Youtube comments of J Nagarya (@jnagarya519).

  1. Stupidity may not be a crime, but ignorance of the law is no excuse.
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  2. He got red-faced when denying his racism.
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  3. J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34 of them.
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  4. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5. There were also off-duty police involved who flashed their badges.
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  6. He was responsible for his decision to surrender self-control.
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  7. That the vice-president doesn't have the authority to overturn the vote of the electorate is not an "opinion".
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  8. So, Trump called face mask-wearing "patriotic," so his refusal to wear masks is unpatriotic?
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  9. Release of the documents would cause him "irreparable harm"? Yes: it would demolish his lies and provide evidence for his prosecution.
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  10. Trump was impeached while he was IN OFFICE. That a murderer leaves the scene of his crime does not exempt him from indictment and prosecution.
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  11. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  12. The gallows on the Capitol grounds shows premeditation.
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  13. Gym Jordan is continuing to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  14. Telling the truth is perceived by Republicans as personal offense.
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  15. Come on, media: stop broadcasting this convict's criminal rationales.
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  16. Meanwhile, Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  17. Lori is apparently a malignant narcissist -- five marriages, at least two husbands dead at relatively young ages.
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  18. The whole "Easter" schtick is a signal to the Evangelicals. He's going to get a slew of them killed.
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  19. The fake Shaman's lawyer was complaining that he wasn't allowed confidential time with the fake Shaman -- instead of which he did a "60 Minutes" interview.
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  20. There is NO individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  21. Trump testify!? He's already inventing excuses to back out of the debates.
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  22. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  23. "Take our country back" FROM WHAT?
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  24. Ron Paul is an eye "doctor," not an immunologist.
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  25. There needs to be an inventory of White House properties, because doubtless there has been wholesale theft.
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  26. Trump isn't about legal or illegal. It is all about color.
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  27. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  28. INSURRECTIONISTS! -- not "rioters".
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  29. So DeJoy is paid the salary of postmaster general, but he has no diea what is going on under his authority and responsibility.
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  30. It isn't "projection": it is CONFESSION.
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  31. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  32. The Trump Supreme Court upheld the legitimacy of the January 6 Committee.
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  33. Trump was blown out of the water by the very first questioner.
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  34. In law, a person running AWAY is not a threat.
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  35. "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." -- Trump.
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  36. He should be told to RESIGN. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  37. The mayor says that the plant owner was "negligent and irresponsible". Which the plant owner was allowed to be because the gov't was negligent and irresponsible by not enforcing existing laws.
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  38. The gun was bought FOR the son. The father's "discovery" that the gun was "missing" is cover-story.
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  39. Trump showed himself yet again being self-destructive.
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  40. Looks like the DOJ needs to dust off and review the Espionage Act.
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  41. Syllogism Trump: "Voting by mail is corrupt." Trump: "I vote by mail because I'm allowed." Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  42. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  43. DeSantis: "Testing for COVID-19 causes COVID-19." We should ban teenage preganncy tests, as that will make teenage pregnancy disappear.
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  44. No responsible financial institution will loan money to an adjudicated fraudster who is also known to not pay his bills.
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  45. Syllogism: Trump: "Voting by mail is corrupt. Trump: "I vote by mail because allowed." Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  46. Laundrie is not an "off-the-grid" "survivalist". He was a city-guy "hiker". As their videos show, he and Gabby "camped" at civilized camp sites.
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  47. Syllogism Trump: Voting by mail is corrupt. Trump: I vote by mail because I'm allowed. Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  48. Fanone didn't only "see" what happened on January 6th -- he was pulled into the crowd and beaten -- he spoke of this during the press conference -- and repeatedly tazed and as result suffered a heart attack.
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  49. Gun control is not "anti-gun" -- it is pro-public health and safety.
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  50. It''s a genetic defect: when "I" is recessive, "Q" is dominant.
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  51. If they find nothing, and with other possible evidence, this could result in a charge against the parents for filing a false police report.
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  52. Trump should be presenting these "briefings" in private with a psychiatrist.
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  53. Haley is using DEMOCRATIC criticisms of Trump against Trump. But she's also staunchly opposed to choice -- there are multiple videos -- ads -- of her saying that.
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  54. Inflation is EXPLODING. Unemployment is EXPLODING.
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  55. I'm SHOCKED! -- SHOCKED! -- that I'm NOT SHOCKED that Trump is a COWARD.
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  56. As it turns out, she has a history of not learning how not to get caught. The easiest way to not get caught is to not violate the law.
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  57. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  58. Invent a lie, then point to the lie as "evidence" proving the lie.
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  59. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  60. DeSantis's performative lying doesn't belong in our politics.
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  61. Amnesia about the economic impact of the mishandling of COVID.
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  62. "Small government": give tax cuts to the few who don't need them, and refuse to meet the financial means of those who pay the taxes.
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  63. "Lend Lease" is of enormous significance. It essentially means there is no limit to the support for Ukraine. Slava Ukraini!
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  64. "The Federalist Society" is a seditious organization.
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  65. When I was a kid it was called, "Overwhelm with bullshit". The purpose is to induce helplessness -- "Which do I deal with first?"
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  66. A woman who signed a Trump NDA later took it to court and won -- which freed others of the equivalent NDAs.
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  67. There isn't a special master yet assigned. The "legal reasoning" from the "Judge" has been shredded since first issued.
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  68. J. D. Vance has no conviction. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  69. Trump is a low-energy whine-o.
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  70. Scott Travis has a HISTORY of inciting audiences to be out of control. Yes, there are people trying to make excuses by talking about "demons" and other sub-literate nonsense. It's ALL about MONEY.
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  71. "How to End Teenage Pregnancies" By Donald Trump. Abolish pregnancy tests. The End.
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  72. The LAW doesn't include an option to "negotiate" a lesser bond than the 120 per cent required.
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  73. Netanyahu supported Hamas for DECADES because BOTH Hamas and Netanyahu are opposed to a two-state solution.
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  74. Most of the Republicans in the House voted AGAINST the supplemental for the Capitol police recommended by General Honore. So they are for defunding the defense of the Capitol and democracy.
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  75. Truman: "The Buck Stops Here". Trump: "The Buck Lands In My Pocket".
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  76. Meadows and Scavino are either cooperating, or they are being investigated for greater legal exposure.
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  77. The case couldn't be rejected on the merits because it has no merit.
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  78. Trump is the #1 lawsuit-magnet president of all time.
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  79. Every one of the 16 who speak publicly will be drunk on whine. These are people who live lives entitled to exempt themselves from the rule of law.
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  80. New York's "success" is all on Cumo, in spite of Trump-Pence.
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  81. They had phones. They could have called 911. Instead they claim "self-defense".
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  82.  @ketoacid3393  One doesn't need NDAs when one can threaten and carry through on death threats.
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  83. I'd like to see your analysis after reading her book.
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  84. Lesson for Bannon: Never commit crimes while on a drunken binge.
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  85. If Biden can get his agenda through, the Democrats will GAIN seats in both House and Senate in 2022.
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  86. As a lawyer Vance is an "expert" at the unethical use of ethics. A nihilist.
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  87. The crime was PROVEN in COURT. There is no "absolute immunity". This jerk doesn't know law.
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  88. It's a genetic defect: when "I" is recessive, "Q" is dominant.
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  89. Zelensky didn't raise his voice.
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  90. Trump can determine the menaing of "false" and" "true"!? Everything he doesn't like is a "lie". And now he's an expert on journalism.
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  91. Especially and more so since the stunning anti-Americanism in Nashville.
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  92. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  93. Cats are wonderful animals. J. D. Vance not.
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  94. Barr: "I'm doing everything I can to destroy the rule of law, and protect Trump, and maintain the cover-up so the American people don't see what I'm doing -- then Trump blows the whistle on me!"
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  95. One cannot say that Coney-Barrett supports democracy. But it does appear that she views Trump with contempt.
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  96. Barr: I was doing everything I can to destroy the Constitution, and maintain the cover-up so the American people couldn't see what I'm doing, then Trump blows the whistle on me!"
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  97. General Honore investigated the security "failures" on January 6. His report to Congress pointed to the need for supplemental funding for the Capitol Police. The Republicans voted AGAINST it.
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  98. Her "unique style" -- she -- is not the issue.
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  99. Prince of Piety Pence is a PHONY -- especially when he pretends to "care" abut others. He is emotionally dead.
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  100. Trump's "legacy" is already stinking to high Heaven. "Kids in cages" is a singular horror.
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  101. Why would the parents be concerned that Brian might hurt himself? Because he told them he killed Gabby?
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  102. She freaked AND ATTACKED HIM. Why would he want to hang around with her after that? At the same time she said she feared abandonment, she was pushing him away.
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  103. This defense attorney is an obnoxious loud-mouth. If I were on a jury he'd immediately lose me.
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  104. Some in Trump's audience are simply there for the childish rhetoric because they view it as "entertainment".
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  105. FEMA is NOT running out of money. But thank Congressman Gaetz for voting AGAINST funding FEMA.
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  106. The attacks on the USPS impacts EVERYONE PERSONALLY.
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  107. The Supreme Court ruled that money is speech.
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  108. A state barring Trump from its ballot DOES NOT affect the entire nation; it only affects that one state.
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  109. He doesn't respect Hollowood; he ENVIES it.
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  110. "Anybody that needs a test can get a test" -- He forgot to give context: "On some unspecified date in the future".
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  111. "Anything goes" is the Republican idea of "legal".
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  112.  @TheUluxian  The lead Republican candidate for Michigan governor was arrested and charged for his participation in the insurrection. Pennsylvania's Mastriano needs to be charged for supporting and participating in it. Same goes for Scott Perry, who asked Trump for a pardon, who was, on the facts, a co-conspirator supporting the coup attempt. I want to see the full list of Congress members who asked for pardons.
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  113. Duffy is a former "reality" TeeVee star -- so yet again Trump's "best".
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  114. The letter has been released PUBLICLY, which proves Clark is LYING.
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  115. "Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction is obliged to follow rules. Truth ain't." -- Mark Twain.
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  116. There was no negotiator or negotiation. They're making it up to make it look like the delay was justified.
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  117. It's key for Trump to get the message that declaring his candidacy for election won't stop the investigation.
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  118. "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Rudy Giuliani. Still not a truth.
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  119. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine?
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  120. The intelligence community warned him in November and December 2019.
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  121. In North Carolina it was ELECTION -- not VOTER -- fraud by the REPUBLICAN candidate.
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  122. I'd be worried about getting paid if I were a Trump lawyer.
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  123. Jenna Ellis turns out to be a crybaby. Three years suspended license. If she wants to practice law again she should flip.
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  124. You don't get it: the bigger goal is the overturning of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The ultimate goal is to overturn the "New Deal".
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  125. His extortionate phone calls were "perfect" also.
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  126. "God": "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Johnson: "Hold my beer."
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  127. If George" Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos told me he's a liar I'd hesitate to believe him.
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  128. Send emails to him saying: "You go first!"
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  129. "We should be brought together" -- by embracing Neo-Nazis.
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  130. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  131. Ted Lieu has been out front with his criticisms since at latest 2016. He was among the first to call for impeaching Trump.
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  132.  @ivyyoung521  Yep: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. Despite the fact that it takes two to dance.
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  133. Please -- RESPECT: use his full name -- GYM Jordan.
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  134. The Founders were Liberals, and they implemented, even in the Constitution, "redistribution of income," which is called taxation.
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  135. Watch for lower courts to begin ignoring the US Supreme Court decisions.
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  136. He pardoned and commuted the sentences of those who bludgeoned police on January 6th. And yet it appears most cops voted for Trump.
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  137. Well said -- all one must do is look through the surface noise: she is no more worth living with than he.
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  138. It MATTERS that ALL the documents belong TO THE GOV'T -- regardless whether classified.
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  139. Kinzinger is that very rare Republican: an actual veteran of military service.
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  140. The Republican Party has become an organized attack on the rule of law. And Thomas and Alito are engaged in that attack.
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  141. Perhaps the parts redacted are his confessions about how he kept the National Guard from assisting the Capitol and Metropolitan police on January 6.
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  142. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  143. If he denies knowledge across the board it means he was directing all of it.
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  144. He violated FEDERAL LAW. That is beyond "controversial".
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  145. One can't go wrong by assuming he's lying.
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  146. Jaw-droppingly small minded Alitos -- BOTH of them.
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  147. It's difficult to tolerate Sam Stein -- not only the inappropriate laughing, which is frequent with him, but also his habit of interrupting, which is a sign that he doesn't listen well. Pro-Canada USian here.
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  148.  @yruuneducated  He can plead not guilty all he wants--he's a career liar. The rest of us can read the indictment and look at his PUBLIC claims and actions and see that they prove the indictments true. Take your childish trolling to FOX. Oh, right: FOX doesn't allow freedom of speech on their platform.
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  149. So he wants to relegate women to the kitchen but doesn't want them making the coffee.
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  150. Aniston was defending his daughter based on her empathy for women who can't sustain pregnancies.
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  151. The indictment DID NOT say he used "about $1,000". It said, "in the aggregate $1,000 or more". $1,000 is the minimum required under Federal law.
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  152. He had WEEKS to appeal the gag order. TOO LATE.
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  153. The governors don't need Trump's "authorization". He is desperately hoping SOMEONE believes his LYING.
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  154. Make Accountability Great Again.
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  155. How long did the Laundrie lawyer know that Brian is "missing".
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  156. Inciting violence is not protected speech.
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  157. That is up to the DOJ -- not the Committee.
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  158. The alternative is that they be fired. Better they show us what ethics, justice, and rule of law mean.
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  159. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  160. Trump's only skill is self-promotion.
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  161. The Founders were opposed to "your" money funding someone else's "religion".
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  162. Gym Jordan should be investigating Clarence Thomas. Or investigating that wrestling scandal at Ohio State. But instead Gym will continue his 100 per cent perfect score of losing his wrestling match with truth.
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  163. MAGA's favorite, most-trusted reading material: "National Enquirer".
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  164. I'm fed up with the "facts" without a shred of EVIDENCE to back them up.
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  165. Laundrie is not an "outdoorsman"; he's a city-guy "hiker".
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  166. "Inaccurate" and "misleading" = LYING.
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  167. Let the Black mouthpiece Byran provide assistance to Harrison Floyd -- Trump ain't going to.
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  168. They've got to do something about the windows in Russia. Within the last week a woman member of the Defense Ministry died when she fell out of a window. Or at least establish a specialized cemetery for only those who fall out of windows.
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  169. If the Committee wants the truth from Bannon, give him a free fifth -- of whiskey.
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  170.  @cremelynn6339  Trunmp planned and incited the insurrection. The founders classified insurrection as the CRIME of TREASON.
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  171.  @tonyperez985  No, they have not. Russia has been suspended from the Human Rights Council.
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  172. Israel is opposed to a second state because that would put a stop to its land-grab.
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  173. "Excuse me" = shut up while I rudely interrupt so what you want to say won't be heard by the public.
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  174. "Whiskey Leaks" is a good one.
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  175. He was ELECTED -- that is not "defiance".
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  176. Syllogism Trump: "Voting by mail is corrupt." Trump: "I vote by mail because I'm allowed." Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  177. Leave "the flag" out of it. He is a traitor to the Constitution.
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  178. The Michael Cohen raid was "so unfair". Then he threw Cohen under the bus when Cohen decided to put his interests ahead of Trump's.
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  179. Trump doesn't negotiate -- he picks fights based on lies.
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  180.  @hausbro1663  That's what was said at the beginning of the invasion. Those who said that -- and you -- are wrong.
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  181. "Freedom of speech for me, but not for the fictional neighbor." -- Alito.
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  182. So Alex's lawyer is investigating the murders of Alex's wife and son. And when he has that all stitched together, he'll provide the information to law enforcement. Who will be set up to take the fall as distraction?
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  183.  @NeatNoodle  And don't we all love the "infrastructure" bill that Trump endlessly promised but never produced?
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  184. So it isn't only Matt Gaetz!? Was tree-assassin Cawthorn told he wasn't welcome so he's squealing?
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  185. Superb speech in plain language perfectly delivered.
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  186. In law there is the "fighting words" doctrine. And when it is turned on gov't, it is sedition -- incitement of insurrection.
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  187. Travis Scott has a history of stirring up violence by preaching the destructive "rage". But it's ALL about the MONEY.
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  188. They may not know where he is -- he certainly isn't anywhere in Florida -- but they appear to assume he's safe.
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  189. They have no choice but to smile: they know the windows in Russia are deadly.
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  190. RESPECT! GET HIS NAME RIGHT -- GYM Jordan.
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  191. The interview should have included a policewoman -- she would have been more likely to see through her seductiveness.
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  192. He's nowhere in Florida, because that's where everyone is looking. And he is neither an "outdoorsman" nor "survivalist"; he is a city-guy "hiker". The attribution to him of sophistications he does not have is baseless.
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  193. They were all FOR the insurrection -- but were freaked by the OPTICS.
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  194. Bowers is opposed to violations of the Constitution -- but would vote for Trump, who attempted to destroy the Constitution.
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  195. It is up to SEVEN resignations.
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  196. It's Retribution Trump: the judge gagged him, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  197. There is one mechanical fact that applies to all guns: they shoot bullets that kill.
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  198. Best president of my lifetime. And I just turned 72.
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  199. The infrastructure bill specifically benefits the construction industry. Biden is outdoing Reagan by not only talking the talk. Reagan's appeal was to racism; Biden's appeal is to actual food on the table.
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  200.  @g.w.7893  Yep: she's a victim, and he's a douche-bag. I'm certain you know them well.
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  201. Laundrie is not an "off-the-grid" 'survivalist". He is a city-guy "hiker" who may imagine himself more than that. But from the videos, he and Gabby "camped" at civilized camping locations.
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  202. When you reduce facts to "your truth," you subvert fact by making everything subjective. Then you're in the vast ocean of "everything is opinion".
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  203. It's not news that North Korea isn't going to "denuclearize".
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  204. She gave the speech of the convention. And Barack said he was being stupid for trying to follow her as a speaker. And that was after she introduced him as the love of her life.
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  205. Giuliani at the same rally: "Let's have trial by combat!"
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  206. $50,000 reward. Better than working at McDonalds.
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  207. Where was Tucker Carlson during the Republican Cheney-Bushit administration when it illegally invaded Iraq?
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  208. The question of Ernst was about soy beans -- not corn. Trump's tariff's lost the US market for soy beans with China.
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  209. "To" yes, "back" no.
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  210. Brooks will hire Giuliani, who already knows the actual facts of the case. Can't wait to see Giuliani served.
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  211. Trump should pay for all the costs -- he's the one who let the pandemic get out of control.
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  212. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He also said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. Thus the oath is sworn to protect and defend the Constitution -- the supreme Law of the Land, not to the person occupying public office, including the president.
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  213. Methamphetamine abuse results in toxic paranoia.
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  214. Gym Jordan constantly loses his wrestling match with the truth.
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  215. "Keep your voice down" is an effort to control other's speech -- a form of intimidation. The First Amendment protects reporters from that sort of ABUSE.
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  216. Or threatens them.
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  217. I don't view it as projection. I cut to the chase and call it CONFESSION.
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  218. Trump LIED to his insurrectionist followers!? Why am I not shocked?
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  219. "OAN" = McCarthyism. b They are quintessentially fruit-fringe loons. But there is an audience who will empty their pockets to pay for that crackpottery. I do agree: he has "professionals" who can't be believed.
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  220. New York's Riker's Island would do.
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  221. The Chair of the Joint Chiefs routinely conducts diplomacy with his counterparts in other countries.
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  222. Toomey "missed it" because he's a partisan Republican who puts Party before country.
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  223. Gym Jordan should EITHER be ignored OR INDICTED.
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  224. All those who refuse to comply with the subpoenas are domestic enemies.
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  225.  @An-fi8is  You haven't had many professors if you're still that impressed by them.
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  226.  @jllore1917  Trump's supporters are teh very losers he most despises.
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  227. I reject her politics and "religious" stuff. But behind that she's a good and decent person. And she was one of the very first to come out and publicly tell the truth. Another is Michael Steele.
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  228. See the "Vice" report reporting forced sterilizations of incarcerated women immigrants.
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  229. The Arizona Democratic Party has already expressed "no confidence" in Sinema. She's apparently not listening to them.
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  230. At Harvard fellow students said that he was hated on first meeting him. Asked why, they said, "It saved time."
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  231. Hannity is grasping for straws.
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  232. It was not a "psss"/"fail" test like one takes in school.
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  233. If all Democratic Senators, and a number of Republican Senators join them for a majority,, they may be able to force Moscow Mitch to take up the bill.
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  234. Her thoughts: "I'm not going to deal with it." Ask about Cruz and Hawley.
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  235. It's the same strategy as 2020. Not new. It is simply more organized.
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  236. Will Graham plead the 5th? We'll all be watching, in keeping with Trump's principle that only criminals plead the 5th.
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  237.  @subobing3551  Zuckerberg is too busy manipulating elections in favor of Republicans.
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  238. They are sending the message that they are exempt from the rules that apply to everyone else.
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  239. The search of the Reserve is based on the only lead they had -- from his parents -- even though it appears the source of the lead is not to be trusted. Law enforcement would be remiss to not pursue that only lead. It is doubtful, of course, that he stayed in Florida, or is anywhere in Florida. But the parents "lead" about the Reserve keeps law enforcement searching where he isn't. That search may now be a law enforcement ploy while they are searching in other places.
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  240.  @xenofonteinteragro  Same here. But I've been missing his voice. Another great one is Katie Porter, whose Harvard professor was Elizabeth Warren.
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  241. The authors of the Trump defense were Cruz, Hawley, and Graham: "If you 'argue' this, we'll vote to acquit.". Otherwise, his lawyers hadn't a clue.
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  242. The US has been in a Constitutional crisis since 2016.
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  243. Death threats and violence are not protected speech.
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  244. Trump shot both his feet off by attacking mail-in voting, and telling his dupes to only vote in person.
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  245. AG Garland talks softly but carries big indictments.
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  246. We learn from history that we don't learn from history.
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  247. Business fraud is not only "unfair" but also ILLEGAL.
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  248. It's about the money. Vote Republican, get republinomics. And then blame Democrats for the consequences.
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  249. Devos, who was totally unqualified for the position, was Sec. of Education.
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  250. The deal was that "religions" wouldn't be taxed in exchange for their staying out of politics. Instead they took up LY(NG.
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  251. They aren't held accountable by the VOTERS who continue to vote for them. When will voters stop believing it's all about "freedom" and NEVER about RESPONSIBILITY ON THE VOTERS? DIS-electing politicians who don't represent constituent interests is TERM LIMITING.
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  252.  Tommy Thompson  Your entire comment is political swill. And it isn't the journalists on CNN who are speaking the facts -- it is the experts on the issue who are. You're problem is the inability to distinguish between politcs -- the sewer you are in -- and objective facts. Uh -- CNN is "that Republican channel"!? You make no sense.
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  253. The first responsibility of gov't is to protect public health and safety. And unlike Republicans, the Founders were NOT anti-gov't.
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  254. This happens whenever a blonde white female is missing; more so when she is as attractive as Gabby. Always a cricus, and always the tv news media exploiting it for ratings.
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  255. Trump is all about disrespecting others. That's all he understands. Only be showing him the disrespect he deserves is it possible that he will learn from consistent doses of his own medicine.
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  256. She travelled from work to the school, rescued her children, then immediately returned to work. An AMAZING mother.
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  257. I admire such a young person being so well informed. And based on health critical faculties.
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  258.  @WolfRaven-jm1cm  The difference is who wrote the Constitution, and who actively supports and defends the Constitution. The "immunity" decision is unconstitutional because it repudiates the Constitution. The Constitution, by its own express terms, is the SUPREME Law of the Land. The three co-EQUAL branches of gov't, which include the Supreme Court, are SUBORDINATE to the Constitution.
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  259. "We the people" are the gov't. Being anti-gov't is irresponsible.
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  260. My guess is that the emergency Committee hearing is to present voice or video recording of Trump admitting that he lost the election.
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  261. If the students were billionaires they'd already have been bailed out.
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  262. Gym Jordan needs to call for an investigation of the non-investigation of Gym Jordan.
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  263. It isn't ineptitude; it is intent. It's all about the money. Exactly as Trump was competent in his criminality.
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  264. "Prayer" doesn't undo reality.
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  265. He sounds like he's having respiratory difficulities.
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  266.  @joncarroll2040  A Black woman taking him down -- couldn't happen to a nicer guy because a nicer guy wouldn't be a career con-man and felon.
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  267. Hillary Clinton -- former two-term first lady, Senator, and Secretary of State -- was wholly qualified to be president. Mature grace and excellent speech.
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  268. There are firemen from New England helping California.
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  269. "The America that all America loves": The 1 per cent owning 90-plus per cent of the total wealth. "All America" includes the homeless too. I'll bet their jumping for joy that even more Americans will join them.
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  270. Video later came out of a white couple going into the same building, looking around, and then leaving. The building was not "sealed" against entry, so no "breaking-and-entering".
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  271. That's been the Republican scam since at latest Nixon-Reagan. They love "strong leaders" when they are Republican. If Biden were a Republican, he could do no wrong.
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  272. Ted Cruz is filibustering in effort to shout down the facts.
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  273. I don't agree with much of his politics, but Kinzinger, like Michael Steele, is a good man.
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  274. Impeach: put the Republicans on the spot -- and the record.
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  275. Trump has had almost 4 years to fill the "empty" shelves.
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  276. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. "Facts are stubborn things." -- John Adams.
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  277.  @rembrandt972ify  Both of those and a nihilist too.
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  278. "Solicitation of a Crime" is easy. And the solicitation doesn't have to succeed.
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  279. The latest is that the passport was legal, but Armstrong's use of it was fraudulent. The passport photo looked much like Kaitlin. And she traveled under the name on the passport, "Christine". It is reasonable to assume that it was her sister's passport, as she lives in the New York area. Also the police say the shell casing marks match Kaitlin's gun. And when she was confronted by law enforcement in Costa Rica she responded when called "Kaitlin".
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  280. The DOJ that prosecuted and convicted Flynn was Trump's, not Obama's.
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  281.  @stephensullivan1011  Yeah -- there are racists who believe that racism is funny, regardless the violence it incites.
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  282. "We have a lot of theories, but no evidence." -- Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani.
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  283.  @DorcasLandry  Woman. At, I believe, EPA.
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  284. Trump is a "Sovereign Citizen" with money. Giuliana is a "Sovereign Citizen" with a suspended law license.
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  285. There is NO truth re. Obam's "failings". In FACT, the Constitution limits a president to two terms. Trump didn't defeat Obama becuase Obama was at the end of his second term, and not in the running for any office.
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  286. To paraphrase Psaki: "SMACKDOWN!"
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  287. Looks like possible charges for interfering in the election.
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  288. Trump needs to be told to his face that "ANTIFA" is short for ANTI-FASCIST.
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  289. Cruz referring to his "comedy routine": "This is just dumb."
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  290. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  291. As I recall Lofgren was on the House Watergate Committee looking at impeaching Nixon. She's a veteran of these investigations.
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  292. During his "twon hall" Trump again lied that we are "turning the corner".
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  293. That is how the EMPLOYER referred to him. Learn to FOCUS; stop attacking normal irrelevancies
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  294. FOREMOST is TESTING, TESTING, TESTING -- but Trump DOES NOT WANT TESTING because he doesn't want us to know how bad it is.
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  295. I love vinyl because of the snaps, crackles and pops -- takes me back to my favorite childhood breakfast cereal.
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  296. "OAN" also dragged in "foreign propaganda," "Islamic radicals," and "Latin gangs and cartels".
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  297. "Fired by 81 million voters".
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  298. "One of your favorite generals" -- yet again avoiding responsibility. There is no such general.
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  299. NO: there was an empty space in front of the stage, and he wanted to brag about the size of the crowd. That's why he wanted the armed thugs, who wouldn't go through the metal detectors, to "come in" and fill that area. When he was told those thugs were armed, he ordered the metal detectors removed.
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  300. "Presidential documents" applies to ALL presidential documents, not only those classified.
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  301. The Senate must also expel Cruz and Hawley, though that is a more difficult and lengthy process. But they are also dealing with the fact that their campaign donors are withholding their money.
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  302. :Conservatism: the accumulation of power and wealth into as few hands as possible. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  303. No: when he can't answer the facts refuting his bullshit, he changes the subject to being "insulted". It is a tactic intended to put the person refuting his bullshit on the defense.
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  304. Make Accountability Great Again.
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  305. "Rise off the Moorons".
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  306. Schedule the hearing on subpoenas chronologically by date of issue. Gym Jordan is ignoring subpoena comes first.
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  307. Stacey Abrams is John Lewis with a law degree.
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  308. Impeach: Put the Republicans on the spot -- and on the record.
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  309. The "Declaration of Independence" applied exclusively to ENGLAND, and included a catalog of grievances against King George III, including this: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power". And it DOES NOT include the word anywhere in it the word "revolution"; and the Founders attacked and overthrew ZERO colonial gov'ts precisely because they all along controlled the colony gov'ts. Nor has the "Declaration" ever been LAW. The Constitution, which is the SUPREME Law of the Land, includes this -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders classified insurrection as TREASON. There is no right to engage in insurrection -- it is expressly ILLEGAL -- or to commit TREASON.
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  310. Ukraine has the right to ask for help, and other nations have the right to respond with help.
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  311.  @bidenisacommunistpuppet.3831  Only Republicans are making death threats.
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  312. His racism is from at latest the 1950s.
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  313. Reagan needed the support of women voters in order to get elected. Many women were opposed to his being opposed to the ERA and abortion. So he promised DURING HIS CAMPAIGN to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court.
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  314.  @mauriciomorro6693  She doesn't understand HIPPA, which bars others than oneself revealing facts of one's private medical history. If one chooses to reveal those facts about oneself, then one can.
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  315.  @carolejohnstone8653  Trump repeatedly mocked taking the 5th, and expressly said that only the "mob" pleads it.
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  316. She feels entitled because of EGO, not necessarily narcissism.
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  317. "We saved thousands of lives by the quick closing" -- of the Pandemic Resonse Team!?
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  318.  @madmotorcyclist  Which "disasters"? Learn some HISTORY, dunce: NATO is the first line of defense of the United States AGAINST RUSSIA. Traitor Trump attacked and attempted to destroy NATO in keeping with PUTIN'S plans. So Biden bringing NATO together in UNITY, and backing its support of Ukraine, is a "disaster"!? Yes -- but only in the view of anti-American fascists who support TrumPutin.
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  319. In view of the reports that he took boxes of documents with him on foreign trips, the FBI should do searches at Bedminster and Trump Tower.
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  320. The purpose of gov't in the US is to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people".
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  321. That didn't, of course, happen. But he did stop short of blaming the victims for being on the plane.
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  322. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine? Some say it's because he's a whine-o.
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  323. The border is not an issue. Ukraine and NATO are the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES.
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  324. IF he attends he can be arrested.
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  325. By whom? This DOJ?
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  326. He was threatened with a PERJURY charge.
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  327. That man blew Trump out of the water.
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  328. See "Jacobson v. Massachusetts," in which the US Supreme Court upheld COMPULSORY vaccination mandate. There was no "freedom" to choose to endanger public health and safety.
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  329. @Kent Peet Trump's appointees to the Supreme Court have the job; they no longer need him. In addition, the rejected one of his suits, holding unanimously that he isn't above the law. And rejected his fraudulent "election fraud" appeal. That court is in enough trouble over its perception of legitimacy -- allowing Texas's direct attack on their authority to stand -- without adding to it backing Trump's anti-Americanism.
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  330. And everyone else who has smeared him. Including Giuliani.
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  331. The police bodycam footage has Bryan describing his participation in the effort with the McMichaels to stop the victim. He wasn't merely a witness.
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  332. And should have said the equivalent for years before.
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  333.  @lorettanericcio-bohlman567  She also supplied the documents the resulted in the Pulitzer-winning report in the "NY Times" substantiating apparent financial crimes by Trump and his father.
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  334. And Alito and Thomas. And let's look at Gorsuch.
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  335. I recall the lynching of two African-American couples, in Georgia, during WWII. The husbands of those couples were in uniform, on leave from their military duties. They have to listen with their EARS, before all else. They don't even go that far.
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  336. Her law professor was Elizabeth Warren.
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  337. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  338. They do it PUBLICLY.
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  339. There is a coalition of states' attornies generals suing, under both Federal and state laws. If a state law is consistent with the Constitution and Federal laws, the Federal gov't cannot violate those state laws.
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  340. "LOCK HER UP!" -- Patriotism. "LOCK HIM UP!" -- UnAmerican. And from his unpaid lawyer Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is THAT a "truth"?
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  341. Interestingly his suit against the New York civil investigation characterized him as being a private citizen.
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  342. It isn't a right, it's a privilege, because it can be revoked.
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  343. His three appointees are biding their time. They are not your friends.
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  344. The foremost obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. And the fundamental intent of our gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people". And that is exactly what Harris said.
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  345. He's also LYING. HE is the author of carnage.
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  346. A memorial/wake is not a funeral. The funeral is when the deceased is buried.
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  347. Send two Emergency Bills to the Senate: one funding the USPS, second funding state election needs.
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  348. Trump's approval rating never reached 50 per cent. Biden's is already at 61 per cent.
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  349. "A lot of people" are over the line into that which is none of their business.
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  350. He didn't pay to be killed. He paid to be shot for sympathy.
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  351. Ethics required due diligence: as a lawyer it was required that she research the allegations for herself, instead of simply believing. So we get rationalization and excuse instead of acceptance of responsibility.
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  352. It wasn't a joke. It was a COMPLIMENT comparing his wife to a film character that is viewed as a positive role model.
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  353.  @quantumblurrr  He even provided a written (Trump doesn't read) plan for dealing with exactly this situation. Trump would rather be a mass murderer than do ANYTHING "that black guy" did.
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  354. There was NO FILTER. We saw him ON TAPE being what he has always been.
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  355. The Trumps and entourage arrived late, so were not tested.
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  356. They are obviously skeptical.
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  357. Trump doesn't pay his rally bills.
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  358. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  359. Avanati would do well to shut his convicted yap.
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  360. Yeah: Will Smith is about 'protecting my people" -- except for Chris Rock. And he put the responsibility for his behavior on "God".
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  361. He inhered Obama's growing economy, but HE OWNS this one.
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  362.  @831mrscardoso  It could be she threatened to leave him. Or both threatened each other on the point.
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  363. Some information can't be declassified under any circumstances.
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  364. Felony CONVICTIONS.
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  365. And he has lost the campaign contributions of many CONSERVATIVES as result of his hypocrisy.
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  366. The first thing the police did after the incident was to praise themselves. Now we learn that they were "afraid of being shot". That's part of the job description.
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  367. Or be prosecuted for involving themselves in politics. Taxing them would eliminate separation of "religion" and gov't. Taxing them is a stupid idea: the deal was that they won't be taxed and they will stay out of politics. The separation is between subjectivism -- "religion" -- and OBJECTIVE LAW -- GOV'T..
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  368. He did. He simply didn't name names. But now, as they continue to call him a liar for telling the truth, he is upping the ante by naming names.
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  369. In criminal law, when a person is indicted, there is no lawyer for the defendant present. The lawyer is present when the case goes to court. So Lindsey is LYING.
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  370. @lstad5588 Jared sees his father-in-law as too great a risk -- a deadbeat.
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  371.  @carolteves4026  It is political ambition over loyalty to Constitution and rule of law.
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  372.  @johnwinthrop2702  It made you evaluate his "thinking" as if your own. That is the danger of not thinking for yourself.
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  373. Cruz's whiny voice reminds of Joe McCarthy -- reinforced by his being a demagogue.
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  374. And in 2020 was unpresidented.
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  375. Ginni Thomas participated in the criminal insurrection. Her husband, Clarence, has nothing to say about that.
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  376. NO: In order to choose one's own "religion" one must be free FROM all the other "religions". So one also has the right to be free of ALL "religions".
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  377. Nope: he allowed it to play out PUBLICLY so the PUBLIC could see for themselves how the defense had NO CASE. Their star witness, fired for sexual assault, admitted under oath that he'd MADE UP the allegations -- he had NO EVIDENCE for any of it.
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  378.  @garycampbell1076  The pupose of masks is to PREVENT SPREADING the virus, not protect from it. It's long past due you wishy-washy morons learned that fact. And this fact: There is NO individual "right" to endanger public health and safety. There is no "freedom" to impose your sickness on others.
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  379. The United States is "A system of LAWS, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. LEGAL PROCESS TAKES TIME.
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  380.  @uonecar  Your effort to change the subject is intellectually dishonest. Dishonesty is immoral, hypocrite.
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  381. A lie is not an opinion. He is lying.
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  382. The "right" to own a gun does not include committing crime with it.
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  383. Trump invited the insurrectionists to Washington -- "Will be wild!" Then he made the speech about "fighting".
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  384. He was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty-train.
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  385. I don't share their shame because I didn't vote for the convicted criminal.
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  386. Many of those who deny it to others will admit it to themselves. Many months or years later they'll say, "I knew it all along."
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  387. The House of Representatives is, according to the Constitution, where "tied" elections are to be resolved. Taking contested ELECTIONS to the UNELECTED judiciary is anti-democratic.
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  388. Cut the cable.
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  389. The Second Amendment is irrelevant. THIS is in the Constitution, all of which is in effect at the same time: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders classified the CRIME of insurrection as TREASON, and sentenced insurrectionists to DEATH.
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  390. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. AG Garland adheres to that fundamental.
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  391.  @richard3793  Same people, but renamed "Freedom Caucus".
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  392.  @michelleashwood953  The Democrats haven't blocked anything. That is the Republican "skill," which violates their oath to the Constitution.
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  393. So much winning: one president, only president impeached TWICE. That should make the "Guinness Book of Records".
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  394. Both Michelle and Barack spoke of her late mother. What a way to bind the two!
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  395. Next up are Clarence Thomas and his wife.
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  396. The Constitution includes a prohibition against "religious" tests for eligibility to hold elective office.
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  397.  @gerroldmayfield3346  It's okay for Trump supporters with illegal guns to murder protesters. His "Law and Order" gambit is to extend to the extremist right-wing fruit-fringe the idea that they are "enforcing the law". Trump is fomenting domestic terrorism.
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  398. The contradictions are not incompetence. They are intended to cause psychological paralysis so all is brought to a halt. The freeze "memo" -- the document -- was rescinded, but the orders in it, the freeze, was not.
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  399. The gallows on the Capitol grounds prove premeditation.
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  400. Be real: Cruz has disdain for people even when they aren't suffering.
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  401. Keep on doin' it, Roland! Good solid voice.
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  402. Florida: where IQ goes to die.
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  403. I doubt the "lawyer" is a lawyer.
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  404. Shapiro needs to be the governor to protect the election. And we need Kelly in the Senate.
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  405. Let Putin attend the G20 -- and arrest him there.
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  406. The DOJ is not obstructing or delaying. There is a fundamental separation of powers issue: the DOJ is in the Executive branch, Congress is not.
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  407. From which he won't learn: he has his walking orders from fascist Murdoch.
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  408. The First Amendment protects PEACEABLE assembly. VIOLENT assembly is insurrection, which is PROHIBITED by Art. I., S. 8., C. 15 of the Constitution.
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  409.  @LilybeeTV  Because the risk would be in the future, which cannot be predicted in advance of it occurring. Jack Smith is on the job: he so far is going along with a process that is so far normal. One good sign is that she has scheduled the trial start for August 14, 2023. If she wanted to help Trump with delays she could have scheduled it for 2024. I suspect the older experienced judges in the circuit sat her down and schooled her ass.
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  410. Spielberg is hugely over-rated.
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  411. The IRS has said that being audited is not a bar to releasing one's tax returns. And the law is simple and clear: "SHALL".
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  412. There would have to be a warrant -- and access.
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  413. Michael Cohen was the first to state that if Trump lost he wouldn't go peacefully.
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  414. Because of the tariffs. And then Trump spent billions in taxpayer monies to bail them out.
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  415. He's doing a good job, though, of helping the prosecutors "flip" Weisselberg by underminging Weisselberg's defense.
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  416. Ratings wishy-washy. Trump was unpopular, they criticized him. Trump elected, they stop the criticism.
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  417. What discourages is how few Republican voters know anything about the actual contents of the Constitution, instead of adhering to stuff that is not in it.
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  418. If George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos told me he's a liar I'd hesitate before believing him.
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  419. Giuliani's history caught up with him.
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  420. Two wrongs do make a right-winger.
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  421. Yes -- that "hand language" communicates desperation to be believed because he knows he's lying and is uncertain that others are believing him.
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  422. Their immigrants are "exceptions" because of who they married.
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  423. 1. The "Declaration of Independence" has never been law. 2. The "inalienable right to life" is refuted by the death penalty. 3. The "inalienable right to liberty" is refuted by imprisonment. 4. It can't be proven that there's a "God".
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  424.  @Parzival555 In the US we don't lock people up without first criminally charging, trying, and convicting them of the charges. But we understand your ignorance of that due process, Comrade.
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  425. Yep: and the TAXPAYER pays the cost of rescuing these irresponsible jerks. Privatize the profits, socialize the costs.
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  426. And an ASSAULT rifle at that.
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  427. Nope: it is intended to get to the Supreme Court with the goal that the Supreme Court decision prohibiting prayer in public schools be overturned. It's of a piece with the cases against Roe, and attacking IVF and contraception.
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  428. He is small potatoes, a clown. He is a free political ad, a public argument, against voting Republican.
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  429. I wish the minimizing harping on "classified documents" would cease: ALL official documents generated by public officials, including those generated by the president -- see "Presidential Records Act" -- belong to the GOVERNMENT REGARDLESS whether classified OR NOT. Trump's theft of the numerous NON-CLASSIFED documents was/is ALSO illegal.
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  430. He shouldn't have any access to gov't -- period.
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  431. Trump is deep into reruns, and his no-attention-span supporters are looking for different sensationalist entertainment".
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  432. They need to know we have their backs.
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  433. Science is not "liberal". Vance wasn't taking the "liberal" -- political -- view. He was basing his view on the SCIENCE.
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  434. Well, he did have to get permission from Mother to use the pepper -- because black.
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  435. Syllogism Trump: Voting by mail is corrupt. Trump: I vote by mail because I'm allowed. Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  436. When I was a kid we called Trump's one-note hucksterism, "Overwhelm with bullshit". The only one more indulgent in that moral bankruptcy is Kellyanne Conway.
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  437. "Deplorable" is polite. DEGENERATE.
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  438. I'm still waiting to feel safe in Trump's America.
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  439. The right-wing MOCKED Obama for using a teleprompter. Then, when Trump began using a teleprompter, those same right-wingers praised him for how well he did.
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  440. When he says "fake news," you know it's the opposite.
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  441.  Mike Cooper  She hit him upside the head with a steel beam.
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  442. He is not alone in taking on punks such as Gaetz and Gym Jordan.
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  443.  @cremelynn6339  IN LAW, their attack on the Capitol was INSURRECTION, which the Founders classified as TREASON. There is no "right" to commit treason. Make a decision: which side of the law are you on?
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  444. He replaced the swamp with a cesspool. The difference is that swamps don't have turds in them.
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  445. And during deposition, under oath, he though E. Jean Carrol, in a photograph with he and his wife, WAS his wife. He didn't even recognize his own wife! She must have been a stranger as compared with all his "dalliances".
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  446. _W_ould.
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  447. He simply avoids all responsibility. And the stupid are suckers for his bullshitting them.
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  448. And note that Trump has nominated Jared Kushner's father, pardoned felon, to be ambassador to France.
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  449.  @simon4581  Narcissistic abuse can be far worse than physical. Even though it doesn't cause visible physical scars.
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  450. What matters is telling everyone what Vance is.
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  451. The more he appeals to the extremist of the extreme, he appeals to fewer and fewer and fewer. No, he is not insane; his lifelong bullshit act isn't working and under the pressure it is imploding into confusion. This language is a jumble. He's also exhausted, and in danger of breakdown.
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  452. It isn't accusation; it is recognition.
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  453.  @TheManintheHat-kr3vf  Yes -- by you and his supporters. And let's look at his supporters: At least hundreds of his supporters are sitting in jail -- and they were put there by Trump.
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  454. The audience for those comments is those around Putin.
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  455. He can also legitimately call himself that.
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  456. Contempt of Congress is relatively open-and-shut. He was required to comply with the subpoena. He blew it off. Ensure that Bannon serves his sentence in the drunk tank.
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  457. If a murder leaves the scene of the murder he committed, he is not immune from prosecution. Trump incited the insurrection while president; and there is precedent of FORMER public officials being impeached AND TRIED AFTER they left office. Biden has no authority over or in Congress. Impeachment and trial is a process entirely exclusive to Congress. A president's view on it is irrelevant..
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  458. J. D. Vance doesn't have any convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  459. What about the assertion that it was a "Democrat hoax"?
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  460.  @TomFord-uh1to  And the expense of open reel is prohibitive. CDs are superior to both vinyl and tape -- vinyl wears, tape wears.
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  461. 80 DAYS!? Men get 20 years, no questions asked.
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  462. He could protect you from being safe from him.
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  463.  @Oohmymymy  EBOLA was contained and stopped by Obama; COVID-19 was allowed to get out of control by Trump.
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  464. Parents are doubtless "responsible gun owners".
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  465. One must be careful that one's skepticism, and "questioning of everything," doesn't become rejectionism of facts and truth. That is, one must critically evaluate one's own thinking in relation to one's critical evaluation of "reality".
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  466. It was difficult to rule on the "merits" when there were no merits.
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  467. "Bush v. Gore" notwithstanding, the "equal protection clause" does not protect political candidates from losing elections.
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  468.  @bigbaddaddy3634  Actually there is no comparison. Trump is a traitor -- Trump is the issue, as is your irresponsible effort to avoid that fact.
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  469. In an interview a New Yorker said that it's pretty bad when the other New York real estate developers looked DOWN at so-called "real estate developer" Trump.
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  470.  @susanseverance9683  Everyone has values. Values aren't necessarily positive or constructive. Trump's values are those of a criminal.
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  471.  Donald Thorpe  Yes: it isn't a "show": it is a presentation of the EVIDENCE. Overcome your being dupe of the New York grifter Trump by focusing on the EVIDENCE.
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  472. "Regulation" is RULE OF LAW. The right-wing is opposed to RULE OF LAW. The gov't is BY DEFINITION RULE OF LAW.
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  473. And he's making the same right-wing mistake: that Constitutional gov't should be run as a business.
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  474. He does deserve "retribution" -- in the form of criminal prosecutions.
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  475. Kinzinger made a crucial distinction: breaking the law, and rejecting the rule of law. The former may be criminal; the latter is criminal sedition.
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  476.  @falchion1966  It's nothing new: for Republicans a Republican president can do no wrong/a Democratic president can do nothing right. It has been that way since at latest Nixon-Reagan. Facts don't matter to them -- neither does rule of law: it is all politics all the time in effort to overawe and bury the rule of law. Trump was Republicans on steroids.
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  477. He's at least infrming YOU of police procedures, and issues of law.
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  478. She didn't turn out to be a very nice person either.
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  479. Also note: when stopped for violating motor vehicle laws, they could accept the ticket, pay the fine, and walk. Instead they usually talk themselves into being arrested and going to jail. Then when arraigned in court, the disrupt, and typically end up going to jail for criminal contempt. So self-defeat and -destructiveness are central to their outcomes.
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  480. Ukraine has the right to ask other nations for help. And other nations have a right to provide help. Ukraine's military is slowly beginning to go on the offensive. I hope soon they can get to Mariupol.
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  481. What "radicalized" me was being eligible for the draft during war time, and reading everything I could get my hands on, while in high school, by moral philosopher Mark Twain, based on being blown away by _Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_.
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  482. 1. NAME them. 2. Present EVIDENCE. 3. Or STFU.
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  483. It didn't fall under the radar: Trump made it a very public and national media issue.
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  484. "Rise of the Moorons" DELIBERATELY create confusion by asserting all sorts of nonsensical gibberish based on the "sovereign citizen" rejection of the rule of law.
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  485. READ the ENTIRE ruling by the judge. He INCLUDES that the dismissal can be appealed, or the dismissed charges need a bit more detail and then can be refiled.
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  486. Or he told he her HE was done.
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  487. He's a liar: most of his campaign funds come from the oil industry, which is behind the inadequacy of the Texas energy grid.
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  488.  @articvinter  Yes. But there is NO EVIDENCE that he violated any law. Get a clue, anti-American law-rejector: ALLEGATIONS are NOT EVIDENCE.
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  489. There is an exception in HIPPA -- when a person is a danger to himself or others, the doctor has a "Duty to Warn".
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  490. Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  491. Yes, it's a two-tiered justice system: those who can afford lawyers and justice, and those who cannot. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  492. Careful reading of the indictment indicates that the unauthorized use of the debit card occurred IN WYOMING and elsewhere. "And elsewhere" means also outside Wyoming, which further means other states.
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  493.  @nandtc1  Meaningless to Trump. His idea of a contract is that it only enforceable from his side.
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  494. Keith is especially confused when he says the majority is 68 per cent and the minority is 55 per cent. The total population is 100 per cent, not 113 per cent. The country not being 50-50, 55 per cent is the majority. And on "Liberal" issues, 60 per cent and more are for those issues. One example is gun control: in the 80s. Another is pro-choice: in the 80s. Perhaps the "Conservatives" in those numbers are about conserving LIFE.
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  495. "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Rudy Giuliani.
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  496. How could Giuliani pay $148 and more millions of dollars? By borrowing it from his friend and client Trump.
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  497. "All THEY want to talk about" = "THEY" is TRUMP.
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  498. Unless they are Michael Flynn.
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  499. More than 200 women are missing, and murdered, and uninvestigated, in Wyoming alone. But they don't fit the "missing white woman syndrome," so "Dog" is in Florida -- but Miya didn't fit that syndrome either -- and Laundrie is nowhere in Florida.
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  500.  @JasonCarney.  Trump is blatant, but he has believers. Santos is by comparison an amateur so is obvious.
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  501. I'll add that the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act were shepherded through Congress and signed by a white president. So not voting based on what is actually laziness has impact. Trump rescinded the 1965 LBJ Executive Order implementing the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, and by doing so made discrimination "legal" again. Who was it said that voting ain't worth doing because those elected ain't gonna do nothin' for ya?
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  502. Rittenhouse was chased down AFTER and BECAUSE he'd shot a person.
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  503.  @perryegolson833  The supply chain issues were precipitated by the pandemic, which Trump exacerbated.
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  504. "Critical Race Theory" is in law schools, and is essentially an evaluation of the legal history of systemic racism. The extremist right-wing, like Gaeta, will run with anything that perpetuates the racism. As example, Republican-lead states are prohibiting teaching about slavery in public schools -- based on the words "Critical Race Theory," which is not being taught. The anti-"woke" anti-Americans are about teaching the population to be sheeple.
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  505. Trump said the 2016 election was "rigged" -- and he rigged it with the help of Putin.
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  506. This is the LAW: ALL information generated by gov't employees, regardless whether classified, is GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  507. The man telling them that it's an "informaion war" is obviously one of the leaders. And he is the retired Air Force officer.
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  508.  @justinhuskey335  Troll.
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  509. Lindsey Graham is falling down drunk on whine.
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  510. I don't know what happens in Venezuela. I do know that Trump is a fact-free name-caller.
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  511.  @My2CentsYall  There is video of him going into the new-construction house that wasn't "sealed" against entry, and there were no "No Trespassing" signs. He looked around, then left. Subsequently video was released of a white couple doing the same thing: going in, looking around, and then leaving. That the new-construction was not "sealed" against entry -- it was wide open -- there was no "breaking-and-entering". In neither case was anything stolen. I haven't been following the trial closely, so don't know if the judge allowed in the subsequent video of the white couple doing the same as had Arbery.
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  512. It's amazing that only men need self-improvement.
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  513. Wasn't the audience on his side, despite the reality that there was no audience?
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  514. What is the name of the law school at which Eastman is a professor? I'd like to check whether it is accredited by the American Bar Association.
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  515. Showing one's palms is an effort to persuade that one is being open and honest. But he consciously knows how to manipulate with body language.
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  516. He's a millionaire, therefore qualified for public office as a REPUBLICAN candidate.
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  517. I'm 76 and white male, and this is probably the greatest speech I've ever heard. I've been saying that women need not to defend abortion but instead to teach the rest of us -- especially men -- about problem pregnancies. Because that is the issue. And that is the main substance of this speech! So MUCH substance!
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  518. Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  519.  @PhilodendronShangriLa  or false. And Putin has a track record. Want to bet against that?
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  520.  @meltemo.4139  Gad I'm fed up with these anonymous Internet "experts" "diagnosing," especially "narcissism," without the least qualifications for doing so,, and without regard for the ethical limits of which they are ignorant and oblivious.
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  521.  @t.r.campbell6585  What are you talking about!? The defense must comply with the law and the court's rules, as does the prosecution. We are at the stage where Trump and his lawyers are being EDUCATED in the basics of the law and the RULES that will apply.
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  522.  @eurekahope5310  There is more to it than that -- that the will was litigated BY THE FAMILY, and disbursements of the assets were not in keeping with the terms of the will. In other words: Mary Trump didn't litigate without a factual basis. It appears she was lied to about the extent of the estate in order to give her only a pittance.
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  523. New York has always known it, which is why he lost his elections in New York. And that despite the fact that there are New Yorkers who prefer sleaze and criminality to rule of law.
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  524. People also tend to lick their lips just after LYING. But he has been playing this act for so many decades that he often believes it is real.
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  525.  @exsappermadman25055  Actually I'm pointing to the fact that Trump-appointee Wray isn't politically biased: he prosecuted Democrat Berger for the same crime Trump is committing. But with Berger it only involved several documents -- not 15 boxes, and then another several boxes he withheld.
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  526. Eastman knew it was illegal before anyone else told him that; his own emails reveal that. And that is why he is in court attempting to keep his 10's of thousands of additional emails suppressed. The judges, as arbiter, has those emails, but the House Committe must make compelling arguments to get them -- Eastman has the right to defend against that happening.
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  527. Taped to his right ear to cover up the insignificance of the injury..
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  528. Actually not. Your law-illiteracy is not a substitute for the facts of normal legal process. Penalties, including gag orders, are incremental. In this instance the judge is sending the signal that he is moving beyond fines; the next step is jail. And as the reporter says: there is a cell in the courthouse; it isn't that long a walk.
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  529. Putin is his tutor on how to deconstruct -- destroy -- the United State gov't.
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  530.  @ellemontgomery1037  It is in this instance -- watch the video: among the candidates for election were military, supported by the military.
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  531.  @SteMcloughlin  Is English your first language? Both speeches were effective, and achieved their intentions.
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  532. Yeah, let's blame everyone except the voters, including the Black men who voted for Trump based on their sexism and his lies.
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  533. Notice how he's talking over the reporter becuase the question reminds the viewers of a statement Trump made that he wants now to deny. Trump did a great job at allowing the virs to get beyond control. People are dying, and he's still praising himself. And now he's making up even more lies.
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  534. He's lying.
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  535. Gym Jordan has a 100 per cent winning streak at losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  536. I'm all for Hillary suing FOX for defamation. I'd only ask why it's taken so long.
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  537. I cried throughout. And I'm a 76-year-old white man. Superb speech in plain language perfectly delivered. Genuine, authentic and honest.
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  538. Witness intimidation is ILLEGAL. Jury tampering is ILLEGAL. That's why the gag order.
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  539. Who knew taht Trump's "American carnage" was the plan?
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  540.  @hughjanus1557  The tax cut picked your pocket, moron. And your name-calling is as chilish as Trump's. You are not safe from the consequences of the chaos you are cheering on.
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  541. Paul Krugman -- who had been in the Reagan administration -- directly characterized Manchin's excuses as REPUBLICAN "talking points".
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  542. Crimes are defined in law. What are you doing to change the law? Does defending a murderer make you credible in claiming another "criminal" is indefensible?
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  543. Uh, no: she ADMITTED attacking him, though she somewhat minimized it. And the EVIDENCE was on his face and body.
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  544.  @jccagney6132  No right is absolute, and that includes freedom of speech -- as we saw in the E. Jean Carroll case. An example of PROHIBITED speech: shouting "THEATER!" in a crowded "fire". Because, dunce, the first obligation of gov't -- gov't being by definition RULE OF LAW -- is protection of public health and safety.
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  545. Wait . . . wait! -- Trump was gonna come up with a better health care plan than the ACA/"Obamacare"! And was going to get on producing an infrastructure bill!
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  546. She's a liar.
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  547. The well regulated Militia -- the legitimate Militia -- is governed and regulated under BOTH Federal and state constitutions and laws. The domestic terrorists claiming to be "Militia" are classified AND PROHIBITED in state laws, in EVERY, state, as 'paramilitaries".
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  548. And prosecuted for PERJURY.
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  549. Trump represents Trump.
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  550. The DOJ has no authority to overturn elections. Only Congress and the Judiciary would arguably have such authority.
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  551. Right: let's vote out the HONEST because it's too complicated for you to learn to distinguish between facts and fantasy. The gov't isn't the enemy -- your ignorance is.
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  552. "Could politics have entered into that?" -- yes: by TRUMP.
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  553. He's been a publicly-known criminal for years.
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  554. Worse than Nixon -- which is stunning to realize.
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  555. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Republicans have a history of undermining, circumventing, and overwhelming the rule of law by burying it under politics.
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  556. It won't be long until you're 76 -- the later years are only 6 months long each.
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  557. I'm up to 34. And as a felony is a year or more sentence, I could get to 45.
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  558. Yep -- and all the sightings are true, so he is obviously hiding EVERYWHERE!
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  559. As for Greene and her ilk, it's a genetic defect: when the "I" is recessive, the "Q" is dominant.
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  560. The only two public people I saw actually walk their Christian talk were Jimmy Carter and his gracious wife Rosalyn. Their humane decency will be missed.
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  561. "Religion" is tax exempt so that "We the people" are not funding someone else's "religion". The same goes for not funding someone else's politics: that's why the Hatch Act.
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  562. AG Garland speaks softly but carries big indictments.
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  563. Actually it isn't. The problem is not the Constitutional system; the problem is corrupt individuals.
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  564. Cats are wonderful creatures that inspire joy with their independence.
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  565. The contract implicitly encourages perjury.
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  566.  @billsamuls7620  PUNK: where is the "evidence" on which you base your gullible's belief in the Hunter Biden "scandal"? You don't even know that there is a "laptop".
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  567. Parents should be involved in their kids lives to prevent them committing crime -- like, I suppose, Lauren "hand on" Boebert and her 18-year-old son who is facing 22 charges including a number of felonies.
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  568. Send them to Wayne LaPierre, who is being civil tried for multimillion dollar theft from NRA.
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  569. "We love the cops!" while the beat cops with "Blue Lives Matter" flags.
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  570. RNC was a combined wake and funeral.
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  571. Those who knew him at Harvard said they disliked him from first meeting. When asked why, they answered: "It saved time."
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  572. @mark evans Adam Schiff is a seasoned prosecutor, and you are a law-illiterate and bigot.
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  573. Slightly over half of those who VOTED. Millions of voters didn't vote.
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  574. Why would he -- he's no less selfish, and he doubtless knows that his father-in-law doesn't pay his bills or pay back loans.
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  575. And can probably make a feasible bail agreement with himself.
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  576.  @mixteleAzul  It's first because Obama is black. It's second because he is competent, and constructive. It is third because is respected -- because at very least a gentleman. It is next because he's a Democrat. It is always a means to change the subject.
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  577. He showed an image of an old man having breathing difficulty. The media making too much -- like FOX freaking out when President While Black Obama wore a tan suit?
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  578. The law REQUIRES that the bond be one-hundred-and-TWENTY percent of the judgment. So he's forced to admit that he's a cash-poor lying "billionaire". The judgment is not negotiable.
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  579.  @IAMNOTAYOUTUBER  The fake Shaman AND his lawyer ARE LYING on that point: the judge saw VIDEO of the Shaman walking into the Capital on his own initiative. And if you saw the video in the Senate chamber, where the fake Shaman was bellowing nonsensical gibberish, and left the threatening note for Pence, there is a cop there -- by himself against the mob -- who is calm, and working to persuade the mob to leave. That was smart policing: he was outnumbered. And the cop who was dragged into the mob and beaten, who radio, badge, and ammunition was stolen, and the mob tried to get his gun while shouting, "Shoot him with his own gun!" later, in interview, said that you get the idea to shoot, but how many could he have shot before he was overwhelmed? Certainly there are members of the Capital Police who are racists, and Trump supporters -- some 20 or so have been suspended pending investigation. The question is whether they had the AUTHORITY to simply let people in, while there is a metal detector at the entrance. But that isn't what happened with the fake Shaman.
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  580. It's been reported that In Utah he didn't have a phone. It's now alleged that the FBI seized video of him buying a phone with an "older woman". So he was with his mother when he bought a phone.
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  581. Judge's decisions are based on the LAW -- not on public opinion.
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  582.  @dustinclark8186  So you advocate defunding the police?
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  583.  @TroIIingThemSoftly  He would have to have morals in order to be morally bankrupt. That's why he's never declared moral bankruptcy: he lacks the necessary asset.
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  584. Be cautious: Nodfather Snoreleone is a snooze operator.
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  585. The rest of the world understood Biden's statement. Only some "journalists" in the US are making an issue of it. We see the same with Will Smith: he committed, televised to the whole world, the CRIME of BATTERY. But in order to discuss it they characterize it as "complex," and make up "contexts," in effort to make it not look so bad.
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  586. Stop advising them to shut up!
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  587. Giuliani did it to himself.
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  588.  Tim Kozlowski  Yes. we all know all about that from watching Trump, and the criminals around him being indicted and convicted. Why are you defending crime and criminality? Russian troll?
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  589. Publicly-televised trial first.
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  590. The action detailed in that draft would violate the Posse Comatatus Act.
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  591. Last week I was unable to access anything beyond the main page of the USPS for a day. Same with my bank for most of a day.
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  592.  @tammytruthout8465  And on 50,000 victims of the virus.
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  593. I cut to the chase by calling it CONFESSION.
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  594. I'm looking at a prostitution ring, including of children, extending into the Republican side of Congress. Q-Anon has the wrong party. And it is much larger than Greenberg and Gaetz in Florida.
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  595. Sometimes within the same sentence.
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  596.  @KateHornby  If they aren't voted out, the responsibility for that will fall on the ELECTORATE. The system is not the problem; it's the people in it.
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  597. He isn't "gaslighting" -- see the film of that name for its CORRECT meaning: he is confabulating -- LYING.
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  598. Their lack of consideration of the Laundrie neighbors says nothing negative about the Laundries and everything about the moronic mob who have no respect for others.
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  599. I recently learned that his father was one of the "Boston Five" charged with encouraging draft resistance during the Vietnam era. They were acquitted. One of the other defendants was famous pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock, who was anti-nuke beginning in the 1950s.
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  600. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  601. It's a dozen named so far. At the White House. And their announced "plan" is to NOT do contact tracing.
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  602.  @phanatic215  He's white therefore entitled. He may talk about personal responsibility -- but only about others than himself. One is free to believe falsehoods; but one has a RESPONSIBILITY to correct or reject false beliefs. Failing to do that makes one a slave -- sheeple -- of whomever is feeding the falsehoods. Excellent interview by an excellent interviewer. She did an excellent job also in Charlottesville.
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  603. Cruz has been in office 11 years, which included all of Trump's term -- so what did he do with Trump to solve the problem?
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  604. And he has, as intended, incited violence against the Haitian community -- which is not funny.
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  605. Three, leave it alone. It doesn't need to be "fixed".
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  606. Trump can't even control the runs.
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  607. Kellyanne Conway: "I serve at the pleaure of the president, but I like the perks."
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  608.  gordon mathew  Because they comply with and enforce the law, anti-American PUNK?
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  609. "250 investigations"? There were THREE RECOUNTS -- and they all have the same result: Trump lost, Biden won.
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  610. Get your Trump-fueled paranoia checked out.
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  611.  @BlueSteel07  They quit because they are ethical. The issue was the corrupt deal. The case itself is the underlying issue.
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  612. Republican Socialism: Food lines, staffed and stocked but anyone but Republicans.
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  613. You want him to come out in favor of bail reform!?
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  614. And the FBI director, when a prosecutor, prosecuted Democrat Sandy Berger for mishandling classified documents.
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  615. That thought never crossed his arrogant nind.
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  616. He didn't say anything -- he was too freaked out that she had the "gall" to approach him without his permission. She said, "Kamala Harris. Let's debate."
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  617. Republican Agnew's lawyer argued that he shouldn't be jailed because his FAMILY "had suffered enough". (He wasn't jailed.) Try that in defense of a poor defendant.
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  618. Trump praised Hannibal Lecter as a "great man". If he had taken the witness stand, the prosecution would have Hannibal Lectered him.
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  619. Imagine morons, amped up on bullshit, disturbing entire neighborhoods because they couldn't care less about others' rights.
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  620. "Most men can tolerate adversity -- in others." -- Mark Twain.
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  621. He'll be in prison with a population that is disproportionately African-American.
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  622.  Aesthetic Medic  That's not what he said. He said that those who won't conduct themselves in keeping with science and medical guidance aren't the "crew" to look out for others.
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  623. THUMBS UP!
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  624.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I don't know Peterson, so it is impossible to hate -- or love -- him. I object to his limitations -- which are precisely what his fanboys "love" about him; for whom, that is, it is all politics, even while dumbly buying into the idea that he is a "philosopher". They "love" him for his biases; because he agrees with them, but appears to give legitimacy to those biases by providing elaborate, even verbose, rationales for them. He does the "thinking" for the smug who can't do their own "thinking" on those issues. He, as example, rejects "feminism" without bothering to examine it; instead he simply asserts that it doesn't exist -- the reality that it does is beyond his consideration. He's a political "conservative" who appeals to political "conservatives" -- none of which is philosophy. George Will is another "conservative" who pretends his political ideology -- bias -- is actually "intellectualism," "philosophy". He is a lightweight political ideologue that the untutored in actual philosophy believe is a "philosopher" because he "thinks" "things" they haven't thought of, but which affirm their existing unexamined beliefs; which they mistake for "philosophy". The same goes for his mentor William F. Buckley, defender of the status quo of the wealthy. Peterson has fanboys because of his reactionary defense of traditional WHITE male chauvinism; because he affirms their unexamined assumptions/biases. He does their thinking for them, so they not only needn't think for themselves, but also so they can continue to comfortably avoid the self-examination of questioning their own fundamental assumptions. His elaborate defenses of bad ideas do not transform those bad ideas into "the good," which latter is the "goal" of philosophy. Philosophy is the pursuit of truth, not justification of one's refusal to change as truth discovered requires.
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  625. The attack on the Capitol was BY DEFINITION "DOMESTIC TERRORISM". And IN LAW, it is INSURRECTION.
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  626.  @TIAVITV  In LAW "arms" apply to weaponry authorized for MILITARY use. And in LAW "weapons" include anything which can be used as a weapon -- such as hockey sticks. "Insurrection" is VIOLENCE against GOV'T.
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  627.  @clivejohnson6468  The gun was bought FOR the son -- and illegal "straw purchase" -- as a Christmas present. And the mother made that clear when she posted online about it being HIS present. So the father was trying to cover his own ass by claiming the son stole it. In fact, as it was bought FOR the son, the son had it all along.
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  628. Tim: when you're old enough to retire, you'll no longer falsely characterize Social Security as an "entitlement".
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  629. Some of these "Patriot Front" were at Charlottesville -- career-criminal Trump's "very fine people".
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  630. The central issue is guns, so let's talk about every other "aspect" but guns.
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  631. They lack LOGICAL ANALYSIS of his incoherence.
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  632.  @fernandoguevara8258  Another history-illiterate heard from. The French were involved in Vietnam -- think "Michelin Rubber" -- since the late 19th century. During WW II Ho Chi Minh was an ally to the US and other Western countries. After WWI ended, France set about reestablishing its colonialist control over "Indochiina" -- Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Beginning with President Truman, the US began supporting France's efforts. In 1954, the French got blown out at Dien Bien Phu, and the first US "advisors" were sent into Vietnam by REPUBLICAN President Eisenhower -- who, if you knew history, lead the allied defeat of Hitler in Europe. In sum, pro-Putin propagandist, the US was involved in Vietnam during WW II, and indirectly from the end of WW II, until 1954-55, when it began getting involved under REPUBLICAN Eisenhower. IN FACT before it was popular, I -- while still in high school -- began to speak out against US involvement in Vietnam. Now let's talk about Russia's massively bloody invasions of, as examples, Afghanistan. And Georgia. And Chetnya. And Ukraine. And Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons in his effort to subjugate Ukraine in his efforts to reestablish the Soviet DICTATORSHIP.
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  633. To quote Lindell at his most coherent: "What!?"
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  634. The FBI ALSO subpoenaed 60 days of MAGA-Lardo security footage and saw boxes being removed and put into a specific room.
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  635. If he took the stand and under and admitted his guilt it would be substantive. The alternative would be perjury. Most likely he will attack the rule of law and all involved in violation of the standing gag order.
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  636. More than that: he arranged the locations of the planets in relation to each other by first inventing gravity.
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  637.  @jjf8862  1. They are monitoring every relevant form of electronics including bank accounts. 2. It has been reported that he doesn't have a phone.
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  638. He was an "advance" on Nixon in establishing the grounds that would eventuate in Trump.
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  639. After Trump told them he didn't have any more documents the search found another 26 boxes.
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  640. Marijuana legalization was traditionally a left-wing initiative. The "law-and-order" anti-drug right-wing was the decades-long pro-long-prison-terms opponent.
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  641. How many times must those who know what they're talking about answer this question before the know-it-all morons cease ignoring the answer?
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  642.  @DaddyHensei  Yes -- as long as she loses in the end. And I'm certain Biden is prepared for either of them.
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  643.  @patdoyle2003  "Bone spurs" afflict heels.
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  644. Trump established the terms for withdrawal from Afghanistan with the terrorist Taliban. Biden inherited that agreement.
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  645. These morons actually believe they would not be adversely impacted by civil war. And the idea that a dictator wouldn't come after their guns is absolutely stupid. And gun control is not "anti-gun" -- it is PRO-public health and safety. Democracy is majority rule, and the majority has the overriding right to protect itself from criminal minorities.
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  646. But Noem is known to be tough on illegal puppies and kittens. I'm surprised he didn't prefer Boebert, who is known to be hands-on. Perhaps he'll appoint her his private secretary.
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  647. Or "whataboutHunterBiden"?
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  648.  @zaxflaya  Actually he didn't: he connected it to the film character that is seen as a positive role model. And AGAIN: she posted a video about a week ago saying she LOVES her "bald head," and saying SHE DOESN'T CARE WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAYS ABOUT IT. Do the world a MORAL favor: stop making excuses for Will Smith's commission of the CRIME of BATTERY. And then during his speech claiming to be all about "peace and love". Learn how to recognize obvious hypocrisy.
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  649.  Tim Kozlowski  Trump has been a known career criminal for decades. And you support crime and criminality. That is anti-American.
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  650. Give him a break -- he wasn't used to doing house cleaning so didn't know how much he'd need so he went whole hog.
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  651. Majority of those who VOTED. Millions of voters didn't vote.
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  652.  @hastiinnaakeimedina3310  Mature adults. Every freedom is inextricably entwined with responsibility. If one is free to believe an error, it is one's responsibility to correct the error.
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  653. "There were fine people -- on BOTH sides". That was certainly POLICY.
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  654. She hasn't been in the medical industry in years, which is why she sees things Trump did that Trump did not do.
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  655. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train.
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  656. Put out of business is the ideal.
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  657. That is the real issue.
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  658. Up the charges to include lying to Federal investigators.
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  659. The murdred couple were shot to death. And they were NOT "at the exact same location". They were reported as within a "fifteen mile radius" of each other. It is most likely, considering their views, that Gabby and Brian would not have a gun or guns.
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  660. When is Bannon going to be imprisoned?
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  661.  @davidm1926  Exactly. The judge saw VIDEO of the fake Shaman walking in on his own initiative. He AND HIS LAWYER were LYING on that point. And the GALL that he wanted to be released to his mother's custody --- after his mother had said that he "did nothing wrong". Five people dead, he was one of the insurrectionists, and "he did nothing wrong"!? "Sure, I'm a bank robber, and my mom is a petty shoplifter, but it's safe to release me to her custody."
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  662. He's simply obstructing debate by changing the subject. The proper debate is who is worst at doing that: Gaetz, or Gym Johnson.
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  663. Yeah: my American dream and choice was to become isolated by an out-of-control deadly virus.
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  664. If Belarus intended to join the Russian invasion it is having second and third thoughts about the risk.
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  665. The reporters on this are too young to actually know anything about the era or Crosby.
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  666. Gym Jordan is falling down drunk on whine.
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  667. That's how far above having ethics he is.
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  668.  @lyndakoers1389  "Not with a bang, but with a WHINE."
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  669.  @M0-nique  More than 500,000 Americans go missing every year. How many have he and John Walsh, combined, found? There are more than 200 women missing or found murdered, cases unsolved, in Wyoming alone. Why are "Dog" and John Walsh not on those cases? Because they don't fit the "missing white woman syndrome," and don't have the media attention slugs like "Dog" crave.
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  670. The generation that most bashes the "Boomers" -- who ENDED the draft.
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  671. Social Security is a stand-alone fund. It has nothing to do with the general budget/deficit.
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  672.  @bthomson  They could put the same emotional energy into productive activities. Instead they escape into emotionalized fantasies: "people" we see on the computer screen are not people; they are images.
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  673. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  674. Actually, non-detective, it takes those who actually know what they're doing to determine the facts, not self-appointed judges and juries and executioners who delude themselves that they actually know these people. Worse, that they know "facts" that are not in evidence. The same people who call others "unreasonable" have themselves a poor grasp of the distinction between fantasy and fact, presumption and reality.
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  675. @tr7938 Just like Trump, who says he doesn't drink, the Reich-Wing is constantly drunk on whine.
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  676.  @wrayven  It is obvious you are not educated in law, or how to deal civilly in either role -- prosecutor or defense attorney. The goal is to persuade the jury to side with you and your client; being loud and bullying does not accomplish that goal. You agree with his FALSE view; none of which has anything to do with "news stream," and everything to do with his behavior. He sounds not like a lawyer but instead like a criminal client. You'd doubtless defend Giuliani as a "successful lawyer," despite the fact that he was a decades-long friend of and co-corrupt with Trump. There is VIDEO of Giuliani making this assertion -- "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a "truth"? Or is it a drunkard's understanding of Orwell? While Giuliani was prosecuting the "Italian" mafia he didn't touch the Chinese or Russian mafias, which operated out of Trump Tower. At a public press conference, with his mistress attending, he announced that he was divorcing his then-wife -- which is when his then-wife learned of it. Class act, eh?
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  677. This is what "Rap" has always celebrated: "gangsta" -- gangster -- mentality based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the structure of gov't as contrasted with mob and corporate structures. It has been all along an exceptionally violent "music" "business".
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  678.  @AlexH-nt1gg  He could have voluntarily testified to the House. And if Republican-controlled, he could have spoken to the media.
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  679. Why do YOU need "closure"? What is your relationship to people you don't know outisde social media?
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  680. Every right -- including the First Amendment -- is inextricably entwined with responsibility. That is how rights are limited for the public good.
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  681. Certainly. But it is GYM Jordan.
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  682.  @air757  After the mainstream media blew it in 2016 by hyping the fake email "scandal" it is refreshing to hear reporters being aggressive -- in this instance, expressly stating the fact that he wasn't answering the question. And, finally, a media that calls a lie what it is: a lie; no more of the, "it's misleading" when it is a lie intended to mislead.
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  683. Most of us haven't. MAGA is pre-moral and loud because an empty barrel.
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  684. Only the most obvious.
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  685.  @gregoryguidry4958  None of that happened, Russian troll.
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  686. It's all about the money. And telling any lie to get and keep power in a gov't they are out to destroy.
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  687.  @Mateo.7777  Actually they are. See if you can follow: Doocy is not blaming city and state gov't. He is blaming state and local COURTS. Which, if you knew basic civics about the structures and functions of gov't then you'd know that there are two gov'ts: Federal and state. And that state gov'ts are not the jurisdiction of the Federal gov't.
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  688. "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as payed for -- taxes -- and determined by "We the people". That is not "socialism"; it is SELF-GOVERNANCE.
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  689. I reject his politics, but behind that he's a good and decent man.
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  690. Learn some ETHICS. There are TWO forms of lying: 1. Commission: telling a known falsehood. 2. Omission: Withholding a known truth. Most liars mix the two -- typically, telling a lie requires withholding truth. That means that Trump, like all liars, ALSO lies when his mouth ISN'T moving.
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  691.  @chady77077  EVIDENCE? Well, yeah, I can't wait to see the "60 Minutes" interview with Trump from which he withdrew because they fact-check -- because he doesn't want his supporters to know that he is constantly lying to their faces. "I don't care about you, I just want your votes." -- Trump, to his stupid supporters.
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  692.  @thetweatles8176  Here's a fundamental for you: Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That is SELF-GOVERNANCE. "Freedom" is not freedom FROM responsibility; SELF-GOVERNANCE does NOT absolve "We the people" of RESPONSIBILITY. I thank you trolls -- with your childishly sociopathic nonsense about "owning the libs" -- for the opportunities to refute your anti-Americanism with FACTS AND LAW. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  693.  @Joy_W4760  He isn't giving out information on the case. He is explaining the LAW.
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  694. Ford's pardon of Nixon allowed the "cancer on the presidency" that he was to grow and metastasize.
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  695. Trump and Hitler are different. Hitler had a moustache.
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  696. "They" voted during WW I and WW II -- and since the Civil War "they" voted by mail-in ballots.
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  697. It WAS NOT a joke -- it was a COMPLIMENT comparing Smith's wife to a film character that is viewed as a positive role model. What Will Smith did was the CRIME of BATTERY.
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  698.  @pietrojenkins6901  And he's hoarding paper towels to throw at those who expose his LIES.
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  699. It's difficult to pick her out in that crowd.
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  700. You don't respect grace and intelligence.
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  701.  @devo2  In view of the fact that you hate Democrats, you justify hatred. It is immoral; but that's all you morons have, because you can't handle the truth. This isn't about persons, moron; it is about facts, evidence, truth, and the rule of law. The Constitution is at stake, and all you can do is lie against it all? Learn to THINK FOR YOURSELF. I've never been for barring the uneducated from voting, but you are an argument for doing precisely that.
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  702. An impeachment is the equivalent of an indictment. It is impeach and convict -- and thereby remove. Meanwhile, the Senate has made criminal referral concerning Thomas and Alito to the DOJ.
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  703. The Trumpeters are befuddled when asked to think instead of ranting. They don't know how to do that.
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  704. No, one can't. Israel can't undo the Holocaust by committing a Holocaust.
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  705. Trump's "base" is the far, far-Right fruit fringe. Are there people who actually believe the overtly crazy Qanon lunacy?
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  706. It's a DOCUMENTS case. All the witnesses do is fill in the details.
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  707. Gaetz made Tucker Carlson a witness. Worse, he brought up to Carlson's face that Carlson has been accused of sexual misconduct.
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  708. Death threats and violence are not protected speech. Hawley and Cruz know that.
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  709. If the law is against you, pound on the facts. If the facts are against you, pound on the law. If the facts and law are against you, call everyone else names.
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  710.  @BrianRooney-zh6hl  How many of Trump's children worked in the White House despite lack of qualifications? And who did Trump put in charge of the RNC? A member of his family.
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  711.  @dianearevalo4304  It IS NOT half. He's in the high 30s. His "debate" performance caused a 23 point shift in his support among seniors to Biden. I'm waiting for the next polls: Trump core "base" is no more than 26 per cent.
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  712. They gave the LIE to their supporters, then point to the LIE as PROOF that the supporters are concerned.
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  713. "We" have no idea what evidence there is and isn't. Stick to the few known facts, and drop all the bullshit second-guessing when the ANSWERS to your dumb-assed questions have been REPEATEDLY PROVIDED.
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  714. Contrary to everything he said to get teevee attention, "Dog" is going to "prove" that Laundrie is nowhere in Florida.
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  715. "Good for the economy" = It's all about the MONEY.
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  716. In LAW, self-defense is to be PROPORTIONAL. One doesn't shoot a person simply because they have a different opinion.
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  717. The dead know nothing about it. It's you who feels good about getting vengeance for a wrong that had nothing to do with you.
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  718.  @geralyn-mm  Is there any EVIDENCE that he attended law school? Or is that mere rumor or false propaganda?
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  719.  phases complete  That doesn't mean the crackpots he's stirred up aren't looney and loose.
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  720. No: he is an embarrassment to himself and his supporters. Those who voted against him have no reason to be embarrassed.
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  721. Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  722. REPUBLICANS attack teachers because THEY WANT TO DESTROY PUBLIC EDUCATION. And they attack the military because they are about undermining national security in behalf of TrumPutin.
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  723. And his family.
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  724.  @ginajones2328  So her father, who was a criminal, but also wealthy and politically connected, didn't go to jail, whereas the ordinary stiff would have, because being a criminal ALLEGEDLY adversely impacted his family? So he BENEFITED from the ALLEGED adverse impact on his family. Crime DOES pay -- so long as one can "credibly" claim that one's family's suffering should absolve you of deserved jail time. As said: try that defense when poor and the judge will reject it and focus on the fact that you committed the crime and the penalty will apply regardless the impact on your family. Is there no end of excuse made for REPUBLICAN criminals?
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  725. Let's see the evidence.
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  726. Trump also violated New York state tax laws.
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  727. It's also that competent lawyers won't present Trump's bullshit in court as defenses.
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  728.  @stevenvox6549  DeSepsis.
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  729.  @doomguy510  Stop the racist smearing. If there's a crime, fine; but if there isn't, stop the false accusations. And I'm sure you want OTHERS held accountable, but not so much yourself.
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  730.  @Staindsoull  "I don't care about you. I just want your vote" -- Donald Trump to his rally attendees.
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  731.  @ramushsteinuts9318  Nothing is perfect, and there are no absolutes.
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  732. Even if there isn't, it's freaking Trump out. The "Lincoln Project" hit him with a psychological torpedo that hit him directly in his paranoia.
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  733. Those who are silent are waiting for someone else to go first.
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  734. My state has an Elder Abuse statute with a list of mandated reporters, including doctors, nurses, and social workers. They don't report. The statute stipulates a fine of $1,000 for failure to report. But after months of effort to learn who prosecutes mandated reporters who don't report, five different county District Attorneys "Elder Abuse" units said, "I don't know." The person I spoke with in a sixth, identifying herself as an attorney, hung up when I asked the question. The statute identifies a range of abuses prohibited thus prosecutable. But on the relevant websites only 'Financial Abuse" is referenced.
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  735.  @martinzitter4551  The DOJ's application of the law is narrower than the Court's. So those cases are unaffected. The overturning of Chevron is the big deal: now the SC Justices, who have no subject-matter expertise, will be adjudicating complex issues of medicine and science. They already did that years ago concerning so-called "partial-birth abortion": the facts in the case were a lie, the procedure does not exist, but the right-wing Justices handed down a decision prohibiting the procedure as if it actually existed. This Court has a pattern of accepting cases based on lies, and then pretending the lies are actual facts and deciding the cases. An instance is the Idaho abortion case. And then they said of it, "Oops! we shouldn't have accepted this case in the first place -- but our fanatical obsession is the prohibition of anything that even looks like or can be construed as being abortion, without any regard for the impact of _problem pregnancies_, which is the real issue, and the fertility and very lives of women be damned."
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  736. He DIDN'T CARE if it hurt people. "Unfortunately," (falsely) pleading insanity after the fact is bullshit.
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  737.  @Mateo.7777  How about sticking to what Doocy said -- especially if you are going to try to defend him. AGAIN: the Federal gov't does not have jurisdiction over state and local courts. So Doocy's question was dishonest, and those who believe him are stupid.
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  738. SOME old white guys. When my generation of "Boomers" were in our 20s, we learned from "old white guys" like George Wald and pediatrician Benjamin Spock. Today 20-somethings bash ALL "old white guys," including those who, among many other major accomplishments, ended the draft.
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  739. "Roe" is based on the right of privacy. The Republicans assert that there is no right of privacy.
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  740. Without complying with the requirements of law and due process? Is your name TrumPutin?
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  741. If Alex hired a person to kill him, who killed Alex's wife and son? The person who shot Alex is also charged with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud. According to Alex, he conspired with Alex.
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  742. Right to call it sisterhood. They appear to genuinely like each other, and it is changing Cheney more than Harris. Cheney seems to have modified her pro-life position in the face of what we're seeing as result of the overturning of Roe. And it seems the January 6th insurrection was a changing point for a lot of Republicans.
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  743. He is affirming his legacy as a career criminal.
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  744. Barr is showing that he's a political bedwetter with Trump and other tyrants.
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  745. He dodged the draft. And he's all along been AWOL from the RESPONSIBILITIES of the office. And now he's avoding the dangerous bullshit he himself promulgated. Trump is a consummate asshole, and a professional moron. He REALLY IS that stupid! It reminds of the time when a young person first encounters "occult" pseudo-sciences.
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  746. I don't know . . .he'll have a reputation of defending traitors, of which here is a small but relevant pool.
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  747. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine?
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  748. The Buffalo mass murder was committed with an assault rifle. There was a security guard, a retired police officer with training, who had and used a handgun. The additional difference was that the mass murderer was wearing body armor, and the security guard with the handgun is dead.
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  749.  @kelperdude  Actually he isn't. But the dumber than dirt will believe anything so long as they are given some fantasies to hate.
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  750. His coach was negligent in not requiring the kid to wear a HELMET. That's why the concussion.
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  751. Trump's only skill is self-promotion. Watch closely and you'll see that he's a consummate asshole, and a professional moron.
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  752. Corporate media FOX is not a "news service"; it is FAR-RIGHT propaganda. Actual "Conservatism" is to its RIGHT, exactly as actual Progressivism is to the RIGHT of FAR-LEFT Sanders. Extremists always endeavor to pretend that they are more moderate than they are -- which is why one must look beyond the surface rhetoric to the underlying themes, the underlying "logic" and its internal inconsistencies and contradictions. What is stunning is how many are looking for something to believe -- having no introspection to internal moral compass -- and will latch on to that which is, ultimately, most "entertaining". To that which is most attractive to credulous infanilism.
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  753. Nah -- all she did was ask a question based on the facts.
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  754. The Federal gov't -- DOJ -- has a responsibility to protect local elected officials from violence and death threats when the state and local gov'ts fail or refuse to do so. 14th Amendment, and 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act.
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  755. There are very few KNOWN facts in this case. How do you KNOW that there were NO communications between the Petito and Laundrie families? Because the distraught Petito family said so?
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  756. They are not terrified of him. They are FOR what he is proposing.
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  757.  @ohioiyboi3875  And you STILL support him despite his allowing the pandemic to get out of control?
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  758.  gordon mathew  A;; the media does is show Trump on video telling his lies. Showing those FACTS is the OPPOSITE of lying, moron. Those who PREFER to be lied to -- Trump dupes -- are enemies of THEMSELVES.
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  759. $5,000 dollar bail!? For all those charges!?
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  760.  @tw0million  Trump supporters are also voting. Their turnout on November 3 will be much less than predicted. But there are fewer Republicans than Democrats, and fewer Republicans than Independents. And the more the number of people actually voting, the more Democrats are elected. That is why the Republicans engage in corrupt gerrymandering and voter suppression: it's the only way they can win. And, having policies only Republicans and their wealthy/racist donors want, their campaigns always avoid admitting their actual policies by in place of that attacking Democrats and calling them names.
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  761. So his own campaign staffers won't be voting for him?
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  762. Yes, I'm certain you're an expert on higher education and freedom of thought, belief, and speech.
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  763. Trump is grooming his base for him as president for life. He doesn't care about his kids.
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  764. One can believe anything one wants to believe; but one also has responsibility to stop believing falsehoods.
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  765. No one asked you to "cry" over anyone. The issue is the twisting "morality" of defending MURDER. You are criticizing immorality while at the same time defending immorality.
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  766. The judiciary is to ABOVE politics -- not "bipartisan". That is FUNDAMENTAL to our system off laws: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. The oath of office is to the Constitution, not to ANY person.
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  767. He's also a former prosecutor. There were two trials of an intelligence officer who flipped to Russia's side. Both efforts to convict him failed. The case came to Adam Schiff and he successfully prosecuted, and the sentence was 20 years in jail.
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  768. So Matt Gaetz fucked around and is now finding out.
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  769. FORTY PERCENT of the Uvalde city budget is POLICE, and THEY HAD THE TRAINING.
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  770. "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Rudi Giuliani. I'm still wondering if that's a truth.
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  771.  @Gabedudley1  does it make no difference to you WHO starts the war/s? Is it Ukraine's fault for being invaded? The fundamental purpose of rule of law is stability. Those who transgress the law cause instability. Have you never heard of NATO and its purposes? Do you not know that it has been a success?
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  772. Abrams is a right winger. He shows that on "NewsNation" but fails to call it what it is: BIAS.
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  773.  @X2LR8  I'd ask what you're talking about, but you don't know.
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  774. They like using the word "raid" even though that usage is false.
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  775. Trump, Jr., born with a gold (coke) spoon in his mouth, stood in breadlines? And Gorka is a Nazi.
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  776. Their deletions of evidence show he already "owns" them.
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  777. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee. The only other person as central is Trump himself.
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  778. Anyone who looked at Durham's case knew he didn't have a case.
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  779. The first problem is that he's law-illiterate.
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  780. The Republicans are attacking civil rights on bullshit grounds while accusing the "Left" of doing so. Trump rescinded the 1965 LBJ Executive Order implementing the anti-discrimination Equal Employment Opportunity Act. DEI is simply the implementation of Federal anti-discrimination law. Their ultimate target for nullification -- the 1965 Voting Rights Act is already dead -- is the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which is the foundation for all anti-discrimination law. And that is only the beginning for "The Federalist Society," which is intent on imposing its fascist New Dark Ages on the nation and world.
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  781. Talking "economy" and "woke" is talking on Republican grounds. That ain't where it's at except as down the Republican chosen road.
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  782. "History will hold Trump accountable." Uh -- our democracy is based on RULE OF LAW, not on "history".
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  783. The motive was obviously to cause damage to the substation.
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  784. It's a fake "argument" intended to smoke out those who are willing to state the obvious: Israel is continuing its ethnic cleansing against Palestinians.
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  785. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And it's reported that he still wears diapers. Trump isn't a "Christian"; he's a LIAR.
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  786.  @Malt454  I grew up, from about 6, reading, and reading, and reading. Born in 1948 -- do the math -- at my age I'm not much impressed by any so-called 'intellectuals" -- which isn't by itself the whole person. Better to read Socrates: he teaches how to THINK CRITICALLY.
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  787. Alito apparently hasn't heard of the "Declaration of Independence," and the Constitution, since which English law does not apply to the United States.
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  788. He looks exhausted -- beleaguered.
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  789. The FBI already has whatever "Dog" claims to have found. There is no way that Laundrie is in Florida.
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  790. First it was a "Demorat hoax". Then he "felt" it was a pandemic before anyone else. Do MAGAots actually NOT see his incoherence!? His LYING? How much longer will they believe the LIE that they are IMMUNE to the virus?
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  791. Bannon could in addition invite contempt of court charge.
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  792. The right-wing "alternative reality" is not reality.
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  793. If a caller is stupid, they need to be called stupid.
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  794.  @An-fi8is  It isn't difficult to find good and even excellent professors. The point is whether you allow yourself to be snowed, or go to the opposite extreme and reject education, or instead learn to reason not only with but also critically evaluate that they present. Any professor worth his credentials appreciates challenge -- because that is part of what they are there to teach: critical thinking.
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  795. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  796.  @brianmcswain8932  That's because Trump is deep into reruns, and MAGA is looking for some thing "new," for fresh entertainment. And then he said to them: "I don't care about you. I just want your vote."
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  797. Murder is a crime. A murderer is a criminal.
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  798.  @markromine5103  He caught the method -- excellent interviewer -- when he realized that they kept promising to reveal the "evidence," but kept not doing so.
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  799. Alito and Thomas are also Karens.
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  800. They are EXTREMISTS -- NOT "conservatives".
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  801. Oh come on: Cruz was simply avoiding the rush of the millions of Texans fleeing to Mexico.
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  802. He knows he's lying. She did omit "DNC server".
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  803. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  804.  @yurei8  He's even claimed to sign laws that were signed by Obama. And, of course, lies that he inherited a "broken test" -- for a disase that didn't yet exist.
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  805. Yeah -- "people" love "a good story," over actual reality.
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  806. And it is obvious that SHE was the PERPETRATOR. But -- yeah -- HE is at fault. If the police hadn't given HER a break -- which they wouldn't have done were she male -- she would have been arrested, and perhaps held in custody, so wouldn't be "missing". I wouldn't be surprised if she's not missing but hiding, because embarassed by the Utah police video.
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  807. "Hypocrites for Hypocrites".
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  808. They're trying to give him an incompetence defense. Trump will never submit to such diagnosis. And no one should be offering him that out.
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  809. There are also predators on the provider side of the equation.
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  810. She should challenge him to 5 debates -- and keep putting that in his face. Force him to respond to it.
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  811. Trump had "bone spurs" because he's a heel.
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  812. So is Michael Steele -- with whom I almost totally disagree politically -- a good man. It amazes that the Trumpeters have yet to learn to respect others regardless differences in superficial issues.
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  813.  @WetbackNoSetback  Nope. And if the DOJ sees too much being unsealed, they will appeal it. And the judge has already granted the DOJ time to do that. The unanswered question is how the judge is dealing with the threats against him and his family. Certainly he knows where those originate, and that they would be a threat against the anonymous witnesses. Just unseal the section detailing the many months of Trump refusing to return the GOV'T PROPERTY, the subpoena he blew off, and the LIE that he'd returned all the GOV'T PROPERTY. Most of that is already public knowledge.
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  814. So Senator Johnson is exercising his right of privacy.
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  815. Trump is a lawsuit magnet.
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  816. Rove is not to be believed: when he was G. DUI Bushit's "Brain," he said that the goal is to establish "a permanent Republican majority". A one-party state. A dictatorship. He's only pissed that Powell is fucking up his plans.
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  817.  @JB-lp9xr  Even as the Constitution characterizes the gov't as "We the people", thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people" through their democratically elected representatives.
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  818. Trumpeters don't need to know the law, because they REJECT it.
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  819. Being a character isn't the same as having character.
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  820. Suppose you and I are having a conversation with each other. Aren't you and I both then hearing voices?
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  821. Giuliani's "reputation": he announced he was divorcing his wife at a press conference -- which is how his wife learned of it -- with his mistress present at the press conference. For more than a year he has been shopping his Hunter Biden "scandal" around, and the credible see it as bullshit. He keeps talking about what is in ALLEGED emails -- but doesn't let anyone read them.
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  822. "Winning" is not spelled "whining". Trump is all about expanding the definition of the latter. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine?
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  823.  @violetsrayreikishop2  I've opposed all US wars from Vietnam, while still in high school, through Iraq. But it appears that the United States has, since WW II/Korea, got it right in this. The hate for the United States by US citizens when the United States is in the right is despicable.
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  824. Usually by accident. So why isn't he all over the case of the newly-missing Miya Mircando, also in Florida? Because it doesn't fit the "missing white woman syndrome," and isn't drawing a truckload of TeeVee cameras.
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  825.  @DontTreadOnMe17  AOC has gone to the border. The crisis was INHERITED by President Biden. And, in fact, AOC worked to help the people of Texas while Texas Tough-Mouthed Cruz fled to Mexico.
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  826. We knew about him mocking his supporters.
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  827. The DOJ is acting against threats and threats of violence, which are not protected speech.
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  828. Younger generations grew up viewing everything as entertainment, so they actually like what Trump is and does. Trash talk, "snark," name-calling, insults and ridicule are what they mistake for clever humor.
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  829. Not long ago they were praising Socialist Sweden for its approach to the pandemic. Now they say nothing becuase Sweden's approach baclfired -- just like Trump's/
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  830.  @sangeet9100  I'm still shocked that John Yu, author of the G. DUI Bushit "torture memo" "legalizing" that war crime, got a job as a professor at a reputable law school. There is a premium put on diversity of opinion in colleges and universities of any credibility, but it seems there are moral and ethical limits that should not be ignored. It's acceptable to discuss the ins and outs and good and bad of cannibalism, but not to practice it. John Eastman appears to have gone several steps beyond John Yu's subversion of the rule of law.
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  831.  @carolcisko6768  The staff of the Committee consists of many former Federal prosecutors, both "Democrats" and "Republicans". Members of the Committee, such as Adam Schiff, are former prosecutors. Members of the Committee have said that there is no authority in law to make criminal referrals beyond those in defense of their subpoenas. They can, and Zoe Lofgren (who was involved in the "Watergate" investigation) said, that the evidence compiled by the Committee will be provided to the DOJ at the conclusion of their investigation (which is still continuing). And there are discussions between the Committee and DOJ; and the Committee has the evidentiary advantage so can point to evidence the DOJ could use but doesn't know exists. The MEDIA is trying to create a controversy that doesn't exist. And the Committee and DOJ have different purposes -- I don't know how many times this fact must be explained before those who are ignoring it cease ignoring it: The Congress investigates toward legislating -- MAKING LAWS. The DOJ investigates toward ENFORCING laws. That is the normal sequence: the "Watergate" hearings (and the ongoing parallel "Washington Post" revelations) resulted in the DOJ acting -- IN THAT ORDER. To EMPHASIZE: the MEDIA is attempting to gin up a controversy where there is NONE.
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  832. It is considered Ukranian territory -- by the West and Ukraine. But Russia insists -- as did Hitler and Stalin -- that there is no such thing as "Ukraine".
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  833.  @Insomniac-c7e  I think most if not all in that audience were already skeptical, and will be voting for Harris. those two appearances -- by Harris then Trump -- will likely cause a shift to Harris among Hispanic voters.
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  834.  @DAndyLord  They believe they do. Moreover, "religious" doctrine and "faith" are not the same thing. "Faith" is akin to courage: it is that which animates, gives life to, the doctrine. But even when there's a mass murder, including of children, which their "God," according to their speculations, knew in advance was going to happen, but didn't intervene, as many of them believe "He" does, they claim that that same "God" is "merciful". The issue isn't what they believe they get out of it; the question is whether they are reasonable and rational. Those who wouldn't part with a penny for the benefit of their neighbors are infinitely generous with their "thoughts and prayers".
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  835. The "protesters" aren't concerned with others' rights, or the rule of law.
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  836. He isn't "stumping" anyone. But the United States is a "system of laws, and not of men". We don't do vigilante "justice" based on animus, rumor, speculations, and out-and-out bullshit. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  837. We are witnessing the fact that having a law degree and being a judge doesn't mean that one is intelligent either in IQ or judgment. He has his "Bible" to keep him stupid, and predatory capitalism, and that's all he cares about.
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  838. Shouldn't he be, you know, found guilty first? Or do we lock people up in the US based exclusively on guesses, presumptions, and speculations?
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  839. MAGA: Make Accountability Great Again. MAGA: Make Arrests Great Again.
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  840. Evangelicals were made ripe to believe crackpottery by their pastors playing POLITICS. What they've wanted are GULLIBLE TRUE BELIEVERS -- and that is what they have. They created their own monster -- and are now terrified of it.
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  841. And note their disregard for the fact that they are disturbing the entire neighborhood -- do they ever consider others' rights? And even trespassing on the Laundrie's private property, committing the crime of trespass. I'd say they aren't much different than the allegations they make against Laundrie's parents.
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  842. The can of seditionist worms was opened by Reagan.
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  843. Your English is poor, comrade. Russians are dead in Ukraine because Putin doesn't care about them.
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  844. To sound like a tough-mouth, and to distract with his fake-"reality" TV show from what he is doing behind the scenes.
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  845. Taking up arms" against gov't was defined by the Founders as insurrection -- and charged and tried as TREASON. And it is expressly prohibited in the Constitution "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions."
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  846. That's what they've always been, and what they consider their best offering: lawless predatory dog-eat-dog chaos.
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  847.  @VickiRiley-jx5zp  Yes -- exactly. She was being compassionate -- decent -- based on her own lived experience.
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  848. Yo, Cancun Crux:: there is not individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  849. Why would Gaetz need a law license -- he rejects the rule of law, which is the Republican Party's core "principle".
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  850. TOO BIG TO RIG!
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  851. "Communist money"! And possibly China. Solid ""evidence," that.
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  852.  @MrGchild14  You don't know history, especially presidential history. That's why you're a mark for Trump.
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  853. He doesn't interpret that which he denies exists.
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  854. The whole outfit is a freak show. Does he ever give credit to Schwarzenegger for the idea?
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  855. It begins and remains the responsibility of the electorate. But the responsibility is universal.
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  856. And the police has arranged for three "biker" gangs to intimidate the media in order to protect Abbott's cover-up.
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  857. You don't know him or his history.
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  858. Zelenskyy was utterly blindsided but didn't lower himself. Trump and Vance aren't interested in the facts on the ground, or the agreements that Putin has made but not kept. And they certainly are not about "peace"; they are about subjugation. NATO should move swiftly to grant Ukraine membership in NATO.
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  859. She still has a record of supporting Trump more than 90 per cent.
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  860. The defendant decides whether to have a jury or bench trial. Trump declined jury trial -- he wanted to avoid embarrassment. It also excluded mistrial, hung jury, or acquittal.
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  861. Were you born yesterday? If not, do you not recall the refusal of the Republican Congress to cooperate with Obama in enacting laws? Were you even paying attention?
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  862. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  863. In shackles.
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  864. "WAS settled law" -- past tense.
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  865. At least 1 million.
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  866.  @lesduffey6032  You love being clueless and flippant.
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  867.  @denastrackeljahn1250  Easy to say what you'd do in a situation which is only imagined. You don't actually know what you do if that situation became the reality.
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  868. In the word of the Founders, rule of law is the "bulwark" against chaos, and its enforcement the "bulwark" against tyranny.
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  869. "You have many reporters outside who want to come in" -- why doesn't he let them in. You know, for variety of "flavor"
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  870. Flag + "bible" = violent tyranny hiding behind "religion".
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  871. The courts are to be immune to political pressure. Trump is doing the same thing: "petitioning" the court with political pressure, in place of the LAW that is required.
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  872. Leave the speculation "God" out of it -- SEPARATION OF "RELIGION" AND GOV'T is the LAW OF THE LAND.
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  873. The foremost obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. That sometimes means defending national security by engaging in war. See WW II. And supporting an ally that is the US's first line of defense -- see Ukraine.
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  874. He exemplifies Me-Me-Me-Me!
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  875. And at the UN all the diplomats from democratic countries walked out of the Russian speech and stood in unity in support of Ukraine.
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  876. Firing up the Trump base does not expand it.
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  877. I'm waiting for DeSantis to thank and priase the medical personnel who are dealing with his pro-COVID policies.
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  878. The 11th Circuit won't allow her to go off the rails.
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  879.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  "believe in him"!? Evaluate that phrase.
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  880.  @RohitSinghhere  No view is beyond critical evaluation. That you are offended by that fact is your issue. Peterson is not a "god" or a substitute for any "god," or a substitute for pursuit of truth. You are enamored of his views as if it were a "religion" because you either agree with his biases, or you are incapable of critical evaluation of his nothing-new views.
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  881. SUPREMACY CLAUSE: a Federal ban of abortion would apply to ALL states including state constitutional provisions.
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  882. This "commentator" is incoherent. He attempts to appear "objective" by taking a Republican position. Then taking a "Democratic" "side". He isn't worth listening to, let alone believing. The origin of "wokeness" is the REPUBLICANS. But what does it mean? The Founders established the United States based on Enlightenment -- "wokeness" -- principles. The Republican attacks on so-called "wokeness" is a warning to their "base" not to think for themselves.
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  883. She's covering up her fascism by pretending she opposes it.
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  884. It can't be proven that there's an "Almighty". But if there it, "It" is a constant no-show.
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  885.  @alexusbratva878  Or asked, "How does that compare with the insurrectionist trashing of the Capitol which included deaths?"
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  886.  @chesterjade7630  Trump was directly trying to implement Putin's policies. Most obvious were his attacks on NATO. Bolton reported that Trump proposed withdrawing the United States from NATO in 2018. NATO is the first line of defense against Russia for the United States -- better to "fight them there" than "fight them here".
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  887.  @fernandoguevara8258  We understand: it's your job to be stupid. And without any training necessary because it comes naturally to you. And your hate-speech is a layering on of jalapeno. When you hate truth, as you do, you hate who you really are.
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  888.  @LSBBD  None of which is true. And there are multiple causes of inflation -- beginning with the pandemic Trump worsened beyond all imaginings. The economy has seen record growth and job creation since Biden was elected and implemented SANITY as policy. And yet America-hating illiterates such as you repeat the Russian propaganda fed to you by FOX, and especially Tucker Carlson.
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  889. So much "winning"!
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  890. He committed the CRIME of BATTERY. I have no sympathy for him that would give him excuse for the inexcusable.
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  891. Perhaps you should first learn about problem pregnancies that make abortion the necessary medical procedure before expressing false "opinion" on the issue.
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  892. When not lying drunk in a gutter.
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  893. She should challenge him to debate -- so he can be seen to weasel out of it.
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  894. Dershowitz talking about skunk odor!?
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  895. The case needed an experienced trial lawyer.
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  896. Nixon's AG was a lawyer. His ass ended up in jail based on evidence, and jury verdict. John Dean was Nixon's lawyer. He went to jail. The difference is that Dean didn't point his finger away from himself. He admitted his guilt, and willingly did his time. He is as result a national treasure.
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  897. Use his correct name! -- GYM Jordan.
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  898. "Dog" describes the contents of an ALLEGED video that he then admits HE DID NOT SEE. So much for dealing in FACTS.
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  899. Who involved WASN'T about making money!?
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  900. you can't simply claim someone else's home; you have to have a rationale intended to overwhelm with bullshit.
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  901. Hugo Chavez, using ""Communist money," stole the election FROM THE GRAVE!
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  902. Electric vehicles manufactured by Elon Musk?
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  903. They mistake the vikings for "Aryans". The "Aryan" territory is actually located in the area of modern Iraq.
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  904. Jane Austin was privileged, which is why she had time to write.
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  905. My sense is that Biden will be winning by a comfortable margin by polls-closing on November 3. Then Trump will flip and sue to ensure that ALL votes are counted.
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  906.  @Coconautify  The school system is not responsible for the refusal to learn.
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  907. There aren't two sides to the issue. It would be a violation of oath and constitutions to enforce an unconstitutional law.
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  908.  @dannythompson1948  He has it: watch again and you'll see him struggling to breathe. As for the steroids: they have negative cognitive effects -- then comes the crash.
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  909.  @judithwake2757  The US Supreme Court held that money is speech. And speech is protected by the First Amendment.
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  910. Stop giving convicts airtime that you wouldn't give to the anonymous non-criminal.
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  911. There are all sorts of ethical violations by Trump's lawyers: Cippolone and Sekulow have been named by Parnas - with documentation -- as witnesses. One cannot be both lawyer for the defense, and a witness for the prosecution. Presenting known falsehoods in a trial. The theory of the case is required to accommodate all the EVIDENCE, not simply ignore it by name-callings against the irrelevant.
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  912. Receiving stolen property is a crime. Possession of stolen property is an additonal crime.
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  913. Laurel and Hardy weren't traitors.
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  914. @Kevin Tewey You can't vote in US elections, Russian.
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  915. They are anti-American.
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  916.  @geoffpoole483  He is no way "resembles" FDR.
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  917. Yes -- and has been for decades. He repaid his debt to society before the 1970s were over.
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  918.  @michielpatrick4583  Yes: he stated the facts, and was retaliated against for doing so. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  919.  @frannanderson4165  Barr isn't samrt; he's an anti-American ideologue who has long worked to nullify the Constitutional balance. Research "Federalist Society".
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  920. Notice how she's hiding her face. And notice how she wants votes but won't engage with the constitutionally-protected media?
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  921. GYM Jordan.
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  922. We "know" he's a fugitive. We don't know more than that.
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  923. Missouri's gun laws are over the line excessively loose -- but they are banned within gov't buildings. The gun lunacy is out of control. The issue is public safety, not protecting the unknown gun-nut, regardless whether they own a gun legally.
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  924. The mayor is a former cop talking like cops who hate that defendants have rights.
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  925.  @phillippac.7469  Ask yourself: Does it make sense to yell "fire" in a crowded theater, and thereby cause a stampede which results in the deaths of people in the theater? Do you ever THINK -- you know, REASON?
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  926. Standard investigative procedure. It is only controversial with those who have something to hide.
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  927. Layers of make-up will do that.
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  928. He also uses his hands when he fears not being believed -- in other words, when he's lying.
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  929. Fascist Hitler also hated Liberals. And the Founders of the US were Liberals who established a liberal democracy. A liberal democracy is pluralistic, diverse, because it establishes as law the right to hold one's own beliefs.
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  930. EXCELLENT point. Ted "Cancun" Cruz continues to POLITICIZE the issue. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  931. Will Milwaukee be next in line to sue Trump for not paying the costs for local security and digs?
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  932. It isn't a failure of regulation. It is absence of regulation. Keep in mind that "regulation" is LAW.
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  933. It isn't an "alternate universe". It is an alternative to reality.
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  934. That is sufficient ETHICAL basis to question his "faith".
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  935.  @johnqpublic7888  They are one degree short of declaring rape "legal".
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  936.  @lewisthelog3749  He nonetheless had political impact -- and the official politics responded by killing him because of his call to responsibility, which was viewed by the monied class as a call to "socialism".
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  937. I wonder if there's a way to fry the computers on the other end. Or perhaps to undermine Russian institutions in retaliation.
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  938. Stupidity may not be illegal, but ignorance of the law is no excuse.
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  939.  @user-gk9oj3nb1m  Thank you for the summary of Russian propaganda talking points. Now tell us how Russia's invasion of Ukraine was Ukraine starting the war.
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  940. Trump has been UNIlateral. "Transactional".
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  941. Wait a minute: she has overwhelming "evidence," but "can't" reveal it to the public, even though when presenting their cases in court they will be subject to public scrutiny.
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  942. Giuliani has empty pockets. If I were to meet Vindman, I'd ask his permission to have his back. My respect for his decency has no bottom.
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  943.  @jaredarndts6123  No, but you did because you falsely believe you're superior to all the other toddlers.
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  944. He's a murderer. And he confesses to it in writing.
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  945. Before fascist Hitler went after the Jews he targeted for extermination -- 1. Communists -- far-LEFT. 2. Socialists -- moderate-LEFT. 3. Union organizers -- center-LEFT.
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  946. The origin of Trump Derangement Syndrome is Trump's derangement.
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  947. I think the House Judiciary Committee should investigate Clarence Thomas. And the crime in Gym Jordan's district. And then investigate the crime in Red States, where guns laws increasingly don't exist.
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  948. Prosectuing crimes is also about deterrence -- justice isn't only for the victims and or families; it is to send a message to the wider society.
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  949. He is still vulnerable to personal lawsuit. I don't know why he wasn't already sued individually along with Hannity and other on-air defamers.
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  950.  @geralyn-mm  So he ALLEGEDLY got a doctorate in law, then became a wrestling coach!?
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  951.  @sandofhell69  Do you have any conception of the rule of law -- or is everything a game of competitive stupidities to you?
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  952. Biden is stating the fact that the The Dept. of Justice is to be INDEPENDENT. It is not "the president" or part of the "presidency".
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  953. I demand that AG Garland appoint a special counsel or prosecutor to investigate.
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  954. 17 Trump lawyers are facing disciplines from sanctions -- and sometimes including -- disbarment. Investigations and prosecutions take time. Get over your demand for instant gratification.
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  955. One of Trump's two lawyers refused to prosecute Bill Cosby, instead charging one of his accusers. The other defended Roger Stone -- and lost.
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  956. So she rejected the rule of law. Wonder how she was as law enforcement in the Air Force.
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  957. GYM Jordan.
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  958. As another police officer said: the "Fraternal Order of Police" doesn't represent all police.
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  959.  @leadgenmagic4554  Yeah -- when he couldn't figure out a way to comfortably hold the "bible".
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  960. It's the TRUMP voters who are infecting each other. And the prognosis isn't good. So Trump's lies are killing his own "base".
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  961.  @doomguy510  Perhaps you should learn to communicate clearly instead of putting responsibility on others to "figure out" your meaning.
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  962.  @doomguy510  Look up the LEGAL definition of "involuntary manslaughter". Then read the mother's text when the kid was caught searching online for ammunition during class -- "Lol. I'm not mad at you. You have to learn not to get caught." That is obviously encouragement to violate the rules, but don't get caught doing it.
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  963. Bonnie Raitt is one of the most badass slide guitarists every to grace the universe.
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  964. Check out Senator Whitehouse of Rhode Island. And Katie Porter in the House. They are not all "liars and crooks".
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  965. Trump 20-24 years incarceration.
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  966. Trump robs a bank, law enforcement "negotiates" with him to return the money, and he responds: "I don't wanna."
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  967. But let's "cancel" the criticism of Clarence Thomas. And let's look at Thomas's wife participating in the illegal insurrection.
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  968. Makes me furious.
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  969.  @rjserrano2  _United States v. Nixon_: executive privilege does not override subpoenas, not even for presidents.
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  970.  @djkk464  Andd you're wrong. If you made a faraction of the threats Trump is making YOU would be in jail.
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  971. And she came out of it with above 50 per cent approval.
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  972. 30 out of 30,000.
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  973. "Court TV" has the opportunity to inform viewers ow legal processes work. Instead they choose drama and infotainment, instead of the required sober objectivity.
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  974. We're waiting for that study to be produced.
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  975. He was arrested the day after the date he was to appear before a DOJ grand jury. Yes: arresting you was punitive. It's the same for everyone else who ignore subpoenas.
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  976. Bannon calls it "flooding the zone". When I was a kid it was called "Overwhelm with bullshit".
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  977. Excep that he isn't funny.
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  978. And the "elitist" mustard.
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  979. She should run for the House -- she could partner with Gym Jordan.
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  980. They have the RESPONSIBILITY to correct their errors.
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  981. The US is already in deep, deep trouble. VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO.
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  982.  @RuthB51  The only place pollsters can consider facts is in their questions. But polling isn't about facts; it's about opinions of facts.
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  983. The farmer is talking about contracts with USAID.
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  984. Greenberg was operating a Republicans-only prostitution ring.
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  985. The 800.000 Polish-Americans in Pennsylvania sat up and took notice.
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  986. We learn from history that we don't learn from history.
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  987. The Federal Constitution is SUPREME over state laws, including state constitutional provisions. Congress enacts laws that establish Executive Branch agencies, Those Executive Branch agencies implement the statutes -- as authorized by the statute -- by means of REGULATIONS. OSHA is authorized by the statute to protect workers' health in the workplace. It isn't rocket surgery; Republicans simply omit steps in the established legal process in order to falsely claim that Congress hasn't "authorized" OSHA to enforce statutorily-stipulated workplace standards. And those Republicans rely on the ignorance of the electorate to believe their falsifications against the rule of law. And all of the OSHA standards have been contested in courts and UPHELD.
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  988.  @fernandoguevara8258  None of which is true, Russian troll.
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  989.  @Jeff-mu4mt  Biden has a stutter. Otherwise, 36 years in the Senate, and 8 years as VP means he abundantly qualified to be president. Instead of smearing people, try THINKING, beginning with LEARNING how the US gov't is to function.
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  990. I reject her politics. But she's a lovely human with integrity.
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  991.  @Tahir_Ali  Sometimes the politics are contrary. I reject Michael Steele's politics, but behind them he is a good man.
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  992. Why is Don, Jr. not charged?
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  993.  @ryanreedgibson  "USC. is U.S. Code. The "presidential Documents Act" is in the U.S. Code. And "presidential records" includes everything produced by the president and his office -- including the non-classified. As it has pointed out multiple times: the three statutes cited as being violated on which the probable cause was based, and on which the warrant for search issued, DO NOT require CLASSIFICATION. THE LAW: ALL information generated by a gov't employee, regardless whether classified, is GOV'T PROPERTY. NONE of it belongs to the gov't employee. The same goes for GIFTS given to a president by, as example, a foreign nation: THEY DON'T BELONG TO THE PRESIDENT; they are turned over to the National Archives.
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  994. That behavior has always existed. He just gave loutishness permission.
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  995. There is a Canadian section in the D-Day cemetery in Normandy, France.
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  996. And you believe the FBI hasn't interviewed his relatives!?
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  997. Why is Trump not talking about the rampant crime in his inner circle? Will his violation of his probation by hanging out with co-felons be prosecuted?
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  998. She's illiterate in economics. She just has a lot of money. She kept repeating the nonsense because she has no relevant knowledge or competence for elective office.
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  999. The supply chain issues are worldwide. Gas prices are up WORLDWIDE.
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  1000. And they aren't enforced by anti-regulation Republican'ts. All that matters is profits, some of which are donated to Republican't political campaigns. Call it bribery from criminals of those who empower criminals.
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  1001. Trump is falling down drunk on whine.
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  1002.  @nancylee6649  Trump and MAGA.
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  1003.  @jrwoods5311  Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. _Ergo_, the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) by "We the people," and as determined by "We the people" through "We the people's" elected representatives. The purpose of that is to facilitate individual choice and freedom. We see through you "Libertarians," whose motto is, "personal responsibility for thee, and freedom for me." "Libertarianism": If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet.
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  1004. He has ALWAYS been angry at his brutally abusive father.
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  1005. Why would he harm himself? Is that an admission of guilt?
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  1006.  @WoodworksAlly  That's why I switched to electric razor.
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  1007. Unlike Trump, Biden hasn't had to surrender to criminal arraignment.
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  1008. Court gag orders happen all the time. But -- clue: never insult the judge who's presiding at your trial.
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  1009. He did speak up. But he wasn't aggressive about it, and also engaged in bothsiderism.
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  1010. But Hillary's emails!
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  1011. The only relevant document in the Trump "Bible" is the Constitution, which separates "religion" and gov't.
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  1012. He's slipping if it's only mostly about himself.
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  1013. Country before party. Only three presidents have voluntarily gave up the power of the office. And then the Obama's speeches -- absolute decency and class. And Michelle's is the speech of the convention.
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  1014. That speech is a BLOWOUT from a great woman! Outdoes Barack, though Barack has the humor and that smile.
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  1015.  @danferguson71  Have you anything constructive to offer? Like, not the hate you spew in defense of a "religion" named for a person who urged everyone LOVE?
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  1016. Stop it: decommissioning automatic sorting machines DOES delay the mail.
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  1017. Listen to him: he admitted making up, on the spot, the fake "migrant crime" category.
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  1018.  @TJ-bg5yg  They didn't show what he didn't say. And even if he did say it, it would be a lie.
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  1019. ASSAULT weapons are not SELF-DEFENSE weapons. And though they LIE about it, those who parade them in public are INTENT on INTIMIDATING the public -- and the gov't, which is specifically defined in law as DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
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  1020. The issue is guns, which is why you, a gun-nut, avoid the issue by spewing absurdities.
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  1021. SEPARATION OF POWERS: The president is head of the Executive branch. He has no jurisdiction or authority regarding the separate branch that is Congress. He is not the "boss".
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  1022. Yeah: Michelle Obama got the wrong number of deaths -- 150,000 instead of 170,000. Apparently the higher the death toll, the more "we" are "winning".
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  1023.  @SICKBOY1001  You're welcome to ignore all the facts and precations: what we need is as few pro-Truump moron voters as we can achieve.
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  1024.  @billyjoe4180  The Founders classified insurrection as TREASON.
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  1025.  @shadydayday  He has been charged in at least 4 cases.
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  1026.  @myndgodandpsyche  Let's talk about problem pregnancies and the necessity of abortion to save women's fertility and lives.
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  1027. He's a whine-o. He says he doesn't drink, but he's always drunk on whine.
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  1028. As one who lived through "Watergate," those hearings were in prime time -- ignore those who misstate that fact -- and were edge-of-the-seat riveting. That "series" ran for more than 50 episodes, and were conducted in both House and Senate.
