tootoughtoremember

joined 8 months ago
[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

Classic Dutch beach volleyball sleeping positions

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the Galactic Empire, an extremely fascist regime modeled off Nazi Germany

Tough to argue the that the visuals aren't there in the uniforms or other aesthetics, but apparently George also had other empires in mind in the original series. Nothing that would put Tarkin in auth left though.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Don't forget blatant corruption and a refusal to be held to any reasonable code of ethics!

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 239 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (20 children)

I firmly believe that if any other candidate, in a primary or general election, either republican or democrat, had said this, it would end their campaign.

We have become so accustomed to Trump saying outrageous bullshit, that this will be forgotten in less than a week, and most voters will never even hear about it.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In July, of an election year, in the US? Yes, that's the best you get.

Make a time machine, convince Biden to drop out 8-12 months ago, then you can have your open primary season.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts.

Determining whether and under what circumstances such a prosecution may proceed requires careful assessment of the scope of Presidential power under the Constitution. The nature of that power requires that a former President have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office. At least with respect to the President’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute.

The President's authority as Commander in Chief is a core constitutional power, as granted in Article II, Section 2. This example is not hyperbolic.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 131 points 1 month ago (15 children)

Twitch disabled the account following the Jan. 6 riot on the US Capitol in 2021 due to “the current extraordinary circumstances and the President’s incendiary rhetoric” before issuing an indefinite suspension two weeks later, according to a Twitch spokesperson.

Guess we'll all just collectively forget about this now that's he's the Republican nominee again ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

/s ?

The President using the armed forces to assassinate a political rival would be immune to prosecution under this ruling.

A President's use of the military is a power granted to them under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. In order to prosecute for this hypothetical assassination, they would first need to prove that providing orders as Commander in Chief was somehow an unofficial act.

This is one of the specific examples Sotomayor listed in her dissenting opinion on this ruling.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The primaries happened l. It's over. He's who we're stuck with

With these leaked conversations from Pelosi, Schumer, and Jefferies, it doesn't seem like the party thinks he's the candidate they're stuck with. Seems even the leadership feels they were kept in the dark about Biden's current state through the primaries.

My question is, who is ride or die for Biden at this point? The people I know on the left are voting against Trump, rather than for Biden or even for a Democrat, and have said they would vote for just about any Democrat with a pulse to beat Trump.

Is it the moderates? Maybe in 2020, when Biden was the familiar voice of reason running against a proven conman with four years of endless headlines of corruption and destruction of norms. But that's not what people have stored in their recent memory this time around, and it's not the Biden we have now. He can't string together a lucid rebuttal to the practiced silver tongue that seems to have half of America fooled.

This late in the game, the only way I see the Democrats beating Trump is if they win the same moderate voters who were sick of the uncertainty and disruptions of the Trump presidency, and Biden can't seem to coherently communicate the dangers of returning to that anymore. The Democrats need to put forward a candidate that remembers both the start of their sentences and points they were trying to make by the time they reach the end, even after 8pm.

[–] tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The Federalist Society identified 40 years ago what they considered to be the problem, liberal activist judges.

They have spent the last four decades working their way into the judicial system and nomination process to achieve the current Supreme Court balance for their ultimate objective, conservative activist judges.

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