It increasingly feels like Trump, Miller and company are trying to provoke a new civil war.

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Understand what they are doing: using the massive power of the state - including military power and the power to imprison - to carry out a campaign to eliminate their political opposition. It's growing in seriousness by the hour.

We’re not there yet. POTUS has legal immunity, but not political immunity. There’s still the possibility (faint, but there) of impeachment, conviction, and removal from office. And even the legal immunity is only for official acts against federal law. Immunity from state laws is still unresolved

Congratulations. Your legal thinking skills are better than any one of these members of the Supreme Court.

You got it. The point of the coup is to tear up the Constitution in favor of a ruling oligarchy.

My dad used to say that America was like the eagle that represents it, it has a left and a right wing and both are required to fly. But without the heart in the center, it would just die. Never more true than it is today.

The problem here is that “Presidential immunity” was never clarified or defined by SCOTUS, unlike that of Congress.

Yes it does. It makes the legislative and judicial branches departments of the executive branch. With the one line in Trump v. US - “Congress cannot act and the courts cannot inquire…” SCOTUS basically elevated the president to a monarch.

Article 2 Clause 3 "He shall Take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed" Faithfully works good.. and Bad. Jackson and Lincoln ignore The Chief Justice... by deciding not to enforce their rulings While Lincoln created the modern Executive Order, to bypass the Legislature. (Emanc. Proclamation)

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If one branch of the US government has total immunity, doesn’t that make the Constitution irrelevant?

Nobody cares and nothing will happen but this is classically, paradigmatically fascist language. Comparing opponents to vermin and pests is straight out of the textbook.

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Read our statement responding to reports that the president is sending California National Guard troops to Oregon. We are quickly assessing our options and preparing to take legal action. We’ll continue to share updates as we have them.

Trump is now 57 minutes late for his speech but at least we're getting an emo version of Hulk Hogan's theme song

Is that all blue state governors can do? Sue after the fact? I don’t understand why they can’t do anything proactively to prevent the illegal deployment of their own National Guard. 🤷‍♀️

Breaking: California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he'll sue the Trump administration after it federalized 300 of his state's National Guard troops and deployed them to Oregon.

I truly wish they saw that far out. Currently, all they care about, like every other branch, is a lust for power, and pushing the Christofascist agenda.. There absolutely has to be some massive changes to strengthen and enforce the Constitution with prison time for politicians when this is over.

Astonished, yes. But SCOTUS hasn’t upheld the Constitution or served our nation for years. So it’ll be no surprise when they once again create policy that serves trump. Illegally, and in direct violation of the Constitution they use to hold the rest of us to account with. They are illegitimate.

If judge’s decisions are totally ignored, surely that means either the judiciary is obsolete or the current government is about to collapse?

Trump: "Portland is burning to the ground. You have agitators, insurrectionists... The governor, the mayor, the politicians are petrified for their lives."* *Not a single word of this is true.

Trump on Portland ruling: I wasn’t served well by the people who pick judges. I appointed the judge and it goes like that. If he made that decision—Portland is burning to the ground… all you have to do is look at the TV and read your newspapers. That judge ought to be ashamed of himself

But Trump has already fired federal workers for no reason. About 100k of them will show in next month's unemployment #s. Shut down or not he'll keep firing people and crippling agencies to suit his own whims.

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The Trump government does not obey the Constitution. The Republican Party no longer honors the Constitution. Those are just facts.

SCOTUS would disagree. They want the R’s to stay in power, remaking this country into 1850. Just the way they want it. No rights for anyone but men, women are property. Don’t believe me? Look at the cases they have decided. They gave DJ all the power knowing he is insane-they don’t care.

“This is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law. Defendants have made a range of arguments that . . risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation.” — Trump-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut (Oct. 4, 2025).

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

If and when Trump starts firing federal workers for no justifiable reason, let’s hope that Americans blame the perpetrator and not those trying to provide better healthcare!

This federal judge appointed by President Trump found his claims of “chaos“ in Portland, Oregon “untethered to the facts.“

I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.

it really sucks that there isn't a constitutionalist majority on the supreme court, because if there was one, i'd feel a lot better about like... everything

I have no words…..this is appalling beyond belief - those tiny children must have been traumatised for life!!! 😡😡😡

During the middle of the night right in Chicago, with no warrants, presented, everyone in the building was taken outside and zip tied, including toddlers, after they were separated from their parents. This is vile and disgusting and if you think that this is acceptable, you need to seek help.

The wealth of the richest 1% in America just hit a record $52 trillion. These are the people getting huge tax cuts — paid for by cuts to health care for millions of Americans. Every lie Trump and Republicans are telling right now about the shutdown is meant to distract you from this.

When a president sends troops into American cities to “restore order,” what he’s really doing is testing obedience. Portland and Chicago aren’t war zones…they’re warning shots. Authoritarians don’t announce takeovers. They practice them. One city at a time. However, each practice destroys families.

The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week. We should flood the Oval Office with calls so that every time Donald hears the phone ring, he gets his giddy little hopes up. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

*There is a large and growing movement of Stephen Miller–inspired terrorism in this country. It is well organized and well funded, and it is shielded by Supreme Court justices, corrupt prosecutors, and even more corrupt attorneys general.

Constitutional checks on power is not terrorism. First Amendment protected free speech is not terrorism. Criticism is not terrorism. The right of the people to peacefully assemble and address grievances toward their government is not terrorism. Speak truth to power. Always.

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the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

The same forces breaking down democracy have succeeded in undermining key institutions: the judiciary, the integrity of religious institutions, and the guardrails of one of our two political parties. trib.al/midY2hQ If we want better outcomes, we must commit ourselves to restoring them.

Gov Pritzker reports that Trump is demanding he activate the National Guard in Illinois, or Trump will. To recap: •IL violent crime rate is 310/100K •USA violent crime rate is 374/100K •Red states have a 40% higher murder rate than do blue states This isn't national security—it's fascist autocracy

If you've ever wondered what would have happened if the South won the Civil War you're seeing it unfold in real time.

And he's not using crazy words to attack the other side. For some reason the media only wants to hear about anger and threats.

If anyone actually pays attention, @RepJeffries is a terrific messenger & strategist at all times. He’s young enough & vibrant & ALWAYS clear & on message. Trying to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for over 20 million Americans is EXACTLY the right thing to do.