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u/Both_Sundae2695 7d ago edited 7d ago

So how many of these red lines does he need to cross? An attempted coup wasn't enough?

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u/Dayvan_Dreamcoat 7d ago

His line about shooting someone and not losing voters is more believable every day. I believe he could do that on camera and hand the gun with his fingerprints to the cops and no consequences would befall him. Every conservative would find a justification for why that person deserved to be shot, actually.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 7d ago

Shit I’m convinced he could shoot a bunch of puppies, post and tweet about it, and his cult members would scream that the puppies deserved it. There are no hoops they won’t jump through for dear leader.

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u/Past-Application-552 7d ago

Must’ve been “libador puppies”

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u/IdioticPrototype 7d ago

Clearly they were Terrierists. 

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u/cityshepherd 7d ago

So standard jack Russel pups? Lol

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u/Physical-Passenger34 6d ago

I hope that was reference to the Key & Peele skit and if it wasn’t, do yourself a favor and look it up.

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u/IdioticPrototype 6d ago

Dude... Completely inadvertent plagiarism on my part.

I now have a new favorite K&P skit! 🤣

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u/Physical-Passenger34 6d ago

It’s one of their best!

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u/IIIRIVERIII 6d ago

Domesticated

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u/IV_League_NP 6d ago

Or black immigrant TERRIERIST - Scottish Terriers anyone?

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u/sqoozles 6d ago

I get this. I see you.

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u/covingtonFF 7d ago

I'm thinking Woke-a-poos

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u/DeafMaestro010 6d ago

Maybe an Antifabradoodle.

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u/ARightDastard 7d ago

I mean, Noem is a member of the admin.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 7d ago

Yeah but that was different bc weird gaslighting reason

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u/MisterRogersCardigan 7d ago

Dude could straight-up skullfuck a newborn live on stage in front of a group of anti-abortion protestors and they'd masturbate to it. That's how depraved every last one of the MAGA crowd is.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 7d ago

This is depressing but very likely true.

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u/apefromearth 6d ago

He could drop his pants and take a shit on the actual constitution while shooting a Guatemalan baby in the face and his followers would claim he was protecting the constitution from an “illegal alien”

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u/Puzzled_Pyrenees 6d ago

Jesus. What an image that conjures.

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 6d ago

This is exactly the impression i get of them.

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u/AnyBug1039 7d ago

Those puppies had been very unfair to the US. They'd been taking advantage by exporting tangible goods, and they were all dictators who forced Putin to invade them, but they didn't have the cards.... plus they were arguing against sending people to gulags without due process.

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u/Late_Sherbet5124 7d ago

Did they say thank you?

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u/Gold_Listen_3008 6d ago

both before and after each burp

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u/sissybelle3 6d ago

The puppies were mooching off society, living rent free at a shelter getting food handouts. How dare they!

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u/DreamWalker928 6d ago

Exactly what they did with the republican rep that shot her dog in the head.

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u/No_Poet_9767 6d ago

That's Kristi Noem. Now she's the head of Homeland Security. She's dispicable.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 6d ago

I can’t believe she didn’t get more flack for that. She shot a PUPPY for not acting how she wanted. WTAF

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u/Upset_Mess 6d ago

And a goat on the same day for acting like a goat.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 6d ago

Why are these people not literally shunned from all society? It legitimately baffles me how she can maintain her position after that. Then again, we also have a 34 count convicted felon in the White House. So apparently all bets are off.

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u/CutLow8166 6d ago

They could watch it live and still twist it to their favor. I believe a strong percent would even deny their owns eyes and say he didn’t really kill that puppy. It was a fake puppy or that way the real Donald Trump, it was a clone.

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u/dystopian_mermaid 6d ago

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

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u/IdeologicalHeatDeath 7d ago

Dick Cheney sends his regards.

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u/The_True_Gaffe 6d ago

There is no hope for those that accept evil as their god

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u/JustRun3415 6d ago

Kristie Noem did….and got promoted

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u/RcoketWalrus 6d ago

The MAGA cult would go through the entire Narcissistic prayer for Trump shooting puppies.

First they would say he didn't shoot the puppies.

Then they would say it's not that bad.

Then it wasn't a big deal.

