This is another post breaking down our last post. The Justice Department’s decision to fire a judge-appointed U.S. Attorney and reinstate Trump’s preferred pick, without Senate confirmation, isn’t just unusual. It’s a direct attack on the separation of powers that defines American democracy.
If only he Dems could do …anything. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov
Stop tweeting those senile lecherous farts.
Sadly they’re the Dem heads of Congress. Who else should I tweet/call out?
Schumer - who’s that? Jeffries - who’s that? Oh wait, I remember. These are the guys who focus on what their big donors want.
The designers and founders never imagined all the branches being corrupt at the same time. The senate would have bent the knee anyway so it only expedited the corruption.
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The American democracy is dead.
And if the GOP congress does nothing to stop it, it will never stop.
Here’s why this matters. Our government was designed with three separate branches(executive, legislative, and judicial) each with its own role to prevent abuse.
In this case, federal law clearly states that when a temporary U.S. Attorney’s term expires and the Senate hasn’t confirmed a replacement, federal judges have the authority to appoint someone to fill the role.
That’s exactly what happened: the judges followed the law and appointed Desiree Leigh Grace. But instead of respecting that legal process, the Trump administration fired Grace and reinstalled Alina Habba, even though the Senate never confirmed her.
This isn’t just a bureaucratic reshuffle. It’s the president asserting that he(and he alone) gets to decide who prosecutes federal crimes, regardless of what the law or the courts say. That’s not Article II authority. That’s executive overreach.
If this stands, it opens the door for any president to ignore judicial checks and install political loyalists across the justice system without oversight. It means the courts can be overridden when they get in the way.
“If this stands, it opens the door for any REPUBLICAN president to ignore judicial checks and install political loyalists across the justice system without oversight.” Fixed it for you. By the way, keep up the great work!
That’s not how our system is supposed to work, and it sets a dangerous precedent for authoritarian control over the rule of law.
And when that happens, the law becomes meaningless.
I think we’re already there. There are no checks and balances and they know that. They will continue to bulldoze over the rule of law until they are stopped.
The judges are not powerless in this circumstance. The judges have the power to exclude lawyers from appearing in their courts. They can simply refuse to recognize Habba, and any AUSA appearing on behalf of Habba, as a person with lawful authority to represent the United States in their courts.
We have blown through authoritarianism and are landing in totalitarianism. Totalitarian regimes are more ambitious and more systematic in their oppression. ⬇️ (Democracy isn’t an ism; it’s an act: “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part.” Congressman John Lewis)
Alina Habba will be the new “assistant” in NJ
I’m so sick of his fucking « asshole hall pass. »
Precedent be damned. This was in the making BEFORE HE WAS EVEN INSTALLED IN OFFICE. We need to stop being in denial. We do NOT have a functioning democracy anymore. We are entering an Oligarchic Autocracy, and it's time to see it for what is, strap in, and figure out how we're going to fight back.
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this is a current reality right now. The game is over.
Who you gonna get to enforce the “Rule of Law” against tRump? We have a government owned by Oligarchs and a mob boss for president. Their policies are to make the USA white again and bankrupted. The nation is on pins and needles while whistling through a graveyard in the middle of the night.
We’ve been at this since the inauguration- Send this to the Dems, the GOP is beyond repair.
Mais c’est exactement ce qu’il va se passer . Trump veut s’assurer que la justice c’est lui . Et il éliminera tout ceux qui n’embrassent pas sa bague
I've been saying from the start they wouldn't be setting these precedents and interpreting laws in favor of the Executive if they ever planned on the opposition party being in charge ever again.
Did everyone forget January 6th? Genuinely asking because he’s demonstrated he’s no stranger to ignoring the rules at every level.
Trump, MAGA, Congress have shown they don't give a #$#$ about democracy. They only care about worshipping Trumpie and spreading his hate, lies, misogyny, racism, homophobia and transphobia.
See project 2025!
At this point it’s civil disobedience or dictatorship
It's treason!
It's executive overreach if you consider yourself a President and give a flying fuck about the law. If you consider yourself a Fascist dictator who is above and outside the law, it's not a problem.
This wasn’t legal and won’t stand. Desiree Leigh Grace cannot be fired by Trump’s AG. Trump’s fascist team are now busy looking for a work-around. Why does he want to install a loser attorney like Habba who can’t win cases?
