Why The US is in 42 Different National Emergencies

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[@JayClarkson981]

You showed the wrong emergency at 3:17 , I'm sorry but you meant the one below it. Alexander Lukashenko runs Belarus not Syria. There are alot I can see how you got confused.

[@confusedwhale]

I went looking as well when I saw the leader of Belarus and trying to figure out how he was related to one of the Syrian EO bans. For those that are interested, the Belarus order is Executive Order 13405.

[@Morbos1000]

Came over here from the Nebula version of the video just to say this (Nebula has no comments). Thought I was going crazy for a minute when I read Syria but saw the head of Belarus!

[@ShadowebEB]

Same here, but I think the majority of viewers didn't notice anything.

[@ieatgarbage8771]

I believe the official response to such an emergency is to blame Amy

[@user-xi2ne4xc9t]

@@ieatgarbage8771it is, doesn’t matter that this video was written by Ben

[@Iamthelolrus]

I will totally vote for you if you promise to make all of the internet a giant rick roll for one day every year.

[@CC-S6-01]

Only if the day is random

[@royce9018]

A deepfake of fish men rickrolling

[@j.p.obregon1415]

The fact that Sam can form a complete sentence already puts him ahead of the incumbent...

[@sylvy16]

@@CC-S6-01just a random day decided by a random number generator, but also excluded weekends and holidays so it actually makes things way worse.

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

​@@CC-S6-01came here to add this. It's only a Rick Roll if it wasn't foreseen 😂

[@shadowtiger1905]

Showing the NATO logo when talking about the UN is such a vibe, as the UN has less bombs available to talk back.

[@Ghiaman1334]

it's *fewer

[@paradiseexpress3639]

@@Ghiaman1334 it's you knew what they meant already

[@Ghiaman1334]

@paradiseexpress3639 it's it's important to me to make these corrections

[@JeremyGabbard]

@@Ghiaman1334 Consider asking yourself why it's important for you to "correct" strangers on minor errors on the internet. Language is a lot more fun when you realize not every communication requires precision and that it's ever-evolving. Language is a tool, not a weapon :)

[@jacksamson5968]

@@Ghiaman1334 It’s important to only say “it’s” once in a row

[@beesi4932]

HAI: "You're probably a lot like me." Me: "On an FBI watchlist?"

[@ThirtytwoJ]

Just the one?

[@jestermon101]

This comment made my day. Thanks for the laugh. XD

[@beesi4932]

@@jestermon101 Happy to be of assistance.😁

[@majide511]

"We could prohibit the export of broccoli" So a lot of these powers are just like Dwarf Fortress noble mandates? Awesome

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@ItsJustThatGuy]

Now, unlike dwarf fortress, we can't organize *permanent vacation homes.* Probably still have the tantrum spirals, though.

[@Gator-357]

They declare emergencies for the same reasons that they will never undeclare them. By declaring emergencies they open up new and easier doors to money and power and the ability to make random laws on a whim and enforce them using federal troops and officers and they can skirt the due process of law. These are just a few of the more obvious reasons, there are many more and none of them benefit us in the slightest and are all intended to help the government in some fashion.

[@sethtrey]

Did our senate vote them emergency powers? Save us, Obi-Wan!

[@somestupiddudewithayoutube4676]

@@sethtreyhow all dictatorships start 😂 emergency powers being misused for personal gain

[@ferretyluv]

It’s mostly the money part. They free up a bunch of cash that doesn’t have to go through red tape.

[@korakys]

The reason is more that congress is so bad at getting basic stuff done and also that there is a separation of powers between the president and congress (a very unusual thing in developed democracies; only the US and Korea really do this, although France and Portugal sometimes end up in this situation too).

[@derpmansderpyskin]

Have you read the list of national emergencies that have been declared? Almost all of the ones currently in effect are just sanctions on world leaders or other countries around the world. Proclamation 10371 signed in April 2022 bans Russian ships from entering U.S. ports. Executive Order 14024 froze the property assets of certain Russian government officials. Proclamation 9994, signed March 2020, waived some regulations relating to public health, allowing doctors to see patients over video chat. That proclamation was terminated in April of this year. How do these get the president money or power?

