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    If this arrest doesn’t happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.

    A lot of shit has happened to destroy democracy so far (has anyone been keeping a list?), but if billionaires see that they can now buy votes, nothing will stop them from doing it over and over again. We will be Russia.

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      and its becoming blatant and bold

      Muskrat isn’t doing this for any other reason other than to test and expand the boundaries. It’s challenging the American people … if he can go this far and allowed to get away with it, then it will become the norm. The fault won’t be that he is doing it … the fault will be the American people who put up with this crap.

      I’ve given up on trying to understand dumb American politicians … I’m completely disillusioned and lost hope in the American people.

      It’s not a small group of billionaires that will destroy democracy in America … it will be an entire nation of people who just stand aside and watch everything burn without saying or doing a thing about it.

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        I’ve given up on trying to understand dumb American politicians

        It’s easy. They are cowards, and they are for sale. If money doesn’t make them snap to attention, threats will. I also think a healthy percentage of them have been to Russia, and those are being blackmailed.

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      If this arrest doesn’t happen, democracy is one step closer to the grave.

      Worry not, most Americans are bravely waiting until they have no options left and literally living in squalor before considering any action

      In the last 8+ years I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times, I have lost all hope Americans will actually do something for themselves

      I guess you won’t make fun of French people anymore

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        I have seen the goal post for action moved so many times

        Yes. I have too. I honestly think I’ve moved my own goal posts for action, as well. I think most of the people like me feel truly lost about what to do. We need a Martin Luther King, Jr figure to unite and direct.

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        A lot of people strongly believe that God will protect them from whatever terrible Biblical punishments are going to befall the Liberals, Minorities, and Gays. They seem to forget that the Divine Retribution they are praying for so hard always carries enormous collateral damage. SEE: Ark, Noah’s, also Sodom/Gommorah, also Plagues, Egyptian, etc.

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          Also, the people who think like this, are actually being evil, so their belief brings their own doom. TLDR: If you’re a cunt who sits back and revels in the suffering of those you don’t like, you aint going to heaven…

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      Trump already announced he plans to prosecute anyone trying to enforce the Hatch Act.

      The Hatch Act is what makes this illegal.

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      I’m at the point where I know he won’t face consequences because he’s rich. But an arrest and trial would at least be sanity.

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        But an arrest and trial would

        be an absolute pony show ending with no conviction.

        We only have a criminal justice system for the poors. If you want justice for people like Musk, vigilante is the only option.

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        Brilliant! I’d love to see the finished list when it’s done.

        I mean, I’d love for it not to have to exist, but here we are.

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          Won’t happen. While I think all this institutional resistance is good. All of the lawsuits and judge rulings should only be seen as a way meant to delay. Fascism is here. You don’t unravel it using the existing institutions and systems.

          Delay and prepare. Learn who all your neighbors are. Make sure you can contact all of them quickly and that they can contact you. Your neighbors and your coworkers are who you should be organizing with. Talk to them. Find out who might be a target by ICE. Find out which one of them you can’t trust. And of course. Arm yourself.

          Elons not getting arrested but we don’t have to let them arrest us either. If there is no justice for Elon we can’t allow anymore injustice to us.

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      Right??? I had to start over after the first couple words, look at the thumbnail, then start reading again. Fucking hell.

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    Seriously, who would arrest a billionaire? It seems like he has a suit of armor made of money that everyone won’t touch. If anyone else walked into the federal agencies and did what he did, they would have been arrested.

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    Feel like this title should’ve been Wisconsin Demands Arrest of… Because holy shit my heart skipped a beat to think something might change :(

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        You actually got me there, I had to google his mother’s name thinking this is the worst prank from the universe ever.

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    This is not an arrest warrant or anything. It’s a Democrat politician saying he should be arrested

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    Throw the dirty immigrant deep in an El Salvadoran prison. Fucking dirtbag. Give him a taste of his own medicine.

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      It’s imperative they perp walk him through the street in chains with 20 armed police officers first. Maybe the mayor can come out for the photo op

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    This!

    Then aggressively review his widely known to be fraudulently obtained American citizenship, seize his American assets including his companies, and send him back to South Africa.

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    A billionaire is never going to suffer a real consequence in America. That’s why we’re so screwed in the first place

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    state charges too, Trump cant pardon those. Maybe thats the answer for republican law breakers, move all the federal laws to the state books. (Or maybe thats a bad idea, I’m not a lawyer)

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      This is a great idea. Moving everything from the Feds to the states is a core conservative value, so they should welcome this.

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        They care about this as much as they care about proper handling of classified information

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          They’ll care plenty when their representatives start getting tossed in state penitentiaries, where they can’t be pardoned.

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            Lol yeah, right

            Rule of law for fascists does not apply in fascism buddy

            You literally have a convicted felon as president

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              States are different from Federal. If a blue state incarcerates a MAGA leader, there’s nothing HitlerPig can do to get them loose, short of military force.

              It would be fun to snatch up Jr on a cocaine charge.

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                  A state will never get HitlerPig, he’s got SCOTUS immunity superpowers, but that immunity doesn’t extend to anyone else. If one of his henchmen has broken state laws, throw the state book at them.

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    We need exercise our second amendment and the citizens need to arrest

    Elon Musk, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, Clarence Thomas, Big Balls and associated hacker coup, Peter Theil, Tulsi Gabbard, John Roberts, Jared Kushner, Steve Miller, Brett Kavanaugh and all January 6th rioters

    I think that would be a good start

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      WHAT DID YOU SAY???

      LUIGIDATE MUSK??

      The joke:

      The joke is that I’m pretending to be a deaf old grandpa