Trump had no plans to run again, IMO. He’ll find a way to cancel elections and stay in power until death. I saw a constitutional scholar who thinks they’ll try to use the originalist angle to say that many presidents have been constitutionally able to serve more than two terms. They also want to make sure there is a clause in their argument so that no one can serve more than two consecutive terms because they don’t want President Obama to have a chance to run against and beat Trump.
Yep. Fuck Maher and fuck him again for talking about this like it's a joke. He knows he'll be all right if Trump continues. He's playing both sides and he already bent the knee.
Why the HELL would anyone spend more than 2 seconds trying to have Bannon answer a question? You all know he, and all his bullshit spewing right wing NUTCASES are just going to spew more bullshit with no basis in logic. Of course, unless you consider the reality that in this time period, NO ONE in power is doing anything to stop all their illegal shit. We all know they are commiting crimes, yet nobody is stopping them. Of course they will continue to do so, why wouldn't they?
Oh, and no they do not even for a nanosecond give a good flying fuck about the constitution or any other law. We have shown them, over the last couple decades, that there are no consequences. We won't survive long enough for AI to destroy us. The corrupt wealthy pieces of shit in power are doing that at warp speed.
They are continually ignoring the rule of law, they are cionstinuously violating the 5th Amendment, they are deporting people without due process, they are now MURDERING people in international waters with no due process...why the fuck would they care about the 22nd Amendment? Only one thing will turn this country around, and it's ugly and sickening and nobody wants it - yet they are giving the country no choice.
They know. They just don't care. It'll be something like declaring martial law over food riots, or starting a war with Canada and declaring himself High General. I wouldn't put anything past this administration.
Nah. Easier than that. If there is no election he has to "win" to be a three time president, they'll suggest since we're in a period of martial law that he would remain president.
And then all the “Kamala was installed!” people will be nowhere to be found. I mean, you’ll be able to find them wearing Trump hats but they ain’t be complaining about trump being installed.
small correction ... this is not an Administration. They are not trying to Administer the country according to the laws. This is a REGIME, trying to RULE the country through chaos and terror as is the way with all Fascist Dictatorships.
Right now it seems the primary plan is to have him run as VP with someone, and then that president resigns. So he technically isn't elected to the office of President, they say.
This shutdown is part of that plan. Starve people by cutting off SNAP. Make people sick and broke paying for medical care. Make them unable to afford basic things due to tariffs.
Boil the frog.
Eventually the frog will be cooked, or you've got a hopping mad frog, and you can send in the troops to "crush rebellion."
I think they're banking on food riots in the coming weeks. Then they get to arrest all the poor people, put them in concentration camps and steal what little value they have. Value adds up quickly when it trickles up.
I'm pretty sure they're banking on food riots, too. Round up democrats in congress for their "safety" because the message has consistently been that it's their fault. Wait until there's been a decent amount of damage by rioters and declare martial law.
I moved to US in 2011. Obama was president and things were... okay-ish. I moved back home three weeks after the insurrection. Stayed in the US for exactly 10 years to the day. Biggest mistake of my life.
Oh I am sure Trump will run for a third term (if he's still alive), but he won't need elections, he made that pretty clear. WAKE UP AMERICA OR YOU'LL BE SCREWED FOREVER
no, no, no. they pay very close attention to the Constitution and use it, or parts of it, when it is to their advantage. that's the whole point of the Originalists. when they cannot bend the current Constitution and it's Amendments to say what they need or want they go back to their interpretation of what the Original Constitution means, to them.
Specifically to the apologist strawman version of an atheist who only _pretends_ not to believe, sure. Otherwise it's more like reading the criminal code to a career criminal, or a medical textbook to a snake oil salesman, or a Do Not Enter sign to a burglar, or...
Many of us were forced to read the Bible several times every day, memorize our assigned verses, attend church every evening after school, and several services on weekends. Though I’m not an atheist, most of the people whomI know that are had similar upbringings in various cult churches; evangelical, LDS, Jehovahs Witness, whatever… we all know the Bible very, very well.
Bannon is a nut, but hes telling the USA that they will rip up the constitution, and will do everything they want, no matter how horrible. They also do not care how many dead bodies they have to step over to get there. In all of that, he is likely correct.
Bill is a racist neo- con piece of trash. He supports genocide and apartheid. He supports corporations who bust unions. He literally talks down to poor working class people on this show. Why would any intelligent person listen to him?
Liberals are extremely smug about pointing out the fact that the fascists are breaking the law. They will be smug even as they're lined up against the wall
"Liberals will hold breakout meetings and commitees until the boots are in the hall" - Nazi Jurist Karl Schmidt.
