Showing posts with label Trump's abuse of power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Trump's abuse of power. Show all posts

Sunday, September 21, 2025

Demented Don's Vengeance And Bullying Tour, Cont.

 

As reported in the post below, the lawless would-be dictator was issuing orders to his minions to get off the dime and start prosecuting the people, regardless of any evidence of crimes or malfeasance, who rightfully prosecuted him.  Here's his LOGICAL, SANE, and totally not ABUSE OF POWER argument:


Def not an impeachable offense!!

His announcement of the appointment of a flunky to do his bidding in seeking vengeance is also an example of a sane and normal person, amirite:


You will recall that the raid on Mar-a-Lago uncovered sensitive classified documents that he had unlawfully taken from the White House after his first term and stored in various unsecured locations, including a bathroom.  Another flunky, the judicially/ ethically- challenged MAGAt Aileen "Small Bore" Cannon managed to bend procedure and the law to dismiss the slam-dunk case.  Good times.

But the Bully- in- Chief wasn't done yet last night, now turning his attention to foreign affairs where he assumed his Rambo persona to threaten a country we took decades to remove ourselves from at great human and material cost:

"Donald the Dove."  Ah yes, we remember it well.

This cosplaying President is more quickly than most anticipated turning America into a mirror image of himself:  lawless, bullying, arrogant, self-absorbed, ignorant, alone and without true friends.  


Monday, June 9, 2025

QOTD -- Red Flag For Democracy

 

"Trump has federalized at least 2,000 National Guard forces and reportedly plans to deploy troops to Los Angeles over Governor Newsom’s objections. If that happens, it will be the first time since 1965 that a president has sent troops into a state without a state request.

"That’s alarming enough. But Trump has also authorized deployment of troops anywhere in the country where protests against ICE are occurring or are likely to occur, even if they are entirely peaceful. That is unprecedented and a clear abuse of the law. [snip]

"In short: don’t let the absence of the words “Insurrection Act” fool you. Trump has authorized the deployment of troops anywhere in the country where protests against ICE activity might occur. That is a huge red flag for democracy in the United States." -- the beginning and end of a thread by the Brennan Center for Justice's Liza Goitein on Bluesky, in which she describes in detail the abuse of power being exercised by the Malignant Fascist in his attempt to create an "insurrection" out of the anti-ICE protests that he can use as a pretext for a power grab.  Outside of Los Angeles, the next flashpoints could be the nationwide anti- MF "No Kings" protests scheduled to coincide with the June 14 military parade in Washington, DC, ostensibly honoring the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, but also the MF's lamented birthday.