Comments by "gary K" (@garyK.45ACP) on "Forbes Breaking News"
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How long did you live in Ukraine? How many of your family members live in Ukraine. How many of your children live in Ukraine? Who did you work for in Ukraine? Do you own property in Ukraine? Which city?
I lived, worked in Ukraine and have family, including one of my three adult children still living in Ukraine, and fighting for their freedom. Did you? I own property in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Do you? How many of your relatives are in the trenches in Ukraine? How many of your family members have had their homes destroyed in Ukraine? How many of your relatives went through the winter with virtually no heat, water or electricity?
You want to compare the democracy (Republic) in the USA with Ukraine? Our former President is being charged with felonies that don't exist. He is being charged with crimes that were not even listed in his indictment. Our freedom of speech is being shut down everywhere, including on this platform. Is the Biden administration representative of our democracy? Do you think we have free and fair elections in the USA? Do you think the law enforcement agencies in the USA are enforcing the law equality to all people?
Do you believe the DOJ, FBI, ATF, and DHS are enforcing our country's laws fairly and efficiently? Do you think Merrick Garland is not allowing politics to influence his decisions? What about Myorkas? Do you think the IRS is not being weaponized when they "visit" a person's home who just testified in Congress about the "Twitter files"? To be honest I NEVER saw that level of government corruption against citizens in Ukraine.
Do you think the US House committee on the weaponization of government is a waste of time? Do you think the Hunter Biden investigation is a waste of time?
I'm sorry you feel the need to say such things about Ukraine based on your ignorance. Ukraine is not perfect...neither is the USA. Those are internal Ukrainian problems for Ukrainians to solve. And they have actually made great progress compared to 30 years ago. Were you there 30 years ago? Do you have anything to compare it to? That is no reason for a country to be invaded and destroyed by another country.
I might add that Ukrainians I know, my personal acquaintances, have been gravely injured and killed fighting the SAME ENEMY the USA has. Russia. We should be glad all we need to do is provide the hardware. Hardware that provided good American jobs to build weapons designed and intended to kill Russians.
I'll finish my rant by saying that I hope you never have to go to sleep with your son in a war and not know if he is safe, or even alive. I hope you never have to find housing for your family because theirs was destroyed by an invader.
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Let's keep in mind that we have about half the US population that doesn't believe the results of the 2020 election and Congress has formed committees to look into the "Weaponization" of OUR government.
Having lived and worked in Ukraine, and being married to a Ukrainian woman and having property and family in Ukraine, I can tell you without question that the situation of bribery/corruption in Ukraine has greatly improved since the 90s and early 2000s. At that time, you had to pay off the mail carrier if they thought something they were delivering was important...like a pension check!
Not to mention the brides you had to pay for any document you wanted or any service you wanted from a government agency. No one got traffic tickets, you just bribed the police. No one enforced workplace safety or mine safety rules, you just bribed the inspectors.
That has pretty much evaporated. Is there high level corruption...🤷♂ I can tell you that it has improved both with the Presidency of Poroshenko and Zelenskyy.
At the same time, government services have improved greatly. And this has gone a long way. Pensioners no longer get their checks in the mail, they get direct deposited to an account with a debit card. You no longer need to get documents by going to government offices, waiting in a dimly lit corridor, sometimes for hours, and then paying bribe to the clerk if you don't want to "wait three weeks". You can do all that online now. And the Ukrainian system is being copied by other countries also...Finland, Estonia, Latvia. Our daughter in law just renewed her "foreign passport" in less than two weeks, without a bribe, during a WAR. 10 or 15 years ago, you would have waited 2-3 months (they would say they "didn't have the special paper" to print the passport), UNLESS you paid a bribe and then you got it in 2-3 days.
Zelenskyy has been doing a great job of cleaning things up. To be honest, I was skeptical of him but figured "why not"? He couldn't be any worse. When the war started he didn't pack a helicopter full of cash and flee! Biden offered to "send him a helicopter"...I wonder WHY Biden wanted him out? Zelenskyy said "I don't need a ride, I need more ammunition!"
Ukraine was part of the USSR until just over 30 years ago. Everything was corrupt. When the Soviet Union ended, the corruption just transferred from Moscow control to Kiev Control. It was incredibly corrupt. And there were a LOT of old Soviets perfectly happy with lining their pockets. Those old Soviets are dying off, literally, and the younger generation of politicians in Ukraine is really working hard to root out the corruption. It will take time, but they are making progress.
I believe that the rebuilding process after their victory over Russia will go a very long way to finish off the corruption. There are going to be a lot of private, foreign interests building in Ukraine and they will not tolerate any leftover Soviet dinosaurs with their hands out.
We need to help them where we can.
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How things work...
Current locomotives ARE electric powered!!!!!!!
The diesel engine inside the locomotive drives an electric GENERATOR that provides the ELECTRIC MOTORS of the locomotive with ELECTRIC power to pull the train. They carry their electric generator WITH THEM. Given the vast distances covered by trains the USA, this is the MOST EFFICIENT method of generating the electricity needed to power the trains. Trains are extremely efficient in the amount of fuel used per ton/mile of cargo moved.
If they were "electric" locomotives (as frequently used in Europe or in subways and light rail in the USA) they would need to get electric power from a remote generator through wires which REDUCE the efficiency of the transfer of electric power. The remote generator would have to be powered by some sort of FUEL to produce electricity.
