View Full Version : Dictator wanna be!
frugal-one
4-14-20, 4:35pm
trump's newest comment...
"When somebody is president of the United States, the authority is total." Governors are responding... they will decide for their state when it is to be "business as usual."
trump's reelection campaign is suing a Wisconsin tv station for running an anti-trump commercial that pieces together audio clips of the president talking about the coronavirus outbreak. The hope of the trump administration is that the threat of legal action could prompt tv stations to avoid running advertisements that are critical of trump in the midst of a contentious presidential campaign.
trump's reelection campaign is suing a Wisconsin tv station for running an anti-trump commercial that pieces together audio clips of the president talking about the coronavirus outbreak. The hope of the trump administration is that the threat of legal action could prompt tv stations to avoid running advertisements that are critical of trump in the midst of a contentious presidential campaign.
I WANT TO SEE THAT!!!!! yes shouting. that has got to be the BEST TV right now;)
He probably also is unaware of the Bill of Rights..you know.....free speech and all that needless shit!
I WANT TO SEE THAT!!!!! yes shouting. that has got to be the BEST TV right now;)
He probably also is unaware of the Bill of Rights..you know.....free speech and all that needless shit!
He'll probably have FEMA steal Wisconsin's allotment of medical gear--apparently they're doing it all over the country--the perks of an executive with absolute, total power.
He'll probably have FEMA steal Wisconsin's allotment of medical gear--apparently they're doing it all over the country--the perks of an executive with absolute, total power.
I have a friend who works CARGO transport in TX. Customs walked in there this morning and helped them stop a shipment of PPE/masks to a private individual in Florida.
Things that make ya go hmmmmmmmmmm
ApatheticNoMore
4-14-20, 9:08pm
M.A.D. = make America dead. MAD king orange.
Most confirmed cases in the world and we can't even test enough to really have good confirmation numbers (yea sure in truth this needs to be looked at per capita, and potentially ALL countries are fudging figures, but still wow ...).
M.A.D. = make America dead. MAD king orange.
Most confirmed cases in the world and we can't even test enough to really have good confirmation numbers (yea sure in truth this needs to be looked at per capita, and potentially ALL countries are fudging figures, but still wow ...).
All true! Testing still sucks! 15d wait in a Capital city? Ridiculous.
ToomuchStuff
4-14-20, 11:34pm
I had quite the chuckle at Coumo's "And then we will have a constitutional crisis like you haven't seen in decades, where states tell the federal government, 'We're not going to follow your order.", when we have that over drugs, firearms, illegal aliens, etc.
States rights verses federal rights, seems this discussion happened in the late 1800's. The feds normally control you by cutting your federal funding, if you don't follow. Where at least I have seen the states have fight back, is unfunded mandates.
I think the real threat of tyranny isn’t from a crude blowhard like Trump. It comes in more subtle forms. Executive orders to create law when legislators aren’t compliant enough. Selective enforcement of the law to suit the executive’s political interests. “Dear Colleague” letters aimed at eliminating protections for the accused in higher education. Weaponizing the IRS against hostile political groups. Using political opposition “research” to justify prosecutions. Things like that.
frugal-one
4-15-20, 3:54pm
I think the real threat of tyranny isn’t from a crude blowhard like Trump. It comes in more subtle forms. Executive orders to create law when legislators aren’t compliant enough. Selective enforcement of the law to suit the executive’s political interests. “Dear Colleague” letters aimed at eliminating protections for the accused in higher education. Weaponizing the IRS against hostile political groups. Using political opposition “research” to justify prosecutions. Things like that.
And where do you suppose these executive orders and creation of laws start from?
iris lilies
4-15-20, 4:13pm
And where do you suppose these executive orders and creation of laws start from?
Gosh, I dont know. Please tell us.
frugal-one
4-16-20, 3:47am
In the United States, a federal executive order is a directive issued by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. ... Wikipedia
in other words... a crude blowhard like trump!
iris lilies
4-16-20, 8:37am
In the United States, a federal executive order is a directive issued by the president of the United States that manages operations of the federal government. ... Wikipedia
in other words... a crude blowhard like trump!
oh! He is the executive of the U.S. so he issues executive orders.
well, that is pretty radical.
frugal-one
4-16-20, 10:04am
oh! He is the executive of the U.S. so he issues executive orders.
well, that is pretty radical.
