And no one is going to do a damn thing about this because the US is not a nation of laws anymore.
Whoa, trump violated a law??? We’ve got him now!
I’m over these headlines. The Supreme Court said he has presidential immunity. The law doesn’t apply.
They said he has immunity for official duties. This article is about him using the presidential seal for non-official duties. I don’t think anything is going to happen still, but even the insane SC ruling doesn’t give him immunity for this.
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Sure, but this is about him using the seal in a non-official capacity. Either it’s legal because it’s an official duty, in which case he doesn’t need immunity, or it’s illegal because it isn’t an official duty, in which case he isn’t immune.
Again, nothings going to happen with this regardless. I’m just stating what’s going on.
Sure, but this is about him using the seal in a non-official capacity.
Why cant he say that he was speaking officially as the president of the US? He was discussing economics. He wasn’t talking about his meme coin.
As I said, he can, in which case it’s legal. Normally a president would have to argue that, but we’re well past that point.
KKKaroline in one of her recent briefings said that basically he’s doing this in his personal time, and is unrelated to his presidency. They can probably use that 🤷 not that they will though
He’ll just say something like he was using it to build relationships with the leaders of other countries or some ridiculous bullshit. Unfortunately “official” while obvious to us may be more ambiguous to the law.
At this point it’s basically just propaganda to give the illusion that something is being done.
Like how Putin has elections
And you’re just going to comply with that?
I for one would still want to call out whats being done, to make a record for future generations if nothing else.
Are you really such a good little soldier that the supreme court makes a bad decision and you immediately reorient your entire moral framework to match?
What do you mean by am I just going to comply? What does that even mean? What am I supposed to do? Trump is the one not complying along with the Supreme Court and Congress. None of these groups are doing their job. This has happened over and over and over again and still half the country is either cheering it on or clearly ok with it. The other half either don’t care or have been neutered. America democratically voted for this. Don’t blame me for not being emotional enough in a comment.
Resistance starts in the mind. Fascists want you to think the way you’re thinking, because if you can’t even get to the point of giving a shit about what they’re doing, you’ll never ever get to the point of actually doing something about it.
Refusing to comply really can be as simple as just choosing to call out their evil, every single time. It’s a starting point. It’s easy and trite to say that big trees grow from small acorns, but much harder to really understand what that means, to take into your heart the idea that every single word or act of defiance matters, that enough drops really do make an ocean.
I’m not asking you to plan a revolution. I’m just asking you to give a shit. Because the people telling you to stop giving a shit are the ones who want to do terrible things to your country, and they need your passivity in order to succeed.
Lemmy loves the defeatist, resigned, comply in advance mentality. It pretty uniformly gets voted to the top.
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are you charging into battle as we speak?
A person raising their voice is doing more than a person who chooses to stay silent. Why would you direct your anger at the former rather than the latter?
This idea that anyone “not doing enough” needs to shut up and sit down is exactly the kind of toxic bullshit that fascists want you to consume. They want you to feel that everything has to either be some huge world changing gesture, or it’s just not worth it. Life isn’t like that. Real resistance isn’t about blowing up the Death Star, it’s about thousands, millions of tiny acts of defiance that build upon each other. Every time someone says “this is wrong” someone else is inspired to agree. Every time someone shows up to a protest, someone else is inspired to show up the next time. You don’t change regimes in a day, and you don’t build movements out of nothing. They accumulate, millions of tiny choices gathering together into a vast whole.
He has immunity for “Official” presidential acts. Establishing/ promoting a private business concern is NOT an official presidential act.
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The SC retained the right to define what constitutes “official.” Which this will be.
I fear it means nothing
yeeh, my first though was “ooh, that’s gonna command a few marches…” fuck
edit - i should be productive and not just cynical. who’s arranging the president’s birthday concert? do we have springstein? vedder? come on y’all
It’s a perfect time for Rage to do a pop up concert in DC.
I’d rather 1790s France do a popup, but I’ll settle for Rage.
Well there will be court cases that will drag on for months which he will whine persistently. So not exactly nothing, just more whining.
Mother fucker is breaking every law he can. Who will stop him?
nobody dies with dignity. golden toilet child’s days are numbered, and even he can’t stop it. it’s creeping, and it’ll hit him in about 20 years if the world stays as fair as it’s been. buckle up.
and most of 'em don’t have a fucking thing to do with ‘official’ duties
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Mario’s brother?
