New: Trump and those around him aren't acting like they're testing the boundaries of criminal law. They seem to be crossing them whimsically. What do you suppose people like that will do if and when they start to think their impunity might be at risk? - ThreadSky

brianbeutler.bsky.social • 1 day ago

New: Trump and those around him aren't acting like they're testing the boundaries of criminal law. They seem to be crossing them whimsically. What do you suppose people like that will do if and when they start to think their impunity might be at risk?

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redhatchicxoxo.bsky.social•1 day ago

I have entertained that scenario, and it is frightening.

katpic57.bsky.social•1 day ago

“If standing up to criminals were safe and easy, we wouldn’t need police. Their fight-or-flight response is surely kicking in. But scared as they might be, there’s nowhere to run.”✔️

Every day drives home the immense harm Garland did w/his hands-off the R elite. & sorry, the buck stops w/ Biden.

bobmackowycz10.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don’t say this lightly. I don’t think they’ll ever give up power peacefully, and I wonder if your country can ever have an uncontested election again.

chay3.bsky.social•1 day ago

They act like they have to get something done "or else." Trump has been summoned to Moscow on March 9th. Musk is acting out in crazy bloodsport ways. It looks like sheer terror of something to me.

katieryall.bsky.social•1 day ago

Honestly, I think that needs to be tested immediately and before their new power is fully set in. It may be the single opportunity we have to stop the worst from happening.

egoldman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Authoritarians cling to power in order to save themselves from being imprisoned once they are forced out of power for their corruption and crimes against human and civil rights. It is the reason they steal elections in their pretend democracies.

brianbeutler.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do we think Elon Musk checked with real lawyers before he started stealing money from states and NGOs without authorization, perhaps even without a government appointment? https://www.offmessage.net/p/a-problem-from-hell

brianbeutler.bsky.social•1 day ago

Because we're in an accountability free zone (and because it's in their nature) Dems will be tempted to write off all this lawbreaking as a distraction. But there's no hiding from it, so long as there's a remote possibility that they will come back to power. https://www.offmessage.net/p/a-problem-from-hell

brianbeutler.bsky.social•1 day ago

No exaggeration. Trump already attempted a coup to stave off accountability. He's Orbanizing the government. His buddy Bolsonaro allegedly plotted to have his successor killed. We're in that neighborhood. Sunlight, not heads-in-the-sand, is the best disincentive. https://www.offmessage.net/p/a-problem-from-hell

capitalistfool.bsky.social•1 day ago

It could be argued that he's killed before:
1) The casino executives in the helicopter
2) Epstein, in the custody of his AG who also had a stake in Epstein being dead
3) Ivana
4) The Trump fan he hired to stage his assassination
5) The fireman who was collateral damage in the staged assassination

prisoner37.bsky.social•1 day ago

I actually think Orbanism is too optimistic

prisoner37.bsky.social•1 day ago

But what do I know? Feels like less and less each day not literally and in sense is difficult to comprehend and digest what has already happenings.

excessivefarce.bsky.social•1 day ago

Doesn't a blanket pardon from Trump solve all of these problems?

dorianschmid.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do we think that law is still held up?
In THIS America?

jamesbenton.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course not. Are there people insisting he did? Can you imagine what he's like at all of the companies he "runs" where there aren't any real guardrails?

Keep up the great writing and insight @brianbeutler.bsky.social

lpeterp.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump is too determined to be “whimsical” but he is clearly past his prime: addlepated is a more apt description.

thomasley.bsky.social•1 day ago

So, we probably should be glad that justice will never catch up with them. That ship has long sailed. No worries, they won’t be desperate. They’ll be just content.

danlb.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Trump is legally insane, by which I mean that he really doesn’t know the difference between right and wrong and, when told something is illegal, doesn’t care. (He’s also a sociopath, which is a related problem. His cognitive issues are separate.)

enjolbear.bsky.social•1 day ago

Threaten the people they feel threatened by?

sfrank597.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just posted an idea on my page that I hope you and others on this platform start using to fight against these shortsighted, poorly carried-out, heartless, dictatorial, discriminatory, and outright un-American actions. Repost if you believe it could work!

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