[@jeffbenton6183]

The Lincoln case is even more complicated than the video suggests. The concept of "legal presidential emergency powers" did not exist. In fact, the doctrine of "nondelegation" was still a part of accepted Constitutional law, so even if Congress passed a law providing for emergency powers, it would've been struck down as unconstitutional. What I just wrote makes it seem like an open-and-shut case against Pres. Lincoln, but that's ignoring the context. Lincoln (together with nearly everyone in the northern States - even his political opponents) firmly believed that secession was unconstitutional (and having read the Federalist Papers thrice over, I suspect he was right). He further believed that the Constitution could not exist *at all* if secession was tolerated. Lincoln locked up individuals in Fort McHenry who were trying to get Maryland to secede. This was especially dangerous to the Federal Government because it would've meant that DC would be completely surrounded by seceded states. Lincoln argued that the Constitution empowered him to do whatever was *absolutely* necessary to keep to government functioning - including protecting the Congress. He also argued that even if he was not so empowered (though he claimed to believe he was) it was necessary to amputate the limb (the part of the Constitution forbidding this one action - if there was one) in order to save the whole life (the entire rest of the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights). I'm not saying he was correct, and his actions were therefore not illegal, I'm only saying there is a rational case that his actions were not illegal. In other words, it's a solid "maybe." EDIT: All this happened after the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the Baltimore riots. Actual lethal violence had been done on federal personnel, sometimes even on federal property. Lincoln was trying to protect authorities from additional violence while upholding the law as he understood it - for better or worse.

[@diggernash1]

Lincoln's actions were tyrannical and paved the way for the current federal monstrosity; making him our worst President. Even worse than FDR, Obama, Biden, Taft, Grant, and Carter.

[@revcrussell]

I have always said Lincoln was one of the worst presidents and certainly the worst Republican president.

[@orangebeagle3068]

Who was the best republican president in your opinion?

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@revcrussell I disagree. He acted as well as anyone could under the circumstances. EDIT: But I'm biased - I read and enjoyed a sizeable chunk of the Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln

[@AllenLantz]

So basically he held them for treason, pretty sound and constitutional

[@jimsonjohnson3761]

"It's not like anyone could have stopped him (Abraham Lincoln) anyway" ... I think John Wilkes Booth believed otherwise

[@richardscathouse]

Damage was already done 😢

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@richardscathouse Yes, ending slavery was quite "damaging"

[@jeffbenton6183]

The assassination had nothing to do with the writ of habeas corpus. Booth himself told a friend he was going to assassinate the President to prevent black people from being granted the right to vote. (Yes, I know this is a joke, but some people unironically believe that Lincoln was a villain, so I felt the need to speak up, even though that doesn't seem to be what was intended here)

[@digitalidoit]

Hay, Booth just helped make Abraham more open minded.

[@louisryan5815]

@@jeffbenton6183 that was the last thing Lincoln cared about

[@WhiteWulfe]

"You like learning things". Yeah, there is arguably that, but it's also a case of an HAI video being just long enough to enjoy these two sandwiches I had, so there's that too.

[@benfll]

woah me too

[@Xevailo]

As a fishman, I am delighted to finally see some representation in poltics! You have my vote, finned friend!

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[@CandleWisp]

​@@EEEEEEEE Username checks out 👍

[@PsychotriaV]

3:20 That's the wrong emergency, Lukashenko was targeted by the 16/06/2006 emergency

[@paulrobinson6000]

In the bit about stopping the guy from buying plane tickets, you show a picture of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, but an executive order relating to Syria. Both of these are still under the "Russia's allies can get bent" category, I guess.

[@4lcenor]

If anyone is interested in some short comparative analysis of the US system v. an actually good one, here's that. Brazil has 3 kinds of "emergencies" (they call it "exceptional mesures"). 1) Federal Intervention: used against states that threaten the Union of its constitution and allows the Presidente to withdraw the Governor or assume powers reserved to the state level. 2) State of Defense: used on a delimited part of the territory in case of serious threat to the Constitution, the public order or in case of natural catastrophes. Some rights can be limited such as freedom of transit and the privacy of phone talks. Maximum duration is 60 days. 3) State of Siege: the most drastic one, can be decreed onto the whole territory in case of a military attack/invasion or situations the state of defense was unable to resolve. More rights can be restrained (the gov can order people to stay in a designated place and prisoners can be detained in non-jail places). In case of military attack, all rights can be withheld. BUT: Congress NEEDS to aprove these measures in the first place and EVERY RENEWAL, for 30 days maximum, needs congressional approval. If the measures continue without it, the President can be impeached. AND, the Constitution can NEVER be amended during the emergencies, so limitations to governmental action cannot be revoked if the President so wants. I quite admire these measures as they grant that checks and balances can work properly and are clearly defined by the Constituion. The US system is crazy.

