Michael Tae Sweeney: they should've been in handcuffs by the end of Biden's inaguration speech. Failing to act immediately might be the decision that dooms the Republic.

they should've been in handcuffs by the end of Biden's inaguration speech. Failing to act immediately might be the decision that dooms the Republic.

We could learn a thing or two from, uh, Bolivia. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/26/w...

Bolivian General Is Arrested After Apparent Coup Attemptwww.nytimes.com The general declared he was leading an effort to “re-establish democracy,” but he and other members of the armed forces later pulled back after trying to storm the presidential palace.

Really enjoying the 'aprehendido' tag on the vest

Or Brazil. The criminal side is still making its way through the system, but the political ban on Bolsonaro running for office again came pretty quickly.

Instead of lecturing other countries

Go to Freedom House and see how many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are better democracies than the US these days and it’s definitely sobering. Some of them were dictatorships in my living memory!

All you need to arrest someone is probable goddamn cause, Merrick! Tell me how you didn't have that on Jan 21, Merrick! Oh, you're worried about speedy trial time? Okay, sure, here is your evidence: [motherfucker admits to committing crime on cross when you say he's too dumb to do crimes]

I'm never gonna forget the feeling of having the news on all day and all night on the assumption that I was eventually going to see either an impeachment vote or a Trump resignation speech and it just ending with neither one happening. Felt inexplicable, even in the moment.

When Obama watched several Republican senators commit treason by sending a diplomatic note to a foreign adversary just to piss him off and he did nothing, it was pretty much downhill from there

History rhymes. We’re still recovering from not hanging Davis and Lee on the capitol steps

We are literally the only county in world county to not respond to a violent autoglope attempt. Just letting the politicians walk! And run for President!

Damn straight. Missed opportunity which may damn us all. Maybe biden can try it this time?

that would have been neat

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