Comments by "Tony Wilson" (@tonywilson4713) on "Brian Tyler Cohen" channel.

  1. Well current count is 548,013 (March 16, 2021) -> https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ About this time last year I started comparing the COVID toll to the capacities of North American Football stadiums. Day by day, week by week it rose up that list and eventually went past Michigan Stadium's 107,000 around June 1, 2020. By Early August it went past the 162,000 Bristol Speedway can hold and by about mid November it went past the 257,000 (permanent seats) of Indianapolis Speedway. Now its more than that. Can you imagine taking the entire crowd of a Michigan home game and simply killing them all and then doing it 4 more times? Can you imagine taking the crowd at the Indy 500 (~400,000) and killing them all and then killing all the crowd at Bristol? Well now you know what COVID-19 has done to America and all Mitch McConnell can do is spew out idiotic lies pandering to his base.
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  2. He forgot to mention that Chavez has been DEAD FOR 7 YEARS.
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  3. This isn't hypocrisy its straight out lying. What freedoms have been taken? Its the states that are changing election laws on the federal government. The courts are currently stacked with GOP mutts. SCOTUS is 6:3 GOP. These 2 are just plain liars.
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  4. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  5. That might just be the most accurate description of this.
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  6. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  7. Actually her proper title is White House Press Secretary. The best in modern history is questionable, but CERTAINLY out of the last 5.
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  8. Your right on the suspicions of both sides. They only thing you have to consider is which of these various acts need to be actually dealt with. The staggering levels of corruption in governments across the world these days is no longer a matter of conjecture its a matter of how bad they are. In America the blatant corruption of the Republicans is clearly worse than the Democrats but the Democrats by almost any measure are disgraceful. They just aren't as cynically ruthless as the Republicans. I'm Australian and it might not be as bad but both sides of our politics are beyond saving. I was in Canada for work a few years back and it was the same there. I meet people from Europe all the time and all I hear are similar stories. Western democracy is at a crossroads, either our political parties start recognizing that they have to do more than simply satisfy the billionaire class or we are headed for revolutions. Look at history again and again it tells us when the top 1% strip and rob the rest of all dignity and opportunity then revolutions are inevitable. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  9. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  10. She needs to take him down to Trump's sex dungeon and help him get over his mummy issues.
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  11. Actually its not that surprising or should not be that surprising. Look at the televangelists, flat earth brigade, moon landing hoaxers or any of some of the other idiotic things that millions of Americans believe in. For one example look at Kenneth Copeland the low end estimates of his wealth is $350 million. Another is Alex Jones who apparently makes over $50million a year from his over priced overrated name brand products. How about the scammers claiming the Apollo missions were faked as they sell all sorts of crap to gullible people. What Trump has actually exposed is how gullible people can be (even in a developed nation) if you stop funding education properly. He's raised over $200million SINCE the election that will help pay off his debts and pay for the lawyers. Giuliani is charging $20k a day. Why wouldn't they keep this going as long as possible when 10s of millions are coming in each week that they pocket.
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  12. As an Australian let me spell these stats out to any Ted Cruz supporters who might be trolling. Australia has 25.7 million people compared to Texas with just under 29million. So we have a similar sized population. I went to college in America and have been to Texas several times. Australia and Texas are fairly similar in geography - as in mainly flat, with similar weather. We are both reasonably spread out with a few major population centers. Most importantly the available medical technologies are essentially identical. Texas has 69,760 dead from COVID while Australia has 1,577. Based on population Texans are almost 40x more likely to have died from COVID. So please Teddy (and any of his supporters), don't tell us anything about handling COVID. And we also consider it criminal to let children freeze to death.
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  13. Go look at the US pardon Law it does not apply to people who are impeached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_provision Forget the 25th he needs to be impeached, that way he's not only out but he can never get back. Further if they impeach Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and all the others who hold official position so none of them can get pardons is also important.
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  14. Well actually he has a very serious issue with this. Now I am not a lawyer and I have asked for a couple pf lawyers to clarify this, but as far as I know even retired military can be still charged under the UCMJ and face a court martial, because their oath to serve, uphold and protect the constitution doesn't expire when they retire or are discharged. Under the UCMJ he does not have 1st Amendment Protection and can be charged with Sedition AND his pardon does not cover him for this. NOTE: I'd like to hear from a real lawyer on this or law professor or at least a law student.
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  15. The word you might be looking for is cuckhold. Although in strictest definition it isn't but in sentiment it is.
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  16.  @ShombayChase  But don't you know Fox want it both ways. Maybe that's what Hannity, Carlson, et. al. should be asked "Are they Bi - since they all demand it both ways."
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  17. Look at the expressions on his face. He's either a narcissist or a sociopath whop gets off on this stuff. 'The whole saw him raise his fist on Jan 6th and goad that crowd on. He just said a real man takes responsibility so what has he claimed about Jan 6th.
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  18.  @steffenbach3580  I have not said they are as corrupt as the Republicans (go back and read what I said), but you'd have to be blind and stupid to think they are truthful, innocent and sweet as sugar. Without any doubt the Republicans are (as recently described) "a ruthlessly cynical political actor." Mitch McConnell's view is "when we are in power we are allowed to do anything we like but when we are not in power we must interfere, obstruct and impede every aspect of the elected government." That's actually starting to permeate into every other democracy in the world. Its certainly more prevalent with right wing parties but that does not mean centrist and left wing parties don't get up to stuff as well. The staggering amount of money in politics from the billionaire class is beginning to paralyze nations. Every nation has issues - that's a simple reality, but we nobody's getting on and solving any of the major issues like water supply, energy supply, climate change or displaced people because the billionaire class have simply funded massive blocking campaigns. They are doing the same as big tobacco did for decades. If its not in their interests they start blocking campaigns funded via think tanks, political donations and the media. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  19. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  20. She needs to take him down to Trump's sex dungeon and help him get over his mummy issues.
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  21. Well with a college education and 2 Masters Degrees (YES 2 an MBA from Connecticut and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard) he's gonna drive the anti-education faction completely of their rocking chairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman The big question will be -> How will the Senate handle logical arguments instead of political opportunism?
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  22. Well with a college education and 2 Masters Degrees (YES 2 an MBA from Connecticut and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard) he's gonna drive the anti-education faction completely of their rocking chairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman The big question will be -> How will the Senate handle logical arguments instead of political opportunism?
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  23. When Graham made the comments a few weeks that he would NOT approve an Attorney General who would investigate Trump. Glenn Kirschner (former JAG & Federal Prosecutor) raised the point that Graham went from an outright anti-Trumper to a pro-Trumper after his emails were hacked. It was 2 months ago in early December and he did these 2 videos on the subject. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EnN3MlFrdI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaXO_Ogw4I
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  24. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Isaac Asimov, News Week, 1980. “Logic is an enemy and truth is a menace.” ― Rod Sterling introducing the Twilight episode “The Obsolete Man” originally aired on June 2, 1961 on CBS. “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” ― Voltaire “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” ― Aldous Huxley “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain “Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche All great quotes but this one sums up the Republicans. “Nobody can get the truth out of me because even I don’t know what it is. I keep myself in a state of utter confusion.” ― Colonel Flagg of the CIA in an episode of M.A.S.H. sometime in the 1970s.
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  25. One of the better quotes a few have been commenting on. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Here's a couple of mine for reference. “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Isaac Asimov, News Week, 1980. “Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” ― Aldous Huxley “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” ― Mark Twain "He's America's colonoscopy – it’s all on camera, you don't wanna watch, it helps to be sedated for the whole thing and it’s a huge pain in the ass!" ― Stephen Colbert Sept. 2020
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  26. As an Australian all I can say is that he's at least no bothering us anymore. I wonder if that offer for him to go for swim had anything to do with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWPh8AIVLaA
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  27. Somebody needs to ask him what was in his emails that got hacked that made him change his views on Trump.
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  28. I'm Australian but went to college in America (U. Illinois) and in my personnel experience of being in places like Kentucky and Texas I can say for a fact that neither Mitch McConnell or Ted Cruz are representative of the GOOD people of those states. I spent my 1st thanksgiving in Bardstown Kentucky and visited Texas several times. I wasn't there for a semester I was there 3-1/2 years on a sports scholarship so I got to visit a lot of places and meet people from many states. And in my personnel experience then and since the American Political system does not represent the American people. Its certainly a reflection of their worst behaviors, but its certainly not representative of who they are as people - decent, honest and hardworking. If their was one thing I'd recommend to the bulk of the American people it would be to to TELL the the loud obnoxious ones like Ted Cruz and sneaky sleazy rats like Mitch McConnell to "Just shut the F--K UP and go away." (edit) P.S. One of my best road trips was to Texas. It was totally awesome. Years later I was there again passing through Dallas. On the plane I met this girl who a week later took me out to this awesome Tex-Mex restaurant. I've had some great times in Texas. So don't be ashamed of being Texan be ashamed that so many have allowed Ted Cruz to make Texas look bad. And yes that's exactly how I feel about some of our politicians. Take Care & Stay Safe - This stuff, COVID and other stuff are not done with us yet. 👍👍🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
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  29. NAME the states that did not follow their laws? DESCRIBE how the did not follow their laws? Otherwise STFU.
