Below is my column in USA Today on the escalating rhetoric over the imminent demise of democracy in the United States and how, as repeatedly claimed by President Joe Biden, “democracy is on the ballot.” There appears no limit to the level of growing hysteria. On the ABC’s The View, host Whoopi Goldberg warned journalists and “gay folk” that Trump is planning to round them up and “disappear you.” Putting aside the assumption that the executive branch would go along with the massive purge, the suggestion is that neither the Congress nor the courts would move to stop the killing or confinement of all reporters and LGBTQ citizens. Whether cynical or hysterical, this political narrative is being replicated across the Internet despite its utter lack of foundation or basis.
Here is the column:
“It may well be the last real vote you ever get to cast.” Those words from former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., capture the mantra of this election season from politicians and pundits. It is narrative that preys on the fear of Americans that our constitutional system is on the verge of collapse.
Yet, it is untrue and ironically shows the lack of faith in our democratic systems that many of these figures ascribe to others.
If one briefly surfs cable news, you would think that this election is the only thing that stands between democracy and tyranny. On MSNBC, hosts like Joe Scarborough have repeatedly told viewers that former President Donald Trump will “throw away” democracy if elected.
President Joe Biden himself has taken up this claim. In his speech Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Biden insisted that “democracy itself is on the ballot” and said that this election would determine if democracy can survive in the United States.
This campaign tactic holds obvious advantages for a candidate who has the lowest polling numbers of the past seven presidents at the same point in their first term in office. Biden and others are calling for citizens to vote not for Biden, but for democracy itself.
The pitch would be more compelling if Democratic activists were not trying to remove Trump from 2024 ballots and Democratic leaders in Florida, North Carolina and other states are refusing to allow other candidates to run against Biden in the primary. In those states, the primary ballots themselves might not be very democratic.
Trump’s rhetoric helps fuel fears of what he might do
Trump helps to fuel such dire predictions with his reckless rhetoric. After the Supreme Court accepted review of his disqualification from the ballot in Colorado, he said at an Iowa rally, “I just hope we get fair treatment. Because if we don’t, our country’s in big, big trouble. Does everybody understand what I’m saying?”
The answer is that it depends on whom you ask. For Democrats, the comment seemed to threaten more violence like the kind we witnessed during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, especially given Trump’s pledge to pardon rioters.
For Republicans, it was a frank acknowledgement of the deepening anger and divisions in the country.
Those divisions are manifest in a new Gallup poll showing that only 28% of U.S. adults are satisfied with the way democracy is working in the country. It’s down from 61% in 1984. Only 17% of Republicans and 38% of Democrats are satisfied with our current state of democracy.
While I do not believe that the Jan. 6 riot was a true insurrection, I immediately denounced it as a desecration of our constitutional system. I criticized Trump’s speech that day as he was giving it. I also supported Vice President Mike Pence’s actions at the Capitol and rejected the legal basis for opposing the certification of the election.
Jan. 6 was many things, and all of them bad − save for one vital thing: Our system worked.
The Capitol riot was only the latest stress test for a system that has survived wars, economic collapse and social divisions. Despite an assault inside our Capitol, the system held and functioned as it was designed. And despite the claims of some partisans, we were never “dangerously close to losing it all.”
It was a desecration of our system but also the triumph of that system. Members of both parties quickly reassembled to carry out their constitutional functions. Our nation’s vice president held firm despite pressure from the president and threats from an angry mob against his very life to certify the election.
As the legislative branch fulfilled its constitutional duties, the judiciary did the same. Trump-appointed judges and justices voted against the incumbent president’s claims and cleared the path for the Biden inauguration.
We can recognize the gravity of that riot without engaging in the type of hyperbole that is now being bantered about in the campaign.
Once again, Trump has stoked such claims with comments like saying that if he were reelected, he’d “want to be a dictator for one day.” The former president stressed that he was speaking of ordering the building of the border wall and drilling for oil − unilateral actions that the host of the interview, Sean Hannity, immediately noted would not make Trump a dictator. However, Trump did not take the helpful nudge to clarify his words.
Yet, even if Trump did mean that he would attempt to be a dictator (and to do so past the first day), it is not up to him. For more than two centuries, presidents have sought to act unilaterally or assume extraconstitutional powers only to be checked by the legislative and judicial branches.
