In his own words.

[Mac1958]

The questions stands, would any of those people know what their legal limits are and be willing to tell Trump he was going over them.

We know Musk would not

Trump learned his lesson the last time around. This time he will ONLY install people who swear allegience to him. Anyone who utters discouraging word, publicly or privately, is out. And they'll know that going in.

He's going full autocrat. Period. And he won't have much trouble finding people craven enough to do his bidding.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Trump learned his lesson the last time around. This time he will ONLY install people who swear allegience to him. Anyone who utters discouraging word, publicly or privately, is out. And they'll know that going in.

He's going full autocrat. Period. And he won't have much trouble finding people craven enough to do his bidding.

And he's coming for YOU!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[22lcidw]

Musk, a liberal? Hilarious. Have you seen what he has done with X? It's a bastion of fascist posters.

Accusations are endless. And yet it is the Progressives that are trending Communist. Change the criminal codes. Remove the Patriot Act. Dissolve Homeland Security. Since every Republican candidate is a fascist, these actions would be logical. You are the Marthas Vinyard Party.

 

[FA_Q2]

The questions stands, would any of those people know what their legal limits are and be willing to tell Trump he was going over them.

We know Musk would not

If they are, Trump will not hire them.

His VP pick highlights this.

Which is the very definition of an authoritarian.

 

[berg80]

Accusations are endless. And yet it is the Progressives that are trending Communist. Change the criminal codes. Remove the Patriot Act. Dissolve Homeland Security. Since every Republican candidate is a fascist, these actions would be logical. You are the Marthas Vinyard Party.

Actually, I never said every Repub candidate is a fascist and I doubt anyone else has. What I have said is trump has proposed to enact elements of fascist governments...........like shutting down media outlets critical of him. Sadly for you, he makes no secret of it. It's part of his sales pitch as the election draws near.

If a candidate had said that just 20 years ago every conservative news outlet endorsing that candidate would retract the endorsement. Because no reputable news organization would want to associate themselves with what dictators do.

 

[Foxfyre]

Trump floats punishment for ABC after debate​

Former President Trump is suggesting ABC News be punished for what he is calling a hostile performance by the network’s debate moderators on Tuesday evening.

“ABC took a big hit last night,” Trump said Wednesday morning during an appearance on “Fox and Friends.”
https://exchange.postrelease.com/trk?ntv_at=813&ntv_ui=50827e1d-8bb0-4e05-9642-6aeee0280bcf&ntv_a=AAAAAAAAAAx28RA&ntv_fl=Iml2K1JRKViHdz62BAMlExwp7pe1pwztp-l02GsA6wOcXp6U7pNLGJXQMMjUJTUP7PXgvtm6DEC8cPX71m8icuHA-8Q2iLm-3pt7EGvMqc5ugCk1UZDfgvHkVt6zr-A8oa24oJZWE-XvWGwAFxgnDlz6oXCISSSDZOKlMy5tYUFzXyzA4PW5n9FRECrUTCrA8r8Byi1rbTV30MNX3cWbwfmLAWHOAZmFcz5-hzRmUmeaPYTfbwLi-pbujLFQTImOLl6HZN_z2pRra38AYwF28qJKNYMqMntcyXmyH75xBmzaCucG0hGkNiXOaJfGf7SA_y0v5jE07m8agUAQFnORad1QvDzJ5gWa4-4VAwYGjw1WlzYme5dF-YvVAGJOPVzfEhDjkBSy80uvWchR5xg6QsO6WF3yfpcGVGgAiqct6mNEO2wnQNI4MEawvbVfciu0hJqsllQlb9yBfLmyJU59GDyUT58aeDcJ8UAQNpf16IT9nN5SlBI1bfyxc0x22wevuqNkCleilPo90FG2gq3ubt8aqrfJBgPHClhpxmC-FcS2b1paA4EetvbCQLDF4Jz7j_qkz0Y1LGsSPVQTld8r-ZXoN6bevyz5S2rO180F8xJ5ynBWWuZmir0CYJd_lQMOXMoMaBULKJCiuQV1pr36RlUET3dbyfJbWUtwgfYVnie_eXEUnMf5CpcMEnan1LskdGI-q3P8ravtwhoZ0gTlgw==&ord=-182934859&ntv_ht=cUQaZwA&ntv_r=https://clk.srv.stackadapt.com/clk?aid=1-1493-172977470573964604813038-1&cid=1626179&adid=8289949&sid=1&uid=htSsEV4Hu9S3GS1hSkry1w&did=thehill.com::47&adurl=https://east.srv.stackadapt.com&t=1729774705&brandname=Latina+Initiative&adheading=&iidx=0&nid=47&bip=NzEuMjM3LjUwLjY3&conv=true&curl=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF0aW5haW5pdGlhdGl2ZWNvLm9yZy9oYXotdW4tcGxhbi1wYXJhLXZvdGFy&r=
“I mean, to be honest, they’re a news organization. They have to be licensed to do it. They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.”

The Federal Communications Commission does not license major broadcast networks such as ABC, but does license some local stations.

Trump has repeatedly attacked ABC for its coverage of him and routinely blasts the mainstream press as the “enemy of the people” and “fake news.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4874106-trump-abc-debate-punishment/

To be clear this........They ought to take away their license for the way they did that.”.........was in reference to being fact checked.