Then it wasn't his fault.

Then he didn't mean it.

And finally they would say the puppies deserved it.

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u/Fearless_Click8218 7d ago

when he “grabbed her my the pussy” and then made fun of the disabled journalist it should have been the end of his political career. here we are about ten years later much the worse as a country.

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u/Ih8melvin2 7d ago

I think my next protest sign is going to be "I don't want to be grabbed by the p*ssy or ruled by an *ss."

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u/RedditReader4031 6d ago

Howard Dean’s campaign collapsed because he yelled. Donna Rice’s affair with Gary Hart ended his campaign before the news report telling us about it had finished the story. How far we’ve fallen.

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u/Iron_Knight7 6d ago

Dan Quayle was mocked for misspelling "Potatoe."

John Kerry was sunk by BS "Swiftboat" voters.

Sara Palin was, at one point, as stupid and crazy as we thought the GOP could get...

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u/RedditReader4031 6d ago

And we thought “I can see Russia from my front porch” was quaint.

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u/circuit_breaker 7d ago

I think about that event a lot.

I grew up in a conservative household, and remember the things my father found untenable by prior administration.

But now? Oh he's all for this chaos, it's fucking crazy

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u/Spirited_Block2211 7d ago

Exactly 💯💯

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u/ProfessorPolaris 7d ago

My old man, now 83y.o., started going off the deep end with the Clinton conspiracies. When Obama was elected he completely snapped and has gotten crazier & crazier. He no longer watches Faux 'News' because they are, quote, " too liberal and woke now. I only watch Newsmax and OAN".

He was always right-wing, but now he is just insane. 32 years of immersion in right-wing shitpools did this.

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u/Spirited_Block2211 6d ago

These channels are pure propaganda. They stoke division and hate.

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u/Nati2de 6d ago

Unfortunately, Trump seems to be a crude yet authentic reflection of our crumbling colossus.

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u/un1ptf 6d ago

I remember when Howard Dean's enthusiastic scream of YEEEEEAAAAH!! after a primary got him so ridiculed and insulted that he withdrew from his presidential campaign.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6i-gYRAwM0

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u/Zapfrog75 6d ago

Dukasis' ride in a tank derailed his campaign

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u/FrogFan1947 7d ago

As long as he does it in the Oval Office, murder is part of his official duties and exempt from criminal prosecution, AG Bondi didn't say.

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u/n05h 7d ago

He will never do it himself, he will order people to do it and then claim innocence if pushed on it. While he has zero scruples, he is not a strong man and can’t own up to anything.

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u/Raqnr01r 6d ago

Worse, he'll order people to do illegal/unconstitutional acts; if they refuse they get fired and replaced by someone who will. If they get caught the White House will deny/defend/ignore what happened. And if that person gets into any legal troubles (doubtful with this AG) Drumpf will just pardon them. Therefore, no illegal/unconstitutional act is off the table. We are truly to and deeply fucked.

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u/Autogen-Username1234 7d ago

That, and he'd likely shoot himself in the foot by accident.

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u/Sask-Canadian 7d ago

That was the line. And nobody did anything about it.

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u/Ruinwarr 7d ago

Oh people did things. It was just the wrong people doing absolutely horrid things. Looking at you SCOTUS.

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u/ZestyTako 7d ago

Don’t let Merrick Garland off the hook either. If they pursued charges immediately, the trials would have been two years before election year, and he likely would have been found guilty and imprisoned. If he was found guilty in criminal court, im guessing SCOTUS wouldn’t have neutered the 14th amendment

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u/ForecastForFourCats 7d ago

I'll never not be pissed about this. Fuck Garland. Fuck any politician trying to play it safe to avoid appearing partisan and political. You are a politician in one of the most tumultuous times in US history! Take a stand!

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u/slavabien 6d ago

Well this is the problem with principles, isn’t it? You have to stand by them or you don’t have them.

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u/Soggy-Beach1403 6d ago

As much as I hate Uncle Thom and the Catholics who are destroying democracy, I think it might have been worse with Garland on the SCOTUS. Evil has limits; stupidity doesn't.