To suggest that this may be our last democratic election is to suggest that both branches (and the population at large) would stand idly by as a president assumed tyrannical powers. That did not occur, even when this country was united by wars and national emergencies. With the nation now divided right down the middle, it is even less likely.
That is why the “democracy is on the ballot” claims border on defamation against our Constitution. We have the most successful and stable democratic system in history. The success of that system is not measured by those who would riot or challenge our values. It is measured by how the system responds. Our system works because it was not only written for times of relative unity and calm, it also was written for times like these.
What remains is a crisis of faith for some and a preying on of those fears by others. Our Constitution ultimately is a leap of faith, not only in government but also in one another. This faith should be strong in a system that has met every challenge, including Jan. 6.
Many things will be on the ballot in 2024, but democracy is not one of them.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanTurley
Professor Turley makes an important point that Biden has the lowest poll numbers of the last 7 first term presidents 11 months prior to a Presidential Election. And a survey published today shows 56% of Americans support criminal charges being filed against Trump & 39% oppose Trump being charged with crimes. 49% of Americans support the rulings by Colorado & Maine to disqualify Trump from the ballot while 46% oppose Trump being removed from the ballot.
Look forward to Turley citing more important polls reflecting the sentiments of the country.
Cheap labor and babies. Crops and votes
Which of you libtards needs me to post the quotes from Jerry nadler and others for the great replacement “conspiracy”?
Shared responsibility (e.g. loan forgiveness, Obamacares) through progressive prices, labor and environmental arbitrage through immigration reform and novel Green deals, world ethnic Springs, political congruence (“=”), diversity (i.e. color judgment, class bigotry), and a wicked solution performed for social, clinical, criminal, political, and fair weather progress.
As Blue cities were burned by the fascist Left, Jerry “the Penguin” Nadler made the brilliant pronouncement, “ANTIFA is not a thing….it is an idea”. Yeah, moron, right…..quack, quack, quack!
Wow, thats it!!!!
What all the libtards here have been trying to tell us. The economy is great!!!
Biden told us why today!!!
“When you increase the number of jobs, you increase the number of customers.”
OMG, who knew??? Brilliant!!!
I need to hire more people, i dont have enough customers!!!
This is the best you marxists can come up with??
Sad.
He also said it costs $30 to check your bank balance.
And who can forget the “One billion, 300 million trillion billion”
Brain Salad Joe is definitely a smart one……”Not a joke , man….you know, the Thing”
No, ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ Is NOT Recognized By Psychologists
Many clinicians, political commentators, and members of the public have speculated upon the mental health of President Donald Trump. Indeed, over 70,000 people self-identifying as “mental health professionals” have signed a petition declaring that “Trump is mentally ill and must be removed.” In sociological terms, the “medical gaze” has been hitherto focused on President Trump, and to a lesser extent his ardent supporters.
However, in recent months, many have been questioning the direction of this “medical gaze.” In fact, more and more people are suggesting that this “medical gaze” should be reversed and refocused on President Trump’s most embittered and partisan opponents. Some have even suggested that these opponents are experiencing a specific mental condition—a condition which has been labelled “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (TDS).
Mental illnesses are officially classified in a dense and dry book published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). This book contains 947 pages and lists hundreds of mental disorders; TDS is nowhere to be seen. Similarly, a review of scholarly databases such as MEDLINE and Google Scholar reveal no academic papers on this alleged syndrome. Officially at least, TDS is not a real, diagnosable, or treatable mental disorder.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-about-men/201901/is-trump-derangement-syndrome-real-mental-condition
TDS is real and you just proved it by taking the time to drop that steaming turd.
It is no more necescary to demonstrate the reality of TDS than it is to demonstrate that the sun will come up tomorow.
Half the country bought the collusion delusion – despite the FACT that it NEVER made any sense at all.
Clinton has real links to Putin and Russia. Trump merely put on a beauty pagent in Moscow.
Russian Oligarchs gave the Clinton Foundation almost 150M. They gave Bill Clinton half a million for a 1/3 hour speech.
Trump was unable to get Russia to sign off on Trump tower Moscow.
Trump’s energy policies would be really bad for Russia.
Clintons would be really good. Energy is 1/3 of the Russian economy.
Not only do we have lots of evidence of TDS, but we even have TDS in allegedly very capable people.
Lawrence Tribe is excoriating Trump for what he told Clinton to do.
