• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      Heh. One picture says what’s on most every reasonable Americans mind.

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

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      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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        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

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        If California stopped paying taxes, most of the south would be screwed.

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    The biggest national security threats are Trump, the Heritage Foundation, MAGA, and Musk

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      Not only to the nation, The entire world, Humanity, literally anything that is alive.

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        There might be some bigger threats to the world elsewhere. Ever wonder WHY we’re sending so much money to- shot by a sniper

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        Hey don’t trow indigenous groups, animals, fungi and plants it to this.

        The problem seems to be specifically people that live with computers.

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          I think you misunderstood. They are saying Trump and those in his cult/admin are a danger to everyone and everything. Do you think the MAGA movement isn’t a threat to indigenous groups, animals, or nature at large? Just the way they’ve already attacked environmental protections should show they check every checkbox.

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            Oh indeed, i thought they where saying humans are toxic and over generalized to “everyone alive” holding part of the blame.

            Definitely misunderstood.

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    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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    According to trump anyone that uses more than 0% of their brain and anything about a 3 letter word is in rebellion of him.

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    They should be. Meanwhile, the governor, while criticizing Trump, was still whitewashing him when he said he would be willing to work with him. That’s the thing, fascist dictators will fabricate if they are not able to force a situation, and sometimes that’s to handle the situation before it ever gets a chance to materialize. Look at Erdogan and the failed 2016 military coup that basically disarmed any further attempts against him. Trump wants to prevent and punish rebellion because he knows that where he is going to bring the United States is going to instill a lot of it.

    States do need to secede, the US is no longer operating within the constitution, it is their only out, and Trump is going to do everything to prevent it. The problem is, a lot of states should be coordinating together on this and falling back to Articles of Confederation between them to retain their autonomy and prevent the subverted military agencies from invading them. It really requires a mindset to resist forcefully if necessary while people are still getting brainwashed through their social network bubbles and the militarized occupation forces are already present. The constitution is no longer in effect, all branches of government are now irrevocably corrupt, and Trump is crowning himself not as a modern king but as the type of king the thirteen colonies rebelled against.

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    Noem tried to peddle habeas corpus, a legal principle with centuries of legal tradition, as Trump’s right to do whatever he wants. Of course they would sell what’s going on in LA as whatever fits their agenda.

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    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?

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      Holly shit. I hadn’t seen that last image you posted before. I didn’t realize the Jan 6 insurrectionist brought flexcuffs. That is quite disturbing. Who the fuck were they planing to kidnap or take hostage with those flexcuffs?

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      I know this is sarcasm but, sadly, they don’t. I have talked to a few of them. Some either say it is patriot8c and others said it didn’t happen.

      You can’t win

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        others said it didn’t happen.

        Who is it they acknowledge trump pardoned when he got into office? If it didn’t happen, then there as no one to pardon. Yet trump came out and gleefully pardoned the lot of them. If it was “antifa” that did it, why did trump pardon antifa?

        Keep in mind I’m not questioning you on this but them, and I know the mind of a MAGAt is finely tuned to support cognitive dissonance.

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      They admit no such thing.

      “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” - Frank Wilhoit (not the political scientist who passed away in 2010, a younger one who is alive still).

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        You know they would say that it was stolen, don’t you?

        Sure, so they would be saying that if the government arrives at an answer that they believes violates the law, then a violent riot is permissible.

        Wouldn’t that same opinion then justify a violent riot in LA (if there actually was one) if the protesters believed due process law was being violated?

        They can’t logically or rationally say one is right and the other wrong.

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          Wouldn’t that same opinion then justify a violent riot in LA (if there actually was one)

          No, in their opinion it wouldn’t because cops were protecting America from criminals.

          if the protesters believed due process law was being violated?

          Those among them who don’t know what the rule of law is can’t care, those who know don’t

          They can’t logically or rationally say one is right and the other wrong.

          They don’t have to be logical or rational, deciding what makes an exception is exactly why they’re in power.