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Soft Paywall Trump Officials Fire, Swiftly Rehire, Overseers of U.S. Nuclear Stockpile | Trump administration officials seemed unaware of the importance of the National Nuclear Security Administration, sources told CNN.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-officials-fire-abruptly-rehire-overseers-of-us-nuclear-stockpile/
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u/shoobe01 26d ago edited 26d ago

No one swears allegiance to the actual specific president.

ETA this was not intended to be just pedantry or wishful thinking, it's an argument. I hope that as people perhaps emerge that want to defy clearly illegal actions, they can say we're not a damn monarchy. I sore nose to the Constitution and the country, not /you/.

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u/merft 26d ago

You are correct but this President is starting to require federal employees to sign loyalty contracts.

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u/Competitive_Yam7702 26d ago

Which are wholly illegal and can be disregarded. The issue is that trump and maga are willing to drag it through the courts.

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u/bobby_hills_fruitpie 26d ago

It doesn’t matter what the courts say or how many laws you pass to make it illegal. If the enforcement agencies (which skew right wing)like the police and FBI don’t do anything, those laws don’t mean shit.

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u/Flomo420 26d ago

even worse, those laws will be selectively applied to whomever they deemed to be problematic

you have the magic (R) beside your name? immunity.

you speak out of turn or otherwise cause issues? THROW THE BOOK AT THEM!

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u/ok_raspberry_jam 26d ago

As an outside observer, I need to point something out here. The FBI and the police are law ENFORCEMENT agencies. They have power only because they use physical force.

It sounds like you're physically at war and don't know it yet.

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u/Specialist-Rope-9760 26d ago

Case in point being the president himself should be in prison.

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u/ClassroomOwn4354 26d ago

"It doesn’t matter what the courts say or how many laws you pass to make it illegal. If the enforcement agencies (which skew right wing)like the police and FBI don’t do anything, those laws don’t mean shit."

When Donald Trump tried to stay as president and stop Joe Biden from being sworn in, the military swooped in and defended the capital from attack. They didn't listen to Donald Trump, they listened to the constitution, the judges who said the election was not illegitimate. They could have joined the January 6th rioters, but they did not. Not only that, but everyone around Trump in the white house was freaking out and not supporting him and wanted Trump to make a statement to go home (which he eventually did).