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Adam Serwer

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Congrats to all the pundits who pretended to have to parse what “insurrection” meant as though it was a complicated issue www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...

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Lsleffel's avatar Lsleffel @lsleffel3003.bsky.social
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Trump is a liar and a fraud. But that loyalty oath is just as bad, from the days people saw reds under beds everywhere. I had to sign it in the 60s to take a position on the student newspaper of the University of Kansas.

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Take a drink every time coverage of election/ court news this year us a variation of "groundbreaking" or "historical" or "that's just the way Trump rolls to his own, personal percussion line"

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin's avatar Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social
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Trump: “I’m going to steal the Declaration of Independence” Various and sundry talking heads: “Trump’s immediate goals remain inscrutable”

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Nathan's avatar Nathan @vovat.bsky.social
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It does seem a little weird, as Trump lies all the time, and I'm sure the oath is just a formality anyway.

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Buddha Ferret's avatar Buddha Ferret @buddhaferret.bsky.social
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Yep.

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Matt Loar's avatar Matt Loar @matt.loar.name
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The rare day when I'm happy to be an Illinoisan.

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great googly friggin moogly

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Martin Schneider's avatar Martin Schneider @wovenstrap.bsky.social
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thorny

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Nerd 's avatar Nerd @babayaga25.bsky.social
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I mean, does anyone believe that Ron DeSantis or Vivek Ramaswamy or even Chris Christie would honor this oath, if they somehow made it to the White House? Would the Bush Administration have been improved if Boy George had pinky promised not to do an Abu Gharab or COINTELPRO on antiwar protesters?

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Rob Breymaier's avatar Rob Breymaier @rbreymaier.bsky.social
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I had to sign this to run for school board, so it seems fitting that someone running for president would be required to sign it as well.

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's avatar @regdog.bsky.social
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Refusing to sign that should result in the immediate removal of their name on the ballot. No second chance.

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Norbizness's avatar Norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social
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Al Capone: (refuses to sign no holiday-related massacre pledge) Press: Brash, Brazen Al Capone Keeps Options Open Al Capone: (orders St. Valentine's Day Massacre)

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Blue Meme's avatar Blue Meme @bluememe.bsky.social
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Excellent Chait subtweet. (Subskeet?)

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DenverChick's avatar DenverChick @denverchick.bsky.social
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Here's another version of the story without a paywall.

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Bill Stewart's avatar Bill Stewart @billstewart.bsky.social
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"I'm not going to overthrow the government, I'm just taking control of it again."

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Paul Driggere 🦋's avatar Paul Driggere 🦋 @writerwithcats.bsky.social
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Pretty much condemning to me.

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Linguiça May Alcott🇺🇦's avatar Linguiça May Alcott🇺🇦 @silkscreenfiend.bsky.social
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It's a genuinely peculiar form of narcissism that won't even let him lie about agreeing to abide by rules he doesn't control. Signing such a pledge would make him feel weak, so he can't do it, even dishonestly.

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ARNS Proprietor's avatar ARNS Proprietor @arnsproprietor.bsky.social
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So, there are some things he won't lie about?

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Susan Ballinger 's avatar Susan Ballinger @peculiarsusan.bsky.social
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So lemme guess: he’s on the ballot anyway.

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To them it wasn't an insurrection: youtu.be/cUchvWIsA-s?...

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PROTOOOOON CANON's avatar PROTOOOOON CANON @protoncanon.bsky.social
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Guess they couldn't see the proof, what with them burying the heads in the sand.

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Al 's avatar Al @notheworddash.bsky.social
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Does section 3 of the 14th Amendment count if Trump crossed his fingers during his inauguration? In this essay I will examine the double dog dare doctrine as it is applied to 1/654

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T  Shay Pratt's avatar T Shay Pratt @justtaoit.bsky.social
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Do you ever get the feeling that the sane people are whispering in a hurricane?

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mxhrad's avatar mxhrad @mxhrad.bsky.social
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Not that he's going to win in IL, but does this keep him from the ballot?

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Wandering White Shark, PhD  (he/him, still pagan)'s avatar Wandering White Shark, PhD (he/him, still pagan) @drseapearl.bsky.social
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"plagiarism" on the other hand....

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Cleg's avatar Cleg @clegggg.bsky.social
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It says something that he doesn’t even find in necessary to pay lip service to this ideal anymore. It’s not like this pledge would stop him!

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Athena Small 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸 in 🇺🇦's avatar Athena Small 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸 in 🇺🇦 @athenasmall.bsky.social
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It's not insurrection, it's insurrection...ish

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Chris Geidner's avatar Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social
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Indeed. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-insu...

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Jon Blumenfeld 's avatar Jon Blumenfeld @jblumenfeld100.bsky.social
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The funny thing is, if he's gonna try to overthrow the government, I don't think breaking this oath would be the biggest part of it, y'know?

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