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So it behooves them to ensure he doesnt get back in then

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I mean, he said he would. He’s also become a better asshole since the last attempt, and now he said on day one he’s gonna fire everyone who’s loyal to the united states and replace them with people who are loyal to him personally. That’s how you put yourself in a position where the military actually listens to you when you tell them to “crack the skulls” of, “beat the fuck out of” and “just shoot” peaceful protestors.

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The military is not going to do any of that. The US Joint Chiefs have made it clear on multiple occasions that they take their oath of office to uphold the US Constitution very seriously, including at least 2 times in direct opposition to Trump’s bullshit.

They basically are the unofficial 4th branch of the US government, and their checks and balances are effective against fascists.

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Genuinely asking because I can’t seem to find it online - who decides who the joint chiefs are?

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They should be worried. With the political show trials going on, if this all doesn’t work and he does get back in the White House, the gloves are gonna be off. Yeah I know this’ll piss people off, but they’ve literally decided to weaponize the judiciary against him for being president. Guy does think his term did throw a wrench in TPTB’s plans and they don’t want that happening again. The states these trials are happening in and the timing is not fucking subtle. If this was not politically motivated, these trials would have been happening in 2012 or 2005.

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The TIMING of these Trials that Trump keeps DELAYING and DELAYING is EXTREMELY SUSPICIOUS! I think for my SELF!

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They haven’t weaponized shit. He’s still being handled with kid gloves. TPTB are still protecting him for the most part. The reason he wasn’t investigated in the past is because TPTB are mostly rich assholes like him that protect each other from being treated like us peasants.

Most of the opposition still isn’t willing to hold Trump to the same standards as most people because even they’re rich, corrupt, conservative shitheads. The prosecutions are politically motivated to be weaker than they should be for his crimes because all prosecutions against elites are weak. Most of them would spend life in prison if justice was blind.

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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.

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explain to me how the election interference and classified documents trials could have happened in 2005. be detailed.

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Whole thread read. Answer the question or surrender that specific point. Refusing to argue entirely is a concession of the whole. You don’t have to concede your whole argument. Just one point. Have responsibility for your words

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The reverend has aaked a valid question regarding your position and you have run away and hid, in typical conservative fashion.

Every word uttered by a conservative is deception or manipulation. Every word. Honesty is simply not a conservative trait, so I think it was nice of the reverend to even include you in the adult conversation. You can’t say we didn’t try.

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Touch grass.

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If this was not politically motivated, these trials would have been happening in 2012 or 2005.

Trump’s criminal charges involve his handling of documents after his Presidency, his attempt to illegally hold on to power at the end of his Presidency, and his financial records from when he ran for President in 2016. Do you think Antifa has a time machine?

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We actually do have a time machine, but only one. Jay, if you’re reading this, it’s my turn to use it last week.

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you’re going to have forfeited your turn last week next week

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It’s broken, now it on goes forward at a pace of 1 day/day like a regular machine.

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Could I have made it more obvious what I was talking about than by stating those years and using the words “trials” instead of “charges”? like did you really think I was talking about those? JFC.

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You made no indication what you were talking about and you’re “surprised” that people think you were talking about the article.

Ladies and gentlemen, the intelligence and honesty of trump supporters on full display right here.

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The article is talking specifically about the Jan 6 stuff, which he is facing a criminal trial over. In fact, when Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Trump in the impeachment for that, he directly stated that it was because it was more suitable for a criminal trial.

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The first time around, Trump didn’t really understand what kind of powers or authority the head of executive holds. He believed getting elected would make him a dictator, so he was unconcerned with who was being selected for his cabinet and inner circle, the people who actually hold the keys to power. In his mind, he could just issue an executive order and it would be carried out exactly as he desired. Needless to say, there were several people in the Republican establishment that refused to go along with Trump’s insane whims. I’m sure beyond a doubt that Trump at some point in time attempted to make good on his campaign promise to throw Hillary Clinton in jail, but somebody along the chain realized that they would burn too much political capital on a political stunt like that and either talked him out of it or simply did not comply.

This time? He knows that he needs to pack his cabinet with sycophants who will do whatever he wants. He cannot risk another Jeff Sessions, James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, or John Kelly standing in his way - in other words, he cannot nominate people who havedeveloped their entire careers in government positions who would not be willing to set it all on fire for Trump. He needs political outsiders who are fanatic Trump worshipers with nothing to lose. People with no experience on how government actually works and who care little for consequences or are actively ignorant of the laws they may be instructed to break.

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He also has a SCOTUS that will let him get away with anything.

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The first time around, Trump didn’t really understand what kind of powers or authority the head of executive holds. He believed getting elected would make him a dictator, so he was unconcerned with who was being selected for his cabinet and inner circle, the people who actually hold the keys to power.

That has to be the nicest way of calling someone an idiot. My 9 year old understands that group projects take a group.

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Yeah, but he had to appoint cabinet officials that actually had a clue back then. Jeff Sessions wouldn’t round up political opponents on shaky charges. Not even Bill Barr would do that.

But future AG Vince McMahon? Future CIA Director Tucker Carlson? You bet they would.

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The first time there was still plenty of officials and old school politicians in place who wouldn’t let him do whatever he wanted.

That will not be the case if he wins again. They have plans and preparations this time to purge the government of anybody who isn’t a blind loyalist, with presidential orders making almost everybody with any administrative power into political appointments so he can have them replaced.

When Hitler first got arrested people thought he wasn’t a threat. But when he got released he knew who to target, and then he was let back into power by people who thought they could control him…

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Arresting Hilary was a campaign promise and let’s be real, no candidate will honor those.

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