Republicans aren’t even pretending to care about deficits or fiscal responsibility anymore.
It’s all about making their cronies and donors richer
Anyone who can’t see that is either willfully blind—or dumb as a stump.
Republicans aren’t even pretending to care about deficits or fiscal responsibility anymore.
It’s all about making their cronies and donors richer
Anyone who can’t see that is either willfully blind—or dumb as a stump.
You mean the kind of vibrant, diverse society that scares the hell out of guys who peak on Reddit and cry over women having rights?
Heaven forbid fragile white men lose their monopoly on failure and mediocrity.
You mean the kind of vibrant, diverse society that scares the hell out of guys who peak on Reddit and cry over women having rights?
Heaven forbid fragile white men lose their monopoly on failure and mediocrity.
If you wanted to dismantle the U.S. economy and global influence on behalf of Russia…
you’d do exactly what Trump is doing.
Intentional or not, the effect is the same:
He’s Putin’s biggest asset.
If you wanted to dismantle the U.S. economy and global influence on behalf of Russia…
you’d do exactly what Trump is doing.
Intentional or not, the effect is the same:
He’s Putin’s biggest asset.
DELEGITIMIZE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Claims every election he loses is rigged.
Pushes for mass voter purges.
Encourages violence against political opponents.
Wants to jail journalists and weaponize the DOJ.
DELEGITIMIZE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY
Claims every election he loses is rigged.
Pushes for mass voter purges.
Encourages violence against political opponents.
Wants to jail journalists and weaponize the DOJ.
BLOCK IMMIGRANTS, STRANGLE INNOVATION
Slashed legal immigration, including skilled STEM workers.
Attacked international students and green card holders.
U.S. tech needs brains. Trump slammed the door.
Tech stagnation = Putin’s win.
BLOCK IMMIGRANTS, STRANGLE INNOVATION
Slashed legal immigration, including skilled STEM workers.
Attacked international students and green card holders.
U.S. tech needs brains. Trump slammed the door.
Tech stagnation = Putin’s win.
SABOTAGE CLEAN ENERGY, BOOST PUTIN’S OIL
Rolled back climate regulations.
Tried to kill EV tax credits.
Promoted fossil fuels at every turn—while Russia’s main export is… oil.
It’s not hard to connect the dots.
SABOTAGE CLEAN ENERGY, BOOST PUTIN’S OIL
Rolled back climate regulations.
Tried to kill EV tax credits.
Promoted fossil fuels at every turn—while Russia’s main export is… oil.
It’s not hard to connect the dots.
GUT DOMESTIC STABILITY
Incited a violent insurrection.
Promised pardons for violent offenders.
Encourages civil unrest, threatens martial law, and promises mass deportations—economic kryptonite.
Investors don’t bet on chaos.
GUT DOMESTIC STABILITY
Incited a violent insurrection.
Promised pardons for violent offenders.
Encourages civil unrest, threatens martial law, and promises mass deportations—economic kryptonite.
Investors don’t bet on chaos.
EMBRACE DICTATORS, UNDERMINE DEMOCRACIES
Praised Putin, Xi, Erdogan, and Kim.
Dismissed CIA findings on Russian interference.
Tried to extort Ukraine while blocking aid.
You don’t do this by accident.
EMBRACE DICTATORS, UNDERMINE DEMOCRACIES
Praised Putin, Xi, Erdogan, and Kim.
Dismissed CIA findings on Russian interference.
Tried to extort Ukraine while blocking aid.
You don’t do this by accident.
BLOAT THE DEFICIT, DESTROY CREDIBILITY
2017 tax cuts gave trillions to billionaires, not workers.
Pushed tariffs that hurt U.S. farmers—then bailed them out with taxpayer money.
Constantly attacked the Fed, spooking markets.
He made economic chaos a strategy.
BLOAT THE DEFICIT, DESTROY CREDIBILITY
2017 tax cuts gave trillions to billionaires, not workers.
