#dictatorship

johnehummel@diasp.org

SCOTUS consists of three jurists and six moronic psychopaths. Those psychopaths are on the verge of signing their own death warrants, as well as ours.

The Court Just Sealed Everyone’s Fate, Including Its Own

The justices seem to think that the power they apparently just handed Donald Trump can’t be used against them someday. Right.

FTA: ... When Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Donald Trump’s lawyer, “If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person, and he orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?”, he replied, “It would depend on the hypothetical, but we can see that would well be an official act.”

Fine. The instant SCOTUS declares presidential immunity, Biden should order Trump imprisoned or executed.

If you want a dictatorship, then let's at least have a liberal one.

... At a minimum, it appears the court will send all of the federal cases back down to lower courts to reconsider whether Trump’s crimes were “official acts.” It’s also likely that their new definition of “official acts” is likely to be far broader than anyone should be comfortable with, or at least broad enough to give Trump a pass. This delay all but guarantees that Trump will not stand trial for anything besides the current hush-money case before the 2024 election.

Once again, have him executed before he can take office.

If the President can do anything they want, then Trump is certain, come 2028, to declare elections a thing of the past.

... People forget that the first German concentration camp (Dachau) was built in 1933 to hold members of the Communist and Social Democratic Parties, and Trump has made it clear that he’s building enough camps to process a minimum of 11 million people (migrants, at least for starters).

You're killing all of us, but Trump will come for you next, SCOTUS

... These justices’ foolishness lies in their lack of foresight as to what happens if Trump wins in 2024. In the justice’s efforts to ensure that they are the most powerful branch of government, they are about to make it the weakest. They are creating a win-win situation for Trump, and a lose-lose for themselves. When Trump is president again, he is likely to believe that he has the option of “removing” any member of the Supreme Court who defies him. As long as the court doesn’t rule against him, they’re fine. From the justices’ perspective, they either end up neutered lap dogs of a despot, who do whatever they’re told out of fear, or they defy him and end up somewhere … unpleasant (at best). Taking a dirt nap at worst. After all, if Trump can rub out a political opponent, can’t he do the same to an uncooperative jurist?

#Trump #SCOTUS #Dictatorship #Suicide

https://newrepublic.com/article/181032/supreme-court-trump-immunity-sealed-fate

janet_logan@diasp.org

Now we know how Hitler did it - Raw Story

The New York Times reports that Trump is planning to “build huge camps to detain people,” and “to get around any refusal by Congress to appropriate the necessary funds, Mr. Trump would redirect money in the military budget.”
How many people? “Millions” writes the Times. And not just immigrants: Trump is planning to send his enemies to them, too.

#Trump #MAGA #Dictatorship #DetentionCamps

nowisthetime@pod.automat.click

#quote from #pa " #ClimateChange" (AKA " #GlobalWarming ")... is it a #scam?
ALARMIST NONSENSE
The scariest part of the 'alarmist' mantra is a complete disregard for facts by ‘climate scientists.’
Consider that outside the atmosphere, the sun's energy is 1300 W / sq meter, whereas at sea level, inside that 'toasty' atmosphere it is only 1000 W/ sq meter. 30% was reflected back by the 'heat trapping' atmosphere. In fact, the atmosphere keeps Earth cooler than nearby bodies in a vacuum.

  • - - TEMPERATURE DATA - - - ● #Earth max : 56.85°C (134.33°F) ● #Space station max : 121°C (250°F) ● #Lunar surface max : 116.8°C (242.33°F)

Zero atmosphere = higher maximum temperature
#How does a “heat trapping” atmosphere stay colder?

And if heat was being 'trapped,' why hasn't the maximum temperature gone up to a new record level? All they can claim is that the “average” is going up. Yeah, right.

Is the “Greenhouse effect” like a refrigerator “trapping heat”?

There is no "heating up" or trapping of heat by the atmosphere when it is COOLING the planet. And since there is no conduction nor convection of heat in a vacuum, that leaves RADIATION. The atmosphere is radiating / reflecting back energy, that COOLS the planet.

More Facts in support - - -
Earth Albedo : 0.3
Moon Albedo : 0.11

ALBEDO - The fraction of incident electromagnetic radiation reflected by a surface, especially of a celestial body.

