Donald I, emperor of the world.

[briantrumpet]

They also think that Amendments can't be amended. 😂

I'm always baffled by Americans' apparent equivalence between the Bible and the Constitution (with all its amendments), as if it's been handed down by God, rather than a messy document cobbled together in haste, and then subject to all sorts of additions in response to crises. Yet, the 'originalists' read it like some religious text, rather than an imperfect and outdated attempt to prevent exactly the sort of things that are threatening to destroy America as we know it.

(A microcosm of that is the sort of form I once had to fill in to claim about £10 petty cash from Devon County Council: it needed four other signatures (at different levels of seniority) to be authorised, no doubt in response to people finding ways to claim fraudulently, and each iteration of the form adding another layer of "Oops, didn't think of that ruse!")

 

[CXRAndy]

Before and whilst

View: https://x.com/i/status/2018757734003569064

 

[CXRAndy]

Its called slavery, something the democratic party had civil war over


View: https://x.com/i/status/2018725173948530993

 

[Pinno718]

I'm always baffled by Americans' apparent equivalence between the Bible and the Constitution (with all its amendments), as if it's been handed down by God, rather than a messy document cobbled together in haste, and then subject to all sorts of additions in response to crises. Yet, the 'originalists' read it like some religious text, rather than an imperfect and outdated attempt to prevent exactly the sort of things that are threatening to destroy America as we know it.

(A microcosm of that is the sort of form I once had to fill in to claim about £10 petty cash from Devon County Council: it needed four other signatures (at different levels of seniority) to be authorised, no doubt in response to people finding ways to claim fraudulently, and each iteration of the form adding another layer of "Oops, didn't think of that ruse!")

Microcosm is a teensy bit of an exaggeration.

 

[Psamathe]

Donald Trump is mentioned more times in the Epstein files than Jesus was in the bible.

I was wondering about how few US prominent people have been identified and thinking about the victims coming out publicly with names. Impossible to imagine their position but given how litigious Trump and the mega US wealthy are, I can imaging the thought process from a victim along the lines of "he's destroyed my life once, I've managed to build something back so do I want that person to destroy my life again this time dragging me through months of publicity battles, months of legal cases, legal costs I can't afford, etc. and all to mention his name in public?".