r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 5h ago
Possible Paywall Trump Kicks Out CNN Again Despite Judge’s Order
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u/Platonic_Eye_Deal 5h ago
Kind of hard to actually enforce any order when the Supreme Court made it clear that he is immune to absolutely everything as long as he is in the white house.
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u/gusterfell 5h ago
The rest of his administration and staff need to be reminded that they aren't, and that his pardon power isn't absolute.
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u/Belichick12 5h ago
And they don’t have pardons yet, so they need to be good little boys and girls for Donny if they want the possibility of a pardon. So do what he says or you’re going to prison
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u/gusterfell 5h ago
Or... don't commit crimes so you aren't relying on the whims of a fickle geriatric toddler to save you.
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u/Belichick12 4h ago
For hundreds if not thousands it’s too late for that
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u/dannypants143 3h ago
Fine by me. I’ll chip in a few bucks of my tax dollars to feed and house them all in prison.
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u/LifeguardDry7372 3h ago
prison? No, there is one punishment that fits the crimes being committed by these traitors
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u/OldJames47 4h ago
There was a report a few months ago (I’ve lost all sense of time) that some senior staff have already received preemptive pardons, they just haven’t had to use them yet.
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u/Several_Mousse_9485 34m ago
A lot of people are fucked if he kicks the bucket before pardons are issued
Keep an eye on the auto pen. It'll start using more energy than their paper shredders as soon as he finally fucking croaks.
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u/DunAnOir 5h ago
Isn't absolute yet. The second it gets before the McConnell-Roberts Supreme Court, it will be.
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u/wheresmyhome 4h ago
Trump has shown you only need to act faster than the judicial system. Day 1 the new Dem president needs to sweep up the entire administration to Guantanamo. Unfortunately, for them, the rights they had no longer apply. Let the Supreme Court find a way to enforce otherwise.
We need to learn to stop asking permission. Republicans don't. That is why they win. They just act.
The Confederacy continues to wage their civil war against this country and for some reason we are tying our own hands to respond to the enemies within.
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u/Status_Block591 3h ago
Great idea and well said. Republicans exercise power and dare us to stop them. Democrats need to grow a spine or get the fuck out of the way. There HAVE to be consequences for the past decade of fuckery
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u/fascistno1hater 2h ago
The only way for this to happen is to get out all of these Corporate and AIPAC Democrats. Because they aren't going to do shit to these criminals because they get funded by the same corporations, donors, Super Pacs, and institutions. They are not going to do anything that will upset the donors. That will mess up their flow of money.
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u/rothael 4h ago
Yeah. Is Trump the one literally taking away their credentials? Couldn't the staff get charged with contempt or something along those lines? Or do they have the extension of presidential "immunity"?
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u/sriracha_no_big_deal 3h ago
The problem is that court orders like this are enforced by the US Marshals, which is an agency of the Department of Justice, which is part of the executive branch and is being ran by Trump's sycophants. Anyone in the DOJ who would've had enough of a spine to enforce this has either been fired or resigned.
The inmates are running the asylum.
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u/cousineye 3h ago
If I was prosecuting, I would absolutely make the argument that 1) there is no such thing as a self-pardon and 2) you can not pardon anyone who committed crimes at your order, since that is essentially a self-pardon.
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u/Accidental-Hyzer Massachusetts 4h ago edited 3h ago
During the senate hearing with Jack Smith, one of the republicans was grilling him on presidential immunity while a president is in office, asking Smith if he thought charges would be a distraction for a sitting president and whether the Supreme Court is the final say.
Jack Smith’s answer was that his personal opinion was that nobody should be above the law no matter what their job is, but the Supreme Court is the final say and ruled the way they ruled.
Republicans apparently can’t see that advocating for a criminal to remain in office and be immune from charges just because criminal charges would be a distraction is a ridiculous position to take and looks terrible to anyone that isn’t a MAGA, corruption and crime supporting moron.
