#wouldbedictator — Public Fediverse posts

"New evidence suggests White House took steps to punish Colorado over Tina Peters case":
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/colorado-trump-white-house-tina-peters-governor-polis
#injustice #WouldbeDictator #Trump #WorstPresidentEver copy: @renewedresistance #politics

"Trump Is Pressuring John Thune to Fire the Parliamentarian Over Ballroom Funding
The nonpartisan Senate adviser determined that the ballroom funding, as written, could not be included in the party-line budget bill":
https://www.notus.org/donald-trump/reconciliation-senate-parliamentarian-pressure
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #WastefulSpending #politics

Alex Cole: "Donald Trump thinks prosecutors should go to jail for prosecuting crimes. That’s not how laws work. That’s how dictators think. If Jack Smith committed perjury, Dumb Donald’s lawyers are welcome to prove it in court. They won’t."
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #WorstPresidentEver #politics #RuleOfLaw

"The Pentagon on Thursday said it planned to commandeer Stars and Stripes, a government-funded newspaper that covers the military, and align it with official department messaging."

A trusted and independent voice will now become an untrustworthy pro-Trump rag, which some think of as the print equivalent of #CBSnews:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/politics/stars-and-stripes-pentagon.html
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #CrushesIndependentMedia #media #politics copy: @renewedresistance

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/115882415405406383

Brendan Duke: "This further underlines that Trump intends for his Fed pick to be a puppet: even if Trump doesn’t fire them, he can order a criminal investigation if they make monetary policy choices Trump disagrees with.
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #WorstPresidentEver #politics

"On topic after topic, Pres. Trump made clear that he would be the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties. Pres. Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his own morality”

(but how much morality does this convicted felon have?):
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/us/politics/trump-interview-power-morality.html
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #WouldBeDictator

Scott Nover posted a #TruthSocial message where Pres. Donald Trump wrote about comedian Seth Meyers:
"NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!"
Trump opposes free speech (which is protected by the Constitution's First Amendment) and Trump would like to imprison people who criticize him.
#Trump #tyrant #WouldBeDictator #politics

#JimmyKimmel said "Trump wanted the television shows yanked because he can’t take a joke. We have to speak out against this bully. He’s not stopping. And it’s not just comedy. He’s gunning for our journalists too. He’s suing them, he’s bullying them”:
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/jimmy-kimmel-return-monologue-00576321
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #FreeSpeech copy: @renewedresistance #politics #media

Bill Maher: "Free speech is not absolute. You can't slander, libel, direct threats, porn, copyright infringement, or incite violence. That's not what Jimmy Kimmel did." Jimmy Kimmel criticized Donald Trump, and Trump was determined to try to end Jimmy Kimmel's career.
#WouldBeDictator #repression #politics

Anna Gomez: "An inexcusable act of political violence by one disturbed individual must never be exploited as justification for broader censorship and control. The Trump Administration is increasingly using the weight of government power to suppress lawful expression."
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #politics #CivilLiberties

"How Trump Used 10 Emergency Declarations to Justify Hundreds of Actions": https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/08/22/us/politics/trump-emergency-immigration-tariffs-crime.html
By declaring something an emergency (even when it is not an emergency), Trump gains new powers to take extreme actions. The Supreme Court will decide which things are really emergencies.
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #politics copy: @renewedresistance

Meghan McCarthy shared this: "A guy looking at the sea of people standing in line at Washington Dulles International Airport customs said:
'Oh no, is this where we have to take the Trump oath of loyalty'?”
#Trump #WouldBeDictator #PutinsPuppet #politics