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[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (2 children)

18 U.S. Code § 2381

"Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States."

We need to bring back of some of this "law and order", there's a traitor right there within the executive branch.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

there's a traitor right there within the executive branch

Within the executive? I think this time around it’s pretty safe to say the entire executive branch is an enemy organization within the government.

For the first Trump term sure, maybe a bunch of them were just innocent regular republicans who only want to hurt the people who “deserve” it. You know, wrong skin color, wrong balance sheet balance, wrong bloodline, the usual violations… But anybody there now cannot pretend like they don’t support the dismantling of our form of government.

…ok sure of course they can pretend. Delusion and dodging cognitive dissonance is like breathing for them. But they sure can’t deny it— shit wait yes they can and it will work. Never mind!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

More than one

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Don’t forget that Donny’s having a birthday military parade coming up. We need to show up and sound off. If he wants America to be great we need to show how great we are against him and this regime.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

He'll take long-distance photos of the crowds so you can't see the slogans on the picket signs, and he'll spin it as "look at how many people turned up for my parade!"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yes. The best thing that could happen would be for no one to show up

Edit: fix typo

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Especially the military. He needs to be shown that the armed forces will not be his personal vendetta machine, nor his personal anything

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Or shoot them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Guess we all need smoke grenades

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Tomatoes, lots of tomatoes...

[–] Sturgist 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I know tacos are more expensive than tomatoes, but it would be way funnier

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Don’t waste tacos on Trump, throw a wrapped up dog turd in TP and call it a taco. We eat tacos after, wash your hands before please.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Those 77.3 million Trump voters must be loving all this.

It's a shame they aren't rounded up and shipping off somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Trump voters just want to see people they don’t like being hurt. That’s pretty much it. The boot on their opponent’s neck and inflict pain until they submit. They’re all about punishment.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Republican voters see the choice as:

  1. Wear the boot
  2. Be under the boot

Sane people ask, "do we really need to stomp necks?"

And Democratic leadership asks if the boots really need to be steel tip.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That last sentence is painful.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

Some are, the latinos...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Taliban are jealous. Imagine, the Taliban never touched American soil. But the president is putin boots on the ground. Against Americans!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We cannot be silent in the face of Trump’s dictatorial move. Silence is acquiescence. We must be brave in resisting him. But we must not succumb to violence.

What is needed is peaceful civil disobedience. Americans locking arms to protect those who need protection. Americans sitting in the way of armored cars. Americans singing and chanting in the face of the Americans whom Trump is drafting into his handmade civil war.

Because peaceful civil disobedience definitely wont be met by force with 0 repercussions

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

I honestly do not believe anything short of violent revolt will achieve any results. I am happy to be proven wrong as someone who isn't really keen on that, but I just don't see it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Well, you guys have guns. Time to use them what your founding fathers want you all to use them for, if it comes to it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 days ago

Russian scum

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

This ia what they have been waiting for.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

The military should have refused the orders and arrested the Orange Jackass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Even martial law doesn't allow him to deploy the military on American soil.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Meanwhile the US citizens are hell-bent on speedrunning Martin Niemöller's best hits.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Gotta pass that big beautiful bill somehow... Human hostages...

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