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u/IamDDT Colorado 3h ago
The Republicans think about it the way they do because of how they would use it against Democrats. Basically, exactly what they did with the Special Prosecutors office - run worthless investigations until they find out the President lied under oath about a blowjob, then impeach with that.
So, in their minds, if they don't protect Trump from real consequences of real crimes, the Democrats would launch pointless, distracting investigations to attack the President, because that is all the Republicans have ever done.
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u/ChanceryTheRapper 2h ago
Yeah, not even that it's because it's how they would use it, but the way they've been using it for decades.
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u/sniper91 Minnesota 5h ago
The Supreme Court said they get to determine when a president is immune
It was more of a power grab by the Court’s conservatives than is often reflected in the discussion about it
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u/rlbond86 4h ago
Here's how that's gonna work:
Republican in office = immune
Democrat in office = not immune
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u/timeless1991 4h ago
No it’ll be
President doing what the SC wants = immune
President annoying the SC = not immune.
Like the above poster said, its a power grab.
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u/AffordableDelousing 4h ago
Let me help. It will be a little bit of both.
I'll be here all week for questions.
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u/shoobe01 5h ago
And the administration owns all law enforcement, put a weirdly large number under the predictably fascist anyway DHS, and has pointedly made all of them led by villains.
Until a judge tries deputizing someone who cares to enforce, there's no teeth to any rulings.
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u/Platonic_Eye_Deal 5h ago
Yep. And if any judge actually did deputize people to enforce the law, even if it was a Supreme Court themselves, it was still almost certainly end up in a shooting match.
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u/absolutelynotagoblin 4h ago
And also the military, which they have culled of non-compliers and only MAGA elite warriors full of testosterone remain.
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u/guttanzer 4h ago
Immune from criminal and civil prosecution IF the action is within his official duties. How is barring the press an official duty? Also, as others note, the ruling applies only to him. Extending it to other officials is untested in court.
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u/TeutonJon78 America 4h ago
It's an official duty if SCOTUS says it's an official duty.
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u/Platonic_Eye_Deal 4h ago
The Supreme Court said they get to decide what is and is not official duties and have already decided that things even more crazy than this count. Like apparently raping children.
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u/someguy7710 3h ago
You will notice he uses the "National Security" excuse. Same reason they are putting a drone port on the ball room and sniper posts on the pointless arch.
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u/Wise_Monkey_Sez 3h ago
Here's the fun thing, Trump loves to play the "I'll do whatever I want until someone forces me to stop" game.
Courts can play that game too. They can issue a warrant for his arrest and have Trump perp-walked out of the White House with an attitude of, "I'm a judge and I'll issue whatever warrants I want until the case is decided and overturned by the Supreme Court. Then I'll just find a new legal excuse and issue another warrant."
And the Supreme Court can't intervene until after the issue is decided, and if the courts refuse bail... well, Trump could spend the mid-terms behind bars.
Judges need to push the issue and find out whether the USA is in fact a dictatorship or whether the courts still have power like they're supposed to as a separate and equal part of government.
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u/MoCitytrackfan 4h ago
They can’t enforce their orders unless they’re willing to use U.S. Marshalls. Can’t wait to see them go up against the SS (Secret Service (
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u/jayfeather31 Washington 4h ago
Pretty much, if I'm understanding the "official capacity" statement right.
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u/ironballs16 4h ago
Unless he is successfully impeached for it - which will never happen so long as the GOP holds even partial power
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u/Platonic_Eye_Deal 4h ago
Yep. Even if the elections are not rigged and even if there's a blowout, Democrats are not going to get these super majority necessary to both impeach and convict.
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u/Senior-bud Canada 3h ago
Personally the less exposure that I have to this idiot the better between his stupid facial expressions and the jiberesh he spouts he makes me wanna hurl.
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u/Platonic_Eye_Deal 3h ago
Yeah, I absolutely cannot watch the news. I have to reddit already because that level of detachment is necessary for my sanity.
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u/-Cool_Ethan- 5h ago
who will stop the mad king?
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u/Few_Personality_990 5h ago
The most submissive and cowardly populace on earth certainly won't.