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  30. No the correct label is "facilitator" as in someone who facilitates something, which in this case is allowing people to suffer. FYI - I'm an Australian who went to college in America (U. Illinois) and spent my first thanksgiving in Bardstown Kentucky. I knew others from Kentucky and in my personnel experience Kentuckians are decent people. So I find it incomprehensible that somehow Mitch McConnell represents them. He certainly does not represent their best interests or the American people.
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  31. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  32. NAME the states that did not follow their laws? DESCRIBE how the did not follow their laws? Otherwise STFU.
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  33. As an Australian let me spell these stats out to any Ted Cruz supporters who might be trolling. Australia has 25.7 million people compared to Texas with just under 29million. So we have a similar sized population. I went to college in America and have been to Texas several times. Australia and Texas are fairly similar in geography - as in mainly flat, with similar weather. We are both reasonably spread out with a few major population centers. Most importantly the available medical technologies are essentially identical. Texas has 69,760 dead from COVID while Australia has 1,577. Based on population Texans are almost 40x more likely to have died from COVID. So please Teddy (and any of his supporters), don't tell us anything about handling COVID. And we also consider it criminal to let children freeze to death.
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  34. What confuses a lot of people is why haven't any of them been recalled to active duty and court martialed - which has been called for.
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  35. As for Ted Cruz running for President you'll need to remind me where Calgary, Alberta is. Because last I heard and we heard it a lot between 2008 and 2016 that you are ineligible to be President if you weren't born in America. Ted Cruz (according to his bio) was born at "the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, Canada, to Eleanor Elizabeth (née Darragh) Wilson and Rafael Cruz." -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz#Early_life_and_family Someone needs to call Justin Trudeau and tell him that Alberta has been annexed by America and they plan to rename it North Texas. Maybe NAFTA made Ted eligible, but that's a problem cos his buddy Trump tore that up. This is confusing. Is there anybody out there who can explain how Ted Cruz can run for President?
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  36. Yeah - he did?????????? But then his base live in an alternative reality and he panders to that reality. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  37. Well with a college education and 2 Masters Degrees (YES 2 an MBA from Connecticut and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard) he's gonna drive the anti-education faction completely of their rocking chairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman The big question will be -> How will the Senate handle logical arguments instead of political opportunism?
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  38. The word you might be looking for is cuckhold. Although in strictest definition it isn't but in sentiment it is.
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  39. He's in an interesting position. I'm not a lawyer but as far as I know he can still be charged with Sedition under the UCMJ and under the UCMJ he does not have 1st Amendment protections to hide behind like others do. If there is a real lawyer or law student who can actually clarify this we all should welcome them to speak up and quote the appropriate parts of the law.
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  40.  @timjilman3295  Look shit for brains we all know that the extension on mail in ballots was reversed by the courts and that it was the only case the Trumpists won and it was quite simple the judges said they could not arbitrarily extend the deadline. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT JUST LIEK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT IT DID NOT AFFECT THE FINAL OUTCOME EVERYONE KNOWS THAT COURT AFTER COURT HAS UPHELD THE ELECTION AND THAT EVERY STATE CERTIFIED IT ITS JUST NOTHING BUT BAD FAITH - TRUMP LOST and you can't handle that he lied and lied and lied to raise money to pay of his debts.
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  41. I'm Australian - DO ANY of these clowns know that this gets seen across the entire world (and almost instantly)? To be fair we have a couple that are just as stupid and just as awful. The only answer I have on ours is they simply don't care. They are speaking to their base 24/7 and nothing else matters. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  42. Go look at the US pardon Law it does not apply to people who are impeached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_provision Forget the 25th he needs to be impeached, that way he's not only out but he can never get back. Further if they impeach Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and all the others who hold official position so none of them can get pardons is also important.
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  43. I'm Australian and I was In Canada 3 years ago when he tore up NAFTA and imposed tariffs on Canadian product. I think someone got that chart (at 5:26) has a typo - the right hand bars show % that can't be right. I just checked 74,223,744 voted for Trump out of 332 million - that's 22.3%. In Percentage terms that's claiming more Australians have confidence in Trump than Americans who turned up to vote for him. Its claiming almost as many Canadians have confidence as Americans who voted for him. B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T I was there and I saw the Canadian reaction and they were NOT HAPPY and had NO CONFIDENCE in Trump.
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  44. She needs to take him down to Trump's sex dungeon and help him get over his mummy issues.
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  45. I'm Australian but went to college in America (late 80s). I did engineering but a bunch of my frat brothers were pre-law. They loved dragging me into discussion on things like the Bill of Rights. Out of those first 10 Amendments the most we discussed were the 1st & 4th 2 and the least were the were the 2nd & 3rd. Look at what Hamilton said about a "pertinacious minority" and how they could dominate majority opinion. Consider how the 2nd Amendment is NOW the foremost Amendment in public discussion. I've Trump stand up preaching about how he was THE person protecting their 2nd A. rights. When did he ever say he was protecting ALL their rights. Because they all seem to have forgotten that the NSA (& others) now have almost unlimited access to everyone's online activity. They can be watching everyone who reads these comments and start tracking and profiling all of us no matter what side we are on. TRUMP signed that into action. That's an amazing quote form Hamilton considering where America is right now. And for the record - I still think America is a great country with many great people, its just NOT at its best right now. If we are going to deal with some of the major world issues we actually need America at (or near) its best and right now you're just not there. If there is one thing that will help -> Get the money out of politics and that's not an American problem that's an EVERYWHERE problem. We have that problem in giant mining dump truck loads.
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  46. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  47.  @yobiwolrd07  We all understand that sentiment but if they do go broke and need food just remember there's 74 million of them they are already upset, pissed off, wound up and we should all expect the majority of them own at least 1 gun. The scary moment hasn't yet happened and I truly absolutely hope it doesn't. What do you think will happen on December 14. There's only 2 versions of the same outcome, because it wont matter how the Electoral College votes there will be a massive crowd of angry people who feel they got cheated. Biden needs to get very tough and blunt with the Republicans. Either shut Trump up or you'll pay the price for it. Because every one of them who helps keep this crap going can be charged with sedition.
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  48.  @yobiwolrd07  Sadly I think you're right. If they pursue Trump it will simply sink America into a sea-saw of going after one after another. Biden himself has baggage - they all have something. But I do think they might go after some of those around him. Trump himself might throw Kushner under the bus. But fundamentally the only way Trump goes to jail is if the Republicans do it or Trump is found to do have done something so bad it can't be ignored. The Republicans just might decide to get rid of him as he's too much trouble. The Lincoln Project people would certainly throw him in a cell. The old establishment Republicans (Bush Family & others) certainly don't like him. If you could break him away from the Evangelicals that would help. What might he have done to be found where it can't be ignored. He ordered the hit on Epst--n, to cover up his involvement with Epst--n.
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  49. No its a bit more than that - its an insult to the concept that humans can actually make progress.
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  50. Look at the logos in the bottom left and right corners. -> Real America's Voice (lower left) & Pandemic War Room (lower right). So "Real America" what's your take on the now 507,000 dead Americans from what you great leader called the Chi-nuh Flu. Over 1/2 a million dead and the war room is discussing how Rudy looked up a girls skirt. I thought Bannon was an asshole and not this stupid.
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  51. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  52. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  53.  @jonasp6043  No arguments there. Rupert Murdoch bought the Fox network back in the 1980s and then set up Fox News for the express purpose of political propaganda. FYI - I'm Australian but went to college in America on a sports scholarship. It shits me how an Australian (Rupert) has done what he's done to a once great nation. Knowing exactly how Murdoch's empire operates, Brian creating this fund is a ammunition that they will hurt the cause with. Getting rid of McConnell is good for the world. I remember a film about the Nuremburg trials and the lawyer prosecuting the top Nazis including Goring lamented to his commander that its was almost impossible playing fair to convict. His commander told him to simply go in there and simply let Goring expose himself for what he was and what he had done. They (the DNC) should have simply gone on a very basic but relentless campaign on what McConnell had one. Even be so blunt as to drive through towns with the old speaker cars blaring all day every day - "McConnell doesn't care about you" "He says, he does, he lies, he cheats, he doesn't care - he has to go." Imagine where the GOP would be if one of their chief power players got made to pay for his behavior?? Instead the DNC let him off the hook and he's still there doing the same shit. McConnell has to go, but it wont happen when you hand soft targets to the right wing media.
