- cross-posted to:
- brainworms@lemm.ee
- poc@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- brainworms@lemm.ee
- poc@beehaw.org
A little over a week after a prosecutor in Georgia indicted former President Donald Trump for trying to overturn the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election, Republicans said they will use a new law to remove her from office.
In May, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the law that created a new commission of political appointees with the power to remove and discipline elected prosecutors over decisions or policies not to prosecute certain offenses. The law seeks to limit or restrict reform-minded prosecutors. In the case of Fulton County — which includes Atlanta — though, District Attorney Fani Willis is not even known as much of a reformer. Instead, Republican lawmakers set their sights on Willis for another reason: prosecuting the wrong person.
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It’s true the downvotes have a lot less power here and it’s awesome.
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Did upvotes or downvotes ever matter on Reddit? Never did for me but maybe y’all know something I don’t
down votes take you down the chain in reddit so you can basically be downvoted to where no one would see what you wrote. If they had a brigade they could take you out of a conversation
Yea I was aware of the up/downvote ranking system they used. I guess I just didn’t care enough for it to matter to me. Thanks for the heads up regardless
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Besides the other mentioned brigading some subs required accounts to have a certain amount of upvote karma to even post.
My instance doesn’t allow or federate downvotes lol
If I post something that ruffles loads of feathers, I’d never know unless someone challenged or opened my eyes to an alternative view… because my instance only shows me the upvotes 😅
Agreed
Yes they are. Kemp seems to have had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve to suppress voters. This “no you can’t prosecute our people” committee is no great surprise to me.
The GOP will stop at nothing to ensure they can do whatever the fuck they want. Across the board in every way they can imagine they threaten to further degrade and eventually destroy democracy. For them, Russia is a model of what they’re going for.
When does the whole second amendment kick in and people start using it to defend against authoritarian governments?
Because there’s not a gravy seal out there with the balls to stand up to actual, trained soldiers.
But it’s not soldiers. It’s just a bunch of greasy politicians.
Well, you see, it’s only when the /right/ people need to use it against the /wrong/ people… /s
Were we ever not? All through world history, political parties have only ever been competing mafias of one sort or another.