Summary

Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers are pushing to classify vandalism against Tesla as domestic terrorism.

Trump declared that those damaging Tesla dealerships would face terrorism charges, calling the company “a great American company.”

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and others urged the FBI and Attorney General to investigate alleged Democrat-linked NGOs behind Tesla attacks, though no evidence was provided.

Greene may have violated House ethics rules by advocating for Tesla while owning its stock.

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“Republicans do not support the first amendment.”

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They also don’t support the USA.

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They’re traitors, and you know what they say:

He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.

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transl.: if you get caught redhanded commiting crime, just claim it is for patriotism or some shit…

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129 points

Republicans are something society needs to leave behind in full. They literally don’t stand for anything and are net negative for society.

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51 points

The destruction of the mainstream conservative media by companies like NewsCorp have yielded great results for right wing authoritarians.

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21 points

At this point, they clearly aren’t even for corporations or shareholders, given the most recent cascade of economic catastrophes.

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This is the only hope for America not to fall, if Trump and Musk also screw the elites too much there will be much more likely a revolution.

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62 points

Such big man babies, they are going to make it illegal to not like them??? There is not a word in the English language that describes how baby, child like and immature this behavior is. I think we shall call it being musk. They are being extremely musky about this.

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I like it. Musky: a state of being petty or childish.

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I’m absolutely down, we should start using this.

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Serious question: Historically, has a fascist movement ever been put down without the use of violence?

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It always ends in violence. The kind of person that creates these racist movements simply does not operate with a human mentality. They wake up in the morning and their first conscious thought is to benefit themselves, the second one is hurting others to benefit themselves. They are pure evil.

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Not once the ball gets rolling, no. Plenty of Fascism has been averted through preemptive nonviolent action though. In fact, that’s basically how Democracy works; Constant nonviolent vigilance keeping Fascism at bay. But once Fascism gains traction, the only thing that works to get rid of it is violence. More people need to understand this. It’s like that Kyle Reese speech in the first Terminator movie.

“It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop… ever, until you are dead!”

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Spain? Not super familiar with their fascist history.

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I think that ended with the death of their fascist leader and then a peaceful transition towards democracy. So it can happen but only if your leader dies and the successor wants to reform the country back to democracy.

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Stares JD Vanceily yeah we don’t have that

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So much violence in Francos regime. Between 100,000 and 200,000 killed, with 500,000 fleeing into france. Absolute bloodbath. May he rot in hell forever.

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38 points

Not being republican is now illegal. Cool cool cool.

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I mean they had to find some way to incentivize people to vote for them.

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