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PatSeg

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3. Straight out of a tyrant's playbook

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 27, 2026, 12:40 PM

Feb 27

and it can get much, much worse.

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So we all get it. It's another ginned-up emergency [View all] bigtree Feb 27 OP

We are witnessing the very reason the founders gave the authority to Gaugamela Feb 27 #1

Yes, nail-head meet hammer. pandr32 Feb 27 #2

Straight out of a tyrant's playbook PatSeg Feb 27 #3

Absolutely PatSeg popsdenver Feb 27 #4

We tend to just focus on Trump, PatSeg Feb 27 #8

You can bet your sweet bippy popsdenver Feb 27 #11

Most definitely PatSeg Feb 27 #14

Since Trump and his followers and upper 1% backers wnylib Feb 27 #24

I wish I could disagree with you PatSeg Feb 28 #28

I wish I could disagree with myself. wnylib Feb 28 #29

That's what I'm envisioning as well PatSeg Feb 28 #30

This is not the work of Trump alone. wnylib Feb 28 #31

Sounds about right to me PatSeg Feb 28 #32

Agree with your assessment. wnylib Feb 28 #33

Yes, I agree PatSeg Feb 28 #34

Dump and Nosferatu have their own little meth lab where they're cooking up some toxic evil shit Blue Owl Feb 27 #5

An emergency declaration is a favorite tool of every dictator. dalton99a Feb 27 #6

And the endless popsdenver Feb 27 #12

You misspelled "Executive Odors" usonian Feb 27 #18

You owe me a new keyboard usonian popsdenver Feb 27 #20

Howard Nutlick is next. usonian Feb 27 #22

Thought this was leading to his need to bomb Iran... lame54 Feb 27 #7

Such a move will result in liberalgunwilltravel Feb 27 #9

Fully agree! problem as i see it is bluestarone Feb 27 #15

We have several major Narcissistic Psychopaths popsdenver Feb 27 #21

K&R UTUSN Feb 27 #10

Ginned Up Emergencies gfarber Feb 27 #13

Can anyone say "Reichstag Fire"? Ray Bruns Feb 27 #16

more epstien distractions . AllaN01Bear Feb 27 #17

WAG THE DOG usonian Feb 27 #19

The only national emergency is joshdawg Feb 27 #23

Trump's claims of rigged elections aren't so much an accusation as an ANNOUNCEMENT. Beartracks Feb 27 #25

but there WAS and IS "an outbreak of irrepressible crime on American streets"--- Jack Valentino Feb 28 #26

Mission accomplished! I've been watching MSNOW and CNN: ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 28 #27

who? onethatcares Feb 28 #35