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angrychair

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17. Really, I'm done

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 12:05 AM

Jun 2025

This is fucking insane. I mean batshit crazy fucking insane.
This asshole is literally asking for the ability to torture people or have them tortured in another country. What the hell is going on. This is not the world I hoped for as a kid. Literally the opposite. I am at a total loss for words.

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 OP

Wow hildegaard28 Jun 2025 #1

I know. I'm going, seriously? ananda Jun 2025 #5

I never would have imaged a US president requesting this abomination. sinkingfeeling Jun 2025 #2

That's how I felt when we started doing all this torture under Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. slightlv Jun 2025 #13

Among the cruelest actions they want nt duhneece Jun 2025 #3

Darker shades of Bush and AG Alberto Gonzales. republianmushroom Jun 2025 #4

And Dick Cheney. ananda Jun 2025 #6

Never forget Bush and Cheney hand in this. republianmushroom Jun 2025 #7

Never forget that Cheney The Dick made $39.5B from his BS no-bid contracts in his two BS wars of aggression. OMGWTF Jun 2025 #14

... trusty elf Jun 2025 #19

Color me not the least bit surprised or shocked. Solly Mack Jun 2025 #8

W T F . uppityperson Jun 2025 #9

They are delightfully charming people, aren't they? Kablooie Jun 2025 #10

Of course he did. Trump is trying to create a full-blown totalitarian dictatorship. Martin68 Jun 2025 #11

Sick mofos. All of 'em. OMGWTF Jun 2025 #12

Utterly disgusting karin_sj Jun 2025 #15

Why the fuck doesn't he just die already? Orrex Jun 2025 #16

Just to fuck with Vance get the red out Jun 2025 #27

I am holding bdamomma Jun 2025 #29

Really, I'm done angrychair Jun 2025 #17

I mean, we don't adhere to a lot of human rights treaties... róisín_dubh Jun 2025 #18

Will his shit never end? William769 Jun 2025 #20

some day bdamomma Jun 2025 #30

... William769 Jun 2025 #31

going full Pinochet I see nt Javaman Jun 2025 #21

Wonder how the good Christians on the Supreme Court will justify this? Vinca Jun 2025 #22

So the "loophole" is a bait-and-switch scheme nuxvomica Jun 2025 #23

Watch as "Christians" fail to speak out on this perdita9 Jun 2025 #24

The world isn't divided between American Evangelicals and atheists. Jews will speak out... Hekate Jun 2025 #33

Looking the other way Canada Kid Jun 2025 #25

Why does Trump even bother? Bush and Cheney were not held to account for their torture of prisoners. Irish_Dem Jun 2025 #26

So no habeas corpus here but willing delivery to other nation states bucolic_frolic Jun 2025 #28

Trump Asks SCOTUS To Let Him Deport People To Countries That Will Torture Them LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2025 #32