@ValerieBre7193@fixngittrs@lanechanged Because we don’t feed the trolls even when they come out into the light. But that is theoretically fascinating for those of us (property) who are less tire savvy. Learn something new every day…
Black Saturday: The Day the United States Ceased to Be a Constitutional Democracy
The Moment Democracy Ceased to Function
🧵1/10: Saturday, March 15, 2025, may have seemed unremarkable to most Americans. But in time, history will remember it as Black Saturday—the moment the United States ceased to function as a constitutional democracy.
For the first time in modern American history, a sitting president openly defied a direct federal court order—and nothing happened. No intervention. No enforcement. No consequences.
A legal ruling was issued, and the White House simply ignored it.
The White House’s Decision: Power Over Law
Inside the White House, the decision was not about law—it was about power.
A federal judge ruled against the administration. The debate inside Trump’s team was not whether the ruling was legal, but whether they could get away with ignoring it. They decided they could. And they were right.
This was not a clash between equal branches of government. It was the moment the judiciary was exposed as powerless. The courts do not have an army. They rely on compliance.
But a court that cannot enforce its rulings is not a court—it is a suggestion box.
And a presidency that can ignore the courts without consequence is no longer constrained by law—it is an untouchable executive.
Trump did not declare the end of judicial authority in a speech.
He demonstrated it in practice.
This is how democratic systems collapse—not with a single act, but with the normalization of defiance, the expectation that a ruling can simply be brushed aside.
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I have no issue with a sitting president attending an event with the American people. However, if your mantra is extreme efficiency and cutting waste—while labeling things like cancer research and veterans’ benefits as waste—you have no business participating in events like this.
An elderly black man was slowly walking in with a cane, and I told him he could vote from his car and he said
“No thank you. I’ve been made to wait 8 hours and had to pay the poll tax. I’m going inside to vote.”
😭😭😭😭😭
I am literally crying and trying to pull myself together.
Please please be enough 🙏
@joncoopertweets The best boy. ❤️ Doolin. Sure, he doesn’t always listen, gets far too excited, is a menace to chickens, and is a beloved member of our family. It’s not complicated if you have a working heart.
@emilienoelle89@mayfairemoonB@reddskyy_ People who have never met you feeling the need to second guess your personal trauma is wrong in so many ways. Set whatever boundaries you need to further protect yourself, and lean in to whatever lifts you up in all this mess. You and your child deserve more.
@emilienoelle89@mayfairemoonB@reddskyy_ You owe people no updates, explanation or information. There are a lot of people who care and believe you, so if you want to avail yourself of additional support from any of us, it is here and you can have it.