"Whether persecuting Abrego Garcia, threatening Fed independence, or shredding the constitutional division between military forces and civilian law enforcement, Trump has signaled there are no limits (and scant consideration) to his dictatorial ambitions."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#KilmarAbregoGarcia #military#WashingtonDC#LisaCook
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"Unless states and ultimately the Supreme Court (which to date has enabled his tyrannical moves) blow the whistle, the fear of a police state with a corrupt, crony-capitalist economy will become our reality."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#KilmarAbregoGarcia #military#WashingtonDC#LisaCook#SupremeCourt
/2
"'I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States.'
That statement is not a joke. … Trump's statement is a sign of megalomania and malignant narcissism, but it is also an accurate statement of his governing philosophy. He really believes he can do anything he wants, which is the opposite of the oath of office he took in January 2025."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/todays-edition-newsletter-readers
"Chief Justice John Roberts created the monster that is Trump 2.0 with the ludicrous criminal immunity decision in Trump v. US.
But John Roberts is also behind Trump's effort to undermine the independence of the Federal Reserve, as noted in an editorial by the NY Times on Tuesday .... John Roberts is now officially the worst Chief Justice in our nation’s history."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts
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"The problem is, is that Republicans have a backstop. That backstop is the Supreme Court. That Supreme Court currently has six individuals who are, I'm going to use the word, have been groomed for years by the Federalist Society, by these billions of dollars from right-wing donors, by people like Leonard Leo, the good soldiers who were then handpicked by Donald Trump."
~ Wajhat Ali
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts
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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/trump-is-trying-to-fire-lisa-cook
"And these are the six of the nine who went even further beyond than what I thought they would do in the United States versus Trump last year."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#SupremeCourt#JohnRoberts#LeonardLeo#FederalistSociety
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Kate Riga notes that "the standoff the Supreme Court left the door open for is here" with Trump's determination to seize control of the Federal Reserve:
"The Court’s right-wing majority has been largely gleeful to cosign Trump’s rampage through the federal government, the weakening of executive branch agencies being a special hobbyhorse for Chief Justice John Roberts in particular."
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator #SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts
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"Why is Donald Trump trying to break the will of the Federal Reserve? Because he wants to be able to set the nation’s interest rates according to his momentary political interests—a tectonic disruption of America’s financial system that could permanently destroy America’s reputation as an economic safe haven and cause immeasurable damage to the U.S. economy."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #authoritarianism #fascism #dictator#FederalReserve#LisaCook
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-presidents-butt-snorkelers-cabinet-meeting-sycophants-dictator
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