Trump’s retribution sends a chilling message to dissenters

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Fuck you asshole. You supported the assassination of your president so, fuck you!
 
signalmankenneth said:
People better start standing up against this thin skin wannabe dictator?!! Remember there are strength in numbers?!! It's all about speaking truth to power!!!

CNN —
Donald Trump’s White House has a threatening message for anyone who might even be perceived to disagree with the president: Don’t. Or else.

Even though he has promised to end what he viewed as “weaponization” of the Department of Justice, Trump is treating people who disagree with him more like the “enemy from within” he talked about during the presidential campaign.

The president took the unusual step this week of issuing official proclamations ordering the federal investigations of people who worked in his first administration.

He’s demanding free work from law firms who represented his perceived enemies, threatening to impeach judges, deporting campus protesters and so much more.

The underlying message, for anyone who hasn’t put all these things together, is that dissent will not be tolerated under Trump 2.0.

To official who said 2020 was a secure election: You’re under investigation​

Chris Krebs oversaw the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, CISA, during Trump’s first term and affirmed the election Trump lost was free of fraud or tampering.

That’s exactly why Trump wants him investigated. As Trump puts it in the proclamation, Krebs “falsely and baselessly denied that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen.” There is still zero compelling evidence the 2020 election was rigged or stolen, but the effect on Krebs’ cybersecurity business could be real. And the message to anyone currently working to secure American elections is unmistakable: There will be consequences for crossing the president, even when the president is alleging election fraud that does not exist.

To the face of first-term ‘resistance’: You’re guilty of treason​

The other individual Trump targeted with a proclamation is Miles Taylor, the former Homeland Security official who wrote, first anonymously, during Trump’s first term that there was a “resistance” among government officials working to mute the president’s impact.

Trump did not cite any specific law either man might have broken, but he did say in the Oval Office he thinks Taylor is guilty of treason.

“He’s using every public and private means to try to attack these people, humiliate these people, get them to come and kiss the ring,” said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jamie Raskin in a video posted to social media.

Trump is taking no chances with a resistance effort during his second term. His layoffs of federal workers, gutting of entire agencies and punitive firings should be message enough.

Key officials, notably, have resigned in key moments rather than follow directives they disagreed with.

To law firms that opposed Trump: Pony up​

In the Oval Office, as he signed those proclamations targeting Krebs and Taylor, Trump bragged that law firms who represented his opponents are now lining up to do free work on his behalf after he threatened them with retribution in executive orders.

His aide Stephen Miller said firms have agreed to nearly $700 million in free work for Trump to avoid punitive proclamations. Some law firms, notably Jenner & Block, sued over Trump’s efforts to punish them. A judge said the orders were likely unconstitutional, but many other firms are bending the knee and agreeing to do free work on Trump’s behalf instead.

There are multiple other examples of Trump using the weight of the government to target people and places he opposes.

To cities that don’t want to comply with ICE moves: Federal offices will be closed​

Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced the closure of multiple offices in cities “that do not comply” with ICE efforts and relocate them elsewhere. The targeted cities are Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New York City and Seattle.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy did not mention immigration policy when he announced in a New York Post Op-Ed that HHS would close half of its 10 regional offices. But the targeted offices are a similar list: Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. Atlanta will keep its regional HHS office, along with Kansas City, Dallas, Denver and Philadelphia.

To universities struggling to balance free speech: Research grants are frozen​

Cornell and Northwestern joined a growing list of elite research universities that have had hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars in research grants frozen. The administration has demanded that schools end diversity programs and has criticized student protests against the war in Gaza.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/politics/trump-krebs-khalil-taylor-crackdown-dissent-what-matters/index.html

TRUMP AND FREE PRESS​

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Not weaponizing the DOJ does not mean letting criminals off scot free.

Lock those motherfuckers up already.
 
Stone said:
No,....not really. Happens all the time to these bitter Karen types. Next thing you know they get left behind with a couple of kids and not much else. It's a sad reality for those type women but a lot of times they bring it on themselves.
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I see it's pretend time in magat land. Stop projecting your sad life story on others.
 
Oh, please, another libtard sob story, bawling over Trump’s supposed hit list like it’s the end of democracy. Get a grip. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor aren’t martyrs, they’re rule-breaking clowns now facing investigations because, shocker, actions have consequences. If there’s enough evidence, they’ll get what’s coming; if not, they won’t. That’s called due process, not your side’s pathetic playbook of picking a scapegoat, dredging up nothing, and then fabricating crimes to justify the witch hunt. Trump’s not silencing dissent, he’s torching the garbage pile left by goons like Krebs, who spewed “secure election” drivel with zero proof 2020 was clean, and Taylor, who crowed about his backstabbing “resistance” like a traitor with a book deal.