17 US inteligence agencies put out a report on Russia and Trump that as noted about was just stupid.
Leaders who allow the personal to take precidence over the needs of the country do not last long.
To Witt Biden’s abysmal approval, and likely wipeout.
Putin could be buddy buddy with Trump and loath Clinton. He is still going to pick the one that is best for Russia – and that would have been Clinton.
Then we have the 51 former US intelligence agents who claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation.
All that did was prove how corrupt or stupid the ranking intelligence figures in the US are.
Do you honestly want people in important positions of power who judges the Collusion delusion real ?
Who judged the Hunter Biden Laptol russian disinformation?
Do you want in power those who got covid Wrong in every possible way, and who we learn over time KNEW they were lying to us from the start ?
And these people and you make all kinds of other claims – like about the 2020 election or about January 6th.
Given how frequently they are eitehr egregiously wrong or how frequently they have been caught out in lies – why should they be trusted ?
Why should we trust that those who used government to censor social media, and who lied egregiously to us ?
Why should we trust them about elections ? About J6 ?
About anything ?
TDS is recognized as a serious mental health problem by half the country.
As to your example – all you have proven is that 70,000 Psychologists are unethical and stupid.
It is an ethical violation for a psychologist to diagnose a person that is not a patient.
But beyond that – No Trump is not suffering from mental health issues. He is quite obviously doing very well.
The majority of Humans would completely melt down faced with 91 indictments and several criminal and civil cases. It actually takes incredible mental resiliance and health to deal with the garbage that the left has inflicted on Trump – not just the nonsense of the moment.
People who do not know him hate him and call him a nazi.
Left wing nuts here can do not hold up to a tiny bit of the garbage that Trump has gotten for years.
But then that is why You are suffering from TDS and Trump is doing fine.
“TDS is not a real, diagnosable . . . mental disorder.”
Actually, it is. It’s a type of delusional disorder:
“Delusional disorder is characterized by irrational or intense belief(s) or suspicion(s) that a person believes to be true.”
“Another characteristic of this condition is that the person often lacks self-awareness that their delusions are problematic. They’re unable to accept that their delusions are irrational or inaccurate . . .”
“A delusion is a false belief that is based on an incorrect interpretation of reality.”
“A delusion is an unshakable belief in something that’s untrue.”
Accurate negative beliefs about Trump so not constitute delusions.
“Accurate negative beliefs about Trump so not constitute delusions.”
Like the pee tape? Like the dossier? Like Alpha Bank?
Those kinds of accurate beliefs?
Delusional.
Accurate negative beliefs such as:
* Trump said “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude [his characterization of the 2020 election] allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
* Reporter asks “Will you tell your supporters now, no matter what, no violence?” and Trump walks away without answering.
* Trump said “We are going to win four more years. And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years.” “we’re probably—based on the way we were treated—we are probably entitled to another four after that.”
* Trump’s dereliction of duty in waiting hours before telling his supporters to leave the Capitol on J6 and condemning Mike Pence in the midst of the insurrection.
* He regularly praises dictators.
* Reporter: “Do you agree with what your lawyers argued that you could not be prosecuted if you ordered Seal Team Six to kill your political opponent?” Trump: “If a President of the United States does not have immunity, he’ll be totally ineffective.”
And these are only a few examples.
Jesus h christ, that fvcker was at it again today.
Watch the video from today of him acting like he’s looking at a book shelf. He is trying to get close to the little girl’s hair.
Goddam that pos.
Yea when she notices him and moves away, he finally moves on.
That is one creepy dude.
Steaming turd from turdrunner below vvvvv
Psychology Today recognizes a phenomenon called Trump Derangement Syndrome. At this point Leftists are all in on their Mass Formation Psychosis and have reached such a level of hysteria that they are reinforcing their own fears and delusions to the point that it is their firmly agreed upon reality. To what insane level their mass delusion will take them is unknown, but it will undoubtedly lead them to even more absurd and crazy notions and beliefs. Reasonable people will just shake their heads and wonder how bizarre it can get.
Psychology Today: “Trump Derangement Syndrome is not a real, diagnosable, or treatable mental disorder. … TDS is a term used to discredit and delegitimize criticism of the president.”
Steaming 💩
” TDS is a term used …”
Use your own judgement after reviewing this video.
This is Gigi
NUTCHACHACHA!
KBigg is Tom/Estovir’s new puppet.
