• buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    23 days ago

    And the Dems managed to set that precedent without actually managing to put Trump behind bars for his many actual crimes, or even managing to get him off the ballot.

    • Chana [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      23 days ago

      Same as their big pro-cop, anti-immigrant push, they move right to appear “tough” by building tools of oppression that of course can be used by all later governments and are never scrapped. And of course it’s not just to appear tough, it is also left-punching and friendly to their bourgeois interests.