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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

So today we care about the constitution? I get the days mixed up....

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  • [–] 177 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Our Constitution is unconstitutional!

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  • [–] 75 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Its like they believe "constitutional" means "the way I want it"

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    Why wouldn't it, they do that with everything else. Ask a conservative if they hate something and they say they don't hate because it's a sin. Ask them to describe how they feel, and they describe hate.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    By denying the Constitution of the United States in violation of his Oath of Office, House Speaker Mike Johnson is unironically committing treason right now.

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  • [–] 61 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Good job giving away your own powers dickhead.

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    [–] 57 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Mike Johnson is fucking spooky. I've been saying this for a few years now, when his Covenant Eyes usage made news.

    He is a true believer, he's on a mission from god. He's smart. He will not care about the people crushed by the machine, as that is the fruit of their depravity in his worldview.

    Watch this motherfucker. Trump and Vance are motivated by greed and power. You need to look to fundamentalist Islamic leaders for a similar mindset to Johnson.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I would think Netanyahu is closer to the greed and corruption model. He needs the war to keep his slimy ass out of jail.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Netanyahu is a Zionist. The circumstances that he's brought upon himself don't negate that fact.

    The US was Zion for almost all of the Jews until the end of WWII. This isn't a coincidence.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    okay, that's immaterial to the current discussion.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    How is Netanyahu being a cultist immaterial to a discussion about true believers that are causing evil with their positions of power?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Because, at the end of the day, Netanyahu will do or say anything to save his neck. He's not a fanatic like Johnson. He's like Trump and Vance.

    I.E. Johnson would die for his beliefs and will kill or allow the deaths of those that he considers to be evil/subhuman like: queer people, immigrants, any religion other than Christianity or Judaism, etc.

    Netanyahu will kill or do anything to protect or enrich himself. His Zionism is just a useful tool, and if it didn't serve him, he'd drop it. (Not that that would ever be the case) Netanyahu would load jewish babies into a wood chipper while sucking off an Imam if it would keep him alive.

    Look at what these people do, not what they say.

    You're so wound up on the whole Israel thing that you're missing the point. Also, quit doing this purity test crap. It leaves you unable to understand the nuance in these things.

    Johnson is more of a true Zionist than Netanyahu if you need to frame it that way. He is similar to Ali Khamenei in the fervency of his beliefs. I don't have a good example of a Jewish politician as I'm weak on Israeli internal politics.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    How the hell can these people call themselves conservative. What kind of conservative calls for greater executive power?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Conservative means "There must be in-groups for the law to protect but not bind, and out-groups for the law to bind but not protect." That's it. They are childish assholes that only care about power for their group, and keeping other people out of power. They are the worst sort of people.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Well, the War Powers Act is unconstitutional - but in the other direction. Deploying military force requires a declaration of war, which requires congressional approval, but the War Powers Act circumvents that by pretending that using euphemisms to describe military actions instead of calling it war makes it different, somehow.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    And that’s kind of a problem. As far as I see, this use of the war powers act is entirely consistent with previous uses. Trumps not wrong for once.

    Maybe the part about not bothering to inform Congress because “they’ll see it in the news”.

    Our outrage seems to be mainly that he chose poorly, or maybe even that we haven’t been conditioned to agree with it. Iran has been pursuing nuclear weapons for years(decades?) and I certainly agree the world becomes a more dangerous, unstable place as more countries obtain nuclear weapons. Sanctions haven’t been working, but you combine this with Israel’s assassinations and it should be effective at stopping their program.

    Of course I don’t know that anyone tried negotiating from a point of respect for their sovereignty nor was this in response to hostilities against our Interests or any urgent threat (that we’re aware of). You can’t just bomb people you disagree with, but this really seems consistent with previous administrations and the only difference is the propaganda war to manipulate support

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Trumps not wrong for once.

    He's definitely wrong morally, constitutionally, and strategically just not legally, per how the courts have (mis)interpreted the constitution.

    Sanctions haven’t been working

    Well, in order to work, they'd have to have a coherent objective.

    They did work at bringing Iran to the negotiating table, which led to Obama's Iran deal. The only problem being that Obama made it, so Trump had to hate it. The only thing the US actually wants from Iran is for it to be an enemy the president can bomb to look tough.

    it should be effective at stopping their program.

