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[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 29 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It shouldn't be possible to deport citizens from their own country. Why is there even a discussion?

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

Why is there even a discussion?

Because it's happening right now...?

[–] mrslt@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

Guess we know who the real anti-Americans are.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago

Does anyone have a link to the amendment? Or to the votes that were tallied?

The website seems to just link to the budget bill. If this were devs discussing a change to a repo, you'd have links to discussions, the code in question, related technical specifications... not just a link to what a dev said on Twitter and a link to the repo.

I don't know enough to parse the bills / their process, but I know enough to not care about what they say happened on Twitter.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 7 hours ago

Let's write tough talking cope comments

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

Now they’re going to start kidnapping whoever they want to send to the EL Salvador concentration camps. Trump told bukele to build more prisons because he was sending home growns next.

[–] kevin2107@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 52 minutes ago

Detain, deprive, deport

[–] Zeshade@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago

The expectation is that they are going to go for US POCs next is that right? I don’t hear people talk about it so I don’t know if I’m the only one who sees it this way.

[–] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 50 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Make every Republican fucking terrified for their life.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 33 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

We should treat people wearing maga-hats like someone wearing a nazi armband. The outfit is a threat.

And I know if we get through this, there won't be any judgement. People will just be like "oh that's in the past let's just let it be", and people won't pay for their crimes, and the roots of this problem won't be ripped out.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I liked when the swazticas were carved in people’s foreheads in the movie inglorious bastards. I think that would be fair….if we ever regain our democracy

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 2 points 7 hours ago

I propose "K", as in "Krasnov", or "KKKonservative".

[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 195 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Your daily reminder that it's not just Trump. The entire GOP is to blame for this.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 63 points 22 hours ago (2 children)
[–] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

Mafia Don Mangolini is much more dangerous than just a symptom.

More like the willingly staged celebrity figurehead.

It's what he lives for.

The chump is happy to be ensconced in the political spotlight and take all the credit for what's happening while the even worse destruction is carried on behind the scenes off camera and "behind our backs" by those that are much more savvy and capable.

🤡 🖕 🖕

[–] ClassStruggle@lemmy.ml 6 points 22 hours ago

Distracting them with symptoms keeps the system in place

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And why they have to lose every election going forward so that they can disband and re-up under a new name like in the past.

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I wouldn't be surprised to see it be designated as a far right terrorist group. That's what they are now. They aren't Republicans. Theyre Nazis

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I don't see that happening without a major US war and major election reform. Otherwise they have like half-ish of the population at least semi-supporting them, and half the population is not likely to peacefully get labelled "terrorist".

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 1 points 30 minutes ago

True, but frankly the other half of the population isn't ok with being designated as disposable, so ...

[–] Astrophage@lemy.lol 115 points 22 hours ago
[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 42 points 20 hours ago

It’s not deportation if you’re cast out of your own nation. It’s exile.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 65 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I'm curious as to why the Democrats were shocked at the vote.

[–] kbotc@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago

They weren’t. They needed to get them on record supporting a horribly unpopular position so they could use it in the midterms. You’ll see a ton of votes that go nowhere like this that are just fodder for election bids.

[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 55 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The outrage is performative. But no one is shocked by this.

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 32 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Yup, they have their part to play in the Bread and Circus. Incidentally, Super Mario Brothers is a great game. Many like to play Mario, but the role of Luigi is often overlooked.

[–] mjhelto@lemm.ee 16 points 21 hours ago

Luigi could jump the highest of all the playable characters in Super Mario Bros 2. He was always my go-to character for this reason. Those egg flinging dinosaur fucks be damned!

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Why don't you play Luigi then? Right.

[–] Coolbeanschilly@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

That should be more of an American pastime.

[–] 3abas@lemm.ee 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know about you, but hypothetically if I were to want to play Luigi right now... green pipes don’t just lead you to the castle anymore, they’re empty! and the Koopas are laying low. Playing Luigi is strategic, you just need the player to recognize when it's time to play him.

[–] eronth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Right. Luigi jumps high. No point in playing Luigi if jumping high doesn't actually net anything. Gotta play Luigi when the extra jump height gets progress.

[–] death@infosec.pub 23 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it's so unsurprising. It's why I believe the US Demoractic party of today is, at least to some degree, controlled opposition. I don't like this theory, but I cannot see a more rational explanation for their behavior. They've been letting the Republicans walk all over them for years. Why?

[–] Gregg@lemm.ee 12 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

They are controlled opposition. At this point in my life I don’t care how it comes across to make such a claim. They are just as corpo as the republicans. They spend more energy killing anything remotely good for working class people, more effort on killing anything even remotely resembling a left of center within than fighting against a party that has been circling the fascist drain for decades. Corey Booker is a microcosm of the party; all performative grandstanding in the moment with not only inaction but counter action of what the performance was meant to invoke and/or inspire. Don’t worry though. They still have your email and will ask for a paltry hundred dollar donation to FIGHT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION come mid terms. Democrats are the Generals and the Republicans are the Globe Trotters. Trump spins a ball on his finger and everyone just gawks instead of playing defense.

[–] throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 8 points 17 hours ago

At this rate, they'd accuse Schwarzenegger of being a "RINO Democrat WOKE Feminist" and deport him.

[–] Gregg@lemm.ee 20 points 22 hours ago

Oh look the cosplay constitutionalists are at it again

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 8 points 20 hours ago

They're more afraid of MAGA than they're afraid of ordinary citizens. Nothing will change until it's the other way around.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

Ok... fuck them, too

[–] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Wish we could deport them...

To Mars.

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

That seems quite wasteful, impractical and unnecessary. Deporting them to a volcano would be better. Or we could appoint them as ambassadors to aquatic life.

[–] syreus@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I'm no expert but throwing that many virgins into a volcano might be ill advised.