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last time he was president we got a global pandemic and no wall. i guess that'll happen again. just because.
You missed a few.
Pardon all the losers who voted for him and committed crimes
I bet he won't pardon the Jan 6. rioters since that doesn't do anything for him. He already won with them in jail and without their votes, there's nothing more he needs from them.
Disagree. Pardoning the J6 rioters now "proves" that he "has their back." That way, if/when he needs another group of rioters to be at his beck and call, they'll gladly oblige. Especially if he pre-pardons them.
Yeah, he doesn’t like them, but he recognizes their value and loyalty. He’ll take steps to encourage that loyalty. It’s always useful for an authoritarian leader to have an unofficial paramilitary force they can call on to do… things.
They'd do it again regardless.
Trump had two weeks to pre-pardon them in 2021 and didn't. 71 million people just voted for Trump this time around. If 0.01% of them are crazy rioters, that's 7100 people at his disposable. He doesn't need an additional few hundred who already went to jail and had their life turned upside down, and may not still be loyal.
Oh I'm not saying he gives half a shit about them. But pardoning them is a gesture that ensures that the 7100 people at his disposal knows that he has their back, while costing Trump exactly nothing. Trump won't do it out of any care for the J6ers, but because he'll still benefit from it.
Really dark, but logical.
The good news is we’ll get a Supreme Court decision on the president pardoning himself. The bad news is we have a president who believes laws don’t apply to him and it will be decided by a court of judges whom he mainly picked, and I’m sure will not see the need to recuse themselves due to any conflict of interest
We’re going to get a Supreme Court who says a sitting president can’t go to jail for any crime, including the state felonies he’s been convicted of that he can’t self pardon.
decided by a court of judges whom he mainly picked
and who have already ruled that he is all but immune from prosecution.
#9 will actually be Putin’s Dirty Sanchez
Suspend habeus corpus, declare strikes illegal, nationalize power grids and other basics. Require national ID cards to make purchases, probably require an oath to Trump to get one...
Don't say "Viva la resistance".
No nationalization. All public services will be gutted and sold to cronies.
You forgot fire every single civil servant and install loyal idiots disband the department of education the department of health the weather channel pretty much everything that we've grown to appreciate.
Oh and also completely roll back every single social advancement made since the new deal.
I'm just waiting for the almost immediate removal of the filibuster now that it would be Democrats using it. They're going to have the trifecta of control and they're going to go full scorched earth on Democrats.
His "promises made, promises kept" line makes me think he goes full dictator, Marshall law, insurrection act, terminate the constitution, send the death squads, eliminate/arrest the dems, fire up the death penalty machine for criminals (not including his criminals), declare the storm, and call for the purge.
Then, that demonic portal that his buddies said had opened up above the white house actually opens up.
Then elon, trump, and rogan, hop on their horses to set the world on fire.
Fuck this life.
This world - the people - deserve to be destroyed.
Humanity is a fucking disaster.
I understand you are scared right now, and there's probably no talking you off that ledge. Seek the goods things in your life right now. Surround yourself with the ones you love. It's hard to process, but breathe. I promise you'll be ok.
Edit:
Just wanted to add this moment of realization from a CBS news personality.
He was talking about how people shouldn't be afraid, that America is the oldest democracy on earth, that democracy wil survive, and things will be OK...
... And he continued on talking about how trump likely has full control of the government, the house, the senate, the courts, and an immunity ruling.
After the last words came out of his mouth he looked at the camera and paused and said, (paraphrasing) ** " I'd like to maybe take back the first part of what I said, we should be afraid" **
I promise you he will order shootings on 5th avenue.
If you think I, we, us, anyone will be OK, like the half of the nation that elected him, you haven't been listening.
People voted for an economy and against scary immigrants.
They also get the storm, the purge, the accelerationists, the camps, the executions, the prisons, smothered hope for the last possibility of saving this earth from environmental collapse.
They literally want Armageddon.
I mean actually fucking literally.
Once you learn how many in the Republican party, and supreme court, are members of NAR and 7MM - literally groups with the purpose of bringing Jesus back.
Nobody is going to be OK .
I understand where you are coming from. This totally fucking blows and I'm terrified for my children. The only constant in human life is that there is suffering. There is always suffering in life. Right now, there is nothing you can do about this situation. Understand that there is always and has always been suffering in life. That's not new. Speculation on the future only causes more suffering. The present moment is all you have. The want for what you deem as a better political situation (and you are probably right) is causing you suffering. Choose to not suffer.
Breathe deeply for 5 minutes straight and relish in what is good in your life. Let the loved ones around know how important they are to you. Do something that you truly enjoy. Take care of yourself. No one else is going to do that for you. You are not the first human being to feel what you are feeling and you will not be the last. Whether or not you are "ok" is up to you.
The only way out is within.
I'm leaving this comment separate:
I appreciate your kindness.
Please continue talking to me if you need it. Maybe I need it too.
I love life. I love my people. I love the strangers I meet. I love nature. I love my pets. I live to help others.
There is no longer hope.
Luke Skywalker didn't blow up the Death Star with that attitude! You seem like you are a good person. Sometimes, the only peace we can find is in ourselves. Keep your head up, friend.
Give me a cute tiny phallic robot I can somehow understand, and a war fighting space ship, my attitude might change.
Until then, home brew defensive microwave EMP to fend off the openAI™ Slaughterbots®.
And lots of screaming to the clouds.
He didn't do it the first time. Surely he won't do it this time right?
Right?
I'm so tired.
A lot of the safeguards against a power hungry president have since been removed by a red SCOTUS. In their own words "The president is now a king."
We're fucked
Depends what his business interests tell him to do.
It doesn't work that way anymore.
For reference: count the number of alive people living in China or Russia who are both wealthy/in a position of power, and critical of xi or Putin.
The math shouldn't be difficult.
It's zero.
They are all killed.
He lied about everything else so maybe he will lie about being a dictator.
I'm kidding, he only lies about doing good things.
Probably nothing too obvious.
Some supreme court justices are going to take the opportunity retire though, so it will be a Republican SCOTUS for the next two decades.
Whatever happens is EXACTLY what we Voted for! I hope Day One he Eliminates my Healthcare, Social Security and makes all the Drugs to save my Daughter's life ILLEGAL!