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I believe an unlikely mix of alleged drug trafficking related politicos and alleged white nationalist related politicos united to elect the infamous “Bloc of Four” in the abysmal voter turnout election of 2005. During their four year term the drug business was good again and white nationalists used Coatesville as an example on white supremacist websites like “Stormfront”. Strong community organization and support from law enforcement, in particular Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll has begun to turn our community around. The Chester County drug trafficking that I believe centers on Coatesville continues and I believe we still have public officials in place that profit from the drug sales. But the people here are amazing and continue to work against the odds to make Coatesville a good place to live.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Trump’s “Autocratic Legalism” mirror image of Victor Oban’s Hungarian Government. “Charismatic new leaders are elected by democratic publics and then use their electoral mandates to dismantle by law the constitutional systems they inherited.”

"Here comes the dictator' Juncker's cheeky welcome for Hungarian PM

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741,407 views  May 22, 2015  #dictator #Hungary #EU

"Here comes the dictator." Not the usual greeting you would expect to hear at an EU get-together. 


But "dictator" was the word chosen by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as he welcomed Hungary's Viktor Orban at a summit in Riga, Latvia. 

READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/22/he...




“There are people on the House Intelligence Committee who believe that Tulsi Gabbard  is or acts like an asset of the Russians. That she’s a double agent or a mole.

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US Adversaries LAUGH AT Trump 


"Trump Admin ALREADY IMPLODING as He DOUBLES DOWN"

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27,080 views  Nov 18, 2024


"Former federal prosecutor and counsel to the Attorney General Shan Wu discusses how Trump regime nominees like Pete Hegseth, Tulsa Gabbard, Matt Gaetz depend on the concept of anticipatory obedience - a strategy favored by autocrats."


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"Scheppele, Kim L. (2018) "Autocratic Legalism," University of Chicago Law Review:


Abstract

Buried within the general phenomenon of democratic decline is a set of cases in which charismatic new leaders are elected by democratic publics and then use their electoral mandates to dismantle by law the constitutional systems they inherited. These leaders aim to consolidate power and to remain in office indefinitely, eventually eliminating the ability of democratic publics to exercise their basic democratic rights, to hold leaders accountable, and to change their leaders peacefully. Because these “legalistic autocrats” deploy the law to achieve their aims, impending autocracy may not be evident at the start. But we can learn to spot the legalistic autocrats before autocratic constitutionalism becomes fatal because they are often following a script using tactics that they borrow from each other. This Essay explains the paths that these autocratic legalists take, the danger signals that accompany their legal reforms, and the methods they use to dismantle liberal constitutions. The Essay also suggests how the legalistic autocrats may be stopped.


Recommended Citation

Scheppele, Kim L. (2018) "Autocratic Legalism," University of Chicago Law Review: Vol. 85: Iss. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclrev/vol85/iss2/2


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"Zac Newman

Totalitarianism wouldn't fly in the US.  Authoritarianism has always been quietly waiting in the wings here."


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"Larry D. Horricks 

https://www.larryhorricks.com/

@ldhorricks

1 day ago (edited)

“I've also spent a good amount of time in Russia over the past 35 years, and I've worked regularly in Hungary over the past 20 years. My mother's family are Czech/Lithuanian and I've lived in, and photographed events in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans since 1988.  I've met Orban a few times before and during his current regime. Hungary only marginally exists as a democracy...it is the most gerrymandered state in Europe and Orban and his cronies have taken control the Television and print media turning it into an Kremlin-like propaganda machine...He has dismantled certain aspects of the constitution and essentially taken control of the judiciary system. From my own personal experience I don't feel it is hyperbole in saying that America is on the brink of Authoritarian rule or at the very least an Orban-like "illiberable democracy" that could take decades to overcome if ever...make no mistake Trump and his acolytes/elites have no interest in Democracy. We are living in a post-truth world and Populists, Demagogues, Authoritarians...always prey on grievance, hatred, bigotry, blame, fear and endemic lack of self-accountability to gain power with the pretence of championing the aggrieved. It's never about ideology...it's always about power and wealth. Trump doesn't have a political bone in his body...he is grifter...and he knows his marks well...and that frankly is very difficult thing to combat...low information and disinformation is a very difficult thing to combat...lazy thinking or lack of critical thinking in any demographic is a very difficult thing to combat. Putin is more an ideologue  than either Trump or Orban...he also is a master of conflating his interests, his personal regime survival and wealth with mythical existential threats to Russia and Russians. Orban's Hungary is closer example (Than Russia) of where America is headed under Trump...and make no mistake...it's a very close example.”



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"Hungary Shows Us How a Second Trump Term Might Play Out"


New York Times Podcasts


25,075 views  Nov 18, 2024  The Opinions


Donald Trump has referred to Hungary’s autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, as “a great man, a great leader.” In this episode, the columnist M. Gessen, who is in exile from Vladimir Putin’s Russia, draws parallels between Trump, Orban and Putin. Gessen explores what life might look like in Trump’s next term and describes their fear that, this time, “people are going to retreat into their private lives and try to shut out the political world.”






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“There are people on the House Intelligence Committee who believe that Tulsi Gabbard  is or acts like an asset of the Russians. That she’s a double agent or a mole."


MICHAEL POPOK REACTS TO LATEST BREAKING LEGAL NEWS -US Adversaries LAUGH AT Trump 

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39,119 views  Nov 17, 2024









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