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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com |
I kinda feel like now that the Supreme Court has declared it legal for a president to straight-up murder people they don't like, it's probably even more important to not elect people who seem extremely inclined to murder people they don't like
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Stephen Perrin
@steperrin.bsky.social
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Biff Tannen in Back to the Future II wasn't a Trump parody—it was a warning.
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Nikole
@picnik.bsky.social
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Ikr?!
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Mary is Merry
@mmchol.bsky.social
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You'd think so. But they knew who they were talking about.
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Allen Gladfelter
@allengladfelter.bsky.social
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The problem is that now people are going to vote for the guy they think will murder the people THEY don’t like.
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soft and uncoifed
@emily.news
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imagine trying to impeach Nixon under this case law
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Enrique Gili
@gili92107.bsky.social
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Strongmen begin by limiting civil liberties, move onto assassinating and imprisoning those who disagree with the consolidation of power and wind up dispatching members of their circle who look at them wrong.
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Steve
@dog-dad.bsky.social
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I guess this means Biden can call the election rigged if he loses and nullify the results. And Trump and his minions will disappear as an official act...
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badly-drawn bee 🐝
@soapachu.bsky.social
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Kinda thinking Biden should seize the moment, and take some future-proofing preventative steps under the protection of this ruling...
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L
@noisybrooklyn1.bsky.social
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He has always maintained that he could “shoot someone in the middle of 5th Ave & get away with it.”
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Forest
@fbos.bsky.social
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It's really the, "if it could be even marginally believed official... Like, used a Whitehouse pen to sign the note.. No investigation is allowed." Like... Really?
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Diet Coke Afficianado
@litigator53.bsky.social
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Maybe make that a centerpiece of media coverage?
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Jake Cob
@jakobpunkt.bsky.social
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Andrew Sterian
@steriana.bsky.social
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The only possible silver lining here is the money-motivated business types who before saw Trump as a manageable threat who could increase their profits now may see him as a non-manageable threat, and not worth the risk.
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Matthew
@playnotfight.bsky.social
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Biden needs to destroy the sword they have handed him by using it:
bsky.app/profile/play...
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Dude Yumi
@sshubi.bsky.social
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Or elect a judge who likes paid vacation a bit too much.
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Confused Raptor
@confusedraptor.bsky.social
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Please don't elect my cat
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Claudio Cicali
@caludio.social
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B... But... But they called it a "bloodless" revolution. Don't you trust that assumption? 😅
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WAP
@wetasspword.bsky.social
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Well that excludes the current and past presidents
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Lina Bee
@linabee.bsky.social
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I truly, from my window seat in Canada and looking over, would love to hope that people will not vote for DT. However, seeing what happened during COVID makes me feel as if we need to shut the borders against the coming Purge. I hate that franchise & do not make the comparison lightly, but seems apt
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@jameslp5.bsky.social
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This strikes me as a good recommendation.
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Charles S. Freeman
@cspencef.bsky.social
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That presumes we have any opportunity to elect whom we choose. Is there any reason to expect this Supreme Court to let that happen?
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Ralph Segreto
@civilized.bsky.social
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Has anyone considered that Biden use these new powers himself to equalize things? Can he not remove 6 Supreme Court justices for incompetence and get 6 new ones put in place immediately?
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Everyday.Human Derek
@everydayhuman.bsky.social
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POV A presidents real job is to delegate and work with a team that can ensure the heartbeat of democracy is healthy and strong. A wise guardian, collaborator, and facilitator, protecting the values of the constitution, and its citizens to forge a better future for all of us. To serve the office.
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Darren Simmons
@darrensimmons.bsky.social
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I'd really like to live in a world where things like that didn't need to be said.
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Wayne Fryback
@waynefryback.bsky.social
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"May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." ~ John Adams
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Gregg Levine
@greggjlevine.bsky.social
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Yet somehow…
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Pike
@panickedpike.bsky.social
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It used to be that we chose who we hated less. Now we have to choose who will be least likely to abuse their effectively unfettered official capacity.
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David F. Soros
@wiselineprt.bsky.social
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Right, whatever illegal thing it is, Trump will have a cover story— "oh, I had the FBI take them out because National Security!" or some such BS. Even if implausible it would create enough smoke to throw it to a friendly court.
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@misgivings.bsky.social
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Ok but here’s what’s gonna happen: If Dump loses, he’ll simply ask the SCOTUS to decide the election results.