Battery powered locomotives are even LESS efficient! For each transfer of energy, there is a LOSS through heat and friction. (YES there is friction from electricity moving through wires) Locating the SOURCE of the power as closely as possible to the USE of the power and reducing the TRANSFERS. Fuel > generator > transmission wires > transformers (to increase voltage for long distance transmission and then to reduce the voltage again to to usable levels) > rectifier (to convert AC to DC for battery storage) > battery > inverter (to convert DC back to AC for the motors) > electric motor.
A DIESEL/ELECTRIC locomotive (that IS what they are called) eliminates the transmission wires, transformers, rectifier, battery storage and inverter and provides AC electric power directly from the AC generator to the AC motors driving the train!
In case no one has been paying attention to the current energy crisis in Europe caused by the sanctioning of Russian coal, oil and natural gas... Europe gets much of it's FUEL to produce electricity for electric trains from coal, oil and natural gas. They are seeking alternate sources of fossil fuel to power their generators to power electric trains. Europe also has a much a higher percentage of electric power from nuclear power plants than the USA. Likewise, the electric trains in the USA, mostly subways and above ground light commuter rail, also get their electricity from fossil fuel power plants.
When you see a TRAIN LOAD of COAL, think of it as "another load of fuel for electric cars and trains".
Electricity is NOT AN ENERGY SOURCE!!!!!!!!!! It is a PRODUCT of energy sources!!!!!!!!
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@mentalwarfare81 Wrong. If you are able to read, please read below.
The Constitution leaves the standards of voting to the States. A federal statute prevents non-citizens from voting in federal elections.
The Constitution does not say who CAN vote, but amendments to it specify who cannot be DENIED voting rights. (women, minorities, persons over age 18, etc.)
18 U.S. Code § 611 - Voting by aliens
(a)It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, UNLESS —
(1)the election is held partly for some other purpose;
(2)aliens are authorized to vote for such other purpose under a State constitution or statute or a local ordinance; and
(3)voting for such other purpose is conducted independently of voting for a candidate for such Federal offices, in such a manner that an alien has the opportunity to vote for such other purpose, but not an opportunity to vote for a candidate for any one or more of such Federal offices.
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I say this as a Ukrainian-American (naturalized citizen, born and raised in Kharkiv) who has a son who is fighting for Ukraine since the war started, and has a grandson and nephew that will also be fighting for Ukraine if this war doesn't end.
Trump CAN NOT say how he will end the war, because it is not his war to end. He can have a desire to end the war and a plan to negotiate, but he cannot say how "he" will do it and he cannot say what "Winning" means. It was a trick question.
Does winning mean "existing" and not being taken over entirely by Russia, as Harris seemed to indicate? Or does winning mean restoring to 1991 borders?
I can tell you that the current Biden/Harris plan will only result in the slow death of Ukraine. Ukraine CAN NOT last another 4 years of this war...as it is now. Dribbling aid to Ukraine (the US and west have actually delivered about 1/3 of what was promised) and tying their hands on how to use that aid, will only result in the death of 10s of thousands MORE Ukrainians before Ukraine LOSES. The country is already a society of widows.
THE WAR MUST END!!!!
On a recent mission, my son's unit ran out of water...WATER!... 1-1/2 days into a 3 days mission. His unit of (roughly, give or take wounded and killed) 30 men has 3 men under 30 years of age. My son, now an NCO is age 31. (A good age for an NCO) There are several men waiting (hoping, if they live that long) to be discharged at the "maximum" age of SIXTY (60) years old! There are several alcoholics, two diabetics, and many with the regular ailments (and weight) of 40-60 year old men. Men under age 25 are exempt! College students are exempt! They are taking 55 year old men but not 20 year old men!?!?! The USA, or any NATO country, would REJECT all but 3 or 4 of his unit. 8 men have deserted from his unit in the last 30 days. Desertion is epidemic in the Ukrainian military (as it is in the Russian military, also). But this is what happens when a country, literally, takes men off the street with serious health issues or men in their 50s with bad knees, backs and shoulders! And keep in mind, these deserters are in their home country! They can, literally, just hitchhike or walk home. Or to a relative's home. They don't have to run away in battle. Most of the deserters wait until they get a day or two "leave" and just never come back. Or get sent for supplies to a local village and never return.
Ukraine is giving 35 days of training to conscripts, and some of them are being made NCOs after 30 days of experience in the field. Half of them are dead or wounded after 30 days in the war.
Most of the men who were professional soldiers, OR who volunteered at the beginning of the war, are dead or so severely wounded they cannot fight.
Ukraine CAN NOT survive another four years of this.
I will NOT vote for Kamala Harris.
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Nonsense.
Why do you hate the Constitution?
The Speaker of the House, unlike committees, committee chairpersons, "leaders", etc. is a position which is enumerated in the Constitution. Article I of the Constitution gives the authority to choose the Speaker of the House to the elected members of the House.
Committees are created by rules within the House and have no Constitutional authority, nor is their any Constitutional restriction against them. Same with committee chairs, majority leaders, minority leaders, whips, etc. Those are powers granted to the Article I Legislative Branch by the Constitution.
Our Government is established as a Representative Republic NOT as a Democracy. You DON'T get to vote on everything just because you want to. And that's a GOOD thing!
You and I get to choose our Representatives. If we don't like what they do, we have the opportunity to limit their terms every two years. It's called an "election".