Pushed tariffs that hurt U.S. farmers—then bailed them out with taxpayer money.
Constantly attacked the Fed, spooking markets.
He made economic chaos a strategy.
WEAKEN NATO & EU TIES
Repeatedly threatened to leave NATO.
Called the EU a “foe.”
Mocked leaders of Germany, France, and Canada—while cozying up to Putin and Kim Jong-Un.
Destabilizing the West’s united front? Check.
WEAKEN NATO & EU TIES
Repeatedly threatened to leave NATO.
Called the EU a “foe.”
Mocked leaders of Germany, France, and Canada—while cozying up to Putin and Kim Jong-Un.
Destabilizing the West’s united front? Check.
DESTABILIZE GLOBAL TRADE
Withdrew from the TPP, strengthening China.
Imposed chaotic tariffs on allies (Canada, EU, Japan) while praising adversaries.
Threatened to leave WTO & NAFTA—systems that ensured decades of U.S. economic dominance.
DESTABILIZE GLOBAL TRADE
Withdrew from the TPP, strengthening China.
Imposed chaotic tariffs on allies (Canada, EU, Japan) while praising adversaries.
Threatened to leave WTO & NAFTA—systems that ensured decades of U.S. economic dominance.
Isolate allies, tank trust in democracy, gut institutions, and reward dictators.
So basically everything he is doing now.
Isolate allies, tank trust in democracy, gut institutions, and reward dictators.
So basically everything he is doing now.
Start a soft civil war:
States refusing federal orders (legal "nullification")
Mass lawsuits (states, cities, even citizens suing the fed gov)
Cities ignoring fed authority
At this point it's a standoff, not a shooting war — yet.
State National Guards refusing to deploy if ordered by POTUS.
Start a soft civil war:
States refusing federal orders (legal "nullification")
Mass lawsuits (states, cities, even citizens suing the fed gov)
Cities ignoring fed authority
At this point it's a standoff, not a shooting war — yet.
State National Guards refusing to deploy if ordered by POTUS.
States could refuse federal cooperation (example: National Guard units, police agencies, bureaucratic compliance).
Governors could start operating semi-independently — or even call for constitutional conventions to bypass D.C. altogether.
States could refuse federal cooperation (example: National Guard units, police agencies, bureaucratic compliance).
Governors could start operating semi-independently — or even call for constitutional conventions to bypass D.C. altogether.
Congress would be forced to respond — impeachment, contempt proceedings, emergency court rulings.
If Congress refuses to act — even when the executive ignores the judiciary — it means the system has fully broken down at the federal level.
Congress would be forced to respond — impeachment, contempt proceedings, emergency court rulings.
If Congress refuses to act — even when the executive ignores the judiciary — it means the system has fully broken down at the federal level.
If Marshals refuse, the judge can deputize others:
- Local sheriffs
- State police
- Even private citizens under emergency authority (posse comitatus).
In fact, refusal makes it worse — it signals an executive branch defying the judiciary, which is a direct assault on the U.S. Constitution.
If Marshals refuse, the judge can deputize others:
- Local sheriffs
- State police
- Even private citizens under emergency authority (posse comitatus).
In fact, refusal makes it worse — it signals an executive branch defying the judiciary, which is a direct assault on the U.S. Constitution.
You’re right — the AG doesn’t issue the order, the judge does. The Marshals enforce it. If they refuse under executive pressure, it’s no longer a legal dispute; it’s a constitutional collapse. Executive defiance of judicial authority is the red line.
You’re right — the AG doesn’t issue the order, the judge does. The Marshals enforce it. If they refuse under executive pressure, it’s no longer a legal dispute; it’s a constitutional collapse. Executive defiance of judicial authority is the red line.
Maybe the best way to describe it is an illegal expulsion or a wrongful deportation — both terms highlight the serious violation of her rights.
Maybe the best way to describe it is an illegal expulsion or a wrongful deportation — both terms highlight the serious violation of her rights.