So, persistent looming threat then.
Makes sense.
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Sounds pretty standard these days.
The surest way to get Trump to do something is to tell him don't do it. Now this is in the cards at any time.
Too bad he didn't get killed playing with a electrical outlet as a child.
I’ll believe that on Monday, if it hasn’t been done by then
This is surprising as they are total lapdogs, perhaps indeed the pressure worked.
Remember though that trump doesn't need them to invoke the act, but having them mention he should would help with legitimacy.
Fascists also love meanings behind numbers, for example the invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 both happened on February 24.
April 19 is 250th anniversary of beginning of American Revolution (remember when President of heritage foundation talked about "bloodless revolution (if the left allows it to be)"? April 20 also has some meaning in their hearts.
They’re waiting, biding their time. It’s too soon. But in 3 months it might be a different story.
Imagine there’s a meter and the needle needs to be more than way to begin operation absolute control. Think Palpatine and dissolving the senate.
They are speedrunning it mind, they are not a patient group and they have revealed their hand by accident several times. The Zelenskyy meeting was the first and it did not go well and is likely the reason for the pause. Had there not been such backlash from even with their own party and base, today might look quite different.
4 20 blaze it
I can't imagine there's not already a court ready to slap them with an injunction on the grounds that a "foreign invasion" is not a "domestic insurrection".
Columbine, or Hitler's birthday?
Translation: We have invented enough bullshit evidence to reasonably justify this.
Should still be ready for the eventuality that he tries to impose martial law, just like what happened in Korea recently
yup. they always like to bullshit before they do shit.
It is not an eventuality, it is a possibility that he tries
Thinking that everything is 100% certain to happen is how we get ourselves too paralyzed to act. We can reduce the odds of many things from happening by showing up and building pressure
Join protests, boycotts, strikes, etc.
EDIT: or maybe I apparently have misunderstood how the word eventuality is supposed to be a synonymy of possibility. My bad on that one
It is not an eventuality, it is a possibility that he tries
That’s literally what “eventuality” means:
eventuality | əˌvɛn(t)ʃəˈwælədi |
noun (plural eventualities)
a possible event or outcome.
Oh hmm, maybe I had just heard people misuse it in the past? Had only heard it being used as a synonym for possibility in the context of "every eventuality" but other times meaning something definitive. Looking it up I see that it's supposed to just always refer to possibility
Found these two, which seem to cloud the issue. These don't say "possible", the first even says "eventual".
the state or fact of being eventual; contingent character
The coming as a consequence; contingency; also, an event which comes as a consequence.
An eventuality, but not inevitably
I think people get confused because it sounds so similar to “eventually”—i.e., something bound to occur given enough time.
Even if the probability is less than 100% it is a good idea to prepare while there's still time to do so. Its not about paralysis, its about emergency preparedness and taking necessary precautions.
Such as?
Here are some examples that come to mind:
- Having enough food/water/essentials to make it through 3 days without electricity or gas (like what was recommend in Europe recently)
- having a plan of how you'll to keep in contact and meet with people you care about if there's no internet or cell service
- making sure whatever social media you use to voice dissent cannot be easily linked to your identity via email, photos, location data, etc.
Basically the same sort of disaster preparedness you would have normally, except the last bullet point
This is going to be a tough weekend for Trump. Things aren't going his way on quite a few fronts. Stay wary, everyone. There's always time for another meltdown and it seems the Mad King is done slinging ketchup at the walls.