Just like before, even as Fascism strangles America, the Democrats are putting more energy into trying to kill Mamdani and other leftists than to recognize the existential threat in front of us
I want to know were Maher gets his audiences from. They cheer just as loud for MAGAs like Bannon and DeSantis as they do for Democratic guests. Maybe it`s "herbally induced".
Hate Maher all you want, he's a POS, but letting someone like Bannon to work entirely in the shadows only serves his purposes. Expose him for the dangerous anti-American sociopath he is. His creep-show visage is the most convincing argument for how truly heinous he is.
Should have already happened. Attempted coups already invalidate you from being on a ballot. So does being a convicted felon. People are already not doing their jobs and following the law.
Maher giving Bannon time on air is perpetuating this. Trump can run for a third term if Bannons bill passes. It would ammendment the constitution. Fuck Maher fuck Bannon.
You need the Amendment to get 2/3rds of the vote in both Houses of Congress. Then 3/4's of the state legislatures need to pass it with a simple majority. You can skip over the federal Congress' role with a convention; but the 3/4's of state legislatures rule is always in effect.
It won't even make it that far. They also need 60 votes in the Senate, which sure as fuck isn't happening.
They can't even get 60 votes for a fucking spending bill, hence the government shutdown, and you expect them to get it for a constitutional amendment?
It's not gonna happen. If Trump runs in 2028, it'll be against the law. Which, to be clear, I'm sure he'll be happy to do, since the he has control of SCOTUS.
Or, fuck, he might try to cancel the election outright.
If it makes it to a state vote, they are TERRIFYINGLY good at tricking people into voting for things. All they have to do is attach it to a moral outrage issue as a rider and it's done. Ex : Missouri outlawed all voting styles except first-past-the-post by attaching it to "Illegal residents can't vote". Which... they already couldn't....
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
Trump had no plans to run again, IMO. He’ll find a way to cancel elections and stay in power until death. I saw a constitutional scholar who thinks they’ll try to use the originalist angle to say that many presidents have been constitutionally able to serve more than two terms. They also want to make sure there is a clause in their argument so that no one can serve more than two consecutive terms because they don’t want President Obama to have a chance to run against and beat Trump.
ihatedmyoldusername
both of them are pos
NuclearGradeIrony
Yep. Fuck Maher and fuck him again for talking about this like it's a joke. He knows he'll be all right if Trump continues. He's playing both sides and he already bent the knee.
vanishing
You don't platform garbage like Bannon no matter the context. Maher is a hack and has been for years.
mycatsings
Maher`s "both sides" act is getting stale at this point.
stargrey
Why the HELL would anyone spend more than 2 seconds trying to have Bannon answer a question? You all know he, and all his bullshit spewing right wing NUTCASES are just going to spew more bullshit with no basis in logic. Of course, unless you consider the reality that in this time period, NO ONE in power is doing anything to stop all their illegal shit. We all know they are commiting crimes, yet nobody is stopping them. Of course they will continue to do so, why wouldn't they?
stargrey
Oh, and no they do not even for a nanosecond give a good flying fuck about the constitution or any other law. We have shown them, over the last couple decades, that there are no consequences. We won't survive long enough for AI to destroy us. The corrupt wealthy pieces of shit in power are doing that at warp speed.
RichardPenne
They are continually ignoring the rule of law, they are cionstinuously violating the 5th Amendment, they are deporting people without due process, they are now MURDERING people in international waters with no due process...why the fuck would they care about the 22nd Amendment? Only one thing will turn this country around, and it's ugly and sickening and nobody wants it - yet they are giving the country no choice.
circlebreaker
What in the everloving fuck is Bill Maher doing with that Nazi sack of shit Bannon on his Goddamned show?
mycatsings
Maher is hedging his bets. He dosen`t want to piss off Donnie too much and end up in court again,
obijan
Fun fact: That festering boil is ALSO a convict, who got sprung by the orange convict.
DukeSliscus
GOP: "We're just going to break the law"
Dems: "But you can't do that"
GOP: "OK but we will"
friendsofsandwiches
How much you wanna bet he tries Ebaying that signed constitution?
I seriously thought he was gonna mime the process of wiping his ass with it.
spontaneous9
Sleaze Bannon
gifworthy
He should be rotting in jail
IgnisInvictus
They know. They just don't care. It'll be something like declaring martial law over food riots, or starting a war with Canada and declaring himself High General. I wouldn't put anything past this administration.
Sesquey
Nah. Easier than that. If there is no election he has to
"win" to be a three time president, they'll suggest since we're in a period of martial law that he would remain president.
SpamYarBlockers
They might install him as speaker of the house and then have Vance and whoever else step aside. Then he wouldn’t have been “elected” to the office.
CapttainKillJoy
And then all the “Kamala was installed!” people will be nowhere to be found. I mean, you’ll be able to find them wearing Trump hats but they ain’t be complaining about trump being installed.
