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While in Turkey, Gloss began expressing a desire to go on to Russia. “He was usually watching videos about Palestine and was so angry at America,” one acquaintance told iStories. “He started thinking about going to Russia. He wanted to war with the USA. But I think he was very influenced by the conspiracy theory videos.”
A number of acquaintances told the outlet that he had not been interested in fighting, but hoped the army would allow him to receive a Russian passport and stay in the country.
I cannot comprehend how anyone could possibly believe they would be able to join the Russian army during a war and some how not have to fight??
And why join the Russian army at that point and not Ukraine if he hated fascists?? None of this makes any sense.
Don’t spread information, everybody already knows this stuff and nobody cares, that’s why nobody is talking about it.
Don’t vote, why bother? Both sides are the same anyway.
Don’t join protests, do you see who’s out there protesting, you’re just supporting an even worse cause.
Don’t resist, just accept that it’s already too late.
I hear hell stays toasty year round
No it’s not clickbait, he really is a fucking moron.
Exactly, I don’t know what a “tankie” is but I’m seeing this argument all over the internet about any radical group.
What should all Americans agree on if we don’t want this to happen? It’s a very, very basic argument: Civil Liberties and Due Process.
If you believe those two things, then right now, stop focusing on the details of what other people around you believe. You can be there, representing whatever your personal beliefs may be, because this is still America for the time being, but that window is closing.
You don’t have to stand united to stand peacefully next to each other and stay focused on the very basic shit we all agree on, unless we are trying to destroy the United States in order to hand the country over to the people in power.
That Hitler’s will a leader’s will is above any written law. The architect of the Nazi legal agenda, Carl Schmitt created Führerprinzip, which dictates this belief.
Remember how JD Vance kept trying to tell us the constitution does not allow for a judge’s orders to overrule a president’s executive authority? That’s not his original argument, that is what Harvard Constitutional Law Professor and Carl Schmitt fanboy, Adrian Vermeule, has been arguing in right wing ivy league political circles for a very long time…
I have the envelope right here. The winner is:
Orange man talking about how important the rule of law is, while demanding a constitutional interpretation which favors the will of a leader above liberty of the people, in order to preserve law and order!!!
Wow what a shock! I’m sure they would thank the academy if it wasn’t such an elitist institution. You know none of this would have been possible without the hard work of Yale Law grad JD Vance also calling everyone else an elitist, while leaning on Harvard Constitutional Law professor Adrian Vermeule’s longstanding argument supporting executive power over judicial, which was openly inspired by Vermeule’s own love of the legal architect of the Nazi agenda Carl Schmitt!!!
Schmitt’s own dedication to mental gymnastics granted executive authority and the will of the leader to reign supreme in Germany, which allowed Hitler to legally carry out genocide while the German constitution remained in name only.
Wow, what a fantastic ensemble of evil and destruction of a democracy, sponsored by the Heritage Foundation.
Exactly, regardless of anyone’s stance on immigration issues, you should find this very fucking concerning if you value liberty and due process.
If we’re ignoring the law and arresting judges, you better wake the fuck up and realize how easily that slippery slope turns into doing the same against U.S. citizens for any perceived or rumored slight to the king.
Also conveniently sends a message to the supreme court about what their opinions better be going forward.
They just plan to get rid of the law and enforce whatever they believe constitutes law and order in the moment. As in, whatever helps them get whatever they want in the moment and contributes to the destruction of our country
100% this is definitely what he’s going to do. Use Christianity as a weapon, and cite things like this and the prosperity gospel, then ignore any of the messages of Christ. None of that Jesusy stuff you know?
I grew up in the Bible belt, and had some truly awful experiences with people like this that made me distance myself from identifying as a Christian for a long time. I didn’t want to go to church and be around these kinds of people, but I realized I never stopped believing in the importance of the beautiful messages I learned literally from as early as I can remember.
The book of Matthew talks about Jesus passing through a city and someone asking him, of all of the information in the old testament, what is the most important to remember? Jesus answers the question by summarizing the 10 commandments into 2:
The first is love thy God with all thy heart, all thy soul, and all thy mind. The second is like unto it, love thy neighbor as thyself.
Literally a message straight from Jesus telling you, if you take away nothing else from this book, then remember these two things. JD Vance has tried to publicly argue that the second part isn’t really something you necessarily have to agree with as a Christian. This is so very important to remember when they try to use Christianity as a weapon, and something I’ve thought about a lot.
The first message is love thy God with everything you are. The second, is like unto it (it goes without saying), love thy neighbor as thyself.
If you believe God created man in his image, and you truly love him with your entire heart, your entire mind, and your entire soul, then you must also strive to have that same love for yourself because you recognize you are part of God’s creation.
In order to truly love God with everything you are, it goes without saying you must also love your neighbor and recognize your neighbor is also part of God’s creation.
My mom used to force us to go to church all the time, but she finally stopped when the pastor did a sermon on that one.
Is this the lady that like poisoned her husband or something? Or was that a different member of the faith office?
Pretty sure some people showed up at San Francisco City Hall claiming to be with DOGE and demanding they be given access to personal files.
It was just some insane MAGA duds pretending to be with DOGE.
Especially with ICE going into schools and other previous safe zones now, think about how easy it would be for people to take advantage of these situations.
If a person is already willing to kidnap someone, do you really think they wouldn’t easily be willing to disguise their own identity, command authority and prey on people’s fears of retaliation for not complying?
Example of a 3rd party: The Democratic party refuses to back and fund AOC as a candidate. American citizens crowd source her campaign so she runs as an independent
I hope nobody tries showing the establishment parties that Americans would actually show up to vote for a 3rd party candidate as president, by electing as many 3rd party candidates as they could in elections with less at stake occuring throughout the country between now and 2028. Boy, what a waste of time that would be.
Y’all know there’s still house and some Senate elections coming up next year right?
You know what would show America and the Democrats (and Republicans for that matter) that Americans are finally serious about a 3rd party candidate? Supporting and electing 3rd party candidates in the House and Senate.
Ok, I try to be polite, and I generally agree you don’t win arguments by saying shitty things, but whoever downvoted this is either a bad actor or has rocks for brains. I’m sorry to be so crass, but it needed to be said.
If only there were elections being held between 2025 and 2028 with less at stake than a presidential election. That way Americans on the left and right could come together and prove to the establishment parties that they would actually show up to vote for a 3rd party candidate for a presidential election.
It would be such a shame if angry Americans used this information to get involved in local politics and promoted ethical candidates who weren’t purchased by a corporation ASAP
I had the same visceral reaction reading the title of this post
Idk dude, this doesn’t make any sense. I mean it could be some dude who wasn’t very bright, and joined the army because he was very confused and disillusioned, but why would a leftist who hates fascism go join the Russian army?
No one is releasing any information about his death other than he was killed in Ukraine and it’s not known if the Russian army knew he was the son of a CIA agent when he joined.
Very odd