Oh wait...now you will tell me "electiosn don't matter"...after suggesting that we have MORE elections for MORE government positions.
The problem IS that most Americans have no clue WHO their representatives even are, what their voting record is, or what their positions on issues are. Asking them to VOTE for more positions in Congress is ABSURD!!!!!!!
There really should be a requirement for knowledge of a topic before posting a comment.
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I would hope his assessment of our country would be high enough to realize that we can do BOTH help Ukraine and protect OUR borders and meet OUR obligations at the same time.
We ARE, after all, the country who didn't "tie our future" to Czechoslovakia in 1938, or Poland in 1939. Or France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway in 1940...and paid for it with the lives of 400,000 Americans in 1941-1945.
We fought a world war on TWO fronts, provided weapons to the entire free world AND developed cures for some of the worst diseases known to man ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!!!
We listened to people like Gaetz in 1937-1941 and it cost our country dearly.
OUR future as a NATO member country very much depends on STOPPING Putin and Russia before they go beyond Ukraine.
The Ukraine war has, so far, cost our country a tiny fraction of what TRUMP spent to pay people $600/week NOT TO WORK when Fauci told him to!!!!!!!!
I would rather we spend a tiny fraction of that to pay US Citizens TO work, making weapons to kill OUR enemy, Russia (that IS who we made the weapons to use against) and allow Ukrainians to use them to deplete OUR enemy.
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@greasedgaming7541 Simple solution. It's called LEGISLATION. Pass a law. House, Senate, Signature.
Our rights are not subject to a single person without legislative authority ordering us what to do. That's called a "Dictatorship" and many, many people's children have died to assure that is NOT how we live in this country. EVER.
Our rights are not subjugated because of a temporary medical situation.
ALL the other things we cannot do...speed limits, stop signs, red lights, driving drunk, drive without seatbelts or car seats, even the other vaccines required for children (and those vaccine laws allow for medical and religious exemptions)...are due to LAWS passed by elected officials who answer to the voters on election day.
Pass a law. If it is that important, Pass a law.
NO Mandates.
(FWIW, I am fully vaccinated and even booster'd, I live in Florida and voted for DeSantis. Because that is MY CHOICE)
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In my opinion, the whole Unemployment benefit thing is being blown up and used by people who have crappy jobs and low wages to offer.
When everyone was FORCED out of work last year, and everyone got $600/wk EXTRA unemployment, a LOT of those people in crappy jobs...retail, restaurant, etc., used the time and money to educate themselves or start small businesses of their own to replace the crappy jobs.
I know, personally, three people who were laid off last year. One became a phlebotomist, one became an electrician and one of them bought a stump grinder and is now making $600-900 day with his machine. They are NEVER going back to retail/restaurant work. Do you think they are alone? I live in Florida. Our unemployment rate is almost as low as it was pre-pandemic...and the cruise industry hasn't reopened yet (soon) and the theme parks only last week went back to full capacity. People ARE working. People are NOT collecting unemployment much more than they were in 2019. There IS NO huge pool of workers that are just "too lazy" to work. If there were, why would any business want to hire them? This is a result of changes people were forced into and adapting to them.
Covid is going to make HUGE, permanent, changes in the workforce...and travel industry...and commercial real estate. My son was doing "telecommuting" throughout the pandemic, he works for a large IT corporation. He has been informed he will continue to work from home and can live anywhere he has a high speed internet connection! He is going to take his big city salary and move to a low cost state to live. His company will be vacating 10s of thousands of sq. ft. of leased office space. He will no longer be traveling around the country for meetings...everyone got "used to" Zoom meetings.
The industries and employers are going to have to adapt, and compete, or go out of business.
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@28AccountsRemoved In our lifetimes we have never had the opportunity to vote for someone who had "previously" been President. (except for consecutive term reelections) The last time that happened was in 1912.
So...being a former President is not really a normal point on a resume. Other Presidents who failed after 1 term wisely retired and pretty much kept their mouths shut.
That said, Trump FAILED as President. (See my post above for just a few of the reasons)
Governors have been some of the best Presidents we have had in our history. And they are one of the best sources for candidates. Senators are probably 2nd. VPs, unless the President dies in office, are remarkably poor as Presidential candidates. But there is no guarantee. Jimmy Carter was a Governor. 🤷♂
DeSantis has accomplished what he said he would do and then some! All those conservative agenda items Trump talks about...DeSantis has DONE IT in Florida.
NOW Trump is saying he is going to "do" all the same things he said he was going to do in 2016, but didn't.
Florida is not "just a state". It is the 3rd most populous state. It is the number 1 tourist destination in the world and has an extremely diverse economy. Agriculture, manufacturing, import/export, tourism, medical care. Florida has several large cities, large rural areas, suburbs, tremendous and unique environmental issues. The Governor of Florida is well trained in every domestic issue a President faces, except foreign relations...and DeSantis has Congressional experience in that.
I was fooled by Trump in 2016. NEVER AGAIN. In 2020 I left my vote for President BLANK. If Trump is nominated, I will do the same in 2024.
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There is no "dual citizenship" in Congress.
The United States does not recognize "dual citizenship". You are a US citizen, or you are not a US Citizen.
While the Untied States does not prohibit a person from having more than one passport, the United States does not recognize that person as being a "dual citizen" and does not legally recognize any other citizenship held by US Citizens. I am not guessing. I formerly worked in the USCIS and am married to a naturalized US citizen.