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u/Dense_Pasttime_3114 5h ago
Americans love to talk shit about China but at least the CCP brings actual benefits to their people
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u/Few_Personality_990 5h ago
That's how their brain works, they are easily distracted and manipulated by a fake enemy, whether it be China, trans people or even Republicans themselves. All whilst both sides of the aisle laugh their asses off to the bank.
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u/forum_ryder72 5h ago
Can’t imagine the embarrassment of being a USA citizen now Adays. So pathetic
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u/Eggheadpancake 5h ago edited 4h ago
It's really how crazy how much American citizens are just ok with being oppressed.
Sure, this is opening a lot of other countries eyes that thought Americans with all their guns would never allow this.
Meanwhile there are countries with no guns that have more balls than us.
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 3h ago
It's really how crazy how much American citizens are just ok with being oppressed.
Bread and circus
As long as the average American has food on their table and some sort of "circus" to entertain them (netflix, tiktok, cat memes, etc), Americans ain't doing shit.
Even the ones that go to protests, guess how they finish their day? Watching their "circus" while eating their bread.
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u/willychonka54 2h ago
The 'protests' aren't even protests.
They're carefully planned parties for people to take selfies at.
A real protest is disruptive. American protests are just clout chasing events.
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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 2h ago
A real protest is disruptive. American protests are just clout chasing events.
The sad part is, I've said this multiple times across multiple subreddits and most times it's downvoted. American protesters don't like it when people tell them how ineffective their protesting is. They would rather do the literal insane thing and protest again and again the same non-disruptive, peaceful way and expect different results.
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u/Preaddly 4h ago
"Hey, who wants to go to prison for life? Eh? Anybody? You'll be loved by all...while in prison...for life... Don't you want to make life better for everyone, except yourself?
Well, you're obviously submissive and cowardly!"
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u/KoolDiscoDan 4h ago
We can by voting out every single person in Congress that allows him to break the law. Vote for people that say they will impeach him and take back THEIR responsibility of power of the purse.
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u/PrometheusLiberatus 5h ago edited 5h ago
Dear Judiciary:
Please hold this fucker in contempt already.
Signed, a very concerned citizen.
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u/Dense_Pasttime_3114 5h ago edited 5h ago
Nothing trump does is illegal as long as it done in official capacity per the Supreme Court
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u/PrometheusLiberatus 5h ago
And what, pray tell, can the supreme court do if a federal judge rules Trump in contempt?
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u/elvenrevolutionary 4h ago
Trump and his admin have made a hobby of ignoring federal judges' orders. No consequences so far.
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u/notmyworkaccount5 4h ago
He isn't the one personally kicking them out, hold the goons carrying out his orders accountable. Without the apparatus of sycophants doing what he orders he would just be a babbling old man.
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u/No_Throat_2356 2h ago
Which is why he slaps “national security” on fucking everything. It’s why his “ballroom” is now a “ballroom/military complex.” It’s why his grifting and threats about stealing land or oil or crypto or giving jobs & no-bid contracts to donors and friends are always tied to “national security.” Venezuelan oil. Iranian oil. His sons are backing drone companies and crypto scams while he’s pretending crypto is somehow relevant to the presidency.
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u/Ent_Soviet 3h ago
Which is wild when you realize it’s usually the opposite.
That government officials should be under greater scrutiny than laypeople. But by this, trump the person is more at risk from legal issues than trump the president so long as he can claim the action is done in an official capacity, which is very broad (aka as broad as his chosen court decides it is)
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u/Phantom_61 4h ago
So the next president can disappear say, thrice impeached turds and nothing can be done about it?
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u/absolutelynotagoblin 4h ago
Sorry, they just wag their fingers and huff a lot, but aren’t too keen on enforcement.
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u/Stereo_Jungle_Child 5h ago
Trump not complying with the law is what criminals do.
That's why they are criminals.
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 4h ago
No one could have predicted that a 34-count convicted felon would break the law.
