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[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

As much as Nicki Minaj is a wanker, this is a really conservative argument.

Suddenly permanent residents opinions don't matter, despite politics affecting them?

The only way out of this madness is international working class solidarity.

Attack your enemies on their ideology, class position and viewpoints, not on their immigration status ffs.

(Her husband and brother being rapists, obviously fair game for criticism)

[–] shartgargle@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's more attacking her for hypocrisy.

[–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Animal rights activists should protest for the plastic consumption she's inviting to leopards with that face.

[–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

These kind of posts are just ragebait for anyone who isn't Republican because they're the only ones who are too stupid to realize why any of the facts in this image matter.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Yup, just a massive circle jerk. Everyone gets off but nothing changes.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sponsored by Moscow and Peking.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wow, Beijing hasn't been spelled as Peking since 1958.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well, unless you're French. Pékin is still very common here.

[–] Nicopf@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

German as well. Most call it like OP Peking. Keeping outdated names for cities in different countries has tradition here. Was a surprise for me, when I was in Breslau, I mean Wroclaw.

[–] redkid1324@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago
[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

It's not an "agenda", there is foreign influence in every US election; and the USA influences elections in other countries.

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 147 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yet trump can vote. Child rapist, and 34x convicted criminal.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 74 points 1 week ago (24 children)

Thirty-four time convicted felon AND a SERIAL CHILD RAPIST

[–] catboy_slim@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Florida allows felons to vote.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Nah. We voted to have civil rights restored after sentence was served, but the government did an end run around the people (as usual) and said, "you mean sentence served and fines paid, right?" Then immediately started imposing fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars, really unimaginable amounts, so that it was impossible to ever finish paying them.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Maybe in local elections, but I always thought the whole point of the "FElon"title is to say you've committed a FEderal level crime, and therefore have certain rights stripped, such as voting and owning a firearm (notably, two tools that basically only affect people who don't have huge normal power like political or financial).

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

"Felony" has nothing to do with "federal", completely different etymologymies and meanings. A felon could be a state felon or a federal felon or both, it just depends which statutes they're convicted of breaking. "Felony" is just a degree of criminality, higher than misdemeanor.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

"Felon" just means they committed a felony. It doesn't need to be at the federal level to be a felony. It's just a more serious level of charge than misdemeanor.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Hmmm, worth looking up...

Per Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony):

A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious.[1] The term "felony" originated from English common law (from the French medieval word "félonie") to describe an offense that resulted in the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods, to which additional punishments, including capital punishment, could be added;[2] other crimes were called misdemeanors. Following conviction of a felony in a court of law, a person may be described as a felon or a convicted felon.

In many common-law jurisdictions, such as England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, crimes are no longer classified as felonies or misdemeanors. Instead, crimes are classified by mode of trial as indictable offenses, triable by jury, and frequently requiring a grand jury indictment, which are usually more serious, and summary offenses, triable by summary procedure without a jury and are usually less serious.[3]

In some civil law jurisdictions, such as Italy and Spain, the term delict is used to describe serious offenses, a category similar to common law felony. In other nations, such as Germany, France, Belgium, and Switzerland, more serious offenses are described as "crimes", while "misdemeanors" or "delicts" (or délits) are less serious. In still others, such as Brazil and Portugal, "crimes" and "delicts" are synonymous (more serious) and are opposed to contraventions (less serious).

Surprisingly white/Europe centric, but still interesting.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I can only speak to US law, but state level felonies exist. Individual states have their own felonies that may vary state by state.

Which should be enough to explain the difference.

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[–] Harvey656@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Wait she's not a US citizen?

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Born in Trinidad & Tobago.

Nothing against her but I would choose a queens park swizzle every night of the week.

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[–] Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 50 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Like in the strictest sense, yes she's not a citizen so it's 'foreign'. But it's not that deep?

She's been problematic online long enough for someone to publish an journal article on it: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8590827/

People have speculated the Trump support early in his admin was because she wants pardons for people in her life, or help with citizenship, as she's had legal trouble in the past too. Or maybe she just likes money? Time Magazine had an article earlier this year about how important celebrity endorsement has become to the campaign, and how Minaj became involved.

The article contains this passage:

Her approach changed after a series of unnerving episodes at her Los Angeles home. In 2022 and 2023, her $20 million mansion in a gated enclave became the target of repeated swatting calls: anonymous hoaxes that summoned heavily armed police to her doorstep. Law enforcement has not identified nor arrested anyone in connection with the incidents. (The Los Angeles Police Department said it could not verify details about the incidents without additional information.) The experience was frightening, she says, especially for her young son.

On X, she sought help from California Governor Gavin Newsom. Through intermediaries, she says, she requested a meeting but never heard back. “He just completely ignored me, with all the money I spent in taxes,” she says. (Newsom’s office did not respond to a request for comment.)

Another swatting attack happened in April 2025, according to a police report. The episode drew the attention of a cadre of very online Republicans. Among them was Anna Paulina Luna, the former model and Turning Point USA activist turned Congresswoman from Florida. Luna, a close friend of Bruesewitz’s, called Minaj. She then connected the rapper with federal law-enforcement officials and a private security firm she uses. “I was shocked,” Minaj says of Luna’s assistance. “I’d never seen anyone in politics treat me that way.” She began to consider going public as a part of Trump’s MAGA movement. “That’s what made me say that I don’t care to keep this a secret anymore.”

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