• StopTouchingYourPhone@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    TIL the nazi president and his rubberstamp king invoked The Alien Enemies Act of 1798, which I also just learned “is intended to be invoked when the country is at war or if a foreign nation has invaded the U.S. or has issued threats that they will.

    [edit bc the internet does not need more allcaps]

    • JargonWagon@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Might just be part of the whole “flooding the zone” strategy. It might get undone due to exactly what you bolded.