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wnylib

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

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 11:24 PM

Feb 27

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 Feb 27 OP

We are witnessing the very reason the founders gave the authority to Gaugamela Feb 27 #1

Yes, nail-head meet hammer. pandr32 Feb 27 #2

Straight out of a tyrant's playbook PatSeg Feb 27 #3

Absolutely PatSeg popsdenver Feb 27 #4

We tend to just focus on Trump, PatSeg Feb 27 #8

You can bet your sweet bippy popsdenver Feb 27 #11

Most definitely PatSeg Feb 27 #14

Since Trump and his followers and upper 1% backers wnylib Feb 27 #24

I wish I could disagree with you PatSeg Feb 28 #28

I wish I could disagree with myself. wnylib Feb 28 #29

That's what I'm envisioning as well PatSeg Feb 28 #30

This is not the work of Trump alone. wnylib Feb 28 #31

Sounds about right to me PatSeg Feb 28 #32

Agree with your assessment. wnylib Feb 28 #33

Yes, I agree PatSeg Feb 28 #34

Dump and Nosferatu have their own little meth lab where they're cooking up some toxic evil shit Blue Owl Feb 27 #5

An emergency declaration is a favorite tool of every dictator. dalton99a Feb 27 #6

And the endless popsdenver Feb 27 #12

You misspelled "Executive Odors" usonian Feb 27 #18

You owe me a new keyboard usonian popsdenver Feb 27 #20

Howard Nutlick is next. usonian Feb 27 #22

Thought this was leading to his need to bomb Iran... lame54 Feb 27 #7

Such a move will result in liberalgunwilltravel Feb 27 #9

Fully agree! problem as i see it is bluestarone Feb 27 #15

We have several major Narcissistic Psychopaths popsdenver Feb 27 #21

K&R UTUSN Feb 27 #10

Ginned Up Emergencies gfarber Feb 27 #13

Can anyone say "Reichstag Fire"? Ray Bruns Feb 27 #16

more epstien distractions . AllaN01Bear Feb 27 #17

WAG THE DOG usonian Feb 27 #19

The only national emergency is joshdawg Feb 27 #23

Trump's claims of rigged elections aren't so much an accusation as an ANNOUNCEMENT. Beartracks Feb 27 #25

but there WAS and IS "an outbreak of irrepressible crime on American streets"--- Jack Valentino Feb 28 #26

Mission accomplished! I've been watching MSNOW and CNN: ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 28 #27

who? onethatcares Feb 28 #35