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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

19 hrs ago

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 Yesterday OP

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

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

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

Absolutely PatSeg popsdenver Yesterday #4

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

You can bet your sweet bippy popsdenver Yesterday #11

Most definitely PatSeg Yesterday #14

Since Trump and his followers and upper 1% backers wnylib 19 hrs ago #24

I wish I could disagree with you PatSeg 9 hrs ago #28

I wish I could disagree with myself. wnylib 7 hrs ago #29

That's what I'm envisioning as well PatSeg 7 hrs ago #30

This is not the work of Trump alone. wnylib 5 hrs ago #31

Sounds about right to me PatSeg 5 hrs ago #32

Agree with your assessment. wnylib 4 hrs ago #33

Yes, I agree PatSeg 4 hrs ago #34

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

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

And the endless popsdenver Yesterday #12

You misspelled "Executive Odors" usonian Yesterday #18

You owe me a new keyboard usonian popsdenver Yesterday #20

Howard Nutlick is next. usonian Yesterday #22

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

Such a move will result in liberalgunwilltravel Yesterday #9

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

We have several major Narcissistic Psychopaths popsdenver Yesterday #21

K&R UTUSN Yesterday #10

Ginned Up Emergencies gfarber Yesterday #13

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

more epstien distractions . AllaN01Bear Yesterday #17

WAG THE DOG usonian Yesterday #19

The only national emergency is joshdawg 20 hrs ago #23

Trump's claims of rigged elections aren't so much an accusation as an ANNOUNCEMENT. Beartracks 19 hrs ago #25

but there WAS and IS "an outbreak of irrepressible crime on American streets"--- Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #26

Mission accomplished! I've been watching MSNOW and CNN: ... JustABozoOnThisBus 10 hrs ago #27

who? onethatcares 3 hrs ago #35