John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
If Reddit think small.communities are worthless then they really dont understand social media. Lots of users belong to big and small communities. I left Reddit because the small communities I engaged with are gone.
I'm not drawn back by the big generic communities - they've lost me from both. Multiple that up everytime a small community has fallen apart with a proportion of its users are gone for good, and you have a real problem.
It's all part of the same enshittification. Reddit is dying through death by a thousand cuts.
While some on the right portray accountability for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as just another partisan dispute, two prominent conservative legal scholars have made the case that the Constitution disqualifies former President Trump from public office....
The "other side" here, aside from the fascists who just want to shout 'nu-uh!':
No enforcement mechanism is present in the amendment. The op-ed writer declares this means the amendment is self-enforcing, but self-enforcing is just not a thing. Enforcement would require state action -- either the individual states refusing to count his votes or send forward his electors or an act of Congress to disqualify him (for example, the Senate declaring they will not accept votes for him). Neither of those scenarios is going to happen in such a way as to sway the election. Alternately, a lawsuit that would end up at the SCOTUS who would certainly defer to Congress on the issue. Assuming you could even find someone willing to raise that lawsuit who had standing (and who even would? Joe Biden isn't going to do it).
Either way, nothing will happen. This disqualification is moot.
Its up 8% from last year and the number who viewed him favorable went down from 75% to 66%.
Overall, trump is at 63% unfavorable and 35% favorable. Biden is at 60% unfavorable and 39% favorable. Unfavorable has been growing for Biden, Harris, McCarthy, and Schumer, so the change might just reflect a general shift towards distrust of mainstream politicians.
It would be the second time the special counsel has notified the former president that he is likely to face indictment, this time in connection with the criminal investigation into the events leading up to the storming of the Capitol....
[News] John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump | CNN Politics ( www.cnn.com )
John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, offered his harshest criticism yet of the former president in an exclusive statement to CNN.
[News]Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision ( apnews.com )
Florida Lawyer Sues Trump to Disqualify Him From 2024 Race ( www.thedailybeast.com )
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution bans anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the U.S. from holding office....
Putin has signed his name on the wrong piece of paper this time ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
Get ready for the flood of kompromat...
I guess they couldn't replace all the mods and re-open all the subs ( old.reddit.com )
Looks like it had about 1000 subscribers: https://subredditstats.com/r/macOSVMs...
Any advice for a large subreddit's (19 million subscribers) new lemmy instance?
I’m one of the r/futurology mods, and involved in setting up our new Lemmy instance - futurology.today...
[Opinion - Legal Analysis] The Constitution bars Trump from holding public office ever again - Donald K. Sherman ( thehill.com )
While some on the right portray accountability for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot as just another partisan dispute, two prominent conservative legal scholars have made the case that the Constitution disqualifies former President Trump from public office....
Trump lawyer says his legal team is bracing for imminent Georgia indictment ( www.independent.co.uk )
Ex-president’s attorney says another indictment has ‘been highly spoken about’
[News] Bill Barr says he’s willing to testify against Trump at Jan. 6 trial ( thehill.com )
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said he is willing to testify against former President Trump at his Jan. 6 trial....
Analysis: Nearly a third of Republicans now view Trump as 'unfavorable': Pew ( www.businessinsider.com )
The rise in unfavorability amongst the GOP comes after the 45th president was indicted twice and currently faces a potential third indictment.
Trump Says He’s a Target in Special Counsel’s Capitol Attack Investigation ( www.nytimes.com )
It would be the second time the special counsel has notified the former president that he is likely to face indictment, this time in connection with the criminal investigation into the events leading up to the storming of the Capitol....