• It'sbetterwithbutter@lemmus.org
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      16 hours ago

      Armchair doomer, I like that. I’m not an American, I just have family and friends there, as I write this from a west African nation where I am a foreign worker, we had a supposed coup attempt. I’m looking at Europe vis a vis Russia and things don’t look peachy. I’m originally from Lebanon, and the entire Middle East is fucked outside of the petro bubble that are the Gulf Dictatorship Monarchies. So forgive me my pessimism when the supposed “Leader of the free world” is trying to dismantle the democratic state which will have far reaching effects on the world as a whole.

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        15 hours ago

        Shit is fucked in the U.S… and it sounds like elsewhere too. All I was pushing back on is the idea that the Trump regime is untouchable, legally or otherwise. That should give us a sliver of hope and one lever to push on. In fact there are several such levers…

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          16 hours ago

          I truly hope more judges grow a pair and actually do their jobs as per the constitution. Agreed he’s not untouchable as made clear with the Kilmar Abrego Garcia fiasco. I’m crossing my fingers for all you normal people!