It was a good run, America. The whole “rule of law” experiment had its moments, but as Trump 2.0 has made abundantly clear, that’s over now. Why bother with courts, judges, or pesky legal precedents when you can just declare, I decide what the law is and move on? It’s efficient, really—why waste time on due process when raw power is so much faster?
Enter Attorney General Pam Bondi, Trump’s ever-loyal enforcer, who has seamlessly transformed the Department of Justice into the Department of Retribution. Under her watch, the DOJ no longer concerns itself with quaint notions like justice; instead, it now functions as Trump’s personal grievance machine, hunting down critics, enemies, and anyone who once looked at him the wrong way.
And let’s talk about the latest innovation in authoritarian overreach: the DOGE invasion (that’s Department of Government Enforcement, for those keeping track of Trump’s ever-expanding police state). This new, unofficially official task force—staffed with US Marshals, D.C. police, and anyone else willing to follow unlawful orders—has been storming into nonprofit organizations that aren’t even government entities. The reasoning? Who needs reasoning? The courts may have ruled against these raids, but when did Trump ever let the judiciary get in the way of a good power trip?
So here we are: the President ignores court orders, the Attorney General runs the Justice Department like a mob syndicate, and rogue federal enforcers are smashing through doors in direct defiance of the law. But don’t worry—if you’re a billionaire donor or a Trump loyalist, you’re completely safe. Everyone else? Better hope you’re not next on the list.
Democracy was fun while it lasted. Welcome to the era of law-by-decree
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