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[–] 168 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They are outright admitting their orders are unlawful?

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  • [–] 73 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Nah.

    Their rationale starts with the belief that all of Trump's orders are lawful, because he's the president and a president can do anything.

    So their issue would be that saying that isn't true, is unlawful.

    Which is obviously hypocritical because they acted like Biden and Obama were Stalin and Mao level authoritarians and multiple sherrifs and other red state officials flat out refused to follow orders from the Fed.

    By their logic now, all those people shouldve been hung.

    But when Trump's out of office they'll change their tune again

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  • [–] 55 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    If it weren't for double standards, the Republicans would have none whatsoever

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Our standards are the best, folks. They're so good, they call them, you know what they call them? I know you know, the lying media knows, but folks they call them "double standards". Can you believe it? Standards so good they're double. And listen, when we put America First, our standards will triple, even quadruple.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    Their rationale starts with the belief that all of Trump’s orders are lawful, because he’s the president and a president can do anything.

    To be fair, the supreme court recently said exactly that. We literally have a king now.

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  • [–] 136 points 8 months ago (15 children)

    The fuck is wrong with Americans?

    If any other president had said the things he said over the past couple of months, the country would have exploded and a president either legally or through mass protest removed from office.

    What's so special about this orange nutjob?

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  • [–] 55 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    There have been tons of massive protests, the average American doesn't support this crap and they're doing what they can

    The question should be the fuck is wrong with America's police officers, service members, judges, and lawmakers and other elected officials

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago*

    He doesn't care about your protests. He literally created a video of himself shitting on them and declaring himself king. It works in functioning democracies, but walking down the street with a sign will not stop a fascist intent on absolute power.

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  • [–] 29 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    What’s so special about this orange nutjob?

    Nothing, really. He's not doing anything other piece of trash authoritarians haven't done before. And he's not doing it as effectively as many of them did.

    What's special is that we live in a country whose populace is so ignorant and hateful that a high enough percentage of the population supports this basic ass bitch because he says basic ass hateful shit that he has remained protected by them.

    The issue isn't Trump. Our society could have easily kept him just a whiny little rich bitch like all the other whiny little rich bitches. The issue is our society because we didn't.

    Believe me. There is nothing special about this loser.

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    He has done it so much and gotten away with it, it's been normalized.

    January 6th (aka, the insurrection) should have been a wake up call for everyone. A lot of people don't care about their country or God or whatever else they claim. Many just care about community.

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    [–] 103 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    When is the majority of this country going to grasp that we are dealing with an actual, real life traitor?

    Is it going to be one of those things where it isn't generally recognized until way after the fact when historians/teachers/students are studying the time period?

    It's pretty fucking obvious.

    He INCITECD AN INSURRECTION. He is ADVOCATING FOR HANGING POLITICIANS FOR ADHERING TO THE CONSTITUTION.

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    [–] 76 points 8 months ago

    The only people who would get mad about telling the troops to refuse illegal orders, are the people who plan to issue illegal orders.

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  • [–] 60 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Trump: “Hang them for sedition!”

    Commentator: “That is of course nonsense. The President doesn’t have the authority to …”

    Supreme court: “As the President is a sovereign, he has absolute authority to issue death sentences for any reason” (6-3 majority)

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    [–] 47 points 8 months ago

    Quiet, piggy.

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  • [–] 44 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    For context:

    Half a dozen members of Congress who previously served in the military or intelligence community are urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders that might be issued by President Donald Trump’s administration. Democratic lawmakers Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Rep. Chris Deluzio and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan said the “threats to our Constitution” are coming “from right here at home,” and repeatedly urged the military and intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”

    The video was posted on twitter, but I'm attaching it below.

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    [–] 34 points 8 months ago

    and Dems need to tone down their violent rhetoric btw

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    [–] 27 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    if they had balls every dem politicians who could run for next election should say that they will pardon anyone who gets arrested or in trouble for disobeying illegal orders.

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  • [–] 28 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Set aside Dems for a moment. When will the media give any of these scandals any deserving attention? Bush, Obama, Biden got raked by the media for weeks for the slightest misspeak

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Yeah they do that because the people who own the media know two things:

    1. The Dems will get criticised by both people left of them and people right of them, so raking them over the coals generates a lot of outrage which equals to clicks and views.

    2. They can use this public perception pressure to ensure they keep passing policies that are, if not aligned with, don't affect the super rich owners and donators. Because the media owners can always dial up the jingoism and get the republicans elected again at the subsequent end of second term election.

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    drump is going to get what mussolini got if we keep heading in this direction

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    [–] 21 points 8 months ago

    So here we are...

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    And Reddit banned me for 7 days when I said this dude should get the death penalty.

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    I pray every day I see his obituary

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    Might want to check yourself there Blowjob Rosenberg

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Just more sensationalism to keep everyone’s mind off the Epstein files if you ask me.

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Trump is a cartoon villain who should have nothing to do with serious matters. He should be gone. J.D. Vance scares me way more than Trump though, and he'd be the next mole to pop up after Orange Julius Caesar.

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    He is afraid that people explain to the military the current state of the law? Like he hoped he could order them to do illegal things, and they would compüly, not knowing any better?

    BTW: The Nuremberg trials started on this day 80 years ago. I hope you guys prepare your version of it then Trump is over.

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    [–] 10 points 8 months ago

    krasnov out here trying to build a bigger distraction

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    If anyone should be getting hanged for anything, it's Pedonald for all of his many crimes, including plotting a coup while stoking an insurrection.

    But it's always projection with the conservatives.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Everyday I ask myself how the democrats failed to have his ass in prison immediately. We all saw him committing sedition on tv! They also literally had a mountain of evidence he trafficked and raped children. How do the democrats always fail the simplest task to hold anyone accountable?

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    [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and right wing lunatics.

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