• ViceroTempus@lemmy.world
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    So do you suppose Trump is allowing Russia or Isreal to interfere in our elections for him? Considering every accusation is a confession with Republicans but especially Trump.

  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    So you’re telling me the person who…

    • Recently had his administration hack a voting machine

    • Desperately tried to force the SAVE act which would all but strip away voting rights

    • Tried to meddle with the USPS so much to invalidate mail in ballots…despite himself voting by mail for florida primaries

    • Is actively arresting “suspected” non-citizens in blue states who were born in the US

    • Has openly leaked potential for martial law to suspend elections

    • More leaked information about deploying iSSe to voting locations

    …is accusing Canada of interfering in US elections?

    • btsax@reddthat.com
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      The Supreme Court ruled in Trump v US that anything that the President does while in office as an official act he has absolute immunity from, and that specifically includes insurrection against the government, as long as he believes it’s in the best interest of the United States.

      So, under US law (I’m not exaggerating) those things are all legal.

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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        It did not include the insurrection, which is why the case was never dismissed by the Court.

        One of the most damning pieces of evidence that’s rarely discussed is that Trump had his personal and campaign lawyers in the meetings surrounding the attempt to change the election, but specifically excluded the official White House counsel. That means he was acting as Candidate Trump and not President Trump.

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          I’m not a lawyer, so if you want to point me to a source that would be interesting, but going off just the Wikipedia page it seems to specifically include the insurrection within the scope of this decision

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            The evidence that the White House counsel was excluded from the meetings while his personal and campaign lawyers were is why Smith was able to re-file. It was evidence that Trump was specifically acting as a candidate and not as the President, so it wasn’t covered by the official acts immunity.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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        Yup.

        He has dictatorial power. Bummer that we didn’t elect people who’d actually oppose this in 2004 after Dubya got the dictator train rolling.

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      Hacking a voting machine isn’t a big deal on its own; it’s just penetration testing.

      The problem is the order to not share any vulnerabilities that are found.

  • skozzii@lemmy.ca
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    They were just literally responsible for a referundum vote on Alberta seperation from Canada. They arent hiding the fact they had discussions and provided financial help to the seperatists and made commitments of support, and then they have the balls to say we are interfering?

    What is wrong with America? Get your damn country in order.

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        stop cuckholding and get a grip. learn how to vote properly. just pretend like youre a canadian and less stupid.

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        France’s election hasn’t occurred yet (though Trump will surely continue trying to interfere in favor of Le Pen), while the situation in Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran is non-electoral interference.

        While I think right-wing victories in Ecuador and Peru are more-so a misguided positive view of Trumpism in South America rather than direct interference to the extent as is now occurring in Brazil, another example of such interference would be the Trump administration fueling far-right movements in Europe, contributing to the heightened success of AfD in Germany.

  • rayyy@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Translation: The US is doing it’s damndest to interfere with Canada’s elections.

  • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world
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    I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA I DO NOT WANT A WAR WITH CANADA

  • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I’m Canadian and you Americans shouldn’t vote for trump, or his ilk. Is that interference?

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      I’m American and agree that nobody should vote for Trump or anyone he endorses or any Republican for that matter. Guess I’m also interfering with the election.

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        He’s a treasonous raping pedophile that attempted a coup. Yeah he should have been put in prison for life or executed, but unfortunately 1/3rd of the US population has no critical thinking skills, and a burning hatred for anyone who doesn’t think like them (bigoted, racist, selfish, you get the idea). then another 3rd is entirely complacent and thinks politics are not their problem.

        You guys get to watch the failure of a massive superpower in real time.

        I get to get caught up in it all and likely thrown into the equivalent of a gulag because i openly express disgust and act against these fuckers. Already have had multiple shady black vans with no plates watching my home.

        Least I’ll die knowing I tried my best, and was on the correct side of things

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          It was inevitable, the history of your country is written in the blood of the innocent. Get out while you still can if you aren’t a white Christian nationalist.

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    I sometimes feel like the rest of the free world is not ready to face the disturbing reality of the new US quite yet. I said it before and I stand by it: Europe has to prepare for war with America.

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        I would be less worried as a Canadian to be honest. Almost everyone in the US has a Canadian family member, or knows people who do. A war with Canada would also be a US civil war in my opinion.

        It’s much easier to bomb places you can’t see everyday.

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          I bet almost everyone in the US has a US family member too and it hasn’t stopped any of them from letting this shit go on.

          Sorry, but as a Canadian I have absolutely no faith in you and your populous to not fuck us over.

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          You might want to learn about the relationship between Ukraine and Russia before the war if you think family ties and friendship offer protection.

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          I have absolutely zero confidence in the American populace to do the right thing, should their government decide to invade us. They are allowing their own government to dismantle their democracy. Why would they suddenly jump to action because they start a war with Canada?

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      Considering the above type of accusations and the fact that the US and Russia are funding the European far right, spreading disinformation and disrupting supply chains. Europe is already at some form of hybrid war with the US.

      Russia is running hybrid operations in Europe for at least a decade now, the only thing to create a hot war with the EU is a pullback from NATO by the US. The Trump regime has been signaling such a move for a long time.

      A hot war with the US is unlikely, but we have to assume they are an adversary non the less.

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      Whilst I agree, I think war is the very last resort.
      I think Europe should just move away from them in every way. Even if it is done slowly. And stick at it even once the orange Shitnugget dies.

      The same goes with Russia. Stop importing their oil, etc. Stop people coming and going from there. However as putin already started a war with Ukraine then go all in and give Zelensky everything he needs (short of nukes) to push them back until it becomes such a drain that putin shrivels back over the border and dies. Once that happens then give them nukes again to stop it happening again.

      And hopefully that will give Winnie the pooh something to think about.

      Things are difficult with high prices for food and energy, etc, as it is during ‘peace time’ so Europe may as well just take the short term hit now.

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        That is what everyone keeps telling themselves, but I’m afraid things could get physical much faster. With psychopaths like Trump and Hegseth at the helm, rationality is not a given anymore.

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      This is literally what they’ve been all about for their entire history. It’s a country founded on genocide and slavery, lmfao.

      The mask is off now but they’ve always been monsters.

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      Not even. Literally all we’re doing is responding in kind to tariffs. If that influences an election, it’s entirely Trump’s fault for initiating an unpopular trade war.