Nightwingdragon

So I figure give it a week and Trump will pull like $500 million in funding.

In unrelated news, Harvard will fire these guys in about 2 weeks.

So, everybody around here who keeps saying "There are laws preventing this!" and "Even Trump won't directly defy court orders like that!".......

Now what?

• Courts have repeatedly said that the mass federal firings must stop. These orders have all been ignored and the firings are intensifying. Nothing has been done.
• Courts have repeatedly said that various fired federal workers must be reinstated. These orders have also been ignored. As far as I know, not a single one of them has been re-hired. Nothing has been done.
• Courts have ruled that these migrants cannot be deported. Trump deported them anyway. Trump has graduated from simply ignoring court orders to openly defying them. Nothing has been done.
• Trump is now openly calling for the impeachment of judges that rule against him.

This is the justice system that you think is going to keep Trump in check and hold him accountable? They're much more likely to rubber-stamp his agenda and give him more power. And no, that's not hyperbole or sarcasm. It's what the courts have been doing, and it's what John Roberts recently signaled he'd sign on for.

If you believe for half a second that our justice system is going to hold the line against Trump, I've got some sweet, sweet Martian beachfront property you might be interested in. Musk recently said he's sending a ship there soon, so get in on the ground floor now!

I never fucking want to hear "Trump will never be able to do that, because that's illegal!" from you people again. If there is nobody willing or able to enforce the law, the "law" becomes nothing more than a suggestion that can and will be ignored when inconvenient. And right now, nobody seems either willing or able to hold Trump to account for anything.

Is that when they send a letter ORDERING his compliance in all caps?

While you're at it, take a look at this beachfront property I have for sale. On Mars. Elon Musk is planning on sending one of his rockets up there soon, so you'd better get in on the ground floor on this one!

Until Trump just ignores it.

They'll do the same thing everybody else has been doing. Capitulate harder.

If they do actually try and start impeachment against a judge, do keep the pressure on the senate to vote no, but don’t preemptively doom about it. It just makes people defeatest and stop fighting

This would be a lot easier to do if Democrats hadn't spent the past 2 months crumbling like a house of cards at every opportunity the minute they feel even a hint of pressure. We've collectively said numerous times that "THIS" is going to be where Democrats hold the line and take a stand, only to watch them step aside and not even attempt to resist every single time.

It's like watching re-runs. You already know what the outcome is going to be, and if you see it enough times you can start reciting the script yourself.

Given that we're seeing Democrats in both the House and Senate rolling over and playing dead, getting there may not be as difficult as one would expect. Last week, if you'd have said 10 democrats would join with Republicans to censure one of their own, or that Schumer would bail on his own party on a crucial vote at the last minute with no warning, people would have been skeptical. But here we are.

And remember, it's 2/3 of all members present. If a couple of these cowards just stay home, they make the GOP's efforts significantly easier. And I could easily see a few of these cowards sit it out.

Fetterman just took over Manchin's position as Senate DINO. Schumer left his entire party high and dry at the last minute and out of nowhere to vote with Trump. That 2/3 vote may be a lot closer than you think.

The problem is that they're not trying to hide it. They openly say this is how it's going to work now.

Look at Columbia. They refused to cooperate. Then they got 400 million yanked out from under them. And then they fell right in line.

"Hey, could y'all do me a solid and just cede more power to me voluntarily? That'd be great!"

-- Trump