Marc VeldhoenDon't let theattack on the Iranian regime, how possible beneficial for the Iranian people distract from this:
Read the draft emergency executive order for Trump to take control of elections
A draft executive order to declare a national emergency to allow President Donald Trump to take unprecedented control over voting is being circulated by anti-voting activists who have said they are in coordination with the White House.
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Strypey@marc_veld
> A draft executive order to declare a national emergency to allow President Donald Trump to take unprecedented control over voting
Orange Stalin is playing a dangerous game here. The power of the Presidency ultimately rests on that of the federal governments, including Congress, which rests in turn on state governments. There must come a point where they impeach him instead of complying, and messing with voting seems like a bright line.
downbeatdan@strypey @marc_veld 'seem like a bright line'.... I'm losing count of how many of those have been crossed now. Unconstitutional actions have been happening by the day. Starting wars without congress, ignoring all the courts, angling for a third term as president... no-ones stopping anything. Dictators are gonna dictate.
@downbeatdan
> Starting wars without congress, ignoring all the courts, angling for a third term as president
All lines crossed, yes, but I don't think any of these are a bright lines. Not in the same way as openly interfering with the well established principle that states run elections, not the federal government. Orange Stalin interfering with states' rights risks pissing off his own base and driving them to ally with his opponents, in a way none of the things you list did.
MacCruiskeen@strypey @marc_veld The Speaker of the House, and a good portion of his caucus, are all in for the fascism. There will be no impeachment until he is voted out, which is why they are doing all they can to keep that from happening.
@maccruiskeen
> The Speaker of the House, and a good portion of his caucus, are all in for the fascism
Maybe, but are they the majority in both houses of Congress? If so there's no possibility of the institutions self-correcting, and the US is in Weimar Republic territory. Which requires a revolutionary political strategy, in which the institutions and *both* major political parties are among the opponents. So you want to be very sure whether or not that's the situation.
@strypey @marc_veld No institutions are self-correcting. That's not how they work. They're made up of people, who can be weak, stupid, cowardly, intransigent, corrupt, evil, and occasionally decent and make some attempt to look beyond the end of their own nose. Either the leaders rise to the moment or they don't.
@maccruiskeen > institutions are self-correcting.
Stirring rhetoric, but it doesn't really answer the question I asked, now does it. In fact, it specifically *avoids* answering that question.
Also, institutions can designed to be self-correcting, or they wouldn't be able to outlive people, as they clearly do. Everything else you say is true as far as it goes, but beside the point.
@strypey @marc_veld How do you design a 'self-correcting' institution that doesn't just depend on the people in it to value it and have the integrity to uphold it? If you don't have that, the design doesn't mean squat. That is what we are seeing right now.