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Peter MacMonagle's avatar

Trump, Mike Johnson, and the entire Republican contingent are violating the Geneva Convention on warfare by withholding food. It is a war crime and since Trump and the Republican Party have declared war on these United States, they are all party to it:

Starvation as a War Crime

child sits next to empty water bottles

“For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means: grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention, including intentionally using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies.” — Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949.

Israel has been doing that repeatedly in Gaza

https://www.northwestharvest.org/news-insights/when-food-becomes-a-weapon-starvation-as-a-tool-of-war/

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fuflans's avatar

reporting from ravenswood, 4 miles north of downtown, 3 miles east of o'hare:

bike patrols ON EVERY FUCKING GODDAMN CORNER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. ice sighted all morning. ice chased all over the chicago grid - cars, bikes, foot traffic, whistles. ice reportedly PISSED about the interference.

so proud of my city, my neighbors, my community.

on to bed and more tomorrow.

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Linda Osika's avatar

"Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio and Hegseth have all hunkered down and moved onto military bases, which sure makes you wonder if it’s just about them being freeloading grifters, or if they are planning to take the civil war to whatever nth degree."

I'm not wondering.

I know this is what they're planning.

I feel it in my bones.

I don't believe in coincidences.

It's not a coincidence that they're doing this, or that Trump went on television and declared that ICE isn't going far enough with how violent they're getting.

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. I've always made sure to live someplace that would be a target, because who wants to survive after a nuclear exchange.

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KEITH TAYLOR's avatar

If Trump and his toadies are bawling that these people they murdered on the high seas are, were, drug dealers and designated terrorists - smart money betting is that they weren't, and also that Trump and his toadies wouldn't know drug dealers and terrorists from kiddies praying at Easter mass.

Crom, when Trump and his toadies say anything at all, smart money betting is that they've lied.

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Stephanie Hobbs's avatar

Cherished refugees = white.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

Taco Pedo won’t admit any “precious Christians” from Nigeria as refugees because they’re all, you know.

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Satanic Pancake's avatar

Not wh . . . uh, wealthy enough?

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Friend's avatar

“It’s in the name!”

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Fifth Dentist's avatar

They're all Catholics?

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Lee Reader's avatar

With vows of poverty.

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Wookiee Monster's avatar

And when Fecal Fuhrer does eventually bomb Nigeria or Venezuela, Grindr Mike will reply, “I don’t know anything about it.” Because he is a dishonest piece of shit.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 “𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘹 𝘐𝘵,” 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘳.

Except that they're not bad enough to motivate Trump to ramp aid to Ukraine back up, because that would be...useful.

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Hank Napkin's avatar

Has anyone heard Sir enunciate "Nigeria" correctly? Ever?

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oscarphile's avatar

You know he wants to pronounce the first two syllables to rhyme with "trigger"

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Hank Napkin's avatar

Go figure

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Stephen St John's avatar

Funny how Kegbreath mentioned al-Qaeda, since BOTH of their top masterminds behind 9/11 were killed by Democratic administrations.

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Kay Ducky's avatar

Since over 200 House democrats have nothing to do, how about they draw up a couple of hundred articles of impeachment to bring to the floor when Speaker See-Nothing gavels them back into session. Coordinate that shit, since there are at least 200 war and emolument crimes.

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dental floss tycoon's avatar

god damn those Epstein files must be incriminating, donnie will do anything to stop the release … he’s probably being threatened by even bigger fish to keep them under wraps … might even dissolve congress (it’s pretty much not there anyway) on a more permanent basis … elections tomorrow might be the catalyst …

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Michael Bowen's avatar

I think they're waiting for The Dotard to get hit by the twenty-fifth, so he won't stand trial for whatever's in there due to mental incompetence.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Pretty sure that getting removed from the Prezidentary for being mentally unable to do the job has zero bearing on "mental capacity to stand trial".

However, the "GOP Prez Fucks are immune to everything" ruling from the Satanic Court might get in the way.

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Stephen St John's avatar

I think Dump will do anything, up to and including nuclear war, to prevent those Epstein files from being released.

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Dave's Not Here's avatar

You know, I am beginning to think it may have been a bad idea to allow untraceable hundreds of billions of dollars to influence American elections.

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fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Worst decision BY FAR from Taney Court 2.0

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VwllssWndr's avatar

Trump wants to teach Nigeria a lesson because he never got the $13 million from that prince who emailed him back in 2004.

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Asphalt-Type Person's avatar

Hell, he wants to teach the entire planet a lesson because we didn't appoint him dictator for life back in 2020

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jltympanum's avatar

Back in 2016 TCG asked why, if we have nuclear weapons, we can't use them. If all the shit he has done since then doesn't prove how ignorant he is, that one question is sufficient. And now, in his colossal stupidity, he is re-igniting the Cold War with this order to resume nuclear weapons testing? It's time to consider the JFK solution (if you know what I mean).

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