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So we've gone up from 4th Amendment violations to the 5th Amendment. Soon it'll be 6th, and the 13th is a little shaky.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 10 points 3 hours ago

Kidnapping. That's kidnapping.

When these fuckers finally get taken down, the "I WaZ OnLy FoLlOwInG OrDURzzz" will fall on deaf ears with zero public empathy.

Get fucked brown shirts!

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Find a good lawyer and sue the fuck out of them.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

OP already forgot the 14th.

[–] Biffsbraincell@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

1st and 2nd too. Can't protest or carry.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Only with Sue's consent

[–] RockBottom@feddit.org 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

To none Americans, mentioning someone professionally killed for the US, is not the win it’s supposed to be

[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

Some of us Americans, too, for what little that's worth.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 22 hours ago

And those who "served in combat" is even worse.

Fuckers think it's a admirable thing to go to other countries and kill innocent civilians.

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." -JFK

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 173 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If any group has zero rights, all it takes to remove anyone's rights is attaching them to that group.

It's an all or nothing thing

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[–] Rhoeri@piefed.world 50 points 1 day ago (21 children)

This shit will happen every day from now on until something is done about it- and complaining doesn’t seem to be the solve.

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 25 points 1 day ago (15 children)

I hate to admit this but I'm terrified to go beyond complaining. I don't want to have to fight these fucking ghouls. But I guess the pool of options is evaporating.

[–] Strider@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago

As a German I wish you all the best and hope you can avoid the worst.

It won't be easy.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't fight these ghouls. They are a symptom; oligarchs are the disease.

Register your complaint with the richest person within driving distance.

[–] cheesybuddha@lemmy.world 7 points 4 hours ago

I remember this one guy registered a complaint with a CEO and it basically turned him into a national heartthrob

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[–] saimen@feddit.org 97 points 1 day ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

Your constitution is worthless when you have an executive branch that doesn't care about it while having an overly loyal majority support of the legislative and judicative branch.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 22 hours ago

It was been by rich white men for rich white men.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 22 points 1 day ago (9 children)

It also takes complicity from the "opposition" party. Even with the loyalty of the legislative and judicial branch their actions should be moderated by the balancing quality in the Democratic process of "turn around is fair play".

Meaning that you don't want to do anything that gives grounds for your opposition to copy if they were to get into power. The problem being that the DNC has shown itself to not have a spine, equating tit for tat politics as beneath their dignity.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day ago (10 children)

So, if we ignore that 4th amendment violation and note how often this administration violated the 1st amendment, I will note that 1 + 5 + 6 + 13 = a 25th amendment solution.

You can't argue that math! (Literally, it can't be argued with!)

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 21 hours ago

I think you have to use negative numbers for the amendments, and multiply them.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 36 points 1 day ago

"I don't know whether they're incompetent or if they chose to do this, but it's not good."

[–] disregardable@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

In my local jail, it can take up to a week to be able to call someone but typically more like 3 days. This is because the phones in the holding cells are often broken, so you need to wait until after bail is set and you go upstairs, and then they charge money to make the calls. Meaning, if you don't have an account already set up, you're going to have to wait until someone is willing to show you how to set it up. That's just for regular criminal issues.

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