Jan 21, 2025 · Copernicus said: Historian Timothy Snyder wrote a popular book entitled On Tyranny , which explores the process by which democracies in other countries have given rise to authoritarian rule. An important one is the formation of paramilitary organizations like Proud Boys and Oathkeepers, which can assume greater power in a functioning democracy ...

Dec 26, 2024 · Copernicus said: “What Trump wants is a win,” Farnsworth said. “And even if the American flag doesn’t raise over Greenland, Europeans may be more willing to say yes to something else because of the pressure.”

Dec 20, 2024 · Copernicus said: Nobody elected Elon Musk, but Donald Trump did eke out a slim popular victory over Kamala Harris. So Trump now begins to hand out high level government jobs to family members, sycophants, cronies, and especially …

Dec 1, 2024 · Copernicus said: Where were you guys from 2017-2020, when Trump was issuing all of those pardons? He pardoned Charles Kushner for some pretty sordid crimes, but that was the father-in-law of his daughter.

Dec 22, 2024 · Copernicus said: Trump has known exactly what H-1B visas were for years , and his first administration actually suspended them by executive order. Ramaswamy also opposed them historically, but is now pretending to like them.

Oct 30, 2024 · Copernicus said: Having cast our election ballots early, we thought it might be a good idea to get out of the country for the month of November. My wife and I will be on two cruises back-to-back--the Silversea Ray around the Mediterranean (Athens to Rome), followed by the Oceania Marina transatlantic cruise from Lisbon to Miami.

Jan 20, 2025 · Copernicus said: Trump's tariffs will not preserve jobs in the US. They will destroy jobs in the US, Canada, and Mexico, all of which have heavy manufacturing industries that depend on tariff-free trade across their borders.

Sep 4, 2024 · Copernicus said: The CNN article I cited was well-researched, but John53 is correct about the earlier (updated in 2023) factcheck article. All it did was change around some of the assumptions to get vehicle-related deaths above gun deaths.

Dec 1, 2024 · Copernicus said: That's true, but there is no evidence or reason to believe that Hunter Biden was involved in any such crimes. The reason for it was that he feared the Trump DoJ would look for innovative ways to try to fulfill Donald …

Nov 24, 2024 · Copernicus said: But we are talking about policies actually proposed by the incoming Trump administration--millions of people rounded up and deported and all done through emergency powers that would bypass normal due process.