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cgod  ·  21 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Martial Law in South Korea

I'm worried about Trump and his followers biting off more than they can chew. It would be easy to sweep up more people on the front end than they are logistically able to process and care for on the back end.

There will be plenty of experts telling them realistic numbers of deportees that can be handled and maybe there will be a gatekeeper who can control the flow. If there isn't we might end up with some grisley high mortality camps.

Trump is gonna have a hard time implementing his full policy agenda. Everything is going to take a lot more time than Republicans hope and Democrats fear.

I'm still hoping is sunder the union, but I'm an optomist.





usualgerman  ·  17 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I honestly don’t read the MAGA types in general caring, they just don’t. If we end up having more people than they can feed, it’s not like tge people cheering it on are goin* to demand that something be done about it. And that’s assuming that we get honest reports, which would require a press willing to challenge Trump. That seems unlike given how major press outlets are already sucking up to him pretty hard.

am_Unition  ·  20 days ago  ·  link  ·  

MAGA have all sorts of new legal tactics, like judge shopping in the 5th circuit of appeals, a completely normalized open and obvious appearance of corruption (Cannon), uhhh just not giving a shit? about laws? And never getting reprimanded, only occasionally stopped. Oh, and the, um, SCOTUS. 7-2, probably the rest of the time it is relevant.

But I'm not gonna claim the incoming admin retained any sort of know-how regarding weaponizing and ruining government from last time's attempt, that trade knowledge has largely wandered off.

Uhh speaking of, what's Bannon gonna be appointed to? How 'bout Flynn? MyPillow? ("people love mike!")

Oddly, Chevron being repealed would mean a disempowered congress (maybe if the house flips in 2026), a sidelined executive, and an overpowered (and overwhelmed) judicial, but now it will mostly cease to be an issue at the federal level, unless dems rally like 4 GOP for a climate change bill or something. The executive will be granted additional power, obviously, when it asks for it. He'll ask. He'll also die and.. do you know how to program bro? Thielco's got a new federal division of atheist (w/ christian culture) h4x0rs

I do not share your unTied states vision. There is a madman with nukes advancing on the world stage. What is your thought process? Again, Alaska is calling. That's fuckin' cold man

Update: I've just found out that Joe Biden has pardoned his son for a crime every serious legal analyst balked at, to possibly keep him out of jail an extra year or two, and I can see now that it was Joe Biden that's the fascist dictator, sorry everyone. Here's why me, Gavin Newsom, playing right of Kamala's campaign when obviously that was fucking not working, is disappointed in President Biden

edit: #1 thing I meant to say was: Yes, Trump admin will quite likely try to bum-rush deportation before it can be ruled illegal/unconstitutional. Dunno how that pans out. Could be wayyy more consequential than the Muslim ban attempt, which some in the admin may see as analogous, but this time with better odds of favorable legal ruling in the courts. I'm honestly just so glad to see so many people showed up to think about this. Thank you everyone, I know it sucks real bad.

usualgerman  ·  17 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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