The US is now authoritarian and not a democracy.

[Philthy_Phil]

It's funny to see how fast you fell apart and are doing nothing about it. America deserves trump...lol

 

[Hel_Books]

Recently re-watched A Man for All Seasons. Is anyone going to risk their necks standing up to your own Emperor without Clothes?

 

[stxjimmy]

Recently re-watched A Man for All Seasons. Is anyone going to risk their necks standing up to your own Emperor without Clothes?

Not the best historical example. Most political life’s do end in failure but losing one’s head is at the more unpalatable end of the spectrum.

 

[Philthy_Phil]

John Stewart called it long ago.

 

[Hel_Books]

Hel_Books said:
Recently re-watched A Man for All Seasons. Is anyone going to risk their necks standing up to your own Emperor without Clothes?

Not the best historical example. Most political life’s do end in failure but losing one’s head is at the more unpalatable end of the spectrum.

But there is the threat of violence and even death now. Consider this:

On January 6, 2021, a defeated and desperate Donald J. Trump told his fanatical followers, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” A MAGA mob marched to the Capitol and attempted to lynch Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other leaders. It was the single worst act of violence against the pillars of American democracy since the Civil War. In his second term, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists convicted for their violent actions that day.

Trump has encouraged his supporters to assault journalists, and even made comments that could at least be interpreted as suggesting that he wouldn’t mind seeing members of the media killed. He has repeatedly urged police and other law enforcement agents to inflict violence on suspects, and in 2017, made the extraordinary announcement that there were “some very fine people” among the rioters who terrorized the university town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He has advocated using the military against domestic protesters. In 2020, amid the George Floyd uprising, Trump approvingly quoted a Southern police chief from the 1960s who said, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” This year, he actually sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, to intimidate residents resisting his authoritarian administration.

He renamed the Defense Department the Department of War, and then posted on social media that Chicago was about to find out why it had been renamed.

Trump has said that a number of his political opponents should be prosecuted for treason (a capital offense). He has suggested that “Second Amendment people” might have to intervene against Hillary Clinton. He has publicly stated that Gen. Mark Milley, ex-head of the joint chiefs of staff, should be killed. He has withdrawn the security details from former vice president Kamala Harris and many other opponents against whom his followers have repeatedly threatened violence.

 

[73Seahawks]

But there is the threat of violence and even death now. Consider this:

On January 6, 2021, a defeated and desperate Donald J. Trump told his fanatical followers, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” A MAGA mob marched to the Capitol and attempted to lynch Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other leaders. It was the single worst act of violence against the pillars of American democracy since the Civil War. In his second term, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists convicted for their violent actions that day.

Trump has encouraged his supporters to assault journalists, and even made comments that could at least be interpreted as suggesting that he wouldn’t mind seeing members of the media killed. He has repeatedly urged police and other law enforcement agents to inflict violence on suspects, and in 2017, made the extraordinary announcement that there were “some very fine people” among the rioters who terrorized the university town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He has advocated using the military against domestic protesters. In 2020, amid the George Floyd uprising, Trump approvingly quoted a Southern police chief from the 1960s who said, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” This year, he actually sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, to intimidate residents resisting his authoritarian administration.

He renamed the Defense Department the Department of War, and then posted on social media that Chicago was about to find out why it had been renamed.

Trump has said that a number of his political opponents should be prosecuted for treason (a capital offense). He has suggested that “Second Amendment people” might have to intervene against Hillary Clinton. He has publicly stated that Gen. Mark Milley, ex-head of the joint chiefs of staff, should be killed. He has withdrawn the security details from former vice president Kamala Harris and many other opponents against whom his followers have repeatedly threatened violence.

The next Democratic President will REVERSE ALL of Trump's second term policies on 20 January 2029.

PS: The Department of War will be reverted back to the Department of DEFENSE.

 

[Beachguy23]

But there is the threat of violence and even death now. Consider this:

On January 6, 2021, a defeated and desperate Donald J. Trump told his fanatical followers, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” A MAGA mob marched to the Capitol and attempted to lynch Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other leaders. It was the single worst act of violence against the pillars of American democracy since the Civil War. In his second term, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists convicted for their violent actions that day.

Trump has encouraged his supporters to assault journalists, and even made comments that could at least be interpreted as suggesting that he wouldn’t mind seeing members of the media killed. He has repeatedly urged police and other law enforcement agents to inflict violence on suspects, and in 2017, made the extraordinary announcement that there were “some very fine people” among the rioters who terrorized the university town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He has advocated using the military against domestic protesters. In 2020, amid the George Floyd uprising, Trump approvingly quoted a Southern police chief from the 1960s who said, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” This year, he actually sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, to intimidate residents resisting his authoritarian administration.

He renamed the Defense Department the Department of War, and then posted on social media that Chicago was about to find out why it had been renamed.

Trump has said that a number of his political opponents should be prosecuted for treason (a capital offense). He has suggested that “Second Amendment people” might have to intervene against Hillary Clinton. He has publicly stated that Gen. Mark Milley, ex-head of the joint chiefs of staff, should be killed. He has withdrawn the security details from former vice president Kamala Harris and many other opponents against whom his followers have repeatedly threatened violence.

I find it completely amazing that a country that will fight so hard to keep their guns will stand back and allow their freedom of speech to be taken away. This along with watching a democratic society be destroyed by someone that in reality is nothing more than a dictator who apparently is nothing more than a whiny little child that cries when the other kids call him names. But mommy Bondi will go spank those bad people. Come on America time to stand up and be heard.

 

[stxjimmy]

But there is the threat of violence and even death now. Consider this:

On January 6, 2021, a defeated and desperate Donald J. Trump told his fanatical followers, “If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.” A MAGA mob marched to the Capitol and attempted to lynch Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other leaders. It was the single worst act of violence against the pillars of American democracy since the Civil War. In his second term, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 insurrectionists convicted for their violent actions that day.

Trump has encouraged his supporters to assault journalists, and even made comments that could at least be interpreted as suggesting that he wouldn’t mind seeing members of the media killed. He has repeatedly urged police and other law enforcement agents to inflict violence on suspects, and in 2017, made the extraordinary announcement that there were “some very fine people” among the rioters who terrorized the university town of Charlottesville, Virginia.

He has advocated using the military against domestic protesters. In 2020, amid the George Floyd uprising, Trump approvingly quoted a Southern police chief from the 1960s who said, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” This year, he actually sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, DC, to intimidate residents resisting his authoritarian administration.

He renamed the Defense Department the Department of War, and then posted on social media that Chicago was about to find out why it had been renamed.

Trump has said that a number of his political opponents should be prosecuted for treason (a capital offense). He has suggested that “Second Amendment people” might have to intervene against Hillary Clinton. He has publicly stated that Gen. Mark Milley, ex-head of the joint chiefs of staff, should be killed. He has withdrawn the security details from former vice president Kamala Harris and many other opponents against whom his followers have repeatedly threatened violence.

All true, but the problem is so many won’t acknowledge or see it in those terms.

 

[Hel_Books]

The next Democratic President will REVERSE ALL of Trump's second term policies on 20 January 2029.

I'm hoping you'll have be more of a reform than this!

For example, maybe some legislation saying what, exactly, a President is permitted to enact via "executive order" and what can only be done by Congress passing a law. Also, the Presidential pardon power should either be revoked (yes, that would require a Constitutional Amendment) or circumscribed: how about making Congressional approval of a pardon required? And the tariffs, too: get rid of that "emergency power" stupidity. Tariffs are trade policy, there's no emergency urgency like with an invasion.