• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    Unfortunately our Constitution isn’t worth the paper its gift shop reproductions are printed on. Unfortunately, it’s been that way for a long, long time.

  • Gowron_Howard@lemmy.world
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    He’ll do what he wants without consequence, whine about it online as if he’s somehow the victim, and then continue to break more laws.

  • ZMonster@lemmy.world
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    Well, we’re waiting, any day now, determine away you useless feckless fuck.

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      He’s. it useless. He’s just alone. AOC and him are the only Democrats speaking out throughout this whole shit show

  • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed@lemmy.world
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    You know, that technically, when he violated his oath of office the first time, he resigned from his position. Once you violate your oath of office you no longer hold that office. You can do whatever you want to him, worse case scenario you have to wait for a pardon

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      I wish the law worked that way, but there is no technicality that violating an oath of office triggers a resignation. Resignation is resignation.

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        I asked Merrick Garland if Trump had done anything wrong and he just shrugged and said “There’s no way for us to know for sure so we didn’t want to take any chances by pressing charges.”

        Four years later, I feel like he made the right call. Imagine if the Biden DOJ had actually tried to press charges on Trump. Just imagine… I think we can all agree that their prudence and restraint really helped the US dodge a bullet.

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    Diaper Don gonna order brown people to get bombed so he 'looks like a tough man".

    Fuck that guy and everyone who voted for him. Or chose not to vote. Fuck you even more.

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      There is absolutely ZERO reason to believe that those who didnt vote would have voted for Harris. In fact, every person I know who didnt vote are trump defenders. Every one. Every. Single. One.

    • Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world
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      “Looks like a tough man”. Is this really the level of political comprehension we’re working with? No wonder you idiots elected a fascist. Are all of you 12? Go back to playing fortnight.

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      Fuck you even more.

      I’ve never understood this pov. Sure you can say no vote was the same thing as a vote for trump, but surely the people that actually voted for him are worse, no? I can understand ‘fuck you just as much’, but even more?

      • Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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        It’s the apathy, or the belief that it somehow doesn’t matter. To quote Walter Sobchak:

        Nihilists, fuck me. Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, at least it’s an ethos.

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    OMG that’s hilarious. We haven’t declared war since WWII. But how many presidents have done just that? Good luck with that argument.

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    Bernie should be aware of the war powers act. It’s one of the worse pieces of legislation ever, but it makes the whole declare war thing largely meaningless.

    The act gives a president the ability to perform military actions provided Congress is notified within 48 hours of the action happening. Then the president gets a free 60 days to do whatever without additional approval. Then there’s a further 30 days where forces should be withdrawing if there is no further congressional approval. However, that timeline doesn’t really matter, as the Supreme Court ruled under Clinton that of troops are gone by the time the case gets to them then it doesn’t really matter that the law was violated.

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        The whole civil war in Syria was an example. Assad was being backed by Iran, Syria’s current president Ahmed al-Sharaa started as an al Qaeda fighter because al Qaeda was aligned against the government, whereas Hezbollah backed it.

        You can’t understand the middle east unless you understand the Shia and Sunni groups and their hostility towards each-other. Pretending Iran supports anybody that says “death to America” means you’re about as knowledgeable about middle east politics as George W. Bush who tried to explain everything with “they hate us for our freedoms”.

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          You don’t understand geopolitics in general if you’re seeing everything from the ultra-atheist anti-religion perspective.

          Interests are more significant than religious bullshit. In a theocracy religion is a tool the government uses to propagandize the public. Clearly Iran sees Israel and the US as enemy and they’ll use anyone will to weaken their enemies. Yup, they will even direct propaganda at you regardless of your beliefs if it serves their interests.

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            Clearly Iran sees Israel and the US as enemy and they’ll use anyone will to weaken their enemies

            Clearly that isn’t true. You seem to have an overly simplistic view of geopolitics, and no idea what’s happening in the middle east. The enemy of my enemy isn’t my friend or my ally. They may also be my enemy.

            In this case, Iran is a Shia theocracy. That means they support Shia groups and use those groups to try to fight against Sunni groups.

            For example, Al-Ashtar Brigades is a Shia group that is fighting to overthrow the Sunni monarchy of Bahrain. Hezbollah is a Shia group backed by Iran. Al Qaeda is a Sunni group. IS/ISIS/ISIL are Sunni groups. All these groups are anti-American, but what’s much more important to them is the Shia / Sunni divide.

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        I also like the American Servicemembers Protection Act, which is a 2002 federal law that basically says, “if you try to charge any U.S. soldier or official for a war crime in the International Criminal Court, we will invade the Netherlands.”

        No, really.