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I might be getting misunderstood here.

They are going to make an attempt for a third term. They are going to claim some constitutional loophole and the SCOTUS is going to agree with them.

This is and always has been their plan. They've been screaming it from the rafters for the last 8+ years.

This will happen one way or another, Trump will likely get "cleared" for a third term for some bullshit reason that every "constitutional lawyer" will decry foul on, but it will still happen because the pillars of our democracy have already crumbled.

After that happens, we can either try and fight it and live in the past, or we can lean into it and adapt to fascism to fight fire with fire until such time that we can rebuild the pillars of our democracy.

The 2 term limit was added as an amendment in 1947 after FDR was so damn popular that he would have just kept running and winning until he died, and the other side didn't like it.

They fascists should be more scared of repealing the 2 term limit than progressives, if they studied history. Which they don't. So here we are.

As mentioned in another reply, this is more fighting fire with fire sort of thing. They're going to trample all over the constitution one way or another here it looks like. They already have. the SCOTUS has legislated some incredibly unconstitutional rulings in the last several years, so it's going to keep happening.

We can either stick our heads in the sand and say: NO, MUH CONSTITNTUION, and hide behind what is ultimately just a piece of paper with some words on it if nobody in power is willing to defend it; or we can adapt and fight fire with fire until we can fix the institutions that have collapsed and recover our democracy.

If you try and take the high road with fascists, they'll just keep winning. That's literally what Fascism was created to destroy.

Fascism always looks the same, regardless of the year or circumstances of the situation. Fascism never changes. All they do is paint a thin veneer on the previous fascist attempt and try again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

It can be very, very inexpensive for the costs of a court filing fee and a friend getting an online certification to officiate the wedding.

You get tax breaks while married, and a lot of things in life are easier when you're married and sharing the same living space, bills, etc. The world has been built to make it more economical and easier.

It's the getting divorced that's expensive and sucks. As long as you can avoid doing that, or have a prenup in place, you're good.

Absolutely not. I would rather the constitution not get used like toilet paper for this waste of human space. But if they go full authoritarian, why not lean into it and play our own hand in a similar vein?

I'm tired of taking the high road against fascists.

Let's be honest. His health isn't going to make it. But regardless, if true, we should run Obama against him just so he can lose to a black man, again, before he dies.

"Not resonating with voters"

Bernie and AOC's "Fighting Oligarchy" campaign is pulling in more people to their rallies than attended Obama's in 08.

Don't peddle that horseshit you Liberal traitor.

Did his car's pager go off?

China: "We haven't met yet"

China: <backchannels talks so they all get on the same page"

Trump: "China lies, we met this morning when they backchanneled their plans to replace the USD with me and I think it's a fine idea."

My people have a similar saying.

I legitimately thought it was right up until the Newsweek article actually loaded.

This is the correct answer