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Bullet Point Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n- We are at a tipping point<\/em>: the POTUS (President of the United States)<\/em> must decide whether to obey a unanimous SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States)<\/em> ruling ordering the return of a wrongfully deported make-up artist.<\/li>
- The deportation was based on flimsy evidence<\/em> – tattoos that merely resemble those of a Venezuelan gang – without a proper hearing or due process.<\/li>
- This could become a constitutional crisis<\/em> if the executive branch refuses to comply with the judicial branch.<\/li>
- A deadline is likely imminent<\/em>, and it’s unclear what issue could possibly demand more urgent attention than this unfolding constitutional goat rodeo<\/em>.<\/li>
- The surreal feeling of saying “this could be fascism” is unsettling, but pattern recognition is not paranoia<\/em> – it’s vigilance.<\/li>
- There are parallels to 1930s Germany<\/em>, where disbelief, normalization, and institutional failure paved the road to authoritarianism.<\/li>
- Good people didn’t all agree with the regime – but many stayed quiet, or were silenced, or just hoped it would pass. History reminds us: it doesn’t pass without action<\/em>.<\/li>
- This moment – right now<\/em> – is the test.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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We’re at a tipping point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The POTUS (President of the United States)<\/em> must now decide whether to comply with a unanimous ruling<\/em> from SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States)<\/em>, which demands the return of a make-up artist wrongfully deported and imprisoned in El Salvador.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe case itself is appalling: the individual was removed from the country without due process, without real evidence – just tattoos that looked vaguely like those associated with a Venezuelan gang. No hearing. No justice. Just a fast-track to exile and prison based on profiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And now? We wait to see whether the President will follow the law or ignore the Supreme Court entirely. That decision – this moment<\/em> – could tip us into a full-blown constitutional crisis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThere’s probably a deadline just days away, and it’s hard to imagine any issue more urgent than this unfolding constitutional goat rodeo<\/em>. For all we know, the President could wake up tomorrow, change course, and start acting like a leader who respects the rule of law. But right now, we’re on the edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat’s disturbing is how surreal it feels to even say these things aloud. “The President might defy the Supreme Court.” “This could be authoritarianism.” Part of me wants to laugh it off – “that can’t happen here, right?” But another part of me, louder each day, is saying: “This is exactly how it starts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I find myself thinking about Germany in the 1930s<\/em>, before everything collapsed into catastrophe. What was the mood? Did people protest early on? Why wasn’t the leadership stopped before things got so dark?<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe truth is, many people did<\/em> speak out. Some resisted. Some fled. Some were silenced. Most just hoped it would blow over. But silence and disbelief are fertile ground for authoritarianism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSo yes, this feels extreme to say. Yes, it feels awkward to share. But we have to say it anyway<\/em> – because the moment you stop naming what’s wrong, you’ve already lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis is the test. Right now. And everyone watching – whether they live in the U.S. or not – should be paying very, very close attention.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"here’s the first verion I feel good enough to share; i haven’t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[1697,140,1102,57],"class_list":["post-39852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-chatgpt","tag-paul","tag-tfg","tag-usa","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39852"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39857,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39852\/revisions\/39857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Full Text Version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
We’re at a tipping point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The POTUS (President of the United States)<\/em> must now decide whether to comply with a unanimous ruling<\/em> from SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States)<\/em>, which demands the return of a make-up artist wrongfully deported and imprisoned in El Salvador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The case itself is appalling: the individual was removed from the country without due process, without real evidence – just tattoos that looked vaguely like those associated with a Venezuelan gang. No hearing. No justice. Just a fast-track to exile and prison based on profiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And now? We wait to see whether the President will follow the law or ignore the Supreme Court entirely. That decision – this moment<\/em> – could tip us into a full-blown constitutional crisis<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s probably a deadline just days away, and it’s hard to imagine any issue more urgent than this unfolding constitutional goat rodeo<\/em>. For all we know, the President could wake up tomorrow, change course, and start acting like a leader who respects the rule of law. But right now, we’re on the edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s disturbing is how surreal it feels to even say these things aloud. “The President might defy the Supreme Court.” “This could be authoritarianism.” Part of me wants to laugh it off – “that can’t happen here, right?” But another part of me, louder each day, is saying: “This is exactly how it starts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n I find myself thinking about Germany in the 1930s<\/em>, before everything collapsed into catastrophe. What was the mood? Did people protest early on? Why wasn’t the leadership stopped before things got so dark?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The truth is, many people did<\/em> speak out. Some resisted. Some fled. Some were silenced. Most just hoped it would blow over. But silence and disbelief are fertile ground for authoritarianism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So yes, this feels extreme to say. Yes, it feels awkward to share. But we have to say it anyway<\/em> – because the moment you stop naming what’s wrong, you’ve already lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the test. Right now. And everyone watching – whether they live in the U.S. or not – should be paying very, very close attention.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" here’s the first verion I feel good enough to share; i haven’t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[1697,140,1102,57],"class_list":["post-39852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-chatgpt","tag-paul","tag-tfg","tag-usa","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39852"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39857,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39852\/revisions\/39857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}