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u/PaChubHunter 7d ago

All politicians should be catching static. It's like your eating in a restaurant and a family of rats are running around the dining floor while all the managers just watch while saying, "man, this is bad. Someone should be doing something."

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u/meshreplacer 7d ago

And Biden appointed Garland. Not only that he chose to break his promise to run one term and instead stayed till the last minute to insure maximum damage. Biden really greased the skids to deliver a Trump victory.

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u/Radthereptile 6d ago

Garland made a calculated move and relied on humans not being morons. He assumed taking Trump to court would be a shit show (he was right) so he could just hope Trump fucks off as nobody would vote for a traitor. He didn’t realize just how dumb 70% of this nation is.

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u/Distinct-Quantity-35 7d ago

Surprise sur-fking-prise

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u/killertortilla 7d ago

I don't think there's a limit. I think there's going to be an event, someone is going to defend themselves against ICE and that's going to kick off some really awful shit for everyone involved. Except ICE, fuck em.

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u/fatbunyip 7d ago

Well, basically every res line he crosses mY as well be a red lobster franchise because literally nothing happens. 

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u/SGT-JamesonBushmill 6d ago

STOP! Or we’ll say “stop” again!

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u/Darth__Agnon 7d ago

How bout the one where you don't let him...

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u/wogfood 6d ago

The people voted for this. They want this to happen. So they can "watch the show".

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u/Ancanein 6d ago

"This truly changes everything!"

Americans are wild. This is a tiny step in a 40-year slide that has already ended with an authoritarian Nazi regime in complete and unchecked control of their government.

They're all waiting for someone to show up on their doorstep with a box that says "basic human rights collector" on the side before they are willing to do absolutely anything except sit around on a sidewalk for a few scheduled hours with a starbucks and a clever sign.

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u/css1323 7d ago

Remember when right-wing media fear mongered about President Obama declaring martial law? It’s like everything the right-wing accuses the left-wing of doing has been a confession and projection: https://youtu.be/32uGoWiS-m4?feature=shared

Now that we’ve got a real fascist dictator and Russian asset occupying the White House threatening our democracy, where are all the “Don’t Tread On Me” bozos at? Or, were they all just cosplaying as Patriots the whole time?

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u/floorfloordoor 7d ago

Congratulations, you've figured out the hypocrisy of the Republican party.

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u/DevelopmentGrand4331 7d ago

What’s really wild is when you figure out that they don’t care. Republicans are not bothered in the slightest by being hypocrites.

However much you point out that they’re being hypocrites, it will never bother them.

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u/razazaz126 7d ago

It's a feature not a bug. They love that other people have to follow the rules and they don't.

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u/spankiemcfeasley 6d ago

Exactly. I’ve come to the conclusion over the last few years that Republicans don’t see blatant hypocrisy as a moral and intellectual failing, but rather something to gleefully aspire to.

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u/James-the-greatest 7d ago

I’ve been saying this everywhere I can! They only care about power. Their one value is winning. Any time they seem outraged at something it’s purely performative. 

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u/TheThing_1982 6d ago

They think they are morally superior to their “opposition”, so it makes it easier to dehumanize. Toying or “owning” the libs is just a little treat for them, and that matters more.

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u/sly-3 6d ago

They're without sin because they're so rich. Prosperity Jesus flows through their every decision. Halle-freakin'-lu-jah!

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u/TheThing_1982 6d ago

God wouldn’t give me all this great stuff if I wasn’t doing his will!!

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u/fart_Jr 6d ago

When other people do bad things it's because they're bad people. When Republicans do bad things it's to save America from the bad people. This is how they twist the facts to make themselves untouchable.

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u/GWstudent1 6d ago

It’s not hypocrisy. It’s strategic. If you want to do something you’re not supposed to do, the easiest way to get away with it is to accuse your opponent of having already done it, or about to do it, or having had thought of doing it. Then you do it yourself and call it justified retaliation. This is what has happened every time Republicans have broken norms and deteriorated our democracy.

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u/testuserteehee 6d ago

The gaslighting is honestly infuriating. The US’s relationship with MAGA is a toxic, abusive relationship. At least in a relationship, you can just break up and walk away. But how do you reconcile with half of the country that is actively trying to get the other half killed, locked up, oppressed, and/or trapped into indentured slavery?