Wahahahahbaa u wish turd brain
Election Officials Hounded By Conspiracy Mongers
The Issue One report focused on 11 western states and found that the problem of voting official turnover is particularly acute in the region’s swing states, where conspiracies have flourished.
In Nevada, 59% of the state’s county voting officials are new since 2020. In Arizona, 55%.
In total, more than 160 chief local election officials — nearly 40% of the region’s officials — have left their positions in the 11 states that Issue One tracked. Experts say they expect to see a similar trend in other states as well, as recent polling and NPR’s own reporting have indicated many people in these roles fear for their or their colleagues’ safety.
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1200616113/election-official-threats-harassment-turnover.
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Turley’s denial that democracy is threatened willfully ignores all the threats election officials have endured since 2020.
Steaming turd from turdrunner
Or most likely they ran before their crimes come to light.
https://mtracey.medium.com/the-most-predictable-election-fraud-backlash-ever-4187ba31d430
DJT said that he’d be a dictator on day one. DJT said he would fire anyone in government service who refused to pledge loyalty to him. DJT said that he would direct the DOJ to go after his perceived enemies. DJT refused to pledge that he would insist on his fans not engaging in violence if he loses. DJT refused to pledge that he would accept the outcome of the 2024 election if he is the Republican candidate and he loses. DJT continues to lie about losing in 2020, and continues to insist that he really won, but his “victory” was “stolen” by electin fraud, despite all proof to the contrary. THESE things are NOT done in a democracy. Democracy IS on the ballot, no matter how much they pay Turley to spin away this truth.
DISCLAIMER: The foregoing was a paid political announcement by the decrepit old man clinging to power to further his own economic interets at the expense of the country he once pledged to serve.
Trump’s the decrepit old man trying to cling to power to further his personal economic and legal interests at the expense of the country he once pledged to serve.
Mespo: Trump is 77, wears orange make-up, dyes his hair yellow and carries about 50 extra pounds. So which old man are you talking about?
I bet you look similar, pedo
Gigi the liar back to screech some more lie
What a stupid kunt
“but his “victory” was “stolen” by electin fraud, despite all proof to the contrary. THESE things are NOT done in a democracy.”
Better tell Hillary that. Her exact words.
You’re truly a fvcking idiot.
“DJT said that he’d be a dictator on day one.”
Why does the Left always feel the need to lie?
What he said was: I’ll be dictator for *one* day.
The “dictator” quip was chum for the paranoid Left. Which the gullible Left swallowed and regurgitated.
For all of you folks worried about the constitution, Joe’s going to give away another $475 billion starting in February for student loan “forgiveness.” The Supreme Court has already ruled on this; Joe doesn’t have the authority! Meanwhile, we’re going into debt another $2 trillion.
Aside from the constitutional issues, I really resent this because I sacrificed to pay for two degrees for myself. Why should I have to pay for someone else’s college? Why should someone who never attended college have to pay for other peoples’ debts? How can Joe keep doing things that are prohibited by the constitution?
SCOTUS didn’t rule on it in general. They said that a specific approach to loan forgiveness wasn’t allowed. And many people who are getting loan forgiveness already paid off the principal but owe interest, so you’re not paying off their loan; you’re accepting that the government doesn’t have to charge interest.
Doesn’t the Congress have something to say about this? Or are you saying the Joe Biden is the government.
Sounds pretty authoritarian to me.
Congress expresses its opinions through legislation. As long as the Executive acts within the bounds of the Constitution and legislation, he doesn’t have to check further with Congress.
Please answer the question.
“It was a desecration of our system but also the triumph of that system. … As the legislative branch fulfilled its constitutional duties, the judiciary did the same.” Holy cow, are you completely missing the point of the Consitution – specifically the First Amendment, Professor. J6 was the last opportunity for The People to have their 1A Grievences Redressed by BOTH Congress and the Courts. BOTH institutions failed to protect every one of those citizens First Amendment Rights prior to last-resort, J6, where The People demanded Congress investigate the election results. Congrats, your Blue Check is still intact.
They don’t get to “have their 1A Grievences Redressed by BOTH Congress and the Courts” by breaking the law.
Congrats on excusing criminality.
Exactly where in my comment did I excuse any criminal acts? Please be specific.