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u/Popculturemofo Washington 5h ago
Let’s be honest. He could order everyone at CNN to be thrown in prison and the courts would only send him a strongly worded letter telling him to stop. For whatever reason this country has decided that asshole should have zero consequences for his shit and it’s one of the reasons I’m looking for the exit. What if he just refuses to leave in 2028? I doubt anyone is going to do a damn thing about it at this point. This country is insane.
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u/AltruisticPossible84 3h ago
Its not that hes unique, its mainly that republicans would make always make sure 'their guy' in untouchable. It just happens trump is currently 'their guy'. The 'next guy' is going to be 500% worse now that trump has laid the groundwork
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u/jsebrech 3h ago
The American people don’t truly care. There’s a lot of internet outrage, but if half the shit of the past year had happened in many other countries a million people would be storming the capitol and demanding Trump’s head.
The court is doing what the people let them. Same goes for congress.
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u/thisisjustascreename Illinois 5h ago
It's insane there are people working for this clown who follow his illegal orders, thinking he's going to protect them.
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u/Th30th3rj0sh 4h ago
Unfortunately for us, he is. This is a rare instance where Trump's perverse love of power coincides with his minions illegality. Trump loves nothing more than pardoning people he knows are criminal, if he also believes doing so will "own the libs". Or, ya know, if he was bribed.
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u/Tiny_Structure_7 North Carolina 5h ago
Trump actually violates a SCROTUS order so he can be a giant snowflake.
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 4h ago
The irony of course being that SCROTUS gave Trump complete immunity to do whatever he wants as long as it's an "official act."
So violating a SCROTUS order is actually him using powers that SCROTUS granted him.
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u/Gloomy_Girrl 5h ago
A federal judge issues an order and he ignores it, make it make sense please? This MF really thinks he lords over everything in the world ??
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u/one_pound_of_flesh 5h ago
The President is above the law. That’s settled now by the Supreme Court. Kind of surprised people weren’t more upset about that ruling, since it sort of ended the pretense of a free democracy.
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u/HerpDerpTheMage Virginia 4h ago
What good is a Judge’s order, or even a Court System to begin with, if the President can just literally ignore it all with no consequences?
There have been so many instances now where a judge orders something stopped or halted, and this administration just doesn’t bother complying.
The Rule of Law in a country must still apply to its leader, otherwise there is no rule of law at all. Vote these fuckers OUT.
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u/SkinnyJoshPeck Washington 3h ago
the real answer is that this is a problem that has plagued our nation since at least Jackson was in office, and it should’ve been fixed then.
The rule of law is enforced by the wing of the govt under the guy it’s restricting. Jackson famously was like “ya u guys made your ruling, now come enforce it 😈” and who is trump’s fave president??? 😒
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u/doom_slug_ Michigan 5h ago
It's neat how The White House is ignoring the law and no one knows what to do about it.
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u/External_Beat8153 5h ago
Trump every day gets bolder to ignore the Rule of Law. Its a dictatorship until
America rises up to destroy the dictatorship. Short of violent revolution, your vote is your only weapon. Use it. The institutions that used to protect you no longer will protect you.
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u/CrimsonHeretic 4h ago
All Republicans are fascist terrorists. There are no exceptions.
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u/SynthesistArt 3h ago
Kicks them out, how?
Who is enforcing Trump's illegal orders?
Can't they be arrested for their crimes?
Where are the police?
Why are you allowing this lawless despot to remain in office for a second longer?
Why is Trump not fleeing to Russia as we speak?
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u/Responsible-Shoe8831 2h ago
Where are the police?
Unfortunately, the part of our “government” that should be enforcing the laws/constitution falls under the Executive branch.
Asking the police to intervene is like asking our congress to vote for a reduction in pay.
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u/CantSmokeThisJay 3h ago
Agreed. Easy enough to have the individuals carrying out illegal orders jailed.
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u/Spamgrenade 4h ago edited 1h ago
Why aren't Americans protesting en masse on the streets of Washington on the regular? If Trump style shit was going on in any European country there would be constant mass protests.
Edit: Apparently USA is too large for any protest to take place. Lame excuse IMO, millions live within easy travel distance, there could easily be tens of thousands on the streets every weekend.
