• Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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    Wisconsin state bribery statute. I’m not seeing any wiggle room here. Someone should check this judge’s finances.

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      Yeah that’s really clear. You cannot pay $1 or more to make someone go vote regardless of who it’s for.

      Honestly I expected a requirement of it being for a specific candidate, it nope, you cannot pay someone to vote. Except he’s going to and nothing will happen because the American laws mean absolutely nothing.

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        He’s in the class of people protected by the law but not bound by it, and we’re in the class of people bound by the law but not protected by it.

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        It is a violation of the statute to even offer to pay someone to vote or not vote. He doesn’t even need to actually pay them.

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        I think you meant American laws mean nothing once you’ve achieved a high enough level of wealth… the rest of us out here certainly get punished for violations.

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      At this level it doesn’t even have to be a bribe. I’m sure the judge is aware of stochastic terrorism. They may just want to continue living and be genuinely afraid of what sort of mob twitter could reign down on them.

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    It’s illegal in Georgia for anyone other than poll workers to give people water while they stand in line to vote. Also, it’s not mandated that poll workers do so.

    Seems relevant when it comes to paying voters.

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    they got the tv. we got the truth
    they own the judges. we got the proof
    we got hella people. they got helicopters
    they got hella bombs. we got the we got the…

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    Trump stated in November that the Hatch Act was not to be enforced. This also means we can be harassed, threatened, cajoled, bribed, or just about anything, really, while standing in line to vote in 2028. If it even happens. It may. It may just count on the shenanigans happening in blue areas.

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      2026

      The midterms are going to be brutal; Republicans can’t afford to lose either chamber of Congress.

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          A whole bunch of us are going to be working our asses off as if there are going go to be. If you’re one of those chucklefucks who thinks “there’s no point!” then you can fuck right off right now coward. Go hide in your moms basement while the adults try to fix what other basement dwellers have wrought.

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              Act as if is a concept in psychology. When a person “acts as” if they adopt mindsets and actions aligned with the outcomes they want, helping themselves subconsciously put thoughts into actions. It’s a very similar concept to “fake it until you make it.”

              For example by acting as if we’ll have midterms and the fight isn’t over I’m more motivated to seek out peers, organize, and participate in ongoing actions. By acting as if we won’t have midterms I could safely disengage and be content doing nothing while institutions are dismantled and fascism takes root. It’s apathetic and defeatist and the only thing it accomplishes is suppressing people we all presumably agree with.

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    They need to just show up and arrest him as soon as he hands over the giant check. The promise alone was a crime, but actually handing out the money makes it that much more of an open and shut case. Even if he claims that this isn’t a prize but hiring someone to be a spokesperson (as he did last time), that’s still just as illegal under Wisconsin law.

    He’s still the world’s richest man and there’s no telling what first lady Donald might do to try to get his fascist piggy bank out of jail, but it’s better than just sitting back and letting them buy votes.

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    Don’t think (stay)

    Drink your wine (home)

    Watch the fire burn (be)

    His problem’s not mine (safe)

    Just be that model citizen

    I wish I had a schilling

    for every senseless killing I’d buy a government

    America’s for sale

    And you can get a good deal on it

    And make a healthy profit

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    It’s two 1 million dollar payment each going to random audience members right? At an event you’re only supposed to attend if you voted for the supreme Court there? Is that correct?

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      He changed it. He said that at first and then changed it to only people that signed some petition against judges that told trump he couldn’t do something. My guess is a lawyer looked at it and told him it was blatantly illegal.