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  54.  @jonasp6043  I have watched a lot of Mark Blyth this last year and he's very good at explaining how we got here. 2 of his compatriots in explaining the mess the world finds itself in (its not simply and American problem) are Adam Tooze & Quinn Slobodian. They've indicated that it really started when Nixon swung the Republicans with his "Southern Policy." Reagan then hammered it home when his people realised they could lock in the Southern evangelists by taking a "Right to Life" stance even thought Reagan had done a "freedom of choice" bill as Governor of California. The Republicans (as a party) flipped on a heartbeat so they could win and they haven't stopped digging that hole deeper and deeper. What Trump did was downshift, engage the blower & hit the NOX ah la Mad Max mode. If you're an real Aussie you'll get that. The Republicans are what they have been for 50 years, with Trump they no longer hide it.
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  55. Look at the expressions on his face. He's either a narcissist or a sociopath whop gets off on this stuff. 'The whole saw him raise his fist on Jan 6th and goad that crowd on. He just said a real man takes responsibility so what has he claimed about Jan 6th.
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  56. As an Australian all I can say is that he's at least no bothering us anymore. I wonder if that offer for him to go for swim had anything to do with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWPh8AIVLaA
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  57. Well with a college education and 2 Masters Degrees (YES 2 an MBA from Connecticut and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard) he's gonna drive the anti-education faction completely of their rocking chairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman The big question will be -> How will the Senate handle logical arguments instead of political opportunism?
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  58. How do people have faith that the electoral process works - charge the liars with sedition. Get them in a court and ram it home that these people LIED and that those LIES had consequences. The capitol was stormed, a police officer was killed, the flag was torn down and replaced by another flag. ALL BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE LIED and those LIES should HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
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  59. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  60. He seems to like it. But then some people like a daily spanking! 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  61. The word you might be looking for is cuckhold. Although in strictest definition it isn't but in sentiment it is.
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  62. NAME the states that did not follow their laws? DESCRIBE how the did not follow their laws? Otherwise STFU.
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  63. As an Australian let me spell these stats out to any Ted Cruz supporters who might be trolling. Before we get to the stats, let me say ALL of the times I visited Texas the people I met there were fantastic. So please pass it on that we DO NOT consider TC as representative of all Texans. Australia has 25.7 million people compared to Texas with just under 29million. So we have a similar sized population. I went to college in America and have been to Texas several times. Australia and Texas are fairly similar in geography - as in mainly flat, with similar weather. We are both reasonably spread out with a few major population centers. Most importantly the available medical technologies are essentially identical. Texas has 69,760 dead from COVID while Australia has 1,577. Based on population Texans are almost 40x more likely to have died from COVID. So please Teddy (and any of his supporters), don't tell us anything about handling COVID. And we also consider it criminal to let children freeze to death.
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  64. Bingo. A few days ago Brian said it was $150 million raised SINCE the election. I've seen claims of $207million since. Question to all Trump supporters - WHY does a billionaire need donations?
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  65.  @gothgammy666  Don't get me wrong I think she's been amazing. I just think she can be compared to any other PS except the ones who acted under Trump. Until Trump and his clowns nobody on the planet actually cared much about who the White House PS was. Under Trump its was daily crap fest of stupidity, exaggeration and outright lies. So its damn hard to actually compare Jen Psaki to previous WH PS's because they operated under incredibly different circumstances. I think she's pretty amazing to remain calm day after day and not blast off at this clown. I am amazed that nobody else in the press corps hasn't just told him to STFU already. Trump would have yanked his credentials by now. I think they all put up with this stupidity simply so Fox can't complain.
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  66.  @gothgammy666  see my other reply. Its not that she hasn't done an amazing job. I just don't see how she can be compared to people who never had to do what she does or put up with what she has to put up with.
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  67. In the years to come we will have many new definitions. Orwell gave us many like Doublespeak and Mark Blyth has already coined the term Trumpism. So here's my contribution. Trumpspeak - the act of someone saying something they claim is true because they heard it said only a moment earlier. Trumpisdom - the act of claiming your very smart when it's obvious you're not. Trumpshit - when what you just said was more than just plain regular bullshit. Trumphead - what we will be calling certain people instead of dickhead. Trump-Aid - what we call it when people chug (rather than simply drink) the Kool-Aid. Trump-cash - the imaginary money you claim you have when your tax return says you don't have any. For all those who want to contribute and extend that list - feel free and go for it.
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  68. In the aftermath of 9/11 about where the conflict between the west and middle east came from. During it there was this amazing comparison between Al-Qaeda and neo-conservatives. They BOTH don't believe in democracy because they fundamentally believe people will vote in their self interest and not in what's best for a state or nation. Both use very conservative religious mechanisms for their base. A such they feel it only appropriate that they (the superior ones) guide society with a firm hand. It was bizarre to watch this documentary just strip both back to some basic concepts and show how similar they are. Don't ask which particular documentary it was as it was years ago, but that bit stuck. It still holds true, because that's how the elitists in any society have always been. From the start of civilization they have been the same, just with different clothes.
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  69. I'm Australian and American blondes DO NOT have a great reputation for intelligence. Kayleigh isn't helping that reputation. The late great Joan Rivers once said Bo Derek was so dumb she would have to study for a PAP Test. I wonder what Joan would say about Kayleigh? After all Kayleigh said that she thought Trump, a man who has cheated on all his wives, is a good role model for her daughter.
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  70.  @ideal7755  That's exactly the point I keep bringing up and the more interesting fact is he might be able to be charged via the military under the UCMJ where he'd have little or no 1st Amendment protections. That's Leavenworth and serious time.
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  71. As an Australian I'd normally take that as a bit insulting but right now I am reminded of something I read in the Chicago Tribune when I was at college in America in the late 80s. The writer was comparing the founding of Australia to the founding of America. He said (words to the effect) that America was founded by the Pilgrims, religious fundamentalists out to make more rules on top of the rules they already had. Australia was founded by party animals. That's not entirely true, but I always found it an interesting comparison. On the COVID issue here are some facts. Australia has 25.7 million people compared to Texas with just under 29million. So we have a similar sized population. I went to college in America and have been to Texas several times. Australia and Texas are fairly similar in geography - as in mainly flat, with similar weather. We are both reasonably spread out with a few major population centers. Most importantly the available medical technologies are essentially identical. Texas has 69,760 dead from COVID while Australia has 1,577. Based on population Texans are almost 40x more likely to have died from COVID. So please Teddy (and any of his supporters), don't tell us anything about handling COVID. And we also consider it criminal to let children freeze to death.
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  72. Well as long as parties keep nominating clowns and people keep voting like clowns then democracy will be a circus.
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  73. Have look at his Bio -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell College drop out, drug addict, dubious business practices. Reads just as you might expect from someone associated with Trump.
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  74. As distinguishable from the Dems with just their hypocrisy and bowing to corporations. But no panic Sinema and Manchin are helping them with their lack of an obstruction skill set.
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  75. Just remember 229,827 voted for her while only 77,798 voted for a person who had WITHDRAWN. Don't forget not only the the GOP nominate her but the DNC didn't even contest against her. If America doesn't want clowns like this making them look stupid then maybe they need to find some candidates who aren't this stupid.
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  76. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. I have put a few more details in a comment about the Murdoch's and their issues in Australia. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk
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  77. If somebody actually gets hurt in this these clowns will get annihilated, can you just imagine the lawsuit.
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  78. Well actually Lincoln was a Republican who led the Union against the South. The Dems actually started in the South among wealthy landowners and the KKK was founded among Dems. That's one of the things about history - things change over time.
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  79.  @gedias1  I'm Australian and like Canada we have a traditional British Labour Party or at least one that started that way. Ours is now full of University Educated Kumbaya singing wankers who have never had dirt or grease on their hands, but that's another discussion. What Americans don't get is that they have 2 Right Wing parties. They used to be mild right and right. Now they are corporate right and radical fundamentalist right. I find it funny and at times infuriating to hear Americans talk about leftists when they have no idea what they're talking about.
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  80.  Tazmanian Devil  I know but he will be deciding who the replacement is. Plus I wont believe he's going until he has actually left. He's addicted to power and such people don't tend to let go of power until they die.
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  81. Well for starters there is no such thing as "Republican Logic" its a contradiction in terms like "military intelligence" or "the cold sun" or "the hot ice." There's Republican bullshit, Republican hypocrisy, Republican crap and many other things Republican, but there is no such thing as "Republican Logic." 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  82. It shouldn't take any but then the court of public opinion only matters for elections not criminal convictions.
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  83.  @cisco8650  YES HE DID - Great reminder 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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  84. Somebody needs to ask him what was in his emails that got hacked that made him change his views on Trump.
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  85. How do people have faith that the electoral process works - charge the liars with sedition. Get them in a court and ram it home that these people LIED and that those LIES had consequences. The capitol was stormed, a police officer was killed, the flag was torn down and replaced by another flag. ALL BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE LIED and those LIES should HAVE CONSEQUENCES.