You said “BOTH institutions failed to protect every one of those citizens First Amendment Rights prior to last-resort, J6, where The People demanded Congress investigate the election results.” Over 1000 people committed crimes on J6.
Never once did I excuse criminal acts that happened on J6. Not. Once. You, on the other hand, extended the thread into something that was not said. That’s not on me.
Just how did “The People demand[] Congress investigate the election results” on J6 other than through their crimes?
Can’t even give you a ‘good try’ on that response. Now you’re being intentionally obtuse. No further response will be addressed.
intentionally obtuse
That’s all the troll has. Stacking lies on top of each other.
Which laws did they break?
It varies somewhat by person. You can see the charges for each person here: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
It’s their sworn duty to uphold citizen’s Rights, not ignore or otherwise obfuscate them for political expediency.
Citizens don’t have a right to speak in the Capitol Complex during the Covid closure. No one’s legal speech was ignored; nothing stopped people from speaking legally, including by writing or calling their Rep’s/Senators’ offices. But speaking doesn’t guarantee that you’ll get what you want, especially if you break the law to speak.
Missed my point twice now. Speaking legally is what happend on J6 BEFORE the riots. “The People” were ignored at every prior step up to the moment. That’s Constitutionally wrong.
They weren’t ignored. They simply didn’t get what they wanted, because the EC had already voted for Biden.
Now three times.
Then maybe you’re not making your point clearly.
Or you’re intentionally trying (again) to steer the conversation into something that wasn’t said. Your focus is on the riot. Mine is not. That makes “four”.
No, I wasn’t focusing on the riot when I said “They weren’t ignored. They simply didn’t get what they wanted, because the EC had already voted for Biden.” I was talking about all legal communication with members of Congress. Similarly for “No one’s legal speech was ignored; nothing stopped people from speaking legally, including by writing or calling their Rep’s/Senators’ offices.” Perhaps you’re not getting my point either.
Five
Citizens don’t have a right to speak in the Capitol Complex during the Covid closure.
According to who?
The Republican party is all set to nominate an ex-president who attempted a coup to stay in office and refuses to admit he lost the last election. And the prosecutors overseeing Trump’s 91 indictments require extra security for all the threats they are receiving.
Yet Johnathan Turley assures us the only thing we have to fear are ‘hysterical Democrats’. This level of denial makes us seriously wonder what reality Turley inhabits.
One might place Turley in league Florida’s so-called ‘Surgeon General’ who warned state residents NOT to get covid booster shots. It’s an in-your-face form of gas-lighting where the gas-logjter basically says, “Yeah, I’m going to p1ss in your face and say it’s raining”.
REGARDING ABOVE
Said troll comes on this blog when he cant get anyone in West Hollywood gay bath houses to give him any attention. And thats with his towel removed! Sadly said troll cant seem to get any satisfaction
That stupid comment and video above were posted by Tom/Estovir, our resident puppeteer.
Estovir is also: Waters, Whimsical Mama, dgsnowden, Upstate Farmer, Iowa2, James, Hullbobby, Guy Ventner, Shakdi, Mary, Margot Ballhere Ralph Chappell and many, many others.
@Anonymous
No, and neither will we be when we all vote against this nonsense. You, on the other hand . . . 🤷🏽♂️
Bwahahahaa the troll is down to calling posts stupid now lmao
Turdrunner you poor widdle baby
@whomever wally etc.
You aren’t any better. Please stop clogging up the thread with your puerile invectives. The trolls are bad enough, I should not be able to count the number of posts containing ‘turd’ on more than two hands. Thanks.
Clogging it with a turd bwahahahahaha good one james
The Republican party ensconced a fellow traveler of Karl Marx, under a colossal mandate of 39.8%, who unconstitutionally seized power, imposed marital law, commenced a war, extirpated the Constitution and Bill of Rights, seized properly deeded private property, “fixed” 1864, and began the incremental implementation of the principles of communism which hold dominion in the United States today as the vast American welfare state.
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“They consider…that it fell to…Abraham Lincoln…to lead his country through…the RECONSTRUCTION OF A SOCIAL WORLD.”
– Karl Marx’s Letter of Congratulation and Commendation to Abraham Lincoln, 1865 https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/iwma/documents/1864/lincoln-letter.htm
Was the Florida SG wrong?
Thinking about who is saying what and what they are saying I thought of William Hazlitt and his thoughts on FOOLS:
“The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.”