Anthonyiv Krazinsky 47 years of age
Just so you don’t have to read through the article to find out which law he broke this time: he used the presidential seal while he spoke at a private, for-profit event.
Oh, yeah, of EVERYTHING he’s done, this is the thing that will finally land him in prison.
I mean, al capone was brought down due to some tax issue. Sometimes they gotta get a really good grip on a small thread and just keep pulling
2 very good lawyers had Donald dead to rights on election fraud and stealing government documents, and they both gave up when they realized the law doesn’t apply to him. There is no legal thread to keep a grip on that will ever make any difference.
Nobody seemed to care when the supreme court gave us kings again. This is what it looks like.
al capone was brought down due to some tax issue.
…and a government organization with the will to do what’s right and pursue justice. Do you expect to see that from the people Republicans and Trump put in place??
Would be hilarious if it was
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Yeah. He breaks laws multiple times a day.
We live in an authoritarian fascist state now.
NOT hyperbole.
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Now, watch as literally nothing at all is done about it, just like his last blatant and obvious felony and just like his next one.
We suck.
Excuse me, are you a man in a shark suit?
I don’t see how that’s relevant, and if anything that is a very rude question of you to ask. I’d suggest you gather your couth and think before asking such inane and, frankly, very stupid and insulting questions, which my username has already answered had you bothered to read it, in the future.
Good day.
Edit: I apologize, I read that backwards. No, of course not, I’m just a regular human in my normal human skin keeping my sweet tasty meats contained inside my body, and I have regular non-serrated teeth that don’t grow back when I lose them attacking seals and such, just like the rest of you. Nothing to see here.
No it’s fine, the Internet doesn’t convey tone so you didn’t reslise I am merely a fascinated biologist. Thank you for explaining about your non serrated teeth that definitely don’t grow back Mr Man. Have a human day!
Is he ever not violating federal law?
Once he forgot to take his phone to the toilet
lol. Only when he’s making the unintentional ‘mistakes’
He takes his phone to the shit hole every time he lifts it to his face.
SPOILER ALERT!
Nothing will happen.
He’s not in prison for treason and espionage - it’s doubtful he’s going anywhere no matter how heinous a crime he commits.
He’s…a…fucking…criminal. A criminal is in charge of the law. AND the national piggy bank, but that for another time.
How many of you have criminals as friends? None. You know why? Because they’ll lie and steal from you just as fast as anyone else - that’s why. And that’s trumpski - a lying criminal con man. AND a traitor to the country that gave him everything he’s got.
How many of you have criminals as friends? None. You know why? Because they’ll lie and steal from you just as fast as anyone else - that’s why.
I know you’re making a political point, but tbh, I thought Lemmy would have a better take on criminal justice
Equally petty, but I don’t associate crime with being a bad person.
Speeding is a crime. Drug use is a crime. Evading draconian copyright laws is a crime…
Totally agree. But I think depending on the type of speeding you do can make you a bad person.
Do you consider them your friends if they steal from you? Lie to you? Lie about you and have you put in prison?
I don’t consider drugs or speeding crimes either - but these aren’t the crimes I speak of when relating to trump.
And stealing, no matter what you think of copyright laws, is never a good thing… even if done with good intention.
Actually not political although I’m referring to the orange traitor. How many friends in your life steal from you and lie to you and you still call them friends?
Well it depends on the definition of criminal. Most people have committed something that could be considered a crime. The most common crimes are probably speeding and underage drinking
I wish I could upvote this twice
Well Al Capone was brought down by the IRS, maybe this fucker will be put behind bars by the post office or something… Or maybe nothing will happen
Gov was after Capone though. Trump is the gov. And even though technically this isn’t true everyone either doesn’t care or isn’t brave enough to try to do anything
So sick of “may have” headline.
Trump loves to sue. May as well make it harder for him.
As long as the Department of Justice continues to work exclusively at the behest of Trump, you should expect no actual justice. 86 Pam Bondi, 86 Trump. 86 the Republican party for abdicating their oaths.
What are you going to do, arrest me?
:(
Lol they gonna put him in prison?
We all know what makes this stop.
Somebody has to do it eventually.
