evangelicals & OH SO STUPID women.
Republicans will cheat. As far as endless trump - Old idiot trump is just a puppet now. He’s too stupid to be doing all he’s doing. He doesn’t get up till late morning, doesn’t show up to ‘work’ till 2, watches tv and golfs. He’s a marionette with nazis pulling his willing strings.
Why would he stop or leave? Taking the US to the cleaners was probably the best investment of his life - and the list of great investments is very short!
1) The amendment to the Constitution to let him run again will never be ratified if it even makes it out of Congress
2) He will see midterms as a chance to get even more of his folks in office and grow the majority
3) Chance life <2028.
Stop thinking that your constitution will save you or stop him, his cronies have been planning this for 55 years they placed the judges and now he has his enablers there won’t be any midterms or another presidential election unless all Americans do to them what Italians did to Mussolini
A. He's not going to live that long.
B. These are not his ideas. He doesn't have a clue how government works. He's a useful pawn for the Heritage Foundation.
...same people who thought Congress had the power of the purse, immunity wasn't a thing, and birthright citizenship is clearly established just because it's in some 200+yr old amended piece of paper
America will be a dictatorship in weeks
Project 2025 was PUBLISHED for 2 YEARS & Dems have no plan
If you assume the energy remains at natives stay calm and quiet, yes it will be an issue. But if the energy shifts to pitchforks and hell no, things will change fast....
The scary thing is, with the confirmation of Pete Hegseth, Mango Mussolini controls the military. And frankly, I don’t know how many would refuse to act on an unlawful order. So I’m concerned that his whole administration is basically going to say, “Make me! Go on! I dare you.”
Has anyone ever heard of the term “self-fulfilling prophecy?”
Resistance Grifting is a thing folks. We got our own Hannitys. Outrage to stoke,💰to be made. These folks will make more 🏦 w/ MAGA in power than they did when Biden was POTUS. Books, podcasts, paid appearances = 💵💵💵💵💵💵!
#uspol
However let us also not forget that Trump is old, but more importantly, no one else in the GOP has the same ability to grab onto the cult's attention as he does. How well does the MAGA-fascist state last after Trump dies? Certainly not his kids, or GOP politicians.
Yes but celeb-worship is not enough to keep the cultists in line. They need to be fed their 'bullshit' on a daily basis to keep them from realizing how garbage their lives are under Trumpist fascism. Donald can do that. He can hold a crowd's attention.
More likely. They will keep him around until Nov 2026. (To gin up his base) Then they will retire him with the 25th. Vance will take over. Vance will run in 2028.
There’s a lot of “we’ll fix it in the midterms” energy and I’m watching the news like “I dunno guys, kinda think we might need to do something a little sooner”
The time to fix it was after the insurrection. He should have never been allowed to run again and should be in jail for the stolen documents stored in his bathroom.
We have to flip State houses, Governors from Republican to Dem.
I think we could be looking at National Guard troops peeking into our voting booths making sure we vote the right way though.
You open this up to all sorts of trouble.
He has a history of drug use as reported by witnesses on the "Apprentice" he eats poorly and still seems to slur his speech.
For life does not seem like 4 more years.
If you insist on this kind of narrative, I'm going to unfollow you because it's clear that you're on the 'just relax and let it happen, babe' side of society rapists.
Oh, yes, I totally agree with you on this. He's setting himself up to be a dictator. We're kind of lucky he's old, or he'd probably be there longer. As it is, he won't leave in 2028.
Yup, sadly Republicans have in troduced a bill to keep him for a third term, the MAGA party is becoming more fascist by the hour, and I'm sure he'll sign more executive orders to violate the constitution (as he already has done).
That would be under normal circumstances. However, Trump and his administration have allowed for unconstitutional precedence to go ahead and Republicans are backing it. They are willing to violate the law and the Constitution.
We'll see, thus far Trump has also fired a lot of prosecutors and judges and plans on appointing more MAGA fascists. We are sadly watching the United States descend into 1930s Germany.
THANK YOU! So tired of the frightened chicken outlook posted by so many when the FELON has only been in office a week. We don't have KINGS here; stop treating him like one!
Lol. Do you hear yourself? He's only been in office for a week? Now find a comprehensive list of all the destruction they've done in the first week. And you're not frightened? Do you even live in the USA?
Of course I live here & of course I'm concerned. But fear does not serve me. Shall we all hide under the bed fearing what the 'great & powerful Oz' will do next? F*ck that! If we say we are a democracy, then we should fight for it & figure out how to stop him. Even if you're afraid. Do it afraid.