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  1029. Senators Whitehouse and Wyden have made a criminal referral to the DOJ requesting tht Thoms be subjected to CRIMINAL investigation, including the possibility of conspiracy.
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  1030. They all believe they are immune so don't make sure. They are used to buying their way though, around, under, and over.
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  1031. You mean Bernie Sanders, the millionaire who owns three homes, and who has been in Congress for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, which by his own definition is THE ESTABLISHMENT? Thought so. The one who voted FOR the "Crime Bill," voted AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES, and voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- all three being top priorities of the far-RIGHT ANTI-Socialist NRA. Sanders was CRUSHED by the VOTERS -- not by mythic "billionaires". I'll keep it "super real": being stupid isn't smart -- insulting, smearing, and attacking DEMOCRATS, as Sanders and his "fans" constantly do, is NOT going to EARN the votes of DEMOCRATS.
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  1032. The United States was founded on genocide and slavery.
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  1033. Does Israel's constitution secure freedom of "religion"? Or does Israel have a state "religion"?
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  1034. There aren't any "fake ballots". Instead there are Trump lies, and morons who believe his lies because that's easier than getting an education in how elections actually work.
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  1035.  @Judy-n3m  Slightly more than half of voters who VOTED. Millions of voters didn't vote.
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  1036. In other words, "communion," being the "body and blood of Christ," is pro-cannibalism. But abortion is a no-no, though not so much child molestation.
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  1037. I willingly judge whether a person's word matches their actions. I'm 76, and the only two public person's I've seen walk their Christian talk were Jimmy Carter and his gracious wife Rosalyn.
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  1038. He's made a good living with this career.
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  1039. J. D. Vance doesn't have any convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  1040.  @GirlFriday68  He's lost weight (including Kellyanne) so looks healthier.
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  1041. As UN Ambassador, and NSA, Rice is the perfect choice: she has a long working relationship with Biden, and the top two issues are restoring national security, and stabilizing relationships with US allies.
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  1042.  @raybin6873  No more Republicans.
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  1043. "Conservatism" has always been about protecting and preserving the consolidation of power in a minority of hands. In this country, white male hands.
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  1044. Wake up: the "Roe" decision eliminates the RIGHT OF PRIVACY for EVERYONE.
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  1045.  @reginaldgarner4321  The point I'm making is that there is a difference between fact and belief. And it's a fact that a belief can be false. The question I'm asking is: Is it morally responsible to cling to a false belief. If a thing can't be proven to exist, is it reasonable to insist it does and that there IS "proof"? And how credible is that "proof"? It is lazy to never critically evaluate -- which requires active THINKING -- beliefs as to whether they are true or false, or based on evidence other than emotion and "preference".
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  1046. I haven't. It was essential to prepare the public, over time, for treating Trump in keeping with the law. We have now arrived at that. Many have asserted that this is the least important of the criminal indictments. I think it is the most important -- not only because the first, but also because relatively "minor" compared to the others, and yet FELONIOUS CRIMES.
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  1047. The "Declaration of Independence" has never been law. It applied EXCLUSIVELY to England. Ad it does NOT include the word "overthrow". In fact, the authors of the "Declaration" "attacked" and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts, because the govt's in question were all along under the control of those authors.
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  1048.  @LaJuanHughes  Beside the point. Bove is a prosecutor, and he was making the illegal deal.
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  1049.  @Pisgahmts  It's either supporting allies, or boots on the ground. Which do you want? Europe expected the US to take the lead dealing with Libya and Khadafi. The Republicans, lead by McCain, were all about jumping in. But President Obama said to Europe: it's your backyard; we'll provide support, but no US boots on the ground. The world is interdependent, and the US supports its allies. NATO has three basic purposes: 1. For mny hundreds of years European countries warred against each other. Twice they started wars that became world wars -- into which the US was sucked. The US established NATO to put an end to those wars, and that has been successful. 2. NATO is a mutual defense pact of European nations against an historically-expansionist Russia. If Russia attacks one of those nations, all others come to its aid. That keeps US boots on the ground OUT of it. "Let THEM fight THEM THERE." 3. NATO is the US's first line of defense against historically-expansionist Russia. "Let THEM fight THEM THERE" -- but this time, though with US support, without US boots on the ground. A young French woman did a video tour of the D-Day cemetery in Normandy, France -- the cemetery Trump refused to visit because the very light rain might mess up his hair. She largely explored the US section -- acre after acre after acre after acre of white crosses and US troops killed during the D-Day landing. The enormous memorials built in tribute and gratitude to the US. It is a powerful lesson in the history. NATO is to prevent that ever happening again.
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  1050.  @Gabedudley1  Neutral Finland joined NATO last year. Turkey and Hungary were hold-outs against Sweden joining, but that was negotiated out: Turkey is voting to admit Sweden, and Hungary miscalculated and then had to cave. The EU and NATO have reached out to Ukraine to join, and Ukraine wants to join NATO. What Ukraine is at present is the first line of defense of democracy against imperialist/colonialist Russia, against fascist Putin. NATO knows that if Ukraine is defeated, NATO will STILL be on Russia's border, and Putin will CONTINUE to LIE simply because of that fact, and will attack NATO members. NATO was established to put a stop to European countries starting wars that twice sucked the US into world wars. It has been successful at that. It also exists as the US's first line of defense against historically-expansionist Russia without the US having to put US boots on the ground in Europe. There is NO FREE LUNCH, thus the US not only established NATO but also properly provides it support because it is the first line of defense OF THE UNITED STATES without the US having to be on the front lines. You have no idea as to the meaning of ALLIES and ALLIANCES and how they work.
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  1051. Bianco said that the gun charges are FEDERAL, and that there will be NO state or local charges.
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  1052. Who are "they"? If you were actually secure in your ability to discern truth from lies you'd wouldn't be freaked out by your own fantasies, in place of hearing what he is actually saying.
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  1053. This is a civil case.
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  1054.  @JoanneGuelke  5 PEOPLE DEAD is not "theater," moron. It's like the racist Trump-supporting Georgia cop saying that the killer of 8 people was having "a bad day". Know who had a worse day? The 8 people he murdered. Are you one of Putin's mistresses?
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  1055.  @brooklynnchick  IN LAW the term "weapon" covers many objects other than guns and knives. The January 6th insurrectionists used flag poles as weapons, and succeeded in inflicting severe injuries with them. If you "grew up around the Freemen" crackpots then you missed an opportunity to learn some basic law -- not from them -- they were the typical law-illiterates who knew better than their actual betters -- but from the responses to them. Review the video of their actions at Charlottesville. And the man who drove his car into the crowd, killing a woman and injuring many others, was a member of "Patriot Front".
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  1056. He asks for "character" IN OTHERS. RESEARCH "romney bain capital" for who he REALLY is.
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  1057. She still has stiff (oops!) competition from Marginal Traitor Greed.
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  1058. With her reliance on astrology.
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  1059. There was an exceedingly violent crime committed on January 6, 2021, at the behest of Trump.
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  1060. "I don't know anything about it" -- despite which I call it a conspiracy theory.
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  1061. They will be. INVESTIGATIONS TAKE TIME.
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  1062. Israel defended South African apartheid.
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  1063. John Dean did his time without complaint, and has vindicated during the decades since.
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  1064. Trump defended Russia's seizure of Crimea.
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  1065. They were duped, and that is why they wanted it.
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  1066. How many times did he vote to support Trump's agenda?
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  1067.  @timmiller6868  Russia illegally invaded Ukraine. So you defend Putin's mass murder. Look up the word "morals" in the dictionary.
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  1068. @Jonathan Banner There are times the United States gets it right. WW II was one of them. This is one of them.
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  1069. Two issues for the midterms: choice, and gun control.
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  1070. Trump PRAISED China's response to Tianenmin Square.
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  1071. They weren't ousted from Congress. It's important to know and stick to the facts rather than to emotionalism.
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  1072. Shame requires morality. She has none.
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  1073. Same here. Kids are time-consuming, distract from greater social responsibilities, and can be annoying. Perhaps Vance is trying to "parent" Trump, who was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train, and still wears diapers.
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  1074.  @yvonneplant9434  The Roman Empire FELL.
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  1075. She;s still being outpaced by Kellyanne Conwoman -- er, Conway.
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  1076. "Taking up arms" against the gov't is TREASON.
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  1077. Then she'll be admitting that she is ANTIFA?
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  1078. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers.
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  1079. Why did Cruz not demand that TRUMP release the warrant?
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  1080. Trump's response to HEARING it was to say he didn't hear it.
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  1081. They ALL were for the insurrection -- but they freaked over the OPTICS.
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  1082. Her ambition is obviously more important to her than her "religion".
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  1083.  @telo6739  Another jackass who doesn't bother with the facts. Obama inherited the DUI Bushit wars. He promised to close Guantanomo -- but was BLOCKED by the REPUBLICAN-controlled Congress. All you're doing is SMEAR, some of those deserve it, some do not.
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  1084.  @peteroconnor6394  Peterson ventures, beyond psychology, into philosophy, and makes judgments based thereon.
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  1085.  @_letstartariot  Anyone can be a philosopher? How do you define "philosopher"? Every area of human specialization is 'gatekeeped" because not everyone is competent in those specializations. We don't commingle brain surgeons with plumbers, as example. Are bullshitters "philosophers"? How about con-artists? How about salesmen? How about propagandists? They all have good gifts-of-gab. So I guess we can begin to distinguish between "philosopher" and "not philosopher". Certainly we evaluate the productions of "bullshitters" on their merits; but their productions do tend to point back to their source. If what they do isn't philosophy, then they are not philosophers. Is the first question of philosophy, "What is reality?" And is the purpose of "philosophy" the pursuit of truth? And aren't there tonnages of specious nonsense between that first question, and that purpose? If Peterson is "philosophizing," then why does he reject out of hand, as example, "feminism," and characterize matters in terms of politics, such as "far left"? And what, in his view, is "far left" -- the "liberals," who are part of the moderate middle, and who founded Western "civilization"?
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  1086. Gohmert should sue himself for stupidity -- that's a case he would win!
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  1087. And REPUBLICAN GRIFTERS.
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  1088.  @mylo7148  What lies? Hillary was repeatedly accused by the Republicans, then they demanded investigation, and then they investigated and in EVERY instance was EXONERATED, because the accusations were FAKE "scandals".
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  1089. It's simply that the toilet is hostile to him and doesn't want to dedal with his shit.
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  1090.  @pastorpottergabes5292  Troll.
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  1091. Laundrie isn't anywhere in Florida.
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  1092. He had to say it that way becuase HE is insecure about his being president. He does no, as example, that the Russia "hoax" isn't a hoax because he actively directed and participated in that collusion.
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  1093. Wait till you learn how tariffs actually work. You will not be exempt from the consequences that you've been cheering on. "The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right." -- Mark Twain.
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  1094.  @rosekeyes3189  Only by abandoning REASON. It doesn't at all surprise that you have NOT A CLUE at the ACCOMPLISHMENTS by Bidden for the 99 per cent over against the Republican siding with the 1 per cent against country and 99 per cent.
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  1095. A BB gun can shoot out an eye. A 22 can kill.
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  1096.  Kevin Newhart  At least Democrats don't engage in insurrection, which the Founders classified as TREASON, and for which they sentenced insurrectionists to death. And as for the "Whiskey" rebels, that was AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, in keeping with the first Militia Clause in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." The second Militia Clause begins: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The Congress hall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia."
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  1097.  Kevin Newhart  White supremacists are exaggerating their importance because underneath they feel inferior.
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  1098.  @KENICUSONE  They could use a pediatric facility -- with an abundant supply of diapers.
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  1099. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  1100.  @martindread6530  The defense witness who talked about "phone records" backed off on the stand. He is the one who was fired for sexual assault, and he is pissed about that. His "facts" turned out to be revenge, not facts.
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  1101. Trump had his lawyers ask the judge to amend the gag order to allow him to attack Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen. That's his lawyers being loyal to Trump instead of to the rule of law. The judge said: "Nope," and pointed out that Trump could take the witness stand and testify under oath. Trump will never testify under oath.
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  1102. It can't be proven that there's a "God," so leave "God" out of it. The problem at the core of this case is (1) so-called "reliigon", and (2) those who are sucjers for it when, (3) used to hide behind a criminal conspiracy. Both Vallow and Daybel KNOW their their "religious" hucum is nonsense. But it was useful as a cover, and means to hoodwink the gullbiles who believe in "religious" hocum. All of whom reject personal resonsibility. So it is absurd to assert "religion" against "religion" as if that will somehow affirm "religion".
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  1103. Trump only swears.
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  1104.  @leticiamarquez3175  Exactly: it is as gutter-stupid as it can be. He speaks to people who believe that the fake WWE 'wrestling" is actually real.
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  1105.  @canman5060  I find the TRUMP laptop with the copies of STOLEN confidential gov't documents on it much more interesting.
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  1106. Sounds like FASCISM to everyone who knows the meaning of democracy and rule of law.
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  1107. Where's the DECENCY? The "Federalist Society" Supreme Court is derangedly rogue.
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  1108. We get it, Stefanik: Israel can do no wrong.
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  1109.  @myreviewstoday  Are you sure he didn't have the expert help of Lauren Boebert?
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  1110.  @pete1342  But they only apply to themselves. Book banning and the like for everyone else.
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  1111. Obama actually taught Constitutional law as a university professor.
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  1112.  @tstocker6926  You know nothing about Marxism. You're simply a stupid follower who repeats names about which you know nothing, got from others who don't know anything about them. Stupid is as stupid does -- but that's all you have to work with.
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  1113. It is "overwhelm with bullshit"; when that isn't working, talking over; when that doesn't work, escalate to bullying.
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  1114. There are TWO kinds of lying: 1. Commission ["lips moving"]: telling a known falsehood. 2. Omission [lips not moving]: withholding a known truth.
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  1115. What do Rittenhouse "fans" think of him since he said he SUPPORTS Black Lives Matter.
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  1116. Roger Stone has been an anti-American since before he was born.
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  1117.  @micheleconner5083  More like 25-26 per cent.
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  1118. As a co-EQUAL branch of gov't, Congress can OVERTURN Supreme Court decisions. Their "immunity" decision is wholly unconstitutional to the extreme as to be repudiation of the Constitution. It should be ignored until overturned.
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  1119. Find another job.
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  1120.  @yuriyrychkov9857  Basic Law 101: This is in the US Constitution: "Art. VI., S. 2. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof . . . under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." United States law already PROHIBITS noncitizens from voting, therefore it cannot be legal in any State, so is not legal in Vermont, and it doesn't happen because in order to vote one must register. The "illegals" to which the bigots -- and you -- refer in pursuit of your attack on the rule of law are a fiction, a lie. Under US law, everyone under the jurisdiction of US law is presumed innocent unless and until adjudicated, in a court of law, to be guilty of whatever the charge. So-called "illegals" are not "illegal" unless and until adjudicated so in a court of law. Go back to defending Putin's genocidal war against democracy in Ukraine.
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  1121. The universe is a self-cannibal. Cats are carnivorous predators.
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  1122. Bolton is another "war expert" who never got anywhere near the inside of a military uniform.
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  1123.  @cwhyharris7473  The head of W.H.O. is certainly a medical professional. It's TRUMP that is the moron.
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  1124. He was kicked out of kindergarten for not being able to get along with reality.
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  1125. "Freedom of speech for me but not for the fictional neighbor." -- Alito.
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  1126. Corey Booker is speaking to the experienced history of Black folk. White folks who don't listen won't apprehend that. Those who do understand found that speech inspiring and moving -- it's about time that message has been publicly stated and heard.
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  1127. Any "cross examination" is the role of the DOJ and defense lawyers.
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  1128.  @sandechoir  You like stealing. That makes you a criminal. You aren't stealing from the corporations; you're stealing from the recording artists.
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  1129. Trump is a third generation New York con-man and career criminal.
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  1130.  @yoshzlac2429  The media has a history of treating elections as horse races. Every "story" must have "conflict, win/lose. They have since at latest the beginnings of the pandemic been using the word LIE for a LIE, instead of "misleading," and the like.
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  1131.  @TonicofSonic  The media could have dropped the focus on horse race, and stopped harping on the inconsequential EMAILS. They could have started earlier calling out Trump as a LIAR.
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  1132.  @aliamjon2550  False. But you're here to spread disinformation. The person shot by the police officer INSIDE THE CAPITOL on January 6 was leading a VIOLENT INSURRECTION. There is no "right" to commit INSURRECTION, which the Founders classified as TREASON. "Taking up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION. This is in the Constitution you law-illiterate anti-Americans don't bother reading: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". As is this: "The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia". Who arms your FAKE "militia"?
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  1133. The Republicans are still bent on destroying the gov't so no Republican is ever held accountable by establishing Karl Rove's "permanent Republican majority" -- a one-party fascist state.
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  1134. It was LOCAL law enforcement who had responsibility to secure the perimeter. And they had told Secret Service that they had insufficient resources.
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  1135. See the "1776" on his shirt? He's been totally in on the Trump death cult.
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  1136. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The election is irrelevant in the judicial branch..
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  1137. That's why she should regularly challenge him to additional debates -- so he is shown publicly to weasel out.
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  1138.  @danferguson71  The first person damaged by your hatred is YOU.
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  1139. Don't confuse ego for "heart".
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  1140. You have obviously never attended an institution of higher learning -- where worthwhile professors, ESPECIALLY in law school -- INVITE debate and argument, including of their own views and positions. Because the central task of education is the teaching of CRITICAL THINKING -- which does NOT mean ATTACKING and "winning". It means able to critique EVEN ONE'S OWN "thinking". Which, of course, also presumes that students in colleges and universities have by then learned what "debate" is, and is not, and when and where it is appropriate.
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  1141.  @rayfoster6980  None of your cited degrees are relevant to the issue of gender, which is in the area PSYCHOLOGY. "sex" = anatomy. "gender = psychosexual identify. That is why there are, as example, heterosexuals and homosexuals. It is in the nature of things. See _Mothering_, by Nancy Chodorow. Nor does one learn "Americanism" from science; one learns the difference between that and anti-Americanism/criminality from LAW, which is ALSO OUTSIDE your cited degrees. Surveys across disciplines find that among the most "conservative" are ENGINEERS. Were there any better engineers (in "social engineering") than the "Conservatives" running WW II Germany?
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  1142. Don, Jr. wanted a trophy. He couldn't care less how much cheating was necessary to get it.
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  1143. Barr: "Ive been working my fingers to the elbow on destroying the rule of law, and maintain the cover-up so the American people won't see what I'm doing -- then Trump blew the whistle on me!"
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  1144. "God" and "the Devil" have nothing to do with it.
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  1145. they are like "Sovereign Citizens" by attempting to hide behind "religious" mumbo-jumbo.
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  1146. Nope: not if it jeopardizes the ongoing investigation. Unless, of course, you are more interested in assisting Trump's criminal enterprise than in enforcing the rule of law against a person -- Trump -- who is not above the law.
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  1147. The Presidential Records Act was relevant ALL ALONG. Since the retrieval of the 15 boxes there has been continuing investigation.
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  1148. There are TWO forms of lying: 1. Commission: telling a known falsehood. 2. Omission: withholding a known truth. The latter is the equivalent of not moving one's lips
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  1149. And while the search is in Florida while Trump is in New York.
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  1150. There's a jail in the courthouse. It isn't that long a walk to it.
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  1151. Height issue: as I'm older I underwent a physical and was told my height is an inch shorter than it had always been. I'm planning on getting a second opinion.
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  1152. This was predictable -- but don't tell that to "Libertarians" who oppose all regulation/law.
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  1153. How many times is this question going to be asked? We don't yet know cause of death, let alone a charge against the person considered the murderer. She isn't lying.
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  1154. "We" need to stop the assholes who are so "concerned" with rule of law to CEASE violating others' rights. The mob with the bullhorns are totally ignoring the FACT that they are disturbing the entire neighborhood. Does that respect the RIGHT of the neighbors to peace and quiet?
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  1155. And it's 9 pages long, so the Democrats will have to take turns reading from it. That should fill several Committee meetings' time.
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  1156. MTG is not a "lunatic". She is IRRESPONSIBLE. Which is to be expected from white trash.
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  1157. We knew this at the time.
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  1158.  @harryvarner6652  It is in this court -- which is exactly what the judge SAID.
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  1159.  @Saturday8pm  The first Amendment SEPARATES "religion" from gov't.
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  1160. "Sanctuary" originates with Christian churches. So we have among us "alternative Christians" who promote racism.
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  1161. They aren't "prodding" questions. They are ACCUSATORY. These are the same people who are disturbing the neighborhood because they don't care about others' rights.
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  1162.  @trinade3732  It's quite possible her husband and or family sought a lawyer with relevant experience. The only facts you know are those presented in open court. All else is not known to you.
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  1163. How about the Jew who murdered the 6-year-old Palestinian? We don't hear anything about that; but we still hear about October 7 as excuse for everything thereafter -- about which latter we aren't to criticize. Dead and decomposing infants were found in the Gaza hospital that the IDF forced to be abandoned. But they don't matter because they are Palestinian.
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  1164. A piker -- for now -- as compared with Trump.
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  1165.  @DARisse-ji1yw  No, she did not. Are you people so powerless, so weak, that the only thing you can do is make up lies and pew them online? Clue: stupidity isn't smart.
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  1166. True: one can't spend $5 million on an addiction.
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  1167.  @puddlespuddlez6967  The far-left "Weather Underground" bombed buildings. But they were anti-war pacifists, so only bombed buildings when they were not occupied. Timothy McVeigh, of the far-right, bombed a building in broad daylight, killing 168 people, including 19 toddlers and infants. That's the difference: right-wingers are about KILLING -- often in the name of their "religious" "faith".
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  1168.  @sandrabugler9813  Actually it was a pained and lovely defense of his daughter.
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  1169. It was about the "optics": Trump wanted a "Reality TeeVee" production -- and he got it.
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  1170. I stopped throwing my food before graduating from my highchair.
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  1171. "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- Mark Twain.
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  1172. Greenland has polar bears. I love polar bears. But I also love Denmark for its sanity and socialized economy.
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  1173. Notice her whole effort was to never stop talking, attempting to drown out all alternative views.
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  1174. He didn't want a jury because he wants to avoid embarrassment. But it also means no mistrial, hung jury, or acquittal.
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  1175. @s4 It requires focused attention on their thought patterns, and the gaps and conclusion-jumpings. What one does is restate their stated view with the gaps filled in. One is then working "with" them according to their "rules," but demonstrating how LOGICAL THOUGHT works. They can't simply reject it because it is THEIR view your are discussing. And they immediately experience the benefit and clarity that LOGIC gives to the issue. The fundamental problem is that they don't know 'how" to do LOGIC. That's what they need to learn. And that leads to THOUGHT -- CRITICAL EVALUATION of their BELIEFS. One can begin to ask if it makes sense to believe falsehoods if instead one is all about "truth".
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  1176.  @CMA418  Calling a person who isn't ignorant "ignorant'" is name-calling. Calling a person ignorant who IS ignorant is stating a fact. So how do YOU distinguish between the two? How do you correct another's incorrect belief? Does adhering to fact and logic have something to do with it?
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  1177. Call Woodward a "hack" instead of dealing with the issue.
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  1178. He belongs on "Rumble," and "Rumble" would be shut down by a responsible corporation.
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  1179.  @mastervader4444  Another multi-account Russian troll.
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  1180. So you defend one murderer and hate another alleged "criminal". Did your parents teach you nothing about right and wrong?
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  1181. He knows Trump is what he said. But he's a Republican: choosing between truth and power he wants the power.
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  1182. And he is lying about that.
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  1183. Rights can't be taken away. Privileges can. Possessing a gun is a privilege.
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  1184.  @ianbauer4703  They love Putin's tyranny.
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  1185. Michael Flynn is also a military veteran. And when asked if he believed in the peaceful transfer of power he pled the 5th.
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  1186. 8 hearings on the fake Benghazi "scandal" for double-figure millions in taxpayer dollars..
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  1187. The police reported that the bodies were intact -- which means not dismembered.
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  1188. AG Garland speaks softly but carries big indictments.
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  1189. The responsibility is with the electorate. Your "God" is constantly AWOL -- never intervening to PREVENT disasters. GROW UP.
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  1190. Toobin is a REPUBLICAN.
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  1191. Rudy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" He should be required to explain that to a judge. Meanwhile, SOMEONE should go after his law license -- which is apparently suspended for non-payment of bar fees. "Bar" being bar ASSOCIATION, not alcohol tab.
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  1192. There are more than 200 women, missing and murdered, in Wyoming alone, but "Dog" is in Florida, while Laundrie is nowhere in Florida.
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  1193. Yo, Shapiro: We need to take on right-wing fruit-fringers like Shapiro for supporting Russia. Biden, of course, told the entire country that cutting Russian oil will increase gas prices.
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  1194. In fact, the American colonies were settled on lands given them by the king of England. Unfortunately, the king didn't own the lands he was giving away. In English and American law that is called THEFT, and is a CRIME.
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  1195. He isn't backpedaling. He is telling the media to stick to the facts, instead of sanewashing and bothsiding.
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  1196. It shouldn't baffle: Republican "accusations" are actually confessions.
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  1197. They should be held for trial -- no favors.
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  1198. IF he committed the ALLEGED crime.
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  1199. Billy Grahams was uptight with Nixon. And they were both white supremacists. And what is Pence? Phony pietist.
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  1200. The HOAX is the idea that the DEEP STATE is other than the far-RIGHT anti-American Trump criminal enterprise that is engaging in the coup d'etat against the Constitution/rule of law itself.
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  1201. Did Carlson produce any of the alleged "documents"? Nope.
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  1202.  @Ceegee-pw8ne  It isn't an excuse. It is why he is as he is. He is an abuser because he was abused -- it's what he knows. None of that justifies his being an abuser and criminal.
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  1203. "Sweet angel"!? You have no idea what she was like when the cameras were off. But we DO have her ON CAMERA ADMITTING that she hit Laundrie. But we get the politics: women can act out their violence against men with impunity, men who hit women, even if in self-defense, should be jailed. These same morons who put their signs on the Laundrie's PRIVATE PROPERTY is the CRIME of TRESPASSING.
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  1204. She's not delusional. She's uneducated.
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  1205. Alito's theology places the man above the woman. If his wife did it she was obeying his order.
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  1206.  Maxine Walters  All they did was run the tape of the racist spew lies against the Constitution and history itself. Facts you want cancelled because it exposes the anti-American sewerage you are.
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  1207. That "good book" has a lot of mass murder in it.
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  1208.  @valvetap1  Or when he resigned.
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  1209. The photo is not of Brian Laundrie: compare the ear with photo of Brian's profile.
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  1210. She allegedly went to college. If so, it was probably during the months it was closed.
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  1211.  @Eli2103  And Rehnquist.
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  1212. "Herd immunity" is a fruit-fringe pseudo-science.
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  1213. He is killing more of his "base" than he is those who aren't the ultimate morons.
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  1214. That's the problem: people today view everything as being entertainment. When will they grow up.
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  1215. The January 6 Committee should subpoena Clarence and Ginni Thomas to testify under oath -- separately. Let's see how the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists on the Court rule on whether Supreme Court Justices are under, above, or outside the reach of the rule of law. Of subpoena. And whether Thomas recuses from that decision. If the Court is bent on discrediting itself and its authority into irrelevance, then let's help them do that. After all, they don't have a means to enforce their edicts against states that choose to ignore their subversions of the Constitution. Another approach: Andrew Johnson was so hated that the Congress REDUCED the number of Supreme Court seats from 10 to 7 so he couldn't appoint to it. At least 3 of the 6 extremists perjured themselves in order to stead their seats. Reducing the number of seats by 3 would restore the needed balance. That should be easier to do than the uphill battle to expand the Court.
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  1216. What's he going to do if they answer "YES!"?
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  1217.  Stephen  These people have cornered themselves with their crazy "thinking". The PROBLEM is that they have NO EVIDENCE for their allegations. ALLEGATIONS are not EVIDENCE.
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  1218. Brian Laundrie was not a survivalist. He was a city-guy "hiker" who typically "camped" in well-kept civilized camping areas.
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  1219. One can charge more than one defendant at a time. But the politicians can claim they were representing the interests of their constituents -- the gun industry and NRA.
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  1220. HOAs are notorious for worrying about cosmetics -- and penny-pinching where it matters.
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  1221. If you know all that, then perhaps you should tell the FBI instead of keeping it to yourself, because keeping it to yourself is aiding and abetting Brian. Or simply admit that you're making shit up out of thin air.
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  1222. He is STILL writing opinions -- and getting five others to agree with him.
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  1223. The Republicans have ALWAYS worshipped "strong man" Republican presidents: Nixon could do no wrong -- until he did. And Reagan is still worshipped as GOD -- even though he was a white supremacist.
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  1224. What freaks out Republicans is learning about the unnatural relations between birds and bees.
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  1225. Republicans are always tilting at fake windmills.
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  1226. She should have told Trump to take it to Rinehart's court, where the issue originates.
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  1227.  DR Groce  They get jobs in a Russian aluminum plant.
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  1228. FOX "news" isn't news; it is angertainment.
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  1229. The assholes with the megaphones are totally ignoring the fact that they are violating the neighbors' right to peaceful enjoyment. In other words, in their view, some have rights -- they, and Gabby -- and some don't -- Laundrie, and everyone else. They are arrogant/entitled morons.
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  1230.  Kevin Newhart  You lose: the Founders were Liberals, who established a liberal democracy.
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  1231.  @hus390  Not when he loses the jury. And that is irreversible. That you agree with his view does not make his view true -- it is not -- or make him a "successful attorney".
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  1232. Boys are taught that boys don't hit girls. Girls are not taught that gitls don't hit boys. In keeping with that fact, and current politics, males have two options when being attacked by a female: either defend themselves, and invariably be tehe perpetrator, or withdraw from the situation. Either way it is lose-lose for the male. Gabby admitted attacking Brian, and the police documented that evidence on his body. She's an emotional mess, acting out, but it's all Brian's fault. Why? Because male.
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  1233. She also admitted being the aggressor.
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  1234.  @chuckragsdale2904  EVIDENCE for ANY of that, crackpot?
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  1235. Why did your "God" not PREVENT it?
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  1236. The media is in it for the ratings, which equals PROFITS. Not different than "Facebook" or most corporations: profits before people.
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  1237. "Partisan pandering" is when Dan Abrams characterizes other media -- during "news" reports, but without NAMING any -- as "left-leaning" FACTUAL JURNALISM is to be ABOVE the POLITICS of politically labeling other media, unnamed, as "biased," because the political labeling is itself BIAS.
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  1238. It isn't 50-50. Stop repeating that propaganda.
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  1239. No need for that. Clarence Thomas can resign in disgrace and provide a seat for pro-American competence and decency.
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  1240.  @icecold8974  How about knowing what you're talking about instead of engaging in prohibiting discrimination?
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  1241. GYM Jordan.
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  1242. Isn't using a truck of that kind as a passenger vehicle illegal?
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  1243. The media are the ringmaster.
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  1244. If Obama were in charge, we wouldn't be in this ever-worsening nightmare. I wonder if any Republican Senators are having second thoughts about impeachment.
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  1245. GYM Jordan.
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  1246.  @MAGA_FTW_2024  You won't be having the last laugh when you discover how tariffs ACTUALLY work.
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  1247. Thomas's wife supported the insurrectionists.
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  1248. She doubtless had a sense Strickland couldn't be trusted. She should have listened to that in a different direction.
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  1249. Anti-immigration former-Canadian Ted "Cancun" Cruz is similar. Harvard students who knew him at Harvard said that one disliked him on first meeting. When asked why, they answered: "It saves time."
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  1250.  @Saywat999  It is YOUR responsibility to do the "research" necessary to substantiate your assertion. But you aren't here to make sense; you're simply here to post nonsense. In Florida the Republican governor is SUPPRESSING the actual infection and death numbers in order to ensure that businesses make profits. That's the so-called "pro-life" party.
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  1251. We don't yet know that the original balloon was actually a "spy" balloon.
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  1252. Then all three should be held to account.
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  1253.  @nexussix7933  The word "qualified" is not spelled "absolute".
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  1254. His support is from the tourist trap supporters in Cancun, Mexico.
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  1255. As a fugitive under Federal law, he is subject to arrest everywhere within Federal jurisdiction, which includes all states and territories. And note that the indictment charged him with using the debit card in "WYOMING AND ELSEWHERE". That includes at least Wyoming, Florida, and any states between the two.
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  1256. Weissberg denied knowing anything about the false tripling of the size of Trump's digs. But he had extensive paper-trail communications with "Forbes" about that very issue.
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  1257. @Abe Froman Hopefully you'll get over the naive nostalgia for a pain in the ass. Just to let you know: the "warmth" of vinlk is DISTORTION. What we DON'T want in fidelity is DISTORTION.
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  1258.  Bob Smith  A veteran of draft-dodging? A veteran philanderer/adulterer? A veteran of vulgarity? The only form of bankruptcy he can't declare is MORAL, because he lacks the necessary asset.
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  1259. They would except that their hands are in the pockets of the electorate.
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  1260. Those who knew him at Harvard said you hated him the first time you met him. When asked why, they answered: "It saved time."
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  1261.  @MistressMary...22-u9j  Sorry to hear that. And the cannibal was Trump, right? -- and Trump threw the remains under the bus.
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  1262. Ambassador to the United Nations.
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  1263. I don't at all find Laundrie attractive (some have said he has "charisma"!?). But until HARD EVIDENCE ties him to the death of Gabby Petito I don't see how he's a "dirtbag" outside baseless conclusion-jumping.
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  1264. He overflowed his diaper -- Trump was expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty-train. And he still wears diapers. But he isn't angry -- he's reacting to diaper rash.
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  1265. It's already been happening: Hawaii and Pennsylvania's supreme Courts upheld the convictions of defendants for gun crimes under state laws that were 'invalidated" by the US Supreme Court. The Pennsylvania Court wrote in its decision, "What were they [US Supreme Court] thinking?" It is unprecedented for state courts to not comply with the US Supreme Court, which is required by the Supremacy Clause. It is right under the actual intent of the Second Amendment, the subject of which is the well-regulated Militia; but it is also dangerous.
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  1266.  @Ezekiel-2517  When crimes are punished under due process it favors ALL of us. You represent yourself as the "Bible" but your racism shows through anyway.
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  1267. Accusing Biden of being Trump in order to avoid the facts about Trump is dishonest. Dishonesty is immoral. Let us know when you are graduated from elementary school.
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  1268.  @PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr  We have the VIDEO of him taking the oath.
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  1269. Show some RESPECT -- at least get his name right -- GYM Jordan.
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  1270. Usually when you understand the REASONS for a regulation you see its merits.
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  1271. They are not nuts. They are ignorant.
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  1272. The Federal indictment is not "in connection" with the murder. It may prove to be, but the indictment is not for murder.
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  1273. "Pariotic Schools" = Christian prayers in school.
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  1274. Sekulow is an ambulance-chaser. He's the one who dreamed up the most ludicrous of defenses.
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  1275. Some didn't have fathers. Others had authoritarian fathers, so they are looking for an alternative that is as certain.
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  1276.  @fucuszullanti7877  Is that why he refuses to release his academic records? And his medical record? And his tax records?
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  1277. She was drunk on whine.
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  1278.  @btcrazee1  Some, like MAGA, do. Others obey the law -- "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. It'll be a lot of years before you have even the most rudimentary understanding of that which you currently ignore as if you're "superior" to the system: the RESPONSIBILITY of being a citizen in a democracy, which is not a spectator sport -- or any kind of sport -- at which to stupidly throw rocks.
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  1279. I don't think that pattern is any more prevalent in one generation than any other.
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  1280.  @Juke582  I recall the girls competing with each other over which would get the "most desirable" boy -- all of which was based on STATUS. (And in my 20s I dated a woman who said: "Knowing what I know about women, if I were a guy I wouldn't let it out of my pants.") I was born in 1948 -- do the math.
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  1281. I think it was easy for her because she lives what she says.
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  1282. And based on the facts revealed during a Senate Finance Committee concerning a data breach at United Health, that corporation wanted to buy a physician practice. The practice said no, United Health through machinations pushed the practice to the verge of bankruptcy so they'd need the money by selling. Selling would mean they would lose control of their practice -- their relationships with their patients -- by becoming employees of United Health. Mass. General Hospital, the "big boy" in Boston, and a not-for-profit. has 300 PCPs unionizing in order to protect their practices and patients from the hospital administration, which latter is focused on the bottom line, not on meeting the needs of doctors and patients.
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  1283. You don't know the meaning of socialism. In a democracy stupidity is the highest from of irresponsibility.
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  1284. The Democratic Party does not have the "delusion" that it''s going to have a convention in Milwaukee: Joe Biden himself has spoken of having a REMOTE Convention.
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  1285.  @peterraidal6659  The fundamental error is the false belief that "freedom" and rule of law are antithetical. In fact, if the rights they invoke weren't written down IN LAW, they would not exist. But those rights are also limited BY LAW -- foremost by the responsibility that one not infringe or violate the rights of others.
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  1286.  @aliamjon2550  Cities were not burned, BLM never "stormed the White House," and dozens were not killed and hundreds were not assaulted. Tell us, anti-American punk, why the Congressman showed up at a "peaceful rally" of ONLY YTUMPETERS, wearing a bulletproof vest? And how about all those members of that "peaceful rally" who were arrested for bringing guns to a "peaceful rally" and in violation of LAW?
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  1287. There's already at least one nurses union. This is the responsibility of Trump, and most Republican governors.
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  1288. There is a photo of him with white supremacists celebrating him, and him enjoying it.
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  1289. Actually he isn't. And his supporters are so uninformed themselves that they'll believe anything he says. They don't think in terms of right and wrong, truth and falsehood. They only consider advantage over others.
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  1290. The LAW: ALL information generated by gov't employees, whether classified or not, BELONGS TO THE GOV'T. NONE of it belongs to the employee.
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  1291.  @renekostolnik5709  He seemed too reasonable to be a non-voter.
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  1292. It has always been about racism and sexism. Controlling others through bullying and intimidation, even if violence is "necessary".
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  1293. Yep: can't be seen hanging out with violent Brown Shirts. So Trump can to be seen as innocent.
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  1294. The issue is more complicated than that. The knives were taken in 2019, before he was 21 -- and the father went in and retrieved the knives and gave them back to him. And it appears he signed for his son to get the gun permit in 2019, when the mass murder was possible not yet 21. There is also a tweet from his father supporting the Second Amendment -- another law-illiterate gun-nut.
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  1295. That hardly means Malaria is worth living with.
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  1296. And there are many Republicans who aren't talking but will vote Harris/Walz. And there are Republican women who's husbands are voting Trump, but they are voting Harris. January 6th and Dobbs are the deal breakers.
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  1297. Ernst apparently doesn't know the difference between "corn" and "soy beans".
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  1298.  @1776stubborn  He beats the rule of law by means of CORRUPTION, fake "Christian".
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  1299. The Supreme Court is facing a direct challenge to its authority. They have to block the law.
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  1300. It is reported that a second Capitol Police officer has died.
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  1301. Classmates with Cruz at Harvard said that one developed a dislike of him at first meeting. When asked why, they answered: "It saves time."
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  1302. Is his wife of-age yet?
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  1303. Can't charge him with stealing the van without EVIDENCE that he stole it. Facts matter. 99 per cent of the "ideas" are from those who live in a fact-free fantasy -- "'Evidence'! Who cares about 'evidence' -- I FEEL . . ."
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  1304. Crackpot: gibberish without a shred of EVIDENCE.
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  1305.  @ricbace  Russian troll.
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  1306. Without a crime, or at least probable cause of a crime, Brian doesn't have to talk to anyone. This fact has been REPEATEDLY EXPLAINED in this case. Why do you ignore it? Watts AGREED to talk to police, though he didn't have to.
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  1307.  @debra6513  It can't be proven there's a "God". And the First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't.
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  1308.  @rogerpattube  1. The inflation is worldwide. 2. The US president is not in charge or control of the entire worldwide economy.
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  1309. Trump doesn't like drunks. Or those who are addicted to drugs like alcohol.
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  1310. Not yet. Mixon = 40+ indicted and or convicted.
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  1311. The 2000 election was STOLEN when UNELECTED Scalia intervened, and the Supreme Court usurped the EXCLUSIVE authority of CONGRESS to resolve election disputes. And those same Justices voted a SECOND time in the same election -- which is illegal.
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  1312.  @ninianstorm6494  I'm beyond fed up with conspirabunk.
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  1313. Because that isn't how it works. Read Art. III of the Constitution. It gets tiresome explaining it to those who refuse to LEARN.
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  1314. Is the first lawyer for the housekeeper's sons another Murdaugh relative?
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  1315. It's a publicity stunt.
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  1316. DOWN.
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  1317. Lori's brother did the killings for her, then she had him killed. And she had Chad kill his wife. So her hands are "clean".
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  1318.  @phillippac.7469  BOTH Judicial and Legislative branches. PAY ATTENTION: Public health and safety TRUMP individual "right". Perhaps you've heard about building and fire codes -- "codes" being LAW.
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  1319.  @Anonymousfreedomlover  As I understand it she couldn't get a lawyer -- if so they probably didn't believe an NDA could be defeated, or there wasn't sufficient money in the case -- so she prosecuted the case herself.
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  1320. FOX = PROPAGANDA.
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  1321. To survive elementary school.
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  1322. So the town received copy of the 2018 report, but didn't follow up.
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  1323. False. But NATO is the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES against Russian imperialism.
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  1324.  @smithyjohnathan86  Putin -- already losing the war -- will think at least twice about attacking the Brits. Turkey is also reported as willing to send troops to Ukraine against Russia. And there is report that there are Russian troops fighting for Ukraine. And there's reports about Siberia rising up against Putin. We'll see how Trump deals with the robust escalation against Putin. Will he revert to the "winning" side? Slava Ukraine!
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  1325. During the G. DUI Bushit administration, his "brain" Karl Rove said that the goal is to establish a "permanent Republican majority".
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  1326. Toobin has always been an apologist for Republicans, even as he slants his "legal" analyses.
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  1327. Scalia's Heller and its progeny need to be overturned.
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  1328. Stop the generalized smear. 17 gov't officials obey their Congressional subpoenas -- they are not cowards. Humans are imperfect, There is always corruption. What you are alleging is that ALL are corrupt -- which is the stupidity of the simpleton who doesn't make a habit of actually THINKING.
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  1329. It WAS NOT a JOKE. It was PROPAGANDA intended to DEBASE the judiciary and the rule of law.
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  1330.  @BrianRooney-zh6hl  No, because it is a STATE case, all of which has been explained numerous times. But those who deliberately avoid knowing the facts on which Trump was convicted of the 34 felonies probably missed that explanation. For one, there is no special counsel in the New York state criminal case against Trump. And weren't in the other New York state cases he lost. For another, there are two levels of gov't: the Federal, and the state/s. The Federal pardon power doesn't affect state prosecutions and convictions. An example is the Federal indictment of Steve Bannon for ripping off Trump supporters with his "Build the Wall" scam. Instead of protecting his supporters, Trump pardoned Bannon. But almost immediately after Bannon is released from prison for his conviction of contempt of Congress, he will be criminally tried on essentially the same extensive fraud charges in New York state court. A president cannot pardon state convictions.
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  1331.  @TT-yu4hh  Still believing Trump's lies even though you know he's a constant liar? From the 10 Commandments: "Thou shalt not lie." I'll bet you're one of those "Christians" who HATES anyone and everyone who isn't a crackpot like you.
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  1332. The MEDIA need to STOP calling him "FORMER president" -- that is NOT an OFFICE or OFFICIAL POSITION -- and instead remind us that he's an ORDINARY CITIZEN.
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  1333.  @fermisparadox01  Please use your real name, Mr. Putin.
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  1334.  @Tamara61622  She was exemplifying decency.
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  1335. The AG has the authority to investigate the crime, regardless the DEFENSIVE school district's view of the matter.
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  1336.  @reginaldgarner4321 It can't be proven there's a "God". And no myopic "Christian" has ever been able to correctly predict what their hypothethetical would or will do. You're arrogance is the opposite of the humility prescribed by Christ.
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  1337.  @reginaldgarner4321  YOUR problem is that you can't PROVE there is a "God". And what do you rely on? The unproven and unprovable word of illiterate sheep herders. There is a DIFFERENCE between BELIEF and KNOWLEDGE.
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  1338. I always have because my first vote was anti-Nixon.
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  1339. They're too stupid to know anything about government.
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  1340.  Don Nwzad  Crackpot.
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  1341. And campaign donors have responded that they'll not contribute a penny to Republicans.
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  1342.  @jmichelej1998  They resign, make a public statement about ethics, justice, and rule of law, or they "stay and fight" and get fired.
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  1343. "Thouights and prayers" = Let's DO nothing.
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  1344. There was a market for slavery because white Americans bought and sold slaves.
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  1345. It's a justice system based upon due process, the premise of which is presumption of innocence. IF YOU were the suspect, you wouldn't be whining about it.
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  1346.  @laurawells3935  There are two forms of lying: 1. Commission: telling a known falsehood. 2. Omission: withholding a known truth. So he lies also when his lips AREN'T moving. But liars typically do BOTH.
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  1347. The REALITY is that BOTH candidates have observers of the vote counting. That is standard procedure, and happens every election. It's only because Trump supporters don't know how elections work that they let Trump lead them around by the nose with the dumbest of misinformation.
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  1348. Carter was a one-term president. Trump was a one-term president. But Carter is the better "developer".
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  1349. You don't even have the victims name right. And the corruption you cite is already being investigated -- and is IRRELEVANT to this case.
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  1350. He didn't merely "shoot". Call him what he is: KILLER.
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  1351. The only person who should be embarrassed for who and what Mark Robinson is is Mark Robinson.
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  1352. Protests need to be everywhere.
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  1353. Those are the weapons. The other van was probably loaded with the larger gang as happened in Idaho: two trucks: one with the weapons, the other with the larger gang.
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  1354.  @TV-ob1if  He most definitely is. He is at foundation a social Darwinist -- survival of the fittest. That's why those who dumbly rail aginst gov't/rule of law fall for his reactionary POLITICS -- which is NOT SCIENCE.
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  1355. "Intent" can be proven circumstantially. Trump owns the golf courses, he approved the abuse of the presidential seal in violation of the law.
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  1356.  Jason VonRicards  Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by almost 3 MILLION votes. The stupid are fewer because they typically die young as result of their persistent terminal stupidity.
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  1357. Hopefully you'll grow up and recognize "depth perception" when it in fact exists. You're correct about FOX on that news; but attacking the mainstream media -- CNN fired Cuomo for violating journalist's ethics; will FOX fire Hannity for doing exactly the same? -- is what Republicans and the uninformed do.
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  1358. If they arent regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions, and their commander-in-chief the state's governor, then they are not "militia"; they are a prohibited outlaw gang.
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  1359. And short-sighted. They will have as little freedom as everyone else. And many will blame anyone but themselves.
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  1360. You are blaming "demons" instead of holding Daybel to account for his freely-chosen actions.
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  1361. "REAL men don't wear masks!" -- TrumPence.
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  1362. If it was wrong for Clinton -- as the REPUBLICANS insisted -- then it's wrong for Trump. Yes, we have two standards: Clinton can't do that which Trump CAN do.
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  1363. She was an free and independent woman, the boss, and couldn't be told what to do or not do -- until she got caught, at which point she switched to being a "victim," all responsibility shifted onto others. Where have we heard that before?
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  1364.  @rachelsill79  What stake do those not involved in the crime and case have in the sentence? It's all about vengeance, not justice. We kill killers because killing is WRONG.
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  1365. @Every man Most of the protesters are in fact peaceful. That your ilk brings in violenfce doesn't change that fact. Trump is a thug, ad you're an anti-American.
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  1366.  @raymeus  We know how corporations operate -- try to get health care that is actually health care. (An "administrative assistant" I spoke with Friday said he is "only following orders.")
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  1367. Lewandowski is an ex-cop. Would like to know why ex-.
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  1368. Raskin is no slouch.
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  1369.  @surfmarine3118  So, as wrestling is fake, he was specializing in fake sports law?
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  1370. Note how he's claiming to be heartbroken, etc., while he's shaking his head "No".
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  1371. Trump has ties to China. But he's an alleged Republican so exempt from questions by Republicans.
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  1372. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  1373. The FOUNDERS CONFISCATING Guns -- ___ Chapter DCCXXIX. An Ordinance Respecting the Arms of Non-Associators. Whereas the non-associators in this state have either refused or neglected to deliver up their arms according to the resolves of the honorable Continental Congress and the assembly of Pennsylvania, and effectual measures have not been taken to carry the said resolves into execution: [Section I.] Be it therefore ordained by the authority of this Convention, That the colonel or next officer in command of every band of militia in this state is hereby authorized, empowered and required to collect, receive and take all the arms in his district or township nearest to such officer which are in the hands of non-associators in the most expeditious and effectual manner in his power, and shall give to the owners receipts for such arms, specifying the amount of the appraisement; and such as can be repaired shall with all possible dispatch be rendered fit for service, and the value according to the appraisement of all such arms, together with the repairs and transportation, shall be paid to the officers by the treasurer on the order of the council of safety for the use of the owners and defraying the charges. [Section II.] And be it further ordained, That the same arms shall be appraised by any three reputable freeholders appointed by the commanding officer; but if the owner of any arms shall neglect or refuse to apply for such money within six months the same shall be applied towards the repairs of the arms; and the colonels are hereby authorized to draw for the necessary sums of money for the purposes aforesaid on the council of safety. [Section III.] And it is further ordained, That the colonels aforesaid shall arm the associators with the said arms and keep an account to whom they are delivered and return the same to the council of safety; and every associator shall be answerable for such arms or the value unless lost or destroyed by some unavoidable accident or in actual service. [Section IV.] And be it further ordained, That in case any arms so collected shall not be worth repairing, the same shall be laid by until such time as may be thought proper by the committee of the county to return them to the owners. ___ Passed July 19, 1776. "Ordinances passed by the Constitutional Convention, June-September, 1776," The Statutes at Large of the State of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801, Vol. IX, 1776 to 1779 (Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1903), Edited by Commissioners James T. Mitchell and Henry Flanders, at 11.
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  1374. How can the Federal gov't overhaul education if the Dept. of Education is eliminated?
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  1375. RESPECT please! Get his name right! -- GYM Jordan.
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  1376. The right wing is not defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  1377.  @shimmer8289  How many times has he been married and divorced? How many children has he left behind?
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  1378.  @lornenoland8098  The Secret Service is not subject to presidential appointment. Oronato was COMPROMISED by being made Trump's in-house head of his PERSONAL security. Most of the Capitol Police -- most police in the country -- were pro-Trump. In fact most support Republicans because of the claim by Republicans that they are pro-"law and order" and "-police". That includes the Secret Service. But there must be focus on fixing the switching of a Secret Service agent from that role to the role of private security for those they are to protect.
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  1379. Gaza is an open prison maintained by Israel.
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  1380. The people in front of the house need to get lives and stop bashing law enforcement and the media. Stop cluttering up the tip lines with speculative clutter. Law enforcement is asking all the questions that matter -- they don''t need garbage from amateur online "detectives".
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  1381. More than 70 per cent of the American people want the investigation.
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  1382. Slaves built the White House.
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  1383. He repeatedly said it was SECRET. It was SECRET because they didn't want to get caught and prevented, because they KNEW it was illegal.
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  1384.  @timmiller6868  How's your McDonalds?
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  1385. Yep -- why were her "space lasers" "Jewish"?
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  1386. Stupid offering the insanity defense. He's simply stupid -- it doesn't take a genius to sell pillows to morons.
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  1387. Why did Will's "strong, independent" woman not stand up for herself, instead of leaving the dirty work to the man? How UNcommon is that?
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  1388. One witness, under oath, was asked about his interview with Rittenhouse, and said that Rittenhouse was a "babbling idiot".
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  1389. Some of the insurrectionists DIDN'T VOTE.
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  1390.  Youtube will be the next MySpace soon  The father bought the gun as an illegal "straw purchase" FOR the son, who is not old enough to LEGALLY possess a gun.
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  1391. Don't even THINK of passing through Flori-DUH.
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  1392.  @williamlacentra2808  He was speaking of the Second Amendment which is not absolute. NO right is absolute. If you rob a bank with a LEGAL gun, are arrested, charged, prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced to prison, will you be allowed to take your LEGAL gun to prison with you? No: it only requires one exception to an "absolute" to demolish the absolute.
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  1393. And when in the Florida legislature, he voted against criminalizing "revenge porn". He believes that he can do anything he pleases with photos of naked women.
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  1394. NO: Greene and the pro-insurrection Republicans have all along been minimizing the insurrection, comparing it to alleged BLM "riots," and denying it was an insurrection. So they know what an insurrection is, and they know it's not a good "photo op".
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  1395. I thought we'd be hearing from AOC rather than using her as excuse to rant.
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  1396. Bankruptcy would not apply to the half-billion judgment.
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  1397. The choice is democracy or tyranny. You aren't a Democrat.
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  1398. McCarthy isn't about transparency; he is about chaos and muddying the issue.
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  1399.  @sirbey9608  JACKASS: there was no "Moorish" EMPIRE outside Africa.
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  1400. "Projection" = CONFESSION.
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  1401. He was actually subjected to abuse by his cold father. And notice he never mentions his mother. She was emotionally absent, and probably also abused by his father.
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  1402.  @baconbap  He SAYS he's a "former" Republican. But his behavior is the same.
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  1403. GYM Jordan.
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  1404.  @Jay-pd9kc  US ALLIES were laughing at Trump and wondering if the US electorate had lost their minds. But you have the option of choosing to stop the stupid.
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  1405. Today's young "progressives" mistake pie-in-the-sky perfection for progressivism.
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  1406. He has a paper-thin reputation of being a "Christian," so the fake "Christians" believe him without question. The speculation "God" blinds them to actual reality.
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  1407. "Law and order" is a slogan. It is not the same as justice.
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  1408. Depends on who and how many were irresponsible. The 2018 report was sent to the town gov't, but it did not follow up, though the problems in the building were sufficient for the gov't to require official response.
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  1409. WHERE is the EVIDENCE?
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  1410. The plywood on the widnows was to present the glass being broken by a mob of misinformed morons who don't know how to do logic.
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  1411.  @831mrscardoso  Witness saw HER attacking HIM. So it must be that she's the victim, and HE "snapped".
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  1412. Gun control is pro-life.
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  1413. It does not surprise that the rogue court would get itself in trouble by playing politics, politics, pollitics. To the contrary: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1414. The students in Cruz's law school class said that he was disliked from first meeting. When asked why, they answered -- "It saved time."
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  1415.  @maryd1376  We know the evidence and the law, America-hater. Even REPUBLICAN Senators ADMITTED that the House Managers PROVED Trump GUILTY. And no: Trump DID NOT have every "right" -- presidential powers belong to the office, not to the occupant of the office; they are not "rights" -- to extort of foreign power into investigating a political opponent. That is not only an impeachable abuse of power, it is a violation of the campaign finance STATUTE. It is a CRIMINAL OFFENSE. As was THIS, law-illiterate fool: "Russia, if you're listening, see if you can find" -- etc. That is Solicitation of a CRIME. You'd be more persuasive if you were to remain totally silent.
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  1416. Crockett knocked MTG on her ass with her clever resonant multiple-construct.
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  1417. The actual right thing: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1418. The South Boston Irish mafia was in competition with the Boston North End Italian mafia. Bulger and Connelly -- both "Irish" -- grew up together in the same South Boston project.
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  1419.  @RohitSinghhere  I note your defensiveness. And shifting from that to personal attack. Who are "you guys" -- white Westerners? You have no idea who I am, or what I believe -- I don't hang my ego out there for everyone else to kiss up to and praise, then get offended when they do not. "Inclusiveness" embraces difference, moron; it does not mean we pretend falsehoods are truths, or falsehoods are legitimate "opinion," or that bias is "objectivity" because we like the way it sounds. It does not mean being mindless globs of jelly who pretend that "inclusiveness" eliminates all differences, or that the intolerable must be tolerated. It does not mean we all get stupid "together". What rubs you is that I am critical of Peterson. Period. Full stop. That I don't fall for, and in line with, views that are actually nothing new. Views that, not being perfect, are full of error. That I won't turn a blind eye to error and imperfection so you'll be comfortable in your sleep. I don't look outside myself for others' biases that affirm mine, and then surrender my intelligence to whatever that is. While you have elevated him to the status of perfect guru. Maybe it's time YOU did some "introspection" in place of lashing out at anyone who critiques your sacred cow.
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  1420.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  Most people do not have a "philosophy in life". They have a mishmash of generalized beliefs to which they cling without regard for the truth or falsity of any of it. Because they believe, they believe the belief is therefore truth. Rudy Giuliani asserted, "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth? I'm a writer. 1. Writing is "thinking on paper". It is an exact statement of one's thinking, including errors. 2. Rewriting is critical evaluation of one's thinking, correcting errors in one's thinking. I have constantly to critically evaluate my thought -- is it true? Is it rationalization of a falsehood? There's more to philosophy, to being a philosopher, than being able to breath and emit words. More to it than "I believe this" -- "belief" is a place to pause, not a place to stay. Philosophy is the active pursuit of truth, including against one's own unexamined assumptions, one's own biases, one's own beliefs. My mother told me I was born, and claimed to be in the room at the time. I assume that is true, but I don't recall any of it. AND my mother was also known to lie.
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  1421. That's not the only citation.
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  1422. "We the people" need to accept our responsibility instead of shifting it onto others. We are where we are because "We the people" have bought into the constant Republican jabber about "freedom" while totally omitting REPSONSIBILITY. When they say that the gov't is the "enemy" they mean that "We the people," who are the gov't, are the enemy. And they've been asserting that sedition since it was initiated by Reagan. That is opposite the Founders: they were not anti-rule of law or anti-gov't -- which is "A system of Laws, and not of men" (John Adams). They founded gov'ts because they were PRO-gov't.
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  1423. Sometimes it's only "Some people say". Trump, of course, has just about always relied on references to his many (or at least "some") unnamed experts who it appears get together and, as a sort of committee, come up with the one question of major importance to ask.
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  1424.  @katieell4084  He BELIEVES it will help with fundraising.
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  1425. What of the "mental health" of REPUBLICANS?
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  1426. Decency over degeneracy.
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  1427.  @calvinthestormfreak  Ivermectin treats WORMS. A virus is not a worm. What's fucking you up is the snorting of bleach and shooting up of hydroxychloroquine. Either of those is worse than LSD, but both together . . . !
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  1428.  @zennbubba  You have no idea what "communism" is. Look at the South American countries with RIGHT-wing -- fascist -- gov'ts where they disappear people without trial or trace.
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  1429. He "LIKES to play it down" when it's the deaths of 210,000 Americans dying. So he's likely to "play it down" in his case. He is desperately afraid of being ill.
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  1430. The Founders were Liberals, which is why the First Amendment protects freedom of speech, and separates the subjectivism of "religion" from gov't/rule of law.
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  1431.  @morigahn  He's speaking to the FACTUAL HISTORY of a PUBLIC FIGURE. If you aren't creeped out by "Dog" then your radar is malfunctioning.
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  1432. Democracy requires flexibility and the willingness to compromise in order to achieve consensus. FASCISTS are absolutely inflexible, absolutely opposed to compromise.
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  1433. Rights don't exist outside the rule of law. Texas had to get permission of the Union to join the Union. In order to secede, Texas would have to get permission from the Union. I've been for kicking Texas and several other states out of the Union.
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  1434. Some prefer the lies because they also reject the rule of law.
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  1435. MAGA-Lardo.
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  1436. "Rolling Stone" ranked Keith Richards above Jeff Beck -- which is nonsense. Jeff Beck is up there with Hendrix. All others are also-rans.
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  1437. He was credited with time served. But that still equals 317 days in jail waiting trial, plus 41 months.
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  1438.  @Mateo.7777  So let's bash Biden, head of the FEDERAL EXECUTIVE branch, for not overriding the STATE AND LOCAL JUDICIAL branches. And under the current ROGUE Supreme Court, the states can OVERRIDE the SUPREMACY of the Supreme Court.
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  1439. Miller is a self-hating Jewish Nazi. And -- to you his word projected at others -- a fabulist. A hateful, racist propagandist.
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  1440.  @thinkerly1  They chose to go, the consequences are theirs. Cry yourself a river; I have no sympathy for fools.
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  1441. I'm certain Bernstein and John Dean are good friends. John Dean did his time without complaint and has long since vindicated himself.
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  1442. No, they are not laughing. They are serious adults.
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  1443. Turley better watch his back: Trump and MAGA don't keep silent when truth pokes their eyes out.
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  1444.  @jungtarcph  And I wouldn't vote for Romney. The only difference is that Romney doesn't publicly boast of destroying thriving businesses and jobs.
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  1445.  @USA92  And YOUR lack of personal/moral responsibility is nihilism.
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  1446.  @commonsense2680  I heard what Chris Rock said not as a joke but as a compliment, in view of the fact that the character he referenced is viewed as a "positive" "role model".
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  1447. None of that is a new idea. You are predicting the past.
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  1448. Ted Cruz = Joe McCarthy.
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  1449.  @will-vi9pk  Apparently you don't realize that you don't make sense.
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  1450.  @dorianshadesofgray  The Democrats have all along presented evidence and law. The Republicans have done everything -- including denying the existence of Impeachment in the Constitution itself, in effort to run away from the facts and law. And they love law-rejecting fools such as you.
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  1451. He's preaching to himself that he is failing to achieve.
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  1452.  @threegoodeyes7400  Most life insurance policies exclude payout for suicides.
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  1453.  @murderah17  America-hating Russian troll.
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  1454. Many people are saying that no one understands the meaning of an indictment like those indicted.
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  1455.  @gettingannoyedquick  Nothing wrong with him being found guilty for a crime he committed BOTH before and during his presidency.
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  1456.  @ALISHISNOIUS  It isn't about supporting media. It's about adhering to facts and law. And refuting the assertions made by law-illiterates who hate the Constitution.
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  1457. GYM Jordan.
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  1458. In view of the destruction imposed on the USPS, I'm considering getting my mail-in ballot, and then dropping it off in person. But in my state or municipality, mail-in ballots can be dropped off in person at the election dept., but not at polling locations. Others should immediately look at the options where they are.
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  1459. Did she ever HAVE the "independence" to which you allude? "Separation anxiety" is not rooted in "independence". "Fear of abandonment" is not rooted in "independence". One cannot "regain" that which one never had.
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  1460. She appears to be an emotional mess independent of him. What is he to do -- be a psychiatrist?
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  1461.  Josh Edmonds  ASSHOLE: the taxpayers IN THE STATES paid for the FEDERAL stockpile and therefore OWNS it. The FEDERAL gov't has the authority -- AND RESPONSIBILITY to deal with national multi-state logistics. Trump knows as little about the Constitution as you -- which ignorance is TOTAL. The Federal gov't is the RESULT of the states; ti exists to meet the needs of "We the people" who are IN THE STATES.
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  1462.  @MkII-cw3rw  Did you miss the 3 million masks that were bought by the Massachusetts taxpayers that were SEIZED by FEMA? And what is FEMA doing with them? Distributing them NOT to the states, but to private businesses who are selling them back to the taxpayers a second time -- except that the states are in a chaotic bidding war over them.
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  1463. You aren't watching MAINSTREAM media if you DON'T KNOW that they REGULARLY call his lies LIES.
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  1464. The "Declaration of Independence" was never law, and applied exclusively to England. And it does not include the word "overthrow".
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  1465. I put at least months of thought into it, and I've finally flip-flopped: I'm opposed to incoherent elderly speech-slurring rapists and convicted criminals running for president.
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  1466. Reagan. He also initiated the ani-gov't sedition. And was a union buster: organize wealth and power succeeds against disorganized opposition.
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  1467. Ben Shapiro is a hack who knows nothing about governance. He's simply a loud-mouthed jackass.
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  1468. And you believe that Jordan Peterson doesn't have an agenda?
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  1469. The defense lawyer objects to being called a liar, even though that is the fact. But that was the best they could do, in view of the overwhelming video evidence.
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  1470. Putin crazy? Pat Robinson isn't anywhere near the neighborhood of sanity.
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  1471. It would be "error" to NOT blame the victim!? It appears that Georgia has a shit-ton of terrible defense lawyers.
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  1472.  gordon mathew  Obama was at minimum a GENTLEMAN. He didn't insult anyone, or intelligence. Your problem is that he was BLACK While President.
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  1473. Will Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY.
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  1474. I'm surprised the charges don't include statutory rape, as it does appear he was the "leader" of a gang of underage kids.
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  1475. The "infighting" is between the media that is trying to create a controversy about a standard process, and the explanations by Committee members that there are "discussions" between the Committee and DOJ. Those "discussions" are about the evidence, which includes the staff pointing to evidence that the DOJ would need but doesn't know exists. At the same time the Committee is continuing to investigate, and organize evidence, for the hearings, which itself is a 24/7 workload.
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  1476. That makes no sense. MAGA?
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  1477. In Italy, a small town -- 3,300 -- tested EVERYONE, quarantined the infected, and stopped the spread of the virus IN ITS TRACKS.
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  1478. Not new. We have the TAPE of Reagan talking to Nixon and calling African-Americans "monkeys," and laughing about it. As president, Reagan was opposed to gun control. But as California governor, when the Black Panthers armed themselves, he signed a gun control law. The Republican Party has LONG been the Party of Racism. Hate.
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  1479. Let's not talk about the LANDLORDS who received rent payments from the gov't/taxpayer -- then loving that largesse inflated their rents beyond reason. Landlords are always saints.
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  1480. Do you know anything about the issue that is based in fact and law?
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  1481. Right: it isn't about "this one gun". It's about ALL guns. Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people. And one fact is common to all guns: they shoot bullets.
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  1482. The Court majority declared that there is no "right of privacy". That means all decisions based on that right are on the chopping block including "Griswold," which legalized contraception.
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  1483.  @SilviaGary  The United States.
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  1484. NO ONE deserves absolute immunity.
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  1485. We've heard enough with co-conspirator Mulvaney.
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  1486.  @deadgolfer6345  It is not how decent and dignified heads of state -- Trump and Vance -- conduct themselves. This is not "two dudes" in a bar that has no world political significance. And it wasn't "two dudes". It was two thugs ambushing one person. Attacking reason and decency.
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  1487. He also explicitly said he didn't use Twitter.
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  1488. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  1489.  @ragnarlothbrok3200  The W.H.O. serves the entire planet. The US has been the primary funder of it, and it is not controlled by China.
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  1490. He's trying to trump the Democrats. But he hasn't DONE it. And it is CONGRESS that makes the laws, not Trump.
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  1491. We don't know that he had or has her phone.
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  1492.  @dinahsoar6982  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. He isn't angry -- he's irritated by diaper rash.
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  1493. Hitler too hated Liberals.
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  1494.  @barneyronnie  "Most of us that grew up in the 1960s experienced paddling and corporal punishment with NO ill effects." Except that you see no problem with unwanted physical punishment and deny that it is abuse. That is an ill effect. When I was a kid all sorts of things were characterized as "love". But as I grew older it became increasingly obvious that much that passes for "love" is actual abuse.
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  1495. His ad looks like the trailer for a horror movie.
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  1496. Shouldn't you pray for your "God" for failing yet again to PREVENT the murder of innocence?
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  1497. "lashes out" is biasing rhetoric. I'll bet the judge was actually reasonable and based his statement on the facts and the law.
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  1498. They COMMITTED CRIMES in doing so. At very least forgery and mail fraud. Look for charges including seditious conspiracy.
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  1499. North Korea is not to be defended. Neither is Russia or the mainland Chinese system. Don't fall for the opposite extreme of defending them.
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  1500. Worse is the fact that the hate is based on lies.
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  1501.  @Rain-Dirt  One is also free to have NO "religion". If that right didn't exist one wouldn't be able to choose whatever "religion" one wanted from among those one didn't want. The extremist religionuts have been at war against the separation of "religion" and gov't from BEFORE there was a First Amendment. This is from the North Carolina constitition adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." You should use that information -- it is free to copy it: law is always owned by the public -- to back your assertion. But don't grant "religions" the false idea that their BELIEFS are "rights". Rights are defined and secured, as in the above, in non-"religious" LAW.
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  1502. In view of statments made by him after being shot, I suspect Alex is behind it all, including the murders of his wife and son.
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  1503. Actually it wasn't. That i why the Militia Law EVOLVED to the point that the weaponry was provided by the gov't. That eliminated a lot of excuses and other problems. What you fail to grasp is that you are not living in the past. That is, you are a law-illiterate who doesn't know what he's talking about. But it isn't that difficult to LEARN; one can, for example, READ the Constitution you've never read, with the knowledge that the entire Constitution is in effect at the same time. These are the first two of the four Militia Clauses in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." In short, the well-regulated -- UNDER LAW -- Militia is LAW ENFORCEMENT -- the OPPOSITE of "taking up arms" against the gov't, which is INSURRECTION, and which the Founders classified as TREASON. "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'T] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS. That "prescription" is in the form of STATUTES -- MILITIA ACTS. That provision also establishes, under the Supremacy Clause, the FEDERAL gov't as the SUPREME authority over the States' well-regulated Militia -- which is ALSO under the STATE constitution and Militia Acts. This succinctly described the purpose of the well-regulated Militia: ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine."
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  1504.  @Hypn0s2  The current president won't. It is finally being seen by many more that pardoning Nixon was a mistake. Some of us saw that most recently when G. Dui Bushit made the claim that the president can legally do things outside the constraints of the Constitution. That was simply a restatement of Nixon's, "If a president does it, then it isn't illegal." That's not what the Founders said: a president is subject to impeachment -- indictment -- and removal. So are Federal judges including those on the Supreme Court.
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  1505.  @luisestevez4854  That's your belief? And where does Trump put Latinos on his racist totem pole?
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  1506.  @katiecraig6909  So they escape reality, and then preach their escape as "salvation" for everyone else.
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  1507. I occasionally sneeze. Must be the vaccine.
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  1508.  @robbiehollywood1937  They are to AVOID even the APPEARANCE of impropriety. But you do love you some ACTIVIST JUDGES when they attack the rule of law.
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  1509.  @robbiehollywood1937  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. What do you not understand about EVERYONE being UNDER the rule of law, and therefore required to OBEY it?
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  1510. She is my favorite president: she was FDR's legs, and contributed immensely to his social programs -- the "New Deal".
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  1511. We're only at the beginning of the process. Charges will be upgraded.
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  1512. How many marriages and divorces? How many children left behind? AFTER he "turned his life around"?
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  1513. Perhaps he put all the money from his supporters in someone else's name.
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  1514. When it's all about "freedom," unlimted by responsibility, it invariably leads to the freedom to be incarcerated.
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  1515. Ginni Thomas used the word "frickin'".
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  1516.  @casper191985  A buck wouldn't stop with Trump becuase of insufficient denomination.
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  1517. Habba has a mouth. Out of court she can say anything; in court she consistently LOSES on the FACTS. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1518. Correction: "MANY people are saying."
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  1519. Trump: "Who? Wha'ts his name? Steve? Steve Barron? Oh, Bannon. Never knew the guy." Trump knows showboating.
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  1520.  @boughtbot2639  Have you EVIDENCE for that assertion?
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  1521. Where their uneducated-in-education parents can teach them to be bigots.
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  1522. "He weren't no common dog. He weren't no mongrel. He was a composite." -- Mark Twain.
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  1523.  @knightspask9218  There's no greater snowflake than Trump. The slightest criticism and he triggers and melts down.
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  1524. Gym Jordan is at it again. It would be more relevant to investigate how George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos designed the rings of Saturn.
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  1525. Yeah, pols are "reliable".
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  1526. There is poetry that is "grim".
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  1527.  @bryanb3352  It is not a myth. The ISSUE is PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. You DO NOT have the right to endanger OTHERS' health and safety.
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  1528. "God" wrote the Commandment "Thou shalt not lie."
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  1529.  @EnwardHiggins  Yeah -- burning and looting are worse than murdering a cop.
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  1530. in real life a convicted felon wouldn't be hired by McDonalds.
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  1531. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. 2. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  1532. That's because Trump supporters are as morally bankrupt -- corrupt -- as he, but for less money.
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  1533. It isn't about self-awareness. It is about getting the anti-American propaganda out.
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  1534. The marijuana prohibition does not go back to the 1970s; it goes back to the 1930s.
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  1535. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  1536. "Thoughts and prayers" are really effective. Note how they've eliminated mass murders by guns? Oh, wait . . .
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  1537. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  1538. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  1539. Perhaps it's the "speed balls" -- the mixing of the speed and Xanax. The equivalent killed John Belushi.
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  1540. Rakes' wife called Weeks "Weeksy" -- which means they knew each other. Did they actually not know what he was?
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  1541. The Constitution makes clear that the gov't of, by, and for "We the people" is intended to meet the needs of "We the people" as determined. through democratic election of representatives, by "We the people". The reactionaries against the Constitution lie that that process -- "we the people" pay taxes that come back as services meeting "We the people's" needs -- is "socialism". It isn't laziness, dependency, or "socialism": it is "We the people" paying our own way.
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  1542. We'll be hearing more about the efforts to intimidate witnesses -- witness tampering. And names will be named.
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  1543. Yeah -- beaten up by "moral" murderers
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  1544.  @rogerbarclay9024  Those who label others as "lazy" tend to be people who. on one hand, have too much time on their hands, and on the other are experts on laziness from self-study.
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  1545. Another whose politics I reject but whom deeply admire is Olivia Troy.. She is one of the very first, very early, coming out against Trump, even while he was still squatting in the White House.
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  1546. Or not. We haven't yet seen EVIDENCE that he killed Gabby, let alone that he's a 'serial killer". This isn't a game, or entertainment; it is a about the homicide against a human being.
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  1547.  @patrisshajones4121  What's funny about it? Trump does the same thing with destructive consequences for the country.
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  1548. Kari Lake is a "floater".
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  1549. I take seriously that audiences who want to believe that cheer when he lies to them. They live to hear what they want to hear, and never doubt it when they're being lied to.
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  1550.  @carlsong6438  And there are those who neither hate nor are skeptical of him but instead are sold on him. I am especially skeptical of those who make a thing of being "intellectual," and those who are enamored of them. Even more so when those enamored of them are so because of politics, not because of any inherent merit.
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  1551.  @gregoryguidry4958  Maxine doesn't chase fellow members around calling them names.
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  1552.  @Biobele  Fact-free name-calling is not "argument" or "debate"; it is BULLYING. It is DESTRUCTIVE.
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  1553. "Taking up arms" against gov't is INSURRECTION. Insurrection is PROHIBITED BY LAW. 34 per cent haven't read the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS".
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  1554.  @wookie20f  It's long been known that Clarence Thomas interprets the Constitution through the views of the ANTI-Federalists. During the battle over ratification of the Constitution there were two factions: the Federalists -- FOR ratification -- and the ANTI-Federalists -- AGAINST ratification. The ANTI-Federalists LOST the "argument" so are irrelevant to the interpretation of the Constitution -- and their views aren't law to begin with. So Thomas has all along been OPPOSED to the Constitution.
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  1555. When will they be covering constant liar Trump for what he is?
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  1556.  @jaobidan2358  They are being watched WORLD WIDE.
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  1557. This is in the Constitution that Greene has never read: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have the Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And this: "Art. I. S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have the Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States the Appointment of the Officers, and training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS."
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  1558. "Pro-Palestinian" is not ipso facto anti-Israel -- but that is as far-right extremist Netanyahu frames it.
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  1559.  @CMA418  So one should not be "critical" of them simply because they will distort the criticism and "respond" to it with self-justification?
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  1560. The term "wokenesss" originated with the right-wing that "loves the uneducated". It is a warning to their "base" not to think for themselves.
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  1561. The Republican Senators who vote to acquit are responsible for it not being a fair trial. And they are ducking their responsibility by putting it on the voters -- especially knowing that Trump is working to subvert the election.
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  1562. Depends on the "kink". See P. Diddy Combs.
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  1563. Musk is a twit. It's no wonder he changed the name from TWITter.
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  1564. Johnson wasn't looking good; he had to do something to get SOMETHING done because Ukraine support is one of several issues that the majority of voters views as the right thing to do. Abd the lunacy -- to which Johnson is ideologically sympathetic -- was looking so bad from the outside that he had to DO something. And in order to do that -- he is not a nice guy -- he had to save his seat. And in order to do that, he had to make a deal with the Democrats. He had to do that which he and the fruit-fringe most HATE: compromise -- which is how DEMOCRACY works.
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  1565. George Soros is anti-Semitic codespeak for "Jew".
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  1566.  @jaredarndts6123  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. See if you can mature into understanding that fundamental American Constitutional principle.
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  1567. His MOTHER said the photos looked like him. She should know.
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  1568.  @paullowell3342  Citizenship in a democracy isn't only about freedom'; it is also about RESPONSIBILITY. "We the people" are required to pay our own way in the form of taxes. Those taxes pay the costs of "We the people" meeting our own needs as determined by "We the people" -- not by free-riding sociopaths -- YOU benefit from EVERYONE'S taxes -- who reject the Constitution and the fact that "We the people" -- it is RIGHT THERE IN THE CONSTITUTION -- are both the gov't, and the beneficiaries of the gov't meeting our needs. This is basic history and legal history: In a world exclusively of "divine right" monarchies and dictatorships, the Founders established a SELF-GOVERNING DEMOCRACY. The best word that applies to that is -- PROGRESSIVE. Or do you doubt that moving beyond monarchy and dictatorship is PROGRESS? In addition, that document, the US Constitution, includes the means to AMEND it in order to keep it up to date with changing times. That is why it is a living document. Get it through your selfish ignorance and false programming: it is TAXES that maintain the roads YOU USE. But if yours were the legitimate view, you, alone, would have to maintain the roads for your use. Can you afford that, reactionary pseudo-individualist?
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  1569. "Justice" Thomas's wife supported the insurrectionists. He voted for Trump. He has all along presented as being a more extreme white supremacist than white white supremacists.
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  1570. It's "bothsidesism" -- present the facts, then present the lies against the facts. The irresponsibility is in leaving it up to the viewer to "decide" which are the facts and which the lies.
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  1571. The affidavit will not be unsealed.
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  1572. What does one do when insurance is mandatory, financially out of reach, and unavailable?
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  1573. No: South Korea's PRESIDENT declared martial law. The legislature -- assembly -- successfully voted to overturn it.
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  1574. Let's be accurate: he paid $750.00 two years in a row. But paid NO taxes on his claimed "billions" for 10 out of 15 years.
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  1575. No, it is not. This is about LAW, not law-illiterate head games.
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  1576.  @toxicwastetoid9142  The vast majority are peaceful, moron. Those committing the crimes are taking advantage of the situation, many with the motive of discrediting the justness of the protests.
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  1577. It isn't questions that don't "suit" him. It is questions based upon the facts -- his own words -- being thrown back at him. Then his response begins with labeling the questions as "gotcha" questions; and if the reporter persists in completing the question/s, while he is attempting to drown out the questioning by RUDELY interrupting and talking over, he labels the question "nasty". And if it REALLY got under his skin, calls the reporter names. He has been transparently a constant bullshitter all along. His methods are not new, or unknown. I learned to crituqe such in high school, during the 1960s. Perhaps you remember the aspirin commercials on TV, where the person is dressed in a white coat -- like a doctor -- and begins with, "Many doctors recommend . . ." The white coat, and the use of the word "doctor" subconsiciously associates the two, and it is intended that the viewer believe that the man in the white coat is actually a doctor, therefore that his word can be trusted. "Many doctors recommend" -- but no doctors who ALLEGEDLY do so are NAMED. So when Trump begins with, "Lots of people say," and of course not NAMING any, he is actually referring only to himself -- while in other instances he will attack the media for relying on "anonymous sources," which is exaclty what HE is doing, even though he is the source, and not anonymous. Trump's only skill is self-promotion; and how he does that was called, when I was a kid, "Overwhelm with bullshit". Break down his statements and they are mostly cent three and four word phrase-fragments, repeated again and again, all of them ultimately meaningless -- when he says, "lots of people," as example, there are no "lots of people".
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  1578. Song lyrics and poetry are rarely comparable. Very rarely.
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  1579. FOX is not mainstream. It is RACIST FRUIT-FRINGE.
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  1580. Actually he has no authority to lecture or order sovereign states, or to interfere in their legal processes. Look at the Trump 19 -- indicted for having done so.
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  1581. If more guns made us safe, Texas would be the safest state in the United States.
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  1582.  @gregoryaustinjr9664  The Founders were Liberals who founded a liberal democracy. Liberal = diversity, including in thought. And they founded the United States on Enlightment -- "Wokeness" -- principles. The Republicans are attacking their invention "wokeness" as warning to their "base" -- you -- NOT to think for themselves.
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  1583. And how do the "realists" make it "impossible"?
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  1584. Voting by mail already exists in many states, including Red.
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  1585. The Committee could get him to tell the truth by giving him a free fifth -- of whiskey.
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  1586. I hope the prosecution piles on with video evidence of his arrogant contempt for the rule of law, the Congress and its subpoena, and for this court.
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  1587. It looks like justice will actually happen in this case.
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  1588. yeah: an intrusion on the right to stay alive.
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  1589. It isn't Walker's "missteps". It's that there is no one home. Wasn't he told to wear a helmet while playing football?
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  1590. All of his references to "many people say" and the like are entirely about himself only. It's the equivalent of invoking "common sense" as fake means to assert that others -- an imagined-up unpolled invisible majority -- agree with one. Behind it, ultimately, is desperation. And when pushed it escalates to interrupting, talking over, and bullying. Add in all the defensive hand-movements and gestures as an effort to both focus his attention, make it appear he's actually thinking, and distract the other person. Those movements falsely communicate, "Let's get serious."
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  1591. Nope: he is only an embarrassment to himself and his supporters.
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  1592. In order to courts-martial him.
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  1593. The gov't, moron, is "A system of laws, and not of men". -- John Adams. They EXPRESSLY reject the rule of law; the gov't is BY DEFINITION the RULE OF LAW. Criminals always bullshit themselves that they can successfully bullshit their way around the rule of law. They always FAIL because the law has seen and dealt with all their kinds of bullshit many times before.
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  1594.  @josecoope2211  That's how it works, history-illiterate: those opposed to racism go to where the racism exists in order to confront and defeat it.
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  1595. The police who pulled them over did not have all the facts -- rapid intervention was paramount.
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  1596. It is about health care. The specific issue if problem pregnancies, the only medical remedy for some being abortion. The problem has been tricked into focusing on abortion outside its necessary context.
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  1597.  Bronze Wolf  There are innumerable "experts" on the Internet who actually aren't experts. Using current buzzwords makes them seem, to themselves, "knowledgeable".
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  1598. It is an incoherent hodgepodge -- doubtless because a wish list in which every justice got to put in his favorite fantasy. And have we forgot that Roberts, who "wrote" the decision, is ALSO "Federalist Society"?
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  1599. He's so far to the right that he's about to fall off the end of the political spectrum altogether.
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  1600. "I know nothing! Nooothiiing!"
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  1601. NO SIDE wins ANY war.
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  1602. He was VP for 8 years. He's been there.
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  1603. The Mormon "religion" was established by men to justify polygamy. It doesn't surprise that that poppycock irrationality would lead to other crackpot offshoots used to rationalize wrong.
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  1604. The IRS made clear several years ago in response to his claim about beinb "audited": a person under audit is not barred rleasing their tax returns. Keep in mind: When Hillary Clinton declared her candidacy, she released 30 YEARS of tax returns. And she didn't have to be ASKED.
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  1605. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  1606. You were there? Why haven't you contacted the FBI?
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  1607. There are several approaches to subpoena: respond to it, go to court and quash it, or go to court to enforce it. Has Gym Jordan sufficient legal education to try to enforce it? Gym Jordan's subpoenas are illegitimate in view of the fact that he ignored the subpoena he received from within the House itself. He simply ignored it. So how would it be improper for anyone else to ignore a Congressional subpoena? The reality is that Gym Jordan is continuing to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  1608. "Televangelist" = unhinged.
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  1609. The Federal court should dismiss, as it is a state election matter.
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  1610. And she overestimates her attractiveness.
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  1611. The DOJ is not the Judicial Branch. It is in the Executive branch, but is REQUIRED to be INDEPENDENT of EVERYONE ELSE in the Executive branch. . Barr is Federalist Society -- which has worked for decades to establish the Executie branch as above the other two. That subverts the Constitutional balance. It is the establishment of one-party -- Republican -- rule, a DICTATORSHIP.
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  1612. He only embarrasses himself, except that he is above embarrassment. Stop throwing everyone else into that mess -- it obscures his individual responsibility.
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  1613.  @alpal1966  Exactly. One puts aside all the handy excuses and VOTES. In EVERY election.
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  1614. Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza? Yes or no?
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  1615. Because Trump has never taken "NO!" as an answer, so he continued to act "as if" he were the president. Which means he was violating classification protocols even when he was,
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  1616.  @jutsu1  He is challenging the kid and defending Thomas instead of discussing the kid's position. The fact is that Clarence Thomas ignores the ETHICAL requirement -- so allegedly a "Christian" so requisitely ethical -- that he recuse from decisions involving his wife. Instead he and his wife has worked as a TEAM: he tells her the cases he wants before the Court and she generates those cases. That includes the Trump case in which he attempted to SUPRESS presidential documents in the National Archives -- which belong not to Trump but to "We the people". Thankfully the other 8 Justices rejected Trump's claim and the documents were released to the Committee and what do you know: there were text messages from Thomas's wife to Mark Meadows pushing for the overthrow of the gov't. In sum: you miss the point: you are defending the indefensible because you are clueless about reason, logic, ethics, and the limitations in the Constitution, including separation of "religion" and gov't. You don't care about any rules: all that matters to you is that you get your way, however anti-American, and don't care how you get it.
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  1617.  @patriciaanzar8696  How do you know what did and didn't happen? Were you there?
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  1618.  @yourleftisttesticle  Your personal attack doesn't help your self-view of being reasonable.
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  1619. "Driving While intoxicated" = MURDERER! Gad, these unprofessional sensationalists pretending to be serious.
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  1620.  @dhellis19498  Did you miss the results of the Intelligence Community and Mueller Report? I'll spell it out for you: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  1621. Mitt Romney? Research "Bain Capital" and its evolution into "Steward Health Care".
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  1622. She should go back to being a private citizen whining that the gov't isn't meeting her needs while doing everything she can to prevent gov't meeting anyone's needs.
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  1623. The faces were exposed one-by-one as they processed them at the scene. That's how "Wild Bill," as example, was identified.
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  1624. There aren't always alternatives, especially as an undergrad.
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  1625. The mother knew her; you did not. So what is your "belief" worth?
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  1626. Political attacks on gov't are defined in law as INSURRECTION. "Riot" violates the law; INSURRECTION REJECTS the rule of law. The two are not the same thing.
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  1627. Manchin is described as a "moderate," but is a "conservative".
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  1628. Which he counters with his own bad reactionary cliches. Those who flock to him do so becuase he confirms their POLITICAL biases, while apparently fooling themselves that they are hearing "science".
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  1629. And it hurt McGovern, who lost that election. And the irony is that Eagleton was the only one of the 4 candidates for president and VP who had undergone psych. eval. and been found sane. The actual nut, Nixon, got elected.
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  1630.  @MarkovianMan  Those "rules" are in the CONSTITUTION, and NOT as amendment. The Founders knew what they were doing, and had much law and experience to draw on. The problem is not the "rules"; the problem is corrupt humans. No system of laws -- gov't -- is perfect, but ours is designed as about as best possible, so keeps the corruption -- which is endemic to human affairs -- under some control. But there is a movement in this country -- it's aways been there -- intent on overthrowing the Constitution and the democracy based thereon in order to replace it with dictatorship -- especially a "religious" dictatorship which in self-interest has always been willing to justify and commit mass murder. In fact, the "Bible" on which it is based records "God" ordering mass murders, alongside praising "God" as "merciful".
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  1631.  @singed8853  Uygur was far-Left until his audience saw through him, so he became far-Right. He's an opportunist.
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  1632.  @rr7firefly  No wonder the son took the risk he did: his parents are garbage.
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  1633. MTG is drunk on whine.
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  1634. That explanation has been provided repeatedly throughout the last several weeks.
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  1635. It works for you for now.
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  1636.  @M167A1  "In this situation that is the role of the governor or the board of clemency and whatever state the conviction occurred in. They can commute a sentence or even pardon a convicted person." Those authorities don't have the authority to retry a case. And Lehto addressed vexatious litigants -- the courts have a means to deal with that. The fact is that you don't give the least fuck: if a person is sentenced to death, waste no time offing them. After all, we "moralists" kill killers because killing is wrong. And, of course, you agree with "pro-lifers" who are more often than that pro-DEATH.
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  1637.  @M167A1  In another comment you assert that the governor or board of clemency can review and essentially overturn a conviction. In fact -- this is constitutionalism -- there are three separate branches of gov't: legislative, executive, and judiciary. The governor and board of clemency are in the executive branch. Legal cases are pursued in the judiciary. Only the judiciary can review cases. You have a loud mouth with an empty head as concerns even the fundamentals of constitutionalism.
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  1638. @$hiek Yobooty "Justice" Thomas, who voted to keep the evidence against Trump COVERED UP, is a more extreme white supremacist than white white supremacists. His wife SUPPORTED the insurrectionists. He should be impeached and removed.
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  1639. Note homeless: three hots and a cot.
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  1640.  @weo-mum-mum  I think he'll spill the beans in exchange for no charge.
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  1641. Standing up for fact-based REASON.
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  1642. Yeah, thoughts and prayers. Ban Books, not Guns.
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  1643. If George "Guess My Real Name!" Santos told me he's a liar, I'd hesitate to believe him.
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  1644. Would be nice if "COURT" TV would leave out the entertainment, which diminishes the sober seriousness of the rule of law.
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  1645.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  A person who has a degree in philosophy learns not only the history of philosophy, but also the substance of the different schools of philosophy. Oh -- you didn't know that philosophers are professionals at what they do, and understand fundamental approaches to it? Socrates' method was to ask a question; and those in the conversation would provide and answer or two. He then would ask questions about the answers. More answers, and he would ask questions about those answers. (It is called the "Socratic method" and is used in law schools.) Ultimately -- and this can be achieved, though it requires concerted WORK -- Socrates said he "knew nothing". The untutored idea is that philosophy is about "wisdom" as answers. As clever one-liners. About competitive "winning of 'arguments'." Socrates wasn't satisfied with such pretend-knowledge. The purpose of philosophy is pursuit of TRUTH. If the truth is that none of us actually knows anything, then that is the truth of it. The untutored are instead about impressing others with their "knowledge". That is ultimately boring. Having been through all that, and having by my own efforts proven to myself that I know nothing, I have no patience with amateurs. No patience with those who are seeking OUTSIDE THEMSELVES someone to believe in, someone to provide them the "answers". Someone who appears to be able to make an "argument" that the person seeking such answers can't make themselves. And that is always competitive over against something else. So Peterson smears the "far left" -- whatever that is to mean -- as if all the truth is on his side of the divide he creates for himself. That is not philosophy; it is political ideology. That means he is not a great mind because he rejects truths that don't exist in his little box, within his self-limitation; truths that exist outside his narrowness that he rejects.
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  1646.  @shuffman8094  Because I inform myself in advance of critiquing. That is the intellectually honest approach. So instead of taking that approach -- critically evaluating his views -- you personally attack me. What I resent is stupidity, and the biased buying into bigotries of which they approve, while blithely ignoring the dishonesty.
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  1647.  @LionEagleOx  I have an education in law; you do not. I adhere to law, and you don't know what you're talking about. As example, John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He researched every instance of democracy back to the Greeks -- which the Greeks founded in keeping with PHILOSOPHY. Adams wrote the Massachusetts Constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. Also included among the Founders considerations were European Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke. This is an example of the Founders' view, from the 1784 New Hampshire constitution "Bill of Rights": "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights ["natural rights" being a philosophical concept] to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". Thus the first responsibility of gov't, which is by definition RULE OF LAW, is protection of public health and safety. You have no idea what philosophy is, and you mistakenly believe the easy way to learn it is to watch youtube videos by a right-winger who IS NOT a philosopher but IS a dogmatic -- dictatorial -- absolutist who rejects out of hand whole areas of PHILOSOPHY based upon right-wing BIGOTRY. All of which means that you believe his bias because it is YOUR bias. Philosophy is the PURSUIT of truth, NOT the "possession" of it; "wisdom" is the byproduct of that pursuit. Peterson believes he POSSESSES truth, which is as arrogant and elitist as it gets, and you buy his crap because you are looking for absolutes. Philosophy "knows" two things: (1) that there are no absolutes, and (2) that ultimately we "know" NOTHING. An actual philosopher is Socrates, who can be read in "Plato's Dialogues". Begin with that. Or begin with "The Story of Philosophy," by Will Durant.
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  1648.  @LionEagleOx  Behind all else I'm an artist, and am a published poet. As said, you don't know what you're talking about. And you obviously believe communications are all about argument and combativeness, as if that proves something. "Belief" is a place to rest, not a place to stay. You are stuck with trying to find OUTSIDE YOURSELF something to believe, instead of creating meaning for yourself. You don't know anything about philosophy and are rejecting the tips I gave you. You aren't about learning or pursuing truth; you already have your fixed set of "facts," and that's your limitation.
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  1649.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  Peterson isn't a philosopher. Your argument that wallowing in uneducated belief is equal to being a philosopher is stupid. Go play your specious circular non-argument in your local bar.
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  1650. In Buffalo -- let's not forget that -- the "good guy with a gun" confronted a "bad guy with a gun" WITH BODY ARMOR.
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  1651. Landlords are always making shit up to create backlash against tenants -- how dishonest they are. No landlord has EVER been a crook.
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  1652. Ignorance isn't bliss. It is ignorance of the fact that ignorance is misery.
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  1653. Rogan is not a virologist.
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  1654. Harris should challenge him to 5 debates -- and consistently keep that in his face to expose his constant dodging.
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  1655.  @ohio  So she could sound "male" -- i.e., like she had authority.
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  1656. Have you EVIDENCE to back up that bald-faced assertion? No, you don't. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1657. There are disbarments locally that we aren't hearing about.
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  1658.  @carriea8165  According to whom? those who hate Democrats -- especially While Being Black?
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  1659.  @bryanb3352  There is crime. And Congress investigates toward legislating; but if they find potential crimes it ROUTINELY refers the matter to the DOJ. If you Trumpeters weren't so ignorant of normal governing you wouldn't fall for the stupidities fed you.
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  1660.  @zennbubba  I don't see anyone getting made about the rule of law being enforced -- except, of course, Trump and his fellow seditionists/traitors, AND the dumb-assed MAGA dupes.
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  1661. Same goes for Ethan Crumbley's mother's instruction to his son: it's right to do wrong; it's only wrong to get caught.
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  1662. No: they are for "religious" hospitals. Sinners don't get treatment.
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  1663. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1664. If his wife was offended, she should have stood up for herself instead of leaving the dirty work to the man. She's a "victim" and he's a bad example to the world: Americans can be violent without consequence, but Putin is a bad guy. Stop making excuses for CRIMINALITY.
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  1665. What if they don't?
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  1666.  @Cje233  Your stupid name-calling only reveals what you are: a know-nothing fool. Who will you blame when you discover how tariffs ACTUALLY work?
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  1667. "We the people" are the gov't. The gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people" as determined through elected representatives by "We the people". The right-wing bitches that the gov't is out-of-touch with what they want -- AND are opposed to the gov't meeting the needs of "We the people".
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  1668. The officers were not wounded. Shots through the schoolroom wall dusted them with sheet rock remnants.
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  1669. So he was also scheduled to work Saturdays at a facility for the elderly? How is it unusual for there to be employees working also during weekends at facilities that are open and operating seven days per week?
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  1670. Social satirists Irma Bombeck and Art Buckwald identified the source of humor as anger. Early in his career Mark Twain identified the source of humor as anger. Near the end of his career he identified the source as pain. (I've been told by psychiatrists that behind anger is fear. I ask, "Fear of what?" I answer, "Fear of pain.")
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  1671.  @dawnywarthog6642  He's done it everywhere he's held a rally. And if I recall, some cities have denied him rally permits because already dealing with his unpaid rally bills.
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  1672. John Dean is a national treasure, and has been pointing to the issues since at latest 2000.
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  1673. Trump is a low-energy whine-o.
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  1674. Because they aren't about rule of law. They are all about politics all the time. In contrast: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1675. "Religious" "conservatives" don't accept the First Amendment separation of "religion" from gov't.
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  1676. The pardon power needs to be limited -- no one can be judge and jury at his own trial; that is a conflict of interest. No official who has the authority to pardon should be able to pardon her/himself.
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  1677.  @masonainsworth  False. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. They are not the same ting, except to those who like muddying the waters in favor of political attacks on the rule of law. The Constitution is the supreme LAW of the Land. The Impeachment Clause is incorporated in the Constitution. _Ergo_, impeachment is a LEGAL process, made political by those who aim to subvert the law.
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  1678.  @jennyfab312  Actions speak louder than words. "I can't believe what you say/'Cause I see what you do". -- Manfred Mann. When anyone tells me they're a "Christian" I first put my hand on my wallet, and then compare their words with their actions.
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  1679.  @njprosigns2864  Bernie is a FRAUD: he lied about releasing his tax information, along with Trump. He voted AGAINST the Brady Bill FIVE TIMES. He voted to PROTECT the gun industry. Being an asshole is not the equivalent of being political intelligent. Trump is the issue -- so you attack Democrats -- MORON.
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  1680. The intent of the insurrectionists was not to "overturn the election". It was to overthrow the gov't.
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  1681. We learn from history that we don't learn from history.
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  1682.  @nancygodsey8312  Note that the right-wing snowflakes don't bitch about sex and race when the choices are white males.
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  1683.  Kevin Newhart  Lucky you: the "Conservatives" on the SC held that lying is protected speech. I'd ask if you're paid to be stupid, or are stupid for free, but you're too stupid to know the answer to that question.
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  1684. He's a star among law-illiterate Trumpeters, and Republicans who want to undermine the rule of law. The issue is that Republicans reject the rule of law. It is that basic, and stark.
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  1685. Neither will Boebert. It appears this is a cat fight based on the fact that they are identical idiotological twins. Each hates in the other that which they both are. Will either or both suddenly realize that they are each looking into a mirror and hating what they see?
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  1686. Investigation of the scale pursued by the DOJ, and legal processes, TAKE TIME. This is not a fucking TV entertainment.
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  1687. Hyroxychloroquine is ALSO contra-indicated for heart patients.
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  1688. @Fake Republican There is a difference between "opinion" and "informed opinion". There is also a difference between "opinion" -- which has a chance of being true -- and falsehood. Falsehood, because false, cannot be true, therefore cannot be "opinion". Truth matters. And the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood signifies psychological -- i.e., moral -- maturity.
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  1689.  @jerisharpe906  "Thoughts and prayers" haven't changed anything except the subject.
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  1690. Where are the STATE regulators?
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  1691. There are NO "irregularities" -- which Trump himself is proving: EVERY case he's filed claiming "voter fraud" has been DISMISSED because he has NO EVIDENCE to back up the claim. And he has NO EVIDENCE of "voter fraud" because there ISN'T any. Asshole: LEARN how elections work, and how it is IMPOSSIBLE to get away with "voter fraud".
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  1692.  gordon mathew  The shill is con-artsit Trump. But bullshitters prefer bullshitters to truth. The problem is that bullshitters are so easy to bullshit -- what they miss is that Trump DESPISES his supporters, who he views as LOSERS. "I LOVE the uneducated!" -- Trump -- becuase they are so easy to DUPE.
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  1693. FOURTH time in a row.
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  1694. He'll be convicted and never get out of jail.
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  1695. It may seem and odd image, but it was the trash that dropped you.
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  1696. I'm experiencing that locally: the Catholics have no problem with the hypocrisy, the corruption, so long as they get their way. And that's all it's about for them: getting their way. And if corruption is necessary to get what they want, they are for the corruption. Scalia "judicial philosophy" was not only beyond outside the mainstream, it is antithetical to reason and standard jurisprudence. Scalia was excoriated, across the political spectrum, for his claim that the legislative history of the Second Amendment -- the debates of the Congress that WROTE it -- was irrelevant, in order to reach his manufactured conclusion: that it protects and individual right. Even though those words do not appear in the Amendment.
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  1697. She isn t crazy -- if she were, she couldn't be considred responsible for her behavior. Don't give her that. She is an immoral hypocrite, intellectually dishonest, and thoroughly unethical.
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  1698.  @jodycwilliams  Gov't establishes and enforces the tule of law. In fact, gov't is by definition rule of law. And gov't has always regulated to protect public health and safety. And in the US, "We the people" are the gov't; so the idea that gov't is some foreign entity is a fundamental ignorance of that fact. It is essentially irresponsible. The Founders of the United States believved in "liberrty WITHIN the law" -- everyone else also has rights not to be violated. In other words: rights are secured in law; "rights" and law are not opposed to each other.
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  1699.  @juanvazquez8858  He's the usual lying Republican -- interrupting and talking over to get out his talking points, regardless the question he isn't answering.
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  1700.  @stevetrivago  You don't understand the word "never".
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  1701. Republicans are opposed to education, because they feed on propaganda. In this instance, Rubio is being racist -- which shouldn't surprise.
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  1702. ". . . . And also, so that you can understand the wording of the 2nd Amendment as written, pay attention here." Let's play your history- and law-illiterate game -- then SHRED it: 1. When the several states ratified the Constitution, they included with that written statement to Congress a PETITION to be accepted as a member of the Union. 2. Several states also included proposed amendments. 3. James Madison, a Congressman in the House of Representatives, codified the proposed amendments into a "Bill of Rights" resolution, which he then submitted to the House for debate. This is where the history- and law-illiterate claim that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. This is their "history": James Madison was the "Father of the Constitution, AND he wrote the "Bill of Rights"/Second Amendment. If those facts are true then -- The first three words of the Constitution are, "We the people," not, "We the individual". Thus the word "people" -- the "We" makes it PLURAL -- has the same meaning from those first three words to the end of the "Bill of Rights" -- the first Ten Amendments. IN FACT the House debated the resolution as COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE -- i.e., the entire House of Representatives Debated and wrote the "Bill of Rights". AND the Senate ALSO debated and contributed to it. Madison was not a Senator. 4. The "Madison [Second] Amendment" was actually the first DRAFT of that which eventually became the Second Amendment. That an all but the last draft included ONE "individual right" -- which is obvious from its language, and which means the drafts of the amendment included BOTH the words "PEOPLE" -- which is PLURAL -- and "PERSON" -- which is obviously INDIVIDUAL. This is the ONLY "individual right" that was debated: ": but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms, shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY -- one could be DRAFTED into militia DUTY] to render military service [in well-regulated militia]". That was OBVIOUSLY VOTED DOWN before the "Bill of Rights" was ratified. One last fact: Occasionally one or another gun-nut will boldly assert: "The Founders put the Second Amendment after the First Amendment to back up the First Amendment. 1. As submitted to the states for consideration and ratification, the proposed "Bill of Rights" consisted of TWELVE proposed Amendments. The first two were REJECTIED, making the third the First, and the fourth the Second. 2. The First Amendment includes -- "Congress shall make no law . . . abridged . . . the right of the people to PEACEABLY assemble". Thus the First amendment is consistent with "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15: "The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". To "take up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION -- which is PROHIBITED. The alternative established by the Founders, and the Constitution and laws, is VOTING.
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  1703. They'd probably been speaking up, but the HOAs haven't been listening.
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  1704. There is law governing who can use the presidential seal, and he isn't included.
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  1705. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  1706.  @johntrifunov9597  And it fertilizes flowers.
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  1707. So it's 'miracle" how it all came together -- under the oversight of the "Chosen One".
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  1708. Yep: that's why all the heavy weapons.
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  1709. Jokes are funny. Johnson is not funny. Try to be serious about serious issues.
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  1710. Why? Have you evidence of such? Or are you simply wallowing in your hobby of beliving, or making up, conspirabunk?
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  1711.  @margaretjohnson6259  Many did.
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  1712. The problem is the administrators-heavy colleges and universities. They take most of the money but don't teach. And in order for a professor to earn tenure s/he must publish so hasn't time to teach, so that falls to graduate students who also do the grunt research for the professor, who then uses that to publish. It's no wonder the graduate students are trying to unionize because they are paid a pittance for their work. There is no "trickle down" at universities.
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  1713. HOUSE, NOT SENATE.
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  1714.  @vitalsigns2679  History is the rudder which steers the present. Without it one is untethered from meaning and understanding.
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  1715. Jokes tend to be funny. She is not.
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  1716. Maybe you should blame the state gov't you elect.
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  1717. We don't have royalty -- such as "Lords" -- in the United States. And "heaven" is an unproven speculation. Amazing how "religious" delusions are used to counter "religious" delusions.
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  1718. For some it's projection. For others it's confession.
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  1719. His lawyers had nothing to defend him with, in the face of all the videos, and the law itself. Stop defending this murderer.
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  1720. "Libertarian" corporatism.
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  1721. And dictator Viktor Orban.
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  1722. Beginning with his own intelligence.
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  1723. He swore and oath to the CONSTITUTION, which includes separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  1724. There is no "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't. The word for that crime is INSURRECTION. From the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And from _Presser v. Illinois: (115) ". . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine."
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  1725. I think it's important to convict people without evidence, charges, or trial. After all, what does "law" have to do with anything when one avoids thought and reality for emotion and prejudgment?
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  1726. Holding AG Garland "accountable"? What is the EVIDENCE, Pence, behind your implication that AG Garland is doing something wrong?
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  1727. It isn't like he's of sound judgment: his community is Republican Trump-supporting.
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  1728. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Dan Abrams needs to learn that fact: the politics of this issue are irrelevant, except to media that pander to passion instead of fact and law.
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  1729. George's only real charity was himself.
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  1730.  @matthewholzmueller6292  "Dr. Phil" claims to be a psychologist. Psychology is said to be a science. Science is neither "left" nor "right". "Dr. Phil" is a TV entertainer, and multi-millionaire. He doesn't have clients, and isn't even qualified to be a theoretician. So thank you for confirming that "Dr. Phil" is not a credible source for science, and that you don't know the difference between science and political pornography.
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  1731. Audit Rupert Murdoch's tax returns. And while you're at it, Carlson's and Hannity's.
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  1732. Reminds of Mark Twain: "Stupidity ain't the problem. The problem is that lightning ain't distributed right."
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  1733. It's the easiest thing to be a "conservative" in the US: simply adopt their anti-education/learning idiotology.
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  1734. Get an education, infant moron: it was the "Boomers" who got the US out of Vietnam. It was the "Boomers" who exposed and got Agnew and Nixon. It was those after the "Boomers" who, in their zeal to screw the "Boomers" for imaginary "reasons," elected Reagan and G. DUI Bushit. Meanwhile, it was "Boomers" who invented computers and social media. And now you fools blame the "Boomers" for disasters which could have been avoided, if only you mindless vengeful "Boomer"-haters were for LEARNING truths, regardless sources of those truths -- one being the "Boomers" you actually know nothing much about, beginning with the fact that "Boomers" were not and are not a monolith. Clue: Sanders is a "Boomer" -- and stuck in the 1960s' "New Left" that got NIXON elected, and collapsed when it no longer had an enemy it needed -- US involvement in Vietnam -- by means of which to sustain itself. When you reject sources of experience and wisdom you do not have, you render YOURSELF irrelevant. And the result is a repeat of the very disasters you blame on others than your own SELF-impoverishing generation.
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  1735. Rice is QUALIFIED, moron.
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  1736. It began with McCarthy and Nixon. And it's been getting worse and worse since Nixon.
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  1737. The "indirect" "impacts" are direct for those on the outer end.
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  1738. REJECTing the rule of law, which these moorons do, is BY DEFINITON anti-gov't, becuase the gov't IS the rule of law.
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  1739. "Globalist" = JEW.
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  1740. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  1741. Yeah -- uneducated parents teaching their kids their bigotries.
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  1742.  @angeldream1  According to "Dog," "Dog" has caught a lot of people. Are criminals known for their honesty?
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  1743.  @theducksanctuary951  There has already been massive attention on the case. All "Dog" does is enhance that which had already become a ratings-boon media circus -- with the tag-along "online sleuths" adding to the chaos. "Dog's" aim is to become the center of attention of the circus, the top clown in the center ring.
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  1744. There are two forms of lying: 1. Commission: Telling a known falsehood. 2. Omission: Withholding a known truth.
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  1745.  @mr.e432  See my comment about Trump being expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty-train.
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  1746. @Kevin Tewey You don't know much outside Russia.
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  1747. Yeah, right, he's hiding in an abandoned house because he allegedly read a book of fiction. Do you not understand how stupid that sounds?
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  1748. It has nothing to do with the head of Secret Service. She administers, and it's probable that there are usually more than one Secret Service operation going on at any time. The Secret Service teams -- not the administrator in D.C. -- make the decisions on the ground.
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  1749. They aren't incompetent. They are irresponsible.
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  1750.  @bl4ckkn1g8t5  The Founders of the American colonies and the United States, which was founded on genocide and slavery.
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  1751. Privatize the profits, socialize the pollution.
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  1752.  @MarcusDET  Anyone who was living in those condos is DEAD.
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  1753.  @SilviaGary  I wish it were longer.
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  1754. At very least "they" -- and WE -- are laughing at Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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  1755. Pt was also high anxiety for males who were draft-eligible. They were not entirely the "best of times".
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  1756.  @JoeBob189  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. And it isn't anger -- it's irritation caused by diaper rash.
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  1757. An allegation is not a PROOF. And you provide NO EVIDENCE for your crackpot hatred.
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  1758.  @bsherwood  One can be a learned person without a degree. That does not include Trump.
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  1759.  @sleepypisceslove1586  Is he any different than his father and brother? Paul used his brother's ID -- apparently a fake ID -- to buy booze. There was one news reoprt, with photos, showing him removing stuff from another location, where it was said his mother had been living.
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  1760. You're new to politics. It's called statistics, polling, and reporting ON THE GROUND, including EXIT polling. Thus predicting the outcome is a safe bet, and has been the practice for decades. It is not new, and is not "corruption" -- so you can stop your paranoid pro-"Sanders is a victim" whining. Clue: Just because you are clueless does not transform reality into being a conspiracy. Stop being drunk on the smell of someone else's pie-in-the-sky.
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  1761. If Trump wins, but the Democrats hold the House and take the Senate, they can impeach and remove. And the Congress can reverse everything Trump did, including removal of his judges.
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  1762. The town gov't received copy of the 2018 report, but didn't act, though it had the authority -- and obligation -- to do so. And even when they cite violations, they don't follow through to ensure the violations are corrected.
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  1763.  @mrsdraper171  Greed for power.
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  1764. How did he feel when they DID break the law? Or is he saying they DIDN'T break the law because they are WHITE?
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  1765. Yep: "thoughts and prayers" are reserved for US citizens murdered by gun-nuts inspired by the NRA.
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  1766.  @evelynabrahamwesley2809  In every instance? What I learned from criminals was not to be a criminal. But that actually had to do with my sense of personal responsibility, which was and is opposite that of criminals. I learned from their experience and example what NOT to be -- which was not what THEY intended.
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  1767. No: he is saying that others committed crimes and got away with it, therefore he should be able to get away with committing crimes.
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  1768. Of course he knew. But his entire life has been lived as a war on the rule of law. He believes in "law and order" that implements his malicious hatreds.
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  1769. They don't want gov't interfering in "religion" -- which is why the separation.
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  1770. One of the people killed in the disaster was a Black civil rights lawyer. But, alas, she was a woman.
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  1771. Nothing opaque about it: he did not say, "No."
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  1772.  @oltedders  Oh, boy: another conspiracy "theory".
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  1773.  @FKCENSORSHIP  I'm sure she's wealthy and "roughing it" at the same time. Most/all the indigenous reservations have banned her from being on their properties.
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  1774. His only concern is his "base". Everyone else can die, as far as he is concenred. And he's making efforts to cause just that.
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  1775.  @mnachindlovu8166  When Putin first mentioned nukes, President Marcron of France responded, "We have them too!"
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  1776. It isn't about Trump -- or any of the witnesses -- characters; it is about Trump's ACTIONS. But humans are affected by the expressions -- and actions -- of fellow humans. To cry -- and from all descriptions it was sudden and spontaneous, not an act -- in public is to be utterly vulnerable. Hicks has been trying to continue to believe her illusion that Trump is a "nice guy," but she's been struggling with that, and she realized that she had admitted -- and heard herself actually say -- truths that refute the illusion. She is realizing that he betrayed her trust, as he has always done with everyone.
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  1777.  @aliamjon2550  We have it ON VIDEO MADE BY THE INSURRECTIONISTS THEMSELVES: Babbitt was engaged in VIOLENT INSURRECTION against the gov't, which gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. She was engaged in CRIME. The Founders classified insurrection as TREASON.
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  1778.  @dalecrocker3213  The Proud Boys are FASCISTS. And that their "president" is an Afro-Cuban only means that there are people who act against their own interests. There were Jews who collaborated with the Nazis while Jews were being mass-murdered. There were Chinese who collaborated with the Japanese while the Japanese were slaughtering millions of Chinese. There are fools such as you who defend those who reject and overtly attack the Constitution and laws. BE CLEAR: the rights you claim only exist because they are secured in written law. Destroy that written law and those "rights" cease to exist. Yes: the Proud Boys are white supremacists -- and Fascists -- as are the Oath Keepers and their ilk. You don't have to take the word of the REPORTAGE -- NOT OPINION -- of the LEGITIMATE media; you only need to listen to the rhetoric of the Proud Boys and their ilk. They falsely claim, as example, that the Second Amendment establishes a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't, gov't being BY DEFNINTION rule of law. Ask yourself: what LAW would authorize destruction of the RULE OF LAW? The "Bill of Rights" is not the entire Constitution; and the ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time. It incorporates FOUR Militia Clauses, the Second Amendment being nothing more than the fourth of them. This is the firt: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIOS, and repel Invasions". These are the directly relevant portions of the second: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The Congress shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." Thus the well-regulated Militia is ALWAYS GOVERNED AND REGULATED UNDER BOTH US and state constitutions and laws. The armed anti-gov't gangs, such as the Proud Boys ilk, are not "militia"; in fact, they are classified in law, in all 50 states, as "paramilitaries," and PROHIBITED thereby. "Taking up arms" against the gov't is the CRIME of INSURRECTION, which the Founders classified as TREASON. There is NO right to commit insurrection or treason. And what is the motivation of the Proud Boys and their ilk? WHITE SUPREMACISM, and the false fetishization of the so-called "revolution" as a populist fascism.
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  1779.  @ngzcaz  What did the treasonous insurrection against the Capitol have to do with "stopping" the alleged "burning buildings" in other cities?
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  1780. So Cotton is against private citizens taking the law into their own hands -- and asserts that the solution to that is for private citizens to take the law into their own hands.
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  1781.  @Dezzer45  And Bannon.
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  1782. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  1783.  @MissLille  Consider adding a Ukrainian flag.
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  1784.  @researchwilson4473  Trump is probably the biggest tax cheat in the history of the world. And a major drain on his bank account/s is all the lawyers he has on retainer, year after year after year, fighting off those to whom he OWES MONEY. He's the sort of fool to pay a lawyer $50,000 in order NOT to pay a $10,000 debt.
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  1785.  @brianfordhamm2740  The man is obviously well-informed -- his questions were informed and directly on-point. That tells me he is an engaged voter. He is clearly not a Trumper. And that tells me he isn't going to sit it out.
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  1786.  @robinsmith8846  She married him for the green card and the money, not to "service" him for any longer than she needed to do so.
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  1787. Money isn't the root of all evil. The LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Gates gives away a lot of money -- whereas your hero Trump never parts with a cent.
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  1788.  @tobiramasenju6290  How did he vote on impeachment? How did he vote on the 1/6 Commission? How did he vote on the House version of the infrastructure bill?
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  1789.  @chenzen1578  Privatize the profit, socialize the cost.
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  1790. It could be amtter of detail that morons don't recognize, like proof that the van was stolen, not voluntarily lent or given. Yes: facts matter, as does the rule of law.
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  1791.  @gungadin1389  And when he gives his legal opinion there isn't any politics to it.
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  1792.  @grossgo  Or ask him why the DA and prosecutors "aren't" "legal scholars". Or ask him about the relationships between and among the three "scholars" named Dershowitz, Epstein, and Trump.
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  1793.  @michielpatrick4583  What got him on the radar was his position in the FBI, which was monitoring intelligence about foreign meddling in US domestic affairs -- one specific being Russia's connections to Trump's campaign. He was fired for doing his job, as required, in keeping with his oath to the constitution, instead of being loyal to Trump.
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  1794.  @evelynrodriguez2670  If "God" gave a damn, the building wouldn't have collapsed.
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  1795.  @lani7148  And those who voted third party, or against Clinton, helped elect Trump, so are also complicit. It's amazing how many present as standing on moral ground, but never actually include moral considerations in their thought processes.
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  1796. He's a self-centered egotist and bullshitter. He is not an intellectual.
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  1797.  @sherrycola721  The charges will be increased, including crossing state lines to commit crime.
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  1798. Intelligent, emotional, and even sad statement by Trudeau. And excellent quote from JFK.
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  1799. Who involved in the situation WASN'T about making money!?
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  1800.  @cris_balm7460  “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -- John Kenneth Galbraith "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit. Conservatism: the accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible.
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  1801. Enemies of the rule of law. Of the United States. Follow the money to Putin.
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  1802. "Success": infants and young children in cages.
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  1803. I suspect prosecutors have alternative strategies, should Weisselberg not flip.
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  1804.  @wrmlm37  Apparently they either never heard about the WW II German Nazis, or were inspired by them.
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  1805. The "Christian" "Bible" was written by Jews. Christ was a Jew. Christian Nationalists are anti-Semites.
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  1806. Yes.
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  1807. And it continues with the "Never Trumpers," as if Saint Ronnie was the greatest invention since "God".
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  1808. Trump asked, "What do you want to call it?" It was "called" in the question: Do you condemn white supremaicsm? It's called, White Supremacism.
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  1809.  @american236  I don't skip it: ___ This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right".
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  1810. Make Accountability Great Again.
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  1811. The National Archives made a smart move by identifying the subjects of the documents the Select Committee seeks. It would be difficult for courts to ignore those facts.
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  1812. The January 6 Committee should subpoena Clarence and Ginni Thomas to testify under oath -- separately. Let's see how the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists on the Court rule on whether Supreme Court Justices are under, above, or outside the reach of the rule of law. Of subpoena. And whether Thomas recuses from that decision. If the Court is bent on discrediting itself and its authority into irrelevance, then let's help them do that. After all, they don't have a means to enforce their edicts against states that choose to ignore their subversions of the Constitution. Another approach: Andrew Johnson was so hated that the Congress REDUCED the number of Supreme Court seats from 10 to 7 so he couldn't appoint to it. At least 3 of the 6 extremists perjured themselves in order to stead their seats. Reducing the number of seats by 3 would restore the needed balance. That should be easier to do than the uphill battle to expand the Court.
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  1813.  @larryfairbanks1734  Same here. It's an avoidance of personal responsibility to be attached to reality.
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  1814. There are no words. BOTH parents, and themselves so young. It can't be worse.
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  1815. Trump rejects and attacks the RULE OF LAW.
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  1816. Uh -- no: personally Gaetz would be pro-abortion.
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  1817.  @kenny-ou5pn  He's an ideologue. He doesn't have an "argument". He is playing with undigested cliches and concepts. He doesn't have to make sense -- it's all a grift for cash. He believes anyone can sell anything, and that whatever is being sold has no inherent worth, so just go for it -- bullshit one's way.
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  1818. Most around Trump loathed him; but he was useful to their achieving their goals, central being their co-opting of the Supreme Court.
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  1819.  @newyawkgiants5877  Kasich is a stealth religionut. He's Pence but wearing a disguise.
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  1820. She's about open-carry as an aggression intended to intimidate other lawmakers.
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  1821. Or listen to Michelle Obama's speech.
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  1822.  @EnwardHiggins  Wrong: some of the leaders are "Proud Boys" who have yet to mature into men.
