@Noahpinion Watching clips of him in Cuba or China and Tucker in Russia. Remarkably similar vibes and in their willingness to be mouthpieces for dictators
@fishfolkfriend@HHIDavidson@robbysoave Ok how is this - it would have been a more interesting and difficult case for SCOTUS but Trump is a maximalist AH so instead of an EO or law against birth tourism he put up an EO against everyone and the courts didn’t have to address your question.
@RandPaul Voting is a STATE responsibility , we should not let the federal govt oversee it. The SAVE act is federal overreach and it is sad to see @RandPaul promote a federal takeover
@MaddisonMaae @DiscussingFilm Ambivalent- long track record of attempts to remake fizzling out. I will reconsider my opinions when they have a cast and start shooting.
@not_voltaire@politicalmath You called it ‘so called authoritarianism’ and said you and your friends didn’t see any except for some exceptions. I paid close attention.
The ‘distortion’ was a law passed by Congress in 1952 and the admin argued they shouldn’t have to follow it because…. Trumps authority
@SubduedRadical Dude, what are you talking about? The main Republican talking point right now is he might be a vegan.
I suppose anything that helps you cope supporting corruption, and yes, a protector of pedophiles
@not_voltaire@politicalmath He’s also a corrupt amoral person who doesn’t give a crap about you when he can line his and his families pockets with BILLIONS. I have never been ‘liberal’ or a D supporter in my life. The current state of the R party is repellent to anyone who wants good governance
@not_voltaire@politicalmath Do you not see how using the DOJ against political rivals, attempting to stifle free speech, unconstitutional tariffs, attempted revoking of birthright citizenship, militarizing homeland security are all authoritarian? It’s not so called.
@not_voltaire@politicalmath Spin? I can see this conversation will go nowhere, you’re perfectly willing to dismiss Trumps awfulness because it has not directly affected you. He is a corrupt authoritarian and you seem to think that’s ok because Biden was bad. Both things can be true
@not_voltaire@politicalmath All of this is somewhat beside the point. Note that I am saying it was bad when Biden did it and it is bad now that Trump is doing it. This is not a left or right issue. This is authoritarians exerting unconstitutional power.
@not_voltaire@politicalmath This admin has deployed troops on civil protests, filed sanctions against immigration attorney, had the FBI raid home of journalists, censor public health, and election officials, sued, newspapers, and journalists. there’s not a part of the first amendment they haven’t violated
@not_voltaire@politicalmath That’s why I started my comment with perfectly valid concerns. What they did was not right, but you shouldn’t ignore that. The current administration is doubling down. https://t.co/awX1sF3Bgy
Rather than trying to shut down online groups, this admin wants to know who they are
@not_voltaire@politicalmath Perfectly valid concerns, until 2025 when we got introduced to the worst administration for free speech in 100 years. Literally trying to get X users information while prosecuting political rifles
@politicalmath This is an incredibly disingenuous argument. The main concern with Paxton is an obscene level of corruption. The adultery stuff is a part of the corruption, not because he cheated on his wife but his hypocrisy in trying to force Christianity into the schools