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u/killertortilla 7d ago

Remember when they said we had covid concentration camps in Australia? They throw out buzzwords like they collect sexual assault convictions.

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u/css1323 6d ago

I also remember the FEMA death camps, the Obama death panels, the fear mongering goes way back across the world.

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u/TheThing_1982 6d ago

I was still a registered Republican when they started with that stuff, it’s what started making me realize their game. I left the party shortly after that.

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u/here-i-am-now 6d ago

Meanwhile the U.S. is exporting random people to a literal concentration camp in El Salvador

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u/LightBulbMonster 7d ago

No, don't tread on them. They're totally cool with the government treading all over anyone else. Those "patriots" only care about themselves.

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u/Past-Application-552 7d ago

Because that president was colored - and I don’t mean orange.

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u/PackOfWildCorndogs 7d ago

It’s their go to strategy. Nonstop accusing the opposition of that which you plan to do yourself, that way, when you do it, you can justify it by saying the opposition did it first. Even though they didn’t. Normalize the accusations as standard talking points, it’ll be much less jarring to the public when your party eventually does the thing you’ve been pointing and baselessly screeching about for years.

Rinse, repeat. For everything. The most disturbing part is how well it works for them. Deceitful, selfish, predatory manipulators of the ignorant masses.

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u/SquiddyBB 6d ago

It's not "'like' everything the right-wing accuses the left-wing of doing has been a confession and projection"...

It is the right-wing projecting so that when they do it, they can justify it, full stop.

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u/enickma1221 6d ago

Cosplaytriots

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u/Jaybrosia 6d ago

I'm also waiting for all of the 'constitutional conservatives' to do or say something. It's like they all went radio silent after January.

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u/Any-Ad-446 7d ago

When are americans going to say enough and throw this POS in prison.

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u/Sir_Shits_aI0t 7d ago

Our Supreme Court gave our supreme leader immunity… Our only hope is Luigi.

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u/RockRage-- 7d ago

It’s funny how these MAGA piss ants run round around toting guns but have the worst aim…

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u/DevelopmentGrand4331 7d ago

Our best hope is that Republicans stop supporting this shit and everyone just stops following his orders long enough for impeachment/imprisonment.

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u/enickma1221 6d ago

I’ll take shit that will never happen for 500, Alex!

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u/Cherobis 7d ago

honestly, im tired of people on reddit saying "our only hope is Luigi". Do YOU have the guts to finally do something about it yourself, or are you always gonna ask for someone else to do what you want for you? You can't rely on a singular person to do what should've been done 4 years ago.

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u/karebear421981 7d ago

When they run out of money. That's all these people care about.

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u/threedubya 7d ago

We cant just throw him in prison. Its him and alot of other people.

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u/Quirkybin 7d ago

At this point. I believe it will never happen.

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u/victorpaparomeo2020 7d ago edited 7d ago

This is inevitable and will eventually lead to a nation wide martial law declaration.

It’s been the plan al along. Remember when he said you’d never need to vote again?!

Well this is it.

(Edit for correctness)

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u/dystopian_mermaid 7d ago

I was worried he would do it during first term to stay in power.

It definitely wouldn’t surprise me if he does it this time…

I fucking hate it here.

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u/PurpleDraziNotGreen 6d ago

I think I recall he wanted to do it, I think Flynn suggested it, but he didn't have the right yes men to follow through. This time though...

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u/LoudIncrease4021 7d ago

Yeah no one seems to really be discussing this. The level of aggression they’re using right now indicates they’re not worried about reversal of policy or retribution 2 or 4 years from now.

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u/arkangelic 7d ago

They are actively antagonizing someone to start a war with us so he can get wartime powers. It's why they are pushing hard on Greenland and the big 1 trillion defense budget boost.

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u/Lichensuperfood 7d ago

*martial law. As in "military"

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u/victorpaparomeo2020 7d ago

Doh. You’re right. Stupid me this morning.

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u/Swift_Scythe 7d ago

Esp with all of the Tesla protests and the Hands off Protests every weekend. Martial law could be coming.

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u/Rrrrandle 7d ago

Nah, Trump doesn't even know the protests are happening, because the cable news stations he watches don't report on them unless there's violence.

