#the *lawyers* are panicking. the *clerks* are panicking. the fed workers are EXHAUSTED fighting this??

[lurkiestvoid]

I keep seeing sentiments of 'dont overreact, this is normal, this is like last time, checks and balances, it's fine, calm down' and I need to take a second and just say:

This isn't fearmongering or hysteria. This is real and it is really currently happening.

This is not normal. This is not like last time. Checks and balances have failed, currently, really, right now, in real time, as evidenced by the bodily removal of the people who physically tried and keep trying to pry those gross musky hands off sensitive servers and our whole entire money, and failed.

It's not 'oh it's fine if these EOs are extreme they'll just get tied up in the courts like last time no worries,' it's 'the courts ruled and the government ignored it'. There is no amount of paperwork or judiciary figureheads saying "stop please" that will interrupt the current active and very-real failure of the system. The Balances are not kicking in. This is being done with the consent of the DOJ and the military both.

We ARE beyond Checks And Balances.

And you need to be acting how you would want yourself to act in this situation. That SHOULD STILL INCLUDE surviving your daily life and taking rest wherever and however you can, but it SHOULD NOT INCLUDE telling ANYONE to shut up and calm down about this.

It has been two weeks. We might have another two, or four, or eight, we don't know, but we have to acknowledge what we're seeing as Yes That's Extreme And Needs To Stop Now and not just wait to be saved by fail-safes that have already failed

i mean, I would consider this a successful coup

A random unelected person has seized full and total control of the government's pursestrings. A random unelected regressive 'think tank' is conducting leader-loyalty tests, has all the laws & EOs pre-written, and Dear Puppet & Co are cranking them out at lightning speed.

The career federal workers who physically put their bodies in the way to try and stop this were hauled off. The rest who would offer any resistance are actively being hunted down and weeded out. The people who would investigate this were fired. The judges who tried to stop this were ignored. The rest of everyone Official is drowning in illegal and immoral red tape. There has yet to be any military intervention.

it took 13 days.