[@BobHope.]

It makes sense that we're in 42 national emergencies, because 42 is the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

[@IloveRumania]

Hahaha

[@username65585]

They didn’t “forget to write that part”. They intentionally did not include it. Rights are not precluded by “emergencies.”

[@TACTICALwaffle2]

Unfortunately most young Americans have been brainwashed into accepting Wilson’s progressive theories of the State, leading to increased state power and a rejection of the beliefs of the founding fathers, including natural rights.

[@TheGahta]

Yet they didnt write that part either

[@Legman688]

​@@TheGahtaThey didn't think they had to.

[@route2070]

Did they include that in the federalist papers or anything like that?

[@colemanmoore9871]

@@TheGahta "Inalienable" should have covered it. But, our government keeps forgetting things like that. Also see "Shall no be infringed"

[@KoenVerheyen]

Frankly, whenever he says "you guessed it", I never actually guessed it…

[@Phobero]

I always guess Frank Stallone

[@alex_ermolae]

A fact for the next “top mistakes made by hai” video: it’s a president of Belarus, not Syria on 3:20. You can thank me later 😅

[@willp2906]

I'm not a Constitutional law scholar so take this with a grain of salt, but I think there is an argument that what Lincoln did was at least somewhat constitutional, since Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution lays out that the writ of habeas corpus (the thing that keeps the government from locking you up for no reason) can be suspended "when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it." Also an example there of the emergency powers the Framers did write into the Constitution, because they didn't forget to give the government emergency powers as much as they chose to give it very limited emergency powers.

[@zac9311]

Limits which have since been circumvented

[@jeffbenton6183]

I studied Constitutional law for my paralegal certificate (but not that part, IIRC). I'm also a history nerd, so I happened to know beforehand that the issue of the day was that many believed that Article I, Section 9 applied only to the Congress specifically, and that the President could not suspend the Writ on his own authority - only Congress could do that. Of course, Congress was not in session, and the loss of Maryland could've prevented it from ever going into session again. For more information of Pres. Lincoln's counterargument on the suspension of the Writ, I recommend reading Pres. Lincoln's own Special Adress to Congress on July 4, 1861. Read the whole thing, only a small part of it deals with this case, but all of it is excellent.

[@richardscathouse]

You're right. You are no scholar😢

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@richardscathouse Are you going to point out evidence that the OP is wrong, or you just going to throw around insults?

[@diggernash1]

A state which has seceded from the United States cannot be held to be in rebellion; as it is no longer under the authority of the United States. The Constitutional crisis that should have been settled, prior to war, is whether secession was Constitutional. This could only have been accomplished by SCOTUS. I just don't know the vehicle to bring it before the court.

[@Ra1d_danois]

4:54 That's NATO, not the UN

[@OmiGundam777]

That's 100% gonna be in the next mistakes video.

[@austinfletchermusic]

These emergency powers are fucked up bro. Why are they like that. Why doesn't like, Congress have a say or something

[@onemorescout]

If Congress had a say in everything, the government would never be able to do anything

[@OmiGundam777]

Because ideally, these powers would be used in a situation where action is required immediately, and there's no time to debate. That's why they are "emergency" powers. The problem here I guess is the vagueness of what an emergency is.

[@MyDude199]

​@@OmiGundam777and the fact they can be renewed infinitely.

[@OmiGundam777]

@@MyDude199 again, ideally, they'd only do that if the emergency was still ongoing. I'm not saying that's what happens, I'm saying that's why it's written that way.

[@The_Fabricator]

Theoretically, every 6 months after a national emergency is declared, congress is supposed to meet to consider a vote to forcibly end the emergency, and thus the powers granted by it. However, congress has never done this, despite being supposed to.

[@maverick9708]

Those who wrote the constitution would be be repulsed by how broad the emergency powers of one person can be in this country

[@jackcochran2581]

Holy cow this is a new high water mark for this channel. Just the extremely casual voiceover coupled with the massive volume of fast cut screenshots of United States Code statutes.

[@kisarunihofmannndosi5327]

"The first lady got kidnapped? Alright no more broccoli for y'all because I say so!" - the kind of nonsense humor probably only I and 2-3 other weirdos find absolutely hilarious!! 😂😂

[@wesss9353]

I would not be surprised if he said that Jack

[@dolphingoreeaccount7395]

I'm one of them

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's Fact: The strongest animal on Earth, relative to its body size, is the rhinoceros beetle, which can lift objects over 850 times its own weight.

