Embattled Trump nomination kneecapped again as third DOJ whistleblower comes forward
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President Donald Trump's top Justice Department official, Emil Bove, was nominated for a judgeship on the Court of Appeals, which prompted a whistleblower to come forward about his experience hearing Bove urge the administration to ignore the rulings of a court judge. And on Monday, a third whistleb...

This guy looks and acts like a complete monster. I hope these brave whistleblowers stay safe, and prevent him from getting this insane position.

  • Reality_Suit@lemmy.world
    241·
    11 days ago

    We just need more guillotines. It’s how they solved things in the past when the law didn’t work. There’s historical precedence.

    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
      141·
      11 days ago

      People say this a lot but they seem to forget that France was a Republic for like 10 minutes before Napoleon declared himself emperor and went to war with the entirety of europe

      • Rekhyt@lemmy.world
        12·
        10 days ago

        To be fair…

        It was about 12 years, but that is a relatively short time. It’s about the same time we have to deal with Trump from the beginning of his first term to the end of his second, which is also an eternity (assuming that doesn’t become a literal eternity). And the First Republic kinda sucked for a ton of reasons, but it was at least technically a Republic.

        But also one of those reasons is that the Republic itself was at war with basically the entirety of Europe already, which is why Napoleon was able to rise to power in the first place: he wasn’t just a dude that waltzed in and said “make me emperor”, he was the hero of the army of Italy and basically was the major (unexpected) reason that France was able to defeat Austria.

        Anyway, the point is that we don’t have a Napoleon waiting in the wings to just snatch up power if it came to, say, Jacobin actions, but Napoleon took time to emerge, so we’d have at least a few years of guillotines first…

      • Bristlecone@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 days ago

        I understand the instinct for non-violence, especially when the system is working as intended, but nothing about our current system is stopping any abuse of power by anyone with power. The vast majority of the population does not agree with any of these political elites anymore, so it’s not really about sides, the side doing all this is inordinately represented by their abuses of the system, and bombastic and offensive nature of their most zealous, they are not actually equal. These particular people have also been advocating violence for their compatriots for decades if not longer, so reasonable people across the spectrum are way behind the curve as far as their willingness to speak this way about violence as a last resort. It’s normal at this point for conservatives to be heard calling very directly for killing progressives, particularly when only zealous conservatives can hear them

      • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
        41·
        10 days ago

        Seriously though - what do you propose?

        Here’s what I just commented on another post:

        Whatever is left of the cheese that is the legal and electoral system in the USA has more holes than cheese. And did so for a long time before even Trump 1.0.

        Patriot Act? Florida recount 2000? Gerrymandering? The list goes on.

        Frankly it’s a miracle it took so long for a POTUS to decide to take advantage of ALL the holes at once.

        I’m not sure how this can be fixed before the next election. It probably can’t. And then what?

        And then what, hm? The comparison to the French Revolution is apt.

        • just_another_person@lemmy.worldOP
          13·
          10 days ago

          They represent ONE unless I’m mistaken. Please point me to where an invading force of some sort has been defeated or representation by guillotine aside from France almost 300 years ago, please.

          • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world
            41·
            10 days ago

            You’re acting as if the French revolution isn’t one of, if not THEE most iconic and widely referenced revolutions. It seems like you’re being obtuse.

            • just_another_person@lemmy.worldOP
              14·
              10 days ago

              It’s not at all if you’re talking about:

              a) global political impact b) an expression of revolt by populace and THEN it’s effect c) the general recognized importance of it in general

              The ones that ARE absolutely responsible for global change are:

              1. Mexican Rev: it disrupted global trade for multiple decades
              2. American: same as above, but put a nail in the coffin of the British Empire which led to…
              3. Haitian and Chinese Rev: almost like they planned it, but was a death sentence to the British Empire. Within just a year, the British influence over colonies absolutely fucking collapsed, affecting not just South America, but also India and East Asia at large.

              The French Rev was minor in comparison.

              • AlexanderTheDead@lemmy.world
                51·
                10 days ago

                “Global change”

                I said iconic and widely referenced.

                The French Revolution has second billing, after the American Revolution, on the wikipedia page for “revolution”.

                I don’t care that you think it was minor due to the actual global impact on society. We are in a comment thread on lemmy where a guy made a joke and reference to what is indisputibly one of the most referenced revolutions in all of history.

                The guy told a joke that made perfect sense to everyone who read it, except you, apparently. How you can continue to argue against the majority on something that is defined by the majority- I do not know.

          • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
            21·
            10 days ago

            Please point me to where an invading force of some sort has been defeated or representation by guillotine

            Invasion? What do you mean? The guillotine defeated the monarchy, not an invading force.