UncaDoug @Doug350

What's your city doing to make it easy for you to install solar PV, solar thermal water and space heating. CA AB 811 allows cities to finance. Meet your mayor! about.me/Doug350 Lincoln NE Joined September 2008

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Bill Madden @maddenifico

4 weeks ago

The Trump Autocracy: How the 45th and 47th President Became the Founding Fathers' Ultimate Nightmare The architects of the United States Constitution did not just predict the political rise of Donald Trump; they explicitly engineered the American republic to stop him. When Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist No. 1 of men who "commence demagogues and end despots," he was describing the specific vulnerability that has now fractured the American experiment. With the dramatic expansion of executive power during Trump's second term, the systemic safeguards of the nation are facing their most severe constitutional stress test. Hamilton's Warning Fulfilled In 1792, Hamilton sent a letter to George Washington detailing a precise psychological profile of the man who could destroy the republic from within. He warned of a political actor who is "unprincipled in private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper... despotic in his ordinary demeanour." Hamilton cautioned that this figure would use popularity to undermine democratic norms: "...he mounts the hobby horse of popularity — he trips up the heels of all who stand in his way — and keeps the court to the people till he can grip the power." Trump's political strategy relies directly on this dynamic. By systematically attacking the judiciary, law enforcement, and electoral integrity, his movement has convinced millions that the system itself is the enemy, making the executive branch the sole arbiter of truth and authority. The Collapse of Separation of Powers The Framers built a government of co-equal branches, operating under the assumption that Congress and the courts would jealously guard their own power against executive overreach. That defensive shield has broken down. The current administration has aggressively expanded the boundaries of the "unitary executive," effectively bypassing traditional legislative oversight. This authoritarian consolidation manifests in three distinct crises: ㆍ The Weaponization of the Purse: By utilizing sweeping executive directives and radical policy blueprints like Project 2025, the administration has hijacked federal funding structures. The White House has actively threatened to withhold over $1 trillion in federal grants to state and local governments that refuse to align with its partisan and ideological demands. ㆍ Domestic Military Enforcement: The administration's repeated threats and steps toward deploying federal troops on domestic soil under the Insurrection Act — frequently over the direct objections of state governors — have sparked widespread civil unrest and legal battles. This direct use of military force against American citizens realizes the Framers' deepest fears of a standing army turned inward. ㆍ The "No Kings" Legal Rebellion: Mass nationwide protests under the "No Kings" banner highlight a deep public awareness that the presidency is operating outside the law. Emboldened by broad judicial rulings on presidential immunity, the White House has actively declared that traditional boundaries on executive authority no longer apply. The Dictator the Constitution Couldn't Stop George Washington used his Farewell Address to warn that hyper-partisanship would eventually enable "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government." The current political reality proves that the Framers' design had a fatal flaw. They assumed that institutional loyalty would always override party loyalty. Instead, partisan compliance has allowed Donald Trump to weaponize the presidency, turning the exact tools designed to protect the republic into the instruments of its dismantling.

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UncaDoug @Doug350

a month ago

250? = > 25 … O (“zero”) aka Amendment 25 TRvMF

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UncaDoug @Doug350

2 months ago

@Revkin @washingtonpost ONE IS FAKE ONE IS A FAKER ONE IS JUST FvK3D ALL ARE FILTHY LUKER 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

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UncaDoug @Doug350

3 months ago

Royal flush of the TRvMF gold john

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UncaDoug @Doug350

7 months ago

@PeterDClack This is QUACK 🫤 DISINFORMATION NOT based on ACTUAL OBJECTIVE SCIENCE 🧐 SHAME ON GOOGLE FOR PROMOTING 🤬

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UncaDoug @Doug350

7 months ago

This note from X AI presents URL links that are not supportive of the AI claim the photo is doctored (screenshots below) Supported critique is welcome.

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UncaDoug @Doug350

7 months ago

Draw your own conclusions and place your bets … odds are favorable ♣️♠️

Kool Karyn 😎 Resister Since Day One 💙 @koolkaryn

7 months ago

This is the Trump photo that was accidentally included in the Epstein file release. Once they noticed the mistake, it was quickly removed. I happened to grab a screenshot before it was taken down. 🙃

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UncaDoug @Doug350

7 months ago

@PeterDClack Take a deep dive, evidence abounds. Your homework assignment: follow the links and summary info in this recap and you’ll discover more evidence than your intellect can fathom. If you live in Australia, Indonesia, India, Middle East, north Africa you’ve got 20-30 years to leave‼️

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Kool Karyn 😎 Resister Since Day One 💙 @koolkaryn

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UncaDoug @Doug350

9 months ago

@MAGAVoice

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UncaDoug @Doug350

9 months ago

Unique among his international revered peers, a display of his mug shot on a cheap T-shirt and fire-engine-red ball cap emblazoned MAGA … good job representing US, Donny 🥴🥸🤡

MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice

9 months ago

THIS IS THE MOST ICONIC PHOTO ON 𝕏 AMERICA ❤️ SOUTH KOREA

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UncaDoug @Doug350

9 months ago

@MAGAVoice Unique among his international revered peers, a display of his mug shot on a cheap T-shirt and fire-engine-red ball cap emblazoned MAGA … good job representing US, Donny 🥴🥸🤡

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UncaDoug @Doug350

10 months ago

@MAGAVoice Judge Briggs sentenced the 15-year-olds involved in the assault of Edward "Big Balls" Coristine to probation, explaining that the juvenile justice system focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment. The teens avoided prison time by pleading guilty to simple assault.

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UncaDoug @Doug350

10 months ago

Judge Briggs sentenced the 15-year-olds involved in the assault of Edward "Big Balls" Coristine to probation, explaining that the juvenile justice system focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment. The teens avoided prison time by pleading guilty to simple assault.

MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice

10 months ago

BREAKING 🚨 Elon Musk just called Judge Kendra Briggs a “R*cist Judge” for allowing the thugs who jumped Big Balls to escape prison time THIS “JUDGE” SHOULD BE DISBARRED I AGREE WITH ELON