The disorienting nature of gaslighting.

[Lisa558]

Gaslighting is defined as the manipulation of someone into questioning their own perception of reality.

It’s not just impeachments. Republicans are eyeing other ways to rein in federal judges.​

House Republicans don’t have the votes to impeach any federal judges. But a growing number of hard-liners is discussing several other legislative options as GOP leaders search for a release valve for the MAGA fury building over recent court rulings checking President Donald Trump.

Top Republicans are likely to put at least one bill, California Rep. Darrell Issa’s “No Rogue Rulings Act,” on the floor in early April, according to two people granted anonymity to discuss scheduling plans. The legislation would crack down on the ability of lower-court judges to issue far-reaching injunctions.

House Republicans have filed impeachment resolutions targeting four district judges, including one this week targeting the jurist who sought to block Trump’s effort to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador. Trump publicly backed the impeachment push, and Musk quickly fanned the flames on X, his social-media platform, calling the deportations ruling part of a “judicial coup.”

But there is widespread recognition inside the House GOP that impeachments — besides being costly in time and political capital — do not have the votes to succeed given Republicans’ narrow majority. That has prompted GOP hard-liners to back-channel with Trump allies on alternatives they could push across the House floor.

“Activist judges, particularly in D.C., think that they are the Trump resistance — the Trump political resistance,” said Mike Davis, a close Trump ally who runs an outside judicial advocacy group. “What they are doing is lawless and dangerous, and it must be stopped.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/congress-judges-gop-impeachments-injunctions-026855

I've pointed out a number of times how effective the Right has been in creating specious, counter factual narratives to address political vulnerabilities. Karl Rove was expert at it. Bush had a weakness relative to John Kerry over their respective service in the military. Kerry went to war in Vietnam, George stayed home and pretended to be a pilot in the ANG. So Kerry got swift boated, problem solved. trump's epic corruption and law breaking leading up to the 2024 election needed obfuscation. So the Right fabricated a fiction that he was the victim of persecution.

Darrel Issa, in Orwellian fashion, has introduced a bill named the "No Rogue Rulings Act" to deal with judges making rulings on rogue EO's and directives coming from the regime. How very diabolically clever. Some trump ally said of judges, “What they are doing is lawless and dangerous, and it must be stopped.” I can hardly think of a better way to describe what trump and Co have been attempting. Joe Biden was accused of weaponizing the DoJ because it tried to respond to trump's lawlessness. A preemptive strike to provide cover for trump turning Pam Bondi in to his personal attack dog and protector.

Justice Dept. Tries to Intervene on Trump’s Behalf in Jan. 6 Lawsuits​

The department employed a maneuver that could protect the president from legal and financial consequences in a series of civil suits.

Justice Dept. Tries to Intervene on Trump’s Behalf in Jan. 6 Lawsuits

The department employed a maneuver that could protect the president from legal and financial consequences in a series of civil suits.

www.nytimes.com

Every utterance coming from the regime requires independent, critical thought. Because the construct it's trying to create doesn't match objective reality. Is a policy induced slowdown in the economy and the resultant decline in the stock market a "healthy correction?" In trumpworld it is. Are rulings blocking the regime's unconstitutional actions coming from "activist judges?" Or is it necessary to discredit the rulings in order to manipulate the public's perception of what is happening.

Even GOP-appointed judges are resisting Trump's agenda​

Jen Psaki: Why even GOP-appointed judges are resisting Trump's agenda

Plus, a list of key ongoing and upcoming court cases and a very special new podcast in this week’s 3-Minute Read from Jen Psaki.

www.msnbc.com

Gaslighting is defined as the manipulation of someone into questioning their own perception of reality.

So you agree that it’s gaslighting to label President Trump a “dictator,” say he’s like Hitler, say the Madison Square Garden rally was like a gathering of Nazis, etc, etc?

The Democrats are masters of gaslighting. Too bad they took it to such an extreme that normal people saw through it.

 

[berg80]

So you quote an activist judge who hates Trump.

It seems you have created a construct whereby any judge who rules in opposition to something the trump admin is doing is reflexively labeled an "activist" who hates trump. Without even knowing the details of the case. That is cult-like behavior.

 

[berg80]

So you agree that it’s gaslighting to label President Trump a “dictator,” say he’s like Hitler, say the Madison Square Garden rally was like a gathering of Nazis, etc, etc?

The Democrats are masters of gaslighting. Too bad they took it to such an extreme that normal people saw through it.

I think it's too early to label him a dictator because he has yet to amass the power he is actively trying to obtain. But he's working on it.

 

[Lisa558]

This is so freaking insulting to anyone who died in the Holocaust or anyone who fought for the allies in WW2. Do you even realize how insulting this is, or are you too stupid, or you just don't care?