[@lswGD]

bro saying “Today’s Fact” on a new youtube video like an npc

[@elliot_729]

Why

[@arifhossain9751]

He hasnt been the same since he broke containment from Kripparian's comment section

[@jacextreme6432]

Honestly I welcome this new npc as opposed to that bland detective conan dong guy

[@EMAN00619]

Thanks! That fact has made my entire day better! ❤

[@captain_context9991]

ONLY 42?? Im impressed.

[@undrcroft]

@ 3:19 you mixed up the leader of Syria with the leader of Belarus...

[@melimsah]

The editing on this was chefs kiss!

[@jonathanstiles6072]

When you allow the government to claim more power by declaring an emergency, *there will never stop being an emergency*.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

1:54 By the way, I looked it up. YES, Lincoln is part of the National Wresting Hall of Fame’s Class of 1992. (Alongside Donald Rumsfeld.)

[@DarmithX]

I thought he was joking until I searched it up… you learn something new every day

[@eustache_dauger]

42, the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything

[@jmurray886]

"We apologise for the inconvenience"

[@neoieo5832]

7*3*2=42

[@herranton]

Yes, but more importantly, what's the question?

[@Azurethewolf168]

@@herranton40 + 2

[@jmurray886]

@@herranton "what do you get if you multiply six by nine"?

[@johnpotatosmith]

This one felt more off the rails than usual. I love it

[@illinialumni]

Office space reference! If you could do more of those, that would be greeaatt!

[@cthulhuthedarklord5231]

As an American is does feel like we are living through 42 national emergencies rn

[@joshuaevans6295]

3:17 that's Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus. Unclear how he relates to Syria. Look forward to seeing that in the corrections episode.

[@kodywillnauer9422]

Props for the Digg reference.

[@jkj9404]

I just like it when you say emergency it really makes the video

[@netherow7043]

3:18 here is slight addition to your next mistakes video: on screen, it is written that something something president of Syria, while you show Alexander Luckashenko, Belorussian dictator on video footage

[@alexandernaskinov7989]

In the UK we don't have emergencies, we have full on crises.

[@starburst23]

That UN flag is really similar to NATO: 4:54

[@chrislaplante4441]

1:05 just randomly being stock footage of the chipotle on my college campus

[@jimland7176]

Not a single hitchhikers reference?

[@MrHeathjones299]

The fact that they can just take TVA's land is a bit terrifying.

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@willlewis1102]

Very funny video! One of the best yet!! I was laughing the whole time😂

[@El_Presidente_5337]

Didn't Emperor Palüatine just have a single emergency?

[@richardscathouse]

And everyone applauded 😢

[@dsteere2303]

With the current candidates for 2024 I'd like to know if that dog has any other policies than executing the mail men

[@stewartgames6697]

2 walkies minimum a day

[@brokencreativity7266]

Constant headpats at all times

[@jasonkeith2832]

Sadly, dogs can't run for presidency as they don't meet the minimum age requirement. Now a turtle could run, and they'd even get a bunch of free publicity from the reptilian conspiracy theorists.

[@planescaped]

The freedom to shit wherever they want. Including inside.

[@jimmyyu2184]

"We are out of Coffee" -- Airplane the Movie, now, that's a national emergency.

[@nate_0723]

I didn't even need to look at the credits to know this one was written by Ben.

[@flashbacker8935]

I totally agree with everything ur saying but I feel like you intentionally left out the part on EO 13224 right after "intended to relieve human suffering" that says if the donations are coerced, would endanger military forces, or if it would inhibit the president's ability to control a situation. That last part is the main problem in my opinion, that gives it too much broad authority, but the whole shutting down charities part was pretty incorrect I feel. I agree with the perspective but the facts do enough to show the problems n truth so no need to exaggerate or bend the words considering that's the main thing the presidents keep doing to abuse said power.

[@Zack_Wester]

problem is that as far as I know not tested and how thing is might be fully possible. like if the gov can make food hand out illegal whats stopping them. beyond a agency like the red cross in this extreme of a situation having higher rank my default (there is a saying in the military that goes something like. In the field hospital the medic outranks god). that said Trump did pull out of that last I heard and im not sure if Biden got the US back in again.

[@suomynona4420]

If you say it's easy to buy a gun you're either buying them illegally or have never bought one at all.