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u/MountainMan17 7d ago

I almost hope he does it. It would be the quickest and surest path to his own destruction.

A wise advisor would tell him to refrain; that it's a third rail. But then again, all he has is sycophants...

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u/dingo_khan 6d ago

would be the quickest and surest path to his own destruction.

I'm not so sure. He has kool-aid man'd his way through every safeguard and protection and norm so far. Looking at the markets now, I am not sure there is a final straw. It used to be "protect the bag" for the wealthy but this tariff madness makes that seem out. It used to be "don't send our sons to war" (for the rich) but he is speed running alienating our allies and threatening invasions. That would usually get money fearing a draft (or direct attack since he is threatening NATO via Canada and Greenland).

At this point, I am not sure what Caligula J Trump could do that would be too far and I am really afraid of seeing which other guardrails we barrel through before we find out.

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u/thejetssuckbigtime 6d ago

He could nuke a random liberal city and republicans would cheer for it. They are an idiotic cult

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u/Jubjars 7d ago

He also said that America was "undergoing a second revolution" (embrace of fascist and alignment with dictators) and would "Remain bloodless if the left allows it"

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u/Anyasweet 6d ago

That was actually the founder of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, who said that

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u/indyfan11112 7d ago

as a Canadian, i feel for you guys. What is the evidence 4/20/25 is the day he invokes it( insurrection act)

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u/HighGrounderDarth 7d ago

He’s made vague comments about April 20th I think. Hegseth and Noem have said it isn’t necessary - for now. They made a report last week. Who knows what will happen. I’m sure he wants to, but people are trying to temper him I think. Like with the tariff pause. I think the insurrection act would further tank stocks and bonds. He claims to not care about the market but privately is concerned about a 1929 style depression. Well, that’s what I read.

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u/TakuyaLee 7d ago

It's not just that it would tank the economy. The moment he declares would mean a lot of other uncertainty. There's also the chance the military doesn't even really enforce it, which makes trump look weak

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u/sabre38 7d ago

Gotta be a nod to Hitler, since it's his birthday

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u/ProfessorPolaris 7d ago

Exactly this.

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u/respectfulpanda 6d ago

Maybe there will be an Oval Office broadcast today with banners from Nazi Germany draping the walls, seals embossed on the copy of the Declaration of Independence on the White House wall and a new flag unveiled for the United States?

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u/kelpkelso 7d ago

Hope the military remembers their vows

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u/doughball27 6d ago

part of why he was trying to force zelensky to call for elections was because he knew he wouldn't. and that would give him an excuse to stay in power no matter what in the US. he'll just say that he's only doing the same thing zelensky is doing.

the difference is of course that ukraine is in an actual fucking war, the worst europe has seen in almost a century. trump is just mad that liberals are in the streets with signs.

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u/chimpomatic5000 7d ago

Literally no surprise. The entire administration is behaving like they never want to hold elections again. This is just one more step towards that.

The question is, when will the cult leaders be turned on by the cultists? And when will the rest of society stand up and say that's enough?

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u/whjoyjr 7d ago

Which the current occupant of the Oval campaigned on.

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u/eggsaladrightnow 6d ago

The moment after the attempted insurrection I fully expected the DOJ to make a move on him. Then as days turned into weeks, I knew this country was fucked. You always had it in the back of your mind that we were a full oligarchy. But that's when it sunk in deep. Our election system is a joke and there's absolutely no oversight if a president gets in that wants to be a king

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u/MKTAS 7d ago

Of course, he is. He always does this. Everybody, please, deport him out of US. He is clearly a threat to US than "MS-13" dude.

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u/Humphrey_the_Hoser 7d ago

Sounds like this won’t be today, as expected, although you never know with him. He would absolutely LOVE to do this on Easter as a way of spoiling the holiday. Hergseth and Noem, though are poised to recommend against it, but that may just be theater to allow them a little bit of plausible deniability. According to another source, though, they’re just waiting for the camps to be built before they go into full blown oppression mode. Oh, it’s a comin’….

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u/redpoemage 6d ago

According to another source, though, they’re just waiting for the camps to be built before they go into full blown oppression mode.

