By ending the cases rather than waiting to be fired, Smith may be able to issue a final report to the public.

  • @Nednarb44
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    What a sad day. What this situation tells me is that if you’re nominated to run for president, you’re free to commit crimes and nothing will happen to you because reasons. Glad the system is working as intended.

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      Just if you’ve got enough following in general. All these cases could have started a lot earlier but Biden/Garland wanted to avoid “looking political”.

    • @stupidcasey
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      I think you have to be elected at least once.

  • @[email protected]
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    438 hours ago

    Updated Pledge of Allegiance

    “I pledge allegiance, to the Flag of the Republic of Gilead, and to the Fuhrer, Donald J. Trump JD Vance, for which it stands, one nation, under the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, divided, with liberty and justice for none.”

    Welcome to Fascist America!

    • XIN
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      That would be a fucking awesome movie.

      Major bummer it’s real life instead.

      • @[email protected]
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        108 hours ago

        There’s actually a TV Show where Nazis won WW2 and invaded USA. Man in the High Castle, might be a good time for me to rewatch. Its really interesting to watch, although the final season sucked ass. Better watch it before they ban it lol.

        • @[email protected]
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          Oh you completely misunderstand the modern fascist playbook. Putin Erdogan Orban or Modi don’t usually ban semi-obscure shows outright. They use their near complete control of all major media to ensure these shows never become a major cultural hit in the first place (by not funding nor platforming them). Cult classics aren’t burned, their meaning is just subverted; Star Wars isn’t a critique of fascism, it was always an allegory for the Righteous Traditionalists (the Jedi) working against The Woke (The Empire). No-one quite knows what Tolkien meant with Isengard, surely no allegory there, but I can tell you The Shire shows how good the tradwife life can be so get back to pumping out kids and churning butter missus!

          Slight deviations are tolerated of course. Who cares if the urban elites have some woke media. As long as they keep to themselves, it’s just convenient to keep the intellectuals distracted. Just don’t make the mistake of making a nationwide cultural hit that questions the official narrative a bit too directly, because that’s when you’ll find yourself accidentally defenestrated.

          • @Bookmeat
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            The important thing they do is ensure no one organises against them. The media can be relaxed in that case.

  • ohellidk
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    188 hours ago

    is he expecting to still live here and not fall out of a window “accidentally”?

  • @[email protected]
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    27 hours ago

    By ending the cases rather than waiting to be fired, Smith may be able to issue a final report to the public.

    …who won’t care in the slightest.