On September 11, 2001, I was standing in the lunchroom of my company, watching the TV. Knowing that I was a political blogger, a group of coworkers asked me how I thought our government would react. Knowing that GW Bush, aka Crawford Caligula, had criticized his father for “’not finishing the job in Iraq’, I predicted that he would use 9/11, a terrorist act perpetuated by Saudis, as an excuse to attack Iraq. Also, knowing that Bush was trying to establish the Fourth Reich, I predicted that he would use 9/11 as an excuse to crack down on US civil liberties. The un-PATRIOT Act was a down payment for that. The failure of the Fourth Reich (Katrina and Republican Recession of 2008) killed that attempt. Therefore, I’m not surprised that, since criminal Fuhrer Trump* is now trying to establish the Fifth Reich, he has directed Barrf to set up indefinite detention for Republicans’ enemies.
As the US continues its scrambling response to the coronavirus outbreak, it has closed borders, quarantined some neighborhoods, and shut down businesses in a number of the most populous states.
Behind the scenes, federal and state governments have also been pushing for a series of draconian measures to respond to the virus, which would disproportionately affect asylum seekers, people embroiled in the justice system and even those seeking an abortion.
The efforts have already had a striking impact on civil liberties, and bear hints of a 2020 version of the US government response to the 9/11 attacks in 2001, which ultimately led to the Patriot Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that allowed, among other things, the government to collect citizens’ phone data, in an unprecedented encroachment on personal rights.
Amid the indisputable need to contain the coronavirus outbreak, many of the measures have civil rights advocates concerned. With the Trump administration’s poor record on openness and on freedom – seen especially in its treatment of undocumented workers – there is a real risk of Covid-19 having a permanent impact on society.
One of the most troubling efforts is a government proposal that would allow it to detain people indefinitely without trial during national emergencies. The justice department sent a request for the move to Congress around 20 March, in response to the coronavirus outbreak… [emphasis added]
Inserted from <The Guardian>
Virus power-grab? Trump admin seeks ‘sweeping’ powers to detain without trial during pandemic
In short, as is their history, Republicans are trying to use public fear to get extraordinary power, and when they have succeeded, they have invariably abused that power. There is a special word for anyone who concedes acceding to Barrf’s demand for his criminal Fuhrer Trump*: fool!
RESIST!!
8 Responses to “Indefinite Detention for Republicans’ Enemies”
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omg! Typical ‘nasty’ behavior by T and his administration.
This is uncalled for…and frightening! the fools!!
dt wants the power, but, hopefully this can’t/won’t happen.
Horrible news though.
Indefinite detention, of course! Why didn’t we think of that? Oh, wait, once sheathed is out office, and faces criminal charges….
We already have indefinite detention. It’s called cash bail. I do grant that (a) sometimes th length of that is caused by the defense needing ore time, particularly in the case of overworked public defenders, (b) should the individual be convicted, credit is goven for that delay on the form of “time served,” and (c) some [eople are safer detained than free; however, it is still undemocratic.
And of course this is different. And totalitarian. And I find it very scary how many Americans would support it – just as it was already scary how many Americans supported (and still do) the so-called “Patriot Act.”
All that is standing between us and this is the Democrats in the House. Thank God for 2018.
If that power-grab video doesn’t scare the s**t out of you, then you’ve got any one, and maybe more than one – of several serious problems.
Anybody know what size shirt tRump wears? He needs a few brown ones – complete with red brassards.
tRump can take his “Indefinite detention without a trail” idea and shove it up his as*.
What he feels he’s going to achieve from it, makes no sense what-so-ever.
I honestly hope it doesn’t happen either.
Not terribly worried about this coming about:
[1] I doubt it’s legal – and I’m counting on my donations to the ACLU to jump into action here.
[2] Strong doubts even Moscow Mitch would warm up to this one. Sure, he’s an ASSHOLE & would love the GOP to have that power. But he’s a wily ASSHOLE. He realizes that once the tables are turned (hopefully this November), then the shoe is on the other foot – and that boot will be happy to kick Rethuglican asses all day long!
Just imagine Trump and Barff ROTFLMHO together when the DOJ was asked for guidelines during this specific ‘pandemic’ emergency, crying: “Fools, they’ve opened Pandora’s Box of Power Grabs and we’ll make sure we abuse this opportunity as much as we can.” Republicans have a rule that says “If you offer us your pinky we’ll take your whole hand [and possibly your arm]” (Dutch proverb), so this was to be expected from the summit of Bananarepublicanism. I hope ACLU is awake enough to prevent this ever coming before Mitch.
Thanks, tired Hump Day Hugs, and Amen to all!