So we gave up 1 mad king 250 years ago only to pick up 2 now?

yes

Well the Google results i saw say about 64% of eligible voters voted, which is apparently high for the US.

Based on 2020 numbers it does look like a lot of 2020 Biden voters stayed home and most 2020 Trump voters came out again. Add in some economy frustration and surprise we get this shit show for 4 years…

I just don’t even know how I’d react if he successfully cut the defense budget in half. Would i have to join MAGA at that point?

Because… yeah, I hate everything he’s done or let others do so far. His Cabinet is/ will be a nightmare. I assume this defense cut would come with more egregious tax cuts for the billionaire class.

But cutting that much from our stupid war budget … man that’s such a nice thing to get…

“unnamed source” “unnamed Democrat”

Why don’t these people grow a pair of tits and put their name to their quotes? They’re complaining that the Dem leadership isn’t being brave and fighting, yet they can’t be brave and put their name to critiquing the leaders…? Figure it out.

i have, and i may very well again…

I would argue there’s a Constitutional duty for all sworn officers to be willing to impose a judge’s order if it’s lawful/constitutional (if ordered). That’s how warrants and seizure orders work, for example.

The question I’m afraid to see tested is what if any judge tells an officer to do one thing and the president tells her to do something else?

I believe there can’t be state charges in this because that would imply a state court ordering a federal agency to do something which i believe is more or less impossible due to the Supremacy Clause.

But the capricious nature of Deputy Assistant President Trump is a real danger to these people, especially if whatever illegal thing they’re doing for him gets big bad publicity and could make him unpopular.

Any official that is disobeying a lawful order from a judge is in contempt, should be charged as such, and put in jail if they don’t obey the lawful order.

If that doesn’t happen, then the people tasked with implementing the judge’s lawful orders (including contempt findings and sentences) are themselves in contempt.

This cycle should repeat until the right people start going to jail for contempt, or they start following those lawful orders.

If judges’ orders can be ignored with no consequence, we’re done as a country.

if I were a spy in any authoritarian country I’d probably take it immediately before Trump just starts outing them again and getting them killed.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/10/leaked-dozens-of-cia-informants-killed-captured-or-compromised-report/

90% of them were Russian/ Iranian/ Chinese/ North Korean trolls or bots. They got what they wanted, so it’s on to the next thing. Probably undermining support for Ukraine.