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Lol.
We're literally going to let anti-democratic shitstains abuse the fuck out of our institutions, wearing them down, until they can simply assume and not give up power because our institutions are too stretched thin and weakened to do anything about it.
Holy fuck our founding fathers would be utterly ashamed.
If you're a history buff interested in the fall of Rome, this time period in America must be utterly terrifying and fascinating to witness.
Also 1933 Germany. Although Hitler only got about 35 percent of the popular vote, so facism in the US right now is actually more popular than it was in Germany when the Nazis took over.
This is how it's going to go down in every Republican-led government from now on. They learned that nobody will do shit to stop them.
That would have been on voters to stop them for being undemocratic. But nope. Just voting along party lines all the way to hell.
The only reason this is even a case is because of the National elections and Trump's actions that he was held unaccountable for apparently.
The changes in North Carolina were among the most extensive state voting reforms passed last year and continue a trend among Republican state legislatures, many of which have passed laws since 2021 adding new voting restrictions. The laws were pushed through after former President Donald Trump began falsely claiming that widespread fraud cost him reelection, claims that have resonated with many Republicans.
Democrats in North Carolina and elsewhere have criticized many of the new laws as attacks on voting rights that often target minority and low-income voters. North Carolina’s changes in 2023 were pushed through without any Democratic support by Republican lawmakers who hold a super-majority in the legislature. They overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, whose final term ends this year. (link)
If Trump had been held liable for election interference /fraud / misinformation, you wouldn't have people down ballot having the courage to be so shady. If the Democrats actually tried relinquishing some of their control over elections, we might have a system that was fair and honored the citizens participating (they do very little in the way of FPTP problems like informing their base and usually step in to stop changes)
But hey, Democrats relinquished power without resistance on January 6th and had a snowball fight, so they are The Real Winners!
It got this bad when things were better, and the democrats of today still seem to be the democrats of two decades ago.
If the republican had won, it would be all good: no interference just the will of the people.
A snowball fight?
This is what Trumps blabbing about war with Greenland is covering up.
Trump: "oh shit, they're on to me!.... I'M GOING TO INVADE THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND TOO!!!"
No, he is serious about that. It’s on his Putin to do list to destroy US alliances in the Baltics.
Cut my life into pieces, this is THE Supreme Court
Adjudication, no briefing
Don't give a fuck about this proceeding
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Thank you and the person above you for making me literally LOL
Sounds like subverting the will of the people. Arm yourselves, friends.
Women, blacks, LGBT folks and other minorities already got the memo. Largest gun buying demographic for years. Suburban white boys need to sign on.
"But they might shoot me!"
They're going to anyway.
Why don't Republicans look like real people? Is there some kind of shop they're made in?
This dude looks like he needs another punch in the face to straighten it out
Inbreeding. When 51% of your base is told their primary purpose is to breed, and they're all prejudiced against people that don't look exactly like them... you get a lot of "low-quality AI" faces and brains.
Every single time I see the professional headshots these people use I wonder this exact thing. To ground things in reality for a moment, is there a cultural component to the upper class far right that makes them more likely to undergo multiple cosmetic surgeries?
These aren’t normal heads on these people.
I honestly think a lot of them are sociopaths. Not to say all republicans are sociopaths, but sociopaths are going to lean republican, especially when seeking power like in politics. They don't feel emotions like normal people and it shows in their smiles, which don't look genuine. They're smiling with their mouth but their eyes just look dead.
He looks exactly like a Skibidi toilet
The word you want is probably psychopath: https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-a-sociopath-380184
Weird I understood the difference but I had the two terms mixed up. Thanks for the correction
It's a very common mistake
Prepare to see a repeat of this in 2028, but federally
Nah this won't happen. Because there will likely not be an election. Or there will be an "election" with Trump winning 100% of the vote.
They wouldn't make it that blatant. A sham election is a lot more convincing when they do something like rigging it to ensure Trump wins by razor-thin margins in every swing state.
120% of the vote. Can't set a record for the bestest biggestest vote with a measly 100%
Looks like we need a Supreme-Supreme Court to solve this issue.
Did you know that in France they call a Supreme Supreme Court “le guillotine?”