While my wife holds 2 passports, (and is eligible for three) she MUST use her US passport any time she is entering the US and cannot claim another citizenship to avoid obligations as a US citizen...such as filing income tax returns, jury duty or a military draft.
After years of background checks, interviews, tests, learning a new language in many cases, and medical exams, EVERY naturalized US Citizen swears an oath forsaking ANY loyalties to ANY other country. US citizenship ceremonies are most often open to the public, you should attend one sometime. Check the USCIS website for ceremonies in your area. Public ceremonies on July 4th are common in many places.
Congress members swear an oath to uphold the US Constitution and ONLY the US Constitution.
Naturalized US citizens are eligible to serve as Congress persons per the requirements of the US Constitution. "Ending" naturalized citizens being eligible for Congress would require a Constitutional amendment.
There IS NO "dual citizenship" in the US Congress. Period.
Some members of Congress, a notable one being Senator Ted Cruz, publicly renounced their "dual citizenship". This was a publicity stunt and nothing else. Cruz is the son of a US Citizen mother who was born in Canada and, as such, is a US Citizen by birth (which is why he is eligible to run for President, my wife can not). The US never recognized Cruz as a Canadian citizen, even though he was also eligible for Canadian birthright citizenship. The moment he was issued a Consular Report of Birth Abroad, (CRBA) and a US passport, he was a US citizen and nothing else...in the eyes of the US law. In US law, there was no "foreign citizenship" for him to renounce. He did that because some people, ignorant of the US law, wouldn't vote for him if he didn't. Do not confuse political campaign stunts with the law.
The US does not, and can not, involve itself in the issuance of citizenship and/or passports by foreign countries, nor does the US report the status of US citizens to foreign countries. When a person becomes a US citizen, in that moment, they are entitled to every protection under our laws and we do not report to their previous country that they have become US citizens.
All laws regarding US citizenship are public record and are searchable in the device you used to post your comment.
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My wife, who was born and raised in the Soviet Union, educated in the Soviet Union, is as strong a US Citizen patriot as one could imagine and objects to ANY infringement in her right to free speech, privacy, firearms ownership, and private property rights. All of the things she was not allowed to have in the USSR.
Nor as a naturalized citizen immigrant does she have ANY sympathy for illegal aliens who simply want a "path to citizenship" without the process immigrants go through. Most of our acquaintances who are former Soviet citizens are the same.
This woman must have been from a family of a party member who had all the privileges. There ARE people who regret the end of the USSR. This woman would be equally repulsive in her former country. The vast majority of people raised in the communist system are VERY strong capitalists. By far, most of them are the hardest working, most respectful Americans you will ever find.
The statements this woman makes are typical communist party tripe. She is speaking exactly the BS she was indoctrinated with and her Party member parents had a privileged life. Most people had a miserable life.
Yes, they had free education...in the subject the state chose for you. Everyone had a job...in the career the state chose for you. Everyone had a home...that the state chose for you. Everyone got a vacation...in the place the state chose for you. They had little chance to "fail". And NO chance to succeed. A factory worker lived in the same apartment as a doctor. If the factory worker had more children, they got a larger apartment than the doctor. Same crappy quality, but a few square meters larger. There was no incentive to work harder, produce more, produce better, innovate. Yes, men and women each got the same crappy pay for the same crappy job. Everywhere in the country. Moscow or Kiev. Same job, same pay. Didn't matter, because you couldn't move anywhere you wanted to anyway.
Women, for example, were expected to live with their parents until they got married. Yes, they had paid maternity leave and payments from the government for each child they had. Why? Because 22 million citizens had been killed in World War 2 and they needed to repopulate the country with workers! 25% of the men had been killed! Nearly 50% of "marriage age" men (18-45) in countries like Belarus and Ukraine had been killed.
If there were 250,000 Cubans, Czechs, Poles, Ukrainians, Slovenes, Russians and Hungarians crossing the border every month, the Democrats would be on the border piling up rocks with their bare hands to keep them out!
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@common12 Yeah...imagine that! Those clever American companies might make products that Europeans WANT...and may not even offer them for sale in America.🤔
They also may make products that will be INCLUDED in other things Europeans buy...raw materials, parts, grains, dried fruit, steel, aluminum...just all sorts of things.
The European manufacturers will like the cheaper prices and won't have all this fake virtue signaling...they WILL buy what is cheaper, put it in their products and sell it to Europeans.
Europeans will buy a Mercedes, Volkswagen, Audi, Fiat, BMW assembled with American wire, steel, aluminum, rubber, plastics, glass, nylon, etc. and never be the wiser.
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@denisereagan8085 It is not a binary choice, Denise. If the aid to Ukraine/Israel/Taiwan was denied, YOU wouldn't get any of the money.
The federal government has, as it's responsibilities, protecting the US's interests overseas. And that means supporting OUR friends fighting OUR enemies.
If it makes you feel better, the largest amount of that money goes to US Citizens who will be building the weapons to replace weapons in our inventory that are sent to Ukraine. They aren't going to drop pallets of cash over Ukraine. You knew that, right?
That money is going to US CITIZENS (you have to be a citizen to work for a defense contractor) who have really good paying jobs building artillery guns, shells, HIMARS launchers and rockets, Javelin missiles, etc. Those people live in AL, TN, CA, TX, NC, VA and dozens of other US states.
