Meadows says Trump is readying a new executive order to expand the federal takeover of cities

[EleanorR]

Link to tweet

[dem4decades]

1. Martial law, who would have thought that might happen? Oh, everybody.

[Wawannabe]

27. I started worrying about this some months back

I am not surprised but I am afraid and will begin to put my alt reality plan into action. This is not safe or American.

[mercuryblues]

32. Everyone but

Susan Collins. Rumor is she's deeply troubled right now.

[dem4decades]

37. She might even become very deeply troubled if it was Portland Maine.

[global1]

33. So Was That Trump's Plan All Along....

Let Covid get out of control. Create chaos around wearing masks to pit people against each other. Cause trouble in the streets.
Declare 'martial law' & bring the goons in. Postpone or cancel the election.

Is this why he's done nothing to defeat Covid?

[wnylib]

44. Looks likely doesn't it?

[leighbythesea2]

49. Sounds right

I mentioned this to a family member months back, realizing it sounded conspiratorial.

[louis-t]

2. Federal..takeover... of... cities..

We are so fucked.

[2naSalit]

17. No we're not.

We just have to refuse to comply and sue the fuck out them. They want people to freak out.

[Cha]

19. I like your attitude.. I cannot give in to them even with

the slightest whiff of verbal acquiescence.

The Evil trump Treasonous Traitors ARE FUCKED!

[2naSalit]

20. I have no intent to

give up, we're so close to ending the nightmare, can't stop now!

[Cha]

25. Fuckheads know we're close too.. so they're like

Cornered Desperate Rabid RATS.. frothing at their Fucking mouths.

[Iliyah]

3. There is no lawlessness . .

This won't fly.

[unblock]

6. plenty of lawlessness. mostly within the white house, though....

[la-trucker]

4. This will not sit well even with a lot of people in his base

They fear Democrats would do something like this and take away their guns.

This is one of their worst nightmares and many in the base will not like it. The koolaid gang will cheer it though.

[unblock]

8. they were never afraid of the federal government taking over.

they were afraid of democrats and black people and women and hispanic people taking over.

they'll be more than happy to see the federal government round up and kill americans, as long as it's republicans doing it and as long as they don't do it to too many white people.

[lunasun]

24. +100%

[Wawannabe]

28. This unblock!

Oppression of all of these groups.

[wnylib]

46. Exactly. Well put.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

64. The fuckers fear

Democracy,but their biggest fear is equality.

[NutmegYankee]

11. Nope. They will be completely cool with it.

It’s all about who is in charge. As long as they or those they support are in charge, they’ll back any atrocity.

[dem4decades]

30. Don't kid yourself. His base thinks the reinstatement of the death penalty means Trump can execute

Obama's Justice Department. They don't give a fuck.

[Zoonart]

5. Defund DHS!

[RKP5637]

7. Trump is working on a hostile takeover of the US (I think) and probably Putin is advising him.

The US citizenry is not used to this type of crap as in some other countries. ... I think many Americans live in la la land thinking things will just correct. I would not be surprised to see some form of Martial Law happen eventually. I could see what happened in Portland happening in many cities.

[wnylib]

48. But do they have enough people

to carry out this type of action in cities across the nation?

Yesterday there were posts about the number of available thugs from CBP and FPS to follow through.

OTOH, if citizens fight back, especially if they think they outnumber the thugs, that gives Trump the excuse to bring ing the National Guard.

[RKP5637]

62. He probably won't let it rest if he starts ... n/t

[Hoyt]

9. I'm apologize, but who the heck is Dan Friedman?

[EleanorR]

10. I didn't want to link to fox

Link to tweet

[Hoyt]

14. Yeah, FOX is not good. But, so far, even in Portland, the feds haven't taken over any

cities. That was Friedman’s characterization.

[Jarqui]

12. Frightening ..nt

[calguy]

13. In order to distract from his pandemic failures.....

Trump has to create something bigger than the virus itself ..... a civil war. The scene is Portland is giving him the footage to "justify" amping up the goon squad atracks. He's a desperate man doing desperate things. The next four months will get very ugly.

[Frustratedlady]

18. I agree. And, all the while, Barr and Trump will sit on their asses in complete safety.

I feel we are back in Trump's bedroom as a young boy, playing with his soldiers, tanks and heavy artillery.

He will finally have his war and his military parade as we lose our democracy.

[onethatcares]

15. buckle the fuck up.

it's gonna be a bumpy ride and this citizen/veteran is not going to take this lightly.

Good luck to all of you, Who knows how this is going to turn out but we're all going to learn what democracy means in the good, old, U.S. of A.

[Liberal In Texas]

16. He's drunk with power and the repubs are enabling him.

For the people who say there are some good republicans around, I say, WHERE?

[Tommymac]

52. +1

[spanone]

21. will this get republicans off their asses?

FUCK NO

[Beartracks]

22. Think he's "learned his lesson" yet, Senator Collins?

[Ilsa]

39. Is Susan Sarandon remorseful yet?

I'd love to see what she has to say about him.

[procon]

23. I predict that the only cities Trump will attack

will by those in blue states. There are many large metro cities that are predominately Democratic and voted against Trump.

Given Trump's predilection for revenge and his preference for violence, this will quickly escalate out of control. Trump would be giddy if could figure out some excuse to bomb New York City, Chicago or San Francisco.

[Wawannabe]

29. Seattle too

RESIST!

