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"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -JFK
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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This shit will happen every day from now on until something is done about it- and complaining doesn’t seem to be the solve.
I hate to admit this but I'm terrified to go beyond complaining. I don't want to have to fight these fucking ghouls. But I guess the pool of options is evaporating.
Don't fight these ghouls. They are a symptom; oligarchs are the disease.
Register your complaint with the richest person within driving distance.
I feel ya. But doing noting hasn’t really moved the needle much. Complacency teaches repetition.
And you're doing what?
Not answering debate bate.
Maybe we should twerk in the street some more and keep begging Democrats.
/s for fuck's sake.
You can't beg Democrats because you handed the government to Republicans, again.
Yeah, who wouldn't get super motivated to go out and vote for "we are terrible but we could be worse"
Option 1: They invade cities
Option 2: They don't invade the cities
Option 3: Don't give a fuck about the people in the cities <- This is the option you are supporting here
You just rephrased "we are terrible but could be worse".
Imagine being so daft that you aren't voting as a civic duty, let alone against fascism.
By not doing that you ensure that more drastic measures HAVE to be taken later on. Great job non voters.
I didn't say whether I voted or not. I said the Democrats messaging wasn't exactly the stuff of inspiration.
You're constitution is worthless when you have an executive branch that doesn't care about it while having an overly loyal majority support of the legislative and judicative branch.
It also takes complicity from the "opposition" party. Even with the loyalty of the legislative and judicial branch their actions should be moderated by the balancing quality in the Democratic process of "turn around is fair play".
Meaning that you don't want to do anything that gives grounds for your opposition to copy if they were to get into power. The problem being that the DNC has shown itself to not have a spine, equating tit for tat politics as beneath their dignity.
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We know that now
If any group has zero rights, all it takes to remove anyone's rights is attaching them to that group.
It's an all or nothing thing
If one of us us chained, none of us are free.
You don’t understand liberty until someone speaks for yours.
-N.E.R.D., Drill Sergeant
If they don't obey laws neither should we
So, if we ignore that 4th amendment violation and note how often this administration violated the 1st amendment, I will note that 1 + 5 + 6 + 13 = a 25th amendment solution.
You can't argue that math! (Literally, it can't be argued with!)
I won't argue with you on that math.. but unfortunately the pedophile certainly can argue against the 25th... he is unfortunately livid enough to deny it.
Livid, or lucid?
Either way, there isn't anyone in the executive with a spine, so the 25th is never going to happen, anyway.
The only way the fascist pedo will be removed is via impeachment and force, or on Jan 20, 2029, but again likely by force. And the only way impeachment would happen is if Dems get a majority in the House (could happen) and exceed 2/3 majority in the Senate which is unlikely to happen.
There is another way. God has the final veto on his performance, after all. Perhaps He will send His Last Cheeseburger soon, to redeem us all.
God
That has as much likelihood of existing (and caring) about as much as there being a next (fair) election.
*hamberder
Ah yes lucid. Im too livid to be lucid enough to use correct terminology. Thanks.
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The numbers don’t lie
"I don't know whether they're incompetent or if they chose to do this, but it's not good."
Left out 1st and 2nd
In my local jail, it can take up to a week to be able to call someone but typically more like 3 days. This is because the phones in the holding cells are often broken, so you need to wait until after bail is set and you go upstairs, and then they charge money to make the calls. Meaning, if you don't have an account already set up, you're going to have to wait until someone is willing to show you how to set it up.
When someone requests an attorney, all questioning stops dead. If they continue on, it becomes fruit of the poisonous tree.
Believe it or not but most cops aren't as virtuous as Stabler and don't have a pretty blonde DA around to challenge them over what they would be willing to do to seek justice. And a "good" attorney can often work around that.
But also, that doesn't change anything. From skimming the article, it sounds like he wasn't being interrogated without a lawyer. He was just being left to languish in confinement. Which... is how the us legal system "works".
This is less "ice are bad" and more "all cops are bastards"
If they continue on, it becomes fruit of the poisonous tree.
so just shoot them or strangle them in holding. That's what is going on.
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Due process schmoo fawcess. Who needs it, right? 🙃
Why even talk about any constitution when your government doesn't care about any laws?
Private Police in action paid for by the taxpayer.
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