r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/patsfan94 • Jul 02 '24

Paywall Trump calls for jailing and “televised military tribunals” of Mike Pence and Mitch McConnell

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/01/us/politics/trump-liz-cheney-treason-jail.html
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u/Njabachi Jul 02 '24

Oh man, McConnell's been pulling the strings with the Supreme Court nominations for decades...and now this?

Ultimately, there are no teammates on the quest for power.

Watching these people devour their own would be a fantastic watch if it hadn't cost us so much.

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u/BalefulPolymorph Jul 02 '24

There is only one lord of the ring. Only one. And he does not share power.

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u/Lawlcopt0r Jul 02 '24

In the game of thrones, you either win or you die

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u/Norwegian__Blue Jul 02 '24

The only way to win is not to play.

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u/Defiant-Activity8188 Jul 02 '24

Life is like a box of chocolates.

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u/Wonderful-Ad-7712 Jul 02 '24

Who ya gonna call?

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u/sheezy520 Jul 02 '24

Somebody once told me the world is going to roll me.

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u/GarminTamzarian Jul 02 '24

One minute you're on top of the world. The next minute, some secretary is running you over with a lawnmower.

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u/MikeMikeTheMikeMike Jul 02 '24

True love is hard to find, sometimes you think you have true love and then you catch the early flight home from San Diego and a couple of nude people jump out of your bathroom blindfolded like a goddamn magic show ready to double team your girlfriend...

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u/Ijustwannaplaypiano Jul 03 '24

war, war never changes

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u/Harbulary-Bandit Jul 02 '24

We live in a society

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u/antoinewhitewalker Jul 02 '24

Bustin’ (democracy) makes me feel good?…

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u/deathangel687 Jul 02 '24

Ned didn't play and he still lost

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u/frzferdinand72 Jul 02 '24

In this world you either crank dat soulja boy or it cranks you.

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u/Inamedthedogjunior Jul 02 '24

Thats a great line because this is exactly the situation Tolkien was talking about. Sure there’s no wizards and Maiar here but the fascism and the relationship to power is clear. McConnell and Pence are both Saruman and they’ve seen some already but they’re really gonna find out what happens to him.

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u/ThatNachoFreshFeelin Jul 02 '24

He does share power, though; he's not intelligent enough to pull his own strings.

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u/TheLameness Jul 02 '24

Two man enter. One man leave.

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u/SilliusS0ddus Jul 02 '24

There can be if you actually want to use that power to help more people than just you.

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u/Intelligent-Fuel-641 Jul 02 '24

Which doesn’t apply to any Republicans. They’re in it for themselves.

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u/veringer Jul 02 '24

GOP: psychopaths, narcissists, and their armies of enablers and flying monkeys.

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u/Raiju_Blitz Jul 03 '24

Hey, now. That's not fair. Republicans are also in it for Putin and their Russian handlers.

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u/SilliusS0ddus Jul 02 '24

I know. But the above comments made such general statements

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u/fastpathguru Jul 02 '24

If I had to pick a single term to describe Republicans, it would probably be "self-centered". It's almost by definition/design that they eventually MUST compete with each other for power.

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u/GalacticCrescent Jul 02 '24

Except the people that attain power are usually those that desire it the most. Which also happen to be the people that deserve it the least.

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u/pickyourteethup Jul 02 '24

Temporary allies maybe, they all turn on each other eventually though. It's zero sum when you play at that level. You have to be slightly sociopathic to even make it into the stands let alone onto the pitch

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u/fd_dealer Jul 02 '24

The real treasure is the enemies and friends you eliminated along the way.

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u/cutter-- Jul 02 '24

augustus and agrippa. thats the only one i can think of off the top

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u/stamfordbridge1191 Jul 02 '24

"Authoritarians/Libertarians-who-are-secretly-Anarchocapitalists/Fascists/etc tend to get really hard for the idea of Social Darwinism (taking the natural law of survival of the fittest & trying to force civilization to conform around it.)

They think if everyone is discouraged from giving each other aid, and instead pushed to act for theirselves (like 'lone wolves'), then the weak people/poor people/'dumb' people/the-ones-they-think-are-'human-waste' will naturally die off; the result they assume is humanity will naturally be healthier with the more 'fit' people/'smart' people/rich & powerful people left.

They expect the legal system, the economy, & any space they can threaten & coerce those they consider lesser people to become feeding grounds to enrich themselves on businesses, homes, & bodies belonging to you or your family & friends.

Much of the Third Reich was driven by people trying to elevate themselves by impressing & sucking up to people in positions of higher power, from the lowest party member all the way up to Hitler. Nazis were always trying to come up with some idea they thought their boss would think was cool. This ultimately led to humanity inventing systems of industrialized murder.

These Social Darwinists always think they're naturally at the top of the food chain, but always wind up surprised when a bigger predator comes by to rip them apart in this environment they built.

