• Smoogs@lemmy.world
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    Zelenskyy’s comment about war and instability was NOT BEING THE SIDE THAT STARTED THE WAR.

    IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

    anyways, EPSTEIN FILES. WHERE THEY AT?

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      IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

      It’s really not. Lincoln held midterms in the middle of the Civil War. FDR held elections after Pearl Harbor. Ffs, Bush cleaned up the year after 9/11 and rode the pro-war election wave through 2004.

      The idea that your elected leadership is immune to recall when you’re in a state of war is anathema to democracy. It insulates unpopular leaders and empowers military dictators.

      There is no distinction, save that liberals like Zelensky and hate Trump.

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      It’s not even that. It’s about what the country’s structure permits. Ukraine doesn’t allow for midwar elections, the us doesn’t allow for skipping them.

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      yea, you know just like how he “joked” about rounding up brown people, or cut most people’s medical aid, or destroy the american soft power.

      you know, just funny things he would totally never ever do, because that would mean his voters are retarded.

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      If we’ve learned anything from 2024, it’s that this won’t fly… Sign needs to say “Looking for Unicorn to run for President, otherwise we’ll get trump again”

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        No one was looking for a unicorn. A platform based on “I’m not Trump” isn’t going to get it done. Any candidate that promises one nice thing would win in a landslide.

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          Oh, you must have just been born, or woken up from an 8 year long coma…

          Anyway. Donald Trump has become the president… twice, and each time he was running against someone who was notably, not trump.

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    9/10 chance trump tries to cite the Ukrainian Constitution, then putin simultaneously tries to de-legitimize Zelenskyy.

    Before any tries to use that as an excuse, let me say this: Ukraine has a different history, different circumstances, resulting in a different “social contract”, you cannot apply a foreign country’s constitution in your own country. Besides, all of their political parties have already agreed to postpone until after the war.

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    “by joking” you fucking dumbwits, are you not learning at all? He doesn’t care if he can or not, he will bruteforce his way through legislation with his MAGAlitia. They are ALREADY utilizing fear and suppression with their masked terrorists kidnapping people off the streets or posting up next to demonstations. If you are not acting now, tomorrow might already be too late.

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    He is NOT JOKING. This is his plan.

    You think he’s deploying the military on US soil because he gives a fuck about law and order? Guess again. He’s testing the waters now to see what he can get away with when the time comes.

    Federal elections have never been cancelled or postponed in the history of the nation. Not even for the Civil War, or WWII. It’s mandated by the constitution.

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      Same how the 14th Amendment to the Constitution is basically invalidated as long as some states hold off on challenging his EO undoing it.

      He’ll do some “Elections will happen, but only in states that are nice to me and I expect to win” EO and will basically take CA and IL out of the results, and their results won’t be certified by Congress. Because right now it’s a race to rig 2026 to save donor campaign money.

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    Oh no! Who could have seen this coming! Oh, everyone? Oh ok. And people voted for this? Idiocracy to the max! You get what you ask for. You want an autocrat dictator getting rich from your backs, you’ll get it!