• Denfa@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Please, please, please yank his citizenship.

    Dems, when you get accused of partisanship, the move is to deny it and carry on with your plans. Ignore the naysayers and achieve your goals. DO NOT run away while whining about how the media is unfair.

  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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    13 days ago

    How many Benghazi sessions did Clinton have to endure? Gonna need like 10 times as many for him. Just hours and hours of time wasting for him, hopefully with lots of temper tantrums and perjury.

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      13 days ago

      I love it. Yeah, Hillary had to deal with a lot of complete nonsense lawfare over that, and it was entirely made-up bullshit over 4 dead Americans. Because the cons knew she was going to run.

      The least we could do is have some shitstain like Elon endure 100x that over real stuff. Because what he (and Vought) have willfully done is likely going to (probably has already) kill far, far, far more than just 4 people.

    • NEZ27@lemmy.zip
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      12 days ago

      I mean investigations are the first part of due process. I agree the rest needs to follow, but an investigation is the start of things.

      We also need to quit electing people who like to scuttle investigations, destroy evidence, and stymie witnesses/victims. That is the bigger hindrance to due process.

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        12 days ago

        investigations are the first part of due process.

        That is also the only part that the legislative branch can really do. Based on what is found during investigations, they can recommend charges, but that’s about it. Arrests and charges come from the executive branch. Trial and sentencing come from the judicial branch. This separation of power is a safeguard against king shit, and believe it or not, the king shit we’re seeing in action is still less absolute than it could be if not for some power not yet ceded to the executive.

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        12 days ago

        Yeup. It should be clear still that this is not a reason not to vote D in midterms though.

        And it should be noted how the Trump prosecution case stopped when he became president. So it’s not at all unimportant who wields the power when it comes to these court cases.

        • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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          12 days ago

          Yeah, since nothing’ll change, let’s just keep everything the same, because this is going just swell.

          Not a reason to vote D my fucking ass.

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            Of all things to ‘both sides’ this is stupid. One group is actually following due process, the other is literally ignoring due process and intercepting any attempt to reign in corruption.

            And none of that ‘controlled opposition’ patter, due process was moving forward until Trump was re-elected and every bit of opposition was summarily dismantled and dismissed.

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              One group is actually following due process

              Womp womp, that’s the joke.

              due process was moving forward until Trump was re-elected

              They collectively dragged their ass for four years. An obscenity.

              Not to mention, Harris took a knee in the last election (why is a mystery but I bet it was $$$).

              You know they generally don’t advertise for Republican votes in Presidential campaigns, don’t you? Harris did (“he doesn’t have to know how you voted”, unprecedented R outreach). Everybody knows that you need independent votes to win, it’s basic math.

              I’ve voted, and you should too. But know the game, don’t fall for the dog-and-pony show, that’s the patter. You are repeating the D party line, and you can’t get more patter than that, friend.

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                The fact is, one party has an active and stated goal of stripping the US for parts and the people of their rights. The other is headed up by milque toast corpo stooges. I shouldn’t have to write a manifesto detailing the ills and failures of both parties to point out that basic but distinct difference in approaches. Dems are political mercenaries at best, Repubs actively campaign on removing rights.

                And I’d love to see the D Party actually run on holding people accountable. Let’s not pretend that is an active campaign goal for the Dems. I’d die to hear basic patter like that from Dem leadership. 99% of the time they run to the middle like you pointed out.

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            12 days ago

            Not a reason to vote D my fucking ass.

            I’m sorry for being so double negative

            • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.world
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              12 days ago

              I read this first thing after waking up and skimmed over the double negative. That’s my bad lol. 😅

              I should have known better seeing as you’re not from .ml

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      12 days ago

      Because you can’t arrest, charge, and bring to trial people without evidence, which is what the investigation is for.

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    13 days ago

    They should literally be running on this.

    We know what immigrants are stealing citizens jobs. Or mooching off the system. It’s him.

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    12 days ago

    Just like the Dems have investigated January 6th? I’m sure the consequences will be devastating for him.

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      That was the feckless Biden Administration. They fucked up royally, and got MAGA elected again. The Dems won’t be making that mistake again, or they know they’ll find themselves in the same hot seat as MAGA. You may not think the Dems are going to follow up, but the MAGAs certainly do. DC criminal defense lawyers are reporting that business is way up, with potential investigative targets booking their favorite attorney now.

