After a multi-year edging session, Democrats across the country finally exploded with joy today as former President Trump appeared in court in response to DA Alvin Bragg’s case against him. (Bragg, coincidentally, ran on the promise to get Trump — without knowing what he was going to get Trump FOR.)
The case is already on extremely thin ground, with Bragg attempting to extend the statute of limitations because Trump was “continuously” out of state — even though Trump retained his permanent residence in the state and was obviously one of the most findable people on the planet while he was President.
Edit: Not to mention, this is a thing:
This “case” is about one thing, and one thing only. Joe Biden accidentally spilled the beans after the midterms when talking about the issue:
Note the language that Biden uses here. The Democrats will prevent Trump from “taking power” and stop Trump from becoming the next president.
Because this is obviously how you protect democracy — you make it illegal for your opposition to run. We can’t have those stupid VOTERS deciding who the next president is, can we? No, in order to save democracy, Joe Biden and the Democrats will destroy it. (Remember just after the 2016 election when Hillary Clinton said “they” would prevent Trump from taking office? It’s because they really care about democracy!)
I’ve written extensively on the weaponization of government, and the pace of this weaponization is only increasing. Matt Taibbi found himself the target of an IRS probe as he was — perhaps ironically — reporting on the weaponization of government. Trump supporter and meme lord Ricky Vaughn faces up to 10 years in jail for claiming Americans could vote for Hillary via text message.
And now we’ve reached the point where they don’t just go after the little people who can’t defend themselves against the full force of the government, they literally go after the leader of the opposition party in order to prevent him from being elected by the voters. Nobody is worried that Trump is going to lose the election in 2024 and try to force his way into the White House. This “plan” is to prevent Trump from taking office SHOULD HE ACTUALLY WIN THE ELECTION.
This is a HUGE red flag, warning us of our descent into the “natural” order of things — tyrants sitting at the top telling the rest of us what to do. All it takes is a national security threat, some emergency powers, and maybe an economic crisis and the “leaders” can ignore pesky things like the rights of the people.
But this is a dangerous game the Democrats are playing. When the “liberators” stabbed Julius Caesar to death, they believed what they were doing would restore the Republic. (At least, that’s what they claimed) But little did they know that watching the entire thing play out was Gaius Octavius Thurinus — who would eventually rise to power to become the first Emperor of Rome as Augustus. Augustus brutally murdered all who dared threaten his power — no doubt because he saw what happened to Caesar.
If we know anything, it’s that while history may not repeat, it rhymes. Who is watching Trump being attacked today and making plans to be the strongman the media claimed that Trump was? And more importantly, is it too late to steer ourselves away from this cliff?
Good catch on the Biden video, SC.
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/04/the-shambolic-criminal-case-against-donald-trump.html
Yves Smith can be accused of many different things, but she is hardly a kneejerk Trump fan.