I also thought this was quite well done (in the style of Richard Scarry):

My guess is she must be at the "FO" stage of "FAFO":

In a follow on from my previous post: #3381787 8-Jun-2025 17:39, here is another good article from CNN: The Musk blowup reveals how Trump is remaking the presidency

Here is an excerpt:

Until Trump, historians considered Richard Nixon the president who pushed hardest to bend federal legal authority into a lever to advance his personal and political interests — a process that culminated in the Watergate scandal and the disclosure of the infamous White House “enemies list.” But while Nixon fulminated against his opponents in private, he never subjected them to anything approaching the bombardment of hostile federal actions that Trump has directed at his targets.

“You see very similar personality traits in the men, about how they feel about people and what they want to do about them,” said John Dean, who served as Nixon’s White House counsel during Watergate and later revealed the existence of the enemies list.

But, Dean added, whereas Nixon would often lose sight of his threats or back off when faced with resistance inside or outside his administration, Trump and his aides are moving to draft virtually every component of the federal government into this mission. “Everything with Nixon is more or less a one-off,” Dean said, “whereas with Trump it is a way of life.”

Trump learned a lesson from last time.
The lesson was he did not go hard enough and appointed too many people who held him back.

Trump learned from the 4 years after that courts move so slowly that you don't need to worry about the law.
Elon Musk noted in Sorkin interview 
His view on potential lawsuits, they will take too long and by then we will have digital God. 
So as digital God at that point. etc.

Then Supremes gave Trump immunity.
So someone with immunity has ability to issue pardons like candy. 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/california-gavin-newsom-los-angeles-national-guard

It's always nice when you can ignore the law and call the National Guard (who actually answer to the Governor, not the President) and effectively quash any protest to your policies. 

The NY Times - Editorial - Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency

08 June 2025

The National Guard is typically brought into American cities during emergencies such as natural disasters and civil disturbances or to provide support during public health crises - when local authorities require additional resources or manpower. 

 

There was no indication that was needed or wanted in Los Angeles this weekend, where local law enforcement had kept protests over federal immigration raids, for the most part, under control.

 

Guard members also almost always arrive at the request of state leaders, but in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom called the deployment of troops “purposefully inflammatory” and likely to escalate tensions. 

 

It had been more than 60 years since a president sent in the National Guard on his own volition.

 

President Trump’s order on Saturday to do so is both ahistoric and based on false pretenses and is already creating the very chaos it was purportedly designed to prevent.

 

California Governor Gavin Newsom : "These are the acts of a dictator, not a President"

Handsomedan:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/california-gavin-newsom-los-angeles-national-guard

It's always nice when you can ignore the law and call the National Guard (who actually answer to the Governionr, not the President) and effectively quash any protest to your policies. 

 

Its the same theme, dictating. While it may unfair to compare him to Putin, the common factor is one leader dominates proceedings, irregardless of the population, the party that he leads, and the law. 

tdgeek:

 

Handsomedan:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/california-gavin-newsom-los-angeles-national-guard

It's always nice when you can ignore the law and call the National Guard (who actually answer to the Governionr, not the President) and effectively quash any protest to your policies. 

 

 

Its the same theme, dictating. While it may unfair to compare him to Putin, the common factor is one leader dominates proceedings, irregardless of the population, the party that he leads, and the law. 

 

I'm not sure it's unfair, to be honest

 

tdgeek: ... While it may unfair to compare him to Putin, the common factor is one leader dominates proceedings, irregardless of the population, the party that he leads, and the law. 

 

The main difference - Putin is much smarter than Trump.   😶

Sideface:

 

 

tdgeek: ... While it may unfair to compare him to Putin, the common factor is one leader dominates proceedings, irregardless of the population, the party that he leads, and the law. 

 

 

The main difference - Putin is much smarter than Trump.   😶

 

So is a fencepost. 

Handsomedan:

 

tdgeek:

 

Handsomedan:

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/08/california-gavin-newsom-los-angeles-national-guard

It's always nice when you can ignore the law and call the National Guard (who actually answer to the Governionr, not the President) and effectively quash any protest to your policies. 

 

 

Its the same theme, dictating. While it may unfair to compare him to Putin, the common factor is one leader dominates proceedings, irregardless of the population, the party that he leads, and the law. 

 

 

I'm not sure it's unfair, to be honest

 

Being diplomatic, but I see what we and most think has flowed out in the following few posts

CNN: "California Governor Gavin Newsom said that the state will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday over what he described as an “illegal, immoral and unconstitutional” deployment of the National Guard to address unrest in the state."

"The governor also criticized Trump’s claims of restoring safety through the National Guard. "[Trump] said in a tweet that everything is now safe,” Newsom said. “The Guard hadn’t even been deployed when he said this. He’s simply lying to people.”"

"Newsom said that the federal order to deploy the National Guard violated established protocols requiring coordination with state governors. “They never coordinated with us,” he said. He added that he has worked with the National Guard before on logistics, fire recovery and during the George Floyd protests."

The Guardian - We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state

09  June 2025

 

The national guard’s deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway.  ...

 

Trump and his regime are rapidly creating a police state, in five steps:

 

 

1.  declaring an emergency on the basis of a so-called “rebellion”, “insurrection”, or “invasion”;
   
   
2.  using that “emergency” to justify bringing in federal agents with a monopoly on the use of force (ICE, the FBI, DEA, and the national guard) against civilians inside the country;
   
   
3.  allowing those militarized agents to make dragnet abductions and warrantless arrests, and detain people without due process;
   
   
4.  creating additional prison space and detention camps for those detained, and
   
   
5.  eventually, as the situation escalates, declaring martial law.

 

We are not at martial law yet, thankfully.

 

But once in place, the infrastructure of a police state can build on itself.

 

Newsom is right though, this business of calling in the National Guard is just the orange buffoon trying to flex his muscle and show what a tough guy he really is (or, at least, he thinks he is) 🙄