While there remain serious concerns about political violence and the state of our democracy, the immediate threat of a coup has passed.
What? They didn't even get to February!
this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2025
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"national emergency" will put this into the red.
Watch for false flag attacks this year
It’s only a real coup if it comes from the d'état region of France. Otherwise it’s just a sparkling junta.
Damn thing's busted. If you can imagine an administration that acts like this ever peacefully ceding a lost election, you're crazier than me.
That's assuming you even get a fair election again.
Is a fair election when a violent insurrectionist, a literal traitor to the republic, is allowed to run for office?
We zigged when we should have zagged a long time ago.
The American system is broken by design
No, it's been broken; the original design wasn't bad, but they told us not to let a two party system happen and we did it anyway.
The original does not protect against an entire party determined to undermine it, imo
isnt that what the "overthrow the government" part is for?
Not like we could actually do that anyways 🙃
Yes it does, it has quite clear instructions in fact. People just aren't willing to do what's necessary to follow those instructions... Yet.
We definitely should have several large books at him... but also 75 million people shouldn't have voted for him.
lol @ waiting for democrats to step up.
Might as well wait for the heat death of the universe.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-administrations-deferred-resignation-offer-halted/
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-trump-doge-states-47912249bf4b79477cbe211565c9743c
I'm an australian and know this ahit. Why don't you?
Too little too late. Fuck them.
They really should update the graphic to point to red at this point