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Gary McGath
@gmcgath.bsky.social
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If he commits the murder himself, he can be prosecuted. If he orders the murder, he's immune. Not that that's much consolation.
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quietbob
@quietbob.bsky.social
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isnt that what happens during coups?
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V_Mags_Fox 🦨 at Anthrocon
@vmagsfox.bsky.social
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That should be a mandatory debate question. “One a scale of zero to Trump, how likely are you to publicly call for merder of an individual?”
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Chris Lane
@lanelaburi.bsky.social
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But the Biden administration has a chance to do the funniest thing rn, wrt Alito and Thomas.
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Head Like A Hat
@prettyhatmachine.bsky.social
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It is interesting how they made this ruling before Trump was president again; knowing that Biden is too spineless and confused to actually use this power against Fascists?
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@azurewolf.bsky.social
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No let's sit and have a civil conversation on the pros and cons of letting the president get away with anything he damn well pleases. I'm sure that's what the Founding Fathers imagined when they wrote the Constitution. 🧐
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Rebecca Watson
@rebeccawatson.bsky.social
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except me
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Kreylix
@kreylix.bsky.social
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Unfortunately, our two choices are always people who are murder-happy. In fact, our country spends more on that than anything else. 🤷🏽♂️
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just exhausted
@sdgwvwv.bsky.social
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We only pretended they didn't have that power. Which Americans did Obama drone strike, by the way?
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JoyComethInTheMorning
@sheadapts.bsky.social
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They kinda declared open season on Democrats. Either shut up and kiss white male butt, or lose....
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Lazer Cat
@lazer-cat.bsky.social
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Well, a president needs a little murder now and then...as a treat?
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David
@scotinus.bsky.social
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Dobbs and this Immunity case; may the right wing regret them both, as democrats sweep the trifecta and fix both the Senate and SCOTUS.
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Horizon to horizon, nothing but mistakes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@pewtergod.bsky.social
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Only one of the candidates said that his followers would forgive him if he murdered someone on Fifth Avenue.
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Dunk Accino
@zpowers.bsky.social
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Two things: 1. Yes 2. If this happened under FDR, the most beloved Dem of all time, he’d be going fucking wild and create good things, but the Dems are so beholden to “decorum” they’ll shatter their own knees
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Jettye
@jettye.bsky.social
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Or drop a bomb in Mexico on refugees. Or refuse to send disaster relief funds to "blue" states (or "red" states if the governor makes him mad). Or hand state secrets over to our enemies.
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Radio Free Kerbin
@radiofreekerbin.bsky.social
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This needs to be a nationwide ad
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@luvhaight.bsky.social
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Civil Immunity for Official Acts: The Supreme Court decision in Nixon v. Fitzgerald (1982) grants the president absolute immunity from civil lawsuits seeking damages for actions taken within the scope of their official duties.
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@roudy1.bsky.social
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trump once said he could go to times square and shoot anyone and he could not be touched he has also said when he is elected he will imprison anyone who does not agree with him or deport them or even kill them especially his political rivals the courts just gave him that right dictator trump fear it
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Katie Mack
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but my impression is that if he thought he would get away with it (and, let's be clear, he now has a really great reason to think he would), only one of the current candidates would be tickled pink to drop a bomb on the house of any person he feels even mildly threatened by
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Bible Blackbelt
@estrusflask.bsky.social
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I think Biden should use this power given to him for the good of the nation.
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@soiam.bsky.social
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I don't think murdering your political opponents is official business. Although, it as already happened like with JFK...or Jr.
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Facetiously Esoteric
@facetiousone.bsky.social
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The only reason he didn't was people like this. Trump won't have them the second time. He will have nothing but yes men.
youtu.be/kQYW_ITznX4?...
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Tim Park
@timpark.bsky.social
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The problem though is that if *Biden* does this on appeal it *will* be illegal. This is one set of rules for billionaires and right wing people and another for the plebes and left wing.
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ZacktheScumbag-ceasefire plz
@scumbagnobody.bsky.social
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The Servitors also declared trumps tweets as official acts...even those sent to people that were very obviously conspiring to do something illegal
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Boring Knucklehead
@brazuca.bsky.social
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Yeah but on the other hand here is a list of things that are more important than murder-kings: emails and age
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@helchose.bsky.social
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Yes, good advice all around here.
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@belle83.bsky.social
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What I fear is that when, not if when, he or someone like him gets into the WH, they can declare open season on Muslims, Mexicans, LGBT folks, and no one will blink.
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