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Fiendish Thingy

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19. His administration indeed acts with lawless impunity

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Sun Jan 11, 2026, 10:44 AM

11 hrs ago

But once caught and ordered by the courts to stop or reverse their actions, for whatever reason, most of the time, they comply (of course while appealing and seeking a stay of the ruling, but otherwise they have complied)

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Every time someone says, Trump can't do it because it's illegal? [View all] RoeVWade 14 hrs ago OP

Or when a cable news anchor cites polls gab13by13 14 hrs ago #1

"illegal" is more an obstacle to him, appears to me. RoeVWade 14 hrs ago #2

Why the name? bigmonk 14 hrs ago #3

Many of us personally know good people who are named mwmisses4289 13 hrs ago #9

I never refer to him as president. Can't bring myself to put those two words together. Katinfl 13 hrs ago #12

I usually refer to him as t. mwmisses4289 12 hrs ago #18

My husband and I call him the idiot. Katinfl 7 hrs ago #22

People are in total denial and it is impossible to budge them to face reality. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #4

Maybe that's it. Normally, I consider myself optimist. I'm optimistic Trump can eventually be crushed with facts and RoeVWade 13 hrs ago #7

You are a balanced optimist who sees hope that Trump can be defeated. Irish_Dem 13 hrs ago #8

Pretty much, yup. Hope to stay that way. RoeVWade 13 hrs ago #10

What you call negativity I would call reality. Irish_Dem 12 hrs ago #16

I thought markie 13 hrs ago #5

I kind of got that. RoeVWade 13 hrs ago #13

There was a discussion here on DU just a few days ago with a poster niyad 12 hrs ago #14

And when a judge rules against the Trump administration Chasstev365 13 hrs ago #6

Given that they consistently have, yes EdmondDantes_ 12 hrs ago #15

Here Chasstev365 12 hrs ago #17

Not as black and white as it seems Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #21

Actually they have complied with rulings restraining their actions most of the time Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #20

I remember being told that Biden couldn't do anything with the "absolute immunity" granted by SCOTUS Orrex 13 hrs ago #11

His administration indeed acts with lawless impunity Fiendish Thingy 11 hrs ago #19