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  1823.  @MikeHart72  He isn't certain he wants it unsealed because it lays out the months of efforts to retrieve the gov't property he STOLE and repeatedly refused to return, including the LIE that he didn't have any more gov't property which was PROVEN a lie when the warrant found multiple boxes MORE of stolen gov't property. He would, of course, want to know the witnesses identities so he could threaten them.
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  1824. When murders pile up attached to a particular name, one begins to assume that the murders and name are connected. Too many "accidents" involving that family.
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  1825. Interesting that she doesn't at all look "Italian" or "English" (if she was born in the United States, she isn't "Italian" or "English"), but certainly looks like an indigenous. Perhaps her parents were the liars.
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  1826. And known for not paying his lawyers. Giuliani needs to ask himself: Why should I protect a client who HASN'T PAID ME HIS LEGAL FEES?
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  1827.  @julieperez8955  He's not a hero: he is living up to his responsibility, as required by his profession and his place in Congress.
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  1828.  @jamtommy6446  Where's the beef, troll?
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  1829.  @mightyhummingbird499  Trump is a one-note song. He has nothing else.
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  1830. That's what happened at Sandy Hook: as each parents learned that their child survived, they left. All who were left were told their child was dead, and their screaming was heard all over the neighborhood. The same happened in Texas.
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  1831. More than 9,000 financial fraud cases of the same kind as the criminal case against Trump have been prosecuted in New York since 2015. That is because New York is the financial center of the US, and therefore is the center of the highest percentage of financial fraud. Such prosecutions are beyond common to constant. Trump's frauds committed against financial institutions got him favorable -- lower -- interest rates on loans, therefore those institutions were VICTIMIZED by making less profit. The "hush money" case also involved tax fraud -- which means everyone else was paying Trump's taxes.
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  1832. You have it wrong: the "auditor" is a law-illiterate attemtping to arouse responses he can CLAIM are "corruption".
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  1833.  @ogs1mpson609  Bill Belichick, along with Kraft and Brady, have all along fought over having their heads furthest up Trump's ass.
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  1834. All the pro-democracy diplomats walked out of a UN meeting during the Russian speech and stood unified in support of Ukraine. And at least one Republican (Nebraska) excoriated Trump.
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  1835. If you know so much, and have the EVIDENCE, perhaps you should get off your commenting ass and report it all to law enforcement.
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  1836.  @a5troboy  He's playing POLITICS with race and immigration.
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  1837.  @Shawn-jd5dd  Jack Smith made that clear in his indictment: "Anything goes" in political speech; but lying to the gov't during investigation, or lying to a court, is prohibited. Politics and law are not the same thing.
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  1838. I've seen street walkers with better sartorial taste. That's free speech.
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  1839. A lot of Trump-supporting Republicans on the Capitol and DC Metropolitan Police forces are no longer either Trump-supporters or Republicans.
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  1840.  @luvpants2012  He's taking STOLEN money out of his kids mouths where it doesn't belong.
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  1841. It is not that they are "unable" to deal in truth. It is that they are invested in the lying.
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  1842. How many, including in the news media, have "forgot" that Trump began attacking elections in 2016?
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  1843. Harris has a nasty, vidictive streak: she should be Attorney General.
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  1844.  @brendahhstiles9992  The British monarchy is a part of the UK gov't, so does have a political role. But it is limited. The same is true of other European monarchies, such as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, which also have democratically-elected parliaments, and socialist economies -- and are not tyrannies
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  1845. "Dr. Phil" will always claim to be a success. It's all about the MONEY.
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  1846. He's lying: he could have pardoned them all before the inauguration. Instead he stole boxes of presidential documents, and then played golf, while those he despises sit on their asses in jail.
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  1847.  @WiseOldTales  They were a team working together on becoming wealthy. Then she showed publicly what she was all along, and George got away from her to protect his "reputation".
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  1848. It's a brilliant presentation. Liz Cheney obviously likes Harris. And it appears she has moderated her "pro-life" "conservatism" in the face of the real consequences for women of the overturning of Roe, which Cheney probably wanted to happen. And they begin to sound in much agreement -- especially how Republicans are telling them secretly that they'd be voting Harris/Walz.
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  1849. It's shocking how ignorant WOMEN are about pregnancies and what can go wrong with them.
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  1850. The money Meadows gets from the book with one hand, will be handed by the other hand to lawyers.
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  1851. Bullshit: Trump WANTS to run against Sanders. Sanders would be destroyed in a week. And Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for him before they'll vote for a Socialist.
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  1852. The "Bible" was written by men who invented a "God" that told them what they wanted to hear. And then they imposed that "Word of 'God'" onto everyone they wanted to control.
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  1853. The problem is that Republicans themselves BEGAN that "debate" method of being against, and against, and against, but never for anything. The name-calling of Republicans didn't begin with Trump. So much of the "I'm a life-long Republican" "base" are trained to falsely believe that trash-talking is actually "debate". That's why the total lack of basic manners. They are practicing and defending what they call "politically incorrect" -- which means, being openly racist, and having no manners, no decency. They consider being "sociable" to be the equivalent of "Socialist". Sure, it's all the ultimate in degeneracy, in stupdidity, but they'll do anything to "win" even if it destorys the country and their own bank accounts.
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  1854. That's a correct perspective, and why everyone should wear masks: presume that everyone is infected. Trump doesn't want testing, because it won't "keep the numbers low," and wont let him escape that it IS his fault.
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  1855.  @Reboottin  They always wear masks -- because they have the cowardice of their convictions.
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  1856. Do have empathy for anyone? Oh, right: you have empathy for a murderer, but not for his victim. That is twisted.
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  1857. That was already the system when Reagan said that.
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  1858. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1859.  @njambafredrick363  The election is all there is for Trump as means to avoid the purpose of the court: to deal with criminal indictments and evidence. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1860.  @user-ux1pf2yo7t  you need to learn how the gov't is structured and functions. The Judiciary is OUTISDE the political realm. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1861. Where is the EVIDENCE?
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  1862.  @sandralynn7321  Joseph did get off the hook for child support when Mary claimed the pregnancy just sorta "happened".
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  1863.  @d1ff76  Actually she doesn't. But you wouldn't recognize actual debate as being different that childish name-calling and bullying.
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  1864.  @PointerGo  Bone spurs afflict heels.
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  1865.  @anandanewsnetwork  He is witnessing from the Democrats adherence to the Constitution and facts. Have you any other false cheap-shots?
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  1866.  @patriciagriffin1505  Then you have an imaginary "relationship" with a speculation that can't be proven to exist.
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  1867. How can you say that!? Justice Thomas is "pro-life"! :]
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  1868.  @Voltaic_Fire  I'm a published writer. I would argue that the problem is with your reading comprehension.
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  1869. He also hated MTG.
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  1870. FACE REALITY: during his TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in Congress -- which is THE ESTABLISHMENT -- he got NONE of his passe pie-in-the-sky agenda enacted into law because he's TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. He's always been "My way or te highway" -- to which his colleagues responded, "Take a hike." So ow, even though THE ESTABLISHMENT, he bullshits and whines about being the ""victim". The FACT is that he can't get out of his own way.
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  1871. Prayers are an excuse to feel good about oneself. They neither address nor resolve anything. They are a delusional excuse for doing nothing.
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  1872. Eric Burdon could blow Jagger off the stage. And Townsend spent too much time jibbering about an inscrutable "religion".
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  1873. The exact measure of the health of a society is in how it treats its children. In how it treats its own future.
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  1874. Yep: that should prevent the building collapse. But apparently "Jesus" was busy that day, filling in for "His" Dad "God," who is still on permanent vacation.
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  1875. It begins as irresponsibility, but it immediately becomes destructive.
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  1876. The DOJ is prosecuting the insurrectionists. The Congress is investigating beyond them -- the funding, the organizers. etc.
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  1877. So uttering obscenities, as example, without regard for contexts, audiences, and RULES, is acceptable? One limitation on free speech is LEBEL LAW -- no one has any "Right" to damage others by LYING. There is another limitation on free speech: DECENCY.
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  1878. Exactly. Tish James named some in her response filing.
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  1879. "Exponential" does not apply to speed; it applies to multiples. And testing is not crap; what it is, in this situation, is basically NON-EXISTENT. Of FOREMOST necessity is TESTING, TESTING, TESTINg -- so we know who is infected, and therefore who to quarantie, and who is not, therefore potentially able to return to work. UNTIL we have UNIVERSAL TESTING, we will CONTINUE to be FLYING BLIND.
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  1880.  @amber40494  Or neither knows who they are themselves.
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  1881. The effort to intimidate into silence is TERRORISM.
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  1882. Fanone did not speak at a podium. He was part of an OUTDOOR PRESS CONFERENCE with DeNiro and Harry Dunn. I like accurate reportage. Inaccuracy is bad for one's credibility.
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  1883. "honor"!? It's a life of paranoia and hiring people who can't be trusted to watch one's back.
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  1884.  @kinggrantking  Stefanik's premises are FALSE.
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  1885. Looney Loomer has also been thrown under the bus. Rather, Trump has distance from her while she continues to spew her lunacies.
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  1886.  @kkarx  You obviously don't know the meaning of "lynching".
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  1887. The DOJ needs to dust off and review the Espionage Act.
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  1888. She should quote him saying that -- then challenge him to 5 debates. And keep that in his face by repeating it and repeating it and repeating it. Ignore his efforts to avoid: just put it straight to him.
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  1889. Tree-murdering punk!
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  1890. It's a secret conspiracy to enrich the motor vehicle glass-replacement industry.
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  1891. The minimization, the excuses, for her hitting HIM continues.
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  1892. His mother identified him from the photos. She should know, eh?
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  1893. Who didn't see that coming? At this point they're throwing themselves under the buss.
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  1894. They should RESIGN.
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  1895. The moorons reject Federal law -- except the Second Amendment, which is Federal Law. And, of course, reject any other state laws of whicch they "disapprove," such as Massachusetts gun control law.
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  1896. GYM Jordan.
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  1897. Singapore is a sovereign capitalist nation. Cotton is a 1950's McCarthyite who apparently didn't learn that McCarthy was a fraud and drank himself to death.
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  1898.  @basha0810  Let us know when you know anything about college education and the student loan INDUSTRY.
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  1899. If they aren't speaking to law enforcement, then they aren't lying to them. Try applying LOGIC to your fantasies -- to determine whether the fantasies make sense.
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  1900. It doesn't embarrass me because I don't identify with him. I don't take other's decisions and actions personally.
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  1901. And the Republican and Democratic Party's switched positions, moron. FACTS MATTER: DEMOCRATIC President JFK submitted Civil Rights and Voting Rights bills to Congress. DEMOCRATIC President LBJ negotiated the passage of the Civil Rights Act through Congress and signed it into law in 1964. DEMOCRATIC President LBJ negotiated the passage of the Voting Rights Act through Congress and signed it into law in 1965. The Voting Rights Act was gutted by REPUBLICAN Supreme Court Justice Roberts. Why do the REPUBLICANS HATE "Black Lives Matter"? Because they are BLACKS demanding EQUALITY before the law.
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  1902. He should have been arrested on the spot. His CRIME was BATTERY.
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  1903. Many people don't have IDs. What you don't know is how ignorant of the facts you are.
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  1904. They have an obligation to follow any information they have, especially when there is so little of it. At the same time, it's so easy to reject the rights of others when one is all hot and bothered about "justice".
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  1905.  @chaosopher23  Certainly you mean the Republican Senators who visited Moscow on July 4th, the day celebrating US independence.
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  1906. Powerful and moving. And the adults in the room give BOTH substantial applause. harris and Cheney on the road together gives them time to know each other. I think Cheney admires Harris.
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  1907. The affidavit won't be unsealed.
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  1908. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. They are NOT prosecuting Giuliani and his co-criminals because of political affiliation. They are doing it because their duty is to enforce the law by prosecuting criminals.
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  1909.  @AlejandroMS67  You have FACTS to back that up?
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  1910.  @Remo1147  In FACT, locksmith db's law-illiteracy notwithstanding, the Bill of Rights was DEBATED AND WRITTEN by CONGRESS -- both House and Senate. This is how standard adjudication works: If there is a conflicting interpretation of a law, such as a Constitutional provision, and the resolution of the conflict is not in the text of the law at issue, then one refers to the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY - the "paper trail" that resulted in the law. The LEGISLATIVE HISTORY is LEGAL AUTHORITY. That is the obvious approach even to the dumbest. And it has been the adjudicatory standard since forever. As concerns the INTENT of the Second Amendment, one READS THE CONRESS'S DEBATES -- they are readily available -- of the WRITING of the Amendment. From those one learns that the PURPOSE of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. A "militia" is not an individual. And the well-regulated Militia has ALWAYS been BOTH GOVERNED AND REGULATED under BOTH Federal and state constitutions and laws. And subsequent to ratification of the Bill of Rights, and as concerns the Second Amendment, Congress enacted two statutes -- "Militia Acts": May 2, 1792: "An act to provide for calling forth the Militia [of the Second Amendment] to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an UNIFORM MILITIA throughout the United States." I have an education in law and have been focused on researching the issues for more than 30 years. And what the law-illiterate OMITS -- probably because ignorant of the fact, is that there were criticisms across the political spectrum from Constitutional scholars of Scalia's Heller decision for a simple and basic reason: he argued at length that the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY was IRRELEVANT -- which is NOT the adjudicatory standard. It is ONLY by REJECTING the legislative history, in which one finds the ACTUAL INTENT of the Second Amendment, as established by the Congress that DEBATED AND WROTE IT, he was able FALSELY to find an "individual" "right" where none exists. IT IS CLEAR in those Debates that only ONE "individual" "right" was debated -- ": but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated militia] shall be compelled [as in DRAFT -- militia service was a DUTY, not a "right"] to render military service [in well-regulated militia] in person." That -- the right NOT to serve in the militia -- was obviously VOTED DOWN before the PROPOSED Amendment was submitted, along with the other ELEVEN proposed amendments, to the states for consideration and ratification. To refute another false fantasy made up about the Second Amendment -- that the Second Amendment was placed directly after the First in order to enforce the First: As submitted to the states, the PROPOSED Bill of Rights consisted of TWELVE PROPOSED Amendments. The FIRST TWO were REJECTED -- making the 4th the 2nd, and making the 3rd the 1st.
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  1911.  @troycote9447  Educate yourself, dunce -- ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  1912.  @geralyn-mm  He is small and petty, but he does manage to distinguish himself as being a hack. Was it confirmed that he failed the bar exam 6 times, or was that confirmed as a rumor, or simply left in doubt? Like Trump he should exercise his right to STFU.
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  1913. I hope if they investigate Pious Pence they include in their search finding his missing spine. And try to get to the bottom of the question of why he has such a rigid back without having a spine.
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  1914.  @morgadeth256  They're too self-bedazzled with the mythic "Hunter's laptop".
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  1915. Nonsense. The person keeping track of the number of COVID deaths in Florida was fired for being accurate, instead of suppressing the numbers for the governor.
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  1916.  @chinfuzzchet3616  The insurrection was perpetrated by far-right extremist fruit-fringers who hate the boogeyman "ANTIFA". "ANTIFA" is short for ANTI-FASCIST; and those who are OPPOSED to "ANTIFA" are PRO-FASCIST. Mussolini and Hitler were FASCISTS. The irony is that you are perpetuating anti-American propaganda from Communist Putin. On those points you've outed YOURSELF: an illiterate FASCIST spewing COMMUNIST propaganda.
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  1917. There are times I wish one of the reporters he attaccks stands up and says, I"'m fed up with you insulting the First Amendment, which we represent, motherfucker. Now YOU shut up and LISTEN for a change!" -- and throws at him driect quotes from him, and then demands to know what he meant, instead of whining and avoiding the question.
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  1918.  @justsomeguy5063  AOC got elected with an overwhelming vote. Greene got elected by death threats against her opponent. Greene is a FASCIST.
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  1919. Except for the majority that is voting for Biden.
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  1920. The judge's latest ruling is that it is UNLIKELY ANY of the affidavit will be unsealed. But we can rely on "unbiased" "conservative" media to side with Trump.
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  1921. Sometimes a simple statement of fact is needed for the oblivious.
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  1922.  @trumpjr3940  The issue is Trump, and George Santos. So let's talk INSTEAD about someone else . . . how about whataboutism and Biden?
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  1923.  @jasonandersen5975  Another history- and law-illiterate heard from. In fact, if you READ AND COMPREHEND my comment you'll see the MADISON DRAFT of that which became the Second Amendment. And I provide the SOURCE so you can see it for yourself. Jefferson was in France during the writing and ratification of the Constitution. He was also in France during the writing and ratification of the Bill of Rights. Which means that he had nothing to do with either, and his views on the matter are NON-LAW OPINION. In contrast, as I stated clearly in my comment, the "Madison" draft is LEGAL AUTHORITY. AND I detailed how conflicting views of a law are resolved: by recurring to the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, which is LEGAL AUTHORITY. I don't provide anything in my comment that is my opinion. RATHER I SUBSTANTIATE with the OBJECTIVE FACTS. You can bullshit and minimize all you want, but that won't change the facts. There is also THIS: ___ No law protects private fake "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  1924.  @jasonandersen5975  Again, LAW-ILLITERATE: their "journals and letters" are NOT LAW. They have NO legal authority. "By the bye, a draft of legislation," LEGISLATIVE HISTORY is LEGAL AUTHORITY. It is how we determine the INTENT of the Constitutionally-established and empowered legislative body -- in this instance CONGRESS -- of the laws it makes. That includes the Bill of Rights/Second Amendment, which were written by the first Congress. "court ruling," If that were so, then Heller is not "a legal[ly] binding document". "or amendment is not a legal binding document." If that were true, then the Amendments to the Constitution, including the Second Amendment, are not "legal[ly] binding document[s]".
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  1925. What happens to those who tilt at windmills?
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  1926. Or upper-floor windows.
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  1927. At a New York radio station, on December 31, 1963, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was "bubbling under" the Top 40. One January 1, 1964, it was #1 on that chart.
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  1928. The police are being attacked by people who don't know how investigations are conducted, who reject the LAW that is REPEATEDLY explained to them, and don't know any of the people involved. They should get lives worth living OFFLINE.
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  1929. If they are local police they likely assumed the gunman was Secret Service.
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  1930.  @walterkaiyuenpang3556  Research Jordan and his relationship to the sexual abuse of members of a wrestling team.
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  1931.  @justinp8599  Anti-American.
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  1932.  @Dapper_Dean  Trump is a known career criminal. But he's white.
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  1933. Or to Roger Stone. Or to Trump's lawyers to coordinate strategies.
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  1934. The "Sons of Liberty" were domestic terrorists. And they were lead around by the nose by demagogic propagandist Sam Adams.
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  1935. Hypocrisy!? CORRUPTION.
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  1936. The United State -- America -- is a system of LAWS. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  1937. I've seen (other) street walkers who have superior sartorial taste than does MTG. Sure, there are white trash street walkers who are the spitting image of MTG.
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  1938. It's quite possible that he is in hiding, and that law enforcement is speaking to him through his lawyer. I have no idea why people ignore the rule of law while demanding "justice". So far their is very little probable cause, and none implicating him. But "we" "know" the "truth," so let's drag out the lynching-rope.
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  1939.  @Darby10070  That is why we need Shapiro and Whitmer as governors to protect the elections. And we need Kelly in the Senate. Kentucky is a red state.
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  1940. "Vanguard America" disowns "Patriot front because of its [poorly-planned] violence.
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  1941. The segment about the New Hamprshire boy with the stutter was powerful and perfectly placed. It brought me to tears.
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  1942. To protect Gaza from Israel's criminal lawlessness.
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  1943. Colin Alred is an impressive person.
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  1944. Who elects the Tories if not the voters?
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  1945. The media gives too much emphasis on "we are a divided country". Too many credulously believe what they are told.
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  1946. They both should be forced to resign.
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  1947. Enemy regimes would pay big money for them. And Trump can never have enough ill-gotten money.
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  1948. Musk knows it isn't going to happen, so it's easy for him to be "serious".
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  1949.  @tominguam7642  Among the claims in the suit is theft of image and likeness. I think that would nail "Moscow Marge," a star of her own alternative reality on Russian TeeVee.
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  1950. Good. That's what men usually get, with no one crying about it.
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  1951. By believing that democracy is all about "freedom," and nothing about responsibility.
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  1952. She isn't crazy. She's an uneducated bully who rejects rules, and rule of law itself.
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  1953. Chesebro is indicted and cooperating in AZ also. The question is whether the other evidence found against him AFTER his plea deal has had any results for him.
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  1954. Federal pardon doesn't apply to state prosecutions.
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  1955. Who knew that Moscow Marge would prove that a woman can be a "only I matter" tyrant who either gets her way or threatens to deliberate cause chaos? Moscow Marge has had her 15 minutes of fame. Everyone is sick of Trump, Marge, Boebert, and the others of the fruit-fringe faction of Putinism.
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  1956. The FACT is that she is a talented singer and performer.
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  1957. Right: let's discriminate on the basis of age even though age is not a predictor of cognitive deficits.
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  1958.  @kirklynncentore7843  How do you know that? Were you present for their conversations?
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  1959.  @justininvestor  You first. Alcohol is a drug. Giuliani is constantly drunk. And if Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  1960. Because Trump LOST the case because he didn't have a legal leg to stand on, and because his lawyers present his irrelevant politics in place of legitimate legal defense. That's why Blanche got dressed down by the judge in this case: he was falsely claiming that Trump's violations of the gag order weren't violations. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine? Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gaging everyone in his vicinity.
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  1961. No: it was because they don't in fact support the police, or the rule of law.
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  1962.  @Staindsoull  We don't need to ask if you have anything intelligent to contribute.
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  1963.  @michaeltyler4314  Mmm, yes, let's argue about the spelling of her name so we can avoid discussing her -- um -- "non-standard" method of not adjudicating the case, the central concern being protection of national security, in which the main defendant is the criminal who appointed her to the bench.
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  1964. When will the MEDIA report that the violence is 99 per cent committed by extremist RIGHT-wing white supremacists in order to discredit the PEACEFUL protests?
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  1965. If "God" (1) existed, and is (2) all powerful and all knowing, then "God" (3) is irresponsible for (4) not preventing harm, so we (5) invent "Satan" to blame for "God"'s irresponsibiliies.
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  1966. I also chose to not have children, and I'm a guy.
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  1967.  swede1  Imagine a healthy person doing it. You can't? Is it about "healthiness" or "sickness" -- or about VALUES?
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  1968. Two jobs: Both Vice-President and campaigning.
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  1969.  @mr.patriotjol  Development can be controlled. But that requires regulation. But regulation would interfere with the unregulated greed. The condo building collapsed because of LACK of regulation in BUILDING standards because all that fucking matters is MONEY. Now that the standards have been raised to what they should have been all along, HOA fees are through the sky, and property taxes are blowing up. And the climate denial is making flooded streets the norm and hurricanes ever-worse. Floriduh is a shithole state -- but there're all these videos by real estate mavens walking the streets whose only concern is the price of housing and the profits that can be made.
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  1970.  @safffff1000  The salt air causes severe material deterioration, requiring constant maintenance. That's HOA fees. And there are condo owners who don't want to pay their fair share. Floriduh is a shithole state controlled by Republican greed. And the building mania -- the overbuilding -- was done on the cheap.
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  1971.  @Stovepipe274  Which "State"?
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  1972.  @jimvinson6046  You don't understand "standing". Under the First amendment, which you exploit irresponsibly, everyone's freedom of speech, within the limits of RESPONSIBILITY, is protected. That does not include your trash talk on private social media sites which can restrict your speech because that is the equivalent of not allowing you to shit on their living room rug and then insist it is "freedom of speech". That is not "censorship," which term and concept applies only to gov't; it is assertion of DECENCY.
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  1973.  @randomguy1928  How do YOU know what "real" Americans believe? The First Amendment protects the right of every American to believe whatever they want -- it refutes any requirement that Americans -- "real" or fantasized -- absolutely agree with each other, or with some random anonymous Internet troll who is making an assertion beyond his authority.
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  1974. When you stop the disrespect by using his correct name: GYM Jordan.
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  1975.  @andie2274  The DOJ does have investigative "privilege": in order to protect ongoing investigations, it is proper for the DOJ to not comment on or release revelatory information about investigations except in court filings.
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  1976. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  1977. "Moscow Marge" is a STAR of Russian media.
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  1978. I was discouraged against attending college. I kept that desire a secret thereafter -- and ultimately did time at two universities. Don't let others militate against your getting an education.
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  1979. And the town gov't received copy, but didn't follow up, even though the severity of the issues required it do so. The HOA board didn't want to spend the money.
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  1980. Is Bismark someone to be followed?
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  1981. Nope: it's about selective prosecution: prosecutors select to prosecute criminals whose only "conservatism" is the degree to which they will actually comply with law: little to none.
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  1982. The tests shouldn't be put on the market, unless the private market will provide them for free. According to the Rhode Island govdrnor, CVS has established that it will provide free testing. The hitch, of course, is not having tests to administer.
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  1983. Actually not. I follow a years-long rebuilding of a French chateau that was burned out in the 1980s. The building itself is sound, but all the floors and rooves were destroyed. A wall that had collapsed has been rebuilt from the original stones. The floors have all been restored, and now they are at the very last of the rooves. It is being rebuilt based on the surviving structure. It is destructive over-simplification to believe that one must start from scratch in order to rebuild. The problem with your paranoia -- shared by the video and some commenters -- is the absolute absence of knowledge of law. The Founders established a democratic system based on rule of law. Talking about Pol Pot, and "Commie" China -- why no mention of "Commie" Russie -- it's a white guy who's the dictator? -- is wholly beside the point. I remind that Hitler's first targets for extermination were Communists, Socialists, and trade unionists -- because he was a Fascist, which is RIGHT-wing. One could say that Fascism and Communism are natural enemies -- far-RIGHT v. far-LEFT. But there is no "Left" of any significance in the US. But tell us: how is "Make Ameria Great Again" different than "Build Back Batter"?
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  1984. Which Democrat? Where is your EVIDENCE?
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  1985. The demand was that the case be dismissed without prejudice so that when Trump is done with Adams they will refile the case because Adam's is a "DEI hire" -- BLACK.
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  1986. Extremists always tun on each other internally as every extremely individualist demands to be THE dictator. They always bring themselves down. Meanwhile, Trump is sleeping and farting in court.
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  1987. I'm in the US. "Irish"-Americans -- born in the US, not Ireland -- have actually told me that Ireland is the greatest country in the world. So why do they stay in the United States? "Americans" (tend not to realize that the "Americas" include Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America) do tend to travel to other countries and wonder why everyone in those other countries don't speak "English". Worse, they tend to be shocked and offended by that reality.
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  1988. No one in a position to do so will do business with a proven fraud.
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  1989. That is nonsense. And she is learning that now.,
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  1990.  @yvettecarpenter2284  The ban is a weapon formed against her and is working. So she is wrong. Then again, she is young with an ego pumped up by flattery. She is over her skies.
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  1991. Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani is owed his legal fees by Trump. Is he smart enough to look out for himself?
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  1992.  @porthosduvallon5301  I don't bet. But I also don't rush to judgment. I'll let Jack Smith take the lead on it.
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  1993. The essence of democracy is elections. The Constitution stipulates that there SHALL be elections, and deals with apportionment of House seats.
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  1994. JFK wasn't talking about the US. I was there. You fall for out-of-context slogans.
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  1995. Decency over degeneracy.
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  1996.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  So to criticize another's belief is "disrespectful"? We are instead to recognize that "we all have different opinions" -- even when falsehoods are palmed off as "opinion" -- and therefore not critically evaluate those "opinions" on their supposed merits?
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  1997. Yes: philosophy is a profession of EDUCATED professionals. If you don't know the history of philosophy, or the differences among the various schools, and its purposes and methods, then you are essentially a bullshitter. Worse, you are indirectly attempting to defend a bullshitter as instead legitimate. You can't win an "argument" by attempting to pretend the uneducated is equal to the educated. You are talking in circles, denigrating education, in effort to falsely elevate your position -- knowing nothing of philosophy -- to equality with the qualified. The hypocrisy and irony is that you are rejecting "elites" while falling for the politics of an elitist named Peterson. What you want is affirmation of your existing biases -- which is contrary to philosophy.
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  1998.  @LionEagleOx  Western "civilization" was founded on Greek and Enlightenment -- "woke" -- philosophers.
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  1999.  @shuffman8094  An "opinion" has a chance of being true. A falsehood, because false, cannot be true, therefore cannot be an "opinion". His dogmatism is elitist -- while he preaches against "elites" (but only of a specific political position, which he rejects, along with its truths, out of hand). And it is his dogmatism which refutes any legitimate notion that he is a "philosopher". Philosophy is the PURSUIT of truth, NOT the "possession" of it. Critically evaluating his views is not "tearing others down"; it is exposing illusion as being illusion.
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  2000.  @LionEagleOx  Philosophy is the mother of science. The difference is that science must be based on hard evidence. Philosophy is the pursuit of truth. Because there are no absolutes. By contrast, "religion" -- which is not philosophy -- is based upon supposedly immutable truth, and claims to POSSESS truth, which is ARROGANT. Read "Plato's Dialogues". AND "The Story of Philosophy" by Will Durant. That's the least you can do to inform yourself as to what philosophy is, instead of constantly bullshitting in circles.
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  2001.  @_letstartariot  If you had a grounding in actual philosophy you'd find a lot of argument between and among them. Some might even venture that one or another "philosopher" isn't a philosopher. But what if a pseudo-philosopher's "works" don't "measure up"? Are you able to determine that by omitting the possibility that the "philosopher" you swallow doesn't "measure up"? And do you base that determination on "philosophy" -- or politics?
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  2002.  @marierocher4422  and Power.
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  2003.  @marcialythcott5532  Certainly. But it appears she has a very low opinion of Trump.
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  2004. Not with INSURRECTION or other violence.
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  2005. The war in the Republican Party is between the Reagan cult of personality and the Trump cult of personality.
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  2006. FOR DECADES the REPUBLICANS have been inventing FAKE "scandals," throwing them at Democrats, demanding that they be investigated. Then the REPUBLICANS have "investigated" the FAKE "scandals," at double-figure millions of dollars, and found the predictable: that there is no "there" there, therefore no indictments. The Republican Party is the Party for the Stupid. And FASCISM is all about producing MASS STUPIDITY.
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  2007. Stop defending the asshole. He violated campaign finance laws by using campaign for personal benefit. He worked to get Trump elected, who killed more than 200,000 Americans, and still counting. He is at least morally complicit in Trump's many crimes in office. He is legally vulnerable, and now can't ask Trump for help.
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  2008. The Iowa outcome indicates that the Democrats want a young moderate. There was loud and enthusiastic support for Mcgovern -- and he was nowhere near far-LEFT. Nixon won by 49 states. And a major factor in that was that the far-LEFTR ALIENATED the voters needed for Democrat McGovern to win. Carville has had success in elections. How much success have Sanders "fans" had? They not it all, so can't be wrong -- except they don't, and are.
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  2009. The system is based on due process, which is premised on presumption of innocence. In other words, the system insures protection of the rights of the accused. That is why the burden of proof is on the prosecution/gov't. What we are seeing with the Select Committee is the system functioning as the Founders intended: above board. That is why the Watergate hearings were so riveting - and educational: the gov't functioned as intended.
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  2010. @Shaz Actually he hasn't. For most of his career as a criminal the system didn't take a hard look. And when he sued others, he kept them in court by means of delay until they ran out of money.
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  2011.  @bryanb3352  Better to be insane than be a Trumpeting troll.
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  2012.  @kentcruz9546  It isn't possible to investigate a "steal" that did not happen. More than 60 courts DISMISSED the fraudulent claims of election fraud. And Trump's own Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal of his fraudulent claim to them.
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  2013. Russia is also funding its military. Russia's "diplomacy" is never in good faith.
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  2014. Libraries have no problem tracking books.
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  2015.  @kevinreist7718  It isn't necessarily the lawyer who is stupid; it is Trump's "argument" that he requires the lawyer to make that is stupid. Trump is all and only politics all the time. In contrast -- "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2016. Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition; and Nixon -- "If the president does it, it's not a crime" -- Reagan, Sarah Palin, and Dick Cheney are most prominently the individuals who established the grounds that eventuated in Trump. I still recall Reagan's backdoor dealings with Iran -- ala Nixon vis-a-vis LBJ's Vietnam peace talks -- in order to undermine President Carter. And his support of right-wing death squads in Central America -- which resulted, in one instance, in the rape and murder of several US citizen nuns. And when the Marine barracks in Lebanon was bombed, he turned tail and ran -- and lobbed a few missiles at Libya in order to change the focus. Reagan was a fraud. "All" Trump did was rip off the fake-genial mask and expose the core "value" of the Republican Party: white supremacism.
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  2017. It isn't only the Administration being called out; it is also the Republicans in Congress who are being called out. The entire gambit is to politicize EVERYTHING -- it's ALL they do. And it's ALL they've been doing since at latest Reagan. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics,." -- John Adams.
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  2018.  @darksoulsss2618  I'm certain that is among the immediate concerns of those investigating. Are you asking the question on the assumption that the investigators hadn't thought of it?
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  2019. They've always been REPUBLICANS.
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  2020. "The Speedy Trial Act" does not prevent normal court procedures -- despite that Act, the DEFENSE will file delay after delay after delay.
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  2021. She is as relevant as the Constitution -- which Trumpers have never read, don't understand, and REJECT.
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  2022. Putin: "Stop helping Ukraine fight against our illegal invasion!"
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  2023. She "doesn't recall" -- then says it said, "I don't know." Because she "doesn't recall".
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  2024.  @andrewhaywood7654  BREXIT is Putin's foothold in the UK.
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  2025. The Politics of Fear and Smear are a Republican tradition.
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  2026. Embarrassing for themselves -- except that they don't realize they should be embarrassed. I would be embarrassed -- but I'm not because I don't identify with their nonsense.
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  2027. Once obtained instantaneous. And the DNA run is also fast, and they will do that also.
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  2028.  @jackfrost6756  Trump has already announced that -- but he's lying again.
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  2029.  @faysuxxss  In other words, he disagrees with your starry-eyed view of Merkle.
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  2030. "The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right." -- Mark Twain.
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  2031. You omitted that the van was registered in HER name, and that her boyfriend, Brian, drove it back to Florida without her with him. It is also estimated that driving from where they were last heard from, and Florida, would take 35 hours.
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  2032. Was she a TRAINED "personal trainer"?
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  2033. There was also video of a white couple going into the unsecured new-construction house, looking around, and then leaving. I wonder if the judge allowed that evidence to be admitted.
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  2034.  @WGAGENCY  You don't understand DEI: it isn't about blaming the victim, as you do. It is about structures within the system. We don't beat up on people by accusing them of being incapable of opening a locked door; instead we install a door that they can walk through.
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  2035. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2036. Because they are the Party of Big Business -- and they are hypocrites.
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  2037. I found the words that he was under arrest in New York sweet.
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  2038. RFK, Jr., is seriously unwell, and needs to retire and tend to his health issues. Otherwise, he's an environmental lawyer, which somehow, by no explicable means, makes him an expert on vaccines.
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  2039.  @jeremybaldwin2840  The private for-profit student loan INDUSTRY needs to be REGULATED against excessive fees and interest charges.
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  2040. His dark history with three-legged stools needs to be investigated and exposed.
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  2041. I want agnostic and atheist clergy to have equal rights to preach to the community, because the community is not strictly about "religion". There is a right to reject religiobullshit.
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  2042. Stand WITH, not "behind".
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  2043. Shapiro and Whitmer need to be governors to protect the election. And we need Kelly in the Senate.
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  2044. And what country are you in?
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  2045. There are no common sense Republicans. Lying and racism and anti-American hogwash is not common sense.
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  2046. Another anonymous Internet non-expert heard from. For a professional diagnostician, there are ETHICAL requirements, such as actually interacting, one-on-one, in real time, with the person to be diagnosed. Yeah -- "ethics" is a new idea for you.
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  2047.  @sheribellagee9998  And in recent days he expressed the fact that he doesn't know Barron' age.
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  2048.  @framethebroccoli  Yes, she is wrong. Adults who want respect GIVE it. She's simply a loud-mouthed uneducated bomb-throwing childish bully. Those who defend her have no friends for the same reasons.
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  2049.  @1212CSmith  I've yet to hear or see that Chris Rock publicly BATTERED another on worldwide TV, then gave a speech about how he's all about "love".
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  2050. Esper was Trump's boy. And he was fired AFTER the November election? Was he one of the very few who resisted the coup attempt?
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  2051.  @alfonsosalinas3026  If you READ my comment you'll find in it what I'm talking about. Do I have to repeat it until it penetrates your inability to comprehend plain English?
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  2052. WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO. She was attacking him, and he was trying to protect himself from it. The ENTIRE video has her ADMITTING that she was attacking him. What would you have had him do -- engage in a physical fight with her!?
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  2053. "Dog the Bounty Hunter" doesn't care if it hinders the investigation; he is all about self-promotion.
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  2054.  @Solomon-kt5dc  If the Democrats are ALLEGEDLY "hiding" "thousands of hours of video," then, it being "hidden," you can't know it even exists. Drop the conspirabunk. You remind of the brainless who "know" the contents of alleged documents that are -- so they also claim -- "buried" so deep that their contents can't be known.
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  2055. The Republican't effort to distract from Republican't incompetence is incompetent by instead proving their incompetence.
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  2056. "Censorship" applies where the First Amendment applies. The First Amendment does not apply to youtube.
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  2057.  Dan Hamilton  Smart isn't your forte.
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  2058.  @dorianshadesofgray  How many TRUMP appointees testified publicly to the facts -- which prove that Trump not only abused power, but also -- this a new Dershowitz requirement -- violated the STATUTE prohibiting soliciting or accepting subversion of elections by foreign powers. Recall this -- "Russia, if you're listening, see if you can find . . . ." -- etc. That, in CRIMINAL law, is SOLICITATION OF A FELONY. Tell us, anti-American: why do you defend treason?
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  2059.  @AngelA-sj8kr  It isn't difficult to recognize a dictator: they don't obey the rule of law, and "rule" by arbitrary fiat.
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  2060. The RULE was authored by a REPUBLICAN, and it was adopted by the majority, which includes DEMOCRATS.
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  2061.  @avalonentertainment2183  "Newmax" is overpriced even as free.
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  2062. @N A I didn't say he failed. I said he got wealthy by means of massive fraud on the taxpayer. Morally, though, cheaters are losers.
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  2063. Racist "John Birch Society" fascism and paranoia. That's what was behind Reagan, even though he publicly disavowed them. Buckley also lied on the point.
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  2064. Does Trump have a food-taster to ensure that his food isn't poisoned?
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  2065.  @janycebrown4071  "All"!? Psaki doesn't. Perhaps you should express yourself more precisely.
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  2066.  @falchion1966  I'm old enough to remember JFK and LBJ being president.
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  2067.  @musiclover-uv9ff  It's also up to YOU, and EVERYONE. MY mask protects YOU. YOUR mask protects OTHERS.
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  2068.  @TheSacredGrove  So you oppose anyone expressing views you don't like? Isn't that the same as Fascist?
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  2069. Dick "Dick" Cheney, and McCain with Palin, opened the door to Trumpism.
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  2070.  @Phenomental1ty  And he's never been near the inside of a miliary uniform. He's as tough a macho manly-man as Reagan and Trump.
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  2071. Totally off-point, resulting from an ignorance of law. There is no "getting off on a technicality" with the amount of evidence already produced. You focus on a non-exitent -- and unidentified -- "tachnicality". What he is doing is testifying to his qualfications to form INFORMED opinion, based upon the the facts.
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  2072. That was his way of giving the finger to the People's House. It was he as a guest shitting on the House's rug.
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  2073. You know nothing about how such processes work. It is based on long-standing LAW, including Supreme Court decisions, which draw the line between freedom and, as example, inciting violence and insurrection. The FIRST obligation of gov't is protection of public health and safety.
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  2074. Apprently there's a shortage of migrant kids to kill, so now he's turning on American kids. Take his neice Mary Trup at her word: Trump is severely compomised mentally and emotionally.
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  2075.  @VietPho  THINK about it.
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  2076. Even without a gag order there are limits. One of them is DECENCY.
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  2077. They also allegedly are able to predict the future.
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  2078. Why not a drug test for Trump?
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  2079. And when they go under the cost of produce goes up. Aren't you promising the same as they?
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  2080.  @rhynosouris710  "J Nagarya The issue is settled in DC v Heller: "The Amendment's prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause. The operative clause's text and history demonstrate that it connotes an individual right to keep and bear arms."" I'm well aware of Scalia's "holding" -- in fact there are TWO in that decision -- AND of the fact that in his "Heller" decision" he argued strenuously that the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- the DEBATES of the CONGRESS that WROTE that which became the Second amendment -- are "irrelevant" to the issue. That's why we KNOW that Scalia was an ACTIVIST inserting his own views/the views of the gun industry/right-wing "Christian" rejectors of the Constitutional separation of "religion" and gov't OVER the law: The STANDARD of adjudication -- NOT activist -- when there is a conflicting interpretation of a law, and the resolution isn't found "within the four corners" of the text of the law, a court resorts to the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY, which is LEGAL AUTHORITY, in order to determine the INTENT of the law. The LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- the DEBATES of the Congress that WROTE the Second Amendment -- PROVES that the INTENT of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. The SUBJECT of the amendment is at the beginning of the Amendment: well-regulated Militia. The phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" was taken from the FOUR STATE constitution Militia Clauses that were the SOURCE of the Amendment, which Clauses distinguished between the well-regulated militia -- "the right of the people," etc. -- and standing armies. FURTHER: Constitutional provisions are IMPLEMENTED by means of STATUTES, in this context termed "Militia Acts". Completion of ratification of the Bill of Rights was on December 15, 1791; in May, 1792 there were two "Militia Acts" enacted. The second of the two is captions: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." As for "Heller": Scalia made TWO holdings: 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual right" -- which is REFUTED by the DEBATES of the WRITERS of the Amendment. 2. The gun control is Constitutional -- for which the evidence, AS LAW from the FOUNDIGS of the several colonies, and as continued through and beyond the 1770s, is OVERWHELMING. And there is this: ___ No law protects private fake "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  2081. Habba talking about complying with rules!? She tried to question a witness in court based on a document that hadn't been entered into evidence -- which violates the rules -- because she didn't know how to enter evidence, which is spelled out in the court's rules. The judge shut her down and in plain English assigned to her doing her homework.
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  2082.  @John-e4p1x  There's no evidence that the coroner "can't" identify the body. The identity of the person will be a preliminary report, as identification will be the first issue. A local reporter said that another reporter got to the scene ahead of the police and saw "many bear tracks" around the area.
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  2083. I never experienced being the center of attention as a generation. 'Course, I wasn't white and middle class. But the myth is perpetuated.
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  2084. They need to be looked at by their bar associations. Unfortunately, the bar associations, like police unions, tend to be protection rackets.
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  2085. The #1 conspiracy of all time: that there's a "God," and that "It" actually intervenes in human affairs.
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  2086.  @tgray1  He also said there is no PROOF of conflict.
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  2087. The only "irregularities" reported was a Pennsylvania REPUBLCAN who forge a mail-in ballot for his dead mother. He was busted and is facing prosecution.
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  2088. The father is the murderer of both.
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  2089. Typical relative not having relevant expertise knows better than the experts.
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  2090. You accuse the unnamed of "envy," when in reality it could be they are not dupes for "intellectual" verbosity. There's much self-flattery in those who believe in "intellectuals" like him because they can "understand" what he says, therefore they are "intelligent" too.
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  2091. The problem with citing to the Founders is that there are those who don't care about the Founders and the facts -- the actual history and law. They are out for themselves, regardless reality. One cites to and quotes the Founders nonetheless in order to REFUTE the false claims, and especially the unconstitutional decisions made especially to empower the far-right religio-Neo-Fascist movement.
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  2092. Prosecutors may share evidence. There is no other "agreements" between or among them.
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  2093. FAKE victim.
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  2094. He's a drill sergeant. That is how he is authorized to act -- IN THE MILITARY. He needs to be removed from non-military CIVIL society.
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  2095. Sony and other corporations were hit with judgments of more than 1 billion. So the size of the judgment against Trump is not all that unusual.
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  2096. It probably costs left to have one's brain surgery performed by one's local plumber instead of by a qualified brain surgeon.
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  2097. IF she were a "master" she wouldn't have been caught so easily.
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  2098. Some INTEND to repeat it.
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  2099.  @narsaku1408  It can't be proven there's a "God". And you're trolling. Take it to your church.
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  2100. So your for vigilante "justice," but not so much for actual rule of law. Isn't that the same as the typical criminal?
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  2101. Totally unrealistic. But I suppose it makes YOU feel better, and that's all that matters to you.
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  2102. Meanwhile, it is legal in Texas for ANYONE, INCLUDING CRIMINALS, to get guns WITHOUT A PERMIT. NO background check, even though required by Federal law.
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  2103. Rikers is loaded with bedbugs and other louses.
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  2104. He's playing with a full deck. The problem is that it's blank.
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  2105. So don't go into that lady's room because the screeching is still lurking there.
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  2106. Like Trump is a judge of legality.
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  2107. QOP.
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  2108. He set them up on January 6th, and now they are sitting in jail where they belong -- and where he put them.
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  2109. We don't know that. In fact I hope she gets cold feet so the Committee subpoenas her: I want to see how the Supreme Court rules on that subpoena. If the Court is bent on discrediting itself, then give it the opportunity to continue to do so.
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  2110. @Mainely CORRUPT motive behind a pardon nullifies the pardon. You SHOULD READ the Constitution for the first time in your life.
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  2111. ASTONISHINGLY amazing speech. SO much intelligence and SUBSTANCE. One of the best I've ever seen in my life. She outdoes Barack!
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  2112. Laundrie is nowhere in Florida. And he isn't outside the country.
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  2113.  @wolfen231  The Texas AG is under INDICTMENT on state charges, and is being investigated by the Feds.
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  2114. Excellent interview, Bryan.
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  2115.  @jvd3339  Idjit: Greene doesn't know HOW to debate. And it's obvious you don't either.
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  2116. DEATHS of children.
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  2117.  @flowers6576  Trumpers can dish it out, though it is all lame, but they can't take it. Just like Trump: Constantly drunk on cheap whine. And, no, I'm not a "bot". I'm an intelligent individual who knows that no one, including career criminal Trump, is above the law.
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  2118. @Luther Micheals False. There are times -- and this is one of them -- when one side is not only wrong, but is basing its wrong on a falsification of history.
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  2119. 17th century, before the invention of punctuation
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  2120.  @thomaslutro5560  Most Capitol Beatles LPs -- I'm sure you have all those, in whatever condiction -- are typically 23-25 minutes TOTAL.
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  2121. Their accusations against others are always evidence of what they have in their own minds. It is not "projection" or accusation; it is confession.
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  2122. Zelenskyy was both a head of state and a guest. Trump and Vance acted like trailer trash. One could imagine they were coached by MTG and Boebert.
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  2123. J. D. Vance isn't even from Ohio.
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  2124.  @gyrovids9462  Thank you -- I'll be using that!
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  2125. The greatest driver of anti-Semitism on the planet is Netanyahu.
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  2126. In view of his history, "Dog" should better describe himself as "weasel". Interesting how one views one criminal as compared with another ALLEGED criminal.
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  2127.  @easypeezie4494  You don't know what the FBI has or hasn't found. Calm down and learn to reason within the limits of the few known facts.
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  2128.  @cl5470  "Dog" isn't looking for competition. If someone else's tip lead to him finding Laundrie, "Dog" would take the credit for all of it, with no mention of the person who provided the tip.
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  2129. "God" is compelling Putin to commit mass murder of innocents. If only "God" didn't love the human race so much!
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  2130. They had to have sufficient circumstantial evidence.
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  2131. Developer greed is everywhere.
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  2132. The foremost obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Where did Shapiro stand on COVID?
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  2133. The "Minute Men" were a subset of the Massachusetts-Bay Colony's/State's well-regulated Militia. The Militia was and is an arm of gov't, it's purpose being law enforcement. And their commander-in-chief is the chief law enforcement officer the colony's/state's GOVERNOR. The Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" exactly this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because all the colony/state gov'ts were all along under the control of the FOUNDERS. And because the well-regulated Militia was always UNDER the rule of law -- the gov't being by definition RULE OF LAW -- and governed and regulated under the governor and legislature. It's even in the "Declaration of Independence," among the GRIEVANCES therein which applied exclusively to King George II of ENGLAND: "He [King George II] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "He [King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the gov't -- the gov't being by definition RULE OF LAW. Last but not least: gadfly Jefferson notwithstanding, the Founders were not ANTI-gov't: they ESTABLISHED gov'ts because they were PRO-rule of law and PRO-gov't.
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  2134. Yo, expert: why don't you go there and tell them how to do it?
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  2135. His ONLY concerns are re-election, and profiting financially from the disaster he ALLOWED to get out of control. THAT is what is behind his decisions.
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  2136.  merlin the wizard  When will you be calling and challenging O'Brien with your brilliance?
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  2137. @timothymorgan2150 Is this that much of a joke to you?
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  2138. He's bitter because his idol, Trump, was expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty train.
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  2139. When they oppose media they are not engaging in private or personal anything.
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  2140. The Founders were Liberals, which is why we have the First Amendment -- and separation of church and state.
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  2141. Are you QUALIFIED to diagnose cognitive functioning? IF not, stop the stupid, beginning with yourself. Engaging in that sort of gutter-smear is the equivalent of Trump's illegal prticing of medicine by urging the taking of a dangerous medication based on his "gut" -- and his financial interest in pushing sales of it. In sum: if you're going to criticize others ethics -- Biden has a STUTTER -- be certain that YOU adhere to ethics.
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  2142. There actually are racists who actually believe they aren't racists because they are clueless as to what racism is. And that is in large part because of the knowing-racists who deny being racist while spewing that which they know is racist propaganda and engaging in racist attacks. Bob Dylan provided that insight in his song "Pawn in Their Game".
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  2143. She was also a gold digger.
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  2144. ALLEGEDLY picked him up. Gad, the general gullibility of anonymous Internet users is mindboggling.
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  2145.  @aliceanneacts6164  “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -- John Kenneth Galbraith "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit. Conservatism: the accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible.
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  2146.  @cfountain72  They are not "classical liberal"; they position themselves AGAINST Liberalism.
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  2147. Lawyer Mo Brooks sees what is happening to fellow lawyer John Eastman and he wants to avoid that fate.
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  2148. Sentence him to serve his sentence in the drunk tank.
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  2149. The search for truth, and enforcing the law, are not "crazy".
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  2150. She knows the content f the message, but at the same time "doesn't recall" the message.
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  2151.  @craigsimpson1230  Reporting the facts is not "whining".
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  2152. Goldberg is a veteran reporter on national security.
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  2153. Bannon calls it "flooding the zone". When I was a kid it was called "Overwhelm with bullshit".
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  2154. How about disarming them first?
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  2155. He IS being investigated, which you'd know if you actually listened to the news report.
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  2156.  @mhyder2266  Morality and ethics matter, regardless the opposition to those. As does the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech.
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  2157. Trump distanced himself from Gaetz because it reminds of Trump's sexual predations.
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  2158. Hunter Biden is only a public figure because the defamers made him one. Hunter himself didn't seek publicity.
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  2159.  @jamtommy6446  The ignorance of history on his shirt: "1776". Facts: The Founders attacked and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts, because -- They were in control of the colony gov'ts all along. All of the Constitution is in effect at the same time. This is the first of FOUR Militia Clauses in the Constitution you've never bothered to read, because drunk on the smell of someone else's cork -- "Art. I., s. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." There is NO "right" of "revolution".
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  2160. Pro-life money over life itself.
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  2161.  @tinfoilhatcovidiot  It's a stupidly transparent move: if he'll pay a hitman to "shoot' him, then he'll pay a hitman to kill others.
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  2162.  @nancyenkelmann4552  He said in an interview long ago that the last time he cried was when he was 7-years-old. And he has NEVER said anything about his mother. She was doubtless abused by his father, and was emotionally absent.
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  2163. He REFUSED free tests from the W.H.O., China, and Germany, and is talking of giving ventilators to other countries.
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  2164. The Republicans smear Biden as "weak". Then when he speaks factually and forcefully they shriek and claim he went too far. Drama queens, the lot of them, and NEVER honest.
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  2165.  @mildredmaponga2473  Are you paranoid much?
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  2166.  @24Wynn  He doesn't know the difference between Selective Service, with which one registers, and an actual draft. Then he shifts to criticizing the Selective Service -- apparently as "slavery" -- because it appears to him to make POSSIBLE a draft. Apparently he believes there is never a time the US should "limit" freedom by defending its own existence by requiring involuntary military service.
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  2167.  @MrHattley  Trump supporters actually supporting Putin is older than old.
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  2168. @You You These are RIGHT-wingers. "Bernie Bros" are either far-LEFT, or anti-Democrat RIGHT-wingers and Russians.
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  2169. Only in their public schools.
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  2170. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Justice is not about "revenge"; it is about presumption of innocence and due process. You're confusing rule of law with the irrelevant "Old Testament" of an eye for an eye -- which results in blindness.
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  2171. I remember that the Constitution is still, as it expressly stipulates, is still the SUPREME Law of the Land. And that the First Amendment stipulates that "religion" and gov't be separate. Remember when you used to claim to be a "Christian" with a straight face, but that your words and actions exposed that as being a lie?
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  2172.  @Maidaseu  But the US has it right in supporting NATO and Ukraine.
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  2173.  @Torrriate  Troll. IN FACT, while Bucha was under control of the Russian, satellite images showed bodies in the street. And the immediate video when the Ukrainians -- AND MEDIA -- entered Bucha, the bodies in the street were exactly where the satellite images showed them to be two weeks earlier.
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  2174. Moscow Marge and TrumPutin at odds!? Oddballs will be oddballs. Meanwhile, Trump is tied up in court sleeping and alienating his own lawyers with "powerful" farting of "great strength".
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  2175. Michael Cohen has receipts.
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  2176. Like Trump running from incarceration.
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  2177.  @sandechoir  Joking about stealing isn't funny to the victim.
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  2178. FOX also lost its effort to dismiss the Dominion lawsuit. Next step: DISCOVERY. What else will we be finding out beyond the Select Committee revelations?
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  2179. _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  2180.  @paulherring8959  The effort was to overthrow the gov't. Seditious conspiracy applies.
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  2181. The "slum lords" were the condo owners themselves, as represented by the Condo Association residents. They commissioned the 2018 report, then footdragged because they didn't want to spend the money.
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  2182. It's being used under the radar to attack the election.
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  2183. Try to find your way to reality.
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  2184. Trump doesn't know how our gov't is to function, but Putin does. Trump is following the istructions of Putin on how to destroy the United States.
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  2185. Your BELIEF is not the same thing as THINKING.
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  2186.  @lovelylotus717  BELIEF is not the same as THINK. Wake up: you don't know either Gabby or Brian. In particular, you don't know what Gabby was like between videos.
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  2187. Arrogance is the public face of ignorance.
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  2188. Trump receives cease and desist letters all the time for using copyrighted music without permission, and without paying royalties for the use.
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  2189. @ron webber Borders have two sides. Ukraine -- not NATO -- is on Russia's border -- AND Russia is on Ukraine's border. If Ukraine were a member of NATO then NATO would be on Russia's border, and Russia would be on NATO's border. And which country is putting troops both ON the border and BEYOND the border? Can you count to two yet?
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  2190. And it doesn't exempt either the choice or the behaviors from criticism.
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  2191. Facts matter, regardless how much you hate the truth about the domestic terrorism you support.
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  2192. Yes -- she married him AFTER he threatened to kill her. They were both all about money, and there is some evidence she was involved in the Warhol paintings fraud. The "offer" of the paintings were on her eBay account.
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  2193.  @juliepiche3983  The LAW distinguishes between computer, and data on the computer, law-illiterate. And you CONTINUER to believe claims made WITHOUT EVIDENCE PROVING THE CLAIMS TRUE.
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  2194.  cj p  Your name-calling defines your immaturity and bigotry: Let's blame the victims -- they aren't white, after all.
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  2195. Appears he inflicted his sadism on himself as masochism.
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  2196.  @gordondwyer3641  Except that he did remember. But the question and answer were irrelevant to the legal issue being investigated. When will you be smearing Pence for doing the same thing?
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  2197. It dawns on Trump's supporters that TRUMP put hundreds of his supporters in jail. They don't want to go to jail.
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  2198. For decades the Republicans have insisted that the gv't should be run ike a busniess. That's what we're seeing: gov't run like a business in accordance with the oxymoron "business ethics".
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  2199.  @josephzajac3696  Of course not: that's why all the photos of him hanging out with white supremacists. And why he crossed state lines, with an illegal gun, specifically to "protect property" -- but not lives -- based on racist's allegations against "Black Lives Matter". "Justice and the rule of law are to ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Racism is racism; it exists; calling it out is not the cause of it. Systemic racism also exists; "Jim Crow" is a glaring example of it. And invariably racists -- such as you -- out themselves by pointing their finger away from themselves at a fantasy they've been taught to hate. They are at minimum history-illiterate: The Founders were LIBERALS, who established a LIBERAL democracy. That's why we have the First Amendment, which protects the speech of even those who hate America and reject the rule of law -- as do racists.
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  2200.  @craigwellar5265  The trial would be in Washington, D.C., not in a Red state.
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  2201. You haven't been watching MSNBC. But let's be fully honest: you don't watch mainstream media, so don't actually know what they do and don't report.
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  2202. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. It is Abrams who is politicizing that which is a LEGAL process.
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  2203.  @daisymae4958  Only with fantasy.
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  2204.  @katiecraig6909  And I chose to point to the irrationality of it. Note how the domestic terrorists in the US hide behind "religion"? Should we encourage the excuse and deceit, or be silent in the face of it?
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  2205. From Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  2206.  Cookie Monster  Russian troll.
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  2207. I read Harlan Ellison as a satirist.
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  2208. Will they? With Republican gerrymandering, voter-purgings, and invitation to foreign powers to subvert the election, the Democrats need every vote they can get. But Republicans who don't want a repat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist.
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  2209. I've never much liked Carville, but he knows a shit-ton more about politics and elections than the fashionable supremaicst Far-LEFT self-appointed pundits/shillers for doddering demagogue Sanders. What Carville did was point to the fact that the VOTERS are driving the election -- not the media, not the DNC, not the mythic "billionaires" -- the VOTERS. MORONS: get it thorugh your fantasies: PARAMOUNT is stopping TRUMP. Everything else is SECONDARY. That means STOPPING THE PARANOID BULLSHIT SMEARS of the vast majority of VOTERS -- which is waht you're doing -- who are MODERATES, and who want to STOP TRUMP.
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  2210.  @PaulieTan  It IS NOT "half". Gad, get over the bothsiderism that wants it to be close in order to get eyeballs on the "horse race".
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  2211. They should have filled their gas tanks in Rhode Island, then they wouldn't have run out of gas on the way.
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  2212.  @evergreen_g7  And violated a slew of Massachusetts gun laws, and Federal law, in doing so. They also don't have permits to posses guns, which is another violation. Which suggests the guns are illegal.
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  2213. She was originally a "Green," supporting Ralph Nader's 2000 campaign. Nader accepted anti-Gore ads funded by Republicans, then sabotaged Gore in Florida. I've yet to see a "Green" who had a consistent or coherent view on anything. They've always been fringe spoilers.
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  2214. "Originalism" and "textualism" are the equivalent of "Biblical" literalism.
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  2215. Hillary was investigated by REPUBLICANS. They found NO EVIDENCE for their ALLEGATIONS because it was a FAKE "scandal". Let us know if you ever mature sufficiently that you are able to recognize when you're being PLAYED. But there is this -- ____ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  2216. He REJECTS the Constitution, which REFUTES his assertions. The Constitution establishes three co-EQUAL branches. None is to be superior over the other two.
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  2217. More than manipulate: THREATEN.
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  2218.  @Ancient_Pollyanna  "Desperate" is correct. He's going to be tied up with lawsuits after he leaves office and for the foreseeable.
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  2219. Bannon is engaged in a constant full-scale attack on the rule of law itself.
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  2220. Stormy Daniels turned out to be intelligent, smart, literate, and vulnerably honest, despite the defense's stereotyping. She won the cross-examination. And New York juries tend to be sophisticated in such matters.
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  2221.  @1776stubborn  The HOuse rules under with the Impeachment investigation was conduicted were written and extablished years ago,. "Thou shalt not LIE." -- "God". "Thou shalt not lie against aothers." -- "God".
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  2222. The Republicans should avoid mention of it -- the comparison is embarrassing for them.
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  2223. Nope: he's a current-con-vict.
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  2224. But -- but -- but -- they've freed themselves into prisons with disproportionate African-American populations!
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  2225.  @VesproDBA  Here's some actual law and EVIDENCE on the issue, anti-American bigot -- ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  2226. Reports are that the remains were first spotted via a drone.
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  2227.  @rayfoster6980  Are you saying that your university professors didn't teach you that the content of your area of specialty didn't apply outside the confines of your specialty? When I was in junior high and high school, I saw TeeVee commercials -- advertising "Bayer" aspirin. The spokesman was a man in a white coat -- like we see in hospitals worn by doctors -- and he said, "Many doctors say" -- etc. He was an actor masquerading as a doctor and didn't name any of the "many doctors" who ALLEGEDLY "say".
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  2228. Conservatism has always been about protecting and perpetuating of power consolidated in the hands of a minority. In the United States that minority is white and male.
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  2229. She's unfiltered MAGA.
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  2230. Using two different guns is a way to distract from the single murderer.
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  2231. DEMOCRACY is COMPROMISE in order to get SOME of what one wants -- instead of NOTHING. Sanders NEVER COMPROMISES, and as result has ALWAYS been TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. He got NONE of his agenda enacted into law, during THRITY YEARS in the Congress. It is even LESS likely that he'd get anything done as president, which is NOT the law-making branch. FACT: GOV'T is ESTABLISHMENT. CONGRESS is ESTABLISHMENT.
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  2232. The "Freedom Caucus" is anti-democratic. They refuse to compromise -- democracy is debate, negotiation, compromise, majority consensus.
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  2233.  @aprilstar3572  99.99 per cent of those who've been bashing the Laundries would, if their kid killed someone, FIRST hire a lawyer, and follow the lawyer's advice.
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  2234.  @riethacrafford7375  You don't KNOW what happened behind closed doors. Get it through your obsession with that which is NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS, and about which you are ginning up baseless SPECULATION -- Laundrie is essentially accused of violating Petito's boundaries. And what are you circus clown doing? -- trashing the Laundries' boundaries. We see that with the moronic "protesters" with bullhorns: they are disturbing the entire neighborhood, without the least thought to the rights of all those other neighbors. They are no different, in that sense, from Laundrie. And putting their sings ON the Laundries' property is the CRIME of TRESPASSING. They don't respect others' rights -- while accusing the Laundries, without a shred of evidence, of not respecting Petito's rights. Where do THEY get their sense of being ENTITLED to violate the RIGHTS OF OTHERS? The issue is MORALS: have YOU any?
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  2235. I'm waiting for them to propose privatizing weights & measures.
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  2236. He should resign or be expelled.
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  2237. They ignore reality, while implacable reality rolls right over them -- like a sort of bus.
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  2238.  @--SP0OKY--  Care to explain yourself? If, that is, you're able.
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  2239. Anti-maskers are Republicans.
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  2240.  @blacklung8433  I've from time to time seen that assertion -- but never with any EVIDENCE for it. "Shays's" insurrection occurred under the Articles of Confederation, AFTER the so-called "revolution," and it was suppressed by the well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists were charged with, tried for, and convicted of treason, and sentenced to death. There was no war at the time. Under the Constitution, and AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection occurred, and it was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington. The insurrections were charged with, tried for, and convicted of treason, and sentenced to death. And there was no war at the time. The treason clause says nothing about war, except that of "levying war against the United States," or essentially siding with the enemy. Wars are not conducted exclusively or even only by militaries.
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  2241.  @johnathanleonardo912  He's going to be buried under lawsuits for the rest of his life. And we saw the caliber of lawyers willing to take him on as a client.
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  2242. And he was 60s. He "blocked" her within the room. And she was aware that his bodyguard was outside the room guarding the door.
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  2243. And that sister was forced to resign as a Federal judge to stop an investigation into her ethics.
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  2244. Bongino and childish insults? That's how it works for Trump: he speaks to the pre-moral.
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  2245.  @sharonireland7244  Gee, you'd think the Republican'ts don't want to talk about how great they are for their own districts.
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  2246. No: he can only embarrass himself. There is no reason for anyone else to share in his embarrassment unless the identify with him and his actions.
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  2247. How many of those generations REFUSED TO LEARN?
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  2248.  @alisonblack1824  Let's VOTE so.
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  2249.  @SqeakyToy  "God" is a no-show.
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  2250. The First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't.
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  2251.  @jamessilver6429  Trump and his MAGA dupes.
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  2252. Actually not. There are laws, including Supreme Court decisions, that draw the line between, on one hand, free -- protected -- speech, and on the other, speech that subverts the rule of law. Are you opposed to libel law? Are you for yelling "THEATER!" in a crowded fire? The "line" between those two is long established.
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  2253. It is contempt for the voters who elect Democrats.
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  2254. We only just learned of it. Investigations TAKE TIME.
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  2255.  @moneybilla  It's a way of underscoring the juvenile trash that is "reality" TeeVee. Trump's politically ignorant "base" followed him from his TeeVee show believing it was actual reality.
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  2256. Protecting whose country? Our democracy is based on the rule of law. He REJECTS the rule of law.
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  2257. Speaking for yourself, of course.
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  2258. The tons of details that make no sense are from so-called "Internet sleuths" who, as fans of murder-as-entertainment, wallow in fantasy and off-the-rails speculations.
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  2259.  @marvinthemartian857  You're leaving out Russian subversion of the election, the Comey letter, and Sanders trashing her and the Democratic Party even after he LOST the primary because the majority of Democrats voted for the ACTUAL Democrat.
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  2260.  @lisamcdonnell8971  Does your father have any regrets for helping create the situation we are in?
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  2261. The concerned citizen is the same as "informant". No conspiracy.
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  2262.  @matthewmosier8439  Still haven't learned how the gov't operates, eh? So blame the Black man. Or blame the Democrats. But never blame the Republicans, who funnel your tax dollars to those who don't pay taxes, while you hate on the Democrats who funnel tax dollars to the needs of those who pay the taxes.
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  2263. Yeah, he's meticulous: he found an empty "Monster" can, and declared that it was fresh because "not rusted". Of course it wasn't "rusted": it is ALUMINUM, which doesn't "rust".
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  2264. He wasn't a movie star, and wasn't buried.
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  2265.  @TeeHeejab  Yep. In a white upper-middle class community.
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  2266. Why are the Republicans in both House and Senate opposed to the supplemental funding for the Capitol Police?
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  2267. The context is the distraction from his domestic terrorism.
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  2268. Is that "experience" worth having? How many marriages and divorces, and children left behind, but he has a "good" and "caring" "heart".
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  2269.  @shaneshane9419  "ANTIFA" is short for ANTI-FASCIST, Mr. Fascist. And BLM does not go around name-calling and attacking people, Mr. Racist.
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  2270. Try that with a person who is attempting to bait you and they will ESCALATE. Words from EXPERIENCE.
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  2271. She married him AFTER he threatened to kill both her and a friend of hers. He wasn't prosecuted because she refused to follow through.
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  2272.  @coasterblocks3420  "God" is obviously a no-show yet again. Yet there are those who continue to invest their lives in that fantasy.
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  2273.  @operasinger2126  And he is a "conservative".
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  2274. The Republicans don't want to give Biden a campaign issue, so they give Biden a campaign issue.
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  2275. Didn't DeSantis sign a law that would remove specific words and concepts, such as "climate change," from all gov't documents?
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  2276.  @mostly_peaceful_opinions  Iran isn't the enemy; Russia is.
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  2277. Another impoverished kid here. Didn't follow basketball, but thanks for recalling Ali, who I did follow, and Barbara Jordan, whose speech on the imepachment of Nixon committee still brings me to tears.
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  2278. "Godspeed"!? If "God" were about "speed," "He" would have prevented Gabby Petito being murdered. Does your "God" "move in mysterious ways"? Or does "He" not move at all?
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  2279. He won't take the stand. Instead he'll continue to bloviate about how "they" won't let him bloviate while he continuously bloviates.
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  2280.  @Shawn-jd5dd  "A system of laws, and not of men," -- John Adams. Gov't is, by definition, rule of law. The US is based upon the rule of law, not on the varying politics of men. Even thogh he hated the British, John Adams defend the British troops involved in the "Boston Massacre" (which was not in fact a "massacre") because he believed in having competent counsel when charged with crime; and because he believed in trial by a jury of one's peers. His cousin and alleged "revolutionary" Sam Adams was against both of those principles when they could interfere with his political ambitions, and his "any means" to achieve them.
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  2281.  @junebordelon6949  I'm fed up with that form of doing nothing useful.
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  2282.  @melissab1725  There are no "miracles," and "prayers" have no effect except the person doing it feel better -- which is self-centered, selfish.
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  2283. I thought Dershowitz "kept his underwear on".
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  2284. One mother who talked to the media was threatened with parole revocation if she didn't shut up. It's a cover-up being enforced by street thug biker gangs because the uniformed police don't want to be seen doing it directly. The only way we'll get to all the facts is by the families and other citizens talking to the media, and the FBI, because Texass, from Abbott on down and back up to him, has destroyed its own credibility.
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  2285. This media outlet is more heat than light. I want to see the actual hits on the ships, else I don't have actual EVIDENCE for the claim.
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  2286. Another armchair expert.
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  2287.  @texasdreaming6684  Here judgment is wholly non-existent.
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  2288. Miller is manifesting Netanyahu.
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  2289.  @Tocinos  You are not smearing a "Boomer". You are responding to a relatively young individual who is ignorant of the nature of education in a democracy and knows nothing about higher education.
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  2290.  @Valerie-n5z  Whine-os. Drunk on someone else's cork.
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  2291. Would this be an issue if he'd donated to the Trump campaign? Nope -- it wouldn't be reported. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2292. An 80 year foreign policy -- that vis-a-vis Israel -- isn't fundamentally changed based on instant gratification. Biden has put Netanyahu in a box, reminding him who pays the bills and provides the weaponry.
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  2293. She is "halting" because she THINKS before speaking. Trump, in contrast, can't stop talking.
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  2294.  @motosmas860  News/fact is not the same as "opinion"/speculation and conspirabunk.
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  2295. I didn't want to cause a panic, because it was less harmful to kill more than 190,000.
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  2296. Yes -- Gym Jordan needs to be investigated and prosecuted.
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  2297. The Confederate war against the united States was TREASON, as defined in the Constitution itself. The Confederate flag is a terrorist rag. You'd know those facts if your knowledge of US history was complete and accurate.
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  2298. There are investigations of him and his co-criminals fifteen ways from Sunday. And those in NY are beyond Federal pardons.
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  2299. Richard Henry Lee was not a member of Congress. Jefferson was in France when the Constitution was written and ratified. Jefferson was in France when the "Bill of Rights" was debated and written and ratified. NONE of your quotes are L-A-W.
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  2300.  @DeRocco21  Let's look at the current Supreme court and how the 6 "Federalist Society" ACTIVIST JUDGES operate: "Roe" was based on the right of privacy. But those six insist there is no right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution, on which basis they intend to overturn "Roe". Prior to "Roe," "Griswald," which legalized contraception, was also based on that same right of privacy -- which the 6 deny exists, so "Griswold" is next. This is what's in it for MEN: No abortion + no contraception = state-enforced CHILD SUPPORT. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalist". "Textualist". "Individual right to own guns".
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  2301. That he's a "work in progress" is an excuse.
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  2302. Would be journalism if the journalism actually quited the actual language in the indictment, instead of winging it with misinforming paraphrase.
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  2303. STOP giving him excuses -- he is NOT "unhinged". He doesn't believe a word he says -- it's all an act. And it's all about avoiding the rule of law, and profiting from doing so.
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  2304. AG Garland speaks softly but carries Big Indictments.
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  2305. "Freedom of speech for me, but not for my fictional neighbor." -- Alito.
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  2306. So "Dog" only goes after those who have a high profile in the media.
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  2307.  @oldbloke135  Good luck with appealing a case in which the person attempting the appeal REPEATEDLY VIOLATED court orders -- ESPECIALLY the REQUIREMENTS of discovery concerning his finances and assets.
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  2308.  @garythomas4936  Biden has decades of experience in foreign policy. You're a nobody anti-American supporter of Putin and mass murder.
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  2309. The gallows on the Capitol grounds was not "spontaneous".
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  2310. They always have "incredible evidence". Look at the word "incredible": the prefix "in" means "not". Thus "incredible evidence" means "not credible evidence".
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  2311.  @club4ghz  Another moron who is williningly ignorant of reality.
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  2312. His "critique" of 'feminism" is a rejection of it. He doesn't bother to take it seriously.
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  2313. Thank you for naming the youtuber who is spreading the lie -- that violates youtube's "Terms of Service".
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  2314. Do they "hate" him? Or are they simply not as credulous as you?
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  2315.  @life_lab_chronicles  As a projection, yes. But not a reliable view, as it characterizes those who are skeptical of Peterson as "hating" him. Such an emotional response by someone "impressed" by a so-called "intellectual".
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  2316.  @RunBayou  His exceptionless dogmatism tends to raise the hackles in those who don't like dictators. And that dogmatism vitiates any claim that he's a "philosopher". Those who seek absolutes buy into his absolutism; in reality there are no absolutes.
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  2317.  @ashtonchapman2613  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2318. The protesters aren't anti-Wheeler. The rioters are right-wing fruit-fringe Nazis.
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  2319. The founding stock of this country included African slaves. They are the folks who got their hands dirty. The founding stock from Europe was RACIST. That's not something to defend.
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  2320.  @TheKeithbruce  And your source is FOX "We Lie, You Decide"?
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  2321. I'm 76 and this has always been the pattern: Republicans get elected and wreck the economy. Democrats get elected and clean up the mess. Republicans get elected and wreck the economy. Etc., ad nauseum.
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  2322. The "Death Panels" have always been located in the insurance industry. Mark Twain suggested that those who work in insurance should have fire insurance for after they die.
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  2323. RECALL no-show Republicans!
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  2324. Trump had always conducted his criminal enterprise behind closed doors locked by Non-Disclosure Agreements. His biggest mistake was bringing his criminal enterprise public and subjecting it to public scrutiny.
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  2325. I have an Amazon "Kindle". Paid the extra to eliminate the ads. It still gets ads as "recommendeds".
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  2326.  @daryl9053  The million was the advance. He keeps it even if the book doesn't sell.
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  2327.  @gregoryeasterling6485  Toobin never finds fault with Republicans. As example: During the 2000 election battle he interviewed the lawyers for both Bushit and Gore. I was reading all the relevant Federal court decisions and Florida elections law at the same time. Bushit's lawyer made statements contrary to the law; Gore's lawyer quoted the actual law. Toobin let that stand -- the "Let the viewer decide" irresponsibility -- instead of reading the ACTUAL text of the law, oe running it on-screen so the viewer could compare it to the assertions made by the two lawyers. I call that "bad lawyering" -- and based on the usual Republican ignoring of this fundamental: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Toobin is a TeeVee lawyer and apparently teaches at a law school, though a class on "TeeVee Lawyering: How to Barfgarble" [Scalia]" is a new one on me.
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  2328. He wasn't shot 7 times in the back? Did they instead "take a knee"?
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  2329.  @91GT347  "God" talked to me not five minutes ago, and "He" said that I am the only human, in the entire infinite history of the universe, that "He" has ever talked to. Well, yeah: I can't prove that -- but you can't prove "He" didn't. That is agnosticism, not "atheism" -- which is your only option as an oversimplifying person who thinks in either/or extremes. Get it through your unprovable and unproven subjectivism: humans are flawed and finite; therefore, humans cannot conceive of a perfect infinity. You know what you believe; but you don't know that your belief is true.
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  2330. Another law-illiterate heard from. Constitutional provisions are implements by STATUTES. And the subject of the Second Amendment is WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. Neither "Rise of the Moorons" nor you are a militia, or in a militia, which is UNDER BOTH Federal and state constitutions and laws. . LICENSING is for the protection of public health and safety -- which is larger and more important than your individual willingness to endanger them.
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  2331. Well, he is a horse's ass, so the Ivermectin horse dewormer is prescribed. And his spew is analogous to malaria, so the hydrochloroquine is indicated. What could go wrong?
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  2332. "Incel" this and "incel" that -- where is this person's EVIDENCE for her assertion?
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  2333.  @Voltaic_Fire Look up the definition of SATIRE.
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  2334.  @susanhewitt1631  The Democrats haven't been "cutthroat and vicious" since the Republican Party became the Party of Racism. Mueller was and is registered REPUBICAN, and was appointed by a TRUMP appointee. As for impeachment: READ THE CONSTITUTION you are spitting on.
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  2335. There is selective prosecution: law enforcement prosecutes criminals.
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  2336. The DA and prosecutors are also legal scholars, and they disagree that there is "no case".
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  2337. She probably moves her lips when reading to herself.
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  2338.  @skabuoy  They need to be asked WHY one should ignore the rule of law if one is actually FOR rule of law.
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  2339. If one loves anti-American corruption of the law, then yes.
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  2340. Noepe: half is fifty per cent. Trump has never had 50 per cent support.
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  2341.  @greghill7759  Exactly. But as a "Gish Galloper," Gym Jordan is second to #1 Kellyanne Conway. "Gish Gallop": make a lengthy slew of baseless allegations, as fast as possible, in order to overwhelm the fact checkers.
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  2342.  @bumblebee6503  What if we can?
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  2343.  @wadsy72701  It is amazing how IGNORANT so many Americans are about Biden. PAY ATTENTION: The Obama administration successfully contained THREE epidemics during those 8 years. BIDEN WAS THERE; he knows what to do.
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  2344.  @richyb2132  Another multi-account Russian troll.
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  2345. It's ALSO about safety. Clue: the Founders were not anti-gov't or anti-tax -- they both established gov'ts and enacted tax laws.
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  2346. Sanders is a vindictive prick, which he reealed in 2016. He hasn't changed. Attacking BIDEN is NOT going to stop TRUMP, which is PARAMOUNT.
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  2347.  @w.harrison7277  The technology was used by Walgreens to give blood tests to customers. Actual harm was caused to some of them.
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  2348. Can't be open to facts, attack the messenger.
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  2349. He's "always had great respect" for Vance -- who he first met within the last few months. He only agreed to this intervview because his VP pick IS having a disastrous impact on the election.
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  2350. Stone was convicted on evidence generated by Stone.
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  2351. Is the wharehouse safe?
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  2352. Rittenhouse with a different name.
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  2353. In the next to latest filing Trump invited a kick in the balls, and the DOJ obliged him repeatedly and prolongedly.
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  2354. Exactly. Russia is losing the war badly, and Trump was attempting to help Putin (temporarily) withdraw. Zelenskyy offered to resign in exchange for NATO membership. NATO should HONOR him by granting Ukraine membership.
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  2355.  @bobknull7502  So you agree that more guns don't make us safer, but your solution is even more guns?
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  2356. Is Trump committing crimes there too? I mean, there must be a watch on for him in department stores.
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  2357. NEVER FORGET: 1. Congress is the EQUAL of the Judiciary, and can OVERTURN the Supreme Court. 2. Per the Constitution, the ultimate decision over presidential elections is the HOUSE. 3. The HOUSE doesn't have to accept a state's electors.
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  2358. He allegedly had plans to establish a business. When that failed he took up "studying law" -- i.e., pseudo-law JUNK on the Internet. The basis of his "view" is many decades old: "sovereign citizen," which is a rejection of the rule of law -- which is what criminals do. And now he is headed to being a convicted criminal prohibited having guns.
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  2359.  @chonqmonk  I suggest you learn about the many accomplishments of John Adams -- which include leading the movement for independence against the slave owners, and writing the Massachusetts constitution that became the model for the US Constitution. "A system of laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. "Facts are stubborn things." -- John Adams.
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  2360. I refuse to take on others' deserved shame.
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  2361. THIS is the vehicle with the weapons.
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  2362. The gov't is of, by, and for, "We the people". Thus the purpose of the gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people" as determined by "We the people" through "We the people's" elected representatives.
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  2363.  @pepotalmario5326  They need to RESIGN.
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  2364.  @maggieramirez7448  I was being sarcastic. For decades the Republicans have talked so much about what they are going to do for the American people that they haven't had time to actually do any of it.
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  2365.  FREE SPEECH  ASSHOLE: MAINSTREAM media are holding his fat ass to the fire. They regularly call his lies LIES. You, of course, don't WATCH mainstreammedia, so are bashing your own ignorance about them.
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  2366. They relied on the lawyer's word. What did you expect them to do -- there are possible sanctions for a lawyer helping a client avoid law enforcement, especially if the client is involved in a crime, and it is reasonable to expect that a lawyer won't jeoparize their standing.
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  2367.  @rogerturner3847  Are you saying they shouldn't rely on a lawyer's word, when lawyers are held to strict ethical and legal standards?
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  2368. Perhaps someday REALITY will tap you on the shoulder from behind. In this situation fear is wisdom, and smug "skepticism" is deadly.
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  2369. Both are relevant. But if Putin were to nuke those who are threats to him he would have to nuke the Kremlin.
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  2370. You don't know that they were alive two days ago. Gad, the amount of fantasizing based in unproven assumptions.
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  2371. Actually the case has been moving forward at a faster pace than most cases.
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  2372. Oversimplification -- and Franklin knew better: he voted to establish the Continental Army, which was about SECURITY.
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  2373. Stop the weaseling: the "Capitol riot" was an INSURECTION -- effort to overthrow the gov't.
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  2374. He has all his life been running from his shame -- he feels no shame because he rationalizes it into hate outwardly. He is WORSE than "an embarrassment".
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  2375. That's his method: always claims he won, and ignores reality to the contrary. Some believe that is at least half of actually winning.
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  2376. The so-called "manifesto" is a confession.
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  2377. So Trump and the Republicans are openly planning BLACKMAIL of an entire state. California: use the Federal taxes domestically to deal with the disaster. Don't send them to DC so the Republicans can give them to billionaires.
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  2378. Ted "Cancun" Cruz talked about doors. So the cops are running with that nonsense.
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  2379. Law enforcement must follow every lead that may be credible, regardless the trustworthiness of the source. And the only lead they've had since the beginning is that from the parents. Spend less time commenting, and more listening to those who are career investigators -- and LEARN from them. Stick to the few known facts and stop running in all sorts of baseless directions.
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  2380. 56-ish hours of video, 150 hours of 1/4" mono tape. During the process they developed a software that is able to distinguish between instruments and voices on the mono tape, thus the possibility of making each a separate track, adjusting balances, even making a surround mix.
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  2381. Bullshit. Learn how elections work. Primaries are conducted by STATE parties, not the DNC. And general elections are conducted by state GOV'TS. But -- yeah -- Sanders and his Politics of Paranoia makes him -- despite his wealth and power -- a fake "victim". There is one other "victim" in the race: Trump. Moreover, EVERY candidate directly monitors elections, from beginning to end. And AGAIN: the DNC DOES NOT conduct state primaries or elections. So the Sanders "It's everyone elses' fault" "tumb on the scale" DID NOT HAPPEN.
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  2382. They want "freedom" from the rule of law.
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  2383. FOX is media, but not NEWS media. They are a propaganda enemy of democracy and the rule of law on which that is based.
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  2384. I believe courts have already addressed it. It may not be settled law at this point -- some courts defending privacy, some protecting public safety. I wouldn't bet on the current Supreme Court being concerned either with privacy or public safety.
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  2385. Where is your EVIDENCE for that fantasy?
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  2386. NATO will survive and strengthen. And it is supporting Ukraine more than the US was. New weapons from Germany are major. Europe is stepping up.
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  2387. You know Trump had already told Netanyahu that Netanyahu's genocide has Trump's backing.
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  2388. Yeah, but at least Trump is being consistent: he has always been a loser.
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  2389.  @themorosepittbull257  Yes, it is a Constitutional right to have a taxpayer-paid appointed lawyer in criminal cases. So I guess the Constitution authorizes socialism. Then again, the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people". Looks like socialism to me. And then there are states that are "CommonWEALTHS".
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  2390.  @TimeSurfer206  Joe McCarthy: Holding up a piece of paper he said, "I have here a list of names of Communists" -- the paper was BLANK.
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  2391. He was pushed: the Academy told him that if he resigned they'd be off the hook and not have to do anything. But if he didn't resign it would be worse. He commits the CRIME of BATTERY, and he gets sympathy for his self-inflicted self-destructive act. I don't think much of Denzel Washington and the others who "comforted" him for making an ass of himself. They certainly didn't check in to comfort Chris Rock for being victimized.
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  2392. Let him use paper towels.
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  2393.  @archieclement2977  "archieclement" isn't up to speed on any of this.
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  2394. Stop giving him that excuse. The reality should be obvious: he is AFRAID of being held accountable, which is PROOF that he DOES know right from wrong. His PANIC is in the fact that his bullshitting around accountability is no longer working.
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  2395. It isn't about the flag. It's about Alito -- and Thomas.
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  2396.  @vancouverterry9142  What a condesending heap of judgmental rubbish. Are you of Peterson's inner circle, deployed to "crush" all critical evaluations of Peterson's precious fulminations?
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  2397.  @megadittos100  It can't be proven that there's a "God". And you hate "Jesus" by defaming "Him".
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  2398.  @vivianspinarski4846  Note that the REPUBLICANS investigated Hillary Clinton REPEATEDLY, based upon SMEARS by REPUBLCIANS, and in EVERY INSTANCE EXONERATED her of the FALSE allegations. Still Trump smeared her based on REJECTION of DUE PROCESS, which is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE, by asserting the lawless dictate, "LOCK HER UP!" Hitler, Putin -- dictators lock people up without EVIDENCE OR TRIAL.
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  2399.  @vivianspinarski4846  Is it actually funny? Or do always laugh in the face of facts you don't like so as to avoid them? When you deny the rights of others you deny your own. Think that through.
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  2400.  @megadittos100  Moron: 1. It can't be proven there's a "God" 2. The First Amendment separates "religion" and gov't. 3. Trump is a career criminal and seditious conspirator. And there is a thin line between sedition and treason. 4. Those who support Trump AGAINST the rule of law hate America. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2401.  @rekcusdoo  We are only now learning of the many tentacles of Trump's seditious conspiracy. One DOES NOT indict before completing the investigationS, PLURAL. The Fulton County, GA DA investigation includes the fake elector certificates, the resignation of the US Atty., Giuliani's efforts before the GA legislature, Trump's phone calls to GA officials, Lindey Graham's phone call to those officials, and likely more. EACH of those involves many individuals and much fine detail.
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  2402. Every country tells itself that it's the greatest country in the world. It's like "religion": countless sects, each of which claims to be the "One True Religion" against all the others. I'm tired of the belligerent chauvinism and jingoism.
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  2403.  @digbycrankshaft7572  There's enough vile to go around. Sufficient to embrace all 20 -- at minimum -- of the fruit-fringe with Gym Jordan as the "coach".
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  2404. I'm not embarrassed because I don't identify with that which embarrasses. Our democracy is founded on the rule of law. The rule of law is central.
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  2405.  @stevenmaginnis1965  Yes: she consulted with her astrologer for advice that she then gave to him. You do know that she was pregenant at the time they got married, right? Because "family values".
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  2406. The Electoral College withstood Trump's attack on the election which was an effort to overcome the Electoral College.
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  2407.  @topjack800  Most likely the monies allocated to maintain the Russian military disappeared on its way down the chain-of-command. Corruption.
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  2408. MANY complaints were filed against Giuliani.
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  2409. Aren't you getting tired of all the "guessing" and "speculations, by means of which the few known facts are avoided and ignored? Laundrie is nowhere in Florida, "Dog" the self-promoter be damned.
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  2410. It's not a new phenomenon. Neither, alas, is the ignorant susceptibility to "conspiracy" nonsense.
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  2411. You've seen him? Did you inform the FBI?
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  2412. The ESTABLISHMENT is the RULE OF LAW.
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  2413. No, it is not a con. What is a CON is being persuaded to IGNORE the fact that PARAMOUNT is STOPPING TRUMP. Know how that's absolutely obvious? Because you are attacking DEMOCRATIC VOTERS -- NOT Trump and Republicans. EVERY public individual gets criticized. But SAndes "fans" ALWAYS CHANGE THe SUBJECT. Criticize Sanders, they attack the critic, or someone else -- which IS NOT a defense of Sanders.
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  2414.  @Dem0Dule  That quote is not from LAW; but it does point to the sort of law needed: "a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite". AFTER the Bill of Rights was ratified, there were two Militia Acts enacted: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling for the militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the national defense by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States."
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  2415. The police DID NOT see him hitting her.
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  2416.  @brianfergus839  Nothing. Which identifies to commenter as a Trumpeter: always assert something irrelevant and nonsensical.
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  2417. He did not refer to kids as roaches. That the two were in the same statement isn't doing that. You fuckers STILL don't get it: Biden has a STUTTER; he often "gaffs". And you ARE NOT Progressives: Eleanor Roosevelt was a Prgressive. And, yeah, still SMEARING Biden -- which HELPS TRUMP. Uygur: SHOW US how to WIN campaigns, bro -- you've done it so often!
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  2418.  @themeanmachine9830  Depp was stunning.
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  2419.  @Hendrix04974  You've all along been out on a lack of evidence personal attack limb all along because you mistake your lying as having to do with those against whom you are lying. In fact, it speaks only about YOU. Your immorality destroys your fake concern with "morality".
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  2420. Tell it to the VOTERS, becuase they are driving the election. After all, you know it all: stopping Trump is PARAMOUNT, so let's insult, smear, and attack DEMOCRATIC VOTERS.
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  2421.  @trvman1  The didn't take the statement back -- only Biden could do that, as it was his statement. It is rhetorical strategy. The audience for his statement is those around Putin. The "walk-back" is "cover".
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  2422.  @redmanlaw0002  Still spewing the pro-Russian line, eh? Here's your boy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth?
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  2423. RACISM.
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  2424.  @sierrarmcclain  But the person to whom you are responding isn't the only person who will read your comment. You may not persuade them, but others are persuaded.
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  2425. A neighbor said that political signs had been common at his house, and they were MAGA. It would help to have photographs of that.
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  2426. Law enforcement has the authority to use deadly force. What that standard boilerplate language does is REGULATE and RESTRICT the use of deadly force. You'd think the right-wing fruit-fringe would OPPOSE that GUN CONTROL.
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  2427. Yes. But so will the Republican defense not of gun rights but of mass murder. Choice will also be a central midterms issue.
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  2428.  @q.e.d.9112  Secret Service exists BOTH to protect the protectee and the office occupied by the protectee. Being appointed POLITICALLY as one's private security is outside the Secret Service structure. That is an issue that needs to be addressed by the Secret Service rules. Note that Pence didn't trust the Secret Service on January 6 -- he doubtless knew of the plot, and that some in the Secret Service were in service to Trump, not in service to their oath to the Constitution. Trump had two options re. Pence: either he cooperate, or he be got out of the way. The Secret Service -- had Pence not refused -- would have got Pence out of the way.
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  2429. So Graham, US Senator, didn't act as a Federal official when he attempted to interfere in the Georgia state election?
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  2430. EVIDENE? Stop the stupid.
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  2431. And he helped elect Trump in 2016. Stop the Amnesia.
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  2432.  @MsWarriordiva  Michael Cohen hasn't quite vindicated himself in my mind -- he has the baggage of being Trump's hatchet man. He has done some good toward vindication.
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  2433. There is every reason to understand him just enough to realize you don't want to be around him.
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  2434. Who is engaged in HATE against the right of privacy -- oh, sorry: this Supreme Court has ruled that there is no right of privacy.
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  2435.  @SmallSpoonBrigade  Instead of being fired and being tied up in court they can now continue to urge the rule of law from the outside: they are not constrained against speaking up.
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  2436.  @DrinkTheKoolAid62  I know that (I have an education in law). But if Giuliani is innocent, then why is he not rushing to court to clear his name, instead of dodging service?
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  2437. "Sad"? It is ALARMING!
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  2438. They're ahead of you. But, of course, you prefer to swallow the "evidence" "found" by "Dog the Bounty Hunter". So let's look at his claims: He described the contents of an ALLEGED video -- that he then said he HAS NOT SEEN. So he not only believes UNPROVEN assertions (if he isn't making them up), but then spreads them as being "fact".
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  2439.  @justnotrelevant  Yes: we are all complicit. But we are not all the same.
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  2440. President Biden was speaking to the people around Putin.
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  2441. The January 6 Committee should subpoena both Clarence and Ginni Thomas to testify under oath -- separately. Let's see how the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists on the Court rule on whether Supreme Court Justices are under, above, or outside the reach of the rule of law. Of subpoena. And whether Thomas recuses from that decision. If the Court is bent on discrediting itself and its authority into irrelevance, then let's help them do that. After all, they don't have a means to enforce their edicts against states that choose to ignore their subversions of the Constitution. Another approach: Andrew Johnson was so hated that the Congress REDUCED the number of Supreme Court seats from 10 to 7 so he couldn't appoint to it. At least 3 of the 6 extremists perjured themselves in order to steal their seats. Reducing the number of seats by 3 would restore the needed balance. That should be easier to do than the uphill battle to expand the Court.
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  2442.  @mainer5778  It was exposed in 2020. It's the same plan, but better organized this time.
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  2443.  @d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594  It didn't this time. There are Trumpers who "report" comments they want suppressed. And youtube moderators sometimes tend to delete the comments without bothering to deal with facts or contexts. I regularly refute falsehoods with actual law. Occasionally the person who posted the falsehoods files a false complaint, and the law is deleted -- but the refuted falsehood is not.
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  2444.  @Eventual-Visitor  He has "clout" with those who have a flimsy, if any, grasp on principle. Those who distinguish between those worthy of having rights -- such as Gabby Petito -- and those who do not -- such as Laundrie.
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  2445. Yep: it's been converted into a submarine.
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  2446. Why do we defend police who protect the wealthy from the consequences of their crimes?
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  2447. This is what happens when one votes Republican.
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  2448. THREATENING a witness.
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  2449. They can resign and speak out, or they'll be fired. Better the blindside DOY and Trump, and show "We the people" what ethics, justice, and rule of law mean.
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  2450.  @Kexgoija  Not to worry: she's already extracted from him sufficient money, in her own bank account, in exchange by pretending they actually have a relationship.
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  2451. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. 2. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  2452.  @shiftypoint81  "Dude" is shifty -- which you'd know if you knew his actual history.
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  2453. All of this is against the history of veterans being discarded after their service.
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  2454. Whatabout Sean Hannity?
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  2455. You make a habit of being full of shit -- not being able to tell the difference between trailer trash and competence?
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  2456. It amazes how ignorant of law LAW PROFESSOR Eastman is.
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  2457.  @robertopalma9091  Every American, regardless how different, as is the nature of individualism in a democracy and protected by the Fist Amendment, is an American. Except for those who claim some Americans aren't actually American -- they have no legal ground or authority to make such BIGOTED anti-American declarations. Especially as ours is majority-rule democracy, and you are in the minority. You aren't oppressed, but you aren't the majority, and it i delusion by means of which you falsely imagine Trump represents a majority -- and the polls are shifting to Biden even despite his position on Israel-Gaza, and that too is shifting because that requires changing a foreign policy that has been entrenched for 80 years. And Biden is shifting that fundamental policy. You're about personal attacks because you have no awareness beyond bogus "grievances" and hate. Trump "loves" the uneducated because you are so easy to bullshit in exchange for your money.
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  2458. FDR was a competent leader. Trump is a bullshitter -- has no knowledge of or interest in learning how to govern.
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  2459. Petito was reported missing -- to the police -- on 9/11. Laundrie disappeared on 9/12 or 9/13. The mob of morons "protesting" -- and disturbing the entire neighborhood -- began AFTER those dates.
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  2460. Fixed for ya: GYM Jordan.
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  2461. After months of ATTCKING Democrats, and especially Biden, you want us to believe you are no longer far-LEFT anti-mainstream/majority?
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  2462.  @bryancrawford5512  There are no absolutes or unlimited rights. The exercise of rights is LIMITED by the RESPONSIBILITY to not violate the right of OTHERS, who have the SAME rights AS YOU.
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  2463. There are many, including "online sleuths," who reject facts that don't meet their presumptions. They delude themselves that they more about how to "investigate" than do those who do it as a career. They're part of the same moronic "protesters" who couldn't care less that they're disturbing whole neighborhoods.
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  2464. That isn't the reality: Ukraine is the front line defending democracy so the US doesn't have to put troops on the ground in Ukraine to do it.
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  2465. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  2466. The woman trespassed on private property. These people who "care" don't respect the rights of others. Walsh ignores that fact, and changes the subject to more self-promotion.
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  2467. "Rise of the Moorons" REJECT United States law -- which is the Constitution, AND the Second Amendment, AND treaties, AND the laws IMPLEMENTING the Constitution. Basic LOGIC: one cannot claim BOTH to be EXEMPT from the rule of law, AND that the rule of law is the basis for that exemption. Law -- not law-illiterate criminal gibberish.
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  2468. It's been coming for more than 30 years. It began at latest with Reagan.
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  2469.  @btcrazee1  Reagan was first elected president in 1980. Many in his administration came from the NIXON administration.
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  2470. She is a named (unindicted) co-conspirator in the D.C. case.
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  2471. "Intent" can also be proven circumstantially.
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  2472. Tell us how not cancelling obscene fees and interest rates attached to STUDENT LOANS by the private for-profit student loan INDUSTRY shouldn't be subject to regulation?
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  2473. They also posited that the car was as late a model as 2016.
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  2474. Keri Lake could win in white nationalist Idaho.
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  2475.  @dayers8715  It's his view that he doesn't need to know the law because he never intends to comply with it.
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  2476. TARIFFS are a SALES TAX on the CONSUMER. That is why Harris called them a SALES TAX. The idea that a PROSECUTOR of CRIMINALS is a "progressive" is absurd. The majority of prosecutors are CONSERVATIVES.
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  2477.  @jackieboy7577  Have you EVIDENCE for that claim? Of course not. You don't need evidence. All you need to believe a thing, and then repeat it, is that it be hateful and stupid.
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  2478.  @davidjasonmilligan9980  What would they what?
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  2479.  @user-xj4yv3qo3v  You must tell us all how you are able to predict the unpredictable future.
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  2480. If Sanders and his :fans" have anything to say about, they will elect Trump again. Note how many ways Sanders and Trump and their respective "fans" are identical -- including both the politics of paranoia, and how they are always "victims," which latter is their go-to tantrum. They name-call and smear others -- then when called om it they whine about being "attacked". There is no difference between Sanders and his "fans" and Trump and his "fans". The problem for them is that they are a minority.
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  2481. I agree: in view of the fact that he hasn't done anything wrong, he's probably waiting at the court door for it to open for business so he can clear his name. It isn't that he's avoiding service, but that those trying to serve him are at the wrong location.
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  2482. "If NOT outright deceit"!? Signing a document that is a LIE is LYING.
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  2483. Singapore, a sovereign island nation, is at the end of the Malay peninsula. Malaya is Muslim -- but don't tell Senator Cotton -- it may give him a means to shift from "Communist" China to hating on Muslims.
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  2484. It would be nice to report on the atrocious health care industry without "quoting" those who have complaints: there are STATISTICS independent of personal opinion and anecdote.
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  2485.  @Harryball-h9b  Your name-calling only reveals your lack of character. You can choose to stop the stupid.
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  2486. It's the mixing of that with bleach and Lysol. That concoction convices the user that reality is a hoax.
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  2487. Elon Musk is an old-school South African racist. And his billions are based on gov't grants -- and he attacks taxation.
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  2488. I think a lie came up even he couldn't tell so it got caught in his throat.
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  2489. Trump will deliver COVID-19 and death.
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  2490. NATO has provided more support to Ukraine than has the US.
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  2491. I thought it was all from the South. And his racism would tend to make that true.
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  2492. You're noticing the same thing I see all the time: people who claim to care about the rule of law at the same time they are rejecting it. Some have rights -- Petito -- and some do not -- Laundries.
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  2493. Miller, a Jew, is aligning himself with the "Jews will not replace us!" Neo-Nazi anti-Semites.
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  2494.  @vanessaford8630  On what do you base that conclusion -- on "evidence" that doesn't exist, or on your own bigotry?
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  2495. At least "The Hill" doesn't pretend to be non-partisan.
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  2496. They are NOT "militia" -- See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". From _Presser_: "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." That is not a new idea; this law is from October 1658: "Military, [S. 11] . . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raifing of fouldiers for any expedition, fhall be directed to the Committy of militia of the feverall Townes who may execute the fame by the Coftable & the faid Committee are hereby impowred & required to fupprefs all raifing of fouldiers, but fuch as fhall be by the authority of this government." In contemporary English: "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  2497. LEGAL PROCESS TAKES TIME.
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  2498. Do you miss the point on purpose? The CLAIM made for the fundraising is the fraud. There's nothing new in any of that -- so TRY to catch up with the fact that Trump has for years been known to be a career criminal. His forte is FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.
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  2499. And they didn't console the victim? Those are also people worthy of "respect"?
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  2500. There are no "miracles". Perhaps you send the equally useless "thoughts and prayers".
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  2501. It's a current event that causes me anxiety: how will the pieces act out?
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  2502. Yes -- the clear distinction between "us" and "them" -- the obvious arms'-length distancing from involvement -- is condescendingly called "care". "My medical director is a minimalist in medication intervention and only prescribes the most necessary of drugs. He’s extremely involved in their needs and care and doesn’t just come in and prescribe". That is contradicted by this: "The physician jokingly states he doesn’t know what we are doing".
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  2503. What law enforcement needs is fewer attacks from law-illiterate jackals who REFUSE TO LISTEN AND LEARN. I don't blame the police SPOKESPERSON being pissed that they are being hammered, and fed all sorts of junk "tips" that bog them down vetting it all, from jerks who believe they know better than law enforcement how to conduct investigations. The central problem with the jackals is that they dispense with the RULE OF LAW.
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  2504. They are attacking the Constitution -- the rule of law -- itself.
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  2505.  @chrissorensen9511  With every word he says. And it's worse than that: at his recent rally he said to his dupes: "I don't care about you. I just want your vote." Why do you support a felon and adjudicated rapist? Are you a criminal too?
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  2506. The final check is VOTING -- not guns. This is in the Constitution you've never read: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." Research "Shayss" and "Whiskey" insurrections, and the Founders suppressions of them. And note that the "Whiskey" insurrection, in particular and its suppression, occurred AFTER the the Second Amendment was ratified -- which refutes the lie that the purpose of that Amendment as to authorize "taking up arms" against the gov't. See my post of the actual law above: the purpose of the Amendmentwas to establish a National Defense based upon the Militia, because the Founders feared standing armies.
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  2507. Wait a minute: before one can be certain he's spouting nonsense one must first determine which of the 12 personalities is doing the talking.
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  2508.  @toon9359  He has two sons.
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  2509. There are also Republicans up in arms about it. EVERYONE, WITHOUT EXCEPTION, is adversely impacted.
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  2510. My bet it that you're a crackpot racist who believes racist LOSER and career criminal Trump will be "reinstated" in August. What is the extent of your anti-Americanism?
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  2511. Biden was speaking to the people around Putin.
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  2512.  @tonyl1483  When no longer able to care for oneself it will continue to work "forever"?
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  2513.  @ilfautdanser9121  Every budget is an "economic reset," even when an attack on the gov't fulfilling its Constitutional obligation to meet the needs of "We the people". "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams.
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  2514. Justice Thomas is really, really busy with hi public insults to the democratic majority of "We the people". He doesn't have time to watch videos.
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  2515. How is it news that they met with their attorney? Ah, "no surprise" that they didn't answer any questions. And they aren't compelled to answer the media's questions to fuel the sensationalism.
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  2516. It isn't going to take months, moron -- unless Trump attempts to make the chaos he deliberately produces prolonged. But he has already lost, and hasn't had any credibility with the sane since at latest his LYING to the WORLD about the lethality of COVID-19.
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  2517.  @GrayGamer889  I'd ask you why you make no sense, but not making sense means you'd not understand the question. I love and adhere to the rule of law -- most fundamentally because without it all rights vanish, and there is nothing but chaos with everyone the target. The FACT is that "Justice" Thomas has all along crossed the line into political actions, including cases before her husband on the court. Worst of all, she supported the insurrectionists, which the Founders classified as TRESASON. Are you comfortable having "Justice" on the Supreme Court who is married to a person who hates America and supports attacks on the rule of law beginning with the Constitution? Anyone in an official gov't position who stands with the enemies of the United States needs to be impeached and removed. That is in the Constitution you don't seem capable of reading or understanding.
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  2518.  @edwardwilliams5970  Standing for LIES is anti-American.
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  2519. He has a HISTORY of inciting violence in his audience.
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  2520.  @hks2377  There have been STANDARDS in place since at latest the 1990s to PREVENT these sorts of tragedies BASED ON prior incidents. Analogously, in 1942, there was a fire at a club in Boston that killed hundreds -- a violation at the time was exit doors being locked. One change in the building code that resulted was adding regular outward-opening doors to the sides of revolving doors, because the dead had been stacked up in the revolving doors that had been jammed in the panic. In other words, the standards to PREVENT what happened already existed; they were simply ignored for two reasons: the focus was on maximizing ticket sales/profits, and Travis Scott has a HISTORY of inciting violence at his concerts. He is quoted as saying, as example, that a "mosh" is not a "mosh" if there are no injuries. And the fans "love" this guy who OBVIOUSLY couldn't care the fuck less about them!? Where are the FANS' heads at that they are willing to throw their lives away for a form of "entertainment" that is DESTRUCTIVE of the fans?
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  2521.  @MrZombiecorpse  So you're okay with losing your right of privacy. When will that penetrate to your awareness?
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  2522.  @kalnedlewil2897  All CNN and MSNBC did was run VIDEOS OF GREENE making a fool of herself.
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  2523. The attacks on school boards are based on racist horseshit. And many of those "protesting" at and threatening school board members DON'T HAVE KIDS. Those thugs are ALL TRUMPETERS.
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  2524.  @gulbransen62  While clutching his lucky pearls, and refusing to testify unless a fainting couch is provided.
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  2525. TOURS of the Capitol had been SUSPENDED because of COVID -- and on January 6th ALSO because of the Joint Session transfer of power. Again, much of this was revealed and reported in the days and weeks after January 6th.
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  2526.  @judyannkiwi  What is that supposed to mean?
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  2527. It can't be proven there's a "God". But one has been invented as a place to dump one's individual responsibility.
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  2528. The Trump-Vance campaign is domestic terrorism leading to sedition/treason.
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  2529.  @Mark1615-zi4er  Christ instructed his followers to practice their "religion" IN PRIVATE.
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  2530. The right-wing reads 1984 as an instruction manual. Add that to Steve Bannon and it's, "Overwhelm with newspeak bullshit."
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  2531.  @marcusowen7944  At minimum Obama restored decency to the office. And unlike every Democratic president from Truman on succeeded in establishing health care as a national initiative. Cornell West went off the rails with Sanders and helped elect Trump.
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  2532.  @Texas240  Try that in English, Vlad.
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  2533.  @vultoktok1848  Zelensky is in Ukraine. Putin is trying to be in Ukraine.
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  2534.  @vultoktok1848  You aren't making sense.
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  2535. Actually they o mean something because they are established, with penalties, in LAW.
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  2536. Trump is not a genius; he simply ignores the rules.
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  2537. He is being investigated, and has been since the intial facts were learned. That they don't tell public gossips what they are doing does not mean they aren't doing it.
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  2538. That's what happens when democratic gov't is run "like a business": business always has excuses to overcharge.
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  2539. Biden was attacked for speaking in favor of working across the aisle. The attack is based in ignorance.
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  2540. IF CONVICTED. Why do Amerians IGNORE DUE PROCESS -- except for THEMSELVES, of course.
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  2541. Mutilating the official currency is illegal.
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  2542. Since 1964, here -- and before "You Really Got Me".
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  2543.  @RohitSinghhere  No "alternative point of view" is perfect.
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  2544.  @_letstartariot  So the word "philosopher" has no meaning, no standards, no basic requirements? There is a prevalent knee-jerk tendency to sling the label "genius" at anything that is beyond the understanding of the person slinging the label. In music they do it when they LIKE the music -- which doesn't mean that the music, objectively considered, is particularly remarkable. Yes, I know: the critical evaluation is sidestepped by asserting that "art" is "all subjective" -- despite the objectified manifestations of it, which manifestations are legitimately subject to critical evaluation. I believe it was Socrates who said that the evaluation is necessary to determine whether the thing, the idea, under scrutiny is legitimate, or instead a "wind egg" (fart).
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  2545.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  You are attempting to limit and bias the critique before it is even uttered. And when you don't like the critique, you change the subject by asserting that the critique is "disrespectful," instead of actually addressing the critique. Which only means, "I don't like your critique because I choose to take it personally."
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  2546.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  So there is a "wrong mindset"? And what is the evidence for their being a (or any) "god"? And how is "religion" relevant to philosophy? And what is "nature?
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  2547.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I answered your question: Philosophy is the PURSUIT OF TRUTH -- not the POSSESSION of it. Peterson is not a philosopher. Instead of talking in circles, READ "Plato's Dialogues". Read "The Story of Philosophy," by Will Durant.
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  2548.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  Get an education instead of trying to equate grunt-stupid with intelligence. Peterson is not a philosopher.
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  2549.  @RohitSinghhere  Maybe you should cease confusing politics for "psychology" or "philosophy". How about "introspecting" on your bigotry?
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  2550.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  According to which philosopher? Not every opinion is worthy of respect. Consider: An opinion has a chance of being true. A falsehood, because false, cannot be true, therefore cannot be an opinion.
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  2551.  @LionEagleOx  The fact is that the sources of Western "civilization" were Greek and European Enlightenment philosophies. Those are the sources for the US Founders' philosophy of gov't. What is the "argument" that you present that is relevant to those facts?
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  2552.  @michaelmcgee335  His dogmatism, which verges on demagoguery.
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  2553. Except that Peterson makes specific hard-and-fast dogmatic statements which are not to be question or disagreed with. That's where he becomes a bully.
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  2554.  @LionEagleOx  I got it from you and your attitude. You are defending nonsense which you refuse to critically evaluate because it "validates" your own biases.
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  2555.  @jamescooke5063  I agree: those who have no education are the best judge of education. Because, ya see, until one gets an education, one knows it all.
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  2556.  @deerlow1851  Pursuit -- not possession -- of truth. Which requires honest humility. Peterson both rejects whole areas of truth, and denies existence of things that exist, in service to his POLITICAL dogma.
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  2557.  @jah8875  Being diplomatic is posting facts. The facts are ignored, so the option is to be blunt. I see Peterson was on Rogan's program, and they explained what it means to be Black. Doesn't square with the views expressed by Blacks about their experience. But what do Blacks know about their own experience in the face of white supremacist conviction? Understanding psychology and formal philosophy requires a level of sophistication -- critical thinking -- that the joiners don't have. If Peterson claims to be a philosopher, they believe it -- even though the reality is that they believe his underlying political agenda because they believe it will provide them a security they lack. So Peterson is a cult figure, and they are seeking to overcome self-doubt. Yet doubt, precisely because humans are imperfect and prone to error, is essential. But that requires a degree of honesty -- the ability to admit, "I don't know," when that is the fact -- from which they are seeking escape.
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  2558.  @daronmann7159  See The Psychology of Careers: an introduction to vocational development (NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1957), Donald A, Super, M.A. Those attracted to the "psychoanalytic" profession are those with their own issues -- they seek the help they need. Whether they are "successful" in getting their issues "cured" depends on how resistant they are to treatment. Too often their intellectual "expertise" is a defense against the help they need -- a complex of denial and resistance. So Peterson makes a big deal of a so-called "masculinity crisis" -- and his issues are expressed as a political/ideological view that happens to be white supremacist. And his appeal is to those who have no inner compass, so they seek outside themselves the "strength" they don't subjectively experience. In short: right-wing racists flock together with right-wing racists. Peterson appears to them to have an articulate defense of that which is both based on a falsification of history, and indefensible.
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  2559.  @daronmann7159  In another words, you aren't interested in learning. I answered your question. You refuse to accept it in order to continue your ranting non-defense of Peterson by attacking me. And that's all you have. Peterson has issues; you prefer to see his issues as "truth" because you're as superficial as the typical cultist. And that's all you have.
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  2560.  @jonathandavid9720  "superb communication skills" = snow job. When he stays within his limits, perhaps. His problem is that he doesn't seem to be aware that his knowledge and expertise is within those limits, and he goes on and on about "facts" -- which he gets wrong -- from fields in which he has no expertise. Many, perhaps most, fall for "dazzling vocabulary" as a signifier of intelligence. Not being a child, that is the first warning, because con-artists tend to "dazzle with bullshit". I suppose among con-artists there might be a competitive gradation, the best at it being classed as "superb". If Jordan's "skills" included empathy, and a desire to communicate instead of overwhelm, he'd meet the audience's level of comprehension. Instead he drones on and on, with excess verbiage and "mysterious" nomenclature, and that is the essence of his "technique". And your attack is typical: defend Jordan as faultless.
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  2561. In Buffalo the "good guy with a gun" was killed BECAUSE the "bad guy with a gun" had BODY ARMOR.
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  2562. Sequels and remakes are the reality during conservative times. Let's keep doing the same thing that sells (given sufficient overblown hype) rather than take risks.
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  2563. If you want to blindly believe, then there is "no doubt". But what is his actual record?
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  2564. It wasn't an interview. It was Abrams picking a fight so he could substitute "cancel culture" for LEGITIMATE CRITICISM of Thomas's (1) concurrence with the ELIMINATION of the right of privacy, and (2) Thomas's pointing to OTHER decisions based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY that he and his 5 fellow extremists intend to overturn. Those include the right to use contraceptives in the privacy of one's own bedroom. Apparently the "conservative" notion of "small gov't" is that it is so small it can slip in through the keyhole in the bedroom door.
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  2565.  @yoshzlac2429  It can't be proven that "God" exists.
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  2566.  @marcialythcott5532  She wasn't quite all in on the "immunity" decision. An honest majority would revisit that decision and establish some constraints.
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  2567. The discovery against Featherbrain Lindell will be devastating to Featherbrain Lindell.
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  2568. "Levying war against the United States" is TREASON. Robert E. Lee committed TREASON -- on which fact "opinion" is not divided.
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  2569. Actually, in fact, it was LESS money -- that's what his CUTS mean.
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  2570. I assume his extreme "punk" "rebellion" extends to extended arm salute to his boss.
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  2571. It is more than that: it is attacking the ROGUE Supreme Court for its decision in the Texas abortion case in exactly the same way that the Texas anti-abortion law is a direct attack on the Court's authority. The extremists on the Court are pro-life against abortion -- and pro-life for mass murder.
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  2572.  @jaynumb8673  The cowards are the paranoids who "need" guns based upon LIES.
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  2573. Garland speaks softly but carries big indictments. Trump will be indicted. The only question is whether DOJ or Georgia goes first.
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  2574. The jury forewoman also identified that there were more recorded phone calls involving Trump than the two we've known about.
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  2575. It isn't the so-called "establishment" that is crushing Sanders -- and crushed Uygur: it is the VOTERS VOTING, the vast majority of which is MODERATE, and most of those view Socialism as NORTH KOREA. No amount of yelling at REALITY will change those facts.
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  2576. Who played "too cute" more than Tim Scott?
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  2577. Which pardon would be unconstitutional: no one can be the judge and jury in his own case -- conflict of interest.
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  2578.  @grracegrracy2730  Certainly the DOJ is required to obey the law. But it is not. But tell us how the Judicial branch can jail the US AG without trial. Who is going to prefer charges -- the DOJ?
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  2579.  @kimobrien.  Nope: there were many in the Democratic Party who were opposed to US involvement in Vietnam. Perhaps you heard what happened to Robert F. Kennedy, Ed Muskie, George McGovern. You're on the wrong program.
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  2580. @Can't mossad the Assad Members of NATO are not puppets. They have the freedom to stay or leave. And you obviously know nothing about Belarus. See the RUSSIAN film "Come and See". Lukashenko is forgetting the history in order to be his country's own Fascist enemy.
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  2581. $200 to travel 10 miles appears to be desperation to get away from the scene of the crime.
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  2582. No right is "absolute" or unlimited. Are you opposed to libel law, which regulates speech? Are you for yelling "THEATER!" in a crowded fire? Do you LIKE being lied to, hoodwinked, suckered by charlatans?
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  2583. Haberman does her best to put a positive spin on Trump. "We expect leaders" is not speaking directly about what Trump lacks. It is in fact beside the point: the issue is Trump.
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  2584. And there are two other co-EQUAL branches of gov't.
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  2585. I didn't know he existed until he invited himself into this case, and certainly didn't know his history. It's a wonder he isn't still in prison.
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  2586.  @HoneysDad2024  The father has "rights" somehow equal to the dangers of pregnancy to the woman!? This isn't about "feelings": it is about medical science. The issue is not abortion; the issue is problem pregnancies, some of which can only be resolved by means of the medical procedure abortion. A guy in Texas just got a slap on the wrist for trying to induce an abortion in his wife without her knowledge. So the issue isn't abortion; the issue is about men regaining control over the lives of women. In contrast, the Constitution guarantees equality before the law for EVERYONE, without regard to sex or gender. Don't like the law? -- then find and move to a country where men get to be supremacist bullies freely imposing their will on women.
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  2587. Abrams is opposed to indicting Trump because he's a Republican.
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  2588. As ever your "God" is a no-show. In EVERY war your "God" is on ALL sides. Such is the claim by ALL sides. Perhaps that explains your "God's" being a know-show: indecision. If your "God" were actually as you claim, "He" would PREVENT the unjustified killing.
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  2589.  @u2mister17  Another law-illiterate: When a case is filed in court, even if FRIVOLOUS, it is on the record, as is the disposition of the case. PAY ATTENTION: if ANY of the MORE THAN SIXTY cases filed had MERIT, they wouldn't have been dismissed. IN FACT, ALL were dismissed because NONE had merit because NONE provide EVIDENCE for the claim. And NO EVIDENCE was provided because there was and is NO EVIDENCE to support the LIE of election fraud. Rudy Giuliani himself testified UNDER OATH that he "didn't have time" to determine whether the "evidence" he submitted was valid. And remember that Giuliani said, "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!". Ask yourself: is that a TRUTH?
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  2590.  @ourcountrynotourselves3933  The DOJ has indicted 34 "Proud Boys" (and others of their ilk) for CONSPIRACY. In other words, the DOJ is working its way UPWWARDS, to those who have been and will be getting much longer sentences.
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  2591.  @ScoutsPatterson  The crime of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon" is not limited to guns, jackass. Anything that can be used as a deadly weapon is within its scope. My favorite example of the CRIME of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon" is that of pointing an UNLOADED gun at another. "Assault" is defined in law as, "Putting another in fear of bodily harm". If a person points an UNLOADED gun at you, you are REASONABLE to fear that you are at risk of bodily harm from it, therefore that it is a deadly weapon. An insurrection is not defined according to weaponry; it is defined as an attack on gov't.
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  2592. @Shaz The DOJ is not holding back. At the same time it indicted Bannon it knocked own the underlying bogus claim of "executive privilege". That outcome doesn't apply only to Bannon. And the DOJ has indicted 34 "Proud boys" (and others of their ilk) for conspiracy, and some have flipped. If you want to know what the DOJ is doing, look at what it is doing in the courts.
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  2593. Greene's "composure" has never existed. She a loud-mouthed bomb-throwing illiterate substituting ego-bravado for intelligence and reason. It's her "chosen life-style".
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  2594. You must be really young to not have seen Obama and Clinton as presidential.
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  2595.  @mrpocock  It's essentially the same: "I have rights, and no laws apply to me." The problem with that "argument" is that it rejects the very rule of law that secures the "rights" that are at the same time claimed. One cannot, as example, reject the Constitution and also claim rights under, as example, the Second Amendment. You don't get to both reject the penalties in law -- responsibility -- and claim the protections -- rights -- in the law. It is always the law that rights are inextricably entwined with responsibility; and it is responsibility which limits the exercise of rights for the good of the community. The New Hampshire constitution of 1784 stated it this way: "Part I--The Bill of Rights . . . . "III. When men enter a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]".
