This was the plan from the beginning. Don’t act surprised now or when there are armed men at polling stations on Election Day.
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We lived long enough to see America become a 3rd world shithole.
Edit: Don't care if I get banned. This traitor's head needs to be on a pike.
Statements like this make me think you haven't been paying attention.
I never thought in my lifetime the United States would need "International Observers".
Yeah that's for countries that don't respect democracy, not.... Oh nevermind.
I'm not sure the last time I saw the phrase international observers offhand (I am sure it's happened but just missed it) but they are definitely needed in that country. They seem to be degrading themselves to third world, in function if not by cold war meaning.
Umm excuse me. Who the hell do you think you are calling us a third world. That label belongs to shit whole countries didn’t you hear our lord and DT say so about another country. How dare you accuse us of being like THEM.
Okay I can only act like that so much before I start to vomit. All jokes aside we are more in line with a 4th world (even if there is no such thing) instead of a 3rd world. I still can believe this motherfucker got elected TWICE.
Unfortunately but least you have a good mindset while things are pearshaped in their current way. It feels like that lately even in Canada (for world situation). Like who the hell lets a leader stay in after starting a war and losing it? Seriously, that's balls. Let alone losing all soft power the country had. You'd almost think he was working for a select few....
I hope things improve one day, but world order is definitely not the same now. Perhaps for the better but things were calmer before is all.
Heh like a bit from Dune, people got too soft, ended up the fremen were enough to let Paul be emperor and change everything by becoming ruler. The philosophy from that story really shows for it anyways. Power doesn't necessarily corrupt, it attracts those who are corruptable to do what they want. Huh, I just typed it differently and understood what the author meant. Neat cause it's way more accurate. Also hitchhikers guide to the galaxy, no one that wants to be president should ever be given the position. Same idea, different stories but works still.
i think it's so funny how americans think they live in a democracy while one guy just fires whomever he wants.
But not just anyone.... The court said he couldn't fire that guy from the fed, cause that's clearly the only important thing that the president needs oversight on /s. Despite the fact that he's destroying the economy other ways. It's all fucking ridiculous
To be fair, a democracy is normally a system where the people elect a smaller group of representives to make decisions for them.
I don't think any country has implemented a full direct democracy where the entire population votes on everything.
Yeah we in the rest of the world call that a "dictatorship" m'dudes.
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Can't win because you're shit? Cheat.
- Republican Party Saying
Drump is one of the most hated presidents in US history, seriously none of this will work out in the favor of the Republican party. Fuel shortages start soon, all thanks to Trump's economy.
They're not even going to pretend to count the votes, are they?
Just a reminder billionaires and private equity bought the voting machine companies like Dominion. All of them.
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Really interested to know why nobody near this guy has any spine whatsoever.
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This is it. His big move. It's all out in the open now and the endgame is midterms. C'mon citizens of all stripes, choose neighbourhood reps to watch and video all the polling booths on election day. You'll need that insurance.
he's setting himself up for a coup from a general, at this point it could really happen
As long as he does the coup really fast, he can turn around and claim that it was all executive actions for which he has immunity from any potential crimes.
Dude is trying to steal the next election and install himself as king, amd we're all just shrugging our shoulders. Let's see how that works out for us.
If anyone has the chance to kill him, they should absolutely kill him.
I know that probably violates some terms of use or whatever, but it is my political opinion and is based on established American political thoery.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." - Thomas Jefferson
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Thanks SCOTUS!
This right here is the final straw. Cancelling the independence of federal agencies will turn this nation into a capitalist MAGA shithole faster than anything else he's done.
I used to believe that we needed to add 4 seats to SCOTUS, but I no longer believe that. Now I believe that we need to add at least 20 seats to SCOTUS, with rolling term limits. The count shouldn't be so close that one bad faith president can negatively manipulate policy for the next century. It should include rolling term limits, so every president gets to appoint a few, but not enough to steer the direction of the court.
We have to strengthen the independence of the three branches of government, and this is how we do it for SCOTUS.
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Fired the Democrat, but "allowed the Republican to resign". That is some petty shit. Not that it surprises me coming from Trump and the hairs he has hanging on to his balls like DeWitt.
Can't wait to see how much phantom voter fraud his administration uncovers exclusively in states run by people Trump personally doesn't like. With no mention of how they know there is any fraud to begin with since it seems like they have fired everyone on the Federal side that had any direct insight into elections with this announcement.
I'm sure someone in the media will get right on that line of thought when the time comes. /s
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There's TONS of ELECTION FRAUD so we need to FIRE the ONLY people who's ENTIRE JOBS are to MONITOR these Crimes!
-Republicans LITERALLY!
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Called it. As soon as the Supreme Court gave their ruling on hiring/firing within independent agencies, I figured the FEC/EAC would be screwed. Godddamn, I hate this administration.
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"Maybe you do not care much about the future of the Republican Party. You should. Conservatives will always be with us. If conservatives become convinced that they can not win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy."
David Frum
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They should still show up to work and do their jobs. I highly doubt they answer directly to the executive branch, or that the president even has the power to terminate them.
How were they selected in the first place? Are they elected, appointed, or hired? By whom? These are the questions that matter.
If they report to Congress, then I'm guessing at a minimum that it would take an act of congress to fire them. Not that republicans wouldn't do it if trump asks, but there's a narrow enough majority that a few spoiler votes could block it.
We need to stop letting trump get away with usurping the powers of the other branches of government.
JFC, you are so behind the times. The fact that you are getting upvotes is scary. Obviously, many people don't know that American life as they know it, was effectively destroyed a week ago.
Remember the other day, when there was all that talk about Birthright Citizenship being BARELY upheld by SCOTUS? A case that was so obvious that it NEVER should have been brought, to say nothing making it all the way to the SCOTUS, where it inexplicably had 4 votes against it?
That vote was a red herring, a distraction. The important case, the one that got 10% of the coverage of Birthright Citizenship, was the one that struck down the independence of nearly EVERY independent agency (over 2 dozen) that regulates EVERYTHING in our country. Now the president can fire anybody, in any agency, for any reason. ALL government regulation is now in the hands of Donald Trump.
That means pharmaceuticals, food, air, water, transportation safety, roads, buildings, mail, workplace safety, etc. literally EVERYTHING in this country that requires regulations to remain safe, are up to Donald Trump. So if the meat industry wants to pay off Donald Trump to loosen safety standards, he'll take the bribe, and let them write their own rules, and we'll be eating horsemeat and dogmeat labelled as beef, and it will be perfectly legal, so don't bother to sue.
BTW, the ONLY agency that SCOTUS protected was the Federal Reserve, which was the one agency Trump really wanted to get his hands on. But the Sociopathic Oligarchs who make these decisions were smart enough to keep the MONEY out of Trump's hands. They WANT him to fuck up everything else, and make our lives miserable, but they aren't going to let him fuck up THEIR money.
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