Power, like a drug, demands stronger doses. Trump’s rhetoric has escalated from authoritarian posturing to royal fantasies, revealing an insatiable need for dominance. His grasp on reality weakens as opposition fuels paranoia. Left unchecked, his quest for control will deepen.
She says the same thing I said. Democracy ended when SCOTUS ruled that all men are not equal under the law. Democracy cannot exist without all men being equal under the law. She saw what that ruling would do.
Oh, honey, a lot of us said that.
Also, according to you, we did not become a democracy until a MAYBE the middle of the last century. And one could argue we aren't now.
(Since not all people are equal under the law---or at least not treated equally.)
The SCOTUS immunity decision certainly protects Trump from being criminally prosecuted for illegal presidential action, but it does not mean the courts can’t enjoin him from taking illegal or constitutional actions, or undo illegal or unconstitutional actions.
There have been a few TROs. We’ll have to see. Needless to say, I think the immunity decision is horrible and wrong. But I think some people are interpreting it to mean that it’s not worth the effort to challenge Trump’s actions in the courts.
Just simply postpones the inevitable overturning by SCOTUS. The courts can slow this down, but not put a stop to the disassembly of our government. 1/2
The main opening paragraph, in the Declaration of Independence, begins with We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal… and by implication meaning, all men are equal under the law. The SCOTUS immunity ruling, retroactively aborts the United States at its inception.
That's a problem when his current response to courts telling him no is to say "I'm still going to do it" and his response to being held in contempt of court for ignoring court orders is to go "Don't care, still doing it."
I understand the problem. But even if he can’t be charged with criminal contempt, his minions can be held in contempt and jailed if necessary. Courts are going to have to go to the limit because he will.
He could have. Or he could have resigned and had Kamala sworn in as the 47th President in December. I think people would be much happier with Good Queen Kamala, by far.
I remember a week before the election, in a speech in front of 75,0000 people, Harris warned of petty tyrants and wannabe dictators. I remember the press choosing instead to focus on Biden garbling a line about a "garbage" Trump supporter during a zoom interview.
I think I'm going to start researching the real, actual steps taken in previous revolutions in history. It's only been 4 weeks, we cannot survive 4 years. I don't know what else to do, but I can't do nothing.
Speaking of Boston, I heard there's a very big hockey game between Canada & the US happening there tomorrow. The president was gonna be there, but he just backed out. I guess he got scared of being booed. Yeah, you don't close one of Boston's most popular libraries & expect praises after doing so
I mean, I want to agree with you but let’s be real: A sizable portion of our populace craves to be subjugated by a monarchy and will embrace it so long as “the bad ones” disappear from public life
Well so far neither political party is doing a thing about it so, seems to be going extremely well this go around. No one is marching in the street and there is precisely zero tea in the harbor.
I don't know. At this point I'm convinced that his base's fondness of democracy was purely an aesthetic one. They really seem to like having a king so long as he hurts the right people.
His base never had a fondness for democracy. Not even a pretend one for aesthetic purposes. The Republican Party has been explicitly anti-democracy for years now. And almost nobody else even cares.
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Also, according to you, we did not become a democracy until a MAYBE the middle of the last century. And one could argue we aren't now.
(Since not all people are equal under the law---or at least not treated equally.)
Strange times these.
You shall have a golden crown that men will tremble to behold...
Im British 🇬🇧 i know these things
Look away. You don’t see a thing.
Just Trump calling himself “King”.
He doesn’t wear a crown on his head.
Yikes! Does he think it’s a cap in red?
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