Subject: The 'horror' of a Trump 2nd term
...as laid out by Axios. What they call "Imperial", I celebrate. Let's dive in.

https://www.axios.com/2024/07/...

Before we begin, let's note that all Presidents do these things; it's only when a Republican takes office do the loud (and stupid) cries about Imperial Presidencies take off. I can recall when Bush43 fired all the US Attorneys there was screaming to the rafters but then when Barack Obama did the exact same thing there was dead silence. I no longer wonder why, not that I ever did.

Anyways:
Trump would come to office with a Cabinet and staff pre-vetted for loyalty, and a fully compliant Republican coalition in Congress -- devoid of critics in positions of real power.

Oh. My. God. You mean he might get into office with a unified party and a list of people he wants to serve with him??? Wow, this never happens.

Trump promises an unabashedly imperial presidency -- one that would turn the Justice Department against critics, deport millions of people in the U.S. illegally, slap 10% tariffs on thousands of products, and fire perhaps tens of thousands of government staff deemed insufficiently loyal.

Sooooo deporting criminals is imperial? De-politicizing the Justice Department is imperial? (For those wanting to argue, let me spare you the effort by asking you where the Hur tapes are) And replacing the Deep State clowns with actual public servants is imperial?

Not a great start, Axios. You're only making me want more!

Thanks to Monday's Supreme Court ruling, Trump could pursue his plans without fear of punishment or restraint. Erm, no. This is just bad liberal reporting, meant to keep you people afraid.

1. A re-elected Trump would quickly set up vast camps and deport millions of people in the U.S. illegally. He could invoke the Insurrection Act and use troops to lock down the southern border.

OMG. A secure border. Heaven forbid we stop fentanyl from killing tens of thousands of Americans.

In Washington, Trump would move to fire potentially tens of thousands of civil servants using a controversial interpretation of law and procedure. He'd replace many of them with pre-vetted loyalists.

Yes, please! Give me actual civil servants instead of the perpetual swamp rats who think they're the ones running the country.

He'd centralize power over the Justice Department, historically an independent check on presidential power. He plans to nominate a trusted loyalist for attorney general, and has threatened to target and even imprison critics. He could demand the federal cases against him cease immediately.

Merrick Garland, and Eric Holder before him (Obama's "wingman") have already shown this to be the rule, not the exception. I want a hard nosed AG who's going to come down hard on the inevitable rioters if Trump wins. I'm not living through another "Summer of love".

Many of the Jan. 6 convicts could be pardoned — a promise Trump has made at campaign rallies, where he hails them as patriots, not criminals. Investigations of the Bidens would begin.

So now Axios discovers that Lawfare is Bad. Joe Biden doesn't need to be prosecuted, btw. And the USSC just found that the supposedly non-political DOJ bent laws in egregious ways to charge J6 defendants (go read this on your own).

Trump says he'd slap 10% tariffs on most imported goods, igniting a possible trade war and risking short-term inflation. He argues this would give him leverage to create better trade terms to benefit consumers.

Inflation is now bad? When did this happen?

Conversation would intensify about when Justices Clarence Thomas, 76, and Sam Alito, 74, would retire.

Lists of potential successors are already drawn up.

<eyeroll> Yeah, no President ever has names of USSC justices. BTW, it might be as many as...3.

Top Democrats privately predict Republican majorities in the House and Senate if Biden loses.

Most of Trump's most prominent critics — Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, et al. — will be gone. Even the few who remain, including Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), will be substantially less powerful.

Name me a prominent "Biden critic" in the Senate. Joe Manchin? He votes with Biden. So does Sinema. Anyone else?

Axios is really stretching to gin up the fear angle for its readers.

But the best part is the last bit:The media would investigate, report, and illuminate all of it — but probably with less impact.

The media clowns that have lied from Day 1 of Biden's Presidency have no credibility left.