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(24,414 posts)Maybe it won't
Irish_Dem
(47,131 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)His pace will accelerate as he gets more power. He finally got Gorsuch, so he has SCOTUS, and he got his travel nan, though modified. The thing is, the countries he blocked, are exactly the ones whose refugees need help. Very stupid, if he hoped to deescalate radicalization. Maybe, he does not want to de escalate it; it serves him well to stoke his base.
We're not in a nuclear war yet.
We still have Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA.
We still have public schools, libraries, fire departments, and the like.
That's off the top of my head. Others can add to the list.
Loge23
(3,922 posts)With his idiot AG, the #IPOTUS can still put a serious dent in our civil rights. Watch out for action on marijuana laws, assembly, and speech.
FirstLight
(13,360 posts)The whole Net Neutrality thing is a first step in limiting our information.
Makes me think of all those totalitarian "state run" internet and TV countries
Fullduplexxx
(7,864 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)which could coincide in his ouster and jail.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,034 posts)He's going to take that as a challenge
0rganism
(23,957 posts)the RNC and Trump now need to consolidate power, as there are a few gaps left in the armor
think shit's broke now? just wait until they go full-on dictator with Trump's secret police force and callouts for NRA cult members to form "neighborhood watch" militias across the country
plenty of distance left to fall before we hit bottom