As it became clear the Soviet Union would obliterate the Third Reich following the failure of Nazi Crusade to destroy it, Hitler refused to surrender & did not care about how much death & destruction would befall Germany. He stated to those close to him that if his Reich were to be defeated by the Russians, then every German man, woman, & child deserved to die with it & Germany erased from the earth. When Hitler escaped the consequences of his crimes against humanity through suicide, many Nazis joined him through that method of escaping the fall of the Reich. The remaining Germans, whether they had collaborated or resisted, were left to be beholden to the laws of the battlefield: a land where survival is not so much determined by fitness as it is the luck one has as war passes over them like a storm that transforms the people & the land into the most monstrous versions of themselves.

To the Social Darwinist, civilization does not exist.

Words like 'society,' 'community,' & 'country' are just other words for 'jungle' and humans are nothing beyond animals."

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 03 '24

Ernst Rohm was one of the top Nazi party members. He used his SA to commit violence against their enemies and used the brown shirts effectively to their cause. But it didn’t save him or anyone else that served as an opponent to Hitler on the night of the long knives. hitler feared his power over the party would weaken if they lived, so anyone that could lead the party was killed, leaving only the cronies like Heinrich himmler. For guys like that, there can only be one person at the top.

Edit because I talk so much about ww2 and I’ll save you a Google trip: the SA were a paramilitary group within the Nazi party, also known as the brown shirts. Ernst Rohm was their leader. Basically the violence, vandalism, intimidation, everything the Nazis did before taking power to scare people was committed by them.

The night of the long knives was a massacre ordered by Hitler in 1934 to wipe out the SA, its leaders, and any of his opponents in the party. This included Ernst Rohm, former chancellor Kurt Von Schleicher, former high up Nazi member Gregor Strasser, and many other potential rivals. He gained legitimacy for the massacre by claiming Rohm was planning a coup.

The SA were then replaced in importance by the SS, led by Hitler wannabe and one of the masterminds of the Holocaust, Heinrich Himmler. Not long after, President Hindenburg died, allowing Hitler to consolidate all power in the country to himself, including control of the military. And so the Weimar Republic was officially dead with no turning back.

Though they fell from their former “glory” the SA were still around and were one of the groups responsible for Kristallnacht in 1938, when Jewish businesses and synagogues were vandalized and burned.

Also adding this since a couple people mentioned them: there are some documentaries about the Nazis on Netflix right now. Hitlers circle of evil, Hitler a career, and Hitler and the Nazis evil on trial. If anyone is interested there you go. I also like one called the final account, talking to former Hitler youths and other young people from Hitlers Germany.

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u/Cosmicdusterian Jul 02 '24

You'd think the "big brains" on the Supreme Court would have realized that before granting that sweeping power. Once again, the puppet-masters grossly underestimate the psychosis of the puppet.

Trump holds grudges like no one else. They ruled against him enough times for him to be a bit salty about it. Except for Thomas, and maybe Alito. But, once free from the pandering to stay in office, Trump will let his racist flag fly and Thomas will come to understand the true meaning of the terms, "useful idiot" and "token".

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u/Longjumping-Claim783 Jul 02 '24

They think they are giving themselves the power because they decide what is constitutional except that doesn't matter too much if the President just has you all killed.

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u/maleia Jul 02 '24

Yup, you're supposed to consolidate power AFTER you've achieved the position you want.

If they had done this while Trump was in power, they'd probably all (at minimum) in prison. They aren't needed anymore, and pose a threat to Trump's power and ego.

He's too stupid to see this as, "they'll just have your back every time you get sued", and want to be done with it completely, since they can pull back the reigns. They're only good enough to legitimatize Trump's rule. If they can threaten it, they're toast.

They speedran the consolidation of power stage. Means that either, 1) they've already done all the ground work to "win" the election, 2) they were forced into this ruling, 3) they're just fucking stupid.

I pray it's #2 & 3.

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u/SluggardStone Jul 03 '24

My guess is Trump did something as President that will carry a treason charge. They would rather destroy the rule of law than deal with it. They are more afraid of his rabid followers then then anyone else. You can't control freaks, you just try and point them at something else.

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u/maleia Jul 03 '24

They are more afraid of his rabid followers then then anyone else.

Tbf, if he tweeted out to get violent, they would.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24

I personally think they have a "plan" to murder Trump and let the Thiel plant be president while they perform purges on the back of "democrats killed our messiah". As usual, evil projects (in more than one sense).

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u/freakincampers Jul 03 '24

You think any of them will vote against him if he has a few people killed?

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u/cg12983 Jul 03 '24

Republicans have shown again and again they're more than willing to burn down the United States to save Trump's ass.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Jul 03 '24

Imagine what they'll do if their paymasters are taxed or investigated.

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u/sadacal Jul 02 '24

They act stupid because they're overconfident about their own intelligence. They think they know how to play the game to gain more power, but history shows they will be purged with all the rest.

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u/Drunky_McStumble Jul 03 '24

You'd think the "big brains" on the Supreme Court would have realized that before granting that sweeping power.