Maybe you can get a job at a defense contractor. There are websites dedicated to job postings at defense contractors. I bet they will have job openings real soon!
Cash in, Denise!
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@nicholasbarchak6860 ALL of them, EVERY ONE of them, were appointed to the position they held under Trump, BY TRUMP. NO ONE appoints people to those positions EXCEPT the President.
While Fauci was employed in the NIH for decades, TRUMP put Fauci in charge of the covid response and could have FIRED him at any moment. Instead, he did everything Fauci commanded.
Rosenstein was in the DOJ, but TRUMP appointed him as Acting Attorney General.
Wray had LEFT the DOJ and TRUMP brought him in from private employment to be FBI Director.
Bill Barr had retired from the DOJ years ago. TRUMP brought him back and made him Attorney General.
EACH ONE of them held their position because TRUMP put them there. Period.
Not to mention that they were confirmed by the Republican controlled (at the time) Senate.
And that's just scratching the surface of TRUMP's totally incompetent appointments. Some we thought wee good, Steve Mnuchin, for example, have turned out to be idiots. Who was in charge of the PPP funds and Federal unemployment under TRUMP? Steve Mnuchin. And what do we find now? A TRILLION DOLLARS in fraud and waste in those programs!!!! While TRUMP was President and Mnuchin was Treasury Secretary.
Fully one third of covid funding was abused by fraud!!!
Shall we add Senator McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao as Transportation Secretary? Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State!?!?!
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This time Hawley got the job. He was chosen to object by the Senate majority leader. They take turns...sometimes Senators do it on their own. But rarely. Rand Paul is best known for that.
Believe it or not, MOST Senate business is conducted by "unanimous consent". A Senator asks for "unanimous consent" for...anything. If there is no "objection" the bill is adopted or the nominee is accepted. Simple, fast and easy. If there is an objection, then the matter gets placed on the calendar for a debate and floor vote.
In the case of a nominee, when that nominee is approved by the committee handling their consent hearing by a majority vote, the Chairman of that committee OR Senate majority leader Schumer will then as for "unanimous consent" to approve the nomination.
The ONLY thing one Senator can do is OBJECT to unanimous consent. Republicans decided they are not going to allow something to advance by unanimous consent and then choose the guy or gal to do the objecting. Hawley was chosen for this one. It is usually one of the Republican member on the committee that held the consent hearing.
This objection forces a floor debate and a floor vote of the entire Senate on that nominee, rather than just "wave them through". That's it, that's all, nothing more. Given the makeup of the Senate, the nominee WILL be approved by a vote.
Hawley didn't "block" anything, he delayed something that will occur anyway.
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@prity5631 Read carefully. Interpret literally.
You will NEVER see the name of a criminal defendant on a Republican party Presidential primary ballot.
Is Biden a Republican? Has Biden been indicted for violations of the Espionage Act?
No, I'm talking about TRUMP, the guy that didn't build the wall, didn't "lock her up", didn't end DACA, didn't defend the 2A, didn't end Obamacare, didn't secure energy independence, and didn't drain the swamp.
I'm talking about TRUMP that was such a "great President" that he chose Pence as his VP, appointed Fauci, Rosenstein, Wray, Milley, Mattis, Chao, Birx and Barr.
TRUMP was such a great leader he shut down the country when Fauci told him to...like Fauci's little b*tch. THEN He spent trillions of dollars in a Socialist's utopian fantasy paying people $600/week NOT to work, like Bernie Sanders' little b*tch. And THEN he spent billions of dollars, in advance for vaccines that don't work!!!! Like Pfizer's little b*tch.
ALL that was after he ordered the ATF to ban bumpstocks and went all in on red flag laws.
No, I'm talking about TRUMP.
You will have to write in his name if you want to vote for him.
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@neilcharles2520 OK, I did.
My auto insurance just DECREASED, for the exact same coverage, 33%. I shop it around at every year and pay the premium in full for a year. No extra "fees" for monthly payments. Neither my wife nor I have had a ticket or accident in over 15 years. We pay under $100/mo. for 2 drivers, with two late model vehicles. Full, maximum coverage, collision and comprehensive, roadside assistance and rental coverage.
My property insurance has increased 50% in the last 10 years. Again, I shop it around every year, pay the full amount when due for a year (my home is paid for, so I do my own escrow) and I keep my home up to current codes. I pay for full replacement cost coverage and a 3% hurricane deductible. $1000 deductible for all other hazards. 10 year old, concrete block construction home, 3 br, 2 ba., 2 car garage.
I have a 4 point inspection every 5 years and wind mitigation inspection every 5 years. It saves me over $1,600.00/year in premiums to have my home up to code and have wind protection equipment (hurricane rated doors and windows, window coverings, garage door reinforcement, hip roof, strapped rafters, etc.)
My property taxes are HALF what they were 10 years ago. I make use of every available exemption. People need to find out what is available and file for the exemptions they are eligible for.
Florida is VERY cheap for taxes...all taxes...but you have to do it right.
Auto insurance is reasonable if you shop around. Homeowner's insurance is reasonable if you have a modern, up to code, home.
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They won't. But that is not the plan. After some time, the three judge panel will deny Trump's motion. Trump will then appeal to the full DC Circuit Court of Appeals. After some time, they will deny his motion. Trump will then appeal to the Supreme Court. After some time, they will decline to hear the case and then Trump's defense team will present a NEW motion to delay the trial.