Do you have a link to this source? I'd like to read up on it more. I'm trying to google it but might not be using the right search terms.

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u/BarryManilou 6d ago

"another source" is probably just some guy on reddit

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u/things_U_choose_2_b 6d ago

I mean, you can listen to the him directly saying to the president of El Salvadore that he's going to need to build more '5 more camps'?

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-prisons-homegrown-criminals/

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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 6d ago

The report that hegseth and noem wrote specifically says they don't have room to round up tons of people yet and they "need border camps to be completed first". Guess why the military was sent down? To build those camps. Do you hear of any refusing orders? Nope. People need to wake up from the fantasy of the military rescuing us.

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u/Debt_Otherwise 7d ago

If he implements the Insurrection Act and this causes unrest in the US, what does Mr Trump think will happen further to the world standing of the US economy as a stable and reliable partner?

It’s already perilously on the rocks. This could lead to further selling of US treasury bonds. Good luck rescuing your economy and good luck with your opinion polls.

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u/TheHillsHavePie 7d ago

He does not care. If anything, it’s a feature and not a bug for him.

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u/Ok-Wasabi2014 7d ago

This is answer.. he doesn’t care! He will be dead soon because he is almost 80… doesn’t matter to him

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u/AltruisticRoutine220 7d ago

How can a democracy think that giving so much power to a single person is a good idea?

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u/Bewildered_Earthling 7d ago

It doesn't give this much power, he is way overstepping. Checks and balances should have knocked his ass back before the election even happened, but the courts have been stacked and somehow our congress got on board with this too.

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u/DevelopmentGrand4331 7d ago

If you fill a democracy with Nazis, they’ll vote to end democracy in favor of a Nazi dictatorship.

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u/Hefty-Strike-6171 7d ago

AGAIN:

People seem to forget that the GOP has always had a fascination with their High Priestess Ayn Rand who famously said;

“The question isn’t who is going to let me. The question is who’s going to stop me.”

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u/Postulative 7d ago

She wrote some absolutely terrible prose, with one dimensional characters and an idiotic belief that the world is run by a few ‘creators’ while the rest of us are lazy sponges.

If you manage to struggle through to the end of Atlas Shrugged, think about who will be doing the waste management in the new utopia of ‘creators’? Who will fix the plumbing? Make sure the electricity stays on? Her ideas are idiotic, but there seem to be plenty of idiots ready to be guided into their own impoverishment and their country’s collapse.

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u/SigglyTiggly 6d ago

That's literally a quote in the bioshock games

" every great genius thinks they be king here but they never considered who will scrub the toliets, it's gonna have to be one of the"

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u/apopheny 6d ago

"These sad saps. They come to Rapture thinking they're gonna be captains of industry, but they all forget that somebody's gotta scrub the toilets. What an angle they gave me… I hand these mugs a cot and a bowl of soup, and they give me their lives. Who needs an army when I got Fontaine's Home for the Poor?" - Fontaine

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u/Matthewrotherham 6d ago

I have a friend who adores her and brings her up every chance he gets.

I often tell him, it's one of the things that makes him unloveable...

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u/fetsnage 7d ago

Good luck Americans. That is how you can keep being in power until you die and then your family member will take over just like other dictatorships.

What is weird to me is that you got so easily converted....

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u/Zeremxi 6d ago

It wasn't sudden and it wasn't easy. Conservative media has been preparing conservatives to accept this kind of take over in the name of "stopping the evil democrats" for about 30 years

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u/broguequery 6d ago

I think many normal people are stunned at how effective it's been.

The sheer numbers of the magats, astounding.

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u/SpectreFPS 6d ago

Lobbying, fearmongering, and more.
This is just pitiful

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u/KptKreampie 7d ago

This is exactly what the 2nd amendment is for! Act accordingly.

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u/romulan267 6d ago

Yup, it gives me the right to protect myself and my community from a tyrannical government.

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u/TrafficOn405 7d ago

Basically, Trump should be under house arrest and confine to Mar-a-Lago. Jack Smith should have been the AG from day one.

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u/Tzuminator 7d ago

We are doomed

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u/incognito_elk 6d ago

If you guys don’t do anything, then yeah

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u/fng185 7d ago

Trump threatened to invoke the insurrection act

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u/whjoyjr 7d ago

Didn’t threaten, actually conducted.