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u/DespairDiseaseDecay 2h ago edited 2h ago
There's a lot of factors obviously. The sheer size of the US, the fact that the lack of healthcare and social safety nets means many literally can't, etc. But also bear in mind that there have been numerous large protests. They're just unfortunately scattered all over the country and not really unified.
But the darkest, most painful truth is that a very, very large number of Americans either aren't aware of anything that goes on (usually by apathy, misinformation, or willful ignorance), or actively support it.
Go look at the conservative sub. Don't brigade; just observe. Note that they live on an entirely different fucking planet than the rest of us.
Now consider at least 70 million Americans think like that and live in that world.
We're fucked.
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u/snowshoeBBQ 1h ago
But the darkest, most painful truth is that a very, very large number of Americans either aren't aware of anything that goes on (usually by apathy, misinformation, or willful ignorance), or actively support it.
This is honestly it. Sure the US is big and we're all beholden to our employers due to how fucked our healthcare is. But the sad truth is that a substantial amount of our countryman are okay with this and an even staggering amount aren't paying any attention or don't care.
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u/mdp300 New Jersey 1h ago
If all your daily news is from 30-60 minutes of your local CBS/NBC/ABC station, you won't even know that most of the federal government has been dismantled.
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u/Leaningthemoon 40m ago
And when most of the news outlets are owned by the same Trump crony, it’s really hard to get actual information.
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u/ObviousAnswerGuy 47m ago
Go look at the conservative sub. Don't brigade; just observe. Note that they live on an entirely different fucking planet than the rest of us.
even the things they disagree with Trump doing always boils down to "I hate it, but a democrat would be much worse". There is zero self awareness
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u/CyberFireball25 4h ago
Because the US is huge and unlike the rest of the developed world, we are captives to our jobs due to shitty health insurance being tied to employment and no mandated vacation time
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u/offinthepasture 4h ago
Look at a map of the US and compare it to a European country. We've had protests with millions of people showing up in hundreds of cities.
For instance, if I lived in L.A., to protest in D.C. would be the equivalent for living in Paris and protesting in Cairo.
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u/Apprehensive_Gas4849 2h ago
Americans are too comfortable with their lifestyles to do anything actually serious
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u/ThatKehdRiley 1h ago
Because most of us seem to think doing that 2-3 times a year for an afternoon is enough. They don't seem to grasp the concept that change takes both consistent protest and other actions, such as an economic boycott. It's worked elsewhere, the only reason it doesn't here is because of selfishness. Those people won't want to act more until it personally affects them, until then we will suffer from the consequences of inaction
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u/gymleader_michael 3h ago
Reddit always says "Americans" as if we're united. You really think all of the people who voted for Trump have changed after just 2 years? You actually get "counter protesters" at some of these events. Millions of people aren't tired of all the winning yet. Trump got over 70 million votes in 2024.
How often are people expected to spend time protesting because some people vote to suffer and some don't vote at all? You want people out there 24/7?
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u/olivejuice1979 4h ago
Because we all don't live in Washington DC. That would be a $1000 plane ticket for most of us. Plus missing work, plus child care, plus all the other expenses with traveling.
I don't protest locally because I live in a state that actually defends my rights against the federal government. Non Americans forget about individual state government. All they think about is federal because that's all the media covers.
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u/dookieshoes97 4h ago
Why aren't Americans protesting en masse on the streets of Washington on the regular?
Why can't foreigners take 10 minutes to use their brains and try to understand how America works?
This isn't France. We tried that shit here in Minneapolis and they just killed people and hurt us. We are still being punished in Minnesota for daring to speak out.
Washington is like a 20 hour drive, Minneapolis is less than an hour. I was fine driving an hour, I was fine with protesting in my city, but i have a job and can't leave for a week to go to Washington. Be serious.
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u/under_ice 3h ago
I was out multiple times in brutal cold weather last winter. It made a difference on some level. But DC? That's so far away..
