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K1052

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hal2kilo

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The video of the priest/pastor being shot in the head with a rubber bullet by the rooftop snipers is infuriating.

And that's coming from someone that abhors organized religion.
Wow, wondered what it was, since it was still smoking as it bounced off his head.
 

nakedfrog

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I've now seen it described as both a rubber bullet and/or a pepper round. Either way, it's a "less than lethal" projectile that had no business being fired at him for just standing there looking up at them.
Yeah but he's a good Christian soldier and what the priest said was hurting him right in his feels by making him think there might be something wrong with what he's doing. He had to take the shot to get some dopamine to get the bad thoughts to go away.
 
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VRAMdemon

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Even assuming DJT has actually read the Constitution that he swore to protect and preserve and defend -- or had someone read it to him -- he apparently believes or at least claims that it somehow grants him absolute power and complete immunity and that nobody has any right to criticize him, scrutinize him, hold him accountable for anything or impose any limits on his actions. One reason is because this is how he was raised and how he ran his businesses. Laws don't mean anything to him except when he can use a law against his 'enemy'. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ violence. He is staging it.

"I have an article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as President" - DJT July 2019

"I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States." - DJT September 2025.
 

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Even assuming DJT has actually read the Constitution that he swore to protect and preserve and defend -- or had someone read it to him -- he apparently believes or at least claims that it somehow grants him absolute power and complete immunity and that nobody has any right to criticize him, scrutinize him, hold him accountable for anything or impose any limits on his actions. One reason is because this is how he was raised and how he ran his businesses. Laws don't mean anything to him except when he can use a law against his 'enemy'. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ violence. He is staging it.

"I have an article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as President" - DJT July 2019

"I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States." - DJT September 2025.
Well the SCROTUS members who voted he did have immunity and so far almost unlimited power would be impeached and removed from the bench in a functioning democracy.
 

VRAMdemon

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Well the SCROTUS members who voted he did have immunity and so far almost unlimited power would be impeached and removed from the bench in a functioning democracy.

And Trump "seriously considering" using the Insurrection Act

The silence from the "Don't Tread on Me" crowd is deafening.
 

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The general of the Oregon national guard had this to say:
Gronewold said Guard soldiers serve two purposes: “One, to defend America, and two, to protect Oregonians. And so by serving in this mission, they will be protecting any protesters at the ICE facility.”
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He said Trump’s social media post authorizing “full force” by the soldiers was unclear, as the term is “not a doctrinal term that the Army uses.”
Gronewold closed out his remarks by asking lawmakers to spread a message about the difference between local troops and federal law enforcement agents.
“We’re the home team, and our job is to protect and serve Oregonians, and we follow lawful orders, and that’s what we’re doing,” he said. “Please treat them with dignity and respect.”

 

hal2kilo

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Even assuming DJT has actually read the Constitution that he swore to protect and preserve and defend -- or had someone read it to him -- he apparently believes or at least claims that it somehow grants him absolute power and complete immunity and that nobody has any right to criticize him, scrutinize him, hold him accountable for anything or impose any limits on his actions. One reason is because this is how he was raised and how he ran his businesses. Laws don't mean anything to him except when he can use a law against his 'enemy'. He’s not trying to stop ‘left-wing’ violence. He is staging it.

"I have an article 2 where I have the right to do whatever I want as President" - DJT July 2019

"I have the right to do anything I wanna do. I’m the President of the United States." - DJT September 2025.
This is the problem with Trump, over privileged, added with 0 accountability to anyone, except banks, for his entire life.
 
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