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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: wzambon 🐝 BRONZE
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Subject: Autocratic Breakthrough
Date: 06/20/25 11:57 AM
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The Trump administration has arrested a mayor, a judge, a member of Congress, and beaten a United States Senator to the ground. They’ve deployed the military, over the objections of the governor and mayor, into a major American city. We just experienced a political assassination.

The nation’s chief law-enforcement officer, DHS Secretary Noem, asserted:

“We are staying here to liberate the city [of Los Angeles] from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.”

The president demanded a military parade for his birthday and is threatening to revoke broadcast licenses from television networks. The Trump regime is ignoring court orders, including one from the Supreme Court, and Trump’s press secretary says:

“The courts should have no role here. There is a troubling and dangerous trend of unelected judges inserting themselves into the presidential decision-making process.“


Thom Hartmann

Stop being such a ninny, Thom. Donald Trump is “channeling the will of the American People.

Not the Congress.
Not the courts
Certainly not the Constitution (other that the voice of “We the People” being spoken by Trump
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