• JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz
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    17 hours ago

    Thank you Mike Lee for being such an outspoken coward.

    However now when President Ocasio-Cortez demolishes the Arch De Treason, we won’t need Congress’s approval.

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          15 hours ago

          I love the thought but I worry what would actually happen is a Supreme Court case saying she can’t do anything for bullshit reasons that all miraculously vanish the second a Republican gets elected

          Presidential power overriding Congress is a problem, but the first thing that needs to be taken care of is breaking the Republican party because otherwise no other reforms are going to stick

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            13 hours ago

            We need to stop relying on precedent to save us. If it’s not a law it’s useless. And before you say anything about Trump breaking the law well that’s because SCOTUS set precedent that the POTUS is above the law.

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        16 hours ago

        Clever. This legislation won’t affect Republican presidents because nothing crosses their minds.

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        12 hours ago

        I think citizens should take responsibility and have the largest crowd ever do it without asking for permission.

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    13 hours ago

    Imagine wanting to demolish a memorial dedicated to a dead president because you aren’t allowed to steal it by renaming it after yourself.

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    16 hours ago

    You mean like he already did with part of the White House? I’m sure this will work. This is more of the “if we pass a law, maybe the criminals will stop doing it”. Not without actual consequences when they do.

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        14 hours ago

        A lot of what the establishment Democrats do is offer legitimacy to the institutions and process that allow Fascism to maintain its power.

        It’s not that “voting to condemn” is a bad action in itself. It’s that the Democratic party is only defending the “process” of democracy. They are continuing to play the game by the rules, condemn the cheating, but do nothing to stop the cheater. After awhile, it results in the public perception of “the process” as still functioning when in reality it is not.

        And, on the rare occasion that the Republican party “plays by the rules” the Democrats are the first to point to “reasonable Republicans”

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    15 hours ago

    Sometimes upcoming elections knocks sense into politicians. Mike Lee must not be up for reelection in this upcoming one.