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  86. NAME the states that did not follow their laws? DESCRIBE how the did not follow their laws? Otherwise STFU.
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  87.  @nozecone  Well there's a lot of anger and frustration and its being fueled by a maniac called with the initials DJT. I think Twitter should pull his account NOW and not wait until January 20.
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  88.  @janicefarmer2387  As an outsider (I'm Australian but went to college in America) who does care about America's future its damn near horrifying to watch this. When I went to college in the states a lot of people did nice things for me. Being young and stupid I didn't appreciate it then like I do now. I have tried to repay that by being kind to Americans I meet here. I genuinely care about my friends and that includes America and its future. That's the personnel side but as an Australian, America is our biggest security partner and biggest trading partner. Trump has thrown that all to the wind as he has done with other countries. I was in Canada 3 years ago when he just tore up NAFTA and imposed tariffs. The Canadians are the most polite people in the world and they lost it. For what I know of America I can't believe the sh-t he's been allowed to do. When I was in college I I would have been laughed to suggest half of what he's done. My frat brothers explained HOW the American system of checks and balances would never allow it. BUT one thing my frat brothers and the founding fathers never allowed for was Mitch McConnell. He has corrupted the Senate and with nothing to check his behavior the world now has a rogue POTUS. Michael Moore (love him or hate him) warned months ago "Trump will have a plan," but I doubt he saw this coming - no one did.
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  89.  CrasherXtreme  Yeah - well what would have to say about Kayleigh McEnany's bullshit for the last few years? TO be fair I think this comment is bit off, but if you compare Psaki's professionalism compared to McEnany's amateur reality denial game then Psaki is at least an improvement.
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  90. Very astute. Here's a Henry Wallace quote a few people are posting. It was written/said 2 years before Trump was even born at a time when Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin were in power. Note what it says about method and patriotism. Henry A. Wallace, Vice President of the United States in the New York Times, April 9, 1944 “The really dangerous American fascist... is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way. The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power... They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.”
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  91. Somebody needs to ask him what was in his emails that got hacked that made him change his views on Trump.
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  92. Sadly true.
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  93. NAME the states that did not follow their laws? DESCRIBE how the did not follow their laws? Otherwise STFU.
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  94.  @skie6282  Pennsylvania was the one court case they won and what the court said was they had to stick with the time limit for people to confirm their ID on postal votes. The election officials went to extend it because of the large number postal votes but the court said NO they had to stick with the time set out in the state law. It cost only a small number of votes and those mostly DEM. It didn't alter the outcome.
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  95. Brian hasn't yet commented on the new Trump phone call but David Pakman did earlier today -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ya7Sx6y8k8 Just listen to the complete lack of reality and overstated claims. When a political movement doesn't have at least a reasonable grasp of reality its either one of 2 things. Incredibly delusional or Incredibly dishonest BUT BOTH are incredibly dangerous. For the entire cold war it was "Oh the Russians,......... this" and "Oh the Russians,......... that," but we knew about the Gulags and the KGB and other things. For the past 20 years its been "Oh the Muslims,......... this" and "Oh the Muslims,......... that," but we know SOME of that was true after because we all saw 9/11 and some of them made no secret about suicide bombing and other atrocities. But with Trump and his supporters there's almost NOTHING anyone agrees with. But then Trump himself sees everything as some sort of business deal where bluff and bluster ARE THE ONLY FACTS THAT MATTER.
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  96.  @shannansmith2188  I'm Australian but went to college in America and have been to Texas a few times. Had good experiences always so I know he DOES NOT represent all of you. 👍
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  97. Hopefully she will be charged with Sedition by the next AG.
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  98.  @aydenxavier1535  No prob - just pass them along. The more who know the better.
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  99. Go look at the US pardon Law it does not apply to people who are impeached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_provision Forget the 25th he needs to be impeached, that way he's not only out but he can never get back. Further if they impeach Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and all the others who hold official position so none of them can get pardons is also important.
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  100. Like a few others here to same the same thing about the Fox courtroom defense. On the Notes - I believe it was Kayleigh McEnany who made reference notes a White House Press Conference Standard Operating Procedure???????
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  101. Brian's actually crossed a line in this and a very dangerous one - and he should know better. If you are going to be a media commentator then you have to have some disconnection or you are just another propaganda outlet. If you think through this then its actually not a good thing. Notifying people of this fund is one thing. Promoting or supporting it is very close to the edge of being propaganda. BUT setting it up when you are a media outlet/producer is over the line. His hearts in the right place and getting rid of McConnell is a good thing for America and Western Democracy in general. There are other people in other countries doing the same (or similar) thing McConnell does. Getting rid of these people is good for the world, but its no good getting rid of them in a way that ends up helping the next McConnell get elected. Just think how many times Trump screamed about biased media and his base lapped it up.
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  102. Well actually his base cares and they keep electing him. So until his base get effectively informed, which is a seriously hard task considering they have had more than 2 decades of FOX rammed into their skulls, he will keep getting elected. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  103. For the nation that spent the last 70+ years calling itself the "champions of democracy" and POTTUS "leader of the free world" its certainly looks incredibly stupid. I'm Australian but went to college in America on a sports scholarship and its so sad to watch America do this to itself. In a way I am not surprised as I saw the foundation of this being laid in the 80s with Reaganism and Televangelism going unchecked. Right now in Australia this scares us, because America is our most important trading partner and most important security partner. That goes for other nations as well. Because of Trump's trade war we are in a conflict with China right now. A malfunctioning America is not in our best interests or Canada's or Mexico's or Europe's or Britain's or Japan's or a lot of others best interests - except for maybe Russia, North Korea and a couple of others. As an Australian its shameful that another Australian (Rupert Murdoch) is right in the middle of this reeking havoc. Every nation has its handful of people you wished had never existed - Rupert's one of ours. I wish I could say more than sorry for what he does.
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  104.  @clownanaround7996  That's not what I am saying. McConnell isn't simply a threat to American democracy he's a threat to western stability. McConnell HAS TO GO. But its not smart to hand ammunition to your opponent. Especially when your opponent is as cynically ruthless as the American Right are. They'll see this as left wing media bias and proof of the fake news AND WILL scream it at their base. DO NOT forget that there base DOES NOT care about reality.
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  105.  @levondelite4072  Yeah, Just thought from the tone of the conversation that it needed saying. Best to ya mate. 👍👍🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
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  106. Somebody needs to ask him what was in his emails that got hacked that made him change his views on Trump.
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  107.  @lindas-k5766  Pretty much YEP. Its more aimed at Doocy. Like all the Fox people he's on serious money to play this endless bad faith talking points game. All the Fox program hosts, like his father, are on 7 digit contracts. So any of their talk about money is bad faith. I suspect the only reason he gets to even ask questions is so Fox can't rage about being denied in these briefings. Remember Trump just simply refused to admit any outlets he didn't like to briefings. If there is one thing that's really starting to where thin its the relentless HYPOCRISY of the right wing media. Word is that Biden or somebody close to him in the WH finally had enough of the Fox BS over vaccines and they called Murdoch directly and put it too him it was his PAYING customers who are dying because they aren't vaccinated. Suddenly Fox changed tune a few weeks back, but on that the damage is done.
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  108. Its now almost 325,000. --> https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ TO give you all some perspective on the American situation. I'm Australian and I went to college at U. Illinois so I know the Midwest fairly well. If you combine the populations of Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana it total 25.2 million which is fairly close to Australia's 25.6 million. Yes there are significant geographical differences in size and in weather (like the difference in winter conditions). BUT none of that explains the following facts. Australia has 908 COVID fatalities while Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana have over 28,000 (and counting). Australia has just over 1,400 active cases while Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana have over 520,000 active cases as winter sets in. On the table at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Australia is 54th in population, 85th total fatalities, 113th in active cases and 129th in Fatality rate (Deaths per 1M pop). *If Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana were a country they would be 14th in total fatalities, 7th in active cases and 6th in Fatality rate. *
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  109. You're wrong its 2 liars fighting over who can lie better. Ted Cruz - Supreme Court did I her that right? Yeah I know he did Law and Harvard but WTF - In what universe of stupidity is that supposed to happen.
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  110.  @candidaprout560  You to. Take care & be safe latest warning from the head of CIDRAP Michael Osterholm is that COVID-B117 (the British variant) might be about to hit America big time.
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  111. I think the legal cases are now 1 and 49. Its so bad the NY Jets are afraid they'll lose first pick in the draft.
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  112. The fight is far from over. I'm just watching this on voter rights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc2PE7_4Y14 That's happening in the country that waltzed around the globe PREACHING for that past 70 years as the champion of freedom and democracy.
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  113.  @rylian21  Wasn't that in Georgia?