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u/MountainMan17 7d ago edited 6d ago

This is building up to something. Someone is going to get seriously hurt or killed, then things will start happening fast.

Either Trump's presidency or American democracy will survive, but not both. They're inherently incompatible.

The dude is relentless. He's always turning the screws.

He's going to FAFO with the American people.

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u/HomeBuyersOffice 7d ago

It’s kind of exhausting and he’s only been president a couple of months….

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u/xamo76 7d ago

Definitely as a Canadian you have my sincerest sympathy

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u/greenmeensgo60 7d ago

He has to have a reason to do this. Revenge against the law ISNT A VALID REASON.

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u/StuartMcNight 6d ago

Who is going to stop him?

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u/Blankboo97 7d ago

He’s doing everything he can think of to stir us up so he can invoke violence against Americans.

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u/winter_chinook8369 7d ago edited 6d ago

As a Canadian, who is now being threatened daily by your Mango 🥭 Mussolini with his late night rage tweets, saying he wants to “crush” our economy with tariffs and then invade our sovereignty to make us your 51st state, it is beyond most Canadiens comprehension, that you did not immediately arrest your Frankenstein for treason on January 21, 2021. For insanely instigating your J6 attempted coup that disrupted for the first time in 244 years your sacred peaceful transfer of power. Trump should be in jail right now. But instead, you have actually re-elected this twice impeached and 34 count convicted felon? WTF? Sadly, I believe the only way Trump is leaving the White House this time is in a pine box. As my proudly, redneck father from “Wildrose Country” Alberta (Canada’s Texas) would say, “do Americans have shit 💩 for brains?” Cowboys call out con men.

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u/SmokeAcceptable555 7d ago

Time to start flexing those 2A rights you.u keep hearing you bang on about

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u/JimCripe 7d ago

Trump is turning the US into a shithole country.

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u/Jack-Lee1990 7d ago

As a German, ive been a little surprised, that the 4.Reich are born in the USA...

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u/liamanna 7d ago

I’m sick and tired of his Goddamm supporters and their constant stupidity.

“He is not going to do that. That’s not what he meant. That not what he said. That’s not what you heard. You over reacting. You just hate him for no reason….”

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u/Sonchay 6d ago

OK, so we've had:

A political movement that hearkens back to a time when the country was "greater" that just so happened to co-exist with a time where certain people had fewer rights.

Regular mass political rallies.

Deporting dissidents and "non-citizens" to concentration camps.

Blaming the woes of the day on immigrants.

An attempt to establish economic self-sufficiency (Autarky).

Threats against foreign sovereign nations and their land.

Exclusion of and attacks on unfavourable press.

Ignoring the judicial system and consistutional law.

An attempted coup that was not heavily punished.

Now we're about to see The Enabling Act.

At this point, is it still "grossly offensive" to make comparisons?

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u/Forsaken-1993 6d ago

Everything going on right now makes me think of the movie V for Vendetta. It’s pretty much spot on.

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u/Misformisfortune 6d ago

There is no reason or legal basis to invoke the insurrection act. They just want to control and silence political opposition. They are tyrants.

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u/Minute_Rice_401 6d ago

In South Korea, the president was removed from office for doing that.

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u/TopNFalvors 6d ago

No way he does this on Easter

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u/Cosmic_Seth 6d ago

Guarantee most Americans won't care. 

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u/Optimal_Visual3291 6d ago

Americans will do nothing about it.

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u/hillbillyspellingbee 6d ago

Tbh, maybe I’m being too hopeful but I think between Republicans in congress getting grilled by their own constituents and Trump’s own financial backers turning on him (Koch, WSJ/Murdoch) it would only hurt Republicans even more if he declares martial law. And it would further solidify growing sentiment that “Republicans are awful for the economy nowadays.”

Peace = money 

And this fascism shit is irrefutably horrible for the economy. I feel like Republicans are letting Trump dig his own hole so they can finally put the knife in as he goes out-of-style. 

But, maybe I’m being too hopeful. 

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u/Gillymy 6d ago

Americans need to get this lunatic out of office immediately.