[@vurpo7080]

cry harder

[@topapo3661]

or hes buying it from texas

[@readjordan2257]

0:05 missed a good opportunity to put the beginning to "The Way I Are" there

[@joshuapage853]

"y is it so easy to buy a gun" it takes forever

[@greatsageequaltoheaven8115]

Wrong

[@arrr_shad]

So basically the US government takes “rules are meant to be broken” quite fondly.

[@evandonovan9239]

This was probably my favorite of all the HAI videos so far because it is not just informative and entertaining, it is satirical and pointed. I would love to see someone run on the "prevent the President from being able to give themselves emergency powers" platform, but, alas, I don't see anyone doing that anytime soon. It would be great if national emergencies, if we need them at all, had to be both declared and renewed by acts of Congress, not the President. But Congress has become so divided and dysfunctional that I can sort of see why the President thinks it's their job to do this.

[@APC226]

The picture of chipotle used at 1:06 is the chipotle at Indiana University in bloomington! Just a fun fact!

[@WallNutBreaker524]

This is the first time this Channel got recommended to me 😂 How'd I miss this?

[@sage5296]

Honestly he'd be a more sane president than most of the other current options

[@blobofdespair]

This video went from hilarious to hilarious AND concerning

[@requen]

5:03 Literally can not apply to the ship you showed, the APL Detroit is under the flag of Singapore, and owned by Neptune Orient Lines Limited, not owned by a us citizen, registered under US law, and actually was built in South Korea.

[@monkingflame9493]

4:54 that is the NATO Logo as seen previosly

[@SantaFe19484]

JJ McCollough has a video about this which goes into more detail. We need a constitutional amendment to define emergency powers more clearly.

[@michaelfkessler2685]

Now that I know about this it makes the Project 2025 that much more scary

[@Alxium]

So the President could declare the lack of cat-girls to be a national emergency and then force scientists to create a serum to make cat-girls... noted.

[@nikta8587]

you got the wrong emergency for "this guy" lukashenka at 3:16 it's like you don't have a team to check every inch of screen or something

[@kaminky228]

Implies Americans shouldn't be Able to buy guns easily..... Then admits the government can seize all private farmland....

[@YoungGandalf2325]

What was so great about the year 1979 that there were no national emergencies going on? Edit: I think the video meant no "ongoing" emergencies. But still...

[@amehak1922]

I was born. You're welcome! 🙂

[@jeffbenton6183]

Nothing. Presidents weren't abusing the ambiguous national emergency power before then (more importantly, Congress was actually functional back then, so any of those procedures that were worth doing for more than a year would have simply b3en passed by Congress)

[@paragonca9736]

A test alarm for our national emergency system went off while i was watching this

[@frankunderbush]

And FDR once shouted from the comfort of his wheelchair: CMON MAN!

[@CarigisX]

We joke about Joe.. but that's actually like a 75 percent chance of happening. 😅

[@seanj3667]

Joe didn't cause an emergency by sending an armed mob to attack Congress.

[@pacificostudios]

We need a law that allows the Governor of California to declare California provisionally independent for the duration of a public emergency.

[@LadyGavGav]

At 5:20, I can't tell whether 'President may, if *she* deems it necessary' is a genuine error or something left there for the benefit of eagle-eyed viewers.

[@davelowe1977]

What is the procedure to undeclare one?

[@digiwatt]

"Why is it so easy for me to buy a gun" - people who've never tried to buy a gun.

[@georgb710]

Compared to most other countries in the world it definetly is.

[@GAP1996]

The Panama Canal Zone no longer exists, but when it did, it was a US enclave in Panama. Barro Colorado Island was part of the Panama Canal Zone before it was reverted back to Panama in 1999. 4:30

[@mattcollins4550]

Clearly Sam doesn't know anything about the Constitution or its history. It isn't suspended or ignored during an emergency, individual rights are still kept in place. And the government doesn't have any powers not spelled out to it in the document. Also Sam doesn't know the difference between NATO and the UN in this video.

[@CaptainMisery86]

He showed the wrong flag, but really the UN without NATO is just a meeting house for leaders to criticize each other

[@seanj3667]

You realize we had someone ready to declare martial law to keep him in office, right?

[@GKMess42]

5:18 seeing a Nokia Windows Phone being used in this video...in 2023.

[@alsowinehouse]

I speak for all fishmen out there and you have our vote!

