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JD Vance lies as easily as Donald Trump passes gas. Think about that for a moment.

‘Bow to the Emperor’: We Asked 50 Legal Experts About the Trump Presidency

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"In the eyes of almost all our survey respondents, this post-Watergate structure is collapsing. “I still think we get through it,” said the former official who served in several administrations, “but I’m less certain of that each passing day.”

In Trump v. United States, Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority decision said that a former president has criminal immunity for some official actions taken while in office.

Roberts noted. “There is no immunity for unofficial acts,” he concluded.

Economist cartoon. The world sees what Trump is doing.

THE MOST INTERESTING AND DISTRESSING THING ABOUT AMERICAN NEWS COVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE DON'T TREAT THE END OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AS THE STORY. THAT IS THE STORY. TIMOTHY D. SNYDER

One of the ways….

To the deafening silence of the generals—-gives me hope.

‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Jesus of Nazareth—Immigrant and refugee

‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

I said what I said: Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

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#JamalKhashoggi 🕯️

Billionaires are not democracy’s friend.

‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Morris Dees - Wikipedia

Why would the FBI part ways with these good folks?

Dees and his colleagues at the SPLC have been "credited with devising innovative ways to cripple hate groups" such as the Ku Klux Klan, particularly by using "damage litigation"

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"We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don't share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies,”

French President Emmanuel Macron

Dementia Donny on full display.

"He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"

Billionaires are not democracy’s friend.

Mob tactics.

Thinking that Divine would appreciate this—very clever!

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening? Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battle ahead

the white moderates get mad at me and start trying to claim I don’t know what I’m talking about or that I am a DOOMER because I’m pointing out that the legal system and it’s social construction are being turned into something like the Nazis system
Jackson agrees with my analysis for a reason.

Pretty funny Matt Murray, I stand by my WaPo cancellation.

It appears that Donald Trump not only has dementia set in,but he is copying tactics of Vladimir Putin by sending troops into cities; there's something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked.

Trump oversaw the Afghanistan war for four years. I guess it was so unimportant to him that he forgot this.

The government does not have the power to declare “free speech zones.” And the violent arrest of the rabbi should set off some alarm bells.

‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

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THE MOST INTERESTING AND DISTRESSING THING ABOUT AMERICAN NEWS COVERAGE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE DON'T TREAT THE END OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA AS THE STORY. THAT IS THE STORY. TIMOTHY D. SNYDER

My reaction is that this is incipient authoritarianism, and it can be defeated, but if you'd rather surrender and just say that you're living under fascism, then stay inside and suck your thumb.

Had to look incipient up, maybe other don’t know either—here’s the definition:

Definitions from Oxford Languages ·
in·cip·i·ent /inˈsipēənt/ adjective.
In an initial stage; beginning to happen or develop.