The question voters should not be asking themselves is whether the threat will be acted on if he's elected.
The question voters should be asking themselves is how can I vote for a man who would make such a threat in the first place?

And Putin smiles.

I wonder if the left will ever learn that is expressing a thought or opinion on something is not the same thing as pushing policy? That the Constitution protects our right to express opinions. And in this case, who can argue that any reputable bonafide news organization would not do what ABC did!

 

[berg80]

I wonder if the left will ever learn that is expressing a thought or opinion on something is not the same thing as pushing policy?

I wonder if trumples will ever stop making excuses for their candidate's habit of proposing unconstitutional punishments for members of the media that are critical of him?

Because you and I both know if Kamala Harris threatened to take Faux's broadcasting license away for being critical of her the howls from the Right could be heard on Mt. Everest.

For you folks, when trump does it it's just another shrug of the shoulders of Don being Don.

 

[Foxfyre]

I wonder if trumples will ever stop making excuses for their candidate's habit of proposing unconstitutional punishments for members of the media that are critical of him?

Because you and I both know if Kamala Harris threatened to take Faux's broadcasting license away for being critical of her the howls from the Right could be heard on Mt. Everest.

For you folks, when trump does it it's just another shrug of the shoulders of Don being Don.

Show me the threat and I will agree with you. But there is no threat there. There is only an expression of an opinion that was more a figure of speech.

This is far closer to a threat:

MSN

 

[Papageorgio]

Show me the threat and I will agree with you. But there is no threat there. There is only an expression of an opinion that was more a figure of speech.

This is far closer to a threat:

MSN

That is pretty fascist. Scary times. They also want to control social media and the press, by pressuring them.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The question voters should be asking themselves is how can I vote for a man who would make such a threat in the first place?

True.

Or vote for someone who committed treasonous, historic crimes: attempting to overturn a presidential election, disenfranchise millions of Americans, and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.

 

[Lesh]

Trump says he has extreme power

Trump claims ‘extreme power’ of president in new threat

www.rawstory.com

 

[berg80]

In this new ad..............https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBpHj7dNHqQ/?igsh=eGltbzkxMnFocGcz

........the Lincoln Project is all too happy to give the MSG bigotfest as much publicity as they can. This, in the belief exposing the visceral, divisive, hatred trumples have towards fellow Americans will be a turnoff.

Conservatives Have Set the Bar at ‘Not As Bad As Hitler’

Conservatives Have Set the Bar at ‘Not As Bad As Hitler’

Trump’s hate rally was less hateful than the Nazis. Good work!

nymag.com

 

[berg80]

The proverbial gloves are off. Though I'm not sure they were ever really on. We are accustomed to hearing them say the quiet parts out loud. Now they do it with a microphone.

Conservatives spent the weekend complaining that Democrats were comparing Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden to one held by American Nazi sympathizers in 1939. And the comparison to the Nazis is somewhat overheated — there are important differences, after all, between right-wing authoritarian movements and right-wing authoritarian movements bent on genocidal conquest.

But this very real and meaningful distinction in degree between different kinds of threats to democracy is not the point Trump’s defenders wish to emphasize. And, as always happens to Trump rationalizers, their denials were quickly embarrassed when a rally speaker said, “These Latinos, they love making babies, too, just know that. They do. They do. There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside. Just like they did to our country,” and called Puerto Rico “a floating pile of garbage.”

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

“…the entire event, despite its marathon length and hodgepodge of z-list speakers, delivered over and over again a very focused message. The Trump campaign is about retribution and revenge. It is about the white supremacist desire to purge America of all their neighbors of different colors and beliefs. It is about Trump’s desire to seek out his enemies and punish them. And over the course of its Wagnerian length (and resonances) it singled out group after group that would be deported or punished.”

Donald Trump’s Racist NYC Rally Was Vile. It Was Also Political Suicide

The Madison Square Garden rally, operatic in its repulsive bigotry, will almost certainly alienate more voters who might have voted for Trump.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[berg80]

Show me the threat and I will agree with you. But there is no threat there. There is only an expression of an opinion that was more a figure of speech.

Your capacity to lie to yourself is limitless.

 

[berg80]

“…the entire event, despite its marathon length and hodgepodge of z-list speakers, delivered over and over again a very focused message. The Trump campaign is about retribution and revenge. It is about the white supremacist desire to purge America of all their neighbors of different colors and beliefs. It is about Trump’s desire to seek out his enemies and punish them. And over the course of its Wagnerian length (and resonances) it singled out group after group that would be deported or punished.”

Donald Trump’s Racist NYC Rally Was Vile. It Was Also Political Suicide

The Madison Square Garden rally, operatic in its repulsive bigotry, will almost certainly alienate more voters who might have voted for Trump.

www.thedailybeast.com

I had long referred to Don as the Bigot-in-Chief when he was prez. His defenders were indignant. It's out in the open now yet some are unwilling to admit to their embrace of intolerance.

It's one of the great disappointments of my life (I'm 68) to be forced to acknowledge so many of my fellow Americans harbored hatred in their hearts for people of different colors, races, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation all along. They just needed a demagogue to bring it to the fore.

 

[Foxfyre]

Your capacity to lie to yourself is limitless.

When you can show me where I am wrong, I might agree with you. But since you can't do that. . .