PraxicalExperience

At this point I'm thinking the only thing that's going to restore our image on the world stage is if we go full Londo when the Vorlons were moving in on Centauri Prime.

Walmart.

I think it's just because people still have hope that the systems will work as usual and right the ship. I think a lot of people are waiting to see what happens with this administration's reaction to court orders, etc. But I think that we're going to start spawning radicalized reactionaries soon.

Hey, that's my view of the US too, from ground zero!

No ... we need a lot more than that to work through the line of succession.

He's following basically the same playbook that Putin did when he invaded Ukraine.

This is what I hope -- that there are enough actual patriots, people who believe in the Rule of Law and the principles our Republic was built on, and resist. That military commands will rebel, that people will be gathering OSInt for Canada, and saboteurs and vandals and lone wolves start making things miserable for the administration and anyone who supports them.

I'm not sure it's technically illegal, and I'm very doubtful that the current judiciary would find it so. But it is unconscionable. And insane.