Yeah, in this situation it is!!!!!! Read LDAHL post.
frugal-one
4-16-20, 10:06am
trump is continuing to show he is a fascist!!!! This is or was a democracy... WTH!!!! I PRAY TO GOD HE IS VOTED OUT IN NOVEMBER.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/citing-coronavirus-trump-threatens-to-adjourn-congress-to-make-recess-appointments-232930089.html
trump is continuing to show he is a fascist!!!! This is or was a democracy... WTH!!!! I PRAY TO GOD HE IS VOTED OUT IN NOVEMBER.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/citing-coronavirus-trump-threatens-to-adjourn-congress-to-make-recess-appointments-232930089.html
The amazing thing right now is how many of his sheeples are loving Democratic Socialism and drooling at the thought of those stimulus checks! Should not they be rejecting that entire bill?
The amazing thing right now is how many of his sheeples are loving Democratic Socialism and drooling at the thought of those stimulus checks! Should not they be rejecting that entire bill?
Somebody calling themselves Aunt Crabby on Twitter noted: "Am I the only one who finds it ironic that in the United States, Republican Capitalism has to be bailed out by Democratic Socialism about every 10 years?" Kind of like how the economy always does better under Democrats.
Wannabe dictator? The governor of Michigan is competition for that title!
ApatheticNoMore
4-17-20, 2:59am
The problem with this orange would be dictator, isn't so much that they are a dictator, but that the trains don't even run on time (instead they crash into each other and jump the tracks ...)
The amazing thing right now is how many of his sheeples are loving Democratic Socialism and drooling at the thought of those stimulus checks! Should not they be rejecting that entire bill?
Andrew Yang was ahead of his time. By about two months...
Wannabe dictator? The governor of Michigan is competition for that title!
She’s auditioning for Vice President, perhaps too enthusiastically.
catherine
4-17-20, 12:26pm
Somebody calling themselves Aunt Crabby on Twitter noted: "Am I the only one who finds it ironic that in the United States, Republican Capitalism has to be bailed out by Democratic Socialism about every 10 years?" Kind of like how the economy always does better under Democrats.
Very ironic, indeed.
gimmethesimplelife
4-17-20, 6:57pm
Andrew Yang was ahead of his time. By about two months...I'm not very proud of myself for not haven taken him seriously. Rob
gimmethesimplelife
4-17-20, 7:00pm
Wannabe dictator? The governor of Michigan is competition for that title!I just feel sorry for the people of Lansing. Who knows if those protestors spread the virus onto others - or amongst themselves - or not? Strange words coming from me for sure but these are not normal times. Now is not the time to protest. Rob
gimmethesimplelife
4-17-20, 7:02pm
She’s auditioning for Vice President, perhaps too enthusiastically.I want it to be Stacy Abrams. Second choice would be Amy Klobuchar. Rob
Elizabeth Warren just might get me to vote for Biden.
I'm with the Stacy Abrams/ Amy Klobuchar crowd--the others would better serve in more powerful positions, IMO.
With the right attitude VP can be a very powerful position. Just ask dick Cheney.
With the right attitude VP can be a very powerful position. Just ask dick Cheney.
I'd like to think that was an aberration...Dick the puppet master.
frugal-one
4-18-20, 3:15pm
With the right attitude VP can be a very powerful position. Just ask dick Cheney.
Also with how old the presidential candidates are... they could be president.
ApatheticNoMore
4-18-20, 3:25pm
with Biden they WOULD be running things in overwhelming likelihood. So yea Elizabeth Warren. I don't even think she'd necessarily govern as a progressive, but I'm not sure who would make a better choice either, being that we've arbitrarily eliminated half the species (males) just because that sound bite sounded good at the time, so people like Cory Booker out etc.. Stacy Abrams, in no way qualified to run the country which I think the VP might do. Kamala Harris, no thank you. For Sanders I may have picked Jayapal but Biden would never pick her, but with Biden I give greater liklihood to the VP running things.
Also with how old the presidential candidates are... they could be president.
Like Trump is a spring chicken? Reagan was 77 when he finished his 2nd term.
Our citizens seem to prefer senior citizens. Clinton and Obama are the only ones to my recall, elected since Reagan who were under 50 when elected.
Cory Booker could very well have a prominent job in the cabinet. We have a very, very deep bench.
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