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USA Policy positions of Donald Trump; let's see how many he achieves
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Trump wanting a thing = Supreme court giving him that thing.
And the issue at hand is, he got prosecuted for crimes he committed, if only they hadn't done that.
OK
He couldnt, because he had appointed people that had some base level of tendency to not flagrantly break the law. Something that they have been blatantly open about not allowing next time.
Why make a point of appointing people who will prioritise doing exactly what Trump wants, regardless, if he was able to do everything he wanted last time?
No one suggests he will achieve absolute power. He doesnt need to achieve absolute power, few despots do. He just needs to put America in a place where people that execute authority and make decisions, are afraid to do so in a way Trump doesn't like.
He has set up a unit to root out corruption, I wonder what definition of corruption they will use.
I am suspecting it will be something like, failing to do what the president tells you.
I sure hope this 'democracy' discussion is not being based on whether he said those exact words, like "He didn't use 'quid pro quo' in his perfect phone call so he didn't mean it". 
The threat of no more elections is obviously nuanced to anyone with more than a school kids understanding of what has been going on.
The effect of Trump AND his gang, and even more so the state operators who will use him as a cover, is was is being feared.
Sure Trump is going to say something about never leaving etc, but it is the people around him, especially now because it really is HIS people, that will sacrifice themselves to make it happen. This is what happened last time. The institutions creaked mightily, but there were enough normies to withstand it. Trump did try to put his people in place though at the last minute. He has learned not to allow professionals in those seats. A question I have is how far is the Federalists or billionaires willing to go. I think pretty far as long as they can have the appearance of elections. They'll want an opioid fig leaf so the mob think they still have some sort of democracy.
The real, gravest threat is the state governments. They have already started implementing policies that will make voting more difficult,especially for the demographics that often vote Dem. Their gerrymandering is extreme in some states, and remember SCOTUS has ruled its not a fed problem. Boss Hogg, regulate yourself. Well we have seen state supreme courts rule for the GOP policies. We have even seen them rule against, but the state GOP say "F -off" and carry on. Places like Wisconsin where the GOP was faced with an upswell against their BS, they simply used their gerrymandered super-majority to severely neuter what the newly elected, but not sworn it D governor could do. The election of that governor should have had consequences, but it didn't.
They can do this shit because there will be strong political pressure from all three branches. SCOTUS will continue on its crusading way also because there will be little pressure from the WH or Congress. The Constitution does not check them itself, as we have seen SCOTUS one minute be literalists and the next very flexible.
In this situation, states can ensure they have majority representation in Congress. It would be very difficult to change it if the GOP can get their MAGA types in key positions of the local electoral process.
That is just a off top of my head rant. I'm sure there are plenty of other things going on that will also hinder truly 'free and open' elections.
The threat of no more elections is obviously nuanced to anyone with more than a school kids understanding of what has been going on. The effect of Trump AND his gang, and even more so the state operators who will use him as a cover, is was is being feared.
Sure Trump is going to say something about never leaving etc, but it is the people around him, especially now because it really is HIS people, that will sacrifice themselves to make it happen. This is what happened last time. The institutions creaked mightily, but there were enough normies to withstand it. Trump did try to put his people in place though at the last minute. He has learned not to allow professionals in those seats. A question I have is how far is the Federalists or billionaires willing to go. I think pretty far as long as they can have the appearance of elections. They'll want an opioid fig leaf so the mob think they still have some sort of democracy.
The real, gravest threat is the state governments. They have already started implementing policies that will make voting more difficult,especially for the demographics that often vote Dem. Their gerrymandering is extreme in some states, and remember SCOTUS has ruled its not a fed problem. Boss Hogg, regulate yourself. Well we have seen state supreme courts rule for the GOP policies. We have even seen them rule against, but the state GOP say "F -off" and carry on. Places like Wisconsin where the GOP was faced with an upswell against their BS, they simply used their gerrymandered super-majority to severely neuter what the newly elected, but not sworn it D governor could do. The election of that governor should have had consequences, but it didn't.
They can do this shit because there will be strong political pressure from all three branches. SCOTUS will continue on its crusading way also because there will be little pressure from the WH or Congress. The Constitution does not check them itself, as we have seen SCOTUS one minute be literalists and the next very flexible.
In this situation, states can ensure they have majority representation in Congress. It would be very difficult to change it if the GOP can get their MAGA types in key positions of the local electoral process.
That is just a off top of my head rant. I'm sure there are plenty of other things going on that will also hinder truly 'free and open' elections.
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These people are deluded if they think donny won't go after them at some stage.
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Perfect choice. Shame it took so long for things to catch up with him.
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Hateful lady that needs to be ignored.
At a Christmas parade yesterday I attended the older lady next to me says "...you can't even say Merry Christmas anymore apparently, the world has gone made". I then heard the phrase about 75 times and written on banners on the floats. Anyway we need to ignore these people is my point haha.
Anything over 70 is too old to run. Democrats need some new, younger energy and need to lean into progressive issues much more. When Harris started to talk about her glock I was worried.
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RFK is a bit of a nutter, sure dont disagree but you can eat Maccas and still be healthy.
just dont eat it often and always in moderation.
Not sure how this is the silver bullet that makes him a fraud lol. Think his anti-vaccine waffle is what does the trick.
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Nope. Disagree, with RFKjr spouting the rubbish that he has eating Maccas and making it out to be part of a healthy diet is contradictory to his stance against big business and American health. He needs to be rallying against shite like Maccas instead of advertising it.
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That one, at least, we have the answer to. In a live recording of The Joe Polish Show published Tuesday — before his shiny new position was officially announced — RFK Jr. said the “stuff” Trump puts in his body is “really, like, bad.” He called the offerings on Trump’s private jet “just poison,” claiming that “you’re either given KFC or Big Macs. That’s when you’re lucky and then the rest of the stuff I consider kind of inedible.”
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Pure effing hypocrisy. Making America healthy again is just a trojan horse to have his extreme vaccine and fluoride narrative enacted. Trump is an unhealthy slob who regularly eats that shite. It's the hypocrisy people!!!
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