"We should all take a good hard look at what’s happening in the US. Not the noise or the clamour, but the bleak constitutional reality of it. This is what happens when you give up on the rule of law."
~ Ian Dunt
#Trump #authoritarianism #Constitution #LawandOrder #ThirdTerm
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https://iandunt.substack.com/p/want-to-know-how-trump-gets-in-just
"But while this [talk of a third term] can seem like classic Trump 'shiny object' distraction stuff, I think it’s worth paying a little more attention to it. That’s because grassroots Trump supporters, at least, are open to it."
Will Sommer
"He means it. Make no mistake about that. Above all, don’t laugh it off. ... He’s not joking. He doesn’t have that kind of wit."
~ Charles Pierce
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a64340142/trump-methods-presidential-third-term/
"The time to get serious about knocking out the idea of a third term is now, before he can get it in circulation and give it currency. Two is more than enough."
~ Joyce Vance
"For his self-serving political purposes, expect Trump to keep bringing a third term up—especially as he and his priorities continue to tank in the polls.
Think of it as a leash he can use to control the Republican Party. Every time he feels his lame duck status growing, he can yank that leash hard to re-assert his power and freeze any other Republicans from emerging."
~ David Pepper
The fact that there is talk that Trump wants a 3rd term is frightening.
https://writing.socl.bz/the-fact-that-there-is-talk-that-trump-wants-a-3rd-term-is-frightening
#politics #thirdterm #trump #resist #resistance #fascism
Third Term Resist [my editing] From Joyce Vance:
