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I also follow “Under The Desk News” and V did say quote “trump has now signed 100 executive orders and remember executive orders are WISHES not demands. So just because something is a signed executive order doesn’t mean that goes into effect right away. The government has to prove the executive order is lawful for it to be enacted.” End quote. I know that doesn’t make anything better but at the very least there’s some hope a chunk of these won’t be enacted. Hope is all I have right now and I’ll hold on to every last bit of it!

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Thank you for this insight and glimmer of hope, Shelby! 💙⭐️🌊🙏🌊⭐️💙

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Well said!!!

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Ditto!

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Exactly, gives a little relief but still uneasy about these orders.

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Reading this makes my stomach churn. How is this happening?

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there are going to be many budy courtrooms eg

he cannot change the Constitution re birthright citizenship it’s the 14th Amendment

3/4 of states need to appove of an new amendment

that’s just one legal battle

this was all known ans intended to intimidate us

do

not

let

it

the fight has just begun

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Is there no protection when one president signs an executive order that the next one can’t just come in and take them all away?

I’m honestly worried that he will sign an executive order doing away with elections and keep himself and his family and minions in office forever.

At one point are executive orders over reaching?

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The Gulf of America good grief! 🙄

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🤣🤣 right smh

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Without a doubt he’s never leaving office. I’ll come back to this comment in 4 years

😭

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Screenshot and saved this comment. I sure hope we laugh at our panic 4 years from now. Heh. 😐

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I sure hope so!!

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The good news is his health, or lack of it, not a well man

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But then we get 🤢 Vance 🤢

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100%. But we’d need a functioning legislative branch.

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This is unbelievable.

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Ok so the good news is that he has to have 2/3 vote in senate and in house AND has to have 3/4 of states approvals in order to amend the constitution. So he isn’t really likely to be able to take away birthright citizenship as it is the 14th amendment. Also if he tries to stay (per my comment above) that would take a constitutional amendment too. So that eases my worries some (not completely but some).

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May he r*t in h**l.

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I'd like to know the legality of signing the EO that rescinds all of Biden's EOs - lol 😅

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Why is he so hellbent on Denali?? So many questions of WHY? Just to be an ahole??

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I believe it is distraction. They are doing so many things at once and some of them are so obviously ridiculous intentionally, to distract us from the worst things they are doing and keep us busy. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care but I genuinely believe this is a strategy. Keep us caught up on the most outrageous things so we don’t pay as much attention to whatever else they are doing.

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Probably because Obama was the one who changed it to Denali. It’s petty.

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The way the eyes are in the back of my head!!! How have we allowed this as a nation? Didn’t he literally admit to cheating with Elon last night in his speech?

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There is also a REAL video of him stating that this 2024 election was RIGGED in his favor,, and that was why he won!!!!!! I am not joking. It's from the rally he had a few days ago

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Yep. And I think that’s why he wanted it inside so he didn’t look stupid when it wasn’t as many people showing up

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There were more people protesting him than attending, did you see it? Looked like a picture from MLK speech day. Irony in it is gut wrenching

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No I didn’t see actually! That makes me happy

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Sick. No other president has ever done anything this egregious. You know the one that honestly makes me the sickest? Is the one about gender. Like he’s a fucking expert. You can’t just deny science. What happens now to all the people whose identification matches their gender identity or have X instead of male/female? All these”state rights” only apply when it’s what the red states want to control. There’s plenty else in there. Agreed how can you just go in and undo everything a prior president did by executive order in one fell swoop? Leave the Laris climate accord? We’re screwed on so many levels. Even though I knew it was all coming, it doesn’t make it any better.

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Seriously! Will they be denied the necessary hormones and medicines to maintain theiridentity? He also pretty clearly made it apparent that he won't be allowing it in the military

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Exactly!! I’m not surprised but still just so disappointed it’s come to this

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That last one made me chuckle. He’s such a crybaby.

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Just another one of the trivial orders he’s doing to make everyone feel good in his circle

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Who can do anything about this? I have a family. A spouse that is riddled with anxiety. How do I keep them safe? Is it even possible? We are tiny blue dots in an ocean of red…. Should we be making escape plans? There are too many questions to count.

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Rachel, Breathe, please! While it disastrous what he is doing to America, do remember to simply breathe. Slowly in, slowly out. (This is really for me by the way!) Your main tasks right now, I think, is to love our family, love those in our community, be the joy that’s so difficult to see in our political environment. Breathe, play, love, (was that a movie?) and when opportunities to make a difference arise, act. Every little bit that each of us do in defiance and resistance will help us survive.

Teach your children to reason. Talk to them about honoring humanity in daily life. Talk about random acts of kindness like sharing cookies at lunch. Find ways to positively affect the people who come your way to preserve America as the sanctuary from tyranny it was created to be.

We each can’t save the world alone. We have to do it together, one breath at a time. Well, that’s what I’m going to try to do.

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Thank you. I needed that right now

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I’m in Rachel’s boat and have been for months. Debilitating panic. Backpacks with legal documents collected , passports, enhanced ID’s coming, my dog’s vaccination records, my medical records including list of prescription, adding my ex husband to all of my daughters/mine bank accounts, cash supply, house security, pantry filled with vacuum sealed food, medical supplies, friends in Canada supporting me if needed, maps printed with escape routes… just to name a few. My therapist says I need to manage my feelings of paranoia 😬😂

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Thank you for the summation. I absolutely purposely didn't read any thing today, other than the updates to my SubStack accounts. It's a habit I think I'll continue. No so called "news" (CNN, NY Times, WaPo, etc.). I'm a very sad American today.

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It’s like the progress of the last four years didn’t even happen.

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Aaron, this is rough…

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Every time he says "never before has this happened in our country"(referring to all of the unfair treatment he had received.... )why aren't all of the reporters yelling back at him saying "of COURSE it has never hapoened before. We've never had a criminal, convicted felon, cheater who is without morals or ethics holding the office of President before you came along!" I just can't watch or listen to him.

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We no longer have checks and balances. No way to hold anyone accountable. The past 10 years has been building up to this insanity

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unbelievable I feel like going off grid and hiding and just wait till the military go by .

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What a pompous donkeys behind. He still does not understand We The People.

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