Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville called for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be arrested and sent to the infamous American torture prison at Guantanamo Bay. Mamdani’s crime? Calling indicted alleged war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu an “architect of genocide,” responsible for a series of atrocities in the ongoing war on Gaza.

“Sooner or later,” Mamdani will “do something more stupid than what he’s done, where we will finally say enough is enough, go put the handcuffs on him … and send him to Gitmo,” Tuberville, a Republican, said, calling Mamdani a “thug.”

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    Fascism

    Core Features

    One Ruler: Power belongs to a single leader or a small group with no free elections.

    Extreme Pride: People are taught to love their country above all else, often looking down on other groups.

    No Freedom: The government uses police and military force to silence anyone who disagrees.

    Strict Control: Businesses and daily life are heavily watched and run to match the goals of the state.

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    A senator openly calls for arresting a mayor, without naming any crimes, since none were committed, and sending him to the illegal prison where only innocent people are sent and tortured for no reason other than guards’ enjoyment.

    People like him belong in high security prisons, ideally far away from society. Assuming they won’t receive capital punishment.

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      A cage in the desert is fine. Pay minimun wage for an intern to feed him.

      The high security prison will likely end up being a five star hotel where he gets full access to the outside anyhow.

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    Someone should throw old Tommy in the klink as well. That dude is dumber then a sack of nails.

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      Alabama guy here. So disappointed in my state. I’ve been pushing for Doug Jones, but I keep getting, “I don’t like Doug Jones!” He’s better than an ignorant washed up Florida man half ass football coach. I’ve not heard the sack of nails before. I’ve heard box of rocks bag of hammers. Gonna keep it and add it to my repertoire.

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        I know you mean your politician, but I want you all to elect Doug Jones the actor in full Abe Sapien cosmetics.

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    Another American Politician showing more care for Israel and Bibi than for his own constituents or country.

    God we really, desperately need to root these people out of seats of power.

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    he couldnt find a good enough crime (a low bar) so he just said “you just wait for it! he will be an horrid criminal soon enough!!! we need to throw him in before that happens!!”

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    When politicians say things like that with no repercussions, that’s when you should know you are no longer in a respectable democracy

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      It stopped being a respectable democracy when Trump mocked a disabled reporter and was still able to continue his campaign with no consequences

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    This is a nice case study about why democracies should never ever ever tolerate the existence of zones outside the rule of regular law. Guantanamo in this idiot’s brain is a stand-in for an oubliette.

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      It’s not just socialism, it’s kindness and the exemplification of a civil servant actually seeking to serve the will of the people.

      In many ways, we’re simply talking about the concept of a true republic here.

      This is a rare vision of the America the founding fathers envisioned.

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          Not socialist but social democracies.

          Socialism is when WORKERS OWN THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION.

          These two countries are both free market privately owned economies. They both have extream(for the USA) regulations when it comes to how private enterprise can operate but at the end of the day they are both 100% capitalists.

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          Hmm…

          Sweden is a highly developed country ranked fifth in the Human Development Index. It is a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary democracy,

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden

          Sweden has achieved a high standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech capitalism and extensive welfare benefits.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Sweden

          As a unitary state with a constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the parliament, the cabinet, and the judiciary, as determined by the 1814 constitution.

          The Norwegian economy is an example of a mixed economy; a prosperous capitalist welfare state, it features a combination of free market activity and large state ownership in certain key sectors, influenced by both liberal governments from the late 19th century and later by social democratic governments in the postwar era.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway

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    Sure. If he actually has an arrest warrant out for him. WHICH HE DOESN’T. Do you know who does? BIBI!

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      Not to be a nitpicker, but its “hanged” not “hung”. Hung is the past tense of hanging something up (Jimmy went and hung up his coat). The past tense of the execution is hanged (Jimmy was hanged at dawn in town square).

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        How is that not being a nitpicker? From the MW usage guide.

        The distinction between hanged and hung is not an especially useful one (although a few commentators claim otherwise). It is, however, a simple one and certainly easy to remember. Therein lies its popularity. If you make a point of observing the distinction in your writing, you will not thereby become a better writer, but you will spare yourself the annoyance of being corrected for having done something that is not wrong.

        They were used completely interchangeably for centuries and still are to some extent. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        e: shrugger lost his arm

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          Hey now! There could be young children reading this! Keep it PG-13.

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            “We went to the Olive Garden and I ordered spaghetti. Hung had the fettuccine.”

            PG-13

            “We went to the Carrabba’s and I ordered spaghetti. Hung had the fettuccine.”

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              Uhm, yeah, Olive Garden. Totally wasn’t thinking of a guy’s bits (as in, he’s hung).

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    Guess ol Tommy had to say something ridiculous to get back in the news. Probably had to go see the king and needed some recognition.

    He should fall down more stairs.

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      He should fall down more stairs.

      They’re so old and staying in office so long that falling on the stairs is a real possibility.

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      What fucking law

      Prisoners at Guantanimo Bay have been asking that for decades.