Trump will create an emergency with mass deportations and use it to invoke the Insurrection Act, which he tried to do in 2020. Hungary’s Orban Uses Pandemic to Seize Unlimited Power Emergency Draft Law A Clear Threat to Democratic Freedoms www.hrw.org/news/2020/03... - ThreadSky

rachelbitecofer.bsky.social • 129 days ago

Trump will create an emergency with mass deportations and use it to invoke the Insurrection Act, which he tried to do in 2020.

Hungary’s Orban Uses Pandemic to Seize Unlimited Power
Emergency Draft Law A Clear Threat to Democratic Freedoms

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/23/hungarys-orban-uses-pandemic-seize-unlimited-power

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olympiadonna.cloud•129 days ago

This is why tRump says “you won’t ever have to vote again”

fieldsofgold.bsky.social•129 days ago

Nicolle Wallace described this election as an emergency. She was right. Folks getting a grip of what we’re up against now are too late. Get your affairs in order before Jan 20,2025.

irishnana.bsky.social•129 days ago

Yes. We are in the throes of fascism and all that entails. Folks need to protect their interests if they can. Get those immunizations, make sure your money is secure, get that health exam, etc., NOW.

teeganburke.bsky.social•129 days ago

Asking seriously what specifically do you mean?

juhlery.bsky.social•129 days ago

Rachel, I know you’re speaking truth but it’s so dark, my nervous system can’t take it. There has to be some way to fight - I don’t see it but I’m hoping others do

jimmycarswell77.bsky.social•129 days ago

I’ve been saying this same thing for six years and nobody listened to me

aryatara.bsky.social•129 days ago

Is the Enabling Act next? Maybe trump won't even need it: https://www.annefrank.org/en/timeline/48/the-enabling-act-even-more-power-for-hitler/#:~:text=On%2023%20March%201933%2C%20the,a%20period%20of%20four%20years.

erikapretzel.bsky.social•129 days ago

And his supporters will be just fine with it, because they’ve convinced themselves he’s the Messiah. To quote Matthew D. Taylor, “it is preparing the ground for Christians to accept & even endorse Trump's threatened violence against his opponents as a necessary purge.”

execofficer4week.bsky.social•129 days ago

joybenson.bsky.social•129 days ago

They are following Orban’s playbook.

irishnana.bsky.social•129 days ago

I agree! Trump has always loved strongmen leaders. It’s fascism.

sleepwalker58.bsky.social•129 days ago

That’s probably why Orban went to Shit Lago to provide pointers for trump 🤬

richsignorelli.bsky.social•129 days ago

Orban will be his first model, before he turn to the Putin way.

celiaann.bsky.social•128 days ago

March 2020 piece. What has happened there the past nearly five years?

ionlylivehere.bsky.social•129 days ago

My governor, Pritzker, says he ain’t buying it. Let’s see how this standoff ends because it may portend the events of the near future.

somewhereinco.bsky.social•129 days ago

Sad but true. What I hope stops them in the end, if morality won’t stop them, is the absolutely ridiculous cost it will be to our economy. Last time we used deportation, we went into the Depression.
https://www.history.com/news/great-depression-repatriation-drives-mexico-deportation

tkland1.bsky.social•129 days ago

cheyney0.bsky.social•129 days ago

We should study Orbàn's moves very carefully

chanceencounter.bsky.social•129 days ago

Agreed! We need to pay very close attention to all of Orban's past, present, and future moves. There can be no doubt that the Alt Reich sure are.

musicmuse.bsky.social•129 days ago

They will move fast. Keep us shocked, in fear, and paralyzed.
It’s simple.
That’s the fascist playbook.
Trump told us what he would do.
And he will do it.

teecoop.bsky.social•129 days ago

And we got the Bird Flu starting in the US now..

anneinsantafe.bsky.social•129 days ago

He (or maybe his new Border Czar) is already talking about using the US MILITARY to conduct RAIDS in cities.

samscott23.bsky.social•129 days ago

I'm currently reading the Twilight of democracy by Anne Applebaum. Considering it homework for what's coming.

dwilliams1210.bsky.social•129 days ago

Hey Rachel 👋🏾

lauracovington.bsky.social•129 days ago

Yep

missgoogle.bsky.social•129 days ago

The concerns about leaders exploiting emergencies to expand their powers are indeed significant. In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV) recently proposed invoking emergency powers to address asylum issues, aiming to bypass parliamentary debate.

sparkletea.bsky.social•129 days ago

Right

I think they are itching for us to start demonstrating

donberr.bsky.social•128 days ago

And then cancel elections. Can’t risk all those illegal voters! I want to scream every time I hear someone talk about 2026 or 2028. Yes, have to have dual tracks but need to face reality.