Bertrand Russell: “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”
Mark Twain, ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’: “Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And hain’t that a big enough majority in any town?”
Benjamin Franklin: “Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.”
Do not the above quotes and thoughts represent the current Democrat leftist?
“GIVE HIS VOTE FREELY WITHOUT INFLUENCE OF ANY KIND – THAT CAN HARDLY BE EXPECTED, IN PERSONS OF INDIGENT FORTUNES, OF SUCH AS ARE UNDER THE IMMEDIATE
DOMINION OF OTHERS AND SOME WHO ARE SUSPECTED OF HAVING NO WILL OF THEIR OWN, ARE EXCLUDED FROM VOTING.”
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Ben Franklin et al. created a severely-restricted-vote republic, including a 1789 turnout of 11.6%, and voter criteria as male, European, 21, 50 Lbs. Sterling/50 acres, while they admitted only “…free white person(s)…” to become citizens/voters within the year of the adoption of the Constitution.
Never did they intend for a one-man, one-vote democracy.
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“the people are nothing but a great beast…
I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.”
– Alexander Hamilton
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“The true reason (says Blackstone) of requiring any qualification, with regard to property in voters, is to exclude such persons, as are in so mean a situation, that they are esteemed to have no will of their own.”
“If it were probable that every man would give his vote freely, and without influence of any kind, then, upon the true theory and genuine principles of liberty, every member of the community, however poor, should have a vote… But since that can hardly be expected, in persons of indigent fortunes, or such as are under the immediate dominion of others, all popular states have been obliged to establish certain qualifications, whereby, some who are suspected to have no will of their own, are excluded from voting; in order to set other individuals, whose wills may be supposed independent, more thoroughly upon a level with each other.”
– Alexander Hamilton, The Farmer Refuted, 1775
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“[We gave you] a republic, if you can keep it.”
– Ben Franklin, 1787
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The Prentis Cycle
From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to courage; from courage to freedom; from freedom to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency ; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to fear; from fear to dependency; and from dependency back to bondage once more
– Henning Webb Prentis Jr.
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“DEMOCRACY CAN EXIST ONLY UNTIL DEPENDENT PEOPLE VOTE THEMSELVES LARGESS OUT OF THE PUBLIC TREASURY”
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the people discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy–to be followed by a dictatorship.”
– Alexis de Tocqueville
George W,
Yes.
Thank you for that insightful comment.
Jonathan: There are good reasons to listen to the WEF and read its report. It’s predictions are playing out in this country. Our Democracy is definitely under attack.
DJT was present in court on Tuesday to hear his lawyers argue that he is immune from criminal prosecution. That is a claim only a dictator could make. That is an attack on our Democracy. DJT pretty much knows he will lose because after the hearing he told reporters: “”It’ll be bedlam in the country. It’s the opening of a Pandora’s box!”. Sounds like a call for lawlessness. Seems DJT can’t tolerate the thought of being constrained by the law. That is a direct attack on our Democracy.
I would expect we will see more of DJT’s threats to our Democracy. He has threatened almost all the judges and prosecutors arraigned against him. Death threats against Judge Chutkan and a bomb threat against Judge Engoron. Then there was a death threat with white powder addressed to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. Fani Willis has received 150 personal violent threats since DJT was indicted. The only judge who has not been threatened is Judge Eileen Cannon in the Mar-a-Lago docs case. That’s because she was appointed by DJT and has made a number of rulings in his favor. DJT calls Cannon “a very smart judge and a very strong judge”. DJT’s followers know Cannon is not a legitimate target.
So, yes, our Democracy is under attack every day by DJT and his minions who think he is above the law. And this is why 2024 will be a referendum on whether we will continue to be a country under the rule of law or under an authoritarian. That’s why the 2024 election and our Democracy will be on the line!
You’re wrong.
Dennis mcinlyre is an unconvicted pedophile
Dm me if you want the proof
DJT was present in court on Tuesday to hear his lawyers argue that he is immune from criminal prosecution. That is a claim only a dictator could make.
Its exactly what Obama did. Kill a man without due process. I guess its different when its a dem
Liar, Obama never claimed to be immune from prosecution.
