#RonDeSantis is imposing laws that violate the #Constitution, infringing on the Constitutional rights of vulnerable #minorities he doesn't like, and refusing to abide by federal laws that he's opposed to. The man is a #tyrant who's bitter about his pathetic showing as a presidential candidate, and behaving as though laws and the Constitution are optional.
“A thinking tyrant, it seemed to Vetinari, had a much harder job than a ruler raised to power by some idiot vote-yourself-rich system like democracy. At least he could tell the people he was their fault.”
Terry Pratchett; Going Postal #Discworld#Putin#Tyrant#RussianDemocracyInAction
#Republicans#fear they will be targets in #Trump’s ‘#retribution’ campaign
TFG is already attacking those who have endorsed his #GOP opponents or have crossed him in other ways
The #Trump campaign has also attempted to condemn fmr aides who worked for his rivals during the #GOP nomination fight & have twisted arms demanding endorsements, telling lawmakers that Trump will remember exactly when they backed him.
“MAGA disowns her & anyone else that associates/works with her,” read a recent Trump campaign social media message targeting the Trump campaign’s 2020 comms director for working last year to elect #DeSantis. “TRAITOR!”
Even new #House#Speaker#MikeJohnson (R-LA) has been dragged into the crossfire. One of his top #political consultants, Jason Hebert, works for Axiom Strategies, a consulting company that advised the DeSantis pres effort. A Trump adviser called Johnson after he won the speakership to warn him not to work w/Axiom, acc/to multiple people…. Hebert, a college friend of Johnson’s, is expected to start billing his work for Johnson through a company not tied to Axiom….
The high-dollar #donor community, which has been told in various ways to rally quickly behind #Trump, has taken notice.
“People took that as, ‘I am going to be president & I am going to investigate you,’” said Katon Dawson, a fmr SC #GOP chair & Haley backer, when Trump threatened to punish her donors. “There is always a threat. If you are not for him he’s against you.”
#Trump’s top advisers say the efforts to cajole & punish w/in the party are not a central part of their strategy, & some close to Trump point out that TFG can be quick to forgive when it is in his interest. Trump has long distinguished himself as both surprisingly #vicious & disarmingly #transactional, often willing to forgive intractable enmity for short-term gain.
…There are other signs that #Trump’s team has used a heavy hand. His campaign sent word to other operatives that if they worked for DeSantis, they would no longer be able to work for Trump, according to people with knowledge of the comments. One message sent to a former aide who did not heed the warnings read, “#RIP,” according to a person familiar with the exchange.
During a grueling primary, #Trump has told advisers that he wants to make sure #DeSantis is not the #GOP presidential nominee in #2028 & that he wants to make his #2024 loss painful, people who heard his comments said. He has floated attacking lesser-known senators for not immediately endorsing him, acc/to people who have spoken to Trump.
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SWORN AMONGST Release "Tyrant" Single And Music Video
British metalcore mob... Speaking about the inspiration behind the song, the band stated: “'Tyrant' is offered not only as a tribute to the friends, acquaintances, and all peoples affected by this modern-day genocide, but...
What is the real difference between #Biden and #Trump? Both are #Zionists, supporting genocide. Both, despite Biden’s campaign promises, are most content for U.S. citizens to live in a repressive #police state. Neither is beholden to the will of the voters; #lobbyists are the people who have the most influence over policy. Both are willing to spend billions on #apartheid#Israel
#ElonMusk has no interest in #freespeech despite claiming to be a "free speech #absolutist". That claim is only true if you completely ignore what the word "absolute" means, and disregard all of #Musk's overtly #authoritarian behavior. In reality, Musk is a #farRight, would-be #tyrant who wants to see a #rightwing authoritarian #government that's fully deferential to him and other right-leaning #billionaires.
This #evil little #tyrant is well past his expiration date. He's one of the #traitors responsible for handing #Chechnya over to #Putin, and now he prances around in his #Prada#combat boots like a spoiled, delusional prince. Fuck around and find out, #Ramzan. We'll always have plenty left over for you.
Wrong #DeSantis apparently doesn't understand the #FirstAmendment, or the fact that it protects the right of companies, like Anheiser-Busch, to engage in speech that DeSantis doesn't like. #Trump is a would-be #tyrant, but DeSantis is a malignant #ideologue. That fact alone makes him more dangerous to the nation than Trump could ever be.
Trump had
27 documents in his office
Of those
6 Top Secret
18 Secret
3 Confidential
75 documents in a storage room
Of those
11 Top Secret
36 Secret
28 Confidential
Yet Trump is free to roam.
This stochastic terrorist posted Obama’s address and directed his minions against his enemies
The humbling of Vladimir Putin (www.economist.com)
The Wagner mutiny exposes the Russian tyrant’s growing weakness. But don’t count him out yet