It Happened: The United States of America is no longer a democracy

[berg80]

It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

newrepublic.com

But here we are. The Justice Department is being destroyed—slowly at first, and now all at once. Most of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division have left or are leaving. Ditto the Federal Programs Branch, the office that’s supposed to defend an administration’s claims in court. Reuters confirmed in July that 69 of 110 lawyers in that branch were skedaddling. The exodus figure for civil rights back in May was a similar 70 percent.

trump is working hard to consolidate all power within the Executive Branch. He is steadily removing descent and any obstacles in his way.

We learned of all this the same day that Trump decided it was time to just stop pretending and ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute three specific individuals: New York Attorney General Letitia James, Democratic Senator Adam Schiff, and former FBI Director James Comey. He declared all three “guilty as hell” and wrote on social media: “We cant [sic] delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation and credibility.”

It should go without saying that none of this is normal. If a Democratic operative had gone around last year bragging that he would be playing a high-level role in a Harris administration and thus in a position to dispense favors and subsequently accepted a bag of cash for someone eager to get in good with the incoming Democratic team, the chance that the Harris DOJ would drop that probe would be zero. And just so this doesn’t sound partisan, I’d say the same of, say, a McCain or Romney administration. They’d have pursued the case, no question.

Likewise, the chance that Presidents Harris, McCain, and Romney would have publicly ordered their attorneys general to prosecute three high-ranking political opponents, two of them elected officials, is also zero. And for good measure, the left-leaning media wouldn’t have defended the bribe-taker or ginned up a lot of excuses on their behalf.

I'm sure the orange piece of shit's order to the blonde sock puppet was just a coincidence of timing.

As the author goes on to point out, both the pressure on Seibert and the order given to Pam would not happen in a Dem or a Repub admin. Making the authoritarian actions taken by the trump regime unique without precedent.

 

[Nostra]

It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

newrepublic.com

But here we are. The Justice Department is being destroyed—slowly at first, and now all at once. Most of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division have left or are leaving. Ditto the Federal Programs Branch, the office that’s supposed to defend an administration’s claims in court. Reuters confirmed in July that 69 of 110 lawyers in that branch were skedaddling. The exodus figure for civil rights back in May was a similar 70 percent.

trump is working hard to consolidate all power within the Executive Branch. He is steadily removing descent and any obstacles in his way.

DEI is dead.

Deal with it, Simp.

 

[BluesLegend]

It Hsppened:​

Lisp? Still drunk from the night before?

 

[berg80]

The DOJ does not take orders from the Executive. They are suppose to enforce the law, not trumps wishes.

Introduction and summary​

In the first six months of the second Trump administration, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has significantly eroded the exemplary reputation it has enjoyed in the federal courts for generations. Beyond losing the goodwill of the courts, the DOJ’s presumption of regularity—the standard assumption that the government has followed normal procedures and is being truthful with the courts—is now frequently called into question by the courts themselves, though not always using those specific words. The landscape has shifted from one where judges generally treated the assertions DOJ lawyers offered as, if not correct, at least made in good faith, to one where “judges openly doubt [the] government” because DOJ prosecutors are misleading them and the government is defying their orders.1

Does a Politically Directed Department of Justice Merit the Presumption of Regularity?

Federal courts should begin—and litigants should ask them—to take notice of rampant irregularity coming out of the Department of Justice.

www.americanprogress.org

The "presumption of regularity" is a quaint notion of times past now that the orange piece of shit has ushered in autocratic rule.

 

[Delldude]

It should go without saying that none of this is normal.

True, democrats just never said it out loud.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

The word "democracy" is not in the Constitution.

We are a representative Republic.

Whom Do They Represent?

If USMB believes in this elitist utopia so much, why not have members elect from a few candidates to do all their posting for them?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Wanna' have some fun? Go to Baltimore and ask basic math questions. Believe it or not, there is a school in Baltimore called Achievement Academy that hasn't had a single student test proficient in math, FOR FOUR YEARS! And the school gets over $40,000 per student. WTF?

World War II was fought because Hitler oppressed blacks.

Not only do these students not know anything and are unwilling to actually learn, they go into screaming tantrums when confronted with their ignorance.

 

[marvin martian]

Are these neo-leftists trying to blame this one on MAGA too?

Yes, for some reason they think we're as dumb as they are, and would believe Charlie Kirk was murdered by a Charlie Kirk supporter.

