• Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM
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    9 days ago

    They’re really targeting California as a whole now. The state that supported the union so much over history. Republicans must really feel jealous that it is the richest state.

    • MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca
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      9 days ago

      california needs to fucking secede and newsom needs to sack up and put the money where his mouth is.

      You threaten to withhold federal taxes. Shit continues, You fucking do it. Once they know your threats are empty, the game is fucking over.

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        9 days ago

        Can USians at least try to save their country without immediately calling for secession? It’s so strange that people want to leave the States and break it apart without first making an effort.

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          8 days ago

          Balkanization would be good for the states. Well, it would be good for some of the states, and for the world as a whole; it would be really bad for the people of the future Mormon Theocracy or whatever

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    8 days ago

    Im really excited for the next election when the Dems force us to vote between Newsom and whatever mentally unstable nazi the republicans find, and we lose every branch again…

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      8 days ago

      Because a sizable part of the population is apparently still too fucking stupid to realize that’s still a no-brainer decision to make.

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        Yeah, our countrymen are dipshits, but let’s not undersell how complicit the Dems are by constantly choosing to run candidates that their voting base feels they have to vote for begrudgingly.

        And let’s not pretend like the decision isn’t between unregulated capitalism, and fascism. Yes one is the better choice, but I mean Jesus Christ it’s like trying to decide if you want to die by injection in 10 years or being boiled alive today, you die either way.

        Hard to win elections when your voting base can’t be excited about you. Hence why gop is winning, it’s easier for a fascist to appeal to a dipshit than it is for a capitalist to appeal to a voter with the ability to think for themselves.

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          Thanks for proving my point, too dense to understand it’s not about my “team”, it’s about making the decision that will cause the least harm.

          • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            The decision that would cause the least harm is not voting for democrats ever again, and forming a third party. You literally have them voting alongside actual fucking white supremacists, and this is your idea of “least harm”. THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH NAZIS ARE ALSO NAZIS, YOU TWATWAFFLE.

            You’re either a nazi collaborator, like they are, or you’re a useful idiot.

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              Splitting a party in a FPTP system is the best way to ensure the opposing one keeps winning.

              The choices are two: you either get a violent revolution started or you keep voting for the Dems. Anything else ranges from useless to deleterious.

              • _cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                Splitting the party? No, I mean creating a leftist party. I don’t want to split the Nazi-light liberal party, it’s filled with fascists and collaborators. let them continue to vote with actual fucking Nazis like the little brown shirts they are.

  • ShittDickk@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    So an unelected figurehead of the federal government has come to my state, had a senator I voted for arrested over asking a question which is his civic duty to ask, and has now made threats at removal of my elected govenor as well as an elected mayor of one of the cities here.

    At which point would these actions be considered tyrannical enough to provide a decent argument for a use of the 2nd amendment in court?

  • Qwazpoi@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    So when they turn to the camera guy at the end they repeatedly keep saying you’re not allowed to record due to FBI rights. That is something I’ve never heard before.

    Unless they are trying to refer to something from the Patriot act the FBI has the same rights as everyone else.

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    9 days ago

    Apart from the obvious “arresting a senator for asking questions” thing, is whatever’s happening on this picture standard procedure for arresting an unarmed, unthreatening person in the US? It looks like they’re arresting a terrorist or a dangerous suspect

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          8 days ago

          Have you thought about the blue lives?!

          I have. In their current state, they are at the bottom of the list of lives that I care about, with every other living organism on the planet above them. If they work to remove the corrupt, fascist, and clearly unregulated members and leadership from their ranks, then I will reevaluate, until then they can stay there.

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      9 days ago

      Authorities are claiming they were unable to know who he was at the time, and treated him as a potential threat.

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    9 days ago

    Maybe now that they’re getting arrested too, the Dems will actually do something.

    Maybe.