When Does the American Government Become the Trump Regime?

[DonViejo]

The Supreme Court is about to become the supine court and Congress is completely feckless. Only a blue wave sweeping the GOP off the Hill can stop Trump from emulating dictators.

CHRISTOPHER DICKEY
07.02.18 4:56 AM ET

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Right now, there are effectively no checks or balances remaining in the carefully constructed edifice of the American Republic. Donald J. Trump, his family and his cronies have absolute control over the executive branch of government. The Supreme Court will soon be the Supine Court, bending to Trump’s will on every important issue. The feckless Republican Congress has proved itself to be wildly hypocritical and deeply venal, with no moral compass whatsoever.

In its fundamental drive to make the rich richer, the GOP has embraced and enabled Trump’s fascist-style fear mongering. It has excused, even applauded, when he’s insulted allies and been suckered by tyrants. It ignores his unctuous dictator envy, whether he is talking about Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, Rodrigo Duterte, or the Salmans of Saudi Arabia.

We’ve seen many times the way fragile democratic institutions can be used to destroy democracy. History is full of precedents. Both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini first came to power through the electoral process. But we don’t have to grasp at such old and extreme examples. There are cautionary ones all around us in the present. From Venezuela and Nicaragua to Turkey and Egypt to Russia and the Philippines we’ve seen presidents use their initial popularity to tear apart the institutions that might have checked their power. Already we see concerted efforts to disenfranchise Trump’s likely political opponents, and his own direct attack on due process of law.

Obviously the American republic is more mature and durable than the Russian or Venezuelan versions, and as the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches on July 4 approaches,we’d do well to remember that. But what we’ve learned by default under Trump is that the real strength of the United States for most of these last 242 years lay in certain common assumptions, truths that the authors of the declaration held to be self-evident and Trump essentially disregards.

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[ck4829]

1. It actually started when a failed dairy farmer with no intel experience became the head of the House

Intelligence Committee.

Devin Nunes, that when all this started.

[mythology]

2. The day after never

Trump isn't an all powerful dictator. It took him well over a year and substantial drawing back to get his Muslim ban. He's had to back down on separating immigrant children. We're doing well in elections leading up to the mid-terms. He's being challenged on environmental issues.

For the Supreme Court, one sometimes the justices surprise people like Roberts on the ACA, two the court is generally more responsive than people think to public opinion, three if he Trump appoints another Gorsuch, Thomas is 70 and isn't in great health, four Collins and Murkowski voted against killing the ACA.

All is not lost. We can and will end of turning back what Trump has done.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. We're already there.l

[ck4829]

4. Kick

[Garrett78]

5. We're there. They are ignoring court orders.

They don't even care anymore if Flores is modified. They simply say it would be helpful. Indefinite family detention is official policy. And they will not reunite children with their parents in accordance with a court order. Simply put, this administration is doing whatever it wants.