They're laying the groundwork for martial law to shut down democracy. No election, no dissent.

[Eliot Rosewater]

The OP line is from the link.

But I’ve been assured that I’m way overreacting that none of this is really very important 😡



https://dailyboulder.com/trump-tells-pete-hegseth-to-use-democratic-cities-as-military-training-grounds-for-war/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANK3mxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHg1mhe7Qwtc60BuHxQ4AFQvZopxZLyz1OYerCdd5NgArJy97-BMvtjdn2JHA_aem_x4uScG9bPsl8_X9IUHq46w

[in2herbs]

1. I think F45 wanted the govt shut down because he has no intention of re-opening the govt. But without a

govt there's nothing for him to govern. So what happens then? We will be 350 million people without a country. W/o a govt he has no authority to declare martial law or collect tax money.

Another idea the Rs didn't think through well enough.

We need to keep the govt shut down until the middle class gets health ins. etc.

[Wednesdays]

4. "W/o a govt he has no authority to declare martial law..."

TSF: "Hold my beer."

[Justice matters.]

6. Without a govt he thinks he IS the govt.

Just like mad king george III used to.

[quakerboy]

9. Until the SCOTUS declares that when government is shut down, the president has ultimate authority to do whatever he want

[Deuxcents]

2. Overreacting? I don't think so. In just 9 short months, look where we are in his scheme of things

[elleng]

3. They won't get what they appear to want, imo,

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judging from reaction of the Generals yesterday.

[GoodRaisin]

5. You're not overreacting.

Not too long ago anyone who predicted what we are seeing now would have been scoffed at as overreacting. Now hindsight IS 20-20 and the snowball just keeps getting bigger.

[Figarosmom]

7. Economic and employment numbers

Won't come out or be calculated during shutdown. Those numbers scare him.

[edhopper]

8. I don't think you were told you were overreacting

You were challenged when you said we know without doubt that the elections will be stopped.
We think he may try, but that is far from your 100% certainty.

[EdmondDantes_]

10. There's no path to do what you're suggesting

People pointed that out and it's still true. States run elections and his term will end no later than noon on January 20, 2029, presuming he doesn't succumb to his unhealthy habits before then.

Like the national Constitution prescribes certain things about elections, state constitutions mandate the elections be held. And the constitution has limits on when terms end. So if there's no election, those terms still end.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. ALL of us think this is very important, whether or not anyone is overreacting. . . . . nt

[Celerity]

12. Trimmed URL without the source tracking info:

https://dailyboulder.com/trump-tells-pete-hegseth-to-use-democratic-cities-as-military-training-grounds-for-war/

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Thanks, that's why sometimes I just don't do the link here

Because I don’t wanna include all that and I haven’t looked for the pure link, but I will try to in the future thanks.

[Celerity]

15. an easy rule to follow is just remove the '?' and all after it

https://dailyboulder.com/trump-tells-pete-hegseth-to-use-democratic-cities-as-military-training-grounds-for-war/

remove this:

?fbclid=IwZnRzaANK3mxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHg1mhe7Qwtc60BuHxQ4AFQvZopxZLyz1OYerCdd5NgArJy97-BMvtjdn2JHA_aem_x4uScG9bPsl8_X9IUHq46w

[Eliot Rosewater]

14. God I wish people would stop reading only the first part of sentences

That I post on this board, like when I started a thread about not having elections and then I went on to explain in detail how they could still have them but interfere with them and make them anything but democratic and fair. But if you read some people’s comments you would think I never added the rest of that to that sentence, dammit.

[themaguffin]

16. I'm voting. These headlines HELP their narrative. Fuck them. They wouldn't gerrymander if they could just shut us down