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  114. @Craig Norris I don't think charging them for simply lying would benefit anyone. Especially when "we the people" elect them knowing that at least in part they lied to us or at least made promises they can't keep and "we the people" accepted it. BUT once they take office and swear an oath they have to accept they are accountable. The real issue right now is not that these politicians lied, its that they lied to such an extent that very bad things happened. They need to be HELD ACCOUNTABLE for taking it TOO FAR. Think about a football game. Players commit fouls and most are benign and a yardage penalty is sufficient. But then you get idiots who target other players and do things so grievous that they get ejected. These politicians have likewise done things that are so grievous they also need to be "ejected."
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  115. Check their bios. He has a college education and 2 Masters Degrees (YES 2 an MBA from Connecticut and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard). He's gonna drive the anti-education faction completely of their rocking chairs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman The big question will be -> How will the Senate handle logical arguments instead of political opportunism?
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  116. That's maybe on of the best 1 line comments I have seen these last 12 months. My other favorite was from about 6 months ago during the primaries. - "Joe Biden is the normal that got Trump elected." On lessons learned its a very BIG IF. It was revealed last week that Biden hired 2 Goldman Sachs, a Blackrock (the hedge fund) and a McKinsey. Yeah that did not look good, for real change. America's finances have gone from the control of Steve Mnuchin (of Goldman Sachs fame) to a group of Goldman Sachs, Blackrock & McKinsey advising the millionaire Janet Yellen. Is that a WTF, a shrug 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️ a pondering moment 🤔 or simply time to surrender ✋😲🤚
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  117.  @smartyyoung7319  Careful comments like that can get you kicked of YouTube. We all get the sentiment. Just be careful YT is kicking 1000s off and suspending accounts. They are still letting a lot of channels pump out total garbage, but those people make money for YT. 🤫🤔🤔
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  118.  @cherylklassen7500  I'm just watching this on voter rights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc2PE7_4Y14 That's happening in the country that waltzed around the globe PREACHING for that past 70 years as the champion of freedom and democracy.
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  119.  @marybrown7203  I have several times. Glenn's mentioned the word sedition several times. The best so far on Flynn was a retired Colonel who on MSNBC confirmed Flynn can be recalled to active duty and then court martialed. He was on MSNBC who I don't trust and interviewed by Chris Hayes who I can't stand, but he is a retired colonel and he has the credentials to back what he said. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xARYtEal-g
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  120.  @terrier53  Go listen to the retired Colonel Chris Hayes interviewed. I don't find MSNBC very reliable these days and particularly people like Chris Hayes, but the Colonel he interviewed has credibility by virtue of his rank. He said Flynn can be recalled to active duty and then court martialed for sedition under the UCMJ. I am hoping that someone like Glenn Kirschner who was a JAG before he was a federal prosecutor will clarify this in more detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xARYtEal-g
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  121.  @terrier53  GO LOOK AND LISTEN. Its after 6:45 and its a fists in the air YES MOMENT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXRLBuzrDA
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  122.  @marybrown7203  Glenn Kirschner said that he would follow up on the Flynn stuff. If you just go on what has been said in the last 48hrs Flynn is in trouble. It might not be until January 21, but who cares so long as he gets this stuff shoved back down his throat.
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  123.  @wwetnabamafan194  Yeah, you're right. Think about your college football stadium and just imagine if somebody killed every one in the stadium and then did the next week and the week after that. These people who have down played the size and scope of this tragedy are simply disgusting. I do hope that a way is found to hold them accountable.
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  124. You know what the difference between a rattle snake and Ted Cruz is? One makes a loud noise to scare you and if that doesn't work it'll bite and poison you. You might not die but you will feel like shit. The other one is a snake and actually does have a backbone.
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  125.  @janetsmirror  Yeah Glenn Kirschner pointed out recently the shift in Lindsay Graham and linked to the hacking of his email accounts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaXO_Ogw4I Its all circumstantial but very compelling. And notice what the subject of Glenn's vid actually is -> Why Is Lindsey Graham Saying Biden's AG Must Not Investigate Trump? You're absolutely right except its not just Ted Cruz and I don't think its limited to Lindsay Graham. I know people like to go on about the Russians but look back and you'll find this is exactly how J. Edgar Hoover operated for years with his "private files" that were shredded the day after he died.
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  126. He's actually crossed a line in this and a very dangerous one - and he should know better. If you are going to be a media commentator then you have to have some disconnection or you are just another propaganda outlet. If you think through this then its actually not a good thing. Notifying people of this fund is one thing. Promoting or supporting it is very close to the edge of being propaganda. BUT setting it up when you are a media outlet/producer is over the line. His hearts in the right place and getting rid of McConnell is a good thing for America and Western Democracy in general. There are other people in other countries doing the same (or similar) thing McConnell does. Getting rid of these people is good for the world, but its no good getting rid of them in a way that ends up helping the next McConnell get elected. Just think how many times Trump screamed about biased media and his base lapped it up.
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  127.  @lynnmeyers4642  Yeah nut most of the internet ISN'T impartial. I don't have a problem with any of them being biased. Sure its annoying, but so long as they DON'T actively set up things like this they can at least claim they have some level of impartiality or integrity. This is the great claim FOR & AGAINST Fox. They claim to be "Fair & Honest" and to their supporters they are, but anybody with brain function who KNOWS how Rupert Murdoch operates KNOWS they are NOT fair or honest. One of the things Murdoch and his minions are incredibly good at is dragging opponents down to their level and using it against them. I like BTC, he does some great interviews and his analysis is straight forward. I'm just worried this will get used against him.
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  128. Very very true.
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  129. Your half right on the uneducated, have look at his Bio -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Lindell College drop out, drug addict, dubious business practices. Reads just as you might expect from someone associated with Trump.
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  130.  @psycobleach46  Well done you just pointed out why this mess is as bad as it is. Mitch McConnell had the chance to put limits on Trump at the Impeachment. He could have done as they did with Clinton. Yes you Mr. President you did as you are accused but we consider it a mistake rather than a deliberate act and will allow you to stay as President. They never said it openly to Clinton but the message was clear - "Behave or we will throw your ass out." And that's McConnell's true failure - NOT putting a leash and muzzle on Trump and look at what has now happened.
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  131.  @psycobleach46  Its actually very important that people get things right at this point. There will be no justice if people keep screaming idiotic garbage. I forget which film it was but it was bout the Nuremberg trials and one of the lawyers had doubts. And his commander told to go into court, stick to the facts and explain that what these people did was wrong and WHY. Right now Trump can write out a swath of pardons. He can then resign and wave the middle finger at everyone. Impeach him just for his comments at the rally as sedition. He could be gone by lunchtime and it can be done in a proper way that he can't get out of. Then Giuliani, Ivanka, Jared and the rest have no where to hide. And what can the Republicans claim? Fair simple trials, kept it factual, keep it simple and send'em to jail.
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  132. TO ALL FROM AUSTRALIA Here are the links to the interview and the full program it was done as part of. A bit of background for those unfamiliar with Australia's ABC and the program called "4 Corners" this interview was done for. Australia's ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) no affiliation to America's ABC. It is our public broadcaster in a similar way to America's PBS and the British BBC. The program "4 Corners" does investigative long length stories the same way PBS's Frontline and BBC's Panorama do. This interview was done as part of a 2 Part special about how the Murdoch owned Fox News became Donald Trumps propaganda machine called "Fox and the Big Lie". The program included interviews with several ex-Fox presenters including Gretchen Carlson as well as the Sidney Powel interview. Fox and the Big Lie Part 1-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsBqU1RzV7o Fox and the Big Lie Part 2-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJhqOPe6rw Gretchen Carlson Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEAsp95AE4 Sidney Powel Interview-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txyWDAJzCZk Below is more background information, some of which David P viewers probably know. And yes (like many others) I can write pages about this stuff. Australia's ABC is often claimed to be a leftist organization by Australian Right Wing conservatives. Its also claimed to favor the right by leftists when it exposes things the left get up to. The Murdoch's and other prominent media owners like the Packers and Fairfax's have wanted the ABC dismantled for decades, particularly the independent journalism. You can easily find this by looking for "Sky News Australia" which is Rupert Murdoch's Australian outlet and has its own versions of Hannity, Carlson,.... etc. As to why Australia is so interested in this. Its simple America is Australia's most important trading and security partner AND and Australian born business man is influencing America in a massive way. Yes, Murdoch also has huge influence here in Australia and in Britain buts its not as massive as it is in America. Here in Australia 2 ex-Prime Ministers (Rudd and Turnbull) have launched an inquiry into Murdoch influence in Australia. Rudd is a leftist and Turnbull is center right, so they represent BOTH sides of our politics. But note, Turnbull is seen as a pariah (and traitor) by the far right. Turnbull has also claimed that Murdoch was part of the "cabal" that had him dumped from the leadership. As a political position Australia's Prime Minister (like the British, Canadian,...... etc.) is more akin to the American "Speaker of the House." As such the PM can be dumped from that position at almost anytime. As a trading and security partner Australia is similar to a few other countries like Canada, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines,.... etc. I was actually in Canada for work when Trump tore up NAFTA and saw their reaction (not pretty). America was the driver behind NAFTA and the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) and Trump tore both apart. Australia like a few others have staked their future security on the F35 Lightning II. Before COVID and before Trump we struggled to get our jets delivered and now struggle to get spare parts. In several ways Australia (like many other countries) just can't afford to have America be this dysfunctional. We have people who simply hate America and even they admit (when pressed) that "a healthy functioning America is in our best interests." Fox News with its influence is making America MORE dysfunctional. If you watch Part 1 (above) you'll see that Fox News was the first to call Arizona. People were then fired from Fox, for upsetting Trump and risking the business. It's not like the Western World wasn't warned about Murdoch. Here's where you can watch the 2004 Documentary "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P74oHhU5MDk
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  133. WHY WHY WHY You just answered it D--KHEAD -> The money has NOT gone out the door!!!!!! They didn't get $1400 or $1200 let alone the $2000 they were promised DU-UH How do people that stupid get a job hosting a news show or what masquerades as a news show.