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  2596.  @camelsheit_on_the_walls446  Nothing at all suspicious -- LEGAL RESEARCH, and READING all the results, and the WRITING based on that analysis, TAKE TIME.
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  2597.  @Denzel_Watchington  The Founders were Liberals -- which is why we have the First Amendment. If you had your fascist way, only you would be allowed to speak and spew your bigotry.
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  2598.  @marcusmaddox2176  The judges were basing what they knew were LUDICROUS hypotheticals on the LAWYER'S "logic". They were pointing to the consequences of Trump's claim and his lawyer's "argument".
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  2599.  @sweett2185  And he has NO DEFENSE. In court LAW reigns; all Trump ever does is POLITICS, BULLSHIT. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2600.  @sweett2185  At best the SC while write a few-sentence statement affirming the appellate court. And that will be the extent and end of it.
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  2601.  @pdoylemi  Exactly right. First came the exhaustive research in existing law, including prior court decisions. Then READING all that. Then basing the writing of the decision on that. Most people haven't a clue how much work goes into writing a court filing or decision BEFORE it is filed are handed down.
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  2602. Sanders LOST in Iowa -- regardless his CORRUPT LYING, and his "fans" CORRUPT LYING on the point. It isn't the CANDIDATE who decides whetehr the candidate won: it is the voters, and the rules. In Iowa's caucus there are three steps, as it's been for decades, and the third step is what determines the winner: DELEGATES. Sanders LOST Iowa.
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  2603. "Fraud Guarantee" = Guaranteed Fraud.
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  2604.  @ahmedfarah2930  FDR was a centrist, but his responses to crises were progressive. Biden is a centrist, but his responses to the crises have been progressive. In other words, stop being narrow and inflexible. And be certain you know the meaning of "progressive" before slinging it. Most important is to educate yourself in actual political history -- not the "Leftist" variety. I was a young adult during the 1960s and early 1070s; and 99 per cent of the "history" of the 1960s I hear from the "progressive" "Left" is HORSESHIT -- bias and wishful thinking, NOT FACT. Sam Seder is among the worst of them. It was the "Left" who got Nixon elected, because the "Left's" tactics ALIENATED the moderate middle we needed to reach in order to get the US out of Vietnam. As result, that involvement continued into the mid-1970s. Today it's fashionable to blame LBJ for the escalation, but it was Nixon who EXPANDED that war OUTSIDE Vietnam. See the PBS documentary "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History". REPUBLICAN Teddy Roosevelt was the "father" of Progressivism. He was the first to make the NATIONAL gov't NATIONAL. He established the national parks system (as a conserva-tionist). He was for a national health system. But when he ran for re-election as head of the third-party "Progressive Party" he went off the rails, thus defeating the moderate Republican Taft; elected was the white supremacist Democrat Wilson. Be careful what you wish for -- you might get it. Or as happened in 2016, as result of the arrogant so-called "progressive" political illiterates, their "hero" Sanders helped elect Trump. And some of them wanted to "blow up the system" so voted for Trump. How did that work out not only for "progressives" but also for the rest of us who have progressive ideals and goals -- but are PRAGMATIC?
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  2605. Not OVERTLY end it.
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  2606.  @DontLookBehindU13  "Dog" is out there searching for a revival of his "career". Get a clue: "Reality TeeVee" has never been and is not now REALITY. A video of Gabby Petito is not Gabby Petito. You don't know what she was like between videos. Despite all the circus of emotionality, you and all the "online sleuths" do not know who she was; videos are fantasies, and Petito and Laundrie were "producing" an "everything is wonderful" SHOW. Before social media, a family of four at dinner would talk to each other. Since social media, that same family of four is isolated with their devices "communicating" with some far-off fantasy. Videos are fantasies.
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  2607. In FACT, he is overwhelingly shamed; that is why the oppoiste arrogance. He can';t hide his insecurities -- which is his whole effort. He has father issues -- still seeking the approval of an abusive father -- which will never be resolved.
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  2608. He'll get free health care paid for by the US taxpayer -- a benefit of being an elected official who denies taxpayer-funded health care to the taxpayers who would fund it.
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  2609. The "1776 Project" is white supremacist pseudo-history.
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  2610. Ray Davies is an "inward-looking" songwriter.
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  2611. REPUBLICANS are the problem -- so let's attack DEMOCRATS.
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  2612. Can a non-genius recognize "genius"?
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  2613.  @rt3box6tx74  Union-bashing is poor people taught by the wealthy to hate themselves and their lives.
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  2614. A vote for anyone other than Biden is a vote for Trump. Stop the self-centered stupidity.
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  2615. PAY ATTENTION: he and his co-criminals are being investigated in NY. Eric Trump is defying a subpoena.
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  2616. Profits over human lives.
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  2617. When did he go off the deep end? Or was he always there? Isn't he a wannabe sports jock?
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  2618. How about not electing them?
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  2619. Actually none of that has any relation to the actual history.
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  2620. It was certainly planned, which is why the "Proud Boys" and their ilk showed up prepared for battle.
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  2621. And "charisma" is a projection onto the person said to be "charismatic".
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  2622. The best thing you got from your college education is the ability to write well and clearly. (I'll bet you know that rewriting is the key.)
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  2623.  @vinista256  That's correct: it's country above party -- except for Republicans who still tout atrocity Reagan as their idea of "policy".
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  2624. Yeah, but, sinkholes.
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  2625. @Do no harm Are you a qualified teacher? how do you assess "leaps and bounds ahead" -- they believe what you believe?
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  2626. There are a lot of people across the country who couldn't care less about those they know by refusing to be vaccinated, but who "care" about Gabby. It's all entertainment to people who don't have their own lives.
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  2627. If you know that they know, then you know -- so why aren't you calling the FBI with that information?
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  2628. The depostion was in the CIVIL trial -- that he pled the 5th can be presented to the jury, from which the jury is allowed to draw negative inferences.
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  2629. But-but-but Arredondo focused on neutralizing the threat of parents running in to rescue their children.
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  2630. There WERE investigations of the LIES that there was voting fraud. There was and is NO EVIDENCE to support the LIE. More thna 60 court cases, some ruled on by Trump-appointed judges, found that the suits HAD NO EVIDENTIARY BASES. And that was AFTER NUMEROUS RECOUNTS which found NO FRAUD. Stop repeating the ANTI-AMERICAN LIE.
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  2631. Cenk -- ridiculing Trump makes youi like Trump, whose whole schtick is ridiculing others. Behind it is a fake sense of superiority -- which is no less childish than Trump's.
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  2632. If someone is invited to live with one temporarily, and then they won't leave, one hires a LAWYER and the court has the person REMOVED. One thing you are NOT is law-literate.
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  2633.  @channeldoesnotexist  I agree: we shouldn't accept people for who they are; we should instead through sheer laziness force them to be what we demand they be.
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  2634. I wonder when he'll be resigning. He can't last there.
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  2635. I'd call it dishonest.
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  2636. I found the cover of a "Life" magazine from the 1960s -- I probably read it as a teenager -- the theme of which was neglect of the elderly. I'm 75, and the neglect -- even hostile manipulations -- continues.
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  2637. He's having trouble breathing because of the virus. And his doctor is an osteopath -- a "bone" doctor. Apparently Trump's bone spurs are flairing up. And steroids DEPRESS the immune system, exactly as a virus loves it.
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  2638. The attack is on the underlying right of privacy. Abortion is the distraction. If "Roe" is codified as statute this Court will overturn it.
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  2639. Featherbrain Lindell had the opportunity to release whatever evidence he had WITHOUT HAVING TO BE ASKED.
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  2640. Brian: it is urgent that we get information about the shuttings down of Federal agency websites.
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  2641. No: Mulvaney DID NOT take the pandemic seriously. AND he has been TESTED TWICE. Think YOU could get a test?
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  2642. Trump's advisors can't motivate him to campaign. So he's depressed. And despite "they" not allowing him to campaign, on Wednesday when he wasn't in court he played golf. He's exhausted and depressed, and his supporters are looking for an alternative to his umpteenth rerun of his same old "entertainment" schtick.
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  2643. New Yorkers punked punk Gym Jordan. Some signs called him "traitor" -- others called for his indictment.
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  2644. Before Hitler went after the Jews he targeted for extermination -- 1. Communists. 2. Socialists. 3. Trade unionists. He rose to power by convincing the aristocracy that the Communists were a threat. He also hated Liberals.
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  2645. What he SAYS is what he wants the "audience" to believe. His body language is irrelevant -- he is LYING.
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  2646. Yeah: Pelosi planned the attack on the Capitol that threatened the life, especially, of Pelosi.
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  2647.  @tfodthogtmfof7644  And you are spewing nonsense.
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  2648. If he drove the car home, then obviously he wouldn't be in the Reserve. There is much more to the investigation than we yet know, including view that law enforcement has been communicating with him through his lawyer from an unknown location. Problem with that is it is reported that Brian didn't/doesn't have a phone, though it's possible he would use a landline.
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  2649.  @jenniferfriesen7691  He actually cited the Biden law that provided him the contract. And he voted for Trump, who did that for which he is notorious: cancelling contracts.
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  2650. No, he can't. Primary elections are conducted by state parties. Elections are conducted by the states.
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  2651. Stop the sexism -- the politics of, all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. She ADMITTED hitting HIM, and the evidence proves that. They let her off the hoof because a woman.
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  2652. I wish Trump had kept Habba for this trial; then we wouldn't be stressed wondering about the outcome.
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  2653.  @DMEGC  About a week or so ago his wife posted a video saying she "loves" her bald head and doesn't care what anyone says about it.
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  2654. "Truth is stranger than fiction -- because fiction is obliged to follow rules, truth ain't." -- Mark Twain.
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  2655. Why does CNN give platform to these blatant liars.
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  2656. I wouldn't get near him -- I have an aversion to violent personalities.
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  2657.  @mariomario1462  EVIDENCE sufficient to INDICT. It is called DUE PROCESS, which is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. And during a trial, the defendant REMAINS presumed innocent UNLESS AND UNTIL a JURY finds that the PROSECUTION PROVED guilt.
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  2658. Probably built on granite foundation. This building was on a sandbar.
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  2659. You should include Cassidy Hutchinson.
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  2660. The DOJ is already investigating. But I guess one must assume the audience is dumb, so they must be kept uninformed of the obvious.
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  2661. It wasn't only Jackson who "needed" it. The COUNTRY needed it.
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  2662. He set the stage for that beginning in 2015. Then again in 2020. Andhe's doing it again. He is drunk on whine.
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  2663. @BLACK LIVES MAGA The Founders were Liberals. That's why we have the First Amendment. And why we have the Ipeachment Clause -- which, not coincidentally, is in Article II of the Constitution.
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  2664. So that's what the Brits thought when they looked at the US during his interminable time in the White House: "President Fart".
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  2665. Automobile accidents aren't contagious.
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  2666.  @plainlybasic2300  Shifting sands of a sandbar.
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  2667. The various "One True Religion" colonists who founded colonies based on "freedom of religion" meant freedom for ONLY THEIR "religion". But that changed with the state constitutions -- see below -- and their eventuation in the First amendment separation of "religion" and gov't; so, no, the United States is not a "Christian" nation -- ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ As said, those provisions and their equivalent in the other state constitutions eventuated in the First amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. And Jefferson was proudest of his "Religious Freedom Act" of Virginia, which did away with a single gov't-sponsored "religion". The LIARS on the point are the "Christians" who ignore the Commandment written by their "God" -- "Thou shalt not lie." And ignore that the Constitution, with the First Amendment separation, is the SUPREME Law of the Land - there is NO law HIGHER than SUPREME. BACK OFF, fake "Christians": you don't get to impose your unsubstantiated subjectivist tyranny on the rest of us.
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  2668.  @SnarkyMikey  Relentless reality can get "old" to those who prefer the escape of fantasy and entertainment masquerading as "news".
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  2669. The subject of the second Amendment is well regulated Militia. A militia is not a private individual.
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  2670. There is a lot of ego, arrogance, condescension, competitiveness, underhandedness, and modeling of "testosterone".
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  2671. He's talking infanticide. That is illegal everywhere. How many abortions did Trump pay for?
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  2672. The biggest immediate explosion of cases in Massachusetts was at a bioTECH -- no joke -- conference in Boston, said to have infected 90-plus.
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  2673. Alito is part of the extremist right-wing attack on the rule of law that hides behind a perversion of "Christianity".
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  2674. How long it takes to enforce a criminal subpoena depends on existing privilege.
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  2675. Anyone who believes that a Federal law codifying "Roe" would survive this Supreme Court is either not paying attention or stupendously stupid.
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  2676.  @godnunez  If Congress enacted a statute codifying "Roe," and the president signed it, it would immediately be challenged in court, and the Supreme Court would overturn it. If you believe otherwise you are not much for thinking.
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  2677. From Tennessee Constitution, Art. II., Legislative Department.: . . . . Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals.
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  2678.  @garythomas4936  You're a troll.
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  2679. WISDOM is UNconventional. "Conventional wisdom" is an oxymoron.
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  2680. The man asking the question is not a farmer. He is an underpaid undocumented worker employed by the farmer. So what is Trump's "answer" about?: that he understands: being the boss who screws employees.
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  2681.  @CaptainSpalding72  Trump said making an issue of the virus was a "Democrat hoax". But Trump's "base" of MAGAots believe that Trump said that the virus itself is a hoax -- so they've been swallowing all his lies about it, instead of protecting themselves in keeping wiht the advice of the EXPERTS. But they reject the advice of experts because they believe Trump, who isn't an expert, knows better than actual experts. Dr. Fauci was first appointed by Republican Reagan. A deadly pandemic is not a political issue -- but that's all Trump and Republicans do: politics, politics, politics -- as whhen Trump falsely asserted that it is a "Democrat hoax". Truns out it isn't a hoax; it's an actual disaster because Trump allowed it to get out of control. You're welcome to believe that warning of the dangers of it are "politics" and "weaponizing" -- but that's your limitation. Hope you don't get infected with the "Democrat hoax" so you can continue to believe Trump's lies becaue you arren't able to find your way to reality. Back in January and February was praising both China and W.Ho> for its positive response to the pandemic. So now that we know Trump is a total failure on the issue, he's struggling to find someone else to blame, as is his typical avoidance of responsibility.
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  2682. Another immoral liar heard from.  When does the false smearing cease?
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  2683. The First Amendment protects the right to hold views different than yours.  Those who hold different views than yours are Americans.  In fact, in view of your zeal for destroying the Constitution, those who see that and say it are the real Americans.
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  2684. How do you define "Libertarian"? The vast majority of those who claim that label are white males who OPPOSE and EXEMPT themselves from the rule of law. RIGHTS and their PROTECTIONS of RIGHTS are incorporated IN LAW.
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  2685.  Jay Jay  Another law-illiterate anti-American dunce troll heard from. Racist too.
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  2686.  Jay Jay  It is YOUR responsibility to back up your assertions -- with, as you reference, "statistics and historical patterns" -- instead of irresponsibly attempting to shift your responsibility onto others to do YOUR work FOR you. You're another lazy right-wing deadbeat who is so lazy that you have too much time to accuse others of not working.
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  2687.  @dating4564  You're a gangster, so what do you know about law except rejecting it? Wake up, dunce: the vast majority of racial "quota" is WHITE.
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  2688.  @fauxque5057  Evidence? Exactly: you have none; it's simply that your profession is to talk out of your ass.
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  2689.  @fauxque5057  Stop confessing your view by accusing others of it.
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  2690.  @olecrowey  As concerns Clarence Thomas? Different classes, races, and individuals have different experiences. What you are saying is that the experience unique to African-Americans in the United States is irrelevant. And you are obviously wrong -- and I suspect you know you are wrong. The many efforts to have Congress adopt an anti-lynching law were not defeated by the fact that lynching was almost exclusively done to African-Americans. They were defeated by racist approval of the lynching of African-Americans. In short: stop accusing others of "racism" by asserting a racist "argument" -- by which you call yourself out as being a racist. Racists have been whining for decades against Affirmative Action because it "benefits" as small minority of minorities. They DON'T whine about the fact that the vast majority "quota" is WHITE. Yes you are racist: you focus on the nominee's skin color, and that is your bogus measure of her "merit". To you she is Black, therefore has NO merit. What "merit" has Amy Coney-Barrett as compared with any of the potential Biden nominees other than skin color? The person most commentors believe will be nominated by Biden has been a judge for years longer than was Coney-Barrett. That potential nominee has also authored decisions of substantial consequential Constitutional merit, whereas Coney-Barrett's written decisions would fill one slim volume. That potential nominee also happens to have been the author of the decision knocking down ex-president Trump's BOGUS assertion of "executive privilege," which the Supreme Court UPHELD 8-1. The only Justice who voted against it was Clarence Thomas, whose wife is instrumental in presenting cases to that very court -- which, were Thomas ETHICAL, would REQUIRE he RECUSE himself from those cases, but he does not because he is not. MERIT INCLUDES ETHICS.
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  2691.  @richardreese8038  School board members are ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIALS. It is ILLEGAL to THREATEN THE LIVES of PUBLIC OFFICIALS. The same applies to ELECTION officials. Among the ELECTED ELECTION OFFICALS your criminal thug cult leader Trump THREATENED was the Georgia Secretary of State. And many of the "parents" "protesting" at school board meetings DO NOT HAVE KIDS, SO ARE NOT PARENTS. It's your decision: the stupid can stop with you.
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  2692.  @olecrowey  I've been a civil rights advocate and activist since I turned 9-10 years old. I was born in 1948 -- do the math. If it isn't about race for you, then why are you claiming it's about race? Why are you NOT focused on the "merit" you demand? Because your only focus is RACE. And I note you omit any mention of the fact that Clarence Thomas was picked BY REPUBLICANS because of his RACE, and that he has NO MERIT.
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  2693.  @charlesritter6640  "Libertarians" are opposed to the existence of gov't -- ESPECIALLY "special rights" such as anti-discrimination law. "Libertarianism": If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet. That's why I ask anyone who claims to be a "libertarian" how they define the term. Typically that are either asshole bigots, or they don't know enough to recognize the fact that there are extreme right-wingers who claim to be "libertarians," but there are also a few on the Left.
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  2694.  @olecrowey  It is YOU who is making an issue of race. Are YOU media?
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  2695. She hasn't changed; she may not be MAGA but she's an alternative to MAGA that is no less poison.
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  2696. This is excellent in dealing with the irrational fools who are defending the murderer. But those fools do justify and substantiate the terrorism charge.
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  2697.  @murderah17  America-hating Russian troll.
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  2698. How can extreme individualist anarchists be a party?
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  2699. $60.00.
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  2700. @Joe Smith You mean the "Proud Boys" who haven't matured into men? So, yes: it includes the white supremacists who rioted and burned buildings in effort to discredit the PEACEFUL protesters. You have a simple choice: you're on the side of the rule of law, or you're on the side of the domestic terrorists.
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  2701.  @tikiweshe  That's why his political views -- they suffuse everything he says -- are "conservative" and "conservatives" identify with him. But politics is not science.
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  2702. Peterson likes to make declarative pronouncements without any disagreement. THAT is authoritarian.
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  2703. Bu that IS what they look like when they behave!
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  2704.  @HELLRASR  So we do nothing to protect others from the consequences of the ignorant?
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  2705. That's okay, so long as he votes Democratic.
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  2706. @Paula Gray Republicans have for many decades been attempting to destroy public education. They are to the point of attempting to prohibit teaching about slavery -- one step short of claiming it didn't happen.
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  2707. Yo, DeSantis: There is NO "right" to endanger public health and safety. Up to and including sedition and insurrection.
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  2708.  Rita Review  Biden has no say in the matter -- Congress is a SEPARATE branch of the gov't, and impeachment and disciplining its members is a process exclusive to CONGRESS..
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  2709.  @DavidHoffmanFilmmaker  The problem is that the myth persists about ALL "Boomers" being "entitled". It wasn't true even then.
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  2710. She used to attack Trump.
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  2711. Beyond frustrated to exhausted.
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  2712. MSNBC didn't conduct the primary, moron. The DNC did not run the primary, moron. EVERY candidate, INCLUDING SANDERS, directly monitors election processes, from beginning to end. So, no, moron: Sanders is not a "victim". In 2016, Sanders "fans" were whining because in some states there are primaries, rather than caucuses Now they are not whining that the problem is caucuses, but instead its the mainstream media. If it isn't a far-LEFT ideological freak-show fulminating pie-in-the-sky speculations and bogus conspiracy theories, then Sanders "fans" will attack -- not because the mainstream media is biased, but becuase they don't like the FACTS being reported. What they WANT is far-LEFT division and domonizing. Attacking Democrats helps Trump. Blowing Iowa out of proportion with stupid conspirabunk based upon not knowing how -- thanks to Sanders misinformation -- elections ACTUALLY work helps Trump. Is that what you want?
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  2713.    Persoanl attack noted -- and that's all you have: you aren't sufficiently informed to actually address the issues. Your no differnt tthan the Trump assholes. Ask yourself if this is coincidence: Two partners -- one of them Paul Manafort - worked together to elect the corrupt pro-Russian president of Ukraine. That campaign included computer hacking. The next campaigns those two partners managed were Sanders' and Trump's. Moreover, the Sanders campaign was caught early in the primary hacking the DNC -- and Sanders' campaign manager was forced to resign. Computer hacking is not only corrupion; it is a felony. Computer hacking in order to subvert elections sound familiar to you?
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  2714. Then that must be true of all film actors or anyone who changes their name and "origin story".
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  2715. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored the the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA thoroughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  2716. Why? They seem to be doing okay with the one they have.
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  2717. Biden is Catholic -- only slightly less hated by W.A.S.P.s than Blacks and Jews.
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  2718. "Free speech for me but not for my fictional neighbor." -- Alito.
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  2719. No mention of synagogues or mosques.
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  2720. Hamilton's "opinion," if it actually exists, is NOT LAW.
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  2721.  Robert McDaniel  There are more whites on welfare than African-Amricans, anti-American racist.
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  2722. That is NOT the ONLY "point" of "Project 2025". If you want others to care about you, then have the sense to care about others.
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  2723.  @Coldpack13  He was correct: Trump didn't go peacefully. Even to the extreme that people died. You know who else is a witness to those facts? YOU. All you need do is believe your truth-telling eyes and ears.
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  2724. Of course he hasn't; because he considers himself above the rule of law.
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  2725. She should be prepared to debate, and continue to challenge him to debate so he continues to publicly weasel against debating again.
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  2726. Politics: two or more people negotiating agreed-upon rules. Clue: politicians run for office. We elect politicians BECAUSE they do politics. And we elect them to offices to make laws through democratic legislative negotiation, and to enforce laws. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2727. It doesn't matter if he's gov't employee or private citizen: perjury is a crime.
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  2728.  @simonhowell4486  For at least three it was about the MONEY.
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  2729.  @mahatmadutcheastcompany6726  Russia invaded Ukraine. That exposes RUSSIA, especially as the invasion is based upon Putin's falsification of history.
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  2730. There isn't another side of the story: Putin invaded Ukraine in violation of international law. The mindless history-illiterates will proclaim their "objective" ignorance, as do you.
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  2731.  @marieconnor6707  Correct. Ukraine has petitioned to join NATO, but NATO requires reforms by Ukraine, especially as concerns corruption. An example is Ukrainian oligarchs subverting the country out of loyalty to Russia.
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  2732.  @ArunKumar-gi7rv  Asshole: don't presume to know what Western media is and reports, or that the US citizenry approves of everything the US gov't does. The US is, however, a democracy, so we can criticize the gov't -- and even elect different officials to run the gov't. Try dissenting in Russia and you go to jail -- and worse. Attacking the West is not a rational or intelligent defense of Russia. The fact is that Russia invaded Ukraine for reasons different than Putin has been saying. All you're doing is making the "argument" that because the US has done wrong it's okay for Russia to do wrong. Get it through your provincial ignorance of the US and its citizens: some of us actually know history -- BOTH sides of the "coin" -- and speak out about it. At present, Putin is threatening NUCLEAR WAR; apparently you view that as "proper" because the US has done wrongs, regardless nowhere near that scale.
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  2733.  @ecurewitz  That's the one legitimate criticism of Biden's loan forgiveness I've heard: it doesn't address the money drain that is multi-level college administrations.
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  2734. Kurt Cobain took himself so seriously that he committed suicide. The duty of youth is to survive long enough to know better than to uncritically swallow LIES about WHO conducts elections. Clue: elections are NOT conducted by political parties.
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  2735. Same here. Trump's appointees have enabled the SC to go rogue, regardless the Constitution.
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  2736. Witnesses saw her attack him physically. Had he attacked her, there would have been sufficient evidence.
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  2737. Elon Musk is law-illiterate. And his costly screwup with the Twitter deal would silence, at least for awhile, a less ego-driven individual.
    3
  2738.  @LT-em1vu  Her's was better organized and focused -- nothing extraneous. And Barack tends to be somewhat extemporaneous. Watch both of them again, in the order given.
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  2739.  @csap3280  Tell us how you know the "mom" you reference. And then I'll respond with everything I know about your mom's reputation around your neighborhood. Deal?
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  2740. It does not say "up to $1,000". It says $1,000 or more. And the woman who planting the signs is trespassing on private property. Because, in her and many others' view, some have rights -- Gabby Petito -- and some don't -- the Laundries.
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  2741.  @briananthony3676  If your "God" had prevented it, then you would be asking that same "God" to "help".
    3
  2742.  @FourHuskyHomestead  In reality, as should be obvious, your "god" is as ever a no-show.
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  2743.  @matggarcia  Who are you to judge who deserves to die?
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  2744. Cruz is also not getting any money from the RNC.
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  2745. Fanone had supported and voted for Trump. I'm betting he's no longer a Republican.
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  2746. Who said he returned home alone -- his parents? You believe them?
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  2747. You don't know what the DOJ is or isn't doing. Meadows and Scavino may be cooperating. Or are being investigated for greater crimes.
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  2748.  @WilliamHMusic-oldschool  I'd say he's the most successful criminal president in history -- successful in his criminality. And how much cash is he investing in Republican Senatorial campaigns as bribes/jury tampering?
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  2749.  @Meh-qe4rw  GYM Jordan.
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  2750. When a person breaks a window in the Capitol the action proves the intent, even if the person breaking the window lies about her/his state of mind.
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  2751.  @artpatten1279  I thought he was a "Ramones" wannabe.
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  2752.  @dwi117  If he got the world of lawless chaos for which he argues, he wouldn't be safe because it is dog-eat-dog jungle politics without any rules. In contrast, adhering to the rule of law is also self-defense.
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  2753.  @EricCartman915  There are many sheeple who do believe the lies. But the "Proud Boys" are calling Trump a "shill" and "weak".
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  2754.  @hughjanus1557  The "economic prosperity" is less than Obama's. But you wouldn't know that becuase you lust for and guzzle down stupidity.
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  2755.  @scottmullins87  Who will "fire" her? She was nominated by a president, and confirmed by the Senate. She can only be removed by impeachment, which would have to originate in the House. See "Judgment at Nuremberg" for what Tramp/Barr are attempting to do to the Judicial branch.
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  2756. Trump's bogus claim of "executive privilege" eeds to be knocked down so others won't have that option to ignore subpoenas.
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  2757. The town halls are being overwhelmed by angry constituents. That includes pro-Trump MAGA who are shocked that they voted against their own interests.
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  2758. He claims to weigh less than he does because he's half-assed.
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  2759. Cute name-calling. When will you be old enough to go to school?
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  2760.  @bruce8321  Pride is based on individual accomplishment by means of one's own efforts. Accident of birth as to where that happened is not something of which to be proud.
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  2761. It began with responding to emails online. Then went to offline email readers -- one DLed the emails, responded to them, then uploaded them. Now we're back to responding to email online. LZH was ultimately the best compressor.
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  2762. Exactly: his mistake was taking his grift, which had always been conducted behind closed doors locked with Non-Disclosure Agreements. His overwhelming drive for attention called too much scrutiny to him IN PUBLIC.
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  2763. Hilary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are Eleanor Roosevelt Progressives. Snders is a far-Left extremist -- NOT a Progressive. The difference is that Progressivesa get things done. Sanders: 30 years in Congress and totally ineffective. You have to ask HIM why HE filed, instead of childishly blaming everyone else.
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  2764. The Republicans are defending not only racism, in order to preserve and advance it, but have also -- against the Constitution itself -- promoted political violence. Political violence is TERRORISM. That is all a a matter of LAW. Specifically, in the Constitution: "Art. I., s. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTION.
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  2765. "Prayers" do nothing to PREVENT, and your 'God" and Jesus are obviously yet-again no-shows. "God" and "Jesus" FAIL to PREVENT evil, so let's PRAISE "Them".
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  2766.  @ognir66  The Constitution is not a "ridiculous shit show," America-hater.
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  2767. He's "taken off" with conservatives, which he is behind his views.
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  2768.  @DFWM-C  Are you paid to be stupid, or are you stupid for free?
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  2769. Hair Furor.
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  2770.  @fishpawnz838  The FBI doesn't prosecute; it investigates. Nice to know those who don't know how the system is structured and works have an "opinion".
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  2771. Texas officials did not fail to communicate. They succeeded in lying. But they were caught and called out while doing so.
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  2772.  @davidfoster5906  There is an accusation -- in fact more than one -- against Gym Jordan.
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  2773. Apparently in Georgia this sort of case is heard within the Administrative Law Court.
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  2774. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists.
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  2775. They need to be exposed, and where necessary indicted and prosecuted.
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  2776.  @Ephimerous2006  Trump would be DESTROYED if people GIGGLED at him.
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  2777. Are you qualified to "diagnose" a person you've never met? Are you qualified to "diagnose" anyone?
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  2778. It doesn't take that long to obtain and verify with dental records. See, we have these newfangled things called "computers" that interconnect and are really fast at sharing and analyzing data.
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  2779.  @politics9811  Stop blaming the circumstances. Individuals are responsible for their own decisions. Stop, that is, making excuses for criminals, as if it's not their fault for choosing differently than those who, under the very same conditions, do not choose to be criminals.
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  2780. @Abe Froman Critical thinking, based on decades of experience with vinyl, is "aggression"? Sure dude -- show us how to "chill"/thinknotthink.
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  2781. Because they can involve rationalizations, including denial.
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  2782. Biden protected the INNOCENT. And Mark Rich was smeared by the Republicans/Right, and you fools still swear by Reagan, who initiated the anti-gov't sedition that eventuated in Trump. CONVICTED FELON Trump pardoned CONVICTED FELONS.
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  2783. I knew it: The AZ CyberNinas' fake "audit" found 99 ADDITIONAL votes for BIDEN, more than 200 FEWER votes for Trump, and that most Republicans voted for Biden, the Green candidate, or left that choice blank. So I knew there'd be a demand that the fake audit be audited because the fake audit's numbers can't be trusted. The score: So far, Trump has lost 2 (3?) legitimate audits, and one fake "audit". So, by 3 or 4 audits, Trump lost more times in AZ than Joe Biden won in AZ. Conclusion: Trump is the #1 loser in AZ.
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  2784.  @dennislp3  The road to hell is paved with honorable mentions.
    3
  2785.  @maureeningleston1501  I don't associate with out-of-control criminal freaks to any degree.
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  2786.  @chesslover8829  Putin is losing the war, and is also contending with internal rebellions.
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  2787.  @KOZMOuvBORG  Abusers.
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  2788.  @Aurora-sg4zr  They said it was a "volatile" relationship, always drama. That means both were the problem. But I recognize the politics: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims.
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  2789.  @MarisaAndChew  According to reports, the van was registered in BOTH their names. But, yeah, let's negatively characterize Laundrie in every way possible. As well, during the Utah stop he said he didn't have a phone. It is reasonable to assume -- he strikes me as a user -- that they both used Gabby's phone.
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  2790. Apparently he forgot, or never learned, his "God"'s Commandment: "Thou shalt not kill."
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  2791. Lie detector tests have no evidentiary value, and their results are not admissible in court.
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  2792.  @howikorx  There aren't any Federal agents involved on the ground in the video. However, the identifying information of these three criminal terrorists will go into national database making it easy for to track them nationally.
    3
  2793.  @b0bbyblueyes746  Yes: I think tracking the movements of domestic enemies/terrorists is a wise use of law enforcement resources. But you're okay with defending crime as not actually being crime. Clue: the Founders were NOT anti-gov't/rule of law.
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  2794. FALSE. The DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment substantiate that the intent was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE. That some states used their militia -- which the colonies and states ALREADY HAD militia BEFORE the Amendment -- as slave patrols BEFORE there was the Amendment shows that they didn't need the Amendment to have slave patrols. Where are the CITATIONS to the alleged STATE laws that expressly stated that the purpose of the FEDERAL Amendment was about racism? READ THE DEBATES by those who WROTE it and you'll find NONE of the "racist purpose" as its purpose
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  2795. They are FAKE "militia"; in law, in all 50 states, they are characterized as "paramilitary" and PROHIBITED. There are express provisions in the Constitution OPPOSING their existence including in the First Amendment. There are two potential means to cause political change: violence, and voting. Violence is PROHIBITED.
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  2796. The flaw is not in the Constitution. It is in an electorate that puts politics above the rule of law: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2797. I feel no sympathy for people who insist on being stupid as if rejection of the Constitution, of the rule of law, is a "right" -- at least if one is white. When anyone else does it they are criminal.
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  2798. Who would replace him as nominee -- Vance?
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  2799. So it isn't only Matt Gaetz?
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  2800. Yeah -- we need more chaos and confusion.
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  2801. "Jokes" are funny -- and those who hear them recognize that they are jokes because the "joke" contains a "tell" alerting the listener that it is a joke. Nothing Rogan says at all reveals that he is "joking"; angry people listen to him as if he is serious and they believe he is telling them facts. Rogan is a meathead with no conception of "humor," ethics, or morality as required of individuals who live in a society with others.
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  2802. WATCH THE VIDEO! STOP the STUPID!
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  2803. Trump doesn't lead. His only skill is self-promition, and his onl;y concerns re-election and profiting financially from the disaster he allowed to get out of control. In order to lead, he would have to act in keeping with the RESPONSIBILITIES of the office; instead he wants the powers the Constitution DOES NOT give him, but none of the responsibility. First he threatens to bully the states. He is told he hasn't the authority; so he turns around and tells the states, "Go fuck yourself."
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  2804. He's right-WING. That makes him WRONG.
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  2805.  kevin kelly  The EFFORT is to get Trump to either be honest for a change, or at least REVEAL what he is. The more of the latter that happens the more the negative truth about him accumulates.
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  2806.  @t.r.campbell6585  You can accept reality, or you can be unable to believe because looking for ways to avoid reality.
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  2807. The line between freedom of speech and, as example, incitement of violence, is long established. NO right is absolute. Where do you stand on those who jabber about "cancel culture" while banning speech and books?
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  2808. This is EMBARRASSING: 1. VIDEO of Sanders praising Communist/Socialist Castro. 2. VIDEO of Sanders praising Communist/Socialist Sandinistas against the United States. No: the Democratic candidates are not "united" against Sanders. They are each trying to defeat all the others. SANDERS is ALL about division -- and it sums up as telling the 75 per cent of SANE Democrats to go to hell. Sanders is NOT A PROGRESSIVE -- he is to the LEFT of Progressive. Sanders isn't looking out for himself? Is that why during his twenty-five years in Congress he was totally ineffective because he was always "My way or the highway," the response to which was, "Take a hike." And in view of the fact that the changes Sanders claims he would DO would by definition have to ccur in the CONGRESS, then how would he accomplish from OUTSIDE the Congress that he couldn't get done while IN the congress. Old maxim: the president proposes, the Congress disposes.
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  2809. No to being ejected from NATO: that isn't how treaties work.
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  2810. NATO knows that Ukraine is defending NATO. Now is the time to add Ukraine as a NATO member.
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  2811. He and his anti-gov't gang violated a slew of state and Federal laws. They are headed for convictions as felons, which will result in their being prohibited possessing guns. It has nothing to do with race -- except, perhaps, for "Rising of the Moorons".
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  2812. One should not respect LIARS for telling LIES.
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  2813.  @mengoinggodsway9024  According to the manufacturers, the AR-15 is "MILITARY GRADE". There is no reasonable or defensible purpose in a private citizen in owning military weapons including the AR-15. And this is in the Constitution, all of which is in effect at the same time: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions."
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  2814.  @sheilaboston7051  I think she should at least be permanently disbarred.
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  2815.  @mhyder2266  Obviously I am referring the Jamie Raskin.
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  2816. They aren't the only faction that got "the most" media attention. You obviously weren't there with the nightly news reporting on US involvement in Vietnam -- which got more attention than almost everything else. "The Beatles" also got a lot of attention. And your negative view of the "Hippies" -- all you "know" about them is by rumor -- is misinformed and misguided.
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  2817.  @susieq9801  What did Greece do to deserve that retribution?
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  2818.  Don Hardcastle  John Durham hasn't found anything, so he's indicted a person that courts will dismiss for frivolity.
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  2819. And you know those are "facts" because you made them up -- correct?As I've said many times: Trump and Sanders "fans" are identical: if you criticize the candidate, their "fans" attack the critic/don't defend their candidate.  Because they can't because they don't know enough about politics, political history, or the vaporware that is the image they have of Sanders -- who they DON;T ACTUALLY KNOW.Look at his voting record: three bills passed during twenty-five years because he has been totally INEFFECTIVE.He voted FOR the extremist Right-wing domestic terrorist organization agenda by voting to PROTECT the gun industry.  Nothing "Socialist" in siding with the ANTI-"Socialist" NRA.
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  2820. At the center of the "story" is media that is rolling in the profitable ratings.
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  2821. Actually it's about 32 states which are seeing spikes. Pence is still dumping Federal responsibility onto the states.
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  2822. Meadows was Tea Bagger//"Freedom Caucus"; they were from that outset absolutely opposed to compromise -- which caused problems even for moderate Republicans. In contrast, the democratic legislative process is: debate, negotiation, COMPROMISE, consensus. As often said, no "side" involved gets all they want. The "Freedom Caucus" has always been about getting ONLY what THEY wanted.
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  2823. Trump began his Big Lie BEFORE the 2016 election. He CONTINUED it BEFORE the 2020 election.
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  2824. The witch has finally been arrested, indicted, and arraigned. More indictments to come. Make Accountability Grat Again.
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  2825. "Critical Race Theory" is taught ONLY in college and university LAW SCHOOLS. Cruz is attacking the efforts to expose systemic racism because he is defending systemic racism. Nothing like transparency and accountability for Ted "Cancun, Mexico" Cruz.
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  2826.  @paulamant8511  Can you back up that empty allegation with, you know, EVIDENCE?
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  2827.  @dufud  Where is the EVIDENCE that it's true? Don't those who make assertions and claim they are "fact" have the RESPONSIBILITY to PROVE they are fact? Or are we still in the elementary schoolyard pretending to be truth-telling philosophers?
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  2828.  @_baller  You want to be racist by avoiding the fact that the person interviewed is racist.
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  2829. Where do you get your numbers?
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  2830. Italy proposing that NATO Article 5 protections should be extended to Ukraine is AWESOME! I step closer to Ukraine becoming a NATO member.
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  2831. And an intellectual lightweight who falsely imagines himself more knowledgeable than he is. Reminds of George Santos: if he were to admit that he were a liar I'd hesitate to believe him.
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  2832.  @chasinglighttoo  Citizens United held that corporations are "people," therefore have freedom of speech. It had earlier ruled that money is speech. And ignored in so doing that more money is more speech than less money.
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  2833. The DOJ is Federal, and is investigating the civil rights violations being committed on the Texas border.
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  2834. @Wesley Peterson Why do you assume she isn't a citizen?
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  2835. @Wesley Peterson She may be both a seasonal worker and legal. He English is very good. A good person to know -- so long as oneself isn't lazy.
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  2836. You falsely presume that Trump is acting in good faith. He never is.
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  2837. Exactly. They reject ALL law, including the Constitution. Except the parts they like.
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  2838.  @Chuckz23  You'd be easier to understand if you were educated in your native language. Your problem is that you're a law-illiterate ignorant of the fact that you're law-illiterate.
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  2839.  @lf9341  It's obvious he is acting out that he has been taught at home is NORMAL. I would suggest he has also SEEN one or more other family member beaten with a belt.
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  2840.  @camerongage1237  If you listen closely, most women speak of BEING loved, not being LOVING.
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  2841. The "hundreds of thousands" went to D.C. because Trump INVITED them -- "Will be wild!".
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  2842. DonOld.
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  2843. You had him murdered? Then celebrate that you've not been arrested and charged.
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  2844. You mean the Class of the Profoundly Shallow?
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  2845.  Grakky TheGrakky  Roger Stone or Oliver Stone?
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  2846. The Committee can provide evidence to the DOJ without making a formal "referral".
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  2847.  @mikejohnsonpatriot6153  Jesus was a no-show during the pandemic, so he must be on Trump's side -- killing more than a half-million innocent Americans.
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  2848. He's traumatized, so hasn't decided which of the several to put at the head of the line.
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  2849. It will be. Andthey need to be hit hard to send the message to other CRIMINALS who have similar ideas.
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  2850. The Republicans reject REASON. More important, they reject the rule of law. It is that basic, that stark.
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  2851. That's the only benefit over CDs.
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  2852. @Abe Froman And for a lot more money than they are worth. Vinyl WEARS. And the amount of permanent damage by the static attraction of dust and dirt is significant.
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  2853.  @sandechoir  If it's promotional it's usually garbage.
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  2854. She's invokes the Constitution too often to have time to read it.
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  2855.  @josmotherman591  It is not a violation of law. And the issue is not that the Republican claims: Garland is acting to deal with the violence and death threats against elected officials. Violence and death threats are not protected speech -- and the Republican knows that; the giveaway is that the Republican is invoking the First Amendment against Garland's efforts to protect elected public officials from violence and death threats by those who REJECT THE RULE OF LAW.. The MINORITY of racist morons engaging in the violence and death threats are "protesting" that which IS NOT HAPPENING: "Critical Race Theory" is ONLY taught in college and university LAW SCHOOLS. They are uneducated thugs who demand that those with actual education in teaching bow to their uneducated demands. Theirs is a phony issue, a non-issue: they are "protesting" against that which IS NOT BEING TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Have you not learned yet that the Republicans will make any allegation in effort to discredit -- with no regard for whether the allegation is FACT?
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  2856. So you believe every allegation that comes out of a Republican's mouth!? What was the outcome of the 8 or more "investigations" of the "Benghazi" issue, which were conducted by REPUBLICANS for some TWO YEARS? And during which the Republicans were all for subpoenas, and threatening criminal referrals to the DOJ. YESTERDAY Gym Jordan asserted that those "investigations" were because Hillary Clinton lied. That would mean she committed perjury, which the Republicans would CERTAINLY jumped on. So, again, what was the outcome? There were no convictions, no criminal referrals, because the ACTUAL PURPOSE of those "investigations" was stated by Republican Kevin McCarthy ON VIDEO: to "lower Hillary Clinton's poll numbers," on the assumption she would be running for president. So which is it? The "investigations" were because Clinton lied? Or were to lower her poll numbers? And what was the outcome? Nothing, because it was a non-issue. The REPUBLICANS have a LONG history of making up false allegations, slinging them at a Democrat, and then demanding the false allegations be "investigated". And in EVERY instance -- Clinton was repeatedly "investigated" for 30 years -- they find NOTHING, because it is an absolute truth that a false allegation has no basis in reality, no underlying EVIDENCE. No indictments, no criminal referrals, despite all their threats to indict and have prosecuted. The ACTUAL issue for the Republican is that Garland is acting to STOP the violence and death threats against elected officials on such as school boards, and election boards -- and Democrats in Congress. Violence and death threats are not protected speech under the First Amendment. BOTH are CRIMES under BOTH Federal and state laws. The KEY, if you'd LISTEN to what is ACTUALLY being said -- and note that the Republican repeatedly interrupted Garland so that Garland couldn't state the actual facts: that he is acting to STOP the violence and death threats -- was the REPUBLICAN dragging in the First Amendment. The ACTUAL language in the First Amendment is that it protects PEACEABLE assembly. Violent assembly is PROHIBITED, And it is a VIOLATION of Federal and state laws to threaten elected public officials. THIS is in the constitution you whiners have NEVER READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders classified insurrection as TREASON. There is no right to engage in violence. There is no right to issue death threats. There is no right to commit treason. The violence and death threats have the same goal as the January 6 insurrection: to force the elected officials to bend to the will of the mob, and hopefully resign, so the insurrectionists can take over school and election boards and eliminate democracy.
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  2857.  @josmotherman591  So you believe the ONLY lie being told by Republicans is that the election was stolen? What EVIDENCE did the Republican present that he wasn't doing the only thing Republicans ever do: attack others' character? What is the STATUTE on which you base your swallowing of a Republican allegation WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE? Do you ACTUALLY BELIEVE that Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani had Hunter Biden's laptop!? And where is his "evidence" that he was going to release "any day now" -- but still hasn't? The only EVIDENCE we have, and it has been piling up since at latest Reagan, that Republicans will tell any lie to gain advantage and power. Back to the immediate issue: you don't even know that the Republican is telling the truth, and he kkept interrupting Garland so Garland couldn't complete a sentence. Because, as I spelled out for you -- and it should have been obvious anyway if you aren't sleep-walking, is that Garland has acted to protect elected officials from violence and death threasts -- which violence and death threats are being stoked BY REPUBLICANS.
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  2858. @Jon Oz It never ceases to astound that those, such as you, who know nothing of law, aren't smart enough to know your limits, and thus remain silent instead of pop off destructively about that which you know nothing. Especially when irrationally couched in the word "perfect". If you're "only" "playing devils advocate," you are choosing a stupid time to do so. Whether the Constitution and rule of law survives is the stake here. This isn't Saturday morning cartoons.
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  2859. "The Beatles" opened the door -- actually kicked it down -- for all that followed. They continue to outsell "The Rolling Stones," who have been going in circles for decades.
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  2860. I've intuited that the DOJ and Select Committee investigations will in effect converge. And I've been holding fast to the fact that legal process takes time; and is prededed by investigation, which also takes time. Patience is ESSENTIAL.
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  2861. From Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  2862. @Right is wrong In this instance it's PERFORMANCE -- SHOW for the RUBES. They don't believe it EITHER. I compare their CLAIMS about what they are with their ACTIONS. Their ACTIONS are OPPOSITE of "Christian". As Manfred Mann put it: "I can't believe what you SAY/Because I see what you DO." The old saw is: "Actions speak louder than words."
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  2863. Actually, as the ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time, that claim is REFUTED by it: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And unlike you I actually read the Debates of the first Congress of its writing of the Second Amendment. None of it supports your claim. The Intent of the Second Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia[/National Guard], with the above Clause stipulating the purposes of that National Defense.
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  2864. Does he only have the one suit and tie?
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  2865.  @stephaniep7566  It's actually the look of a petulant child trying to look tough.
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  2866. Looking at various murder cases tied to Utah convinces me that the "people" of that state are from another planet. Add those parts of Idaho that includes "Mormons" and their crackpot "theology".
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  2867.  @chriscarlson8818  Her own reputation precedes her. They show you who and what they are by revealing the contents of their minds.
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  2868.  @elibooks7660  No, one reason being that it violates copyright. The computer shop owner does not own the data, even if s/he somehow owns the computer. And the THICAL doesn't publish data that belongs to someone else.
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  2869. Sometimes it takes years. Sometimes decades. It's positive that law enforcement doesn't have your lack of patience for this to end so you can move on to the next murder-as-entertainment.
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  2870. They are accusing those they want to convert to their view. Sometimes they shout others down. Sometimes they foment violence, even as much as violent insurrection directed by seditious conspiracy.
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  2871.  @chomo54andbabyaisha97  the SOTU speech was LIES. Unlike Trump MAGAOTS, the vast majority don't sustain their delusions by wolfing down LIES.
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  2872.  Reischa Parker  Without the Sharpie Trump isn't sharp.
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  2873.  @njprosigns2864  Because a law isn't enforced is not a negation of the law, moron.
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  2874.  @Buck__420  They hate the ACLU -- except when the ACLU protects their right to peaceably assemble. Carrying guns is not "peaceable assembly"; it is intended to INTIMIDATE the rule of law.
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  2875. I don't want it to happen, but I hope the patriotic military officer class has a plan.
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  2876.  @Kaltwasser45  "Please provide writings from our founders that wanted to limit private ownership." From the Vermont constitution of July 2, 1777: "CHAPTER I. "A Declaration of Rights," etc. -- this is the Militia Clause: "XV. That the people have a right to [no "keep and"] bear arms for the defense of themselves AND ["AND" does not mean "OR"] the State [gov't]; and, as standing armies, in the time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the liberty should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power." "CHAPTER II. -- private ownership of guns. Note that CHAPTER I. and CHAPTER II. are SEPARATE CHAPTERS: "Section XXXIX. That the inhabitants of this State, shall have liberty to hunt and fowl, in seasonable times [this REGULATED by STATUTE/S], on the lands they hold, and on other lands (not enclosed;) . . . under proper regulations, to be hereafter made and provided by the General Assembly." ___ Thus, as shown, the private, individual right to possess guns is SEPARATE from serving Militia DUTY. Further, the constitution expressly stipulates that that right is subject to "regulations . . . made and provide by the General Assembly," which is the LEGISLATIVE branch. Also of note is that the above Militia Clause, with those of three other state constitutions, were the sources for that which become the Second Amendment. And as in EVERY state the commander-in-chief of the militia is the state's governor, it is OBVIOUS that the well-regulated Militia -- there is no other -- is under the regulation and governance of the legislature, and that the state militia is an arm OF gov't, and thus NOT intended to be a THREAT TO gov't, gov't being by definition RULE OF LAW. As reminder, from the US Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections: the Founders charged them with, tried them for, and convicted them of, TREASON, and sentenced them to DEATH. There is no "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't/RULE OF LAW.
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  2877.  @gregvetter5070  Rob them of their escape by continuing to put the facts in their faces.
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  2878. That and lack of regulation of political money.
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  2879. Sure it is -- it sets up the subsequent lie that he didn't receive a fair trial.
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  2880.  @nealorr5086  Everything he said about the criminal trial is a lie. YOU would know that if YOU were honest -- in which case you would have followed the trial as it progressed as it was reported in real time by actual lawyers.
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  2881. He was NOT talking about the United States. It's so easy to rip slogans out of context in order to be a righteously mindless fool.
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  2882.  @daisymae4958  To whom -- the one doing the praying?
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  2883. Will Smither committed the CRIME of BATTERY. Smith showed who he actually is.
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  2884. Mel Lyman was a speed freak.
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  2885. Where is your EVIDENCE? In fact, Daniels WON the cross-examination.
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  2886. And Federal court also rejected Trump's attack on the subpoena again.
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  2887. "Nodfather Snoreleone" aka "Sleepy Don" aka "Sleepy Donny" aka "snooze operator".
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  2888.  @Alfredo-lol  They were TRAINED in the protocol. THEY DIDN'T ACT ACCORDING TO THE PROTOCOL. Because they were "afraid of being shot".
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  2889. Texass law enforcement also "let their guard down" in Uvalde.
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  2890. Republicans smear moderate policies as "progressive" when they're opposed to the policies. School lunches -- feeding children -- is "progressive" when we are opposed to kids eating.
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  2891.  @C.C-os1cz  This "biography" doesn't begin to do her justice. Which is what happens when the producer of the biography knows so little about her.
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  2892. The Feds didn't charge the January 6th insurrectionists with terrorism. And they don't in this case. The terrorism charge is from the STATE. The terrorism charge is justified and substantiated by the murderer's own writings.
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  2893. Who WOULDN'T recall!?
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  2894. Why is Abrams not impartial? He is obviously calling criticism of Thomas as "cancel culture," with no criticism of the fact that the Constitution "right of privacy" doesn't exist because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to own guns".
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  2895. The children, all boys, are 2, 4, and 6.
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  2896. Google the "Steward Health Care" disaster, which also killed patients without the health insurance industry being involved. That system sucked the health care monies out of healthcare into administrators' pockets, etc.
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  2897.  @ryanironheart4154  No: it is a means of defaming others. It is malevolent, hate-speech.
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  2898. "lovely lady"? Did you know her? It appears she, and him, were very much about projecting an image of wealth, while they weren't quite that.
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  2899. There were interviews with former C.I.A. employees and they are terrified.
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  2900. Honig is mostly wrong on this one.
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  2901. So Russia is attempting to show IT has control by shooting itself in the financial foot. Poland and Bulgaria, and other NATO nations, will have already been preparing for this.
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  2902. They are conducting an investigatin, and all these know-it-alls, such as you, are bashing them with your stupid-assed belief that you know better. Stop being drunk on the smell of someone else's cork.
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  2903. Nugent is a crackpot -- and he claims never to have done drugs.
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  2904. The campaign is shaping up to a landslide for Harris.
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  2905. "Newsmax" has been crackpot since its inception years ago. How long with those dumping FOX be sucked in by "Newsmax" before they look for some other psychotic hallucination to believe?
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  2906.  @user-hz7kv6js6l  Note that every campsite in the videos was "civilized," not "wilderness".
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  2907. It's a no-brainer that NO ONE has the right to endanger public health and safety.
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  2908.  @timcomer3513  No one said anything of the kind: you might try responding to the actual comment. Taxation -- paid by "WE THE PEOPLE" -- supports gov't, and the gov't programs that meet the needs of "WE THE PEOPLE". Got it, chump? "We the people" pay our own way. The problem is those who are wealthy and pay no taxes, and those who are ignorant of the actual history of the United States and its founding. The first Act of the first Congress was establishing oaths. The second was a tax bill. In other words, history-illiterate, the Founders were not opposed to taxation. Nor were they anti-gov't. So where do those facts put you as a purported US citizen? It puts you on the wrong sides of law, history, facts, and REASON. NONE of that has anything to do with "Marx," about which you are also totally ignorant. These four countries are staunch allies of the United States: Britain, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ALL of which have gov'ts that consist of -- Monarchy, democratically-elected parliaments, and socialist economies. NONE of them is a "tyranny".
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  2909. It is criminal conspiracy.
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  2910.  @Silencethemedia2  You're the sort of person who offends others, and then defends doing so by accusing the person offended as being "too sensitive," and other such epithets, instead of learning the meanings of decency and respect for others. We can be certain, also, that when anyone offends you, you get aggressive against their transgressions. It's only a joke, to you, when someone else is offended.
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  2911. You forgot Obama's?
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  2912.  Doug Lowe  The Second Amendment is part of the Constitution. The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time. This is in the Constitution you gun-nuts have never READ: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. the CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. There is NO RIGHT to "take up arms" against the gov't/RULE OF LAW -- see the Founders' responses to "Shayss" and "Whiskey" rebellions. Short ad sweat: the rebels were charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to DEATH. And this: Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia. The topic of the Second Amendment is the well regulated Militia, which is "the people" of "the right of the people". It is REGULATED under both FEDERAL and STATE CONSTITUTIONS AND LAWS. It is not an ad hoc gaggle of private illiterate gun-nut assholes who are addicted to IQ-destroying lead.
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  2913. And a belief that being a liar is the means to wealth, and that that is acceptable.
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  2914. Trump also instructed them on their image -- wear suits and ties according to his instruction.
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  2915. "OceanGate"? I wonder what his view of "Watergate".
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  2916. The correct spelling (credited to "The India Times") is "Coup Klux Klan".
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  2917.  @bshiv9854  A Federal warrant can be served on private property. Stop falling for the anti-gov't hyping of private property fed you by law-illiterates.
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  2918.  @Yakuzachris10  It appears that both Gabby and Brian were from well-to-do families. Money no object. His idea of "roughing it" is setting up a tent at a civilized campsite and sleeping outdoors in the tent.
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  2919.  @billtownbiker  I wouldn't be fool enough to venture into that swamp. In fact, I wouldn't be fool enough to live in Florida.
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  2920.  @raymondkovacs4852  And she worked in a cafe that sold juice and the like. She was not a "nutritionist".
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  2921. Trump is getting the defense he DEAMNDS from his lawyers. And that is why he has consistently LOST in court, and why it is increasingly likely he will be convicted here. Of all the criminal trials, the legal experts said this would be the least important. Instead, it is most important in that it SHREDS Trump's phony public image and exposes the corrupt rot that is his character behind it.
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  2922. "He may be a rapist, but he is a good-looking guy. And he has money."
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  2923. A war within a nation between factions of the same nation is a civil war. A war between different nations is not a civil war.
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  2924. There were means to vote ADDED in Fulton County -- in many states -- because of the pandemic. The right to vote is regulated, including in keeping with the gov'ts obligation to protect public health and safety, not restricted based upon political party or one's desire to reject the rule of law. In place of the politics of violence -- which is not protected by the First Amendment or any other law -- we have ELECTIONS.
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  2925.  @dR-bh9kt  The INVESTIGATIONS of the ALLEGATIONS have found ZERO EVIDENCE for the allegations. LEARN TO THINK IN KEEPING WITH THIS BASIC: ALLEGATIONS are NOT EVIDENCE. ALLEGATIONS are NOT PROOF. There is ZERO EVIDENCE for the ALLEGATIONS.
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  2926. And Abbott.
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  2927. Harris wiped the floor with Trump, and immediately after he got a Swift kick in the ass.
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  2928. The president is not the "boss" of "We the people".
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  2929. We don't know that Brian's lawyer actually visited and or talked to Brian. He may have been relying on the parents' word. Not knowing anything, they would fear aying anything.
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  2930. He's also a veteran reporter on national security issues.
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  2931. Republicans have only one position: attack Democrats. That's why they haven't time to engage in governing, or meeting the needs of their constituents. They are the Fifth Column.
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  2932. Bondi's first initiative was to instruct DOJ to look into CRIMINALLY prosecuting PRIVATE companies that implement DEIA policies. I believe there are companies already suing DOJ over this. Trump is without question a segregationist. He is working to restore discrimination as the law of the land. His daddy was a fascist too.
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  2933.  @SuperFlashDriver  None of that is true. And there's a clue, because facts and reality matter: Moscow is in Russia, not in the United States.
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  2934. @@DenisMjolnir-wv5gh Absolutely false: Moscow is not in the United States.
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  2935. 34 charges; must have signed 34 checks.
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  2936.  @jonathanboam5409  He's entirely missing the point. Or he has a pre-existing bias.
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  2937.  @tedwright8166  And your "God" doesn't? Truth matters. If you won't believe that, then cease pretending that you're a Christian.
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  2938. The Republicans don't obey even their own rules.
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  2939. These are the welfare recipients who whine about welfare queens. Biden passed the legislation that provided the welfare for these people, so they voted for Trump. Smartness ain't their crop.
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  2940. I note that the reporter admitted that HE is suffering cognitive decline. That's probably why he works at FOX, or because he works at FOX.
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  2941. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  2942. Trump is increasingly isolating himself.
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  2943. Didn't Comer hear Trump say that Biden as president is absolutely immune?
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  2944. READ the indictment: they do.
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  2945.  @zaxflaya  Get over it: SHE said she DOESN'T CARE what anyone else has to say about it. So does she INSTEAD care? Stop making excuses for the COMMISSIN OF A CRIME by Will Smith.
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  2946.  @stevenboddy4232  Not without EVIDENCE, indictment, trial, and conviction, troll. You know, as is happening with the Trump 19 indictees.
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  2947.  @stevenboddy4232  Try the INTELLECTUAL HONESTY of sticking to the topic, instead immorally trying to change the subject as if you actually care about morality.
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  2948.  @AarmOZ84  It didn't help Oswald that he killed the cop with a witness.
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  2949.  @GoGreen-l7e  That's why, when the shit hit the fan, the parents hired lawyers, and went on the lam, without having visited their son in jail, and leaving him abandoned without a lawyer. There will be other facts about the parents' history, and their long-standing abandonment of the son.
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  2950. The Laundries want as little publicity as possible -- which is the opposite of "milking" it.
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  2951.  @brianbullivant1009  And totally absent was the responsibility to deal with COVID for what it actually was. 4,000 people dying in one city in one day, and he's pushing a medication used to treat malaria, which is not caused by a virus. In a pinch he could have used paper towels in place of toilet paper -- but he exhausted that supply by throwing them at Puerto Ricans so they could dry themselves off from the major hurricane.
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  2952. Not yet he hasn't. There has been "back and forth" between he and North Point police, but the police are saying it is up to the FBI, which is in charge of the case. The FBI isn't saying anything on the point. Laundrie is nowhere in Florida, as that is where law enforcement is searching.
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  2953.  Pamela Wiles  I have no idea to whom you refer with your "him". I'm not swallowed up with the illusion that everything is entertainment and fun and games, so I don't "love" those about whom I know nothing beyond image, and their words. Politics is not entertainment -- mature supporters of politicians are not "fans". What I love is the rule of law. In sum, you address nothing I posted, and therefore refute none of it. Instead you engage in personal attack, childish name-calling, with not a shred of fact to support it.
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  2954.  @toxicwastetoid9142  There is video of organized groups of about six lighting fires in Minneapolis -- and they were all WHITE MALES. They are NOT "Leftists," moron -- they are extremist right-wing racists like you.
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  2955. Giving a defendant notice at the beginning is MANDATORY -- REQUIRED BY LAW -- even if the defendant hasn't been contemptuous. You'd KNOW that if you actually followed the news on the trial, instead of simply demanding that DUE PROCESS and RULE OF LAW be IGNORED to satisfy you. Charging a defendant with contempt tends to be incremental up to the point that the defendant STOPS being an asshole. Typically that is just short of jailing for contempt because the defendant gets the message. In this instance it would likely begin with fines. But if those are insufficient to straighten Trump's behavior out then putting him in a cell would be in order. But that is up to not only the judge but also settled law.
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  2956. Sanders is "panicking" the "establishment" because he is laying out a path to LOSING. But even if he didn't, he'd be destroyed in a week. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd ever vote for a Socialist. Now his attacks, again, on the Democratic Party itself, and the "establishment," puts him outside the mainstream and alienates the vast majority of voters. At best it will suppress turnout. Sometimes the so-called "establishment" has it right: McGovern, who was nowhere near as Left as Sanders: Nixon won by 49 states. Sanders is yet another demagogue idolized by a cult. I was your ages once; but I wasn't full of myself, and blinded by that, because I had a foundation in political history. Nothing is "completely new" to those who know history. And commenting on the "thinking" of those who warn about Sanders is the usual self-congratulatory bullshitting. Why? You have engaged with those who "thinking" about which you're SPECULATING.
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  2957. A good and decent man. As a "Boomer" I listen closely to those who have done military service, and how that applies to their sense of patriotism. Reagan was a draft dodger. Dick "Dick" Cheney was a draft dodger. Trump is a draft dodger. And all were and are party before country. Kinzinger is a good and decent man.
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  2958. She is a young woman who incorporated pre-existing political and media cliches into a political scree disguised as a Poem". There was nothing in it new or creative.
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  2959. Those who would be wealthy look at human needs -- at the things that are necessities, such as real estate. Then they exploit that. There will always be sickness, so it pays to be a doctor. Do insurance denials prohibit doctors from paying out of their own pocket, or providing the procedure for free?
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  2960.  @cindysmith6509  If you continue with that hate-speech you'll be permanently expelled from pre-school.
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  2961.  @Ech0s_1972  John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution establishing separation of powers, which was the model for the US Constitution: "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2962. The gallows on the Capitol grounds is evidence of premeditation.
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  2963. As a co-conspirator.
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  2964. When you speak of "fraud" you omit the insurance industry fraud except indirectly: charging premiums/refusing to pay on claims.
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  2965. Running for office is a way to escape the mess her family is.
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  2966.  @myndgodandpsyche  Problem pregnancies have nothing to so with whether one is perceivedly "strong" or "week". SOME might call it "God's will". And those who do call it that tend to consider it "interfering" with "God's will" to actually SAVE the woman's life. The issue is medical science -- not determined, stubborn, commitment to stupidity at the expense of others.
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  2967. "Hero" Lindberg, corporate industrialist Henry Ford, and media mogul William Randolph Hearst aligned themselves with Hitler. Hearst travelled to Germany and signed a contract with Hitler to publish his speeches in Hearst papers in the US. And there was an active Fascist movement in the US, along with the fascist "America First" organization.
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  2968. America chose to be stupid by refusing to learn such boring things as CIVICS -- how the gov't functions. It is astounding how stupid are the generations who bash the "Boomers" while sucking their thumbs over Far-Leftist incompetent Sanders, and who make embarrassingly uninformed comments about governance.
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  2969. That was the final straw: the threats of resignation. Trump had no choice but to bite his tongue.
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  2970. The mainstream media is actually doing what you say they aren't doing -- which you'd know if you didn't use excuses to NOT WATCH mainstream media. MSNBC is doing PUBLIC EDUCATION by having SEASONED litigation lawyers and prosecutors EXPLAIN the law and the legal process. They DO NOT present Trump's horseshit. Get literate in media instead of bashing media you don't actually watch.
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  2971. Why was the Sec. of Treasury involved!?
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  2972.  @Frank-mt5fo  You don't know anything factual about the assassination. You can't even get the names right.
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  2973. It was clear. it just wasn't the answer you wanted. You biased simpletons always want simple answers to complicated issues. READ the Constitution: the authority to establish courts, and change the size of the Supreme Court, is EXCLUSIVE to CONGRESS. Presidents have nothing to do with it. It's unfortunate you're ignorant of history: 1. Post-assassination, the CONGRESS REDUCED the number of Supreme Court seats so Lincoln's VP Johnson couldn't appoint to it. 2. FDR's court-packing "scheme" (as smeared by Republicans) DIED IN CONGRESS. The bottom line is that it is entirely Constitutional for the CONGRESS to expand or shrink the Supreme Court. It is only "controversial" politically: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Law and politics are not the same thing. Learn the difference.
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  2974. There are NO CONFIRMED TIPS OR EVIDENCE re. Laundrie being in DeSoto. If not in the swamp, he isn't in Florida.
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  2975. Marginal Taylor Greene must submit to full-body search for weapons before every such meeting.
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  2976.  @1Storm6  This is a civil action. If Democrat Clinton could be sued civilly -- as the SC held could be done -- by a single litigant, then why would a president be exempt from criminal charge and prosecution, when the principle is to protect the general public?
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  2977. FLOUT, not "flaunt".
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  2978. And AG Garland's ancestors originate in Eastern Europe. Not everyone is a bigot.
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  2979. False. And your fundamental error is being sucked in by Republicans who are ALL POLITICS ALL THE TIME. In contrast: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. And check out the scandal involving Ginni and Clarence Thomas: a Supreme Court Justice whose wife was a leader in the effort to overthrow the gov't. And he the only one to NOT reject Trump's bogus election "fraud" case. And the ONLY one to dissent from the Court's upholding the Congress's authority to oversee the Executive by examining the documents generated by the Trump administration. And what was among those documents? -- written plans for how to effectuate the overthrow of the gov't. And note that the Congress also has oversight over the Judicial branch, including the Supreme Court -- from approving (or not) nominees to the Court, and the express Constitutional authority to impeach and remove Justices. Invoking the Constitution in defense of efforts to overthrow the gov't -- the Constitution -- is a non-starter: criminality is not a "right".
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  2980.  @ConsistentlyInconsistent  Agreed, but with one exception: EVERY country tells itself that it's the greatest on the planet. Behind that assurance is insecurity about that claim.
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  2981. Contract ON America.
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  2982. Professional journalists don't pander to emoiton. But ratings are all that matter, so objectivity is the caualty. It hasn't been officially verified that the body is Gabby. But nearly everyone is jumping to that conclusion in order to be ahead in the ratings, and their personalization of the circus.
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  2983. Rand Paul is a so-called "Libertarian," who claim to believe anyone can do anything they damned well please -- so long as they don't hurt others. The actual core principle of "Libertarianism" is: "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  2984. You aren't paying attention.
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  2985. Show the circus, spread the circus.
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  2986.  @Crysomemore19  Trump has already begun making excuses as means to back out of the debates. He is freaked, because the competent journalists pointed out that Biden laid the trap and Trump walked right into it. When Trump saw that he wondered how that happened.
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  2987. Trump: Domestic Terrorist-in-Chief.
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  2988.  @moonpie2637  That's not what I said -- either your reading comprehension or your "honesty" is defective. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Therefore, it is ILLEGAL to yell "THEATER!" in a crowded fire. What you are not is LITERATE.
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  2989. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  2990. She also feels shame -- trying to hide her face -- so no incompetence to stand trial.
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  2991.  @CTU-JackBauer  Lied to for FIV YEARS by TRUMP, brainwashed anti-American dupe.
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  2992. I agree with the pastor's separation of "religion" and gov't. But what he doesn't understand is that he, and everything he says, is ALSO "of this world".
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  2993. Track FOX's deletions about Hunter Biden and you'll see a trail of admissions of guilt.
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  2994.  @catbb1000  I've been watching it since at latest Reagan. and many in his administration -- Roger Ailes and Roger Stone being examples -- were Nixon spawn.
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  2995.  @sharisullivan5047  The first thing you have to do is distinguish between the politicians who are "doing nothing," as you put it, and those who are being obstructed by them.
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  2996. The US may be able to impact Canada more than Canada can hurt the US. But it isn't only Canada that is imposing tariffs on the US.
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  2997.  @wulozhero6684  Of course it included rape. Colonization and slavery are all about, "I can take whatever I want."
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  2998.  @thomashead7528  Instead of freedom FROM fear it is freedom TO fear.
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  2999. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3000. A person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. Certainly he's received funding from supporters. Is he trying to save money for when he "gets out"?
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  3001. Trump is the issue -- so let's bash Democrats.
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  3002. Lobbying is protected by the First Amendment provision "petition for redress of grievances". To cut the debt, eliminate the tax cuts and loopholes which benefit only those who don't need them.
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  3003.  @aprescoup  Ukraine is not a dictatorship. But Russia is. You need to learn the actual definition of the word "dictatorship".
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  3004. Anyone who believed Trump's denials about "Project 2025" wasn't paying attention. How long must we know that Trump is a liar before we know he's a liar?
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  3005. Bolton is one of those "war experts" who never got near even the outside of a military uniform. Dick Cheney is another.
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  3006. Trump looked in his mirror and said: "Low energy.'
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  3007. They were not ballots in Pennsylvania -- they were fraudulent registrations, and they were caught and invalidated.
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  3008.  @kamauayinde3302  "Critical Race Theory": it is a course taught ONLY in graduate law school -- which means university.
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  3009. These ARE consequences. Do you need an accountant to explain accountability to you?
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  3010. Kyle reminds me of Michael Steele: a good and decent man, though I disagree with 99 per cent of his policy positions. That doesn't need to result in yelling and punching.
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  3011. He's also consulting with Trump's "team" regarding documents he's providing.
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  3012. And in the best of times.
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  3013. At any time.
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  3014. The Haitians in Springfield have jobs and pay taxes.
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  3015. Private citizens who are ex-military and crackpots. And co-conspirators. The only reason Trump didn't do as he was being urged was that several LAWYERS pushed back, and probably threatened to go to the media and or DOJ. Flynn is going to need another pardon -- but won't get it.
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  3016. The only relevant document in Trump's "Bible" is the Constitution, which incorporates the First Amendment, which separates the rest of the "Bible" from gov't.
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  3017.  @vandalorianvandalorian4769  What is "FJB"?
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  3018. We don't know anything. Sit down, shut up, and keep your hands off the keyboard.
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  3019.  @divinetiming8422  If backpacks weren't allowed in the classrooms, then how could the counselor remove the backpack from the classroom?
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  3020.  @donbianconi8446  No, it is not. It is a combination of right-wing propaganda, and willingness to swallow that bullshit, that is responsible for the "programming".
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  3021. The lies about it were risky for the patients.
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  3022. It isn't about "sides". It's about facts and law v. THEFT OF GOV'T PROPERTY -- of which latter WE HAVE SEEN THE EVIDENCE.
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  3023.  @juliechurley2716  And Trump showed his absolute lack of knowledge of the facts when he contradicted Zelenskyy by saying that the Russian invasion began in 2015. Then when corrected, he said, "I wasn't here then." As if not having been president in 2014 is excuse to be ignorant.
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  3024. Genuine artists never have it figured out. In fact, that is the danger, to stop growing. And: can a non-genius asses genius?
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  3025. It isn't ended yet. Support of Ukraine is support of democracy is support of NATO is support of US national security.
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  3026. Jefferson was the elite, an aristocrat, and owned slaves. So he wasn't so much for "dangerous freedom" for others than himself.
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  3027. I thank this doctor: his is the most up-to-date, accurate, and comprehensive statement of the reality I've heard. And he's correct that there are two known strains of the virus. Where I am the local medical facility is setting up, in a school cafeteria, a testing location for the larger community. (That has been urged by both state and city gov't.) At this point, though, it is -- properly -- for those on the front lines, and those who meet the stringency of the "criteria". Ultimately, there should be no "criteria"; everyone who wants should be able to be tested. And there's this: Rachel Maddow reported on a small town in Italy -- 3,300 -- that tested EVERYONE. The infected were quarantined, and the spread of the virus STOPPED IN ITS TRACKS.
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  3028. These are ASSAULT weapons, NOT "assault-STYLE". Stop the soft-peddling.
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  3029.  whilly Jackson  That's why the "left" won the election by a record popular vote margin. Were you at the January 6 insurrection, which the LAW defines as insurrection, and which the Founders classified as TREASON, and sentenced insurrectionists to death. Or are you just another whimp who bullshits online?
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  3030.  @randallnicholson2866  you're hardly a judge of "thought" and "thinking". You remind of the JFK conspirabunkers who insist that there are SUPPRESSED documents "PROVING" conspiracy -- while omitting the fact that if the alleged documents are so deeply "suppressed" then they can't be known to exist, let alone be known as to contents. Stupidity is not a viable profession. So smarten up.
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  3031. People can sue for unauthorized use of their images.
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  3032. Of course: he's always been the head of his criminal enterprise. The mistake he made was to bring his criminal enterprise out from behind closed doors locked with Nondisclosure Agreements into public scrutiny. And what were the "policies" that his inner circle supported? One big tax cut, and right-wing extremists on the courts. They loathed him, but he was the ticket to the far-right goal of destroying the "New Deal," the core of which is Social Security, and Medicare and Medicaid. They are a mass murder death cult.
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  3033.  @tallSycamore  Presidents have testified before. Separation of powers does not bar the Congress, which has the power and authority of oversight over the other two branches, from subpoenaing Executive branch officials. In fact, Navarro has been indicted for blowing of his subpoena. If Pence wasn't an empty suit he'd recognize that his oath requires he act like he's complying with it. But he's already said that he puts "religion" above the Constitution, which itself is a violation of his oath to support and defend that Constitution, which includes the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't..
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  3034.  @alfredgeorge3186  I know all that. I was responding to the hater who smeared Biden WITHOUT EVIDENCE.
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  3035.  @michelleashwood953  Dershowitz 1998 vs. Dershowitz 2020. Lindsey Graham 1998 vs. Lindsey Graham 2020. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics,." -- John Adams. The Constitution is the supreme LAW of the land, not the supreme politics. Learn the difference.
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  3036. Trump: "very fine people" = "Jews will not replace us!"
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  3037. Every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. There is a morally corrupt entitlement behind the denial of rights to others that the entitled claim for themselves.
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  3038. Exactly: he changes his "point of view" depending on which audience he wants to impress. He doesn't have any consistent moral view. For real moral substance read Mark Twain. See, as example, "The disgraceful Persecution of aa Boy". Or any of his essays on lying.
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  3039. OF the people, BY the people, FOR the people.
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  3040. You do not know any of that as a matter of FACT. Learn how to stop bullshitting.
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  3041. It would require many more DEMOCRATS in Congress to address and resolve the issue. READ Article III, Section I of the Constitution. VOTE BLUE.
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  3042. "Evolutionary psychology" is entirely speculation.
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  3043. You mean she's Black, and a woman, therefore "angry". Fact is she is qualified in the matters on which she speaks, and you are not. In addition to which you're a racist.
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  3044. "Webster's" definition of COLLUSION: "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose." How many Trump campaign individuals LIED about their more than 200 contacts with Russians until they were shown by the EVIDENCE to have done so?
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  3045. Barr left instead of blocking Trump.
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  3046. You don't know that. And you don't know that a "weapon" was used. And during the police stop he said he didn't have a phone, and it is reasonable to assume they both were using Gabby's.
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  3047. Gibberish. Say hello to Vlad for us, Comrade -- perhaps you'll become a bigger start in Russian media than "Moscow Marge".
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  3048.  @mikeparkinson3060  Why does your "God" never PREVENT these disasters -- and why, when "He" doesn't, do you praise "him" as "merciful"?
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  3049. He doesn't rely on facts; he makes shit up.
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  3050. Yet they hate Liberals such as Gore.
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  3051. Trump hangs out with racists because Trump is a racist -- and that is his KNOWN HISTORY.
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  3052.  @crxess  Crackpot: Jones is far-RIGHT fruit fringe. Deliberately inflicting trauma on others, based on LIES, is a personal injury suit in the making. What you fruit-fringers don't understand is that OTHERS ALSO have rights.
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  3053. It isn't censorship, law-illiterate. The First Amendment constrains GOV'T, NOT private businesses. Your pressident is a foul-mouthed anti-American insurrectionist. Insurrection is TREASON.
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  3054.  @kathleenirish  No one is being censored. The First Amendment constrains GOV'T, NOT private businesses. If you don't know how to behave, without endangering PUBLIC health and safety, then they are well within their rights to boot you from their premises. You aren't a victim; you are a law-illiterate SHEEPLE who'll swallow ANY anti-American LIE.
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  3055.  @keithosmond5730  Agreed. I can't think of any situation, outside gov't security, that would require NDAs that aren't already covered by confidentiality laws -- and there are exceptions to those.
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  3056.  @pjpj2639  Tell it to Netanyahu and his fellow criminal fanatics.
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  3057. The first responsibility of GOV'T is to protect public health and safety. But what is it doing against the deliberate mayhem created by the gun industry-front terrorist organization NRA and the Republican Party?
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  3058. I'm glad I live in a country where those who are EXPERTS tend to prevail against the stupid minority who want "elities" -- those who KNOW stuff -- exterminated because they "interfere" with the non-exist "right" to inflict one's stupidity and its consequences on others.
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  3059.  @axlegrind4212  Yep: his health supports will be paid with tax dollars, and the money the city/police is required to pay out will be paid by the taxpayers -- not by the police. So in the latter case, the taxpayer is punished for not responsibly managing the police. Waste on top of waste because of an electorate that is racist instead of responsible.
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  3060.  @Rhonda_Maldonado_61824  Minorities -- real or "fake" -- are always distrusted, primarily because attempting to be treated as equals. And because motivated to seek unethical advantage over others, those who suspect minorities are actually assuming that everyone else is the same as themselves. And there are those who seek to destroy minorities who are successful.
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  3061. Would anyone employ him to shine their shoes?
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  3062. Go Kuna-tic -- Republicans for Bonkers Smear Politics.
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  3063.  @nickspacemonkey  "And now a word from HP . . ."
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  3064.  @boejiden7093  Were I live it's $100,000-plus.
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  3065. Her real name is Luna-tic.
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  3066.  @johnpowell9169  Hawaii and Pennsylvania Supreme Courts ignored the Bruen decision by upholding a gun crime conviction under their respective "unvalidated" state laws.
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  3067.  @Braun09tv  That's why you have no evidence for that unfounded nonsense.
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  3068. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3069.  @olympicfireball  What about the 9th and 10th Amendments -- slapping the faces of those who invoke those in effort to dodge the fact that the subject of the Second Amendment is well-regulated Militia, and its intent to establish a National Defense relying on the Militia as not only the Debates make clear but also the second "Militia Act" of May 8, 1792. Being "secure" in one's papers, subject only to warrant, is certainly about privacy. We also recognize the right of privacy in the various privileges applying to such as lawyer-client and doctor-patient relationships. All of the Bill of Rights bars infringement by gov't, including the Second Amendment guarantee that the state's can keep their well-regulated Militia, while at the same time the Constitution expressly stipulates that the Militia is subject to "organizing, ARMING, and disciplining" and training by Congress's regulation, AND the concomitant regulation and governing of same under the state's constitution and laws. You want to deny, with the 6 "Federalist Society" religioEXTREMISTS that the right of privacy doesn't exist simply because the words "right of privacy" don't exist in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalism". "Textualism". "Individual right to own guns. So, being a hypocrite, you are AGAINST the "invisible" right of privacy, but NOT against the "invisible" individual right to own guns". That is obviously INCOHERENT. So was Scalia: in Heller he strenuously argued that the legislative history -- the DEBATES of the writing of the Second Amendment -- are irrelevant. But in his dissent in a subsequent gun case he strenuously argued that the very same legislative history is CRUCIAL. The problem is that you're a law-illiterate, AND intellectually dishonest, so there is no way you can get around the fact that the subject of the Second Amendment is the well-regulated Militia, and that it does not protect an individual right. When will you learn basic logic, and the ethical requirement of being intellectually honest?
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  3070.  @alanakafang6143  we're still waiting for Trump to stop the delays so he can actually go to court in order to clear his name. Aren't you actually waiting for him to clear his name -- and wondering why he avoids doing so?
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  3071.  @itsasecret2474  The First Amendment SEPARATES your subjectivisms from gov't. Gov't is "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. Keep your subjectivisms off my life, thank you -- I have my own.
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  3072. AGAIN. They have their jobs; they don't need him anymore.
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  3073. As I've long understood it, the LAW defines a small business as one with 30 OR FEWER employees.
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  3074.  @Senorgoon  he's also public in his attacks on the rule of law and his commission of crimes. In short: stop making excuses for him simply because his waging of war against the rule of law is not foreign but domestic.
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  3075. You need to go back to the beginning. Recommend "I'm On an Island," "Waterloo Sunset".
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  3076. Their "Christian" base IS that stupid.
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  3077. He's self-destructive. Unfortunately, he's intent on destroying the rest of us along with himself.
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  3078. Remember when EVERY Executive Order issued by President Obama was "UNCONSTITUTIONAL"?
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  3079.  @davidpowellseattle  From the hearing we learned that Trump was gleefully admiring the "Reality TV" insurrection he produced, so had deserted his duties, making it necessary for Pence to step in to do the job.
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  3080.  @bmphil3400  Obviously if one doesn't know anything about education one wants it abolished. The Federal dept. of Education provides, at the least, FUNDING to public schools in the states. Unfortunately, because of Republican biases, some funding is provided to "religious" schools in violation of the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  3081.  John Dough  Sure you are. Because you like living the lies he tells. Why do you fear yourself being honest with yourself about who you are?
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  3082. Note that Trump doesn't IDENTIFY any "studies". Typical of bullshitters.
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  3083.  @yvonneplant9434  NONE of these people, going in blind, have any knowledge or awareness of the systems they are attacking.
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  3084.  @ParisFashionista  She's the definition of toxic polluting with poison. But she isn't the only one.
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  3085. The law EVOLVED to the point that one DID NOT provide one's own gun. From the Constitution: Art. I. S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." And read the first section of the following -- ___ U.S. Constitution, Art. I., S. 8., C. 16: The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for . . . ARMING . . . the Militia". ___ Chap. LXV.--_An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. Sec. 2. _And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause all or any part of the arms herein directed to be provided and deposited for sale, which shall, at any time, remain unsold, to be delivered to the militia, when called into the service of the United States, proper receipts and security being given for the return of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and the amount received shall be annually reported to Congress. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a [577] sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 6, 1798. ___ The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. Arranged in Chronological Order. With References to the Matter of Each Act and to the Subsequent Acts on the Same Subject, and Copious Notes of the Decisions of the Courts of the United States Construing Those Acts, and Upon the Subjects of the Laws. With an Index to the Contents of Each Volume, and a Full General Index to the Whole Work, in the Concluding Volume. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States; and Also, Tables, in the Last Volume, Containing Lists of the Acts Relating to the Judiciary, Imposts and Tonnage, the Public Lands, Etc., Vol I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters, at 576.
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  3086. Several weeks ago two helicopters flying under the radar, and at night without lights, bombed an oil depot in Belgorod. No one knows who did it.
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  3087. Crappy reportage: "No one knows" Brian's story. Laying bets that his parents know, which is why they hired a lawyer, who may also know.
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  3088. He is dismissing BULLSHIT from amateur "detectives" who continue asking irrelevant and pointless questions that have ALRADY BEEN ANSWERED DOZENS OF TIMES. Stop spewing crap on how law enforcement "should" do their jobs. It is not their fault that you all are morons.
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  3089. Bolton is another "war expert" who never got anywhere near the inside of a military uniform.
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  3090. "Their definition of what love means" is to not be a bigot. It goes back to the Founding: the "Christian" "religion" of the day was all along paranoid about Catholics. JFK had to deal with suspicions that he'd answer to the Pope.
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  3091. "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Rudy Giuliani. Is that a "truth"?
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  3092.  @carolnelson1860  He was not exercising his Second Amendment "rights" -- the lie that the Second Amendment protects an individual "right" notwithstanding.
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  3093. The problem is that there are parents who don't have kids in schools who are driving the book-banning. And other adults who don't have kids. Why do Republicans want those who are uneducated, and know nothing about pedagogy, to dictate what schools can and can't teach?
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  3094. When I was a kid, what Trump does was called, "Overwhelm with bullshit." And that is what the Republicans have been doing for at least forty years: deliberately overwhelming and negating the rule of law with politics. Sanders and his self-appointed fake "pundits" are buried in that muck, and do nothing more than mud-slininging -- just like Republicans.
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  3095. Depends on how it is done. And as it was initiated by the Republicans, it has been an effort to get around the Constitutional ban against poll taxes. In short, you don't know what you're tlaking about.
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  3096. And he said it while he and Kelly were standing at the grave of Kelley's son, who was killed in action.
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  3097.  @nicktubara  Trump isn't evasive!? Have you NEVER seen him avoid answering questions -- and ignore questions altogther? Perhaps you need a basic course in logic and forms of manipulation. Trump = kids in cages. In that he isn't evasive about his racism and rejection of the rule of law. That isn't being "politically incorrect"; it is being corrupt, lawless, and a danger to society, which in the US is founded upon the rule of law -- for EVERYONE. Trump not only has father issues, but also hates and is terrified of women.
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  3098.  @lisetteantoinette468  BLM is complying with PUBLIC health policy. And "Antifa" is short for "ANTI-FASCIST". So we know your politics: FASCIST, like Hitler and Mussolini.
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  3099. And replace him with Vance?
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  3100.  @peterbetts858  1. It can't be proven there's a "God". 2. That being the fact, you cannot know what a "God" that can't be proven to exist would or could "say". And how about learning to communicate like a mature adult?
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  3101. Trump shut down the country by deliberately mishandling COVID -- and making it into national chaos by dumping it all onto 50 different states.
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  3102. Was it HIS cell phone?
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  3103. First, there must be PROBABLE CAUSE that they would find EVIDENCE of a CRIME. Ever hear of the Constitution? The rule of law? That those you despise, for trumped up "reasons," ALSO have rights?
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  3104.  @joseortega-us6rn  But "Moscow Marge" shows that she can read, even encounter unfamiliar words like "indiCtable".
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  3105. If the Supreme Court overturns inter-racial marriage their decision will include an exception for Clarence and Ginni Thomas.
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  3106.  @iamshastagold  You don't understand the Constitution and the structure and functioning of the gov't. The rule of law you REJECT includes PROTECTIONS of rights. Get a basic clue: your exercise of your rights is LIMITED by the RESPONSIBILITY to NOT violate the rights of others. THAT is established in WRITTEN LAW to ENFORCE the responsibility for those who REJECT it, up to and including IMPRISONMENT. The rule of law PROTECTS YOU. The word "gov't control" is a biased attack on the RULE OF LAW. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW, and the FIRST obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety -- against transgressions by morons who falsely believe that law and "freedom" are mutually antagonistic. What bothers YOU is that OTHERS ALSO have rights, and that there are LIMITS PROTECTING THEM from your disregard for reason, which is the law itself.
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  3107. The Congress can overturn the Supreme Court.
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  3108.  @lampan8786  Watch the hearing and you'll see insufferable college clown Josh Hawley become Josh "Hauling Ass" Hawley.
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  3109.  @JohnL-qe4pi  Nope. Stop being an anti-American troll.
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  3110.  @PeaceFan1  You knew him personally? And you miss the point: in LAW one backs up allegations with EVIDENCE. The woman presented ZERO EVIDENCE for her SPECULATION.
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  3111. No: "presentism" is applying today's standards to the PAST. Changing in the PRESENT, though, is possible -- unless we persist in perpetuating the past by REFUSING to change.
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  3112. It sensationalizes at least to some degree. It's about eyeballs and profit-driving ratings.
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  3113. Let's drop the ignorance and deal with science: "Sex" = anatomy. "gender" = psychosexual identity. The two are not always congruent, and that is in the nature of things. That's why there are, as example, heterosexuals and homosexuals.
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  3114.  @Make-Asylums-Great-Again  Facts aren't emotions. I adhere strictly to facts and law, neither of which is emotion.
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  3115.  @Make-Asylums-Great-Again  I'll assume you are incapable of addressing the actual issues so are somehow compelled to engage in personal attacks.
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  3116.  @imjustsuperiorrr  Not in the view of the 6 religioextremists on the Supreme Court. There view of cherry-picked "history" pre-exists the Constitution.
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  3117. They ruined their own lives.
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  3118. And LIE in effort to "win" the argument.
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  3119. That's because they are more about provocation than actually thinking about what civil war would mean. Somehow they don't get that they too would be adversely impacted.
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  3120. Why did your "God" not PREVENT it!?
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  3121. Let the rich believe the tax cut was for them, and they'll not oppose the bill.
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  3122. You haven't listened to all "The Kinks" LPs.
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  3123. The only relevant way the father can help is to sit for interviews with law enforcement.
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  3124.  @mattjones366  It wasn't right before youtube. It never fails that you law-illiterates who have contempt for the rights of others can never generate an "argument" that comports with morality, or ethics, let alone logic and law. "Those artists" have the exclusive right to determine the uses of their work -- especially when those who didn't do the work of creating those works PROFIT from that work. How many of these MONETIZED youtubers send a cut of their profits to those who CREATED the work from which they are profiting?
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  3125. Abbott said the killer had no record of "mental issues," so we should therefore focus on "mental issues".
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  3126. The issue -- and Trump would destroy it for everyone else -- is due process, not the DOJ.
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  3127. Boys are taught not to hit girls. Girls are not taught to not hit boys. The current politics are such that a male has two options when being attacked by a female: either defend himself, and be the "bad" guy, or withdraw from the situation. Interesting that she allegedly feared abandonment, but was essentially driving him away from her.
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  3128.  @CypherDND  Exactly right. They certainly couldn't care less about the fact that they are disturbing the entire neighborhood. And have all along, from time to time, trespassed on the Laundrie's private property. A little more heat and they could rise to lynch mob.
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  3129. And that Democrats are demonstrating.
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  3130.  @SuperSpyKindaGuy  They've existed for years -- and always crackpot.
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  3131.  @JxLx2022  The problem, dunce, is that many believe the jibber-jabber over the FACTS.
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  3132. And they don't care. It's all about CONTROL, backed by ARMED THREAT. The message is: SHUT UP AND TAKE WHAT WE DO TO YOU WITHOUT COMPLAINT, OR WE WILL ESCALATE THE CONTROL.
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  3133. George "Guess My Real Name and Winn a Prize!" Santos is only the most extreme of the fruit-fringe. There is a list of about a dozen Republican'ts who need to be expelled from Congress for not being up to the minimum requirements of the position.
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  3134. Trump and Vance.
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  3135. And I'm sure you know the ACTUAL facts -- even though you insist they are suppressed. If you're going to call someone a liar, be prepared to PROVE it.
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  3136. Chicken meatball.
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  3137. Elon Musk is at best a clown. With billions in gov't subsidies -- he's a billionaire thanks to the US taxpayer.
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  3138. "Censure" for what? From the Tennessee constitution: Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals.
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  3139. He talks stupid shit because he knows his uneducated MAGA supporters -- he loves the uneducated -- will believe the stupid nonsense. Get them immersed in stupidity and you can get them to do stupid things against their own interests.
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  3140. Alex Jones is an enemy of fact and truth -- and therefore of NEWS. An enemy of REASON, and the rule of law based thereon.
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  3141.  @ryanjacobs836  If the PREMISES on which the ARGUMENT is based are false, then the ARGUMENT COLLAPSES.
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  3142. Who are you to judge -- and on what CONFLICTING allegations?
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  3143.  @alflo4625  Another multi-account Russian troll.
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  3144.  @NopeUghUghAbsolutelyNot  If one is in error, in thought or speech, one has the RESPONSIBILITY to correct the error, not to continue to repeat it.
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  3145. It isn't incompetence. It is not-give-a-damn lawlessness. This what it looks like when gov't is run "as a business" by people who reject the rule of law. One of the most obvious in that category is Commerce Sec. Lutnick.
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  3146. Unemployment is EXPLODING.
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  3147.  @JustChuck1982  SEPARATE case DIFFERENT court.
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  3148.  @mariastevens6406  I have an education in law. I don't post law-illiterate generalizations. I'm not MAGA -- and not the opposite of MAGA who does exactly the same thing as MAGA: name-calling in place of THINKING.
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  3149.  @rickallen1908  It isn't needed in the criminal case where he is charged not for his SPEECH but for his ACTIONS.
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  3150.  @rickallen1908  He is trying to block it so he doesn't have to pay up. Period. Full stop. End of story. The CIVIL DEFAMATION suit is about SPEECH; the CRIMINAL case is about ACTIONS.
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  3151. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire. "The sleep of reason breeds monsters." -- Francisco Goya. "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana “I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams "We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." -- Abigail Adams. “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard. "The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right." -- Mark Twain.
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  3152. Dictatorships are evil regimes.
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  3153. Isn't Tarrio an immigrant?
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  3154. They are pretending to be concerned with morality.
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  3155. There are always jurisdictional issues.
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  3156. Especially when it's, "I'm not racist, but".
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  3157.  @derwolfpack3599  He doesn't have to know how gov't is to function because he is there to destroy gov't.
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  3158.  @ufarkingicehole  MSNBC showed the ENTIRE video, as did other media outlets -- except such as FOX. But now we have the UNDER OATH TESTIMONY of Travis McMichael, and he actually confessed details that made it clear that Arbery wasn't a threat, and that HE didn't feel threatened, and that their alleged effort to effect a "citizen's arrest" was based ENTIRELY on ASSUMPTIONS that were FALSE. And there were other FACTS: there was SUBSEQUENT video SHOWN BY THE MEDIA of a WHITE couple who did exactly what Arbery did: entered the UNSECURED -- therefore NO "breaking-and-entering" -- new-construction house, looked around, and then left -- without "stealing" anything. There were NO "No Trespassing" signs. Neither Arbery nor the white couple violated ANY law. BUT: three white men, all three armed, one Black guy, unarmed, and it's "self-defense"? Only racists would defend that BASELESS claim. AGAIN: they had PHONES; they could have called 911. INSTEAD they took the law into their own hands, killed a man for no reason EXCEPT that he was SUSPICIOUS because BLACK, and now they are properly on trial for MURDER.
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  3159.  @JS-ul7kz  Really? On the bodycam, the police were interviewing the three white men, while Arbery lay dying in the street UNATTENDED.
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  3160. Take the "religion" OUT of politics.
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  3161. If there's no body, there's no crime. What do you suggest Brian be charged with?
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  3162. Any size crowd is bigger than -- nah, I can't go there. Besides, Stormy Daniels already did.
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  3163. The Floriduh gov't is figuring out what to do: attack public education, suppress teaching about slavery and continuing racism, ban books . . . Make Floriduh White Again.
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  3164. It's all show for the superficial.
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  3165.  @ericrudnitsky3258  Another Russian troll.
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  3166.  @maejune2179  You're welcome to educate yourself about the virus better than "Dems" by catching it. Then, should you survive, you can lecture us about how it's no worse than the flu -- which contradicts Trump himself, who told Woodward, ON TAPE, that it's "worse than the most strenuous flu". If you have a "right" to be wrong, then you have a REPSONSIBILITY to correct your error. You have the FREEDOM to CHOOSE NOT to continue to be stupid.
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  3167. "The Lord" talked to me not five minutes ago and told me that he has never spoken to any human, other than me, anywhere on the planet, at any time in infinite history.
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  3168. Washington did no such thing. The leaders of the movement for independence were from Massachusetts. Opposed were the slave-owning states. Washington was so "Godly" that he OWNED SLAVES, while saying, "ALL men are created equal"!?
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  3169. These are by the Founders on separation of "religion" and gov't: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature."
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  3170.  @williampankratz600  Some do.
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  3171.  @gregshirley4471  Tell it to the woman in Idaho who was dragged out of a TOWN HALL for asking a question. The Founders were known to RAISE THEIR VOICES.
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  3172. Another who knows nothing about college believes himself a judge of the qualities of education he doesn't have and doesn't want.
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  3173. Actually not: he expects to win the suit through "force of personality"/bullying and name-calling.
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  3174. Israeli President Herzog said there's no difference between Hamas and Palestinians. Netanyahu declared collective punishment as official Israeli policy toward Gaza. Collective punishment was declared a WAR CRIME because WW II German Nazis used it against JEWS. This is going to get worse for Israel as it continues, because the whole world is going to see what Israel is doing from behind their constant claim of victimization.
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  3175. Quite appropriately: he doesn't want to feed the goolish fantasies of the classly morons who ask such off-limits questions.
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  3176. "True crime" "fans" -- of serial killers and murders as entertainment.
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  3177. IT IS NOT "the Biden Justice Dept."; it is the Garland Justice Dept.
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  3178. "LOCK HER UP!" -- FOX "news".
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  3179.  @articrafthandmade6284  Keep pushing the learned helplessness.
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  3180. Your lost in wishful fantasies that are destructive -- first to you.
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  3181. It can't be proven that there's a "God". Believing otherwise is not science.
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  3182. It's reported that he was appointed a public defender. Apparently his family still doesn't know him.
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  3183.  @mdougf  "Dr. Phil" is full of shit. But you believe his SELF-promotion isn't in fact ADVERTISING the PRODUCT that is "Dr. Phil".
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  3184.  @mdougf  If that were true, everyone would knew it beyond the "litigation arena". I have an education in law and have never heard anything of the sort. But I will tell you that when law and psychology (he's not even a psychiatrist) meet it is a mess: BOTH sides in the case hire their own "psychologist", and they just happen to be so "scientific" that their respective "diagnoses" just happen to fit the side of the case by whom they are being PAID.
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  3185. It isn't about Garland, who is acting to protect elected officials from violence and death threats -- which are NOT protected speech. It is about Republicans who will personally attack ANYONE in order to gain advantage and power. If Hillary Clinton violated the law -- as the Republicans constantly ranted -- then why did their "investigations" of her COME UP WITH NO EVIDENCE? They talked constantly about INDICTING her. So where is the indictment? There was never any indictment because the ALLEGATIONS were FALSE.
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  3186. Have you been asleep until now? What do you think restraining orders are about? There are laws on the books prohibiting stalking because it has long been a problem. If you look at ALL the facts in the Lewinski-Clinton case, you'd realize that Lewinski was the stalker.
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  3187. Exactly. He isn't denied a public voice. He simply doesn't have the right to violate a private business's Terms of Service. And there are reasoned legal limits to freedom of speech.
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  3188. He needs to be removed ASAP.
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  3189.  @ReDNaLzz  Perhaps you should worry about stealing the screen name you use.
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  3190. Doocy's -- FOX's -- audience is the stupid who guzzle and vomit their irrelevancies for the stupid.
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  3191. How do you know they know? In fact, you do not.
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  3192. "Missionary" = religioimperialism. Arrogant supremacism.
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  3193. This is where the Founders put the "religious" subjectivists -- ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  3194. The "semi" leaves the door open for those who aren't all the way in.
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  3195.  @vigfhfc  You shouldn't post comments revealing that you don't know what you're talking about. Here's a clue for you: Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. _Ergo_, the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for -- taxes -- and determined by "We the people". You are swallowing the anti-American garbage spewed by Republicans who insist that the gov't isn't to meet "We the peoples" needs while giving massive tax cuts to those who don't need them. When you vote for that you cut your own throat -- over a lie and a word about which you are ignorant.
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  3196.  @povertyspec9651  The ignorance is yours: 1. "Sex" is anatomy. 2. "Gender" is psychosexual identity. The two are not always congruent, which is why there are, as example, homosexuals. And that is in the nature of things.
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  3197.  @Eshanas  I'm no expert; the problem is that this guy is presented as an expert on serial killers, and yet he gets that basic fact wrong. So how "expert" is he?
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  3198.  @carlreed6186  The "other side" from facts is falsehood. The shape of the earth isn't actually "debatable" or about "opinion": it is round, not flat.
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  3199. What relevance has that to the assassination attempt? And what relevance to "Project 2025"?
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  3200. The supplement industry is not subject to standards of whether they are actually effective, so the door is wide open for making unsubstantiated claims for profit.
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  3201. The majority of Israeli citizens oppose Netanyahu. Israel's president and prime minister support anti-Semite Trump.
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  3202. Well, yeah -- if we ignore Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, and we ignore that fact that these four men were beaten and tortured in order to force them to "confess". This had nothing to do with Ukraine. But I'll bet you believe every Putin lie is somehow instead "truth".
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  3203.  @equalityforall8418  Not on;y can it not be proven that there's a "God," "God is a no-show. Drop the "religious" crap -- otherwise you play into Repyublican hands.
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  3204. It's about "Who to hate" and mentioning them as often as possible, even if the excuse for doing so is utter nonsense. Those who live to hate ignore the "reasons" given; it's all about the hate.
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  3205. I love those who know nothing about the Founding or the Constitution but are experts anyway. All elections -- including for Federal offices -- are conducted by the states. There needs to be a mechanism for coordinating the election results of the 50 different states for the 1 Federal gov't. How do you propose to do that?
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  3206. Uygur ran for office. Came in way behind the winner. So he "knows" his stuff even if it's all imagined.
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  3207. BREXIT is Putin's foothold in the UK as part of his effort to destroy NATO. I think the UK has woken to that fact.
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  3208. If you were paying attention to the substance you wouldn't misspell her name.
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  3209. QNAP and Synology are based in Taiwan. Taiwan was established and remained a dictatorship for many decades. It's in the mindset to force updates.
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  3210. I've been saying for months that Trump supporters have been looking for fresh entertainment because Trump is long into reruns of the same old bullshit.
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  3211. But not the Palestinian victims of Israel's collective punishment?
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  3212. "Conservatives" -- especially the "Federalist Society" -- are always turning the 14th Amendment on its head against those it is intended to protect. So in Bush v. Gore Bush -- not the electorate -- would have been "harmed" if he was allowed to lose the 2000 election.
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  3213. Nixon established the "Plumbers" to stop leaks. Many of the leaks concerned "Watergate". And in so doing Nixon violated other laws.
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  3214. Those snowflakes need to get lives worth living.
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  3215. Is that one of the mriad smears based on the REPUBLICAN tradition of Smear Politics?
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  3216. Melania is an immigrant.
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  3217. How does one "steer" a round balloon without a rudder?
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  3218. Republicans: Politics of Smear and Fear.
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  3219.  @moonpie2637  Let's look at the "Declaration of Independence" -- the hot propaganda at its beginning -- and compare it with REALITY: 1. "Inalienable" "rights" means "rights" that cannot be taken away. 2. How does the "right to life" square with the death penalty? 3. How does the "right to liberty" square with the existence of prisons?
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  3220.  @painkillerjones6232  On one hand the hysterics are screaming about what they believe Homeland Security is doing, and on the other -- at the same time -- screaming that it isn't doing anything. Is it pointless to expect such people to make sense?
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  3221.  @painkillerjones6232  On one hand you don't know anything about what Homeland Security does, and on the other you don't want it to do anything.
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  3222.  @sadienailedit7467  A jumble of right-wing nonsense. But throw in the cord "constitutional" and that makes it sure, eh? First, the essence of democracy is elections, and the Constitution stipulates that there SHALL be elections. Trying to get around DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATION -- that the United States is a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY -- doesn't cut it. Second, "taxation without representation" was resolved during the 1760s, before the so-called "revolution" (it was actually a civil war). And it was a false slogan, as at the time Benjamin Franklin represented the colonies in Parliament. Further, it was a defense of SMUGGLING -- which was a crime (research the seizure of John Hancock's ship "Liberty"). England lowered the price of East India Company tea below that of the SMUGGLED tea, and the Founders got their panties in a twist and whined about it. In sum: being blind to the warts of US history is not "patriotism"; it is deliberate ignorance. "Most people"? Have you FACTS to back that up? Or is that simply a variation on Trump's always-unevidenced propaganda technique "many people say"? As for Bolton's claim that he was willing to testify at the impeachment IF SUBPOENED: patriotism doesn't require a subpoena. What you dunces NEVER include -- why would you, in view of the fact that you REJECT it? -- is the RULE OF LAW. Many of the issues involved have ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED, and this specific initiative is cognizant of and compliant with the law. And, of course, the hysterical extremist right-wing -- which rejects the rule of law altogether -- will take it to court, and we'll see how that plays out. Paranoia is unhealthy. The cure for the non-clinical variety is EDUCATION.
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  3223.  @sadienailedit7467  So you are coming to understand that the United States gov't is a democratic republic, a REPRESENTAIVE democracy. There were two possible ways to make change; one is political violence; the other is elections. Political violence is PROHIBITED, so elections are the substitute for that. The RIGHT-wing is consistent on harping on the word "republic" while denying the word "democracy" -- and, based on that deceit, look at what they've been doing to elections on the state and local level They also jabber about "The Federalist" -- most of whom know nothing about it and haven't read it -- while actually pursuing the ANTI-Federalist -- "states' rights" -- view, which is WHITE SUPREMACISM. They are NOT about "limited gov't" -- they are about eliminating the FEDERAL gov't. And they have already damaged the Supreme Court with the intent that it be neutered.
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  3224.  @sadienailedit7467  The "pledge of allegiance" is not LAW. It is "patriotic" propaganda. It isn't a pledge to the Constitution, or to the rule of law, but instead to a piece of cloth.
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  3225.  @marylamb7707  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Politics and law are not the same thing. You're whole assertion is POLITICS. I don't do "conjecture": the ESSENCE of democracy is ELECTIONS. The Constitution -- which is LAW, NOT POLITICS -- expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections. Using two words with different meanings -- "republic" and "democracy" -- "interchangeably" destroys the differences in meanings. It is "fuzzy". It is POLITICS without regard for the fine distinctions made IN LAW.
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  3226.  @marylamb7707  The reading comprehension problem is yours: I REFUTED your political generalization, your false effort to pretend that "republic" and "democracy" are the same thing, with a specific, that specific being LAW. Those who DENY the United States is a democracy assert that it is a REPUBLIC. You always assert both that the majority is "centrist" -- which is the fact, but also claim you are a "conservative," which is not a centrist. And, of course, in your prior comment you slung that you view as a dirty word: "left" And you avoid that refutation -- no mention of LAW -- by engaging in personal attack. Because you make no effort to learn the fundamental point I made: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution, establishing separation of powers, which was the model for the US Constitution. In NO constitution will you find the term "conservative" in order to elevate that as "law". Rather, the Founders were liberals who established as liberal DEMOCRACY, NOT a "liberal republic".
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  3227.  @marylamb7707  Catch up: If they are not the same then it is incorrect to use them interchangeably
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  3228. Thank the Republicans for whom greed is great. Keep voting against regulation.
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  3229. Trump is all about creating chaos -- he authored that in the House; he's just pretending to be the adult in the room. But his behavior in the courtroom exposes that as being yet another lie.
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  3230. If he were really a shaman, as he claims, he'd have seen his incarceration coming.
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  3231.  @matthewserrao2926  It may be under a state court ruling that the searches were authorized. When in public school one is on public property, so privacy is at least attenuated.
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  3232. Trump has always been a bullshitter, a con man. It's all "Reality" TV performance. An act. And his relationship with his "base" is increasingly sadistic: he is telling them to their faces that they are stupid. It's almost hilarious: he is seeing how much he can get away with with them. And they lap it up.
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  3233. We kill killers because killing is wrong.
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  3234. He should have been asked why he thinks all of this is funny.
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  3235.  @moiseshuerta3984  Actually she did because we are better off. Stop watching FOX Republican Propaganda.
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  3236. But you don't have EVIDENCE for that anti-Semitism.
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  3237. 1. "Apparently" -- in other words, you don't know anything about their thinking or feelings 2. It can't be proven there's a "God". But tell us: if your "God" is so wonderful, then why did "He" not prevent the death of Gabby Petito?
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  3238. REPUBLICANS know it.
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  3239. You should learn the difference between truth and lie, instead of dumbly presuming they all lie.
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  3240. Perhpas he's remembering his OWN baggage -- such as voting FOR the "Crime Bill," voting AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES, and voting to PROTECT the gun industry. And ON VIDEO PRAISING Communists/Soialist Castro and Ortega. And his writings, when in his THIRTIES, about sex and very young children.
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  3241. Alito is a crackpot. In his view there are TWO lives involved, but to him the fetus is more important than the life of the woman. That view makes no sense: if the woman dies, so does the fetus. If the fetus is not viable, Alito would let the woman die by giving supremacy to the non-viable fetus.
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  3242. Break the word down: The prefix "in" means "not". "credible" means "can be believed". "incredible" means "not to be believed". In sum: the thoughtless misuse that word to mean something positive, like "amazing" "beyond belief" or "beyond words".
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  3243. Everyone is "waging a war" against someone else. Can we lower the heat of the overheated rhetoric? Or could we do NEWS in place of infotainment?
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  3244. Propaganda.
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  3245.  @lpg12338  That's what happens when a population is complacent about gun possession and the laxity of laws concerning same. And the first response after these preventable incidents is to call for MORE guns to be thrown into the situation.
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  3246. Democrat's midterm issues: choice, and gun control. Republicans are not defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  3247. Attacking Biden isn't a defense of your doddering candidate. Ask yourself: Does insulting, smearing, and ATTACKING the vast majority of Deocratic voters EARN their vote -- or ALIENATE it?
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  3248. Poliitcal violence should result in prosecution and imprisonment. No payment of taxes from making license plates.
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  3249.  @grumpycricket  You're a quitter?
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  3250.  @nyverone  Get it through your swallowed propaganda: Biden has a STUTTER. It affects his speech, not his mental faculties. It was Biden, veteran of Congress, who, as VP, lead the successful effort to pass the Affordable Care Act/ObamaCare. The first time in history a president's proposal for such made it through Congress and into law. Other presidents who tried: FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ, Clinton. Note that all of those were DEMOCRATS.
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  3251. Perhaps he was planning to turn the hospital into a trauma center.
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  3252. Juvenile troll.
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  3253. The fact that he took his criminal enterprise public -- which had always been operated behind closed doors locked with Non-Disclosure Agreements -- is what brought the scrutiny onto his lifelong felonious history.
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  3254. "IF" is the biggest word in the English language, and the most often skipped over.
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  3255.  @justsomechapinatophat5517  Are you sure you'd know the difference?
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  3256. @Gabriel Dutu Making shit up is anti-American.
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  3257.  @AnneEloiseOfCNY  His TeeVee shows, like all "reality TeeVee" shows, are trash for the lowest common denominator to guzzle. Do they elevate -- help people improve their lives -- or spread cultural degradation? Now we're at praising career criminals as somehow being "heroes"!? If he "performs a necessary job," then why is he not looking for the newly-missing Miya Mircando -- he's already in Florida. And Laundrie is nowhere in Florida. And Laundrie is a city-guy "hiker," not an "outdoorsman" or "survivalist". He claimed to be a "vegan," so is not "living off the land" by hunting meat. And it's a smart point that the plastic "monster" bottle is viewed by "Dog" as "evidence" of Laundrie's presence, when in fact Laundrie claimed not to drink from plastics.
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  3258.  @chaosopher23  Learn to distinguish between fact and disinformation; between truth and bullshit. Then you'll get clarity, by seeing through the bullshit, to the positions of those behind it. FOX, as example, pushes fictions -- "alternative 'facts'" -- in order to substitute those for reality. Timothy Snyder explains how those things work. As example FOX pretends to be moral, "argues" about morality all the time, while in fact thy are moral relativists engaged in a constant attack on non-relative facts and reality. On reason itself. Without reason there is no morality.
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  3259.  @MonicaSĪGÑofJõñãhYUNIS  I grew up during that era. It was not a conspiracy. But we can think the money-greedy for making up all sorts of "conspiracies" to enrich themselves.
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  3260. Total lack of manners. When I was a kid we called what he, and Republicans, and FOX corporate media, do, "Overwhelm with bullshit".
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  3261.  @plaidpanda  How about combining the two -- as sandpaper?
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  3262. The January 6 Committee is on top of this: texts between Jones and ROGER STONE!
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  3263. The masks aren't to prevent them getting COVID. They are to prevent their courageous faces being identified.
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  3264. I'd like to see the January 6 Committee subpoena Clarence Thomas and see if this Supreme Court holds that Supreme Court Justices are not above the law. And see if Thomas recuses himself from that decision.
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  3265. Instead of attacking veteran Democrats offer something better. Yeah, but, "progressives" need a scapegoat.
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  3266.  @hansudowolfrahm4856  So the gov't had him in court for non-payment of taxes and other issues, and suddenly the hazard caught fire. I'd be looking at the owner's insurance on the property. And those who are law- and history-illiterate who knee-jerk hate gov't blamed the gov't, when in reality the gov't was working to fulfill its foremost obligation: protecting public health and safety against sociopathic threats thereto.
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  3267. He's also lying when his mouth isn't moving.
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  3268. Polygraphs are unreliable. They are not admissible in court. These morons act as if they have a "right" to information, as if the case is their personal business.
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  3269. Maybe the "conspiracy" is that there isn't a conspiracy.
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  3270. The majority of the electorate is MODERATE.
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  3271.  @vancouverterry9142  So Peterson is, in your estimation, is to be elevated above criticism?
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  3272.  @Theactivepsychos  I learned about thc pending climate crisis in junior high science during the late 1950s-early 60s. Jordan Peterson is not a climatologist, which is a science. And his opposition to "anti-capitalist front" poisons his views on many issues. He is in many areas simply closed-minded. He rejects as "false" many things without bothering to actually know anything about them.
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  3273.  @luvshak3095  You actually know nothing of the actual legal history, Tory. Clue: as "revolution" is "overturning gov't," and as the Founders all along controlled the colony gov'ts, it was not a "revolution"; it was a civil war that divided families. More specifically: the Founders "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts. And in the LAWS of the time it was referred to as "war for American independence," NOT "revolution". Last but not least, ALSO per the Founders, "taking up arms" against the gov't is TREASON.
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  3274. He had warnings in 2019. And the predictions go back to 2017. And the history, since at latest 2018, teaches us to always be vigilant.
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  3275.  @twotokes1734  Exactly note. Put down the reefer and READ the FACTUAL REFUTATION of his law-illiterate's falsehood.
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  3276.  @twotokes1734  This is ACTUAL law, and it refutes the anti-American crap you and "locksmith db" guzzle: ___ No law protects private "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution and elaboration, and specificity, of law, and at the same time its continued fundamental consistency, over centuries: Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary English): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Between Committee and Colony gov't was a military command structure, in law, which included that the governor was commander-in-chief of the Militia. From the Constitution, ratification completed on June 21, 1788: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., s. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress." From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  3277. The turning point to Trump was McCain's choice of fruit-fringer Sarah Palin as VP. But the fascism and white supremacist racism go back to at latest 1950's William F. Buckley.
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  3278. Joyce Vance said what I've been saying all along: investigations take time.
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  3279. @Susie Physical Your comment is ignorant, sheeple. What you omit is that mainstream media is LEGITIMATE in that it complies with ETHICS.
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  3280.  @silverlakegirl9078  Sure you do. And don't let anyone sell you the Brooklyn Bridge because I already own it ten times over.
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  3281.  @Mikesorrento3344  "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  3282.  @xKhfan213x  Let us know when Trump STOPS being a criminal.
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  3283.  @rekcusdoo  The Trump phone call is certainly hard evidence of him violating the law. I rely on the experts in law, not random cynics on youtube.
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  3284.  @DIEmicrosoft  Biden is qualified and is doing an excellent job. Your baseless hate is immoral and it's first victim yourself.
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  3285.  @sf9145  If "God" were all-powerful and merciful, "He" would have PREVENTED the war. But as ever: a no-show.
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  3286.  @ggdggs1648  More like in over their heads. Their prior experience is with a military with superior weaponry; not so much in Ukraine. In a word, arrogance.
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  3287. He has ripped off so many lending institutions that now they are laughing in his face and telling him to go fuck himself.
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  3288. The CREDIBLE media has begun to act responsibly by not publicizing anti-American faruds like Lewandowski and Trump.
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  3289. I began speaking against US involvement in 1965 while still in high school.
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  3290.  @asocia852  M.I.T. is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is a university.
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  3291. And your EVIDENCE is nonexistent. But for a far-Left ideologue to admit he is wrong is an extreme rarity: look at far-Left Sanders: in 2016 he made up a "thumb on the scale" -- state parties run primaries, not the DNC -- in order to blame someone else for his being a loser.
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  3292. What about how Trump talks about judges?
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  3293. Trump claimed in 2016 that if he lost, the election was "rigged". He said the same thing before the 2020 election, while also attacking mail-in voting.
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  3294. Republican amnesia: Biden has a LIFELONG STUTTER -- a SPEECH IMPEDIMENT. ADMIT THAT, instead of persisting in the HATEFUL ATTACKS.
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  3295. Who has committed what crimes? One person is charged with bank fraud, and he is currently a fugitive.
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  3296. Pence is a material witness. Either he straps on his prosthetic spine, or his ass is subpoenaed.
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  3297. A majority in Machin's state support the "For the People" bill.
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  3298.  @cdr3986  He works for the Mafia?
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  3299.  @ecurewitz  Yep: the Republican governor of Louisiana constantly ranted and raved against the Federal gov't being involved in his state -- until "Katrina" hit and he immediately went on the ranting and raving warpath demanding to know where the Federal gov't MONEY was.
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  3300.  @solvingpolitics3172  That makes no sense.
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  3301. He didn't learn anything because he is characterologically opposed to learning.
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  3302. Melania is an immigrant, and Trump hates immigrants.
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  3303. Shall we not mention Putin's "cancelling" social media in Russia to keep his people stupid?
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  3304. If you were paying attention to the substance you wouldn't misspell her name.
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  3305. Yeah -- the narcissism of younger generations who not only know better than "Boomers" but know it all so have nothing to learn. It was "Boomers" who showed that presidents -- and vice-presidents -- can be got. Who got the US out of Vietnam. Who ended the draft. Who mainstreamed the environmental movement. Who invented the personal computer. Who invented -- for better and worse -- social media. Who lead -- with the elderly of that era -- the civil rights movement. Yeah, I'm fed up with the younger generations of know-it-all bigots. Clue: we were activists for decades before you twits were born -- and now you're telling us how to do it!? GAD, talk about being full of oneself!
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  3306. It required more than one Justice to delay hearing the Trump tax cases. Do you know the actual names of those Justices?
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  3307. The First Amendment constrains GOV'T. It DOES NOT apply to private businesses. RIGHT-wingers ALSO don't "get" that fact.
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  3308.  @MatthewCharmanadventures  "The establishment" is a handy cliche boogeyman. It is also the RULE OF LAW.
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  3309. Grady Judd is a self-promoting media hound.
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  3310. You mean like uniforms to signify that they are offical law enforcement, not civilians falsely claiming to be, as example, "militia"?
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  3311. "We the people" deserve a full hearing of all the details, from all relevant parties, even if that takes weeks or even months. And I want AP and Reuters among the media doing the reporting.
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  3312. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  3313.  @jasonandersen5975  "Roe" was based on the right of privacy. Scalia, and the current Supreme Court, DENY there is a right of privacy because the words "abortion" and "right of privacy" do not appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalism". "Textualism" "Individual right to own guns".
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  3314. No one is helping them. But they ARE respecting the Constitutional protections that apply to ALL -- INCLUDING YOU.
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  3315. Still dumping Federal responsibility onto the states.
