Random thoughts about our nation’s absurdity-fueled trajectory in light of the latest. trump [FN1] has mused he can strip “home grown” criminals of citizenship and deport them to El Salvador, [FN2] but “these would just be ‘violent people.’” [FN3] Some discuss law 1/8

in trump’s nascent monarchy, like we are under rule of law. [FN4] At SOTU: “‘Thank you again. Thank you again,’ he says to [Chief Justice] Roberts....slaps him on the shoulder and says, ‘Won’t forget it.’ The moment has an almost classic mob boss feel to it in context.” [FN5] 2/8

trump said it was thanks for swearing in trump. Right! Sure! As trump deports “violent people,” trump will define & apply “violent people” as he wishes. People should read history. As part of the sentence native-born Hoosier Eugene Debs received for conviction under the 3/8

Sedition Act of 1918, Debs was divested of his citizenship. In 1920, Pres Harding commuted the sentence & Debs’s citizenship was restored. [FN6] Some might say, “The statute was repealed!”
Sorry to inform you, but trump is a dictator. 4/8

Footnotes:
FN1. It is difficult to refer to trump in terms of respect since he hacked the 2024 elections, holds power at the whim of Putin and is killing this country. Lower case of the last name (“trump”) will have to do. I was going to abbreviate Ass Hole, but “AH” would confuse things. 5/8

FN2. O’Driscoll, Sean, “Donald Trump could strip criminals of their U.S citizenship and deport them, say legal experts,” Newsweek, 04/10/25, accessed 04/15/25.
FN3. Riccardi, Nicholas, “Why Trump’s idea of imprisoning U.S. citizens in El Salvador is likely illegal,” PBS, 04/15/25. 6/8

FN4. “[A] political and legal ideal that all people and institutions within a political body are subject to the same laws, including lawmakers, government officials, and judges.” ABA. 7/8

FN5. Vance, Joyce, “Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union,” Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, 03/05/25, accessed 04/15/25.
FN6. Debs v. United States, 249 U.S. 211 (1919). 8/8