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  134.  @pete_lind  Actually they won 2 small ones in Pennsylvania and I think they then lost one of those on appeal. The one I think that has held was the one where the officials could not extend the deadline for confirming identifications ad they had to keep to what was in the statutes. I did not matter because Biden still won Penn by over 81,000 and it only affected a few hundred votes. Case: 602-MD-2020 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-election_lawsuits_related_to_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election
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  135. One day the good people of Texas will suddenly wake up and realise just how spineless Ted Cruz is. We'll know when that happens because a lot of people will be swapping their hats for paper bags.
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  136. No he's simply trying to impress his reflection in the mirror he stares at for an hour each morning. just when you think this idiots bullshit has reached the maximum reality can handle he keeps going further. We are going to have to rewrite all the ways we measure and estimate bullshit after Trump.
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  137.  Chrissy K  Your right if it wasn't for those few that still hold journalism as a positive force we'd be FUBARed.
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  138. Go watch Glenn Kirshner explain the court cases. He started as a JAG before becoming a Federal Prosecutor. He's done a lot of great explaining of what is happening. He's actually argued cases before Judge Sullivan who's handling the Flynn case. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrWmonkmTk5NbvmVnc7f70w
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  139.  @ashroskell  Well that just shows how stupid you are about checking facts - you have everything BACKWARDS. First off Glenn Kirshner is a REAL Lawyer with real qualifications. He was a JAG before becoming a Federal Prosecutor he has tried and convicted murderers you numbskull. Saying he's an debunked Alex Jones type is so stupid it barely deserves a reply. 2nd: He is as against Trump and what Trump has been doing to the judiciary as you can possibly get. Lately he has been explaining how they can revoke Trumps illegal pardons. Go and actually watch what he is doing. He's actually organizing people to help get rid of the NOT QUALIFIED Judges Trump, McConnell and Graham have appointed. 3rd: You just called me a Trumpist - WTF are you talking about. You could not be more wrong you effing idiot. Get your facts right because you don't even know what side people are on. You have this so wrong I should be calling you a Trumpist, but I can see your not from your other comment. I wish there was a better face palm emoji but this will have to do.🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️ 👉😯 Between your ears there's a brain switch it on. I don't care if you apologize to me but you sure as hell owe Glenn Kirshner an apology.
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  140.  @ashroskell  Where the f--k are you coming from and who is making these idiotic claims. Who's making the claim Glenn has been debunked because it isn't anyone on the Biden, Democrat, Progressive side of the fence. It has to be a Trumpist because all of Glenn's posts for months have been about getting justice against the Trump administration. I have been watching Glenn for months and NOT ONCE has he ever shown any support for Trump or any of the Trump team. He hasn't made a claim that didn't check out, I know I have checked. He was commenting the other day about murder trial he had worked on so I looked it up and found the court summary on the federal court records. I found him listed as the prime prosecutor. I have never seen someone get it so wrong and be as ridiculous as you have just been A SECOND TIME. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️
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  141. The real question in this is when does all this cross the line and this go from complaining about an election to outright sedition? I am not a lawyer so if there is a lawyer or law student out there who can better explain or answer that question please do.
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  142. News flash every country has these sorts of people. Its just that other countries find ways to keep microphones away from them as much as possible.
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  143.  @gedias1  Your right but that's not the point I was making. The point is that things change over time. Just look where the 2 American parties are now they have both slid a long way to the right. According to Obama the Dems are now where the Republicans once were. I saw a piece on the Koch brothers the other day and when one of them ran against Reagan on the libertarian ticket they claimed Reagan was not far enough to the right. They were rejected by the GOP as nutters and radicals. They have spent over $125 million funding think tanks to drag America to their version of the right. Charles Koch was interviewed recently and openly complained the politicians he helped get elected would not do as he wanted. Then there's the billionaire who owns OAN, Robert Herring who is certifiably nutts, driving it as well. But adding to the Republican shift is the fuindmentalist Christians. We found out about this in Australia a couple of years back when some fundamentalists started using illegal means to take over parts of out right wing parties. An American training video surfaced. Where it came from and when it was made no one has really said. We know its American from the accents and think it was made in the 80s. Its basically about how to take over a party from the grass roots by taking over small local offices and taking over small local elected positions like mayor, DA, sheriff, school boards,.... etc. The aim it eventually to have a base you can move onto controlling state legislatures and then federal nominations. That's how Sarah Palin was forced on John McCain. That's how people like Pence and Pompeo got where they got. Then there is the centrist position of the Dems that's so broad that the only policy options for the Republicans is on the far right. No one should be surprised where the Republicans are. What everyone should be asking is how to you get them out of it? Because right now there are over 50million well armed (stocked with tons of ammunition) radicalized people who think they just had their country stolen. You can't lock them up - so what do you do to defuse that and then de-radicalize them. Look at this David Pakman did today -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeAznCt-pPo That cannot be ignored.
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  144.  @specter0023  The truly crazy point about America is that it actually has an incredible history in higher education. I went to U. of Illinois in the late 80s. When I got back to Australia we were just getting the nations first supercomputer. It was a baby Cray (one of the small ones). At the same time Illinois was installing its 3rd and they were all big ones. It was like Australia had a Japanese 4 cylinder and Illinois had 3 stonking V8s. Meanwhile a couple of grads from about that time developed a program called Mosaic. They ended up founding Netscape and sold it to Bill Gates for a gazillion or 2. I've been in the American system and seen just how good it can be. We all hear about America's wealth disparity but there is also an education disparity as well. The most bizarre thing is that if you took away 1% of the military spending and spent that on giving everyone a fair and decent education you'd boost America so far the rest of the world would be left behind. And I don't mean just the universities and high schools but also the junior colleges and vocational colleges. Go listen to Andrew Yang on that subject he actually knows what he is talking about. You can't have high tech manufacturing with out the skilled personnel. We've done similar in Australia with failing to train people in those areas and it effing aggravates me. I'm an engineer and you can't get stuff made without the skilled technicians. You can't maintain stuff either. America needs Biden to make Yang the next education secretary.
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  145.  @BubblePuppy.  Harsh but accurate. P.S. Its called economic enslavement.
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  146. Go look at the US pardon Law it does not apply to people who are impeached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_provision Forget the 25th he needs to be impeached, that way he's not only out but he can never get back. Further if they impeach Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and all the others who hold official position so none of them can get pardons is also important.
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  147.  @1djbecker  Is this the new emoji sign for Peter Doocy 🤜🥵
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  148.  @ShombayChase  Well put - lets keep at 'em
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  149.  @pamelalewis5063  I think he's wrong, but he's not a liar. McConnell's base cares what he says, but nobody else doe. The rest just wish he would simply take his 🐂💩 dishonest bad faith crap and farq-off.
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  150.  @annhobson1975  Well by the framing of your question where are you from? I saw your other comment and don't disagree with most of it. But the Moscow Mitch slur is just partisan bullshit. McConnell's got nothing to do with Moscow and way too much of a connection to doing what the Federalist Society wants. Go and look at the appointment of judges and you'll understand that point. The Federalist society is the one group that Americans should be fearing more than anything else on the planet. Go do some basic research into them. Be careful they do control SCOTUS thanks to McConnell. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society FYI - I'm Australian but went to college in America on a scholarship. I did aerospace engineering but a pack of my frat brothers were pre-law and they used to drag me into all sorts of hypothetical arguments for fun. It gave me an interesting education in the US Constitution. It was back in the era when civics was actually taught to all Americans and it blows my mind at times these days how utterly ignorant a lot of very mouthy Americans actually are. In those days (late 80s) Americans were incredibly knowledgeable about how their government worked and how the constitution was meant to work. These days all Americans seem to do is rant and rage about how the "other side" is threatening their constitutional rights. The lack of education and levels of ignorance is pretty staggering considering where America once was.
