If you wonder whether we have political prosecutions & imprisonment(s) in Britain, you'll want to read this account of the recent Just Stop Oil 'conspiracy' trial.
If the Labour Party wants to return us to the Rule of Law, then they need to but a very swift stop to actions like this!
The Heritage Foundation's Exec Dir of the Heritage Oversight Project, Mike Howell loses it when being messaged via Xitter by hacking group that breached the mother ship of "Project 2025":
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“God created nature, and nature’s laws are vicious. It is why you have to put on a perverted animal costume to satisfy your sexual deviances,” he said. “It is why you are forced to hide like a coward. You violated our rights and broke the law. You have no standing to discuss such matters.”
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@benroyce Clarence Thomas visited dictator Putin's memorials - he chose his favorite form of government, like Ginni, who chose her favorite manipulable, debilitated seatholder of presidential office:
Dictator Putin's mafia state, where corruption, bribability, post-Stalinist personality cult & the will to oppress civil society is a precondition for holding government offices.
I remind myself often that salvaging secular, pluralistic democracy and rule of law in the U.S. is a marathon, not a sprint. In fact, it is a never-ending set of marathons. 1/
The nature of collective action makes it hard to discern the effect any one individual is having. But collective action is real and powerful. So have some faith and contribute to the collective fight to renew, restore, and protect #ruleOfLaw and #secular#pluralistic#democracy in the U.S. - and anywhere else people are struggling for them. 4/4
Good, say I. Had the Supreme Court been willing to regulate itself seriously, matters might not have reached this point. Ultimately, in a constitutional democracy, no one is above the law. #RuleOfLaw#LawFedi
What percentage of MAGA fanatics would care if they saw irrefutable (to normal humans) proof that trump raped children? Once you decide your guy is god, then by definition he can do no wrong. Shoot someone on 5th Ave, rape children, lie about everything all the time. It's all normal for King MAGA.
Trump's psychopathy is contagious, carried from a single psychopath to masses of them, boosted by the publicity of White House, which Trump could only benefit from, because only the unwritten rules of the Constitution's framers' mindsets damned & disqualified despotic idiots from ever holding any government office.
Time to review & amend the constitutional requirements to hold public office, especially presidential office.
@barney@rob11563@pbump Idiocy, or more precisely criminal psychopathy can be contagious — and not even a mask may be helpful.
Trial, conviction & sentencing may.
The next election will be about choosing either the Rule of the People, or the Rule of the Psychopaths' Pathocracy.
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Finally, near the point of maximum hysteria society becomes polarized and paralyzed and the most pathologically egotistical of all 'spellbinders' can come to power. The spellbinder worsens the psychological health of those under his or her influence. This may be the beginning of a 'pathocracy' (though not inevitable) in which individuals with biologically based psychopathology, including personality disorders (especially psychopathy) occupy positions of power and influence.
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Joe Biden and Merrick Garland are going after the rich tax cheats so no surprise they're trying to take him down
A 30-count indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court charging Douglas Edelman, a former defense contractor, and his wife, with a decades-long scheme to defraud the United States and evade taxes on more than $350 million in income Edelman made as a defense contractor during the United States’ post-9/11 military efforts in Afghanistan and the Middle East. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/former-defense-contractor-and-his-wife-indicted-evading-us-taxes-profits-selling-jet
“‘It’s a terrible idea,’ said Ernest Moniz, who oversaw the U.S. nuclear arsenal as the secretary of energy in the Obama administration. ‘New testing would make us less secure. You can’t divorce it from the global repercussions.’”
@DemocracyMattersALot Donald's 90 minutes of self-serving lies at the "debate" were the moments, when relieved Americans could sincerely say "No, I don't want a president, who's lying to my face all the time!"
🚨BREAKING: The Supreme Court just officially legalized bribery in a 6-3 decision. The ruling was engineered by the justices who have been accepting billionaire gifts.
The Lever did the definitive deep dive reporting on the Snyder case, way back in March.
When Adam Kinzinger launched his career, he welcomed Sarah Palin's and Tea Party groups' backing. The idea that he'd end up endorsing a Democratic president 14 years later seemed far-fetched.
@CarlG 💯% Unlike craven enablers like Bill Barr, Nikki Haley, etc… Kinzinger & Liz Cheney are true patriots who put USA, #RuleOfLaw & #democracy ahead of their self-interests.
"[E]xperience shows us that history is on the side of liberty, that the strongest foundation for human progress lies in open economies, open societies, and open governments.
To put it simply, democracy, more than any other form of government, delivers for our citizens."
— President Barack Obama —
President Biden proved this statement more than right.
"[H]istory shows that, over the long run, democracy and economic growth go hand in hand.
And prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty."
FLAG: Steve #Bannon, weeks before he goes to prison, says a 2nd Trump term will target Biden officials: "We're coming after Lisa Monaco, Merrick Garland, the sr members of DOJ that have prosecuted Pres Trump. Jack Smith. This is not about vengeance … it's not about retribution. This is about saving this republic."
"We're going to use the Constitution and the rule of law to go after you and hold you accountable. Nov. 5 is judgment day. Jan. 20, 2025 is accountability day."
It's a sad day for the Biden family, which like so many families has had to struggle with the addiction of a family member. But it's a good day for the rule of law. Presidents don't have to call prosecutions witch hunts & attack judges/prosecutors/witnesses/jurors. Our system still works — Joyce White Vance #quotes#quote#Justice#RuleOfLaw
Clarence Thomas belatedly admits luxury trips were paid for by rightwing billionaire
Supreme court justice amended his financial disclosure to confirm rightwing mega-donor Harlan #Crow funded travel
#Thomas’s relationship with Crow set off calls for more transparency by the justices and calls for more transparency.
ProPublica also reported last year that Samuel #Alito, another of the court’s conservative justices, flew on a private jet and vacationed with a billionaire who had business before the court.
Alito was granted a 90-day extension to file his report, something he has routinely sought.
Alito is also under scrutiny after reports from the New York Times that there was an upside-down US #flag flying outside of his home in Virginia as well as an Appeal to Heaven flag flying outside of a beach home in New Jersey.
The former is associated with the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the latter with #Christian#nationalism.
The supreme court’s nine justices all agreed to a code of conduct last year, though some experts have noted it does not go far enough and there is no way to adequately enforce it.
@cdarwin SCOTUS's Code of Conduct needs be drawn up by independent legal scholars, not the partisan "Federalist Society", to align with ethics rules normal federal judges are subjected to.
And every matter possibly corrupting justices' independence (optimistically taken as given) needs to be put on record & requires consequences relating to justices' participation in judicial processes involving actors contributing to possibly influence & corrupt justices' decisions.
@Nonilex The Rebellicans, like their slavering pre-1861 ancestors, realized they'll very likely never be a majority party.
Which would be the dumbest argument to deny majority rule & justify minority rule!
“The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible, so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy, or despotism in some form, is all that is left.”
— Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1861) —
"... The Confederate rebellion was an assault by a minority on the decision of the majority, as expressed in Lincoln’s own election, and in that way, it was really intended to question the entire principle of democracy...."