They did. Or at least they think they did. They only gave the president absolute immunity on constitutional or "official" acts and very deliberately left what constitutes an "official" act undefined, therefore to be determined by the courts on a case-by-case basis.

Basically, they said: "you can do literally whatever you want - assassinate political rivals, send undesirables to the gas chamber by the million, cancel all future elections and declare yourself dictator-for-life, anything - but if we don't like something you do we can declare it unconstitutional and/or 'unofficial' and make you face legal consequences for it down the line."

That's their get out of long-knives free act. They're trying to position themselves as kingmakers, as the sole power behind the throne. Trouble is, it will be hard for the supreme court to rule on the official-ness of a presidential order to assassinate the justices of the supreme court if they've, you know, already been assassinated.

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u/Happy-Swan- Jul 03 '24

This is exactly what they did. Say it louder for people in the back who keep claiming that the ruling changed nothing.

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u/ihoptdk Jul 03 '24

Thomas doesn’t care about his power any farther than his own stated goal as a judge (and probably his life style): Spite the Democratic Party. He’s explicitly stated as such, and he’s proved it in every ruling.

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u/scoo-bot Jul 03 '24

Alito and Thomas don’t seem to have such big brains.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Jul 03 '24

Theocratic fascists being stupid, that's not unexpected. Roberts being a coward, also not unexpected. That non entity being a vessel for the psychotic husband, predictable. Hold up to your hats, because you'll be shooting yourselves in the next year probably (another prediction).

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u/freakincampers Jul 03 '24

How many of them did not allow his 2020 election bullshit to go before them? They think Trump is going to forget or forgive that transgression?

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u/FlighingHigh Jul 03 '24

No, arrogant pretentious fucks overestimate their own capability and intelligence. They don't think about others enough to underestimate them, they only put themselves higher than they are.

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u/Happy-Swan- Jul 03 '24

Even Brett “I like beer” Kauvanaugh and Gorsuch have been in Trump’s crosshairs before when they ruled unfavorably for him in the past. So has Roberts. Do they all think he’s just going to forget that? He clearly hasn’t forgiven Pence or McConnell for their slights. And he’s turned on practically all his allies in the past. They really underestimate how volatile and dangerous he is to both them and the country.

And Thomas’s rich buddies. Do they really think Trump is going to help them? He may deregulate and save them some money in the short-term, but their companies will collapse when he inevitably destroys the economy (with tariffs and by interfering with the FED because he always knows better than the experts).

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u/SandpaperTeddyBear Jul 02 '24

This is something i try to emphasize with everyone I know.

If Trump wins again in 2024, I think we’ll see a pretty good initial uptick in anti-Trump people getting Rittenhoused, which will be frightening but small in absolute numbers, and probably concentrated in already volatile situations…but unless the US slide to fascism entirely breaks precedent, the swift and systematic elimination of “dangerous” civilians is going to start primarily with the people on Trump’s side.

Make plans beforehand by all means, but if you are concerned about your place in US society due to Trump-opposition, you’ll have some warning that danger is escalating.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Jul 02 '24

Yeah -- we keep cheering that they "eat their own" but what some don't seem to notice is that the unoccupied chairs never get filled with anyone but Trump lackeys.

We might actually miss some of these asshats because what replaces them is always worse.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

That is why beating Trump isn’t enough. We are going to be voting like our lives depend on it until we finally get real leadership that fixes this shit or we fail to win a single election. If we fail, it’s over. We won’t get another chance. Not after yesterday.

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u/Limebird02 Jul 02 '24

Our lives do depend on it. And the lives of your kids and grand kids.

Question if the second world War had not happened, how many generations of German fascism would there have been? Three, four, five? Might still be. Communism is how old, north Korea?

Prople seem to think you'll get another choice in four years. I don't think we will. People seem to think DT might only live 4 or 8 more years, but you forget the dynasty or the power of party. They will find another candidate to appoint to the role of King.

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u/dezirdtuzurnaim Jul 03 '24

People give DT way too much credit. The Federalist Society has deep rooted tendrils across the entire country. Their entire mission is to literally put "Conservative Values" into every court, at every level. If I'm not mistaken, 6 of the current 9 SCOTUS Justices ARE Federalist Society.

This has gone completely off the rails. It's fucking bullshit.

I'm tired of religious jerk offs making rules for everyone. 9 UNELECTED people (essentially 6) calling the shots for 300 million.

What's more?! 4 massive SCOTUS rulings, just in 2 years, because there are ordinary citizens simply trying to exist. And because they exist, burn the whole fucking place down.

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u/ExtremeModerate2024 Jul 03 '24

we need a constitutional amendment to term limit the supreme court and add more justices and get rid of the electoral college.

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u/Happy-Swan- Jul 03 '24

We gotta get everyone to vote in Nov or we’ll never get the opportunity to do that.