Does this action not matter then❓ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This report is what is being explained in this post. They are blatantly disregarding the judiciary to keep someone not suitable for the position.
As someone in the RoW, the state capture in progress in 🇺🇸 is a sight to behold - when the executive in 🇿🇦 tried a power grab a few years ago, they were thwarted by an independent judiciary. FOTUS picked three Supreme Court Justices in his first term who now do his bidding in his second term 🤯🤯
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Anyone that doesn’t think they’re not gonna keep repeating this “stand in“ “Acting as” crap Is bullshitting themselves . Everyone knows what they’re doing here. Skipping serious protocol …for loyalists.
Time to also impeach justices. Democrats are going to be really busy starting next November.
the latest attack
Biden had 4 years to hold him accountable for the crimes he committed in his first term. He was given a list of over 100 things to do to shore up the govt by an historian who saw this coming. Would that have helped? 🤷♀️If this is how fragile the US govt is, then it was already cracked & near broken.
If he thinks he’s getting away with this shit in Jersey, we us very much mistaken. F around and find out.
And republicans are silent.
Complicit.
First of all, DOJ not in charge of Judicial Branch! John Roberts is in charge of Judical Branch! But even Roberts knows tRump & DOJ are promoting UNCONSTITUTIONAL tricks!
We are so screwed.
The justices should reinstate their pick and tell Bondi she doesn't have the authority to over ride this is how to unravel these fucks. like the states refusing to give Bondi their election data. JUST SAY FUCKING NO to TrumpCo
The Rethuglicans legislature just rolled over and played dead when dumplethinskkkin took office.
So how long do you think it’s going to take for the entire country to wake up and acknowledge that the US died on 1/20/25 when an authoritarian dictator was sworn in? We have reams of prove yet millions still think there’s hope to get him out without bloodshed 🙄
Proof 🙄 we REALLY need an edit feature 🤦🏻♀️
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Yeah, unfortunately they do not care about breaking laws or norms. The sooner we figure that out, and a way to hold them accountable, Democracy will continue to die.
A message on the display read: “Alert: History Under Construction. Everything on this sign is true but incomplete.” www.sfgate.com/california-p... it's time to revive oral traditions.
Whoever took it down is complicit- just following orders is not a valid/ethical/moral excuse.
Grace could have sat on the bench like nothing had happened, and security could have escorted Habba out of the courthouse if he showed up. If Trump had no legal authority to do this, then why is everybody just going along with it? Just stop complying with unlawful orders. It could be that easy.
I think the attack is over and we’re in the ‘starting to realize we already lost’ phase.
Your great at describing what’s happening, but what are you- all of you- gonna do about it. There strength is your fear. Don’t let it be the other way around
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Which is exactly why we need to root out the rot. We need to invoke Article V, Clause 2. We need a Constitutional Convention. We need 28A: right to vote. 29A: abolish the EC. 30A: abolish political chokehold of the SC. 34 State Legislatures is all we need.
Will the Senate roll on this? Probably, like they did on the cabinet choices.
Private parties usually cannot (no standing) sue the government for breaking "structural" laws. Obviously the executive will not sue itself. This is a weak part of the system. Of course, as in most engineering accidents, there are many contributing causes, a single one would not lead to a crash.
You think it’s bad now when Congress is in recess he is about to do a lot of illegal overstepping while GOP find places to hide
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And will the courts fight back? At all? There is nobody they can deputize?
Since Trump owns the Supreme Court, in a word - no.
Yeah but.... Republicans all all in for that... who needs the pesky rule of law when our corrupt Supreme Court has crowned Trump king.
Arrest trump
It literally makes me sick to continuously hear of abuses by this administration and yet hear of NO consequences.
The only way there will be consequences is if we all get off our collective asses and start gathering up voters and candidates for midterms. Run candidates in EVERY House election, even in "unwinnable" districts. We have to have a majority in the House, and 2/3rds of the Senate. 1/
The House can immediately declare that 1/6 was an Insurrection and pass laws to codify the Insurrection Act. Then declare every single 1/6 participant unfit for office. Then impeach Trump and Vance. 2/2
We have to stop depending on corrupted institutions to save us. This includes elections that can easily be rigged in their favor. Does anyone really believe they will allow the midterms to go the way of the Democrats to get a large enough majority in both houses to impeach AND convict?
