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The president’s temper tantrum comes less than two days after U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr., whom Trump appointed during his first term, struck down his use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to expel hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador. The administration had argued that the law—which was last used during World War II to justify carting Japanese-Americans off to internment camps—allowed it to deport migrants without due process because the country is at war with gangs and drug cartels.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 day ago (4 children)

When your own conservative judges are striking down your official acts as unlawful, you should have the self-awareness to know you've gone too far.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago (1 children)

he doesn't have self awareness or shame. only a hole in his heart where the rest of us keep our love and compassion

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

The point was to go too far. They want a full right extremist takeover. Its what Project 2025 calls for.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

It's adorable you think a thing like "self-awareness" applies to any MAGAt...

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Watch the movie the Apprentice. It does a good job showing the evolution towards cruelty and entitlement he undergoes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago

producers commentary, said he often shits himself on the show everytime he flysing intoa rage, and they have a dude who they nicknamed that would wipe him down as he is often unware that he shits himself.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Evolution? My guy, he's always been like this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Evolution as in he gets more extreme with time.

[–] knobbysideup 20 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's not a war you fucking putz.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

War on concepts are an American pastime. Drugs, terror, crime, and now immigrants.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I tried explaining that to a couple of people a few days ago. It's not just rhetoric, there's an actual reason they like to declare a "War" on various things like drugs, terror, etc. By declaring a "War," it allows the government to access certain policies/ strategies that are only available during wartime. When they declared a War of Drugs, it allowed law enforcement to get extra federal money, as well as justification for militarizing the local cops.

In this case, it allows HitlerPig to use some old wartime powers act, even though its not a war, and the people hebis targeting arent actually combatants. Its just an thin excuse to deny them rights, as if they were enemy combatants on a battlefield.

[–] ayyy 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That’s not how any of this works.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

Yes, it is. They use these "Wars" on issues to increase their control of the population. The "War on Drugs" encouraged the militarization of local police, the "War on Terror" encouraged the intrusive surveillance of citizens, the "War on Illegal Immigration" allows the president to invoke the Alien Enemies Act.

Characterizing these issues as "Wars" sends the message that they will go to extremes to achieve their oppressive objectives.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

“If this is so, our Country, as we know it, is finished!”

If you believe this sensationalist bullshit, know that you are being duped!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The Country as we knew it was finished when this piece of shit threw out due process.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

It’s not that he threw it out so much as he’s chosen to ignore it, and no one has stopped him.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I guess we're just going to bitch about the foundational checks and balances of our governmental system now. I'm so sick of this clown parade.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Tomorrow:

~~ACTIVIST judges HATE America! The Democrats, corrupt Hillary, they call it "checks and balances". LIES. Checks and balances are NOT politics. Checks and balances are MONEY. The founding fathers, they told me themselves. "Mr. President, make big checks and tremendous balances. We made America great. You make the best deals, make it great again." CANCEL the FRAUD checks and cut Democrat balances! America writes the checks! Stop the ILLEGAL DEI spending!~~

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ACTIVIST judges HATE America! The Democrats, NASTY WOMAN HILLARY. They call it "checks and balances". LIES. It's not politics, it's MONEY. Big checks. The biggest, even. These things, they make the BEST nation in the world. Tremendous balances, That's why America is great. The greatest, even. The founding fathers, they wanted it that way: the BIGGEST economy. They told me themselves, you know. "President Trump, make big checks and tremendous balances. You make the BEST deals." They're right. Nobody makes deals like I do. Tariffs, they're fixing things. CUSMA, what a BAD deal. TERRIBLE. This is why you don't elect DEMOCRATS. They get ripped off, they want to give AMERICAN money to TERRORISTS. I'm fixing it, you know. China, China. They're begging me "Mr. Trump, we need your business." We're making a deal. The BEST deal in the history of deals. But the Democrats, they want to stop it. Try to make ILLEGAL deals behind America's back. Terrible deals. Truly BAD deals. Anti-American DEI spending. And they got away with it under BIDEN. NO MORE. CANCEL the FRAUD checks and cut Democrat balances! America writes the checks! Stop the ILLEGAL DEI spending!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

A little too coherent but the tone is correct

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

Hillary should be all caps, and it would be "NASTY WOMAN HILLARY goddam clinton"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Perfect cover picture for this man baby.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

trump will be getting rid of non-loyalist republicans oon.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Leavitt be like But TrUmP hAs tHe mOsT InjUCtions