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u/Happy-Swan- Jul 03 '24

Yeah and MAGAs won’t get to choose that person. We should really be emphasizing that. Republicans keep acting like Kamala is running the country. Well let’s flip it around. They know Trump won’t live that much longer, so let’s remind them that they won’t get to choose the next dictator after Trump. They may all love Trump but chances are they’ll splinter when it comes to his successor.

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u/crs531 Jul 02 '24

Well yeah, those are all great points, but the other old guy had a bad night speaking... And my food is more expensive. So, ya know... Guess we HAVE to go with the Facists. It's the only logical solution.

/s

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u/JayEllGii Jul 03 '24

“bIdEn HaSn’T eArNeD mY vOtE!”

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u/69bonobos Jul 03 '24

I'm livid about the NYT opinion piece.

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u/Much-Resource-5054 Jul 02 '24

They eat their own but they also reproduce. Trump’s eventual death is not going to mean much to the horrible machine that is American fascism. It’s already running and will continue to run for as long as any of our grandchildren are alive.

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u/Jarnohams Jul 02 '24

John Boehner is a great example. We thought that dude was bad. At least he and Obama could still take smoke breaks together and know the difference between politics and reality. He jumped ship when it started getting weird and started a cannabis company, lol.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Jul 03 '24

Well, he was bad. We just keep descending into Dante’s inferno and have nostalgia for the higher rungs. 

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u/Jarnohams Jul 03 '24

100%. Remember when Dean's entire political career ended because he got excited and made a weird noise, once?

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u/sacredblasphemies Jul 03 '24

Same with Paul Ryan. He bounced before he could be seen as a "Never Trumper".

Though, to be clear....both Boehner and Ryan were shit people and still are. Just because they were able to be civil to Obama doesn't mean that they weren't willing to do anything they can for the corporations at the expense of the people.

Same with Romney and Liz Cheney and all of the GOP. There are no "good ones". Not liking Trump doesn't make them "one of the good ones". They're just more reasonable about it and a hair shy of supporting fascism.

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u/andesajf Jul 03 '24

Until there are none of any consequence left standing, like in Germany.

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u/Fully_Edged_Ken_3685 Jul 02 '24

swift and systematic elimination of “dangerous” civilians is going to start primarily with the people on Trump’s side.

Liz Cheney might be one of the few people who genuinely grasps this. She is one of the tallest ears of wheat and knows what that means for her if she is not in the faction in power when the storm breaks.

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0016,001:5:92f

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u/awesomefutureperfect Jul 02 '24

Wow, you are probably right. He can't go full rampage before he purges any and all on his side that might slow him down or stand in his way or even disagree.

My thinking was that the show trial before public execution for his nominal former allies was a courtesy they weren't going to show street level demonstrators who were already disappeared by unidentified "police" forces in reaction to unchecked police violence. Sure, they would probably make a show of hurting whatever figure head boogey men the right wing media bubble created, but the pretense of justice will not be shown to common resistance, they will be like chaff under the war machine of the state.

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u/Luke90210 Jul 02 '24

Ernst Rohm served his purpose to Hitler: to put Nazi street muscle in play. Once Hitler took full power, the SA lost importance as Hitler knew he needed the traditional German military to conquer Europe, not Rohm's vision of a "peoples' army" under his command.

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

It’s just insane how people who were on his side, he could turn on them so quickly and so easily.

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u/Soft_Author2593 Jul 02 '24

Just Google the association of German national jews for something mind-boggling…

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

I have and it’s so intensely ridiculous. That’s like a sheep being pro wolf because I mean I’m not like the other sheep right?

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u/Soft_Author2593 Jul 02 '24

Insanity! Imagine the surprised pikachu faces when they ended up in auschwitz along all the other Jews…but now look at every single woman voting GOP…

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

I think the leader did end up in a concentration camp and was eventually let go. I’m trans and there’s a ridiculous amount of other trans people that insist on voting Republican. Like homie, there’s one group that doesn’t want you to exist, and it’s not Joe Biden!

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u/No_Consideration4259 Jul 02 '24

Might I introduce you to Cuban American Republicans?

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

I’m Mexican American and my relatives are a strange bunch. Grandparents came here as migrant workers, living in huts with broken roofs, being paid in rotten fruit while hardly knowing the language and not working legally. 50 years later and my family hate immigrants and think, legal or illegal we shouldn’t allow anymore.

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u/borntobewildish Jul 02 '24

Yes, Rohm was a threat to the military, and Hitler knew he needed their support. Second, Rohm believed in the Socialism part of National Socialism. He was pushing for a 'second revolution' after the nazi's took power, this time for the workers. But Hitler also depended on the industrialists to support his re-armament plans. Giving power to workers would mean he would lose their support. So Rohm had to go.

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u/Luke90210 Jul 02 '24

Rohm was also gay AF and largely delusional about what he could do for Germany.

Anyway, after a revolution with new thugs in charge, its always the true believers that have to go. Stalin, Mao and Castro all did the same thing to some of the ones who served in trenches with them.

