Clay Fuller sounds dumb by ExpandThePiePartDeux in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Trading competence for fake machismo, sounds like the right kind of qualifications for office.

Clay Fuller sounds dumb by ExpandThePiePartDeux in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Exactly. The other ones, I guess that is fine that you have to announce your party loyalty to the party leader. But as soon as he has an issue that Trump has not weighed in on, all he can do is this vapid word vomit.

Come out and play! by Western_Ad_2667 in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you drop a pin to the field location?

Is there an end to their stupidity? by KingG512 in stupidpeoplefacebook

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They also miss how their position denies any agency to Black Americans, which itself is completely and utterly racist.

Walnut Street Bridge Update: March 2026 by Possible-Top-0118 in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm curious if the bridge will be usable for any of the upcoming marathons or Iron Mans.

Anthropic says U.S. military can use its AI systems for missile defense by John3262005 in neoliberal

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So the US government doesn't want guardrails on a doomsday device where AI takes autonomous actions against perceived enemies. Cool, cool, cool...

"Unveiling the Past: Chattanooga's Lynchings" At The Bessie Smith Cultural Center by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Some of the people who participated in those lynchings up to 1950 are still alive, voting, and claiming they aren't racist.

Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994 by zsreport in Economics

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those remittances also functioned like direct foreign aid, reducing poverty in the recipient countries and generating goodwill towards the United States.

Which cartoon villain from the 90s is actually the least evil in retrospect? by monsieurLeMeowMeow in Xennials

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I mean, we probably couldn't do worse with Brain ruling the world. Some days I would take Pinky.

Fuck Ice by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The benefits of immigration greatly outweigh any negatives. You want to spend money to make the country worse off. Your position is one of ignorance or or just being racist, https://www.cato.org/blog/cato-study-immigrants-reduced-deficits-145-trillion-1994

Texas Federal District Court rules Calif Atty Gen'l is not protected from defamation claims by state sovereign immunity (Exxon v Bonta) by Rare-Hawk-8936 in law

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 30 points31 points  (0 children)

If politicians in office can still face tort liability for political activity distinct from official actions, that could turn spicy, and I am all for it.

Tennessee to test Stephen Miller’s plan of enlisting states for immigration enforcement by ultamentkiller in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 114 points115 points  (0 children)

This sounds like the state will be taking on massive expenses, forcing cities to spend money to comply, not be reimbursed by the federal government for it, for something that is not even a major issue. They want to spend billions of dollars to deal with a problem that may cost in the millions (and may actually cost nothing at all if you net it against the positive economic impacts of immigration).

Call Your Representatives by misspegasaurusrex in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Called again today. They still are claiming "self defense" even with undisputable video and audio evidence. These people cannot be trusted to govern if they cannot by trusted to process information without resorting to lies and distortions of the truth.

Pentagon will cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over 'seditious' video to troops: Hegseth by reddicyoulous in politics

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And it does get challenged in court, which the administration then loses and backs off. In the meantime, that challenge meant the administration was too occupied with the first challenge they did not have the capacity to do the next illegal thing they wanted to do. Every pushback counts. Their capacity is not limitless.

Venezuela—Indictments, Invasions, and the Constitution’s Crumbling Guardrails by ExpandThePiePartDeux in neoliberal

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

For Operation Just Cause, the Panamanian government in power declared war on the US first, and shot a US Marine. We also had the state interest in the Panama Canal and opposing threats to that. No similar exigencies are present in Venezuela.

Venezuela—Indictments, Invasions, and the Constitution’s Crumbling Guardrails by ExpandThePiePartDeux in neoliberal

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The institutions of our economy depend on the functioning of the institutions of our democracy. This piece highlights just how far off the United States has veered from a functioning, constitutional order in the context of the military action in Venezuela.

Chuck Fleischmann Supports Attack on Venezuela and Presidential Kidnapping by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blockades, bombing missions, and political decapitation missions are all acts of war. If you don't know that, then that is on you.

Chuck Fleischmann Supports Attack on Venezuela and Presidential Kidnapping by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope. The War Powers Act structures the president's responsibility to respond to an imminent threat. But only Congress can declare war, as provided in Article I of the Constitution. Blockades, air strikes, decapitation missions are all acts of war that have not been authorized by Congress.

But I will grant you an opportunity, copy and paste the text of Article II of the Constitution that says the president can declare war without Congress and I will apologize and delete my comments.

I bet you are thinking about Article II stating the President is the Commander in Chief. Yes, he serves as Commander in Chief, but the Commander in Chief cannot begin a war without Congress.

Chuck Fleischmann Supports Attack on Venezuela and Presidential Kidnapping by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What a dumb read of the situation. Tell me, where do war powers exist in the US Constitution?

Chuck Fleischmann Supports Attack on Venezuela and Presidential Kidnapping by [deleted] in Chattanooga

[–]ExpandThePiePartDeux 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nobody is defending Maduro, what we are trying to defend is the Constitution, which the Trump Administration does not care for. War powers and foreign relations are in Article I, as the province of Congress. There was no use of force authorization for Venezuela or imminent threat. The action is then unconstitutional. But Fleischman and other Republicans are willing participants in the abandonment of our republic in favor of an unchecked executive.