165
cant pull out all the stops on militarization without a de-facto declaration of war.
the war on drugs, now with more war!
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2025
165 points (98.8% liked)
politics
25936 readers
1904 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
The war on drugs, now with more "terrorists", because words don't mean shit any more!
Congress is the branch of the government that can declare war, not the President.
Except in MAGA world everything is made up and the rules don't matter.
MAGA = Republican. No difference.
That used to be true. Then the early 2000s happened and Congress effectively signed away that authority.
Never forget the Patriot Act
The US jas deployed a lot of troops for avtive combat across the world on the past 80 years despite Congress not declaring a single war since Pearl Harbor. This sort of naked power grab was inevitable.
too bad we can’t hold any elections while we’re at war
While this is true for other countries, such as Ukraine, it isn't true for America
i know, however trump was awfully interested in the concept when he learned about it
Mr. Trump’s move to formally deem his campaign against drug cartels as an active armed conflict means he is cementing his claim to extraordinary wartime powers, legal specialists said.
This here. His whole rhetoric about enemies within & without is about this. Or, as another headline reads:
Lawmaker Sounds Alarm: Trump Plotting Fake Crisis to Scrap 2028 Election and Stay in Power
Theyll certainly overlap the two things. Ice agents literally repelled from helicopters to raid an apartment building in Chicago recently, allegedly because of Tren De Aragua members being there. Next theyll say they need to declare martial law and sweep the cities
Can’t hold elections during wartimes! Or at least that’s what he heard from somewhere…
The Peace President, everyone.
Seems interested in annexing Canada, Greenland and Panama. Going to war with Venezuela. Going to war with our OWN CITIES. And restarting the stupid "drug wars".
Nobel Peace Prize, please!
Yeah but... Kamala...!
I thought the war on drugs was over, and the drugs won.
I fought the drugs and the drugs won.
He's been desperately trying to start a war ever since Zelensky told him Ukraine has suspended election over being at war and he's failing miserably. What a loser.
Fuck yeah! We're finally starting a War on Drugs. Why didn't anyone think of this before? We have to depend on this orange baffoon to come up with like a really smart idea. SAD!
All I hear is something about the Epstein files
And by "determined," they mean "pulled it from where the sun don't shine."