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Someone should remind Orange Hitler that Canada is a member of NATO.
If he tries to claim his Lebensraum here, Canada can and will invoke NATO's mutual defense clause, which would obligate the rest of NATO, including the UK and France with their nuclear arsenals, to come to our defense.
Fuck around and find out, Donald.
#US#Politics#Canada#Fascism#NATO#Article V#Nuclear War#World War III#Fuck Around And Find Out#Resist
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apparently the senate cannot be removed without the consent of every state so would it be feasible to amend that requirement out of the constitution then have a 2nd amendment that abolishes the senate or amend the constitution to remove the senate once every state has consented than go about pushing legislation to consent to the removal of the senate in every state?
Let's be a little bit clearer about what Roger Sherman of Connecticut inserted into the Constitution to assuage his deeply stupid fears about the need to protect the world's most meaningless political category:
"no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."
In other words, you cannot fix the disproportionality built into the Senate - even if you manage the immense task of passing a Constitutional Amendment, it would be null and void because of Article V. And no, you can't amend the language that says you can't amend the language - judges really won't go for it.
There are been various schemes proposed to try and get around this - do it through legislation instead of amendment, pass an amendment that changes the definition of the world "equal," abolish the Senate altogether. - but I don't think any of them would work either.
However, Article V only affects the disproportionality of the Senate; anything else about the Senate is up for grabs:
The filibuster is purely a matter of internal Senate rules and potentially can be changed by simple majority vote as long as that majority is willing to change the Senate rules.
bicameralism - Article V doesn't protect the Senate's role in passing legislation - an amendment altering Article I and Article II would be entirely valid - so that you could essentially turn the U.S Senate into the equivalent of the House of Lords. In fact, technically I think you could do it by a Senate Rule basically saying "any bill passed by the House shall be considered to be passed by the Senate." The difficulty is finding a majority of Senators willing to politically neuter themselves.
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What if you woke up tomorrow morning and learned that, overnight, there was a brand-new Constitution that banned abortion in all 50 states? Ended Medicare and Social Security? Or made peaceful protest a felony?
The fact is well-funded right-wing groups have been working in the shadows for years to make this nightmare scenario a reality. And after this year’s election results, they smell the opportunity to sign the last few states they need onto their plan.
I’m talking about Article V – a plot that would allow unelected, unaccountable delegates to radically reshape our Constitution.
The conspirators behind Article V have been working in secret on this clear and disturbing agenda. Shredding First Amendment protections. Gutting environmental regulations. Rolling back civil rights advances. And enshrining far-right economics as permanent fiscal policy – gutting Medicare, Medicaid, and other safety-net programs.
Many constitutional experts are sounding the alarm bells: with extremists already threatening to upend our checks and balances, Article V is more likely to happen than ever before.
Even worse, this threat to our democracy is being cooked up behind closed doors and out of the public eye.
Here at Common Cause, we have a track record of winning the state-by-state fights against Article V.
With your help, we’ve stopped nearly 150 new calls for a convention each year in states across the country. And we're playing offense too! We’ve successfully rescinded existing convention calls in New Jersey, Illinois, Colorado, New Hampshire, Delaware, New Mexico, Maryland, and Nevada – meaning that if Common Cause hadn’t acted, we’d be one or two states from going off the Article V cliff!
But. I don’t need to tell you that the right-wing extremists and billionaire donors behind this effort are feeling more emboldened than ever right now, which means you and I must redouble our efforts and prepare to defend in multiple states next year.
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Just thought about … oh my god. Bakugo’s first real battle with a formidable villain after your kid is born; he’s not exactly “out of shape” (he never quit the gym, routine, etc… just changed it), but he’s thrown down hard in the first couple seconds, and he’s slower to get back into position—taking the time to steady his feet and assess the terrain, pushing out the lil tummy he gained feeding you postpartum delicacies as he cracks his back—
And the villain, god help them, decides to call out to him as they use the few seconds of vulnerability to attack again, screaming, “hey pop pop, don’t tell me parenthood has made you soft! How ‘bout I start calling you ‘daddy,’ too?”
Just as Bakugo’s turning back around with a new fire in his eyes, blood all warmed up, and shooting off to grab them by the throat to end the fight in one single move.