I am not afraid. I am old and have no children so I will be fearlessly on the frontline of the revolution. I am not, however, a leader, so somebody is going to have to tell me where to be and when. 🤷♀️
That is not what you conveyed in your last post. It was so full of fear, it practically vibrated off the screen.
We're not all leaders & not all of us young -- I'm a senior myself. But I can contact my reps. I can seek out TRUTH from reputable news sources. I can look for leaders and follow THEM.
Even if you’re not a leader, you’ll have to take initiative to get yourself on volunteer lists so that “somebody” knows to call you to tell you what to do.
This is no “Lol” matter. Please reread the posts in the thread.
Where is it said that we aren’t frightened?
What is said is that despite our fear, we can’t give up.
After seeing how far, how fast, and with how little pushback he’s gone so far: I will be pleasantly surprised if we ever see another free and fair election.
If we weren't living in the dumbest timeline of them all, his "life long term" wouldn't last very long. Because there ain't no way that MAGA is rallying around JD Vance.
He didn't win a free and fair election in 2016 and the Obama administration did nothing; he did win a free and fair election in 2024 and Biden administration did nothing. Damn them all to hell.
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Have you not been paying attention to the exceptional lawyers that have been defeating R’s in Court in election cases?
now is not the time to give up based upon catastrophic thinking
I'm with you though. I don't think we will have federal elections. He or JD will use emergency powers to postpone indefinitely.
Otherwise it will take a revolution to push them out of power.
So okay. Who said America would last forever, right?
And the cult is around him, not his wannabe successors. Most of his supporters don’t give two sh*ts about JD Vance or Mike Johnson.
General strike.
Millions in the streets.
Civil disobedience even in the face of oppressive violence.
Peaceful direct action…
these are the paths.
SEVERELY LIMITING VOTING ACCESS
Abusing executive power to interfere in our elections by criminalizing the voting process and damaging fair representation.
https://www.aclu.org/project-2025-explained
Myself, I’ll be amazed if he survives to next November. He doesn’t look at all well.
That means 38 states would have to ratify, and 2/3 of both the House and the Senate would have to vote for it. Not gonna happen. The country is too closely divided.
We must and WILL stop him. This is the land of the free. America will NEVER become a truly fascist country. They may have a blip, but we will resign them to the scrap heap of history.
This is the election that is a real threat to him. THE MIDTERMS 2026.
That said, the real power is with The Heritage Foundation, not their toxic carnival barker; I'll be hopeful and skeptical at the same time. Depends how many of them are in lock up.
Reagan delayed US hostage release to affect election.
Bush had hanging chads.
2016 Trump invited/accepted RUS help.
2020 Trump denied losing, lost 60+ lawsuits & inspired violent insurrection.
But sure, 2024 Trump/GOP chose to go legal & fair
He can’t escape that.
2) He will see midterms as a chance to get even more of his folks in office and grow the majority
3) Chance life <2028.
B. These are not his ideas. He doesn't have a clue how government works. He's a useful pawn for the Heritage Foundation.
He taught him well.
Silver lining.
America will be a dictatorship in weeks
Project 2025 was PUBLISHED for 2 YEARS & Dems have no plan
It’s what the world needs now.
B. Bacharach
Resistance Grifting is a thing folks. We got our own Hannitys. Outrage to stoke,💰to be made. These folks will make more 🏦 w/ MAGA in power than they did when Biden was POTUS. Books, podcasts, paid appearances = 💵💵💵💵💵💵!
#uspol
However let us also not forget that Trump is old, but more importantly, no one else in the GOP has the same ability to grab onto the cult's attention as he does. How well does the MAGA-fascist state last after Trump dies? Certainly not his kids, or GOP politicians.
After all. He wrote the intro to Project 2025.
I think we could be looking at National Guard troops peeking into our voting booths making sure we vote the right way though.
He has a history of drug use as reported by witnesses on the "Apprentice" he eats poorly and still seems to slur his speech.
For life does not seem like 4 more years.
If he abandons the Constitution he no longer has any legal authority.
There will probably be elections. Free and fair… likely not, but there will probably be elections.
HOW IS THIS HAPPENING???
What to do? Make it impossible to govern
We can’t give into fear and lose hope, because then they will win. It will be a self fulfilling prophecy.
We're not all leaders & not all of us young -- I'm a senior myself. But I can contact my reps. I can seek out TRUTH from reputable news sources. I can look for leaders and follow THEM.
Where is it said that we aren’t frightened?
What is said is that despite our fear, we can’t give up.