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angrychair

(10,850 posts)
17. Really, I'm done
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 01:05 AM
Jun 10

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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Wow hildegaard28 Jun 9 #1
I know. I'm going, seriously? ananda Jun 9 #5
I never would have imaged a US president requesting this abomination. sinkingfeeling Jun 9 #2
That's how I felt when we started doing all this torture under Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. slightlv Jun 9 #13
Among the cruelest actions they want nt duhneece Jun 9 #3
Darker shades of Bush and AG Alberto Gonzales. republianmushroom Jun 9 #4
And Dick Cheney. ananda Jun 9 #6
Never forget Bush and Cheney hand in this. republianmushroom Jun 9 #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 9 #14
... trusty elf Jun 10 #19
Color me not the least bit surprised or shocked. Solly Mack Jun 9 #8
W T F . uppityperson Jun 9 #9
They are delightfully charming people, aren't they? Kablooie Jun 9 #10
Of course he did. Trump is trying to create a full-blown totalitarian dictatorship. Martin68 Jun 9 #11
Sick mofos. All of 'em. OMGWTF Jun 9 #12
Utterly disgusting karin_sj Jun 9 #15
Why the fuck doesn't he just die already? Orrex Jun 10 #16
Just to fuck with Vance get the red out Jun 10 #27
I am holding bdamomma Jun 10 #29
Really, I'm done angrychair Jun 10 #17
I mean, we don't adhere to a lot of human rights treaties... róisín_dubh Jun 10 #18
Will his shit never end? William769 Jun 10 #20
some day bdamomma Jun 10 #30
... William769 Jun 10 #31
going full Pinochet I see nt Javaman Jun 10 #21
Wonder how the good Christians on the Supreme Court will justify this? Vinca Jun 10 #22
So the "loophole" is a bait-and-switch scheme nuxvomica Jun 10 #23
Watch as "Christians" fail to speak out on this perdita9 Jun 10 #24
The world isn't divided between American Evangelicals and atheists. Jews will speak out... Hekate Jun 15 #33
Looking the other way Canada Kid Jun 10 #25
Why does Trump even bother? Bush and Cheney were not held to account for their torture of prisoners. Irish_Dem Jun 10 #26
So no habeas corpus here but willing delivery to other nation states bucolic_frolic Jun 10 #28
Trump Asks SCOTUS To Let Him Deport People To Countries That Will Torture Them LetMyPeopleVote Jun 15 #32
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