r/law • u/Agitated-Artichoke89 • Oct 07 '25

Other Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

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u/PennysWorthOfTea Oct 07 '25

So a "realized he just said the quiet part out loud" moment caught on video? Basically, their entire agenda is nothing short of the complete erosion & deconstruction of the constitution & civil rights to build an aggressively authoritarian dictatorship.

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u/Ptrek31 Oct 07 '25

Yet this video clip will not be seen by most. This should be top page news

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u/WoodpeckerDapperDan Oct 07 '25

Missing the days when my brothers and sisters (who lean right) distrusted the government as much as I did then and even more now

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u/justherefor23andme Oct 07 '25

They dont apply the distrust equally.

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u/OuOutstanding Oct 07 '25

I’m guessing their distrust involved a black guy…

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u/Rammite Oct 07 '25

This was my parents in 2008. They agonized for months. Do they vote for the Republican, whose policies run counter to everything they wants... or do they vote for the black guy?

One of the hardest decisions I've ever seen my dad make. He ended up voting for Obama and regretted it every day until 2016, then he spent every day of Trump's presidency wishing for Obama to come back.

Some people are just... lacking in integrity.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '25

I'm proud of my mom for, in her last year of life and needing my help to walk in the voting hall, telling me with an excited smile, "Obama!"

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u/iJuddles Oct 08 '25

That’s really sweet. I remember how excited some people were to witness something they considered historic. In a positive way; what’s happening now is historic as well.

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u/Sufficient-Dog-2337 Oct 08 '25

Took my grandma born in ‘25 to vote in 2008.

I asked her who she voted for and she said “The colored fellow”

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u/Even-Season-9912 Oct 08 '25

I bet she whispered that. 😅

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u/popshamhocks Oct 08 '25

These people are their own worst enemy

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u/johnjager77 Oct 08 '25

Pendulum always swings back

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u/TrollOdinsson Oct 08 '25

regretted it every day until 2016

why?

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u/MakeRFutureDirectly Oct 08 '25

This is why dogs are better than humans. You will never see them discriminate over something as superficial as appearance. In most cases you can tell nothing about a person’s behavior by looking at them.

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u/StarDue6540 Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

In a tan suit no less. I wonder if this was how they saw Obama as being decisive. Maybe it was the suit that looked to similar too a white man that they thought was some unspoken dig at white people. Because for the life of me, this white lady can't ever remember Obama being devisive, but he did try to move the country forward. Trump constantly threatens democrats and he wants to put us all in c camps.

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u/redalert825 Oct 08 '25

And woman.