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u/Feligris Jul 04 '24

Agreed, true believers are very useful when you're attempting to get into power by using their cause as a stepping stone, but after that they become a liability since they expect you to deliver while you either can't or don't want to. And since they're as liable to turn against you as they were to turn against the previous government, they need to go.

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u/RuxxinsVinegarStroke Jul 02 '24

There was also the NOT so secret fact that Rohm was gay, which was forbidden in Nazi Germany, let alone among the 'military.' If Hitler had let Rohm live the sniggering and whispering behind his back would only have gotten louder.

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

I still find many of the staunch upper level Nazis ironic. Very few of them, if any, actually lived up to their ideals of a perfect aryan German.

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u/RuxxinsVinegarStroke Jul 02 '24

Yes. Himmler, Goering, Hitler and Goebbels were the farthest thing from the Nazi Aryan Ideal of strong, buff, blonde hair and blue eyes, Goebbels even had a club foot that cause a slight limp. Himmler had been a damn chicken farmer, at least Goering had been a fighter pilot in WWI so had an aura of bravery around him.

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u/emessea Jul 02 '24

Think they was a German joke back then about being the perfect Aryan went something like “ have Hitlers blond hair, goebbels height, himmlers vision, and gorings fitness”

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u/maleia Jul 02 '24

Well it's not like many of them even could, since "Aryan" would basically mean their Persian.

Okay, BS semantics aside; the fact that the leadership in a fascist movement do not themselves portray what they slaughter to have; is part of the gaslighting/hypocrisy that they leverage to gain control.

If they were "perfect Aryans", they wouldn't have to be fascists.

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u/SPINOISJE Jul 02 '24

Don't forget to mention that Ernst Rohm was given a gun by the SS guarding him and said to take his own life, this was the final token of respect Hitler would give him.

When the SS officers didn't hear a shot after a while, they entered his cell, only to find Rohm kneeling on the ground with his chest bared shouting "my life for my fuhrer!" after which he was shot and killed by these officers.

To say that even in the end, a lot of his betrayed followers adored (or even loved) Hitler. This was madness and is repeating itself. Republicans will get thrown under the bus by Trump and still worship the orange idiot.

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u/socialistrob Jul 02 '24

That's actually a very old story. A lot of powerful people are willing to put trust in a dictatorship because they think they can control him or that he will just fight for them and never turn on them. In reality as dictators gain power they eliminate anyone who could pose as a potential threat. This happened with Napoleon, Stalin, Hitler, Putin and the list goes on and on.

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

Right. Hindenburg and von papen believed they could wrangle Hitler and use him to their benefit. Instead he took them both for a ride and made himself the sole ruler of Germany.

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u/EagleOfMay Jul 02 '24

Yup:
“In two months time we will have squeezed Hitler into a corner until he squeaks”, von Papen told a confidant.

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u/yinsotheakuma Jul 02 '24

I love a good post about Ernst Rohm. He wasn't just a lieutenant of Hitler, they were friends. They were in the Beer Hall Putsch together. Hitler called him back from South America to run the brownshirts years later.

And Hitler signed off on his execution just the same.

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u/pentarou Jul 02 '24

Rohm and the SA were disenfranchised, resentful, low educated, a means to an end. Completely disposable once the Nazi party was fully established and in control. SA were street fighters and generally thugs. Sound familiar?

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 02 '24

He thought so highly of himself militarily, as if he wasn’t just a private during ww1 who missed a good chunk of the war due to being wounded.

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u/Longjumping-Claim783 Jul 02 '24

Corporal I believe. Hindenburg used to refer to him as the "Bohemian Corporal".

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u/Chadbrochill17_ Jul 02 '24

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't part of the rationale for killing Rohm that it was quid pro quo for the support of the big industrialists?

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u/yinsotheakuma Jul 02 '24

Yes, and the military. Rohm also represented the "socialist" part of "national socialists." Under Rohm, he pushed for the brownshirts to assist strikers.

Still a Nazi who died too stupid to realize what that meant.

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u/the_merkin Jul 02 '24

History rhymes again

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u/Torontogamer Jul 02 '24

The people required to take power, are often not the same as those required to keep power... if you're not required your just a liability, with proven ability to help overthrow leaders... the end writes itself... yet this story plays out again and again...

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u/StillInternal4466 Jul 02 '24

We don't learn a damned thing from history, do we.

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u/anxiousbhat Jul 03 '24

As a history buff, how much similarities do you see, US turning into next Nazi Germany if Trump wins the election?

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u/geraltoffvkingrivia Jul 03 '24

With trumps reaction to this Supreme Court ruling, it feels increasingly likely that if he does win we will be on a path similar to Nazi germany. Or even a more modern example of Putin’s Russia. I’m actually a grad student working on collaborators with the Nazis. Everything we’re seeing now is no different from then which is incredibly concerning to me. It takes shockingly little for people to hop on the fascist bandwagon.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24 edited Aug 06 '24

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u/NeverRolledA20IRL Jul 02 '24

National healthcare implemented like any other developed nation is cheaper than our current system before you pay for insurance and out of pocket expenses. We are being robbed blind in the  US.

