Thursday, October 30, 2025

The Coup That Finally Worked:

How Mike Johnson Succeeded Where the Insurrection Failed Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king ...

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Through procedural paralysis, the Speaker has done what violence could not: silence Congress and hand Donald Trump the powers of a king ... hartmannreport.com/p/the-coup-t ...

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-- Thom Hartmann (@hartmannreport.com) Oct 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM

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"This is against the law" the supreme law " of the land. There is no joint resolution with the Senate allowing for a recess longer than three days, nor has the Senate passed such a standalone resolution. Article I, 5, cl.4 of the Constitution reads:

"Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting."

Congress didn't even suspend its functioning for weeks like this during the Civil War or WWII; it's literally never happened before."

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"No political truth is of greater intrinsic value, or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands ... may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."
"James Madison, Federalist 47

"All the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judiciary, result to the legislative body. The concentrating of these in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government.

An ELECTIVE DESPOTISM was not the government we fought for; but one ... in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits, without being effectually checked and restrained by the others." (emphasis Jefferson's)
" Thomas Jefferson, commentary on Federalist 48

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-29 07:41 PM

It's impossible to design an airplane so safe and secure that the pilot, the copilot, and the navigator couldn't conspire to fly it into the World Trade Center.

This is a post about Republican leadership.

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-29 09:50 PM

The American government is an honor system. MAGA has no honor.

#3 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-10-30 03:43 PM

Little history for people who want to watch it repeat itself:

"The Roman Republic fell due to internal political corruption, greed, and civil wars, with figures like Julius Caesar consolidating power and ultimately undermining the Senate's authority.

The Senate's cession of power to figures like Caesar and later Augustus marked a departure from its traditional role.

This internal breakdown was exacerbated by economic problems, a shift in military loyalty from the state to individual generals, and the inability of the government to manage its vast territories effectively"

We're in the midst of this currently.

The future will see the United States fall apart and individual states coming together to form new nations.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-30 04:07 PM

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