this is how you lose your democracy - one rule broken after another, until nobody is sure where the limit is, because actually, there is no limit. As an apolitical observer, the only hedge you have is to diversify, de-couple and de-risk
lazyeye · 44m ago
Other ways you can lose your democracy....
Using lawfare to try to take out a political opponent (ridiculous NY charge with no precedent, no victim, and from a DA who was famous for reducing felonies to misdemeanours but for Trump did the opposite)
Applying govt pressure to social media companies to censor content they dont like thereby bypassing the 1st amendment (twitter files etc)
Using the intelligence apparatus to try to take out a political opponent (russian collusion hoax, fake dossier)
Relying on the media lies to maintain power (border is secure, Biden is mentally competent etc)
Leaving the border wide open to allow in 10 million+ illegal immigrants in order to ultimately sway the voter demographics in your favor.
Compared to this sacking somebody seems rather tame actually.....
southernplaces7 · 2h ago
Combine a bullying, vindictive pushing of any convenient limit with a Republican Party that has completely emasculated itself and crawled well away from even the reasonable elements of restrained government it used to hold to, and Trump gets away with far more than he could if resistance to this obviously self-serving garbage came from both sides.
Also, it's completely, hilariously, laughable that someone like Trump of all people would use the specific real estate-deal related excuses mentioned to justify his attempting to fire this governer.
Using lawfare to try to take out a political opponent (ridiculous NY charge with no precedent, no victim, and from a DA who was famous for reducing felonies to misdemeanours but for Trump did the opposite)
Applying govt pressure to social media companies to censor content they dont like thereby bypassing the 1st amendment (twitter files etc)
Using the intelligence apparatus to try to take out a political opponent (russian collusion hoax, fake dossier)
Relying on the media lies to maintain power (border is secure, Biden is mentally competent etc)
Leaving the border wide open to allow in 10 million+ illegal immigrants in order to ultimately sway the voter demographics in your favor.
Compared to this sacking somebody seems rather tame actually.....
Also, it's completely, hilariously, laughable that someone like Trump of all people would use the specific real estate-deal related excuses mentioned to justify his attempting to fire this governer.