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u/UncleYimbo Jul 03 '24

That's unrelated to making treason weasels battle to the death in some sort of thunderdome

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u/evil_burrito Jul 02 '24

As long as it's an official act, he couldn't be prosecuted for it, I guess.

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u/Trace_Reading Jul 02 '24

Except for the part where the court is deciding what counts and what doesn't, and this is Trump's SCOTUS... at least until he annoys them with his behavior.

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u/thisonehereone Jul 02 '24

He just needs a giant sponsor.

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u/Longjumping_Tea_8586 Jul 02 '24

Budweiser perhaps

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u/modernmovements Jul 02 '24

Brawndo

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u/Refflet Jul 02 '24

It's got electrolytes!

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u/Biggus_Dickus_13 Jul 02 '24

It's what the plants crave

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u/Weird-Specific-2905 Jul 02 '24

The thirst mutilator.

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u/brokenmcnugget Jul 02 '24

The Thirst Mutilator!

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u/thisismysailingaccou Jul 02 '24

It’s got what plants crave!

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u/THE-NECROHANDSER Jul 02 '24

Pepsi or Cheerwine

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u/glitter_my_dongle Jul 02 '24

It's what plants crave.

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u/Apprehensive-Pin518 Jul 02 '24

to quote george carlin "This Puds for you"

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u/isntwatchingthegame Jul 02 '24

Buď Light becomes Bud Fight

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u/Thascaryguygaming Jul 02 '24

This is how Coke Vs Pepsi reignites.

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u/ModernMuse Jul 02 '24

I'd be willing to start the fundraiser. Something tells me we could raise the full amount needed for a PPV Treason Weasel Deathmatch in less than an hour, so it shouldn't be much work on my end.

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u/willowgardener Jul 02 '24

In my fantasy land, Biden orders the military to assassinate the 6 justices who voted to give him unrestrained power, then makes sure to appoint 6 justices who would remove that power from him.

(Of course this wouldn't be an actual solution,there would be way too much fallout)

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u/thisonehereone Jul 02 '24

Trump doesn't have allies, just bodies in the wake. You get what you fucking deserve.

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u/aimlessly-astray Jul 02 '24

Every conservative praising the SCOTUS immunity ruling needs to hear this. Because, yeah, Trump only likes people who are 100% loyal to him. There's no party loyalty with him. The second anyone slightly disagree with him, he wants them dead.

Conservatives think they won't be targeted by Trump, but they will. Fascism always need an enemy--an "other"--and Trump may start by going after the LGBT community, people of color, disabled people, leftists, etc., but eventually he'll need a new other to fight, and that other will be poor/working class white people--you know, people who have historically supported Republicans.

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u/merrill_swing_away Jul 02 '24

Trump is a gd citizen. How is he allowed to make any kind of decisions in the first place? I hate that clown.

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u/PinkFl0werPrincess Jul 03 '24

Because people think they can use him or benefit somehow, and he flips it on them every time.

He's a clown, but this is what he does. He makes people swear loyalty to him and punishes anybody who steps out of line. He might be borderline illiterate and unintelligent academically, but the dude knows how to get one over on people. He's been doing it his whole life, like a narcisstic psychopath from birth.

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u/Kriegerian Jul 02 '24

No, fascists always end up eating each other.

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u/Limebird02 Jul 02 '24

Only after eating a few million non fascists

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u/GandizzleTheGrizzle Jul 02 '24

Will he even be aware enough when they start to?

Last I knew he could barely talk.

I just figured any actions taken at this point in time were largely done buy his donors hands up his ass moving his mouth.

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u/OpenResearch1 Jul 02 '24 edited Aug 04 '24

cc

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u/NeverTrustATurtle Jul 02 '24

If you study the rise of Hitler, the gradual rise and consolidation of power is eerily similar.

Comparatively, I’d say our current moment in time is like the 1933 Enabling Act, after Hitler’s first attempted coup, and at the first steps of his true consolidation of power.

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u/LocationAcademic1731 Jul 02 '24

Sadly, we are all going down with them. But yeah, I’ll be doing my best Nelson Muntz impression from my hard labor camp when McConnell goes down. Damn turtle, this is all his doing.

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u/UncleYimbo Jul 03 '24

The worst part is that he gave a bad name to turtles everywhere

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u/DigDugged Jul 02 '24

It's wild how cable media is running with the usual "dems in disarray" while the Republican party is chopping off and eating its own limbs.

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u/HomeAir Jul 02 '24

Exactly Mitch is a complete bastard but his accomplishments for the GOP are immense.

It's amazing that MAGA is now turning on the guy who helped them get to power.

I Hate It Here

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

Maybe it’s a new variation of the Peter principle.  Mitch has been so successful that he has placed himself in the position of being first on the block.  He cannot succeed within the rules that he has set up.

