Some of Donald Trump’s allies are assembling proposals to curtail the Justice Department’s independence and turn the nation’s top law enforcement body into an attack dog for conservative causes, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters.

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  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    23·
    6 months ago

    “He’s joking.” “You’re taking his words out of context.” “That’s not what he means.”

    Trump is completely clear about his plans to overtake our government. If he wins, he very well may become our last president and first dictator.

              • skeptomatic@lemmy.ca
                21·
                6 months ago

                You must be thinking of the “sane” that exists in your version of the world where you believe Democrats will win the vote, Trump accepts the loss with a graceful congratulatory speech to Biden, the Mets win the world series, love conquers all, and somehow, all the fucking lunatic/racist/homophobe/suckered/religious/nutjob-types (not saying all republicans) just decide to back down and play fair.

                It might not be sane people who start a civil war. But that doesn’t mean sane people won’t be drawn into it, or targeted.

  • No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.world
    71·
    6 months ago

    When I read these things I still doubt to myself they can come up with enough loyalists *that do have qualifications for the job. *.

    See, the main thing about this subject is that likely are a bunch of election deniers and bottom of the barrel cultists who, by definition are easily influenced by the discourse of the agent orange and NOT the best and brightest employees.

    So the risk is double, absolute gridlock on a slow system, enhanced by having as goals only the talking point of the 2025 agenda.

    Hell I’m still waiting for the economic plan that will fix removing 3.5% of the GDP deporting inmigrants but somehow we will end above of where we are.

    • jontree255@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      The only qualification for the job they need to have is loyalty. Everything else is irrelevant to Trump and the GOP at this point.

      Last time he tried having competent and experienced people in positions of power and they told him no on certain things.

      They WANT the govt. to be broken so they have an excuse to go full christofascist dictator.

    • Haven5341@feddit.deDeutsch
      5·
      6 months ago

      When I read these things I still doubt to myself they can come up with enough loyalists *that do have qualifications for the job. *.

      You do not have to be dumb to be evil. I’m not American but I follow the news and you people (and indirectly we all) seem to have a really big problem.

      At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display
      An upside-down flag, adopted by Trump supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

      https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html

    • barsquid@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      Oh, no, 100% they will not have the qualifications and will be given the job anyway. Donald’s entire cabinet was comically anti-qualified, it will be like that. Imagine Proud Boys and other Brownshirts running investigations.