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[–] [email protected] 253 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This is literally explicitly legalized fascism and its the law of the land right now. Even if Biden wins he needs to do something to stop this before he leaves office or the US will forever be exactly as fascist as the President decides he wants to be. It's here now.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

There’s not much he can do short of committing a crime himself. Democrats don’t have control of the House, so there no way to increase the size of SCOTUS. They were smart in ruling bribery is legal before granting immunity, or Biden would have been able to officially order the DOJ to investigate SCOTUS for corruption.

His hands are tied unless he wants to get blood on them.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 months ago (33 children)

His hands are VERY TIED unless of course he decides whatever he does is Official Presidential Actions!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If being in contact with the DOJ and VP is "official duties" and thus immune to prosecution regardless of the content of the contact, then being in contact with the CIA and asking them to "retire" some justices should be as well under more or less exactly the same line of reasoning.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

CIA are barred from enacting operations on US soil. It would have to be DOD or FBI unless they were abroad.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago

Blood on his hands from BLM protesters, Palestinians, trans people, Ukrainians who could use the support more than Israel, most Americans who don't have enough to live with life threatening illnesses, Mexicans at the border, ignoring COVID...

Fuck the Court. It doesn't care about America. The penalty for teason is...?

If you or I did anything close to what Trump and the Courts did and do on a daily basis we'd be arrested in a high security prison. Jan 6th had next to no punishment for any of the leaders.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

It's literally not a crime if the president does it.

There's lots he can do besides killing people if you are creative.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

Its time to get blood on them

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He can pack the supreme court. Then limit it to something tangible.

Like first, say that 2 senators per state is silly and it needs to be based on population like the house if reps. Then say that we need a supreme court justice from all 50 states + D.C. or some shit.

Boom.

Then term limits, age limits... Ranked choice, strict laws in gerrymandering...

And we have a functioning Republic again.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (17 children)

None of that is in within the power of POTUS.

The structure of Congress is determined by The Constitution and its Amendments.

Congress needs to pass enlarging the Supreme Court with a vote, and Republicans have House majority.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Arrest the freedom Caucus and pass legislation to fix this before they can be replaced.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Frankly? He needs to get on with that malicious compliance to graphically - and yes, in some cases violently - demonstrate why this is a terrible fucking idea. I’m genuinely not looking forward to it, but at the same time I do think it’s become absolutely necessary.

But I sincerely doubt he will.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

That's the funny thing. He cant commit crimes anymore. He's immune from the law. All he needs to do is order the military to destroy the corruption in the Supreme Court using the legal doctrine known as bullets in the brainpan. Poof, problem solved. You don't even have to kill people, just a few fascists.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Kill Trump, kill scouts. Problem solved.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Hey, the Boy Scouts are getting better, no need to kill them!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Sorry dude. Order's in from Flavortown. Scouts gotta watch their backs

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Last match our scout died to medic 5 times, there is no salvaging this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Medics just do that sometimes, it's the power of mad science

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago (2 children)

in all honesty, that's what you Americans need to do. the days of peaceful protests and marching are behind you, you missed that boat a while ago. now a ship named "Revolution" has just pulled into dock and if you're not on that boat then there's no more boats coming.

Stop using the excuse of "but I need to work, I have to pay rent, I have to pay bills" because in 4 months time you might not have a job to pay those bills or rent. hell depending on if you're a woman, LGBTQ+, liberal, black, an immigrant, etc, etc, etc you might have none of the above.

The American people and the country as a whole are literally, currently, right now in real time dying by a thousand cuts. you're being slowly and methodically murdered with precision and too many of you don't realize you're dying. Time to demand heads on pikes and if they aren't handed to you, well you need to go out and get them.

One way or another people are going to die. I mean I'm not going to sugar coat this, people will die.

So the question is would you rather die laying on your back doing nothing or would you rather die saving whats left of your nation and fighting for your fellow American?

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