RooGryphon
If they don't care i dont care if they live or not when it comes down to it. They shred it I'll shred them in turn
psmith00
small correction ... this is not an Administration. They are not trying to Administer the country according to the laws. This is a REGIME, trying to RULE the country through chaos and terror as is the way with all Fascist Dictatorships.
Perkunas687
Right now it seems the primary plan is to have him run as VP with someone, and then that president resigns. So he technically isn't elected to the office of President, they say.
Kyzyl
This shutdown is part of that plan. Starve people by cutting off SNAP. Make people sick and broke paying for medical care. Make them unable to afford basic things due to tariffs.
Boil the frog.
Eventually the frog will be cooked, or you've got a hopping mad frog, and you can send in the troops to "crush rebellion."
sv1rr
I think they're banking on food riots in the coming weeks. Then they get to arrest all the poor people, put them in concentration camps and steal what little value they have. Value adds up quickly when it trickles up.
IgnisInvictus
I'm pretty sure they're banking on food riots, too. Round up democrats in congress for their "safety" because the message has consistently been that it's their fault. Wait until there's been a decent amount of damage by rioters and declare martial law.
sv1rr
Yup. *sigh*
I moved to US in 2011. Obama was president and things were... okay-ish. I moved back home three weeks after the insurrection. Stayed in the US for exactly 10 years to the day. Biggest mistake of my life.
rongoins1
Why is Steve Bannon not in jail
Wuz314159
The fuck he is.
Imadethisaccounttopost
Hopefully he'll be dead!
petonious
Shoot them now. Don't wait for due process. If anypone cares in the future. Great! we've won at that point.
VictorDenn
The only platform Steve Bannon should be given is the one holding Madame Guillotine.
Txernobog
The one he wanted for Fauci and Wray?
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
He looks like he's gonna fall apart on his own any minute now honestly.
ICountFrom0
If they want to run him, and disqualify the party, I say go for it.
DrKonrad
Oh I am sure Trump will run for a third term (if he's still alive), but he won't need elections, he made that pretty clear. WAKE UP AMERICA OR YOU'LL BE SCREWED FOREVER
mrthewhitee
The real answer is "it's only illegal if someone stops us, and so far no one is stopping us."
erinaceus
yes. they will simply put him on the ballot
jonReremy9669
exactly
4charactersorlongerwasalreadytaken
Someone should sue him for treason.
mrthewhitee
You can't really sue for treason. It's a criminal charge, and no one seems to want to try it.
PineappleLoopsBroether
The secret service are the ones protecting these fuckers, THEY should be informed that they need to stop protecting them.
sadurdaynight
Military needs to decide real quick who's side they're on
StarmineRendezvous
They have in my view accepted whatever happens, happens, and they will do nothing about it.
ElegantPenguin
"The Team" is six Supreme Court Justices
bippityboppitybuttsex
Why would they give a shit about the Constitution?
psmith00
no, no, no. they pay very close attention to the Constitution and use it, or parts of it, when it is to their advantage. that's the whole point of the Originalists. when they cannot bend the current Constitution and it's Amendments to say what they need or want they go back to their interpretation of what the Original Constitution means, to them.
NM156
I feel like reading The Constitution to the Magats is like reading the Bible to an Atheist.
Hexrowe
Specifically to the apologist strawman version of an atheist who only _pretends_ not to believe, sure. Otherwise it's more like reading the criminal code to a career criminal, or a medical textbook to a snake oil salesman, or a Do Not Enter sign to a burglar, or...
OneOfTheEnemiesWithin
Many of us were forced to read the Bible several times every day, memorize our assigned verses, attend church every evening after school, and several services on weekends. Though I’m not an atheist, most of the people whomI know that are had similar upbringings in various cult churches; evangelical, LDS, Jehovahs Witness, whatever… we all know the Bible very, very well.
Hexrowe
Did you mean this as a reply to @Syxcfaq ?
Syxcfaq
Most atheists I know have a better comprehension of the bible than your average "Christian" I take serious umbrage with your analogy.
SuperPickle17
atheists would never claim to follow the word of the bible. Christians however do, and many cherry pick and ignore what they don't like.
ziralien
More like reading the bible to Christians.
gifworthy
Exactly. Christ said "love thy neighbor??" What a load of horseshit.
deweydecibel
You missed the 33rd amendment to the Bible; “love thy neighbor, unless thy neighbor is illegal and a different color than you”
Bystandr
Bannon is a nut, but hes telling the USA that they will rip up the constitution, and will do everything they want, no matter how horrible. They also do not care how many dead bodies they have to step over to get there. In all of that, he is likely correct.
Imadethisaccounttopost
Look at at the MAGA-BOTs downvoting this!
IgnisInvictus
That was quick, too. Wow.
