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Should be a wild four years.

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in the empire all the Republican offices were for flunkeys of the emperor who didn't do much
I would have to disagree, because the actual bureaucratic and military positions in the Empire were of a different nature than autocracy as we understand it, but I would rather not turn this thread into Roman sperging for the 100th time and just say sure.

Having our powers and requirements for office actually be enumerated in writing was the genius of the founding fathers, they knew a general idea of separation of powers and a pinky promise to uphold it wasn't enough. The Bill of Rights was also ingenious, but that was borne more out of enlightenment thinking than anything else. Their only mistake was not instituting term limits or a fixed time before you could run for certain offices again. That was fixed with the president thanks to an Amendment but it long ago should have been fixed for the other parts of the government as well.
I don't think we differ about the solid foundation upon which the US Political System was founded. My point was that the stability of the Roman System, and what was heavily taken from the Romans to the American (Federalist Papers), was that of addressing factionalism, consensus, and power derived from the people, but not simply in a majoritarian manner, rather than simply term limits.
 

Sure. In a perfect world, Id say anyone serving the federal government had to agree to getting their assets frozen for the duration, living full time in dc because traveling back to their districts is performative and if they care about their constituents, they could read their fucking email, etc etc, and live in monastic dormitories without any opportunity for their money to provide them special comfort or privilege, all the better to contemplate their actions

But I think it would be a hard sell

Honestly all that sounds great but just doesn’t live well with what we see in human nature and politicians. I’ve always heard the salary of the president and other elected officials was to deter corruption; which has never seemed to work regardless of whether it is the year 1900 or the year 2025.

The US seems to have squandered any sort of “love” for one’s country that used to exist among a general population over the decades. Finding individuals for these types of jobs due to a genuine desire to help the nation and simultaneously getting them elected is almost impossible.
 
Germany courts declared that US citizens in Germany are not allowed to defend themselves againt sexual harassers. Given that the US citizen is now a criminal, she only got two year probation and 500 hours of community service.
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God I hope the US Consulate fights for her, fuck the failed state that is Deutschland.
 
Honestly all that sounds great but just doesn’t live well with what we see in human nature and politicians. I’ve always heard the salary of the president and other elected officials was to deter corruption; which has never seemed to work regardless of whether it is the year 1900 or the year 2025.

The US seems to have squandered any sort of “love” for one’s country that used to exist among a general population over the decades. Finding individuals for these types of jobs due to a genuine desire to help the nation and simultaneously getting them elected is almost impossible.
Why did you quote me as saying Pe
 
Thoughts? Pastor Burns has been a staunch Trump supporter for many years. He now says supporting Ukraine is "America First" policy, when previously he was very skeptical of all support for Ukraine.
 
In this great day what is your favorite free speech word you can say
Zipperhead. Not because I say it often or have a reason to say it but because it's objectively the meanest racial slur. Kike? It's just saying the jew word for Circle wrong. Nigger? Just a variant of the spanish word for black. Chink, Jap, Spic? Just shortened versions of the actual names for the ethnicity. Meanwhile Zipperhead has actual malice and history behind it.
 
He's a fuckin' moron
Your perception of him being a "moron" clearly doesn't matter if he's close enough to Trump to be called a "spiritual advisor."

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Someone needs to audit the donations his 'church' has gotten and if any of his family got new jobs in ukrainian companies.
You'll need to elaborate. Not providing enough information in this post.
 
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They go out of their way to say "sexual harassment" in the first paragraph to prime the reader to view the migrant in a certain way. It was attempted rape.

You can never hate journalists enough.
 
I think a lot of dems are being patient and sharpening their knives and letting the retards trip on their dicks.
It wouldnt surprise me.

The 2024 election was honestly a mandate. It also showed the electorate would rebel.

The LA fires showed a bureaucratic culture the theatre kids with black woman mayors, throwing lesbian fire chiefs under the bus while the city burned. Trump walks in and basically says "hey people need to start cleaning their lots like right now.

Finally the secret heads of the twitter mod that was ready to cast you out for not being woke enough got knee capped first by elon taking twitter away but also the (((NGO))) that help coordinate the message got taken out.
 
Stupidest fucking fight in the world.

If Trump goes full Jackson on this, he will keep support. They could have picked a better fight. These judges have forgotten the golden rule of not giving orders that wont be followed. Lets see if Trump is going to cuck or not.
I think the only thing holding Trump back from going full Jackson is if he does the SC will see their authority in danger and will rule against Trump in every case and basically declare everything his Administration does as Unconstitutional. And the Dems will side with them hard for a chance to nullify his entire Presidency.

It makes sense for Trump to play nice and listen to them for now, and give up some wins for them to overall stay friendly to him. And they might. Roberts will want to deny Trump on a few token things to show the Court has some nominal independence and isn't wholly Trump's subsidiary. They also may fear if the GOP/MAGA loses the midterms, a Democrat Congress might make good on the worst fears of the SC: court packing and term limits.
 
If they used $100 billion to retool one plant then the corruption is worse than anything we have ever experienced.
I'm being hyperbolic in my post. Do you believe they used $100bn to retool one plant? They used that money for other things, too. My point is that most of the "money sent to Ukraine" was directed to domestic arms manufacturers - Colt, Lockheed, Boeing, and RTX, among others.

Is it bad for the government to give domestic arms manufacturers business? US arms manufacturers are required by law to hire American citizens and only American citizens to make US weapons. I'm trying to find out what you see as "good" government spending for United States arms manufacturing. Work with me here, buddy.
 
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