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iemanja

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33. I was referring to the point about Biden's declaring martial law
Thu Dec 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
Dec 2021

That is authoritarianism, and that is what you have defended. You attack the Democrats for an inability to break the filibuster to get Voting Rights passed, as though they didn't care about it, but you defend martial law, only to invoke the student debt issue, as though it were remotely related to the discussion.
Student debt has absolutely nothing to do with this discussion.

The problem is she may not be the only democrat opposed to a filibuster carve out PoliticAverse Dec 2021 #1
My thought as well, I doubt she is the only one Amishman Dec 2021 #10
Tester is among those leading the charge to convince Manchin. tritsofme Dec 2021 #15
Well, I'll be... Definitely missed that somehow Amishman Dec 2021 #16
If Manchin agrees, then Sinema will fold. She is a coward not able to stand alone. Nt Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #19
No matter how outlandish? bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2
Use the Republican Playbook Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #3
no martial law iemanja Dec 2021 #4
A "party of democracy" that doesn't protect voting rights leftstreet Dec 2021 #6
👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 onecaliberal Dec 2021 #7
how about a 'party of democracy' SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #11
Thank you leftstreet Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #26
What makes you think I don't want voting rights protected? iemanja Dec 2021 #29
Sigh. You can exercise power without using authoritarianism leftstreet Dec 2021 #31
I was referring to the point about Biden's declaring martial law iemanja Dec 2021 #33
By the way, Michael Flynn's soldiers were Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #47
I understand the threat very well iemanja Dec 2021 #50
OK Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #51
Exactly. Biden won mainly due to PoC and suburban moderates. radius777 Dec 2021 #58
Martial law is a step too far, at this point, but might be necessary at a later point. Yoyoyo77 Dec 2021 #22
Thank you Yoyoyo77 Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #24
You should read this and learn the very, very narrow conditions for Martial Law to be declared. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #55
Mary in SC: SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #12
I disagree Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #23
If the Democrats ever pull that shit iemanja Dec 2021 #32
Either they win or we win, which would you like? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #34
I want nothing to do with your fascism iemanja Dec 2021 #35
Okay, I will say it again, Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author SCantiGOP Dec 2021 #46
OK???? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #62
I don't think you get it. She posed a hypothetical radius777 Dec 2021 #70
It's Martial Law, not Marshall Law, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #14
Something smells off to me. iemanja Dec 2021 #36
Like what? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #39
martial law. iemanja Dec 2021 #42
Ah, ok, I got it now. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #44
Aside from being a terrible, illegal, and scarily authoritarian idea. tritsofme Dec 2021 #17
There is nothing scarier than living Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #25
I'd just as soon not live under the authoritarian dystopia you've dreamed up either. tritsofme Dec 2021 #27
Who said I want to live under Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #28
Then why are you advocating for just that? iemanja Dec 2021 #37
Ok, I will say it again Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #38
You advocated destroying democracy iemanja Dec 2021 #40
Ok, let's do it your way and not Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #45
fight back by ending democracy iemanja Dec 2021 #49
Why would I want DU to look bad? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #53
Restore voting rights legislatively iemanja Dec 2021 #54
The whole purpose of this thread Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #57
It certainly isn't declaring Martial Law, which, BTW, cannot be declared on a whim. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #59
I understand that Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #60
... MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #63
What is your suggestion? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #68
My suggestion? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #72
I gave you mine iemanja Dec 2021 #66
Yes I dream all day and all night about Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #67
It doesn't seem to matter how often martial (not Marshall) law is explained here onenote Dec 2021 #21
Isn't what you're proposing basically what we have all been hyperventilating... SKKY Dec 2021 #43
Yes Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #48
that requires us to hold the Senate and the House in 2022 and 2024 Celerity Dec 2021 #52
What is your suggestion Celerity? Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #64
Get Sinema and Manchin to cave and accept the carve outs, if not, we are basically well fucked, Celerity Dec 2021 #69
+1. Republicans fight dirty radius777 Dec 2021 #61
Thank you radius777 Mary in S. Carolina Dec 2021 #65
Surely Delphinus Dec 2021 #5
They're opposition is repping someone. onecaliberal Dec 2021 #9
So what's the good news here? PlanetBev Dec 2021 #8
The Executive Order applies only to the Executive branch of the Govt. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2021 #13
Hound her in public and make her life miserable Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #18
Have the FBI plant evidence and blackmail her? MichMan Dec 2021 #20
Well, if she's for the Voting Act, let the POTUS explain to her... Justice matters. Dec 2021 #30
They've got to strong arm Sinema iemanja Dec 2021 #56
No. She's a traitor, playing a long game in service of a conservative religious organization. nt Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2021 #71
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