      The Dems are already making plans for the investigations. Dems know that even if they could pass legislation, the Demented Queen won’t sign it, so the next 2 years are going to focus on Investigations. The plans are already in motion, witness lists are being drawn up, and subpoenas will be issued quickly.

      Some people, like Musk, are going to be busy running from one Congressional investigation to another. They won’t have time to get in future trouble while they are vigorously defending themselves against past trouble.

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        12 days ago

        What I’m about to state is not a personal attack. We can discuss this without hatred even if we end the discussion by agreeing to disagree.

        Biden had 4 years to prevent Trumps 2nd term. Biden had arguably the best intel in the world in the world working for him. He had an abundance of resources. One self sabotage (if you want to call it that) was Democrats choosing to have Kamala run against Trump last minute. Even if it wasn’t last minute, Kamala is a minority and a woman which is a major disadvantage. Not to make this a race discussion but a white woman couldn’t even beat Trump. I’m not trying to make this about race but we can’t ignore that.

        Democrats didn’t mess up. They were complicit.

        Democrats and the Biden Admin giving the 2024 election the old-college-try to stop Trump getting reelected wasn’t a fumble. They threw the game on purpose. They were fully aware of what was at stake and the climate they were in. Democrats aren’t making mistakes. They are letting changes happen and then acting appalled. A sweep in the midterms will only slow down the train but they won’t stop it. They can’t stop it. The system is broken and has giren significantly more broken in recent years.

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          12 days ago

          the same way 8 years of obama paved the way for trump, pro-billionaire democrats doing nothing for the working class because they have the same donors as the republicans

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    12 days ago

    No. Hang him. What more evidence do you need of his immense traitorous harm to America and the working class around the world that would require investigation? You’ll lethally inject one person for egregious crimes against one other person, but you’ll dither and fret over bringing meaningful consequence to set an example when it’s someone who has directly harmed millions worldwide and condemned an entire generation to immeasureable struggle and unprecedented crises. It’s vile and pathetic. At this point investigation is a very clear delay and distract tactic, and we all know why this is the best the good cop half of this corporate capital party has to offer.

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    Find out what exactly Trump meant when he said, “Elon knows those voting machines really well,” and then thanked him for giving him Pennsylvania. Those were quite fucking revealing comments, to say the least. Add on all those weird comments from his little meat shield kid, X-10101-cknvalkmcnvoefr, or whatever the fuck his name is. They stole the election, they committed treason, so give them the televised firing squad they so desire.

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      13 days ago

      Find a billionaire that shouldn’t.

      He told Tucker Carlson before the election that he would be fucked and go to prison if trump lost.

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    He should be imprisoned for many reasons, but the cutting off Starshield/Starlink to Ukraine to keep its defensive drones from intercepting Russian jet drones should see him in front of a firing squad.

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    13 days ago

    Good. That whole thing was a clusterfuck at best, and more likely sabotage and treason (I’m not just throwing that word about – he’s been working closely with Putin through all that, whether he was a collaborator or a useful idiot, and undermining US government institutions on behalf of a rival power is the definition of treason).

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    13 days ago

    The potential probe will focus on Musk’s massive political donations to Republicans and his past role leading President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency.

    I don’t know that there’s anything necessarily illegal about his donations? But I think in the previous election he was paying people to vote for Trump, and sending people pre-filled ballots, both of which are clearly illegal.

    Representative Greg Casar raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest, questioning if Musk’s donations aim to secure additional federal government contracts for SpaceX and Tesla.

    This has to be the biggest problem with Musk. Although again, not sure if there was anything strictly illegal done there. If there was, it was probably on the part of Trump, who has complete immunity from prosecution for Presidential acts.

    So I remain pessimistic…

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      Although again, not sure if there was anything strictly illegal done there. If there was, it was probably on the part of Trump, who has complete immunity from prosecution for Presidential acts.

      Both giving and receiving bribes is illegal.

      Of course, if we’re talking immunity, though, Trump could decide to pardon Musk at any time, and there’s nothing anybody could do about it.