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47of74

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32. I honestly think there is a place for the death penalty

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 05:26 PM

Jul 2020

I’ve come from believing that it’s never justified to being justified and appropriate in some cases. Those cases being treason, voter suppression, and electoral fraud. Those are three crimes where the punishment should be so God awful that Republicans will never want to commit those crimes and will never want to take one for the team.

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Trump consults Bush torture lawyer on how to skirt law and rule by decree [View all] erronis Jul 2020 OP

tRump is in fascist desperation, a drowning man clutching straws. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #1

Yoo should have been tried and jailed for war crimes. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #2

Yes, we need to stop making this mistake. Grokenstein Jul 2020 #11

We've been doing that volstork Jul 2020 #34

Just like his boss and the rest of the neocons sandensea Jul 2020 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author ahoysrcsm Jul 2020 #41

What the hell is this man thinking???????????????????????????/ onecent Jul 2020 #3

Adding more content from the Guardian article erronis Jul 2020 #4

Yoo should be in Gitmo. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #8

Dems have been too much like Neville Chamberlain DSandra Jul 2020 #21

Kick dalton99a Jul 2020 #5

+ 1000 n/t MFGsunny Jul 2020 #10

And the Obama admin's refusal Miguelito Loveless Jul 2020 #6

Each time we let the pukes get away with a crime, they escalate. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #9

Exactly Miguelito Loveless Jul 2020 #29

I honestly think there is a place for the death penalty 47of74 Jul 2020 #32

I would agree, but I am always stopped by our very flawed justice system Miguelito Loveless Jul 2020 #36

How long do we keep saying "this is how it begins"?? unblock Jul 2020 #7

It's called incrementalism PSPS Jul 2020 #25

my mother is a holocaust survivor. unblock Jul 2020 #28

Seems Like They're Looking For Some TYpe Of Showdown Me. Jul 2020 #12

No worries. The SCOTUS has ruled Trump isn't above the law. jalan48 Jul 2020 #13

You forgot the "sarcasm" tag (I hope.) erronis Jul 2020 #16

Yes, I'm not as optimistic as some about the Courts giving us victories. jalan48 Jul 2020 #17

How can we get rid of a fascist ruler? Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #14

If you're talking about who I think, they weren't ridded by internal pressures, either. erronis Jul 2020 #18

And where would the "massive outside interventions" come this time...? regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #39

The last ruler like Trump was Romanian strongman Nicolae Ceausescu jmowreader Jul 2020 #26

Honestly, I wasn't thinking of him Mr.Bill Jul 2020 #27

This Is What Happens When There Is No Accountability DallasNE Jul 2020 #19

Consulting the atty. who thought torture was OK and Geneva Conventions "quaint." F' em all Evolve Dammit Jul 2020 #20

What entity exists that can stand up to their criminality and stop them? Ligyron Jul 2020 #22

The people (writ large)? Or the military? Both options involve a lot of pain. erronis Jul 2020 #24

I have had the same thoughts leftieNanner Jul 2020 #30

Yes, defunding is one weapon we had but chose not to use. Ligyron Jul 2020 #42

Yeah, that'll be a popular decree bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #23

Hey, Torture Yoo! Now that's a name from the past. paleotn Jul 2020 #31

Yeah, being the bigger person and putting this behind us has really worked out. Scalded Nun Jul 2020 #33

Another example of why we should have choie Jul 2020 #35

Where the fuck are all these people? Scalded Nun Jul 2020 #37

To them the guberment is da libtards Squidly Jul 2020 #40

he's doing a full court press trying to figure out a way he can fuck the election Javaman Jul 2020 #38