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Punishment can include and is not limited to death.
I think there's a bit of a sobering moment that we have a Presidential candidate that is calling for specific names to be held to a firing squad.
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He tried to get Pence killed four years ago. We've known for at least that long that this is who Trump is. Republicans don't care.
They do care. This is exactly what they want, a maniacal dictator who will kill all the "others" to implement a religious ethnostate
Hey, they may be handing the country over to Fascism, but at least the people they hate will suffer!
Yes, my life may suck, but at least I’m not a woke gay pride critical gender theory non-white lefty lib that believes in human rights.
/sarcasm
It’s depressing because honestly I am just sad for the people that get into the conspiracies
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Donald: we need a Night of the Long Knives.
SCOTUS: let us open the kitchen drawer for you.
bit of a sobering moment
That’s why I’m investing and drinking lots of alcohol. Who wants to be sober as society collapses?
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The guy that avoided drafting, is Putin's bitch and said vetetans who died in the war were loosers.
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Can we please just label the republican party a domestic terrorist organization already?
Can someone fucking kill this dude please.
If Trump has his way, Ai will point to his post as a reason to do just that.
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Biden and co will literally get hunted down by Trump's goons if he doesn't use his new powers to do what needs to be done
Would be a reaaaal shame if someone interpreted this as a threat to the rule of law that necessitated some kind of presidential act. There's gotta be plenty of realistic ways to fuck with him in an official capacity.
Not doing it would be literally suicidal on Biden's part.
Can’t wait to see Biden take the “high road” and just sit back and let this play out and get himself executed. 🤦♀️
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How bout we jail this insurrectionist for high crimes against the United States
No can do, high crimes aren't against the law.
Biden can do whatever he wants now right?
no, the president (whoever it currently is) can do whatever he wants without any explanation needed as long as the Supreme Court (the majority selected by and loyal to trump) deems it an "official presidential action". unfortunately, all actions Biden can take would obviously fall into the "unofficial" classification because, you know, reasons of some kind and definitely no corruption.
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Even Hitler waited a little bit before making it clear he was going to purge
The more I think about trump saying that he could shoot someone in broad daylight in front of millions, and not lose a single supporter….. the more I think he was right.
Wonderful.
The delusional Q Anon 'secret military tribunals any day now' belief now stands a reasonable chance of actually happening.
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Surely, surely, a significant portion of conservative voters can see that this isn't what democracy should look like, even if they're ardent republican supporters.
republican allegiance is to the bible, not the constitution. they say a lot of things about the constitution, but in the end, they just want christo-fascism. some of them are true believers in the make believe, others just use to justify their own cruelty.
either way, their motives don't matter. it's all about what we're going to do about it.
Whether or not it's "what democracy should look like" is an opinion often based on whether you're on (or think you're on) the giving or receiving end of the oppression.
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This country went from undecided on the death penalty to openly embracing presidential hit squads seemingly over night. The right is saying who is on their list while the left is saying they should make one. Good times ahead.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,
Lol, the angry orange wants to punish the turtle man who covered for him. You pick the best allies there turtle boy!
It would be schadenfreude to see Donald execute McConnell, but I wouldn't be able to really enjoy it.
He's on his way out, anyway, so the time it would have been a benefit is gone.
Hah, I expect that Mitch McConnell is still going to vote for him.
Of course. So will Pence.
Damn, Liz Cheney really lives rent free in that asshat's head.
Military tribunals? Sounds like some of his article 2 powers with absolute immunity now, their use cannot be questioned. Go to town Trump, say the conservatives on the supreme court.
Well I for one look forward to fleeing our upcoming dictatorship
I really wish my wife had agreed to move to New Zealand back in 2016.
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Wow does he realize that by doing this he's basically making it self defence for Biden to anticipate him?
Maybe if he woke up enough to realize what's going on around him?
Liz Cheney is not an enemy combatant. If this is Trump's definition of one, that as an authoritarian any dissent to his will is considered treason, then he'll still need to change the rules of military tribunals to allow prosecution of non-combatant civilians. In case anyone hasn't read it, Wikipedia has a page on Military tribunals in the United States - Wikipedia
It's curious Trump seems to believe that mere political dissent equates to enemy combat and physical violence. Imagine what he must think about Jan 6 that he has been keeping to himself. Can anyone say "project"?
He's saying he must be given a military tribunal as an enemy combatant?
What, no Hillary Clinton? Is he trying to lose again?
We live in the worst time line.
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