Then before other reporters could get a coherent word out of him he stormed off. Yeah, real stable there. Not someone I would want anywhere near the launch codes.
Do not forget his trying to kill the usps too ... which many ppl not in his cult assume will be there so they can vote. Of course, one of its big problems is the Rs limited its main way of raising revenue (stamps) while also forcing it to set aside a large amount for retirements decades away (which no other company does).
Using the power of the office of the presidency to influence the opening of his personal business for profit.
The proposed stamp could commemorate the 10 year anniversary of the signing of the bill that created "Obamacare" and using that nickname. I smile at imagining Trump's rage over such a thing.* Particularly if it contained an image of Obama. "Oh frabjous day, calloo, callay!"
Says the party that rushed to universal basic income. Yes, I know what UBI is but they do not.
www.salon.com
That is one scenario I am scared of. Some of you laughed when I suggested this as a possibility. I certainly hope we can get through this before that happens.Could Donald Trump use the pandemic to "rule by decree" and seize dictatorial powers?
Yale philosopher Jason Stanley on how Trump can "use the pandemic to rule by decree" and consolidate his power
Too biblical for me. Pompous, too.Salon said:
Salon said:
How successful such a coup would be is certainly open to question, but the very fact that there are far-right militias on the streets in some states, in support of a profoundly authoritarian and erratic populist who has surrounded himself with advisors who are certainly part of the alt right (and also advisors and cabinet members who part of are the Christo-fascist movement, come to that) makes the very real possibility that he might try quite alarming.
Those militias existed before him, and they'd be on the street now stirring shit whoever was in the White House. They're backed by the same people who foisted the Tea Party on us.
The article seems pretty thin to me and lacking in deep factual reporting, to be honest. While he probably is trying to lay some groundwork for election mischief and generalissimo what'zhisname certainly has fantasies in that direction, the only action I'm seeing is statements by him and his closest enablers and whatever legal levers he can directly reach. Something like a coup would have a lot of machinery going on in the background - but there is no infrastructure ramp up, no blaring leadups or advocacy in the rightwing media machines, no visible actions from the corporate megastate leading up to this, no discussion in the editorial about legal strategies citing precidence and viable laws and rulings, no one saying "I can't tell you about this", NPR is silent about a coup, and resistance is merely focused on trying to back to business.Could Donald Trump use the pandemic to "rule by decree" and seize dictatorial powers?
Yale philosopher Jason Stanley on how Trump can "use the pandemic to rule by decree" and consolidate his power