How do we, the public, effectively protect our elections if we can’t rely on our elected representatives to do anything? This is a recipe for revolution. I’m not calling for that but if we have no representation this is the environment that fosters rebellion. It’s getting really ugly in America.
Well, it boils down to this. Do you still believe in America? Do you believe in the Constitution as the living, beating, heart of America?
I think it’s more do we believe our representatives believe in America and the constitution.
They are OUR representatives. If we don't believe in America, we can't expect them to. If we do believe in America, we have to believe HARD and convince people it's worth voting for. We've gradually picked away at the foundations and the house is crumbling. We've got to shore that up.
Why not just accelerate this process and get it over with by kneeling to the king? America, you are fukked.
Obvi. What would you do?
Just don't let her near the computer, bench, courtroom, phones, staff. I don't know what law enforcement group... Swiss Guard?
Can we impeach the Supreme Court?
Add it to the Trump regime's ever-growing list of direct attacks on the separation of powers that define American democracy.
I'm starting to think we're not equipped to prevent a dictator from taking over. Trump didn't know all these dirty tricks his first round. Who the fk is behind it now? They must have spent all 4 Biden years planning this while we were begging Garland for justice.
The heritage foundation. This is Project 2025
I think its more than that. Heritage is cruel no doubt, but the Federal DOJ Prosecutor thing is frankly so far out of the box, I don't believe its their brain child.
Take your pick of smart, villainous people in this administration who know how the system works (snd where to exploit it): Leonard Leo, Stephen Miller, for starters.
Check out techno-fascists, Curtis Yarvin, NRx. You might want to follow Gil Duran and FrameLab here - they lay it all out for folks to understand the threats we're under.
People with the power to resist need to start using it. In this circumstance, the judges have the power to exclude Habba, and any Assistant U.S. Attorney working for her, from their courts. They need to use that power.
it goes deeper, and dates back to the early bush years. make no mistake, this has been cooking for several years in secret, even before obama.
Absolutely. The Heritage Foundation was responsible for a lot of Obama era policy as well. They've been dick stirring the political pot for eons
Too bad they haven't burnt their dicks right off! Yet!
Prevent? I don't think people are accepting the fact that we've already arrived at autocracy.
The first time around, he was concerned about being re-elected. Impeachment was still a big deal. People were concerned about political careers outside of Trump. First round of midterms in 2018, the purges began. Red vs Blue became entrenched.
He still doesn't know, but you know who does. REPUBLICAN in Congress who knows our laws inside and out, all ways to work around it, the secret backdoor all of it. The average citizen would not know this, it's a seasoned REPUBLICAN behind it..
I'm pretty sure there was an Amendment right near the top that comes into play when a government turns against the people...
The judges won’t accept pleadings or appearances by the us attorney office until their appointed judge is reinstated. This isn’t rocket science. Defendants will have cases dismissed. Defenses and deadlines will be missed.
This is the way. Hopefully, the judges have the spine to do it.
So is the Senate going to grow some pairs and fight this?!
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Yep. And again…. No consequences.
They're breaking the Constitution while Congress is in recess. Democrats must do whatever it takes to stop it-- call an emergency meeting! @repmcgovern.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov
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Well, the rule of law has expired so….
Only for them..
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These acts are no longer red flags. They are openly attacking our constitution, our rule of law, in ways that are more like the constantly howling sirens meant to warn us to take immediate action due to an approaching tsunami. 📢 📢 📢 📢 📢
As far as the Fat Orange Fascist is concerned, there is no separation of powers. He has it all.
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This is an incredible report.
True - sadly, it resonates with today’s US 🤷♀️
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And the republicans sit quietly allowing destruction they will then blame Obama.
BEFORE TRUMP CAN SELL THEM TO DEVELOPERS, ALL NATIONAL PARKS AND FORESTS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE NATIVE PEOPLE. IN THAT WAY THE AMERICAN INDIANS CAN PROTECT THEM FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION!
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I keep asking this. Why are these people not being disbarred? Cannot practice law in court without a license. Licensing is a state function.
Insane
Every day it's a new test and every day we fail.
This sounds illegal? But normal for a criminal rapist.
