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In reply to the discussion: Well Tr**p Got The Permission He Was Seeking So He Could Declare Martial Law.... [View all]
Fiendish Thingy
(22,181 posts)3. Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility
Don’t buy into the mythology, and always remember this one absolute truth:
Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless
Reality check: no midterms = no congress = no budget, no increase in the debt ceiling, American dollar becomes worthless, and the economy collapses.
Not to mention numerous states without governors, a third of the senate gone, etc.
It’s always important to think through dystopian fantasies to their logical consequences before predicting them with such certainty.
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Well Tr**p Got The Permission He Was Seeking So He Could Declare Martial Law.... [View all]
global1
Yesterday
OP
Yes, but we are all 'crazy' and 'overreacting' and 'not being objective' and all the other reasons.
OldBaldy1701E
22 hrs ago
#2
You agreed with the OP, that martial law was the plan to cancel the midterms
Fiendish Thingy
17 hrs ago
#22
That still doesn't answer HOW elections would be cancelled in all 50 states
Fiendish Thingy
17 hrs ago
#27
The court ruled the Epstein stuff should be released over 3 weeks ago, it hasn't happened
questionseverything
17 hrs ago
#35
Command of the executive branch is not equivalent to control of 50 state governments. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
17 hrs ago
#26
One of his former DHS officials, Miles Taylor, was on Jen Psaki's show last night talking about how the hellbeast
LymphocyteLover
18 hrs ago
#8
If we were in normal times, we'd be banding together to bomb Putin back to the stone ages.
Initech
17 hrs ago
#20
Unfortunately, we HAVE TO think this way if we're gonna thwart his ambitions.
calimary
15 hrs ago
#40
We Learned And Got Under His Skin - By Somebody Calling Him A 'Pedo Protector'........
global1
17 hrs ago
#24