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  3316.  @desertsoldier41  "In those acts" -- you don't identify the "acts," which prove you are law-illiterate. In contrast, I identify every law I quote or cite, including source, so those who are HONEST can check for themselves. And note that those "ats" are LAWS that REGULATE. And note that the "unorganized militia" is nothing more than the pool of those ELIGIBLE for militia DUTY. UNLESS you enlist or are DRAFTED into the militia, you DO NOT have ANY of the authority of the well-regulated Militia -- which itself MUST FOLLOW ORDERS. Doing service in the well-regulated Militia is no different in its essentials than serving in the regular military: it isn't about "rights"; it's about OBEYING ORDERS, even if you don't like the orders. The fundamental problem with you law-illiterates is that you are always looking for stuff you can MISINTERPRET as a "right" when none of that is true.
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  3317. In sum, the Republican't Party isn't dealing with reality. It is caught up in Trump's psychosis.
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  3318. It can't be proven that there's a "god". Why do you not give Ray Davies credit for his own work?
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  3319. We have the crime on video. It's not an "alleged" crime.
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  3320. And whoever else is in charge.
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  3321. When will Liz Cheney endorse Biden?
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  3322. Hillary Clinton used "private" communications because she knew that the official means of communication had been repeatedly hacked.
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  3323. "interest in outcomes" does not mean money. It is making undisclosed promises to accomplish ends that would screw the majority.
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  3324.  @jacintarichardson2376  That is NOT how it works: The essence of democracy is ELECTIONS. Now go read the US Constitution, AND your STATE constitution, about ELECTIONS. THIS is the fundamental principle, from the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders: :Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Law and politics are not the same thing. Learn the difference.
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  3325. The Republican Party is a Titanic full of insurrectionst-coddlers.
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  3326. They don't have to ADMIT being "sovereign citizen" dupes; they assert the basics of it: that they are outside and above the law; that they don't need licensing for anything; that the courts have no jurisdiction over them. And added a few more layers of nonsensical gibberish on top of that. Anyone who has researched their gibberish recognize it for the "sovereign citizen" criminal rationale it is. They violated a slew of FEDERAL and state gun control laws -- SERIOUS FELONIES. "Rise of the Moorons".
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  3327. AND to the court.
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  3328. NARA also discovered that expected records -- the Obama and Kim Jong Un letters -- were missing from the 19 boxes.
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  3329.  @WilsonCarry-jk9zz  I'm 76, and it was common during the Vietnam era.
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  3330. Is this the lawyer who was the "reporter" on freak-show "OAN"?
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  3331. Saddam Hussein was not a threat to the United States. But G. DUI Bushit got him, while letting Osama bin Laden escape because needed as means to terrorize the American people.
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  3332.  @ChequeWriter  In view of the fact that he constantly name-calls and smears others, if I were a committee member, and he did that as a witness, then when it came my turn to ask him questions, the first I'd ask is: "Is your name spelled 'J-I-M' or "G-Y-M'?"
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  3333.  @nicolabaker4391  Today the pro-democracy UN diplomats walked out during the Russian speech and stood unified in support of Ukraine. Europe will be fine: NATO will survive, as it is already larger and strengthened. And as both France and Britain said, they've given more support to Ukraine than has the US.
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  3334. Trump pled the 5th, admits to being a mob boss.
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  3335. Trump is married to an immigrant. Vance is married to an immigrant. Both of them preach hatred of immigrants.
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  3336. CIA has no domestic jurisdiction.
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  3337. NATO is the first line of defense for the UNITED STATES. Better they fight them there, instead of the US fighting them there. Trump is an absolute dunce.
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  3338.  @BAtadCrazy  Oh, please -- get to know his HISTORY. He is a multimillionaire, and became so by destroying thriving businesses and jobs. Research "Bain Capital".
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  3339.  @alansbinnie1446  For the entire time Trump was in office, Romney supported his "policies". He's only distancing himself now from what he knew all along was a train wreck.
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  3340. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That isn't "socialism"; it is SELF-GOVERNMENT.
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  3341. He needs to be governor to protect the election in Pennsylvania. Exactly as Whitmer needs to be governor in Michigan for the same purpose.
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  3342.  @dangerousmind1121  I've often wondered how many pedophiles are hiding behind the "Q" OBSESSION with pedophilia.
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  3343.  @juliannero2769  Biden's audience is those around Putin, in view of the fact taht he has been putting those he fears under house arrest, and some have outright resigned, one even leaving Russia. The trolls are anti-Americans who support Communist Putin while at the same time smearing others as being "Communist".
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  3344.  @Beencouraged777  This isn't about "both sides". It's about the Trump administration. Republican Trump is president. The Senate is controlled by the Republicans. The House is controlled by the Republicans. It's obvious you have no conception of how serious this breach and the threat it is to national security. This is not a game.
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  3345. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence. That's the entirety of their campaign.
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  3346.  @sierrarmcclain  Better to refute the lies so others learn the fact.
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  3347. The president doesn't have any role in the matter. When the Constitution was ratified, there were Congressional elections. Then the Congress organized the Executive branch, and established courts. At the time they set the number of Justices at six. The number has varied from time to time -- 9 is no magic number; the number isn't specified in the Constitution.
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  3348.  @shimmer8289  If they loved them. How many marriages and divorces, how many children left behind?
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  3349. The polls are ARTIFICIALLY close. See "The TEC Show" for official state vote data -- the differences are stark.
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  3350. The only way you could "know" she's dead, and hoow she was killed, is if you killed her.
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  3351.  @doilyhead  He repeatedly took the 5th in at least one of his under oath depositions in a different case. In this case he refused to testify.
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  3352.  @doilyhead  If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  3353. He just said he meter her with her husband. Then says he never met her. And she was "immediately attracted to me".
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  3354. Poor baby! He can only afford legal representation from a lawyer who wouldn't give a poor offender the time of day.
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  3355.  @kennethperry1697  MORON: the gov't isn't the problem; Trump is the problem. And the "protests" are stirred up by the DeVos and other bilionaire rightwingers -- just as happened with the fake "Tea Party" protests. And, MORON: the gov't has the responsibility to protect public health and safety -- and there have long been laws on the books dealing with that reality. What is clear and obvious, there is NO INDIEVIDUAL "RIGHT" to threaten public health and safety; that's why we have prisons, dunce. This isn't about "freedom"; it's about life and death. You aren't immune, moron.
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  3356. IN FACT, it has been found that hydroxychloroquine is not only not effective against COVID-19, but also that it is DANGEROUS.
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  3357. This is the CORRECT question: Why do REPUBLICANS OPPOSE Democratic initiatives? It isn't only about "What can be done"; it is also about "What is the OPPOSITION to getting it done?" The Republicans are working to destroy the country -- so let's attack DEMOCRATS.
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  3358. Yes -- because her factual books are to the real world fictions. Just like those by "historian" Bill O'Reilly.
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  3359. Socialism is outisde the electable political spectrum. Drop that teenage fantasy. Yes: throughout his career, Sanders received the support, including financial, of the Vermont Democratic Party. And yet when he ran he saide he was going to destroy the DEMRATIC -- not REPUBLICAN -- Party. Is that how one wins allies? Or is it stupid.
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  3360. Do you know the differences when you lie and when you tell the truth?
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  3361.  @anasha1647  you're obviously drunk on someone else's cork. As is Kyle and all the other youtube fake-journalist self-appointed "expert" "pundits".
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  3362. It wasn't a basement club.
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  3363.  @barbarafaulder9087  Giuliani . . . hmm . . . wasn't he the coffee boy serving covfefe?
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  3364.  @jessieball6195  There can be lawsuits nonetheless.
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  3365. Nazi Miller sounds desperate.
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  3366. According to the Constitution, the Congress determines, by statute, the penalties for treason.
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  3367. Frauds and con artists can be proven objectively. It is not only in the eye of the beholder -- and "opinion".
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  3368. Stop the stupid.
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  3369. It isn't about red and blue. It's about green." -- Rupert Murdoch.
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  3370.  @sickshotgaming9647  It isn't lunacy -- stop giving these sociopaths excuses. It is thought-out and planned propaganda.
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  3371. And CONTINUE their self-serving screw-up.
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  3372.  @rhensontollhouse  I've not said otherwise. I SAID that Meadows and Scavino, who were subpoenaed by the January 6 Committee, refused to fully cooperate. That they have not been indicted by DOJ perhaps because they are cooperating, or perhaps because they are being investigated for greater crimes. I've said nothing about pardons.
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  3373. The Founders spoke and wrote often of VIRTUE. One cannot be so free that one is free of morality, of ethics, of conscience, of responsibility. "Liberty WITHIN the rule of law."
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  3374. The court doesn't conduct impeachments; that is done by the legislative branch. Read the Constitution. And while you're at it, read your state constitution.
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  3375.  @joeyhyland  A common term invented by media. A buzzword. It is not sophisticated.
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  3376. BB guns are dangerous weapons.
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  3377.  @derosime  So you don't view Putin as a problem? Your "argument" is like that of a two-year-old toddler: because Bush and Blair allegedly did wrong, and nothing's been done about it, then it's okay for Putin to do wrong and nothing be done about it.
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  3378. Many defendants have been under gag orders.
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  3379.  @respectamerica2382  So you're for defunding the police?
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  3380. Ben Shapiro: methamphetamine baffgabble.
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  3381. Trump is also "famously" self-destructive. The problem is that he's generous with his destructiveness -- more than enough to go around.
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  3382.  @bobbob-vw4cc  Do you think if he shot and killed a person on 5th Avenue he wouldn't be jailed?
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  3383. It is up to the VOTERS, moron -- exactly as the VOTERS cleaned Sanders' clock. REALITY: the VAST MAJORITY of VOTERS are MODERSATES -- and view Socialism as NORTH KOREA. Your ignoring that REALITY isn't going to change it. and take it from Progressive Eleanor Roosevelt: you can't change the system by throwing mud at it from outside.
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  3384. This case has been a profit-driven ratings boon.
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  3385. They are not insane. The are intentional. They are haters stoking hate. They are fascists, and Musk is attempting to implement South African apartheid in the US.
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  3386.  @michaeldennis7952  Putin would never say that he's in a corner. And he knows that there would be an equivalent response -- which he doesn't want.
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  3387. Yeah -- saying, "This isn't extortion" must mean it isn't extortion. Yup. Mayor Adams: don't unpack your prison suitcase.
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  3388.  @Seabreeze34  Stop the stupid.
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  3389. Slava Canada! Slava Ukraine!
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  3390.  @mrwilliamwonder  Only acceptable if for Republicans -- like Greene and Boebert.
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  3391. "God" talks to me, and "He" told me that "He" doesn't talk to any other people.
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  3392. This crackpot: Putin is white, and an ALLEGED "Christian".
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  3393.  @noble_norse7786  They have a range of responsibilities. But YOU are an EXPERT on what the job description entails because YOU once had a job where you were allowed to use a can opener to open cans in the belief you wouldn't injure yourself or others while doing so.
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  3394.  @Rickybobby1340  Trump and Barr are about locking people up WITHOUT EVIDENCE OR TRIAL. As for Giuliani -- remember him asserting: "Truth isn't truth!" Ask yourself: is that a truth? This isn't a ball game where the most sensational and outrageous wins. This isn't a game. This is about whether YOU could survive an "investigation" by your enemies. This is about whether the rule of law, DUE PROCESS ITSELF, survives.
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  3395. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and do his duty by testifying to the Committee. Or be subpoenaed if he continues to refuse. There is only one other central material witness: Trump himself.
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  3396.  @OregonDARRYL  "The Federalist Society" is much more dangerous than children, as your seeing with the "Federalist Society" Supreme Court..
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  3397.  @OregonDARRYL  I don't use the word "patriot" because, as Dr. Johnson said, it is the "last refuge of scoundrels". US author Ambrose Bierce, in his "The Devils Dictionary," disagreed, holding that it is the FIRST refuge of a scoundrel. Though the Founders used the word "patriot" -- it's always used in propaganda -- they didn't point to themselves when using it.
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  3398.  @OregonDARRYL  My father was a veteran of WWII and Korea. I was eligible for the draft immediately after being graduated from high school, during which years I'd come out against US involvement in Vietnam because I read beyond the high school curricula. So it can be said I too am a "veteran" of Vietnam. What matters is standing against wrong. And what matters is KNOWING the Constitution and laws.
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  3399.  @OregonDARRYL  "There's no such thing as a civil war." -- Mark Twain.
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  3400. Arizona has a Democratic governor who would appoint his replacement. Governors need to stay governors in order to protect the election in their states, with the exception of Kentucky, which is already solidly Red.
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  3401. Musk wants to privatize the economy -- who needs a treasury dept. And base it on privately-held crypto/bitcoin, which are vaporware.
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  3402. The money is not sending money to migrants, which Trump is accusing Biden of doing -- it was actually Trump who DID do that.
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  3403. YOU DON'T KNOW HIS HISTORY. Gad the STUPID: "He's telling me what I want to hear, so he's 'a clear thinker'." He SUPPORTED Trup's "policies" more than 90 per cent of the time. And NOW you BELIEVE he's anti-Trump!?
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  3404. Pomerantz of New York, under oath, handed Gym Jordan his ass. Fani Willis of Georgia, a Black woman DA, in addition to handing Gym Jordan his ass, shoves it down his throat, and in tone he can understand because he asked for it.
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  3405. He can run it into the ground.
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  3406.  @AdamBladeTaylor  That's what I commented. And there are Constitutional requirements, including minimum ages. Can a person too young to be a Congressman run for the office anyway, in view of the fact s/he isn't qualified to hold the office? Decidedly not.
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  3407. They have video of the person who planted the TWO bombs -- one was at the RNC. That has been out since shortly after January 6th.
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  3408. Weisslberg isn't the only Trump criminal enterprise executive on the hook for tax evasion. And he is playing wait-and-see: we'll see if he continues to stiff prosecutors when further indictments are filed.
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  3409. Their discipline is flawed because the tan chinos aren't all the same color of tan. And where are their swastika armbands?
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  3410. How can you rule out evidence before determining whether there's evidence? By asserting transparently obvious lies. "Thou shalt not lie." -- your "God".
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  3411. Yeah -- we're to believe that McCarthy is a "RINO". And Shapiro needs to drop the methamphetamine/cocaine. People don't like Shapiro.
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  3412. It would be stupid to talk to a person who might identify him. Nope: he'd avoid talking to or being seen by others.
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  3413. There have been video of the Republicans hammering Hillary over "her emails" being replayed. The Republicans are all for law and order being applied to everyone but themselves.
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  3414.  @gregoryharvey-jr1di  Perhaps a habit of prosecutors. They understand due process and presumption of innocence, but they also know the facts of the case.
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  3415. And you're one of those someday-to-be "man"?
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  3416.  @GrantBeniford  A Texas couple who voted twice for Trump were interviewed. Both agreed that Trump is morally UFIT to be president. AND they will be voting for Trump. THAT is Trump Derangement Syndrome. "Yeah -- we know he's a criminal, and we oppose criminality, and that makes him unfit to be president, but we prefer him over the guy who isn't a criminal."
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  3417. If you ask if they "understand," they'll deny they do because they interpret the word as meaning "stand under" -- as under law.
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  3418. I reject the politics of Cheney, Michael Steele, and Cassidy Hutchinson, and all the selfishness preached by the Republican Party. But Hutchinson, as example, is a decent person behind the politics.
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  3419. Da, Comrade!
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  3420. There is enough public evidence from the January 6th hearings and the D.C. case that the insurrection WAS planned and organized, despite Trump's lawyer saying it wasn't an insurrection, and at the same time giving a definition of insurrection as being "organized".
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  3421. Biden doubtless recalls Nixon being called out for publicly declaring that Charles Manson was "guilty as sin," for which Nixon was justly criticizing as Manson had yet to have been tried. The only current issue to which Biden would be responding would be from Congress, and that is in the public domain. Republicans view truth as the enemy because it attacks their lies.
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  3422. Correct. And that is his proper role.
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  3423. "Libertarians" are anarchists. And worse: "Libertarianism": If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet.
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  3424. She looks like a street walker.
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  3425. Trump's spawns don't know that they are admitting to crimes. They are "innocent" of knowledge of the law.
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  3426. Nope. Be nice if you'd READ the Constitution and learn from it that there is already a process for nominating and appointing judges. And learn the weaknesses in POLITICALLY ELECTING judges who are expected to be NON-political.
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  3427. Trump is being deliberately insulting.
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  3428. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  3429. MAGA supports here, so she may not be worried about reelection. She was originally a "Green," which was left of progressive. She exemplifies their incoherence.
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  3430. A MALE complaint is that the guy does all the work during sex. Unpaid LABOR.
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  3431.  @uniquelylily1166  The Constitution explicitly authorizes expulsion of members.
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  3432. It was not a joke; it was a COMPLIMENT. Perhaps Will was pissed because he knows his wife didn't deserve it, so felt put down himself.
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  3433. Not all that the US is sending is publicly announced.
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  3434. Criminals attack the rule of law.
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  3435. That's no how due process works. You'd care about that if YOU were a defendant.
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  3436.  @KatAshMil91  The timeline was compiled from multiple sources including video and phone-ping data. Learn how investigations actually work before proposing lack of knowledge of how investigation works as the "solution".
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  3437. Or one can follow the "advice" from uncredentialed youtube sellers who make promises in exchange for cash with no evidence that their claims have any basis in fact, science, or even logic.
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  3438.  @rwilloughbyjames  You exaggerate the scope of Big Pharma fundings. But I certainly agree that the health "care" industry is broken: illness is profitable, health is not. The greater the illness, often iatrogenic, the greater the profit.
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  3439.  @rwilloughbyjames  There's no benefit in "wellness" except for those with significant income. Big Tobacco was the only industry protected by law from personal injury lawsuits. That is gone now, but that same basic protection has been provided the gun industry. As an elder I deal constantly with the health "care" industry and its exploitation of the "less deserving".
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  3440.  @rwilloughbyjames  In my state, said to be the "health care Mecca of the United States, there is a Patients Rights Law -- neither enforced nor complied with. Most/all of the medical facilities are teaching hospitals, and satellite neighborhood "clinics" of theirs. The state law required that the facilities post the law in the facilities -- they do not. They are also required to give the patient a copy of it -- they do not. The law gives patients the right NOT to be treated by students, and NOT to be used in research without their permission. The system keeps patients "stupid" in order to be able to exploit them because their focus is not on patient care but instead on student education. On one hand the facilities gain from tuition monies, and on the other, Medicaid and Medicare monies. And the retaliations for complaining about substandard "care" or abuse -- for complaining -- is traumatizing. That's the health "care" system in the US.
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  3441. The NRA doesn't allow guns at NRA headquarters. And Wayne LaPierre says he's afraid of guns.
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  3442. Because gender -- which is psychosexual identity -- is a real element. As analogy: we learn bad habits; we want to change the bad habits, but they are real so long as we have them. Otherwise, it seems most of the men commenting here have their own preconceived script. They begin to sound like sheep.
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  3443. But Biden did talk to the widow.
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  3444.  @arinabee2  It isn't up to Schiff alone to persuade Republicans. The Republicans must also be willing to be persuaded.
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  3445.  @christinadaly7743  They did -- which you'd know if you weren't watching FOX. Bolton refused. McGahn refused, and that is still in court, on appeal, though the lower court held that the impeachment decisions reside exclusively with the House, which has the SOLE power. Appealing to the courts is an effort to avoid, delay, and subvert Congressional oversight in the form of impeachment.
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  3446. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  3447.  @morebirdsandroses  Exactly. The sedition was set in motion when Reagan defined gov't as the "problem". Contrarily, the Constitution established that "We the people" are the gov't. So Reagan and his anti-American capitalists are ANTi-"We the People". The Republican't's are ANTI-AMERICAN. 100 per cent pro-corporate/greed against everyone else. Against the rule of law itself.
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  3448. Would a Muslim be allowed to do the same?
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  3449. Trump will be indicted. Period. Full stop.
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  3450.  @lsad705  And apparently also found a few others while searching for Laundrie. In which others they show not a shred of interest.
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  3451.  @Eltanin25  "It was most likely" is SPECULATION, NOT FACT.
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  3452.  @Eltanin25  IN THAT MOMENT she was not the aggressor. But she ADMITTED having been the aggressor WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. He also downplayed her aggression. It was a volatile relationship: they both provoked each other. Meanwhile, LEARN where your business ends, and others' begins. Stop the IGNORING of boundaries -- which is exactly what you are accusing ONLY HIM of doing -- in order to stick your nose where it does not belong.
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  3453.  @Eltanin25  I'm not ruling any FACTS out. I am attacking the immorality of minding others' business, and ginning up a circus of speculation, then acting as if the speculations are facts. Is the name "Petito" "Italian""? What happened between her birth parents that they divorced and her mother remarried so Gabby had a step-father? Was their sexual molestation? See how easy it is to speculate? But we get the politics: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. Even when women kill their spouses/partners, and their children.
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  3454.  @MeeMee-gz5vp  "IF" is the biggest word in the language -- which is why it is IGNORED as to its meaning. Evaluate YOUR behavior MORALLY. You are being irresponsible and DESTRUCTIVE. The bottom line is that none of this is any of YOUR BUSINESS. Admit it: it's all ENTERTAINMENT for you.
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  3455.  @Eltanin25  Yeah, a "witness" "passing buy" described PART of an interaction. Did he see who started it? There are few known facts -- stick to that. Stop all the other bullshit.
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  3456.  @peaaanuuutz  The Electoral College withstood Trump's 2020 assault on the election. That is exactly why it was established: to stop demagogues. Know what you're talking about, and doing, before attacking the Constitution.
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  3457. They fully bought into Trump's anti-Americanism.
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  3458. Yeah -- go home; guve up on the self-promotion at others' expense.
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  3459. Habba knows the salacious details are false because she was hiding in the closet peeking through the keyhole.
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  3460. MAGA is uneducated poor people who know nothing of politics, which they've always rejected. They are all about entertainment all the time, and view politics as entertainment. They followed Trump from his fake "reality" TeeVee show into politics but are learning nothing about politics. Trump is a schoolyard bully and bullshitter, and they believe all of that is both funny and "empowering" of them and their ignorance.
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  3461. Not all "opinions" are equal: some are informed, some are not. And then there are the "opinions" that are actually deliberate LIES.
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  3462.  @JoyceJordan-zc7gy  You can choose to stop the stupid.
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  3463.  @argusburebistus8602  You love being self-destructive. But you can choose to stop the stupid.
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  3464.  @hugoo1549  The stupid can choose to stop the stupid. But that requires them recognizing that they have individual responsibility.
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  3465.  @JoyceJordan-zc7gy  Troll.
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  3466. That it's on the US dollar bill means it is officially Federal policy that voting can occur on Sundays.
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  3467. Rick Scott doesn't know why Jews would support Democrats!? Try civil rights protections for minorities. And try Trump's blatant anti-Semitism couched as only applying to "Democrat" Jews. Trump has been refused the half-billion dollars bond loan he needs, and he's attacking ("Democrat") Jews as result. But no responsible financial institution would loan money to an adjudicated fraudster who is also known to not pay his bills. The Biden administration is not responsible for Gaza, or Hamas. Instead, it is Netanyahu who has for DECADES SUPPORTED Hamas because BOTH Netanyahu and Hamas OPPOSE the two-state solution.
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  3468. We didn't see that. We saw the "man" he is.
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  3469. It was already known to the attentive. "God": "Thou shalt not kill." Evangelicals: Armed "Soldiers for Christ".
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  3470. The whole search was days of charade. All they needed to do was search directly below the point at which the communications with Titan stopped: it imploded and the pieces fell straight down; and that's where they were ultimately found. They could have been found days earlier.
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  3471. How do you know she was more successful than he? At doing what? Both families hve substantial money.
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  3472. Confession as accusation.
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  3473. This mayor is a REPUBLICAN. He is the man who stood up and yelled at Beto for disrupting the original cover-up. Republicans aren't defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  3474. There is no evidence that there is an afterlife. Believing it's so don't make it so.
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  3475. Trump has ZERO credibility.
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  3476. The CEO will be remembered for a person who broke the rules and killed himself as result of his arrogance, ignorance, and stupidity.
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  3477. He's simply a liar.
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  3478.  @byzantium8851  Actually it is "Canon" -- one "n". I rely on competent journalists and seasoned trial lawyers who comment about her. OI do note your personal attack -- which reveals much about you.
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  3479.  @HuskyOwner-bl1jf  I am literate. In law precision in usage and spelling is crucial -- those reflect clear thinking. Laziness and sloppiness -- that is an appearance -- look like drive-by comments by people who don't care about accuracy. One result is that those who want Trump "locked up" has as much regard for the rule of law as do those who yelled that Hillary be "locked up". If one can't be different than the opponent, then how is one not the opponent?
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  3480. READ the 25th Amendment so you know what it requires to be invoked. AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN. And STOP giving him the excuse of mental incompetence. What he is and does is what you see -- without any filters.
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  3481.  @mdelcb9915  Right: the Republican ELIMINATION of the RIGHT OF PRIVACY is a "good" thing. That is what you're saying.
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  3482.  @expletivedeleted  Name-calling is clever in middle school.
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  3483.  @buildthewallwiththewoke  How many times must it be pointed out to you that that is a lie? Lying is immoral. Stop pretending you are concerned with morality, and right and wrong.
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  3484. Uh, no: stop and frisk was wrong; but it did not have no reason behind it. Misstatement of facts is either senility or dishonesty.
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  3485. The FOX hosts ARE NOT "terrified" of Trump. Rupert Murdoch is a fascist. And Trump has been his vehicle for his agenda.
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  3486. Have you finally realized that the issue is TRUMP -- and that attacking Biden/Democrats helps TRUMP?
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  3487. Jones doesn't have any assets but he can pay top-dollar lawyers.
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  3488. Kamala Harris did use the word US "leverage" vis-a-vis Israel.
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  3489. Biden isn't president.
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  3490.  @Benny-zo3qh  I opposed every US war beginning with Vietnam, while still in high school, and was the only member of my class to speak out against it, and up to and including Iraq. But, for perhaps the first time since WW II/Korea, the US has this one right. As for journalism, get it straight: your idea of "independent journalist" is a person who appoints themselves such; they have no training, and have no relationship with the ethical standards that have been established for actual trained journalists. Do you view FOX talking heads as "journalists"? They are not. Learn the history of Russia vis-a-vis Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA92bmoMFv0
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  3491. Law enforcement has the authority to use deadly force. What that standard boilerplate language does is REGULATE and RESTRICT the use of deadly force. You'd think the right-wing fruit-fringe would OPPOSE that GUN CONTROL.
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  3492. US sports meatheads are all about commercialized jingoistic "patriotism". So sports are for the stupid Patriot's ownr Bob Krafy, ex-coach Belichick, and ex-QB Bradey are Trumpers.
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  3493.  @carn9507  Out of the goodness of his biggest ever compassionate heart, of course! Even "God" is jealous of Trump's generosity of spirit.
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  3494. J. D. Vance ISN'T from Ohio.
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  3495. What -- you didn't see the negativity of the lyrics?
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  3496. It was reported early on that the van was registered in BOTH their names. But we understand the politics: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims.
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  3497. READ the First Amendment so you get the language straight: "Congress shall make no law respecting [supporting[ an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
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  3498.  @uria702  That's quite a leap for a person who hasn't attended any college, let alone law school. Thomas is doing worse than grading law school papers: he is taking away YOUR right of privacy.
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  3499.  @michelehilty3340  It theoretically could be that "Costello" is "Irish" as result of the fact that the British Isles were for a significant length of time part of the Roman Empire. Rome is in Italy.
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  3500.  @Trumphatersarecryingnow  Tweener troll.
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  3501. There will eventually be regulation requiring at least full opt-out.
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  3502. Vote Republican, get corporate Republinomics. But let's not pay people enough to live. Even military families, Bordenaro, being on food stamps because those pulling actual active service not being paid enough. "I talked to one guy" -- anecdote.
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  3503. Should have taken up the military offer to get an education. Instead the lick the sweet lead off gun barrels and lower their IQs.
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  3504. He'd have been offed by a rival.
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  3505. There is no need to subpoena Trump: they have his testimony on tape. Trump declaring his candidacy for president won't help: the DOJ indicted a Republican candidate for governor for his participation in the insurrection.
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  3506. "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." -- Trump at rally to his supporters' faces. It is available on video.
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  3507. Except that he isn't. According to those actually involved in the case, the victims tied to the suspect were INTACT. But according to this "expert" -- who is not involved in the case -- the victims were "dismembered". INTACT means NOT "dismembered". USE YOUR HEAD: FACTS MATTER.
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  3508. RFK, Jr. needs to retire and deal with his many disabilities including the cognitive.
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  3509. Unless the van was REPORTED stolen, it was not stolen.
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  3510. Racist.
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  3511. "The Beatles" continue to outsell everyone else.
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  3512. Because then the prosecution gets to cross-examine him.
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  3513. He's lying about the states.
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  3514.  @kensolar69  That's correct: Garland is law-abiding, honest, and even gracious. Bannon twice appealed his conviction of criminal contempt -- under a Trump-appointed judge -- to the appeals court. Both times the lower court decision was affirmed, and his appeal denied. His fellow Trump administration criminal, who also blew off Congressional subpoena, and was also charged and convicted of the crime of Contempt of Congress, also lost in not only the appellate court but the Supreme Court also told him to pound sand/break rocks in prison.
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  3515. It's reported that Trump put $50 million into the January 6 insurrection.
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  3516. This has nothing to do with Roe v. Wade". And no person's private medical decisions, other than your own, is any of your business.
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  3517. The problem is that the "it was a tour" ignores the fact that, because of COVID, tours of the Capitol were SUSPENDED.
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  3518. She isn't really that fat. The makeup is a half inch thick.
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  3519. Yes, they were given the warrant when it was executed. And that was before the search. It was during the search that the inventory was made. And after the search copy of the inventory was given to Trump's lawyer. The problem with you and your ilk is that you ignore the facts -- including the fact that Trump fires lawyers who won't tell his lies -- and cherry pick which lies to repeat. The lawyer who was talking propagandist on right-wing OAN said BOTH that she was not allowed to be present during the search, so they weren't allowed to see what the FBI was doing, AND that Trump watched the search on CCTV. Both CAN'T be true. The DOJ doesn't comment on ongoing investigations in order to protect the integrity of the investigation, and in order to protect the civil liberties of potential targets -- in this instance TRUMP. That is why the warrant was sealed. But it was TRUMP who made it public -- because HE RECEIVED COPY OF THE WARRANT AND INVENTORY. Then he began demanding that the DOJ release the warrant. So, as Trump made the matter public, AG Garland made his brief statement, including the FACT that TRUMP had every right to release HIS copy of the warrant. But, because Trump didn't actually want the warrant public because it REFUTES his bullshit attacks on the DOJ and FBI, Garland filed motion to unseal the warrant. And the neutral court unsealed the copy of the warrant held by THE COURT. I never knew that so many Americans are dumber than dirt -- as gullible as toddlers -- until Trump showed the world that there are Americans who can be suckered into going to jail for Trump, while he profits FINANCIALLY from their doing so.
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  3520. In Texas ANYONE can get a gun WITHOUT A PERMIT. That INCLUDES CRIMINALS, jackass.
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  3521. FOX, according to Hayes: "conservative, fact-based news". FACTS are neither far-left, left, liberal, moderate, "conservative," nor far-right fruit-fringe.
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  3522. Trump 20-24 years.
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  3523. "When they said they were coming for the immigrants I didn't realize they meant ME."
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  3524. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. That isn't anger -- it's reaction to diaper rash.
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  3525. Not everyone is a Democrat.
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  3526. The ambush was PLANNED -- Apprentice President Trump is running a fake "reality" TeeVee show.
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  3527.  @ProctorsGamble  And, compared to them, he prefers the uneducated.
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  3528. To say that Sanders is more of a Democrat than Republican Bloomberg doesn't make sense -- which I attribute to you being a newbie to politics. In other words, it is lame if you believe it's a defense of Sanders to change the subject to to attacking someone else. In still other words: Sanders and Trumpp "fans" are exactly the same: criticize the candidate, and they attack the critic -- which isn't a defense of the candidate. WITHOUT your corrupt "reasoning: the FACT is that Sanders IS NOT a Democrat, isn't REGISTERED with the Democratic Party as a Democrat, and is far-Left even of Progressivism. Another FACT Sanders "fans" ignore: during his TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in Congress, Sanders was TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE. So tell us: how, suddenly, will he BECOME effective, while his "fans" are boasting that he's NEVER CHANGED since his earliest years in politics. What that means in REALITY is that he HASN'T LEARNED OR GROWN, for if he had, his views would have CHANGED. Ultimately, Sanders "fans" is defending that which is actually inflexibility and a REFUSAL to COMPROMISE. COMPROMISE is the ESSENCE of DEMOCRACY. And THAT is why he both HASN'T CHANGED, and has for exactly as long been ENTIRELY INEFFECTIVE. Compare that to Warren, who is an Eleanor Roosevelt Progressive, ACCOMPLISHED the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau -- while at the very same time Sanders accomplished NOTHING -- except to vote AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES, and voting to PROTECT the gun industry, BOTH of which were top priorities of the far-RIGHT ANTI-Socialist terrorist organization NRA.
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  3529.  LIFEis Good69  Impeached career criminal and LOSER.
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  3530.  Mark Dice  Hope you don't catch the "Democrat hoax".
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  3531. I don't recall a time that the Democrats had more campaign cash than Republicans.
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  3532. "ALLEGEDLY shot in the back 7 times by police"!? Have you not seen the VIDEO of Blake being shot in the back 7 times by a cop!?
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  3533. To Trump: Of course you do: he was the coffee boy.
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  3534. @T M The first responsibility of the government is public health and safety. I'll make it really simple so perhaps it will penetrate your anti-Americanism: 1. "The end of government is the greatest happiness of the greatest number." -- the FOUNDERS. 2. "We the poeple" elect, from among "We the people," REPRESENTATIVES of "We the peoples'" interests to serve in government. 3. The purpose of government is to meet the needs of "We the people".
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  3535. One of my bother's favorite mottos was, "You learn from experience" -- but never learned from experience.
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  3536. "Fan" is short for "fanatic," and their objects of adoration are entertainers. None of which involves intellectual rigor.
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  3537.  @Rosy81252  I live in a city so "far" looks farther than it actually is.
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  3538. The first responsibility of gov't is protection of public health and safety.
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  3539. "Bone spurs" afflict heels.
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  3540. "FORMER president" is an honorific, an indication of "status" -- it is NOT an OFFICE or OFFICIAL POSITION. He is an ORDINARY CITIZEN who "used to be" something he is not now.
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  3541. If the gov't isn't listening, Trump is the one not listening.
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  3542. BIDEN HAS A LIFELONG STUTTER -- SAY it! And he has ALWAYS been a gaffe-machine. And the media has ALWAYS known that. So why of a sudden are media attacking him for his speech impediment?
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  3543. The "reason" is FEAR.
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  3544.  @sharkulashairstylist5505  The Committee shouldn't give him the time of day, either with public testimony or testimony behind closed doors, because he will us either to continue to bash a Committee he has already attacked as being illegal. Blow both him and Rhodes off -- they have made themselves irrelevant.
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  3545. I hope she gets cold feet so must be subpoenaed by the Committee. And that she appeals that to the Supreme Court so we can see how they rule. Would Clarence Thomas recuse himself from that case? If the Supreme Court is going to discredit itself, then let's help it do that.
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  3546. As a citizen in the United States, one is a sitizen of the United States, and a citizen of the state in which one resides. Ever hear of "states rights"? -- separate set of laws. The subject of the Second Amendment is well-regulated militia. A militia is not an individual. And to make the point conclusively: the first three wrods of the Constitution are, "We the people," not, "We the individual". In short: you are a law-illiterate asserting a false slogan.
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  3547.  @CDDT  You are missing the point -- I assume deliberately so: There is no right to incite death threats and violence against others. Doing so is not mere "opinion" because the EVIDENCE for that violation is in the FACT of the death threats and violence.
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  3548. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  3549. Mo Brooks suddenly understands "honorable"?
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  3550. Actually many are turned off to the products advertised. That reduces the product dollars used to buy advertising.
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  3551.  @ManCunian_FC  FACTS MATTER: 1. Britain, Denmark, Norway and Sweden's systems consist of the following: Monarchy, Democratically-elected parliaments, SOCIALIST economies. 2. NONE is a "tyranny"; ALL are staunch US allies. Obviously, being an anti-American, you prefer psychotic fantasies.
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  3552.  @ManCunian_FC  Trump's only achievement was the massive tax cut for those who don't need them, and don't pay taxes to begin with. Period. Full stop. End of story. Otherwise, he praised Communist China for how it cracked down on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement, and on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. And at the same time blames China for the pandemic -- even though China's president isn't in charge in the United States.
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  3553. Trump is a walking profanity.
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  3554. It appears they abandoned him years ago.
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  3555. The Second Amendment is being exploited to advance the "Old Testament" death penalty for particular minorities. So called "religion" as rationale for psychopathy.
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  3556. Another fool with a keyboard -- Yes, one owns one's home. But one pays taxes for gov't services that protect that investment -- such as FIRE DEPARTMENTS, and the streets used by the FIRE DEPARTMENTS. Gad, the inability to connect the OBVIOUS DOTS!
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  3557. What is the probable cause? Amd we don't know: he may have been under surveilance, so they can watch where he goes. If so, it's possible he might lead them to her. If she's missing, or simply hiding because embarassed by the police video.
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  3558. Where are Georgia Republicans on abortion?
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  3559. Brian arrived back in Florida on September 1.
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  3560. It isn't the system; it's the corrupt individuals in the system. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3561. President Biden has been attacked by anti-American morons for not immediately visiting and distrupting the rescue efforts. He did immediately send in FEMA; I remind you that REPUBLICAN G. DUI Bushit had a horse trainer as head of FEMA, which late-in-coming resulted in thousands dying as result of Katrina. Frankly, I'm surprised Trump didn't show for one of his Nazi Youth rallies. So far, Republicans are "best" at reducing the US population by negligent and illegal means. Hope you've not lost relatives and friends to the Trump pandemic.
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  3562. All hogwash. The "Rise of the Moorons" occupied an abandoned building -- but LEAVE OUT that the bank that OWNS the building is suing them. LISTEN to what he said: the "laws of the United States" (except for the LIES against the Second amendment) do not apply to him. He REJECTS the rule of law. That's why no FIDs -- which is a violation of Federal and state laws. You know nothing about "the laws of the constitution". Your crackpottery won't survive the slew of violations of CRIMINAL law you bullshitted yourself into.
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  3563. Two wrongs make a right-winger.
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  3564. Vance is Trump's "anchor baby".
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  3565. Trump ranted that "Tik-Tok" be banned -- then got a massive campaign contribution from the "Tik-Tok" CEO so changed his rant to opposing the ban. He's so easy -- which is why a pornographic film star was able to seduce him into paying her $130,000.00 dollars for a one-night-spanking.
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  3566.  @another4778  This is utter nonsense: "mass mail ballots blanketing the country". You don't know HOW elections work. But tell us, moron: why 60-plus courts, including TRUMP judges, DISMISSED Trump's FRAUDULENT "election fraud" cases. And why the TRUMP Supreme Court refused to even HEAR his FRAUDLENT "election fraud" claim. BECAUSE, moron, there was and is NO EVIDENCE of fraud. GET IT THROUGH YOUR SELF-DESTRUCTIVE HATE: EVERY election, on the STATE level, is AUTOMATICALLY AUDITED, AS REQUIRED BY LAW, to ensure that the certified number is correct. There were, as example, THREE audits in Georgia, including one demanded by Trump, and ALL THREE found the same results: TRUMP LOST. ALL the battleground states Trump challenged conducted post-election audits. The results were THE SAME as the immediate results, in EACH of those states.
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  3567.  @PeterDynamic7  Some commit suicide "gangland style" by shooting themselves in the back of the head two or three times.
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  3568.  @sparkie996  That isn't quite English. And you are asserting conspirabunk for which you provide not a shred of evidence. Timothy Snyder is an actual historian -- unlike burnout Chomsky and his ilk. And you need to learn the difference between history -- actual fact -- and bullshit.
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  3569. "Did he wear a helmet while playing football?" -- Jimmy Kimmel.
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  3570. That's because you "think" with your feelings, entirely subverting mature critical faculties.
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  3571.  @chodkowski01  Until the battery runs down.
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  3572. In fact, after the Founders wrote the Constitution, and it was ratified, the original 13 states -- in which the Founders were resident -- had to formally petition the Congress for admission into the Union the Founders had established. And the "Northwest Territory" statute provides the details of what is required of a territory to become a state, and to then become a member of the Union. Among those details: it must have a republican form of gov't, and enact a constitution that passes Congressional muster.
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  3573.  @GatheringBitByBit  In LAW, law-illiterate, what they did is defined as INSURRECTION -- which the Founders themselves classified as TREASON, and for which they sentenced the INSURRECTIONISTS to DEATH. See, as example, the "Whiskey" insurrection, which occurred AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, and was SUPPRESSED by the well-regulated Militia, lead by George Washington. All of which was consistent with the Constitution you illiterate punks have never READ.
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  3574. There are differences between "rational" and "rationale" and "rationalization".
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  3575. Lindsey is shitting goldbricks.
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  3576.  @emmittmatthews8636  U.S. Constitution, "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for . . . ARMING . . . the Militia".: ___ Chap. LXV.--An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause all or any part of the arms herein directed to be provided and deposited for sale, which shall, at any time, remain unsold, to be delivered to the militia, when called into the service of the United States, proper receipts and security being given for the return of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and the amount received shall be annually reported to Congress. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a [577] sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 6, 1798. ___ The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. Arranged in Chronological Order. With References to the Matter of Each Act and to the Subsequent Acts on the Same Subject, and Copious Notes of the Decisions of the Courts of the United States Construing Those Acts, and Upon the Subjects of the Laws. With an Index to the Contents of Each Volume, and a Full General Index to the Whole Work, in the Concluding Volume. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States; and Also, Tables, in the Last Volume, Containing Lists of the Acts Relating to the Judiciary, Imposts and Tonnage, the Public Lands, Etc., Vol I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters, at 576. ___ Chap. XXIX. An act to enable the Governor to provide a laboratory and proper magazines for the reception of arms, ammunition, and other public stores. 1. Whereas it is expedient that proper magazines for the reception of arms, ammunition, and other public stores, and a laboratory be speedily provided, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Governor with the advice of his Council may, and he is hereby empowered and required to cause such and so many magazines as shall be judged necessary, and a laboratory to immediately be erected at the public expence, at such place or places as they shall think proper; and that reasonable satisfaction may be made to the proprietors of all lands which by virtue of this act may be taken and appropriated to the uses aforesaid, the clerk of the county wherein any such land shall lie, is hereby empowered and required, on requisition from the Governor for the time being, to issue a writ _ad quod dammon_, to be directed to the sheriff of the said county, commanding him to summon and empannel twelve able discreet freeholders of the vicinage, no ways concerned in interest in the said lands, nor related to the owners or proprietors thereof, to meet on the said lands respectively on a certain day to be mentioned in the said writ, not under five, nor more than ten days from the date thereof, of which notice shall be given to the respective proprietors of the said lands, if they be to be found within the county, and if not, then to their respective agents if any there be; which freeholders take nothing on pain of being discharged from the inquest and immediately imprisoned by the sheriff, either of meat or drink from any person whatever, from the time they came to the said place until their inquest sealed, shall be charged by the said sheriff impartially, and to the best of their skill and judgment to value the lands on which the said magazines and laboratory are to be erected, to be laid off by order of the Governor, and not exceeding three acres for each of said buildings; and after such valuation made, the said sheriff shall forthwith return the same under the hands and seals of the said jurors, to the clerk's office of the said county; and the right and property of the said lands so laid off and valued, shall be immediately devested and be transferred to this commonwealth in fee simple; any want of consent or disability to consent in the said owners notwithstanding. The cost of building such magazines and laboratory, the cost of the said inquest, and the several sums at which the rights of the owners are valued, shall be paid by the Treasurer, out of the public money in his hands, to the undertakers of the said magazines and laboratory, to the said proprietors and others respectively entitled, on warrants from the Auditors, countersigned by the Governor. A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); The First Laws of the State of Virginia (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 129-130. ___ At a General Assembly begun and held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 21st day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1782. Chap. XII. An act for the recovery of arms and accoutrements belonging to the state. I. Whereas sundry arms and accoutrements belonging to the public in the hands of individuals, who have neglected to return them to the proper officers; and it is necessary that such arms and accoutrements should be recovered as speedily as possible: Be it enacted, that the Governor do, on the passing of this act, issue his proclamation, enjoining all persons having in their possession any arms or accoutrements whatsoever, belonging to the state, to deliver them without delay to the Lieutenant or commanding officer of the county for the time being; and the sheriff of each county within this commonwealth, shall cause copies of the said proclamations, which shall be transmitted to him by the Executive, to be fixed up in the most public places in his county, and if after one month from such public notice having been given, any person possessing any such public arms or accoutrements, shall be convicted of having failed to deliver them up as aforesaid, such person shall, upon every such conviction, be liable to the penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record within this commonwealth, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, on conviction of the offender, and the other half shall be applied in aid of the county levy where such offender shall reside. And the Lieutenant, or commanding officer of each county, shall make returns from time to time, to the Executive, of all arms and accoutrements so delivered to him, and also deliver them to the order of the Executive, under the penalty, if he fail in all or any part of his duty, of fifty pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid, and applied in diminution of the county levy. Provided always, that where muskets and bayonets have been by order of government placed in any county on eastern or western frontier for defence against incursions of the enemy, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant or commanding officer to return such muskets and bayonets to the militia, taking a receipt from each person for what shall be so returned. A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); The First Laws of the State of Virginia (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 176. ___ The central problem with you gun-nuts is that you believe the Founders were as ignorant and stupid as you are. Above all the Founders believed in the rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3577.  @emmittmatthews8636  AGAIN: The SOURCES of the Second amendment were FOUR STATE constitution Militia Clauses. "The right of the people", etc., IS the well-regulated Militia. The PURPOSE of the Second Amendment is shown in the DEBATES of its WRITING: to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. In that it protected the STATES' right to keep their well-regulated Militia, which already existed, and were ALL ALONG GOVERNED AND REGULATED under constitutions and laws. The Amendment DID NOT prevent the Federal gov't from using the Militia -- the Amendment, AGAIN, was intended to establish a NATIONAL defense relying on the Militia, as had already been established in the Constitution with Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. And Art. I., S. 8., C. 16: "The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers [which was done by the state's governor and legislature], and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS."
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  3578.  @emmittmatthews8636  "The Federalist" is NOT LAW. And James Madison was not the only member of the Congress. Madison provided the first draft of what became the Second Amendment, but he DID NOT WRITE IT. First, the sources for it were four state constitution Militia Clauses, in which "the right of the people", etc., IS the well-regulated Militia. And the DEBATES and WRITING of the Bill of Rights was by BOTH House AND SENATE. Madison was not a Senator. As for "The Federalist," which was extra-Congressional newspaper articles written anonymously: it was admittedly an ADVERTISING campaign intended to SELL the Constitution. It was PROPAGANDA. And there is this: ". . . . I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. . . ." "Federalist No. 84."
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  3579.  @emmittmatthews8636  " I've defeated your attempt to claim that guns were "public use". False. See the following, and note the dates: ___ Chap. XXIX. An act to enable the Governor to provide a laboratory and proper magazines for the reception of arms, ammunition, and other public stores. 1. Whereas it is expedient that proper magazines for the reception of arms, ammunition, and other public stores, and a laboratory be speedily provided, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Governor with the advice of his Council may, and he is hereby empowered and required to cause such and so many magazines as shall be judged necessary, and a laboratory to immediately be erected at the public expence, at such place or places as they shall think proper; and that reasonable satisfaction may be made to the proprietors of all lands which by virtue of this act may be taken and appropriated to the uses aforesaid, the clerk of the county wherein any such land shall lie, is hereby empowered and required, on requisition from the Governor for the time being, to issue a writ _ad quod dammon_, to be directed to the sheriff of the said county, commanding him to summon and empannel twelve able discreet freeholders of the vicinage, no ways concerned in interest in the said lands, nor related to the owners or proprietors thereof, to meet on the said lands respectively on a certain day to be mentioned in the said writ, not under five, nor more than ten days from the date thereof, of which notice shall be given to the respective proprietors of the said lands, if they be to be found within the county, and if not, then to their respective agents if any there be; which freeholders take nothing on pain of being discharged from the inquest and immediately imprisoned by the sheriff, either of meat or drink from any person whatever, from the time they came to the said place until their inquest sealed, shall be charged by the said sheriff impartially, and to the best of their skill and judgment to value the lands on which the said magazines and laboratory are to be erected, to be laid off by order of the Governor, and not exceeding three acres for each of said buildings; and after such valuation made, the said sheriff shall forthwith return the same under the hands and seals of the said jurors, to the clerk's office of the said county; and the right and property of the said lands so laid off and valued, shall be immediately devested and be transferred to this commonwealth in fee simple; any want of consent or disability to consent in the said owners notwithstanding. The cost of building such magazines and laboratory, the cost of the said inquest, and the several sums at which the rights of the owners are valued, shall be paid by the Treasurer, out of the public money in his hands, to the undertakers of the said magazines and laboratory, to the said proprietors and others respectively entitled, on warrants from the Auditors, countersigned by the Governor. A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); The First Laws of the State of Virginia (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 129-130. ___ At a General Assembly begun and held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 21st day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1782. Chap. XII. An act for the recovery of arms and accoutrements belonging to the state. I. Whereas sundry arms and accoutrements belonging to the public in the hands of individuals, who have neglected to return them to the proper officers; and it is necessary that such arms and accoutrements should be recovered as speedily as possible: Be it enacted, that the Governor do, on the passing of this act, issue his proclamation, enjoining all persons having in their possession any arms or accoutrements whatsoever, belonging to the state, to deliver them without delay to the Lieutenant or commanding officer of the county for the time being; and the sheriff of each county within this commonwealth, shall cause copies of the said proclamations, which shall be transmitted to him by the Executive, to be fixed up in the most public places in his county, and if after one month from such public notice having been given, any person possessing any such public arms or accoutrements, shall be convicted of having failed to deliver them up as aforesaid, such person shall, upon every such conviction, be liable to the penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record within this commonwealth, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, on conviction of the offender, and the other half shall be applied in aid of the county levy where such offender shall reside. And the Lieutenant, or commanding officer of each county, shall make returns from time to time, to the Executive, of all arms and accoutrements so delivered to him, and also deliver them to the order of the Executive, under the penalty, if he fail in all or any part of his duty, of fifty pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid, and applied in diminution of the county levy. Provided always, that where muskets and bayonets have been by order of government placed in any county on eastern or western frontier for defence against incursions of the enemy, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant or commanding officer to return such muskets and bayonets to the militia, taking a receipt from each person for what shall be so returned. A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); The First Laws of the State of Virginia (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 176. ___ Those are PUBLIC arms. ___ And despite the rhetoric in The Federalist -- which, again, is NOT LAW -- the Founders in actual reality engaged in every form of gun control including prohibition and confiscation: ___ Chapter DCCXXIX. An Ordinance Respecting the Arms of Non-Associators. Whereas the non-associators in this state have either refused or neglected to deliver up their arms according to the resolves of the honorable Continental Congress and the assembly of Pennsylvania, and effectual measures have not been taken to carry the said resolves into execution: [Section I.] Be it therefore ordained by the authority of this Convention, That the colonel or next officer in command of every band of militia in this state is hereby authorized, empowered and required to collect, receive and take all the arms in his district or township nearest to such officer which are in the hands of non-associators in the most expeditious and effectual manner in his power, and shall give to the owners receipts for such arms, specifying the amount of the appraisement; and such as can be repaired shall with all possible dispatch be rendered fit for service, and the value according to the appraisement of all such arms, together with the repairs and transportation, shall be paid to the officers by the treasurer on the order of the council of safety for the use of the owners and defraying the charges. [Section II.] And be it further ordained, That the same arms shall be appraised by any three reputable freeholders appointed by the commanding officer; but if the owner of any arms shall neglect or refuse to apply for such money within six months the same shall be applied towards the repairs of the arms; and the colonels are hereby authorized to draw for the necessary sums of money for the purposes aforesaid on the council of safety. [Section III.] And it is further ordained, That the colonels aforesaid shall arm the associators with the said arms and keep an account to whom they are delivered and return the same to the council of safety; and every associator shall be answerable for such arms or the value unless lost or destroyed by some unavoidable accident or in actual service. [Section IV.] And be it further ordained, That in case any arms so collected shall not be worth repairing, the same shall be laid by until such time as may be thought proper by the committee of the county to return them to the owners. ___ Passed July 19, 1776. "Ordinances passed by the Constitutional Convention, June-September, 1776," The Statutes at Large of the State of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801, Vol. IX, 1776 to 1779 (Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1903), Edited by Commissioners James T. Mitchell and Henry Flanders, at 11.
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  3580.  @emmittmatthews8636  I didn't say "public use". I SAID "public arms" -- which were owned, controlled, and provided BY THE GOV'T. The states did it, and so did the Federal gov't -- and I've shown you BOTH.
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  3581.  @emmittmatthews8636  There are some excellent videos on youtube by lawyer and law professor Noah Feldman about the Founders. He also wrote a biography of Madison. It is important to know the facts on the ground -- who the individual Founders actually were. As example, Hamilton was a backstabbing snake. During the so-called "revolution," for lack of funds, ordinary soldiers were paid with IOUs. After the war there was a depression, and those veterans were desperate for money but the gov't was broke. Hamilton and his friends went around and bought up the IOUs for pennies on the dollar, then turned them into the gov't for 100 pennies on the dollar. Madison was against a bill of rights before he was for a bill of rights. Feldman provides the facts as to why -- it involved Patrick Henry, who boldly said "Give me liberty or give me death!" while a member of the House of Burgesses and far, far from the battlefield. Henry asked the House of Burgesses to appoint him head of the Virginia militia, but it refused because his colleagues viewed him as unstable. Also: Madison wanted the proposed "bill of rights" interspersed within the body of the Constitution. That didn't happen because he didn't have the only say on ANY matter. And for John Adams -- see the lectures by David McCullough, also on youtube. He was the only Founder to never own slaves, and to vocally oppose slavery. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution, most significantly establishing separation of powers, which was the model for the US Constitution. It was Adams who pushed the "Declaration" through the Congress. But as he was "obnoxious & disliked" (his own words) he knew that a resolution from Massachusetts would have been voted down, so he persuaded Virginia to submit that resolution, and it was accepted. Still, as Adams was the constant sparkplug on the issue, his colleagues figured he should write it. Instead, he had Jefferson appointed to write it because "better at language" (than Adams); actually, giving the southern state of Virginia some glory was likely to bring other Southern states along. AFTER Jefferson wrote it Franklin and Adams went through it and made changes. AFTER that the whole Congress debated it and made changes. See the film "1776," which is largely accurate. In France, while gadfly Jefferson was hobnobbing with the aristocracy and Franklin was whoring ("bedroom diplomacy"?), Adams was in Holland negotiating with the bankers for a loan -- which the US desperately needed to fund the war. During those several years he fell ill and almost died. He established there the first US embassy -- which was essential to other nations' recognizing American independence. If you don't read the McCullough biography of Adams then see the HBO miniseries -- "John Adams" -- based on it, available as DVD and Blu-Ray. The extraordinary length of accomplishments FOR the country by John Adams would leave even skeptics speechless. History has given him short-shrift. And I'll say it again: his cousin Samuel was a propagandist and demagogue, whereas John put rule of law ABOVE politics. In one scene Sam and his violent mob -- the so-called "Liberty Boys" -- are chellenged John to "pick a side". John responds (paraphrase), "The law is my side -- is there another? He did say: "Justice and the Rule of law are to be ABOVE politics. Again: it is essential to know who the Founders were as individuals, and what they were for -- Feldman shows that Madison was "three different" people, sequentially; things he was for he was later against; things he was against he was later for.
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  3582.  @ScottKnitter  The SUBJECT of the Second Amendment is well-regulated Militia, because, as the Amendment says, "NECESSARY". The phrase "the right of the people," etc., is drawn from the four state constitution Militia Clauses that were the sources of the Second Amendment. Those clauses distinguished between "the right of the people," etc. -- which IS the well-regulated Militia -- and standing armies. Congress's Debates of the writing of the Second Amendment, modeled on those Clauses, make the same distinction between well-regulated Militia and standing armies. Those who claim "rights" under the Second Amendment are going with what they LIKE; they are otherwise totally history- and law-illiterate.
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  3583. Rating the presidents on a list of those whose homes have been searched by the FBI: #1. Donald Trump.
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  3584. Doing one's job as required is not "heroism". That includes cops, and fire fighters -- which latter routinely face greater danger. And let's hear your apology in defense of Chauvin and that police department that said, "Nothing to see hear," until videos from all angles showed what actually happened.
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  3585. Really? Care to detail how he did so?
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  3586. Values ARE substance.
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  3587.  @armastat  Headline: "TRUMP PLEADS THE 5TH--ADMITS TO BEING MOB BOSS!" Lede: "You see the mob takes the Fifth." -- Donald J. Trump, April 2018.
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  3588. If CERTAINLY matters that it WAS NOT about the US. JFK swore and oath to protect and defend the Constitution. The Constitution SEVERALLY PROHIBITS political violence. It's even in the First Amendment -- "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble". Thus Congress has the Constitutional authority, and has exercised it, to PROHIBIT political violence.
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  3589.  @georgea5991  It is a constitutional guarantee. At trial a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until the jury finds guilt proven by the prosecution based on the evidence and law. Failing that the defendant remains innocent. In other words, the jury doesn't find the defendant guilty; it determines whether the prosecution proved guilt.
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  3590.  @RM-od6hg  There are, though, ways to avoid catching the virus. If only reality were as simple as you simpletons make it out to be.
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  3591.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I'm saying it is certainly an advantage. That way one has learned in an organized way. Without that education one doesn't know how to make sense of it. As said, there is the history -- and there are different schools of philosophers.
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  3592.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  "The Story of Philosophy," Will Durant.
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  3593.  @captrjd  Personal attack noted. And without a single example of anything I've commented that fit your pedantic diatribe of a characterization of them. I'm not responsible for you, or your state of mind, or your decisions, so it isn't my fault or responsibility that you can't find in yourself "a shred of positive to say". Perhaps you should learn to think for yourself, instead of being so dependent upon and influenced by others' thoughts that you can't do that. That you can't stand your ground and be balanced in doing so is your responsibility. I was born in 1948: do the math. I'm steeped in studies in psychology, philosophy, theology, and politics. I recognize when political dogma, political ideology, is disguised as such as psychology. Or when psychology is based at most fundamental on political ideology. Add to that the problem of a "scholar" who, for political reasons, dispenses with half the political spectrum along with the truths that half legitimately represents. A half-truth -- which is all he has left to work with -- is the equivalent of attempting to walk on one leg without hopping. In other words: I have a finely-tuned bullshit detector; I refuse to be bedazzled by verbosity, or even vocabulary, even with "disarming" disclaimers sprinkled in in order to give the appearance of objectivity. I refuse to be stupid.
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  3594.  @shuffman8094  He's a bullshitter who endeavors to overwhelm with bullshit. His dogmatic pronouncements vitiate any claims that he's a philosopher.
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  3595.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I said Peterson is not a philosopher because of his fixed beliefs. "The unexamined life is not worth living" -- Socrates. That's your problem also: you fail to critically examine your beliefs and assumptions to determine whether they are true. That is the most important focus of the pursuit of truth. Your specious "argument" is that stupidity is every bit as good as being a philosopher because of your dumb-assed belief that education is irrelevant. I told you: want to know what philosophy is? READ PHILOSOPHY. Instead you continue sucking your thumb while deluding yourself that doing so is intelligent. Philosophy, the pursuit of truth, begins with the question: "What is reality?" It has a METHOD. One learns that by READING PHILOSOPHY.
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  3596.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  Stop putting words in my mouth and go away.
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  3597.  GeTTeM i GoTTeM ENT.  Psychologists/psychotherapists reaching conclusions is not new. But is it philosophy?
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  3598.  @LionEagleOx  Idiot: the Founders who drafted the Constitution based their doing so on PHILOSOPHY. I already pointed to the essential sources of their philosophy of gov't.
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  3599.  @michaelmcgee335  Beware of those who have all the answers.
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  3600.  @garymelnyk7910  So you're impressed with his dictatorial "debating" style? Philosophy is the PURSUIT of truth -- not a competitive "debate" over who can be most dogmatic. And I've yet to see a right-winger who actually knows the meaning of "debate".
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  3601.  @LionEagleOx  You have yet to make clear your "argument," except that you reject the rule of law. I adhere to the rule of law. You spin your wheels trying to find excuses around it. The first thing people do when they get together, so they can work together, is establish a set of agreed rules. After that they build buildings, etc., together.
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  3602.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  You're still rejecting education in order to avoid knowing what you're talking about. You are intellectually lazy. You reject REASON.
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  3603.  @jerryw6699  So you and your buddy, sitting on your bar stool "Agoras," having never observed and critiqued your thought processes and ideas, are nonetheless philosophers? Actions and decisions don't make a philosopher, especially as you omitted the most crucial element: TRUTH. Any asshole can "act" and "decide". That does not make assholes into philosophers.
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  3604.  @ag7075  There are no absolutes except constant change, which constant change vitiates "absolutes".
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  3605.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I don't hate Peterson, though I see as dangerous his presenting himself as some sort of guru, and not warning his cult-members NOT to view him as knowing-it-all. And I suspect his rants about "masculinity crisis" is his argument with himself.
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  3606.  @daronmann7159  Whether you inform yourself of the relevant is your decision, for which you are responsible. And there are doubtless other texts on the same topic which you might prefer. But you don't read, don't inform yourself of views other than Peterson's. Because that is what is required of history-illiterate cult members. The idea that "Western culture" -- the United States in particular -- was based on white European philosophers and "Christianity" is cripplingly false. The United States was founded on genocide and slavery, and philosophies as far back as the Greeks -- who were neither European nor "white"; and its polyglot "Christianity" was derived from the Middle East where Christ and "His" followers were Jews. Peterson embraces the US-specific right-wing version of "Christianity" that promulgates white supremacism and anti-Semitism. If you want insight into that racist bigotry look at the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists on the Supreme Court which, with their overturning of "Roe," and the targeting of other decisions based on the right of privacy, was accomplished by their erasure of the right of privacy based on the elementary-school level that such right does not exist because the words "right of privacy" do not appear in the Constitution. They are also gutting separation of "religion" and gov't in total disregard of the First Amendment separation of the two. Other words that do not appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to possess guns".
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  3607.  @jonathandavid9720  Yes, I have bias, because I'm imperfect and finite. So are you. And so is Jordan Peterson. "False dichotomy": you identify none. "[C]ritical error"? "[N]egative presumption. You identify none. [C]ritical error"?
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  3608.  @PrimePhilosophy  So you believe in the extreme individualism of your "philosophy" not being a "mish-mash" because entirely alienated from the social milieu in which you are embedded? Why would you need a philosophy -- a compromised "negotiation" with reality, which includes other humans; why not just act according to one's unmediated/sublimated ID? Why not simply reject education, which is what you are doing? You exist in a democracy founded on the rule of law. The citizen in a democracy doesn't have only "rights" and "freedom"; there are also responsibilities. Rights are inextricably entwined with responsibility. There is no "right" to be stupid. You also remind of my youthful view that "education" would "taint" my creative process. I would learn from experience, and study, that it is quite opposite: learning enriches, and improves one's skills. It is bizarre to argue that rejecting formal knowledge of philosophy -- substantively -- will result in being a "philosopher". And that that means one will come up with ideas not already examined and articulated in formal philosophy. Have you a foundation for your "Philosophy of Ignorance"? Other than, that is, ignorance?
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  3609.  @PrimePhilosophy  How then, being untethered from anything and everything objective, does one distinguish between "philosophy" and self-bullshitting?
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  3610.  @zacharybils9182  So he complains about the one-sided juvenile "cancel culture" meme -- but not when it is done by his cult members.
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  3611.  @jakedefenbaugh603  He's a bullshitter. Those who haven't exposure to formal philosophy often mistake the two. A degree in psychology is not a degree in philosophy.
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  3612.  @VintageFLA  This is "Court TV," not the general news of CNN.
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  3613. Note that BEFORE the bomb threat, Tarrio, attempting to crash the "Summit," had hostile verbal exchanges with both Fanone and his mother. And note that the issuer of the bomb threat gave special attention to Fanone and his mother. Coincidence? MPD can investigate.
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  3614. Which US allies were abandoned by Trump to Turkish slaughter so he could claim he's anti-war and therefore against death.
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  3615. Bag of DEAD rocks.
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  3616. Dylan wrote a song titled "Lenny Bruce".
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  3617. So Short is back to the same playbook. Pence looked at every way to get around his duty, but in the end did the right thing because he had no other option. Pence OWES "We the people" his testimony; otherwise and he is covering up.
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  3618. It isn't about Democrats and Republicans. It is about democracy v. tyranny.
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  3619.  @szaggasd  Exactly right. And Thiel is another domestic enemy.
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  3620. You're full of shit on this issue. "One thing they're saying" -- who is "THEY"?
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  3621.  @jaynumb8673  You know nothing about me; instead you project your extremist law-illiteracy. "Heller" expressly stipulates that so-called "gun rights" are not unlimited. In other words, gun control is CONSTITUTIONAL, for which the EVIDENCE is OVERWHELMING from the Founders themselves, who engaged in EVERY form of gun control including CONFISCATION. Because they KNEW that no SANE society leaves dangerous objects and substances lying around unregulated. The FIRST responsibility of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Perhaps you should spend less time licking the sweet lead of your gun barrels and learn the ACTUAL LAW on the issue. First, the possession of guns is a PRIVILEGE, NOT A RIGHT; which is why that possession can be REVOKED. Second, this is the ONLY "individual right" debated by those who WROTE the Second Amendment: "but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms, shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." OBVIOUSLY that was VOTED DOWN BEFORE the proposed Amendment was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification. That means the Second Amendment -- the purpose of which was to establish a National Defense based on the well-regulated Militia -- is totally irrelevant to ANY "private" "individual" "right".
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  3622.  @SMS9155  You know nothing about me except that I reveal: I'm a US citizen, and have an education in law. You? -- without personal attacks you'd have nothing to say -- and that isn't result of you being able to think for yourself, let alone adhere to facts. What issues do I "praise"? And what of those "b[r] violence on others"? Are you able to make sense? As a person with an education in law I'm a student of the Constitution and laws. You are a student of the stupid.
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  3623. DRM protects the rights of those who own the property being protected. The idea that only the consumer has rights is BOGUS.
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  3624. Yes it does exist -- on the Right with Republicans. They are in the process of cancelling while attempting to distract from that by accusing others of doing it. It's akin to Trump, election thief, accusing others of "election theft".
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  3625. Background checks WORK. What you are saying that laws are not perfect so we should just repeal them all. That's why the NRA was caught working under the radar in Michigan to REPEAL the state's background check law. If they DIDN'T work, there would be no need to repeal a law that had no effect. The rare exception to the rule cannot be allowed to swallow the rule. The NRA and Gun Oners of America and their lobbyists are the POLITICAL fronts of the gun industry. The gun industry care about only two things: profits, and increasing their profits. It's all about the MONEY, including the campaign contributions to the REPUBLICAN politicians they bankroll.
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  3626. Linsey Graham wants to put retired military in the schools. STOP LYING that he ISN'T IGNORING the GUNS.
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  3627.  @valerielubker1651  There more to the story than that. Begin with the fact that US involvement in Vietnam violated the Geneva Accords. Add that McCain was shot down during a mission to bomb hospitals and other civilian infrastructure -- which is a war crime.
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  3628.  @SDC1949  The tyranny of thought control.
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  3629. He only wore the helmet to protect himself because he knew his fellow insurrectionists are violent.
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  3630. Per the US Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That isn't "socialism"; it is SELF-GOVERNANCE. The Founders NEVEr used the words "Big Gov't". Those who do use those words are enemies of "We the people".
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  3631. Zelenskyy was blindsided. But he did not argue or raise his voice. He wasn't allowed to speak, especially when he began to show that Trump and Vance don't know what they're talking about. And that they don't care. Trump's effort is to rescue Putin, who is losing the war, by imposing a "peace" that would allow to keep the illegally occupied Ukrainian territory. And it wasn't for the US; it was for Putin.
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  3632. They are already as low as possible.
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  3633.  @5thribroarn304  Yes -- and I pointed to YOUR IMMORALITY, and the ADDITIONAL LIE that you are "concerned" with "morality" -- so long, of course, as it is someone else's alleged "lack" of morality, because you certainly can't defend the morality that YOU do not have. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Adams was a patriot; you are not.
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  3634. Yeah -- we only had to deal with the DRAFT during wartime. Reminder: you weren't there so are CLUELESS what it was like.
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  3635. So the caller is drunk. He isn't making any sense, of course.
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  3636. Joe Rogan is a low-information meathead. That is his appeal.
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  3637. Trump's ;awyers tried more than 60 times to influence judges that the election was stolen without any evidence for the alllegation.
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  3638. Simply put: the effort is to prevent the wrongful termination.
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  3639. "If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride, and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice, and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes." -- Sir Thomas More, in Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons.
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  3640. The problem for all 84 of the fake "electors" is that they LIED that they had been ELECTED. It is ELECTION FRAUD.
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  3641. No, he is accusing her of being a liar, and you are buying it, the same as you guzzle Trump's demonstrable lies. Because for you it isn't about truth; it's about whether you're told to like it or not.
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  3642.  @YU-mv3ku  Ukraine 2022.
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  3643.  @rider3859  The REASON they haven't ended the filibuster is BECAUSE they realize those consequences. That is why they are discussing a specific carve-out.
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  3644.  @rider3859  It is the fact. The 50 Republicans in the Senate represent much less than 50 per cent of the population. In fact, there are fewer Republicans than Democrats, and fewer Democrats than Independents.
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  3645.  @bryanb3352  Read this as many times as necessary to penetrate your ignorance -- ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: _The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). "Law Dictionary: Second Edition"_, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  3646.  @bryanb3352  Try again -- ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  3647.  @pattymiller9040  Wrong. And Biden was elected. Pay attention to REALITY: every one of Trump's 60-plus fraudulent lawsuits alleging election fraud was DISMISSED for LACK OF EVIDENCE. LACK of EVIDENCE because the election was not stolen. And Trump's Supreme Court REFUSED TO HEAR his appeal of his same fraudulent claims of election fraud. Either stop the lying, or WAKE UP. As for your law-illiteracy: anyone within the United States, regardless status, is under jurisdiction of United States law -- both penalties AND PROTECTIONS. And due process applies, which is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. That your racist hero ignores the rule of law and engages in gutter-level racist name calling does not change the fact that he's a career criminal and anti-American thug. I'm waiting for him to plead the 5th so he finally admits that he's a mobster.
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  3648. You've not met or been directly affected by such con-artists in real life.
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  3649.  @JA-ee2dr  Gabby was not Laundrie. It was Laundrie who said he wouldn't drink from plastic. And in that same video when he was offered water -- in plastic bottles -- he declined the offer.
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  3650.  @sharonmontano4924  The road to hell is paved with honorable mentions.
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  3651.  @AnneEloiseOfCNY  If any "evidence" "Dog" finds is LEGITIMATE, it will stand on its own as LEGITIMATE. That's how LAW assesses EVIDENCE. Stick to the very few known facts, and dump all their emotionalized circus hysterics. "Dog" is there for his own ends, and no one else's.
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  3652. What about Trump's lying to "We the people" about the lethality of the COVID-19 budget? Don't care about that because he isn't the DNC that you love to irrelevantly hate?
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  3653. Than OTHERS' safety.
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  3654. Nope. Trump doesn't have copy of the affidavit; and if he did he wouldn't want ANYONE to release it because of what it contains.
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  3655. WITHOUT evidence you conclude that she isn't "squeaky clean"!? Because constantly-lying Republicans SAY so WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE!? PAY ATTENTION: Hillary was "investigated" for 30 years, based on FAKE "scandals," by Republicans. Take as example the fake Benghazi "scandal": she didn't need to be subpoenaed, and she has never pled the 5th. And the day she announced her candidacy for president she released THIRTY YEARS of tax returns. While both Sanders and Trump persisted in their own serial lying about releasing theirs. Your boy Trump's son pled the 5th more than 500 times during ONE deposition. And his father will at least match that number. Even though Trump himself repeatedly said only "the mob" and "the guilty" plead the 5th. When do you choose to believe him, and when do you choose not to believe him?
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  3656.  @richietattersall2122  I have no idea the status of gov't computer systems. But I do know, as one who worked on automation of the law during the 1990s, that the courts always went for the most expensive computer hardware. That didn't guarantee judges knew how to use it beyond legal research -- they tended to have direct connection to West Publishing databases -- and writing decisions.
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  3657. Musk is a guy with a lot of money from gov't welfare who is law-illiterate throwing words around.
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  3658.  @EnlightenedIllusions  This was not an ex parte decision.
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  3659.  @licketysplit7196  It's about the Constitution and laws -- on which our democracy is based. It isn't all about "freedom"; it is also about CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.
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  3660. You don't read law, so you wouldn't know how law is to be read. All you do is reject law and fact you "don't like"; you don't know anything about either.
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  3661. Simple facts for Trump supporters: 1. Steve Bannon was indicted Federally for defrauding Trump supporters. 2. Trump pardoned Bannon instead of protecting his supporters. 3. Trump and Bannon invited his supporters to Washington, DC to disrupt the official Congressional proceeding of the peaceful transfer of power. 4. More than a thousand of his supporters have been convicted of their violence on that date. Trump had between January 6 and January 21 to pardon those supporters. Instead he played golf, and those supporters are still sitting on their asses in jail, where Trump put them. Those aren't complicated facts -- they should be understood even by the uneducated Trump supporters that Trump falsely claims to "love". All he loves is that they are so easy to hoodwink into giving him their money.
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  3662. Where's the white Bronco?
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  3663. Or looked constipated.
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  3664.  @rhondasisson1681  It can't be proven that there's a "God". As to the Rittenhouse trial: the judge restricted the prosecution to referring to the Rittenhouse VICTIMS as "rioters, looters, and arsonists -- EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THEY WERE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. Wake up, law illiterate: the Constitution is by its own terms the SUPREME law of the land. There is no law higher or equal to it. The First Amendment to the Constitution SEPARATES "religion" and gov't. So keep your personal "religious" opinion OUT of the public square: do as Christ counseled: pray in PRIVATE rather than trying to impress others with your ego-trip pride that you're "religious".
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  3665.  @rhondasisson1681  Stop surrendering your individual responsibility to a "God" that is always a no-show. And all the "thoughts and prayers" have yet to save a single life.
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  3666.  @kristinamateo4389  It's one of the very first things done when scrutinizing a vehicle. "Sovereign Citizen" pull-overs typically begin with that.
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  3667.  @andrewdwyer2456  But the voters in Iowa don't agree with you, which is why the delegate count is the final step of the process. As result, Sanders LOST Iowa, regardless how many times he and his biased "fans" tell the LIE that he won. Clue, as concerns your paranoid concern with and opposition to "corruption": LYING is CORRUPTION. And wishful thinking/denial is a form of lying to oneself. Who else do you think configures these things -- the mythic cigar-smoking fat-cats in totally dark backrooms? They are decided, throughout the process, by the VOTERS. As for Sanders' incessant resort to the politics of paranoia, and how he's a "victim": EVERY candidate -- and this is nothing new -- directly monitors the process from beginning to end. So Sanders' whining that he was excluded, or that there is RISK of that, is utter bullshit for the politically uninformed "fans" who believe everything is entertainment, and act the way their favorite fictional characters in media act.
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  3668.  @anomad6314  That was immediately after the caucus, and that was WEEKS ago. Aren't you too young to be living in the past?
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  3669. I am impressed and relieved that there are young people -- Adam, and Luke Beasley as two examples -- who are actually informed about the rules and what is actually happening, and that they present informedly and intelligently.
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  3670. If your name is Hunter Biden, one is being prosecuted by the "Biden" DOJ.
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  3671. Regressive progressives supported Sanders who helped elect his opposite extreme Trump. Look at the CONSEQUENCES.
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  3672. At core, "sovereign citizens" reject the rule of law. Don't be confused: their "rationale" is just another criminal rationale. (I'm still waiting for Trump to claim to be a "sovereign citizen".)
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  3673. And that is on the health "care" side of the issue. The issue isn't only the insurance corporations. It is also the hospital -- and nursing home -- administrations. Google "Steward Health Care" -- a disaster that occurred in the Boston, Massachusetts region -- THE area of the country which considers itself the central mecca for health care and medical research in the US. Most of the important reportage on that has been by the "Boston Globe" -- read the comments to the articles -- and the "American Prospect". There are ongoing DOJ investigations of that disaster -- but will they be called off by the Trump criminal enterprise? And underlying that is the fact that in the US health "care" is based on monetization of illness -- the sicker the patient is, the greater the profits for other than the patient.
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  3674.  @hansvandermeulen5515  And or a pardon.
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  3675. Forget the amnesia: Trump began attacking the intelligence community just before he took office, and that continued.
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  3676. We have more than enough "may-bes" from right-wing extremists without having a pretend-journalist added to the pile. That's why we want the tax docuemnts: so there are no more conjectures, speculations, may-bes.
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  3677. The Republicans are whining like stuck pigs.
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  3678. That isn't Laundrie -- he has not joined the search; he is merely offering, the North Point police said it is up to the FBI, and the FBI has said nothing.
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  3679. In 2016 Bernie Sanders helped elect TRUMP. And now that the Republicans are openly fascist, and Trump has been re-elected, Sanders continues to attack DEMOCRATS. Stop ignoring those facts.
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  3680. I lost that for him back in the 1970s when he was pushing right-wing economic ideology disguised as the "science" of psychology. He's always been a huckster.
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  3681. Agreed. Much love to Denmark for its resistance to the Nazis even while occupied.
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  3682. An M.D. is not a geneticist.
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  3683.  @bendover-bz4bc  At the least you are loose with English spelling; it should be "losers". Let's try simple logic: if he wans to PROVE it is "fake news," then he should release his financial reocrds that "proves" that. Until that happens, no one is going to believe he isn't hiding a decades-long history of tax, bank, and insurance frauds. One thing is made clear by the "NY Times" report: he bought Doral in 2012 for $150 million. By 2018, he'd lost 162-plus million on it. That explains why he didn't exterminate the bedbugs: he couldn't afford it.
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  3684.  @reggieshark  This object was shot down. It didn't "fly into Something".
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  3685. Some of these comments sound as clueless as the characters in 1950s science FICTION schlock. Even include the always vapidly vague appeal to "faith".
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  3686.  @notsofancyqueen4794  One has the option to NOT speculate.
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  3687.  @latyshal.2286  There are no miracles. And your "God" is on permanent vacation.
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  3688.  @only2genders02  Wait till you discover how tariffs ACTUALLY work. You voted for them, and you will get their actual impact. Don't come whining to us when you discover that Trump told you the truth to your face -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." Keep up the bigotry against science and knowing what you're talking about: it will keep you a small and limited human being.
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  3689. Is there PROOF he has a passport?
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  3690. Is the yeller an actual journalist? Or is he one of the usual amateur non-journalist "independent media" who don't know the difference between opinion and fact?
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  3691.  @stephaniemomma  We're on the same page. "Dog" is in Florida looking for Laundrie, who isn't anywhere in Florida, but Miya Marcano went missing just down the road in Florida. But there wasn't a truckload of TeeVee cameras looking at it, so no publicity for "Dog"; and she doesn't fit the "missing white woman syndrome".
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  3692.  @bigpones4742  Actually not, racist: more Blacks are killed by police than whites, even when the situations are the same. Yes, we're all human: but when you look at a Black, as example, you do not see a white.
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  3693.  @ihlbit1  The issue has been researched and proven: there is a "missing white woman syndrome" (but no apparent equivalent of "missing white man syndrome"). Systemic racism exists, regardless how thoroughly you prefer to be blindly supportive of it. Those who deny it are the racists; and it is a stupid effort at defense to accuse those who refuse to lie about as being the racists.
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  3694.  @ShantalhaitianPrincess  He's also a convicted murderer. And when he talks about catching a fugitive in Mexico, note that he leaves out that he was arrested for that, because bounty hunting is illegal in Mexico. It is also illegal in Florida. So why are the police not arresting him -- because white, famous, and sorta one of their own?
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  3695.  @DAISYROSE22  Are you qualified to "diagnose" people you've never met? How many online "diagnosticians" see narcissists everywhere because actually talking about themselves?
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  3696.  @GoebbelsWife  Seeing the proven racism is not racist. Calling the calling out of it "racist' is racist. You fool no one, racist.
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  3697. @LionSin In fact, a high profile Trump Republican has been indicted for child sex trafficking. Those who "care" about missing white women "care" about that in between white women being missing.
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  3698. Where is your E-V-I-D-E-N-C-E?
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  3699.  Article95  Then we shouldn't be complaining that he has been getting due process. We should be raising the issue about others not getting equality before the law.
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  3700. Because she's lying.
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  3701.  @GamingWithNikolas  As are all the words before and after that word.
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  3702.  @markwarren5644  Recycling can be done. Those who are opposed to regulation will deny it can be done, so no effort should be made to recycle.
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  3703. REALITY is AGAINST you, moron: all one need do is look at the Super Tuesday results: Sanders' clock was cleaned by African-American VOTERS. White racists will repeat the OBVIOUS FALSEHOOD -- no more "myth" -- that Sanders has support in the African-American community. Vermont is LILY-WHITE, and in 2016 it took MONTHS to persuade Sanders that African-Americans EXIST, then months more to persuade him that they are RELEVANT as VOTERS. Writing off Obamacare is the mistake Warren made because "Medicare for All" is too much of a reach at this time.
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  3704. Fox should be driven out of business -- and no bankruptcy fraud.
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  3705. And he was a fraud all along. The media fictionalized him as "America's Mayor" by omitting his history.
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  3706. The Trump-Vance campaign is domestic terrorism, headed to violent sedition/treason.
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  3707. It's all about himself, as usual, but now it is openly defensive.
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  3708. Not ironic: they'd seen the tyranny of "religious" gov't.
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  3709. Greene voted AGAINST the EMERGENCY baby formula bill. And that bill funded the WIC baby formula. If one is a WIC recipient one is restricted to Abbott's baby formula.
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  3710.  @mdougf  Stop the Stupid, Comrade.
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  3711. No financial institution will do business with a proven fraudster.
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  3712. DAMN IT! Get the FACTS -- 1. Mark Lane claimed to have been Oswald's defense attorney. 2. Lane's book Rush to Judgment was his DEFENSE brief in the case. 3. As DEFENSE lawyer, Lane's job was to point anything and everything AWAY from his client. BOTTOM LINE: DEFENSE briefs are NOT OBJECTIVE. Lane is responsible ONLY for establishing a lucrative "conspiracy" INDUSTRY about the assassination. Crackpots, greedy exploiters, and those who can't let go of the loss, insist on ignoring those basic facts about Lane and his book and the profitable junk-industry he spawned.
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  3713. And John Eastman was part of it -- and he is being HAMMERED by the court.
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  3714.  @normancameron727  Then perhaps the racism in the Caribbean is closer to your concern.
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  3715.  @kennadowning  Even professional bicyclists take falls now and then.
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  3716.  @faysuxxss  So you're saying that as a psychologist he isn't to reach any CONCLUSIONS. So how do you propose a psychologist engage in TREATMENT if s/he doesn't arrive at a conclusion of what needs to be treated? You know nothing about EVIDENCE-BASED THINKING. And you certainly know as much about bias, psychology, and psychotherapeutics.
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  3717.  @momvaz6613  Since when are parents uneducated in pedagogy "teachers"? They aren't doing education; they are doing indoctrination -- brainwashijng their kids to their own uniformed beliefs. As for Florida: a shithole state.
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  3718.  @EL-FUKKO  So you believe you'd be more comfortable under Nazism. And that that wouldn't adversely impact you. Perhaps that's what it would take to burst your bubble of illusion.
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  3719. Why did the "string, independent"" woman who us Smith's wife stand up for herself, instead of leaving the dirty work to the man?
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  3720. Trump's "Bible" is the radcated version -- all that "love" stuff blacked out.
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  3721.  @batriley6208  Lloyd Austin isn't the issue, despite your immoral intellectually-dishonest effort to change the subject. The issue is the blatantly, overtly, even boastfully corrupt Alito. This is in the Constitution you purport to have sworn oath to: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And this: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining the Militia". And this: "Art. II., S. 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief . . . of the Militia". Where was he on January 6th? Would you call it AWOL?
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  3722. It's amazing the number of incompetent coffee people that Trump employs and doesn't know. And they are always unliked.
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  3723. Hillary was "investigated" for 30 years by Republicans for fake "scandals" made up by Republicans. The first person damaged by your baseless hatred is YOU.
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  3724. Habba seems to be clientless; perhaps she'd agree to represent Giuliani pro bono if he has problems with a parking lot.
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  3725. They already knew better. So what have they to learn?
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  3726. He's a meathead hypocrite for money. And greed is one of the seven deadly sins. But if "religion" is a guaranteed way to pick peoples' pockets then why not when one's only principle or value is greed.
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  3727. Racists see it as racst. And it doesn't encourage anti-Semitism -- that's a dumb-assed supremacism.
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  3728.  @ryanwalters6184  It's both.
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  3729. It is ILLEGAL to submit FRAUDULENT DOCUMENTS to banks.
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  3730. Attacking the mainstream media is kneejerk stupidity. At least they know what journalism is and must comply with an ethical standard -- none of which applies to the "independent" media you guzzle.
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  3731. The person who sent the threatening letter is reported to be in Florida.
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  3732.  @AriusBLK  That's why 'autoenthused" is whining -- but he couldn't admit to the humiliation felt. His "hero" Sanders is a Saint," therefore it can't be that Sanders is at fault; so the world "cheated" or something something. It's always someone else's fault, like the fictional "thumb on the scale" in 2016.
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  3733. Smearing "left-wing media" as "political" is POLITICAL BIAS.
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  3734. They aren't yet saying out loud that they want to "legalize" rape.
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  3735. The first casualty of war is truth.
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  3736. The basis of their claim to be exempt from the rule of law is straight out of the "sovereign citizen" criminal rationale.
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  3737. And if not he should be removed.
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  3738. It's up to 40 nations having their back.
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  3739.  @jaobidan2358  Fossil fools.
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  3740. it's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  3741. The claim that the US is not a democracy is not hypocrisy; it is law-illiteracy as ideology.
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  3742.  @timelessmusicfamilymusic9175  Yeah -- LIE in order to stand for truth against unproven fear-mongerer's fantasies.
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  3743. The problem for the Republicans doing the right thing is so foreign to them.
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  3744. Is this the same one that happened decades ago? Yes -- from 1980s. Old news.
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  3745. I would attribute the phone call issue to faulty memory. The jury should understand that.
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  3746. You were duped for that long!?
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  3747. There used to be gems in the Top 40.
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  3748. If he doesn't drink, then why is he a whine-o.
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  3749. How does that work based on law, fact, and LOGIC? Suffice that "we" don't charge anyone with murder without EVIDENCE that they committed murder.
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  3750. "Rule of Law" and Reagan: Iran-Fascist Contra "Death Squads," which Reagan characterized as "freedom fighters" against anti-colonialist "Communists". Murdered US missionary nuns.
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  3751. Make Accountability Great Again.
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  3752.  @eazhar  That's what Michael wants you to believe. But look at the reports of the insurance rate explosion and the inability to pay it -- that will force people into homelessness. Inflation is falling nationally. The highest rate of inflation is in Florida -- twice the national. average. And DeSantis's attack on immigration have even "legal" immigrants leaving the state -- which is undermining the state's agricultural and construction industries, the backbones of which are immigrants. Did I neglect to mention the racist and other attacks on minorities, the book bannings, first implemented by Hitler?
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  3753. If Ann "(I'm Actually George Santos in Drag)" Coulter told me that she's a liar (which she is) I wouldn't believe her.
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  3754. Bulger and Connelly grew up together in the same South End project.
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  3755. The DOJ filed a motion with the court to unseal the COURT'S copy of the warrant. But AG GARLAND said that TRUMP could release the copy given to TRUMP. The search was made necessary because Trump's WORD cannot be trusted.
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  3756. There is NO "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  3757. Yeah -- let's encourage the media to go negative by her appearing to be arrogant.
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  3758. Brexit is Putin's foothold in the UK as part of his effort to destroy NATO.
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  3759. Huckabee Sanders is NOT a good person. So we can rely on the Moocher to lie when the person is a Republican.
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  3760. Don "Napfather Snoreleone" Trump is a snooze operator.
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  3761.  @mdougf  No one knows that because it is HOGWASH.
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  3762. The only observable Christians I've seen who actually walk the talk are Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter. Period. Full stop.
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  3763.  @markgoggin2014  English is your second language? Technically -- see "geography" -- "America" includes every country and territory from Canada to Tierra del Fuego.
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  3764. What matters for this Congressman is to SMEAR Karmala Harris. He doesn't belong in Congress for abuse of power.
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  3765. He violated a slew of both Federal and state CRIMINAL laws. And he is headed for felony convictions for doing so. And in addition to jail-time he will be prohibited possessing guns.
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  3766.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  Hitler was not a socialist. He rose to power warning against the left, primarily the Communists. But as I detailed, he first targeted for extermination Communists, socialists, and trade unionists. Because Hitler was a far-RIGHT Fascist.
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  3767.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  So your a Neo-Nazi rationalizing Hitler's Fascism.
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  3768.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  So you're saying Hitler acted as you allege Communists act -- that he was a leftist who attacked the left. That's the crackpot Bircher view.
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  3769. Yeah: Giuliani had "evidence" against Hunter Biden -- but withheld it from investigators. Obstruction of justice. Keep talking, Giuliani, Jr.
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  3770. The FBI is way ahead of you. Stop kidding yourself that you're an "investigator".
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  3771. So many people claim to have proof of a conspiracy -- but none ever produce it because they don't have it. He is wrong. The BU School of Medicine produced a video of their forensic examination of the primary evidence -- including the skull x-rays. The "Warren Commission" got it right.
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  3772. Better the RNC waste its money on his frivolous suits than fund political campaigns. Even better that the taxpayers aren't paying his frivolous way.
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  3773. Then why did Comey violate DOJ policy to help Trump get elected?
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  3774. They came from (through?) Rhode Island on their way to Maine for "training". In other words, "military" training. Unfortunately, the ran out of gas in a state with strong gun control, whichh includes prohibition of publicly carrying guns.
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  3775. Bullshit doesn't deserve a hearing. It is to be refuted. As many times as necessary. And ALWAYS with FACTS.
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  3776. REPUBLICAN TX Gov. Abbott at his press conference said that there was no record that the killer had mental health issues. Then said we should focus on mental health issues.
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  3777.  @emmanuelwinner4149  He was expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty-train.
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  3778.  @CertifiedDoc  He did a few minutes photo op, and lied that it was a full day of doing manual labor. You like being a dunce, eh?
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  3779. If they were "white conservatives," they would still be in felony violation of Federal and state laws. They have their equivalents in "sovereign citizen" white supremacists.
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  3780.  @The-LongRoad-Home  What in hell are you talking about, white majority "victim"?
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  3781.  @nunzionapoli6325  The Second Amendment is the FOURTH of FOUR Militia Clauses in the Constitution. The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time. Recommend your read it for the first time in your life. Focus on Art. I., S. 8., C. 15 & 16. In short, law-illiterate, LEGITIMATE militia are UNDER the law, not criminal felons opposed to the rule of law.
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  3782.  @JoseContreras-mv5yz  It's more complicated than that. As example, the Second Amendment applies to the ste's WELL-REGULATED, under BOTH US and state constitutions and laws, the commander-in-chief of which is the state's GOVERNOR. AND, the ARMING of the state's Militia is by CONGRESS. Did CONGRESS "arm" these moorons via the state's gov't/Militia/National Guard of which they are NOT members?
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  3783.  @nunzionapoli6325  Gun control laws exist to portect the health and safety of the public. There is no individual "right" to endanger those, any more than there is an individual 'right" to be a criminal.
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  3784. One of the board members was Dr. Bill Frist, the former Republican Senator. And the "pro-life" one who misrepresented the Florida case of the woman on life support in order to prevent her family from removing her from life-support.
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  3785. If the Founders had thought term limits were wise, we would have them. And it is the "Old Members" who have the experience and wisdom that the young lack. It doesn't surprise that the uneducated hate those who have education. And cheer on the corrupt and destructive behaviors of such as Jordan, Gaetz, and Greene.
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  3786. Tucker Carlson's response to Gaetz: "Who are you? Who arranged this interview? Why am I here?"
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  3787. Anyone else with plans to move to Flori-DUH, the Gunshine State?
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  3788. You don't know how lawyer's conduct themselves when in the defense role. They are ETHICALLY required to defend their client. That you don't LIKE that does not automagically mean the lawyer is lying. CAN lawyers lie? Yes -- but so can everyone else.
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  3789. Trump came along.
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  3790. Maybe we should prosecute the NRA for fostering and defending mass murder.
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  3791.  @garythomas4936  So you continue to support Putin. You have no sense of priorities except to love mass murder.
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  3792.  @jenniferfriesen7691  He may know that. But he's "conservative" and for "free markets" (though he does love them there gov't subsidies, which protected him from Big Ag).
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  3793. Yeah -- paint and fertilizer are "cures" for COVID-19.
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  3794. Trump is the issue, so keep attacking Biden and the Democrats. Are you paid by Putin?
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  3795. IDIOT: that it is announced that the seized the phone does not mean they only now seized it. You have the opportunity to learn how investigations work. You are refusing that opportunity.
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  3796.  @bjornstahle4652  It wasn't a "nutjob" who came up with the slogan; it was a young activist with a just case who rushed into something that seemed "clever" and intended to get attention. I recognized immediately that it was stupid -- that it was not something that most would understand. When explained, yes, it made sense. And I wasn't surprised that it backfired, though I'd been hoping it wouldn't. During the 1960s I witnessed the leaders of movements make egregious mistakes -- though they then and later didn't admit it, if they even recognized it. One must learn to think ahead of the possible consequences of one's words and actions to avoid playing into the opposition's intents.
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  3797. And it isn't like Vance isn't a continuing "stir" for the campaign.
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  3798. They aren't yet doing their job; they doing the show of action. If they want votes, they must avoid stepping on particular toes.
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  3799. Some victims choose to be bullies. Then when called out for being bullies they whine that they are victims. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine? Because he's a whine-o.
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  3800. Learn the difference between Representatives and Senators.
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  3801. The 15 boxes were ALREADY removed from MAGA-Lardo. This is the home of a person who is not above the law, and who has ALREADY VIOLATED the Federal Records Act -- a FELONY by STEALING documents that belong to "We the people". Is it NON-political "news" to characterize non-biased media as "left-leaning" and "political"?
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  3802. It's amazing how he never runs out of lies. And let's not forget when Trump shut the gov't down in 2018 in effort to blackmail Congress, and was trapped into taking responsibility for it -- and the damage it caused. Then he was okay with shutting down the country.
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  3803.  @ms.fravell7606  None of which has anything relevant to do with US civic and political life.
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  3804. If Santos told me he's a liar I'd hesitate before believing him.
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  3805.  @mattmarkus4868  Petito was reported missing on 9/11. Laundrie disappeared on 9/11 or 9/12. Would it have been legally proper or worth the expense of resources to surveil a person who wasn't yet a person of interest let alone a suspect or under indictment?
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  3806. If it was outdoors, it wasn't "domestic". It was probably a public argument; whether only that or more than that can't be determined when members of the public vary in their degrees of concern over anything whatsoever. Some would call police over a raised voice. Others wouldn't want to get involved if it involved physical altercation. An official makes a statement, and jerks run with it into speculative fictional apocalypse. The "questions" they come up with are typically stupid.
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  3807. Try co-conspirator.
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  3808.  @edwardrichardson7076  Apparently he's ceased cooperating with the House Ethics Committee.
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  3809.  @rosannaspeller9408  But Trump did appoint him in the expectation that he would be a loyalist. Esper was loyal, but wouldn't go all the way, so was replaced at the last minute.
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  3810.  @Africa893  It's actually more complicated than that. In some states, and Federally, judges are nominated by the executive branch -- governor or president -- and approved or not by the elected legislative branch. In other states they run for election, so tend to have histories of being "tough on crime" as their resume. And it is also the fact that the 60-plus "stolen election" claims filed by Trump were thrown out of court ALSO by TRUMP-nominated and -appointed judges. So it is actually possible for a judge, even though a human being, to apply the law to the facts, instead of applying their personal preferences to the facts. The Republican right-wing claims of "judicial activism" only means they disapprove the DECISIONS of "liberal" judges. Then when their judges get into power they -- like Scalia -- are routinely activist judges hiding behind BS claims about being "textualists" and "originalists".
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  3811.  @KatieDidnt-ge2mk  Yeah -- I read about it on youtube, by people with fake screen names, so it must be true.
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  3812. Every country tells itself that it's the greatest country.
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  3813. They are salting the press core with right-wing conspiracy BSing "influencers" to ask questions that will elicit answers Trump wants out.
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  3814. How does privatization work to cut taxes? Instead of paying gov't employees, those departments are shrunk or eliminated, and in their place gov't makes contracts with private corporations that cost more than gov't employees -- and pays them with taxpayer monies. And that was the core deceit unleashed by Reagan. Promoted by the lie that the corporations, paid with more taxpayer monies than gov't employment costs, would create jobs with all that money, and tax cuts. Instead there was introduced cronyism and contract fraud.
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  3815. It's certainly messed up Michael's mind. He's from Florida, where inflation is the highest in the nation, racists Republicans are enacting laws discriminating against minorities, and banning books -- as corruption invented by Adolph Hitler -- but Michael is talking about anything but the basket case that is his home state of FLORIDA. If he can't say anything good about Republican policies in FLORIDA, then talk about shit in other states.
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  3816.  @richardnatividad2962  But Michael lives in FLORIDA. He walks around spewing right-wing opinions with little to no regard for facts.
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  3817.  @richardnatividad2962  Nothing bitter about the facts -- except to those who have facts. Michael walks around opinionating without much regard for or reference to actual fact. I'm still waiting for him to switch from bashing the homeless -- those frozen out of the system -- to bashing the explosion in mandatory home insurance IN FLORIDA that will be driving people into homelessness.
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  3818. An ex-cop doesn't know the law of the jurisdiction?
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  3819. There is a pile of motions that are gathering dust on which she hasn't ruled because neglecting that DUTY.
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  3820. Trump can't enter Canada because he is a felon. France may have the same policy. So re. Kushner's feloniously criminal father may ignore the nicety of Trump's pardon of him. So perhaps he'd have to be a "remote" ambassador. But what an insult to an ally: nominating a felon as ambassador.
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  3821. "Most people" = Trump. So let's be straight: he's "a stable genius" "with a great brain" who says everyone else said it was no big deal so he, who is the genius with the great brain -- unike everyone else -- believed it wasn't a big deal. Because he knew better he didn't know better.
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  3822. Love your attacks on Democrats instead of on, and thus in support of, the openly-criminal Trump.
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  3823. The choice is democracy v. tyranny. There were three candidates in the primary. Biden won it walking away with 86-87 per cent of the VOTE. That phase is done with. Biden is unquestionably the nominee. And Biden has a VP. Stop selling him short: he has had a LIFELONG STUTTER and has ALWAYS been a gaffe-machine. NONE of that, nor his arthirits, has any effect on his cognitive functioning. And Biden has a VP.
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  3824. Harris should challenge him to 5 debates. And keep that constantly in his face, while artfully throwing jabs and haymakers. Let him try to negotiate it down to 3.
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  3825. "the Beatles" became "The Beatles" in Hamburg. They played 8 hours a night, 7 days per week. Pete Best was not that good a drummer, and didn't fit in. Ringo got to know them in Hamburg -- he was also from Liverpool -- and had the right chemistry.
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  3826. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  3827.  @ciaruhhh  Unlike Trump Taylor Swift is an actual billionaire.
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  3828. It's an open-and-shut case: he was subpoenaed to produce documents and testify under oath. He blew off the subpoena.
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  3829. Why not go back to FLORIDA and report on the economic realities there.
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  3830.  @MeadowDay  That doesn't stop the fact that he walks around opinionating without regard for whether his opinions are true or false. And he's consistent in blaming the victims of being frozen out of the system. It is particularly morally reprehensible to beat up on the powerless which is a constant theme of his. From THAT he is NOT "on vacation".
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  3831.  @FestusParker-sm9gg  AGAIN: what is your alternative means to characterize those now properly characterized as "Kerans" -- those who reject and violate social norms and laws. This isn't a "grade school" question. Rather, it is obvious you either don't have a response to my question -- you have not answered the question -- or that you approve of the attacks on norms and decency, and disapprove of them being called out.
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  3832. Stop confusing the far-Left for "progressives". The far-Left is no different than the far-Right: it attempts to hide behind the more moderate label. The far-Left are the same "Bernie Bros" who then voted for Trump to "blow up the system" -- and we are seeing the destructive results. Trump takes credit for overturning Roe -- but the "Bernie Bros" who voted for Trump are silent about that result and the worse initiatives following that.
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  3833.  Mike Fernandez  "Thou shalt not lie against others." -- "God". Your lying is immoral -- and not a position from which to launch legitimate moral claims.
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  3834. My sense is that the "masculinity crisis" is Jordan's problem, and that he is projecting it on the world.
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  3835. Enjoyed the Murphy. And Newsom has a potentially bright future.
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  3836. Brexit is Putin's foothold in the UK.
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  3837. If Santos were to tell me he's a liar I would hesitate before believing him.
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  3838. Trump is FOX's meal ticket. FOX is in on and perpetuating the grift. Money before country.
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  3839. Cult Leader Mistake 101: Brainwash cult -- then change script.
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  3840.  @Outdoorsguy1212  Abortion is a private medical decision, so none of your business. Or shall we abolish privacy laws which protect YOUR medical records from public disclosure? As for "God": it can't be proven that "He" exists. Whose "prosperity? That of the Trump Multi-National Criminal Enterprise?
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  3841. Trump is solely responsible for his situation. And drunk on whine as he is about it, he's a lawsuit magnet.
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  3842. CLARENCE THOMAS has ALWAYS ALSO been an extremist. He benefited from Affirmative Action -- and has consistently voted AGAINST anyone else benefiting from it.
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  3843. Let's not talk about COVID. Let's not talk about 10-year-old rape victims being impregnated.
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  3844. Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in 2014. That's ten years ago.
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  3845.  @avalonentertainment2183  It's also that right-wing crackpots like "Newmax" are belligerent in their whining about being "victims". Nothing that a massive dose of laxative won't solve.
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  3846.  @craigcrawford6595  The POINT is that "freedom" has LIMITS. YOU do not have the "freedom" to impose YOUR ILLNESS on OTHERS. There is also the record of a chuch in Maine spreading the virus beyond its congregation, and people DIED.
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  3847.  @AmyElzeyLosingitwithAmy  Florida is as yet an unannounced hot spot. Next week everyone will be running for its borders. And the Text jackass hasn't talked to hundreds of people; he came up with the euthenasia policy on his own. Everyone should email him this: "You go first!"
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  3848. If we survive it.
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  3849. The January 6 Committee should subpoena Clarence and Ginni Thomas to testify under oath -- separately. Let's see how the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists on the Court rule on whether Supreme Court Justices are under, above, or outside the reach of the rule of law. Of subpoena. And whether Thomas recuses from that decision. If the Court is bent on discrediting itself and its authority into irrelevance, then let's help them do that. After all, they don't have a means to enforce their edicts against states that choose to ignore their subversions of the Constitution. Another approach: Andrew Johnson was so hated that the Congress REDUCED the number of Supreme Court seats from 10 to 7 so he couldn't appoint to it. At least 3 of the 6 extremists perjured themselves in order to stead their seats. Reducing the number of seats by 3 would restore the needed balance. That should be easier to do than the uphill battle to expand the Court.
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  3850. Unlimited challenges so long as it doesn't include food and water for those challenged.
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  3851. They are anti-American grifters who've made a lot of money by perpetrating a massive fraud on the Judiciary. The judge saw through it to the fact that it was all political. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3852. WATCH -- when he LEFT the court he DIDN'T bloviate to the media.
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  3853. Trump is a multi-billionaire -- but can't pay an 83 million dollar bond.
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  3854.  @fernandoguevara8258  It's even more amazing how none of that happened. Almost as amazing that bald-faced liars such as you can falsely pretend to be concerned with morality.
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  3855.  @fernandoguevara8258  Obviously you want to forget Iraq and Afghanistan -- because they were initiated -- on a mega-lie -- by REPUBLCIANS G. DUI Bushit and Dick "Five Deferments" Cheney.
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  3856.  @fernandoguevara8258  Keep ignoring the actual history, moral degenerate.
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  3857.  @trinkabuszczuk6138  Not all Americans are alike, dunce. You don't know me or my politics. What you will get from me is adherence to fact and law.
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  3858.  @trinkabuszczuk6138  Again, troll: you know nothing about me -- or about Americans. Your inability to think beyond your cherished blinders is bigotry.
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  3859.  @workingman4918  Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East: abandoning the US's Kurish allies to be slaughtered by Turkey.
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  3860.  @missy6539  Another politically-illiterate troll heard from. Republicans have long been enemies of the United States Constitution. Yeah: you haven't a clue what that means. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3861.  @candacecoleman2370  "My faith and opinions are NOT up for debate." Actually they are -- except for those who live in fear and have closed minds. With the "Declaration of Independence" the Founders REJECTED monarchy -- "Kings," and other such privileged autocrats. And with the Constitution and Bill of Rights, the Founders SEPARATED "religion" FROM gov't, because there is a fundamental right to NOT be a religiobigot who attacks others while demanding their beliefs be treated as so "special" that they cannot be challenged. "question your own mindset, NOT me." BECAUSE I am NOT PERFECT -- NEITHER ARE YOU -- I have the HUMILITY to have the SENSE to KNOW that NO human production, including BELIEFS, is perfect. Your "Christi" preached HUMILITY -- and your "Bible" warns that "Pride goeth before a fall". Your impenetrable arrogance, your "perfect" pride, your supremacist haughtiness, directly contradicts your on-your-sleeve professed religiosity. The word for that is: HYPOCRISY. Without DOUBT -- HUMILITY -- there can be no legitimate "faith". ADMIT IT: "faith" is belief WITHOUT EVIDENCE. Imperfect humans, who were also illiterates, in your "Bible," are not reliable evidence when they claim to KNOW that which cannot be known.
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  3862. Vance and others are also excellent.
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  3863. "Do We All Understand That Lincoln Himself Wanted and Tried To Export All Blacks Out Of This Country... " False. That was a proposal by Jefferson. Get an education in the actual history.
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  3864. I wonder how many Jewish votes Trump LOST this time around -- "Very fine people" = "Jews will not replace us!" Gorka is a pseudo-intellectual/fake British accented thug from Hungary where his immediate male ancestors were members of the Nazi Party.
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  3865.  @willer3399  I don't know about steroids. "Weed" seems to be big with them, but then I'm looking at some commingling of "racers" and bike couriers.
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  3866.  @willer3399  I've known many wannabe professionals who walk the part.
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  3867.  @dbrick46  Are you still a teenager? The media as a whole presents a myriad of information. It is the viewer's REPONSIBILITY to know the difference between fact and "opinion". Especially when the "opinion" is a falsehood. But instead of being RESPONSIBLE you irresponsibly finger-point and put all your responsibility outside yourself and on others. And I'll bet you believe that means you are an "independent thinker," when instead you are merely a reactionary. There is factual journalism; but apparently you aren't yet able to discern facts from, "I only know what I believe." Believing a thing does not make it a truth. Making an assertion without a shred of EVIDENCE does not make the assertion true; in fact, it is pointless clutter, as is your comment. FACTS are proven with EVIDENCE.
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  3868. UNDER LAW, the January 6 attack on the Capitol -- and many were ARMED -- was an INSURRECTION, which the Founders classifed as TREASON, and sentenced the insurrectionists to DEATH. See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections -- the latter of which was SUPPRESSED by LEGITMATE well-regulated Militia, lead by George Washington, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified.
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  3869. The gun industry and its POLITICAL front NRA and lobbyists are not defending "gun rights"; they are defending mass murder.
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  3870.  @brendarolph-teisan4085  "There were very fine people on BOTH sies!" -- Trump. On one of those two sides were KKK, Neo-Nazis, and anti-Semites.
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  3871. Greene doesn't know HOW to debate. AOC has two degrees from Boston University. Greene was expelled from pre-school for not being able to get along with others.
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  3872.  @Rain_Reign  I'm elderly, and do my work on these issues online. Hitler's generals LOST the war.
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  3873. "Nodfather Snoreleone" aka "Sleepy Don" aka "Sleepy Donny" aka "snooze operator".
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  3874.  @u2mister17  What is the "public monopoly" -- the RULE OF LAW? Drop the stupefying propaganda and get an education in FACT.
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  3875.  @cwhipp9805  I agree: let's blame "half of America" for the results of REPUBLICAN GOV'T economic policy
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  3876.  @donnwzad7980  With Harris you "feel sick". With Trump you enjoy throwing up.
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  3877. If you were born in Ireland, and stayed there, you'd be Irish. If you were born in the United States, you are not Irish.
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  3878. Netanyahu's declared official Israeli policy as COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT was declared a WAR CRIME because it was used by WW II German Nazis against JEWS. Dd the Nazis claim to be victims? Yes. Were they victims? No.
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  3879.  @garythomas4936  You confuse "military" with diplomacy and rhetorical strategy. And obviously support Putin. If you're such a "veteran," why are you not volunteering to fight in Ukraine -- for Russia?
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  3880.  @garythomas4936  More general's support Biden's actions than don't.
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  3881. Republicans want everyone but themselves to "put aside partisanship". STOP THE LYING: the Republicans in the HOUSE REFUSE TO PARTICIPATE IN BIPARTISANSHIP; they want to talk about ANYTHING BUT guns -- and then vote against THAT.
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  3882. And her "hand on" theater-going "sociability".
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  3883. Why does J. D. Vance wear mascara?
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  3884. This is totally incoherent. Script read by bot.
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  3885. Trump and Hitler are different. Hitler is the one with the moustache.
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  3886. At least one insurrectionist drove from another state with a car full of guns. So, yeah, he was investigated because it is ILLEGAL for private citizens to possess guns in D.C. -- for the protection of GOV'T from INSURRECTIONS.
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  3887.  @gerrydick3621  Yes!
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  3888. Wasn't Tarrio an FBI informant?
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  3889. Actually the United States worked with its allies after Pearl Harbor; it did not act rashly. What sort of "thinking" goes into encouraging an ally acting the same as the enemy!? Those who act like their enemy not only forfeit moral ground but also become their enemy.
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  3890. It was not an "attempted" insurrection; it was an ACTUAL insurrection. That it fell short of overthrewoing THE GOV'T does not mean it was not what it was: an insurrection.
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  3891. Orson Welles = over-rated.
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  3892. I don't know, or know of, any human who can predict the unknowable future. And one should be careful not to predict anything one doesn't want, as that might tend to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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  3893. No, Hannity: like you, Boebert believes in MINORITY rule.
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  3894.  @gamez4408  No, it is not "always political". "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Stop confusing the latter for the former.
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  3895.  @olecrowey  You mean like REPUBLICAN nominee Affirmative Action candidate Clarence Thomas?
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  3896.  @lostdeath4202  You're obviously wrong. In addition, you falsely assume "thinking" and "believing" are the same thing. What you believe is not only false but is also not a substitute for actual thought.
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  3897.  @gamez4408  Everything is what?
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  3898.  @gailcarey3597  How does your sex matter in this context? "Libertarians" are right-wing crackpots who REJECT gov't -- essentially on RACIST grounds. I know their RHETORIC and that which is behind it: rights for them, responsibility for everyone else. Your "autonomy" is either PROTECTED BY LAW -- gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW -- or is not. So how that "freedom of choice," "individualist," when it comes to, as example, abortion? You are spouting phrases without an iota of substance. Our system of laws is based upon a BALANCING of interests: everyone has the same rights -- AND RESPONSIBILITIES. the FOREMOST responsibility is not to violate the rights of others. None of that has a handy POLITICAL label such as "libertarian". The Founders were LIBERALS, who established a liberal democracy. And, being imperfect, because made by ever-imperfect humans, that can require protections for subsets of the population against the predations of self-proclaimed "majorities". "Libertarians" are OPPOSED to such necessary protections.
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  3899.  @olecrowey  And yet you've had no criticism of Clarence Thomas because he's alleged to be a "libertarian". He is not; he's a moron with privilege. He got where he is because of Affirmative Action -- which libertarians OPPOSE -- and since he's been on the Court he's voted to eliminate Affirmative Action, from which HE BENEFITTED, in order to eliminate the competition which might arise if Affirmative Action continues. But not a word about Thomas -- dodged by misuse of the buzzword "whataboutism". In other words, you have your set of empty slogans so why bother actually informing yourself and thinking? "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. "Libertarianism" is political hackery.
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  3900.  @olecrowey  How about we continue to identify and expose the racists who falsely insist it's "all in the past". "Critical Race Theory" is taught EXCLSUIVELY in COLLEGE and UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOLS. It's purpose is to identify SYSTEMIC RACISM as embedded IN LAW. "Jim Crow" was systemic racism ESTABLISHED AS LAW. The REPUBLCIAN attacks on elections are DELIBERATELY suppressing MINORITY voters. So what explains Youngkin and other REPUBLICAN governors banning the teaching of "Critical Race Theory" where it IS NOT TAUGHT? I've been told by "libertarians" to believe that laws aren't needed except to "oppress". What they want of course, is to get gov't out of the way of protecting their targets from their predations. You'll hear them tour "states' rights," which has always been entwined with racist white supremacism. That's why "libertarians" oppose the EXISTENT of the Federal gov't -- except when controlled by anti-gov't Republicans/"libertarians". Let's be clear: the rights and liberties and freedoms that "libertarians" claim actually only exist because they are incorporated and protected IN LAW
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  3901.  @morbidlyoppressed9038  There's much in United States history and the present that makes any HEALTHY person sick. Election fraud by anti-American Republicans is a present example.
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  3902.  @olecrowey  Then why not shut up about the RACE of the person Biden will nominate? Because that's your primary focus.
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  3903.  @olecrowey  Then why are YOU playing the "race game"? So far you've shown yourself as one who clings to substanceless slogans, and unfamiliar with critically evaluating your own views. So-called "libertarians" are so much for "individualism" that they reject it in conformance with each other on that bullshit measure. "libertarians" reject the rule of law as "gov't" -- while claiming "rights" and "liberties" and "freedoms" that only exist because of the law they reject.
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  3904.  @johnmontgomery4923  You mean, being Black, she has to know where she doesn't belong?
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  3905.  @combatcentral7386  AGAIN, teaching about racism -- which is real -- and its history is NOT ""Critical Race Theory," which is a FORMAL study in college and university LAW schools. The reason it is limited to LAW schools is that it requires at least first-year law to understand the fundamentals, so one then knows what one is looking at. Shapiro is full of shit on every issue. And I note that Rogan had self-annointed "genius" Peterson on, and they embarrassed themselves -- not that they noticed -- with their white people's explanation to Black folks about what it's like to be Black. The REPUBLICAN ATTACKS on elections to DELIBERATELY SUPPRESS MINORITY voters is DOCUMENTED. You WON'T hear those facts on freak-fringe "independent" "media" podcasts by self-promoting bigots.
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  3906.  @morbidlyoppressed9038  IF she said that, what was the context you omit? FACT: EVERY state has automatic AUDITS following elections. FACT: ALL 60-plus Trump lawsuits were DISMISSED for lack of evidence. FACT: the Trump Supreme Court REFUSED TO HEAR Trump's appeal to it because the case had NO MERIT because NO EVIDENCE OF ELECTION FRAUD. The bottom line is that you morons -- most of whom don't bother to vote anyway -- are ignorant of how elections are conducted, and the measures that have been in place for hundreds of years to ensure against illegal voting. And illegal voting is not the same as elections fraud -- as that being ACTUALLY conducted by the Trump criminal enterprise. Instead of spewing unsubstantiated racist mud pay attention to the REPUBLCIANS who FALSELY claimed to be ELECTED "Electors" when they voluntarily participated in forging "Electoral" certificates: THAT is ELECTION fraud. And it is nothing new for a charlatan -- as Trump is -- to accuse others of that which the charlatan is doing.
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  3907.  Jay Jay  1. The Founders were Liberals, who established a liberal democracy. They weren't right-wing name-calling crackpots. 2. The Founders were PRO-gov't. 3. "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- Mark Twain. As usual, you confabulators expect everyone else to do your work for you, instead of presenting the alleged "work" you claim to have done. In short: either back up your assertions, or don't make empty assertions which expose you as a bullshitter. 4. A PATTERN of systemic racism is "Jim Crow," which the Republican state legislatures have set about reestablishing. 5. Your bias against "liberals" and liberal democracy is the agenda behind your assertions. Thus your alleged "research" is about "proving" your bias "true". Thus garbage in garbage out.
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  3908. Who said they are illegal? Consider the source of that claim.
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  3909. That they have "mental challenges" is SPECULATION.
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  3910. PRAYERS have yet to PREVENT ANYTHING.
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  3911. He doesn't have to; he is answering a question about LAW. How about you stop the stupid and accept the fact that experts know stuff you don't know, and accept what they offer for what it is, instead of ignoring it because RELEVANT?
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  3912. The Founders attacked and overthrew ZERO gov'ts, because they all along CONTROLLED the gov'ts.
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  3913.  @TroIIingThemSoftly  And today there aer many prominent Republicans learning what it means to be a Democrat.
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  3914. That's their right. The First Amendment constrains GOV'T, not private corporations.
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  3915. Republicans refuse to participate in writing the bill, then bitch that the bill isn't bipartisan.
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  3916.  @clydejones785  Another foreign illiterate heard from.
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  3917.  @catvideos3249  They can certainly provide much of it over zoom. The only thing they can't do is pass the collection plate.
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  3918. If you've seen the site, it's a very small block. It's astonishing the number killed -- due in large part to over-capacity.
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  3919. That he rejects learning does not mean he has mental health issues. I won't give him excuses. He has succeeded in his view by avoiding all responsibility, all his life, and lying and buying his way out of trouble.
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  3920.  @russellm2555  Are you referring to the election law changes made by the state REPUBLICAN legislature 18-months before the election -- the constitutionality of which the REPUBLICANS only challenged AFTER the election? Are you paid to be stupid, or are you stupid for free? "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You're drowning in the sewer of political pornography fed you be anti-Americans who support domestic terrorism. Here's a question for you to answer: In most states where Trump LOST, all the down-ballot elections went to REPUBLICANS on the SAME ballot as Trump. How does election fraud affect only ONE candidate on the ballot when the voter votes once on the ENTIRE ballot? It doesn't. But let's look at the statistically insignificant amount of voter fraud that occurred: five voted illegally -- twice -- in Pennsylvania. All five were REPUBLICANS. There was one instance reported in Ohio: that was a REPUBLICAN elected official. Get the picture yet? -- it's been the same since at latest Reagan: That which REPUBLICANS do REPUBLICANS accuse OTHERS of doing in order to distract from that which REPUBLICANS do. And you fall for the REPUBLICAN LIES on the issue because YOU DON'T KNOW HOW ELECTIONS ACTUALLY WORK. As example, the propagandist leader of "Project Veritas" wanted to prove how easy it is to vote illegally. So he and his camera went to New Hampshire, and while he filmed, his friend tried to vote ILLEGALLY. He was CAUGHT before he got near the ballot box because ELECTION INTEGRITY PROTECTIONS have been built into the system FOR CENTURIES. If you stand for nothing, in terms of morality, you'll fall for the lies of every two-bit con-man who comes along. The question to ask yourself is why you were so easily suckered by so obvious a con-man as career criminal Trump.
