spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoJoe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground stateswww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square329fedilinkarrow-up1792arrow-down134
arrow-up1758arrow-down1external-linkJoe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground stateswww.newsweek.comspaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to politics @lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square329fedilink
minus-squaremyrmidex@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down2·6 months agoFunny how 8 years ago, people kept saying “don’t worry about Trump, there are checks and balances in place”. None of that talk this time around!
minus-squareexanime@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThose people never realized their stance is just as idiotic as “I cross the street without looking both ways because if they run me over, they’ll have to pay”… or “I have the seat belt on, I can crash at top speed and nothing will happen to me”
minus-squaremeeeeetch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months agoBecause there’s now an infrastructure built up around him with plans on how to override those checks and balances (Project 2025).
minus-squarebarsquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoWe also saw the checks and balances do fuckall because they were captured by fellow criminals.
Funny how 8 years ago, people kept saying “don’t worry about Trump, there are checks and balances in place”. None of that talk this time around!
Those people never realized their stance is just as idiotic as “I cross the street without looking both ways because if they run me over, they’ll have to pay”… or “I have the seat belt on, I can crash at top speed and nothing will happen to me”
Because there’s now an infrastructure built up around him with plans on how to override those checks and balances (Project 2025).
We also saw the checks and balances do fuckall because they were captured by fellow criminals.