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wnylib

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24. Since Trump and his followers and upper 1% backers

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 10:24 PM

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will be perfectly willing to defy courts to maintain their power, I fear that only physical force would stop them.

It is not just Trump. During the campaign, when Project 2025 was brought up, Peter Thiel (Vance's mentor) said that Project 2025 would bring a revolution in US governance. He said that the revolution would be bloodless only if the left accepted it. If we opposed it, it would not be bloodless.

If Trump declares an emergency to take over elections, there will be massive protests. The response to such protests would be violent. Trump would call upon his ICE army, militias and the National Guard to squash the protests.

Would members of the Guard and regular Army refuse illegal orders or comply with killing civilian protesters? Would they split apart into opposing factions?

I feel like that kind of confrontation could happen.

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So we all get it. It's another ginned-up emergency [View all] bigtree Friday OP

We are witnessing the very reason the founders gave the authority to Gaugamela Friday #1

Yes, nail-head meet hammer. pandr32 Friday #2

Straight out of a tyrant's playbook PatSeg Friday #3

Absolutely PatSeg popsdenver Friday #4

We tend to just focus on Trump, PatSeg Friday #8

You can bet your sweet bippy popsdenver Friday #11

Most definitely PatSeg Friday #14

Since Trump and his followers and upper 1% backers wnylib Friday #24

I wish I could disagree with you PatSeg Saturday #28

I wish I could disagree with myself. wnylib Saturday #29

That's what I'm envisioning as well PatSeg Saturday #30

This is not the work of Trump alone. wnylib Saturday #31

Sounds about right to me PatSeg Saturday #32

Agree with your assessment. wnylib Saturday #33

Yes, I agree PatSeg Saturday #34

Dump and Nosferatu have their own little meth lab where they're cooking up some toxic evil shit Blue Owl Friday #5

An emergency declaration is a favorite tool of every dictator. dalton99a Friday #6

And the endless popsdenver Friday #12

You misspelled "Executive Odors" usonian Friday #18

You owe me a new keyboard usonian popsdenver Friday #20

Howard Nutlick is next. usonian Friday #22

Thought this was leading to his need to bomb Iran... lame54 Friday #7

Such a move will result in liberalgunwilltravel Friday #9

Fully agree! problem as i see it is bluestarone Friday #15

We have several major Narcissistic Psychopaths popsdenver Friday #21

K&R UTUSN Friday #10

Ginned Up Emergencies gfarber Friday #13

Can anyone say "Reichstag Fire"? Ray Bruns Friday #16

more epstien distractions . AllaN01Bear Friday #17

WAG THE DOG usonian Friday #19

The only national emergency is joshdawg Friday #23

Trump's claims of rigged elections aren't so much an accusation as an ANNOUNCEMENT. Beartracks Friday #25

but there WAS and IS "an outbreak of irrepressible crime on American streets"--- Jack Valentino Saturday #26

Mission accomplished! I've been watching MSNOW and CNN: ... JustABozoOnThisBus Saturday #27

who? onethatcares Saturday #35