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[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 56 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Of course they did. The only way Dump wins anything is by cheating.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting he cheated the elections to win twice, and a third time midway but it failed by a botched rigging job? He would never...

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

Elections? I’m saying I saw that pocket drop his caddy tried to pull. Fucking evil.

Happy new year!

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And it works because America doesn't participate in it's own political existence.

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure we do. 48% republican, 48% democrat, 4%… aw fuck.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Isn't it more like 35% Republican, 35% Democrat and 30% independents and non-voters?

[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

All of that vandalism will be unceremoniously removed once the regime falls.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

There’ll be plenty of ceremony. Years of it. Everyone will fix things slowly and methodically and everything will be half repaired by the time the next doofus comes to break things. assuming there is a next doofus and we won’t simply turn into the holy trumplican empire.

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you, except for the time line. The next competent leader will need to (on inauguration) executive order the shit out of these repairs as well as enact permanent laws that stop this shit using checks and balances. It’s not working when 100% of the house, congress, executive, and scotus are sucking orange cock.

Rules need to change and be codified. This was our warning. Don’t wait for more fascist bullshit.

Don’t make laws to oppose Dump. Make laws that keep things clear with no loopholes, and oppose the greedy fucking shit heads to include major corporations.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago

The issue is that the loopholes were cultivated for the purposes that trump is using them for. But he’s using them to create his own, unique keys to power. These aren’t niggling mistakes, they’re holes punched into the US’s power structure to be able to serve a regime’s keys to power. The keys to power in the US are wealthy people, for the most part. Elections cost money! Huge sums of it. And companies have that money. You can’t get elected without it. Necessary key to gain power.

Removing something your keys to power like is hard to do without losing them.

[–] ArenaCops@infosec.exchange 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@Soulphite Only Congress can change Kennedy Center's name!
Not a demented criminal clown occupying presidential office.

[–] Soulphite@reddthat.com 12 points 8 months ago

You're god damn right! This pedophile rapist piece of shit masquerading as president has gotta go. It's going to take some time to unfuck all that they have fucked, but we can rebuild. We just have to make sure this shit CAN' NOT happen again... I had hope after this fucking idiots first term came to a dramatic end, but low and behold a broken system fucked us again.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

And the Untied States will change the rules right before the midterms so MAGA can win

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 6 points 8 months ago

I look forward to the day we Ozymandias his ass.

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

“In the interest of unity, we are changing the rules of voting so that only those votes which further our agenda count.”