Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy

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carefulfungi•about 7 hours ago

Future (and current) presidents seem unlikely to be encumbered by laws. They can spend or not spend the budget. They can fire and effectively disable lawful commissions. They are immune from criminal proceedings. They can have any personal financial interests. They can accept large gifts. They can tear down national monuments. Really makes following Congress and laws a lot less informative. ;-)

notarget137•about 5 hours ago

And now everybody screams that Putin is bad.

bryanlarsen•about 4 hours ago

False equivalence is what enabled the Trump presidency. "All politicians are corrupt liars, therefore we'll elect the one who tells us the lies we like".

Corruption and evil are not binary, they're shades of grey. Trump might be bad, but he's not poisoning his opponents or throwing them out windows.

If all politicians are evil, the goal should be to elect the least-evil one.

josefritzishere•about 7 hours ago

Section 219 is treason.

sndgndgndgndy•about 7 hours ago

Not if you're Israel-First.

hightrix•about 6 hours ago

No elected politician to the American government should be "Israel-first". Anyone stating such should be tried for treason.

readthenotes1•about 3 hours ago

Any president that wants to pause it can cite "national security".

That sounds pretty reasonable since Israel spies on the USA a lot

snootypoot•about 4 hours ago

we have been a puppet state for generations, its been warned about since the 1950's but only recently has it gotten so bad that average people have started to notice. senator jack tenney wrote a book called "zions trojan horse" way back in the 50s.

Section 219, the US-Israel Military Merger, Would Thwart American Democracy

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