Trump; ‘this is what authoritarianism is about.’

[Jitendra Hydonus]

https://youtu.be/vu2mPDwIijw?si=16155qF1uvS5Mt-s

“You have to have a press that’s telling you what’s going on.” ~ Stephen Colbert

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Censorship for Citizenship

He warned that a “sinister group of Deep State bureaucrats, Silicon Valley tyrants, left-wing activists, and depraved corporate news media” was “conspiring to manipulate and silence the American people,” and promised that “by restoring free speech, we will begin to reclaim our democracy, and save our nation.” On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order affirming the “right of the American people to engage in constitutionally protected speech.”

If anyone believed him at the time, they should be disabused by now. One of his most brazen attacks on freedom of speech thus far came this past weekend, when the president said that he was thinking about stripping a comedian of her citizenship—for no apparent reason other than that she regularly criticizes him.

“Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her,” he posted on Truth Social.

This must have been exhilarating to O’Donnell, who received a brief new grant of relevance and told the Irish broadcaster RTE, “I am very proud to be opposed to every single thing he says and does and represents.” But once the exhilaration subsides, the fundamental idea is very disturbing: Trump appears to view both free speech and U.S. citizenship as conditional, things he can revoke based on his own whims.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/censorship-citizenship-212300212.html

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Trump Reignites O'Donnell Feud With Fresh Threat!

President Donald Trump is threatening to strip people of their U.S. citizenship, including political foes, as his administration works to deport people from the country in mass numbers. On July 12, he said he was considering revoking comedian Rosie O'Donnell of her constitutional citizenship right — something no president can do.

READ MORE: Trump says he's considering 'taking away' comedian Rosie O'Donnell's U.S. citizenship

Trump has also threatened to rescind former White House adviser Elon Musk and New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's citizenship. Musk and Mamdani were born outside of the country and received U.S. citizenship through a legal process. The process of stripping them of citizenship is known as denaturalization.

Unlike O'Donnell, who was born in the U.S., the government can strip naturalized citizens of their citizenship under limited circumstances and after a legal process.

The Trump administration wants to pursue more of these cases, though political differences with Musk or Mamdani would not be grounds for denaturalization. Trump's Justice Department issued a June memo directing attorneys to prioritize denaturalization cases. The memo's list of priority categories included people who pose national security concerns and gang members and a catchall category for "any other cases referred to the Civil Division that the Division determines to be sufficiently important to pursue."

The memo does not apply to citizens born in the U.S. In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that under the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, they may only lose their citizenship by voluntarily relinquishing it.

"Once you have American citizenship, you have a constitutional entitlement to it," said Eugene Volokh, a UCLA law professor. "If you like your American citizenship, you can keep your American citizenship — and that's with the Supreme Court's guarantee."

It's not just Rosie O'Donnell. Trump cannot revoke the citizenship of a person born in the U.S.

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[Jitendra Hydonus]

I see Donald Trump as extremely lawless and having a total disregard for the constitution of the United States in favor of might over right and calling in our government troops to resolve state problems that are not only not needed but the governor of for instance Oregon California and Illinois have called these orders a flagrant disregard for the rights of their states and government authority.

When fishing boats are blown up in Venezuelan waters because of suspicion of drug smuggling without proof and starving children are blown up in Gaza attempting to get food there is a clear villain. When food stocks are in silos rotting that were meant to feel starving people around the world it is very clear to me who is perpetuating evil the most.

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Some people knowingly  violate the constitution and have used the public as practice for military war. Others are attempting  to quell this fight of revenge perpetrated by a wanna be king.