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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Trump pledges authoritarian crackdown, saying enemies to be prosecuted at levels "never seen before"

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Trump pledges authoritarian crackdown, saying enemies to be prosecuted at levels "never seen before"

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jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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    Man, this guy’s vocabulary makes me feel dumber for having read it. Everything is “like you wouldn’t believe” or “never seen before”.

    And the worst part: I know I don’t take him as seriously because of how he communicates, and I need to remind myself he’s a genuine threat to our country.

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      “the likes of which this country has never seen before”

      • Iapar@feddit.org
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        The most best threat folks. And I have the best most best threats.

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      It’s organized crime talk. E.g. “Take care of it” can mean so many things. You talk in generalized words and let your underlings sort it out.

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    deleted by creator

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    SCOTUS: ”This is fine”

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      Not “this is fine”, but more like “pssst, this is how to do it”.

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    So…same ol’ same ol’, “Just say shit to keep my name on the front page”?

    Donald J. Trump is weird and creepy. He’s like a zit the you pop and it just keeps coming back, except this one’s got wispy orange hair sprouting out of it.

    Edit: I’ve no doubt he’ll do it, but I remember a time when evil people didn’t just announce to the world their plans in advance.

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      Wait until you read “Mein Kampf”.

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        Most stupid book I’ve ever read…

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    Oh they were seen before… in the 1930s

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    He also emphasized that his promised post-election crackdown would be sweeping in nature, claiming targets would include “Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials.” Hundreds if not thousands of people could ultimately be detained, he suggested, writing: “Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

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    party of “free speech”

    • f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz
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      Party of loving Israel and also Nazis.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
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      and in case anyone forgot:

      https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-call-suspend-constitution-gop-debate-chris-christie-1822131

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    Trumpers love this

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    Crickets from the NYT, WSJ, WaPo…

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      NYT and WaPo both have articles about it. Paywalled, so I can see why OP wouldn’t link em. I can’t even get the wsj home page to load on firefox with ublock, so I can’t say whether they reported on it at all, but it’s not exactly like nobody is reporting on this.

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        Gift versions:

        Trump Threatens Lawyers, Donors and Others With Prosecution After Election https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/us/politics/trump-election-fraud-prosecute.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JU4.U88f._DKQvi6EqVVL

        https://wapo.st/3Tmg0hl

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      I didn’t speak up when they came for the journalists, for I was not a journalist…

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        I didn’t speak up for the journalists because I was a pathetic hack that would do anything for money.

        FTFY

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    “You dun goofed! The consequences will never be the same!”

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