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It seems like, again, just following the plain logic of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence (which, again, I do not subscribe to), that every law passed under Trump, every supreme court justice appointment by Trump, every supreme court ruling by Trump appointed justices, all the illegal firing, etc, must all, necessarily, be null and void.
And if not following from the insurrection act, or from the oath of office, then following from the Declaration of Independence itself. The logic here being that a constitution is a contract between the people and their government, which the later upholds in order to maintain its legal status. The violation of said laws by the government violates "consent of the governed" (which, again, I have issues with the concept entirely but we're just going to ignore that) and therefore nullifies the authority of that government, granting " the right of the people to alter or to abolish it."
That seems a lot like the hard reset some folks have been looking for. Given that existing flaws allowed this state to be reached, it would also be necessary for the true authority to correct those mistakes before assuming authority that derives from these principles.
Now, personally, I don't subscribe to any of this logic but it's interesting to explore, as an outsider, where the logic goes.

It's #NoKings day!
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Be loud. Be heard. Be safe.
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EFF Protest Guide:
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SBB führen die Sonnenblumen als Erkennungsmerkmal ein!!!!! 🎉😍
https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/inklusion-sbb-fuehrt-baendel-fuer-reisende-mit-unsichtbaren-behinderungen-ein

Inklusion - SBB führt Bändel für Reisende mit unsichtbaren Behinderungen ein
Ab 2026 könnte das System schweizweit eingeführt werden.

Man, I had a shit week.
Tried to stretch outside my comfort zone in a big way; but failed myself really badly.
Old trauma woke up at a crucial moment, and bit me really hard; and I think the whole thing, instead of being healing, just … doubled everything down.
I’m feeling worthless in a whole new way.
Feeling like I undid, in like one hour, years and years of self-confidence building.

I was reminded again why it takes more than a feeling to get #Connections right, even when the hurried, obvious answer is waiting there for you. I nearly bit the dust by falling for a barracuda of a red herring.
#Connections734
Puzzle № 734
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Top adviser to supreme leader dies in hospital following Israeli attack
Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s top adviser to its supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei,
has died in the hospital a day after Israel launched airstrikes across the country.
Shamkhani had previously served as Iran’s top national security official for a decade and had represented Iran in the China-facilitated rapprochement talks with Saudi Arabia

Rambo¹ ist die Geschichte eines aus dem verlorenen Vietnamkrieg zurückkehrenden Veteranen, den zu Hause niemand mehr haben will und von der Polizei² eingesperrt und gedemütigt wird – was letztlich dazu führt, daß er die ganzen „wir wollen hier keine Fremden“-Typen aufmischt.³
Werden heute in den USA Veteranen einfach so verhaftet, geht das anders aus – ist ja schließlich kein Action-Film.
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¹Hauptfigur des Buchs und Films „First Blood“
²unter Überschreitung der Gesetze…

Now personally, I'm not invested in the law and I reject the logical underpinnings of the whole thing. The US is founded on land that already had people on it, that already had multiple systems of authority, so there can be no claim that it has any legal authority to exist at all.
But it's hard to ignore the inconsistency here. Accepting the logic from the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, there is no way in which the current state can be legitimate and which Trump has the authority to do anything. The last legal president, again, following the logic that assumes such a thing even possible, was Barak Obama. Since the transfer of power, the country has failed to enforce the law.
If the executive cannot complete their oath, then they are considered vacant under the 25th amendment. If the cabinet fails to invoke article 4, then they too are involved in the insurrection (again, simply following the logic outlined pretty clearly here) as are any who would fail to support the invocation.
Since a full takeover of the federal government by insurrectionists wasn't really planned for, I'm guessing that it would necessarily go to the states, being the only remaining legal authority.

Between #GiveUpGitHub and #iNaturalist jumping the "AI" shark, I'm extra grateful for infrastructures like @… that have democratic governance mechanisms to give contributors a real vote and power in decision making.
I hope more folks use those opportunities to find infrastructures that they can actually co-own, instead of wasting time & energy in dictatorial platforms that at best "make the community feel heard" (notice the subtle difference between being heard and feeling heard).

Mela: *braucht Buch*
E-Book: − über 30 Euro
Antiquariat: unter, bis knapp über 10 Euro ←
Mela: *Bestellgeräusch*
Antiquariat 1: "Habs schon verkauft. Whoopsie. No hard feelings."
Antiquariat 1: *bietet das Buch weiterhin auf 3 Plattformen an*
Antiquariat 2: *schickt Buch noch vor der Bezahlung*
Antiquariat 2: "OMG, SQUEE, <3 <3 <3. So cool von Dir das Buch zu kaufen. Kauf doch bald mal wieder was bei uns. Das wäre einfach klasse! Hab…