General Flynn is calling for martial law.
And don't kid yourself - MAGA nation would be very pleased to go along with it.
But we are probably a couple of years away from that. That's end-stage destruction of democracy - we are still in the first stages.
Link: https://x.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1901612064742748416
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What a jackass. The problem is, if over the next few years, Orange develops a critical mass of
military leaders willing to follow illegal orders.
Drama Queens eat this shit up
Inconsequential people make pronouncements and blind lemmings go nuts.
Par for the course.
You’re the only one who is being a drama queen.
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I used to think he got fucked, but not anymore. He’s a loon
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He's been doing that for years. To no effect.
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National emergencies do not equal martial law
From Wikipedia:
"The 1976 National Emergencies Act implemented various legal requirements regarding emergencies declared by the President of the United States. As of February 2025, 89 emergencies have been declared; 41 have expired and another 48 are currently in effect, each having been renewed annually by the president."
Link: National emergencies
National emergencies are whatever the president says they are
And we are not in the end-stage assault on the Constitution yet. We are in the beginning stages, which involve ignoring lower-court rulings, trampling first-amendment rights, taking illegal actions that few will object to (eg, firing protected workers, refusing to pay money appropriated by Congress, etc).
If and when we get to bigger stages, only one thing is for sure: You'll be all-in.
Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I voted for Trump.
You're pulling a Jim and trying to label me by saying I will be all in. I wouldn't be, if it actually got to what you're talking about. I took an oath to uphold the constitution, and I mean to keep it.
I pointed out that he did not say martial law, he said national emergency. You took that as martial law, and I'm simply reminding you that is not what it means.
Chris, many would argue that these are exactly things that were done from COVID to 2024.
I know you won't agree with me, but these are literally the same concerns millions of us had and voiced during that stretch.
Right, and many would be wrong. Don't be one of them.
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This would have been a good post during CoVid.
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Yes, let' s keep TDA and MS-13. Good people. Antisemites too. Salt of the Earth.
And the government is fine the way it is.
And eff those two astronauts.
Long Live Hysteria.
Like I said, MAGA people will be perfectly fine with the dismissal of due process
I don't agree with anything that those people have said or done; I do, however, think that law is important.
Otherwise, bit by bit, the republic will die.
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Terrorist groups illegally entered this country. Who enforced the law there?
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It's worse than that, we flew TDA into the country.
How is it that the next president can't fly them out?
exactly. due process was abandoned by barack o'biden & company when they lowered the border.
now they want to quote due process for law breakers. beyond pretentious.
MS-13, and other gang members entered during DJT's first term as well, unfortunately, his
"strategy" of deporting any and all immigrants only made the gangs stronger as described in the attached article. Furthermore, Trump killed, according to lead GOP Senator James Lankford, the best Border Security and Immigration Reform Bill in decades back in late 2023...1,500 more CBP Officers...hundreds more ICE Officers...more Immigration Judges and Investigators for faster processing and culling of gang members...100+ Fentanyl Scanners for the thousands of vehicles entering the country each day...etc.
Trump is a disaster for our Border Security and Immigration problems...and don't forget, he hired lots of undocumented immigrants for his hotels and golf resorts...he's a liar, hypocrite and grifter with no moral or ethical compass, other than his own self interest. In short the antithesis of a "Public Servant".
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2017/07/28/us/ms-13-gang-long-island-trump/index.html
False. And just stupid.
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You support TDA and MS-13 being in this country illegally?
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No. I oppose ignoring court rulings.
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Why weren't you screaming for immigration enforcement?
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Again, the issue is ignoring court rulings. I know law is hard.
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Higher courts will decide the issues as to whether Trump had the right to deport them. Not you.
There were violent criminals and rapists in our country. Democrats are fighting hard to keep them here. President Trump deported them.
I'm not a lawyer. Neither are you. Let the higher courts decide.
The executive has no authority to ignore lower courts while it appeals. Nice try.
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Unless the judge has no authority to issue the order. Nice try.
Executive versus judicial order issue. Not your call.
Judicial activism is not justice.
Let the higher courts decide.
Please explain why this federal judge has no authority.
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That kid at Columbia was not a terrorist. And those gang members are criminals, not terrorists.
Due process sucks sometimes. But it is important.
Or at least people who like the republic think so.
Agreed for the Columbia student. What rights do the criminals here illegally have?
Serious question. What Due Process is being ignored in deporting them?
I'm all for deporting them. But the president cannot ignore a federal judge.
Follow the process, then - assuming these guys are actually criminals - deport them.
How do we know who they are? How do we know they are ALL members of this gang, and not just guys swept up by ICE (as some of their relatives are claiming)?
But the gang members are not the real issue. Ignoring a court is.
"We’re not stopping. I don’t care what the judges say." -- Tom Homan, this morning.
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Judges can't prevent him from enforcing the law.
This is either chicken-shit political nonsense or a constitutional issue which must be decided by higher courts,
Yes they can, if he is enforcing it illegally. Your civics classes failed you.
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Then he is not enforcing the law, Prof.
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Exactly. And that for a court to decide - which it has.
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It'll take time, but this Un-Constitutional behavior needs to be run up to the SCOTUS ASAP...I have
a feeling that Roberts and Barrett aren't going to go along with it.
Trump killed the best solutions to our Border Security and Immigration Program problems back in 2023
and his current Policy is only making things worse. The VAST majority of undocumented immigrants are not only more law-abiding than the native population, they are filling critically needed jobs in many industries. In essence, Trump is doing his best to weaken, if not destroy, America with wholesale deportations.
Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-trump-administrations-deportation-policies-have-affected-migrants-and-citizens#:~:text=Now%2C%20the%20White%20House%20and,no%20criminal%20history%20or%20record.
Moron. The "border security" bill was a Trojan Horse designed to allow constant flow.
And you hoped by tucking it into a 370-page bill you could sneak it through. You failed.
where was the due process to enforce the laws that protect our legitimate citizens?
and you wonder why you lost.
I apologize to the board for responding to you as if you were not an imbecile.
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who's the imbecile?
"Did you know that Article 4, Section 4 of the United States Constitution requires the government to defend and protect its borders? If our government does not uphold this, the Constitution authorizes its free citizens to defend and protect themselves and their state....."
Again, nobody is buying your condescension. It makes you look petulant.
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Classic Prof. The student was an antisemite. TDA is recognized as a terrorist group.
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