What if I told you we already have the legal authorities we need to rip up MAGA power by the roots and don't need to invent new ones? And you're not imposing mass lawless ex post facto punishment without a civil war, which would decidedly reduce the odds of democracy surviving.

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They don't get it either. Also, it's not about that. It's about aesthetics--the *aesthetics* of a fascist strongman amp them up. Tho this has also got me thinking of the hilarity of Mussolini only figuring out that Hitler had badly incompatible interests *after* sticking his dick in a world war.

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Military leaders becoming amplifiers of obviously false politically-motivated messages is a norm breaking danger sign.

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Previously:

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Coming around to a thesis that 2026 is just a continuation of incumbency backlash elections. The Republicans have a federal trifecta and are going to get destroyed while D incumbents in blue states are probably going to get through by reason of GOP toxicity but still getting an incumbent penalty

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