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One close Trump adviser simply says that the president’s ultimate leverage against certain judges who try to stand in the way of his agenda is that the judiciary does not command an army, while the president of the United States does.

rollingstone.com'Move Fast': Inside Team Trump's Furious Defiance of the CourtsDonald Trump's advisers are attacking judges for daring to “control” him. Trump wants the one objecting to his deportation plans to be “IMPEACHED!!!”

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It’s a reference to the Star Wars universe, specifically when the authoritarian in charge ordered all of the Jedi (the guardians of peace and justice) to be killed. Ep 3. If you aren’t familiar, I can’t recommend it enough. Start with the original trilogy (4-6) & then go to the prequel trilogy.

This is a threat from Trump right across the bow of the entire Judicial Branch of the government. He is saying out loud that with the power of the military behind him, he can ignore the rulings coming from 1/3rd of our Constitutions design of the balance of power. This is deadly serious! #Generals

Sadly the military has its share of zombies/malevolent individuals who will blindly follow Ts orders. Including to turn on command. Hoping command will act lawfully and it’s around to do so. I pray our military is loyal to the constitution. It will play a role in saving or destroying democracy.

The last, final roadblock to total authoritarian control by Trump and Maga will be whether there are 15 or so Republican senators willing to impeach. Only when things become so horribly nightmarish that even those few misguided, corrupted souls find their spines and patriotism, will we be safe.

Almost all presidents are narcissists. Who else would believe people would vote for them to be the leader of the free world. Trump's willingness to ignore the systems that have constrained every other president is unique to him.

They really should be more direct & just say the whole thing out loud: if anyone tries to stop us we will literally kill you. Americans need to understand the whole picture & not have any wiggle room to excuse or explain away any of this. If you don’t fall in line you & your families will die

Don’t be surprise this mad men is on a power high and he will never get enough. It will be more and more as a drug and it will feed his dementia until he died. He is a despotic psychopath who will destroy everything to satisfy his need for the adrenaline of power.

so insane that the gop spent a couple decades priming the judiciary pump to destroy american society via citizens united, dobbs, etc and then re-elected president deals who is dangerously close to establishing precedent that says none of those victories are meaningful because they cant be enforced

Yeah, as a former soldier that worries me less than civilians. Sure you have these generals that are magats, but what about the thousands and thousands of servicemembers who have already said they won’t obey unlawful or unconstitutional orders?

If Trump thinks these men and women won’t put a bullet in a generals head that puts Trump before the constitution, he’s sorely mistaken. We aren’t blindly adherent to orders, and we WILL frag officers that tell us to disobey our duty to the constitution.

And again that’s gonna be against him. He’s gonna isolate the really educated and intelligent military and be left with a bunch of dumbass yes men that can be defeated easily. Trust me, the old guys know how to fight an insurgency, the new booties don’t.

Especially now that they’ve taken away DEI protections, a lot of these soldiers feel alienated. They’re definitely not going to obey an unlawful order from someone actively making their life worse, neither are their friends. Remember, Officer=management lol.

Generals go thru years of academics which helps develop critical thinking. Part of what makes Hegseth being there so heinous. No clue what % are Flynn's. But they're seeing F-35 orders getting canceled. They know this level of corruption endangers them & their readiness.

At worst, he turns the army on civilians. But i always thought in those situations individual servicemen have some kind of recourse👀 Otherwise, don’t they risk international charges for crimes against peace, crimes against humanity, and conspiracy to commit crimes like the nazi’s did?

Us isn't a party to icc. So no. They do have families here though connected to other families and neighbors. They either have to turn on them or serve the state. In 1917 the Russian army was ordered to attack civilians. They did the first time the next they shot the officer and joined the revolution

He has already proven he doesn't care about the veterans. He's taken out the VA. If our servicemembers recognize that he doesn't have their back, we can only hope they won't have his.

This is my coal mine canary. I’m 40% disabled through the VA and if my monthly compensation ($836) gets cancelled, I know we will only be a month away from an armed rebellion. I can only believe that taking healthcare and compensation away from 1000’s of trained killers w/ ptsd is a good idea.

As a former soldier, you know all their tricks. Same goes for any other discharged/retired military. The DD214 doesn't strip you of your training, your conditioning, or of your personal firearms.

If l DOJ keeps ignoring orders, THE ABA, DC Bar, and other bars must disbar those maga lawyers. If they r relying on the fact that the court can't enforce the courts own orders, the only alternative is disbarment. They are violating court orders, ethics requirements, and other bar rules.

Find the uncooperative attorneys in contempt Fine them. Establish a pattern of disobeying court orders. Order opposing counsel to notify the bar of what they have done. The bar will investigate and render a punishment which could include disbarment.

Some similar statements were made when Andrew Jackson was the president and he ignored some of the Supreme Court rulings back then and of course he’s one of Trump’s idols

As the U.K. discovered via its last rogue H.M.G. many of the Checks and Balances many thought were rock solid depended on integrity and commitment to 'principles' like Integrity,Honesty and public responsibility. Once this was challenged by a truly ruthless liar,all they could do was wait and hope.

This is why we march. Now, and later, and for as long as we need to bsky.app/profile/mark...

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

A good reason to get out there and protest now is that it will serve as a rehearsal for when we'll need massive people power in the streets to fight off the imposition of a MAGA dictatorship. The courts aren't going to be enough to stop these people. We'll need you, your family and your friends.

Trump is the dummy who is working for a group of very rich people who hate democracy. They want to take over the country and rule like kings. Once they succeeded, Trump will be outed as their jester, the idiot Musk bought.

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that this advisor is not in anyway concerned about the rule of law, democracy or the constitution? The few Dems not on the oligarchs' payroll need help. Please primary the establishment Dem politicians