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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTonight on the nightly news, a report that TSF is considering a draft allowing him special powers for the midterms
Anyone know the facts on this?
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Tonight on the nightly news, a report that TSF is considering a draft allowing him special powers for the midterms (Original Post)
Deuxcents
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GiqueCee
(3,836 posts)1. Okay, so when...
... do we get to call his treachery actual treason? This cannot be allowed to go on.
dalton99a
(93,423 posts)2. No self-respecting dictator can be without emergency powers.
Renew Deal
(84,875 posts)3. Or a personal army
D_Master81
(2,462 posts)4. Is t it funny
Funny in a sick way that this is being reported like its just normal. Trump is considering .
senseandsensibility
(24,744 posts)5. I'm not sure which network you saw
but on CNN it was something like Trump "urged" to use executive orders to exert control over midterms. Who is urging him?
Deuxcents
(26,401 posts)9. I had ABC nightly news on..our local news just finished and that story was highlighted so I watched it.
Fiendish Thingy
(22,736 posts)6. The facts are it ain't gonna happen
But it sure bumped Epstein out of the headlines, didnt it?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(13,774 posts)7. Scary times
bluestarone
(21,948 posts)8. We are just one supreme court decision away from this
Happening. That's the scary part.
Red Mountain
(2,304 posts)10. Trump drops a turd every once in a while
just to see how it floats. And who might react and how.
I'm actually a little bit encouraged to see them putting out their batshit crazy unconstitutional plans this early on.
It means they lack a consensus internally.