Post AtFkX3ITuqBGYIJ54i by dbc3@mastodon.world
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(DIR) Post #AtFhGSKHJ15jOPXeTI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-19T14:53:45Z
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A number of prominent #Republicans, including several fmr members of the first #Trump admini, have signed an open letter decrying him for using his #power to punish 2 fmr admin officials who criticized him, likening his actions to those of a “royal despot.”“For a president to personally & publicly direct the levers of the federal government against publicly named citizens for political reasons sets a new & perilous precedent in our republic,” the group wrote.#ChrisKrebs #MilesTaylor
(DIR) Post #AtFhf1nh42YqMg19Ga by ATLeagle@mastodon.online
2025-04-19T14:58:10Z
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@Nonilex so they admit that the accusations of previous administration weaponizing the DoJ are bogus? That's his support reason. He isn't doing it back, he is starting this
(DIR) Post #AtFi1YEZ9rXFKHKJxw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-19T15:02:16Z
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“#Trump is explicitly targeting 2 Americans because they exercised their #FirstAmendment rights…. That is a miscarriage of #justice which these individuals…vindictively singled out by him, will be unfairly forced to endure. The president of the United States must not direct federal authorities to investigate people with whom he disagrees.“This is not democratic governance. It is baseless retaliation — & it has no place in the United States of America.”#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AtFiUmaAtDTkE1NADQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-19T15:07:33Z
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“Across our history, there have been dark chapters where state #power has been #weaponized & #dissent suppressed, including the crackdown during & after WWI, the #RedScare of the 1950s, & President Richard #Nixon’s ‘enemies list.’ These episodes are now seen as shameful deviations from the fundamental American principles of #FreeExpression & impartial #justice. The April 9 presidential memoranda are an appalling rejection of those bedrock democratic values.“#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #Trump
(DIR) Post #AtFiooQBlJSviiFj5E by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-19T15:11:10Z
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“It brings to mind the abuses of power that characterize #authoritarian nations, not the #UnitedStates. No matter one’s party or #politics, every American should reject the notion that the awesome #power of the presidency can be used to pursue individual vendettas. Behavior of this kind is more to be expected from a royal despot than the elected leader of a constitutional republic. This is the path of #autocracy, not #democracy.”#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #ChrisKrebs #MilesTaylor
(DIR) Post #AtFj0Jkjc4YK4uLhb6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-19T15:13:15Z
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Earlier this month, #Trump issued 2 #ExecutiveOrders revoking the #security clearances of #ChrisKrebs, who led #CISA under during Trump’s first term & rebutted his claims that the 2020 election had been rigged & stolen, & #MilesTaylor, who once served as chief of staff at the #DHS. Taylor anonymously wrote a NYT opinion essay in 2018 accusing Trump of rampant “amorality” & telling of an internal government “resistance.”#RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower #Autocracy #FirstAmendment #law
(DIR) Post #AtFkX3ITuqBGYIJ54i by dbc3@mastodon.world
2025-04-19T15:30:21Z
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@Nonilex these points are valid but criticizing individual discrete actions, as egregious as they may be, misses the bigger point.He is if not crazy, irretrievably defective.He has no regard for anything except himself, and that is wildly distorted. He is beyond an autocrat. The Congress should have removed him weeks ago. The Cabinet should have. Neither will. The Constitution is not working.When in the course...
(DIR) Post #AtFkiE89yeh1Kxo7hQ by generalx@freeradical.zone
2025-04-19T15:32:11Z
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@Nonilex @GossiTheDog
(DIR) Post #AtFnXiTH8CHy77Mc8O by Ultraverified@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-04-19T16:03:50Z
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@Nonilex If these "Republicans" want to do something truly meaningful, they can direct their anger, disdain and disgust at other Republican politicians who are currently in office and are doing NOTHING to stop any of it.
(DIR) Post #AtFpBiCxd2qgpqMshE by weaselx86@mastodon.social
2025-04-19T16:22:29Z
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@Nonilex He told us who he is."I believe strongly in getting even." -- Donald J. Trump
(DIR) Post #AtGBuz6JrlETFaFpXE by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-04-19T20:37:07Z
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@Nonilex Let me know when they vote for impeachment or to use the 25th Amendment. If they do the latter, they should do a twofer, and use it on JD Vance right after they remove Trump.
(DIR) Post #AtGgiH1L1kCBdqLLTk by anne_twain@theblower.au
2025-04-20T02:22:15Z
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@Nonilex It's a good letter, and they signed it knowing they could be next on Trump's list of who to take revenge on.
(DIR) Post #AtH397kxmEEjigtOb2 by Anonomouse1981@mstdn.social
2025-04-20T06:33:10Z
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@Nonilex If they're "bedrock values", then whey is there no system in place to vet anything before the executive branch signs anything?-The existential crisis no one is talking about, is that there's literally tonnes of laws, but humans are the weakest link, disregarding it all at a whim, and without any - actual - push back.May everyone in US government reincarnate as a black lady in the US.😪