    The program that we have no evidence actually existed, that is. Certainly, if they weren't actively persuing one before, they'd be mad not to now. How else could they stop the frequent, random unprovoked aggression from the US?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I mean yeah, I didn’t claim this action was morally or even strategically acceptable, just that it seems consistent with the way past administrations have used the same power.

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  • [–] 36 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Do these people understand that once they give away these powers the next person who wrestles away power from trump may see them as an enemy? With the constitutional power to disappear homegrown terrorists nobody is safe.

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  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War Powers Act is itself unconstitutional. I'm persuaded by that argument."

    I don't think he was persuaded by the argument, I think he was hoping such an argument existed. Anything for daddy Trump.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Party of small government everybody. If they didn't have double standards and lies, they wouldn't have any standards or things to talk about.

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  • [–] 46 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Hey everyone the Constitution is unconstitutional!

    -MAGA Mike

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And I want Mike Johnson's balls removed with a falling brick. Pretty please?

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    He should, for a change, read and try to understand the Constitution he has sworn to uphold. Or, if he is to stupid for that, have someone slowly explain it to him.

    It can't be "unconstitutional" when it is right in the Constitution.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    scrolls lemmy

    reads headline and moves on

    A few posts down and scrolls up realizing it was posted to politics not theOnion

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Mike Johnson wants a king.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Your gonna be back in Wisconsin soon bitch. We'll see if you survive the summer

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Imagine being so cucked that you give away your already incredibly narrow and ever shrinking powers. What a fucking buffoon.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    So when are the people going to remove them both?

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  • [+] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)
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    If Mike Johnson wants war, he should be first in line for registration and selective service. He should not be aiding and abetting propaganda outlets to dupe the youth into dying for that "apartheid state" again.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Mike Johnson believes he can force Jesus to return by nuking the Middle East, and reporters should be demanding he answer questions about it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Trump cock sucker sucks more of Trump's cock. Fucking cool man. Dems remain nonexistent. I used to think the 'we need a do over' crowd was a bit dramatic but more every day I'm finding it a hard point to argue. These fucking ignorant narcissists just soiling and eroding what our country stands for and the fact that none of our elected officials are doing anything infuriates the shit out of me. Yes I do see the benefit in Judicial actually standing up to a lot of this and celebrate their efforts, but it sdoing nothing to stop them from trying over and over and over.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    So you want a king, yes? You people sure took a roundabout way to get back to where you started.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    "Calling things unconstitutional" is the new "calling things woke".

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    They can’t even do anything. Everything in Federal is one sided until Midterms.. unless Donald gets rid of that too.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    They could have voted to impeach recently, instead they chose to normalize the president not needing approval to do acts of war.

    And before that there was the budget.

    And before that they censured Al Green.

    And before that they approved Trump's nominees.

    But yeah, Democrats are totally powerless to do anything. I'm sure that will convince people they're worth their time.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Not all of them, and being a defeatist crybaby helps no one but the nazi scumbags.

    Do better, unless of course you’re a nazi scumbag; if that’s the case help yourself to a giant refreshing glass of bleach.

    Note: looks like at least 1 Nazi saw it, don’t be shy? Try the bleach, you’ll love it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Any member of the media or foreign power representative must allow Trump to rape them in broad daylight with his world famous big ....ohhh, thar won't be necessary thank you...$10,000,000.0! That's right, if you need to speak with the guy you give him 10 million in small bills... Fives, tens and twenties please.

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  • That shithead shouldn't use words he doesn't have any hope of understanding.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Mike johnson sounds like he’s glazing

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I don’t trust DOOFUS with the cognition to spell his own name, why the hell would I want to give him power to declare war?

    No thank you, I am not privy to a war with Canada nor Denmark.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    "I don't want to have to take a position on record about my support for disastrous forever wars."

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Things aren't going sideways fast enough for little Moses Mikey.

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  • [+] -7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Why is every word in the title beginning with a capital letter? This is an eyesore and annoying to read. Only the first word of a sentence, names, months and days, some abbreviations and "I" should be written with a capital letter. As explained here.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Of all the things even vaguely related to this post to be upset with, you chose to comment on title casing?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah, and it feels kinda nice. After months of doomscrolling, being upset with basically everything that is happening in the world while being forced to helplessly watch how everything goes to shit, I can finally complain about something as stupid as this.

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