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u/Turbulent_Juice_Man 1h ago
If we were a country the size of those in Europe we could. The US is just too damn big to get a critical mass of protesters in DC. There are enough people willing to protest to absolutely overwhelm DC, but they're spread out over the entire country.
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u/Prudent-Marsupial-42 4h ago
I'm in the middle of the country with a job and there is an election in a month
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u/buried_lede 4h ago
PS. We are also just so differently configured right now. I agree with you, we should be coming together more by now, but look at the fires in France, the protests there. And look at the militarized police here plus the federal officers at Trump’s command. Here, the police, alone, would open fire on demonstrators who go that far, and i mean, mowing down dozens if not more.
All the more reason to protest, yes, but we are in a process that isn’t the same. We know we need more rights and i think we are going to take back power and get more rights. It’s slow to waken especially when workers are so cleverly tied down.
I think even more than all of that there is just a ton of complacency and ignorance from never having had a real political scare before.
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u/LouieGwasright 4h ago
Yeah France just had a massive protest about the raising of the retirement age couple years ago. Wait howd that one end again?
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u/Additional_Teacher45 4h ago
The current administration has made it clear that they will kill people that get in their way. The Heritage Foundation and Project 2025 said it out loud. 'This process will be bloodless as long as the Left allows it.'
We are not in the realm of politics any more. This administration is executing a coup that they announced that they intended to do. People thought they were voting for a president, without realizing all of the power that the Executive Branch actually wields.
Protesting without bloodshed is no longer going to be effective. People will have to die to eject the current administration.
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u/blorbschploble 4h ago
Again. We are continent sized, we live paycheck to paycheck. We are both doing more than you think, and less than is necessary, and with little media coverage.
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u/TheCandymanfrombelow 3h ago
This is so stupid, you understand the size difference right? One of your countries doesn't even equate to a state here.
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u/yukonhoneybadger 3h ago
Right... it is either a 700 round trip ticket or a 18 hour drive for me to get there
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u/buried_lede 4h ago
True, but we are at least massively trying to turn over Congress so we have to power to take back the reins of this runaway horror show and despite everything, we’re still ahead and may pull it off.
Go vote, everyone
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u/Effective-Big8158 3h ago
protesting en masse is hard when the united states is massive. also, i don't know about anyone else but i have a job and can't miss days to travel to another state to protest.
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u/HisCromulency Tennessee 3h ago
For real.
I’ll use the vacation days I don’t have
Buy an $800 plane ticket with money I don’t have to fly across the country
Spend more money I don’t have for hotel and food
Oops I’m fired
Oops I don’t have health insurance anymore
Oops how am I paying rent now
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u/KAJed 5h ago
Cool. Send the authorities for him then. Stop pretending he’s immune. He isn’t.
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u/Thunderclone_1 Wisconsin 4h ago
Problem is, he is the boss of the guys who do the arresting.
This has been an unresolved problem since Jackson shrugged and said that the courts can't actually enforce anything.
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u/Spiceybookworm 4h ago
He 100% is. SCOTUS has affirmed that. There is no accountability, and no enforcement.
You have a king, whether you like it or not.
Get out and get involved. Find the people that don't live online, make sure they know what's going on (without shouting in their face). Make sure people understand the importance of voting early, in person, and checking their registration. And do it where it counts.
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u/Red57872 5h ago
Trump has the administrative weight of the US government under his control. There's no one to send.
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u/para1131_F33L Maryland 4h ago
I know everyone is angry right now but just remember...the next President will have the same powers and I expect him/her to use them judiciously to prosecute this administration with no fear of reprisal.
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u/InsomniaticWanderer 4h ago
That's exactly what they said in the 2020 election cycle.
And then we just gave him the office back.
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u/Boy-Abunda California 4h ago
Sorry. The Democrats will do absolutely nothing. They’ll have a bunch of useless investigations that don’t result in any jail time, and Pete Hegseth will be the new President two to six years later. I have so little faith in Americans at this point.