“On Tuesday, CIA director nominee Brennan told Paul that “the agency I have been nominated to lead does not conduct lethal operations inside the United States — nor does it have any authority to do so.” Attorney General Holder followed up with a letter that said lethal force against American citizens on U.S. soil is “entirely hypothetical” and constitutes “an extraordinary situation” “we hope no president will ever have to confront.” Holder cited 9/11 and Pearl Harbor as examples of such domestic attacks that may warrant the executive branch to authorize an attack on American citizens on U.S. soil; but, of course, he cautioned that such a circumstance is “unlikely.”
Holder cited 9/11 and Pearl Harbor as examples of such domestic attacks that may warrant the executive branch to authorize an attack on American citizens on U.S. so
You have evidence Trump sent those death threats?
Trump doesn’t send them himself. He just motivates Trumpists to send them.
Like Bernie Sanders sent James Hodgkinson to the Ball Diamond to kill legislators?
What you say? That is different? Because shutup
Very good point!
Explain how he does so.
With his speech. Just like he motivated his supporters to go to the Capitol on J6.
Explain how a speech causes other people to issue death threats.
Here is a good article about a far right county in Arizona. Even far right people fear that Democracy has been shaken by the lies perpetuated by trump and his ilk. These are Republicans subverting election, not Demos.
Do a search for “Bob Bartelsmeyer Cochise county”, see what you find about his short tenure as an election official.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/watchdog-group-sues-cochise-county-over-delays-in-election-related-records/ar-AA1mLXlZ
Show us the wager ticket, big mouth bob
Caryn Jonson really is a “Karen” and an imbicile at that. Here’s hoping her head explodes on November 6th or whenever the Dim liars finish cheating.
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GROUND ZERO: SHELBY PARK, EAGLE PASS, TX, USA
TEXAS SEIZED CONTROL AND RESTRICTED U.S. BORDER PATROL
“The Texas Military Department confirms the TX National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass (city property where mass illegal crossings are), and is restricting Border Patrol from accessing the area, saying the Feds “perpetuate illegal crossings”. This is the area where Border Patrol has been cutting TX razor wire. Razor wire and fences are now deployed to block the area off from the public and federal government. Attached video is from our crew on the ground this morning as they began blocking it off.
You can expect DOJ to sue Texas over this.”
– Bill Melugin
Texas Military Department statement:
“The Texas National Guard has maintained a presence with security points and temporary barrier in Shelby Park since 2021. The current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant surges and to restrict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal immigrant crossings in the park and greater Eagle Pass area.”
“No, Democracy is Not on The Ballot in 2024”
– Professor Turley
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Fort Sumter 2.0 may be on the ballot in Shelby Park, Eagle Pass, TX.
The American Founders would like to convey a message to Governor Greg Abbott and the citizens of the Great State of Texas and the United States of America:
“But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
– Declaration of Independence, 1776
A New York State judge has just ordered Trump to pay Mary Trump, The New York Times, and others over $390K for legal fees connected to a frivolous lawsuit he brought against the paper.
AGs, DAs, Judges, Justices et al. must be made to pay serious and grave penalties for allowing and facilitating frivolous and malicious prosecution, unethical, illicit, and unconstitutional crimes of high office, abuse of power, usurpation of power, corruption, and corrupt, improper and dissolute lawfare under color of law.
Professor Turley seems to also ignore the new video evidence of J6 “protests” and treatment of embedded instigators (e.g. Epps).
How about the unconstitutional treatment of J6 defendants?
How about Biden’s corrupt DOJ deciding to go after anyone that purportedly supported J6 legitimate election voting concern?
Do they have enough prisons to hold 75M voters?
The DoJ is going after people who committed crimes, not just ones who expressed concern. And you know this, so why lie?
I guess you didn’t follow DC US Attorney Matthew Graves press conference.
Sammy Metamucil drops his daily deuce
Yup, and after all of the shenanigans, I hope people are waking up. It still troubles me that Nancy is so confident that no one but the dem candidate will win. Brace yourselves for the dirtiest tricks you have ever seen in the USA, courtesy of the modern dem party. They are going to make past cheating and chicanery look like kindergarten this year, and if that can’t shake sensible libs from their stupor, nothing will, and the party needs to be completely exposed and delegitimized. They are no longer compatible with a free republic.
James,
I would say the good professor has been trying to expose the leftists that have highjacked the Democrat party for quite some time now.
As we can see by all the leftists attacks on the good professor, he is doing a good job.
Congress failed to act when they were his target, seems optimistic to think they’ll help the marginalized.