• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    So the trump administration is fully admitting that the insurrection attempting to block the certification of the Presidential election 2021 on Jan 6 was open rebellion?

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    This is another step in Project 2025

    Provoke outrage with the mass deportations, then use that outrage to justify marshal law and deploying the military.

  • TheBeege@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    In addition, the Secretary of Defense may employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary to augment and support the protection of Federal functions and property in any number determined appropriate in his discretion.

    As I understand, this is not a thing the regular Armed Forces can do, correct? I thought that only the National Guard could conduct non-training operations on US soil and/or against US citizens, barring an invasion or secession. Does anyone know more than me about this?

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    1 month ago

    Governor Newsome should release a statement that he and his cabinet will be discussing the effects of a possible change in State structure. If the world’s 4th largest economy were to secede from the Union, frumpy would be screwed.

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      1 month ago

      Texas will be so pissed. They’re threatening to do it for centuries but can’t pull it off.

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      1 month ago

      Just wondering: if California just stopped paying federal taxes would the net effect be the same? That way they haven’t gone through the process of seceding, but at the same time they are refusing to entirely be part of the union.

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        1 month ago

        Also, it was the conservatives who helped weaken unions by making dues optional but forcing the union to represent non-payers anyways. Sounds perfect here. California can just stop paying, but get the protection and benefits of a tax paying state.

        Plus, conservatives would absolutely fucking love this if it was Texas threatening not to pay taxes if their money goes to doctors who preform abortions or some other equally absurd shit.

        Since we have allowed the Presidency to become a joke why not our whole nation. /S