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u/Frantic_Penguin 3h ago
Absolutely not, SCOTUS is so corrupt that they won't follow their own "precedent". It's why they use the shadow docket and won't submit opinions on their worst "rulings". It's all so that they can play the "heads I win tails you lose" game. It's all part of the plan.
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u/Parnagg 5h ago
Lol. Seriously? So apparently the first amendment means nothing in the US... Wonder how long it it will take for him to get to the second amendment...
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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mississippi 4h ago
That's the amendment that allows them to shoot black people. They'll never touch it.
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u/Familiar-Range9014 4h ago
President Obama would have been shot and then hung by the magas if he had kicked Fox News out of the press room
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u/dallasdude 5h ago
He’s so good at stealing news cycles
The headline is “Trump does ____”
instead of
“Trump badly lost the Iran war and we are fucked and the economy is in shambles”
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u/AceofKnaves44 District Of Columbia 5h ago
The president blatantly ignores legal ruling and breaks the law is how that should read.
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u/Marshall1337 5h ago
Why’d he give Ellison a sweetheart deal for WB and CNN just to kneecap them? Is Trump stupid?
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u/Dysc Louisiana 5h ago
Trump's tiff with the media is political theater. Being at odds with the media is his bread and butter for his base and low information voters. Sure, First Amendment rights of the press are in a pressure cooker with this stunt - but Americans and immigrants are dying in the street frequently to a paramilitary force unleashed by the administration. The admin is toying with and workshopping ideas on how to subvert state elections; including deploying the military to places Trump does not like. A lot more than First Amendment rights are at stake. We are and have been in a crisis but I find this media ban nothing but performative at this point (by both Trump and the media) and the least of our concerns.
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u/PetuniaToes 5h ago
So what is the judge going to do about it? Hold the secret service (or whoever does the actual enforcement) in contempt? I would hope so.
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u/wrightcommab 5h ago
What about the last 80 years has made anyone think this dick will follow rules?
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u/pixeltweaker 4h ago
If he can illegally kick CNN out of the White House can we please kick him out?
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u/Bobghenkiskhan 4h ago
Any other federal employees remember taking the oath to uphold the constitution against any enemies, foreign or domestic?
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u/keepgoing66 3h ago
Waiting for the next lecture by a Republican on how the rule of law is important. Oh, wait, that won't happen because Congress left town.
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u/Reddit_9459328 3h ago
I agree with those that say the Mitch stunt was a test drive for when Trump's brain turns to mush and he starts crying about fake news and an imaginary stolen election.
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u/kescusay Oregon 3h ago
The judge needs to start imprisoning the people enforcing Trump's illegal orders.
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u/insomniac8994 2h ago
Americans have to be the most cowardly population on the planet. I never want to hear you guys talk about people in other countries needing to stand up to authoritarian regimes.
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u/Infidel8 4h ago
There is functionally no DOJ and the Supreme Court told him that he has broad immunity.
What incentive does he even have to comply with the judge's order?
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u/Happy_Feet333 3h ago
And the American electorate said... "Yum yum, I like that!"
Then voted for it.
And 6 million Democratic-aligned voters who turned out in 2020... but not in 2024... said, "We're good with it, too!"
I expect a MAGAt to love fascism and dictatorial behavior. I don't expect people who are supposed to be in favor of the rule of law and of liberal values to be okay with it, though.
That betrayal has forever tainted them in my view. I no longer trust them to be anything more than MAGAts in disguise.
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u/AZNM1912 5h ago
Very strange nobody can do anything to stop him but this is the world we live in.
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u/invisable_burt 5h ago
CNN seems to be one of the last honest news networks and Trump is trying to make them irrelevant by barring them. Wha t part of free speech can't he understand
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u/guttanzer 4h ago
The right fix for failure to uphold the constitution by an officer of the government is spelled out in the constitution:
> Article II, Section 4
> The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
The only open question is, “Does violating the judge’s order by booting CNN rise to the level of treason and bribery?”
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u/ModestRuse 4h ago
This requires a Congress that is willing to do this. We don't. We likely won't regardless of the outcome in Nov. (Senate requires 67 votes to remove anyone).