 

[Cellblock2429]

It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

newrepublic.com

But here we are. The Justice Department is being destroyed—slowly at first, and now all at once. Most of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division have left or are leaving. Ditto the Federal Programs Branch, the office that’s supposed to defend an administration’s claims in court. Reuters confirmed in July that 69 of 110 lawyers in that branch were skedaddling. The exodus figure for civil rights back in May was a similar 70 percent.

trump is working hard to consolidate all power within the Executive Branch. He is steadily removing descent and any obstacles in his way.

/——-/ stuff Hsppened?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It's almost like these loaners didn't know that the United States was never a democracy.

 

[Crepitus]

Fascism ended with Trump's election. You Marxies are so backward.

 

[Crepitus]

It's almost like these loaners didn't know that the United States was never a democracy.

Don't be stupider than you have to be, Kid. The USA was always a Democracy.

 

[Nostra]

Don't be stupider than you have to be, Kid. The USA was always a Democracy.

Hey stupid, Representative Republic.

 

[berg80]

So, these are career lawyers in the justice system.

When those 69 leave, civil rights in America will improve immensely.

In order to believe that remark you have to suspend reality and believe all the lawyers working in the civil rights division are partisan hacks. You have to pretend no people with a conservative ideology, or people who are apolitical, or people who are independents, go to work for the government. You have to have been made so cynical by the orange piece of shit's rantings as to think prior to him there were no diligent employees doing their best for the country. The irony being he has done nothing but staff the government with loyalists.

 

[Delldude]

In order to believe that remark you have to suspend reality and believe all the lawyers working in the civil rights division are partisan hacks.

Most were hired under Obama...

 

[yidnar]

It’s Happened: The United States of America Is No Longer a Democracy

Trump’s prosecution order to Bondi gives up the pretense. And the country is headed swiftly into unknown territory.

newrepublic.com

But here we are. The Justice Department is being destroyed—slowly at first, and now all at once. Most of the lawyers in the Civil Rights Division have left or are leaving. Ditto the Federal Programs Branch, the office that’s supposed to defend an administration’s claims in court. Reuters confirmed in July that 69 of 110 lawyers in that branch were skedaddling. The exodus figure for civil rights back in May was a similar 70 percent.

trump is working hard to consolidate all power within the Executive Branch. He is steadily removing descent and any obstacles in his way.

I guess there wont be an election in 2028 eh ?

 

[struth]

In order to believe that remark you have to suspend reality and believe all the lawyers working in the civil rights division are partisan hacks. You have to pretend no people with a conservative ideology, or people who are apolitical, or people who are independents, go to work for the government. You have to have been made so cynical by the orange piece of shit's rantings as to think prior to him there were no diligent employees doing their best for the country. The irony being he has done nothing but staff the government with loyalists.

Of course there were…but then Obama took office

 

[JimH52]

I don't think you Transtifa types are really that scary at all and are probably all cowards. If you really want a civil war you are all seriously outnumbered and out gunned. My suggestion to try and get power is to build a political party that doesn't need political violence and can win on better solutions to the problems of the most voters. You know, give the people something better than Trump. Really, how hard can that be? WTF?

J6

 

[JimH52]

Yeah, that's what the left does, they try to control the language. They label shit that isn't what they claim, and simple minded people buy into it. The US has never been a democracy and never will be. Well unless the left destroys it the way they're planning.

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After the MAGA criminal said, "We can do it the easy way or the hard way." You Magat....

 

[sartre play]

I don't have to show you anything at all. I've seen their violence on television. I've seen the uniformity in dress, the same kinds of signage and rhetoric. I have never seen them do any kind of good for anybody but just angry demonstrations that more often than not result in arson, vandalism, destruction, assault, battery, violent domestic terrorism.

That is as legitimate to go after as gang activity that has long been deemed unlawful. And those aren't any more organized than is ANTIFA.

Well we cant go around picking up American citizens because they like to wear black cloths and protest against things,
That you or I may like or dislike.
That would be like me saying a group of red hat wearing Americans need to be stopped
and arrested because they MAYBE are thinking about causing a problem at the capital again.
And no that was not AFTA at the capital.
thousands of pictures of men in red hats wavering banners.
Clearly saying who they were. WE just have to admit that many mistakes were made
Made by All. no matter who or what people want to believe