cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/25967281

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/24857135

  • Hexboare [they/them]
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    4 days ago

    The 170 Republican senators have called a constitutional convention and will pass a range of draconian amendments to the constitution, giving Trump the legislative powers of Henry VIII and making him the immortal Leader - donate $50 to Act Blue to save democracy!

    (Henry VIII codified the ability to make legislation by royal proclamation, bypassing parliament and setting the British state up for the execution of Charles I and civil war a hundred years later)