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book_worm

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30. I don't think I've hated a president as much as I do this one
Sat May 25, 2019, 01:27 PM
May 2019

Not Bush II, Not Reagan, Not Nixon. Everything about Trump is nasty and mean spirited. He has no redeeming qualities at all.

Such hypocrisy SHRED May 2019 #1
Well it's one way of using them, then getting out of paying them lunatica May 2019 #39
Kick dalton99a May 2019 #2
His own Black and Brownshirts... Dennis Donovan May 2019 #3
First they will come after the undocumented and the Dreamers....Who will be next? ProudMNDemocrat May 2019 #4
took longer than I thought it would, GOP are your enemy, they want you and your family dead Eliot Rosewater May 2019 #5
Well The Game Is Certainly On colsohlibgal May 2019 #6
That would be violation of the Posse Comitatus Act. He won't get away wit it. brush May 2019 #7
Not after the changes in 2008. Might want to read this. Lochloosa May 2019 #8
So glad you had that info to share.. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #18
I didn't realize Barr is Opus Dei trev May 2019 #37
This tells a story.... dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #59
It does, indeed. trev May 2019 #64
Makes me feel ill. BlancheSplanchnik May 2019 #71
I would like to think so too. With McConnell in charge if the Senate who knows, eh? Ford_Prefect May 2019 #11
GOPers will have to turn Democrat. It would take 3-5 Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #35
So far he's gotten away with a hell of a lot jmowreader May 2019 #15
+1 CrispyQ May 2019 #24
I guess trump will fire the generals and admirals Ilsa May 2019 #38
Romney will say whatever the current audience wants to hear. Another self-serving elitist. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #65
Rand Paul will go apeshit about this SCantiGOP May 2019 #28
Eisenhower Used That Authority DallasNE May 2019 #9
Be great to know who is directing trump on all these fascist moves? empedocles May 2019 #10
I had the same thought- he has neither the intelligence, nor range of knowledge, to do this himself. NBachers May 2019 #17
Exactly. Ligyron May 2019 #32
If you go to Steve Pieczernik's web site watoos May 2019 #40
Stephen Miller is the facist dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #21
I think you are correct. bitterross May 2019 #41
I read an interview of his family. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #55
These people must be judged and stopped in this life.. whathehell May 2019 #58
Good Point bitterross May 2019 #60
Thanks. whathehell May 2019 #73
Putin. He did the same thing in his own country, with variations. Read Timothy Snyder's ancianita May 2019 #26
Possibility #1: Putin. Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #36
trDump wants to be a Robber Barron Oligarch who operates above and beyond any laws. magicarpet May 2019 #72
He becomes more dangerous by the day The Blue Flower May 2019 #12
I don't think that's legal. It's illegal to use the military forces for civilian purposes. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #13
The National Guard can be used against civilians jmowreader May 2019 #19
They have to be Federalized..... Historic NY May 2019 #23
Yes, I mentioned that...thinking back about JFK's use of it during desegregation. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author maddiemom May 2019 #34
Even if it's illegal, military doesn't obey civilian law (it has its own), only the CiC. The ONLY ancianita May 2019 #31
Our primary protection is Congressional Oversight dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #47
Kennedy Sgent May 2019 #48
He used the National Guard @ U of AL. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #61
Red Dawn will say the federal government have to get involved in this situation too uponit7771 May 2019 #63
I didn't have time to track a definitive source Sgent May 2019 #67
...And the republicans in the senate will rubber stamp it. spanone May 2019 #14
I have to think the courts would not permit that, but nonetheless, the presidency has too much power Perseus May 2019 #16
Trump told us exactly what they have done dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #49
I am likewise under the impression that such a thing simply is not legal PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #20
He's positioning Steven Miller as his very own Reinhard Heydrich. PatrickforO May 2019 #22
The framers of our constitution envisioned a method to thwart defacto7 May 2019 #25
Impeach him if he does this! MineralMan May 2019 #27
I don't think I've hated a president as much as I do this one book_worm May 2019 #30
The biggest weakness of all is that the oaths of office have no teeth. If it did, Mitchy-boy alwaysinasnit May 2019 #33
Kind of a military type of law. I forget the word for it. Mc Mike May 2019 #42
So what happens when someone does a Reichstag fire watoos May 2019 #43
Can Krystal Nacht be that far away? lpbk2713 May 2019 #44
Hate to say it, this will not fly... beachbum bob May 2019 #45
He's getting all of these ideas shanti May 2019 #46
He's got other sources, too dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #50
i agree. there plenty of ppl right here at home that want chaos. Kurt V. May 2019 #54
I think this is naive Nuggets May 2019 #51
If Trump wants his-way-or-the-highway, maybe.... Beartracks May 2019 #52
Ain't going to happen. democratisphere May 2019 #53
I can't believe we have concentration camps in the US! kimbutgar May 2019 #56
18 USC 1385 struggle4progress May 2019 #57
If he puts the military on the streets... KBlagburn May 2019 #62
The irony is Mr.Bill May 2019 #66
It would be a direct violation of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. roamer65 May 2019 #68
Trump is just a puppet/front. We are in a RW coup, right now. Get to the leaders of that, Progressive Jones May 2019 #69
I really don't think he could find enough people to cooperate to make that work struggle4progress May 2019 #70
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