Cry harder, it’s delicious. Law firms whining about “retribution”? That one is one of the most amusing of the predictable whiners.They’re just pissed they can’t keep fleecing clients while flipping off accountability. Cities dodging ICE? Good luck when federal offices ditch your sanctuary cesspools. And universities sniffling over frozen grants? Maybe quit pandering to Gaza rioters and DEI dogma instead of doing real research and maybe educating the skulls full of mush like they're overpaid to do. Keep worshipping your CNN altar, but this isn’t fascism, it’s the glorious smackdown the pompous, America-hating lefty losers have earned.
 
Tobytone said:
Oh, please, another libtard sob story, bawling over Trump’s supposed hit list like it’s the end of democracy. Get a grip. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor aren’t martyrs, they’re rule-breaking clowns now facing investigations because, shocker, actions have consequences. If there’s enough evidence, they’ll get what’s coming; if not, they won’t. That’s called due process, not your side’s pathetic playbook of picking a scapegoat, dredging up nothing, and then fabricating crimes to justify the witch hunt. Trump’s not silencing dissent, he’s torching the garbage pile left by goons like Krebs, who spewed “secure election” drivel with zero proof 2020 was clean, and Taylor, who crowed about his backstabbing “resistance” like a traitor with a book deal.

Cry harder, it’s delicious. Law firms whining about “retribution”? That one is one of the most amusing of the predictable whiners.They’re just pissed they can’t keep fleecing clients while flipping off accountability. Cities dodging ICE? Good luck when federal offices ditch your sanctuary cesspools. And universities sniffling over frozen grants? Maybe quit pandering to Gaza rioters and DEI dogma instead of doing real research and maybe educating the skulls full of mush like they're overpaid to do. Keep worshipping your CNN altar, but this isn’t fascism, it’s the glorious smackdown the pompous, America-hating lefty losers have earned.
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What rule did Krebs break?

The "you must state that the 2020 election was rigged" rule?

And the burden of proof is on those who are saying it was rigged - not the opposite. You have lost your moral compass.
 
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What rule did Krebs break?

The "you must state that the 2020 election was rigged" rule?

And the burden of proof is on those who are saying it was rigged - not the opposite. You have lost your moral compass.
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What rule did Chris Krebs break? The one where you don’t strut out “2020 was flawless” garbage while posing as a public servant. Krebs didn’t just claim the election was pristine, he swaggered like he invented truth, flicking away real issues like software hiccups, mail-in messes, and fishy tallies with a smug wave. That’s not duty, it’s a bloated ego in a suit. Your “must say it was rigged” rule? A cute delusion you’re shadowboxing. Burden of proof? Krebs served up zilch but a smirk, while affidavits, video footage, and wonky stats scream for answers. Moral compass? You sold yours for a megaphone, spewing flimsy deflections to prop a narrative built out of libtard tears. Put the shoe on the other foot and you libtards would be burning lawyers cars and taking swings at elderly Judges, then you'd want them locked up in solitary confinement.
 
Tobytone said:
What rule did Chris Krebs break? The one where you don’t strut out “2020 was flawless” garbage while posing as a public servant. Krebs didn’t just claim the election was pristine, he swaggered like he invented truth, flicking away real issues like software hiccups, mail-in messes, and fishy tallies with a smug wave. That’s not duty, it’s a bloated ego in a suit. Your “must say it was rigged” rule? A cute delusion you’re shadowboxing. Burden of proof? Krebs served up zilch but a smirk, while affidavits, video footage, and wonky stats scream for answers. Moral compass? You sold yours for a megaphone, spewing flimsy deflections to prop a narrative built out of libtard tears. Put the shoe on the other foot and you libtards would be burning lawyers cars and taking swings at elderly Judges, then you'd want them locked up in solitary confinement.
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This is America. Even if the 2020 election WAS rigged (it wasn't) - it's not criminal to "strut around", or say the election was flawless or secure. And he can do it w/ a smirk.

Because - this is America. He can pretty much say that, and it's not a crime. Just like Trump can LIE that it was rigged, every day, and it's not a crime.
 
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