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  3921.  @russellm2555  How about YOU being RESPONSIBLE by BACKING UP your UNEVIDENCED assertions instead of simply spewing pot-shots at the air? I followed the case: 1. The REPUBLICAN legislature implemented an election law change 18 months BEFORE the election. OBVIOUSLY the REPUBLICAN legislature believed -- or at least PRETENDED -- it was constitutional at the time. They had 18 months to figure out whether it was or not. They did nothing. 2. AFTER the election, which Trump LOST, the very same REPUBLICANS went to court claiming the law THEY WROTE and passed was unconstitutional. The Senate race was ON THE SAME BALLOT WITH TRUMP, as were all the down-ballot Republicans who WON. One person, on vote; one ballot.
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  3922. But when Hawaii decided it want to be a member of the Union, it had to petition CONGRESS for PERMISSION. AND it had to meet the criteria already established BY CONGRESS. Just one of the criteria is that the state must adopt a constitution that meets the requirements established by the Constitution and the Congress. For a simple reason: the FEDERAL gov't, the UNION, is SUPREME over all the SUBORDINATE states. State authority IS NOT EQUAL TO OR GREATER than that of the UNION, than of the FEDERAL Constitution and gov't.
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  3923.  Steve Jakubowski  In the view of anti-American domestic terrorists burning buildings is the equivalent of murder killing cops. They are not rational or reasonable people. And I've been dealing with their criminal rationales for more than 30 years. They reject the rule of law, making themselves criminal anti-Americans. And that obviously includes the fake-named "Joe Smith" -- two cowardly to use his real name, thus negating any claim by him to believe in individual responsibility FOR HIMSELF.
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  3924. You've already got him convicted; and you aren't LISTENING. According to the police dealing with this specific issue the bodies of those they've tied to him were INTACT. According to this "expert" -- who is not involved in the case -- the victims were "dismembered". INTACT means NOT "dismembered".
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  3925. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  3926. Gun-nuts reject the rule of law and the reason on which it is based. And that is all based on their law-illiteracy. In a word, they are clueless in every direction. No sane society leaves dangerous objects and substances lying around unregulated.
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  3927.  @godsownson2469  It can't be proven there's a "God". That being the fact, if there isn't, then "He" couldn't have a son.
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  3928. Trump is not a Republican Senator. It is Trump and the Republicans who -- together -- are assaulting the Constitution, not only Trump.
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  3929. Uh, no: it was negligence by a range of Americans, mostly Republican politicians.
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  3930.  @TheRasiani  What Trump and Musk are doing is showing what gov't is when run like a business.
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  3931.  @igotufoinformation9636  Is that why the media, which are included in the scope of your "everybody," are excessively focused only on the classified documents?
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  3932.  @jimelliott6200  I think all Trump supporters should submit to a cognitive test. What's wrong with that?
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  3933. The CEO rejected standards based on experience because they "interfered" with innovation. He was on the submersible, and it imploded. RIP corporation.
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  3934. He is a PRIVATE CITIZEN. Hiss authority to declassify disappeared the moment he left office.
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  3935. The first issue is that Musk is an immigrant, unelected, and unauthorized by anything to take charge of the treasury.
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  3936. It is a simple and clear Constitutional principle that Trump's "fans" need to learn: The oath of loyalty is to the CONSTITUTION -- to the RULE OF LAW -- NOT to ANY person.
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  3937. The Republicans aren't defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  3938. ALL the witnesses AGAINST Trump are REPUBLICANS.
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  3939. Jefferson had the wealth and leisure to be a gadfly because he owned slaves who did the heavy lifting. And he was in Paris during the writing and ratification of the US Constitution, and the writing and ratification of the "Bill of Rights". So nothing he said about either has any legal weight.
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  3940. And you believed every word Wessell said. Your book has so little to do with the album, and uncovers nothing new about 1968 - it's all been reported before. What was really happening didn't occur in Cambridge, or Mission/Parker Hill.
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  3941. It isn't in court because truth is the defense against charges of defamation.
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  3942.  @adlomax4861  There were more than 60 delegates to the Constitutional Convention; Madison was only one of them. Madison didn't write the Constitution; it was written by the delegates to the Convention. Nor did he publish it: it was signed by all but three of the delegates and published by the Convention. On one end were three delegates (actually four), one of whom was Madison. They written under fake names, the "Federalist" papers, later edited together as "The Federalist". The "Federalist" papers were honestly admitted as being an "advertising" campaign. On the other end of the spectrum were three ANTI-Federalists, who opposed the Constitution and its ratification, and who refused to sign the Constitution. One of them was Massachusetts Congressman Elbridge Gerry; he invented -- it was a huge scandal -- gerrymandering.
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  3943.  @adlomax4861  It isn't a "loophole" -- again you know nothing about the DEBATES of the WRITING of the Bill of Rights, and why the 9th and 10th were adopted.
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  3944.  @adlomax4861  YOUR typo is YOUR confusion. And again: you don't know what you're talking about. The fact is that you can't refute the FACTS refuting the LIE that the Second Amendment protects an individual right, so you attempt to avoid that fact by looking for a "loophole". AGAIN: the individual right to own guns was always a colony, province, and state right BEFORE there was the Articles of Confederation and BEFORE there was the US Constitution, and then Bill of Rights. And it REMAINED that with ALL Supreme Court decisions until extremist liar Scalia wrote the Heller OUTLIER. See as examples _Presser_, _Cruickshank_, and _Miller_.
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  3945. What is your probable cause that he committed the murder? Or do you yell LAW AND ORDER while at the same time rejecting rule of law? Some have rights -- Gabby -- and some don't -- Laundrie. Correct? That is a major problem currently, threatening even our gov't and democracy: "I have rights, but you don't."
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  3946. NO WARRANT at the time. Trump was "negotiating" through his lawyers. He ALSO didn't comply with SUBPOENA. After all the "cooperative" efforts all that was left to get the documents Trump was WITHHOLDING was by means of warrant for search.
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  3947.  @derrickburwell7777  That wasn't written by Christ. In fact, nothing in the "Bible" was written by Christ. And nothing on the "Bible" about Christ was written until at least 30 years after his death.
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  3948.  @kevinluke8526  Bullies always hide behind "religion" by citing entities -- "God" and "Devil" -- that can't be proven to exist. So "God," father of peace-maker Christ, "made" him commit violence. The FACT is that Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY -- then claimed that his concern in" looking out for my people". But, obviously, NOT including Chris Rock. I'm surprised hypocrite Smith didn't give a speech in defense of freedom of speech.
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  3949.  @TheRachag  Yeah: let's sympathize with the thug.
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  3950.  @kitchencountertalk9115  She did make Will Smith's decision for him; HE decided to make (at best) an ass of himself.
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  3951. Have you EVIDENCE for that allegation? (An allegation is not evidence or proof.) Or are you just a nasty individual making allegations based upon vengeful animus? That isn't how law -- or reason -- works.
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  3952. The judge bench-slapped Trump by proxy by dressing down his lawyer.
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  3953. Netanyahu supports lawless Trump.
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  3954. Your "evacuate" is Israel's ethnic cleansing -- which is a WAR CRIME.
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  3955.  @EGYPTIANQUEEN-p5b  Sometimes one can hurry them headlong into their mistake.
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  3956. Prosecutors select prosecuting criminals and not prosecuting non-criminals. So Trump is being "selectively prosecuted" because he chose to commit the crimes with which charged.
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  3957. Rush was a corporate CEO/bullshitter selling a defective product.
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  3958. Let's apply logic to your comment: "it doesn't matter what they believe . If they believe in God that's there own business not yours". It's okay to believe a thing exists that can't be proven to exist, and reason and logic be damned? How many of those who PROFESS to believe in "God" are using that as excuse to vote for TRUMP? "it's people like you that make this world the way it is today." It's "people like me" who prefer logic, reason, FACTS, to mindless blind belief, and personal attacks in defense of that which is, frankly, stupidity. Is your belief in "God" your excuse for that bigotry? Christianity is actually quite simple: compassion and inclusion. And to _quote you_: "it doesn't matter what [I] believe. [T]hat's [my] business not yours". "Did you ever hear the saying mind your own business and keep your opinions to yourself." Did you ever stop to think that you should first apply that principle to _yourself_?
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  3959.  @aaronjohnson1005  If you believe they are not the same, YOU prove it. I have an education in law. You do not. The terms are interchangeable. A protocol is "an established rule we follow".
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  3960. In short, you WANT TRUMP to win. Sasnders helped that happen last time. Have you been paying attentiom to the consequences? The Cojnstitution is hnaging by a thread. The only thing standing between the Constitution and the loss of it is the Democratic Party. That menas the Democratic VOTERs, not your politics of paranoia and conspiraBUNK about "billioniaire donors," blah, blah, blah. Want to know what a "Pogressive" is? Research Eleanor Roosevelelt (and Franics Perkins). Thowing mud at the system from outside won't change it. One must work WITHIN it to change it. Research Eleanor Roosevelt for her Progressivi PRAGMATISM, and how she authored the CONTENT of the "New Deal". And see her triumph with the passage of the "United Nations Declaration of Human Rights" -- and be certain to READ it.
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  3961.  @michelewalburn4376  Personal attack noted, and presented as evidence that you have no substance. Sanders and Trump "fans" are identical: criticize the candidate, be attacked -- which is not a defense of the candidate. I personally knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin (ever hear of them?) They were assholes -- and I was so far Left I was off the political spectrum altogether. During the 1960s, it was the ALIENATION of the mainstream majority by the far LEFT -- Hoffman, Rubin, the Socialists -- who got NIXON elected. In brief, I've been politically aware and active since 3rd grade -- during the 1950s. When were you born? Smearing Democrats, and making up horseshit conspirabunk out of ignorance and mendacity is corrupt -- and it helps Trump, exactly as Sanders did in 2016. Blowing Iowa out of propoprtion out of ignorance and mendacity is xorrupt -- and helps Trump. Shall we assume that the far-LEFT ACTUALLY wants Trump re-elected?
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  3962. @Richard Butt Sanders and Trump are the two sides of the same coin of demagoguery. And it doesn't surprise that a Sanders "fan" would support tyranny over the rule of law.
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  3963.  @benfatai756  The mainstream media has been reporting FACTS you don't like -- like the Sanders' campaign hacking of the DNC early in the primary. And it is typical of Trump/Sanders "fans" to blame the media when they don't like and want to avoid the facts. Next time you open your mouth to smear others you DON'T KNOW of being "corrupt," stop and look in your mirror. Do you ACTUALLY BELIEVE that your childish name-calling is going to earn you friends and Sanders supporters? Are you too stupid to know how stupid you are?
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  3964.  Spork Spatula  IN FACT various candidates' supporters DID switch camps in order to make one or another candidate viable -- there were INTERVIEWS with some of them. So, no: the media isn't lying; you just don't like the FACTS being reported. Stating these FACTS about Sanders is only "attack" by the corrupt Sanders' "fans" who HATE THESE FACTS: 1. Sanders 2016 campaign manager -- who was forced to resign when the Sanders campaign got caught hacking the DNC -- was a partner of Paul manafort, and both worked in Ukraine to elect the corrupt pro-Russian president. Is it a coincidence that they became managers of both Sanders and Trump campaigns? 2. During the 2016 primary, Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Clinton released 30 years of hers and Bills the day she announced her candidacy. And no one had to ask her to do so. What was Sanders hiding? 3. Sanders, the far-Left "Socialist" voted to PROTECT the gun industry --- which was a top priority of the far-RIGHT ANTI-"Socialist domestic terrorist organization NRA. 4. Only two candidates during the 2016 campaign had "fans" -- which is from ENTERTAINMENT; all others, recognizing that politics is not entertainment, had supporters. Go ahead: call me names for not suffering the corruption of selective amnesia, calling Sanders critics names because you can't defend him against the facts, practiced by Sanders' "fans". FACE REALITY: With Republican gerrymandering -- affirmed by the Supreme Court, Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitations to foreignpowers to subvert the election, Democrats need as many votes as they can get. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist. In addition, his "fan" "base" that smears Democrats -- which helps Trump -- and name-calls and insults those who state the facts about Sanders is not a successful means to persuade voters to vote for Sanders. FACE REALITY: Trump would slap Sanders dizzy. And Sanders' writings, from when he was in his 30s, about young children and sex would be blasted all over the media. And what about his writings asserting that sex prevents cancer? Are there women stupid enough to fall for that pick-up line? I've been active in politics for more than 60 years. Older people tend to know stuff that young people haven't learned yet. You obviously haven't learned that insulting people and calling them names isn't a way to make friends or win support for your candidate. So you fall for Sanders' Politics of Paranoia -- he's a millionaire with power; he is NOT a "victim" -- and attack anyone who states the facts about Sanders in effort to keep yourself blind to themm. And that, your behavior, is CORRUPT.
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  3965. You don't know shit about governance, and the fact that some politicians are qualified. Grow up.
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  3966.  @julietfischer5056  "Changing one's name is hardly in the same category as deliberately pretending to be someone else." Actors are paid to pretend to be someone else. As for writers: "Mark Twain" was a false persona created by Samuel Clemens. He only confessed to that fact very late in life. And the rest of us are different in public than we are in real life. And I note that nothing was said in observation of the FACT that she is a talented musician, singer, and writer.
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  3967.  @jimtemple5159  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. And it isn't anger -- it is reaction to the diaper rash.
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  3968.  @JesusHChrist-q9d  It's a problem if note changed with sufficient frequency.
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  3969. "Whitey" Bulger was "Irish" -- actually he wasn't; he was born in the US, which is not "Ireland" -- AND an "Irish" mobster.
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  3970. It took more than two years to get Nixon, and the crimes committed were much fewer and simpler than those committed by Trump, et al.
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  3971. Trump's structural change in the Constitution would decapitate the rule of law at the top of the Executive branch.
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  3972. Statues are TRIBUTES, CELEBRATIONS, of the persons depicted. Should we PERSIST in honoring slave owners?
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  3973. All insult all the time.
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  3974. That isn't how the Court ruled. It is in the purview of Congress to disqualify a candidate who engaged in insurrection -- the 14th Amendment is FEDERAL law. That can be done by enacting a statute implementing that clause of the Amendment. That would then remove a disqualification action for that offense to FEDERAL court.
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  3975.  @gnirolnamlerf593  Guam is "people of color" - Hispanic surnames and Asians. So, obviously, not Americans.
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  3976.  @kewakl8891  That is why he consistently LOSES in courts, where LAW is the issue -- he, like the Republican Party, is all politics all the time, in effort to overcome, circumvent, climb over, and undermine -- overawe -- the rule of law: In total disregard of these fundamentals: "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  3977. Yes. And that could be done in the same Amendment. But it might be best to make that a stand-alone, so future courts wouldn't have too much room for "parsing".
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  3978. Trump is married to an immigrant. Vance is married to an immigrant. MAGA hates immigrants.
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  3979. And he continues to attack Pence for not violating the law.
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  3980. How about the five-times-married Lori. Entitled narcissism? It is worth while t look at the videos of her interactions with police -- in one she accuses Charles of stealing her purse, and identifies as most important in it her lip gloss. And she appears to be having something of a good time, even laughing. Same with her interactions with the police immediately after Charles is killed. And then there's the pool-party hours later. And her haughty appearance -- head higher than high, as if superior/contemptuous -- as she enters and exits the court.
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  3981. The Read case is Canton police. The Birchmore case is Stoughton police. Canton and Stoughton are separate towns that share a border.
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  3982.  @COLDB33R  That was the response to Trump's lawyer. He was distinguishing between the gag order, and testifying under oath. Trump is doing all his bloviating OUTSIDE court because he WILL NOT testify -- because that would subject him to cross-examination, and he would PERJURE himself. He DOES have the Constitutional right to NOT testify. But it is also SOLELY HIS decision whether to testify. The judge was saying that if Trump wants to say what the gag order BARS him saying, then he can do so as TESTIMONY UNDER OATH. What he is doing is -- his word - "unfair": he is attempting to intimidate witnesses and jury-tamper -- both of which are illegal and the REASON for the gag order without having to answer for it under cross-examination. NOT testifying is not the equivalent of asserting the 5th; THAT can be done DURING UNDER OATH testimony, as he's done HUNDREDS of time during depositions. Trump won't testify because the only way to avoid committing perjury would be to either admit that charges are true, or plead the 5th. He isn't going to campaign on pleading the 5th.
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  3983. This is what happens from voting REPUBLICAN.
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  3984. States determine the legality of carrying guns. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  3985. I still wonder about the Rakes murder during the Bulger trial.
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  3986. Vocabulary -- big words -- impresses the stupid as being "intellectualism". What he is saying, of course, is utter gibberish.
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  3987. They reject evolution, and have digned up for the perversion of natural selection/Social Darwinism.
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  3988. "I think" and "I believe" are not EVIDENCE.
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  3989. Eric should READ Tish James' filing in response to that false claim. In it she names at least four corporations that had to pay fines of 1 billion and more. One was SONY. Eric is both a dumb shit AND a LIAR.
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  3990. This was before Obama gave his commencement address/es.
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  3991. They ARE NOT "militia" -- See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". From _Presser_: (115) ". . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." That is not a new idea; this law is from October 1658: "Military, [S. 11] . . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raifing of fouldiers for any expedition, fhall be directed to the Committy of militia of the feverall Townes who may execute the fame by the Coftable & the faid Committee are hereby impowred & required to fupprefs all raifing of fouldiers, but fuch as fhall be by the authority of this government." In contemporary English: "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  3992.  @thunderbird3694  I don't speak German.
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  3993.  @Katchi_  If that district approves her carpetbagger's candidacy, then it deserves the opprobrium.
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  3994. The cover-up continues. Texas gov't is not defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder. And I suspect that the DPS officer who said it was a wrong decision to not go in has doubtless been ordered to shut up.
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  3995. The law doesn't believe in eye-for-an-eye -- that's why we have a democracy instead of religiodictatorship.
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  3996. Rittenhouse was NOT arrested at the scene. Why?
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  3997. They have first to survive their ego-inflation.
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  3998.  @ashes3800  It is high time history-illiterates ceased attacking NATO -- at the least WHILE IT IS BEING THREATENED WITH NUCLEAR WAR BY RUSSIA.
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  3999.  @ashes3800  NATO was in disarray UNTIL Russia invaded Ukraine. Get an education in the actual history: at the beginnings of WW II Russia and Hitler were allies. NATO was formed AFTER that as a defense of Europe -- and the United States -- against an imperialist and expansive Russia.
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  4000.  @edmundrussell6044  IN FACT, despite the existence to NATO, Russia has invaded other countries. As example, look at what Russia did to Czechoslovakia in 1968. You don't know the history so don't know what you're talking about.
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  4001.  @edmundrussell6044  Putin is responsible for Putin's decision to invade. And there is no way that NATO's containment of Russia was about "invading" Russia. All those facts mean is that Putin was about EXPANSION, but NATO was in the way -- as was the reason NATO was established. Keep in mind that at the beginning of WW II, Russia and Hitler were ALLIES. And note that NATO has never gone to war against any other country, including those who have chosen not to join NATO. And being vulnerable to Russia in order to "promote peace in the region" is not a tenable "argument" -- if, that is, you believe Ukraine has the sovereign right to choose its own future so long as it doesn't include invading other countries. NATO has essentially taken Ukraine's wish to join NATO under advisement; there are changes Ukraine MUST make before that would be approved by NATO.
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  4002.  @molderko  Are you suggesting that Russia doesn't have arms? If so, then why is Putin threatening NUCLEAR WAR? You aren't being reasonable let alone objective about the history -- of which you're obviously ignorant -- or the actual facts: At the beginning of WW II Russia and Hitler were ALLIES. Research the mass murders against Jews committed by the Nazis in Ukraine and Belarus. The latter is shown in the RUSSIAN film "Come And See". The various Baltic states Russia dominated -- without the willingness of those states -- are STILL being threatened by Russia. Belarus, as example, has a Russia-imposed dictator in charge. So does Kazakhstan. NONE of which is the fault of NATO or the United States -- or any other country on the planet EXCEPT RUSSIA. Russia has been subverting those countries and imposing his choice of leaders on those countries for decades -- without NATO responding with such as sanctions. Why haven't you been complaining about that -- instead of blaming NATO for being a counter to Russia's expansionist ambitions? Are you a Russian who swallows Putin's falsifications of history?
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  4003. The election was "rigged" by the Good. The universe that laughed behind his back is laughing to his face.
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  4004. This moron hasn't read the DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment. He is uninformed.
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  4005. Sarandon helped elect Trump, moron. Where do you fools come from?
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  4006. The Democrats are all for having witnesses. The Republicans have the majority, so at any time they can call those who testified. And they can call those the Democrats are asking being called. And that 75 per cent of We the people DEMAND be called.
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  4007.  @user-qp6lj6gu7s  NO businesses like regulation or high taxes. NONE. Most of them expect a free ride as deadbeats, while sucking up profits from those who do pay taxes.
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  4008.  @charliebrown8092  Planned Parenthood does save lives. In part by reducing the number of abortions. Interesting how you are opposed to gov't, and claim to believe in individual freedom, but have no problem with efforts to interfere in private medical decisions that are none of your business. You're a believer -- not a thinker.
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  4009. Separated so they wouldn't murder each other.
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  4010. Low-energy Trump is a whine-o.
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  4011. There may not have been an "intent" to kill. But that's irrelevant when that is a likely result.
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  4012. Laundrie is nowhere in Florida.
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  4013. The best was when the Black guy -- Obama -- threw the "penis size" dig at the insecure White guy Trump.
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  4014. Words have consequences. And no one understands that better than Trump himself.
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  4015. I've often wondered how many pedophiles hide behind the "Q" OBSESSION with pedophilia.
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  4016. Invalidated.
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  4017. How many shell corporations does TRUMP have.
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  4018. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people.
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  4019. And he's paying more to the lawyers than he'd ultimately have to pay in taxes. The guy is a dunce. But for him it's the "principle" of the thing: crime MUST pay.
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  4020.  @reggiegeorge4044  Where was this "God" who did nothing to prevent it?
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  4021. A lot of "conservatives" are discovering that they are Liberals.
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  4022. Members of Congress get a special pin "marking" them as members of Congress. Does Greene refuse to wear it because it's the "equivalent" of the use of the Star of David in WWII Germany?
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  4023.  @moorek1967  His mother texted him that his doing wrong was "right"; what was wrong was his getting caught doing it.
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  4024.  @moorek1967  "J Nagarya I needed to get the facts about what you said, because it seems you are going on rumors rather than fact. What the text was about from The New York Times. "On Monday, when a teacher reported seeing their son searching online for ammunition, his mother did not seem alarmed. “LOL I’m not mad at you,” Jennifer Crumbley texted her son. “You have to learn not to get caught.” I am going to ask you this, in whose eyes was it a big issue for him looking at ammo on his cellphone? THE TEACHER. We live in a time now when anything you do, someone else gets triggered." What are the RULES of the district and the school? And what class was he in -- "Studies in Gun-Nutism"? It turns out -- FACTS MATTER -- that the teacher was PROPERLY alarmed -- as was the teacher who saw his drawing depicting a violent fantasy, with such words as, "The thoughts won't stop. Help me." CORRECT? Why are you defending mass murder as if that were a First Amendment-protected expression of "freedom"? This is the word missing from your vocabulary: RESPONSIBILITY.
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  4025. It's about BOTH.
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  4026. Depp is phenomenal in "Black Mass," about "Whitey" Bulger.
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  4027. I'm waiting for him to tell us what Article II of the Constitution says he doesn't have to do.
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  4028. Sounds like you enjoyed it.
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  4029.  Vanadyan  Leave out "career," as the Founders were career politicians. And there was corruption in the Continental Congress during the "revolution". Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, invented gerrymandering -- which was a huge scandal. (He was also one of three who refused to sign the Constitution.) And Hamilton was a corrupt snake. During the "revolution," due to lack of money, the Congress paid some troops with IOUs. After the war, there was a depression, and the veterans needed cash, so Hamilton and his friends went around buying up the IOUs for pennies on the dollar, then turned them into the gov't for 100 pennies on the dollar.
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  4030.  @MarthaJones-v5p  John Adams wrote the Massachusetts constitution, the oldest still in force, which was the model for the US Constitution. We don't disrespect those facts to favor the corrupt.
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  4031.  @captainmorgan5106  Luttig is a former judge, and he is saying the same thing as John Adams. It's a good thing you're not a judge: you are law-illiterate, and denying the rule of law in the name of politics. It isn't I who is the issue: you are admitting that you don't know the difference.
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  4032.  @bigneiltoo  If a case is filed in court against you and your position, and you DON'T SHOW to PRESENT A DEFENSE, then YOU LOSE. It is that simple. Study this until you understand it: "Justice and the RULE OF LAW are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4033. This is no more about faces than it is a baseball game. The Constitution and rule of law are at stake. Better you hope Roberts not only understands that, but also wants no part in their destruction, and will act in keeping with that premise, instead of sitting quiet and watching the destruction -- which would be part of HIS legacy.
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  4034. Of course he doesn't. He only knows that "Marxism" is a dirty word, and that there are stupid people who also know nothing about Marxism but will freak out when someone is accused of being a "Marxist". Peterson has also otherwise been refuted on his claims about being "Christian". (I've dealt with the severely mentally ill -- for some reason they latch on to fundamentalist "Christianity" -- apparently they use it to remain relatively intact.)
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  4035.  @dizcret  1981 -- during a quick-money overbuilding boom. AFTER that codes were strengthened to protect against hurricanes.
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  4036. Make America Great Someday.
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  4037. Unless you're a woman, you don't know that sex workers don't enjoy thesmselves being that.
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  4038. So far it's been biased in favor of infecting Republicans. One would think it might have too much pride to hang out with the morbidly stupid.
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  4039.  @MacIntoshPrime  Gym Jordan, loser in every wrestling match with the truth, wants to show a video of a RACIST MINORITY protesting THAT WHICH DOES EXIST. "Critical Race Theory" is taught ONLY in college and university LAW SCHOOLS. I'm not the issue, jackass: the RULE OF LAW is. The United States is a MAJORITY RULE DEMOCRACY. Further: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You calling me names simply admits the fact that you are a clueless dupe for fake outrage.
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  4040. During the Utah police stop, he said he didn't have a phone. It is reasonable that they both were using Gabby's phone. And the "older woman" with him when he bought a phone was his mother.
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  4041. Yale University graduate Josh Hawley is sufficiently "woke" to haul ass when his own skin is involved.
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  4042.  @Eric-vr8mc  Facts are facts. You are biased against facts.
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  4043. Who were the "VIPs" that they were "protecting"?
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  4044. He should worry about personal injury or wrongful death law suits.
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  4045. Trump is a low-energy whine-o.
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  4046.  @charleswettish8701  I assume you were a juvenile, and it was a first offense. And that you learned your lesson by NOT being jailed. So, yes: not everyone convicted of a felony is jailed. And some convicted of the lesser offense misdemeanor are jailed. Sentencing "guidelines" are guidelines -- limits over a range, but not hard-and-fast. And there are times that judges are wise, and even compassionate.
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  4047. He hasn't been sentenced yet. Before that happens there will be an evaluation of his history including prior convictions.
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  4048.  @TheRavensOmen  And you're still ducking the civic DUTY to be AWAKE to what is happening, instead of being deliberately stupid.
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  4049. There is also non-enforcement of EXISTING LAWS that are designed -- IF ENFORCED -- to PREVENT these hazards becoming disasters.
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  4050. Yeah: the "Thou shalt not kill" "Loving" "God' should commit mass murder. Again. And then we can praise "His" mercifulness. Do you ever stop to THINK!?
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  4051. Republican Party "ideas": defending Trump and treason.
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  4052. For a useful legal analysis of their views, see natalielawyerchick on youtube.
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  4053.  @franklinbishop7941  My request to respect him is totally superficial -- limited to calling him by his correct name: Gym Jordan.
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  4054.  @jim2376  I'm waiting for the fault-finders to admit that they share the same faults with those they attack for having those faults. Your consistent fault thus far is avoidance of the issue -- which is intellectually dishonest. So you are faulty when it concerns ETHICS. Your position doesn't allow attacking others as concerns ethics -- the doing of which is the ethical and moral fault of HYPOCRISY.
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  4055. They OBVIOUSLY should have got out of the "bible" altogether.
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  4056. We're only at the beginning of the process. Many of the terrorists are finding they are on the no-fly list.
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  4057. Nothing out of TrumPutin or Trumpers' mouths is ever other than lie.
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  4058. A thug wannabe. A domestic terrorist.
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  4059.  @Pait728  22 Republicans are up for re-election.
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  4060. The Supreme Court also doesn't want to make the decision -- they don't want the blame -- so is most likely to punt: let the appellate court decision stand.
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  4061. There isn't yet a special master.
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  4062. The US is not divided 50-50 -- and media that push that falsehood do a disservice to the country. Trump's supporters -- Republican supporters -- are a minority: look at the ISSUES and those which poll 60 per cent and higher are DEMOCRATIC initiatives.
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  4063.  @derekh1593 They didn't have ASSAULT rifles specifically designed for MILITARY use. Guns don't kill people, bullets do. And one fact is common to all guns: Guns shoot bullets.
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  4064.  @derekh1593  The AR-15 was designed specifically for use in Vietnam. It is a MILITARY weapon so doesn't belong in civilian hands.
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  4065. She did not boo. She asked a question because it was said to be but not conducted as a town hall -- a public event. It was "Republicans only can speak".
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  4066. Joe Rogan is not a scientist, and specifically not a virologist. And I'll bet he's vaccinated and boostered.
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  4067. Chomsky is wrong.
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  4068. He is changing the subject and lying -- telling horror stories that are flatly not true. The issue is his pardoning and commuting the sentences of January 6th insurrectionists -- but he is talking and lying about L.A., Portland, and Seattle -- none of which are relevant.
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  4069.  @Thisisjustname  Because Dept. of Defense "leader" Peter "Drunkard and Sexual Predator" Hegseth replaced DEI with DUI.
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  4070. And now Trump is selling "Bibles" at $60.00 a pop because he needs the cash to pay his lawyers. What changed that now he actually pays his lawyers?
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  4071. Because Vance is an attack dog who doesn't slur his speech, mispronounce common words, or diverge mid-sentence from Hannibal Lecter being a "great man" totally unrelated batteries and sharks.
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  4072. It did not take long to indict him and issue a warrant. There was obviously a great deal of thorough investigation, which can take much longer.
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  4073. It's all about the money and spreading the NRA/gun industry attacks on the Constitution.
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  4074.  @georgec8451  Trump is a career criminal -- and that's never been a secret. His actions -- as the EVIDENCE shows -- in LYING that the election was stolen is defined IN LAW as seditious conspiracy. This is in the Constitution you illiterates have never READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." To "take up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION. The Founders charged insurrectionists with, tried them for, and convicted them of TREASON, and sentenced them to death. You're a law-illiterate anti-American; and if you could reach that far around, you'd stab yourself in the back.
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  4075. It appears to be building to a landslide for Harris.
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  4076. You insult s--t, which has use as fertilizer.
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  4077. Has Trump switched from orange makeup to pink?
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  4078. "Some people need killin'!" -- Mark Robinson on church altar. "Thou shalt not kill." -- God.
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  4079. The 14th Amendment don't not change the separate Constitutional stipulation that one must be a NURAL BORN citizen of a specific minimum age to become president. Cenk is full of shit -- which is the same as saying he is full of himself. He is no different than Trump in seeking ways to weasel around the clear text of the Constitution on the point.
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  4080. This is the typical gun-nut: illiterate in both actual history and law: "you're suggesting that the founders wrote an amendment while the British Army was invading New York and killing colonists that would place arms only in the hands of government forces?" 1. The so-called "revolution" -- it was in fact a civil war; "revolution" is "overthrow of gov't," whereas the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts because the Founders all along controlled the colony gov'ts. 2. The so-called "revolution" was over when the Founders wrote and ratified the Constitution, completion of which ratification was on: June 21, 1788. The "Bill of Rights" was written by the first Congress under the newly-ratified Constitution. It was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification on: September 25, 1789. It was ratified by the required number of states on December 15, 1791. 3. Per the Debates of the CONGRESS that WROTE the "Bill of Rights," the Second Amendment's purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated militia. The Amendment both established that the states could keep their well-regulated militia -- protection against infringement by the Federal gov't -- and established the authority of the CONGRESS -- see Supremacy Clause -- to subject the state militias to Federal regulation. 4. The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time, and includes FOUR "Militia Clauses," the FOURTH being the Second Amendment. These are the first two: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide" -- Congress "provides" by MAKING LAWS, LAWS REGULATE -- "for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." To "take up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION. "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia[/National Guard] . . . reserving to the States [GOV'T] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." 5. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES, in this context, "Militia Acts". On May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted, "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions". On May 8, 1792, the Congress enacted, "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States". The Congress also enacted subsequent "Militia Acts," including response to the "Whiskey" insurrection in Pennsylvania.
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  4081.  @nahitsthekid6858  America-hating Russian troll.
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  4082.  @6-98  You're not making sense.
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  4083. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  4084. "clinicaly insane" is not a legitimate "diagnosis". Nor are you qualified to diagnose.
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  4085.  @Rshn5  That makes no sense.
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  4086. That is a Leftist theory for which the evidence really doesn't exist.
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  4087. "Unburdened by what has been" = unlearning.
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  4088. Sanders and Trump also called their supporters "fans".
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  4089. Negligent homicide.
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  4090. Yeah -- let's attack Democrats. Let's "blow up the system" and vote for capitalist Trump.
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  4091. "The Federalist" isn't law. And the right-wingers who have for decades been waving it as if some sort of political "bible" are actually pushing the losing ANTI-Federalist/"states' rights" "argument" AGAINST Federalism.
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  4092. Santos is attempting to bribe the media.
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  4093.  @fabemgtw  Where's your PROOF?
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  4094.  @stacyjaye6350  It's certainly that for the fans of murder-as-entertainment.
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  4095.  @mariaprestigiacomo8321  "Dog" returned to Colorado. Will he be searching for missing women in Colorado? Not if there aren't any TeeVee cameras following him around.
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  4096.  @danielasterling6936  So murder is all entertainment for you -- so long as it's someone else murdered.
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  4097.  @danielasterling6936  Why don't you answer the question I asked? Because you have no PROOF -- which I asked you for -- for your nonsense.
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  4098. And the defendant is an adjudicated rapist, which I think is worse than perjury.
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  4099. "You would think" -- no, one would look at the LAW on the point, then report that FACT, instead of running with uninformed speculation. That's what passes for local "news" today: uninformed sensationalism which is no better than rumormongering.
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  4100.  @bluewrenreilly129  Jealous of stupidity, and pandering to it!?
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  4101. The electorate is tired of the chaos. Sanders promises more of the same. And the vast majority of the electorate is centrist.
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  4102. Kari Lake is not "insane" or "crazy" or anything like that. She is an opportunist who went all in on an extreme and deranged view based upon and exploiting ignorance that was showing "wins," and now she can't back out. At this point it's all face-saving as she continues to say whatever she believes others want to hear. And the guy in Nevada sounds like a newbie to politics -- almost like someone else put him up to it. But anti-abortion has become the de riguer schtick of the Republican Party -- for the "pro-life" death cult. The "Evangelicals" need to resolve their fundamental theological -- suicidal -- contradiction: that dying and going to their imaginary "Heaven" is preferable to being alive. But first they need to stop imposing that fantasy on others based on their irresponsible claims about "God's will" when what they are about and doing is entirely their own tyrannical human will.
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  4103. "Bone spurs" afflict heels.
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  4104. Is anyone NOT a "legend"?
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  4105. UNIDENTIFIED residents.
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  4106. Change is a constant. It doesn't take a genius to spout, "Things are going to change," for one to pick up on that reality. Bit one must wonder about those whose jaws drop and their eyes bug out when they hear something so obvious because they never noticed it for themselves before.
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  4107. The various colonies established on "freedom of religion" tended to mean only THEIR "religion"; Massachusetts-Bay was especially tyrannical on this point. But this is how the Founders put them in their place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  4108.  @mdougf  Hogwash. If you pay him enough, he will agree with you.
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  4109. By characterizing the gov't as the "problem, not the solution," Reagan initiated the sedition that eventuated in Trump's coup attempt. Contrary to Reagan's assertion, and per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. So the "problem" according to Reagan and the corrupt wealth behind him are "We the people".
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  4110. Yes, it is deliberately inflammatory.
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  4111.  @stephaniedavis2110  If there was voting fraud in the states Biden won, then why did all the downballot REPUBLICANS ALSO win?
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  4112. The GOP is all in with the criminality. It is complicit in the crimes. Where were you in 2000, when Scalia/the Suprme Court usurped the exclusive authority of CONGRESS to resolve election disputes?
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  4113.  @1776stubborn  Get your head of of the mcuk and open your eyes, moron. We -- AND YOU -- are seeing the subversion of the Constitution. Do you REALLY believe you're safe from the consequenes? I know you don't know history -- you have your head shoved up ILLUION'S ass -- but this applies to your arrogance and wallowing in hate: There are countless different "Christian" "religions," EVERY ONE OF WHICH claims to the the "one TRUE religion". What will you do when they go to war against each other, as has been the history, and why the Founders SEPARATED "religion" and gov't form each other? You are seeing FAKE "Christians" lusting for power and cash, contrary to all their rhetoric.
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  4114. Four more beers.
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  4115. "Real" politicians are careful not to alienate any of their constituents as their constituents represent opposing views. Santos was about selling himself without regard to representing the actual interests and concerns of his constituents. In effect he perpetrated a fraud on his voters.
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  4116. He's the Nodfather, aka "Snoreleone," aka "Sleepy Don," aka "Sleepy Donny," aka "snooze operator".
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  4117.  michel_michel  Even his own lawyers are distancing themselves from the literal gasbag.
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  4118.  @CaptainCaterpillars  "It's okay to break the law in order to catch law-breakers" is the twisted motive.
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  4119.  @emoliver80  We don't know when the FBI received the surveillance video. And we don't know how many the FBI has interviewed -- and asked to not say anything about it.
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  4120.  @easypeezie4494  "morals do matter, but", then again, they don't.
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  4121.  @laurenmichelle49  How has he been helpful, beyond feeing the circus? Has he found Laundrie? Do you actually believe Laundrie is in Florida? "Dog" is an "expert": at the same time he was insisting that Laundrie is in DeSoto Park, his own daughter was pointing to the Appalachian Trail. When "family" aren't on the same page, we assume the family "has it together".
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  4122. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014.
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  4123. Everyone BOWS to the secretary when it comes to dealing with documents. Those are OFF LIMITS to everyone but the secretary.
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  4124. The Biden-Harris successful diplomacy freeing the 16 hostages required the agreement and assistance of NATO members. Trump promises to withdraw from NATO. Trump said that his friend Putin would have released the hostages for him. One of the hostages was grabbed by Putin in 2018, when Trump was soiling the White House. That hostage wasn't released until 2024 -- and as result of the Biden-Harris diplomacy.
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  4125. The company has hundreds of millions of dollars? Good -- he'll be able to pay the $250 million fine.
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  4126. That's quite a fantasy. Where are your FACTS?
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  4127. Gone are the days when citizens learned how to distinguish between, on one hand, facts, and on the other, lucrative bullshit.
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  4128.  @MarisaAndChew  Right: ALL the wrong is always on the man, even though it takes two to tango. We can't even credit Gabby Petito as having poor judgment in her choice of boyfriends.
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  4129. Long ago.
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  4130. He was properly treated as the guest who shits on his neighbor's living room rug, then demands praise for doing so.
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  4131. And he just LOST another percentage of Jewish votes.
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  4132.  @JamieMRobins  Lori told where the remains were, and blamed him. He will spill on her in self-defense.
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  4133. It only tells you that some information -- the contents of which is ENTIRELY UNKNOWN to you -- hasn't been released.
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  4134. "Patriot Front" is a violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang.
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  4135. If you have EVIDENCE for that claim, then PRESENT it. If not, then sit down and STFU.
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  4136. Republican Sec. of State Kemp was in charge of counting the votes, while also running for Governor -- a CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST. Yes, Cruz, the election was STOLEN by KEMP.
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  4137. The Republican Party will not become the working-class party. It will be the wealthy anti-unionists mentally enslaving the uneducated poor.
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  4138. Carlson isn't qualified to diagnose anyone's mental state. But if he were, it would be unethical to do so without actually evaluating the individual he purports to "diagnose".
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  4139.  @haroldmoore1412  And ALSO LIED about the accurate valuations of his properties in order to CHEAT ALSO on his TAXES.
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  4140.  @ecurewitz  The wealthiest industry on the planet is Big Oil. The US taxpayer nonetheless subsidizes Big Oil with at least hundreds of millions every year. And what does the taxpayer get in return? CLIMATE CHANGE.
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  4141. In ANY gov't.
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  4142. Perhaps there were other means of surveillance being employed.
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  4143. Go(h)mer(t) is a "Christian" who whines that Republicans aren't allowed to LIE to Congress and the FBI, conveniently ignoring his "God's'" COMMANDMENT, "Thou shalt not lie."
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  4144.  @srgreeniii  If the Founders had want to LIMIT the VOTERS' choices, they would have established term limits. They did not. If you want amateurs instead of the experienced making gov't decisions, then put in those who are as stupid as the general voter. We have examples of the latter with Greene and Boebert.
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  4145. Mark Twain wrote of lightning not being aimed right. She does deserve to be hit by lightning, but lightning won't cooperate because, as a matter of self-respect, it refuses to be associated with her.
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  4146. "Textualism" doesn't FAIL -- it is a scam by means of which to IGNORE legislative history, where one finds the INTENT of a Constitutional amendment or a statute. It has always been, until the scams of "textualism" and "originalism," that resolving questions about a law that couldn't be resolved solely from the text of the amendment or statute required one to refer to the Congress's paper trail leading to the amendment or statute. As long as they can avoid the intent, they can make up their own pseudo-intent. Thus, as example, the only way to find an "individual right" in the Second Amendment is to ignore the Congressional Debates of those who WROTE the Amendment. ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's ppropaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via is propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviouly voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state laws and constitutions which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  4147.  @Yourmomshassole  A pardon cannot be granted for crimes committed after the pardon is granted. If such a pardon existed Bannon WOULD HAVE SAID SO. Instead, he's going to trial, despite his best -- specious -- efforts to get out of it. Period. Full stop. End of story.
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  4148. Why is everyone picking on George "Guess My Real Name!" Santos!? This is the greatest man in history -- greater even than Donald J. Trump! He singlehandedly (one hand tied behind his back, or scratching his butt, or both) ended the Ice Age with HOT AIR! And he is now conducting a secret gov't program of research of political vulnerability to Neanderthalism!
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  4149. Israel ordered the Palestinians in northern Gaza to go south. Now they have the Palestinians boxed in in the south. And Jared Kushner said that Gaza being on the Mediterranean has "good beachfront property" and said that the Palestinians should be "moved out" of and "it cleaned up". How are Netanyahu and Kushner different than the WW II German Nazis who did exactly the same thing. Being a "victim" is not a justification for committing genocide.
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  4150. Flynn should be recalled to active duty -- and then courts-martialed.
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  4151.  @davidharrowe4083  He can legally step down from the campaign. The party might object, but since when has Trump bothered with whether his actions are legal?
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  4152. O'Leary is a dunce.
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  4153. To assume a person is dumb is to underestimate that person, and thus to hoodwink yourself when it turns out they aren't dumb.
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  4154. How do we know that Brian returned alone to Florida in the van? I don't see how that can be known, as the van apparently returned on September 1, but Gabby wasn't reported missing until circa September 11.
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  4155. Is that a real beard on Matt Walsh?
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  4156. MAGA-Lardo search warrant results: more than 300 classified documents, and more than ELEVEN THOUSAND non-classified government documents.
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  4157. Too many "supplements" aren't even known to live up to the claims made for them.
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  4158. Prosecutors apparently have Trump's own "ledger" which includes evidence of fraud.
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  4159. I want to hear more about the "cocaine orgies" -- naming of names -- beyond only Matt Gaetz.
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  4160. She hasn't got over being expelled from pre-school for not being able to get along with others. At core she feels inferior and powerless. Nothing will infuriate her even more than if she's ignored. She'll escalate.
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  4161. The foremost obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. And the Supreme Court upheld that authority in "Jacobson v. Massachusetts".
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  4162. "H.R. 3" is the bill number. It was the 3rd bill passed after the Democrats took control of the House. That would place it as having passed, and sent to the Senate, in January-February, 2019.
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  4163. "There's no such thing as a civil war." -- Mark Twain.
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  4164. The phrase "the right to keep and bear arms" is the well-regulated militia. The well-regulated militia is ALWAYS UNDER -- regulated and governed by -- Constitutions and rule of law. The FAKE "militia" are anti-gov't criminal gangs. The Founders attacked and "overthrew" exactly this many gov'ts: ZERO.
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  4165. Stop attacking ultra-sensitive humanitarian Trump. And Ralph de la Torre (Google the name).
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  4166. This is a criminal trial. And Merchan's gag order is modeled on the prior two that were upheld on appeal. What you SHOULD do is actually WATCH THE VIDEO, in which Kirshner EXPLAINS HOW LAW WORKS. You have NO EXCUSE for REFUSING to learn -- which is exactly the same that can be said of TRUMP.
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  4167. Is "Dr. Oz" an acid-head? Or does he push that drug? Certainly that isn't his real name (if he's even a doctor). Who in their right mind would trust a doctor who uses a fake name?
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  4168.  @cyndybutler7330  The Impeachment Clause refutes Trump's claim.
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  4169.  @terri6854  His lawyers say what Trump DEAMNDS they say -- which is why he consistently LOSES in court. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4170. You CAN BE CERTAIN that the operation was PHOTOGRAPHED and VIDEOED BY THE FBI.
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  4171. DonOLD racist.
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  4172. He is aware of that possibility. He has no control over that. But one doesn't sue if one believes one can't win.
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  4173. Roy Cohen was a Mafia lawyer who was eventually disbarred and died of AIDS. He was a lifelong scumbag, and taught Trump how to be an even bigger scumbag than he might have achieved on his own.
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  4174. The Trump Supreme Court refused to hear his fraudulent "election fraud" LIE. And it appears Trump's effort to quash the subpoenas was filed in Federal court.
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  4175. Same here -- but it was barely on my radar. It was an ongoing background noise.
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  4176. The correct term is coMPtroller.
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  4177. Would you protect a criminal?
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  4178.  @MWilsonME  Why should she be freed -- because she's female therefore "oppressed" by actual equality under the law?
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  4179. In handcuffs.
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  4180.  @SilviaGary  Recalled Raphael Warnock's speech.
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  4181.  @themorosepittbull257  Yes, it is a Constitutional right in criminal cases. But it is still the taxpayer paying for his defense against his anti-American views.
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  4182. Bill Maher was still kissing Trump's butt while others were calling it a coup.
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  4183. There is enough information publicly to KNOW that Trump didn't have ANY leg to stand on about "negotiating" the return he held ILLEGALLY. And that includes the NON-CLASSIFIED.
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  4184. He's all about the money.
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  4185. Netanyahu supported Hams for DECADES because BOTH Hamas and Netanyahu oppose the two-state solution. And it was reported in Israel's media that Israel knew of the planned attack by Hamas for more than a year before the attack. Did Netanyahu and his gov't ALLOW the attack to occur so they'd have a pretext to launch their genocidal attack on ALL Palestinians, including children and toddlers, in Gaza. And Jared Kushner said that the Gaza waterfront on the Mediterranean is "good beachfront property". And by that means he validates the stereotype of Jews believed by anti-Semites.
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  4186.  @markcynic808  No: You're with Putin.
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  4187. Your "God" should act AFTER the fact? Re-evalute your belief system.
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  4188. Don, Jr. said that gun-nuts in Montana should shoot the balloon down. Because Don, Jr.'s expertise is limited to killing endangered animals on the ground.
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  4189.  @marylamb7707  What applies to the ALLEGED "Left"?
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  4190. At Harvard Law his fellow students took an instance dislike of Cruz. When asked why, they answered: "It saves time."
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  4191.  @peterjones7303  You miss the point: Trump declared war on the United States. It was the United States that lead the world during WW II against Fascism. Trump and his supporters are Fascists.
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  4192. This Court majority is also opposed to the ban of prayer in public schools, and school desegregation. Cornyn is CERTAINLY saying that "Brown" should be overturned, and therefore school SEGREGATION BY RACE be restored.
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  4193. Trumpeters are threatening criminal violence against the rule of law, Biden labels them for what they are, and those who admit that they identify with Biden's characterization by being "insulted" by it are proving Biden's point.
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  4194. Both of whom are political "conservatives". But that isn't science. Other "careful rhetoricians" are huckstering bullshitters. When I was a kid, we called it, "Overwhelm with bullshit."
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  4195. Especially as his dupes are engaging in death threats. And this "lawyer" is anti-American: we don't lock people up without due process, which is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. And especially without EVIDENCE.
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  4196. Every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. NO "freedom" includes or authorizes threats to public health and safety.
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  4197. It's in the water, which disrupts the balance near open windows. Gotta do something about the unsafe windows in Russia.
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  4198. More than 500,000 Americans go missing every year. Why are "Dog" and John Walsh not on any of those cases? More than 200 women are missing or have been found murdered, cases unsolved, in Wyoming alone. Why are "Dog" and John Walsh not on those cases? There is no way Laundrie is in Florida. But as long as "Dog" is there, why is he not on the Florida case of the newly-missing Miya Moncardo? Because it doesn't fit the "missing white woman syndrome," and doesn't have a truckload of TeeVee cameras looking at it.
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  4199.  cstuartdc  Federal law PROHIBITS noncitizens voting. And yet Johnson and his fellow white supremacists want to pass Federal law making it illegal for noncitizens to vote.
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  4200. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists.
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  4201. You know NOTHING of Buddhism. Or of the First Amendment SEPARATION of "religion" and gov't.
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  4202. Want to know how to get a reactionary hater to find their way to reality? So do I.
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  4203. MTG is trash from the white ghetto.
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  4204. No "art" about it; he invariably gets caught.
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  4205. Must be true -- you can't spell his name: Avery.
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  4206. As a writer I've always written wherever I was. Including restaurants.
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  4207. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4208.  @thesloth944  You know zero about "her".
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  4209. Reality was an unwelcome intrusion.
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  4210.  @sethgross3904  He wouldn't crawl out of a sewer because he would never leave his home.
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  4211.  @sprootown  As a crackpot you're an amateur.
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  4212. Katie Phang is EXCELLENT.
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  4213. Refusing to comply with a subpoena is obvious intent, which can be inferred from the refusal.
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  4214. Stroke?
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  4215. Sir Thomas More is a good example about the king's power: Would his declaring that the world is flat result in the world being flat?
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  4216. I would not be surprised if she appointed Liz Cheney as Sec. of State.
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  4217. It isn't that simple. Israel isn't the problem -- most Israelis want Netanyahu gone. The problem is Netanyahu and his extreme right-wing gang. But in view of the content of Schumer's speech -- the words "pariah nation" -- Netanyahu can't win this one. He hasn't the power in relation to the US and his DEPENDENCY on the US. Schumer's words can't be written off because he's a Jew who has always supported Israel, but has had enough of Netanyahu's fascism. Schumer's speech is intended, and will, cause an earthquake in Israel The US has the opportunity to finally, after 80 years, to shift the dynamic away from backing everything the Israeli gov't does to imposing conditions on the foreign policy that doesn't jeopardize the US's reputation. Netanyahu supports TRUMP, and is also trying to undermine Biden. You should be SUPPORTING Biden. IN FACT: were that you knew anything about politics beyond the superficial, you'd have HEARD Biden saying, ALL ALONG, that Israel's policies in Gaza are totally indefensible. But foreign policy TAKES TIME; it is not a realm for the impatient unless they want to FAIL or make matters worse. In view of the history of the foreign policy, it takes time to BUILD to the point of making the issue PUBLIC. And it is coordinated. The first PUBLIC comment was made by Vice President Harris. Then it was Biden's "accidental" "hot mic" comment. Next it was other Biden administration lower-level people. Then it was Senator Schumer -- that is the CENTRAL statement -- and then Biden reiterated BACKING Israel, but only as a single isolated statement. Israel, and Netanyahu's gov't, are NOT THE SAME THING. Even when I was 20, and the issue was Vietnam, I was never so politically naive and lacking in understanding that bought the far-Left demand for instant results -- because that isn't how REALITY works. So stop the simpleton's stupidity without regard for unintended consequences.
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  4218.  @adrianking5661  There are always more than two options.
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  4219. They are not a university; they are a far-right fruit-fringe propaganda mill.
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  4220.  Patrick Ancona  Oh "god," another fruit-fringer who knows nothing factual at all. Go hide under your bed so you stop scraing yourself with nonsense.
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  4221. Women lying to their husbands about their votes, while Trump constantly lies to the world.
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  4222. Watch Trump run third party -- splitting the party, and the Democrats win control of the House, increase lead in Senate, and win the presidential.
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  4223. It isn't incompetence. Cruelty is the competence, and the point.
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  4224. "Dottie" and "Michael": WE HAVE THE VIDEO OF THE VIOLENCE INFLICTED ON POLICE BY TRUMP CRIMINALS. THAT VIDEO WAS MADE BY THOSE CRIMINALS.
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  4225. Art requires a DIALOGUE between art object and viewer of it. Entertainment relies on passivity.
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  4226. "Proud Boys" = "Brown Shirts".
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  4227. Defamation is not a criminal action, therefore no jail time. But inciting death threats and violence can be prosecuted.
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  4228. He is making an ass of HIMSELF, not of the legal system, and embarrassing HIMSELF. I can only be embarrassed by MYSELF.
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  4229. Most people when they hit their teens deny their parents and family. It's a normal part of becoming an individual.
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  4230.  @jessestewart169  If born in the United States then she wasn't born in Italy or England, therefore isn't Italian or English. That's how national sovereignty and citizenship works.
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  4231.  @auntarctica2025  And you comment on public fora because you AVOID attention? I'm not misconstruing HISTORY, and the HOSTILITY to IMMIGRANTS BY IMMIGRANTS, and the baseless HATREDS of the marginalized.
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  4232.  @markbrayX  Especially when out of context, as that is.
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  4233.  @KathleenSeelen  Many people say his first name is DonOld.
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  4234.  @oliviawolcott8351  That is inaccurate as to amount. And an honest president pays or their private business, but not official business.
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  4235. These are Neo-Nazis.
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  4236.  @TheReubenmakarovskiy  He successfully got "Obamacare" through Congress. He successfully managed the handling of the several potential epidemics. Compare: Ebola killed TWO Americans. COVID-19 has so far killed more than 170,000. And what has Trump done during his business career? Was sued for racial discrimination in housing. Mob-connected. Ripped off not only contractors, but also members of his own family. Declared bankruptcy 6 times. All in all, Trump is a career criminal "leading" a criminal enterprise. Here's some basic facts easily verified by research: Of all the presidents from LBJ and Obama, only two had ZERO corruption and indictments: LBJ and Obama. Is that your real name -- a Russian troll? Or is your real name Steve Bannon, Indictee?
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  4237. RECOVER their rights.
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  4238.  @JuanRodriguez-fg4ji  I'm aware of that. That's the basis of my question to that person.
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  4239. @Wesley Peterson It is also the fact that Uvalde is an "ancient" city with upwards of 80 per cent Mexican-Americans who were born and have lived there for generations.
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  4240.  @grayaj23  "Natural law" is an escape from objective, formal law. It is all subjective.
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  4241.  @grayaj23  "There is no objective truth. Only opinions and perspectives on what the truth is." "Facts are stubborn things." -- John Adams. I suggest you walk into moving traffic believing there is no objective truth so strongly that the cars pass right through you without causing harm.
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  4242.  @grayaj23  "Locke's whole point is that *once the social contract is formed and a government is instituted*, the individual loses all liberty and must submit to the state in all things. Even if the King demands his execution, the individual has no right to resist. It's telling people that tyranny is legitimate and you must submit to it." Except that that isn't Locke, who was one of the core philosophers on which the Founders relied in establish the SELF-GOVERNING democracy that is the US. We see that premise in the New Hampshire constitution of 1784: "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". Everyone has the same rights; therefore everyone has the same responsibilities to not violate the rights of others. No right is absolute, and its exercise is limited by being inextricably entwined with responsibility.
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  4243.  @jringo45acp  1. You fail to identify that which you label "a flat out lie". 2. You fail to make any effort to substantiate that whatever you're referring to is "a flat out lie". 3. The only "evidence" you provide is your flat out baldfaced fact-free assertion: "That's a flat out lie." 4. A flat out baldfaced fact-free assertion is not a PROOF that the flat out baldfaced fact-free assertion is true, or more than or other than a flat out baldfaced fact-free assertion.
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  4244. Sometimes it's like riding a roller coaster.
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  4245. The draft would not be unconstitutional. When law enforcement is essential, to whatever degree, and no one is willing, then the gov't -- the rule of law -- enacts a draft to ensure enforcement of the law. It's been that way in the US since before there was the US, and at times after adoption of the Constitution.
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  4246. I'll ignore it as you provide not a shred of EVIDENCE for your assertion.
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  4247.  @deplorablefederalist7908  You aren't a Federalist; you are an anti-Federalist "states' rights" bigot.
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  4248.  @MegaTinni  It's telling of much more than the "circles" I "operated" in. I've noticed over recent decades is that many get their notion of "love" from pop culture, popular music in particular.
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  4249. John Roberts is a traditionalist except when he grants near-absolute immunity to Trump, by means of which he authors a decision that both is unconstitutional and repudiates that Constitution.
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  4250. Nope: "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4251. Crimes are prosecuted by the GOV'T.
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  4252. One thing that can't be said about Boebert is that she isn't "hand on".
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  4253. The 1960s were the best of times and the worst of time. On one hand were "The Beatles"; on the other was Vietnam and the draft.
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  4254. "Dr. Phil" is full of shit.
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  4255. Dick Cavett was not a daytime program. It was late night. And he was unique in being intelligent. And you have to be my age to remember that.
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  4256. False. The Supreme Court held that a sitting president can be sued, personally, by private civil suit. And, in fact, the gov't is sued all the time. The families of children who were separated from their families successfully sued the gov't over that illegal policy. As a civil suit only affects private citizens, and criminal prosecutions are also intended to deter others, presidents should more so be subject to criminal suit. In other words, the DOJ policy against doing so is unconstitutional.
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  4257.  @twochordcool  Anyone could have released it. I won't join the pointless speculations. "A better heatlh care system"!? We'll be lucky if Obamacare survives this Court. Your expecting actual legislation out of the Senate?
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  4258. If he doesn't know "what" "crimes," then he doesn't know that there WERE "crimes," therefore he has no basis to assert that there was a "cover up" of that which is not known to exist. It's long past time this lying anti-American hack were thrown off mainstream media.
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  4259. Legitimate Christianity is founded on compassion. Republican "Christianity" is based on exploitation and abuse in greedy pursuit of cash and power.
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  4260.  @3baxcb  It would have an unevidenced speculative "things that go bump in the" paranoid imagination plot.
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  4261. This is a "separatist" FAKE "militia": they claim that Ameria was originally part of a "Moorish" -- African -- empire.
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  4262.  @jimeaton805  John Lennon.
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  4263.  @Dima-rr8cj  Are you qualified to "diagnose"? Or do you always attack others with name-calling instead of addressing their actual statement?
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  4264.  @jorgee7470  Roger Stone is also sleazy, but not in the movie business.
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  4265. You know nothing about gov't.
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  4266.  @ronnynoneofyourbusinessgoo7892  He's 6 feet 9 inches tall. So, yes, he "sticks out like a sore thumb".
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  4267.  @johnbrooks4965  So your "loving" "god" who intervenes all the time in response to "prayer" ALLOWS senseless murders to happen. The reality is, of course, that it can't be proven that there IS a "God". And the absurdity of invoking "God" and how "loving" "He" is every time there's a senseless murder that he could have but didn't prevent.
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  4268. "We the people" have to put reality onto the table.
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  4269. Perlstein is an ideologue claiming to be an historian. They are not the same thing.
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  4270. Germany bombed civilian cities London and Liverpool. Britain, and the allies, returned the "favor". I defend neither. But I don't forget that Germany set the precedent.
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  4271.  @vicrattlehead8417  The DOJ has evidence that the Committee does not; and the Committee has evidence that the DOJ may not have. The Committee staff can provide the evidence the DOJ requests, and also walk the DOJ through its evidence and point to issues it views as significant. The Committee staff is former prosecutors.
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  4272. Oliver Stone has been off his head for years. Chomsky is also pushing Putin's propaganda. Oliver Stone is not an "expert"; he's a Hollowood film maker.
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  4273. Republican Sasse was one of the few Republicans who actually discussed with Jackson, while admitting his "shortcomings" as not being a lawyer. He actually eliticted from her what is involved in judging, which is the job to which she is nominated.
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  4274. Of course not -- Trump is as ever lying that he will.
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  4275. It was an illegal invasion and occupation advancing an illegal and unnecessary war.
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  4276. I'm still wondering how it works that they (1) shred ballots, (2) feed the shreds to chickens, (3) roast the chicken, and the shredded ballots are finally destroyed. Or something. Perhaps the "Food Channel" provides a recipe as solution. Or "The Weird Gormand".
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  4277. As if Stephen Miller would understand the meaning of "humanitarian".
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  4278. The "phrase" "the right of the people" etc. was drawn from the four STATE constitution Militia Clauses that were the sources of the Second Amendment. Or tell us, law-illiterate, the purpose of "public arms". And in the DRAFTS of that which became the Second Amendment are BOTH the words "people" -- the PLURAL -- and the word "person" -- the INDIVIDUAL. Here's the phrase in which the term "person" -- as distinguished from the plural -- was used: ": but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY -- militia service was a DUTY, NOT a "right"] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." That was the ONLY posited individual "right" -- to NOT serve Militia DUTY -- debated concerning the Amendment, and it was OBVIOUSLY VOTED DOWN BEFORE the Amendment was ratified. THEREFORE there is NO "individual right" ANYWHERE in the Second Amendment. Moreover, that phrase is embedded in a controlling and limiting context, the subject of which is WELL REGULATED MILITIA. Even the "Declaration of Independence" is against you -- yeah, I know: you've never read it, therefore never learned that it includes a list of GRIEVANCES against King George III, these two of which are directly on point -- and they REFUTE your anti-American attacks on the rule of law: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." The legislatures MAKE LAWS REGULATING such as the well-regulated Militia. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition RULE OF LAW.
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  4279. Gomer[t] sits there and makes accusations while accusing others of making accusations. He is not defending gun rights; he is defending mass murder. And that's where the Republicans/gun industry/NRA/Gun Owners of America are. Dump the religionutism.
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  4280. Diplomacy doesn't work when only one side is willing to conduct diplomacy.
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  4281.  @robbieclark7828  Gatefolds take twice the space on the shelf.
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  4282.  @iielysiumx5811  Try 320 kHz.
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  4283. The Republicans used to wave the 10th Amednment about as often as the 2nd. Bow they REJECT it. Whatever's politically convenient.
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  4284. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence. That is the entirety of their campaign.
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  4285. "Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction is obliged to follow rules." -- Mark Twain.
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  4286. Ted Liu ripped him a new one with each question asked. Ted Liu has been on this through the entire Trump era.
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  4287.  @josmotherman591  The FEDERAL Constitution includes the SUPREMACY clause. That means FEDERAL law is SUPREME OVER state law. The FEDERAL gov't has a responsibility, and the authority, to protect citizens from violations of their rights by state gov'ts, or by state gov't NEGLECT to protect their rights. It is ILLEGAL, in BOTH Federal and state law, to commit violence against and or to issue death threats against ELECTED OFFICIALS. If the states won't enforce those laws, then the FEDERAL gov't has the responsibility and authority to do so. It is THAT to which the Republican is objecting -- WHICH IS WHY HE INTERRUPTS GARLAND so Garland can't state what Garland is ACTUALLY doing. THAT is why the Republican drags in the FIRST AMENDMENT. AGAIN, violence and death threats against elected officials are not protected speech --- they are ILLEGAL. The First Amendment is EXXPRESSLY SPECIFIC, protecting PEACEABLE assembly. My "first" inquiry!? I'm probably old enough to be your grandfather. And I have an education in law; you not only don't, but couldn't care less about the rule of law. You SAY that "ALL politicians lie"; if true, that applies ALSO to the Republican you're DEENDING. And HE is defending, by dragging in the First Amendment, acts that are ILLEGAL. Read "Jacobson v. Massachusetts," in which the US Supreme Court UPHELD the state's vaccination mandate -- which was COMPULSORY. There was no "freedom" to endanger PUBLIC health and safety. The fundamental principles stated by the Court in that decision apply across the board: no individual, and no statistical minority -- which the Republican, AND YOU, are defending -- have the right to endanger public health and safety. Period. Full stop. Garland is enforcing the law. The Republican you are both calling a liar, and defending, is defending VIOLATIONS of the law.
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  4288.  @josmotherman591  You claimed that the states have the means to deal with the violence and death threats. In that you are arguing for states' rights. It remains the fact that violence and threats against elected officials is ILLEGAL under BOTH FEDERAL and state laws. If the states' don't enforce their own laws, then the Federal gov't has the authority and responsibility to enforce the equivalent Federal laws. The Republican you both call a liar and defend asserted the First Amendment in effort to defend violence and death threats that are not speech protected by the First Amendment, and are ILLEGAL. It is a specious "argument " to both call the Republican a liar, and at the same time defend his lies as if somehow "truth". You defend the lie instead of condemning both the lie and the liar. Your immoral animus is not only against truth, and against the rule of law itself, but also against anyone not a Republican liar. Exactly as the Republican liar you are defending, you are defending domestic terrorism.
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  4289.  @jwaters1605  Criminal investigation of Thomas -- and associates -- can't be interfered with or "delayed" during the investigative phase. And before indictments and trial there is impeachment. But the latter requires a House majority, and a 60-vote margin in the Senate. VOTE BLUE.
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  4290. It can't be proven there's a "God" -- especially when as always "He" is a no-show.
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  4291.  @SilentKnight43  Note how those who invoke "God" never ask why "He" doesn't PREVENT any of these disasters? Or why "He" is always a NO-SHOW DURING AND AFTER the disasters? And then they characterize "Him" as "merciful"? Nothing more starkly exposes the dreamland, fantasyland, that is "religion".
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  4292. Reagan was also a RACIST.
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  4293. Let's not talk about Trump's negligent homicide concerning the COVID-19 pandemic: 185,000-plus DEAD, 1,000 dying per day. And how he blames everyone but himself. Remember him saying, "I don't accept any responsibility, at all"? Thus he rejected even the responsibilities of the office he occupies.
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  4294.  @SnarkierThan-U-R  I posted a comment critiquing the "journalism". It's irrelevant whether anyone responds to it. Instead of attacking me, LEARN how PROPAGANDA works in place of actual objective JOURNALISM.
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  4295. Yes. It was a corrupt "app," not a corrupt process. The whole thing is being blown out of proportion. And Trump will jump on that bandwagon. Keep it up -- you're helping Trump.
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  4296. Zuckberg is a greedy Republican who forgets what happened to Jews at the hands of fascists.
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  4297. Liz Cheney voted more than 90 per cent of the time for Trump "initiatives".
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  4298. From the US: Cheers for Canada standing up to bullshitting bully Trump.
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  4299.  @MandrakeDCR  We don't know what it's about yet. But the rest of your comment is false. Those who are competent and responsible plan their move. And EVERY administration is repeatedly instructed on the preservation of documents, and that they belong to the gov't.
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  4300. It's time to stop the disingenuous smears. And Sanders properly looked DEFEATED, because he IS. PARAMOUNT it STOPPING TRUMP -- stop all the biased childish pettiness dishonestly -- corruptly -- presented as "unbiased". Stop the HATE you project onto others. And address these FACTS: 1. Sanders voted AGAINST the "Brady Bill" VIE TIMES -- a TOP PRIORITY of the far-RGHT wing ANTI-Socialist NRA. 2. He voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- a TOP PRIORITY of the far-RIGHT wing ANTI-Socialist NRA. 3. He voted FOR the "Crime Bill" - for which he CONSTANTLY smeared CLINTON -- who DID NOT vote for it -- during the 2016 campaign.
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  4301.  @robertpresley1503  On what do you base your fantasy that you can predict the future? Because Sanders and his coterie of fruit-fringe freaks, and the Russians, helped Trump get elected in 2016? You obviously STILL don't allow reality to penetrate: PARAMOUNT is STOPPING TRUMP., or you can forget ANY Prgressive ANYTHING for at least a generation. IF the US could thereafter recover from the final devastation planned by the far-Right/Republicans. THIS isn't speculation about the future; it is DECADES OF OBSERVATION, ENGAGMENT WITH, and KNOWLEDGE OF the ACTUAL politics of the country -- not the passe 1960s FAR-Left that twice got NIXON elected, which began the degeneration that has been the reality since then. The VOTERS will determine the election -- not the mythic "billionaire donors" you love to hate. Either you put country over ideology, or you are no different than the MAGAots, and the Republicans.
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  4302.  @axeguy85  They couldn't find their way to reality in broad daylight in the middle of an open field with map, flashlight, compass, and gaggle of guides.
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  4303. He meant that Jared got his piece from the Saudis in the amount of 2 billion.
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  4304.  @FuKuntt  I'm surprised they didn't -- in order to keep the guns and Ted Cruz out of Mexico.
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  4305. Chicago is in Illinois. Utah is a different state, and Wyomng another different state.
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  4306. It is not about "self-defense". It is about intimidating others. Worse come to worst, it is about killing as many as possible to "see what it's like".
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  4307. Tyranny is tyranny. But the Right-wing -- Republicans -- always call it "Communism" because only the Left-wing is "evil". Hitler went after socialists -- the Left -- because he WAS NOT a socialist. He was a RIGHT-wing FASCIST.
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  4308. Only insecure PARANOIDS view CRITICISMS as ATTACKS. How stupid is your over-the-top extreme language? Research REPUBLICAN Lee Atwater for the origins of that lowest-common-denominator anti-democratic "movement". Or research Roger Stone.
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  4309. Because WARRANT was required. In addition, the DOJ/FBI was establishing a RECORD of the efforts to retrieve the documents in order to undercut Trump's predictable bullshit about the process.
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  4310. "Revival" has, historically, "religious" overtones -- and we've had more than enough of the religionuts' efforts to subvert Constitution and country.
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  4311. The people who WROTE "Project 2025" are from TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION. It is Trump and declarations he has made PUBLICLY.
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  4312.  @dreyri2736  we determine justice by rule of law, not by fruit-fringe "Libertarians" who oppose the existence of gov't -- gov't being by definition rule of law. His idea of "justice" is subjective. The Founders were about "ordered liberty" -- "liberty WITHIN the law". What are his qualifications -- smoking a lot of pot?
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  4313.  @Harper11311  You ignore the subject of the Amendment: "A well-regulated militia". And if one reads the Debates of those who WROTE it, one learns that the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia. A militia is not an individual, is a public organization, and is always an arm OF GOV'T. But you like the anti-Constitutional idea of overthrowing the rule of law. But we get it: you prefer obvious corrupt interpretation of the language because you prefer the corrupt outcome to the actual facts and law. And I'll bet you hate "activist judges". "Griswold" was based on the "right of privacy," as was "Roe". But you agree with the six "Federalist Society" religioextremists on the Supreme Court who assert that there is no "right of privacy" because those words don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalist". "Textualist". "Individual right to own guns".
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  4314.  @boeing757pilot  See this: ___ The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  4315.  @boeing757pilot  You're welcome to circulate it.
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  4316.  @billbillerton6122  Wrong on the latter: A privilege can be revoked, which includes guns. Let's try a thought experiment regarding your false view that the "right' to own guns is "absolute": If you rob a bank with a LEGAL gun, are arrested, prosecuted, convicted, and sent to prison, will you be allowed to take your LEGAL gun with you to prison? No, you will not. It will be CONFISCATED. It only takes one exception to an "absolute" to demolish the "absolute". Let's pretend you believe in the rule of law, and are a "responsible gun owner". The "Heller" decision has two holdings: 1. That the Second Amendment protects an individual right. (Which I have shown is FALSE.) 2. That gun control is Constitutional. (For which the evidence is overwhelming.) Which of those two holdings do you REJECT? "Roe" was based on the right of privacy. According to the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists on the Supreme Court there is no right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalist". "Textualist". "Individual right to own guns."
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  4317.  @petitedoll1  Anyone who realizes that his legislative achievements have benefited them -- AND THE COUNTRY. It isn't only about you and your repetition of side issues while leaving out Trump's deficiencies -- both legally and mentally.
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  4318.  @caseysmith544  Nickey Haley says that if elected she will pardon Trump, and sign a national abortion ban. But if not elected, she says she will vote for the Party's nominee -- TRUMP.
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  4319.  @hanfred  The Warhol fraud is a separate Federal case. He plead guilty and was on house arrest awaiting sentencing. He was involved over some years in extensive fraud while she remained married to him. So apparently she had less concern with the crimes he committed -- perhaps with her participation -- than with the money being made from it. In short: many perceive these situations in simplistic black-and-white terms: women are only ever victims, never perpetrators, and all evil originates with men. No one outside the relationship knows what the image they projected together, the facade, covered up. Manipulators often get involved with manipulators because it is familiar territory; a common language. In circa 2014 she filed a police report alleging that he threatened to kill her and a friend . Was the "friend" male or female? The case was closed when she refused to follow through -- and later married him. Perhaps she was trumping him in a power struggle. In other words, the simplistic view is that the victim is always pure and innocent, and all the responsibility for disfunctions in the relationship are on the perpetrator. It's reported that she hadn't been wearing her wedding ring. He was under confinement in Massachusetts, and she was working 5 days per week in D.C.; she spent a day and a half per week, it's reported, with the kids, then the rest of the week in D.C. In her photos she's flirtatious. It wouldn't surprise if she had hooked up with another guy in D.C., told Bryan that she was "in love" with another man, and would be divorcing him and taking the kids with her to D.C.
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  4320.  @gregoryguidry4958  Another America-hating Russian troll.
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  4321. Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election in Pennsylvania, with which he has experience.
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  4322. Was Ronny Jackson/Johnson high at the time?
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  4323. Don't blame all of us. Trump and Vance should be shamed but are pre-moral.
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  4324. It's not funny anyway.
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  4325.  @n0tk0sher  I cut to the chase: their "projections" are actually confessions.
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  4326. Name-calling. And skin color is the first clue.
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  4327. She should challenge Trump to five debates -- go straight at him, "flood the zone"; overwhelm him with more pressure than he can process.
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  4328. There is no evidence for that theory. It was a news reporters summing up, without any actual facts to support it.
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  4329.  @MrDaiseymay  I was born in 1948: do the math. We had music from my earliest memories. I grew up with all that. And was and am a huge "Beatles" fan. But I'll say it AGAIN: The comment was made by Walter Cronkite; it was EDITORIALIZING, an OPINION, NOT A FACT. It was adopted as Gospel by those who viewed Cronkite as some sort of elder statesman, a sage. But there was then and is not still any EVIDENCE to support the OPINION. I heard "The Beatles" BEFORE the assassination. My interest in them wasn't affected by the assassination, though I was certainly impacted by the assassination. In the real world there was no connection between the two.
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  4330.  @MrDaiseymay  What EVIDENCE do I have that there is no EVIDENCE to support Cronkite's OPINION? It is the LACK of evidence for his opinion that is the reality. "The Beatles" achievement can stand on its own; it doesn't need the artificial support or boost of Cronkite's opinion -- which, if you look at it, takes credit AWAY from "The Beatles," as it suggests that the assassination is the reason they caught on.
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  4331. Did he lose sponsors because he's "controversial"? Or because he is peddling hogwash?
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  4332. Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election, with which he has experience. Same for Whitmore.
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  4333. Is there much more stupid than your repetition of the bullshit buzz-phrase than "left Marxism"? You obviously know nothing about Marxism, or anything else factual about politics and political science. It's an obvious and consistent tradition: right wing extremists/racists/white supremacists ALWAYS label those who believe and THINK differently than they as "Communists" and "Marxists" even when they aren't any of that. Why? Because morons like you were taught from the cradle to hate THE WORDS without ANY FACTUAL knowledge about ANY of what they actually mean. Peterson, like all authoritarians, panders to and preys upon the ignorant. And you fall right into the trap because he is manipulating your baseless hatreds of buzz-phrases that have no substance or meaning. And which negates itself: "Marxism" is by substance and definition far-Left, exactly as Fascism is far-RIGHT. And we know where you stand on the political spectrum: with Fascism. Hitler and Mussolini were FASCISTS. At bottom you hate freedom because it allows others to believe differently then you -- and you can't comprehend a way of thinking other than baseless griping and hatreds of realities you don't comprehend so want stomped out. You are the epitome of STUPID. AND YOU are RESPONSIBLE for that decision.
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  4334.  Freedom & Liberty Bot  Sanders is finished. And though a millionaire who owns three homes, and professes to be a Socialist, he isn't giving his money away to help the homeless.
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  4335. They ARE NOT a "militia". READ the Constitution, ALL of which is in effect at the same time -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The Congress shall have Power To provide for orrganizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia". Did they get their guns from Congress, via state gov't/militia/National Guard, as enlistees or draftees into the National Guard? All the so-called self-anointed "militia" are in fact extralegal anti-govt insurrectionists who ALSO reject the rule of law, beginning with the Constitution, EXCEPT for the LIES about the Second Amendment.
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  4336.  @garyhamlin8269  "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's you own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  4337.  @vivienwade4378  Actually not. Question: Are YOU "qualified" to "diagnose" people you've never met? Based on people in the media also lacking the qualifications to "diagnose" people they've never met?
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  4338.  @vivienwade4378  Nope. And you aren't qualified to "diagnose" people you've never met.
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  4339. PUBLISH the FBI documents.
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  4340.  @gordondwyer3641  Dictatorship is the enemy of democracy.
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  4341.  @breckrichardson390  How many times did she vote as Trump wanted -- that's what matters.
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  4342.  @gordondwyer3641  Anyone is capable of believing anything they want. But believing a belief does not mean the belief is true. Free will doesn't exist without responsible exercise therefor. That's what rule of law, on which our democracy is based, guarantees EVERYONE has the SAME rights, and that those rights are not to be violated or infringed. That means that everyone ALSO has the RESPONSIBILITY to limit the exercise of one's rights so as not to violate the rights of others. For that exceedingly practical reason there are no "absolute" "rights". The exercise of one's protected freedom of choice -- not willy-nilly exercise of one's "free will" -- which some "religionists" deny exists -- is, therefore, limited. As for those "religionists": the First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't, and also prohibits POLITICAL VIOLENCE. And the first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. So human reality is more complex than simpleton's slogans totally lacking in context. The omitted context is reality. "A system of LAWS, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4343. Yeah -- let's bash the mainstream media because we are assholes who want only media that tells us what we want to hear -- just like MAGA.
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  4344.  @MrPr1nglz  "Jim Crow" was systemic racism. So was slavery.
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  4345.  @JamesNames-yo3ou  He has a rumored history of using Adderall. I've seen speed freaks;; I assume his megalomania is "enhanced" by speed.
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  4346. I grew up with people like that: they are PROUD that they escaped education and preserved the purity of their ignorance.
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  4347. Hillary Clinton also gave a great speech.
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  4348. Never forget that women never lie. Especially when they consider Putin the greatest leader in the world.
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  4349. It wasn't already 'interesting" -- entertaining -- enough!?
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  4350.  @ooohlaa13  Stop the stupid: if EVIDENCE is LEGITIMATE it is not "tainted" by who finds it, because it must stand on its own as EVIDENCE. But keep THIS fact in mind: despite all his talk, "Dog" does not have the authority to ARREST anyone. He's a bullshitter; and there are those who prefer to be bullshitted than to see through it to reality.
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  4351. Mutilating the official currency is illegal. Even worse is putting the image of a convicted criminal over the original image. And Trump DID surrender.
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  4352. Both of them were obviously, yet again, no-shows.
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  4353. The motive is overtly obvious: to commit multiple murders.
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  4354. "Where law ends tyranny begins." -- John Locke. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4355. Only because you're told she is. She is well-connected, which is why she was given prominence. Many are pushing her career from behind the scenes. Actual poetry is an individual, private endeavor.
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  4356.  @buzzfunk  THAT is LEGAL PROCESS, IN COURT, not Congressional process.
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  4357.  @gregvetter5070  Silence is assent. Respond to them by putting the facts in their faces.
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  4358. He represented Trump. He's not going to concede that it wasn't his most shining hour.
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  4359. Right -- if we don't vote for North Korean Socialism, we're "corrupt".
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  4360. According to what mere imperfect control-freak human?
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  4361.  @manuelschneider1105  But NOT in LAW -- regardless how often they dumbly repeat the "Blue Lives Matter" slogan-of-the-week-for-robots.
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  4362. @Marilyn Willett Faith is action without evidence. It is not necessarily unintelligent. To change the subject away from intellect to "feelings" is to argue for blindness. Nor is it the same as "religion" or doctrine.
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  4363. There are DEGREES in the commission of a crime. That's why there is a RANGE in sentencing.
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  4364. Does he recognize a CHOICE NOT to be armed with military weapons?
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  4365. They can't re-learn that they have yet to learn a first time.
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  4366.  @TonyBassManiac  He doesn't know. He's just desperate to continue to believe he hasn't been hoodwinked by Trump, so is just throw stuff at the truth in effort to hide from it. I have a sister like that: when she doesn't like a thing, she attacks it. If someone says something she doesn't like, she attacks the person with made-up nonsense.
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  4367.  @laramieseattlewrennwkbthta4007  Who else has information besides his parents? Ah -- yes: all the second-guessers who live in the fantasy realm of guessing.
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  4368. It's amazing how many people believe anything they are told by proven liars like DeSantis and Trump.
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  4369. Meanwhile, Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  4370. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  4371. He can't do anything about it.
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  4372.  @royfrye2871  So your loss of your rights is "funny" to you?
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  4373. No one should listen to bigoted hate-speech.
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  4374.  @firewater3523  Isn't that all it's about for you -- "feelings" over facts and history? This is something one learns in university: "alienation" has been a central topic of literature -- poetry, fiction, psychology, sociology, philosophy, and the arts generally -- in every era, beginning at latest in the 1920s, and continuing into at latest the 1960s.
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  4375.  @firewater3523  There was much writing about "alienation" during the 1950s. But one doesn't know that because of the false view that university education is only about getting ("better") jobs.
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  4376.  @VictorGarcia-vw7nq  The confusion is YOURS. FACTS MATTER: Anatomy = sex. Gender = psychosexual identity. The two are not always congruent. That's why there are, as example, homosexuals. And that is in the nature of things.
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  4377. Greene is a "regular American": ignorant.
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  4378. The courts can't get to the point at which every case is at minimum dismissed with prejudice, which denies future filings of the case.
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  4379. Makeup is a DECEIT. And Trump wears more makeup than most women.
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  4380. He began making propaganda films with "JFK".
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  4381. Haberman is so careful to be bland; to never be directly critical of Trump. Her reportage is sleep-walking.
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  4382. Trump paid Cohen to do his lying for him.
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  4383. "It was the courteous thing to do" -- prceless!
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  4384.  @Corwin1141  BASIC LAW: There are three primary sources in law: 1. The legislative history -- the DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment. 2. The Constitution, all of which is in effect at the same time, and which is deliberately general in order to accommodate the unforeseen. 3. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES, which are more detailed and specific. This is how the law works: The SOURCES of the Amendment were the Militia Causes from four existing state constitutions. All four distinguished between two military forces: "the right of the people," etc. -- the well-regulated Militia -- and standing armies. The DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment show that the INTENT of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. That is the subject of the Amendment: well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act -- STATUTE -- enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States. There was only ONE "individual right" debated in the several drafts of the Amendment: ": but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service in person." That phrase was obviously VOTED DOWN before the Amendment was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification. And note that the first three words of the Constitution are, "We the people" -- not, "We the individual". The Constitution, all of which is in effect at all times, incorporates FOUR Militia Clauses, the Second Amendment being the fourth. This is the first: "Art. I., S. 8., C.15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide" -- which it does by enacting STATUTES -- "for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." This is the second: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power to provide" -- by means of STATUTES -- "for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and te Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." I have an education in law and have been researching these very issues for more than 30 years, which research begins with the laws enacted from the foundings of the several colonies to and through ratifications of state and Federal constitutions. Which means I don't buy the propaganda pumped out by the gun industry -- whose only concern is PROFITS -- and its political front NRA. I adhere exclusively to the law and facts.
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  4385.  @tbprofile1295  Ah -- I see: so that means he can't have a valid opinion so should shut up. His comments are correct on the law, and Thomas targeting laws the underpinning of which is the RIGHT OF PRIVACY -- which the 6 extremists hold DOES NOT EXIST because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. Do you have a right of privacy? -- not according to this Court. Perhaps you'll learn the hard way that when you target the rights of others for elimination you are actually targeting YOUR OWN rights.
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  4386.  @danialhillmann5374  Except that one can prove a lie by comparing it with fact. This is Trump: 1. He's going to pardon "ALL" the January 6th insurrectionists. 2. He's going to "LOOK AT" pardoning the January 6th insurrectionists. 3. He's going to look "CASE BY CASE" at pardoning the January 6th insurrectionists. He also said this directly to his supporters' faces -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
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  4387.  @keithosmond5730  I wasn't born yesterday.
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  4388.  @teresa8438  Name ONE.
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  4389.  @keithosmond5730  The polls re unreliable. I ALWAYS vote.
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  4390. No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  4391.  @swampthing8277  Where is your EVIDENCE, anti-American LIAR?
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  4392. Obviously Russia is telling the truth: it was a fire that caused the damage. That's why they moved ALL their ships some 80 miles from Ukraine. Don't be fooled: the ship was converted into a submarine.
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  4393. Boebert, AR-15 "Christian" theologian. Her GED should be rescinded.
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  4394.  @justadude598  There are schools that provide job training. College and university -- HIGHER education -- isn't about becoming a novelist. It is education that shows on the world beyond one's childhood and those fantasies. It is about making one a better citizen in a diverse -- that is the given reality -- world.
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  4395. Former prosecutor Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election in Pennsylvania.
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  4396. They want to reimpose slavery. It's not a new idea, only "new" in that it is recurring as "mainstreaming". On the far-right Republican fruit-fringe has long been a move to repeal all but the first ten Amendments.
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  4397. Trump is establishing a fake-"reality" TV show as an administration with FOX propaganda platform as state media.
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  4398. Trump is a threat to public safety.
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  4399. "The joke in 50 years will be that 'The Beates' broke up because Yoko sat on an amp." -- Paul McCartney. That actually became part of the false myth during the last 50 years.
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  4400. Looks like the "My Pillow" guy is still conspiring with Trump, suggesting one of Trump's hacks to be moved from DOD to CIA.
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  4401. The mass wearing of masks in China began in the heavily-polluted Bejing by the explosion in the transportational change from bicyles to motor vehicles.
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  4402. Trump's lawyers -- publicly -- demanded the search warrant affidavit be unsealed. In court they are complaining about the information being unsealed.
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  4403. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4404. So Trump is ordering massive censorship of data that belongs to "We the people". 1984.
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  4405. That's his effort to rig the election. Remember: he "won" in 2016 with the help of Russia, the "National Enquirer," Michael Cohen, James Comey, and media obsession with "Hillary's emails," which when READ had nothing in them. And he still lost the popular vote.
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  4406.  @TimSpangler-rd6vs  Mark Levin is a fraud. You are swallowing the contents of that Trump calls "swamp" but is actually the cesspool Trump swims in. Try comparing documented facts with his horseshit -- and adhere to the facts. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine? But let's cut to the chase: the H-O-N-E-S-T way to respond to the witnesses would be for TRUMP to take the witness stand -- he might if it were plated with fool's gold -- and testify UNDER OATH. He said affirmatively that he will testify. But when he doesn't, will you finally admit that he's a LIAR? And he WILL NOT testify -- instead he had his lawyers file a motion for an "amendment" to the gag order -- intended to get around it -- to allow him to attack witnesses. ANYTHING but testify UNDER OATH because Trump's ONLY counter to the witnesses who testified under oath, and the DOCUMENTS generated by and obtained from TRUMP'S CRIMINAL ENTRPRISE, is to LIE. And he would be exposed for PERJURY on cross-examination. That's why he bloviates OUTSIDE the court about how "they" are not allowing him to bloviate while he is standing there bloviating -- because he CAN'T testify UNDER OATH WITHOUT lying. But we've heard all his lies before, and he continues to say the same lies during his incoherent bloviations. And what are his lies mostly about? -- the Republican tradition of SMEAR politics. In contrast: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Trump consistently LOSES in court because he DEMANDS that his lawyers present his always and only POLITICS in place of actual legal argument. Because he deludes himself that he is a better lawyer than any lawyers. His idea of a lawyer is a corrupt bully like Roy Cohn; Michael Cohen was that for him for 10 years. New York Mafia lawyer Roy Cohn was eventually indicted, prosecuted, convicted, and disbarred. In New York. The LESSON: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. But Trump has always rejected ALL rules, ALWAYS rejected the rule of law. That is why in a court of law he has no LEGAL leg to stand on.
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  4407. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  4408. Russia has lost almost 1,000,000 troops. Ukraine has lost 10s of thousands. Ukraine has been devastating Russia's oil infrastructure -- its primary source of income. Putin is losing the war, and Trump is attempting to rescue him from the disaster by imposing a "peace" on the victim, Ukraine, so Russia can "agree" while retaining the Ukrainian territories it illegally occupies.
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  4409. The killer was far from oppressed. In fact, it's reported that his family owns, among extensive real estate holdings, rest homes.
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  4410. Everyone who chooses to live in Florida. Millions of whom will be leaving because NO INSURANCE to rebuild from scratch. And that on top of the freefalling economy because vote Republican get Republinomics.
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  4411. If you were paying attention to the substance you wouldn't misspell her name.
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  4412. I'm grateful that he immediately rejected the unconstitutional "immunity" decision, and then put country before party and self.
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  4413. It's obvious that more guns are not the solution to gun violence. ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  4414. Patel is a DEI hire, because those who oppose DEI spell it "Black" with the word that begins with the letter "N".
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  4415. There are cases like this all the time.
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  4416. Corporate private-equity -- research it.
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  4417. Not complicated: Per the Constitution, states administer all elections. It is a state's right to determine who is eligible to be on the state's ballot.
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  4418.  @WakeUpAmerican000s  No, I am not saying that. I SAID: according to the US Constitution, STATES administer all elections. There are basics in the Constitution concerning eligibility for office -- 14th Amendment, S. 3 is one of them. Try WAKING UP: every state has ELECTIONS LAWS, which include criteria of eligibility, and ineligibility. The state can't ignore its own elections laws.
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  4419. So the Republicans, who publicly "oppose" gun-owner databases, keep databases of gun-owners. And gun-nuts believe that Trump as dictator wouldn't "come for their guns" in order to disarm potential opposition? What was their decades-long claim about Hitler disarming "only" the Jews?
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  4420.  @harmonytrump4775  You mean that Schiff is a Democrat, Obama is black and a Democrat, and your hate is immoral. In simplest terms: you are unable to rise above the gutter-personal insult, even when they are lies.
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  4421. "Rise of the Moorons". They are law-illiterates, ignorant of the fact that they are law-illiterates.
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  4422. He's a mob boss who didn't make the grade. It's all performance. He knew he lost the election -- but refused to accept it, so escalated his lifelong "style": LYING. "Body language" misses the point.
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  4423. The gov't is BY DEFINITION the RULE OF LAW. They REJECT the rule of law. LISTEN to them: they SAY EXACTLY THAT.
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  4424.  @GH-oi2jf  Just listen to THEM: they CLEARLY STATE that they REJECT the rule of law.
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  4425.  @MrMuunkuunda  They are ANTI-CIIZENSHIP of the United Stats -- which means they REJECT the RULE OF LAW. And they IGNORNED the fact that both Federal and Massachusetts state laws govrn possession of guns, thus have NO Federal or state license or permit to possess deadly weapons -- which is one or more CRIMINAL FELONIES.
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  4426.  @StrengthInSuffering  Or you'll ever be, name-calling buckaroo.
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  4427. "[B]elieving something the read somewhere" -- that includes people who listen to medical and science experts instead of Republican politicians who give "medical" "opinion".
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  4428. Yep: that's what we need: uneducated morons telling the educated not only how to teach but also WHAT to teach,
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  4429. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE government property, which includes classified gov't property.
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  4430. We DO NOT KNOW that HE killed her. When will you speculators stop ignoring the few KNOWN facts in order to make shit up, based on your attitude that some have rights -- Gabby -- and some don't -- Laundrie.
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  4431. "Common sense" is a red herring. Those who think recognize that sense is not common. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense" is invocation of an unpolled invisible mob not proven to exist.
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  4432.  @timcomer3513  Learn the basic civics: Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to serve "We the people" by meeting the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That is not "socialism"; it is SELF-GOVERNANCE. Moron: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. See if you can rise above your divisiveness. "Build Back Better" eliminates tax cuts for those who've never needed them, which pays for the bill. "We the people" are ENTITLED to have the gov't meet our needs. That's why we pay taxes.
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  4433. "We the people" are the gov't. And we are required to PAY OUR OWN WAY. EVERY right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. You won't find ANY country on the planet tht doesn't have taxes, unless it has no gov't and is a violent anarchy.
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  4434. They are not defending "gun rights"; they are defending mass murder.
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  4435. How long was Vance in -- one four year enlistment?
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  4436. How about "Dog" the bullshitter? And you BELIEVE what he wrote in his book!? For "Dog" it's all about "Dog". There is no way Laundrie is in Florida. But just down the road, in Florida, is the newly-missing Miya Mircando case. But, not fitting the "missing white woman syndrome," and not drawing truckloads of TeeVee cameras, "Dog" is "working" a case that already has national law enforcement all over it.
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  4437.  @alexharper7645  Raw racism is not a "joke".
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  4438.  @jamedraa8472  Forget the amnesia: Social Security is a SEPARATE STANDALONE budget. It is NOT combined with the general revenues, therefore has nothing to do with the DEBT, which DEBT was created by the MASSIVE TAX CUTS to those who DON''T need them. That's how the Republican'ts have done it, again and again and again, since at latest Reagan: DELIBERATELY create a massive debt, then pound on the "only" "solution": cut gov't programs that the wealthy don't need, but the majority of taxpayers DO need. The Republican'ts are all about IMPOVERISHING the vast majority. While at the same time they attack education in effort to destroy it because THEY WANT THE MAJORITY TO BE STUPID.
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  4439. Auntie Thomasina.
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  4440. Nope: the judge should have told him to take it to the Rineheart's court, which is where the issue belongs.
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  4441. Carbon fiber is cloth and resin. It is brittle. I wouldn't trust it in any situation subject to sudden shock, or, as in this instance, sustained pressure.
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  4442. "Accessible to all" includes criminals -- which is just another excuse to unnecessarily possess deadly weapons, as guns are classed IN LAW..
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  4443.  @johnrussell4954  The mainstream media isn't perfect; but being educated in critical evaluation of information means I can recognize fact from sensationalism. I adhere to the few known facts -- those with credible sources -- and the law. Only a fool, a dunderhead, would wholesale reject the news simply because you, as a sheeple, are told by others to do so.
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  4444.  @UncleRicoOSU  On the Appalachian Trail, which actually passes through whole towns, and is close to others.
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  4445.  @vanessawhitneypro  Republicans have always been obsessed with their presidents being "strong leaders" -- elevating the Executive above the other two co-EQUAL branches. And Reagan set the sedition in motion with his assertion that the gov't "is the problem, not the solution". Per the Constitution "We the people" are the gov't. So, yeah: to Republicans "We the people" are the enemy.
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  4446. The First Amendment constrains GOV'T. It DOES NOT apply t private businesses.
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  4447. Your "we" doesn't include me.
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  4448. Except George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos. He was the first to explore the Artic, Antartica, and the Moon. And that was on his day off.
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  4449. Trump made up a story about the head of a NATO member and used it as excuse to assert that NATO should "Pay its bills". And Trump is notorious for NOT paying HIS bills. He even leaves cities unpaid for his rally bills. And at least hundreds of his supporters are sitting in jail -- and Trump put them there. And he is certainly not paying their legal bills.
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  4450. "Live a good life . . . and drive drunk."
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  4451.  @alexisS98  In both directions. Sometimes they get it wrong in benefit of the patient; sometimes they get wrong adverse for the patient. There is a problem with routinely throwing "meds" on people and doing nothing more than that but calling it "therapy".
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  4452. "Demons"!? Sounds like the beginnings of a conspiracy theory. COME DOWN TO EARTH.
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  4453.  @deb5080  The gun industry and its POLITICAL front NRA, and Gun Owners of America, and lobbyists, are not defending "gun rights"; they are defending mass murder.
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  4454. In the US, the purpose of gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people" through elected representatives. Reagan typifies hostility to gov't as service to the needs of "We the people" in service to organized wealth ever hungry for tax cuts they don't need. The Trump tax cut for the wealthy created an enormous deficit in service to 1 per cent of the population. And how do Republicans propose reducing the deficit? But eliminating gov't meeting the needs of "We the people".
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  4455.  @davidsugg6251  So you support violence as response to violence? And that incivility makes you "strong"? Find someone who knows how to use a dictionary and have them look up and read to you the definitions of "civility" and "decorum".
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  4456.  @Warcheiftan  Poor women criminals give birth in prison all the time.
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  4457. I'm not embarrassed by it because I'm not doing it. And I certainly don't take responsibility for other's embarrassments. The world sees what he is. They certainly have questions about why he has support, about those who support him. But they don't blame the entire country for the malevolent chaos.
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  4458. Trump supporters are told to ignore mainstream media for made-up reasons, so his supporters don't watch manistream media. So they miss the facts reported, and in that dumb vacuum they try to "figure things out" based on fact-free hogwash. This reports that LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMNT told the Secret Service BEFORE the attempt that they didn't have the resources to cover all the buildings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3RW-qRCE1Q It was already reported that the Secret Service coordinates with local law enforcement. The Secret Service is specifically charged with protecting the protectee. Local law enforcement is responsible for securing the local area -- the perimeters around the Secret Service responsibility. None of that is rocket science -- it stands to REASON: local law enforcement are the "experts" on the landscape that is their jurisdiction. What broke down? These sorts of appearances typically take at least weeks to arrange to ensure maximum security. In this instance it was rushed by the Trump campaign, who were focused more on planning the convention -- there were more Secret Service in Milwaukee on that date than there were at the location in Pennsylvania. No "staging," no conspiracy: Trump campaign rushed the appearance and arrangement, and local law enforcement lacked sufficient resources, of which they informed the Secret Service before the attack. This is also reported in the mainstream -- competent -- media that Trump supporters and the far-Left ignore as they are told by other know-it-all assholes: There was a Secret Service sniper team on the second floor -- below the roof level -- of an adjacent building. Was this because the Secret Service ASSUMED that the local police -- as was their responsibility -- had the building secured that was used by the gunman? There is more detail in the MAINSTREAM media about how that communications worked when attendees told the local police, and the local police told the Secret Service, about the gunman on the roof. As the Feds -- Secret Service -- are at the top of that hierarchy, they make the command decisions -- central being protecting the protectee. And none of that is on the head of the Secret Service in Washington: that person is not on the ground at whatever location in the US where a protectee is appearing. That responsibility is delegated and on the Secret Service team on the ground at the location. No conspiracy -- just a slew of dunces who ignore legitimate reportage of facts because others tell them to, so they are left with nothing but to make up fact-free nonense.
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  4459. Kaitlin was in New York for about four days. She then got a ride to New Jersey to fly to Costa Rica. It appears her sister was assisting her flight from law enforcement.
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  4460.  @lisablacker3102  "Charisma" is an imputation.
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  4461.  @charleslanphier8094  One isn't "convicted" in a civil trial. He will be convicted in the criminal trial of him paying a pornographic film star $130,000.00 dollars for a one-night-spanking.
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  4462. In other words, you can't handle the facts, so you CORRUPTLY LIE against them.
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  4463.  petoz2  Whining Sanders, even though he LOST the 2016 Democratic primary to the ACTUAL Democrat, his bitching and whining resulted in him PARTICIPATING in writing the CURRENT rules. During the last debate, ALL Democratic candidates stated that they will abide by the CURRENT RULES; only Sanders said he would IGNORE the rules. Did he learn about ignoring the rules from Trump -- or did Trump learn it from Sanders? Get over your corrupt fantasy that you can predict the future: Sanders IS NOT a "victim".
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  4464. It DID happen.
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  4465.  @johnalleman2918  Perhaps there was a delay because Pence was not the Commander-in-Chief. But at the same time it was an emergency. It's also been reported that there was reluctance to send in reinforcements -- the National Guard -- because of fear that Trump would use that as an excuse to declare Martial Law. The only skill Trump has is to create chaos -- and then to escalate the chaos. It reflects his disordered personality.
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  4466.  @mr-boo  Louder than loud.
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  4467. Like ketchup on the walls.
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  4468. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Republicans attack doing that as "Socialism". Vote Republican, get abandonment and Republinomics.
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  4469. The Kennedy-Nixon election was in 1960, not in 1962.
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  4470. And lost the case anyway. The jury is a check against gov't abuse of power.
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  4471.  @clmBerserker  Except that they went beyond "enthusiasts" to criminals. And I have my doubts that buying and selling of human remains isn't at all regulated -- certainly grave-robbing for remains to sell must be illegal.
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  4472.  @DR-vp8zh  He gets defensive regardless the sex of the questioner. That's when he RUDELY interrupts and attempts to talk over the reporter so others won't hear the question. And typically if the reporter persists he ends by name-calling the reporter. His dumb-ass MAGAots, mired in the muck of dumbnitude, believe that is how one "wins". How one "wins" a debate or argument: shit on the living room rug and demand PRAISE for having done so. Trump is a consummate asshole, and professional moron -- and his MAGAots are trying to learn how to be that "sophisticated" -- after all, if one must have an education in order to make money, but one rejects education, then one must go the line of least resistance: learn how to criminally rip off others and get away with it. Part of their self-delusion is the underlying false belief that that is the morally superior approach. We see the same self-justifying rationales from gun nuts who are ignorant of law, yet distort the Constitution and laws in order to fake justifications of their position. Their stupidty works among themselves; and they expect others to fall for it. When one doesn't, they smear -- or they avoid any engagement because they do know, even if only at the backs of their minds, that they are wrong. Same goes also for Sanders "fans": detail his ACTUAL history as a LOSER, and they refuse to engage, because they are intellectually dishonest and want to pretend they DON'T KNOW the negative facts about him..
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  4473. They are the ones who refuse to wear masks and social distance. They are the greater number of Trump's victims -- which doesn't surprise: Trump DESPISES as LOSERS those who super-glued their lips to his butt.
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  4474. You "independence" is untethered from reason and reality. Voting isn't only about your pet eeves. It is also about the good of the community -- which does not consist only of you.
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  4475. The representatives were elected to represent their constituents, not to represent the president.
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  4476. They are quite serious: the Teabaggers/"Freedom Congress" is absolutely opposed to COMPROMISE. COMRPOMISE is DEMOCRACY. The fascist "states' rights" white supremacists are about DESTROYING the Federal gov't and its SUPREMACY Clause. That is why they falsely deny that the United States is a democracy, and why they call it a "Constitutional republican". To the contrary, the essence of democracy is elections, and the Constitution stipulates that there SHALL be elections. And it stipulates the terms of apportionment, which is about ELECTIONS.
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  4477. It can't be proven that there's a "God". IN ADDITION, the First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" from gov't.
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  4478. DeSantis isn't qualified in education.
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  4479. Not usually for a first offense.
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  4480. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee under oath. He OWES it to "We the people," and he is as important a material witness as Trump himself. But if he won't then subpoena his fake-sanctimonious ass.
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  4481.  @cwaloszczyk2650  We don't know anything that went on behind closed doors with either family, or between them. We don't know that there was a relationship of any kind between the families.
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  4482.  @riethacrafford7375  How do you KNOW they are lying? Do you KNOW facts the rest of us OUTSIDE OBSERVERS DON'T know?
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  4483.  @ev3dale298  Exactly right. These are essentially people who have no emotional life outside seeking vicarious emotional stimulation from the vicarious experience of other peoples' imagined lives. Being simplistic in view, they oscillate between the extremes of viewing Petito as a totally innocent "angel," and enraged at Laundrie the "monster". If these very same morons had kids, and one of them killed someone, the FIRST thing they would do is HIRE A LAWYER. These morons are essentially entitled teenagers, juveniles,, to whom everything is entertainment -- including the murder of others. In their view some have rights -- Petito -- but others do not -- Laundries. Ultimately it is all a game to them -- a way to pass the time -- without any thought to the DESTRUCTION they are causing.
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  4484.  @LightshamanaQiarra  But isn't the Laundrie's lawyer also a LIAR? And doesn't that mean that ALL lawyers are liars? And what about you -- do YOU lie? As for MORALITY: why are you ignoring where your business ends and others' begins? Isn't your lunatic DESTRUCTIVENESS of ginning up baseless allegations, without a shred of EVIDENCE for them, IMMORAL? If you had kids, and one of them killed someone, the FIRST thing you would do is HIRE A LAWYER -- you'd be STUPID not to do so. That point is proven by looking at you morons acting just short of a lawless lynch mob. Where is "Dog" now? He returned to Colorado. Is he searching for missing women in Colorado? Or is there no TV and financial profit in it?
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  4485.  @riethacrafford7375  How do you know they have been lying -- in view of the fact that you obsessives are all up in arms because they DON'T speak AT ALL? STOP MINDING OTHER PEOPLES' BUSINESS AND GET A LIFE WORTH LIVING.
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  4486.  @riethacrafford7375  You DO NOT know what goes on behind OTHER PEOPLES' CLOSED DOORS.
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  4487.  @riethacrafford7375  "The way they behaved" BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, where YOU WERE NOT PRESENT?
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  4488.  @sunupclips448  The circus is result of morons caring only about their own "feelings," and disregarding facts and others rights in order to indulge their own melodrama and fantasies. Typically such people lack any gratifying emotional relationships with other REAL people, so they seek out vicarious emotional stimulus by interacting with fantasies on their "devices". They need to get lives worth living, so they needn't destructively impose their immoral stupidities on the world. Perhaps most telling is their trashing of the rights of others because they "care" about the rights of someone they never knew, and know nothing about except from put-on videos about a phony "freedom" and "independence".
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  4489.  @motosotarc5347  It's working for Americans, Comrade. Now get back to work repairing that oil refinery near Moscow.
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  4490. And still get "recommends"/ads.
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  4491. We learned about the victims from Biden, and other MSNBC programs. And we don't know that the murderer is mentally ill; but we do know he's a white racist.
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  4492. Thank you for including the video of Biden helping the boy with the stutter. And he went beyond encouragement to giving the boy an actual resource where he can learn how to handle his stutter. I hope that video is used in campaign ads -- perhaps even by the "Lincoln Project". It's a wonderful, positive video, and could be repeated again and again through the Summer.
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  4493. A whole lot of speculation, without a single fact in evidence. Get a life worth living.
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  4494. It isn't about food. It's about how to SELL "ideas" to MAKE MONEY. Profit matters, truth not so much.
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  4495. We need FEWER militarists in civic life, not more. We need to DEMILITARIZE civilian institutions -- not impose even more adversarial "might makes right" militarism.
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  4496.  @slvsfr  Or at least the sense to have someone on staff who is qualified in law. Or learning to learn from other members of the Committee who are qualified. Gym Jordan is essentially a jerk who is all politics, zero law, all the time: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4497. "Perfect" for JAG: Giuliani.
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  4498.  @stormybleu6054  Those who respond with that sort of nonsense are uneducated suckers for destructive nonsense, and likely spend their money on those alternative "religions".
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  4499.  @honeyspoonbeewrangler4550  Hogwash. Bush wasn't in Dallas that day, though the conspirabunkers lie that he was. If Oswald was a "plant," then why did he kill the cop, with witness, while fleeing? This is not the place for your anti-factual hogwash.
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  4500.  @pastorpottergabes5292  Are you an ordained pastor, or one of the many who simply appoint themselves that?
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  4501. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4502. I wouldn't give platform to Shaz. He is simply spewing nonsense that needn't be disseminated.
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  4503. Don't confuse "thinking" with "believing".
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  4504. As a DOJ prosecutor, Garland investigated and prosecuted the OK City bombing.
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  4505. Not HOW to think but WHAT to BELIEVE.
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  4506. The US is in South Korea as US national defense. Based on, better to fight them there, than fight them here.
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  4507. "In fact they were talking not too long ago about doing away with it and starting over." -- for which assertion you don't provide a shred of evidence because it's a bald-faced lie.  That's all "conservatives" have" lies.As for the electoral College: my warning to those who want it abolished is to first do the research to determine why the Founders established that check against excessive democracy.  And against demagogues and foreign-supported candidates -- such as Trump -- being elected.I remind you of Trump violating the campaign finance law:"Russia, if you're listening, see if you can find . . . ." -- etc.  That, in CRIMINAL law, is SOLICITATION OF A FELONY.That's what you "conservatives" are "defending" by avoiding the issue -- by lying against everyone else.  We already know that "conservatives" accuse others of doing that which "conservatives" are in fact doing.Last but not least, this is "Webster's" definition of "collusion":"Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose."1.  We know, in fact, that there were more than 200 contacts between Trump's campaign and Russians.2.  And we know, in fact, that they all LIED about it until they couldn't lie about it any more.That is without question incontrovertible proof of COLLUSION.
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  4508.  @doobiesoringes7131  The Impeachment Clause is also located in Article II. It is a direct limitation on the president, and an immediate and direct refutation of both Nixon and Trump's claim to allowed by law to be lawless.
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  4509.  @allemander  They had a choice to face the music, or be criminal fugitives from justice.
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  4510. Then "God" can go to Hell.
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  4511. So you support Russia based on abstract horseshit.
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  4512. They didn't think to have someone exit the school and go around to the outer windows of the classroom and shoot the killer from there!?
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  4513.  @LRCW1  He's also been fined sufficiently that he did shut up.
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  4514. Distinguishing between "strong" women and impliedly, therefore, "weak" women, is sexist.
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  4515. Yeah: we hate people who violate the law, so let's violate the law in order to get revenge.
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  4516. If anyone is ognorant of US history, it is Trump. "Very fine people" = NAZIS.
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  4517. They aren't the same thing, moron. And it is the REPUBLICAN governor of Florida who talks about setting up state-border checkpoints to prevent AMERICANS entering Florida. But waht about infected Floridians crossing the border into other states? Stop the racism, moron -- and your life will improve.
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  4518.  @susanparker-hx5ny  If he were a mature adult with ethics.
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  4519. Where is your EVIDENCE? After all the reporting of the Constitutional constraints and you've learned NOTHING.
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  4520. You haven't watched many interviews.
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  4521. Throw the whole Federal Code at them.
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  4522.  @bl4ze1t38  "The First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. You can see it uses the word “people” multiple times, pretty clearly referring to each individual person’s right to do all of this stuff." So you insist that the Framers of the Constitution got it wrong when they wrote, "We the people," instead of, "We the individual"? Let's look at the first draft -- the so-called "Madison" draft -- of that which became the Second Amendment, shall we? Note how it uses BOTH the word "people" and the word "person". Do you agree that "person" is not "people," and that "person" is "individual"? Or do you reject the rules of grammar -- of which you have an "odd" grasp -- simply because you "DON'T LIKE" them? Read the following as many times as it takes for it to PENETRATE your error: ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, a public institution, and arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  4523. It's a genetic defect: when "Q" dominates, "I" is recessive.
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  4524. And equity. The Republicans are against equality.
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  4525. There's no money in Leftist politics. There's plenty of money -- grift -- in Right-Wing politics. David Horowitz was a Trotskyite Leftist in the 1960s. He switched to the equally opposite extreme and began making money attacking "Liberal orthodoxy". (Today "Liberal orthodoxy" has been reduced to a one-word shibboleth for the stupid: "Woke".)
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  4526. What's need is GUN CONTROL.
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  4527.  @56cadd  Yes. Even "funnier" when a toddler is shot. Correct?
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  4528. Exactly: he slams allegedly "left-leaning" media as "political" -- which is in itself POLITICAL BIAS.
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  4529. It is ALL of us who must understand it. And fear is not an excuse to cower; it is a circumstance to put in its place.
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  4530. @Trepang 412 He's correct.
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  4531.  @blacklung8433  i have an education in law. I adhere to the law and facts. That's why I said I've occasionally seen the assertion that treason can only occur during declared law, but I've seen no EVIDENCE for that assertion. And since the penalties for treason are to be stipulated by Congress, I don't expect that absent that there has been any judicial opinion on the issue. The Founders classified insurrection as treason. And insurrection is a crime even absent declared war. None of what I've said is sophistry; it is all based upon more than 30 years of research and study in the legal history, beginning with the foundings of the colonies, and up to and through state constitutions, and US Constitution and "Bill of Rights".
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  4532. If the "guidelines" are mandated BY LAW, it isn't legitimate to "choose" to ignore and violate the law. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  4533. What?
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  4534.  @thomascromwell6840  "Everything is subjective." Except that there is an objective reality outside you: try crossing a street through traffic while imagining the traffic doesn't exist; then explain how you "knowledge" that the traffic didn't exist didn't turn out to be true. Yes, the first question of philosophy, the mother of science, is what is, "What is reality?" It is not, "Why does reality not exist?" I don't use the phrase "my truth" -- I leave that to those who are so certain in their "relativity" that they can deny the existence of objective reality. In truth there are both objective reality and subjective interpretation. But those quasi-subjective "interpretations" can actually agree on provable objective realities. We have a Constitution -- we can agree on that. And there is consensus on what the legitimate scope of variable interpretation exists; thus we can determine false interpretations from legitimate. "Woke" is simply stubborn bigotry -- it is a summation of all the baseless right-wing "grievances" that are used as basis for -- at basest -- racism. All the baseless hatreds sum up in the oone stubbron stupidity: attacked INTELLIGENCE, REASON, and THOUGHT in defense of false traditions. You cranks used to call yourselves "dittoheads" -- you repeated the ideological claptrap of such as Rush Limbaugh, and name-called those who refused to refuse to think in lockstep with that stupidity "sheeple". You are the sheeple.
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  4535.  @joecole7122  If you were incapable of childish name-calling you'd have nothing at all to post.
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  4536. The racism beind the degeneracy is not to be praiseded in any way or to any degree?
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  4537. "Dog the Bounty Hunter" is a joke. Wake up: "Reality TeeVee" is not reality.
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  4538. Isn't Kash Patel an immigrant? And aren't immigrants illegal?
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  4539. He has. You simply don't pay attention unless your being fed a load of turds from Trump and his anti-American filth.
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  4540. It was stupid.
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  4541. Republicans don't care about truth. It is their tradition to constantly engage in the Politics of Smear.
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  4542. Defending murder as if doing so is "moral" is TWISTED -- SICK.
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  4543.  @dlsisson1970  Let us know what you think AFTER watching the video -- which addresses ALL THREE gag orders, and their being UPHELD by appellate courts, AND addresses and refutes the Trump lawyer's LOSING argument AGAINST the gag order. Which LOSING argument they tried in more than one jurisdiction and appellate court. The reason their "argument" lost is that the law on which it was based DOES NOT APPLY. Not so by-the-way: violating a gag order is CONTEMPT. And the court response to violation of a gag order is a CONTEMPT CHARGE. Now WATCH THE VIDEO for the FIRST time.
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  4544.  @IMPOTUSx2  Be prepared for Judge Merchan to begin putting the screws to Trump in full compliance with law and in enforcing of the gag order. I've repeatedly explained how such penalties work -- and this is the reality in ALL cases: It is INCREMENTAL: first there is a warning to the defendant. If that isn't sufficient, it may go to fines -- assuming the defendant is able to pay such. If that isn't sufficient, then fines are increased, or the defendant is put in jail for a set period of time. The penalties incrementally increase up to the point at which the defendant no longer violates the gag order. There is always a BALANCING of interests: on one side the defendants right of free speech; on the other, the necessity that decorum and civility be preserved in the court for the benefit of all. Those who assert that Trump should simply be "locked up" are no different than Trump: no charges, no trial, no conviction -- just "lock up". That is unAmerican.
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  4545.  @vikingdrengenspiders7875  The prosecution is based on EVIDENCE, fool -- that is not political. By contrast, Trump consistently LOSES in court because he hasn't a legal leg to stand on so ONLY does politics -- which do not belong in court. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John. Grow a pair: learn to adhere to facts and law instead of repeating Trumps LIES against the rule of law.
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  4546. The Republicans have long been "for" "States' rights". This violates States' rights.
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  4547. It doesn't help that Republican males are attacking women's right to vote.
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  4548.  @teslaandhumanity7383  What matters is that those who don't know how our gov't is to function -- such as Greene -- are not competent to govern, so are not qualified to hold public office. That includes Gym Jordan, Gosar, and other Republican bomb-throwers who only exist to play childish word games and disrupt. They are deliberately destructive. Greene is an illiterate, and her actings-out are not "performance"; she is not an "actress"; her central motive is to prove to those she perceives as her "betters" that she is just as good as they. All she has to do to prove that to herself is to make those around her behave just like her, by getting them down to her level. She doesn't know how gov't is to function, or how to govern, but she isn't there for that purpose; she is there to throw her weight around, "proving" that she's as good as those who are actually qualified to be there. What "triggers" her the most is when the competent won't play into her game with her; that leaves her stuck where she has always been: perceiving the competent as her "betters". Then she throws another tantrum. And note how she has become increasingly marginalized, first being removed from her committee assignments by Republicans, then throwing in her lot with Gaetz, who is also being increasingly marginalized by Republicans. That doesn't mean the Republicans are acting for the good of the country; it means that they recognize that Green and Gaetz, as example, are too obvious about the Republican agenda.
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  4549. "Unbelievable" consists of the prefix "Un," which means "Not"; and the word "believable". So the word "unbelievable" means "not to be believed". The use of "unbelievable" is literally used irrationally when one wants in fact to be believed. IT is certainly to be believed that Trump panders to emotion in order to manipulate. Misusing the word "unbelievable" is done for shock effect -- irrational pandering to irrationality in order to manipulate emotionally -- which is, of course, hypocritcal, as one is ostensibly criticizing manipulative emotional pandering. Your irresponsible use of language is no different than that of those you are criticizing for irresponsible use of language. So all we get is "wild screaming on the Internet" (LISTEN to yourselves!) from the FAR-Left against "wild screming on the Internet" from the FAR-right. I recommend listening TO YOURSELF -- learn to critically evaluate your thoughts before you trot them out of your mouths, or you will continue to contribute your irresponsible muck to the destructive debasing of the political discourse.
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  4550.  @wokechoke6845  It's "horrible" only because the networks won't broadcast all the hearings during prime time. How many 9-to-5 employees can watch morning or afternoon hearings? "Watergate" was also different in that the "Washington Post" was publishing daily revelations, and the Senate and House hearings were actively investigating and presenting the evidence on air, and Nixon was bobbing and weaving and attempting to sustain the cover-up. And during that there were several quick appeals to the Supreme Court that were decided in short order, and the "Saturday Night Massacre". Nixon's Solicitor General was Robert Bork, who obeyed Nixon's illegal order to do the firing. And amid all that Nixon's VP, Agnew, was indicted for bribery, pled "no contest" -- bagman bagged -- and resigned.
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  4551. It also means the Bannon far right is moving past Trump because he's bad news for Bannon's seditious plan.
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  4552. There was her sudden interest in travel, and using what appears to have been her sister's passport. So the sister is also in trouble for assisting the flight from justice.
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  4553. Did she enjoy Cancun?
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  4554.  @sdi1111  We are embarrassed when we identify with that which is embarrassing. I do not "do" trump's embarrassment for him.
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  4555.  @blondhairblackstrat  But he wouldn't, and it is a smear against his character to suggest he would.
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  4556. I don't base my "data points" on information provided by those with a long history of lying.
