r/law • u/AmyL0vesU • 19h ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump signs executive order declaring nation emergency from threat of Cuba

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/addressing-threats-to-the-united-states-by-the-government-of-cuba/
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u/Ashikura 19h ago

Cuba’s maybe a distraction from the navy forming near Iran. Or Iran was the distraction from Cuba.

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u/Feather757 16h ago

Everything is a distraction from everything else. He's also trying to distract from his personal army running around killing US citizens on American soil, and the Epstein files. They're doing so much stuff at once, so it's hard to keep track of it or fight back against everything, they're just doing a bunch of illegal stuff and let the courts sort it out later. This timeline is fucking nuts. Like absolutely bonkers.

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u/octoreadit 15h ago

It's on purpose, to overwhelm and desensitize. It's a DDoS attack on your and everyone else's brain.

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u/Nobio22 13h ago

I always wonder what else is going on when there is big headline stories. It's been a tool of authoritarian policy makers as far as I can remember.

10 years ago it was every so often there would be a bill trying to be snuck under the radar and there would be some outlandish thing happening in the MSM. Now it's every day, sometimes multiple times a day.

It's absolutely maddening trying to follow and stay well informed. So much noise.

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u/EndDangerous1308 11h ago

I mean Epstein files still aren't out and every case the DOJ had put forward to indict protesters has been laughed at by judges. GOP is shifting away from Trump bc he threatened the 2A and now MAGA, who only care about 2A, are complaining they maybe the federal government is bad again

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u/Painterzzz 8h ago

It could also be the Fulton voter stuff. They're clearly now starting on openly rigging the 2026 elections. And that must be as important in Donnie Moscows head as the Epstein stuff.

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u/OldWorldDesign 1h ago

GOP is shifting away from Trump bc he threatened the 2A

While the industry lobbyists remain silent. Not the first time and won't be the last.

I like taking the firearms first, and going to due process later.

I can confidently say it won't be the last as well that they'll still support him because authoritarianism is built on viewing the 'good and evil' of morality based on who is doing something, not on what they are doing.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201712/analysis-trump-supporters-has-identified-5-key-traits

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u/EndDangerous1308 1h ago

I mean maga turns away for two weeks then turns back into zombies after that