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Sunshine piefed.ca Sunshine@piefed.ca
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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
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Americans should either get accustomed to budget is being Trump's private fund or start a revolution.

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Blue_Morpho lemmy.world Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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The worst part is that there will never be a political penalty. If Democrats get into power and sue to have it stopped, taxpayers, which include Democrats will have to pay to prosecute and then pay the penalty because it's the government who lost! Then Democrats won't do the same advertising so Republicans got the advertising for free.

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gravitas_deficiency sh.itjust.works gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-20
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The worst part is that there will never be a political penalty. If Democrats get into power and sue to have it stopped, taxpayers, which include Democrats will have to pay to prosecute and then pay the penalty because it's the government who lost! Then Democrats won't do the same advertising so Republicans got the advertising for free.

Yeah, I fully expect the next admin (if we actually get a “next”, that is, and this regime doesn’t just continue indefinitely) to softball any sort of accountability effort and punitive actions because “tHaT wOuLD Be diViSiVE” 😑

Edit: this isn’t a “both sides are just as bad” argument. The fascists are bad. The “opposition party” is manifestly incapable of appropriately dealing with the fascists, which, while not as bad as being outright fascists, effectively enables them and existentially undermines not just the opposition party itself, but (small-d) democratic process in general.

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-31
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Yeah, I fully expect the next admin (if we actually get a “next”, that is, and this regime doesn’t just continue indefinitely) to softball any sort of accountability effort and punitive actions because “tHaT wOuLD Be diViSiVE” 😑 Edit: this isn’t a “both sides are just as bad” argument. The fascists are bad. The “opposition party” is manifestly incapable of appropriately dealing with the fascist...

Hey heads up, both sides arguments sound really really fucking stupid

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Reannlegge lemmy.ca Reannlegge@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-13
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Hey heads up, both sides arguments sound really really fucking stupid

As much as I want to agree with you I want to say look at Biden and all the stuff he turned back from the first MAGA shit show. What you mean not a dot or tiddel of the old law changed?

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-31
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As much as I want to agree with you I want to say look at Biden and all the stuff he turned back from the first MAGA shit show. What you mean not a dot or tiddel of the old law changed?

Of course Biden couldn’t draft laws on his own. Did Biden’s government control all three branches?

You’d have to completely ignorant of the American system of government to start making those types of absolutely silly claims.

Plus - on top of all that - Republicans are self proclaimed rapists and nazis

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djsoren19 lemmy.blahaj.zone djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Of course Biden couldn’t draft laws on his own. Did Biden’s government control all three branches? You’d have to completely ignorant of the American system of government to start making those types of absolutely silly claims. Plus - on top of all that - Republicans are self proclaimed rapists and nazis

he barely even fucking investigated Trump though. New laws didn't need to be fabricated, the govt just needed to hold him accountable for all the laws broken in the first term. Biden's admin dragged their feet on bringing any consequences for so long that it just became too late.

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Reannlegge lemmy.ca Reannlegge@lemmy.ca
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Of course Biden couldn’t draft laws on his own. Did Biden’s government control all three branches? You’d have to completely ignorant of the American system of government to start making those types of absolutely silly claims. Plus - on top of all that - Republicans are self proclaimed rapists and nazis

I understand all of this but did Biden do anything to try, anything at all?

Trump does something the courts rule it unconstitutional, if his supreme court still says “we have to reluctly agree with the lower courts” he changes a word or two and the thing stays in the courts until they agree.

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0_o7 lemmy.dbzer0.com 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Of course Biden couldn’t draft laws on his own. Did Biden’s government control all three branches? You’d have to completely ignorant of the American system of government to start making those types of absolutely silly claims. Plus - on top of all that - Republicans are self proclaimed rapists and nazis

Where does he say he has to draft laws of/on his own?

Calling other people stupid while making up a imaginary scenario to make yourself seem smart is really really fucking stupid.

We see cultists for what they really are. They don't really care about justice, peace, or morals. The only thing they care about is "defending your team no matter what."

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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he barely even fucking investigated Trump though. New laws didn't need to be fabricated, the govt just needed to hold him accountable for all the laws broken in the first term. Biden's admin dragged their feet on bringing any consequences for so long that it just became too late.

Did you want the Nazis to vote to convict their Nazi?

I don’t understand your argument, because the US has three branches of government. Please explain how Biden controlled the republican nazi house and senate

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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I understand all of this but did Biden do anything to try, anything at all? Trump does something the courts rule it unconstitutional, if his supreme court still says “we have to reluctly agree with the lower courts” he changes a word or two and the thing stays in the courts until they agree.

The senate and house were controlled by whom at the time?

Did you want the Nazis to convict the Nazi? Please explain your comment with the understanding that Biden couldn’t do anything without cooperation from the Nazis

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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Where does he say he has to draft laws of/on his own? Calling other people stupid while making up a imaginary scenario to make yourself seem smart is really really fucking stupid. We see cultists for what they really are. They don't really care about justice, peace, or morals. The only thing they care about is "defending your team no matter what."

I don’t understand this comment, it makes no sense

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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa aussie.zone Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-06-11
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Why the fuck is that a headline. That means nothing. Its not newsworthy in the slightest. If he said the opposite, then that'd be a headline.

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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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One_Honest_Dude lemmy.world One_Honest_Dude@lemmy.world
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Did you want the Nazis to vote to convict their Nazi? I don’t understand your argument, because the US has three branches of government. Please explain how Biden controlled the republican nazi house and senate

Prosecuting crimes does not require any voting. The president is in charge of that. He runs the DOJ and enforces the rules. It doesn't sound like you understand how the government works. Trump broke laws already on the books, the Biden administration failed to hold them to account. Congress is not needed to prosecute crimes.

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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Prosecuting crimes does not require any voting. The president is in charge of that. He runs the DOJ and enforces the rules. It doesn't sound like you understand how the government works. Trump broke laws already on the books, the Biden administration failed to hold them to account. Congress is not needed to prosecute crimes.

He runs the DOJ

oh OK so you actually might be pretty confused

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OldCrow lemmy.ca OldCrow@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-06-18
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Americans should either get accustomed to budget is being Trump's private fund or start a revolution.

They need a national shutdown. But that might mean no social media for a while... so, yah, no.

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j5y7 sh.itjust.works j5y7@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-02-19
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Why the fuck is that a headline. That means nothing. Its not newsworthy in the slightest. If he said the opposite, then that'd be a headline.

Journalism is in peril.

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piccolo sh.itjust.works piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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Of course Biden couldn’t draft laws on his own. Did Biden’s government control all three branches? You’d have to completely ignorant of the American system of government to start making those types of absolutely silly claims. Plus - on top of all that - Republicans are self proclaimed rapists and nazis

Meanwhile Trump is signing blatantly unconstitutional EOs and the courts are like "well... he legally cant do that but we gave the president immunity, so who can stop'em now"

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bagsy lemmy.world bagsy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-09-18
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Americans should either get accustomed to budget is being Trump's private fund or start a revolution.

You underestimate just how lazy and stupid most americans are.

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lIlIlIlIlIlIl lemmy.world lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world
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Meanwhile Trump is signing blatantly unconstitutional EOs and the courts are like "well... he legally cant do that but we gave the president immunity, so who can stop'em now"

Your point?

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