The GOAL is to DELAY the trial, NOT to dismiss the charges. No matter what Trump says...the GOAL is to delay. Ideally, to delay the trial until AFTER the election or, at least, until within 60 days of the trail, giving Trump another reason to delay with motions.
Remember that the GOAL of the government is NOT to put Trump in prison, they now that will never happen, but to take him out as a candidate.
Trump only needs to DELAY in order to WIN.
Electing Trump will end the problem. Nothing else will.
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Let me help. ALL House and Senate votes are, and always have been, available to the public. You used to have to go to the library to read it, but now, it is available in the device you carry everywhere in your pocket. The device you used to type your comment has all that information available to you with just a couple "clicks".
But let me make this even easier:
There are only THREE people you need to concern yourself with. (on the federal level) Your US Representative and your state's 2 Senators. You can't vote for, or against, any of the others.
Senators and Representatives DO NOT EVER "disregard" their constituents. I worked as a staff member for a US Senator for 7 years. I assure you, he NEVER disregarded his constituents and paid careful attention to the feedback he received.
If they don't vote the way YOU want on an issue, it is not because they "disregarded" you, it is because the majority of their constituents made it known that's what they wanted. They get elected by the MAJORITY of the voters in their district or state.
They DO pay attention.
Put the websites of your US Representative and Senators in your bookmarks, email them frequently. The staff reads those emails and gives the officials the feedback they receive. Phone calls work also. All of their contacts are available on their website. If they have a local office, you can drop in there also and tell the staff your opinions.
No need to be long winded or angry...it won't matter. Just tell them which BILL you are referring to and whether you SUPPORT or OPPOSE that bill.
ALL bills are available for review on the House or Senate calendar. You can read the whole thing if you like.
Simple email: "Dear __________________. I am writing to inform you I am OPPOSED to HB (or HR) 1234.
OR
"Dear Senator _______________. I am writing to inform you I SUPPORT SB 1234"
If you don't know the Bill number, just state your opinion on an ISSUE.
Add whatever else you like, but the staff counts it as "For" or "Against". They will give the official a selected sampling of emails for them to read. That's it, that's all.
I write my Representatives (State, Federal, House, Senate, and my Governor) every week. They will not always vote the way you want. It is not because they are disregarding you.
If you are not happy with them, you can vote for their opponents.
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Wray: Blah, blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, blah
until..."The Senator's time has expired"
Just a reminder: Wray was appointed by TRUMP on the recommendation of Rosenstein (also appointed by TRUMP) and Wray was confirmed by a unanimous vote of EVERY Republican Senator in congress at that time.
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@Keenan-k7s No one has been charged with treason, outside of aiding an enemy we are at war with, since 1921. That case was thrown out by the Supreme Court.
Nor is death the only penalty for Treason.
We are not at war with Egypt, Menendez did not "levy war against the USA" and Egypt is not our "enemy". There are lots of statues he can be charged with violating, Treason is not one of them.
18 U.S. Code § 2381 - Treason
Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, OR shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.
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@notme2day I don't have to be "forced". I already took the vaccine. (I was wearing seat belts before it was a law, because I'm not stupid)
I oppose "vaccine passports". Why?
Because I am protected. I DO NOT CARE if the person sitting next to me on the plane, train, bus, subway...or standing in the line at the theme park...has been vaccinated. Neither should anyone else. If a person does not take the vaccine it is their risk, not mine, or anyone else's. I support the proposal to ban the use of vaccine passports in Florida.
FWIW my wife is Russian, we travel there (or did) often. Now we can again. Russia has lifted it's quarantine and test protocol for Americans (my wife is a naturalized citizen of the US born in the USSR) who have proof of vaccination. Many other European countries are doing so also. So we will be able, again, to visit our friends in Ukraine, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Spain and Czech Republic.
We are going to Russia next month to see our new grandson!
I don't care what you or anyone else does.
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@rival121 Absolutely! Pro-choice is not the same as "pro abortion", if that is what you are asking.
Most people who are "pro abortion" are absolutely NOT pro-choice. They want a woman do be able to CHOOSE to kill her baby, but not to be able to choose what school her child, and her tax dollars, go to if she CHOOSES not to kill her baby. They defend her RIGHT to kill her baby, but don't want her to have the RIGHT to carry a gun to protect her baby if she CHOOSES not to kill her baby. Those people are pro ABORTION, they are NOT "pro-choice." They do not care about the "Rights" of women.
Most people who are anti-abortion are absolutely NOT "pro life". They have no problem with killing people, IF they deem them in need of being killed. Self defense and capital punishment, for example. So the "pro life" people will argue that it is OK to kill people...under certain circumstances, but NOT if it is a baby in the womb. Those people are anti ABORTION, they are NOT "pro life"
We need to stop appropriating "terms" that cover agendas. Words have meanings.
My wife, for example, is an IMMIGRANT. She went through the long and expensive process and is now a US citizen, she was born in the USSR. Illegal aliens are NOT immigrants. They are NOT "undocumented immigrants". Immigrants HAVE documents...lots of them. Believe me, I know! Drug dealers are NOT "undocumented pharmacists". Rapists are NOT "undocumented gynecologists".