Coincidentally, the greenhouse gases have a higher emissivity that means they COOL the planet even more. And the #1 greenhouse gas is water vapor, which has a far greater effect than trace gases like CO2 or methane.. . .

Now, let me lead you to a KARBONITE SITE:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/co2-...orrelation.htm
... "A tiny amount of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, like methane and water vapour, keep the Earth's surface 30°Celsius (54°F) warmer than it would be without them.”
WAIT - the Earth with ‘heat trapping’ atmosphere is at least 108° F (59.95°C) cooler than the Moon without an atmosphere (242-134F). And they are claiming that trace gases are keeping Earth’s surface 30°Celsius (54°F) warmer despite the atmosphere keeping us 116°F cooler than the Space Station right outside of Earth’s atmosphere (250-134F).

Too confusing?
=> Zero atmosphere = 250°F (space station)
=> Atmosphere w/ CO2 = 134°F (Earth surface)
. . . .but the Karbonites are claiming. . . .
=> Atmosphere w/o CO2 = peak 80°F (134 - 54)

#HOAX, FOLKS.

just a way to get their #world #dictatorship #sailing #NWO NO WAY

mlansbury@despora.de

Pro-Kremlin military blogger dead after reporting Russia's losses in #Avdiivka

Ultranationalist Russian military blogger Andrey Morozov reportedly died by suicide days after posting claims that Russia suffered massive personnel losses in Avdiivka.

Morozov sparked outrage among pro-Russian outlets when he claimed on Feb. 18 that the Russian military lost 16,000 soldiers and 300 armored vehicles in its assault on Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast.

https://kyivindependent.com/pro-kremlin-military-blogger-dead-after-reporting-russias-losses-in-avdiivka/

#RussianAggression #dictatorship #MilitaryBloggers #StandWithUkraine

mlansbury@despora.de

Tribute to Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny has just died in a Russian prison colony in the Arctic Circle. The fiercest opponent of Putin's regime has been poisoned, imprisoned and has now died.

We can’t remain silent: let's turn this atrocity into a worldwide cry of hope against #tyranny.

Sign this letter now in tribute to Alexei #Navalny.

https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/navalny_tribute_loc/

#HumanRights #dictatorship #authoritarian #murder #Putin #Russia #PutinWarCriminal #PoliticalPrisoners

mlansbury@despora.de

Key corruption index sees Ukraine improve, Russia worsen in 2023

After the #EuroMaidan Revolution ousted pro-Kremlin President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, Ukraine launched extensive but challenging #anti-corruption efforts.

According to the recently published index that includes 180 countries, Ukraine went from the 144th least corrupt country in 2013 to 104th last year. It has also improved its score from 25 points to 36 over this period, with the higher number signifying less corruption.

In comparison, Russia's ranking went from the 127th least corrupt country in 2013 to 141st 10 years later, while its score dropped from 28 to 26. In 2022, Russia ranked 137th with a score of 28.

https://kyivindependent.com/key-corruption-index-sees-ukraine-rise-russia-drop-in-2023/

#Russia #corruption #crimes #dictatorship #authoritarian #corrupt

mlansbury@despora.de

The Greatest Threat Posed by Trump

In the upside-down world of #MAGA morality, vice is virtue and virtue is vice. My colleague Jane Coaston even coined a term, “vice signaling,” to describe how Trump’s core supporters convey their tribal allegiance. They’re often deliberately rude, transgressive or otherwise unpleasant, just to demonstrate how little they care about conventional moral norms.

Absent public virtue, a republic can fall. And a Trump win in 2024 would absolutely convince countless Americans that virtue is for suckers, and vice is the key to victory.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/opinion/donald-trump-culture-decline.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk0.RRW3.7A62oybsG1pN

#America #Trump #immoral #dictatorship #vice #Election2024

mlansbury@despora.de

'Straightforward dictatorship': CNN panel thrashes Trump's 'total immunity' claims

After reading Trump's Thursday Truth Social post where he said that he deserved complete immunity even if he "crossed the line" into illegal behavior, host Phil Mattingly suggested that Trump was telegraphing that he was "going to do some criming" if reelected.

