• capital_sniff@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    Meanwhile, the Jan 6ers are just pardoned…

    The assholes that actually fucked up a bunch of Federal property and attacked law enforcement are just free to go.

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    24 days ago

    US district judge Reed O’Connor called the protest an “assault on democracy” before he and another judge handed down lengthy prison sentences last week to eight others who were convicted on terrorism charges.

    Quite the projection.

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    24 days ago

    This is why I boycott businesses from traitor states as much as I can. I don’t want a single cent going to those evil cocksuckers.

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    23 days ago

    So I guess Texas is the Frontline for fascism. I don’t ever plan on going there again though but that doesn’t mean the front line isn’t expanding, I feel like it’s the testing grounds for this bullshit.

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      24 days ago

      Reduced? I want them overturned on appeal, compensated for the harm done to them, and the judge to see consequences for such a gross miscarriage of justice.

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        You mean the senator arguably most responsible for packing the supreme court. Who was previously known as Jim Crow Joe due to his drafting of the '94 crime bill, close friendship with literal KKK grand wizards, and fighting tooth and nail to keep Deleware segregated.

        Who’s been saying, publicly and out loud, since 1976 that some of his goals in politics is to end social security and is “conservative on the topic of abortions”. One of which was accomplished during his presidency.

        It’s hard to understate the level of historical amnesia on what an evil bastard that man has always been.

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          don’t forget he was the self-described tough-on-crime senator, that also voted against the last real attempt to end the electoral college, and later when he ran for president he promised “fundamentally nothing will change.” in addition to that he helped write the legislation to prevent student loans from being discharged via bankruptcy. -His failed student loan forgiveness effort was meant to temporarily solve a major problem of his own making.

          [addendum]
          “The answer isn’t less police, It’s more police”

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        24 days ago

        Oh fuck off. None of you would keep this kind of energy in front of a Palestinian who abstained from voting.

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      24 days ago

      Instead of blaming millions of people, isn’t it easier and more productive to blame the democrat who lost to trump?

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              You’re allowed to be rude on the internet, dunno if you knew that.

              Kamala losing was Kamalas choice. She ran a campaign aimed at republicans and centrists, instead of, you know, her actual base of support.

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                It’s literally the first rule of this community to not be a dick. Dunno if you knew that.

                Kamala took her base for granted, which is true. But those voters still chose to not show up just as they did with Hillary. It took a lot of people’s apathy to get where we are now. It wasn’t all just one person.

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                  Right, if my 2 choices were for genocide, I’m voting 3rd party. Many many people feel the same way, and Kamala knew that, and decided to continue support for genocide, and try and appeal to republicans.

                  The blame lies squarely on her and the Dem establishments shoulders.

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      No, it’s going to spread. The $240 billion, making ice the third most well funded army in the world (right under China), is so they can try to do this to 1/3 of the population. You ever say anything about how you don’t like the government, in a text message or a forum or an email? That’s what these people did.

      The government has been collecting all of that for two decades. Both parties renewed it every time it came up. Most people said “I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m not worried about it.”

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    For those of you not aware of details like me, here’s a summary. One of the protestors shot a cop with an AR-15. I can’t see a proper justification as to why the rest of them received such harsh sentences though.

    After a three-week jury trial, the nine activists were all found guilty of a slew of criminal charges in March, stemming from a Fourth of July protest at an immigrant detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, south of Fort Worth. The demonstrators arrived late at night with a plan to set off fireworks as part of a noise demonstration to show solidarity with those detained inside. A few of the protesters spontaneously broke off from the main group and vandalized cars in the parking lot, a guard shack, slashed the tires on a government van and broke a security camera. When a police officer arrived on the scene and drew his weapon, one of the activists fired an AR-15, hitting the officer in the shoulder. The officer survived.

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    I’ve actively boycotted Texas since before I could drive specifically for reasons like this. I have since detoured 1000s of miles around just to avoid driving through Texas and subsequently to Okalahoma. -The only two states I refuse to ever step foot in. I also try not to buy things manufactured in Texas.