What is the legal argument against this? The article was paywalled, but the summay only says that past presidents have respected agency independence. That sounds like just a gentlemans agreement. Nothing legally binding. So do the challenges have a leg to stand on?
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“He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” It's literally in the OP bro.
It's terrifying to think that there's still nearly 4 years left of this.
Where are the American "patriots" who would defend democracy and protect the country against tyranny with their 2A rights to their dying breath?
That's right. Fucking crickets from that bunch.
The ammosexuals voted for this shit. They only stroke their guns over the idea of helping put down any uppity {DEI}s that are nearby. All their talk about guns this, guns that, is and always has been a threat meant for others.
They don't give a fuck about democracy and want to be the vanguard of tyranny.
He's so Meta. A Dictator dictating that he can dictate.
America, when are you going to stop this? You finally have a chance to exercise the second amendment, to defend your freedom and to show the world you aren't the bad guys; And you do nothing...
Trump/Musk are literally following the steps laid out by Hitler and they aren't even hiding it.
I see this sentiment a lot. "Why aren't Americans doing anything? Why aren't leftist militias rising up to take back the capital? Etc. Etc. Etc."
First of all, asking "why aren't Americans doing anything" is a highly unaware question. We are doing things, but they aren't going to give any airtime to the protests, marches, boycotts, and legal efforts taking place, because the media is now firmly on the side of those with power, not the common people.
Second of all, it's pretty heartless of you to just casually ask us to "exercise the second amendment", because when you ask that, you're asking for at least some of us to die. Put yourselves in our shoes, and be honest - if you were in our position, would it be so easy and casual to just pick up a gun and join a violent revolution? Would you be willing to risk death in that situation? Personally, I'm not a soldier, I've never had an interest in guns, I'd be less than useless in that capacity. So I'm looking at other things we can do before escalating to that.
I get that everyone's scared because the nation with the most powerful military on earth is falling into fascism. That's terrifying to most Americans as well, and I think a lot of us are still frozen with that fear. I understand and agree that this problem is on Americans to fix. But I hope the rest of the world will be willing to help when we call on them, instead of just sitting idly by wondering when that magical second amendment is gonna kick in.
I think the second amendment is pointed out so readily, because most of the world has watched America and their guns and ridiculous gun problems, and that is usually what is pointed at in some kind of gotcha defence. Second, we do see the protests and legal efforts, and honestly looking in, seems like that's pissing into the wind.
As for myself committing violence in an situation similar to America's? Can't honestly answer one way or the other until I am in the situation myself, but don't think it would be a hard no, I'm not opposed to violence in the correct situation, and boy you guys are, if not there already, very very close to that correct situation.
The answer is no, most of these people calling for violence are cowards themselves.
*Hey look, this guy brought a rifle to a drone fight. *
I don't even have the words to express my feelings properly to this bullshit.
I do but saying them gets you put on a list.
Probably already are, or will be soon.
Trump voters in my area of the country are still extremely happy with what Trump and Musk are doing. When Trump eventually invests all of social security in his meme coin they will probably be thrilled with that too.
Once they get what they want and there's no more gay, brown, women, or other religions, it will devolve into a contest of who is MAGA enough.
You're not blonde enough. You need more flag flair pins. You don't have the mandatory 5 trump posters, only 4. It never ends, there always needs to be an out group no matter what.
I had a guy accuse me of racism at work, even tho we're both white, because I wasn't "anglo Saxon enough" to be the same kind of white as him....
Like, I'm English/German ancestry, literally what the term Anglo-Saxon describes...
He was French ancestry which would make him Norman, the ones fighting Anglo Saxons...
There's no logic to what they say or do, they hear a label is "us" and another label is "them" and they just go with it, never actually asking themselves what the terms mean and who actually fits under each label.
Shit broke my brain when he said it
FCC huh? There goes TV that's against him
They had already started with that under the guise of DEI hiring nonsense at the stations. Comcast was already being threatened that its DEI hiring practices were cause for the FCC to pull their license somehow. He broadcast (pun intended) his plan to have state run media and to diminish or ban the rest during his campaign, just nobody pays attention.
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Legal challenges? They are ignoring the courts. How will that change anything?
When do we start exercising our second amendment on this tyrannical dictator?
Trump defended the order, stating, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Okay, Adolf.
Trump defended the order, stating, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”
Wow, that really sums up the fascist intent right there. The ends justify the means and no law applies to him.
I wish the general public were paying more attention.
The general public who pays attention sees this and feels absolutely powerless because the opposition party refused to be the opposition.
Journalists really need to provide the context that he's quoting Napoleon, another dictator.
Lock him up
We already tried. His fans are fucking stupid assholes who let it happen.
Can’t think of any way this will come back and bite us. /s
Can't think of a non-violent way for the US to get out of this.
I can’t either. Seriously, if anyone has ideas I would like to hear them. The courts will smack him down but the Supreme Court probably will not, which just cements the dictatorship legally.
It will take massive protests and unrest.
Remember remember the 5th of November fElon and Donnie Trump’s plot.
I see no reason that any MAGt’s treason Should ever be forgot.
Good thing we spent the 4 years between trump terms with a young, motivated go-getter who checks notes his in a closet for four years and was less seen/heard than any other president.
Moderates are not equipped to fight fascism, we can't keep rotating between the two because the fascists will break more than a Neoliberal would ever want to fix.
Neither actually wants to fix shit, just keep their wealthy donors happy
Biden was an opportunity for the old Republican party to prevail. Instead they rolled out the carpet for MAGA, and now they are rolling it for an authoritarian dictatorship. Frankly, had the democratic stoked more attention, the more bullshit that would have been spun up about them. The root of the problem is that MAGA was getting propped up with control of social networks personality cults and the sort of modern day profile targeting a shitload of money can provide.
Also, this time we have fascists with a plan at hand. They even say beforehand what they will do and no one bats an eye, until "wait, they were serious?"
They did their homework and are swiftly taking over.
Trump's abhorrent smug face of late tells everything we need to know if they are succeeding or not.
Laws are more like suggestions.