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Jamelle Bouie: “Donald Trump is telling us, loud and clear, that he wants to end American democracy as we know it.” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/14/opinion/trump-stephen-miller-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-Uw.9YhX.kQrvG4O6hX0u
Opinion | Trump Wants Us to Know He Will Stop at Nothing in 2025

Checks and balances are for losers.

The New York Times
Nov 14, 2023 at 10:32pmWeb
Show threadHm… I’m skepticalNov 14, 2023
@kottke And he loves that the NYTimes puts his name in the headlines.
Show thread(((bjohnson)))Nov 14, 2023

We are not surprised.

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8?amp

Donald Trump's ex-wife once said Trump kept a book of Hitler's speeches by his bed

"If, I had these speeches, and I am not saying that I do, I would never read them."

Business Insider
Show threadAndreas KNov 15, 2023

@kottke Well, a certain crazy guy, who was also an elected leader who didn't like democracy much, did write down his crazy ramblings in Mein Kampf too.

And the people at the time didn't take it seriously, too.