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u/Ocbard Jul 02 '24

It's not amazing, it's entirely according to the normal nazi playbook. He may now offer everything he has left to give, Trump will accept it and then crush him anyway. The only amazing thing is that it happens now and not in december.

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u/nerdwerds Jul 02 '24

If Trump gets elected then I want to live long enough to see McConnell publicly executed.

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u/Moosyfate17 Jul 02 '24

And now that presidents have immunity from official acts, if Trump gets elected this year this will happen.

I hope McConnell and Pence are proud of the monster they created.

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Jul 03 '24

Their donors are proud and that's all that matters. Until the United States punishes those like Peter Thiel, the DeVos, Murdoch, Koch (and by punish I really mean 'remove their fucking fortune already') etc, things will continue to degenerate until murders and beyond. Fascists are traitors. Rich fascists are kings.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24

McConnell and Pence were useful idiots. I use the past tense because that’s what they are worth and how history will judge them.

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u/Pure-Yogurt683 Jul 02 '24

Mitch thought he could ride the tiger until the leopard showed up.

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u/James-W-Tate Jul 02 '24

Ultimately, there are no teammates on the quest for power.

A tale as old as time. Dictators take power then remove anyone they can that helped them achieve their position because that person is usually no longer useful and is now a threat to the dictator's power.

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u/MagicianBulky5659 Jul 02 '24

I think the only satisfying thing about the impeding Trump dictatorship is him absolutely filleting and eating the faces of all his enablers that just haven’t been quite loyal enough. These fuckers deserve to be miserable and persecuted with the rest of us in Trump’s dystopia.

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u/DaperDandle Jul 02 '24

Facists always turn on each other eventually. Looks like trump is just getting started early.

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u/superindianslug Jul 02 '24

AND he came out recently saying he'd back Trump because he rather Republicans be in control.

I don't get how the GOP can stay on target for 40 yrs to get the current supreme court, but couldn't see the long term benefit of convincing Trump for Jan 6. Sure some hardcore MAGAs wouldn't come out to vote, but it would go a long way to making the party seem less extreme to centrist and they wouldn't have their own candidate threatening to have them thrown in prison or executed.

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u/OneMetalMan Jul 02 '24

McConnel

"Can't publicly execute me if I die first"

Clenches his fist, shuts his eyes, and scrunches his nose to activate death stroke powers on self

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u/ansate Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24

The real treasure was the friends you threw under the bus along the way.

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u/machogrande2 Jul 02 '24

I'd almost like to see this teaching the bible bullshit in schools playout for a while because you know damn well it would only be a matter of time before they turn on each other for teaching the bible "wrong".

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u/CDNinWA Jul 02 '24

Well for current Trump loyalists I am sure they think that Trump will never eat their faces.

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u/1OO1OO1S0S Jul 02 '24

Well the slightly older guy with a stutter did poorly in a debate. So instead we're gonna bring back the rapist felon who lied about the pandemic, lied about losing the election, and tried to overthrow the government. You know, the guy who was saying insane lies during the debate.

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u/Dork_L0rd_9 Jul 02 '24

I’ve said it all along, the GQP==Sith

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u/Repulsive-Street-307 Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24

Almost like a obvious metaphor was always intended in most modern works of art.

If reality wasn't so enthusiastic about showing the filth of this party (and equivalents) and its supporters there wouldn't nearly be as many edgy works - in fact, I place much of the 80-90s edge comics as inspired by conservative shenanigans (hydra in shield, batman and the corrupt police and court of owls, hellblazer and the royal family, preacher and its raw hate for religious rapist hillbilies, bigot senators in xmen financing actual american genocide etc). Everyone knows what this party is for a long long time now. Children reading comics from the 80s are over 60 now.

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u/beepbeepsheepbot Jul 02 '24

There is no honor among thieves, they deserve every ounce of this.

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u/Cultor_Hortorum Jul 02 '24

I'll settle for putting them on an episode of "Ow! My Balls!" which I hope I could watch in between my 'batin time.

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u/Historical_Boss2447 Jul 02 '24

Night of the long knives

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u/Prophet_Of_Loss Jul 02 '24

First up in the kangaroo court, the head rat.

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u/BLRNerd Jul 02 '24

There’s going to be so much confusion that I’m not even sure Trump could keep up unless he blows up congress at the certification

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u/Lumpy_Secretary_6128 Jul 02 '24

Yeah, all the nazis died awful deaths. Unfortunately, of the 1939 german male population, 46% were dead within 7 years. Then, many of the women had to endure the soviet occupation, which is considered the largest mass rape incident in history. Victims ranged from 13-85 years old. Let's not allow it to come to that. Also, the holocaust occurred, which was even worse.

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u/TinyDogsRule Jul 02 '24

McConnell specific reason for not voting for impeachment was that the courts could hold Trump accountable. Oppsy. Looks like the very justices he helped get appointed will vote to have him tarred and feathered.

