• TachyonTele@piefed.social
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    Miller seemed to be trying to lay the groundwork for President Donald Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the president to deploy the military to suppress an uprising against the federal government.

    It’s just the daily beast, but at least someone said it.

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      The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791

      Insurrection Act of 1807

      Just 16 years from “we must be allowed arms to protect from tyrannical government” to “if the people take up arms against tyrannical government we can massacre them”.

      Really makes you wonder why the NRA and the millions of gun nuts haven’t campaigned to overturn that act. It’s almost as if they’ve never had any intention of using their arms to protect against tyranny…

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        Look up NRA Russian funding, it was happenong for tears. Marina Butina wormed her way into the upper eschelons of the NRA to promote Russian goals, and she’s just one of the more visible examples that was caught.

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    Lol he thinks cops are just going to willingly lose what power tripping feelings they have now? The cop vs ice civil war will be entertaining.

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      ACAB

      But also…police have qualified immunity. If the police get charged and convicted, it would be the one positive thing that this administration will have done.

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      You are delusional. Cops are pussy bullies that will fold instantly to bigger bullies (ICE)

      The only time cops act brave is when they are spraying bullets into unarmed protestors

      Anyone thinking cops will stand on the right side of history THIS time is deluding themselves.

      Civil right, women’s suffrage… Cops have always been on the side of the boot and oppressors

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    Look at that sentient anal-polyp… it’s so disgusting and utterly fascinating at the same time. Holy shit.

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      Roy Cohn. Now that’s an important name.

      Roy Cohn was counsel for earlier years of Trump’s “empire.” Roy Cohn was the Chief Counsel of Joseph McCarthy. Roy Cohn was introduced to McCarthy by J. Edgar Hoover. Roy Cohn was chosen by Joseph McCarthy over Robert F. Kennedy. Yes, the father of RFK Jr. It’s a big club and we ain’t in it.

      Roy Cohn died of AIDS but refused to acknowledge it. Said it was liver cancer.

      Roy Cohn was part of the chain of evil to bring us exactly where we are today.

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        Roy Cohn taught Donald to attack and deflect. Taught him to lie and aggrandize everything. Also a self-loathing gay man who hated “fags”, yet caught AIDS and died of it.

        Oh, the irony is delicious.

        I honestly see shades of Roy Cohn in Steven Miller. The self-loathing, the insecurity and the rage. In Trump’s first run as President, he was often reported as asking “Where’s my Roy Cohn?” when things didn’t get done the way he wanted… Now, he doesnt say that anymore, aparently, since he found his replacement in Miller.

        It is breathtaking to watch this all unfold and connect the dots as it does.

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          It really is. All of it. All of it can connect back to the 1800s. It can probably be traced further, but I stopped at Comstock.

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    If he was Wormtongue to a state governor, he’d be advocating feds to surrender to state police. He will abuse whatever power he has to his benefit.

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    I’ve seen that porn. It’s really hot. Federal agents and local cops going to town on each other? Oh yeah…

    But the White House chief of staff should have more important things on his mind!