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edhopper

(37,628 posts) Fri Apr 25, 2025, 06:29 PM Apr 2025

"I expect the ... legal profession to understand [View all]

that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation… From now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour.”

What is disconcerting is that nobody reading this would be surprised by Trump saying it.

Disturbing because it is from Hitler in 1942.

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"I expect the ... legal profession to understand [View all] edhopper Apr 2025 OP

One more unnerving thing. Biophilic Apr 2025 #1

Some scary shit going down. OverBurn Apr 2025 #2

Meaningless bluster. TomSlick Apr 2025 #3

Again edhopper Apr 2025 #7

Chilling. Trump is already moving to silence and intimidate the judiciary IrishBubbaLiberal Apr 2025 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author wolfie001 Apr 2025 #11

Ouch. TomSlick Apr 2025 #12

I was going to guess Pam Bondi, Ms. Toad Apr 2025 #4

Stephen effing Miller Iamscrewed Apr 2025 #5

"... Hitler addressed the judiciary in a speech in the Reichstag on April 26, 1942 ..." mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 #6

+I would be surprised soldierant Apr 2025 #9

Of ocurse that's What Fucking Dictators Do... & If Cha Apr 2025 #10

"Protect the patriots. Kill the pests" dalton99a Apr 2025 #13

I don't think that's a Hitler quote HereForTheParty Apr 2025 #14

It is edhopper Apr 2025 #15

Was watching a doc on the holocaust where Jews were being deported out of the country. kerry-is-my-prez Apr 2025 #16