They were actually somewhat decent at that and very good at gating the upper ranks, during the Bush and especially Obama years.Recent events compel me to add to the list:
-purge the military of fascists.
Uh, This election and administration WAS the uprising.It would have to be by some sort of uprising of Americans.
By who, billionaires?Uh, This election and administration WAS the uprising.
My feeling on this (the OP/Thread topic) is that everything begins and depends, on a new, charismatic leader emerging to take Trump's place in the hearts of the voters and the media. They can be a hero, a villain, anti-hero, statesman/woman, charlatan, etc., but they Have.To.Be....cue the musicThis may be an odd thread to start in light of the bleakness of the current moment, but the Allies began planning to occupy Germany in 1942. So, assuming that MAGA is defeated and is not in control of the American state on January 20th, 2029, what changes should be made to the Constitutional order to prevent a repeat of the second Trump term?
In broad outline, I propose:
-abolishing the Department of Homeland Security. Prosecutions of officers employed by DHS who violated the constitutional rights of persons under US jurisdiction under any previous administration. DHS functions deemed essential to be split up between other relevant departments and agencies.
-Constitutional amendment specifying that the President is liable for any criminal acts committed in office, regardless of whether the acts were "official" or not
-some means of checking the Supreme Court's power. Term limits, increased # of justices, perhaps allowing a supermajority in Congress to override a SCOTUS decision if it strikes down Congressional legislation
-The CECOT prison to be broken open and prisoners to be transferred to normal prisons or other kinds of rehabilitation facilities (or released) according to the facts of their specific case
- strengthening of anti-corruption laws, to include constititional amendments if necessary.
-constitutional amendment specifying that incorporation is a privilege designed to advance the public interest, not an unconditional right of individuals, and exempting corporate property from Bill of Rights protections that were only intended to protect personal property
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What that is, or who that is going to be... I'm sure I don't know... AOC? Gavin Newsom? Jasmine Crockett? Josh Shapiro? Tom Hanks?
I was listening to CNN radio yesterday and they were going on about how voters could possibly have voted for both Trump and then for Mamdani, and how they would be interviewing voters on the subject in the next segment. I never heard the segment, because I got where I was going before it aired, but I didn't really need to hear the segment, because the answer seems obvious. Mamdani represents a rejection of the establishment, status-quo, just like Trump does to voters. Its really that simple at the foundation. The old-guard Democratic party leaders just keep pretending that they don't see it, because they don't want to see it... more specifically, they don't want to step aside from power.Zohran!
Uncle Sam used to show the world a respectable face.America and its allies and clients are the biggests terrorists in the world, and it isn't close.

I thing is is indeed time to start contemplating a collapese of the US government under Trump.
Start the what if with a stock market and financial crisis. The dollar crashes, sudden high inflation due to massive dependence on imports. How will that play out politically with the current government? How may it react and what would be the consequences?