"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” (Matthew 23:13, 27-28)
What if he gets sentenced to prison and his heart explodes from the stress and bone spurs?
Does that fulfill his prophecy?
Nothing is perfect, and the American system relies on
A) an educated population (that's why education is first thing on the chopping block in republican budgets)
B) representatives in office who adhere to their oaths to protect the constitution. (We have a party currently seeking to end representative democracy and billionaires that have worked for 40 plus years to errode it to the point its gotten to)
In theory, it's one of the best forms of governance ever created. It's one weakness relies on the majority to "do the right thing." Unfortunately, the republican party has done so much damage over time it's going to take a long time to fix. Will the American population be able to understand that? Guess we will see.
Uh. Madisonian Democracy is the division of powers between the three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, Judiciary.
Each one is a check against the other and a guard post against dictatorship. It's a brilliant system and not the...whatever bullshit you threw out there.
Yikes. That's fucking nuts man.
Jesus, lol.
I can't wait until they drop a small robotic doggos with flamethrowers and shotguns to do some wetwork behind the lines.
This is just a ploy to get elected. The republican platform says none of this.
Everyone associated with Facebook is a horrible human being.
Whoda thunk it....
When they labeled themselves "The party of Law and Order," it's quite funny.
It's why they wanted the debates to start earlier.
If they happen at all. I fully expect the Traitor to drop out.
Yes. Let's give the guy who's a few fries short of a happy meal just two years and no help with his psychosis. That should fix things.
No shit.the idiots think that because they are on "Team Red," they will get excluded from the consequences.
Nope, buddy.
We in the same canoe, and you keep drilling holes in it.
So Trumps wife should be kicked out, right?
Fucking Russian propaganda bullshit.
Only an idiot of the highest caliber or an enemy of the US, would want to have California succeed from the union.
Hes got charges in NY State Court of:
Two counts of money laundering, which carry a maximum sentence of five to 15 years in prison, as well as additional felony counts of conspiracy and scheme to defraud along with one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to defraud.
His comeuppance is a-coming 😃
Lmao!!
Fucking on point for a republican.
We can't even come together to wear a peice of cloth to slow the spread of a virus.
U.S. officials say Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles, striking a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in another occupied area overnight.
![Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say](https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/0e20ed28-6893-4778-b7d1-42faa919650e.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
No more holding back lmao
The Senate returned to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
![Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/98a58951-2ad8-45ec-b177-4ec0b7a45b21.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The Senate returned to Washington to vote on $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
![Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote](https://sopuli.xyz/pictrs/image/8eaad2a3-3b9d-4ba8-a7fe-539e576fbde4.webp?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 election by preventing damaging stories from becoming public, a prosecutor told jurors.
![Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3b19e9be-e060-4bf6-969b-1bb9ad3cd60c.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
The U.S. House has finished voting on an aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other US allies and has sent it to the Senate.
![The House passes billions in aid for Ukraine and Israel after months of struggle. Next is the Senate](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/02d05d4a-791c-4b95-976f-127a0e31503a.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
Full jury of 12 people and 6 alternates is seated in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial in New York. :eyes: 2
![Final jurors seated for Trump's hush money case, with opening statements set for Monday](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/53ae1e31-fe0c-4aed-a947-a2e959eafe7b.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
And someone just set himself on fire outside the courthouse!
The House has pushed a $95 billion national security aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies closer to passage.
![Ukraine, Israel aid back on track as House pushes toward weekend votes](https://lemdro.id/pictrs/image/f1b0ecd9-e837-4dd9-a38d-2cd63c900a97.jpeg?format=webp&thumbnail=256)
It's coming guys and gals. Hold out just a little longer! Slava Ukraini!