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  4557.  @bluehairedaigaming  If you had knowledge of HISTORY then you'd know that is the history of the world. Often parents made promises that they didn't know they couldn't fulfill, and didn't know that the world didn't intend to. One should take responsibility for one's ignorance, not blame the world for it. I have no idea what "future" you were told you would have; but I do know who is at fault for believing it. Yes: self-pity is avoiding that reality -- it's always someone else's fault. Worse, it is all the fault of an entire specific generation, even though that FANTASY is demolished by actual reality. A more pertinent question is this: How many of the January 6 insurrectionists -- a crime the Founders charged as TREASON, and rendered the sentence for it as DEATH -- were from the poor put-upon generations that was confronted by the same reality as all prior generations but instead of dealing with that reality whines as it wallows in self-pity and put all the blame on the ENTIRE "Boomer" generation. And then they include in that category people who WERE NOT of the "Boomer" generation -- all because of their AGE. The "Boomers" are blamed for US involvement in Vietnam, even though that began BEFORE the "Boomer" generation's first member was born. That is why I continue to attack the STUPIDTY of the morons who smugly declare that education only matters if it's a "jobs program" -- having no awareness that life isn't limited to jobs and money. It is disheartening for those of use who hoped for better than my generation had it, only to see them subsequent generations whine that everything isn't handed to them on a silver platter -- and, beneath all that, ranting AGAINST education. PHILISTIMES and BARBARIANS who haven't the first clue as to the meaning of "citizenship" in a society with other citizens.
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  4558. Leave "God" out of it -- that's always the underlying excuse for war.
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  4559. For all we known, Gabby is not missing but hiding, embarasssed by the Utah police video.
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  4560. The gov't properly keeps some information secret from the gov't. At the same time, the Supreme Court held, during the 1700s, that gov't generated information is owned by "We the people".
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  4561. The warrant was authorized on Friday. The warrant was executed the next Monday.
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  4562. So, by Executive Order, Trump bans a media outlet -- in violation of the First Amendment. TikTok should exist -- it violates national security: the First Amendment can't protect foreign ownership of US media through which it pushes anti-American propaganda.
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  4563. We should stick to what can be done.
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  4564. MAGA is too stupid to "think" beyond mindlessly emotional "triumphalism" that views bullying as "winning". Trump is their bully against their powerlessness.
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  4565. Gun-NUT group.
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  4566. These are not educated people.
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  4567. Gun control is pro-life.
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  4568. Note how he changed direction when he almost said "my tax returns ARE RELEASED". There's an easy way to prove that it's "fake news": release your tax returns. So he tries to wiggle away bty hyping his payment of state taxes. That is being investigated by the state of New York, and there's already evidence of TAX FRAUD.
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  4569. There was an interview with 6 or 8 audience members. Dumber than dead rocks. What did they think of his lying? He's honest about what he thinks . . .
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  4570.  @kenny-ou5pn  The Norse -- Scandinavian -- countries are doing well under socialist economies, thank you. Stability and health care for all by a gov't that meets the needs of its people, instead of cutting taxes on the wealthy in effort to starve gov't to prevent it meeting the needs of those who are being exploited by the wealthy and powerful.
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  4571. It is spelled "Gaetz".
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  4572. The moronic mob yelling is disturbing the ENTIRE neighborhood. Everyone has rights -- not only these jerks. Their lack of consideration for others isn't much different than that of the person they are protesting about.
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  4573. She is wrong. But she is speaking to a heavily armed extreme-right-wing "Christian" faction that rejects the Constitution's separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  4574. The voters should be ashaned of themselves for not exercising responsible self-governance.
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  4575. It is only embarrassing for those who identify with him. I don't "do" other people's embarrassment for them.
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  4576.  @KenneJ-bu7rr  Hey, if it takes her -- a corrupt lawyer -- out of the game, and hopefully puts her ass in jail for a significant number of years, then I'm all for that happening. Keep in mind that of all the lawyers in every yearly law school graduation is in the bottom 50 per cent of academic achievement. And this: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4577. The Founders disagree. I like how they established the law that eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State.
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  4578.  @faithrada  Yes -- and it began before there was a US Constitution and First Amendment. And today its states like North Carolina and Georgia that threaten the separation.
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  4579. Law enforcement has the authority to use deadly force. What that standard boilerplate language does is REGULATE and RESTRICT the use of deadly force. You'd think the right-wing fruit-fringe would OPPOSE that GUN CONTROL.
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  4580. Was it Dr. "Drug Cartel" Jackson/Johnson who left the drugs in the White House?
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  4581. But not a virologist.
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  4582. If one reads the Debates off the first Congress, which WROTE the Second Amendment, one learns that its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia. In addition, the Constitution -- all of which is in effect at the same time -- includes this Militia Clause: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Taking up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION.
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  4583. The AZ Republicans who counted the votes declared Biden the victor. End of story. Period.
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  4584. Trump is a populist. Sanders is a populist -- and helped elect Trump the first time.
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  4585. Better safe than dead and incapable of sorrow.
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  4586. Democratic issues for the midterms: choice, and gun control.
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  4587. The media's "embedding" themselves with "Dog" adversely impacts the media's credibility for going on a wild goose chase initiated by a huckster.
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  4588. "Truth isn't truth!" -- Rudy Giuliani. Is that a truth?
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  4589. There needs to be sufficient votes -- in this era Democrats -- in Congress to impeach and remove.
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  4590. Noem needs to find a way to pay the ghost writer to shut up, and falsify the record of doing so. Perhaps know-it-all Trump could advise her about how to do that.
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  4591.  @karenkalweit6018  Her father helped create the conditions that made Trump possible. So did McCain with his choice of Palin. And all three were the responsibility of Reaganite Steve Schmidt -- which he admits.
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  4592. So Uygur is still pissing on himself, eh? The current "Left" is a flashback of the "New Left" of the 1960s. I was there; I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin; they were assholes, stirring up violence amid a peace movement that was wholly nonviolent which TWICE got NIXON elected. Interesting how the far-Left is anti-war but pro-political violence. And let's not talk about the fact that Sanders voted FOR the "Crime Bill," AGAINST the Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES, and to PROTECT the gun industry -- ALL being top priorities of the far-RIGHT ANTI-Socialist NRA. How many were murdered in Columbine, in Newtown, in El Paso . . . ? As for the attacks on the "establishment: Sanders is a millionaire, owns three homes, is a Socialist who isn't giving his money away to the homeless, and has been in Congress for twenty-five years, currently as a sitting Senator. SANDERS is THE ESTABLISHMENT. A leader doesn't just "believe" what they're told? True: the MEMBERS of Sanders' cult are not leaders.
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  4593. The affidavit will not be unsealed.
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  4594. He was a Jew, NOT a "Christian".
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  4595.  @justmejustme1245  Christ was not a Christian; he was a JEW. The religion" later centered around him was named after him, even though many "Christians" were and are anti-Semites.
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  4596. Many British bands had problems touring in the US because of the musicians union. One story is that they were banned for touring without considering that issue. I always preferred both "The Kinks" and "The animals" to "The Rolling Stones". But the US never would have heard of any of them if not for "The Beatles".
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  4597. The Select Committee is getting the evidence around those who aren't cooperating, so ultimately they will be bagged based on direct evidence despite their refusal to cooperate with the rule of law.
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  4598. The legislature enacts elections laws -- statutes. That delegates elections to county and local elections boards. The elections laws -- statutes -- are implemented by means of regulations suited to whatever the jurisdiction. During the pandemic, regulations were modified to ensure voters were able to vote safely. None of that violates the elections laws -- statutes.
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  4599.  @nerochannel5  Anti-American.
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  4600. Becuase they, not you, know what they're doing.
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  4601. Trump's "Border Czar" Homan said: FIRST we go after the "bad guys". That done, who is SECOND?
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  4602. He failed AS PRESIDENT. And Hillary lost in part because Russia helped Trump. Your view would be improved if you stopped omitting all the facts.
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  4603.  @jerryrobinson6250  Name calling isa a childish punk's way of avoiding reality. You'd be more persuasive if you were totally silent.
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  4604.  @noname-lq2kg  More name-calling from the moron faction.
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  4605.  @danielrenner5632  That's why Trump -- a RIGHT-wing extremist -- encourages violence at his rallies.
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  4606. Trump's "legacy" was destructive. In fact, it was deadly for hundreds of thousands of COVID fatalities.
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  4607. Joe never displaces his responsibility onto Mika -- he simply dominates the conversation and talks over her.
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  4608. I see her as Sec. of State.
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  4609. "Nobody's ever seen before" -- except Michael Cohen.
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  4610. ISIS released body-cam VIDEO made by the killers as they committed the mass murder to back up their claim of having committed the crime. THAT is EVIDENCE that ISIS is telling the truth. And it wouldn't be the first time that ISIS has committed terrorist attacks against Russia for its actions against Muslims. But this is yet another Russian propaganda channel, and Putin's line is to blame Ukraine WITHOUT EVIDENCE.
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  4611. "Winston Smith" is the main character in the novel 1984. The internet troll who uses that name is a MAGA/Trump anti-American troll. In contrary fact, Springfield had a shrinking population, so there were job openings and no one to fill them. The Federal and Ohio gov'ts invited the Haitians, and they have filled the jobs, which has helped the city's economy. The smears against them are entirely about race. These Haitians are LEGAL immigrants who were looking for jobs and who work hard and pay taxes. "Winston Smith" -- the troll -- is a racist hater.
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  4612. There are only so many beds, moron.
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  4613. Exactly. Their claims are psuedo-law gibberish.
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  4614. If the Agnifilos are so concerned about the prison conditions, then what are they doing to address them? Representing two clients -- P. Diddy and the mega-wealthy murderer -- who can afford top-dollar legal teams.
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  4615. Florido condos selling dirt cheap! Only the suicidal need apply!
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  4616. Manafort was chair of Trump's 2016 campaign. His partner was head of Sanders's campaign until he got caught hacking the DNC. Saint "Bernie" Sanders trashed the Democratic Party, and helped elect Trump. The Republican Party has gone fascist, and Sanders is still attacking Democrats.
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  4617. No. Stop imagining things up when the SCIENCE provides the answers.
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  4618. The Democrats -- Clinton -- won the popular vote by 3 million.  The Democrats lost because of Sanders trashings, Comey, and the Russians.Those actual facts -- the reality -- do not support your petulant delusion.Bernie was an asshole then, and he is an asshole now.  And he is making the same mistake now that he made then: attacking the Democratic Party.  Or do you believe that his name-calling insults are how he'll persuade the Democratic Party to vote for him?
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  4619. Those who endanger public health and safety need to be stopped -- which means we don't defend deadly misinformation as protected speech.
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  4620. The January 6th insurrection was war against the United States.
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  4621. Depends on how things turn out. Nothing is either "always" or "never".
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  4622.  @sabrinaa1235  Do you live in Italy?
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  4623.  @d.w.holder7730  I was being facetious. Think it through: how would a second opinion change physical facts?
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  4624.  @d.w.holder7730  I was being facetious for the benefit of the troll who posited that the video host was a given height, as if that were an "issue".
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  4625. It isn't that bacon is the healthiest food, but it's popular -- with eggs -- with the working class. And, there are several "religions" that ban the eating of pork. And the producer not only raised the price, but had to pay out less for the smaller workforce.
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  4626. He's an ideologue, not a philosopher.
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  4627. Will Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY. Stop making excuses for him. We saw who Will Smith REALLY is.
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  4628. The Republicans aren't defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  4629. So much paranoia all around. All of this is stupid shit.
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  4630. If Trump "wins," the election wasn't "rigged".
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  4631. Because they themselves are WEAK. They feel inadequate because they keep losing; and they react by believing that upping their bullying will make them "strong".
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  4632.  @ThePhenom777  Ages ago.
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  4633. One must be born in the United States, or one's parents born in the United States, to become presient.
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  4634. It now comes out that Judge Cannon didn't disclose financial benefits from participation in partisan political events. Which is also to be disclosed on website. That "oversight" was, of course, "inadvertent". Um, she was so busy gathering "gratuities" that she just didn't have time to keep the required record updated.
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  4635. He was allowed to take the kids to and from school, and had perhaps a few other allowances.
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  4636. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people.
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  4637. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  4638. He identified one of them as being from the Murdoch-owned "Wall Street Journal" editorial section. That editorial page is a right-wing political cesspool.
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  4639. Any money raised for the victims at the assassination did not come from Trump.
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  4640.  @Scott100W  That tiny minority, today, being "conservatives".
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  4641. And the Edelman to whom he gave the Medal of Freedom is a far-right Netanyahu extremist -- a bigoted crackpot. And her husband is a casino magnate who gets his money from Macao, which is CHINA.
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  4642. Trump and Vance are racist domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence. That is your campaign. When Trump was on "The View" he talked about his hots for his daughter.
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  4643.  @jenniferdaulby5519  The gun was NOT missing. It was bought by the father FOR the son. Thus the gun was with the son all along.
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  4644.  @divinetiming8422  You're repeating what I've already pointed out several times.
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  4645. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people. Trump is Reagan without the mask. Putin paying bounty for death of US troops; Trump continues following Putin's instructions on how to destroy the United States. Krushchev said that Russia "will bury" the United States. We are being inundated with Putin-promoted propaganda out of Trump's mouth. And where is Lindsey Graham?
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  4646.  @donettawalters9161  I see Sec. of State.
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  4647. That's why he isn't anywhere in Florida.
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  4648. It's about time, don't you think? But, no, being brainwashed into fantasies of shooting and killing others, the only solution to every issue about which you morons obsess is guns. Ask someone intelligent to help you stop the stupid.
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  4649. That is the hook: there has always been an underbelly who believe "freedom" includes the "right" to be uneducated. To be stupid. He gave stupidity "status". And it's a goal the Republican Party has been working for since at latest the Reagan cult of personality.
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  4650. "God" is always a no-show.
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  4651. Then why does Thomas not act ETHICALLY by recusing from cases in which his WIFE is involved as the Federal LAW REQUIRES? Yeah, I know: you are as clueless as all the others whose rights are being ELIMINATED by this Court while they cheer it on.
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  4652.  @vern0018  You've never read your "Bible" let alone read the Constitution. And you're lying by asserting that you have, AGAINST the Commandment written by your "God": "Thou shalt not lie."
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  4653. "Some people say" = TRUMP.
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  4654. Only as members of the well-regulated Militia, such membership accomplished either by ENLISTING or BEING DRAFTED. Service in the Militia was a DUTY, not a "right". And one finds that fact in Congress's DEBATES of its writing of the Second Amendment. This is the only "individual right" the Congress debated regarding that which became the Second Amendment: ": but no PERSON [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be COMPELLED [INVOLUNTARY, as in DRAFT] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." The full draft debated included the phrase, "the right of the PEOPLE" -- so the Congress knew the difference between the PLURAL "PEOPLE" and the INDIVIDUAL "PERSON". Further, as concerns the Militia, the Constitution is also against you in Art. I., S. 8., C. 16: "The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia". You are not a "militia," because the Militia is not an individual; and in order to be a member of the Militia -- which is a DUTY, NOT a "right" -- you must either ENLIST or be DAFTED.
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  4655. Jimmy Carter is the only public "Christian" who actually walks the talk, and always has.
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  4656.  @angrypatriots1776  I agree: if only you enlisted, and volunteered for Afghanistan, you'd singlehandedly resp;ve the issue in an hour or two.
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  4657.  @timmytruth3509  Gen. McMasters, of the Trump administration, said that Trump signed a SURRENDER document with the Taliban.
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  4658.  @eggsbenedict2251  Abstract bullshit revealing your assinine bias. Butm of course, being ethical, you rejected the Biden relief checks.
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  4659.  @sencerr226  You're "sure" based on bigot's quicksand.
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  4660.  @downtime86stars17  And the Republicans and right-wing have been at war on education since at latest Reagan because they can't deal with an electorate that sees through their attack on the Constitution. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4661. By VOTING.
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  4662.  @meymay11  There are some who paid their only savings for condos. Some of them actually work for a living.
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  4663. It's obvious that guns aren't the solution to gun violence.
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  4664. Hooray for capitalist-facilitated greed.
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  4665.  @cnssegura  His chief of staff and legal counsel have testified to the Committee. First person witness testimony is admissible. The problem is to view the Committee investigation as a trial; it is not. The purpose of Congressional investigations is to develop legislation. If they expose crimes during that process it is for the DOJ to address those. But the staff of the Committee includes veteran former Federal prosecutors who know crimes when they see them, and are properly documenting. And again, first person witness testimony is admissible; it is not "theories".
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  4666. It isn't a spending problem -- the system as established is taxpayers paying their own way through gov't that is intended to meet the needs of "We the people" -- the taxpayers. It is a cutting taxes for those who don't need them, and they being deadbeats who benefit from the taxes paid by others. And in order to defend the unjust tax cuts "spending" is attacked. So what if cutting spending means children don't get enough to eat; all that matters is that the billionaires don't pay their way.
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  4667.  @dissidentfairy4264  I should say so. But the fuller details of his fraud -- for which he was convicted, under house arrest waiting sentencing -- seem to implicate her in the fraud, though she wasn't charged. Let's just say they were both about money and projecting an image beyond their means.
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  4668. Probably makes his own skin crawl.
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  4669. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  4670. He brings up Obama in order to codespeak his racism.
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  4671.  @yogeshkmrful  I take the person I see according to their words and behaviors. Here's Trump saying these words directly into the faces of his supporters -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." Troye was one of the very first, while Trump was still in office, to come out and publicly tell the truth about him. We know she's telling the truth about him because we've heard it from others and seen it for ourselves. Exactly as we know that Trump is an adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal -- 34 felonies -- and that his supporters have no morals, and are enemies of the rule of law.
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  4672.  @allenrodgers8999  Just so it is clear for all: you are not defending gun rights; you are defending mass murder.
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  4673. This Supreme Court is ROGUE. Imagine the Court ALLOWING direct challenges to its authority? That's the "Federalist Society" agenda: destroying the Federal system of law -- the Constitution.
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  4674. Veterans are always discarded after a war.
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  4675. The guy was obviously an oxygen addict, and the withdrawal was fatal.
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  4676. The "Declaration of Independence" applied EXCLUSIVELY to England, and has never been law.
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  4677. She was in a cult years ago. She is vulnerable to cultism. She is in a cult. And she has no doubt about her "rightness". She is more likely to BOAST of what she did than lie about it.
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  4678. "The Federalist Society" goal is repeal of the "New Deal".
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  4679. Their self-negating contradictions were publicly exposed. Every one of them has been avoiding the outcome of their incoherence; but they've been pushing each other, in their zealous competition, to that exposure.
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  4680. Jefferson was know for clever quips for simpletons. Franklin did the same sort of pandering. In reality the Founders were PRO-gov't, which is why they are called FOUNDERS.
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  4681. STOP the misinformation: UNLESS one enlists, or is drafted, into the Miltia, one IS NOT militia. They are armed extralegal anti-gov't/law gangs. UNLESS they are UNDER the law, the commander-in-chief the state's governor, they ARE NOT militia.
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  4682. So the Federal gov't will be using the taxes from all 50 states to fund mental health services in Teaxass where REPUBLICAN Abbott CUT funding of those state services by more than 200 million in order to fund border political photo ops.
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  4683. It is NOT ignorance or lack of preparation -- STOP making excuses for these people. He is CONSCIOUSLY pandering to the racist anti-immigrants. Period. Full stop. End of story.
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  4684. When the young people who are bashing Joe Biden for his age find themselves, in no time at all, at his age, will wake up to the nasty stupidity to which they are subjected by the young people then? Tell us, you who barely know how the gov't is structured, let alone how it is to function -- who, you or he, is "out of touch" with the relevance of GOVERNING? Will they remember how they had been know-it-all ageist assholes? A few facts about "Boomers": We got the US out of Vietnam. We ended the draft. We mainstreamed the environmental movement -- which is why YOU are aware of it. We invented the personal computer. We invented social media -- for better an worse. More than 90 per cent of the information on the Internet is hogwash (Abraham Lincoln said so). Politics is not entertainment, not a game, not a game show -- it is deadly serious. Trump is a fake "reality" TV star -- that is all he is: what you see as "Donald Trump" is an act, a manufactured image. The _reality- of him is that he is, by a jury of his peers, an adjudicated rapist. And, by a jury of his peers, a CONVICTED CRIMINAL 34 times over.
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  4685. That's been known since at latest the search began some 6 days ago.
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  4686. And it isn't always informed: as example, the self-appointed "militias" are NOT militia; they are classified IN LAW in ALL 50 states as "paramilitary organizations," and PROHIBITED thereby. Does one actually understand a problem if one adopts and perpetuates the deceitful label of it?
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  4687.  @Tampa0123456789  How many of these "journalists" actually BOTH gather the news AND read it on TV?
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  4688. And Florida is a shithole state: look at the governor's pro-COVID/death attacks on public health and safety.
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  4689. He'd have to rent balls to do that, but he's a cheapskate who won't part with a single penny.
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  4690. Any nobody would be charged with contempt and jailed for attacking the court and rule of law.
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  4691. It isn't about "Democrats," dunce. It is about know legal process and legal history -- how, in sum, how law works. And it isn't "Democrats" because this is the fundamental Constitutional principle of which you and your all-politics-all-the-time avoidance of law-illiterates refuse to be aware: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which established separation of powers into three co-EQAUAL branches, and subordinated all three branches to that constitution. And that constitution was the model for the US Constitution. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. The oath is to the Constitution, not to any person.
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  4692. We no long use "handicap[ped]". It is "disability".
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  4693. Trump and the Republicans are a clear and present danger -- so let's smear Democrats.
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  4694. Because they don't think; they only believe, which is in their cases a refusal to think.
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  4695.  @LetsDoBongs  Trump's only concern is self-interest. And the befuddled, such as you, are clueless about all of it.
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  4696.  @LetsDoBongs  The rule of law is not about "feelings".
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  4697. "What we've done is, uhh [made-up shit]."
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  4698. "Dog" is a private citizen. He does not have the authority to "arrest" anyone.
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  4699.  @gregoryguidry4958  Yep -- all that matters is picking the pockets of stupid people.
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  4700. Trump is a one-trick pony.  So is Sanders.
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  4701. It is not journalism to smear alleged "left-leaning media" -- you name NONE -- but it does define you, politically, as RIGHT-leaning BIAS.
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  4702. I was thinking of asking him what explains his attraction to cacti.
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  4703. Trump and his entourage violated FEDERAL LAW. Is that a measure of CHARACTER? The withdrawal from Afghanistan was result of TRUMP'S deal with the Taliban, which included the release from prison of over 1,000 terrorists.
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  4704. John Dean explained the process: if the cabinet voted to invoke the 25th, letters would be sent to the House speaker and Senate _pro tempore_, and it would be debated in both. But the president could send a letter to them denying it. So it is a complicated and slow process.
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  4705.  @anatlavy5642  You don't know anything about the Middle East or how it was colonized and oppressed by such as France and England for the OIL. See the film "Lawrence of Arabia".
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  4706. Stock Exchange = Stock photo.
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  4707. Dersopwitz premise is hogwash. There are politicians who get elected for their own benefit, not for the public interest.
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  4708. Trump's campaign dude Cheung is on Trump's "To Be Deported" list.
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  4709. However flawed, Bill Clinton is a good man. And a good, thoughtful speech.
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  4710. Bannon blew off the Committee; the Committee should blow off Bannon. Sentence him to the drunk tank.
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  4711. I would be surprised if Senator Sasse DIDN'T vote FOR Jackson.
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  4712. "Big Brain" Trump is going to have problems from saying, "I don't know anything."
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  4713. It's already been contested. Trump lost 100 per cent in more than 50 court cases, including before judges he appointed.
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  4714. We have no choice: we must accept free will. It is proven by our ability to make errors.
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  4715.  @TrumpFacts-wl2ik  She also said that she regrets not encouraging her fans to vote in 2016.
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  4716. @Thack The First Amendment constrains GOV'T, NOT private business. There is no right to enter a private business, shit on the floor, and then insist that it's "free speech". It's reprehensible that all you loud-mouthed screamers have absolutely zero FACTUAL KNOWLEDGE about anything requiring REASON. ALL rights have LIMITS, and are inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. Learn how to BEHAVE YOURSELF in a civil manner in our civil society. Instead of being a loud-mouthed bully lying that you're a "victim" when the lawful limits slap you upside the head.
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  4717.  @brianhammond35  It can't be proven that there's a "God". The First Amendment to the Constitution SEPARATES "religion" and gov't. Your rights are not being violated: the First Amendment constrains GOV'T, NOT private businesses. Ever heard of "Terms of Service"? They are LEGAL limits.
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  4718.  @broccolihart1  Which is why you defend insurrection -- TREASON -- against the Constitution while yelling, "CONSTITUTION" -- which you've NEVER BOTHERED TO READ?
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  4719. That's been obvious since the Floriduh electorate began elected Republican majorities against their own interests. Vote Republican, get Republinomics, blame Democrats. Sow climate change, reap hurricanes. Millions have been leaving in droves.
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  4720. There WAS armed security at the school.
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  4721.  @captainwasabi  In law they may not; but that must rely on the signer of the NDA the ability to recognize that they are being used to cover up crime. And if a person who signs an NDA is threatened within the NDA with lawsuit for violating it, they will tend not to violate it.
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  4722. If you know that, then you know where he is "hiding". Do you know? Or are you just farting through your keyboard?
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  4723. New York announced the first under-18 to die. So those vulnerable to the degree of death is a larger percentage than you allow.
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  4724. Enforcement of law against Republicans is "Communism"? Yep -- those engaged in the Civil Rights movement by registering Blacks to vote were called "Communists".
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  4725.  @Blue_3rd  It is a question. Questions can be statements. Look up the word "rhetorical". In a dictionary.
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  4726. Zelenskyy wasn't humiliated. Trump and Vance humiliated themselves. The world, and most of the US, sees their behavior for the stupidity of it. It was obvious when Zelenskyy tried to explain the facts on the ground and how Putin never keeps his agreed word -- then they escalated their attack to prevent him speaking or being heard.
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  4727.  @artiefakt4402  The appeals court can only vacate the lower court, reduce the amount, or affirm the amount.
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  4728. There is no "deep state". There is a bureaucracy that keeps the gov't functioning while presidents come and go.
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  4729. Note that Agnifilo is only arguing terrible conditions for his wealthy client/s. No one else matters, though it's possible he could pursue a class action in behalf of the entire prison population. But the latter would cost money.
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  4730.  isainfante135  It isn't "the algorithm"; it is important FACTUAL NEWS when a defiant criminal at the highest level of gov't is convicted of blatant crime and sentenced to prison.
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  4731. She is far to the right of "conservative".
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  4732. It is foolish to rely on only one so-called "philosopher" -- especially when instead the "philosopher" is a propagandist.
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  4733.  @Clinkers-x3h  Law enforcement protecting the Capitol.
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  4734. According to her defense lawyers, she made "mistakes". If she were male, they would be crimes.
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  4735. "Tear down this wall!" -- Reagan.
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  4736.  @preciouslogic77  Satan wouldn't lower himself to let him in.
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  4737.  @epicon6  It wasn't a joke. It was a COMPLIMENT.
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  4738.  @av8rKCM  One's personal happiness is one's own responsibility. She, however, is still of the belief that "love" means the man can read the woman's mind about what she wants sexually. Infantile -- and irresponsible: she expects him to make her happy without any effort on her part.
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  4739. That ensures he gets the message that no matter his situation the bondage of oppression will continue.
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  4740.  @annabellelee4535  University degrees prepare one for jobs if one gets a degree specific to a career. Those who say otherwise are repeating the Republican propaganda by which they've been attacking education -- which is an advantage -- since Regan. But university education that prepares one for a profession means constantly keeping up to date in the profession. I do get tired of people who've never been to university actually believing they are experts on the topic -- but they are always obvious: they present EXCUSES for NOT attending university.
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  4741.  @tomhenry897  Another who has never attended university, so is totally ignorant about higher education, and all of that based on a rejection of education since he was taught by his parents to reject education.
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  4742. That isn't done in the Americas. And I doubt the rationale for the "support" is different in Australia: guilt -- but with strings attached.
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  4743.  @originalsusser  Separatists want treaties -- not the protections -- and responsibilities -- that come with being included in the Constitution -- the supreme law of the land -- with everyone else. And the separatism is typically based on racism. Show me a British colony that didn't establish a systemically racist colonialism and I'll show you a colony not established by the British.
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  4744. What the critics of student loan forgiveness don't understand -- because they've never been to college or used that system -- is that one deals with PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS to get the loans. That's why the excessive fees and interests, etc. Those so ignorant listen to Republicans and actually believe the taxpayers are losing by the debt cancellations. I'm still waiting for Michael to condemn the FLORIDA book banning; but apparently he doesn't care because he isn't affected because he doesn't read. And so far white authors aren't being banned for writing about white folks.
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  4745. The moocher is a right-wing Republican multi-millionaire -- another grifter. His commentary outside money-making is amateur, got at second hand.
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  4746. Trump's "grievances" have ALWAYs been FAKE.
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  4747. Netanyahu and his IDF are not the victims IN GAZA.
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  4748. How cynical is it to insert a candidate whose actual residence is in Texas and who has severe progressive brain damage?
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  4749. Republicans have talked forever about immigration reform. President Obama submitted an immigration bill -- and the Republicans ignored it in order to continue to complain about the "border" "crisis" as red meat to their racist base.
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  4750.  @vetinaris1297  They are typically born into. HOWEVER, they are not in the positions of dictators: their systems of gov't include DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED parliaments -- legislatures -- which make the laws. AND they have SOCIALIST economies BUT ARE NOT TYRANIES. Their gov'ts SERVE the needs of their people according to the wishes of their people, not instead according to the wishes of a small handful of the wealth that wants the majority impoverished.
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  4751. FOX has always lied to stupid people for profit.
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  4752. If these so-called "sleuths" did anything to 'unravel" the case, it would be reflected in the charges. It isn't because they are untrained unqualified to "investigate" anything. What they are are falsely self-important fans of murder-as-entertainment. They've found nothing that the qualified investigators didn't already have.
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  4753. Trump needs to butt out of the issue. NATO is stepping up; let's them deal respectfully with the issue.
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  4754.  @Lillysammy126  And you believe that teachers don't do anything during Summer "vacation" but "vacate"? Ask a full-time teacher what s/he does during the Summer -- that will cure you of your baseless jealousy. Two teachers were killed, the cops are covering up, and you bash teachers?
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  4755. She stalked a teenager who survived a school shooting, claiming the shooting was fake.
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  4756.  @kyle381000  With Trump it's the opposite: he is overwhelmed with shame -- his father was cold and abusive. But he has been running from the shame all his life.
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  4757. Yeah -- and Roe will never be overturned.
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  4758.  @billysmith8261  Hawaii and Pennsylvania Supreme Courts upheld gun crime convictions under their respective state laws that had been "invalidated" by the US Supreme Court's Bruen decision.
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  4759. There are also cultural differences, which you can't address outside your culture.
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  4760. It is -- but limited by REASON, RESPONSIBILITY, and appropriate LAW, including LAW that protects OTHERS from infringement of THEIR rights.
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  4761. The Republicans have also been attacking the defense bar for decades. Thier "law and order" rhetoric is always and only, "LOCK THEM UP".
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  4762. That's because Trump wants to know what's in the affidavit -- but not for the PUBLIC to know.
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  4763. Ornado is compromised. Others have said that he will later deny what he said to others.
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  4764. Governor Whitmer ROCKS!
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  4765. Most of the viewers of their "stuff" on youtube are laughing at what they view as stupidity. One expert analyses their views as a "mishmash" of "sovereign citizen" views, which originate with right-wing white supremacists, and Black separatism.
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  4766.  @olympicfireball  Actually I'm not. In fact I've been researching these very issues for more than 30 years beginning with the foundings of the several colonies. The states adopted and ratified constitutions during 1776-77, and 1780. The "Militia Clauses" from four of those constitutions were the sources for the Second Amendment. Those distinguish between two military forces: 1. "The right of the people," etc. -- which was the well-regulated militia. 2. Standing armies. The inclusion of the phrase, "right of the people," etc., which is a REDUNDANCY for well-regulated militia, shows the continuity in the laws. One of those four "Militia Clauses" is from the Vermont constitution of 1777: "Chapter I.--The Bill of Rights. ""XV. That the people have a right [no "keep and"] bear arms for the defense of themselves AND [not "or"] the State; and, as standing armies, in the time of peace, are dangerous to liberty they ought not to be kept up; and that they military [which includes well-regulated Militia] should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power." SEPARATELY in the SAME constitution: "Chapter II.--The Plan of Government "Section XXXIX. That the inhabitants of this State, shall have liberty to hunt and fowl [private individual right to own guns], in seasonable times, on the lands they hold, and on other lands (not enclosed;) . . . under proper regulations, to be hereafter made and provided by the General Assembly." ___ Note the difference between the comments made by you and your fellow gun-nuts: you make law-illiterate assertions without a shred of ANYTHINBG to back them up. I, in contrast, having an education in law, provide ACTUAL LAW substantiating my statements of the facts. The problem with you and your fellow gun-nuts is that you are functionally illiterate: you have no regard for truth, and certainly no regard for FACTS AND EVIDENCE, in this context, LAW. Also of direct relevance are the DEBATES of the WRITING of that which became the Second Amendment. The INTENT was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being "dangerous to liberty". This is further substantiated by the second of two "Militia Acts" enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States."
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  4767.  @olympicfireball  Also nowhere in the constitution -- the Bill of Rights is not the entire Constitution -- is this: "Individual right to own guns". What you law-illiterates don't understand is that the US Constitution applies to ALL the states -- which STATES had different laws, each to each, as concerned private ownership of guns. You want to jabber about "states' rights" -- but only when convenient to your POLITICS, of course -- against the SUPREME Law of the land? Then you must deal with that fact, which was the fact from the foundings of the colonies. There were several Supreme Court decisions before OUTLIER Heller that specifically held that the Second Amendment did not apply to "private" or "individual" ANYTHING, because the SUBJECT of the Amendment, as shown by the DEBATES of the WRITING of it is WELL-REGULATED Militia. See _Presser_; _Cruickshank_; _Miller_. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4768.  @kmick8108  He's big on making up conversations with imaginary individuals so he can sound tough and decisive by telling them to "PAY UP!" -- despite his career or REFUSING to pay his bills.
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  4769. The FEDERAL Constitution is SUPREME over the states. "States' rights" is correctly known to be about RACIST WHITE SUPREMACISM.
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  4770. The audience for those comments are those around Putin.
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  4771.  @LeeKobe1  And NATO members money. NATO has given more financial and military support to Ukraine than has the US.
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  4772.  @jshricks  We get it: if you need brain surgery you'll avoid the elite brain surgeon for the doings of your local plumber. No need for "elites" who actually know stuff.
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  4773.  @justin0ldman233  And FOX hires fascists.
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  4774.  @chesterjade7630  If anyone wants a clear-cut issue muddied, Toobin will do it.
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  4775. This is the Republican tradition of the Politics of Smear and Fear. It's all for the half-wits who'll believe anything that is sufficiently sensational.
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  4776. Armed anti-gov't domestic terrorists.
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  4777. Keep reminding the jury that Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels. There was history of Stormy Danels trying to tell her story when no media were listening, and there was no money in it. Only because of the "Access Hollywood" tape did the media show interest; so she said, "Okay, there may be money in selling the story." But the story existed, and she was telling it, before there was any money in the picture. So keep reminding the jury that Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels -- the one thing the defense and defendant DO NOT want to establish. And that she was in fact paid money to shut up -- she doubtless provided copy of the NDA to the prosecution. And that that goes to Michael Cohen, who was known to be Trump's NASTY "fixer" for ten years. And has been shown to NOT be paying her out of his own debt-incurring goodness of heart. And shown that he was reimbursed by Trump, including for the taxes on that "income" AND a bonus. And Trump still hasn't reimbursed his friend Pecker for the $150,000 to shut up McDougal.
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  4778. The bloodiest acreage on the plnet is in the Middle East, where three of the "great" "religions" originated, and engaged in mass murders against each other based on disagreement over who's speculation is the truth.
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  4779. You saw them there? Why didn't you alert the FBI at the time?
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  4780. She knows she's full of shit. But in her view being full of shit and imposing it on others is protected by the First Amendment. She DEMANDS the "right" to be a foul-mouthed low-life while denying that "right" to everyone else.
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  4781. It is blind fantasy to believe you "love" a person based on a few videos that did not represent who they really were between the videos.
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  4782. Sabrina Carpenter -- sex sells. Same goes for Taylor Swift.
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  4783. John Dean is non-partisan.
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  4784. Swalwell was talked over for much of it, but he listed the number of countries that won't allow convicted felons in. It is a LONG list. Tat needs to be got out there: what kind of success would a president have, how effective, if 90 per cent of countries won't allow him to visit? Or does that play into the plans of the isolationists?
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  4785.  @andyhalstead3949  Feminism exists. That he rejects it does not cause it to cease to exist. There are many theoreticians of feminism. They also call it feminism. Rejecting feminism, as does Peterson, is anti-intellectual. When I was a kid, we called what Peterson largely does, "Overwhelm with bullshit." Those impressed by verbiage are suckered by it because they are seeking to receive a belief, or to have their biases validated. which are the opposite of critical thinking.
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  4786. See "Southern Poverty Law Center". The estimate is that there are 300,000 "sovereign citizen" adherents in the US.
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  4787. Insurance executives have fire insurance for the afterlife.
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  4788. As for Trump: Don't count the lies; count the "I"s.
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  4789.  @tomite2001  And "Moscow Marge' is losing her influence with everyone but the media. And they have been reporting about her being called "Moscow Marge". Clips of Russian praise for her are even being broadcast to back up that characterization.
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  4790. They aren't especially mature in terms of reason, law, and social responsibility.
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  4791.  @Seanjrambow  From the swamp. But as they get bolder they'll become floaters in the cesspool.
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  4792.  @josephmasterson3992  The gov't is "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. You are talking about dismantling the rule of law, which is dumber than dead rocks. And dumber even than that: YOU are adversely impacted by ignoring the principle, "Be careful what you wish for." "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." -- TRUMP.
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  4793. Nothing. The problem is that you aren't paying attention to that which the DOJ is doing. Searching the homes and devices of Eastman and Clark is a focus on Trump because they conspired directly with Trump.
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  4794. There are consequneces to every action, either way. The consequences of NOT supporting Ukraine would be DIRE.
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  4795. "Intellectually honest"? Like his discussion with Joe Rogan in which they explained what it means to be Black, even though neither has ever been that? I'd say he was perhaps-inadvertently honest about his white supremacism.
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  4796. The word is FLOUT the law, not "flaunt". So much for Abrams' legal expertise.
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  4797. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  4798. Why do you assume Biden has (or "needs") "handlers"? He has been in politics "forever" so knows how to deal with these things.
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  4799. Paranoia is negative megalomania.
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  4800. Bryan's LAWYER should be claiming he has no ties to the community, in order to create DISTANCE from the two accomplices that directly committed the murder.
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  4801. Before Hitler went after the Jews he targeted for extermination -- 1. Communists ("Bolsheviks; Marxists). 2. Socialists -- because Hitler wasn't a Socialist. 3. Labor organizers -- he was a union buster because organized wealth and power loves disorganized opposition. All of those are Leftist. Fascists, being extreme RIGHT-wing, always attack Leftists; and those they hate are labeled and attacked as "Leftist" even if they aren't.
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  4802.  @andrewgocken517  EVERY defendant is PRESUMED innocent -- it is called DUE PROCESS. What you would want for yourself you should want for others -- else you be a mindless Trumper.
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  4803.  @SpinDoc420  He is CURRENTLY an ORDINARY CITIZEN; the honoric "former president" avoids stating that fact. It is the bridge between his CURRENT claim to BE president, and the FACT that he IS NOT THE PRESIDENT -- he is an ORDINARY CITIZEN. It does nothing to "spotlight" his crimes; it is more at excuse -- "Gee, may he has the RIGHT to commit crimes. Maybe he IS immune." "Former president" is not a special category; it is not an OFFICE or OFFICIAL POSITION. It DOES NOT impute any degree of "special" or "immunity". He is not charged as "former president"; he is charged as any ordinary individual would be. As Cohen was for essentially the same crimes.
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  4804. And Shapiro is needed as governor of PA to protect the election, with which he already has experience.
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  4805. You don't get it? It's all about racism.
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  4806. The ordinary criminal doesn't get to give press conferences with the media in attendance.
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  4807. Of course, when the "I'm a victim@" crocodile tears flow on schedule.
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  4808. There is also the evidence he discarded as trash in Pennsylvania.
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  4809. Whether the court is expanded is entirely up to CONGRESS. If the Democrats keep the House, and take the Senate, and Trump is re-elected, the CONGRESS can expand the court. They don't need the president's permission; and the president can't do it.
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  4810.  @willmerritt2922  Symbolic meanings given to colors also differ from one culture to another. Analogously, that's why "dream analysis" is problematic: first, what do they mean as a "process"? Second, dream "symbols" have different meanings, again, from one culture to another.
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  4811. The mayor of New York was indicted on EVIDENCE.
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  4812. No one will loan money to an adjudicated fraudster.
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  4813. Peterson provides easy answers for those who are susceptible and seeking simplistic absolutes.
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  4814. Basic literate punctuation: there is NO SPACE BEFORE punctuation.
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  4815. That guy is awesome -- a moderate who doesn't pull punches, and yet is reasoned and polite at the same time. Good and decent man.
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  4816. It's reported that Ana had bought a property in D.C., not that the couple owned it.
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  4817.  @roguectgarbeled2872  The Judiciary can rule on election disputes, but not "oust" a president. Only Congress can impeach, convict, and remove a president.
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  4818. Gee -- ya think Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Guliani needs a public defender?
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  4819. J. D. Vance says that the vice president doesn't matter. So he wants the job in order not to matter? J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  4820. Children shouldn't cuss. Not because cuss words are bad but because they lack the skill that comes with maturity.
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  4821. And you base that view on no facts.
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  4822. He just made himself a RINO.
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  4823.  @tomgeorge9025  Trump contributed to BOTH Democrats and Republicans, and always from a perspective of self-interest: what was in it for him. And certainly he's a RINO. That's why the actual Republicans were so strongly opposed to him during the 2016 campaign. And now, though they won't admit it publicly, those who oppose him recognize that he has never actually been a Republican. At the same time, even though most loathe him, he was useful to their goals, such as capturing the Supreme Court. But they aren't about to abandon him because that would expose their opportunism. Which opportunism includes pandering to his MAGA "base".
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  4824. More effective to file complaints with lawyer disciplinary bodies.
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  4825.  @shadowfox9490  Who is Curtis Yavin? How about providing the basics?
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  4826.  @EverSpaceTime  Your name-calling is juvenile and ignorant.
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  4827. They were in June 2020, even though the BLM protesters were PEACEFUL. Tell us why you are a racist.
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  4828. The videos were made by Trump supporters.
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  4829. It's EXPLAINED in the WARRANT.
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  4830. The word is "precedent," the plural form being "precedents".
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  4831. Irony: propagandist Hannity "argues" with one of his "victims" Boebert.
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  4832.  @PaulZink-k8d  And you need to drop the cute teenage "spelling" and respect readers with adult spelling.
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  4833. Florida: What one doesn't pay in income taxes one pays in other fees.
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  4834. Giuliani was running all over New York on 9/11 becuase the police command center -- at his insistance, and against the advice of anti-terrorism experts -- was in the Twin Towers. He was running all over the place because he had nowhere to go. He's also the guy who annonuced that he was divorcing his wife, with his mistress present, at a press conference -- which is how his wife learned of it.
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  4835. We the people elect REPRESENTATIVES to exercise their power.
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  4836. Or maybe not.
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  4837.  @sean-anthonyroberts9806  Maybe he should drop out of the race so he can be fitted with orange jumpsuits.
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  4838. Longest in American history!
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  4839.  @JeanConley  Few are "censored". And let's use the word correctly: "censorship" applies exclusively to gov't infringements on freedom of speech. On PRIVATE business platforms such as youtube, what applies are the "Terms of Service". The First amendment protections of freedom of speech do not apply to private businesses, any more than you need tolerate abusive language by guests in your home.
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  4840. Netanyahu has declared a policy of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against Gaza, which began by cutting off all food, water, and electricity to Gaza, all of which must pass through Israel. Because Hitler used collective punishment against the Jews during WW II it was declared a WAR CRIME.
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  4841. It should be easy for them to blame other than themselves -- it's their habit.
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  4842. Legal process takes time because it adheres to fact and law. But Trump agrees with you: to hell with the rules -- let's all go lawless.
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  4843.  @daydays12  I have an education in law, and I certainly believe in democracy, ours being founded on the rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  4844.  @daydays12  I didn't post anything "opposite". I adhere to facts and law ALWAYS.
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  4845. Cult of personality.
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  4846. So holier-than-thou "Christian" Senator Britt is lying -- in violation of the Commandment "Thou shalt not lie" that was written by her "God".
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  4847.  @robertwadas  If he complied with the subpoena, then why did he still have another 27 boxes of gov't property at MAGA-Lardo?
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  4848. And whammy-with-volume control.
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  4849. I think it was a great EXPOSE of the bullshitting asshole Trump has always been.
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  4850. "There will be blood"? Hitler committed suicide. The powerfully tough guys wear masks because they fear being identified. Cowards.
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  4851. It can't be proven there's a "God". And the First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" and gov't. And Christ counseled that one practice one's "religion" in private so it doesn't become a public self-aggrandizing ego-trip.
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  4852. It isn't bonkers -- stop giving him that excuse. He is a calculating criminal thug.
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  4853. 1. Hunter Biden isn't a candidate for office. 2. Hunter Biden is irrelevant. 3. Trump is a liar. 4. Sanders is also a liar by pretending he's NOT establishment -- he reminds of the Republicans who so hate gov't that can't wait to get elected to it. 5. Remember the "EITHER "investigations" of Benghazi? Why EIGHT investigations? Because the first 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 "investigations found NOTHING -- as did the EIGHTH. And why is that? Because it was ALL ALONG a FAKE "scandal". Exactly as si Sanders insulting, smearing, and attacking the DEMOCRATIC VOTERS who he SIMULTANEOUSLY expects to VOTE for him. Senile? Or simply irrational panderer? Sanders, a millionaire and member of Congress for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, IS THE ESTABLISHMENT -- and that renders his "anti-establishment" BULLSHIT a LIE, which makes Sanders a LIAR.
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  4854. The Democrats have two issues for the midterms: choice, and gun control.
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  4855. "Gentle lady" Greene is NOT a LADY.
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  4856. He said it was "his partner" "of the time".
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  4857. Or Hannity, who is reported to state during deposition that he didn't believe Trump's "election fraud" for a second. Apparently the fact that Hannity isn't a journalist means that Hannity isn't in fact a journalist so doesn't know that one doesn't lie to advance a lie that one doesn't believe is anything but a lie. Fascist FOX needs to be destroyed. Permanently.
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  4858. Defending murder is not a "moral" position -- stop the hypocrisy.
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  4859. CNN FIRED Cuomo for doing the equivalent, which was a breach of journalistic ethics.
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  4860. Yep: we should overturn the law that is deeply embedded in the Constitution.
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  4861. All those buildings are outliers.
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  4862. What no one needs is your jumpings to conclusions based upon media SPECULATIONS.
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  4863. Bloomberg has the right to run for office, exactly as does Sanders, and buy ad campaigns, exactly as Sanders does. Money buys ads, and done wisely result in election to office. Sanders knows this, which is why he is doing exactly as Bloomberg is doing: buying campaign ads, and putting money into "ground game". During 2017-18, Bloomberg did not run for office. But he put a ton of money into supporting Democrats, and helped take back the House. What was Sanders doing for those Democrats? ZERO.
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  4864.  @billy909420  Legitimate journalists don't take sides -- doesn't "debate". Learn the difference between reporting facts, on one hand, and on the other, politicized infotainment.
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  4865. The warrant will be unsealed. The DOJ originated the document so has the greater say about its disposition.
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  4866. Sanders is lying about Ronmney by asserting that Romney is a "man of faith". Romney voted "NO" on the Article of Impeachment concerning Obstruction of Congress -- EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONGOING. Christ is said to have said of the wealthy, "Give your money away." Romney is a "deeply religious" "Christian" -- and deeply wealthy, and he isn't giving it away. As for "love they neighbor/enemies," Romney is a predatory capitalist.
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  4867. According to Tulsi Gabbard, Harris is tough on crime.
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  4868. Beat them with a "Blue Lives Matter" flag, as happened.
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  4869. Romney is not one to honestly address the issue of "character". Look at HIS history.
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  4870. Isn't Habba the lawyer who consistently gets her ass kicked out of court?
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  4871. Don't be too hard on them: Republicans are opposed to ALL consumer protection.
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  4872.  @wadehawkins872  Have you EVIDENCE to back that up? Or are you another who uses the excuse that the gov't is corrupt and out of control as excuse to not vote in effort to prove your first excuse true? Can you do straight logic, or is everything a closed circularity to you?
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  4873. Consider the size of a 10-year-old girl. Would she survive giving birth?
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  4874. Warren is better informed than Sanders.  And she's accomplished much more during her few years in the Senate than Sanders accomplished during his twenty-five years in Congress.
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  4875. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE government property, some of which is classified.
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  4876.  @Mustangsally-k6l  The FACT is that the DEFENDANT has the choice of either a jury trial or a bench trial. Trump, through his lawyer, chose AGAINST a jury trial and FOR a bench trial. Those are BASIC FACTS from the TRIAL record.
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  4877. John Eastman has fried his own ass as concerns his legal career.
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  4878. "The Departed" is a remake. And not as good as the original "Infernal Affairs".
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  4879.  @joshthepandabear6923  Nope. Politics is serious business -- not entertainment, not a game show, not something for a responsible citizen to "slough off". We are in the situation we are in because children like you don't know the difference because it's all about what's convenient for you.
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  4880.  @fernandojimenez2957  It isn't only about you. Included in deciding who to vote for is the good of the country.
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  4881. Denmark's gov't consists of monarchy, democratically-elected parliament, and socialist economy -- and is NOT a tyranny. Norway and Sweden have the same gov't structure. And all three have been staunch US allies since at very latest WW II.
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  4882. You'll believe any lie.
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  4883. "You can be anything you want to be" is nonsense.
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  4884. Should we also "turn in" the innocent? You know, use mature discretion?
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  4885. The Spanish were in the Americas for more than 100 years before the first Anglo-Saxons arrived.
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  4886.  @beezusHrist  "Feeling" isn't enough. It is dumb -- an avoidance of the responsibility to THINK.
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  4887.  @JTLaser1  When a record is played on the radio, there are royalties paid for each play. Do these MONTIZED youtubers making money from SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY PAY A CUT to the creator of the music? We get it: if you covet someone else's property, you'll steal it; and if challenged will spew bullshit "arguments" that have no grounding in morality, ethics, reason or law.
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  4888.  @JTLaser1  It remains the fact that exclusive control over the use of a copyrighted work belongs to the copyright owner. As I've made clear, your "argument" has no merit. The law -- and other rights -- need not take a "chill" to your contempt for both.
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  4889.  @michaelkonomos  I have an education in law and am also a published author. I know copyright law. And I note that the attacks on artists haven't mentioned companies but rather present their weaselly "arguments" against the arguments themselves. That indicates that they actually don't know anything about the arrangements between record labels and their recording artists or about copyright law. Their lawless "information should be free" view applies to others' property, and they have contempt for copyright law and the rights it protects. That's why I make the point that they'd squeal like stuck pigs if it were THEIR property that OTHERS were exploiting for their own ends and profits. Why I make the point that they are hypocrites.
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  4890.  @GutzmanK  Yes, that's why you ignore facts Glenn is also ignoring in order to perpetuate the bashings. As I've said: the legal profession has an OBLIGATION to educate the general public as to the workings of legal process. But it doesn't do so because there's no PROFIT in it. Bashings draw a crowd but do not enlighten.
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  4891.  @GutzmanK  I'll bet those who insist that their songs not be used don't feel any shame about it. Yes: those who are arguing against the copyright owner's exclusive control of their property ARE arguing against that exclusive control. Any yada-yada after that isn't a DEFENSE of that right; it is the injection of the bullying, the excuse, for the attack on that exclusive control. The next step is to simply steal use of the property. While, of course, claiming to "love" the person from whom one is stealing. Beato has also been criticized for using his videos as advertisements for the books he sells. Thus a criticism can be raised about the COMMERCIAL -- profit-making -- use of that "borrowed" material. All, of course, based on "love" . . .
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  4892.  @GutzmanK  It's your OPINION that they are "foolish". Perhaps they have different values than you. There were whiners and bashers who complained that "The Beatles" didn't release their work IMMEDIATELY on CD. The concern was protecting the integrity of the whole work rather than see the value of the work dissipated. But I do love those who affirm "my" property rights, and "my" exclusive control of them, while at the same time bashing "my" protection of them. Weasel, weasel, weasel. Currently I'm confronted with a health care system that REFUSES to NOT REQUIRE that I surrender patients rights that are secured in written law -- such capitulation required in order that I then be provided necessary care that does not meet my medical needs. Which needs necessarily include NOT violating my rights as secured in written law. Their "arguments" (actually they have none; but they have POWER to withhold needed health care) are as self-serving as those who attack those who protect their copyrights according to their own prerogatives. The constant attack on established RIGHTS should be disturbing to anyone who professes to be a legal professional: after all it is the existence of the rule of law itself that puts bread on their table.
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  4893. Is the US Supreme Court majority willing to be sidelined and subordinated?
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  4894. It isn't actually unusual. I know of a case in which a psychologist's "therapy group" turned "religious". In the end he agreed to surrender his license.
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  4895.  @evergreen_g7  He DOES NOT know law, else he'd know that no matter what bullshit gibberrish he asserts about being "beyond the reach of the law," he is NOT. No one is above the law, including self-bullshitted moorons.
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  4896. It is the fourth jury in a row to vote unanimously for his guilt.
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  4897.  @1tundra11  Crackpot.
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  4898.  @CMA418  I suggest you understand my comment about working with THEIR beliefs -- that gets THEM engaged. I am not saying one AFFIRMS their beliefs. They are singularly focused on their beliefs so are more than anxious to DISCUSS them. During the discussion one asks question to better understand their view -- and put them in different words -- LOGICALLY -- and asking questions about their reaction. I'm about engaging in the process of THINKING and CRITICAL THOUGHT. Is that too subtle for you?
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  4899.  @CMA418  I detailed how to deal in a way that isn't confrontational. It does not validate their erroneous views. What it does is critically evaluate their views in a way that engages them. One is "teaching" logic without making of it an issue. One must be focused -- it is surgical. One must LISTEN to the whole person, their whole expression. It isn't argument; it isn't heated; it is persuasive. It can include compliment and affirmation of whatever details -- fragments -- are true. Where one can agree, one does so; but one is not capitulating.
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  4900.  @CMA418  Provocation -- pushing buttons -- is click-bait.
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  4901. The only time private utilities cut rates is because of REGULATION.
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  4902. It was Trump's deal. It was Trump's mistake.
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  4903. "Some reports" = "I just made that up."
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  4904. Their hate for those Trump tells them to hate is greater than their own self-interest. They are willing to DIE to spite "liberals".
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  4905. There is no "satan," every bit as 'God" is a no-show. They worship money and power.
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  4906. He's simply doing to Trump what Trump does to others. Interesting that you eat it up when Trump does it.
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  4907. A president has the "Constitutional authority" to "tell the vice-president what to do" -- even if his "order" to the VP is ILLEGAL, Toobin?
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  4908. The door was closed the first time.
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  4909. You don't know a lot about humans -- let alone judges. Scalia was an activist -- he was incapable or unwilling to separate his "religion" from his "interpretation" of the Constitution. Barrett is also an activist: in her dissent on a "gun" case, she opposed felons being able to vote, but for felons having guns -- and went beyond that to suggest what the law "should" be: the CONGRESS makes the laws, NOT THE JUDICIARY. In short: it isn't as simple as you falsely assume.
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  4910.  @aburden8580  I have an education in law. I saw the videos THEY made. "Taking up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION. It is addressed in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." I adhere to facts and law; those are not "opinion". And you are a law-illiterate: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. That you are incapable of transcending your biases does not mean everyone is that immature. The defendants committed CRIMES, FILMED themselves committing CRIMES, then provided their videos of their CRIMES for ALL THE WORLD to WITNESS. Violating the law is not "politics". EVIDENCE produced by the CRIMINALS is not "opinion".
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  4911. Yet another instance of "self-defense" as the infinitely flexible mask for stupidity.
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  4912. Trump's "base" is now split, one side believe he's betrayed them, the other confused. They'll begin eating each other.
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  4913. Anyone can understand the lawyering up, and the REPEATED explainations of the LAW as it applies. Unless they don't want to understand. Those who "don't understand" are irrational popel who reject facts -- inclduing the law itself. They are throwbacks to vigilante mobs who took "justice" into their own hands. At the same time, while screming for "justice"/"rule of law," they trespassed on private property. Because they self-"righteously" don't respect the rights of others.
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  4914.  @JohnBdog  The FBI executed a court-authorized search warrant. And they communicated to Trump's Secret Service that they had a court-authorized search warrant and were coming in, and the Secret Service cooperated by facilitating entry. No doors were kicked in.
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  4915.  @waterandafter  That isn't how the Iowa caucus works, moron. There are three numbers. Sanders is relying only on the first, not the third. The third is the final, and that has Buttigeig with the edge over Sanders. But go right ahead -- swallow and regurgitate Sanders' lie on the point, and pretend to yourself that telling a lie is acceptable so long as you wash your mouth out afterward with the lie that lying isn't corrupt. Face reality: with Republican gerrymandering -- affirmed by teh Supreme Court -- Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitation to foreign powers to subvert the election, Democrats need all the votes they can get. But Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist. ADD IN, that constantly smearing DEMOCRATS as being "corrupt" -- WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE -- is an INSULT that ALIENATES democrats. AND THAT HELPS TRUMP. But go right ahead -- persist in the childish pretence to being superior to the vast majority of voters, who are moderate/"centrist," which to Sanders and his "fans" are dirty words. And you'll bring Trump down on all of us -- including yourself.
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  4916. FOX is anti-Semitic. Fox pretends it is pro-Israel in order to smear Democrats for not being pro-political violence.
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  4917.  @larsord9139  What if you're wrong?
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  4918. So Watters is of FOX fake news is interfering in the judicial process by attempting to discredit the jury and its verdict in advance.
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  4919.  @88mike6  You mean the "Sleepy Joe" who is "actually" an "evil genius"?
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  4920.  @jessestreet2549  When I aw the image of those wonderful kids protesting at the capitol, it looked exactly like January 6th at the US Capitol -- EXCEPT that the kids were peaceful, and carrying sings DEMANING GUN CONTROL.
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  4921. Four facts and a Massachusetts gun control law: 1. There is an account of Samuel Adams giving a speech at Fauniel Hall, Boston. During the speech muskets were arrayed along the front edge of the stage. After he finished the speech the guns were gathered up and put back into the PUBLIC STORES. 2. He was talking about STATE rights to establish gun control without the Federal gov't, including the Supreme Court, infringing that right. 3. Note that he says "PEACEABLE citizens". 4. His statement is OPINION, NOT LAW. Last but not least, this is a gun control statute enacted in Massachusetts: ___ ACTS Passed at the Session begun and held at Boston, on the Twenty-seventh day of August, A. D. 1746. . . . . CHAPTER 11. AN ACT TO PREVENT THE FIRING OF GUNS CHARGED WITH SHOT[T] OR BALL IN THE TOWN OF BOSTON. Whereas by the indiscreet firing of guns laden with shot[t] and ball within the town and harbour of Boston, the lives and limbs of many persons have been lost, and others have been in great danger, as well as other dammage has been sustained; for the prevention thereof for the future,-- 306 Be it enacted by the Governour, Council and House of Representatives, [Sect. 1.] That no person or persons, from and after the publication of this act, shall presume to discharge or fire off any cannon laden with shot[tl, from any wharf[f]e or vessel in that part of the harbour of said town which is above the castle, on pain of forfeiting the sum of fifteen pounds for each gun so fired or discharged; one moiety of said penalty to be to and for the use of the poor of said town of Boston, and the other moiety to him or them who shall inform, complain and sue for the same, to be recovered by action, bill, plaint or information, before any of his majesty's courts of record within the county of Suffolk; and upon refusal thereof, such person shall suffer three months' imprisonm[en]t without bail or mainprize. And be it further enacted, [Sect. 2.] That no person shall, from and after the publication of this act, discharge any gun or pistol, charged with shot[t] or ball, in the town of Boston (the islands thereto belonging excepted), or in any part of the harbour between the castle and said town, on pain of forfeiting forty shillings [for] each gun or pistol so fired or discharged, to be recovered before one or more of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Suffolk, and disposed of in manner as aforesaid; or shall suffer ten days' imprisonment. And for themore effectual conviction of any person or persons so offending, it shall be lawful for any person to seize and take into custody any gun so fired off, and deliver the same to one of the next justices of the peace in said town of Boston, in order to its being produced at time of trial. Provided, nevertheless,-- [Sect. 3.] That this law shall not be so construed or understood as to prevent soldiers, in their common-training days, with the leave and by order of the commission officers of the company to which they belong, or other persons, at other times, with the leave of one or more of the field-officers of the regiment in Boston, from firing at a mark or target[t], for the exercise of their skill and judgment, provided it be done at the lower end of the common; nor from firing at a mark, from the several batteries in the town of Boston, with the leave of the captain-general, and nowhere else. [Sect. 4.] This law to continue and be in force for the space of three years, and no longer. [Passed and published September 13.] . . . . ____________ _The Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay: to Which are Prefixed the Charters of the Province, and Historical and Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix, Published under Chapter 87 of the Resolves of, The General Court of the Commonwealth for the Year 1807, Volume III (Boston: Printed for the Commonwealth by Albert J. Wright, Corner of Milk and Federal Streets, 1878), Edited by Ellis Ames and A. C. Goodell, at 305.
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  4922. There were a few Capitol police officers killed over decades of time. On January 6 there were more than 140 police seriously injured, and three killed. But Clyde voted against awarding a gold medal for the latter "incident," which is IN LAW defined as INSURRECTION, which the Founders classifed as TREASON.
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  4923. They don't know how to "debate". They believe it is spewing spittle in the perceived opponent's face while shouting them down.
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  4924. CRT is an elective available only in law schools for graduate students.
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  4925. Moron: Bloomberg didn't run for office in 2017-18, but he put his money behind Democrats and helped take the House. Bloomberg will now continue to go after Trump, AND backing Democrats. FOREMOST is stopping Trump -- everything else is secondary. The VOTERS SHOWED that they understand the stakes.
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  4926.  @SuperOdyss  "Thou shalt not lie against others." -- "God". Got that, law-rejecting fool?
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  4927.  @SuperOdyss  Whenever a person claims to be a "Christian," I immediately compare that claim to their words and behaviors. "I can't believe what you say/Because I see what you do" -- Manfred Mann.
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  4928.  @MICKEYISLOWD  An appeal of "The Beatles" was their range. They were in all "genre".
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  4929. Great film.
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  4930. There is no substantiated relationship between the two. It was pure speculation by someone in the media looking for a way to end a news article.
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  4931.  @STP43FAN1  Bulger and Connelly grew up together in the same South Boston project.
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  4932. She helped elect Trump, moron.
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  4933. Nicky Haley took enough votes from Trump to give the election to Biden. And that was after she dropped out of the campaign.
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  4934. Alexander Smear[e]nuf.
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  4935. Because of ignorance about distortion added during playback.
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  4936. It's known NOW that they were lied to.
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  4937. First things first: delouse Bannon, and require that he take a shower.
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  4938.  @rfi-cryptolab4251  Bernie is the far-Left equivalent of the far-Right Trump: demagogue and cult leader. Bernie helped elect Trump. Which is actually who you support. Yet another Russian troll.
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  4939.  @sadtothebone5767  Sanders is "leader" of his own cult -- the far-Left version of far-Right Trump. He helped Trump get elected. To be more precise: Manafort had a partner in Ukraine. They worked to elect the pro-Russian president. Manafort ended up running Trump's campaign, and his partner ended up running Sanders' campaign. Then, when the Sanders campaign got caught hacking the DNC, Manafort's partner resigned from the Sanders campaign.
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  4940.  @kevinbrennan-ji1so  He's a hack, of the same "caliber" as Bill Barr and John Eastman, Clark, Alito, and Thomas. And it's in his renewed contract: that he isn't allowed to masturbate on air. But his mental masturbation is still allowed.
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  4941. A few months ago he was still claiming to be a faro-left "progressive". But the money is on the far-right, and that's what he's after. And he'll say anything to get it.
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  4942. Ellis is in deep, deep trouble. She'll be very old before she sees the end of this "youthful indiscretion".
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  4943. They aren't ignorant of the proper process. They just reject the process -- the means -- because it blocks them implementing their anti-American ends.
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  4944.  @alanhart2745  The DOJ is NOT going to let the clock run out. Youi might pay attenton to REALITY for a change. Search on "Counsel Jack Smith".
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  4945. FAFO: he grew up wealthy and entitled. He is realizing that the consequences are harder than he anticipated. He is afraid because he realizes he's thrown his life away. So his cry for help is understandable, ot "strange" or anything necessarily indicative of mental illness.
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  4946. Trump is an anti-Semite. Note that he ain't getting money for the half-billion dollar bond, and in that context he attacks Jews in defense of Netanyahu's genocide -- which is also hurting Israel worldwide. Likely he expected to be rewarded in exchange for hi moving of the US embassy to Jerusalem, which the right-wing Jews long wanted and cheered when he did it.
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  4947. "She's qualified because she is prosecuting convicted felon Trump."
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  4948. You know nothing of politics, which is why you support extremist personality cults like Sanders' and Trump's.
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  4949. Get over your illusions: Cohen was Trump's "fixer" for 10 years -- and he was abusive and threatening.
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  4950. I received a spoofed number "MIT". The scammer was calling about anything but.
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  4951. "Compassionate Conservatism" was a LIE made into a slogan. "Tough Love" was also seen as "compassion" until it was shown to be control-freak bullying by authoritarians. Come on, Tim: stop pretending that Republicans were ever about service -- compare the elected Congressmen who actually served in the military, with all the Republicans who talk big about military service: 10 to 1, at the least, of those who actually served in the military were Democrats. Republicans view their only proper position as being in charge and giving orders. And behind all their bullshit and self-promotion the are wusses with limited skills -- and all of those shaped from ambition without talent.
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  4952. Another Republican drunk on whine.
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  4953. Trying to PRESERVE loss of life!?
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  4954. Trump is a WHINE-O.
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  4955. Trum is a transparently-obvious third-generation New York con-man and career criminal.
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  4956. Neo-Nazis and whining snowflakes.
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  4957. Most of what Trump did was rip the mask of geniality off the Reagan cult of personality and expose the white supremacism.
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  4958.  @douglasfeldman7800  You must tell us how you can predict the unknowable future.
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  4959.  @douglasfeldman7800  You're actually talking about Trump -- who, unlike Biden, DOESN'T have a stutter.
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  4960. Typical fulfillment of the Republican tradition of Smear Politics. No evidence, only baseless fact-free malice. Clue: hating FEELS AWFUL. Try honesty -- it clears the system of the self-destructive poison.
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  4961. They passed the bar exam by proving they were old enough to legally drink alcoholic beverages.
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  4962. It isn't at all the fault of the landlords gouging on rents. It's alwas the fault of the gov't for those who are clueless.
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  4963. Political ignoramuses always fall for the "corporate Democrats" cliche because they are too stupid to look beyond the surface. Tell you what, dunce: tout the MINORITY that identify as Progressives and continue to LOSE to the vast majority, which majority is MODERATE. That's why your cult leader Sanders lost: he trashed both Democratic Party and Democrats, and centrists -- thus alienated ALL of them. But you won't respond to those facts -- or the fact that two of the three 2016 candidates -- Trump and Sanders -- serially lied about releasing their tax returns. Instead, exactly as did Trump "fans" did and do, you'll attack those who present those FACTS.
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  4964. Smearing corporate media is as stupid as Trumpeters. The alternative is "independent" media that is no better than FOX propaganda because either those who operate such are too stupid to be ethical or too stupid to know that ethics apply. Having a fucking microphone and camera in one's basement does not make one a journalist.
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  4965. Agnew and Nixon were bagged MAINLY because of the corporate media, beginning with the "Washington Post," and including the "New York Times". Only morons who know nothing about journalistic standards, and nothing about objective fact-based media, smear mainstream media because they prefer the ultra-biases of the alternative to mainstream media: EXTREMIST media.
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  4966.  @eldenlion5850  It is paramount that one be ACCURATE, not be yet another political angle attacking another political angle. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. My generation accomplished, at the least, the following -- Got the US out of Vietnam. Ended the draft. Mainstreamed the environmental movement -- which is why YOUR generation knows about it. Showed that a vice president and president can be "got". I have more than 60 years experience on the front lines of politics -- protest and demonstrations. Your generation COULD LEARN from my generations experience, but you already know it all, which is why you've made rookie mistakes that could have been avoided. I am 100 per cent serious: it is paramount, seriously, that one be ACCURATE -- because the first rule is to be CREDIBLE.
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  4967.  @THINJIMI  They attacked him ON JANUARY 6th -- nearly killed him. And they've been attacking him ever since for speaking up.
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  4968.  @willgetbettereventually124  Did you WATCH THE VIDEO? In THE VIDEO the clown said that Fanone spoke "at the podium". IN FACT, there was no "podium" -- it was a press conference on the street outside the courthouse. The FIRST person who spoke was actor Robert DeNiro. Behind him were Fanone and Dunn. Each of them ,in that order, spoke AFTER DeNiro. If I didn't see the VIDEO of that press conference I wouldn't have known how SLOPPY the clown in THIS video is. Stick to the facts instead of generating still more mishmashed inaccuracies. LEARN the difference between FACTS and "opinion".
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  4969. Uhuh. Tell us: why is your "God" always a no-show -- and then you praise him after the disaster "He" didn't prevent?
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  4970.  @solsil4489  Because it's a CIVIL case.
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  4971.  @hairypalms4450  I believe there are large enough cardboard boxes that can house him down by the river.
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  4972.  @sexymorenaborykua  By itself it's a drop in the bucket.
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  4973. The January 6th insurrection was an instance of "direct democracy". And you imagine replacing the Electoral College with "direct democracy" -- correct?
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  4974.  @terrancekayton007  As a co-EQUAL branch, Congress can overturn the Supreme Court.
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  4975. You saw him? Did you notify the FBI?
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  4976.  @zxbc1  David is wrong on this one. He is not only buying into the propaganda that Israel is only ever the VICTIM but promulgated that same falsehood. Israel KNEW of the planned Hamas attack FOR A YEAR before it occurred -- but DID NOT PREPARRE for it. But that's Netanyahu's strategy: provoke or allow an attack, then exploit the attack with calculated "hysteria" as excuse to clear more land of non-Jews and annex the cleared land. Hamas is a terrorist organization -- so what explains Netanyahu's support and funding of it? Because BOTH are OPPOSED to the two state solution against the PLO, which is FOR that solution. David is wrong on this one because he ignores and omits basic known facts such as those.
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  4977.  @chriscoker7794  All these fans of murder-as-entertainment are about as looney as it gets. Let's pick just one irrationality: The Laundrie parents "planted" their son's remains, and some of his belongings, so law enforcement would conclude that he's no longer alive, and as result will stop searching for him, thus successfully helping him escape. And then there's the mob of "protesters" who "care" so much that they couldn't care less that they are disturbing the entire neighborhood. And putting signs and such ON the Laundries; PRIVATE PROPERTY, which is the CRIME of TRESPASSING. So they care about the "rights" of some -- Petito -- but not of others -- Laundries'.
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  4978. Dershowitz: Mouthpiece for the Corrupt Wealthy.
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  4979.  @donsullivan6199  That's what you're hoping for?
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  4980.  @alflo4625  Israel won a 6-day war. And Russia's military has a plague of flat tires.
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  4981.  @nasirsaid1710  In other words, you're all for that mass murder of civilians, including children, by the Russians. What we've been seeing is Russia engaging in all out war. Do you really want to play with nukes?
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  4982. Federal felony also.
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  4983. Greene doesn't know HOW to debate. What she is attempting to do is BAIT OAC. There is enough of her behavior ON VIDEO to put her before the Ethics Committee.
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  4984. Most viewers know nothing about law because it's all politics to them. They are the dregs, most of whom defend Trump regardless how publicly criminal he is.
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  4985. If lying is wrong, then it is wrong for EVERYONE -- including for those who use the excuse that "everyone does it".
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  4986.  @Webbytrace7  That's a self-serving slogan -- not an argument, and certainly not a proof of anything but your inability to present anything but twisted gibberish. Right and wrong are determined, punk, not by law-illiterate fools who are preaching against their own interests, but by established law. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You are promoting domestic terrorism.
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  4987. @XY8YO_ That one death is a murder, and that is prohibited by law. What you are attempting is to change the subject -- which is intellectually dishonest, dishonesty being immoral -- by generalizing away from the specific toward the specious excuse, "Everybody does it which therefore makes it okay." No one is defending the insurance industry -- in fact Mark Twain suggested that anyone who works in insurance should have fire insurance for after they die. In fact my criticisms also apply to the health "care" side of the equation, and I am basing my criticisms of both on direct first-hand experience. But the effort to claim one form of murder -- domestic terrorism -- is acceptable, whereas another form of alleged "murder" is not, is totally indefensible in terms of anything remotely masquerading as reason or morality. The insurance industry and profit have no place in health care. But the medical industry itself has problems -- and not all of those problems are caused by the insurance industry or for-profit. Massachusetts General Hospital is the "Big Boy" in health care in Boston, Massachusetts. It is non-/not-for-profit. But its administration is mimicking for-profit -- look at the yearly salaries of non-/not-for-profit hospital CEOs. As consequence 300 primary care doctors at that hospital are unionizing to protect their practices and patients against the burnout they are suffering as result of administration policies aimed at increasing profits. My health care facility limits doctor-patient appointments to 30 minutes. What if the patient need 45 minutes? Certainly insurance, and profits -- Google "Steward Health Care" -- should not be involved in health care. But those are not the only sources of the problems in health care.
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  4988. @XY8YO_ To quote you verbatim: "maybe". The corollary being "maybe not". How about adhering to known fact, instead of spewing mindless gibberish that doesn't withstand critical evaluation?
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  4989. There are two basic types of meditation: "relaxation," and insight. There are risks to insight meditation by dredging up traumatic information that one cannot accommodate, that overwhelms, thus causing "retraumatizing". In other words, the expectation of "bliss" or the like isn't guaranteed; in fact, quite the opposite. This is warned about in such as "Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformational Healing" (NY: W. W. Norton, 2018), by David A. Treleaven. This work is still preliminary, as, for example, Treleaven uses two similar terms used -- whether they are interchangeable or a distinction not clarified I can't determine. There is certainly a need for more work in this area.
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  4990.  @stevenpike7857  The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. See Jacobson v. Massachusetts for a plain explanation why that is the case. Clue: the rights you love to claim wouldn't exist if they weren't secured in writing, with their protection and vindication, in the very written law you reject. I've learned to always question the motive of law-illiterates who knee-jerk oppose regulation. Usually it's that their central "moral" drive is GREED, and a sociopathic obsession with "freedom". Usually they are takers who squeal at the suggestion that they "give" by conforming their behaviors to the rule of law.
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  4991. They are engaged in an organized attack on the rule of law.
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  4992. AG Garland talks softly and carries big indictments.
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  4993. The posters on the Laundrie property were put there by a woman who trespassed on private property. But some have rights -- that woman an example -- and some don't -- the Laundries.
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  4994. EVERY right, including freedom of speech, is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. But the Republicans and reich-wing have been trashing responsibility since at latest Nixon and Roger Stone, and Reagan.
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  4995. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. 2. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  4996. Rant Paul is a showboating ass. A separate bill could be enacted to protect members of Congress.
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  4997. Duffy -- Trump's Transportation Secretary -- was a "reality" TeeVee star -- only "the best" yet again. Google and read this excellent report on Trump's gutting of the air traffic infrastructure in the days before the crash as a favor to Musk -- american prospect Trump's Second Term Begins with a Crash
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  4998. He's a freak who is intentionally abusive. The suckers who swallow his cesspool sewage are the same.
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  4999. That isn't how law works.
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  5000. Give us the name of the diner so we can avoid it.
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  5001. "Alternative rock"? Alternative to what? To rock. Yet another pseudo-genre marketing label bites the dust.
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  5002. TAXES pay for INFRASTRUCTURE, from which citizens and homeowners BENFIT, moron. The Founders were NOT OPPOSED to taxation because -- dunce -- they are necessary to fund gov't functions and services.
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  5003. I am Maximum Masculine, the Definition of Macho, but I keep it quiet.
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  5004. Gaetz is a Republican. Gaetz is a liar. But I repeat myself.
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  5005.  @sm_makai  And more lawsuits.
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  5006. You haven't heard many songwriters.
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  5007. Trump wants to know what is in the affidavit, but DOES NOT want the PUBLIC to know.
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  5008. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  5009. Within the past several weeks a 2nd grader was caught with a gun in school. Doubtless a home "self-defense" weapon. And within the last several weeks a man shot and killed his 1-year-old niece with a home "self-defense" weapon.
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  5010. That's how it's done.
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  5011. Losers in law almost always assert this excuse: "I don't like these FACTS -- I want DIFFERENT 'facts'!"
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  5012. President Obama submitted an immigration reform bill to Congress. The Republicans sat on it because they've been exaggerating and exploiting the "crisis" as fuel for their traditional Politics of Smear and Fear they sling at Democrats.
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  5013. "WWWWAAAAHHHHHH!-sniff-sniff-WWWWAAAAHHHHH!" -- Snowflake Trump.
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  5014. Yes: instead of criticizing Trump -- for, as example, tanking the border bill -- he attacked BIDEN on "immigration" -- the latter word being code for "migrants". He criticizes Biden for the border "crisis" -- the fixing of which REQUIRED the border bill. AND HE KNOWS THAT.
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  5015.  @w.harrison7277  Yep: that's why she's suddenly a victim: trading the safety of being in jail for the freedom of being outside jail.
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  5016. Moore is looking at a single poll.
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  5017. Rush was a corporate CEO/bullshitter selling a defective product. And that was on top of the fact that he was obviously STUPID.
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  5018.  @muuuuuud  Defamation is a CIVIL suit. Yes -- Giuliani is CRIMINALLY charged in OTHER court cases.
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  5019.  @B_Bodziak  JESUS Christ -- get some basic education in distinguishing between civil and criminal. In THIS case Giuliani is being sued for DEFAMATION, which is a CIVIL action -- a tort; personal injury -- for DAMAGES.
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  5020.  @rickallen1908  How can his admission, in a CIVIL action, to having DEFAMED two private individuals, be relevant in a CRIMINAL RICO case?
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  5021.  @spikefivefivefive  January 6th was INSURRECTION. Stop the dishonest effort to change the subject.
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  5022.  @shleyLX  "a civil case that will be used in the criminal case." And exactly how is that to be done? DEFAMATION is a CIVIL action for PERSONAL INJURY. CRIMINAL actions are prosecuted by the GOV'T. We can't have the gov't prosecuting private citizens for SPEECH, which is the essence of DEFAMATION.
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  5023.  @B_Bodziak  Any criminal charges are SEPARATE case DIFFERENT court. Those who harassed and threatened Ms. Freeman and her daughter engaged in CRIMINAL actions as part of the conspiracy, and where Giuliani committed CRIMNAL actions in that aspect of the conspiracy those are charged in the RICO case. DEFAMATION is PERSONAL INJURY, TORT, a CIVIL action. That aspect is a SEPARATE action. The CRIMINAL deals with ACTIONS; the CIVIL deals with SPEECH.
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  5024.  @JustChuck1982  No -- it means that the civil and criminal trials are SEPARATE, and different in nature: DEFAMATION is a CIVIL TORT, CRIMES are prosecuted by the GOV'T.
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  5025.  @kewakl8891  The CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY ALREAADY comprehends the CRIMES Giuliani committed; more so, the crimes committed by Harrison Floyd, and Kanye's person, and the white Lutheran minister, who directly threatened Ms. Freeman and her daughter. Guiliani is being tried in the DEFAMATION case for his SPEECH. The SEPARATE CRIMINAL trial is prosecuting his ACTIONS.
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  5026.  @JustChuck1982  The presumption of innocence does not negate probable cause, or trial on charges before one is convicted/found guilty. In short, your point is pointless. DEFAMATION is a PRIVATE right of action -- a tort; personal injury. It is about S-P-E-E-C-H, and DAMAGES. If the defendant is found "guilty," there is no penalty beyond payment of money damages. A CRIMINAL prosecution is about A-C-T-I-O-N-S and the penalty typically includes at very least the possibility of incarceration.
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  5027.  @biot2156  It depends on whether it's relevant, regardless whether it appears to be the "same activity". There is always opposing counsel challenging the admission of evidence y the other side.
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  5028. Vermont has a disproportionately high rate of gun violence because "Bernie Sanders opposes gun control in exchange for the votes of gun-nuts.
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  5029. Hundreds of Trump supporters are in jail -- where he put them.
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  5030. There is: they looked at every angle to see if Pence could do what Trump wanted. In the end he calculated his POLITICAL ambitions and did as the law required. But if he could have done as Trump wanted he would have.
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  5031. What is important is a full hearing exposing the corruption, even if that is all that happens. Other courts will also be watching this action.
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  5032.  @lindsayceara  The MOTVE of the MURDERER who committed the CRIME was MURDER. The so-called "manifesto" is a CONFESSION -- and more details adding to the confession were found in his notebook. Stick to the facts, the evidence, and the law -- only by doing so will you be able to reason, and to say anything RELEVANT to the case. So far you law-rejecting law-illiterates are spewing gibberish that is dangerous -- promoting domestic terrorism -- which is inciting threats against innocent people. All in defense of the indefensible: MURDER. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  5033.  @lindsayceara  The MURDERS motive is centrally relevant. All the other side issues you want to focus on are irrelevant -- except as it promotes MORE domestic terrorism.
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  5034.  @lindsayceara  The corruption in United Health being investigated by the DOJ is IRRELEVANT to the MURDERER'S motive. Stop IGNORING the FACTUAL reporting on the EVIDENCE: the so-called "manifesto" is a CONFESSION, and there is more detail supplementing that in the murderer's notebook.
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  5035. Trump is about creating paranoia among his supporters -- and holding himself out as the "cure". And this is the kind of psychological propagandizing one does to keep them confused and dependent. It can't be certain Trump is NOT deliberately dragging in Obama to evoke his supporters' RACISM, while at the same time he's spewing mishmashed conspiracies.
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  5036. The DC National Guard is under the US Army, which is under the President. Ask her questions to shut up her bullshitting.
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  5037. Racist policing is the tip of the spear -- not the whole spear.
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  5038. He's attacking the jury, and the jury isn't saying anything about him. He's attacking the witnesses, and only Cohen is continuing to be an asshole. He is attacking the judge, and the judge will be determining the sentence. What Trump has always done and been is a cry for help -- bullies pretend to be tough as a defense against abuse, such as that Trump suffered as a child from his extremely abusive fascist father. None of that is an excuse, but it explains his attitude and behavior: he can't understand why he can't just ignore the rules, as his father did. And Mary Trump, a psychologist, doesn't have that depth analysis -- and it isn't all that deep: according to social satirists Art Buchwald and Irma Bombech, the source of all humor is anger (I'm not at all saying that Trump is doing "humor"). And early in his career, Mark Twain wrote that the source of all humor is anger -- but late in his career he wrote that the source of all humor is pain. And psychiatrists say that behind anger is pain. I would say that behind anger is not only pain -- and the experience of it -- but the fear of pain. Anger is a response to threatened pain (and a defense against feeling the internalized pain); it is a way to push away the threat, or attempt to overwhelm and subdue it. None of that is, of course, a defense of Trump. But understanding what drives him is the best means to work out strategies to neutralize him. The courts are the ultimate, the last resort, and a blunt instrument -- and in Trump's case earned. But there needs also to be an intelligent disempowering of him -- force against force only perpetuates and potentially escalates the conflict.
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  5039. The essence of democracy is elections. The US Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections.
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  5040. You are boviously a moron who knows nothing about Biden, because you've swallowed the lie that you shouldn't bother knowing. What we DON'T need is uninformed voters -- which is how we got Trump.
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  5041. We pay taxes to support gov't becuase gov't isn't intended to make a profit. Slowing the mails is yet anohter attack on the Postal Service with the ultimate goal of eliminating it as "competition" with private for-profit corporations. Postmaster General DeJoy owns businesses which compete with the Postal Service, and he is all about subverting the Postal Service as a competitor. In essence, he is throwing sand in the gears in order to destroy it.
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  5042.  @mikeincalifornia  The citizens of Springfield, Ohio are flocking to Haitian restaurants. Trump shooting himself in the foot is "brilliantly" stupid. "I have CONCEPTS of a plan!" That Harris wiped the floor with him was a "brilliant" collapse of his ability to bullshit.
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  5043. Tourists don't beat cops.
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  5044. Santorum needs to stop lying.
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  5045. He's trying to lose because he wants violence.
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  5046. What is Russia doing -- uninvited -- in the sovereign nation of Ukraine?
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  5047. Stalin used starvation as a weapon of war on Ukraine. While people were starving in the streets of Russia.
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  5048. Trump is self-destructive, and he is bringing himself down. He is deep into reruns, and even his "base" is tired of it -- they're looking for different "fresh" entertainment.
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  5049. Boebert bought guns for her underage children!? "Straw purchases" are ILLEGAL.
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  5050. MAGA's most trusted reading material: "National Enquirer". That's why they anticipate JFK and Elvis rising from the dead.
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  5051. Trump STOLE gov't property, then refused to return it. The DOJ/FBI bent over backwards attempting to recover the STOLEN property, but Trump REFUSED, and even LIED, and ignored SUBPOENA. All that was left was to obtain and execute a search and seizure.
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  5052. Some people say that the "sex with a couch" story is a deliberate distraction from Vance's dark history with three-legged stools.
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  5053. The segement about the New Hampshire boy with the stutter brought me to tears.
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  5054.  @suksuk6142  You don't know Hunter Biden but like to pretend you do as excuse to hate him. Note this fact, punk: those photos and videos were on Hunter Biden's laptop -- which was OWNED by Hunter Biden. That data -- in which HUNTER BIDEN owns PROPERTY rights -- was STOLEN. It's obvious you are all in for STEALING OTHERS' PROPERTY so long as you FALSELY believe YOU BENEFIT from the THEFT.
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  5055. Florida counts the votes pretty much as they come in. And it's my sense that Biden will have a comfortable lead as of about 10-11 pm November 3, so Trump will flip and sue to ensure that all votes be counted.
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  5056. NO: a petition supporting part of the First Amendment, and a distorted rewrite of the Second Amendment.
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  5057. According to the Quakers" Jesus" was a prophet, but not divinely inspired. Whereas the tribe that invented a "God" that tells them what they want to hear claims that that "God" said that those who self-servingly invented that "God" are the "chosen people". There originates the poison of tribal supremacism.
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  5058.  @EdwardoPadin-h5d  He was seeing how far he could go and still get away with it. And these are the same people who trust him because, they claim, he "tells it like it is".
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  5059.  @gloriacotton8768  Try to make sense. The "laughs" were not mine.
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  5060. This is how systemic r*c*sm works -- ____ Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy. By Mark Twain. In San Francisco, the other day, "a well-dressed boy, on his way to Sunday school, was arrested and thrown into the city prison for stoning Chinamen." What a commentary is this upon human justice! What sad prominence it gives to our human disposition to tyrannize over the weak! San Francisco has little right to take credit to herself for her treatment of this poor boy. What had the child's education been? How should he suppose it was wrong to stone a Chinaman? Before we side against him, along with outraged San Francisco, let us give him a chance -- let us hear the testimony for the defence. He was a "well-dressed" boy, and a Sunday-school scholar, and, therefore, the chances are that his parents were intelligent, well-to-do people, with just enough natural villainy in their compositions to make them yearn after the daily papers, and enjoy them; and so this boy had opportunities to learn all through the week how to do right, as well as on Sunday. It was in this way that he found out that the great commonwealth of California imposes an unlawful mining tax upon John the foreigner, and allows Patrick the foreigner to dig gold for nothing --probably because the degraded Mongol is at no expense for whiskey, and the refined Celt cannot exist without it. It was in this way that he found out that a respectable number of the tax-gatherers -- it would be unkind to say all of them -- collect the tax twice, instead of once; and that, inasmuch as they do it solely to discourage Chinese immigration into the mines, it is a thing that is much applauded, and likewise regarded as being singularly facetious. It was in this way that he found out that when a white man robs a sluice-box (by the term white man is meant Spaniards, Mexicans, Portuguese, Irish, Hondurans, Peruvians, Chileans, etc., etc.), they make him leave the camp; and when a Chinaman does that thing, they hang him. It was in this way that he found out that in many districts of the vast Pacific coast, so strong is the wild, free love of justice in the hearts of the people, that whenever any secret and mysterious crime is committed, they say, "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall," and go straightway and swing a Chinaman. It was in this way that he found out that by studying one half of each day's "local items" it would appear that the police of San Francisco were either asleep or dead, and by studying the other half it would seem that the reporters were gone mad with admiration of the energy, the virtue, the high effectiveness, and the dare-devil intrepidity of that very police making exultant mention of how "the Argus-eyed officer So-and-so" captured a wretched knave of a Chinaman who was stealing chickens, and brought him gloriously to the city prison; and how "the gallant officer Such-and-such-a-one" quietly kept an eye on the movements of an "unsuspecting almond-eyed son of Confucius" (your reporter is nothing if not facetious), following him around with that far-off look of vacancy and unconsciousness always so finely affected by that inscrutable being, the forty-dollar policeman, during a waking interval, and captured him at last in the very act of placing his hands in a suspicious manner upon a paper of tacks left by the owner in an exposed situation; and how one officer performed this prodigious thing, and another officer that, and another the other -- and pretty much every one of these performances having for a dazzling central incident a Chinaman guilty of a shilling's worth of crime, an unfortunate whose misdemeanor must be hurrahed into something enormous in order to keep the public from noticing how many really important rascals went uncaptured in the mean time, and how overrated those glorified policemen actually are. It was in this way that the boy found out that the Legislature, being aware that the Constitution has made America an asylum for the poor and the oppressed of all nations, and that therefore the poor and oppressed who fly to our shelter must not be charged a disabling admission fee, made a law that every Chinaman, upon landing, must be vaccinated upon the wharf, and pay to the State's appointed officer ten dollars for the service, when there are plenty of doctors in San Francisco who would be glad enough to do it for him for fifty cents. It was in this way that the boy found out that a Chinaman had no rights that any man was bound to respect; that he had no sorrows that any man was bound to pity; that neither his life nor his liberty was worth the purchase of a penny when a white man needed a scapegoat; that nobody loved Chinamen, nobody befriended them, nobody spared them suffering when it was convenient to inflict it; everybody, individuals, communities, the majesty of the State itself, joined in hating, abusing, and persecuting these humble strangers. And, therefore, what could have been more natural than for this sunny-hearted boy, tripping along to Sunday school, with his mind teeming with freshly-learned incentives to high and virtuous action, to say to himself: "Ah, there goes a Chinaman! God will not love me if I do not stone him." And for this he was arrested and put in the city jail. Everything conspired to teach him that it was a high and holy thing to stone a Chinaman, and yet he no sooner attempts to do his duty than he is punished for it -- he, poor chap, who has been aware all his life that one of the principal recreations of the police, out toward the Gold Refinery, was to look on with tranquil enjoyment while the butchers of Brannan street set their dogs on unoffending Chinamen, and make them flee for their lives.* Keep in mind the tuition in the humanities which the entire "Pacific coast" gives its youth, there is a very sublimity of grotesqueness in the virtuous flourish with which the good city fathers of San Francisco proclaim (as they have lately done) that "The police are positively ordered to arrest all boys, of every description and wherever found, who engage in assaulting Chinamen." Still, let us be truly glad they have made the order, notwithstanding its prominent inconsistency; and let us rest perfectly confident the police are glad, too. Because there is no personal peril in arresting boys, provided they be of the small kind, and the reporters will have to laud their performances just as loyally as ever, or go without items. The new form for local items in San Francisco will now be: "The ever vigilant and efficient officer So-and-So succeeded, yesterday afternoon, in arresting Master Tommy Jones, after a determined resistance," etc., etc., followed by the customary statistics and final hurrah, with its unconscious sarcasm: "We are happy in being able to state that this is the forty-seventh boy arrested by this gallant officer since the new ordinance went into effect. The most extraordinary activity prevails in the police department. Nothing like it has been seen since we can remember." ___________________________________________________________________________ *I have many such memories in my mind, but am thinking just at present of one particular one, where the Brannan street butchers set their dogs on a Chinaman who was quietly passing with a basket of clothes on his head; and while the dogs mutilated his flesh, a butcher increased the hilarity of the occasion by knocking some of the Chinaman's teeth down his throat with half a brick. This incident sticks in my memory with a more malevolent tenacity, perhaps, on account of the fact that I was in the employ of a San Francisco journal at the time, and was not allowed to publish it because it might offend some of the peculiar element that subscribed for the paper.--Mark Twain. ____________ Footnotes First published in "The Galaxy Magazine," May 1870. Proofed against reprint in "Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race," Edited by Janet Smith (full cite below), pp. 77-81. The incident Twain refers to in the footnote occurred during the summer of 1864, when a reporter on the "San Francisco Call". From headnotes to the article in Janet Smith, p. 78: Mark Twain's maiden effort for the Chinese died . . . in the composing room of the "Morning Call", for commercial reasons explained by his editor. . . . He was subsequently fired. Four years later, in New York, as humor editor of "The Galaxy", he wrote "Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy". Twain discovered the story that made his fame, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," while hiding out from the consequences of reporting police corruption in San Francisco. Recommended: "Mark Twain On the Damned Human Race" (NY: Hill & Wang, Paperback, 1962; Hardcover, 1994), Ed. by Janet Smith, Foreword by Maxwell Geismar. In August-September of my seventeenth year, this volume crystalized my pacifism. "Hal Holbrook Performs 'Mark Twain Tonight!'" (Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2006). 2 CDs Box. "The Best of Hal Holbrook in 'Mark Twain Tonight!'" (Columbia Broadway Masterworks, Columbia/ Legacy, 2002). CD. "Hal Holbrook in the CBS Television Network Special 'Mark Twain Tonight!'" (West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur Video, 2005). DVD. "Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns" (PBS, 2005). 2 DVDs.
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  5061. The Constitution expressly -- and severally -- prohibits insurrection -- which is violence against gov't, which is by definition RULE OF LAW -- and stipulates how insurrections are to be dealt with: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And in addition -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." In keeping with the fundamental of CIVILIAN control of the military, BOTH US and state constitutions and laws govern and regulate the Militia -- today's National Guard. And they are armed by the gov't because they are law ENFORCEMENT.
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  5062.  @PurposePods  It was a totally one-sided deal benefiting only Trump and Putin. Zelenskyy isn't stupid. And he REFUSED to play Trump's effort to play Zelenskyy. Are you a Russian troll? Or "simply" an anti-American supporter of dictatorship?
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  5063. The sane need to enact gun control. Abbot eliminated background checks, so now criminals can legally buy guns.
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  5064.  @gigitulip7935  That's another formulation of the slogan for simpletons, "A good guy with a gun/a bad guy with a gun." There was a "good guy with a gun" in Buffalo; in fact, an ENHANCED "good guy with a gun" as an ex-cop who had training with firearms. But the "bad guy with a gun" was wearing body armor, and the "good guy with a gun" was killed. What's needed is sane gun control. But the "pro"-life extremists on the Supreme Court are about to make matters worse and more murderous, based not on the Constitution but on the extremist "religious" right wing's willingness to use violence to overthrow the gov't and impose its insanity on all of "We the people".
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  5065. Trump's "Christianity" is even thinner than his skin.
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  5066. The judge will be pronouncing sentence. Trump's attacks on voting are resulting in Republicans who believe him NOT VOTING.
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  5067. The United States began with diplomacy with Russia. Russia never engages in "diplomacy" in good faith. Russia illegally invaded Ukraine and is talking about attacking NATO. NATO is the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES against RUSSIA. "Better THEY fight them THERE than WE fight them HERE".
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  5068. "Enemy Within" "swag"? You go first.
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  5069.  @sandiharris5906  The EVIDENCE puts Trump at the head of and the engineer of the January 6 insurrection. I know: you believe white folks engaging is crime isn't crime; it's a "right". But, no -- the following was written by white men traceable in lineage to white Europe: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". Pelosi, and the entire Congress, except for the Republicans who, after the insurrection failed, begged Trump for pardons, were the VICTIMS. As were the law-abiding among "We the people". You don't get to be a stupid *ssh*le and not suffer the consequences thereof. "But I'm WHITE!" is not a defense.
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  5070. And in 2016 he helped elect Trump. And now that the Republicans are openly fascist, he continues to attack Democrats. Stop the stupid.
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  5071. Giuliani had the opportunity to testify -- and present his "evidence". But he is continuing to lie that there IS "evidence". The contempt threat was because of the re-defaming of the plaintiffs.
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  5072.  @monicalawal5236  They are racists.
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  5073. Fox "news" has lead the extremist right-wing in the push to reduce fact to "opinion". That is the war on truth. That is how to arrive at divide and conquer, at nihilism. "Everyone has the right to believe whatever they want" -- there is no objective reality, no facts.
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  5074.  @jaredarndts6123  1. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. The oath is to the Constitution -- the Rule of Law -- not to any person including the president. 2. per the Constitution, "We the people" are the boss -- the president is not the boss; he is to SERVE "We the people". 3. Separation of Powers: The Congress has oversight authority and responsibility OVER the Executive and Judicial branches. The Executive branch -- the president -- has NO authority over Congress except the choice to veto the laws enacted by Congress. Unless and until you understand the basic structure of gov't, and how it is to function, you'll continue to be sucker for falsehoods about those fundamentals, and will continue to ask questions that make no sense, are irrelevant, and are false: Four separate and independent grand juries of ordinary private citizens -- Trump's peers -- and based on sufficient hard evidence handed down a total 91 indictments against Trump. As example, insurrection is expressly prohibited in the Constitution; there is no "right" to engage in insurrection -- it is a CRIME. There is no "right" to commit crimes. The claim of "absolute immunity" and that a president can "do anything he wants" is REFUTED by the fact of the Impeachment Clause. Asserting baldfaced allegations WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE is NOT PROOF. It is dumb, meaningless, and false propaganda. You've obviously avoided the opportunity to LEARN how law works -- there is plenty of opportunity to learn that by listening to those who actually know and explain it: SEASONED PROSECUTORS. Those are NOT found on FOX "news". In the New York financial fraud case, which resulted in the half-billion dollar penalty, the EVIDENCE was the documents generated by and obtained from TRUMP'S OWN CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE -- because that is what his "business" has all along been. That propagandists feed you the words "unlawful prosecution" -- WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE to back it up -- DOES NOT make it so. READ THE COURT DECISIONS in the several cases FOR YOURSELF. Last but not least: ALL the witnesses who testified AGAINST TRUMP before the January 6th Committee were ALL TRUMP REPUBLICANS from the TRUMP DOJ, the TRUMP campaign, and THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.
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  5075. The "Black Plague" was caused by an exploding rat population caused by the mass killing of cats by "Christians" who viewed cats as "witches".
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  5076. Terrible culture in Russia: so many causes of sudden death. Being close friends with Putin. Having unlimited funds. Falling out of windows. Drinking radioactive tea. Accidentally shooting oneself three times in the back of the head.
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  5077. This guy is too stupid to know the difference between allegation and EVIDENCE.
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  5078. Aren't you in fact saying the same thing from your stance?
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  5079. "Sovereign citizens" claim absolute freedom, so invariably talk themselves into being incarcerated.
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  5080. The fraud wasn't widespread. It was pretty much limited to Trump and Graham phone calls in effort to overthrow the gov't.
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  5081. Yeah -- blaming BIDEN for the border "crisis" when HE KNOWS that it was TRUMP who tanked the border bill. Romney IS a Republican -- a PHONY.
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  5082. AND LOCAL.
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  5083.  @MajorPayne175  We don't know that because that didn't happen. And the correct word is "have" not "of".
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  5084.  @ufarkingicehole  I saw all the video that was shown. They were convicted of murder because that is exactly what they did. Watch the cross-examination of Travis McMichael: he ADMITTED that Arbery didn't have a weapon, AND WAS NOT A THREAT.
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  5085.  @ufarkingicehole  So you approve of the judge's BIASING the case in favor of the defense by restricting the prosecution to references to those shot as being "rioters, looters, and arsonists" -- even though there was NO EVIDENCE, either In or OUT of court, that those shot were any of those things. In other words, you approve the outcome, and don't give the least fuck how that was reached. You approve the judge's BIGOTRY because YOU are also a bigot against a due process that doesn't demonize those who were shot as something they were nowhere proven to be. In sum, you reject the rule of law, which you don't realize is against YOUR OWN interests.
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  5086.  @ufarkingicehole  What is your native language -- as it obviously isn't English.
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  5087.  @annconforti9294  Who are "they"? Do you know which insurer was involved? Do you know who actually performed the surgery? You don't know anything except that the murderer made allegations. So we are to trust the word of murderers now? Did you vote for Trump -- after all, he's all about constantly lying to stupid people -- he "loves the uneducated" because they are so easy to BS. Trump said this directly to his supporters' faces: "I don't care about you, I just ant your vote." He meant that because he's always had contempt for his supporters. But they cheered and voted for him against their own interests.
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  5088. Women establish the rules in relationship, which is how they are "oppressed" they want and must maintain control.
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  5089. The president can release any classified information he wants released. But he said that he "didn't know anything about it," so it was an unauthorized release.
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  5090. Wonderful video. Terrific content. And a delightful young lady.
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  5091. Leavitt also sabotaged Trump's "freeze".
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  5092.  @carolyn64  I'm simply saying that I don't take responsibility for others' deserved embarrassment. The person who should be embarrassed for Robinson is Robinson.
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  5093. Stupidity is their specialty because they are pandering to the stupid. Let's hope the stupid are outnumbered.
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  5094. The Golden Rule -- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" -- is inviolable. It is impossible to treat others differently than one treats oneself. Those who mock and insult others are asking to be mocked and insulted. They sense that they deserve it.
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  5095. It is not "mental illness": it is STUPIDITY.
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  5096. The video was stored on hard drives. Flooding the server room might kill the hard drives, but wouldn't affect the data on them.
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  5097. "Some folks need killin'!" -- Mark Robinson. "Thou shalt not kill." -- ""God". ""God bless ya!" -- Mark Robinson.
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  5098. He always has one or the other foot in his mouth, which is why he magically walks on one leg without hopping. No, that's not a Texas accent; that's a foot in his mouth. When he was at Harvard, those who met him said they took an instant dislike of him. Asked why, they answered: "It saved time."
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  5099. It was Dick "Dick" Cheney who established the PUBLIC corruption that made Trump possible.
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  5100. Gov't is not a business. It doesn't exist to ake a profit. It exists to serve "We the people".
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  5101. I ask how they manage to breathe without constant instruction.
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  5102. Democracy is debate, negotiation, compromise, and majority consensus.
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  5103. Texas Republicans are looking out for the wealthiest industry on the planet. And "We the people" pay hundreds of millions in tax dollars in yearly subsidies to that same industry. Those hundreds of millions would be better spent on renewables.
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  5104. Trump pardoned the actual Thanksgiving turkey, but not the Gaetz turkey.
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  5105. If anyone is a weasel it's Rudy Giuliani.
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  5106.  @jon9103  It's false, that's "how so". The bar is high for public figures to sue for defamation. But if they can prove MALICE all bets are off. And FOX hate-propaganda is constant malice.
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  5107. Yeah -- another fan of murder-as-entertainment. The death of Gabby Petito is not a game, an entertainment; it is real life.
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  5108. Trump wants to be running against Biden.
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  5109.  @THEMAX-ti2gi  He knows he isn't; but he wants to be. His scam always worked behind closed doors locked with NDAs. His mistake was taking it public, where it has been subject to unsympathetic scrutiny. Nonetheless he persisted in being the bullshitter he has always been, and the pressure incrementally increased against his bullshitting. And the pressure has been getting to him as more and more people caught on to his game and stopped being suckered by it. Now it isn't working for him, and he's imploding -- call it "nervous breakdown". He's collapsing in on himself. And he doesn't have the benefit of that he's always run away from: insight; self-awareness. So he is largely unaware of what he reveals when he accidentally tells the truth, because he's always interwoven the lies and the occasional truth. But he's on the last stage of being able to control any of his internal process because reality won't be bullshitted and smacked down. Trump was severely abused as a child by his father (and notice that he never mentions his mother, who apparently abandoned him emotionally because she too was abused); so, traumatized, he stopped growing emotionally at about 7. The "Trump" we see is all an act -- based first on his lifelong bullshitting of himself. He has no idea why his bullshitting is no longer working.
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  5110. The gov't contracts more than make up for Musk's losses on Tesla.
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  5111. Grassley is on the wrong side of the issue and history.
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  5112. EpSTEEN, not EpSTINE. Epstein was their manager -- he took care of the business side. He died of an overdose shortly after "Sgt. Pepper's" was released.
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  5113. Giving these arrogant immoralists a platform is irresponsible. Will you next be giving a platform to the January 6th terrorists?
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  5114.  @JohnTheRevelat0r  He said that because he was getting so much pressure over his subverting of health care professionals and the science. But he reverted back to the false "freedom of choice" LIE. In contrast, there is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  5115.  @kimhorton6109  There will be scrutiny on that statute.
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  5116. Teachers armed!? Against an AR-15!? Wake up: there is no need to refer to statistics to see the obvious: more guns = more gun violence and death. The gun industry and its political front NRA have been saying for years that "Only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun." In Buffalo the retired police officer, with training and experience, came up against a murderer with an AR-15 and body armor. That retired police officer was killed. In Uvalde a whole gang of "good guys with guns" -- and body armor, etc. -- milled around in the hall while the "bad guy with a gun" murdered 19 children and 2 teachers. OBVIOUSLY MORE guns is NOT the solution. Stop falling for the evasions: the solution is many fewer guns.
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  5117.  @Tommy-w7o  You certainly are.
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  5118. Luna-tic is an actively anti-American name-caller engaging in the Republican tradition of Smear Politics. There is no truth to any of what she says.
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  5119. Cult of personality personality Peterson is opposed to totalitarianism. Yep. Especially as totalitarianisms and authoritarianisms are typically lead by leaders of cults.
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  5120. Trump's lawyers passed the bar exam by proving they are old enough to drink alcoholic beverages.
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  5121.  @easyenetwork2023  There were slaves who were men. The "Declaration of Independence" was a PROPAGANDA document -- it doesn't withstand comparison with the facts on multiple points -- and applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND. And it has never been law. During the 17th century the property requirement was also tied to having the "right" "religion" in Massachusetts-Bay -- not only to voting but also to running for public office. And one can go back further: The "American" (named for ITALIAN explorer Amerigo Vespucci) colonies were established on lands given to the colonizers by the king of England. The problem is that the king didn't own the lands he gave them: in both English and US law that is STEALING. But what matters is that the Constitution -- see especially the First Amendment -- changed that. The Constitution is by its own express terms the SUPREME Law of the Land. There is no higher, or alternative, law; and any "law" inconsistent with it is null-and-void.
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  5122.  @easyenetwork2023  And it was not Washington who said. Copeland is so lost in his corrupt racist "religious" fantasy that he is totally abandoned by the actual history. Jefferson wrote the first draft of the "Declaration". Then it was edited by a subcommittee of three, which included Franklin and John Adams. Then it was debated and edited by the Continental Congress as Committee of the Whole. That is when the issue of freeing of the slaves was excised at the behest of the wealthy slave-owning aristocrats from the salve-owning states. See the film "1776". John Adams was the only founder totally opposed to slavery. Franklin was a master of compromise, and not always to the good. And see the mini-series "John Adams" to see the enormous amount he achieved for the country while Franklin and "populist" Jefferson were hobnobbing with the decadent aristocracy in France.
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  5123. Gowdy is a pinhead. Worse: the standard is that the FBI vets the nominees. Trump is avoiding that happening. So he can nominate criminals and security threats.
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  5124. "intent" can be proven circumstantially.
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  5125. Who is "Nick Johnson," and what are his "qualifications". KKK and Neo-Nazis and Trump's "Proud Boys" have descended on Springfield. Is "Nick Johnson" one of them? Is that his real name?
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  5126.  @PavlovsDog-yf1wu  It's all over the national media, and video of his statement is on youtube. DeWine is a REPUBLICAN.
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  5127.  @Rangyroth4089  Exactly. But uneducated people who guzzle's Trump's lies and participate in his promotion of domestic terrorism don't care about facts, truth, EVIDENCE, or reason. It's all about being aholes.
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  5128. Gaetz made Tucker Carlson a witness. The "Durham investigation" and the Hunter Biden investigation are both continuing. There is nothing to either.
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  5129.  @chonqmonk  I suggest you educate yourself to the life of John Adams instead of making up childish shit.
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  5130. Assange is a traitor.
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  5131. Yep: everything is a conspiracy. That they universe is said to exist is a conspiracy theory. Truth is a conspiracy theory -- and so are lies. Just make shit up in the belief that it will make you look intelligent for operating untethered from facts. And you have an ally in doing that: Rudi "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani.
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  5132. The only EVIDENCE we have is the VIDEO released by ISIS made by the killers during their rampage. And it is OBVIOUS that the four men were BEATEN and TORTURED to MAKE them "confess" in order for the beatings to stop. That is NOT how justice and rule of law work.
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  5133. An ALLEGATION is not EVIDENCE.
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  5134.  @xcfjdyrkdtulkgfilhu  She won't be presiding.
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  5135. A good lawyer never asks a question to which he doesn't know the answer. A better tact is not to make allegations but to ask Trump direct questions based on what he asserts. On his ignoring the facts from two scientis, ask, "Are YOU a scientist?" Lilely he'd say, "No, but I have a great brain," or the like. Follow up -- and stick to this: "I didn't ask about your brain; I asked if you're a scientist." Stop at the end of the question and wait for his answer -- silence when an asshole who never shuts up is louder than the asshole's bombast. Another question of Trump, slid in just after he sniffs -- of which "tick" he's largely unconscious: "Why are you sniffing?" Wait to see his response -- he would likely be silence for a moment. Then: "Perhaps you should undergo a drug test before the next debate."
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  5136.  @SomeUserNameBlahBlah  "Useless" according to whom? And how does one determine before performance whether a student can "perform" according to whatever "standards" you believe you have that are not limited to your narrow view? It never ceases to amaze how those with no expertise in education nonetheless view themselves as experts on the topic.
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  5137. It is an attempt to intimidate jurors; but more than that it is preliminary rejection of the jury's verdict. He knows he's guilty, and that the evidence is overwhelming, so he's smearing the jury in effort to discredit its verdict in advance. And his fact-avoidant law-rejecting supporters will try to find ways to act on his call.
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  5138. How dare Beto appear at a political event and make it a "political" event.
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  5139. The allegations all come from the far-right/Republicans. And now they are trying to milk them.
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  5140. Where do the Republicans stand on the Chauvin conviction and sentencing?
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  5141. EVERYONE needs to cease bashing the DOJ and Garland, regardless their political party, else they all be mistaken for being Republicans for playing into the political attack on the rule of law. And I've been saying exactly that for months.
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  5142. Are you qualified to diagnose mental illness? These are stupid people. That is not a mental illness.
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  5143. But TRUMP is the THREAT to Amerians.
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  5144. My speculation was -- unfortunately -- correct: he's hoarding the desperately needed medical supplies for distribution ONLY to Red satates. And a little to the others in hopes it will keep them silenced --- are force their governors to reject their proper independece and kiss his fat ass. Reckless endagerment and negligent homicide.
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  5145. In my state, testing is limited to first responders and medical personnel. And those who meet the crieria -- that is, those who are beoming fully symptomatic. The promise is there -- the Republican governor implemented the establishment of community testing centers state-wide. But even medical personnel find it difficult to get tested becuase the tests are rare/unavailable.
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  5146.  @stephenvalastro5678  Grow up, anti-American, and get with the program: you are an enemy of democracy, which makes you an enemy of YOURSELF.
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  5147.  @windog551  That's why these three committed crimes, which were discovered and recorded in the video. Because telling the truth about them is "propaganda" to lying anti-American Neo-Nazis. "Patriot Front" is a violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang -- we know that from their on-video actions in Charlottesville, which included the MURDER by one of their members; and in Idaho. These thugs travel around the country looking for places where they can engage in their racist violence.
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  5148. He isn't going to negotiate it with the Democrats either.
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  5149. So he voted for deportation of cheap farm labor.
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  5150. You know what's narcissistic and self-centered? Trump having adulterous affairs during all three marriages. And then committing crimes paying off a porn star or two.
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  5151. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety.
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  5152. Trump is Regan without the mask.
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  5153. Paying taxes is how 'We the people" pay our own way. It's the irresponsible deadbeats who resent paying taxes -- who want to live on everyone else's dime.
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  5154. Prosecuting business record fraud is beyond common to constant in the financial center of the United States.
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  5155. CADET, not even corporal.
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  5156.  @MichaelJEakin  I have an education in law: when I look at a legal case I cut through any and all "commentary" about it to the actual facts and law. Anyone with mature critical faculties does the same. And when we looked at the case, and the timeline, we saw that Durham didn't have a case. Same goes for the "stolen election" ELECTION FRAUD: more than 60 courts looked at all the cases making that claim -- and laughed them out of court for LACK OF EVIDENCE. Wake up: making an assertion doesn't by itself make the assertion true. Trump has been known for what he is for all of his adult life: a career criminal and constant liar. A con-man. You are one of those who CHOSE to be bullshitted by him. Look at the REALITY: he engineered the January 6 insurrection. Now the insurrectionists are sitting on their asses IN JAIL while Trump plays golf. He DESPISES those he can hoodwink; he DESPISES YOU.
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  5157. You don't understand the meaning of the term "dialectic". And you aren't doing history; you are doing ideology -- "religion".
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  5158.  @Johnny-tt8zc  READ the Constitution for the first time in your life: Art. 3., S. 3., C. 1. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on he Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. Art. 3., S. 3., C. 2. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
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  5159. Because of January 6, many Republicans are no longer Republicans. They fled the party.
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  5160. Isn't ironic how many hide behind "religion," both as "devil" and condemner of "evil"? It no longer surprises me that "God" is on all sides of every war. Perhaps why "He" never prevents or intervenes to stop wars: a no-show due to indecision.
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  5161. "Statism" = pro-gov't -- gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. The attack on that is "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet." The Founders were the OPPOSITE of "Libertarian"/anarchist.
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  5162. The word -- use it -- is ETHICS.
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  5163. Alito rejects the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. And that our system of laws is based on a BALANCING of interests. If it is necessary to protect the health and life of the woman, so she can get pregnant again, then abortion is necessary.
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  5164. They are National Guard, not US Army.
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  5165. Actually they were not. See Jacobson v. Massachusetts in which the Supreme Court upheld a vaccination mandate that didn't have any alternative. I'm waiting for you "experts" on what is Constitutional, because your feelings don't like it, to actually READ the Constitution for the first time in your life.
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  5166. Keep that irrational crap to yourself.
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  5167. So the fascist socialism-for-the-rich criminal views the rule of law as "Communism" AND "fascism".
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  5168. "Just asking questions" is a propaganda method. The point is to plant ideas, and there are two ways to do that: either make an accusation, or couch it as a quesetion.
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  5169. The "right" to swing one's fist ends BEFORE my face.
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  5170. Bolton wasn't held captive by anything but his greed.
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  5171. Syphilis in late stages manifests as gross mental deterioration.
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  5172. We have the Senate. We need to increase our majority there. And we need to take back the House.
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  5173. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  5174.  @paullowell3342 I have an education in law. And this is the principle distinction you need to grasp: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- john Adams. The essence of democracy is ELECTIONS. And the US Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be ELECTIONS. The United States is a representative democracy in which representatives, including the president, are democratically elected. Further: legislative process is democracy in action: debate, negotiation, consensus of the majority. As to taxation: These are the first three, and fifth, bills enacted by the first Congress: June 1, 1789. "An act to regulate the time and manner of administering certain oaths." That is, oaths of office. July 4, 1789. "An act for laying a duty on goods, wares, and merchandises imported into the United States." TAXATION. July 20, 1789. "An act laying duties on tonnage." TAXATION. . . . .July 31, 1789. "An act to regulate the collection of duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares, and merchandise." TAXATION. There were also various state and local taxes raised for state and local domestic purposes. You are not taxed to death; you simply believe you have the freedom to leech on the community while contributing nothing to it. Taxation funds gov't, and gov't services to "We the people," as required and authorized through democratically-elected representatives by "We the people". As other forms of taxation were seen to be needed, the Constitution was amended by the democratic approval of "We the people".
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  5175.  @vjsuxujrix9245  Es ever spew without a shred of EVIDENCE to back any of that up. Amazing how racists always call themselves out.
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  5176.  @justingilmore1225  "kennyparis1225" is a racist spewing racist rhetoric without any EVIDENCE to prove any of it. Mindless hate is gonna hate.
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  5177.  @stevekern7235  RFK, Jr. is mentally ill. He advocates AGAINST RFK's position.
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  5178.  @kennyparis8742  Where are the ACTUAL FACTS that you claim back up your law-illiterate racist spew?
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  5179.  @kennyparis8742  PUNK: if you are going to make an assertion, and claim that it is true, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to do the WORK of backing it up with FACT -- EVIDENCE. You do none of that because, obviously, you don't understand the word RESPONSIBILITY, and the fact that citizenship in a democracy isn't only about your freedom and everyone else's responsibility. Come on, airhead: lecture us about "individual RESPONSIBILITY" -- but focus on YOURS.
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  5180.  @vjsuxujrix9245  None of that is fact. And having more than one account so you can post the same sewage is unethical, and a violation of youtube rules. So you violate the rules while asserting that others are required to obey the rules.
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  5181.  @vjsuxujrix9245  Are you an expert on immigration? If so, why do you forget that your ancestors were immigrants?
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  5182.  @kennyparis8742  It is YOUR responsibility to do the research and back up your assertion. But as a typical racist punk you expect everyone else to do your work for you.
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  5183.  @ynotttt  Where is your EVIDENCE for that nonsense?
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  5184.  @Ashphinchtersayswhat  Actually if one knows how to do research then they know how to use Google to do research. It's a dumbassed workman who blames the tool for his lack of skill.
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  5185.  @mf568  By buying into fascism and by doing so destroying your own rights?
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  5186.  @mammawlee  And he isn't anything like his father. In fact, he is AGAINST his father's actual position. Some of us were of voting age at the time his father was alive and active. RFK, Jr. is seriously mentally ill; unbalanced.
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  5187.  @jybrokenhearted  You mean the children kidnapped under Trump's fascist immigration policy that violates BOTH US and international immigration law?
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  5188.  @paullowell3342  1. The essence of democracy is ELECTIONS. 2. The US Constitution -- and YOUR STATE constitution -- EXPRESSLY STIPULATES that there SHALL be elections. 3. The United States, and every one of its states, is a democratic republic, a representative democracy. Those are the facts based on this principle: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You do not get to ignore and vitiate the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution by asserting white supremacist anti-Constitutionalism using words you do not understand, and citing to law you do not know.
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  5189.  @jybrokenhearted  When have you ever been aware of what the Federal gov't does -- though you obviously oppose racial equality enforced by the Federal gov't against racist "states' rights" anti-Constitutionalism.
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  5190.  @bindiberry6280  Stupidity is stupid.
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  5191.  @Ashphinchtersayswhat  Da, Comrade! Are you a BOT or a troll? What is known is that you have nothing of merit to offer except childish fact-free insult. I'd ask if you are paid to be stupid, or are stupid for free, but you're too stupid to understand the question let alone know the answer to it.
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  5192. Pardons? He could have pardoned the insurrectionists after January 6. He didn't then and isn't going to do shit for them.
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  5193. Don't look too closely at Corey's views as fed him by Trump.
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  5194.  @sangeet9100  Assange fled Sweden in order to avoid prosecution for rape. He is not a "hero" -- he is a threat to international and national security allied with RUSSIA.
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  5195.  @simonmcelrea7231  Google "romney bain capital".
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  5196. Is the hotel safe?
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  5197. So Weisselberg has bus tire tracks across his body for being loyal to Trump. It's probably that he is refusing to cooperate because he is a big criminal than already shown.
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  5198. Don't look now, but Trump is flayed.
