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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

When did he last go to church?

[–] Bytemeister 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

During the BLM/George Floyd protests. There are photos.

[–] glitch1985 2 points 1 hour ago

When's the last time he went in a church though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

The time he held his favourite book upside down

[–] [email protected] 132 points 1 day ago (8 children)

So, this is blatantly and egregiously unconstitutional, right?

[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 day ago

It is, but the constitution is just a piece of paper that the Republicans hate with unrivaled passion.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A 6-3 Supreme Court majority says it isn’t.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I mean, they haven't said that yet. While the current supreme court have made some genuinely insane rulings, they've generally at least made the pretence of trying to square everything they're doing with the constitution, albeit often in very strained or roundabout ways. I'm not sure if they'll be able to find a way to justify this (but I'm not ruling it out either).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah my only hope with some of this shit is that Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett actually have convictions and principles that they stand by (as horrible as those may be) and aren't willing to completely destroy the Republic in exchange for expensive vacations with a billionaire.

Not holding my breath though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They could justify it with the Chewbacca Defence, possibly replacing Star Wars names with arcane Latin legalese terms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

"I am altering the Constitution. Pray I don't alter it further. No, really, I'm the President and I'm ordering you to pray, with the Court's backing."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Clarence Thomas is coming for your arms

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Can we keep our hands at least?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

So is everything else he's doing but it doesn't seem to matter.

[–] inclementimmigrant 7 points 1 day ago

And who's going to enforce that? Surely Amy Handmaid Barrett and company will get right on that.

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[–] CharlesDarwin 32 points 1 day ago

Remember how the radical right, most especially of the more Randroid type was saying that talking about Gilead states was hyperbole and hysterical, etc...?

Then they reversed 50 years of Roe. And now this insane piece of shit is back in the office, throwing red meat to the crazies that think this is a xtian nation (or that it should be one).

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

"Good news, Trump doesn't want Congress to have any power anyway!"

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Inb4 they claim science has anti Christian biases

[–] CharlesDarwin 19 points 1 day ago

They've been saying that all along, haven't they? These are the same people that think "teach the controversy" is a good slogan to repeat over...checks notes....evolution?

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 day ago

Ain't no hate like Christian love.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wow America! You really are doing everything in your hand to become a new medieval monarchy.

You have the absolutist king, the feudal lords, the hate towards any progress...

You were missing the inquisition. WERE.

[–] beansbeansbeans 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We're apparently trying to speedrun European history into 4 years or less, but in reverse, and ending in the dark ages.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I have to say I'm impressed. You got almost there in less than a month. Right now you're missing a crusade (although the turd is working very hard on that front to "celebrate" it asap) and... maybe the public and gruesome executions, but I'm sure with enough hard work you can get there before the next year.

[–] KillerTofu 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

No one expects the Ameriklan Inquisition!

[–] Crazyslinkz 7 points 1 day ago

I'm too lazy to post the image, but I can imagine

Monty Python was / is great.

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[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And this is when things get truely crazy. You ain't seen nothing yet.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the true fuckery hasn't even begun in earnest yet

[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I firmly believe that the fundies are trying to fulfil the prophecy of the book of revelation. Trump is playing the part of the antichrist, musk is the beast and I'm not sure who is playing satan yet but xi and Putin are both strong contenders. My concern is how the heritage Foundation interprets "lake of fire".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just think Trump is doing all of this shit because he can, there's nobody this time around that can stop him, we rightly tried locking him up in Federal prison for the rest of his life, and he really really didn't like being mocked by Obama during the Correspondents dinner. He's going to burn it all down, and so many people are about to die, here, and all around the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Agreed, except that Federalist Merrick Garland only tried hard enough to put on a show. He's in on this, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

he was in on this, couldn't matter less now that trump has the keys

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello future handmaids, how are we all doing today?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Under his eye.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago

Fuck you and your religion.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dear US, wishing you a quiet revolution down the road to clean up this mess
Sincerely, a Quebecer

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dear Quebecer,

Got any room?

Sincerely, a New Englander

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, New-New-Frangland will be quite the powerhouse!

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[–] dejected_warp_core 4 points 1 day ago

Thank you. I'm wishing the same for myself and my fellow not-pants-on-head-crazy people in this madhouse.

Yours,

  • Your downstairs, and trapped in a failed meth-lab of a country, neighbor
[–] graycube 25 points 1 day ago

The Inquisition? Nobody expected that.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's kinda fun time travelling back a hundred years. Oh wait. No, no it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

This is more of a 600 year regression to pre-Renaissance if we're being honest.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

Yes but there is someone from within the last 100 years that he reminds people of

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

as with everything else, they'll leave the definition of "christian" absurdly vague in order to define it however they please in a given situation. then they'll go out to any actual christian churches who are accepting of "other" instead of discriminating against them, and charge them with being "unchristian/unamerican," force them to update their beliefs to hate gays/blacks/women/etc

get ready for mandatory church attendance and tithes at a govt approved jesus center

[–] frog_brawler 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

If mandatory church attendance is in the pipeline, so is a large uptick in church shootings.

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