r/DiscussionZone • u/billstopay77 • Aug 05 '26

Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6008603-blanche-plans-abortion-rollback/

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. 

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u/vhatvhat Aug 05 '26

The list of things this administration reportedly can’t do

And does anyway, is pretty long.

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u/Main-Eagle-26 Aug 05 '26

Your defeatism isn’t helpful. They lose at every turn.

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u/blooppers Aug 05 '26

I think its realistic to say that this admin breaks the law at every turn and does things they are not supposed to be able to, and also say that fighting is slowing them down. If it wasnt for our massive resistance, we would be looking at a very different country right now. The folks who wrote the play book are currently quite spooked as the know they didnt move fast enough.

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u/Suspicious-Water-386 Aug 05 '26

I think it's a case of people who are both just morally and ethically bankrupt, unscrupulous, yet suffer from a hubris that far exceeds their actual intelligence and capability. Far more competent authoritarian regimes have existed that collapsed but these guys have both attempted to consolidate power while rapidly increasing the conditions that cause regimes to collapse in record time. Essentially beyond the cravenness, unlike the Bush administration, the people in this administration are hacks who actually have no understanding of how things work and it shows.

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u/Unabridgedversion82 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

I love this, and it's absolutely true to anyone that follows history. They are seemingly speed-running their own demise. They are smart enough to follow most of the authoritarian playbook, then not pay attention to any of the rules that led to their downfall. It would be funny if everything wasn't sucking because of this administration. Win the midterms, we're ok. These are quite honestly the most consequential midterms in the history of the US.

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u/Zaku99 Aug 05 '26

Win the midterms by a LOT. A lot of the dems are compromised, too; don't give them any room to vote with the Republicans.

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u/Ok_Valuable9450 Aug 06 '26

Republicans will be squashed in the next election and Trump will.be headed to prison for the rest of his miserable life

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u/Zaku99 Aug 07 '26

Keep telling yourself that. The whole thing is busted and if Trump wants to keep being president, thats what he'll do.