@servelan@newsie.social"Central to the hearing was the Department of Justice’s argument that the president’s determination of a “rebellion” or “danger of rebellion” is not subject to judicial review. Breyer appeared skeptical of that claim."That’s the difference between a Constitutional government and King George,” the judge said."
'Monarchy': Federal judge compares Trump to 'King George' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/monarchy-trump-king-george/
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot"When we trace any royal line back to its progenitor... that first king always turns out to be a swaggering thug, a bully whom no one in their right mind would follow. Resigning oneself to life under such a person’s authority would be bad enough, but hereditary #monarchy makes things infinitely worse: the generation that crowns him also sacrifices their descendants to his, trading away the f…
@hex@kolektiva.socialAs an interesting aside here, this would mean that Hawaii would technically return to a monarchy since the kingdom has been illegally occupied since 1893 and the promise of returning sovereignty has never been fulfilled.
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot"...a steady decline in the proportion of the adult population who believe the monarchy is good for Britain, falling from 60% in July 2019 to 51% in March 2024, according to You Gov."
And if you break out the Scottish part of the same poll, it is obvious that Scots want an independent republic. Only 34% think it's good for Scotland...
@hllizi@hespere.deI don't think I'll read anything funnier today. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/aug/13/over-46000-public-bodies-spurned-offer-of-free-king-charles-portrait
@ScriptJoy@Mastodon.onlinePrince William: How much are you paying in tax?
£22.9 million. That's the staggering amount Prince William raked in last year. But unlike his father, who revealed his tax contributions while he was Prince of Wales, Prince William is refusing to say how much tax he pays. What has he got to hide?
https://38d.gs/fd5e
@davej@dice.campWell, fuck. Had I known ahead of time, I’d have flown to Hawaii for the long weekend.
#scomo #auspol https://aus.social/@maude…
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@brian_gettler@mas.toMy favourite thing about the monarchy is that it's transparently BS. Like, no one actually believes that the King of England has some sort of divine right to rule over Canada. The trouble with republican forms of government is that the will of the people, often imagined in terms of the political calculus of the US's electoral college or first-past-the-post or whatever, is far less transparently BS, though perhaps equally so. Artifice, when it's obvious, can have a positive effect…
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scotGood for Mhairi Black!
“To be honest, I’m looking around thinking, ‘There are better organisations that I could be giving a membership to than this one that I don’t feel has been making the right decisions for quite some time.’”
Her reasons for leaving the #SNP now (Trans rights, Palestine) are at least as good as mine were (the Monarchy) in 2008. She's still a person who I'd vote…