Yes, and as we’ve seen, Democrats don’t care how offensive their Holocaust comparisons are to Jews.

You notice how they compared the detention centers to concentration camps - rather than slave camps? That’s because they knew the latter would insult blacks. But Jews? Eh. They’re busy defending the Islamic terrorist from Syria who is inciting violence against Jewish kids!

 

[berg80]

This is so freaking insulting to anyone who died in the Holocaust or anyone who fought for the allies in WW2. Do you even realize how insulting this is, or are you too stupid, or you just don't care?

What exactly is meant by "this" in your response?

 

[Lisa558]

I think it's too early to label him a dictator because he has yet to amass the power he is actively trying to obtain. But he's working on it.

You’re completely brainwashed. We already had a first term that proved he’s not a dictator.

And the “power” you say he’s trying to amass is his attempt to take down the Deep State that has worked against American interests.

 

[berg80]

Yes, and as we’ve seen, Democrats don’t care how offensive their Holocaust comparisons are to Jews.

You notice how they compared the detention centers to concentration camps - rather than slave camps? That’s because they knew the latter would insult blacks. But Jews? Eh. They’re busy defending the Islamic terrorist from Syria who is inciting violence against Jewish kids!

Do you see how this might be insulting to them?

 

[luiza]

Not so much Band on the Run
as
Bugger 86 on the Run.

Later in the year I suspect that these vermin Troll Bots will be culled .

 

[berg80]

You’re completely brainwashed. We already had a first term that proved he’s not a dictator.

And the “power” you say he’s trying to amass is his attempt to take down the Deep State that has worked against American interests.

What happened at the end of his first term? He tried to install himself as the unelected leader of the country. Or have you forgotten?

 

[Lisa558]

Do you see how this might be insulting to them?

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There are split-second screen shots of that from all sorts of people - including Democrats.

Calling Trump Hitler is insulting, Comparing detention facilities where foreigners who broke our laws with food, medical care, clean clothes, and toys for their kids to NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMPS is insulting.

Gd wanted Trump to win. That millisecond save at Butler Field was NOT a coincidence.

 

[Lisa558]

What happened at the end of his first term? He tried to install himself as the unelected leader of the country. Or have you forgotten?

No he didn’t. That’s just more of your brainwashed mind, courtesy of the liberal media. He tried to get the stolen election examined,

Biden did not win fairly..

 

[berg80]

And the “power” you say he’s trying to amass is his attempt to take down the Deep State that has worked against American interests.

There is no deep state. The power he is trying to amass is to do things like violate the law by deporting people illegally without repercussion. Or firing agency heads illegally. Or eliminating a whole cabinet level dept. without the authority to do so.

 

[berg80]

No he didn’t. That’s just more of your brainwashed mind, courtesy of the liberal media. He tried to get the stolen election examined,

Biden did not win fairly,

That's a belief you maintain despite not having the evidence to prove it. Indicating you are detached from reality.

 

[Lesh]

The far-left activist judges need to be reigned in.

In what world is it normal for a judge to try to stop the deportation of criminal aliens and return the flights of violent thugs back to America?

Bullshit

It’s Trump trying to take over or neuter the Courts in his lust for power

 

[Lisa558]

There is no deep state. The power he is trying to amass is to do things like violate the law by deporting people illegally without repercussion. Or firing agency heads illegally.

Yes there is. And deporting criminal aliens who are dangerous to our country is not illegal. What the FUCK is wrong with you people? You’re more concerned with gang-bangers here illegally from Guatemala than you are their innocent American victims.

Same thing with the Jew-hater riling up more violence against innocent Jewish kids at Columbia. More concern for a HAMAS supporter from Syria than you are the American Jews who are being trampled on campus.

Go away. I’m done with idiots like you.

Thank Gd Trump is president, and Jews - and patriotic Americans in general - have a chance.

 

[berg80]

Yes, and as we’ve seen, Democrats don’t care how offensive their Holocaust comparisons are to Jews.

You notice how they compared the detention centers to concentration camps - rather than slave camps? That’s because they knew the latter would insult blacks. But Jews? Eh. They’re busy defending the Islamic terrorist from Syria who is inciting violence against Jewish kids!

 

[Lisa558]

I said I’m done with your delusions. See a shrink.

 

[berg80]

And deporting criminal aliens who are dangerous to our country is not illegal.

Actually, the way the Felon-in-Chief tried to do it is illegal. Which is odd because there is a legal way to do it. But first the accused must receive due process.

 

[berg80]

I said I’m done with your delusions. See a shrink.

I'm sorry that you find reality too much to take.

 

[Lisa558]

Actually, the way the Felon-in-Chief tried to do it is illegal. Which is odd because there is a legal way to do it. But first the accused must receive due process.

“Felon-in-Chief”? - and she ^^^ calls me out of touch with reality.