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Yes, everything rests upon the foundation - rule of law. If adherence to the rule of law started today, the foolishness would cease today. It's not that complicated.

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You are 100% correct.

What is being determined right now is who is the supreme law enforcer. Who gets to interpret what the law says as the politics makes everything so nebulous? Who is Trump’s, and Congress’ and Robert’s boss, even between the three? Who makes the decisions?

The Constitution is purposely silent on this, as it was built to have no one in that position. The FF were fearful of the control by England that they wanted no part of an ultimate decision maker, ie the King. Most of them hated the idea of an enforcer/executor role in the government, but the failure of the Articles of Confederation failed so badly (rule by committee) that the presidency was incorporated into the Constitution.

So the balance of power concept was initiated. It has been argued about for 200+ years, which is exactly what the FF wanted. Today, Trump wants control because he is power driven, but also because he sees what a mess the Leftist power reign of 40 years has left the country in. He also sees how the two other world powers are catching up rapidly and will soon pass the USA in influence, because they “can make a decision”. It is really a test of whether rule by balance of power can compete. The American experiment is under siege. If some sort of co-operation cannot be obtained by DC to allow necessary changes, then this contest may have an undesirable end.

Could it be that in a world of continuous change, the Constitution may be ham stringing the USA?

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The executive branch has the military. The Court of Last Resort. Does Trump have the military? Is he undoing the unspeakable damage Obama did to it? If so, he can deal with the traitors if he really wants to.

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Yes, Janos, exactly. So, if nothing is done, it's all theater, and nothing will be done. Then, I'm off the Trump Train at the next stop.

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Ron

And to what train are you going to board next?

AOC, Bernie, Andrew Cuomo, Gavin Grusome?

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Nope, you know better than that, John. More likely a train on the Underground Railroad, make of that what you will.

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Tongue in cheek, Ron. The point is Trump is the best, maybe only option right now until MAGA “fleshes” out. Musk is not interested.

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John - I read an interesting piece during the past week, calling Musk "Dark MAGA", thus his black hat, and that he and Peter Thiel, and the other technocrats put the screws to DJT, prior to the 2024 election, in order to get their support, and that now they are driving their agenda.

Seemed a little far-fetched, but it made some sense to me. So, as JHK is fond of saying, I'm standing by on that one, but haven't dismissed it yet either.

If I can find the link, I'll post it, ZH, I think. Any thoughts? Does the idea make any sense, based on where we are? The lack of taking a more serious hard line with these pricks?

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Maga is a fifth-degree Satanist.

https://churchofsatan.com/hierarchy/

He's telling your something (that's kind of obvious anyway).

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Ron..."Seems a little far-fetched"...??? Are you kidding yourself some more? 16 Billionaires in his Cabinet (aside from MuskRat), Are these the guys with a real connection to teh working class - to ordinary Americans, like YOU? I highly doubt it.

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Unlike those demonrat pigs in Congress who go in barely scraping by, and voila, they all become multi millionaires by stealing from the people. It’s the Demonrat way!

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More crazy cat lady vibes.

I can just see you get all tingly and bothered at a Bernie rally where he tells you in a complete moron's cadence with a terrible accent it's the millionaire and billionaires fault and they need to pay their fair share as he slinks off to one of his four million-dollar houses on a lake.

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Meet me at the last station!

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Is that where we're going to make our last stand?

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Two times I can think of, Lugh. One was dealing with the Luddites where Federals were sent in and the other? CW1.

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What if it is we the people's duty to make the ultimate decision? I believe Thomas Jefferson said "That whenever any form of government becomes DESTRUCTIVE of those ends, it is the right of THE PEOPLE to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.. it is their RIGHT, it is their DUTY, to THROW OFF such government, and to provide new GUARDS for their future security."

It is US who have failed our duty to preserve what the FF gave us. It is our ROLE that has been abdicated to the demons in DC. Those demons now so numerous as to render us surrounded as Custer was at Little Big Horn.

We waited until the Trojan Horse was inside the gates.

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A horse survived the massacre but it wasn’t made of wood.

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If Mr Trump doesn’t enforce [ as executor ] the Constitutional laws and refuse to enforce or execute those that are unconstitutional, who steps up next?

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Yeah...I knew we'd get to this eventually - JohnAZ, a true patriot, saying that the problem is the Constitution...it was inevitable.

Yes, John the Experiment IS under siege but by this clown-car of fuck-up billionaires and Putin & Xi, not by real Americans, who want no part of this shambles.

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You do not get what I said. My point is history will judge whether the world situation, think social media, internet and AI, will just pass the very slow Constitutional process by. IOW, can we change course fast enough to keep up? Add on that the 2 party system has us at an impasse. Doing nothing, as we are doing currently, may be fatal.

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The Constitution did not create a true Republic. A pure republic requires that the individual take responsibility for himself and his neighbor by a personal daily choice. The DC goobermint itself is an indirect democracy which is not a republic. In an indirect democracy the people pretend to elect leaders who can make laws without our consent because they are no longer titular in authority, but have power. That power may be restricted by constitutions and contracts. It is still power and power corrupts. The mere idea that 51% of the people can rule over [ overrule ] the rights of the other 49% is already usurpation of the Republic.

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Good post. Yes, the action in Dc and all Deep State locations is, now, who is the majority and the minority. Both sides are capable of cancelling out the other, hence no direction for the country.

I am watching the hearing of the Leak. What a shit show. Five officials on the administration being grilled and praised by a bunch of show stealing clowns and no real statement of why the reporter was allowed access to the situation room conversation. I wonder if anyone may have considered that the leak was intentional, to let all the involved parties what was being considered to strike the Houthis. That technique is used “all the time”.

A huge question right now is what is going to rise from the divisions in the country. Can the 51-48% split long endure? Lincoln faced the same situation in 1861 and the Civil War was the result. Are we heading in the same direction today? I will tell you one thing, watching the clown show, the Deep State actors do not care.

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Are you really that stupid? Or just dumb? I’m curious

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Curious but ignorant?

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Why is anyone replying to Maria? Ignore and marginalize her. Surely you know better.

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What real Americans are those?

Oh you mean the ones burning up teslas and vandalizing peoples personal property.

Yeah, we got us a Bernie fan.

Bernie Sanders looks like an idiot sounds like an idiot and speaks like an idiot.

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I'm pretty sure Bernie would THINK that about you, Ben, but be gracious enough not to SAY it aloud.

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Yep, a communist Bernie supporter.

Bernie wouldn't say anything to me, and it has nothing to do with being gracious.

No wonder you hate Trump so much he is an Alpha male and a successful capitalist with 22,450 employees and hundreds of successful businesses in

Construction Real Estate Development Entertainment & Hospitality Retailing & Online Shopping Diversified Investments

Sonny was 100% right about you.

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