#Bakugo#the whole of Japan has been waiting on Bakugo’s return since he took paternity leave#so this is a big fight for him —- not just in terms of it being a test of his own strength but also because the medias hanging off his back#waiting to put out articles about whether he’s gotten stronger or weaker#they already put out tons about his ‘dad bod’ and the fact he hasn’t been focusing as hard on agility at the gym#hahaha turns out making sure his baby is strong and that you recover has taught him a lot of things#(aside from that you’ve been liking his thicker stature as of late too… aka: phat confidence booster)#and it’s that he can also be an absolute powerhouse at defensive maneuvers alongside attacking#aka: Bakugo gets back from his paternity leave with an all new fighting style 10x more sturdy than two years ago#being a dad has also made his confidence go up about 5000% so he’s become a bit more nonchalant in fights#hence why he’s not afraid to warm himself up before going in for the kill#LMAOOOO I need to let myself be corny#time to wash my hair now tho and check on my v#womiting kitty#gen#kids tw#caitie post
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#look this onion article title was so trevor#trikey#trevor philips#michael de santa#gta v#gta 5#grand theft auto 5
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"Dramatic view of the launch of Apollo 4, the first full-up test of the awesome Saturn V, 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center."
Date: November 9, 1967
NAR-Rocketdyne photo no. VEH690
#Apollo 4#Apollo CSM Block I#CSM-017#Lunar Module Test Article#LTA-10R#SLA-8#Saturn V#SA-501#Rocket#NASA#Apollo Program#A-type mission#LC-39A#Kennedy Space Center#Florida#Launch#November#1967#my post
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Russia redraws maritime borders with NATO countries.
This is exceedingly dangerous on Putin's part. By doing this, he is walking right up to the line of outright annexing NATO territory, which would trigger NATO's mutual defence clause and likely initiate World War III.
My guess? He's testing NATO. If we let this slide, he'll conclude we don't have the resolve to fight Russia, and the next step will be a full-scale invasion of one or more of the Baltic countries.
Putin must die, or the world will burn.
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sometimes u just get so filled w thoughts about a pair of characters u gotta just go bonkers ya know
#rvb#red vs blue#my art#batsy art#rvb tucker#rvb doc#rvb junior#docker#this file is called docker_and_son on my pc so ya know#tuckers hair being a mess post quest and post birth is v important to me#man got home took out his dreads and promptly fuckin immediately fell asleep face down on the floor and hasnt had a moment to retwist em#he very much meant to finish his hair first but his body had other plans#the picture has everyone in stolen clothes and that amuses me#Doc is wearing Caboose's shirt tucker is wearing one of tex's shirts and junior is wrapped up in one of church's shirts#not pictured is jr introducing doc and tucker to mason wu with 'hi mr wu this is my dad and mom-doc' 'dad doc this is mr wu :D'#and doc needs to compose himself from being called mom meanwhile junior doesnt even notice he slipped up he just auto corrected and moved o#tucker also missed it bc he was trying to figure out what mason's vibes are by force of eyebrows alone#mason wu is the only parent there who doesnt think doc and tucker are mid-messy divorce bc he looks at them and recognizes them#from pfl articles and chorus ones#so he Knows theyre soldiers and the shit they get up to and his previous frustration with juniors apparently absent family is nuked#theyre not absent theyre just keeping him Safely away from Fuckery
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everyone who mistreats cats is going to hell :-(
#i get sad even when Garfield the cartoon cat gets hurt. once felt like crying in a comic online where he died.#the ny times article mila shared :-( poor baby :-(#v
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Full article x
#haha#raven smith#vogue#opinion article#3 July 2024#Louis Tomlinson#30 June 2024#euro 2024#tv#England v Slovakia#Louis press#mine
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#constitution#article v#convention of states#limit power#founding fathers#term limits#self governance#steve deace#Youtube
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Batman v Superman : Dawn of Homoeroticism (2016) Directed by Zack Snyder
#ben affleck#dcedit#dceuedit#bvsedit#batmanedit#cinemapix#filmtvsource#filmtvedit#superheroedit#cinemagifs#cinemasource#superbat#superbatedit#mine.#edit: gifs.#film: batman v superman.#i dont actually recommend the article from where this joke comes from#but its still an accurate descriptor for them so#q.
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On April 22, the Supreme Court is set to hear the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass, the most significant case in decades about homeless people’s rights. The case will determine whether cities can arrest or fine the homeless — even if there’s no other shelter. As the homeless plaintiffs wrote, this would be “punishing the city’s involuntarily homeless residents for their existence.”
Mark Horvath, Adam Westbrook, and Lindsay Crous in "Criminalizing Homelessness Won’t Make It Go Away". The New York Times (16 April 2024). Link here.
The city of Grants Pass in Oregon wants to make being homeless a crime in order to drive the homeless into other areas. I am so tired.
#johnson v. grants pass#grants pass#homeless#this will be an important ruling#i gifted the article so there's no paywall#a reader commented that we should be looking at a nearby privatized prison for this law's motivation#why create a safety net when you can just use a net?#oh sweet furbaby jesus
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B52 Flying Fortress. It’s gonna outlive us all anyway
#funfact V flew planes from like 11-16#poll#smash or pass#smash or pass poll#tumblr polls#thank you!#old object#that picture is from an article called 'How on God's Green Earth Is the B-52 Still in Service?' from wired so on point#next poll will be what it flew
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