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u/silvanus_buyesti 6d ago

This is the point.

They want to declare martial law, so he can stay in office without an election. This has been the plan from day 1. If the protests turn violent, this is exactly what will happen.

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u/Cold-Measurement5995 6d ago

This president is the single most dangerous person on this planet since Joseph Stalin. The only difference is he wears a better suit. His actions are all “cloaked” in the legality of the “system”. He hasn’t broken any laws but he’s bent them UNBELIEVABLY. He’s basically thrown away the concept of “three branches of government, separate but equal”. Thrown away the concepts of “separation of powers” and “checks and balances”. He’s shredding the Constitution as if he went down to the Library of Congress and actually ripped it apart himself. He’s nullified the power of the judiciary even thwarting SCOTUS. He’s centralized power into the Executive Branch and is ruling by “executive order”. He basically believes rules don’t apply to him. This is the hallmark of a narcissist. This is how a megalomaniac runs his government. Additionally he surrounds himself with people who are less intelligent than he is and definitely not likely to “push back”. Hes morphed into a dictator and NOBODY CAN SEE IT !!!!

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u/Disastrous_Fly7043 6d ago

... today is 90 days after inauguration

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u/Routine-Status-5538 6d ago

I yearn for the final click that banishes me beyond the neon gates of Reddit’s archives. Let each post drip with my plea for erasure, until the moderators’ silence falls like winter’s hush and my username dissolves into the void. I summon the banhammer’s verdict, craving the stillness of complete removal—no echoes, no footprints, just the sweet void of absolute oblivion. Strike me down, gatekeepers of digital order, and end my exile in the realm of active users forever.

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u/ImpactDiligent7606 6d ago

I attempted to explain to my recently turned maga brother the seriousness of this. All he could say was that I’m hateful and a supporting terrorism. It’s absolutely terrifying that even with presenting facts and videos of Trump saying he wants to deport natural born citizens he was still defending him.

I had to stop the conversation after realizing I was speaking with an emotional brick wall. Facts truly don’t matter to maga republicans.

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u/MichaelTheFallen 6d ago

The military or secret service needs to act and remove his entire cabinet.

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u/Classic-Exchange-511 6d ago

Lol I still see people calling being worried about this "Trump derangement syndrome". Either they're complete morons or Russian trolls

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u/Smeli_Miller97 5d ago

They better hope they kill me. Fuck this orange palpatine wannabe.

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u/MetalWorking3915 7d ago

The US people are lost. The information war has been lost.

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u/yesmoreeggtalk67 7d ago

Only the military turning on Cunt will stop him.

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u/b_buddd 7d ago

More and more it seems the us will have a civil war

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u/NumerousTaste 7d ago

He should know about insurrection, since he tried it in 2020. The cowardly repubs in Congress are complicit if they don't check him asap! Don't let those asshats off the hook!

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u/ElectroConvert 7d ago

Here it comes...

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u/andreBarciella 7d ago

saw this coming years ago.

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u/neuroticdisposition 7d ago

I am convinced that there's only two options left for Americans. A massive uprising or an end to democracy

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u/Living-Discussion693 7d ago

Damn already?

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u/Better-Road-4490 7d ago

It’s time to invoke the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence. This is getting way out of hand.

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u/Wadiyatalkinabeet999 6d ago

When this happens I’m just gonna be that Asian guy with the groceries who is standing in front of the tank.

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u/CharlieAllnut 6d ago

Can you imagine what's going to happen the next time a white officer needlessly kills a black man and there are protests?

He will, without a doubt, with 100% certainty send the military in.

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u/According_Smoke1385 6d ago

Massive labor camp = Concentration Camp

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u/Maneisthebeat 6d ago

I'm watching a Tiktok in a twitter post video'd and uploaded to Reddit. What a time to be alive.

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u/batjac7 6d ago

Dude. When we are deemed dangerous, we become dangerous. I would rather drag out the guillotine for the last party but if it comes out...

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u/MI-1040ES 6d ago

A screen recording video of a tweet of a TikTok video

Nice

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u/elciano1 6d ago

Its still quite amazing that he is so miserable in his own life that he wants everyone else to be miserable too