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Senator Jon Husted can't leave D.C. to testify in public corruption trial in Ohio due to the "Iran war," defense attorneys said. He did find time to return to Ohio to attend a fundraiser

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Senator Jon Husted can't leave D.C. to testify in public corruption trial in Ohio due to the "Iran war," defense attorneys said. He did find time to return to Ohio to attend a fundraiser - Lemmy.zip

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Mar 7 at 1:38pmWeb
Show threadVenia SilenteMar 7
Simple, issue an arrest warrant, right?
Show threadhenfredemarsMar 7
No, that’s the ruling class. They are not subject to laws.
Show threadZoopZeZoopMar 7
So, guillotine?
Show threadhenfredemarsMar 7
Funny thing is, this whole democracy thing was supposed to have been a compromise so we didn’t have royals get their heads chopped off so frequently.
Show threadbitjunkieMar 7
Clearly the carrot has failed and it’s time to bring back the stick
Show threadBakkodaMar 9
Spare the rod spoil the child
Show threadVenia SilenteMar 7
I like how you think.
Show threadohulancutashMar 7
It’s a federal crime to prevent a congressperson from conducting their duties, madly.
Show threadVenia SilenteMar 7
Simple, have them arrested and delivered to the Ohio trial. That way you are not preventing them from conducting their duties but actually helping perform two (obeying the arrest and testifying at the court), so there’s no foul.
Show threadohulancutashMar 7
As that prevents them from voting in the house expect federal agents to forcibly remove him from custody.
Show threadVenia SilenteMar 7

Have him mail his vote. Or hve him attend the voting in cuffs.

Come on, am I expected to do your whole homework? What side are you even on?

Show threadohulancutashMar 7
Votes must be in person. I didn’t make the system.
Show threadThrowawayOnLemmyMar 7
WTF does an ohio senator have to do with the iran war?
Show threadPup BiruMar 9
certainly nothing to do with voting to allow it
Show threadgivesomefucksMar 7

So…

It’s a war again?

Show threaddecapitaeMar 7
There fascists are almost done pretending they aren’t nazis… That’s a bad thing.
Show threadGuyFawkesVMar 7
Judges need to stop with the warnings and just start locking these disingenuous bastards up straight away.
Show threadDeaconMar 7
Man, I love reporters like this. Not even a comment either way on the quality of this specific reporting, but the first-person, openly adversarial but not hostile, “the people want to know” style of reporting is what we need more of. And it is fast disappearing with the general Bezos-Ization of news in America.
Show threadBustedknucklesMar 7
Well, now that he’s abdicated his congressional responsibilities of holding war powers (along with purse strings), isn’t he all done with war involvement? Should have plenty of time
Show threadfavoredponchoMar 7
Wrong, Congress is not needed for dealing with wars anymore.
Show threadBrianTheeBiscuiteerMar 7
Judge (if they have a spine): He voted down a resolution to limit the Presidents war powers. Clearly he’s abdicating his role in the war. See you Monday!
Show threadceoofanarchismMar 7
Politician priorities are plain.
Show threadhitstunMar 7
We didn’t even vote Jon Husted in as Senator. JD Vance won that seat and left it to be Trump’s VP. Our governor appointed his lieutenant governor Husted to Vance’s seat. Then, he replaced the lieutenant governor with a football coach.
Show threadcaptainlezbianMar 9
Clown ass state. So glad to be gone. Out west my votes actually matter
Show threadbcgm3Mar 9
Drainin’ that swamp (directly into open seats of government).
Show threadjustalittleguyMar 8
Y’all already voted to let Trump do whatever he wants, so what are you needed in DC for?
Show threadFreshParsnipMar 9
I was told it wasn’t a war because that would require congressional approval
Show threadBurninator05Mar 9
Technically, legally I think that’s true. Functionally, Vietnam lasted 20 years, cost billions of dollars, the lives of 58k Americans, and millions of Vietnamese lives but was never a declared war.
Show threadTh3D3k0yMar 9
Special military operation… Like 5 years of it
Show threadDaMummyMar 9
Testing. Hannibal Directive.
Show threadman_wtfhappenedtoyouMar 9
Uh oh, corruption?? In a state?!?! We better send ICE down there pronto.
Show threadOhStopYellingAtMeMar 9
Ah yes, Schrödinger’s war.
It’s both a war, and a non-war “military operation,” depending upon what’s most convenient for the Republicans.
Show threadjamesrandysghostMar 9
This is the entire reason they hitched their wagon to fascism. Protection for those in power and persecution for those who are not.