Pro abortion is NOT "pro choice"
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The media is going to meltdown over this! 🤣
I will say this about Carter: He was a lousy President, but he is an honorable, intelligent man. He never called anyone a threat to democracy, or Hitler, or fascist. He didn't try to put his political opponents in prison. And when he left office, he actually built homes for low income people. I mean, he picked up a hammer and built homes!
He was elected because in 1976 the nation was just NOT going to elect a Republican President, and there was a lot of shady resigning/pardoning going on. Ford, not a bad candidate, but was a doomed candidate. I voted for Ford, but I knew he wouldn't win.
By the way, in 1980 the media told us the race was 'too close to call' until the morning of the election.
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In the last election, about 20% of black people voted in a manner that suggested they found Democrats' policies racist. That's more than double the number that thought so in 2016.
But still leaves 80% that haven't figured out Democrats' racial policy is entirely based on "black people CAN'T".
Democrats believe black people can't vote, get jobs, get ID, get food, get housing, get medical care, get educated, without help from the government. According to Democrats black people need special consideration, lowered standards, extra training. They can't choose which schools to send their children to or which careers they want. They need government, specifically Democrats from government, to do that for them. Because, you know, they CAN'T.
Since ID is required for all sorts of normal functions in life, if Democrats really cared about black people, they would be suggesting laws to make it easier to get ID, NOT suggesting laws that make it easier to vote, and nothing else, without ID. Is it "racist" to require ID to board a plane, get a covid 19 vaccine, pickup mail at the Post Office, pickup medicine at a pharmacy or visit the doctor? I have had to present ID for all of those things in just the last few days. I didn't vote during any of those days. How are black people supposed to LIVE the rest of the time, the other 728 days in every 2 year election cycle, when they aren't voting?
Republicans believe "black people CAN" do all of those things for themselves and for that, they are called... RACISTS!!!!!!!!!
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@Grandpatim1959 NO he did not.
He was investigated for that and the investigation was closed without indictment.
There IS NO evidence he did so.
One of his acquaintances, Joel Greenberg the former Tax Collector of Seminole County, Florida, had sex with a girl when she was 17...statutory rape in Florida, where it occurred. In fact, he was imprisoned for 11 years for underage sex trafficking, wire fraud, stalking, identity theft, producing a fake ID card, and conspiring to defraud the US government.
Gaetz later dated the same girl...but only AFTER she turned 18.
When his acquaintance got in trouble for what he did, he tried to drag Gaetz in with him. Greenberg "cooperated" with the investigation into Matt Gaetz but it never went anywhere. It was not found that Gaetz had ever had sex with a minor OR non-consensual sex with any woman.
A DOJ official attempted to blackmail Gaetz and offer to drop the investigation if Gaetz paid a lot of money to have it dropped. Instead, Gaetz reported the incident and went through the investigation. The DOJ official was eventually imprisoned for blackmail.
I disagree with Gaetz. I don't have to LIE about him to disagree.
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@theresatrifiro9390 "Illegals have voted illegally!" Is not a valid reason to prevent LEGAL immigrants from voting for their city council. No more than "criminals misuse guns!" is a reason to ban guns from law abiding persons.
I did not say "illegals" are allowed to vote in any election. No one did. You are buying into a false narrative you read on the internet.
I said non-citizens ARE allowed to vote in local and state elections IF local and state laws allow them to. NO ONE said anything about "illegals"
There ARE immigration statuses other than "illegal" and "US citizen". You knew that, right?
For example, the spouse of a US citizen from a foreign country (think: Melania Trump) is a "Legal Permanent Resident", legally in the USA...but NOT a citizen. LPRs are allowed to work, travel back and forth to foreign countries with no restrictions (using their foreign passport and green card, they do NOT have US passports) own firearms, have concealed carry licenses, driver's licenses, professional licenses. They are doctors, nurses, plumbers, electricians, engineers, accountants. They are required to file annual income tax returns and are obligated to pay all the same taxes a US citizen does. They enjoy all rights and benefits of US citizens EXCEPT voting in federal elections or holding government jobs with a citizenship requirement.
After three years married to a US citizen, they can apply to become a citizen, but don't have to. They may choose to remain an LPR for their whole life.
Melania Trump was an LPR before she became a citizen. Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) was an LPR before she became a citizen. Their spouse is a US citizen. Their children, born in the USA, are US citizens at birth.
The DC law allows these LEGAL non-citizens to vote for the school system in the city where they live, pay taxes to and their US citizen children go to. They pay property tax for parks, streets and other city services. They pay city, state and local income tax. They pay Social Security and Medicare tax. They have Social Security cards and can collect Social Security and Medicare benefits when they retire.
Do you really think it is a priority for Congress to prevent these LEGAL immigrants from voting for the city council, school board or park board? Seriously?
You support LEGAL immigration, right? You appreciate people who follow our US Immigration LAWS, right? Did you know that only TWO states (AZ and ND) forbid non-citizens from voting in state or local elections in their state Constitution? FOURTY EIGHT other states leave it up to the legislature or the local cities to decide. This is nothing new, nothing unusual. Maryland allows it and many cities in Maryland allow non-citizens to vote. Most in the DC area where many of the spouses of US Government employees live.
What can prevent illegals from voting? Voter ID! Right?
You want voter ID, right? Did you know this ordinance REQUIRES voter ID? Yes, voters would have to provide ID that they are residents of the city AND have legal immigration status.
