Kudos to the state of Maine and if all else fails, secede and join Canada. Using the metric system will improve life too.
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2025
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We'll see you in court
Judges that Drumpf put there will deny any wrong doing by Drumpf, and penalise Maine.
She got under his skin so fast and he never recovered, throwing in the, "you'll never win in politics" stuff.
I know it goes without saying, but can you imagine if Biden or Obama literally went on national television and declared to a United States governor "I am the law!" like he's a dollar-store Judge Dredd?
maybe it would've made the trumpists like biden
Ottawa is closer to me in Maine that washing dc. Can we just leave already.
It'd mean we could extend our high-speed rail line to Halifax.
✖️ canada the 51st state
✅ maine the 11th province
No taxation without representation
Why be part of the US if it doesn't represent your interests and if there's a dictator in power?
How Canadian are you feeling, Maine? Maybe it's time for a referendum.
A very large percentage are descendants of french canadians so I'd say very canadian
Please let me move there first
Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted?
one moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy...
Mom’s spaghetti!
Party of small government, right? Party of states rights, right? Sounds to me they are the party of dictatorship, tyranny and oppression.
And 19 year olds who help run doge!
If we have free and fair elections in 2026 I'm looking forward to seeing these little shits dragged in front of Congress and grilled.
As stupid as I think they are, I also feel sorry for them; they don’t realize they’re being used as pawns and will be hung out to dry as soon as it suites Musk and Trump.
The reason they’re so young and inexperienced is that everyone else realized the implications and refused for their own well-being. The fact that none of the DOGE leadership wants to be officially “in-charge” is a giant red flag.
Can they be charged and imprisoned while they await trial?
Never happen they'll all be pardoned.
Not if literally anyone other than a Republican is elected.
We're talking about 2026, though, not 2028.
Who's weaponizing agencies now, you projecting, pants-shitting little bitch?
AND it's the department you were going to kill? Jesus Christ who the fuck is writing this timeline‽
"We accused the other guys of doing it, which makes it okay when we do it."
Modus operandi.
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
This rewrote my brain, first time I heard it.
“Well—I’m—we are the federal law. You better do it because otherwise, you’re not going to get any federal funding at all if you don’t.”
This sentence. First, almost "I'm the federal law," followed by just a completely wonky sentence. What a technically human being
I would fucking love for the Feds to try this with any blue state that is a net contributor (which is like, basically all of them). And then set up a (federally illegal, but we don’t care about that anymore apparently) interstate commerce and trade pact between blue states for mutual aid and economic assistance, since the federal government is currently busy destroying the federal government.
And then soldiers march on the blue states, and then the US balkanizes
You’re forgetting that state National guards exist
They get funding from the feds and can be federalized.
A governor would hypothetically have to convince them that the federalization order was unconstitutional.
Federalization can be countered by the federal government being so completely insane that the State Guard CO says “no, fuck you” and sides with the governor
I would have also added, "What federal funding? You're stealing it all to pay for the handouts to the rich that think you're a fool."
Somone, can't remember who, once complained about weaponization of government. If I can only remember, cause I think it's relevant somehow.
OK, so what can we do to support Mills and Maine?
The best thing you can do is to push your state and governor do the same if there's any chance.
why is "bullying" in quotes.
he absolutely was bullying her.
Mills is so badass!