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I’ve asked it before and I’ll ask it again: where oh, where are all of those strict constitutionalists demanding that the executive branch’s power and reach is limited in their very, very very limited government view?

I appreciate everyone’s messages of support, I’m trying to get through all my mentions but as you can imagine, it’s been a bit of a busy day :) Remember - peaceful civil disobedience, and no kings, no tyrants. Not ever.

This is a coup.

“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.” Albert Camus

Republicans for much of 2024: "How DARE you call our candidate Mr Trump a fascist?" *President* Trump in 2025:

Let’s hope this action causes the biggest Streisand effect of all. Stonewall is trans history and trans history is American history.

Acting AG Emil Bove tried to reassign Mayor Adams’ case to the public integrity unit at Main Justice in DC. Upon learning of this, senior DOJ officials resigned. The heroes are here.

After all the puppets are installed the show begins.

If you’re wondering if you’re in a constitutional crisis and that the republic could collapse at any moment, you are.

I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.

Good news everyone. The US won’t go in to Gaza until the ethic cleansing is done!

We are seeing many ignorantly voted for a storm, thinking they would have the only umbrella.

Elon Musk Offers Self $10 Billion Federal Buyout theonion.com/elon-mu...

We need a lot more than speeches from Dems. Every day that passes without real opposition and extremely weak leadership, we fall deeper into the abyss.

I’m going to say this to my entire Party and to the press: I need you to stop treating a constitutional crisis like it’s only a political crisis. We are in new waters…it’s time to start flexing new muscles.

Where are all their pocket constitutions now.

I miss the year just after the Berlin Wall fell. Seemed like things just might work out. For a moment.

Administrative coup. How else can you describe this insanity? Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...

Marco Rubio's new acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, ladies and gentlemen.

If Musk gets away with leading the charge to close USAID by executive action and cut funding, it won't stop there. They will go through the budget and zero out programs and polices they disagree with across the government. Congress becomes inert and useless. Game over democracy. Line in the sand.

Reminder that Trump can commit virtually any crime as president right now and be protected by the Supreme Court's immunity decision. No incentive to follow the law - he can openly tell people to violate it and promise to pardon them from federal charges.

You're not overwhelmed. You're under attack.

When are the Democrats going to push back at all these illegal Executive Orders? Anyone? Bueller?

Anxious Nation Waits For Democratic Party To Do Something, Anything In Face of Republican Assault On Life And Liberty

A small tragedy of life is that artists are in the best position to appreciate one another's art, while fully understanding that their fellow artist must charge more for the art than an artist can afford to spend.

Elect a clown, expect a circus. Elect a criminal, expect crimes.

For those not paying attention

I think it’s pretty clear to Trump

To be clear, we do have plans for scaling, we just kinda expected more than a couple days notice before getting blasted with a million new users a day. The team is rapidly deploying fixes and new software to adapt. More servers in the mail.

Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.

This can absolutely happen again.