• Jumbie@lemmy.zip
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    The constitution is dead, guy. Look at what’s happening in our streets. There are no rights for anyone if any one of us is denied a right by the PedoNazis.

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      That’s not true, at all. Almost everything Trump has been trying to do, gets blocked in court. And since nothing he’s trying to do, is actually working…he sends ICE out to try and bully states into doing what he wants, voluntarily.

      But, as long as people stand their ground, and refuse to capitulate…he inevitably loses. This entire year has been one long series of failed attempts to break the Constitution. But so far, all he’s managed to accomplish is to show us where the weak points are. The rest has actually been holding.

      The problem is the media isn’t adequately covering all the legal battles that are stopping him. They simply don’t have the attention span to revisit every case, as it comes up in court. So, people hear about the initial attack, but never hear how it eventually gets defeated.

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        Alex Pretti was denied his first and Second amendment rights. No court can correct that.

        I do appreciate that you’re trying to stay positive.

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          Don’t get me wrong…I’m not saying the situation is good. It’s far from even being “acceptable”. But, from a legal standpoint, they also aren’t just “getting away with it” either…at least not in the long run. I have no doubt the officers involved in Pretti’s death will eventually be held accountable. And I’m positive that the Trump administration stooges in charge will also face criminal charges as soon as Trump is out of office.

          Trump himself might be able to claim some degree of protection from certain charges, due to presidential immunity…but the people who work for him, don’t have the same options. And while many of the people in his previous administration managed to sneak out under the radar, without too much damage…this time it isn’t going to be so easy. They’re all doubling down on their crimes, which is making what was “legally grey”, now fully “in-the-red”. The legal violations are so blatantly obvious, that it would be a crime not to prosecute them all.

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            I have all doubt there will ever be justice dished out to any PedoNazi.

            We can’t keep pretending America is what we imagined it. If after all the examples they’ve given, you think these people are leaving office, brother, wake up.

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        they’re called “amendments” because with enough “might” a bigot will change the document. consider it irrelevant and void.

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      This! I cant believe you folks still imagine there will be midterms. Between the Goergia case, legalised gerrymandering, and these prognostications, it’s obvious what he wants. Everything hes done so far he told you he was going to do. Then you all collectively put your head in the sand and switched on netflix.

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        Who the fuck is “you all” ? Lol you have no idea what you’re talking about

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        They’ve already lost several elections so I’m genuinely curious what you think is going to happen in November

        Like seriously tell me how he’s gonna cancel elections in real life terms because they havnt cancelled any so far and that isn’t even how elections in America work

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        I cant believe you folks still imagine there will be midterms.

        Elections aren’t just a national affair. There’s a hotly contested primary between Ken Paxton and John Cornyn this year. We don’t have a mechanism to decide who wins without a vote.

        36 different gubernatorial elections. Thousands of state seats. Tens of thousands of municipal offices.

        It’s not the sort of thing you can just turn off

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      I hear ICE is ramping up efforts in Texas now… going into Austin. Let’s see how long it lasts once a few blonde bombshell Texas housewives get pushed around by the ICE assholes.

      What they do is only gonna last as long as Trump.

      When the GOP starts to see more districts flip in the local elections, they’re gonna turn on Trump almst immediately.