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Priceless. š
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Yup. They need the US Marshals to enforce their orders. Pam Bondi will order them to stand down.
I keep reminding myself that Americans put us in this locked chest along with a deadly snake.
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Read any book that explains how authoritarians capture a democracy. Or research the fall of the Weimar Republic. Or read about OrbĆ”nās dismantling of Hungaryās democracy from within. www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet...
Whatās happening here is hardly unique. Read Ruth Ben-Ghiatās Strongmen.
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I am not sure what cereal box you read that on. In a representative democracy, laws are passed by democratically elected leaders.
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Whatās your plan?
Crickets.
I thought not.
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Agree. He can get away with whatever illegal activity he engages in. (Thanks, SCOTUS). Congress has ceded all authority. Thereās something very wrong. Thereās something bigger afoot. The immunity decision stinksā¦ Any normal court would have rejected his argument. At some point, heāll overstep.
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(2 of 2) the courtās order. Thereās no way he will allow anyone to tell him what to do. (malignant narcissism). And, by the way, heās also not leaving willingly. He will either die in office or be forced to leave.
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(1 of 2) Well said! . We canāt give in to 47. We arenāt used to autocrats. We are used to people who act in good faith. We go to court. Even when we lose, we obey a court order, right? I grew up near where Trump did so i know what he will do. He will most CERTAINLY defy the courtās
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You implied that a legal challenge is fruitless. The mob is panicking. They have no alternative plan, mind you. This is exactly how autocrats seize power.
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So, letās give up & let him rot. Weāll abandon all of them. Why not? Sure. Letās curl up in a ball and obey. Great plan.
You gave up on the law. I still believe in it. People gave up
their moral authority in the Weimar Republic. You know what they ended up with.
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Losers & cowards.
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This is a trial balloon. Authoritarians test the water to see what they can get away with. Right now Agent Orange wants to show heās the alpha male, the biggest bully in the room.
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OK. Letās just give up & let āem
rot.
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So we just give up? No thanks.
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And āweā what? Let them get away with it? This is a crowd of whiners. āItās too hard!!! We should just give up!ā
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So we give up & feel sorry for ourselves? You go ahead, give up and whine. I will keep fighting, thanks.
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Do you really believe that the ACLU will just thank them & walk away? Really?
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I donāt know what that even means.
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The ACLU filed a class action habeas to do exactly that.
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She wasnāt āon parole in the first place.ā
Let her answer my question. I asked for a reason.
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We arenāt thereā¦ yet. Unfortunately there is a ton of misinformation and disinformation. At some point they will cross a line and people will rise up. When the regime openly refuses to obey court orders thatās crossing a very obvious line.
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Look behind the scenes. oligarchs like Leonard Leo & David Koch are starting to balk. Oligarchs prop up the autocrat (look at Russia & Hungary) Whether they continue to back Trump remains to be seen.
I recommend Ruth Ben Ghiatās book Strongmen & Jane Mayerās book Dark Money.
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Have you even read the ruling? You might want to start there.
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And for nearly 200 years the Courts have done exactly that.
The ACLU is in court on Garciaās habeas as well as the class action on their behalf.
But you go ahead and foster panicking and giving up. Thatās definitely the best move.
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Entirely different situation legally. But itās more sensible to behave like reactionaries.
Letās panic, roll over & pretend weāre powerless.
Thatās exactly the way Trump wants you to behave.
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Thereās an enormous difference between people already in detention and people who receive an email out of nowhere.
Like i said: call the ACLU. They have already filed the Habeas for Garcia. And they filed a class action on behalf of those being unlawfully detained.
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I said to contact the ACLU because they filed both the Habeas and the class action lawsuit for those who are currently in detention.
As to scamā¦ Before anyone panics after reading something on social media. How gullible are you?
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I am skeptical, too. I know how autocracies work.
But even the Christian Nationalist majority voted him down this time. The oligarchs of the Heritage Foundation (Leonard Leo) and the petrochemical giants (Koch, Inc) are starting to peel away from him.
Panicking doesnāt help.
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You are right. It is.
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Why does this document say ātermination of parole.ā Parole from what?
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False. Someone didnāt read the ruling. Habeas corpus means ābring the body here.ā It refers to the people already detained in El Salvador. We are talking about an American Citizen who is still on US soil. SCOTUS clearly ruled that
due process be afforded.
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Thatās a given. Sotomayor is getting up there age wise.
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No need to wait. We may not live to see a Democrat in any of our lifetimes. At least 6 of these clowns are under the thumb of the Koch/Leo oligarchy.
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Sadly, nobody will ever go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
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Weāre so tired of winning. š„±
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Because right wing Christians are SO persecuted. š
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Thatās the point. They flood the zone with shit.
Meanwhile, they are quietly, stealthily implementing Project 2025 in the background.
Remember Project 2025? Thatās still happening!
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Letās imagine if this had happened under President Hillary. Or Harris. The Republicans would be demanding heads on a platter.
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STOP. Just STOP. The Supreme Court just gave a 9/0 ruling that anyone set to be deported must be given Due Process.
This is a scam.
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SCOTUS just said (9-0) that they cannot deport without Due Process.
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You are born here. That means you are a citizen under the 14th amendment. As an immigration lawyer you already know this.
I would talk to the ACLU.
The most recent SCOTUS ruling says they must give you DUE PROCESS at a minimum.
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Or a heck of a lot of debtā¦
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I wish I could afford it.
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Add misinformation & disinformation.
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This really worries me. Lots of parallels with Germany in the late 1930ās.
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We saw this coming when 47 rescinded Bidenās Executive Order 14087 allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies.
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I know this comes up constantly but we MUST get dark money out of politics. (citizens united v fec).
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Iām avoiding the word tariff because normal people donāt understand it. Instead, i use āconsumer taxā since itās more simple to understand.
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Agree completely. Check out this video. She makes a lot of sense. youtu.be/wEnB6bRcIYU?...