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   Wiley Miller (wileymiller@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:42:33 JST Wiley Miller

   Wishful thinking vs. reality:

   "Sotomayor Says Presidents Are Not Monarchs and Must Obey Rulings"

   "She had faith, she said, “that other actors in the system, whether it’s Congress or others, will follow the law, because it’s what we all take an oath of office to do.”

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     Fisher (fisherstudio@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:42:31 JST Fisher

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     • M.S. Bellows, Jr.

     @msbellows @Wileymiller Good. I’m glad to have read your comment because another word that causes me heartache of late is Hope

     Bill repeated this.
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     M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:42:31 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.

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     • Fisher

     @fisherstudio @Wileymiller I'm not giving up hope! Far from it! I was a centrist despite knowing how flawed our institutions were because I knew that those institutions still contributed more value, and losing them would entail more cost, than most people recognized. (And I was right!) But since they're being torn down anyway, fine: let's help the Nazis destroy themselves, force them back into their spider-holes for another 70 years, and rebuild a "better* nation and a better world. Yes, this will cost, but it's also an opportunity.

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     Fisher (fisherstudio@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:42:32 JST Fisher

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     @Wileymiller faith

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     M.S. Bellows, Jr. (msbellows@c.im)'s status on Thursday, 13-Feb-2025 01:42:32 JST M.S. Bellows, Jr.

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     • Fisher

     @fisherstudio @Wileymiller But also encouragement. Acting like of *course* the right thing will be done is one of the ways of ensuring that it actually is. It's the counterpart to the Nazis' efforts to convey a sense of their inevitable victory.