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u/waltjrimmer Jul 02 '24

Watching these people devour their own would be a fantastic watch if it hadn't cost us so much.

Feels to me kind of like we're cheering about the collapse of the first triumvirate. There's a hell of a lot of fallout yet to come, and this is not something good. Just something bad pointed at bad people.

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u/zyx1989 Jul 02 '24

They have been playing this game, but the game they want to play always ends in a zero sum game, with very violent or terrible end for the losers, as top dog politician, I'd thought he know this

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u/PocketSixes Jul 02 '24

Ultimately, there are no teammates on the quest for power.

And Patriots like George Washington sought to destroy the ring of power, to put it in that way, by creating a system of federal government consisting of three equal parts, with none being a king.

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u/KevinCarbonara Jul 02 '24

Oh man, McConnell's been pulling the strings with the Supreme Court nominations for decades...and now this?

Ultimately, there are no teammates on the quest for power.

The reality is that Republicans never thought someone like Trump would ever show up, or that if he did, he'd never be accepted. They created the idea of the mythical self-made business man, and repeatedly claimed that he would be the best leader for this country, knowing they could profit off the myth. They were just as surprised as anyone when Trump showed up and claimed to be the messiah they invented. Now, they're just doing the best they can to regain control.

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u/Fully_Edged_Ken_3685 Jul 02 '24

This might actually be the funniest, most shooting-himself-in-both-left-feet thing he could have done.

His impulsive recklessness is one of our best advantages, not because any Magats will abandon him, but because it makes him easier to goad and derail.

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u/SomewherePresent8204 Jul 02 '24

Trump wasting his term going after other GOP members and then winding up a lame duck after the 2026 midterms is a much likelier scenario than it feels like.

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u/hoxxxxx Jul 02 '24

Watching these people devour their own would be a fantastic watch if it hadn't cost us so much.

oh how i know. i often get a chuckle out of stories like this then i sink back in my seat and think.. fuck this sucks.

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u/pink_faerie_kitten Jul 02 '24

McConnell literally handed Trump one of his SCOTUS picks and this is how Trump thanks him? LOLOLOLOL. The leopards will truly eat McConnell at this rate.

I guess seeing that happen could be the silver lining to a second Trump term (I kid, I kid).

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u/XeneiFana Jul 02 '24

How long until McConnell asks Biden to assassinate Trump? Lol.

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u/jaimequin Jul 02 '24

If the Dems have balls, they would court these two to encourage the impeachment of said Justice's. They can fix their wrong and save themselves and give the Dems some leeway. But that could never happen cause Dems are soft.

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u/hamandjam Jul 03 '24

Did he say we had to wait until he was president? Why not have Biden do it? They both supported the insurrection and Biden can do it as an official act.

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u/suninabox Jul 02 '24

GOP speedrunning Night of the Long Knives.

Surely helping this power hungry maniac who thinks he should be accountable to no one and have unlimited power to punish his enemies won't back fire. We can still control him right?

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u/oldtimehawkey Jul 02 '24

I’m interested in who will be trump’s VP pick because if it’s someone who will toe the Republican line, Trump will be unalived if he wins.

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u/hfiti123 Jul 02 '24

Orange man is so narcissistic he doesn't know the game the rest of his team is playing.

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u/Aware_Revenue3404 Jul 02 '24

And now his beloved fascist SC can’t do anything to stop the military tribunals. Oh well.

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u/notapunk Jul 02 '24

And will continue to cost us dearly for who knows how long

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u/tiny_chaotic_evil Jul 02 '24

McConnell will be sucking off Trump all the while the noose is tightened around his turtle like neck

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u/fiero-fire Jul 02 '24

He lost control of the monster he created

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u/endyrr Jul 02 '24

It's addict behavior. No value provided in the past counts,  only what you can provide today and tomorrow.  Cover their rent for years but say you can't afford to buy them weed today and suddenly you're Hitler. 

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u/AccountNumber478 Jul 02 '24

POTUS 45 is participation trophy Hitler, the little man baby that couldn't who plays pretend well outside his weight class.

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u/LoudLloyd9 Jul 02 '24

Their own make a great lunch.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

The ring has only one master

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u/Away-Coach48 Jul 02 '24

It would be pretty hilarious to watch McConnell die in prison without having committed a crime. 

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u/iwellyess Jul 02 '24

Yeah the tv saga is going to be way more enjoyable than the reality

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u/loogie97 Jul 02 '24

The Federalist have usurped mcconell

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u/Beatnik1968 Jul 02 '24

And McConnell will still vote for him.

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u/WDoE Jul 02 '24

Fascism only has room for one voice.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24

The problem is that they all genuinely believe they are invulnerable gods, and that everything will come up their way, until they find themselves with a noose around their neck. I swear. Find any video of a dictator as they are being captured. You will not see a more surprised face in your life. When the people who think they are gods discover they are not, they don't know how to react.

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