He then turned to panelist Errol Louis, who outlined the dark implications of Trump's argument:

"It's a pretty straightforward statement of what dictatorship is, right? he said. "A president -- in his case he is talking about himself -- should be able to, must be able to legally do with legal impunity do whatever it is he or she wants."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictator-2667004022/?utm_source=diaspora

#dictator #dictatorship #dystopian #Trump #dystopia #America #DemocracyInDanger #AmericaLost #criminal #illegal #crimes #FreedomLost #executions #lawless

mlansbury@despora.de

Stop the UK Government from spying on all of our bank accounts

Petition

The Government is sneaking in new powers to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error.

It will force banks to flag people who meet secret criteria to the government.

Everyone wants fraudulent uses of public money to be dealt with, and the government already has strong powers to check the bank statements of suspects.

But this is a major expansion of government power that takes away our financial privacy like never before and does away with the presumption of innocence - the democratic principle that you shouldn't be spied on unless police suspect you of wrongdoing.

Petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-the-government-from-spying-on-all-of-our-bank-accounts

#ToryFascists #dictatorship #ToryScum #privacy #DemocracyNow #ToriesOut #banking #money #financial #DystopianBritain #UK #fascism #ToryDictatorship #Orwellian #Orwell

johnehummel@diasp.org

Good. The Dems need to keep reminding the American voters that, even if he denies it going forward, dictatorship will always be Trump's endgame.

It’s dawning on Trump, allies that the 'dictator' platform may not be a winner

As mainstream reporters hone in on Donald Trump's fascist fantasies for a second term, his campaign and allies are discovering that a dictatorship platform might not be a winning message next year.

Too bad, assholes. He said it out loud. And if the Democrats were smart (which, let's be honest, they usually aren't), no one would be allowed to forget it.

The media, too, should repeat this message over and over -- which, of course, they won't. (Most of them probably won't even mention it once.)

#Trump #Dictatorship #DemocraticTalkingPoint

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/8/2210488/-It-s-dawning-on-Trump-allies-that-the-dictator-platform-may-not-be-a-winner

mlansbury@despora.de

David Cameron’s Appointment to Cabinet 'Another Reminder Why the House of Lords Must Go'

Former Prime Minister David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary – despite having left Parliament in 2016 – has triggered fresh calls to abolish the House of Lords.

Cameron replaces James Cleverly, who has moved to ousted cabinet minister Suella Braverman’s former role of Home Secretary.

There is no constitutional requirement for a cabinet minister to be an elected MP, but it is very rare that senior offices of state are held by unelected politicians. Lobbyist Cameron has been handed a seat in the 800-odd member House of Lords for life to take up the role.

Today campaign group Republic demanded a written constitution and elected upper house following the move.

Republic’s CEO, Graham Smith, said: “This appointment joins a string of recent outrages that remind us of the urgent need to ditch the Lords in favour of an elected upper house.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/david-camerons-appointment-to-cabinet-another-reminder-why-the-house-of-lords-must-go/

#ElectoralDictatorship #UnitedKingdom #UK #dictatorship #authoritarian #Tory #Tories #ToryDictatorship #ToryFascists #democracy #PR #DemocracyLost #ToryCronyism #BylineTimes #Lords #HouseOfLords #Republic #lobbying #lobbyist #Cameron #DavidCameron

mlansbury@despora.de

Stop the Data Grab Bill

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill will gut UK privacy laws, attacking our ability to challenge data abuse.

From workers and children to NHS patients and migrants, GDPR protects us all. It has been used to stop:
- Unfair exam grading algorithms
- Robo-dismissals from employment
- Digital strip searches of sexual abuse victims

These are just a few of the vital protections on the chopping block.

Fight for your rights – tell the government to get their hands off our data!

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/hands-off-our-data

#GDPR #Fascism #ToryFascism #dictatorship #authoritarian #ToryDictatorship #privacy #data #BigData #spying #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryScum #security

mlansbury@despora.de

During Covid, callous Tories knew this about old people: they’re very expensive

"I doubt many older Tory voters will forget the terminal plans being hatched for them inside No 10, not just by Boris Johnson but also by those around him."

