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- Comment on We'd all be a lot happier if we understood this core truth 2 days ago:
also, we are only the top of the food chain because of our thumbs and that we can run a long ways
- Comment on Live Updates: Police in Minnesota Seek Gunman in ‘Multiple Targeted Shootings’ 3 days ago:
Officials urged residents to avoid anti-Trump protests while they hunt for the gunman
FUCK THAT NOISE
THE PEOPLE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER IN THE PUBLIC
- Comment on Live Updates: Police in Minnesota Seek Gunman in ‘Multiple Targeted Shootings’ 3 days ago:
F U C K
who doesn’t open the door to a cop at 2AM or 3:30AM… especially when you are a public official
- Comment on Trump, Who Has Likened Himself to a King, Bristles at ‘No Kings’ Protests 5 days ago:
here ya go
President Trump bristled on Thursday at the mention of a series of “No Kings” protests against his administration scheduled for the day of his planned military parade in Washington — coinciding with his 79th birthday.
“I don’t feel like a king, I have to go through hell to get stuff approved,” Mr. Trump said to laughter from an audience of Republican lawmakers and political allies in the White House, arguing in essence that the opposition he faces from Democrats proves that he is not able to rule like a king.
He continued, “A king would say ‘I’m not going to get this.’ A king wouldn’t even have the California mandate to even be talking,” referring to the joint resolutions of Congress that he had just signed blocking California’s effort to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles.
“No, no. We’re not a king,” Mr. Trump said. “We’re not a king at all, thank you very much.”
In February, Mr. Trump likened himself to a king in another fight with Democrats in a blue state. As Mr. Trump sought to end congestion pricing for vehicles in New York City, the president declared on social media “CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!”
The official White House account on X, the social media website, amplified the message with an illustration of Mr. Trump wearing a crown. A federal judge later blocked Mr. Trump from attempting to end congestion pricing while the courts weighed in — demonstrating one of the constitutional checks to presidential power.
"CONGESTION PRICING IS DEAD. Manhattan, and all of New York, is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!" –President Donald J. Trump pic.twitter.com/IMr4tq0sMB — The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 19, 2025
Mr. Trump’s effort to distance himself from his own suggestions of royal prerogative come as he has plowed forward with a maximalist view of presidential power in his second term, and has at times hosted official White House events that featured royal flourishes and monarchical claims to religious legitimacy.
He has issued sweeping pardons to rioters convicted of violent crimes that occurred during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in addition to many other pardons of political allies who had been convicted of felonies.
He has also issued more than 150 executive orders, some of which attempted actions that courts ultimately found beyond his power. He has purged the government of officials perceived as his political enemies — and bragged about it to his supporters. He has run roughshod over federal agencies in ways that judges have said exceed his authority and frozen funds that Congress had already appropriated. While taking those actions, Mr. Trump has declared dubious national emergencies to invoke powers rarely sought by his predecessors.
And Mr. Trump has attacked and sought to undermine the counterweights to his own authority in government, actions that critics have particularly focused on when accusing Mr. Trump of pursuing an autocratic or monarchical style of power.
He has relentlessly attacked judges who have ruled against him, sidelined Congress’s role in making decisions about taxes and spending, steamrolled internal limits on the executive branch and used the levers of government to try to force outside centers of power like law firms and universities to submit to his will.
And the military parade scheduled for Saturday is the latest example of Mr. Trump’s desire to flex military might in openly political displays and surround himself in the pageantry of the armed forces. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump said that any protesters who assembled during the parade would be met with “very big force,” making no distinction between violent confrontations and constitutionally protected peaceful demonstrations.
The organizers of the “No Kings” marches have said that they intentionally had not scheduled demonstrations in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to order to avoid the military parade, instead encouraging demonstrators in the area to join their flagship march in Philadelphia.
- Comment on Interesting news 6 days ago:
i only watch Secrets of the Universe because Stanley Spadowski’s Clubhouse is on right afterwards!