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  151.  @Liftheavyrustylbs  I have an odd take on all of this. I'm actually Australian but went to college in America (late 80s). On one hand I have a fairly personnel interest because of my friends and their families. On the other hand America is Australia's most important security and trading partner and we can't have a malfunctioning America. Thanks to people like McConnell America is malfunctioning. Worse still its an Australian Rupert Murdoch who's contributing. And before you ask yes he's a national embarrassment. I went to U. Illinois and actually spent my first Thanksgiving in Bardstown Kentucky. My buddy's dad worked at Makers Mark and I got a personnel tour and sampled some straight form the cask. I knew a few other Kentuckians as well and my experiences in Kentucky and with people from Kentucky are genuinely POSITIVE. I even visited Kentucky for business years later and caught up with the family who I spent that Thanksgiving with. McConnell simply does NOT represent the Kentucky I have experienced. So what I see (from my external viewpoint) is that Mitch McConnell does not represent Kentucky or Kentuckians. He represents a "faction." Every town, city, state and nation has various factions. Some are enlightened, some are reasonably well educated and others are as ignorant as a rock. Every nation has people like McConnell who are very good at appealing to rocks. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  152.  @Liftheavyrustylbs  Thanks. I just feel that every so often Americans need to be told that most of them are decent hard working folk and that others in the world know it. They know America is a great country, but like everybody else they have some ratbags. About the only difference is that America's ratbags are the Olympic gold medalists of being ratbags. The Russians try hard, The Chinese are catching up (rapidly) and the rest of us aren't far behind. In terms of wondering who's America's chief ratbag if have these similes: McConnell is the Bill Belichick of ratbags. He's not on the field but makes all sorts of arrangements and plays. Trump is/was the Tom Brady of ratbags. No matter how many times you think you've beaten him he makes another play. Zuckerberg, Uber, Bezos are the next gen upstart disruptor ratbags who throw things around wildly like Patrick Mahomes doing shit nobody expects or believes. NONE of that means any disrespect to Bill Belichick, Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes. They are the best at what they do and I love how they do it.
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  153. Her behavior would not be tolerated in most of the civilized world. MORE IMPORTANTLY civilized societies DO NOT put them onto important committees. I'm Australian and we do have these kinds sneaking into government just go look up Pauline Hanson. BUT we don't put them on important committees like education. Its a basic function of all societies that if you don't educate your children you don't survive. Even in the most basic hunter gatherer society if you don't train your children to hunt and gather you starve. If you don't train them to light a fire you freeze. If you don't train them to avoid dangers they die. No country can put someone like this onto the main education committee for their nation and expect to survive. What's crazy is that she actually went to college (Georgia Bulldogs) and got a degree. At some point she had functioning brain cells. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  154.  @shaneross6242  I can't speak for any other country but I can say with reasonable certainty she would not YET be headed for jail in Australia (emphasis on YET). She'd be very close, particularly for the way she harassed that Parkland student if he's still a minor. Her denials of events that are factual would run very close to "hate speech" laws and possibly past them. For certain no major party we have would touch her for fear of the backlash.
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  155.  @sherylhoward4831  Well said that's the word people need to start using. To the best of my knowledge (and I am not a lawyer) its NOT treason because treason is when you side with a foreign entity against your government. Sedition is when you try and undermine your government and or organize against the government rather than replace it. I have actually asked a couple of real lawyers who post here on YouTube (Glenn Kirshner and Legal Eagle) and hopefully 1 or both will clarify it shortly.
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  156.  @dianmobo  YouTube has kept flagging pro-Trump pages and some of the comments are beyond fantasy. Messianic might be a better term as there are some who actually believe he was sent by God. Genuine proper scary stuff.
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  157.  @sherylhoward4831  Glenn Kirshner's channel --> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrWmonkmTk5NbvmVnc7f70w FYI - he was a JAG and then a Federal Prosecutor who even tried murder cases. The guy has genuine street cred.
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  158.  @sherylhoward4831  Glenn Kirshner's channel --> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrWmonkmTk5NbvmVnc7f70w FYI - he was a JAG and then a Federal Prosecutor who even tried murder cases. The guy has genuine street cred.
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  159.  @dianmobo  Well the clown screaming and ranting here has a real problem here in the REAL WORLD. There is this thing called sedition which is defined as --> conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch. Americans have a certain amount of protection by virtue of the 1st Amendment in that you are allowed to express opinions, which is not guaranteed in any other country like it is in America. BUT these people are calling for the overthrow and imprisonment of legally elected officials. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedition I'm not a lawyer and I have asked a couple properly qualified lawyers who have channels on YouTube (Glenn Kirshner and Legal Eagle) about when does this cross the line into sedition if it hasn't already crossed that line.
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  160.  @dianmobo  Did you see the Republican official from Georgia who came and told them to just stop it before someone gets hurt?
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  161.  @dianmobo  FYI - I'm Australian but went to college in America on a sports scholarship. So I have a slightly different take on this. There's a lot of American people I care about and am really worried about. Do I think that the vast majority of Americans want to see their country torn abort - HELL NO. But right now there are (by some reports) about 48million who we should expect own guns and they are being wound up like nothing we have seen in western society since the 1930s. I don't think its a matter of if something ugly will happen its just when and how big or small it will be. We have people here who are just as crazy (as every country does) but we're lucky they don't have easy access to guns. I have seen stories where gun shops are running out of ammunition to sell. I know Biden is waiting for December 14 and the electoral college vote but he needs to be speaking out now. He needs to be reminding those EC people to vote as per the rules. He needs to be calling Trump a liar and a fraud NOW. He needs to be warning Trump that illegal Pardons will be challenged. In fact there is a way around that process - impeachment. Pelosi and co need to impeach Trump, Kushner, Ivanka, Barr, McEnany, Pompeo.... because by the time the senate meets they might have control and better still you cannot be pardoned from impeachment convictions - they are absolute. One of the YT lawyers (Glenn Kirshner) explained that a couple of weeks ago.
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  162. He's actually crossed a line in this and a very dangerous one - and he should know better. If you are going to be a media commentator then you have to have some disconnection or you are just another propaganda outlet. If you think through this then its actually not a good thing. Notifying people of this fund is one thing. Promoting or supporting it is very close to the edge of being propaganda. BUT setting it up when you are a media outlet/producer is over the line. His hearts in the right place and getting rid of McConnell is a good thing for America and Western Democracy in general. There are other people in other countries doing the same (or similar) thing McConnell does. Getting rid of these people is good for the world, but its no good getting rid of them in a way that ends up helping the next McConnell get elected. Just think how many times Trump screamed about biased media and his base lapped it up.
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  163.  @toddmercure9745  I truly get the sentiment behind this and this fund is a good thing - Getting rid of Mitch McConnel should be one of the top priorities of any American who wants to start fixing Washington. BUT having it set up by a media outlet isn't a good thing. Its easy to see that right wing media will use this as PROOF of left wing media bias AND their base will lap it up. Sorry I know that sucks, but its the truth. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  164. I normally would not recommend CCN to anyone but they add actually did a decent job on this story and interviewed David Hogg. Zerlina Maxwell interviewed the father of a Parkland victim. If America wants to be considered a mature responsible nation then people like Marjorie Taylor Greene should NEVER be allowed to hold positions of responsibility. Every country has people like this and occasionally they get elected to government, but only immature countries put them on important committees or give them any real power. CNN Interview with David Hogg -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCSoLCmJwOs Interview with Parkland Parent Fred Guttenberg -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJxrsMydsRA
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  165.  @roadrunner3232  Glenn Kirschner, who's a former JAG and Federal prosecutor and doesn't say things lightly or speak made up stiff because he fully comprehends the potential did a video a few weeks back on Graham about Graham's claim that he would not approve an AG who would investigate Trump. He highlighted Graham's complete 180 about face AFTER his emails were hacked and Trump beckoned him onto the golf course???. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbaXO_Ogw4I The issue isn't if he's been compromised its a matter of what was in those emails that made him flip so dramatically.
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  166. He's not spending tax payer money but he is getting Murdoch money stuffed down his pants.
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  167.  @user-ik4mf2lu1h  Ted Cruz logic - dead frozen kids don't get hungry. In Oz if one of our power companies had let a child freeze to death and the local politician had flown his family out like that he would have been forced to resign. Look just what happened to one of ours. He won the defamation court case against the media and then LOST his job because nobody knows who paid his legal bill. He's now in serious deep shite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om2viufzPmw
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  168. Considering he was one one of the key players who prevented Merrick Garland's SCOTUS hearing saying infamously "hold me accountable" and then helped rush through Amy Barrett and then more recently demanded an AG who would NOT investigate Trump why should anyone ever believe this clown ever again. Lets not forget his180 flip on Trump after having his emails hacked by Russians.
