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Karasu

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14. We need to be attacking the emergency declaration, viciously. It's the sole basis for all of this "government by
Thu May 1, 2025, 11:41 PM
May 2025

Last edited Fri May 2, 2025, 07:27 PM - Edit history (3)

executive order" and the only excuse he would have for invoking martial law.

It is beyond ridiculous that in this country, a president can get away with unilaterally declaring a national emergency without anyone else's approval or even needing to properly fucking define the emergency. You'd think people would have learned from his first term when he tried it with the border wall. Now it's suddenly a "justification" for literally everything he fucking does.

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Agree with the analysis bucolic_frolic May 2025 #1
One of my fears is controlling our response. cachukis May 2025 #2
For Been A Dick Donald to impose Martial Law, MarineCombatEngineer May 2025 #3
But, he can fix the bamagal62 May 2025 #4
Can he? Fiendish Thingy May 2025 #6
Well, I think maybe bamagal62 May 2025 #8
CT nonsense for those who can't cope with the reality of losing. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 2025 #12
He ripped bdamomma May 2025 #20
Reminder: nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility Fiendish Thingy May 2025 #5
Nothing is a given RJ-MacReady May 2025 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Fiendish Thingy May 2025 #11
I'm talking about the house RJ-MacReady May 2025 #13
Most likely the Orange Monster will be gone by then... ms liberty May 2025 #9
I've lost count of the number of times someone on DU has predicted Trump's imminent demise. onenote May 2025 #17
Thank you. I get tired of people dropping this online. It's just a way to discourage people. 58Sunliner May 2025 #10
We need to be attacking the emergency declaration, viciously. It's the sole basis for all of this "government by Karasu May 2025 #14
This is wishful thinking, at best Hornedfrog2000 May 2025 #15
Hopefully not! While I think of Russia, and China as the Big Countries ruled by authoritarians, they.... electric_blue68 May 2025 #18
I think it's very possible Trump will declare martial law before the midterms Martin Eden May 2025 #16
I sincerely doubt we will have to wait that long quakerboy May 2025 #19
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