Rather than try to STOP what Republicans have been pushing for, why not USE THIS as an opportunity to say..."OK, you can allow non-citizens to vote in local elections, but you MUST require voter ID and proof of immigration status for ALL voters in all elections" 🤔😁
Republicans need to STOP missing all these opportunities.
THAT would be a WIN! This...this is just a viral video that accomplishes nothing.
WOW, the wife of some State Department or DoD employee won't be able to vote for the streets and sanitation board of DC. America is SAVED!!!!! 🤣
But it fooled you.
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@CalebTrask Or...you think Sheila Jackson Lee and Jasmine Crockett got elected because of their stellar performance and you haven't looked at the lines of their districts.
Republican controlled legislatures always throw a couple of "bones" to the Democrats. Keeps the districting map out of the courts.
Crockett's district (in one form or another) has been Democrat since the days of Martin Frost, who was in office for nearly 30 years and THREE re-districtings. Now four re-districtings.
Back then, before you were born, you needed a search party to find a Democrat in most of Dallas county, or Collin county for that matter. The people of Plano and McKinney weren't voting for Democrats and Allen, TX was less than 6000 people. But...there he was Martin Frost (D-TX), Democrat AND the first Jewish congressman from Texas. How could it be?
Gerrymandering.
And, lest we forget Jim Wright, who's district encompassed the Tarrant County end of what is now Crockett's district. Wright was a holdover from when Texas was a majority Democrat state, (in office 1955-1989) before Governor Connolly and would be Senator Phil Graham switched to the Republican party. Gerrymandering kept his district safe, even though he was a crooked as a dog's hind leg (which finally caught up to him)
I'm informed, experienced and knowledgeable. I'm not guessing.
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Eric Adams announces someone else will have to pay more for food delivery...a completely unnecessary service for most people.
What will happen?
1. Price of deliveries will increase by MORE than the mandated minimum wage increase (at least 20% more) because employers have to pay a percentage of gross wages for FICA, FUI, SUI, worker's comp, etc., and thousands of people will simply stop using delivery service. They will find that carryout, ordered online, is FAR cheaper and can be picked up on their way home from work. Employers will offer discounts for "carryout only" in online coupons (they already do it, it will be even more attractive)
2. People who still use the services, will stop giving tips.
3. Hundreds, maybe thousands, of food delivery drivers will lose their jobs.
Great job, Adams!
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@jennanail No they can't. Here's why...coal is old energy, nobody wants it and it isn't the future...Ukraine has very little oil, and not a lot of natural gas. Ukraine was a TRANSPORTER of gas, mostly for Russia, through pipelines, to other European countries. That business is gone.
Europe is trying to get away from oil/gas/coal. Ukraine is dealing with selling buggy whips and horseshoes.
Ukraine's 'friends' in Europe BLOCK Ukrainian grain from the European market and wouldn't even allow grain trucks to pass through Poland to Baltic ports (if you will remember) when the Ukrainian ports were under attack. Europe forces Ukraine to sell their grain to low margin markets like Africa and Asia.
Ukraine was borrowing money from the IMF, just to pay for their pensions, BEFORE the war. (which are paltry, my mother in law receives the equivalent of $140/mo. and that won't cover her utility bills, my wife and I have to make up the difference.)
So with ALL its industry intact, AND trade with Russia, Ukraine had to borrow money to pay the bills they had before the war.
Ukraine needs an income source that is marketable for the future. They have minerals, such as lithium, cobalt, and others that are the FUTURE of energy.
I'm not guessing. I am from Kharkiv. All of my family is in Kharkiv. My son, nephew and bother in law are already fighting. My mother in law's building was destroyed, she is now living in an apartment my wife and I own, and used to rent for income. Her pension doesn't cover the utilities which have increased to 5 times what they were before the war. We pay her utilities and her pension barely covers her food.
Ukraine has NO resources to pay back Europe AND fix their destroyed cities.
I don't want my grandson and younger nephew to have to fight this war, their young lives have already been disrupted. I don't want my son, brother in law or nephew killed.
I wouldn't trade ANY of the lives of my family for one square centimeter of Crimea, Donets'k or Luhans'k Oblasti.
I doubt you would either. All this foot stomping about "1991 borders" is nonsense! NO ONE who is at risk of dying, or cares for someone who is, is saying that.
I want my family safe and I want a future for Ukraine and my city...which has LOST most of it's industry, never to return.
Maybe Kharkiv could be a regional base for mineral companies? 🤷♂
It's a big city, with roads, a good airport, rail transport. They will never again have the Air Force Academy there or the Tank Factory, but maybe something can be salvaged through the mining.
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You are correct. If we are not going to provide what Ukraine needs to WIN, then we should negotiate an end to the war.
My suggestion: A divided Ukraine, such as Germany was divided. West Ukraine/East Ukraine. Then have west Ukraine join NATO, just as west Germany did. The rest can be negotiated over time to reunite Ukraine.
As to the A-10...Ukraine already has one. It's called the SU-24. They are remarkably ineffective against troops with advance manpads and in areas where Ukraine does not have air-superiority.
Neither the US nor NATO would consider entering into ANY military engagement without total and complete air superiority from 60,000 feet to the ground! The A-10 and SU-24 are just one part of that, useless without cover from AWACS and air superiority fighters like F-16, F-35, F-15, F-22. I mean, why not give them AC 130s? Because they would be shot down in hours.
Ukraine, first, needs air superiority, and that BEGINS with the ability to intercept ANY and all Russian drones and missiles.
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