'Screaming the Quiet Part': Trump Advisers Say He's Ready to Embrace King-Like Powers | Common Dreams
'Screaming the Quiet Part': Trump Advisers Say He's Ready to Embrace King-Like Powers | Common Dreams
The U.S. Supreme Court's immunity decision has reportedly emboldened the presumptive GOP nominee to pursue his far-right agenda and authoritarian aims "without fear of punishment or restraint."
The U.S. Supreme Court's immunity decision has reportedly emboldened the presumptive GOP nominee to pursue his far-right agenda and authoritarian aims "without fear of punishment or restraint."
"without fear of punishment or restraint."
This is what happens when you normalize a fucking Fascist instead of taking him down when you motherfuckers had the chance.
I hope he’s ready for the fate of kings. Actually, i take that back. I don’t give a shit what that bloated rapist felon demented sociopath is ready for. His 15 minutes were up in the 80s. Obviously no one in an official capacity is able to take care of fucking business.
If he does become a true dictator, I wouldn't be surprised by him dying of old age. The fascist he hands his power down to however, they might see the fate of kings.
Keep this in mind when you see the bots urging you not to vote against him here on lemmy. Maybe call them out for trying to destroy democracy.
And vote like lives depend on it.
Voting is the beginning of acting to defend yourself from tyranny, not the end.
Absolutely, especially those idiotic accounts like respectology and givesomefucks that try and play the “I’m not voting for Biden” but Trump is also a terrible choice angle. Both Side noise for sure (or they truly are that naive and foolish).
I think Givesomefucks might be somewhat legit. But the other one… yeah. I can’t agree more.
I'm pretty new to Lemmy and was really hoping this wouldn't be the same level of problem as it is everywhere else. Oh what a sweet summer child I am, apparently.
Yeah, they’re pretty bad here.
This logic isn't sustainable.
30 years from now you'll still be arguing against leftists for not voting for 99% hitler as opposed to 100% hitler.
I swear, liberals will still be screeching about "if you don't vote for the candidate who wants 3 genocides as opposed to the one who wants 5, you are a Russian bot!"
Lesser evilism is what got us here. The American experiment has run its course and we have a duty to dismantle it.
How do you think it’ll go down when Trump is elected? Hmmm? Think held going to go easy on them? Or you?
You can't say lesser evilism got us here when we chose the greater evil in the election before last. If we kept voting lesser evil maybe, but we don't consistently. Not nearly enough to make the greater evil not think they stand a chance without lessening themselves.
"Ready to"? He's already been planning to regardless of that SC ruling.
Could Biden use that ruling to just stay president, but leave them the opportunity to repeal it? Illustrate how dangerous it is while still giving the system a chance to self-correct.
He could. He won’t.
Yep, the Court did this all to set the stage for Trump knowing that Biden (or Dems) wouldn't abuse the new power.
But since they aren't going to abuse it they should be on every news station every night till the election explaining the danger of the Court. Hold press conferences everyday, make the Republicans have to take a stance on a Supreme Court writing new law instead of adjudicating cases like they are supposed to be doing. Make it so everyone that doesn't normally follow the news finds out they just set the stage for Trump (or the next even further right fascist) winning.
No. The ruling seems to have said that he can do anything he likes in his capacity as president, and he can't be convicted of any criminal offence for it. It didn't say that the people around him would have to go along with it, or that they'd be immune from prosecution.
It also left convenient wriggle room for the court to arbitrarily decide what constituted "official" actions, rather than him doing something privately, so they've effectively granted themselves a get out of jail free card to decide case-by-case in the future
What is happening now is the system self correcting. It was designed to concentrate immense power in the hands of a select, corrupt, few, all we're seeing now is the illusions they've piled on to that slowly dissolve as they no longer need to keep up pretences.
Can we please be done with the term “the quiet part”?
kibiz0r SLAMMED "the quiet part"
Hasn't been actually quiet in a long, long time.
And unprecedented!
And dog whistle!
This is a feature for the cons. If someone thinks they can be shamed out of it, they are delusional or just extremely low-info.
If there's any good in recent events it's that Trump may be more frequently saying this quiet part out loud - thereby changing the vote of a few that otherwise weren't paying attention.
He flat out said he was going to be a dictator. . It’s not like people weren’t listening they either don’t care or think they will be spared as long as they own the libs.
So if this dystopian scenario actually comes to pass...I wouldn't be surprised if it was open season on SCOTUS judges and their ilk...you want 2A motherfcukers? they seem to forget THEY are the MINORITY
Which justices do you think get gone?
I don't think it's the corrupt ones. He can do whatever, he can pardon. And now when he says do "x" it Is a Constitutional order.
Even if it's not.
I don't really think it's 'the quiet part' anymore if it's been explicitly legalized. At this point its just 'the part' because the consolidated power is already here right now.
And his dumbfuck followers would murder people to ensure it happens!
If we're for real getting a dictator, let's at least be smart about it. Don't give it to the conman or the insane Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society christofascists. What's Gen. Mattis doing these days? He'd make an excellent dictator.
ITT: Bitches that ain't gonna do shit.