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Jeff Tiedrich@jefftiedrich.bsky.social |
our founders anticipated a Donald Trump. they didn't anticipate a corrupt and compliant Supreme Court
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oak
@mattoak.bsky.social
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300 years ago they didn't but 10 years ago we did and said so loudly. seems out focus is reversed.
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AT (not the protocol)
@aturnermvy.bsky.social
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And a no longer free press
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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་
@riwoche.bsky.social
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Indeed, Hamilton anticipated a Donald trump right here:
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Time Being
@ssn-256-43-1893.bsky.social
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*and Congress
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Nerdahedron
@nerdahedron.bsky.social
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Nor a corrupt and compliant political party aiding and abetting every step of the process.
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@token-wombat.bsky.social
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...and a corrupt and compliant Senate.
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Ghost Bear ☮
@ghostbear077.bsky.social
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I think neither. But I like your optimism.
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Mt Pleasant
@jekllnnhide.bsky.social
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but the forces BEHIND Donald Trump know exactly what they're doing. Obviously.
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Dr. Fröhlich
@edgarallandoh.bsky.social
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Exactly. They figured one institution could go off the rails. But not two and a half.
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Old Splice.
@phoopherah.bsky.social
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Complicit, even.
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Glenn
@glennvotesblue.bsky.social
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Sad but true
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DrDevo
@drdevo.bsky.social
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So why not increase the size of the court Right Now? Why not? This is making me crrrrazy
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Eileen Popp.
@epopp.bsky.social
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Castle Bravo
@castlebravoli7.bsky.social
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More broadly they didn’t anticipate national parties that would transcend both individual state interests and the prerogatives of the three branches. It bypasses all the checks and balances they designed into the system (which nevertheless can still be abused by a minoritarian party)
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@darkwebmallcop.bsky.social
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Well I think the existence of Marbury vs Madison meant they didn’t think the court was supposed to be a -full- co-equal branch
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