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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 211 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Your daily reminder that it's not just Trump. The entire GOP is to blame for this.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Mafia Don Mangolini is much more dangerous than just a symptom.

More like the willingly staged celebrity figurehead.

It's what he lives for.

The chump is happy to be ensconced in the political spotlight and take all the credit for what's happening while the even worse destruction is carried on behind the scenes off camera and "behind our backs" by those that are much more savvy and capable.

🤡 🖕 🖕

[–] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Distracting them with symptoms keeps the system in place

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And why they have to lose every election going forward so that they can disband and re-up under a new name like in the past.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised to see it be designated as a far right terrorist group. That's what they are now. They aren't Republicans. Theyre Nazis

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I don't see that happening without a major US war and major election reform. Otherwise they have like half-ish of the population at least semi-supporting them, and half the population is not likely to peacefully get labelled "terrorist".

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

True, but frankly the other half of the population isn't ok with being designated as disposable, so ...

[–] Astrophage@lemy.lol 121 points 1 month ago
[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 69 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm curious as to why the Democrats were shocked at the vote.

[–] kbotc@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

They weren’t. They needed to get them on record supporting a horribly unpopular position so they could use it in the midterms. You’ll see a ton of votes that go nowhere like this that are just fodder for election bids.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Make every Republican fucking terrified for their life.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 37 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We should treat people wearing maga-hats like someone wearing a nazi armband. The outfit is a threat.

And I know if we get through this, there won't be any judgement. People will just be like "oh that's in the past let's just let it be", and people won't pay for their crimes, and the roots of this problem won't be ripped out.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I liked when the swazticas were carved in people’s foreheads in the movie inglorious bastards. I think that would be fair….if we ever regain our democracy

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

I propose "K", as in "Krasnov", or "KKKonservative".

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

It’s not deportation if you’re cast out of your own nation. It’s exile.

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It shouldn't be possible to deport citizens from their own country. Why is there even a discussion?

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Why is there even a discussion?

Because it's happening right now...?

[–] Gregg@lemm.ee 22 points 1 month ago

Oh look the cosplay constitutionalists are at it again

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Detain, deprive, deport

[–] Zeshade@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The expectation is that they are going to go for US POCs next is that right? I don’t hear people talk about it so I don’t know if I’m the only one who sees it this way.

[–] mrslt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Guess we know who the real anti-Americans are.

At this rate, they'd accuse Schwarzenegger of being a "RINO Democrat WOKE Feminist" and deport him.

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

They're more afraid of MAGA than they're afraid of ordinary citizens. Nothing will change until it's the other way around.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 8 points 1 month ago

Let's write tough talking cope comments

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Ok... fuck them, too

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Now they’re going to start kidnapping whoever they want to send to the EL Salvador concentration camps. Trump told bukele to build more prisons because he was sending home growns next.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Does anyone have a link to the amendment? Or to the votes that were tallied?

The website seems to just link to the budget bill. If this were devs discussing a change to a repo, you'd have links to discussions, the code in question, related technical specifications... not just a link to what a dev said on Twitter and a link to the repo.

I don't know enough to parse the bills / their process, but I know enough to not care about what they say happened on Twitter.

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wish we could deport them...

To Mars.

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That seems quite wasteful, impractical and unnecessary. Deporting them to a volcano would be better. Or we could appoint them as ambassadors to aquatic life.

[–] syreus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I'm no expert but throwing that many virgins into a volcano might be ill advised.