The Tory chief whip, Mark Spencer, allegedly said: “I think we should let the old people get it and protect the others”, to which Johnson replied: “A lot of my backbenchers agree with that, and I must say I agree with them.”

Members of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice say the evidence they are hearing is even worse than they feared.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/03/covid-tories-old-people-pensions-health-social-care-ageing-population

#UnitedKingdom #fascism #dystopian #dystopia #DystopianBritain #HumanRights #Covid #Covid19 #pandemic #Tory #Tories #ToryMurders #ToryDictatorship #dictatorship #ToryFascistDictatorship

mrd_ill_be_back@diasp.org

Ariel Beery

Rallies by human rights and pro- #Palestinian activists around the world have called for an immediate ceasefire between #Israel and #Hamas. Many of those rallying have only good intentions at heart: they seek no more harm to innocents. They seek to protect the children of #Gaza, who have no responsibility for the crimes of members of their parents’ generation. They seek to mitigate the chances of an outbreak of a regional war that could cause further damage to even more innocents across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt. They seek peace.

Seeing Israel as the stronger party, these well-intentioned activists have come to a simple conclusion: if only Israel stopped its military operations, a #ceasefire would emerge. #Hostages would eventually be returned. Lives would be saved. The problem is, as the leadership of the US and EU have already concluded, that is not #realistic. In past wars with Hamas, Israel has ceased fire and increased economic development for Gaza. Each time, Hamas used the time and money they siphoned off to build #weapons of war and aim those at both #Israelis and the #Palestinians who disagree with their #theocratic #dictatorship. Which is why the only way for the #Left, us #progressives, to live up to our morals and keep the high ground is to call for the immediate unconditional #surrender of Hamas.

Calling for the unconditional surrender of Hamas would prove that the Left cares about children of all countries, without ascribing to a hierarchy of human life. It avoids the moralistic laziness of publicly funded intellectuals such as Nicholas Kristof, among others, who essentially argue that a person planning to shoot you or your children has the same right to life as his victims. It avoids the abdication of responsibility by progressive leaders who forgive the war crimes of the party dedicated to carrying them out.(...)

Hamas depends on #international opinion far more than Israel. Hamas cannot exist without international aid, without international diplomatic air cover.

Those who care deeply about protecting the lives of #innocents need to think not just about today, but tomorrow.

Calling for a ceasefire would mean Israel #accepting a certain number of innocents dead by the hands of Hamas tomorrow in order to save innocent lives today. Calling for an alternative — for the unconditional surrender of Hamas — would solve this problem. Without Hamas in power, the threat to innocent lives on both sides drops precipitously. A ceasefire is made possible because the promise of future bloodshed is virtually eliminated.

There are those who would say that calling for Hamas’ unconditional surrender is unrealistic. That Hamas would not do it, and therefore the Left should focus on the only party who can be pressured by the international community: the democratic State of Israel. That, in my opinion, is worse than moralistic laziness. It is an abdication of morals, a cynical pragmatism that sacrifices Israeli innocent lives due to a lack of self-confidence that the Left should advocate for the truth. It is the path of least #resistance that leads towards the #victory of #evil over good.

Moreover, it is wrong. Because, again, Hamas depends on international opinion far more than Israel. Hamas cannot exist without international aid, without international diplomatic air cover. Without suitcases of cash coming from #Qatar with the active assistance of the #Netanyahu governments over the ages. If anyone can be influenced to stop the violence — if the Left’s progressive voice can have any impact whatsoever — it is by calling for the unconditional surrender of Hamas.

Because if Hamas emerged from its #bunkers, weapons down, hostages free, there would be no international justification for Israel to go to war, and Israel’s war aims would be met. Israelis who recognize now that there is no solution to the conflict that does not include a #political #transformation of the region would join with those #progressives who aided in freeing Gaza from Hamas to envision a new regional order. And there very well might just be peace
#antifa against #islamism #islamistic #clericalfascism and #antisemitism = #antizionism
https://jungle.world/blog/von-tunis-nach-teheran/2023/10/gaza-was-linke-auf-demonstrationen-fordern-sollten
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