4turtles.bsky.social
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Extremely important to understand this, and not only for understanding the US
One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse
April 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Marked safe from the martial law portion of the day yesterday here in South Korea! I, (like many), slept through the whole thing waking up to learn about it from friends and family in the US!
December 4, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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This is awesome
Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 7:03 PM