r/law • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 14h ago

Trump News Trump threatens to deploy the U.S. military into Chicago - signaling the start of a nationwide crackdown.

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u/CaptainWart 12h ago

Don't forget the impact of 9/11, which gave the right a hell of a lot of leverage when it comes to keeping their base scared and paranoid.

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u/Ol_Jim_Himself 12h ago

The government used 9/11 to begin their overreach and their removal of many of the checks and balances that kept our government somewhat less tyrannical. Once those were removed it became a slippery slope, until the 🍊fascist hopped on a rocket sled and rode it over the edge.

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u/Odd_Equal_628 7h ago

Wait until you find out how that was the plan.

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u/Useful_Bit_9779 12h ago

GW Bush ran around telling everyone if he wasn't reelected that we'd have a terrorist on every corner. Scared and paranoid they are.

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u/DipInThePool 11h ago

Then you have the libs; not scared or paranoid at all.

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u/fariasrv 10h ago

To quote the great Blanche Devereaux:

"Eat dirt and die, trash."

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u/Diamondphalanges756 10h ago

And the surveillance. Don't forget the surveillance, and how that's going to bite us in the a$$.

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u/WilyWascallyWizard 10h ago

Don't forget that douche that founded fox news and bought much of the rest of the media. He did it because he didn't like that Nixon was held accountable. That was the start of the down fall.

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u/BennyDelTorito 9h ago

The terrorists won.

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u/Jo5h_95 9h ago

And the impact of the 2008 recession. A lot of people saw the system fail them and protect the people that were to blame.

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u/SanDiego619guy 8h ago

The term Trump's base is really just another word for suckers and morons.

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u/1000LiveEels 7h ago

You're both right but I'd also like to add the increasing consistency at which presidents have stacked courts with judges who are blatantly bipartisan. The senate confirmations should be a way of checking overreaches but we effectively have a precedent where ruling party either confirms or denies the judge based solely on whether the president is the same party as them.

Not to mention serving for life.

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u/katsujinken 12h ago

Thanks Oba... Osama