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Insurrectionist traitor skirts punishment for treason against the United States, becomes president. Again ffs. And proceeds to invoke the Insurrection Act as a prelude to implementing martial law and becoming a full fledged dictator.
All because the Dems didn't want to "seem political". Mmmmkay.
The world is laughing at us.
Oh, we're not laughing.
I'm Canadian and I'm quivering in fear
Well a bit in the beginning because of the absurdity, but yeah, now it's just sad and terrifying.
Because the Dems are just the same billionaires but in blue.
People need to realize that Trump is 50 years in the making. He was not the first to put "undesirables" in camps and arrest people based on racial profiling. He's not the first to give tax cuts/subsidies/bailouts to the rich while the cost of living gets progressively worse. He's not the first president to bomb countries without Congressional approval.
These trends are accelerated by Trump, but will continue after he's gone because they are systemic.
Why don't all criminals just run for office? They can't be sentenced then, that would seem political
Oh no no, you misunderstand.
You must also be rich and white. It's not political to lock up poor or minority political candidates, even if they aren't criminals.
The White House expects that any potential invocation of the act would be met with swift legal challenges and ultimately land at the Supreme Court.
So, an unsigned 6-3.
Or more likely bumping it back to a lower court while only addressing one small part of the issue, while making no stay on the behavior so they can continue while it takes years to wind through the courts and eventually not matter when they have already usurped power.
Civil war is looming more and more everyday. If I was American I'd be so scared and angry right now.
Can confirm, I'm terrified and furious
Yup.
Terrified, angry, disappointed, despondent, hopeless, disgusted, in disbelief.
So many fun emotions! 🩷
Note: if you are FBI and reading this: insert the next floppy labeled ‘how much of a great, capitalist loving, good Christian ~~fascist~~ ultra nationalist I am’ to learn more!
I am apoplectic my pancake brother.
Looming? It's already happening. National Guards have invaded blue cities.
I'm pretty sure Trump is going to use it by 2028 or just before it, in a prelude to declaring martial law. Right now they are trying to escalate conflicts in order to have justification. When they don't have it, I assume there will be false-flag operation to trigger one (see January 6th).
They'll time it for 2026 if they're ready. They can't let Dems have an ounce of power to preserve democracy
Right now they are worried about the 2026 midterms. As unpopular as Trump is, they will be a bloodbath for the GOP. There is no way they wait for 2028.
This gives me such revolutionary war vibes. The "fathers of the revolution" were not revolutionist, they did not want independence from Britain, but wanted thier legal rights upheld. The monarchy feared what they might do and so sent soldiers after them labeling them as revolutionist. Thier message then became one agianst the monarchy, tensions continued to escalate and well, revolution.
There is not an insurrection, there is not armies of rebels fighting to bring down the federal govermemt.... but start a war agianst people and eventually they will stert defending themselves, then we will have a war.
Did anyone else see that weird interview on CNN with Steven Miller clamming up à la Mitch McConnell after he mentioned that Trump would have "plenary authority" i.e. dictatorial powers?
Unless I'm mistaken, plenary authority is granted to the president when the Insurrection Act is invoked.
So... Is this an attempt to push that through quickly now that the cat is out of the bag?
And that's how the 2025 US Civil War will begin.
Americans won't do shit (they are currently being fucked and are cheering this on). You are delusional.
Tell me you want a General Strike without telling me you want a General Strike.
Epstein files, you say?
End of the year is martial law. It ain’t gonna matter.
When Latino people are being killed in concentration camps, congress is dissolved, and protestors are shot dead, people will say it's a distraction from the epstein files
Insurrection act invocation = pedo king gets hanged
The irrational behaviour of ICE and the deployment of national guards is clearly setting up to agitate and provoke the ordinary Americans into drawing first blood to justify invoking the Insurrection act. Don't fall for this my American brothers and sisters. You don't want to be the Southerners this time who attacked Fort Sumter.
