This is the way I see it playing out:
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Bondi at DOJ is a cult member; even if a circuit court asks for an injuction, she will not enforce it in good faith; she will do some play acting, much like Aileen Cannon did.
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So it comes down to this now: an appeal to the Supreme Court. Roberts told Stupid Hitler on his Inauguration day that he can’t keep testing well-established precedent. With this brazen ignoring by Musk of an injunction, it is conceivable that Roberts and ACB form an alliance to start voting against Trump. If they decide to do that, a majority of Repubs in Congress will tell Stupid Hitler he has to knock it off (or Article 25, or whatever…)
If Roberts+ACB fail to do that, then what the hell is the point of a federal system that overtly sanctions lawlessness?? Time to partition along State lines, forming alliances as they see fit to form new countries; time is afforded for the minorities in cracker States that don’t buy lawlessness to move to the States that want to have a rule of law. [Note to readers presuming racial bias in what I am saying: people of ANY race who want a political system founded on some of the principles of the Enlightenment are a minority in “cracker” States…]
It will be a Pyrrhic victory for someone like Musk; yes, you trashed America just like you did Twitter; but now we will have a chance to replace it with something that is designed better, given our experience, like Twitter was replaced by Bluesky.
To rectify the mistakes of the US for these new replacement federation(s), I would propose the following:
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Stringent laws against gerrymandering.
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ALL balloting is secured by petition, with a significant number of signatures for higher office; an ample timewindow to vet all signatures. Being a member of a party will not give you an advantage.
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Equal time for balloted candidates, and campaign advertising limits.
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Strict finance reporting for candidates, with serious penalties for failing to do so.
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Candidates can only hold ongoing traded assets through a blind trust.
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Ranked balloting for all votes and referendums, to cut down on wasteful and time-consuming primaries.
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Rules preventing a regulator from working for an industry they once regulated (along with increased pensions, to dismiss the excuse for why that is permitted…)
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Subsidized education (preferably for STEM courses of studies…), to never again allow ignorant voters to be deciding on issues and political representation.
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More precise rules to insure better antitrust enforcement.
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More precise rules on POLLUTION: air, water, and soil. [There is no need for a debate on how much climate warming is in play; we can agree that we don’t want dirty air.] At a minimum, CHARGEBACKS for those selling products that cause this.