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The rich are trying to achieve world domination before we collectively strip them of their excess wealth to fix wealth inequality and dethrone them.
I wish i were kidding...
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
Be the change you want to see in the world
Yeah, we get it. Courts are issuing orders. Trump is ignoring them.
Now tell me what they're planning on doing about it or shut the fuck up. And if the answer is "Nothing", then you've effectively reduced our entire justice system to nothing more than an advisory panel for the President that can be ignored like any other crony when he doesn't like their suggestion.
We need an answer to this staredown. One of these judges needs to hold Trump in contempt of court and literally order his arrest. Let the case go up to the Supreme Court and let's see if they actually are willing to all but cede their own power to Trump by saying he can ignore court rulings with impunity. And if not, let them say how they plan on forcing Trump to abide by their rulings, and if so how. Let's see if authorities are going to back up the Supreme Court, or if they're going to back up Trump and essentially hand the entire country over to him by saying they're refusing to enforce Supreme Court decisions.
And it's not like it would take long either. Issue an order for his arrest for contempt of court today, and it'll be in front of the Supreme Court by lunch. And they wouldn't be able to table it for years either; they'd have no other choice but to weigh in one way or the other. Like that day. They'd have to. Every day they'd waffle on it would be a day that they'd be telling the country that the Supreme Court has no real power.
Finally the media will actually say it. I've been trying to point this out for a week but no one has been talking about it. Ignoring lawful court orders, laws passed by congress, and the constitution. This is not a drill, please think about what it will take to reverse this and what you personally can contribute to this struggle. The consequences will be dire for everyone if this is not stopped.
I believe you, but it’s too late. We elected a mad man -twice, and have never once followed through with any sorta legal action, punishment, or repercussions for his sly/illegal behavior. What can we do now except hope to vote against his party/interest in 2 years and continue to write letters to congressmen (who don’t read them).
It's never too late.
There are plenty of political actions one can take beyond voting and there is absolutely not time to wait 2 years to address these things. Protest, join orgs fighting this, call your representatives, do anything you can think of.
It's never too late. Remember, whatever democratic protections we have today were fought and clawed from the rulers of the past by people like us. Worst case scenario we have a repeat of that situation but they never win in the long run. The human spirit and desire for freedom can never be permanently defeated.
Unionize. Unionize while you still can
Good point I should have mentioned that one.
As no surprise to anyone, he has no respect for the law.
Well, we’ve already been told that you can’t prosecute a sitting president, and you can’t really hold them responsible for “Official Acts”, so there’s really no reason for Trump to take direction from the courts seriously.
Well, except those laws that give him what he wants - like the stacked Supreme Court saying virtually anything he does in office automatically comes with blanket immunity from prosecution.
The trouble is that what trump is doing is similar to what other current dictatorship countries did when transitioning from a democracy to a dictatorship.
When you throw a million different conflicting stories at the general public such as one day banning all foreign investment, and the other day expropriating domestic companies, people start to get overwhelmed with information overloaded.
Next thing you know in 6 months to a year the government you knew no longer exists and all your rights where stripped.
Yup a Nixon move and he’ll be buddy busy with Patel trying to go after political rivals and whistle blowers. Democracy lasted 249 years