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A quote that is making the rounds (no idea where it originated) is this:
"If the United States saw what the United States is doing to the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States."
"If the United States saw what the United States is doing to the United States, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States."
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The Plague. Due to the pandemic, US government destabilizers had to work closer to home this year...
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No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
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You know I keep reading these denunciations of what happened and I’m just thinking where the fuck were you three days ago? Too fucking late is what I say. And it’s really not apologetic. Seriously. It’s like they’re German in 1945, saying you know, I condemn what happened, but let’s not forget that Hitler got us back to full employment. At least for awhile. And he really did do a good job of building up the military and making Germany strong again. At least for awhile. But I condemn the Holocaust thing. Just for the record. Invading Poland was perhaps a mistake.
HEY REPUBLICANS! GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!!!
HEY REPUBLICANS! GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!!!
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I try to avoid partisan schadenfreude.
But if a motion to remove Hawley were made, and he was prevented from participating until a vote was taken, and the vote never made it to the floor because the new Democrat Leader of the Senate Majority refused to hold it,
it would much resemble the issue with Merrick Garland. And leave the Senate Republicans with a 49-50 minority.
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The inevitable result of the police failing to do their job: vigilante justice. Not ideal.
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This^^^^^
Anybody who didn't realize that Trump was a loose cannon, randomly shooting his lawyers and ill-informed supporters at the foundations of the USA, really shouldn't be in a position of authority. That includes the D.C. police.
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Admittedly, the chant is vague and obscure, but "Hang Mike Pence" could be easily mistaken as a threat.
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It's only 22 seconds. And it's pretty clear. Trump supporters trying to execute Trump's VP.
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Any politician who either made false claims of a "stolen election/fraud" or even just supported those who did is guilty of sedition and trying to destroy democracy, and are as immoral as those who criminally broke into the Capital building.
That includes, at minimum, Trump and all of the 11 GOP Senators and 150 Reps who were planning to object to the electoral vote based on proven lies. Using lies to try and destroy democratic rule may be harder to criminally prosecute than using violence, but it is no less traitorous or immoral.
Even every Republican who merely stayed silent but didn't denounce Trump are immoral scum without regard for democracy, who deliberately chose to put themselves ahead of their duty to protect the democratic process and the will of the people.
And BTW, the 7 Senators an 28 Reps who withdrew their objections after the terrorist attack, do not get any applause. In fact, by doing so they proved their objections in the first place were a deliberate lie without basis. If the the election were actually stolen and fraudulent, anyone who sincerely believed that would not have any motive to withdraw their objection just b/c some citizens took criminal actions in response to the supposed fraud. Only if you knew the elections was legit and democratic and your initial objections were charade, might you then feel compelled to drop the charade given the violence it was inciting.
All the objectors deliberately lied to destroy democratic rule, but those who withdrew their objection had a bout of guilt about inciting murderous violence, while those who continued to object have no problem inciting additional murderous violence.
That includes, at minimum, Trump and all of the 11 GOP Senators and 150 Reps who were planning to object to the electoral vote based on proven lies. Using lies to try and destroy democratic rule may be harder to criminally prosecute than using violence, but it is no less traitorous or immoral.
Even every Republican who merely stayed silent but didn't denounce Trump are immoral scum without regard for democracy, who deliberately chose to put themselves ahead of their duty to protect the democratic process and the will of the people.
And BTW, the 7 Senators an 28 Reps who withdrew their objections after the terrorist attack, do not get any applause. In fact, by doing so they proved their objections in the first place were a deliberate lie without basis. If the the election were actually stolen and fraudulent, anyone who sincerely believed that would not have any motive to withdraw their objection just b/c some citizens took criminal actions in response to the supposed fraud. Only if you knew the elections was legit and democratic and your initial objections were charade, might you then feel compelled to drop the charade given the violence it was inciting.
All the objectors deliberately lied to destroy democratic rule, but those who withdrew their objection had a bout of guilt about inciting murderous violence, while those who continued to object have no problem inciting additional murderous violence.
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And there better be hearings and they’d better be supported by Republicans.
More Americans died that day than at Benghazi. And nearly a thousand more died that day due to COVID.
More Americans died that day than at Benghazi. And nearly a thousand more died that day due to COVID.
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Yep. It was all bad faith. Even the ones who still objected were still only doing it to pander to the base that they riled up.
If I thought those objectors could succeed in overturning the election, I would have gone there and did something violent myself. if I was in the neighborhood, it's kind of far for me. And if my bad knee wasn't acting up...
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A fun project for people with more internetz than I have is this.
Following the prosecution of the people who invaded the Capitol. Post about it. See if Trump's gang get treated the way BLM supporters did. See if the Trumpistas who rioted in D.C. are prosecuted to the extent that BLM supporters in Minneapolis were. Etc Etc
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That is a garage door handle.
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I think people are all wrong about Win McNamee here. He and Via Getty didn't bring zip ties to bind hostages, there are very many legal uses for zip ties. They are very helpful items to keep at the ready. The question isn't why he was carrying zip ties, the questions is, why aren't you?
14 Zip Tie Hacks You'll Wish You Knew Earlier!
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Talking about this guy.
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