I don't know about closeted gays but I think most Trumpers do have issues stemming from childhood and repression/mistreatment of some sort.
Are we now officially in a dictatorship?
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I don't know about closeted gays but I think most Trumpers do have issues stemming from childhood and repression/mistreatment of some sort.
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Most of them grew up evangelical Christians or Christian nationalist. This in and of itself breeds this kind of ****.
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How many of our presidents have held military parades to celebrate their own birthday? Will he eventually make his birthday a national holiday?
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Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a couple thousand civilians.
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Good news is that trump is completely tone deaf and unable to read the room.How many of our presidents have held military parades to celebrate their own birthday? Will he eventually make his birthday a national holiday?
Army plans for a potential parade on Trump's birthday call for 6,600 soldiers, AP learns
Detailed Army plans for a potential military parade on President Donald Trump’s birthday in June call for more than 6,600 soldiers, at least 150 vehicles, 50 helicopters, seven bands and potentially a couple thousand civilians.
It will only backfire and turn more people against him.
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Trump is unsure if he is required to uphold the Constitution….
www.nbcnews.com
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
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Trump is unsure if he is required to uphold the Constitution….
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
They should have made it easy for him and had him swear some sort of oath... Maybe on a bible... With a judge involved...
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I mean for me that is impeachable. That is literally one of the President's primary duties. He swore an oath to the Constitution on inauguration day. If he isn't ready to uphold that responsibility he should either step down or be removed.Trump is unsure if he is required to uphold the Constitution….
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
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Opinion | ‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the United States.
President Trump could soon have the tools to satisfy his many grievances by swiftly locating compromising information about his political opponents or anyone who simply annoys him. The administration has already declared that it plans to comb through tax records to find the addresses of immigrants it is investigating— a plan so morally and legally challenged, it prompted several top I.R.S. officials to quit in protest. Some federal workers have been told that DOGE is using artificial intelligence to sift through their communications to identify people who harbor anti-Musk or -Trump sentiment (and presumably punish or fire them).
What this amounts to is a stunningly fast reversal of our long history of siloing government data to prevent its misuse. In their first 100 days, Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump have knocked down the barriers that were intended to prevent them from creating dossiers on every U.S. resident. Now they seem to be building a defining feature of many authoritarian regimes: comprehensive files on everyone so they can punish those who protest.
“This is what we were always scared of,” said Kevin Bankston, a longtime civil liberties lawyer and a senior adviser on A.I. governance at the Center for Democracy & Technology, a policy and civil rights organization. “The infrastructure for turnkey totalitarianism is there for an administration willing to break the law.”
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This is horrible and unsurprising and somewhat ironic considering that trumpers were the ones who were most worried about being spied upon by the government.Opinion | ‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.www.nytimes.com
Elon Musk may be stepping back from running the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, but his legacy there is already secured. DOGE is assembling a sprawling domestic surveillance system for the Trump administration — the likes of which we have never seen in the United States.
President Trump could soon have the tools to satisfy his many grievances by swiftly locating compromising information about his political opponents or anyone who simply annoys him. The administration has already declared that it plans to comb through tax records to find the addresses of immigrants it is investigating— a plan so morally and legally challenged, it prompted several top I.R.S. officials to quit in protest. Some federal workers have been told that DOGE is using artificial intelligence to sift through their communications to identify people who harbor anti-Musk or -Trump sentiment (and presumably punish or fire them).
What this amounts to is a stunningly fast reversal of our long history of siloing government data to prevent its misuse. In their first 100 days, Mr. Musk and Mr. Trump have knocked down the barriers that were intended to prevent them from creating dossiers on every U.S. resident. Now they seem to be building a defining feature of many authoritarian regimes: comprehensive files on everyone so they can punish those who protest.
“This is what we were always scared of,” said Kevin Bankston, a longtime civil liberties lawyer and a senior adviser on A.I. governance at the Center for Democracy & Technology, a policy and civil rights organization. “The infrastructure for turnkey totalitarianism is there for an administration willing to break the law.”
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It’s all of that!
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This is an important read. I’m making it a gift article so everyone here can read it. When you ask why we’re living in a dictatorship with so much of the population living in an alternative reality, this is why:
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How Misinformation and Partisan ‘New Media’ Changed a California Town
Residents of Oakdale, Calif., have abandoned traditional media outlets for a mishmash of online sources. These days, they’re often not sure what information to trust.