Dean Tainio

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

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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[Dean Tainio @dtainio]

@CoachDaleUK @JonathanPieNews How about the death penalty being death by crucifixion .... takes up to two weeks to die, and we the public get our chance to watch him suffer.

[Tom Bacon @TomABacon]

So, I've just spent a bit of time looking into the debate on IHT and farming. I... got a shock. First, a note: I have a friend who runs a family farm. In his view, the whole thing is a something and nothing. 🧵

[Benidorm Butcher @BenidormVilla]

Dear Tories,

Unhappy with the Budget??

Ask Dido Harding where the £35 Billion went.

Or Michelle Mone for the £120 Million.

Or why Sunak overpaid interest payments on the national debt.

Too easy???

Shut the fuck up then.

[Ian Corke 🌱 @CorkyMrC]

Everyone needs to watch this #BrokenNews . Yes it’s very funny but, equally, it’s incredibly depressing to see the truth be laid out so clearly.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Left: Boris Johnson says we left the EU to get our freedom and independence

Right: Boris Johnson says when Ukraine gets its freedom and independence it should join the EU

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Know someone who is still considering voting for Trump in November? Show them this.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

Hey MAGA. This is for you.

You’re in a cult.

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

This video will never stop being funny.

[Dean Tainio @dtainio]

@BoLoudon @realDonaldTrump Back under your bridge, troll

[Dean Tainio @dtainio]

@SangitaMyska Almost crying watching this. Hope all of you now fearing for your loved ones can stay safe x

[Andrew Parnall @dontbrexitfixit]

You know what? You know what?

This guy is pretty much responsible for inciting the rioting and looting on our streets by pissed up far right racists, fascists, bigots and xenophobes

#FarageRiots

[Dean Tainio @dtainio]

@PrufrockUK @reformexposed Have you actually read the bible? Since when were diversity, inclusion and equity not Christian values?

[Pippa Crerar @PippaCrerar]

BREAKING NEWS

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

GE 2024.

Featuring: Sunak’s deep personal struggles with Sky and no, I’m not just talking about that terrible leaders debate.

The car crash ITV clips which show his contempt for veterans.

Plus, why the Tory war on the poor is very personal for me.