Exyr
Its not just maga bots downvotung this. I downvoted this because bill Maher is complicit. He is maga.
rongoins1
wow there are only a handful of comments and if someone views any negative comments it must be bots. You must live in a vacuum.
Wowcablesucks
America will fall from within. Enemies of the state are in power and working very hard to retain it.
fluffybaer55
Bill is a racist neo- con piece of trash. He supports genocide and apartheid. He supports corporations who bust unions. He literally talks down to poor working class people on this show. Why would any intelligent person listen to him?
override367
Liberals are extremely smug about pointing out the fact that the fascists are breaking the law. They will be smug even as they're lined up against the wall
Cornchip2000
You sound smug.
override367
"Liberals will hold breakout meetings and commitees until the boots are in the hall" - Nazi Jurist Karl Schmidt.
Just like before, even as Fascism strangles America, the Democrats are putting more energy into trying to kill Mamdani and other leftists than to recognize the existential threat in front of us
override367
"The liberals will keep holding meetings and breakout sessions until the boots are in the hall" - Nazi Jurist Karl Schmidt
MrSatisify
Normandingo
Again
eion85
Fuck Bill Maher. He's not to be trusted.
woozle
his smarmy-ass smirking shit face needs bitch slapping
Timesarrows
Bill Maher Praises Donald Trump Perhaps Too Much In Chris Cuomo Sit-Down https://ca.news.yahoo.com/bill-maher-praises-donald-trump-170154059.html
mycatsings
eion85
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dinner_with_Adolf
mycatsings
Maher was praising Trump for solving the Gaza issue. Trump hasn`t even gotten to first base yet on that. But then Maher is a full throated Zionist.
Imadethisaccounttopost
Agree, he's a POS too, but in this case he's making a valid point.
eion85
I don't platform pieces of shit, even when they make good points.
historycat
He'll make a valid point now, but when the Dems nominate someone he'll find a reason Trump gets to run again.
eion85
Why did he give Bannon a platform on his show?
mycatsings
I want to know were Maher gets his audiences from. They cheer just as loud for MAGAs like Bannon and DeSantis as they do for Democratic guests. Maybe it`s "herbally induced".
glovelyday
You'd prefer people are unaware of Steve Bannon and his "team"? Allowing them to do their nefarious work in secret?
eion85
You don't need to give him a live interview to inform people of that.
Maher isn't a journalist and isn't interested in being one. He's slime.
glovelyday
Hate Maher all you want, he's a POS, but letting someone like Bannon to work entirely in the shadows only serves his purposes. Expose him for the dangerous anti-American sociopath he is. His creep-show visage is the most convincing argument for how truly heinous he is.
Scahrossar
Fuck Maher. If he's right, its only by accident.
thisisnotfineffs
Broken clock
TonawandaBlue
This is the personification of treason.
Imadethisaccounttopost
This should get them both thrown in prison for treason
NonstopRampage
People don't get put in prison for treason. They get executed. This is non-negotiable.
FckleberryFarms
Should have already happened. Attempted coups already invalidate you from being on a ballot. So does being a convicted felon. People are already not doing their jobs and following the law.
NonstopRampage
Right there with you on that one. Where's the justice?
Imadethisaccounttopost
Agreed
Exyr
Maher giving Bannon time on air is perpetuating this. Trump can run for a third term if Bannons bill passes. It would ammendment the constitution. Fuck Maher fuck Bannon.
420supercoolusername69
You need 2/3 of states to ratify a constitutional amendment
StephenDaniels
You need the Amendment to get 2/3rds of the vote in both Houses of Congress. Then 3/4's of the state legislatures need to pass it with a simple majority. You can skip over the federal Congress' role with a convention; but the 3/4's of state legislatures rule is always in effect.
Exyr
I am aware....you think it won't happen?
mycatsings
Trump has been ignoring the Constitution for a long time now, and there has been very little done to stop him.
LoudBirb
It won't even make it that far. They also need 60 votes in the Senate, which sure as fuck isn't happening.
They can't even get 60 votes for a fucking spending bill, hence the government shutdown, and you expect them to get it for a constitutional amendment?
It's not gonna happen. If Trump runs in 2028, it'll be against the law. Which, to be clear, I'm sure he'll be happy to do, since the he has control of SCOTUS.
Or, fuck, he might try to cancel the election outright.
420supercoolusername69
I think cons are 3 states short of being able to do it unilaterally
Hexrowe
3 out of 50 is uncomfortably little.
Kavrae
If it makes it to a state vote, they are TERRIFYINGLY good at tricking people into voting for things. All they have to do is attach it to a moral outrage issue as a rider and it's done. Ex : Missouri outlawed all voting styles except first-past-the-post by attaching it to "Illegal residents can't vote". Which... they already couldn't....