My fear is that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act soon. After that, all bets are off. I think that we may see massacres of protesters by ICE or other corrupt agencies. God forbid it be the National Guard. Maybe that will finally really wake people up.
I am skeptical that too many in the red camp (referring to the diagram) will magically wake up. Congress is paralyzed. If states don’t stand up, I fear an eventual tipping point where all hell breaks loose and ICE commits widespread atrocities. We’d better have a plan for various contingencies.
Better that Trump invokes the Insurrection Act soon rather than closer to the election when his SCOTUS majority could slow walk a decision allowing Trump to use the Insurrection Act & the military to interfere with the election.
Xavier, ICE’s shooting two unarmed civilians is not going to suffice to be termed an insurrection. Any attempt by Trump to move in that direction will be met in court. False flags will not stand either.
I agree Carl. In a sane world where up is up and down is down absolutely. However we are in a world where NATO is prepping for an invasion of Greenland by another NATO member. We are in a world where Russia is the good guys and Ukraine is the bad guy who provoked Russia. We are in a world where literal Nazi’s with a Nazi mindset, Nazi sayings in their government brochures are running roughshod over American citizens’ Constitutional rights. We are in a world where US citizens getting whisked away in black Suburbans is not some conspiracy theory being ranted about on some AM radio station in the middle of the night. It’s just a regular Tuesday especially if you live in Minneapolis.
I think in a sense, the Supreme Court made the Insurrection Act "necessary" when they determined that "To federalize the National Guard, the President first must determine that he is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.” ~ 25A443 Trump v. Illinois
My fear is that Trump will invoke the Insurrection Act soon. After that, all bets are off. I think that we may see massacres of protesters by ICE or other corrupt agencies. God forbid it be the National Guard. Maybe that will finally really wake people up.
The Insurrection Act does not give him card Blanche to tear up the constitution. However, declaring Martial Law……huuuum that’s a big problem.
I am skeptical that too many in the red camp (referring to the diagram) will magically wake up. Congress is paralyzed. If states don’t stand up, I fear an eventual tipping point where all hell breaks loose and ICE commits widespread atrocities. We’d better have a plan for various contingencies.
We've been trying to put away a month's worth of necessities in case we can't go out. We're seniors and are limited in what we can do.
Given what we've seen, invoking martial law might not be much different to Trump than invoking the Act.
Better that Trump invokes the Insurrection Act soon rather than closer to the election when his SCOTUS majority could slow walk a decision allowing Trump to use the Insurrection Act & the military to interfere with the election.
Xavier, ICE’s shooting two unarmed civilians is not going to suffice to be termed an insurrection. Any attempt by Trump to move in that direction will be met in court. False flags will not stand either.
I agree Carl. In a sane world where up is up and down is down absolutely. However we are in a world where NATO is prepping for an invasion of Greenland by another NATO member. We are in a world where Russia is the good guys and Ukraine is the bad guy who provoked Russia. We are in a world where literal Nazi’s with a Nazi mindset, Nazi sayings in their government brochures are running roughshod over American citizens’ Constitutional rights. We are in a world where US citizens getting whisked away in black Suburbans is not some conspiracy theory being ranted about on some AM radio station in the middle of the night. It’s just a regular Tuesday especially if you live in Minneapolis.
I hope you are right, Carl.
Didn’t we all think this is how he would stop elections in 2026?
Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act with help from the military.
I think in a sense, the Supreme Court made the Insurrection Act "necessary" when they determined that "To federalize the National Guard, the President first must determine that he is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.” ~ 25A443 Trump v. Illinois