[@ikillcommiesable]

Great video! (I haven’t seen it yet)

[@alexelectricx]

Can confirm! (I've seen half of it)

[@kafros13]

Did you just use the NATO logo when mentioning the UN? That will go down sooo well. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@carameldrop]

I mean, someone did stop Lincoln lol

[@tkuzztkuzz9911]

sam for president 2024

[@endcensorship874]

The saying is, "there is nothing more permanent than a temporary government program." You can say the same thing about a National Emergency"

[@josephreagan9545]

When you grant government emergency powers in emergencies then government will create emergencies to get more power.

[@Prettygoodshii]

Half as interesting: Lincoln was 6’4 and in the wrestling hall of fame so it’s not like anyone could have stopped him anyway’ Lincoln: Gets assassinated

[@cityrippers9445]

Hi Sam have you tried buying a gun? You say it's easy but that's typically a false assumption people who aren't gun owners think.

[@richardscathouse]

🎯

[@topapo3661]

ever heard of texas?

[@robinbaksh9023]

So that's less than one per president, that's not bad. I would love to see a world map with every country to compare.

[@AwesomeHairo]

Misuse of a comma.

[@cloudkitt]

There have been fewer than 42 presidents since 1979, I hate to tell you

[@i_love_games110]

​@@AwesomeHairohow

[@AwesomeHairo]

@@i_love_games110 "So that's less than one per president. That's not bad."*

[@i_love_games110]

@@AwesomeHairo "that's not bad" isn't an independent clause, it doesn't make sense on its own

[@duncanchin]

The biggest impact a National Emergency has ever had was with the Ermächtigungsgesetz.

[@INeedAttentionEXE]

Fishmen doing the griddy 😂

[@zappyapp]

Something about this channel makes it so attractive to omniscient beings who use this power to fact-check random videos on KZbin apparently

[@evandonovan9239]

People who like learning things often know a lot of things already...who would've guessed. Also, a lot of commenters are subscribers, so we are more likely to notice errors in something that is presumably intended to be accurate. That being said, this video was mostly accurate, as far as I know. I never went through the full Congressional Research Service report on national emergencies, so I can't claim omniscience.

[@crashstarr6531]

Goddamn, the jokes are getting more bite on this channel and I love it

[@pdes_]

National emergency regarding Bashar Al Assad: HAI: Shows Alexander Lukashenko.

[@uplink-on-yt]

How the US manages to not be a dictatorship, is a mistery for another video.

[@ianshaver8954]

Part of it is a lack of competent would-be dictators

[@GamerPlayerTurk]

I'm genuinely curious about the infrastructure powering Amazon's AMK69X. It's as if they've constructed an unseen digital architecture that's about to become central to our existence.

[@Shapio]

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[@OmiReal]

Unrelated

[@_VanmoRR_]

It's intriguing to see how Amazon's AMK69X is weaving itself into the fabric of tech narratives, promising to be the thread that pulls future developments together.

[@rhizoid1170]

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[@JL1]

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[@kreuner11]

Wtff

[@libertarian1637]

The powers are limited to those enumerated in the US Constitution everyday regardless of any “emergency”. The US Constitution doesn’t include “emergency” powers because the founders were actually quite smart and designed a ‘“limited” federal government.

[@KernelPanic0]

I don't really see how that emergency power regarding radio transmitters and receivers has jack shit to do with "taking control of the entire internet", unless you think the internet is only accessible through wireless communications standards.

[@user-je3zq7gu8u]

Watching the tech space evolve with Amazon's AMK69X is like living in a sci-fi novel. Exciting times!

[@rhizoid1170]

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[@lacintag5482]

This is the best ad against re-electing Trump that I've ever seen.

[@Azurethewolf168]

Cope that he’s still gonna get reelected, the others have no chance. Your just intimidated that he’s speaking the truth.

[@CaptainMisery86]

Trump was very rude and talked way more than he should have, but beyond that he wasn't worse than previous presidents. Like Obama built more wall along the border than Trump. Biden eventually authorized the completion of some of the wall construction Trump started. Both Obama and Biden deported more illegal immigrants than Trump and both used the same "cages" for kids. Trump got us out of Afghanistan (yes it happened while Biden was president, but only because Biden did not halt Trump's exit plan), got most of our troops out of Syria, had middle eastern countries agreeing to make peace with Israel, was the first leader anywhere to deliver real firepower to Ukraine, and stopped north korean ICBM tests with a single day of chatting. Also, that vaccine yall love so much was completed in record time due, in part, to the efforts of the Trump administration.

[@NobleShadowCosmos]

Holy carp- I mean holy mackerel, that’s terrifying

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A 40+ state of emergency that’s older than me. Let’s watch