[wnylib]

54. I don't think he will take on cities as large as

Chicago, LA, or NYC. More likely smaller ones mostly in blue states.

[DENVERPOPS]

57. You can bet your sweet ass

these Border Patrol goons will only go to Democrat States, and cities...........

Every single day, it gets more frightening and scarier, doesn't it..........

PUTIN has ordered Trump and His RepubliCONs to do this to create a second American Civil War and Destroy America, our Constitution, and our Democracy.

Putin is destroying America, and he hasn't had to fire a single missile or rocket..........Everyday Putin is watching U.S. news and laughing his ass off at how simple it was.......

[bluestarone]

26. I bet they will continue with this shit EVEN if a judge

Orders it stopped!

[jorgevlorgan]

31. WtF are they waiting for.

25th amendment the fucker NOW

[jmowreader]

47. The 25th Amendment won't do it

All the people it takes to make the 25th Amendment get rid of a president are in Trump's pocket.

Now, I've got a simple 8th Amendment question. The Eighth clearly says "excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." The way I read this is, a punishment has to be both cruel and unusual to be forbidden, but a punishment that is only cruel or only unusual is okay.

And so, do ya think it would be "cruel but not unusual" to sentence Trump to work as a turf technician on the Fort Bragg golf courses for the rest of his life and never allow him to play?

[jorgevlorgan]

69. I'm afraid you are right...

[LiberalFighter]

34. Time for National Guards and State Police to take action against Feds?

[LiberalFighter]

35. Since Meadows is also conspiring he needs to go to prison too.

[progressive nobody]

36. This is what Trump meant in that press conference about next 8 weeks.

We are seeing the first step to Martial Law.

[machoneman]

38. Good! This will forever cement in people's minds the Nazi factor in Trump and his minions.

[ashredux]

40. Well, these SOBs are about to get me out of the house....fuck them!

And I am in the high risk category

[Javaman]

41. And this will be his justification for suspending the election

Wait for it

[paleotn]

50. He can't.

There's no mechanism for the executive branch to delay or suspend a presidential election. Constitutionally, that power resides with the Congress.

Interesting article on just this subject....

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/does-the-constitution-allow-for-a-delayed-presidential-election

[Thekaspervote]

60. Exactly! If there is no election him term is over come 1/20/2021 at noon- pence too

The speaker of the house becomes then interim president

President Pelosi...sounds good to me!!

[paleotn]

66. And rest assured, CA WILL have a Nov. election...

and Speaker Pelosi will be reelected and the reelected as Speaker. State matter, outside the purview of the Feds and up to the majority in the House.

[triron]

68. Not if Trump is dictator.

[Javaman]

61. I know but he doesn't care and will still try

He’s setting it up now by claiming that mail in votes are nothing but fraudulent. But before then he and Barr will deploy his Brownshirt paramilitary around the nation as voter intimidators. And when he still loses he will tie everything up in court but he will ignore that and use it as a platform to rile up his few remaining supporters to act out in defiance of the vote results

[paleotn]

65. He can try...

but he only has a handful of DHS goons and some piss-their-pants militia nuts. More like a Munich putsch. We should be on our guard for his craziness, no doubt, but don't think these people have some kind of workable grand strategy. They're simply not that smart. The Dems and the states aren't going to sit idly by as they attempt any crazy shit and the courts are on our side. The one thing I am certain of, on Jan. 20, 2021 at noon he'll be asked to leave. If he doesn't he will be removed. The Constitution is rather explicit on that point. But I don't think he's got the cojones to cause that much trouble. He'll spout crazy shit no one will pay much attention to and then go off and pout. That's what he does. If his handlers have any sense at all, he'll then skip the country to a destination that lacks an extradition treaty with the US.

[Thekaspervote]

42. He can sign all the E.O.s he wants. Cities like NYC, Chicago, LA will NEVER tolerate these goons

[murielm99]

45. Correct.

And he does not have the manpower. It will not work in larger cities.

[paleotn]

43. Spewing BS again....

They're not taking over jack shit.

[Thekaspervote]

51. Exactly!! Fear is their best weapon, probably the only one they have left. Don't buy it

[ProfessorGAC]

53. + A Million

It's blustering & bluffing.
Portland was a trial balloon and there's been blowback.
And, they don't have the resources for very large cities. That's why they picked on Portland.
Big enough city for a test, but one that didn't need 3,000 personnel.
Can anybody imagine Cuomo, Newsome or Pritzker not taking counter action? Both police & court action.
The trial balloon is blowing up on them and Meadows is bluffing to look strong.
Ain't gonna happen.

[niyad]

55. Illegitimati non carborundum!!

[erronis]

56. A tactical nuclear strike on a medium-sized US city by a hostile power, but a friend of trumps...

A declaration of war with all of the ancillary benefits of being a "war president."

An acquiescence to the power of the hostile force and an unwillingness to counter in kind.

A selling out of the country by the venal traitor.

Just sci-fi. Couldn't happen.

But I bet it's being planned in many war rooms around the globe.

[Midnight Writer]

58. NOW can we compare them to Nazis?

[SiliconValley_Dem]

59. I was hoping I wouldn't live to see the end of American Democracy

[blueinredohio]

63. Just how many people do we have at Border Patrol

that they can send to different cities? Think maybe there's a few vigilantes and mercenaries in there? People like Eric Prince? I'm hoping there's someone who can stop this shit before too many people get killed.

[Duppers]

67. +100

If he hires Eric Prince's X goons, look out.