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Fiendish Thingy

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42. Facts are good
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:09 PM
21 hrs ago

But those facts don’t prove your point.

Some of your examples are convictions for treason against one of the states, not against the US.

Most, if not all of the 18th and 19th century convictions are for violating the “waging war against the US” part of the treason statute, not the aid and comfort to enemies part.

All of the convictions in the last 100 years were related to WWII, the last declared war the US was involved in, with legally defined enemies.

Thanks for sharing facts that proved my original point.



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It's TREASON not sedition [View all] 4bonhoffer Wednesday OP
the 'obvious treason' - would be the picture on the wall .. ? stopdiggin Wednesday #1
Treason is narrowly defined Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #2
Really? Cirsium Wednesday #7
Did Jane Fonda get charged with treason? How about the Rosenbergs? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #12
lol Cirsium Wednesday #14
She went to Hanoi and had photo ops with various NVA officials Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #15
I know what she did Cirsium Wednesday #16
You don't know the difference between adversary and enemy, do you? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #17
Sure Cirsium Wednesday #19
Was he convicted of "aiding and abetting an enemy"? Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #21
Goalposts moved again Cirsium Wednesday #22
The goalposts remain the same Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #23
I didn't say that Cirsium Wednesday #24
Oh brother Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #29
It was a serious question Cirsium 22 hrs ago #30
I answered your serious, "innocent" question several times Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #32
Facts Cirsium 21 hrs ago #40
Facts are good Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #42
The last 100 years? Cirsium 21 hrs ago #45
*sigh* go reread my post Fiendish Thingy 19 hrs ago #47
I've read all your posts in this thread, and I didn't know any of them were "tongue in cheek" until I came to this one. ShazzieB 17 hrs ago #48
When Jane Fonda was president? Cirsium 14 hrs ago #49
Oh, I forgot about that one. ShazzieB 8 hrs ago #51
Waging war against the US -- Does that have to be wnylib 28 min ago #54
That doesn't change the legal definition of treason EdmondDantes_ Wednesday #18
What?? Cirsium Wednesday #20
No EdmondDantes_ 21 hrs ago #44
The "definition" Cirsium 14 hrs ago #50
So it's lying when others change definitions, but not when you do? EdmondDantes_ 35 min ago #53
Execute Trump for sharing state secrets then PATRICK 22 hrs ago #31
I would be in favor of rendering him to The Hague once his term is over Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #35
It's not what can see and call out... lame54 Wednesday #3
But only for awhile. calimary Wednesday #25
"Low treason" mr715 Wednesday #4
Everything he does benefits Vlad in a big way! debsy Wednesday #5
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Confederacy of conspirators aiding and abetting traitorous destabilization. BattleRow Wednesday #8
and of course if you're just doing a 'rant' .... stopdiggin Wednesday #9
Impeachment is always an option Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #13
That remedy PATRICK 22 hrs ago #34
I wasn't suggesting impeachment was likely, only possible. Fiendish Thingy 22 hrs ago #36
True in one thing at present PATRICK 22 hrs ago #39
They do NOT have "absolute" power Fiendish Thingy 21 hrs ago #41
They don't until they do PATRICK 39 min ago #52
That Bush ancestry PATRICK 22 hrs ago #33
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... kinda reminds me of that scene in the movie Nuremberg Six117 Wednesday #10
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That's what we have to fix. calimary Wednesday #28
Trump let Israel influence his decision leftstreet Wednesday #26
100% a traitor to this country vapor2 Wednesday #27
Number One guys deposed, executed PATRICK 22 hrs ago #37
Trump and Putin are on the same side. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #43
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