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You had me at “exceedingly dry in-jokes for recherché subcultures”
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NEWS --> Mark Robinson, the MAGA extremist GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, appeared to endorse political violence against unnamed foes in a recent speech. "Some folks need killing!" he shouted. "It's a matter of necessity!" Video and story here: newrepublic.com/article/1834...
MAGA Gov Candidate’s Ugly, Hateful Rant: “Some Folks Need Killing!”newrepublic.com Mark Robinson, the GOP nominee for governor in North Carolina, has a long history of incendiary comments. But he may have topped himself this time.
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Wow, real banana republic stuff. I'm glad our presidents can launder money and associate criminally without worrying about this kind of thing.
Reports: Brazil police have indicted Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association
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Constitution: People involved in insurrections should not be President. Roberts court:...hmm, no, I don't see it. Constitution:.... Roberts court: but the president should have immunity for crimes
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“you hysterical lib do you REALLY think — LIB (communist) — that Trump would order the shooting of a domestic political enemy? Cmon” He did already! I happened, he tried to! Sure an unarmed Black Lives Matter protester in front of the White House is a different kind of political enemy than Hillary…
also, as we point out in this piece, Trump repeatedly told senior officials in his administration (thank goodness there wasn’t a “yes sir” uttered in these cases) to shoot protesters or migrants in the legs… www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... Chances are high that would kill them!
Trump Allies Try to Convince Supreme Court He’d Never Order Hit on Rivalwww.rollingstone.com A pro-Trump group tells justices he could never have the military kill non-military targets — even though he allegedly suggested shooting protesters.
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Official act. Immune.
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i think we should see the Trump v. United States ruling as a group of Republican apparatchiks taking their opportunity to vindicate Nixon and write the unitary executive into the Constitution. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/o...
Opinion | Your Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card Is Ready, Sirwww.nytimes.com The Nixonian theory of presidential power is now enshrined as constitutional law.
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It's important to note that Trump tried to order this at least twice we know of during his regime.
right. the president could order troops to suppress protesters using live fire and the supreme court would extend that absolute immunity
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Beware the temptation to downplay the SCOTUS ruling and to deny its potential implications. We've been down this road before.
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lets see if Bragg or Merchan refuse to chicken out or if they'll give the guy saying he wants military tribunals for his political opponents the benefit of the doubt
*TRUMP SENTENCE RECOMMENDATION FROM DA BRAGG EXPECTED MONDAY:NYT
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roberts’ reasoning is fundamentally (lower-case “r”) anti-republican. i know we dunk on the framers here but roberts has issued a rebuke of the revolutionary assumption that concentrated, unaccountable power is a fundamental threat to liberty.
It's just hilariously disingenuous. Imagine looking at, say, ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY and concluding that the biggest threat to liberty isn't abuse of power, but powerful people refraining from sufficiently wielding their authority out of fear that they might one day be held accountable.
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An unfairly maligned formulation of the true meaning of the separation of powers, according to today’s Supreme Court majority.
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This Originalist™ court has effectively immunized both the president and all federal law enforcement officers from any meaningful accountability. Because if there are two things the Founders cherished, it's the power of a king-like executive and armed agents of the government to act with impunity.
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What a great way to start July 4th week.
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Absolutely wild that the court accuses the dissent of "fearmongering" with "extreme hypotheticals" when the actual basis for the indictment is a coup attempt that led to an attack on the capitol
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Remember, this is America, the world's greatest democracy. If you're mad at John Roberts, don't protest at his house, focus on defeating him the next time he's up for reelection.
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If you think this isn't exactly where US conservatives want to take their anti-trans moral panic, you're kidding yourself
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"Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. In the rest of the country, infant mortality increased less than 2% over the same period."
Infant deaths increased after Texas banned abortion in early pregnancywww.statnews.com Since Texas’ ban on abortion went into effect, infant deaths in the state increased by nearly 13%, according to a new analysis published on Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Biden denounces a protest outside a synagogue, remains silent on the auction going on inside the synagogue selling West Bank property forcibly stolen from Palestinians by violent settler mobs.
President Biden on Monday condemned a pro-Palestinian demonstration that took place a day earlier at a synagogue in a Jewish area of Los Angeles, calling the protest “dangerous, unconscionable, antisemitic, and un-American.”
Biden Condemns Protest Outside Los Angeles Synagogue as Antisemiticwww.nytimes.com After a clash between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators turned violent over the weekend, leaders said such protests outside houses of worship were unacceptable.
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Except for Palestine A #PoliCartoon that definitely won't be disagreed with by anyone! :-p Link to transcript and other stuff in replies.
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happy birthday to Frances McDormand. this excerpt is from a 2017 interview but I still think about her answer a lot. dream courtship
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the delicate balance of power (2024)
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"If it’s hot outside, we can raise the price of water and ice cream." THESE EVIL GHOULS
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Snake sculpture Thailand. 6th-11th century CE, Bangkok National Museum
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Xena: A Taste of Honey Cereal (2001-2001): A limited edition cereal tied in to the fantasy TV series and sold exclusively at comic and collectibles shops. Came in 3 different collectible boxes, each with a different character on the front, and a set of collectible cut-out trading cards on the back