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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte publicly threatened to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his wife, and the House Speaker assassinated if she were killed, escalating tensions between the two leaders.

Duterte accused Marcos and his allies of corruption, incompetence, and persecuting her staff, sparking the tirade.

The Presidential Security Command deemed the threat a national security issue and boosted Marcos’ protection.

This marks a severe fallout in their alliance after their 2022 election victory, amid broader political divisions and Duterte’s growing criticism of the administration.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Isn't accusing Marcos of corruption sort of like accusing the Pope of being Catholic?

I mean - he's a Marcos. Corruption is all he knows.

And really, specifically what she did was threatened to have those people killed if they had her killed.

That seems to me to be a reasonable precaution, all things considered.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s a Duterte vs a Marcos. It’s pot and kettle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

I"m so ready to post memes here with Sarah but there is no Filipino community yet.

Edit: Found the biggest on .world but there are not many people on it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Do it anyway. People will be confused at first, but will learn lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Add Fiona memes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

I don't love it. Like.... Yikes.

But it's not my country so whatchgonnado, you know?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Would you say the same things if it was the far right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSdLNJW0ct4

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Why would you think ideology is even relevant?

Much though the world would be instantly improved if that vile, racist piece of shit Pauline Hanson was dead, she's under no real threat of being murdered by her political opponents - that's just not the way that Australians do things.

And she knows that.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 weeks ago

This is a really big deal because when they were elected in 2022, the Marcos and Duterte families had combined their respective power bases into a juggernaut of Filipino politics. But each family developed their power base in a different part of the country, Marcos secured the capital and the northern islands while Duterte rules Mindinao, the largest island, and the other islands in the south.

Then something happened and the families learned to not like each other.

This is a big problem as each has extensive government alliances to the families and each family runs their area like strongmen dictators. It won't be a civil war, but they are prepared to be very uncivil.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Shitty wife of dictator threatens to kill son of dictator.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

Daughter, she's the daughter of former president Duterte.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for this headline to inevitably be Trump and Vance.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

The Repugs are way too united at this point. MAGA cultists would string Vance up in a heartbeat if he were stupid enough to fall out of line.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

Don't threaten me with a good time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not sure... Articles this morning about factions already arising at Mar-a-lago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Like they didn't Mike Pence?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

There's an important distinction. Pence was just an old school Republican who spent most of his career when they were still sane pieces of shit. They picked him because he was an actual politician to lend credibility to the crazy.

And ultimately, the dude chose country over party. We can give the guy shit for tons of stuff, but he still made the right call at the end of it.

Couch fucker was specifically chosen because he's none of those things. Which is way, way worse.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Why can’t we have this in the US?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

You wouldn't want that. JD Vance is miles worse than Trump in every way people hate trump for.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

Office politics are the worst