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u/heyf00L 1h ago
In this case the judge's order was only for the White House media area. Trump has now kicked them off Air Force One. This will need a separate order. That said, Air Force One and the Oval Office have been considered more private areas than the media area, so this may be allowed.
Also, the order was only on "due process" grounds, not 1st amendment (it's typical for judges to give as narrow and simple a ruling as possible). So Trump could also just create any formal process and kick them out of the media area again based on that, and we'll need another order for that.
TL/DR Trump hasn't defied the order.
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u/FluidAthlete6839 4h ago
One day they’ll finally call him a fat dumb fuck and he’ll get so angry that it’ll cause the big beautiful stroke
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u/theaceoffire Maryland 4h ago
TRUMP IGNORES JUDGE!
"About what?"
Oh, just everything in general. Like usual.
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u/Fuzzy_Translator4639 4h ago
Can we just stop?
Court orders are not enforceable and a complete joke. We lost when we did not prosecute after J6. Fascists will continue to do whatever they want until someone stands up and actually takes action.
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u/codacoda74 4h ago
watch them claim "that one very narrow specific order didn't apply to this instance" like someone saying that being told it was illegal to steal arguing that meant THAT item from THAT shop.
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u/Ok-Valuable-6927 3h ago
SCOTUS has lost all credibility even though we warned them (SCOTUS Sgt. at Arms) last few years they needed to hold people in contempt and jail them. All 3 branches of government must enforce their checks & balances! Judah is no more, Israel is a man made nation (not GOD Blessed) with help by U.S. Israel is a nation that denies Jesus Christ. Jeremiah 33 KJV. r/truechristian GOD Bless you and yours and Semper Fi! (My wife is Jewish)
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u/ProfLuigi 3h ago
Doesn’t matter when Trump exposed how laws and enforcement are a farce in the US. They exist solely to control us, the working hands.
Supreme Court said so.
The same will be said for the midterms, whether that’s through voter intimidation, military use, or even just refusing to sit newly elected members.
Who’s coming to stop them?
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u/jardin92 3h ago
I mean, its pretty clear that our courts have no teeth to do literally anything. What’s going to happen when they interfere with the election in November? I fear that’ll finally be the moment that people realize where we are and that “just vote really hard, i know theyre cheating at voting, but just vote!” Isn’t going to solve this. By no means am i saying dont vote, go do it, but i fear that the time to do that was 2020, when we did, and the Biden admin allowed a coup to go unanswered. The right wont make that mistake again and fail
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u/-Great-Scott- 3h ago
We could have had the first female president. Instead, we got a fucking bitch.
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u/llamajava 3h ago
We need to impeach this evil moron before does any more damage. He already took us to the breaking point and is only getting worse. Aren’t the billions him and his family stole enough for them????! Impeachment is WAY overdue. The worst President in the history of our country! A convicted felony, with the IQ of a slug.
True justice Must be served!!!
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u/dreaganusaf 3h ago
He's a Fascist 🍊💩🤡 Pedo Shithead. The morons who voted for him in '24 knew this and wanted to be screwed even harder than in the first 4 years.
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u/Bishopjones2112 2h ago
Again it’s clear that Trump doesn’t understand the word “no”, like all rapists.
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u/Snapes_underpants 1h ago
CNN should forget about asking Trump questions and do in depth reporting on every unconstitutional thing he does and how he is enabled by Congress, SCOTUS and billionaire owned media and what the consequences would be if our government functioned normally. And also compare his actions to other authoritarian in history. The country would be better served by investigative reporting instead of American news just repeating what Trump said. I mean, why bother asking a liar questions when all you will get are lies and nonsense?
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u/LeastResistancePath 29m ago
I've heard that judges are too afraid to employ their powers to arrest figures like Trump because the backlash would expose just how powerless and weak the courts are. Except against single mothers behind on rent. They always get the sheriff.
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u/morrrrremore 4h ago
This administration has no respect for the law, the courts, or the Constitution. POTUS would say, « I am the law; I am the Constitution »
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