I am convinced that the 🍊💩🤡 is going to collapse our democracy and declare our government moot and declare himself and

[kimbutgar]

Muskrat the dictators of our country before the Month is over. And why is the Supreme Court so quiet?

And there is nothing we can do about it. He controls the military and can use them against the citizens who will protest. He is trying to beat Hilters record.

[2naSalit]

1. I think...

Somebody will kill him before that. Besides, it's the nazi from S Afrika we need to watch for right now, he's probably plotting to take the orange thing out soon anyway. Just looking for a way to get it done.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Privatization would be my guess. Sold to Elon for $1. Everything. All public assets.

Then run by skeleton crew remaining from government by AI tools.

[al_liberal]

3. There can be no dictator.

If the constitution falls so does the union. We’re left with 50 separate entities under their own control. Many would stick with the new dictatorial government for sure but the US would be over.

[Wicked Blue]

5. The blue states could form their own union or secede

[Wicked Blue]

4. But what about Putin?

[kimbutgar]

8. Great pic

[jalan48]

7. I think the facade of a democracy will remain to keep the citizens pacified.

There will still be elections but criticism of Trump, Inc. will be more muted. Those who speak out too forcefully will lose their elections and be replaced with moderate, reach across the aisle candidates. Trump/Musk will never be voted out of office, like Orban and Putin they are there for life.

[kimbutgar]

11. With the firing of the elections officials you are correct this was our last election

And now that the muskrat has figured out how to rig elections RIP America 1776-2025. We had our last election in November. The repukes and oligarchs won.

That said I am still of the opinion the last election was stolen. And i hope and pray it gets uncovered sooner rather than later.

[jalan48]

12. I agree about the last election. My hope is that the legal cases currently challenging Trump are successful.

The longer he can stay in power the more entrenched he and the oligarchs will become. This is something that has been planned for awhile, it didn't happen overnight.

[B.See]

9. You too noticed how quiet Trump's kangaroo SCOTUS has been.

That's because Trump's conservative co-conspirators in robes are hoping he doesn't notice THEM. Lest they be getting pink slips too.

[Igel]

15. Courts are passive.

They cannot initiate cases under our system of jurisprudence. They wait until something's offered for them to chew on.

As for setting themselves up as pundits that's probably not a great idea. Sounds good when they criticize somebody we think of as the bad guy but we don't have the same response when the targets "our side". Personal opinions are best reserved for legal opinions (and even then, footnotes). Or from time to time some tome or opinion piece when a judge absolutely, positively can't let something slide.

Open punditry does two unwanted things: It fractures the court when collegiality is important. Yes, they do listen to each other; fracture that, and that could stop and degenerate into closed-door sniping and snarking. And, in addition, it's interference in the court cases that are happening in inferior courts. SCOTUS likes to get a case that is "ripe", in the sense that it's ready for adjudication. In the case of the supreme court, that has to include whether lower courts have collected and parsed the facts as well as the relevant law/regulations and material on their interpretation. They only stop in before lower courts have decided when there's some urgency involved and lower courts lack the time for the regular process to play out.

[JCMach1]

10. Dark Enlightenment

Know your enemy. This is what they believe. Christian Dominionists and Alt-Right racists are fellow travellers in this movement.

https://www.populismstudies.org/Vocabulary/dark-enlightenment/

[valleyrogue]

13. Not happening-ever.

If Trump/Musk last six months, it will be a miracle.

[kimbutgar]

14. I so hope you are correct and i am wrong

I’ve read too many books and seen movies showing what’s going on now.