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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 41 minutes ago

Greene on Monday described these actions as a threat against Trump's "mandate."

That mandate calls for actions Democratic states must accept, Greene argued, such as the mass deportation of "illegal invaders" and preventing trans children from playing sports.

The funny thing is that MTG is getting less and less of a "mandate" from GA-14 for all of her crap: In 2020 she got 74.6 percent of the vote, in 2022 she got 65.9, and in 2024 she got 64.4. Keep it up Marge.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

A republican flip flopping on states rights again? I'm shocked.

[–] M600@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

How is it not illegal for her to say these things? Like is that a threat against the United States?

[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Depends.

Protected by the first amendment, one can legally advocate for the dissolution of the Union through bicameral ratification outlined constitutionally. To advocate for armed insurrection or violent overthrow of the federal government is sedition and considered quite illegal.

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

Is it really illegal if the law isn't enforced? Is anything a Republican does illegal anymore?

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 14 points 6 hours ago

Honestly, with what I'm genuinely concerned is going to happen, that would probably be preferable. Give everyone some notice, and we can escape the nutjobs by being homeless in California and New York instead of concentrated in camps in Florida and Georgia. I mean, it'll inevitably make the blue state nation more conservative as they blame southern refugees for all their problems, but it'd still be better more than likely

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 35 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Don't threaten me with a good time lady.

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 23 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

So they know that Texas doesn't have a GDP high enough to even run all their red catastrophies, right? I'm kidding, I know they don't know. They probably also don't know that CA would be the third largest super power if they ever let us go. Which they won't. At all.

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 27 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Californians are in an abusive relationship. Blamed for everything and not allowed to leave

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 hours ago

Just let us have our fires in peace damnit!

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[–] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago

Now that I am no longer in FL and live in a blue state… cool, I like the idea but I’m not a fucking traitorous asshole to my country. When are we putting this bitch up on the gallows?

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 35 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I mean... as long as California takes Colorado and New Mexico with it, I see no real issues with that. We get the economy, the nature, and the nukes.

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 7 hours ago (2 children)
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 hours ago

Lets go for the Fallout 2 version I want to annoy everyone.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

We'll bring along Oregon and Washington, at least the west halves, and call the country the Collective of American States.

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 hours ago

Yep. Best Christmas present they could offer.

Do it. Push her harder.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 103 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

.......yeah, ok. Sounds good.

moves to California

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

I’ve got “Hotel California” and “San Francisco” battling it out in my head now.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

How about Going to California?

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

"someone told me there's a girl out there, with love in her eyes and flowers in her hair"

Damn is that a great little tune, such a warm sound too

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[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

It'll never happen. US Military would never willingly split itself apart, let itself get split apart, or let another nation that it's not allied with have any sort of Army on its equivalent. The 50 states are here to stay.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 31 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Never say never. The domestic terrorists/agents of Putin are aching for an actual shooting civil war.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

Even a peaceful division of the US would be something they would seriously benefit from. The US permanently divided against itself, each side easy to manipulate into a military conflict against the other. We would have nukes pointed at each other within a decade. It would be like the splitting of India and Pakistan, along with all the accompanying human rights atrocities.

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[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 50 points 10 hours ago

that's not… usually what you do win you win. so like… honestly… okay, kick me out, let me be governed by a saner government. also DC is between two blue state so good luck evacuating back to your conservative safe space, dumbass

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 20 points 9 hours ago

I'm literally moving to a blue state. The one good idea she had I beat her to it. Peace idiots.

[–] MinusPi@pawb.social 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The rest of the US doesn't deserve California's economy

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 45 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Predictable. The donvict-humpers supposedly "win", and then get even MORE angry. Why so angry?

I suspect it's because for this brief period of time, anyway, it's hard for them to avoid just how HATED they and their precious golden donvict truly are. They thought they'd "win" and all the normal Americans around them would just disappear. And yet, Karens like Green continue to get confronted by normal people.

[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world 32 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The donvict-humpers supposedly “win”, and then get even MORE angry. Why so angry?

Because we've stolen their martyrdom from them by losing.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

This is outrageously anecdotal but the trumpers I know were all grins on the day after until they realized we weren’t gonna just get over this and they just labeled themselves. They seem pissy now, and one in my office in particular that used to chat with me about sports is really broken up I don’t want to anymore

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

They seem pissy now, and one in my office in particular that used to chat with me about sports is really broken up I don’t want to anymore

Yeah, the Professional Left did an entire section about this and they mentioned the case where some husband is completely gobsmacked that his wife filed for divorce.

But yeah, I've seen the same thing and heard about it from others. Lots of quiet interactions about how so and so is a big proponent of donvict; don't invite him/her to {whatever social function}.

The refrain of "yeah, but let's just agree to disagree" - I can see why many people, especially those most at risk thanks to what they wan, are thinking: "YEAH, FUCK THAT. You just voted to harm me, and you want to act like it's just a disagreement?"

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[–] Aztechnology@lemmy.world 32 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

California would do so much better on its own I feel like

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 28 points 9 hours ago

Blue states pay more in taxes than they receive, and vice versa with red states. We are literally funding them dragging us all backwards.

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 37 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

5th largest economy on the planet by itself.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Russia has a smaller economy. Go ahead. Make it without us. Dumb fucks.

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[–] Clent@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

What's the split on ports in blue states vs red states?

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Pretty much all in Blue states - the Red states have no pacific access and lode out on the eastern megacity.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 hours ago

Depends on how long hurricane season is. And how much more powerful hurricanes will get.

[–] Daze@sh.itjust.works 36 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 16 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (5 children)

Canada has given the world some of the worst extremists, racists, etc. (Proud Boys being one of the more recent horrible things we've exported)

There's a group that popped up during the convoy called diagolon. They posted this way back which seems like how things would work (a path from Russia to Florida)

They claim it's a joke, but isn't it always just a joke.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sure BC, VA, and CO are not going along with that.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 22 points 10 hours ago

[Wearing the US flag as a t-shirt and a pair of pajamas]: "I believe in the UNITED States of America!!!! ..... but I want a divorce"

[–] Sinkbath@lemmy.today 25 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

There should be a bot that searches out MarjorieTG posts and auto-comments ”What a fucking idiot.”

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[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

Since the House and EC are capped, we should take the excess population that is not being represented and move it around.

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