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  169.  SigmaTauri2  You might not hear from "the truth hurts again" his claim is hate speech by Google guidelines and I reported him. Only fair after some of those snowflakes had one of my accounts cancelled for calling them dickheads and liars. Others are also reporting that the Trumpists are snitching to Google and complaining about anyone who calls out their lies.
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  170.  @stephandreyer2944  I'm just watching this on voter rights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc2PE7_4Y14 That's happening in the country that waltzed around the globe PREACHING for that past 70 years as the champion of freedom and democracy.
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  171. The difference between Gilligan's Island and the Trump White House is that only one was meant to be a joke.
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  172.  @Kevin-pv3kg  Mark Blyth brought it up in a panel the other day. We (the general public) don't know who he owes this massive chunk of money to, just that its someone who banks in the Caymans. He might be more scared of them than anyone else. His resorts have been hammered by COVID and he possibly doesn't have the money to cover the debt. Seriously would you want to owe some mystery man operating secretly through the Caymans a 9 digit sum that you can't pay or stay surrounded by an army of secret service agents sworn to your protection in the White House. He might be staying there because its a safe place where they can't get to him. Its a very interesting idea.
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  173. As an Australian all I can say is that he's at least no bothering us anymore. I wonder if that offer for him to go for swim had anything to do with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWPh8AIVLaA
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  174.  @rylian21  No need there's a reference on his Wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman ref #22 I have read the report and to say its the same as what happened in Georgia is utter crap. Did he over react? Absolutely. Should he have gotten in trouble for it? Absolutely. But its America. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  175.  @jjmill5209  Actually John Fetterman did chase after a guy with his truck. Its there on his Wikipedia page near the end of the section on "career." There's a reverence to a news paper article which you can read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fetterman ref #22 There's a couple of similarities, but other than those its no where near the incident that happened in Georgia. Are some of the details disputed? Yes, but No violence, No shots fired, No one dead and the police were involved. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  176. Go look at the US pardon Law it does not apply to people who are impeached. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#Constitutional_provision Forget the 25th he needs to be impeached, that way he's not only out but he can never get back. Further if they impeach Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and all the others who hold official position so none of them can get pardons is also important.
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  177. "Mick Mulvaney doesn't have a spine." In what way is that something the rest of us didn't know already? Somebody should remind Mulvaney that there was a group in the late 40s who pleaded "we were just following orders" in respect to a few things they had done at the behest of their leader. Americans were part of the prosecution of those people, Americans were part of the judiciary that convicted those people and Americans were part of the execution details who carried out the sentences of those people.
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  178. As an Australian let me spell these stats out to any Ted Cruz supporters who might be trolling. Australia has 25.7 million people compared to Texas with just under 29million. So we have a similar sized population. I went to college in America and have been to Texas several times. Australia and Texas are fairly similar in geography - as in mainly flat, with similar weather. We are both reasonably spread out with a few major population centers. Most importantly the available medical technologies are essentially identical. Texas has 69,760 dead from COVID while Australia has 1,577. Based on population Texans are almost 40x more likely to have died from COVID. So please Teddy (and any of his supporters), don't tell us anything about handling COVID. And we also consider it criminal to let children freeze to death.
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  179. WHY WON'T ANY OF THESE PRESS SIMPLY SAY - YOU LOST. WE ALL KNOW YOU LOST. THE ELECTION WAS CLEAN AND YOU LOST. What's the worst that will happen - they won't get let into any WH press briefings until January 21.
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  180. Well actually you seem to need words like treason, sedition and insurrection explained. More importantly you seem to need them legally explained which many EXPERTS have been doing for months now. There wasn't any treason, there was a seditious conspiracy and there was an insurrection. So stop ranting like a Trump supporter who fell out the other side of the loony tunes bus. IT DOES NOT HELP ANYONE.
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  181. She's certainly so far in front of Kayleigh McEnany and Sarah HS that she looks like super star. And no one can deny she's the breath of fresh air that American politics needed. BUT don't forget she's in politics and is the tip of the spin spear. If there's any spin to come out of the Biden WH she will be the one spinning it. A couple of weeks back some older tweets where she criticized GOP policies that she has now had to backflip on surfaced. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️
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  182.  @blala4306  Actually that's getting common across the western world. At the last European Election all the major centrist parties got smashed. Brexit was a straight out rejection of the establishment of BOTH sides. Trump was in a way another establishment rejection. People forget Trump rolled over the top of 16 GOP candidates who ran with the same bullshit they always run with. The Hilary got the same. People across the world are fed up with bullshit career politicians who don't give a damn. Ted Cruz & Nancy Pelosi are 2 perfect examples. That's what Trump basically campaigned on in 2016 - "I'm not one of them." Unfortunately he turned out to be worse. Trump did 1 great thing however he showed that if you can rally people around an idea, even if its a cheap shitty message like MAGA, you can get past the establishment machine.
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  183.  @titusmaximus7278  I like that one - magats. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
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  184.  @jal8362  Too blind to see, too deaf to hear and too stupid to think. 🤬🤬 You are right about one thing voter fraud did happen in a couple of places - BY REPUBLICANS. 🧏‍♂️🧏‍♀️🧏‍♂️🧏‍♀️
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  185.  @DigESource  Well actually HE IS a convicted felon or have you forgotten HE PLEADED GUILTY. Plus for his recent comments he can be recalled to active duty and court martialed for sedition and that was publicly aired by another retired colonel. But we'll have to wait until January 21 for those charges.
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  186.  @DigESource  GO LOOK AND LISTEN. Its after 6:45 and this is from a former JAG & Federal Prosecutor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXRLBuzrDA
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  187.  @marybrown7203  GO LOOK AND LISTEN. Its after 6:45 and its a fists in the air YES MOMENT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXRLBuzrDA
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  188.  @calm1047  GO LOOK AND LISTEN. Its after 6:45 and its a fists in the air YES MOMENT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXRLBuzrDA
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  189.  @ideal7755  GO LOOK AND LISTEN. Its after 6:45 and its a fists in the air YES MOMENT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeXRLBuzrDA
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  190. I might be wrong but aren't medals of honor for the military? I'm certain there's a civilian equivalent, but I don't think bimbo has any clue about basic government functionality. She mouthed off about previous public statements. A statement made in public does not make any part of the statement fact.
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  191. NAME the states that did not follow their laws? DESCRIBE how the did not follow their laws? Otherwise STFU.
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  192. Its all very well for Brian, Mehdi Hassan and everyone else to throw this guy into the middle of the street. BUT NONE OF US OR ANY OF THESE COMMENTATORS are faced with losing their job let alone faced with losing their life or the lives of their families to Trumps maniacs. DEMANDING and answer to such an inflammatory this question is almost as bad as Trump DEMANDING fealty. How many of you have put your family's at the same risk this guy has already put his family to? This is shite grandstanding by both Brian and Mehdi.
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  193.  @R-A-F  You mean the 🍊🦑 I think we need some new emojis for all this crap.
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  194.  @skie6282  They Trumpists actually won that case in Pennsylvania. In the end the judge said the election officials had to stick to what was written in the state election law. AS FAR AS I KNOW THAT WAS THE ONLY CASE THEY WON As for all the other claims that has been explained and explained and explained and NOTHING will satisfy the Trumpists. Facts don't matter, reality doesn't matter nothing matters because these people got swept up in the madness and LIES of ass hole.
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  195. As an Australian all I can say is that he's at least no bothering us anymore. I wonder if that offer for him to go for swim had anything to do with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWPh8AIVLaA
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  196. Trump plays politics the same way he plays golf. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIiaFMOfbwY
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  197. Everyone needs to remember this guy is trapped between Trumps maniacs and Democrat grandstanding. Neither Brian of Mehdi Hassan or any other journalist is risking their family. We all know the answer but DEMANDING it under current circumstances is just shit grandstanding from both Brian and Mehdi.
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  198.  Aaron Neville  Your part right and part wrong. America was NEVER meant to be a 2 party system - its just evolved into a 2 party system. Go look at the list of presidents and what parties they belonged to. Bothe the GOP and DNC as we see them now are NOTHING like their origins. The giant problem with the current state of the American System which has been fueled by this hyper-partisan garbage that was seeded during the Reagan years when he pandered to the fundamentalists. It came out recently about how Reagan's team just one day decided that to win they just needed the southern fundamentalists on side. Then guy named Rupert Murdoch who loved Reaganomics stepped in and drove the right wing opinion based news service off the deep end. If you go back and watch the documentary "Outfoxed" there's a warning that what he was doing would drag the rest of the media into the gutter and it would divide America into to camps lead by crazies. It was kind of prophetic. Add to that the billionaire class and their monstrous PR machines and that's just the start of the issue. America's political problems are way more than just having 2 parties.
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