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SCOTUS is telling us that it has completely signed on to the project of a second Trump administration, which is establishing an elected autocracy.

all of this for donald fucking trump of all people

Seriously! THIS is the guy you pull the trigger for! THIS is the guy you give up everything for! It's absolutely insane. They can see how he treats his subordinates and enablers -- all of them ultimately get thrown in the trash. And yet.

they are awfully confident about their safety under a trump regency

I mean, I know Nazi comparisons are hackneyed, but I bet a lot of the people on the receiving end of the Night of the Long Knives felt similarly

I struggle to think of examples of authoritarian slide where this hasn't happened. The specific form it takes - long knives, falling out of windows, etc. - varies, but the consolidation of power and petty retributions are common.

Yeah, Stalin is another famous example, but it’s most of the other cases I’m familiar with as well

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