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DOJ says presidents should be able to sell secrets on eBay (freedom.press)

submitted 5 days ago by slothrop@lemmy.ca to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Politico notes that the appeals panel hearing our case had deep reservations about the government’s arguments, with Judge Patricia Millett asking: “Can the president then offer on eBay to sell them, all of our national security secrets, to the highest bidder?”

The government’s response was, in short, “yes.”

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[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 117 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They aren't even hiding the corruption any more, the enforcement arm is mostly MAGA and if we don't do something it will get much worse.

[–] MalReynolds@piefed.social 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You'd think it has bottomed out, and you'd be wrong.

All it takes for evil to flower is good people not weeding.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Armed, masked men kidnap and murder with impunity on American streets and not a single round has been fired in their direction. Nothing, nothing, has made me more aware that we are done as a country.

Anyway, I'm actively looking for them. None within 100+ miles so far. I'm not ready to die, I'll be scared shitless, but I'm opening fire if I see masked men abducting people on my streets. I'll die, but I won't die regretting cowardly inaction.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 5 points 4 days ago

This is the way. And same here.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world -2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Armed, masked men kidnap and murder with impunity on American streets and not a single round has been fired in their direction.

Trump had at least one assassination attempt, and Charlie Kirk got murdered.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

trumpletantrum had a staged assassination attempt to sucker fools like you into sympathy votes. And Charlie Kirk died protecting the gunmans rights to give him a much needed emergency tracheotomy.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So the same Secret Service that Biden purged, and Trump wasn't in charge of, was in on it? Biden's FBI who concluded it was a real attempt was in on it? The NYT photographer that caught the bullet in flight was in on it?

Here's the best part, and I want you to repeat it, "Brave Donald Trump schemed to have a teenager fire live rifle rounds at him from 350'. And because Trump is known to run tight-lipped, crack teams of professionals, there wasn't a single leak."

How'd that sympathy vote go BTW? A very short, single-digit bump in the polls?

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 1 points 4 days ago

You morons will believe anything Fuhrer trump tells you. It would be funny if it weren’t so pathetic.

[–] ishartdoritos@lemmy.zip -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Suck a big fat dick you absolute moron.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9w2l5g8nwlo

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 0 points 3 days ago

I don't get it.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They’re not hiding it because every time they do their corrupt shit, no one comes to drag his coward ass out and separate his hemispheres on the Shite House lawn.

So, it boils down to this:

If you’re above the law, there is no law. He has proven this time and again.

And if the only recourse we have isn’t even allowed to be spoken because of some bullshit Voldemortian code that doesn’t allow open defiance of fascism, then I’m afraid there just isn’t much we can do.