- Comment on Interesting news 6 days ago:
punching Nazis in the face is a god damn american tradition!
I’d fuckin do it without hesitation.
- Comment on Where People Are Protesting Against Immigration Raids 6 days ago:
they were protesting today in Spokane, on Washington St hehe and it’s a really windy day… so there’s a USL soccer match going on and the cops decided to tear gas the protesters but it’s windy and they probably didn’t even gas the protestors because of the wind direction
and a hell of a lot of the gas came into the stadium. so like half the crowd got a good dose and the players kept playing
fuckin crazy
it burned my nose a bit but not enough to get me to leave if they are going to keep playing
Velocity!
ended in a 1-1 and the fuckin mayor called for a 9:30 pm to 5:00am curfew lol
we didn’t even get out of the stadium until 9:15
what a joke, like you think they are going kick everyone out of the restaurants and bars? jfc what a fuckin joke
- Comment on It was a cartoon version of Jackie Gleason and the Honeymooners TV series 1 week ago:
I remember in highschool in the 1990s, I was totally straight edge and when my friends would skip school to get drunk or high, I would go home and watch Flintstones and play with legos
- Comment on Good job 1 week ago:
I had to stop using them because my old laptop just cant keep up anymore 😪
I might have to replace it next year… good ol gal. She has been the same Arch install for almost 10 years
good laptops are like pets, they only last for a little while but some will be remember for how much joy they gave you
- Comment on On second thought, let's not go to Oblivion. It is a silly place. 1 week ago:
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- Comment on 'No Man's Sky' Just Made You Mayor Of An Alien Planet 1 week ago:
hopefully it wont be as tedious as running the settlements, got boring really quick
- Comment on Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage 1 week ago:
The interesting thing is that they follow John the Baptist’s form of religion and technically are not Christians
- Comment on 🤯🤯🤯 1 week ago:
who lives in a pineapple 🍍 under the sea
- Comment on Trying to remember a game (military battle simulator) 1 week ago:
Military Madness
?
- Comment on I don't piss in the shower, that's gross. 1 week ago:
lol that sample sentence
- Comment on Concern grows over whether Hollywood's film and TV industry can survive in California 2 weeks ago:
IDK man, I have never seen traffic like LA traffic
- Comment on There's nothing better than the 2 weeks ago:
wait until you hear about the poop spork!
- Comment on Concern grows over whether Hollywood's film and TV industry can survive in California 2 weeks ago:
but where else can you get stuck in traffic for a hour to go 10 miles?
- Comment on Doctor Season Finale News 2 weeks ago:
i love doctor who, it’s fine 😝
- Comment on In case you needed to hear this today 2 weeks ago:
you still there?
- Comment on In case you needed to hear this today 2 weeks ago:
i knew i should’ve ate those mushrooms…
- Comment on Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama on Trump’s Campaign Trail 2 weeks ago:
What a shit stain he is on our mix US history. Some truly wonderful things and some absolute atrocious behaviors.
- Comment on oops 3 weeks ago:
Eat a bag of Dick’s
- Comment on George Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around... 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on ‘Doctor Who’ Ratings Dive, Supercharging Uncertainty About Future Of Sci-Fi Series 3 weeks ago:
I like the latest Doctor Who. Commercials in the middle are fucking lame and make me want to pirate that shit even though I’m paying for a service that provides it.
Otherwise the latest story is awesome! The barber shop spider is good ol Doctor Who
- Comment on Inspired by a friends current vacation 3 weeks ago:
Jon suchs at camping LOL
- Comment on The lemming anatomy 3 weeks ago:
I haven’t had beans for days!
I think extra anxiety should help…
- Comment on Regarding The Bean Posts 4 weeks ago:
IN BEANS WE TRUST
- Comment on Fuck Tetris 4 weeks ago:
it’s the rez to those that know 😉