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  5199.  @karens.1430  "Dr. Phil" is full of shit. Want his opinion to support your position? -- then pay him his going rate.
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  5200.  @thomasfearer2926  The PROBLEM is that the Republicans have DECADES of making false allegations. They made allegations against Hillary Clinton for 30 years,, and "investigated" them, and in EVERY instance EXONERATED her because the allegations were ALL ALONG FALSE. The Republicans REJECT the rule of law -- it is that basic, and THAT is the issue. Garland has simply acted to protect elected officials from violence and death threats. Violence and death threats are not protected speech. And we KNOW that is the ACTUAL issue the Republican was ranting about, because he kept dragging in the First Amendment. The LANGUAGE of the First amendment is clear on the point: it protects PEACEABLE assembly. VIOLENT assembly is PROHIBITED. The Republicans are encouraging and WANT the violence and death threats. They are "mini-insurrections".
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  5201. The precedent for settling "tied" elections was established during the Jefferson election: CONGRESS determines the winner, and in that instance it went through 30-plus votes. Establishing a commission to resolve the issue is classic avoidance of responsibility. Similar happened in 2000: it should properly have gone to Congress for resolution, as the Electoral Count Act establishes -- but instead the UNELECTED Supreme Court -- initiated by Scalia -- unconstitutionally usurped that exclusive authority of Congress; and voting twice in the same election, which is illegal, the Court chose G. DUI Bushit. We DO NOT Constitutionally put the outcome of elections in the hands of the UNELECTED, so the voters can't respond to vote out the ELECTED Congress for choosing the loser of the election.
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  5202.  @stephanie-s9y5f  Law-illiterates who defend criminality always attack the law from a position of not knowing what they're talking about. Their promotion in this case of domestic terrorism is both foolish and dangerous -- and the OPPOSITE of "MORAL".
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  5203. That there were ballot drop-boxes is a non-issue. Election officials -- not the legislature, acting under the elections laws enacted by the legislature, have discretion to determine the best way to conduct elections. If that means using drop-boxes during a pandemic, then so be it.
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  5204. A health care professional at MGH was recently arrested for several rapes of male patients at MGH. Health "care," behind the mask of "care," is not what it is clamed to be.
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  5205. It was that or Johnson was gone and more chaos -- some of the blame going to Trump. But Trump is busy -- even his "bond" submission is turning out to be a scandal that may have exposed the source of the bond to criminal sanction. It has certainly not been good for whatever reputation it was assumed to have. Trump may be 6 feet tall, but the pile of legal problems he is under is reaching 50 feet high. And then it came out that he's constantly farting in court, so even his own lawyers have to distance themselves from him.
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  5206. Unique to "The Beatles" was the spirit: the joyful celebration of life. Part of the bond between Paul and John were the losses of their mothers at 15 and 16. The murder of John took him -- and "The Beatles" -- out of the world.
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  5207. Probably not a gang member. After all, in Texas, according to extremist fruit-fringe Republicans, the solution to everything is rejection of rule of law -- public health and safety -- is guns.
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  5208. The "Russia dossier" was not used by Mueller, and it was not initiated that investigation.
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  5209. Christ, the "Wall Street Journal" publishes more honest editorials than Bezos wants. Who woulda guessed!?
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  5210.  @jasonhammond4301  It did.
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  5211.  @Auguur  If their approach were perfect they'd be immune to facts. It isn't, so they are not. And they are a minority.
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  5212. "Much truth is said in jest." -- Shakespeare. "The source of all humor is anger." -- Mark Twain.
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  5213. "Lola" is throw-away garbage for the superficial who love "freaky" but never go beyond that.
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  5214. It's also a test case designed for the current Supreme Court. As is the "Bibles" in schools in Oklahoma.
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  5215.  @wordsalad01  Yes, you imagine. How about backing off and sticking exclusively to the facts?
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  5216. The Academy is vulnerable to suit from Chris Rock. If they continue to blame Chris Rock, he should sue against that defamation. And NO: Chris Rock DID NOT tell a joke. He COMPLIMENTED Will Smith's wife by comparing her to a film character who is viewed as a POSITIVE ROLE MODEL.
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  5217. Trump may have MENTIONED infrastructure, but he never offered anything other than talk. Same with the health care replacement for "Obamacare" -- never even proposed. All talk.
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  5218. You don't have to yell.
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  5219. I didn't watch any of the Republican National Conflagration, but heard that Eric Trump spoke. Did he plead the Fifth?
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  5220. Anyone who believes what Trump says, or takes the stupidest questions one can come up with seriously, should be kneeling at the altar of pseudo-science astrology -- that would be less dangerous.
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  5221. Greene is pretending to be moderate in order to move the fruit-fringe to the "center". It isn't actually a "rift"; it is a strategy.
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  5222. "Many people said" = Donald Trump.
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  5223. Jim Crow LYNCHING destroyed Black families.
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  5224. "The people" as jurors in courts of law will decide whether Trump is qualified to be anything other than a CONVICTED felon.
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  5225.  @Kapk1896  Nope. It's in the first state constitutions: no one should be required to support a "religion" of which they were not an adherent. And paying taxes authorizes one to participate in politics. "Religions" don't want politics interfering in their practices? -- then "religion" agrees to stay out of politics. None of that is speculation or hypothesis -- ___ North Carolina Constitution, Begun November 12, 1776, Completed December 18, 1776. "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ Constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ Constitution of New York, April 20, 1777. XXXVIII. And whereas we are required, by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind, this convention doth further, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, ordain, determine, and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed, within this State, to all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience, hereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any presence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times hereafter, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same, may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State.
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  5226.  @JohnDoe-xz1mw  You want your taxes supporting "religions" of which you are not an adherent? They need to live up to their part of the bargain: freedom of "religion" without gov't interference by not interfering in gov't.
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  5227.  @CSRaleigh  You know better than the Founders, who actually experienced religious tyranny? ___ North Carolina Constitution, Begun November 12, 1776, Completed December 18, 1776. "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ Constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." . . . . "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ Constitution of New York, April 20, 1777. XXXVIII. And whereas we are required, by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind, this convention doth further, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, ordain, determine, and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed, within this State, to all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience, hereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any presence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times hereafter, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same, may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State.
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  5228.  @JohnDoe-xz1mw  The LOGIC of separation of church and state is based on the FOUNDERS' experience of religiotyranny. See the corrupt theocracy that was the gov't of Massachusetts-Bay Colony. IN LAW, as example, "Papists" - Catholics were banned from the colony. If found, they were banished. And if they returned to to Colony they were EXECUTED. Witches were executed based on "religion". I posted from several first state constitutions expressly separating "religion" and gov't and detailing WHY. The agreement was that neither would interfere with the other. Their attacks on the gov't are unconstitutional. Taxing them would PERMIT them to do so.
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  5229.  @Kapk1896  Taxing them would legitimize what they are doing.,
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  5230.  @Aurumk1  The statement about no one "religion" -- no state "religion" -- is separation of "religion" and gov't: research the Massachusetts-Bay theocracy in the 1600s; that gov't banished anyone who had the "wrong" "religion". And in order to own land one had to have the "right" "religion". And one had to own land in order to run for office. That "religion" executed "witches" for having a "wrong" "religion". Quakers were maltreated, and banished. Mary Dyer and her husband and a friend were banished. They returned to the Colony. They were sentenced to death. When brought to be hung the husband prevailed on the hangman to allow Mary Dyer to live. Husband and friend were hung, and she was banished. She returned again and was hung. That's why the state constitutions separated "religion" and gov't -- no state "religion". Those state constitutional provisions (as did others) eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  5231.  @jinwu9423  Trump and Musk have railed against "gov't by unelected bureaucrats". Immigrant Musk is an unelected bureaucrat. What he is doing under Trump's direction is unconstitutional. That is a matter of LAW not of "capitalism".
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  5232.  @gatogris5010  It is also a violation of separation of church and state for ICE to raid churches for alleged "illegals".
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  5233. Have you ever bothered to actually read why the Founders established separation of church and state -- and therefore non-taxation? Of course not. And that's the same as those who jump on the "Abolish the Electoral College" notion, even when irrelevant, and without a shred of research for why the Founders established it. And, no: it wasn't about slavery.
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  5234. "Poem"!? It was a political screed given coverage to the well-connected.
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  5235.  @vigfhfc  As said, you don't know what you're talking about. Taxes are not theft -- remember when Republicans called your kind "freeloaders"? The first statute enacted by the first Congress under the Founders was establishing the oath of loyalty to gov't. The next two statutes were TAXATION. You're a sucker for false myths and propaganda: the FALSE slogan "taxation without representation" -- Benjamin Franklin was the colonies' representation in Parliament -- was resolved during the 1760s -- BEFORE the so-called "revolution". But we get it: the military shouldn't be funded; the troops should be happy to serve for free. And perhaps we can go backwards in time so they have to buy all their equipment for themselves so that selfish dunces such as you can get a free ride on their sacrifices in defense of YOU. AGAIN: you don't know what you're talking about. The gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people". The Republicans falsely call that "socialism" because they SERVE ONLY THEMSELVES AND THE WEALTHY. Clue: if the Republicans ordered you to cut your own throat they'd require you to buy the knife out of your own pocket. And they do tell you to cut your own throat -- and then you vote for them because you're some sort of self-deceived "rugged individualist" who insists that gov't services, beginning with protection of your health and safety, should be FREE. You're exactly the thing that Republicans condemn -- but only in everyone but themselves and their SOCIALISM for the RICH.
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  5236.  @vigfhfc  So, dunce, what are you going to do to "prevent" the Democrats from governing and SERVING the American people according to their needs, instead of being like Republicans who give massive tax cuts to those who don't need them -- of which latter you are not. ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  5237.  @danielpickrell8311  This is science, not an English lesson. "Sex" = anatomy. ""Gender" = psychosexual identity. Are you denying the reality that there are homosexuals? See _Mothering_, by Nancy Chodorow.
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  5238. Nixon's Atty. General John Mitchel went to prison. And Halderman and Erlichman, Nixon's top aides, went to prison. So let's stop rewriting history to make Navarro a unique fake victim.
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  5239.  @Ms.Norths.Musings  It's a possibility -- but not yet established as a fact. That means the "expertise" of the "expert" in the video is subject to skepticism.
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  5240. Biden issued the pardons to protect the INNOCENT. That included protecting COPS.
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  5241. TRUMP'S Director of National Intelligence said that Trump's declassification claim is "PREPOSTEROUS".
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  5242. What about the Japanese slaughter of 16 million Chinese during WWII?
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  5243. "Infowars" foments domestic terrorism.
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  5244. Greene and her ilk are all over the media falsely complaining that they are being "muzzled" and "censored" while in fact they are making those false claims all over the media.
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  5245. These are ineducable people who rejected and reject education. They swallow the Republican propaganda that education is instead indoctrination. It was the Republicans who succeeded in removing civics -- the basics of the structure of out gov't and how it is to function -- from high school curricula.
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  5246. No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  5247. The violence encouraged and incited by Trump became blowback. And now he is caught up in a conspiracy "theory" not generated by him.
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  5248. The speech of the convention.
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  5249. What did Trump known during the insurrection, and when did he know it? He knew throughout the HOURS of the insurrection while he sat on his fat ass and exulted in his "reality TV" production.
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  5250. The people did not travel to Utah and attack him.
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  5251. And after the fact, Trump told them he "loves" the insurrections.
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  5252. Biden has ALWAYS been a "gaffer" -- because he has a STUTTER.
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  5253. Actually not -- except under the unconstitutional "immunity" decision.
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  5254.  @taramama6658  Who's phone was it?
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  5255.  @GoodnightJLH  Who's phone was it in Utah?
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  5256. Biden is not conservative, moron. But he does get done what needs doing despite opposition of Republicans and the CRACKPOT "left" that comes off as far-right.
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  5257.  @jlsperling1  This isn't about me, jackass; it's about the rule of law, based on the Constitution you PISS on while LYING when you invoke it. This is in the "Declaration of independence" as a grievance against King George III: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." There is no "right" to establish private anti-gov't military organizations. There is no "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't/RULE OF LAW. The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time, which includes these two Militia Clauses: "Art. I., s. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Taking up arms" against the gov't -- based on pseudo-law gibberish and lies -- is INSURRECTION. "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES, in this context MILITA ACTS. The purpose of the Second Amendment, per the Debates of those who WROTE it, was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia -- ALWAYS UNDER the control of BOTH US and state constitutions and laws. This is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for a NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." You are not only spewing anti-Americanism; you are your own worst enemy: the rule of law, which you REJECT, secures the very rights you claim to be about defending. You can't BOTH reject the rule of law AND claim its protections. Your cheering on of the fascist right wing has just ELIMINATED the right of privacy. THAT affects YOU.
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  5258. Body language is also affected by culture/enculturation.
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  5259. Because it's deserved. The law enforcement investigation is serious. This isn't a game. It is not entertainment. What I find revolting are the fans of murder-as-entertainment, who contribute to the circus and chaos, and then come up for air for a moment to attach their fantasies to a "star" of a failed fake-"reality teevee" show. On top of which they "care" about the attributed criminality of Laundrie, but make excuses for "Dog's" proven criminality.
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  5260. The United States was founded on racist genocide and slavery.
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  5261. Does the out-of-touch fantasizing ever cease!?
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  5262. The only lead law enforcement had about Laundrie's whereabouts came from his parents. They would have been remiss if they didn't follow-yp on that lead.
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  5263. "God" had nothing to do with it. Thank the bankruptcy court. And in Texas no less!
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  5264. The ESTABLISHMENT is the gov't, based upon the Constitution. The FOUNDERS are called "Founders" because they FOUNDED gov'ts. They were PRO-gov't. They overthrew ZERO gov'ts. Support for extremist "outsider" candidates is a vanity, a fantasy, the does nothing to "fix" the imperfections in the system. Instead we get demagogues like Trump, who has now succeeded in nullifying the Constitution itself. And with that the Bill of Rights. The zeal for cutting one's own throat is always the lead passion on the extremes.
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  5265. US intelligence. IN FACT, US intelligence WARNED Russia of a pending ISIS attack WEEKS ago. Putin chose to IGNORE it. Then the attack happens and he blames Ukraine in order to continue to falsely claim that Rusia is the "victim" of Ukraine. Well, Ukraine is attacking the economic target of Russia's oil infrastructure, which is essential to Russia's continuing illegal war against Ukraine. It would make no sense for Ukraine to engage in terrorist actions against civilians -- that's PUTIN'S method. IN ADDITION, there are RUSSIAN troops fighting FOR Ukraine WITHIN Russia. The "Wagner" group is also attacking Russia from WITHIN Russia. But Putin isn't going to admit that.
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  5266. Because as Vice President she is kept up on the intelligence. AS EXAMPLE, the United States WARNED Putin about the planned attack WEEKS AGO because the United States has good intelligence gathering on the ground in Afghanistan, which is the primary location of the ISIS faction that carried out the attack. That same faction released the body-cam footage made by the attackers in Moscow as they were carrying out the attack. THAT EVIDENCE proves the claim by ISIS that ISIS carried out the attack. Putin hasn't a shred of EVIDENCE for his smearing of Ukraine for the attack. But what would one expect: Putin has been deliberately killing CIVILIANS in Ukraine for several YEARS now as part of his ILLEGAL invasion of Ukraine. So "naturally" he's going to up the false propaganda rhetoric against Ukraine. But he has other problems -- WITHIN Russia to deal with: not only repeated attacks by MUSLIMS because of his history of attacking THEM, but also because there are RUSSIAN troops WITHIN Russia who are attacking RUSSIA. IN ADDITION, Ukraine has been launching drone attacks on oil production facilities that are located IN RUSSIA. Putin relies on profits from oil production to fuel his war on Ukraine. Get a basic clue: Putin's dictatorship has LEGITMATE ENEMIES.
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  5267.  @Superg0at  You should wake up and reject the extremism in order to join with the non-extremist majority. But you'll have to first be able to distinguish between fact and the "opinion" that tells you what you want to hear. The FACT is that the US warned Putin of the planned attack -- and we KNOW that both because the US said so, and because Putin responded to the warning by mischaracterizing it as "blackmail" and effort to "destabilize" Russia. And we saw the result: Putin was wrong, and the attack occurred.
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  5268. Trump relies on his "base" not knowing the basics of how elections processes work. And it isn't certain Trump knows.
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  5269. Had Trump testified he would have been Hannibal Lectered.
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  5270. Love Bernie's attacks on Democrats -- it helps TRUMP. Why is Saint Sanders not attacking the Republican "establishment"? Because he approves its lawlessness?
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  5271. The who defend murder and domestic terrorism encourage more of the same. It is irresponsible and dangerous. Once those get out of control EVERYONE is a target. But Trump and MAGA LOVE their contribution to their strategy of violent chaos and domestic terrorism. Most of those talking about insurance scams have never themselves experienced it. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  5272.  @raptureready5004  I am 76. My pacifism crystalized in September, 1965 of my 17th year, during the Vietnam era. I was active -- nonviolently -- against that involvement beginning in June, 1965 through until its end 10 years later. I'm against killing of any kind, including murder. I'm one of those "Boomers" you history-illiterates attack. Let's see if you can sustain interest in an issue for longer than five minutes -- you knew nothing and cared not at all about the problems in the health care industry until you "thought" this murder was an opportunity to stir the pot for more violence. Those problems impact mostly the elderly. I've been confronting them directly for more than 10 years. Violence only has one result: more violence. But, ignorant and law-illiterate punk, ours is "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. I defend the rule of law because it is the ultimate bulwark against chaos, out of which arises tyranny. Rule of law that too many blindly ignore, reject, and attack. Perhaps you get your defense of murder and domestic terrorism from Trump and the MAGA dregs who LOVE your contribution to their violent chaos and terrorism. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Note how Republicans, Trump, and MAGA, substitute politics for rule of law. You are indistinguishable from them. Oh? -- you don't yet see that you have become the very thing you (claim to) rail against? A few more facts that matter: My generation of "Boomers" not only got the US out of Vietnam but also ended the draft. What have YOU don't against killing and war? Defending murder and domestic terrorism is PRO-war. We showed that a Vice-President (Agnew) could be got. We showed that a president (Nixon) could be got. We mainstreamed the environmental movement -- which is why your generation is aware of it. (I learned about Climate change in junior high/middle school science in the early 1960s.) We invented the personal computer. We invented computer bulletin boards, and email communications. We invented the Internet. We invented -- for better and worse -- "social media". What have you done for the world? Accused us "Boomers" of "fucking up the world" because so astonishingly history-illiterate that you don't know that the world has always been fucked up? Compare that with the list above of the few accomplishments of my generation. Instead of hating -- you're "anti-war"? -- on "Boomers" -- we won't be around much longer -- focus on the assholes in YOUR generation; there are plenty, and you're stuck with them. The best you can do is to not be one of them. But you aren't doing well in that concern -- personally attacking me because you haven't a response to the ISSUE: defending murder and domestic violence is immoral and promotes more of the same. If it gets further out of control and there are more shoot-outs in the streets, you'll hopefully take a SERIOUS look at your claim to be "anti-war". ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  5273. Let's look at ROMNEY'S history as a presidential candidate -- Though his actual residence is in Utah, he ran as a carpetbagger for governor of Massachusetts. He was pro-choice, and promised he wouldn't use the office to launch a campaign for president. Halfway through his term as governor he announced his campaign for the presidency -- as ANTI-choice. Romney is a REPUBLICAN -- a multimillionaire who made his millions destroying thriving companies and jobs. Google "romney bain capital".
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  5274. Like Trump calling the media "the enemy of the people" -- which media is protected by the Constitution as an intended check on gov't and criminals such as Trump. We are not in China -- though Trump is effusive in his praise of China's dictator President Xi.
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  5275. The DOJ to criminally investigate Clarence Thomas.
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  5276. She is elected to do the job she is doing. One is not a "hero" for doing one's job.
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  5277. Let's not overlook the fact that Jade Fox is a MURDERER. That is beyond "rebellion" against rule of law.
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  5278. "We the people" are the gov't. The purpse of gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people". In other words, Sullivan is full of right-wing anti-American horseshit.
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  5279. VOTE BLUE: Congress can overturn the Supreme Court.
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  5280.  @Silverlined_69  Impeachment won't work until there is a 60-plus majority of Democrats in the Senate. And that must first be pointed at the Supreme Court. VOTE BLUE. And as a co-EQUAL branch of gov't, the CONGRESS can overturn Supreme Court decisions. Otherwise, there is the beginnings of rebellion in the lower Federal and state courts against obeying unconstitutional Supreme Court decisions, as this one so flagrantly is. VOTE BLUE.
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  5281. He admitted that he lost.
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  5282.  @ricksterbobolishious7523  That's why you present no EVIDENCE for your smear. Pay attention, immoral bigot: the issue of the video is TRUMP. Your efforts to change the subject are intellectually dishonest. IMMORAL. You don't get to be immoral while challenging others on "moral" grounds without a shred of EVIDENCE beyond your malice against the person you are SMEARING.
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  5283.  @ricksterbobolishious7523  Hunter Biden is suing FOX fake "news" -- and the EVIDENCE, produced by FOX, is MASSIVE. Hunter Biden will win the case, hands down, MASSIVELY. Ain't it great when your favorite CESSPOOL must pay out HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS for LYING you into hating people based on LIES? Are you still pretending to be ignorant of the FACTS that FOX had to pay Dominion Voting Systems almost $800 million dollars for THAT smear campaign? Or are you genuinely ignorant because you CHOOSE to prefer LIES over facts?
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  5284. He'll probably be required to shower, and will have time to dry out.
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  5285. Because a few private interests have power, and most everyone else doesn't.
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  5286. If they are consistently heard and consistently rejected -- this is the THIRD election she's lost -- then they consistently lose.
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  5287. Sanders needs to be what he has never been: pro-democracy.
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  5288. Or an actual circus.
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  5289. "Everyone" obviously includes me -- and I don't know whatever Marginal T. G. says everyone knows.
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  5290. We saw its like in 2017-18 under white supremaicist Wilson's presidency.
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  5291. If you were paying attention to the substance you wouldn't misspell her name.
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  5292.  @eunicedesouza8279  There is nothing petty in adhering to FACTS. The RULE OF LAW is about: EVERY WORD MATTERS, and EVERY WORD is CRITICALLY SCRUTINIZED for efficacy. If one is too lazy to pay attention so as to get even proper nouns spelled correctly, then one's credibility is undermined. MAGA is a gang of PARROTS who repeat what the anti-American ELITE MAGA puts int their heads -- they are too lazy and uneducated to think for themselves. That's why we get basic misspellings -- the ignorant glibly repeat what they believe they are to repeat; whether it is accurate is beyond their efforts. There is nothing more important than education: GET SOME.
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  5293. Thanks to Trump and his consistent criminality Trump is shown to be guilty of at very least OBSTRUCTION, which is a FELONY. He is a "martyr" ONLY with CRIMINALS. Or to those too stupid to KNOW that they are cheering on criminality.
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  5294. A virus is not a worm.
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  5295. Yeah, Bolton would know about Fascism. Just another "Me first!" Republican.
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  5296. Why are you an anti-Semite?
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  5297. Can "Dr. Oz" legally run for public office with a fake name originating with acid heads?
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  5298. Seditious speech is prohibited. Let's see the media conform to the law.
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  5299.  @mhall801  Right: release gas so the balloon falls into an undetermined wind direction. And if that doesn't work, pump gas in.
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  5300.  @mhall801  Yes, I know about winds aloft. And I recognize that a round object has no steering mechanism such as a rudder, so that it goes with the prevailing winds. It's old technology used in meteorology. It has yet to be confirmed that such an obvious object was used to "spy".
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  5301.  @mhall801  Yep: it spent time traversing part of Canada where there are NO US military installations. And did you NOT READ the video title? -- "US Navy releases new images of the recovery of SUSPECTED Chinese spy balloon" Did you MISS the video/s in which TRUMP BOASTED of his relationship to China and Xi. and talking about China having the biggest bank in the world, in which TRUMP has ACCOUNTS?
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  5302.  @mhall801  "And then where did it go, you didn’t even look did you?" Balloons are old technology typically used in meteorology and climate science. And apparently facts get in the way of your presumptive bigotry so you ignore them: "US Navy releases new images of the recovery of suspected Chinese spy balloon" Di you OVERLOOK the word SUSPECTED" -- or did you deliberately ignore it? "Stop making excuses for your demented hero." On what basis do you presume I have a "hero"? And who do you believe is my "hero"?
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  5303. Instead he ATTACKED Biden over the border -- when he well knows that the border can only be fixed by CONGRESS, and that it was TRUMP -- NOT BIDEN -- who tanked the border bill.
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  5304.  @yorkiemom6144  And he supported Trump's 'policies" more than 90 per cent of the time. That included the Trump tax cut that enhanced his fortune. And he attacked BIDEN for the border bill debacle -- which everyone knows was initiated by TRUMP. LIKING what he says DOES NOT mean he is telling the truth.
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  5305. He WALLOWS in cesspool politics.
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  5306. Unless, of course, one realizes that there are no absolute or unlimited rights. The Supreme Court has already ruled that you being lied to is free speech. That money is free speech. You are confusing those with DISINFORMATION, which has a POLITICAL goal: to bullshit and destabilize. It's Tucker Carlson. It's Sean Hannity coordinating FOX "news" messaging with Donald Trump's effort to overthrow the gov't.
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  5307.  @moonpie2637  Try again. But make sense next time.
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  5308.  @moonpie2637  "Your right to life ended when you ended another life. Notice how all your arguments for "rights" fall on the side of the person doing wrong. Do you think people just end up in prison or the death penalty by being upstanding citizens?" PAY ATTENTION: "Unalienable rights" CANNOT be taken away. Then what explains the DEATH PENALTY, that takes away the "unalienable right to life," and PRISONS, that take away the "unalienable right to liberty"? As for the death penalty: We kill killers because killing is WRONG. You are deficient in logic -- you are defending a position that is illogical, instead of critically evaluating the proposition of "inalienable rights" -- "rights" that CANNOT be taken away -- over against ACTUAL REALITY. And you clearly take, implicitly, a "moral" position but FAIL to apply MORAL logic to your position: We kill killers because killing is WRONG. Is that too subtle a MORAL point for you?
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  5309.  @painkillerjones6232  Perhaps you don't know the meaning of homeland security. I would ask why you seem to believe you have expertise in homeland security.
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  5310.  @sadienailedit7467  Protecting national security is insanity? "give over my voice to the government". The US is a representative democracy. We elect candidates to be our voice. Edward Snowden was a traitor. And where did he go when it came to standing his ground? Putin's Russia. Assange was wanted in Sweden for rape. Instead he ran, choosing to work for: Putin. And interfering in the 2016 election to help career criminal Trump get elected.
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  5311.  @sadienailedit7467  "Into the hands of the wrong president". Your fake hero, the charlatan Trump, and his kids and sycophants, routinely violated the law by conducting gov't business via private emails and texts. Remember how OUTRAGED you were because of the LIES about Hillary Clinton's "emails"? In other words, dunce, the "wrong president" violated laws intended to PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY. But you're okay with that because the Democrats always something something for "reasons".
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  5312.  @sadienailedit7467  I have an education in law -- you do not. Thus you substitute right-wing anti-Constitutional politics for that in which you are illiterate: LAW. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. And I already refuted your anti-constitutional gibberish: The essence of democracy is ELECTIONS. The Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections. Thus we are a Constitutional democracy. And through elections we elect REPRESENTATIVES. Thus we are a representative democracy. You are not only law-illiterate you are sub-literate in the English language. You don't know what you're talking about, and you reject LEARNING the FACTUAL REFUTATION of your EXTREMIST ANTI-AEMRICAN RIGHT-WING bullshit.
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  5313.  @sadienailedit7467  You are spewing right-wing characterizations of the Constitution from the same right-wing that false asserts that the United States is not a democracy. Idjit: it is obvious that the law is not subject to public opinion polls -- see the polls supporting "Roe" and the contrary view of the extremist "Federalist Society" Supreme Court which is imposing their "religion" in violation of the First Amendment. Which means they are rejecting the idea that there is a right of privacy. And with that goes you concern with a disinformation board defense of DEMOCRACY that -- in the view of the overwhelming comments by your fellow law-illiterates who don't know how the gov't is to function -- threatens a "right of privacy" that your "Federalist Society" Supreme Court says doesn't exist..
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  5314.  @sadienailedit7467  Yes: he was a white supremacist/separatist who sold an illegal weapon -- a sawed-off shotgun -- and was dodging arrest for failure to appear in court as required. Shouldn't you know what you're talking about in advance of spouting off? Do you also believe the warrant for search of the Waco "compound" was instead a warrant for the arrest of Koresh? The warrant for search was result of significant evidence of pregnant minors.
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  5315.  @marylamb7707  I've been around and attentive long enough to know that the Right EXPRESSLY DENIES that the United States is a democracy. I am a centrist. I have an education in law -- you do not. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. All you are doing is playing politics without law being anywhere near even a second thought for you.
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  5316.  @marylamb7707  "Roe" is based on the right of privacy -- as are other Supreme Court decisions. The 6 EXTREMIST "Federalist Society" Justice DENY there is a right of privacy. Those 6 are as far-RIGHT as one can get, with the intent, for the first time in history, of ELIMINATING rights. And you believe the "far left" is trying to run the country!? You now only continue to IGNORE the fact that politics and law are not the same thing; you also persist in jabbering politics while totally clueless even in that realm.
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  5317.  @marylamb7707  What law was violated by the leak of the draft decision? NONE. You are obviously all in in denying rights to others --- which is typical of far-right extremists. But, as you IGNORE the rule of law -- the 6 EXTREMISTS on the Court LIED UNDER OATH during their confirmation hearings. But you're okay with LYING to achieve your goals. AND you miss the point -- because law-illiteracy is your "literacy": "Roe," and OTHER Court decisions, are based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. The Alito draft decision DENIES there IS a right of privacy. I'd ask you to THINK THROUGH the IMPLICATIONS of that DENIAL -- but you are an ideologue, not a thinker. Meanwhile, Roberts is PISSED because the Court's "right of privacy" was violated. We'll see how you squeal about the "far left" when it begins to sink in for you that the 6 far-RIGHT extremists on the Court are eliminating YOUR right of privacy. Last but not least: Alito's decision is based in large part on the writings of a 1600s ENGLISH law -- the United States is no under English law -- see "Declaration of Independence". That ENGLISH law ACTUALLY ONLY prohibited abortion AFTER "QUICKENING". And the author of that ENGLISH law prescribed the death penalty for "witches," which puts Alito and his fellow far-RIGHT extremists smack dab in the middle of bogus superstition. That's how they get around the Constitution, and medical science.
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  5318. Word is that the indictment includes 34 counts.
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  5319.  @JimReynolds-dd4fn  I'm certain it's only coincidence!
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  5320. Rudy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth?
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  5321. public health and safety TRUMPS the false belief that one has the "right" to endanger public health and safety by infringing the rights of others. Operating a motor vehicle is a privilege, not a right: one's license can lawfully be revoked. Same goes for gun possession. There are no absolute rights. None. Only extremists believe the crackpottery that "freedom" is antithetical to rule of law -- while contrarily claiming rights that wouldn't exist if not secured in written law.
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  5322. How they were treated is the absolute worst of the thuggery. Two Christian ladies who contribute to their community, who would never even imagine committing a crime. It is impossible to imagine anyone being more vicious than racist pig and mobster thug Giuliani was to them.
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  5323. $10,000 in cash, $2,000 of it in a foreign currency.
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  5324. The difference is, at very minimum, is that President Biden has read and complies with, the Constitution. Trump has always rejected any rules that would limit his actions to within civil norms and civility, which is why he's a convicted criminal.
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  5325. And Schultz.
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  5326. Right-wing fascists always try to blame their hero Hitler on the Left. Totally false history: the aristocracy chose Hitler because they feared the Left-wing/Communists..
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  5327.  @chachacha2023  Nope, that's not how it works, and not the history. 1. Hitler took over a party, he did not name it. More interesting is why you believe what the lying fascists feed you. 2. The aristocratic class chose Hitler because they feared the Communists, who ARE Leftist. This is ALSO the HISTORY: BEFORE Hitler went after the Jews he targeted for extermination -- 1. Communists. 2. Socialists. 3. Trade unionists.
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  5328.  @chachacha2023  You know nothing of the actual HISTORY. I detailed the basics. You refuse to LEARN. "Communism" is LEFT-wing; Socialism is LEFT-of center; Fascism is RIGHT-wing. Hitler was a FASCIST. He took over the "National Socialist" party -- he did not name it and was NOT a socialist. I've seen you Neo-Nazi's actually BOTH blame Hitler on the LEFT while at the very same time worshipping GIANT PORTRAITS of Hitler. You don't know what you're talking about and REFUSE to LEARN.
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  5329.  @chachacha2023  Which "interview"? And, of course, you believe Hitler wasn't a liar -- when it is convenient for you to believe that.
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  5330.  @chachacha2023  So you accept the word of a fascist dictator and mass-murderer -- so long as it supports your ignorance of the fact that Fascism is RIGHT-wing. There are many ideological points on the political spectrum. You reduce it to an oversimplified dumb-assed two. FASCISM and COMMUNISM are OPPOSITE ends of the spectrum. Hitler was accepted by the aristocracy because the aristocracy feared the strong COMMUNIST Party. On top of that you know nothing about socialism or Marxism. you're yet another far-right extremist who DEFNDS Hitler as a "truth teller" because you LIKE what he allegedly said. You are simply a sheeple who is intellectually addicted to being told to hate, and you knee-jerk obey. For you its all about labels that you've been taught are dirty words. Hitler was not a socalist; he was a FAR-RIGHT-wing FASCIST. Socialism and Fascism are NOT the same thing. LISTEN to your own RIGHT-wing propagandists: socialism is LEFT of center.
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  5331.  @chachacha2023  I adhere to FACTS AND LAW. You're the IMMORAL "moral" relativist who makes shit up and slaps on it whatever is convenient that you BELIEVE supports your ignorance. Hitler was a FAR-RIGHT FASCIST, a DICTATOR, an anti-Semitic and racist MASS-MURDERER, and an ALLY OF FASCISTS MUSSOLINI and Japan's TOJO. But you BELIEVE what he allegedly said because you AGREE with it. Hitler attacked the Soviet Union because it was "COMMUNIST" -- LEFT-wing. The POLITICAL HISTORY has your RIGHT-wing ATTACKING LIBERALISM -- the FOUNDERS were LIBERALS who established a LIBERAL DEMOCRACY -- as "Socialism". As LEFT-wing. Your RIGHT-wingers then move to smearing "LIBERAL" as "COMMUNIST". And all of that originates in large part with the crackpot extremist far-RIGHT "John Birch Society". The "John Birch Society" fostered the crackpot notion that fluoridation was a "Communist plot"; and it is the "John Birch Society," which is FASCIST, which attempts to blame Hitler on the LEFT. AND AGAIN: the Aristocratic class didn't like Hitler, but they CHOSE HIM -- RIGHT-wing FASCIST -- because the ALTERNATIVE was the powerful COMMUNIST Party -- LEFT-wing. They chose Hitler because they knew he, like they, was OPPOSED to the LEFT -- both Socialism and Communism.
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  5332. The corporation CEO, who rejected standards as interfering with "innovation," was on the submersible. RIP corporation.
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  5333. Why is Trump so desperate to NOT clear his name by proving his innocence in court?
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  5334. Michael Cohen was absolutely correct when he said that Trump wouldn't leave office peacefully.
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  5335. Few "pro-lifers" actually are, and they know it. Then there are the "law 'n order" "pro-lifers" who support the death penalty. Those who are also "Christians" are bogged down in the vengeful "Old Testament".
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  5336.  @alkristopher  He sold the illegal Iraq invasion on a lie, and by demonizing those "against America".
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  5337. Just a reminder: Trump is facing 91 felonies. So you engage in the gutter-sniping lowlife Republican tradition of Smear Politics. Hunter Biden is now suing FOX for defamation and other violations of law -- and the evidence against FOX, produced BY FOX, is so massive that Hunter Biden will win MASSIVELY. See what LYING gets your favorite CESSPOOL?
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  5338. Trump objecting to "corruption"!?
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  5339. January 6th was, as the FOUNDERS defined the term, an insurrection. They charged, tried, and convicted insurrectionists for TREASON and sentenced them to DEATH.
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  5340. Tim should watch, at least, "Black Mass" and "Donnie Brasco".
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  5341. It's Sander who, in his THIRTIES, wrote about women who don't have orgasms are susceptible to cancer -- and I suppose there are a few women who'd fall for such a STUPID line. AND about young children and sex. Mud slinging marks you as an asshole -- not those at whom you sling bullshit.
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  5342. MAYBE because "Newmax" is extremist false propaganda.
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  5343. No president is "the boss" of the separate branches of gov't -- Congress and the Judiciary. These morons know nothing of how our gov't is structured. And then, when they enter the Senate, one of them says, "We might as well set up a government." They know nothing of "gov't" or governance. To the contrary, the Constitution they jabber about already established a gov't.
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  5344. Initial court hearing in the case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ueFBcu-uW8
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  5345. During the 2016 campaign, Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. And now Sanders is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his refusal to release his medical records. Sanders has a staff that usually does the lying/mud-slinging for him, so he can pretend to be innocent of all of it. THAT is CORRUPTION.
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  5346.  @mpool4210  Her JOB is to spread shit. Yeah, Trump took on the issue: he disbanded the Pandemic Response Team.
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  5347.  mrt57rn  It's all about the paycheck.
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  5348.  @frankortega852  Interesting that all the Russian Trump trolls use Hispanic screen names.
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  5349. Cheney obviously likes and admires Harris.
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  5350. G. DUI Busiht and Cheney created the alternative to facts that resulted in Trump, and January 6.
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  5351. Chief Justice Roberts is FEDERALIST SOCIETY. Thomas is FEDERALIST SOCIETY. Trump's appointments are FEDERALIST SOCIETY. Chief Justice Roberts ASSIGNS cases to specific Justices. As example, he assigned Dobbs to the most extreme anti-abortion Justice Alito. It is as the FEDERALIST SOCIETY intended. Roberts is loyal to the FEDERALIST SOCIETY.
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  5352. The vast majority of American adults are laughing both behind your back and to your face. You have yet to understand that baldfaced assertions without evidence only prove that you are so immature that you don't know what that means. I'd ask if you're paid to be stupid, or if you're stupid for free, but you wouldn't understand the question.
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  5353. Trump's followers are angry because Trump incites their anger.
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  5354. Barr has never tried a case. He is not a prosecutor; he's a bureaucrat/hack.
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  5355. Weak people defend bullies because they haven't the "courage" to be bullies themselves.
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  5356. That would be a fire hazard in an enclosed space.
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  5357. Hitler and fascism is RIGHT-wing.
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  5358. He's near the top of the sport. So there are any number of females competing with each other to add him to their "I got him -- and you didn't!" charm bracelet.
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  5359. The proliferation of snake oil relies on a proliferation of snakes.
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  5360. Trump often doesn't like the questions he's asked. You've only just noticed? Not surpirsing with all the time you've spent IGNORING that TRUMP is THE ISSUE in order to get your rocks off smearing Biden and Democrats.
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  5361. When the wealth gets out of the hands of the wealthy.
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  5362.  @arjaygee  Suggest you read more of the Constitution than the misinterpreted phrase ripped out of the controlling and limited context of the Second Amendment, the subject of which is well-regulated Militia, for which "the right of the people to [keep and] arms" is a redundancy incorporated from the four state constitution Militia Clauses on which it was based -- "Art I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". Insurrection is "Levying war against the United States," as was the Confederate insurrection, which was TREASON. I have the advantage of researching these issues for more than thirty years. The FOUNDERS prosecuted the "Shays's" insurrectionists under the Articles of Confederation -- charging them with, trying them for, and convicting them of, TREASON, and sentencing them to DEATH. And the FOUNDERS prosecuted the "Whiskey insurrectionists, under the Constitution, and AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, charging them with, trying them them for, and convicting them of, TREASON, and sentencing them to DEATH. Do you really wish to assert that the Confederate insurrection was NOT "Levying war against the United States"? The First Amendment also accommodates Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. by protecting PEACEBLE assembly; VIOLENT assembly is ILLEGAL. And when that VIOLENT assembly is an attack on gov't, it is INSURRECTION, and that is OBVIOUS TREASON.
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  5363.  @arjaygee  I also recommend that you read the 14th Amendment, and the "Ku Klux Klan Act" of 1871 which implements it.
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  5364.  @arjaygee  I've been studying these issues for more than 30 years. The same Founders who convicted insurrectionists -- a violent attack on gov't -- of TREASON wrote the Constitution based on prior law. It is a consistent theme through the so-called "revolution," the adoption of state constitutions, and the US Constitution. Insurrection, the intent of which is overthrow of the gov't, is TREASON.
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  5365.  @arjaygee  I've heard the claim a few times that "treason" can't be committed without a declared war, but have never seen anything backing that claim. There were no declared wars at the time of "Shays's" or "Whiskey" insurrections, except in the response to the insurrections.
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  5366.  @arjaygee  Insurrection is an effort to overthrow gov't. Effort to overthrow gov't is TREASON. There is no RIGHT to engage in either.
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  5367. Nor is it necessary that there be a "declaration of war" to transform the crime of insurrection into the crime of insurrection and treason.
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  5368.  @arjaygee  Violent attack on the gov't is insurrection. The intent of the insurrection is to overthrow the gov't. The intent to overthrow the gov't is TREASON. It's in the Constitution. Apparently you believe that, in order to call an insurrection "insurrection," and therefore "treason," the Congress must first issue a "just in case" "declaration of war," in advance of an unexpected insurrection -- and only THEN can it be called treason. There was no war, and no war declared, after the so-called "revolution," when "Shays's" rebellion occurred. The same goes for the "Whiskey" insurrection: there was no war, and no war declared. Nonetheless, in both instances, they were insurrections, and the insurrectionists were charged with, tried for, and convicted of TREASON. As said, the themes are consistent from the legal history leading up to and beyond those insurrections. The definitions of the words didn't change from Articles of Confederation to Constitution, and the responses were identical. One of the police officers who testified to to the Select Committee said that one of the insurrections said to him directly: "We are here to overthrow the gov't." Another of those law-illiterate crackpots, as he was walking into the Senate chamber said, "Why don't we set up a gov't while we are here?" There was already a gov't "set up," but the intent was to overthrow the existing gov't. The Constitution address that: "Art. I., S. 8., c. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." The Civil War was an insurrection by the seceding states, levying war against the United States, and thus was TREASON.
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  5369.  @arjaygee  The intent to overthrow the gov't is TREASON.
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  5370.  @arjaygee  Read the 14th Amendment. The LEGAL HISTORY, including statutory, before, during, and after the so-called "revolution," classified insurrection as treason. That theme was and remains consistent. The definitions of the words haven't changed; the linkage hasn't changed: The intent of insurrection is overthrow of the gov't. Overthrowing the gov't is treason.
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  5371.  @arjaygee  I have the advantage of having been researching these issues for more than 30 years. The Founders were clear, consistently, that insurrection IS treason. Insurrection is levying war against the gov't, whether Unites States or state. They actively established that as precedent in both "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrection prosecutions, with the charges and convictions of TREASON.
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  5372. Ukraine should be "neutral" while being invaded by Russia!?
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  5373. "Religion" is used as an excuse to reject facts based pon the hypotheical that there's a "God," which cannot be proven.
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  5374. Actually he preferred the slaves he owned to be peaceful.
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  5375.  @dawidewi  Because it IS.
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  5376. Rogan calling others "liars"?
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  5377. She also flamed in her book that she met King Jung-Un of North Korea -- which was another lie. Now her staff is going through the book to delete all the "errors" the ghost writer pt in it. Look forward to her re-releasing the book as a pamphlet.
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  5378. Barr doesn't have to be bullied by Trump: his anti-Constitutionalism aligns with Trump's, and he knows what Trump wants done. His whining about the Trump tweet is not because he's bullied by it but that the tweet gives away the game -- exposes Barr for what he is doing behind the bullshit pretense to integrity.
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  5379. Trump's own Supreme Court put out the hit. But Biden rejected that unconstitutional repudiation of the Constitution itself.
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  5380. So Walz is a veteran of the House who appears to be experienced working across the aisle -- that is important for a president, exactly as Biden was important for Obama to get through such as the Affordable Care Act.
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  5381. You overstate Murkowski's statement. She said "we" may be at the point of actually being honest -- but, if you listen to her, we obviusly aren't there yet -- with, also, Murkowski. Read mor Twain -- get over your blind naivete. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people.
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  5382. SHAM-man needs to learn that there's an Internet, and emails, and text messages, etc., which allows "networking" by co-conspirators.
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  5383. "I'm tired of politicians, so I want to be a politician."
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  5384. It's your job to retort racists fantasies that originate with . . . you.
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  5385.  Asteroid Impact  Another anti-American heard from.
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  5386.  @dannywilliams6643  Russian troll.
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  5387. Congress is co-equal with and can overturn the Court.
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  5388. Gym Jordan makes everything political -- and then asserts that everything is political. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5389. He is only leading the GOP to the extent people say he is. That helps prop him up. Stop playing into that enabling illusion.
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  5390.  @alwayslernin4400  How many youtube accounts do you have?
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  5391.  Joe Publisher  When you call him "crazy" you give him excuse. Are you actually qualified to "diagnose" from a distance?
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  5392.  Joe Publisher  Yes. But his scam, however unfamiliar to the majority of honest folks, is not "madness" or "insanity" or "craziness". He knows exactly what he is doing: SCAMMING. It is a "rational" process of LYING. He has become frustrated, however, because it is beginning to not work against the pressures of investigations and lawsuits that win while his usual way of being successful is losing. I've said from the outset that his mistake was running for public office: that brought his business practices, which had always been conducted behind closed doors locked with Non-Disclosure Agreements, into public scrutiny. Trump is a third generation New York con-man and career criminal. It is only the naive and gullible who fall for his old-as-the-hills scamming methods. The fools are those who believe his excessive use of superlatives means he couldn't possibly be lying, else he wouldn't make such absolutist "promises". It's the constant absolutist superlatives that most give him away. But, as he said, he LOVES the uneducated. And he "loves" them because they are so easy to dupe.
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  5393.  @trevmillsmusic1524  In reality they are better now. Let's be clear: US democracy is based on the rule of law. The January 6 attack on the Capitol is defined IN LAW as INSURRECTION, which the Founders prohibited, and prosecuted as TREASON. There is no right to commit treason. The EVIDENCE is overwhelming that Trump organized and directed the insurrection. That is the behavior of CRIMINAL FASCISM, as we see with Putin. Anyone who defends that is defending criminality. Is defending anti-Americanism.
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  5394. The Republicans supported the theft of the 2000 election. Even the "Never Trumpers" avoid saying anything negative about election thief G. DUI Bushit. So we should be surprised that the Republicans are even more brazen than they were in 2000, when the now-"Never Trumpers" were all in for that theft?
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  5395. Untruth: "The truth crushed to earth will rise again." Not everyone can overcome exclusion, or psychological injury.
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  5396. FM was empty territory until the 1960s. When it opened up, stations would play entire LPs. As example, when "The Beatles" (aka "White Album") was released, the local FM station played all four sides -- no ads -- five nights per week for two weeks. And on the weekends, they played all "Beatles," including everything on "The Beatles". And some of that continued through the 1970s. One morning DJ would tell the listeners to turn on their tape machine, and then would play an entire LP.. The record compaines didn't like it -- but if you heard and liked it, you bought the LP.
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  5397. It is a culture created over decades with the incessant attacks on "political correctness" -- on decency. They view decency as a constraint, and they are correct; so they false pose "freedom" as the alternative to constraint -- of decency, civility, manners. What they don't understand at most basic: rights are protected IN LAW -- without which those rights become "opinion". BY LAW rights are protected from infringement, with penalties attached to infringements. Ultimately they are being told it's acceptable to act like grade school bullies -- they are "free" to be unintelligent.
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  5398. Trump tried to EXTORT Ukraine in order to "win" the election. He couldn't care less about Ukraine, or how many lives are lost. Everything Trump does is for only his benefit. Watch the developing "bond" scandal in New York -- he's dug another legal hole for himself with THAT scam. And THAT one will actually LOSE some of his fervently MAGA support. Trump's whole scam of a life is falling apart.
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  5399. Predictable: When Cruz's mouth opens, premeditated bullshit is trotted out.
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  5400. Forget the amnesia: Trump FIRST attacked the elections in 2016.
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  5401.  @garythomas4936  Anti-American troll.
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  5402. Republican Socialism: Food lines, staffed and stocked by anyone but Republicans.
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  5403. Bowie is a bore.
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  5404.  @bauhnguefyische667  You failed to communicate in that "comment".
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  5405. The only LEGAL way around the gag order is to get into the witness chair and testify under oath -- then he can say all the stuff he's being gagged against saying. And if he does testify he has a choice: either admit that the charges are true or commit perjury. If he does testify, the prosecution will destroy the last of his fake public image and expose him for the criminal fraud he is. No one could prevent him testifying if the witness chair were plated with fool's gold.
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  5406. Republican "law and Order" = Police wielding clubs.
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  5407.  @kevinsobczak3382  He has been found liable -- "guilty" -- in the E. Jean Carroll civil trial, and the business and tax fraud civil trial. In both cases, liability -- "guilt" -- having been proven, both trials are in the phases of determining how many hundreds of millions Trump must PAY UP. How criminal must Trump be before his defenders cease defending criminality against the United States, against the rule of law? Committing crime is not a "right" -- even when the criminal lies by claiming it is "freedom".
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  5408. To make sure one ignores separation of church and state, it helps to ignore the whole Amendment.
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  5409. Does she date men in their 50s and 60s? For cash?
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  5410. Two signs were stolen. One sign was stolen. Four signs were stolen.
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  5411. Another Constitutional illiterate. 1. The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time. That includes ALL FOUR of the "Militia Clauses" -- the Second Amendment being the foruth. 2. The Constitution is the supreme Law of the Land. That means that the Militia is UNDER the law, in keeping with the Founders concern that the military power -- there was ONLY the Militia -- ALWAYS be subordinate to and governed by the civil power -- the GOV'T. It is ALWAYS to be REGULATED UNDER AND BY the rule of law -- not the enemy of it. It's even addressed in the Declaration of Independence as a grievance against England: "He [i.e., King George III] has affected to render the Military indepdent of and superior to the Civil Power." The Founders are against you. Ask yourself: how do you defend the Constitution by opposing it? The commander-in-chief of the states' Militia are the states' GOVERNORS. When Federalized, the Coammnder-in-Chief of the Militia" is the PRESIDENT. 3. The first Militia Clause defines the Constitutional purposes of the Militia: law enforcement, SUPPRESSION OF INSURRECTIONS, and repeling invasions. 4. The seonde Militia Clause stipulates that CONGRESS shall organize, ARM, and discipline the Militia. And both in keeping with the Supremacy Clause, and that Clause, the states' Militia, even when NOT Federalized, is regulated BY CONGRESS. In the event you do know, Congress MAKES THE LAWS, which are REGULATION. All the jabber about Militia you are spouting is directly from law-illiterate anti-American RIGHT-wing crackpots. "Heller" is the outlier: there has never been an "individual right" in the Second Amendment as ratified. The ONLY "individual right" DEBATED by the first Congress that WROTE it was the right to be EXEMPT from Militia DUTY. That was DROPPED prior to ratification of that Militia Clause. There's a lot of irresponsible loose talk from the law-illiterate, and other law-illiterate fools reach for that anti-American gibberish as a fantasy "solution" to the anti-Americanism.
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  5412. A lair calling Biden a liar?
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  5413. There is NO individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  5414. Greenblatt is pushing the aggressively militant "victims" propaganda. It no longer works: Netanyahu publicly declared that the official policy of the Israeli gov't would be collective punishment of EVERY Palestinian in Gaza. And Israel's president Herzog said that there is "no difference between Palestinians and Hamas". The WORLD sees through the propaganda.
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  5415. Regardless "god".
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  5416.  @mikep6275  He's always been a fraud. Among the "good" things he did for New York was to announce that he was divorcing his wife at a press conference, attended by his mistress, from which his wife learned of the divorce. And why was he running all over the place on 9/11? Because, against the advice of anti-terrorism experts, he had the Police Emergency Command Center built in one of the two Towers, which was destroyed when the Towers collapsed. He was running all over the place -- chasing TV face time -- because he had no place to go in order to be "in charge". "America's Mayor" has been a fraud for decades -- for at least as long as he's been a butt-buddy of fraud Trump. And check out Bernie Kerick, who began as Giuliani's chauffer, then was appointed Police Commissioner by Giuliani. And then did prison time for fraud. Giuliani got famous for prosecuting the "mob". Apparently he forgot to prosecute himself and his criminal cronies.
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  5417. Children need to be "excited" and "inspired". Voting is for the sober, mature citizen who recognizes that every freedom is inextricably entwined with responsibility.
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  5418. Fake "Christian," HEAL THYSELF.
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  5419.  @Princip666  Learn the history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  5420.  @Princip666  Here's the evidence, history-illiterate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  5421.  @Princip666  "[J]ust saying things doesn't make them true." Learn the HISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  5422. The problem with "dark money" is that it is untraceable. So the Republican is lying that "dark money" came from Liberal sources. These anti-Americans never stop lying. In contrast: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Republicans are always, all the time, only and exclusively, about politics.
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  5423. Trump is by now KNOWINGLY engaged in mass negligent homicide -- his own holocaust. And he's all for this as well: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/19/1938740/-This-is-how-Trump-supporters-treated-nurses-in-downtown-Denver?utm_campaign=trending It wasn't enough that he allowed the pandemic to get out of control; that he refuses to support the states; that he enocurages morons to "liberate" states from public health and safety rules; but also to both subvert and PREVENT the medical system from dealing with the pandemic.
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  5424.  @jeffreydaniel9844  I'm well aware of that. It began domestically at latest with the Reagan cult of personality.
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  5425.  @jeffreydaniel9844  "The first casualty of war is truth." Have you a solution for that? Other than blindly bashing the gov't? I've opposed every military action by the US, beginning in high school with Vietnam. I was the only member of my class to speak out against that, and I took the heat for it. But it appears to me that the US support of Ukraine is the first that has been right since WW II/Korea. Let's be real about propaganda: Chomsky is spewing PUTIN'S line -- as always with him, no matter what happens in the world it's the US's fault, even when it isn't. Russia illegally invades Ukraine, and Chomsky asserts that Ukraine should declare "neutrality"!? Watch videos by Timothy Snyder about the HISTORY: Stalin claimed there is no such thing as a "Ukraine," and no such thing as "Ukrainians". He set about exterminating the Ukrainians. Research "holodomor" -- death by starvation. Hitler then invaded Russia, through (not only) Ukraine, making the same claim. Initially western Ukraine believed Hitler was liberating them from Stalin, until Hitler began his genocide against the Ukrainians. Putin is doing exactly the same. In the effort to avoid propaganda one must be careful not to fall for alternative propaganda.
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  5426.  @naynay1139  Everything is "suspicious" to those who don't adhere to facts. to those who are looking for alternative "explanations" because everything in their world is entertainment and spectacle.
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  5427.  @myrnawashington9057  Russia illegally invades Ukraine, and both the far-Left and far-Right believe Russia. Chomsky is pushing Putin's line: that Ukraine should declare "neutrality". While being invaded!?
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  5428. The aim since Reagan was to make higher education unaffordable for any but the wealthy.
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  5429.  @randycouch2769  Real Americans voted AGAINST Trump.
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  5430.  @birdlover7776  A "real American" is an racist anti-American who rejects reason and the rule of law.
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  5431.  @bahumatneo  Not acquitted on the facts, troll. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Trump and Republicans have been engaged in a seditious war against the rule of war for decades. No law, no rights. That's why you want for yourself.
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  5432.  @bahumatneo  Get a few clues: First, "they" would have to want to build their factories "here". Second, it would take YEARS to build the factories -- so long, in fact, that Trump trumpeting building a factory that never got built because all it was about was a photo op. It was the Biden administration that finally built a Chips facility on the abandoned property. And reality is more complicated than your fantasy defenses of Trump's falsehoods about how tariffs ACTUALLY work: there are assemblies of parts in Mexico that are then shipped to the US for additional assembly, and then shipped back to Mexico for additional assembly. And there is also the issue of RETALIATORY tariffs -- which reduces DOMESTIC exports, which results in lost jobs and recession. BS yourself all you want; reality isn't fooled by your nonsense.
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  5433.  @bahumatneo  We agree: the public Trump is an act, a fraud. But in real life he is an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon. And that is what you support: rape and crime.
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  5434. Once an unvaccinated person catches the virus and dies they are forever after immune.
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  5435.  @KiDCRuDi_  She MET with those protesters BEFORE the rally. They were making asses of THEMSELVES. They proved they can't be trusted to keep their word. Sanders set out to destroy the DEMOCRATIC Party; he succeeded in helping elect TRUMP, and there went _Roe_. Which party turned out to be the problem? Single-issue voters are assholes because every election is about MULTIPLE issues. Do those assholes actually believe the Gaza issue would be BETTER under TRUMP?
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  5436. Cenk is irrelevant. So is Sanders: he can't win with 30 per cent of the votes, while insulting everyone not hornswaggled by him.
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  5437. Luttig said that he was educated on the 14th Amendment by Tribe, and that they'd been discussing it for at least a year.
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  5438.  @ceegee3471  That I don't identify with Trump therefore am not embarrassed FOR him -- his embarrassment is not my responsibility -- has nothing to do with the fact that I certainly feel sympathy for those who died of COVID -- at least those who didn't buy the transparent poppycock from a third generation New York con-man and career criminal named Trump. Mat Trump be bleached of all his ill-gotten money. I want to see him and his spawn living in carboard boxes inside cells up the river.
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  5439.  White Raptor News  Crackpottery.
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  5440. The "Civil Service Act" was seen as necessary because until then they were political appointees and the result was corruption.
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  5441. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5442. It's SO UNFAIR!!!!!
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  5443.  @nunyabizzness8  Biden-Harris won the primary walking away with 86-87 per cent of the vote. So of course he considered what the voters wanted, which is why he stood his ground. But there were fuller considerations, including the polls. Now look at the practicalities: the Supreme Courts "immunity" decision, which is unconstitutional, could have been exploited as making the president a king. Instead, President Biden immediately repudiated it. And then, based on the realities, he VOLUNTARILY withdrew from the race and endorsed his VP. Only two presidents have ever voluntarily gave up the power of the office: Washington, and LBJ. So instead of attacking Biden -- his accomplishments are consequential -- appreciate the example he has set: country before party, and country before personal ambition.
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  5444. Karl Rove, leader in the Republican Party of Racism.
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  5445. The MAJORITY supports Biden. Please learn history.
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  5446.  @nunzionapoli6325  A Susan Collins state.
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  5447. Was it HIS phone, or HER'S?
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  5448. The ear in the right-profile photo, and in a right-profile photo of Laundrie, are clearly not the same. So the photo is unlikely Laundrie.
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  5449. He has defrauded his MAGA suckers for hundreds of millions with which to pay his legal bills (he hasn't paid Giuliani). He doesn't pay his bills; it's that he can't get enough money to cure his daddy issues.
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  5450.  @aaronsinger  Clinton was consistent: he opposed US involvement in Vietnam and found a way out of it. Republicans of the same generation, however -- G DUI Bushit and Dick "Dick" Cheney as examples -- SUPPORTED that involvement but AVOIDED GOING. They were all for sending others to do their fighting and dying for them. And then there's Colin Powell: he was the first to "investigate" -- and cover-up -- the "My Lai Massacre". He protected the white mass murderer and his career progress as a REPUBLICAN.
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  5451. The Utah statute REQUIRES the perpetrator of domestic violence be cited to court, or arrested. The police did neither with Gabby Petito, even though she admitted being the perpetrator, because she was white and a woman, in either order.
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  5452. If it is codified in Federal law, it will be immediately challenged in court, and the Supreme Court will overturn it.
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  5453. Russia needs to do something about those unsafe windows.
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  5454. The gov't DID NOT "take over" health care. REGULATION of HARMFUL industries is ESSENTIAL to governance. Get it through your blinders: the "Death Panels" have ALWAYS ben WITHIN the INSURANCE INDUSTRY. It is the INSURANCE industry, NOT GVO'T, that decides whether to approve a health care procedure. NO has historically including letting people die for the sake of FINANCIAL PROFIT. The FOREMOST obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. That REQUIRES REGULATION and ENFORCEMENT of regulation.
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  5455. What happened to, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," AUTHORITARIAN Jordan Peterson?
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  5456. You want us to join you in lying, immoralist?
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  5457.  @Leathal  Even when it's actually regression.
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  5458.  @rachelsill79  How "Christian" of you. You were not a victim yet take it on your haughty self to condemn another to death because you LIKE how that feels. WE kill killers because killing is WRONG.
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  5459.  @dillysgirl4ever  Probably true, but the penalty for divorce isn't death. What is revealing is the SAVAGERY of those who are "opposed" to killing but cheer on the killing of the killer. WE kill killers because killing is WRONG.
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  5460.  @1087shotwell  Yep: many are impatient to exercise their bloodthirsty hypocrisy -- WE kill killers because killing is WRONG.
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  5461.  @maniak9005  And how do you classify premeditated killing? Yes: WE kill killers when we APPROVE of it. It is termed MORAL COMPLICITY. And in all instances -- except when it makes US "feel good" about the killing -- we condemn killing. WE are VOYUERISTIC HYPOCRITES who like cheap thrills that give us the phony sense of being "morally superior".
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  5462. There is NO EVIDENCE -- which is why we only have ALLEGATIONS.
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  5463. "The money doesn't matter" -- which is why the Republicans have poured money into Georgia in effort to get token "Negro"/puppet Walker elected.
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  5464. It's opportunism. Uygur has always been an opportunist.
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  5465.  @sophierobinson2738  Sports is a distraction from the responsibilities of citizenship.
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  5466. There is NO "right" or "freedom" or "liberty" to endanger public health and safety.
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  5467.  @KendraEMoyer  When did cops "incite violence" by means of SPEECH!? Did you actually watch the vieo!? Or are you another law-rejecting Trump brainwashee?
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  5468.  @Chihirolee3  Exactly. Those who focus exclusively on the claim that Trump is simply exercising his freedom of speech are those who attack the messenger in order to avoid and ignore the message. Trump isn't attacking the evidence; he is attacking the messenger in effort to shout down the message. Attacking the witnesses in effort to shout down their substantiated testimony. Some don't know the difference; but many Trump defenders adopt the same tactic -- instead of respecting the rights of the persons attacked -- the right not to be targeted by Trump's incitements of violence -- the falsely claim, by implication., that Trump has the right to incite death threats and violence against his critics. Our system of laws is based on a balancing interests -- Trump's right of free speech is only one interest; the other is the right not to be subjected to verbal abuse and incitements of death threats and violence. To reject that foundation is to reject the rule of law, which is indefensible.
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  5469. it's nowhere near HALF! Stop repeating the fake horse-race propaganda.
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  5470. He is beyond "deplorable" to DEGENERATE. Hillary was being polite. I prefer accuracy.
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  5471. Megan was put on the board as a political favor to a Trump campaign worker. She is choosing to be insubordinate to the Commander-in-Chief.
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  5472.  @bartonbrown4172  Well and artfully said. You have a perfectly tuned bullshit detector.
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  5473. That pretense to wisdom is foolish. Wisdom isn't the norm.
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  5474.  @theinvisiblewoman5709  You know nothing of the actual history as to who was and wasn't criminal. But the only cure for your simplistic view is education.
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  5475.  @brenatevi  For Republicans who are doing it while accusing Democrats of doing. Those who fall for that tactic come up with the false assertion that there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats. In fact, per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Ego, the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". Look at the Biden administration's effort to meet the needs of "We the people" while the Republicans obstruct that effort. Republicans and Democrats areobviously NOT the same.
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  5476.  @420JackG  You benefit from the infrastructure bill. But you're so stupid you stab yourself in the back. If Trump were president he'd be provided money and weapons to Putin. Wake up: which side are you on -- Putin's, or your birthright?
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  5477.  @420JackG  That's because they are attacking reality; their "alternative reality" is NOT reality, it is FICTION. That's been effectuated by turning hard news into infotainment. Which many US citizens bought into and buy into: if it isn't sensational it is "boring". They are like children addicted to constantly being entertained -- away from reasonand reality.
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  5478.  @TimeSurfer206  You posit the opposite extreme "conspiracy": that no one is in charge. No: those who buy into the conspirabunk HATE the educated, and in spite they falsely believe they are adopting a "truer" intellectuality. They are anti-education, anti-intellectual, anti FACT. It's a childish sucking of thumb, "rebellious" shitting of their diapers -- a "So THERE! blah-blah-blah." That they willingly stink up their own reality is falsely believed to adversely affect those they view as adversaries.
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  5479.  @TimeSurfer206  I have no idea what that is intended to mean.
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  5480.  @MonicaSĪGÑofJõñãhYUNIS  The CONSPIRACIES!
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  5481. Trump is looking terrified in this video.
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  5482. They ARE acting in keeping with the courage of their convictions, which is that exactly as they are doing will achieve the results they want. That is their conviction, and that is where their courage lies. I'm always stunned at how superficial this commentator, how he always stops before reaching the actual point. "Cutting to the chase" is not part of his comprehensin.
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  5483. See "The 5th Dimension" and especially their "Magic Garden" LP for more Jimmy Webb. In other words, look beyond the hits.
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  5484. "The cool guy in the parking lot" -- let us know when you are graudated from high school.
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  5485. Satire is weaponized humor.
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  5486. It remains abnormal; stop calling it ANY kind of "normal". Trump is increasingly, publicly, disgracing himself. Deliberate public disgracefulness is not in any way "normal" -- or quasi-defended by attaching the word "normal" to it. The "Fourth Estate" -- the media -- exists to tell the truth, to be a check against gov't, the powerful, the overtly criminal. It is not exist to compromise or negotiate with it.
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  5487. "I know nothing about" Project 2025" and "I disagree with some of it."
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  5488. Keep "religion" out of it.
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  5489. "We have been taking 'whistleblower' testimony from people who agree with our crackpot anti-Americanism -- er, from patriots."
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  5490. And we need to know how George Santos invented gravity!
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  5491.  @Dawn-m2d  Trump has painted himself into the criminal corner he's in all by himself.
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  5492. Yes, America's ignorance is unmatched: TRUMP is the issue, and the clueless continue to attack Biden and the Democrats. Are you a Russian troll? Or is your stupidity sincere?
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  5493. Check your own back yard -- Medows votes twice in the same election in two different states. Senator Ms. Lindsey pressures a separate state to reject mail in ballots. Trump trashed to country, 1 million died of COVID because of his incompetence -- and worse -- is facing prosecution under four indictments and 91 felonies. But let's distract all attention onto Biden.
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  5494. Jack Smith has set up shop in Trump's head. And any of the 16 fraudulent electors who speak publicly will be drunk on whine.
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  5495. A lot of Republicans are learning what it means to be Democrats.
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  5496. Another anti-American law-illiterate spews.
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  5497.  @rahimmajid647  And BOTH committed the same crime. But Barr interfered in the case in order to protect Trump. Then he eviscerated Trump under oath before the January 6th Committee. And now -- Trump Derangement Syndrome -- he says he's voting for Trump.
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  5498. Or be a vertebrate and stand against.
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  5499. Thuggery. The wannabe Mafia Trump criminal enterprise. And shame on the Supreme Court for repudiating the Constitution with its immunity decision.
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  5500. Is the city's gov't Republican't or Democratic?
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  5501.  @annehedonia156  Doubtful.
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  5502.  @annehedonia156  And the state's governor is a Republican.
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  5503.  @annehedonia156  I haven't seen EVIDENCE that the mayor is a Democrat. And apparently you're new in these parts: Trumpeters and Republican'ts are constantly smearing Democrats -- even when those being smeared AREN'T Democrats. So simply saying a public official is a Democrat isn't sufficient to PROVE it.
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  5504.  @Ifyouknowyouknow327  Are you saying that the city somehow took control of the property -- not meaning "owning" -- because of threat to public health and safety? That would suggest the possibility of court action, which can be slow. It may also mean failure or refusal to enforce relevant regulations, regardless level of gov't.
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  5505.  @hansudowolfrahm4856  The gov't may have taken control of the situation, but that did not let the owner of the hazard off the hook. Law-illiterates will scratch their heads and bash the gov't. The COURT process was doubtless along the lines of filing complaint against the owner of the hazard, in pursuit of ENFORCEMENT action against the owner, and the owner was RESISTING complying with the law.
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  5506.  @hansudowolfrahm4856  "Confiscated"? I don't think so. The gov't took legal action against the owner, and it is in court because the owner is fighting against doing as required. There should be investigation as to the origin and cause of the fire; look at insurance.
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  5507.  @DNagy1800  IF there ARE "dirty secrets". Shouldn't you behave RESPONSIBLY as an ADULT and stop suggesting "conspiracies" without a shred of EVIDENCE for any of that?
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  5508.  @croak41  How do you know ANY of that is FACT? Where is your EVIDENCE?
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  5509.  @dustinengle2570  That is garbled nonsense. If one defaults on a mortgage -- one's home -- it is with the mortgager, which is not the gov't. If the property was "repossessed," then it was "repossessed" by whatever PRIVATE party owned the property. You don't know what you're talking about so are blaming the gov't for the actions of private non-gov't parties. Wake up: FOX has always lied to stupid people for profit. And they always lie against the GOV'T even when the gov't has nothing to do with whatever the lie they're telling.
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  5510. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia: the Law v. Trump. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  5511. Jack Smith has set up shop in Trump's head.
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  5512. No, it is a criminal case based upon evidence and law. That Trump and Barr view everything as 'politics" in effort to avoid the law does not withstand critical scrutiny: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Barr intervened to exclude Trump from the prosecution of Cohen in the same basic case. If it were a "political" trial, Cohen wouldn't have been convicted and imprisoned. And it was the Bureau of Prisons, under the DOJ, that jailed him in effort to keep him silenced when it came to publishing his book on the issue.
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  5513. I didn't believe him from the outset. One must learn to be skeptical of those one finds most agreeable. I did NOT say they must be rejected, though in some instances that will be the eventual result.
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  5514. Doesn't Biden ALSO have absolute immunity?
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  5515. The Academy will do nothing now that he's no longer a member. Which will reflect adversely on the Academy. Let's just say he was given a shove: either resign or we'll have to do something. If you resign, we'll drop the issue and pretend it never happened.
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  5516. In which category did Carlin place HIMSELF?
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  5517. The mainstream media is distrusted by morons. They prefer the fringes, where the worms are. because they don't grasp that Seder and his ilk are not trafficking in FACTS. But Seder is probably too full of himself/stupid to realize that by attacking DEMOCRATS he is helping TRUMP and the Republicans.
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  5518.  @tedtrash  But we shouldn't call Sanders' "fans," such as yourself, for being a hypocrite on the point. 1. Sanders, who claims to be a Leftist, voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- a top priority for the extreme RIGHT-wing domestic terrorist organization NRA. 2. I used to listen to Sanders every Sunday on "Air America," and liked everything he said. Then I saw him campaign in 2016, beginning with his promise to destroy the Democratic -- not the Republican -- Party. And once granted his "request" to run as a Democrat, he continued to trash the Party, his campaign was caught hacking the DNC, and he continually smeared Clinton with Republican/RIGHT-wing lies. Clinton did not respond in kind because she -- being, unlike Sanders, politically savvy -- didn't want to alienate Sanders voters. In sum, he showed himself to be a vindictive prick -- and he and his CORRUPT "fans' show that they are the flip side of the Trump coin. Sanders/Trump "fans" -- "fans" are of entertainment, not of the serious matter of politics -- are identical in more than one way: A. Criticize the candidate, the "fans" attack the critic -- which is not a defense of the candidate. B. Attack and smear others -- then when called on it for the CORRUPTION it is, proffer the two-year-olds' non-"argument, "They did it first!" Sanders is wealthy -- but to Sanders "fans" everyone who is wealthy is therefore a "corporatist" and therefore "corrupt" -- the sole exception being sloganizer Saint Sanders. 3. During the 2016 campaign, Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. And now he is again standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump by refusing to release his medial records. 4. During his twenty-five years in Congress, Sanders was totally ineffective as a legislature because he REJECTS the democratic process, which IS the legislative process: debate, negotiate, COMPROMISE, achieve a majority consensus.. And you believe the absurd fantasy that he would "change the world" from OUTSIDE the Congress. Reason is not your strong point. Neither are ethics or morality -- adhering to the facts, and reason -- a concern for you. There are two forms of lying: A. Commission. Telling a known falsehood. Sanders and his "fans" do so constantly. Sanders' current claim to have opposed the Iraq invasion is a misrepresentation of the facts B. Omission. Withholding a known truth. Sanders is refusing to release his medical records? So much for "transparency". You're either a Russian troll or bot, a Trump supporter, or a person so politically naive that you've fallen for old-hat pie-in-the-sky Socialist slogans. FACE REALITY: Since at latest WWII, the US population has been indoctrinated since earliest childhood to fear and hate Communism/Socialism, which in their minds is such as USSR, North Korea, and Cuba. Were sanders the nominee, the ads against him would include VIDEOS of him praising Communist/Socialist Castro, and praising Communist/Socialist Sandinistas against the United States. With Republican gerrymandering (protected by the Supreme Court), Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitations to foreign powers to subvert the election, the Democrats need as many votes as they can get. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will nonetheless vote for him again before they'd ever vote for a Socialist. Joy Read is not lying; she is reporting FACTS that you don't like. And that is YOUR corruption, which is identical to Trump's and his moronic MAGAots: LIE by calling FACTS you don't like "lies". Sanders is no less a demagogue than Trump.
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  5519. Incels not only save by not dating, but also by not buying shaving necessities.
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  5520.  @innocentnemesis3519  Nor are all murderers "psychopaths". We kill killers because killing is wrong.
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  5521. Israel has been engaged in ethnic cleansing since its founding. It's long past due that the United States ceased giving Israel a blank check in money and weapons.
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  5522. The jury is required to apply the law to the facts. It is not an unelected legislature; it does not have the authority to rewrite or repeal laws.
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  5523.  @alyssal3817  None of that is going to happen. Trump went to extreme lengths in effort to get to the jury and he got convicted of the charges. you can either behave responsibly -- know what you're talking about -- or irresponsible and spew destructive junk.
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  5524.  @wholeNwon  Those who jabber about "jury nullification" don't actually know how legal process works, or the civic DUTY of being a juror. They jury does not, as example, get to admit "evidence" or reject evidence. The introduction of the second knife in the movie "12 Angry Men," as example, would in reality result in a mistrial. The jury instructions given by the court are: apply the law to the facts, the evidence. The evidence as to admissibility is fought over by the two sides in the case. The neutral arbiter -- the judge -- determines what evidence is admitted and what excluded. "Jury nullification" is a "theory" pushed by law-illiterates and those who reject the rule of law. Who pride themselves in their staunch ignorance of the fact that "freedom" does not exist in conflict with law; it exists and is protected BECAUSE SECURED by WRITTEN law. So-called "sovereign citizens" reveal that self-"nullifying" stupidity by BOTH rejecting ALL law -- and then claiming rights that exist in the law they REJECT. Can't have it both ways. But let's go to the real point: defending murder. There is nothing moral in defending murder. Defending that which is, actually, domestic terrorism. Words have consequences. They are foolish and irresponsible. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  5525.  @justranting4510  "Tell me are they going to show the thousands of photos of BLM and FBI agents that were there?" Don't you have such alleged photos? Or are you simply, mindlessly repeating LIES intended to DISTRACT from the facts that have been found and are being presented to us via the hearings in which MOST of the witnesses establishing the facts are REPUBLCIANS, including those CLOSEST to Trump himself? You do know that Ivanka is Trump's daughter -- correct? And you did watch and see her say that she accepted Barr's statement that there was no election fraud? And that Barr, lifelong REPUBLICAN, was appointed by Trump? And that Barr testified that he told Trump, at least three times, that the claims of "election fraud" -- being made by Trump -- were "bullshit," and "nonsense," and "crazy"? Who are you going to believe if not your own eyes and ears? A New York grifter and lifelong liar and career criminal named Donald Trump? Or those who were (1) REPUBLICANS, and (2) THERE at the time and who REPEATEDLY told Trump he'd LOST?
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  5526.  @AT-nq6cu  "Did anyone cross-examine the so-called evidence?" 1. During investigations one is constantly critically evaluating facts discovered, and seeking either other facts corroborating them, or facts that disprove them. That's how fundamental critical thinking works in all areas of life. What YOU are doing is clinging to a BIAS, and thus in keeping with that BIAS attempting to REJECT EVIDENCE you DON'T LIKE. That is flat-out juvenile. A single word for it is: STUPID. 2. Congress's role is to investigate toward LEGISLATING. The Congress is not a court, and the investigations it conducts are not "trials". The idea that the current Republican members are "cross-examining" anything is nonsense: they spend all their time disrupting and preventing the House from FUNCTIONING. They are NOT engaged in the process of governing and legislating -- which is what they are elected to do. Like it or not, the issue is GUNS -- which is why the Republicans, who are OWNED by the gun industry and the NRA, want to talk about ANYTHING BUT guns. In fact they are not defending gun rights; they are beyond that into defending mass murder. 3. The evidence gathered, and presented in the separate branch Judiciary -- the courts -- will be "cross-examined" THEN. And that won't be the FIRST time the evidence will be subjected to critical evaluation.
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  5527.  @AT-nq6cu  Dershowitz is not a "Liberal" and I'm not impressed by your dragging that right-wing Trumpist in. He's irrelevant. And I already EXPLAINED it: "Where are the Trump people in the committee to challenge to cross-examine what is put forward?" The January 6 Committee's purpose to INVESTIGATE. It is not a "trial," or a forum for LIARS to disrupt and subvert the process. Where are the "Trump people [on] the committee"? As REPUBLICAN Kevin McCarthy: in a recorded conversation on January 6 or 7 told his REPUBLICAN caucus that that a BIPARTISAN COMMISSION was needed to investigate all that happened. But remember what happened? -- Kevin McCarthy PULLED his REPUBLICAN appointees to the Committee because the REPUBLCIANS he chose have a history of being DISRUPTIVE in order to PREVENT ANYTHING being done. As the EVIDENCE ALSO shows, one of those McCarthy wanted on the Committee was Congressman Perry, who tried to engineer putting Clark as head of the DOJ -- and SUBSEQUENTLY begged Trump for a PARDON. We don't put CRIMINALS in charge of their own trials, jerk.
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  5528.  @AT-nq6cu  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. See if you can achieve that. I doubt you can, because so far all you've done is spew baseless hate-politics against the rule of law.
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  5529.  @AT-nq6cu  If the Constitution is, as you assert, a Liberal document, then you know it is pro-gun control, and pro-ensuring that all military forces are UNDER the thumb of the rule of law and governed by the Civil Power -- the GOV'T. As is obvious in its PROHIBITION against "taking up arms" against the gov't/rule of law, which is insurrection. And in ARMING the Militia in place of relying on private individuals' pop-guns. Keep shooting yourself in both feet simultaneously and you'll be in hawk for multiple prosthetic devices.
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  5530.  @AT-nq6cu  Dershowitz is FOX propaganda and Trump. He is far-RIGHT Yes, the Constitution is a Liberal document. The Founders who wrote the Constitution were Liberals who established a liberal pluralistic democracy. And you despise Liberals. Your chosen alternative is Fascism. Hitler and Mussolini were Fascists. Putin in a Fascist. "ANTIFA," which is an "idea" not a "thing," is ANTI-Fascism.
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  5531. They don't even know the meaning of "research," let alone how to do it. Even elitist Peter Navarro doesn't know; and he's an alleged Harvard graduate.
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  5532. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and fufill his duty by testifying to the Committtee under oath. Of be subpoened. Otherwise he is a liar by withholding truths he knows.
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  5533. Thank Saint Reagan for establishing the anti-gov't sedition that is "flowering" through Sarah Palin to Trump.
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  5534.  @cassiecavataio2982  Have you FACTS to back that up? Or is lowlife slurring against people you don't know your idea of smarts?
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  5535.  @edub9930  Have you FACTS to back that up? Or are you just another lowlife smearing a presumed lowlife about whom you know nothing factual?
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  5536. Colin Powell was the first to "investigate" the My Lai massacre -- and cover it up. He was the typical Republican. And Nixon pardoned the racist who ordered it.
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  5537.  @roosts20412  BEFORE THEN he was the first to "investigate" -- and cover up -- the racist My Lai massacre of men, women, children and infant civilians in Vietnam. He was a REPUBLICAN: going along to get along to get power is all that matters.
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  5538. The responsibility is on the ELECTORATE.
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  5539.  @derekz7129  That's not correct. Trump is freaked because he knows he's being held accountable -- because, more pointedly, he knows right from wrong. All he's doing is his usual bullshitting. What's freaking him out -- he is in contact with reality -- is that it's no longer working.
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  5540.  @DolphWorld  The several Republican chairs of the several House Committees who are "investigating" the Biden's have admitted that they actually don't have any EVIDENCE for any of their FAKE "scandal" allegations. And that has been the Republican practice for at least 40 years: invent "scandals," fling them at Democrats, and demand they be "investigated". Then the Republicans "investigate" the FAKE "scandals," spending double-figure millions of taxpayer dollars, and the predictable happens: they find no "there" there, so there are no indictments. That's exactly what happened with Hillary Clinton: thirty years of FAKE "scandal" allegations, and multiple allegations, and multiple "investigations" costing the taxpayer millions and millions of dollars -- and in the end no indictments because there was never any "there" there. IN FACT, McCarthy boasted, publicly, on camera, at the time, that the MULTIPLE Benghazi "investigations" were intended to bring down Hillary Clinton's poll numbers, and that intent was succeeding. And despite all the talk about "indicting" her, and "lock her up" -- well, all that stopped when Trump "won" the election. Because, as they knew all along, there was never any "there" there. But they also knew they could rely on stupid Republican voters to believe anything they were fed by Republican LIARS.
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  5541.  @DolphWorld  It can't be proven there's a "God". And if you were literate, and believed in such a "God," you would spell it correctly.
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  5542.  @DolphWorld  Have you an objection to being seen as other than petty and irrational? How about addressing my comment SUBSTANTIATING that the Republicans CONSTANTLY LIE to STUPID Republican voters -- and that those voters are MORALLY BANKRUPT, and ALSO HYPOCRITES when they FALSELY rant against Democrats based upon "moral" concerns?
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  5543. It is building up to be a landslide for Harris.
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  5544. Assange violated US laws.
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  5545. That's TRUMP'S view -- denial of due process by locking people up without trial. I suggest you THINK before approvingly repeating his anti-Americanism.
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  5546.  @barryschwarz  His boasting of personally being responsible for overturning Roe and the consequences in the states have about finished him. Add a criminal conviction or two and he is beyond toast to burnt toast. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. He still wears diapers. And that isn't anger -- it is the irritation caused by the diaper rash.
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  5547.  @roykilling2496  I suspect he was dropped from the force, perhaps a history of excessive force.
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  5548. Death threats and violence are not protected speech.
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  5549.  Gemma Dann  Transforming a "burp" (or a fart) into a profound comment for those who succumb to being bedazzled.
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  5550.  @d.nakamura9579  Those are the excuses for the arrogance.
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  5551.  @vancouverterry9142  Why do you indulge in the unintelligent resort to ad hominem? Not a shred of which is a defense of Peterson. Defensive much?
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  5552. Russell Brand: "I'm not Jesus Christ just an incredible look-alike." (Ignore the fact that I'm a failed actor, and lost my sense of humor before I had it.)
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  5553. It began with Reagan and his "trickle down" fraud.
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  5554. So you're okay with Putin's illegal invasion of Ukraine, and attacking and killing civilians?
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  5555. I'd like to know the source of that, as it is rare Socrates made declarative sentences outside of contexts that were askng questions in pursuit of truth. And such sentences were usually summations of what others were saying, but not necessarily agreement with the summation.
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  5556. Knowing the correct use of quotation marks, and using them appropriate, is called LITERACY.
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  5557. Trump says he'd prosecute his political opponents. Vance says that is antidemocratic -- apparently rejecting Trump's claim of absolute immunity as concerns President Biden.
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  5558. What they DON'T want is reproductive freedom -- not for women.
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  5559. You don't know that. And you don't know that these four committed the crime.
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  5560. NO rights are absolute. Which is why Scalia AFFIRMED that GUN CONTROL is CONSTITUTIONAL.
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  5561. Condi Rice hasn't credibility to put on the line.
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  5562. You don't understand politics. One can't do anything unless elected. Sanders -- the opposite side of the Trump coin, a cult of personality demagogue -- LOST TWICE. And he lost because the majority of the electorate is MODERATE -- which he repeatedly insulted, and ALIENATED, by smearing them as corrupt..
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  5563. You mean he's a Trump-supporting bullshitter failing to persuade that he's objective?
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  5564. Did Trump get a CUT of the bounties?
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  5565. NEWS anchors DON'T MAKE SHIT UP! -- the report FACTS. She is doing nothing of the kind.
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  5566. "The Federalist Society" is not a "group of Constitutional scholars." They are right-wing extremists with an anti-majoritarian agenda. The proof is in the holdings by the 6 Republican members of the Supreme Court.
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  5567. "Thoughts and prays" -- Let's DO nothing" -- makes YOU feel good and is entirely self-centered. It is OBVIOUS that it does nothing more than that.
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  5568. Have you EVIDENCE for that? Nope. Stop the stupid.
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  5569. Trump needs to be reduced -- in his own understanding -- to the size of actual human being and defendant.
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  5570. He farted, and the whole neighborhood was locked down. He deserves to be mocked like he mocks others. He's made "jokes" about the attack on Paul Pelosi.
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  5571. @Susie Physical For you making sense certainly doesn't matter.
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  5572.  @rekcusdoo  Some do take years.
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  5573.  @we.americaningenuity8682  Don't believe anything posted by "We.American Ingenuity.
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  5574.  @vivianspinarski4846  And you repeat it.
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  5575.  @danielee500  Make a decision: you can bash the gov't, like a good little Republican, because not providing instant gratification; or you can watch and learn how investigations and legal process work. Which do you want? -- fast and sloppy; or convictions?
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  5576.  @rekcusdoo  Yes, sure, you have a Juris Doctorate, which is why you don't know that the mainstream media interviews veteran prosecutors when the issue is LAW. In addition: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  5577.  @rekcusdoo  Joyce Vance and Glenn Kirshner, as examples. are former prosecutors. Suggest you watch something other than FOX.
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  5578.  @morvel40  How about the 900,000 Americans killed by Trump's disinformation campaign about COVID?
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  5579.  @rekcusdoo  So you're a Trumpeter, claiming to have a "Juris Doctorate," admitting you're not a medical doctor and yet judging medical doctors' informed views. You assert that the veteran prosecutors I've named quoted the law "wrong" -- but don't provide a single example. Because you're an alleged "Juris Doctor" who doesn't know that you are responsible for not only your assertions buts also to back them up. In an early comment you asserted that Watergate was a "nothing burger". Watergate began with a burglary -- which is a CRIME, not a "nothing burger". Judge Sirica, a REPUBLICAN, broke the case opening by hammering them with stiff sentences that persuaded them to talk. Those burglars were also paid "hush money" -- bribery is a crime -- which were tracked to C.R.E.E.P. -- the Committee to Reelect the President -- whose chair was Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell. Investigation found that he, John Mitchell, approved the hush payments. In other words: he committed a CRIME. And Mitchell was one of at least 42 Nixon administration officials and/convicted for their crimes in behalf of Nixon. You, with your alleged "Juris Doctorate," aren't playing with the typical Trumpeter, who is dumber than dead rocks. I was in my late 20s during Watergate and followed all the fine detail in both print and broadcast media. I wasn't born yesterday and have an education in law. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Take your rejection of the rule of law to the "FOX" comments section -- if they aren't blocking comments in order to suppress critical alternative views.
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  5580. Leave the baseless political attacks on Merrick Garland to the Republicans, else you contribute to and "validate" their attacks.
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  5581. There have always been stupid people like those today. But there was no social media.
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  5582.  @sf9145  It can't be proven that there's a "God". And, in other instances, "GOD"-invokers claim "God" intervenes. Cant have it both ways. Face it: your "God" created imperfect humans. Imperfect humans are bound to fuck up. But what does your "God" do when imperfect humans PREDICTABLY fuck up? Your "God" PUNISHES the imperfect human, instead of taking responsibility for having created them imperfect and bound to fuck up to begin with. It's no wonder "religious" people slip their personal responsibility onto their "God" and call it "God's will". "God" is an excuse to avoid personal responsibility. That isn't about "sin"; it is about personal free will avoidance of responsibility. And what is the excuse, the defense, for every war? "God" made me do it.
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  5583. Bragg was new to the office, so had to get up to speed on the many cases in the office. So let's bash Bragg.
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  5584. Those who oppose "DEI" spell it as "Black" with the word beginning with "N".
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  5585.  @sandofhell69  Elon Musk is a fraud, a liar, and a racist. Which is probably why you believe he can overcome the rule of law.
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  5586. Rant Paul's "expertise" is ophthalmology.
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  5587. Not all states allow "citizen's arrest". And the Georgia statute -- which they invoked LATER -- was enacted in 1873 in reaction to Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation," as authorizing "slave catching".
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  5588. Bob Woodward said no such thing.
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  5589. BOTH Trump and Giuliani, and the pro-Russian Ukrainians, were working together to remove the ambassador. It was during this that Trump attempted to extort the Ukrainian president. And it was all about smearing the Bidens. And, for Giuliani, private businessman for whom money was more important than "patriotism".
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  5590. Shapiro is a speed-freak jerk.
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  5591. These morons have no consideration of the neighbors' rights to peace and quiet. And yet we're to believe they care about rule of law.
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  5592. So Cruz didn't like the answers. And he wouldn't like any answers to any questions. It's all about smearing Garland because Garland isn't a fraud.
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  5593. If Trump is re-elected, and the Democrats gain the Seante, they can immediately impeach and remove him. Per the Constitution: no pardons when the issue is impeachment.
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  5594.  @nitromartini1422  Or with Popok of "Meidas Touch" who says he deals with the "intersection" of law and politics. It would be nice if he would omit the politics. But his and Ben's presentations are shockingly sloppy for lawyers.
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  5595.  @nitromartini1422  If you have a specific criticism then post it. Otherwise cease blindly attacking the rule of law.
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  5596.  connardcyndi1769  I'm jealous of nothing. I have an education in law. But note how Popok made an issue of the fact that Trump had a PAID EXPERT testify for the defense in the civil fraud case. He claims to be a trial lawyer; if so, then he knows that is not controversial; it is the NORM. He also DIDN'T mention that the PROSECUTION ALSO had a PAID witness testify (though they paid significantly less). If he were doing LAW on that point, he might have reported that PAID witnesses testified, on BOTH sides, and that that is the NORM. Instead he was not doing law on that point -- he was doing POLITICS. In contrast: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Further: if he and Ben argue that way before juries -- disorganized, and riddled with tangents away from the central issue/s, then they manage only to confuse jurors. KISS: "Keep it simple, stupid." If one wants to make a case to a jury -- or those who are law-illiterate, and all about politics, therefore incapable of distinguishing between the two -- one adheres to the central facts and law, without interjecting all sorts of tangential and irrelevant issues. One keeps it focused and simple. Want a contrast with what Popok and Ben are doing -- to see how PROFESSIONAL presentation of legal arguments WORK? -- then see the many former Federal prosecutors -- on such as MSNBC -- present facts and law arguments without obfuscating and confusing the issues by mishmashing politics and law. If one instead wants to be sloppy, the opposing counsel will exploit it to one's disadvantage. Essentially, they are little different than right-wing media, where "legal" opinions aren't provided by lawyers but instead by Republican politicians who are unknown as to expertise in LAW.
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  5597.  @honoviglobalnetwork1423  Yo -- law-illiterate: Prosecution of a person who commits crimes is not "persecution" -- it is PROTECTING THE MAJORITY FROM THE CRIMINAL, and imposing the RESPONSIBILITY for the crime where it belongs: ON THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME. The same goes in civil law: if you injure another, you owe making them whole -- undoing the injury. If you REFUSE to do so, then you are taken to court and FORCED to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. What you "argue" for is stupidity and chaos.
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  5598.  @wasdwasdedsf  That didn't happen. You obviously know nothing about elections law, how elections work, or the FACT that there have been built-in protections against election fraud for CENTURIES. Look up the New Hampshire case of your right-wing anti-American hero James O'Keefe trying to prove how "easy" it is to commit voting fraud -- had his camera all ready to film it when his friend -- he set up his friend; he wasn't going to risk his own freedom -- got caught trying to vote illegally. The friend got caught before getting anywhere near the voting booth. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal -- and you are a sucker begging to be lied to by him and his anti-American sycophants because too stupid to educate yourself against charlatans, let alone about how elections are actually conducted. The question remains, DUNCE: WHERE IS THE "EVIDENCE" THAT GIULIANI HA BEEN CLAIMING TO HAVE? If he has it, nothing prevents him providing it TO THE MEDIA. Instead, as he said to Arizona REPUBLICAN BOWERS: "We have lots of theories, but no evidence." And we have Giuliani ON VIDEO asserting -- "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Ask YOURSELF: is that a "TRUTH"?
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  5599. "You're either a part of the problem or a part of the solution" is typically a LEFT-wing slogan. Boebert is stealing lines from those she classifies as her ENEMY. It used to be that the GED had value . . .
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  5600. Right-wing extremists -- white supremacists -- have long characterized "states; rights" -- properly tainted with RACISM -- as superior to the Federal gov't and Constitution. It is exactly opposite, as expressly stipulated in the US Constitutions Supremacy Clause.
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  5601.  @mrs.taylor9666  It can't be proven that there's a "God". And Jesus is said to have said that one keep one's praying private. Many of us are nauseated by the egocentric religiosity of seeking attention by making public how "religious" one is. I have a sister who is "religious" when she "needs" to justify doing something she knows is wrong. Drop all the pretense. Persons are determined to be of good will not by their word but by their works.
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  5602.  @mrs.taylor9666  "The Bible is a fascinating book of wisdom. You might want to read it." The "Bible" is a grab-bag mishmash of self-serving supremacist Hebrew tribal-centric ideology. It endorses slavery when the Hebrew owns slaves, and opposes slavery when Hebrews are the slaves. Buddhism is older than the "Bible" -- you might want to read it and find in it what one does not find in the "Old Testament": actual individual responsibility and compassion, and no preaching others MUST behave while overlooking one's own transgressions. One doesn't need the "Christian" baggage to find the exact same values in neutral ethical philosophy that doesn't engage in the vicious persecution of those don't have the "right" "religion".
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  5603.  @joannemcardle1848  Exactly right. But the "law 'n Order" Trumpters only care about rights for themselves, and punishments for those who aren't "Libertarian" Fascists.
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  5604.  @joannemcardle1848  What has never been shown?
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  5605.  @joannemcardle1848  That's why I used the word "mythic".
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  5606.  @joannemcardle1848  And look at Rudi "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani: when the FBI searched his apartment and seized electronic devices he complained that they DIDN'T take the hard drives -- plural -- from Hunter Biden's alleged laptop. Where did he get those hard drives (assuming he had them)? What was the chain of custody to ensure they weren't tampered with? That was at the same time that Giuliani was usually drunk, "fart-phoning," and LYING that the election was stolen.
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  5607.  @joannemcardle1848  I've seen it, but I was asleep and dreaming at the time. Then I "woke".
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  5608. Jamie Raskin's father was one of the "Boston 5". They were all acquitted.
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  5609. He was to appear at the DOJ's grand jury THE DAY BEFORE.
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  5610.  @keithk.3963  You don't get around much.
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  5611. Stop making shit up. When you have EVIDENCE for any of that conspirabunk, then present it. Until then stop the stupid.
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  5612. You mean Obama is a "suspect" because he's Black? The United States had strong INTELLIGENCE from AFGHANISTAN about the planned attack -- and PROVIDED IT TO PUTIN as part of the standing policy of "DUTY TO WARN". That includes warning EVEN ENEMIES because fighting terrorism is a NECESSARY GLOBAL COOPERATION among gov'ts. Putin IGNORED the warning -- calling it "blackmail" -- it turned out not to be -- and effort to "intimidate" -- it turned out not to be -- and to "destabilize" Russia. It appears the successful terrorist attack IS destabilizing. Meanwhile, Putin must also contend with the fact that there are RUSSIAN troops fighting WITHIN Russia FOR UKRAINE, including the separate "Wagner" group. AND Ukraine is attacking Russia's oil production facilities inside Russia with drones. If you won't inform yourself even of current events, even without knowing the history, then stop posting your stupid conspiracy theories, baseless conclusion-jumpings, and smears based on ignorance of all the relevant history and facts.
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  5613. “I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams
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  5614. Isn't "OAN" a Russian propaganda outlet?
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  5615. Biden IS NOT being attacked by Democrats. But let's focus on the fact that the REPUBLICANS have made a big issue about the border -- even defending the Trump administration kidnapping of children from their parents -- and making clear that they WANT to keep the border as it is so they can blame the Democrats. They want the problem, not a solution, because they want the votes of racists whose ancestors were immigrants.
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  5616. Mark Twain compared himself to Geroge Washington: "George could not tell a lie. I can, but I won't." The moral point being that the inability to tell a lie is not a virtue. And the irony is that Washington's "I can't tell a lie" was a lie made up as a story to teach children to not lie.
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  5617.  @Mountainsnlilacs  Correction: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Giuliani. Is that a "truth"?
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  5618. "George [Washington] couldn't tell a lie. I can, but I wont." -- Mark Twain. The moral point being that the being incapable of lying is not a virtue. Being able but choosing not to is a virtue. Further: The story about Washington not being able to tell a lie was made up -- a lie -- as a tool to teach children to not lie.
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  5619. Trump is a private citizen who STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  5620.  @dennisholliday2454  He DID bring it up during the State of the Union, AND he challenged to call/write the White House and he would provide the BROCHURE PROVING his statement of the facts. He didn't name names during the SOTU but those who knew the history and names knew what he was saying. By NOT making it so specific as to name names he denied the Republicans any means to pretend to be of a different view than those he didn't name. So they called him a liar -- so in response he names names. Those who he named should have told those calling Biden a liar to STFU.
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  5621. Trump's "Hand Job" is his calculating his bullshitting.
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  5622. Left-wing extremists got NIXON elected TWICE by smearing and insulting and alienating the vast majority -- the MODERATES.
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  5623. That applies to Republicans, who are anti-gov't, and can't wait to be elected to it so they can undermine it. They apparently never learned that gov't is "A system of laws, and not of men." (John Adams).
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  5624. "The Hill" making shit up again.
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  5625. Perhaps some of the Secret Service AREN'T Trump lackies.
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  5626. From where else are the "products" to be purchased?
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  5627. Watch.
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  5628. They won't be for much longer.
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  5629. To the US electorate, Socialism is North Korea. Period. Full stop.
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  5630.  @theronedawson3236  Fixed for ya: GYM Jordan.
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  5631.  @JusticeAlways  During the late 1960s there were several conspiracy trials of leftist anti-war people -- "Chicago 8," which became "Chicago 7"; the "Boston 5" (which latter included Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spok and Jamie Raskin's father). So "Trump 19" fits the tradition -- the differences being two: all the others were acquitted, because they hadn't actually committed crimes; and they weren't right-wing anti-Americans, and criminals, like the "Trump 19".
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  5632. Habba must admit that Trump is a snooze operator.
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  5633. Trump is not "deranged". Trump has always been a bullshitter, a conman, an "actor" -- the Trump you see is FAKE. But he is intimidated and on the defensive, his schtick is shattered and imploding, and he is desperate. His crap has collapsed into chaos, and is randomly grabbing at straws that used to work, but instead it is all incoherent. Nothing that worked in the past is working. At the same time he is focused on his last "opportunity": establishing multiple violent responses not limited to the Capitol.
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  5634. Carlson and FOX are attempting a CYA.
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  5635. "The Federalist" is not law.
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  5636. But it is all about him. She is there as his "equal" to show that he is "tolerant" of women. He is a white male Republican. A REPUBLICAN white male.
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  5637.  @denniskai2331  And Joe is a white male Republican -- only his point of view is valued by him.
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  5638. George Soros is a Jew, and is accused of anything anti-Semitic Republicans oppose.
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  5639. Meadows' problem is that he was also on the call -- beyond mere "scheduling" -- to Raffensperger. And Trump had already exhausted all legal efforts -- all 60-plus court cases were dismissed for lack of merit. There were no grounds for the intervention in a state-level election process.
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  5640.  @nancygodsey8312  Early on there was concern that Belarussian troops would join with the Russian invaders. That isn't likely to happen in view of the fact that Russia is losing.
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  5641.  @martynanstis1620  Yep.
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  5642.  @nancygodsey8312  Russia's closest ally is Kurdistan. Belarus was probably warned off joining the invasion by the talk of sanctions against Belarus. And if the war continues as it has -- Russia losing -- then Lukashenko may begin to regret being a Russian ally. He's currently shifted to try to play the middle.
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  5643. Yo, Gaetz: reading Marx doesn't make one into a Marxist. Understanding socialism -- you do not -- does not make one a socialist.
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  5644.  Joyce Agnes  Say it in English. Reading Marx -- understanding it -- doesn't make one a Marxist. Same with "socialism". Gaetz is using buzzwords for the ignorant base that doesn't know what he's talking about. HE doesn't know what he's talking about. He pumps out hate at FANTASIES that are made up -- and his base hates those FANTASIES also. Note that he DEFENDED "colonialism". Do YOU know what colonialism is!? Stupidity all around. Being AWARE is being "woke"; Gaetz and his ilk are about keeping people stupid. And that remains true even though you have the hots for him.
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  5645. Do you ever evaluate the "ideas" he puts out there as to their truth? For those skilled in evaluation of thought processes, he is easy to follow. But, however flashy, that does not at the same time make the "thoughts" valid.
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  5646. "Respondeat Superior" = "Let the master answer". Who was the employer of the thugs? Trump.
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  5647. The 2000 SC usurped the authority of Congress to resolve election disputes. And it did so by intervening in state law. In addition, they voted twice in the same election, which is a felony.
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  5648. And Walter Winchell was anything but a class act. But newspapers also had their equivalents. All the media do the same things -- so stop bashing newspapers as "victimizers" of radio.
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  5649.  @Gernhartd_Rainholzen  The point is, as I made it, that all the various news media do the same things. All of them have always had serious news, "serious" opinion, and sleaze-mongering gossip. Winchell proves the point: both in newspapers and on radio. His career ended when he took it to TeeVee and viewers saw how freaky he was in behavior.
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  5650. But the Founders won the revolution because they smartly captured the British airports.
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  5651. Embarrassing!? They are political hacks substituting politics for law. Achieving the right-wing extremist "conservative" goals is more important to them than democracy itself. Than the Constitution and rule of law. In contrast: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5652. And many were January 6th insurrectionists.
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  5653. Trump has always been a bullshitter. That's all he is -- fake "reality" TV.
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  5654. When he gets out he will be tried in New York for multiple felonies for defrauding Trump supporters. And Trump didn't protect his supporters; instead he pardoned Bannon of the Federal charges.
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  5655. And who knows, childless Christ might have had cats; they were revered in neighboring Egypt.
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  5656. Paul Peterson was a "star"; many "stars" made records, even if they had no talent even as a "star".
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  5657. How to defeat the non-sheeple.
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  5658.  @emoonie  Trump is a career criminal. Perhaps you've yet to learn that criminality is the opposite of good. Milley prevented the destruction of the Constitution. Why do you believe that the destruction of the rule of law is a good thing? Are you a criminal?
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  5659. Which are AWFUL ways to feel.
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  5660. And you know that how? And you don't recognize that effort to intimidate the gov't as the INSURRECTION it was? This is in the Constitution, law-illiterate: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. The US is a democracy -- majority rule. Yet you cheer on a tiny minority of gun-nuts acting against the will of the majority.
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  5661.  @cdr3986  Then he must have been aspiring to make cement shoes by boasting that he knew how to pour concrete.
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  5662. Many say that they are wondering why so few are talking about J. D. Vance's dark history with three-legged stools.
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  5663. How about attacking the Capitol and Metroplitan Police? And what about the REPUBLICAN House voting AGAINST increased funding for the Capitol Police?
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  5664. Having a hardened heart, Cruz wants to "harden" schools.
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  5665. Trump began attacking the elections before the 2016 election.
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  5666. So Pence and everyone around him can get tests any time they want -- they only have to ask. The rest of the American people can go fuck themselves.
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  5667. She should be banned possessing guns.
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  5668.  @eb1247  the highest inflation in the US is in the state of Florida -- nearly twice the national average. And with both property taxes AND MANDATORY home insurance that has exploded -- a double tax -- and insurance corporations pulling out of the state in droves, people are being driven into homelessness. And DeSantis's attacks on allegedly "illegal" immigrants is devasting the construction business -- its backbone being immigrants -- and agriculture -- its backbone being immigrants -- because immigrants are leaving the state in drove. And with permitless carry in the state one doesn't know who has a gun, and doesn't know if the persons who do have them are legal or criminal. Floriduh is where reality goes to die.
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  5669.  @debraderoos5225  Collective thinknotthink. Orwellian.
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  5670.  @baanjones5910  No mental "catchers mitt" to comprehend the information that fits the mitt. They don't know basic civics -- how the gov't is structured and is to function. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't; instead they are of the crackpot view that the gov't is a foreign, hostile entity. And they have no idea how much Federal monies support, as example, their infrastructure -- I'm certain that with all the hurricanes they love it when the FEDERAL gov't's FEMA shows up, which is funded by TAXES from ALL 50 states. It's extremely difficult when people too stupid to understand the difference between fact and "opinion," fact and nonsense, rely willy-nilly on a mishmash of sources but trust only those that confirm their paranoid suspicions and existing ignorance. They will tell you, "They ALL lie!" but if you endeavor to pursue that issue -- no, they ALL do not lie -- one begins to encounter the usual right-wing conspirabunk they swallow and regurgitate. Push a little further about the FACTS about such as Trump's career criminality, as example, or even the EVIDENCE-based indictments and they will literally run away in order to NOT hear it. Trying to educate them about how the gov't works and one runs into a cloud of obstructing carp about "They ALL lie!" even though one is talking about structure and functioning of fov't, not about persons.
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  5671. @@VeronicaRainone-by5hd Only after he agrees to comply with the legal subpoena he illegally ignores. And only after we have a full investigation and accounting for his cover-up of the rapes of wrestlers under his purview as a coach. Until then Gym Jordan will continue to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  5672. Only fools, criminals, and anti-Americans sympathize with Trump.
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  5673. Your "God" wouldn't have to be with them if "He" had prevented it in the first place.
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  5674. "Pride" -- and ego trip -- is earned only by the person who works for it. It is a fantasy, a kind of theft, that one can be "proud" of others' achievements to which you contributed nothing.
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  5675. Trump is being sued by numerous cities for not paying the public safety costs incurred by his rallies.
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  5676. It appears to be for these gun nuts.
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  5677. There is no "left" -- except everyone to the left of Hitlerian fascist TrumPutin.
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  5678. Yes -- stupidly saying that Trump should be allowed to succeed in his fascist takeover -- just so everyone can see the results.
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  5679. MY mask protects YOU. YOUR mask protects ME. The IQs of his constituency needs to be tested for the safety of the nation.
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  5680. What in hell is he talking about? "Black dress"!?
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  5681. Christian Nationalists are anti-Semites and also hate Catholics.
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  5682. Prosecutors are selective in that they choose to prosecute criminals.
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  5683. Joni Ernst is wearing the Republican mask of "Let's pretend the Republican Party isn't the Party of Racism".
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  5684.  @sakethief9365  I'll explain the fact you racists omit: The illegal guns in Chicago are trafficked in from law-run control Indiana. The illegal guns in New York are trafficked in from lax-gun control Vermont. Nationally a national mayor's organization issued a report years ago with the results of research on the sources of guns used in crimes in all 50 states. It was found that the vast majority of the illegal guns in all 50 states originated in three states in the southeast United States. That would be cured by Federal law interdicting the illegal gun trafficking in defense of STATE RIGHTS. It is also reported the Mexican gangs buy guns and Texas and traffic them back into Mexico.
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  5685.  @sakethief9365  Nothing to say about the 19 children and two teachers murdered in Texas with guns bought in Texas?
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  5686.  @puppychick08  You aren't one of the reporters.
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  5687.  @za2206  Many were involved with that effort, and before them.
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  5688.  @nancyblanton6686  And "The Byrds" consisted of Roger McGuinn.
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  5689.  @puppychick08  Apparently you missed the point I made: Music doesn't age, but that is irrelevant; what is unknown to those too young to have been there is the CONTEXT. Crosby was a "big Hippy" -- as an IMAGE -- and an arrogant jerk. So much a "peace and love" "Hippy" that he TWICE got busted for ILLEGAL GUNS. So he was also STUPID. Taken out of context "CSNY" were the biggest thing of their era. IN context they were not.
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  5690. Political patronage. I knew Mihos. Utterly arrogant born into wealth. Quintessential example of privilege. Street named after him. At the end he lost his money to gambling, prostitutes, and resultant divorce settlement.
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  5691. Republ;icans are lookiing for answers they want to hear, not answers that will inform them against their preferences: profits over human life.
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  5692. Republican Attorney Ginsberg is a decades-long elections law specialist. His view is unimpeachable.
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  5693. She didbn't say anything about university. So you are projecting your "gendered "anti-gendered" bias on her.
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  5694. It would have to happen in Georgia, as Georgia doesn't have jurisdiction in D.C. Congress DOES have jurisdiction over the conduct of its members, and it's spelled out in the Constitution -- you should READ it -- that Congress can discipline its own members, including expelling them from Congress.
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  5695.  @rudee315  Watch the video so your comments actually deal with the issues: You don't know why she postponed he case EITHER. But we know what you WANT to believe: the lifelong con man and criminal Trump is actually honest, contrary to all the EVIDENCE that PROVES those facts. Trump has lost THREE cases -- all adjudicated so by juries of Trump's peers without their politics being known or relevant. In one of those cases he was adjudicated as being a RAPIST. Judge Canon is a TRUMP appointee, and she came from the "Federalist Society," about which you don't seem to know anything, even that it exists, and is opposed to YOUR interests. So is Alito from the "Federalist Society," who has shown by his actions that he supports the criminals who engaged in the January 6th insurrection. Alito swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution; the Constitution includes the following: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. Because the Constitution PROHIBITS insurrections. On the panel is a judge. She points to the inexperience and lack of confidence of Judge Canon as ONE reason for her FAILING to actually rule on motions instead of letting them pile up unaddressed while postponing a case of paramount importance and seriousness. Had she sufficient maturity she would ask senior judges for guidance. Or, if honest, would ask to be removed from the case because she is in over her head. But she has also made rulings that favor Trump's FALSEHOODS about the "Presidential Records Act" -- which means the exact opposite of his claim. As for this part of your comment: "so people first do your search then open your mouth, there is a reason for everything." It is YOUR responsibility to do the [re]search to back up YOUR assertions, instead of lazily -- and stupidly -- expecting everyone else to fulfill YOUR responsibility FOR you. The judge on the panel has credibility. You have no credibility.
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  5696.  @michaeltyler4314  Let's keep ignoring the fact that Cannon is ignoring the Canon. And, like Alito and Thomas, ignoring the FEDERAL STATUTE that REQUIRES ALL judges to avoid even the APPEARANCE of BIAS. Is she in over her head -- inexperienced/incompetent? Or is she overtly biased against the rule of law because the non-gov't special interest "Federalist Society," of which she is a member, is opposed to the rule of law? How about grasping the seriousness of the situation and focusing on the issue: our democracy is founded on the rule of law. The rule of law is not a mere afterthought.
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  5697. We kill killers because killing is wrong.
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  5698. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5699. Chris Christie interviewed for a position in Trump's administration. So did Romney. And those are the "moderates"!?
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  5700. The air one exhales is moist. The moisture is in miniscule droplets.
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  5701. Two older NRA convention attendees said the age should be increased to 25.
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  5702.  Jacko Sargs  You don't know what I believe. But that's all you have: presumption and personal attack. The First Amendment constrains GOV'T. It does not apply to private businesses. There is no "other hand" in that regard. I'm beyond fed up with assholes who insist on "free speech rights" without any sense of limitations. You're no different than right-wing extremists on that point -- yet another pushing the false belief in rights being "absolute" or having no limits. If you aren't going to address the reality of the Supreme Court then don't waste my time with the ancient 1960s "New Leftism" which I witnessed first hand, and which helped elect Nixon.
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  5703. "The MOB takes the 5th." -- Donald Trump. So he admits to being a mobster.
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  5704. I'm beyond fed up with the pie-in-the-sky Leftists who always bet on the pie-in-the-sky and get it wrong.
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  5705.  @GlassesAndCoffeeMugs  AOC got elected. Uygur came in last of multiple candidates. Uygur imagines himself something he is not: competent in politics. He's an ego-driven ideologue who "predicts" -- just like his knowing he'd win his election -- whose predictions are "know it all" before he knows anything.
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  5706.  @jvgama  Is Kamala, a woman of color, "establishment"? The actual establishment is the CONSTITUION -- the rule of law. The gov't, "A system of Laws, and not of men" (John Adams) is, by definition, rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5707.  @bakenbeans420  Trump's term for the "establishment" is "deep state". Those who hate gov't thereby hate rule of law. There's nothing intelligent or clever about it -- and it is the OPPOSITE of the Founders' view; they never declared independence from reason, rule of law, or gov't. And included in the Constitution protection of it against its enemies: ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  5708.  @trumpjr3940  Want to repeat more made up "facts"? If so, you continue to LOSE.
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  5709.  @trumpjr3940  You are not "Americans" plural. And you aren't honest in claiming to represent "Americans". You're a dishonest individual pretending to be something you're not. You're among those who love to invokke the Constitution you can't be bothered actually READING for the irst time in your life. And that is because you couldn't care less about the rule of law -- except as you, in your law-illiteracy, can attempt to impose on the MAJORITY. The Constitution is AGAINST you: it prohibits insurrection, and the Founders charged, tried, and convicted insurrections of TREASON and sentenced them TO DEATH. In sum, you a jerk, an asshole, who dishonestly believes that attacking others in effort to change the subject is somehow "smart". Clue: being stupid isn't smart.
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  5710. You don't understand reality?
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  5711.  @JCisReal  I leave the trolling to those who have no substance, and who, when they don't like the message -- the facts -- attack the messenger. In other words: I leave the stupidity to those who have concentrated all their energies into developing that as an expertise. And we have you on the record as being a troll.
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  5712. Snowden is a criminal.
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  5713. So vote for Trump.
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  5714.  @jg5571  Says the man who fled to Russia to escape the rule of law. Because he's all about rule of law.
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  5715. Everything from Santos is a lie, so if he said he were a liar I'd hesitate before believing him.
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  5716. They are not "militia"; and all 50 states prohibit them as "paramilitaries".
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  5717. Haitians VOTE. There are said to be 500,000 in Florida. And now he's attacking the Haitians in Pennsylvania.
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  5718. Stop giving excuses to Greene, et al., such as "insane" or the like. She and her ilk are simply ignorant, and proud of it -- they reject reason because it smacks of "education". For decades they've been given cudgel against "political correctness" -- against decency, civility, basic good manners. It isn't a new phenomenon: she and her ilk come from a culture in which that is normal behavior -- a constant interpersonal struggle for any standing of power or credibility at all. It is a degenerate culture of tit-for-tat bullying and claiming to be victims. There's no "resolution" for such interchanges because reason doesn't apply, and there is o knowledge of how "debate" works.
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  5719. For the last week the Feds -- Secret Service -- and New York state and local officials have been establishing a plan to protect Trump should he land his fat ass in jail. I say ignore all the political noise -- put his ass in the courthouse cell. And if that isn't enough, put him in Riker's for a week. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Or do it as another judge said: sentence him to jail, time to be determined after the trial, but suspend the sentence. If he behaves from then on, then after the trial vacate the sentence.
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  5720. Kirshner's theory of "pocket pardons" is entirely speculation. What are the chances Trump gave pardons to those who FAILED him? Or would establish a paper trail leading directly back to him?
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  5721. Several Republicans are focusing on the crucial issue: What did Trump do about the insurrection? THAT is getting them: it proves he WANTED the insurrection, and lit the match. He has a history of EXPLICITLY encouraging violence. They were deliberately primed to know what he meant, even though he had his personal lawyer say the words, "Let's have trial by COMBAT!".
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  5722. None of which is original with your experience.  All talking points, all the timeAnd YOU KNOW that Trump is a constant LIAR.  Why do you LOVE being LIED to?
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  5723. If Geraldo were sincere he wouldn't be on FOX.
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  5724. A woman former prosecutor of sex trafficking said that one would have to do drugs in order to have sex with Gaetz.
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  5725. Which is a self-negating claim.
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  5726.  @jasonandersen5975  I SUBSTANTIATE my FINDINGS. Unlike gun-nuts who reject the rule of law, and dodge and bullshit, but NEVER substantiate with anything, except rarely with snippets out of context, without identification of source, and irrelevant to the Federal Congress.
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  5727.  @jasonandersen5975  Not at all. "Roe" was based on the right of privacy. The six "Federalist Society" religioextremists on the Court DENY there is a right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. All the rest in the draft decision is window dressing. Other SC decisions on the chopping block also based on the right of privacy include "Griswold," which legalized the use of contraception -- which the 6 religioextremists ALSO oppose because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. And in particular as concerns the draft "Roe" decision: the United States is not under English law -- "Declaration of Independence". And as said, other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to own guns". On one hand the religioextremists deny the existence of the "invisible right" that is the right of privacy. On the other hand, they find an "invisible right" to own guns. The country is suffering an unprecedented wave of mass murders, but the religioextremists are so PRO-life that they are set to make it WORSE.
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  5728. The right-winger is IGNORING the parameters of judging, which Jackson made abundantly clear and repeatedly. See the discussion between her and Republican Sasse.
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  5729. Hillary Clinton NEVER pled the 5th. And no EVIDENCE was ever found against her.
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  5730. It can't be proven there's a God". And the fervency of that subjectivism leads fools into treating other issues as "religion" -- like the "right" to own guns behind the LIE of "self-defense". Stupidity is for the stupid. Believing unprovable speculations are actually proven facts is stupidity.
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  5731.  @colorado.alleyoop  The responsibility falls on BOTH.
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  5732.  @evelynmiranda1133  Why does your "God" not PREVENT these mass murders? It's obvious your idea of "home schooling" is about teaching bullshit to your kids without the "interference" of those who actually know the meaning of education.
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  5733.  @defensorlibertatis9342  SEARATION of "religion" and gov't -- gov't being RULE OF LAW. BOTH the father AND the kid are responsible. If you know a person is talking about and planning murders, and you give him the gun to do it with. YOU share the responsibility in the murders. Or are you not "Biblically" ""your brother's keeper"? Christianity is about compassion and inclusion -- not about excuses and avoiding responsibility.
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  5734.  @iGame3D  Bullies were originally bullied -- that's how they learned to bully: it's the choice they made. That is why when they are confronted they claim to be "victims" -- because originally they were.
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  5735.  @evelynmiranda1133  You are functionally illiterate in your native language of English. I can imagine how your kids are going to have a difficult time keeping up in an actual education institution where literacy in basic English is necessary. You've been miseducating your kids which horseshit.
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  5736.  @colorado.alleyoop  The father BOUGHT him the AR-15 Assault rifle as a Christmas present AFTER the FBI and sheriff visit with him. But more than one thing can be done at the same time: schools CAN implement policies concerning bullying.
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  5737.  @colorado.alleyoop  I didn't say anything made "it" okay. How about dealing with what I did post instead of going off into stupid tangents that are entirely beside the point and irrelevant.
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  5738.  @colorado.alleyoop  His FATHER bought him the AR-15 ASSAULT weapon as a CHRISTMAS present -- Christmas is said to be the celebration of the "Prince of Peace" -- AFTER he had been questioned by FBI and sheriff. And I'll bet the father claims to be a "Christian". New kids at schools are frequently the target of bullying.
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  5739. Hubba hubba Habba continues to let her "beauty" TRUMP her intelligence.
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  5740. It can't be proven that there is a "God". But that is the hypotehical: "God" is everywhere, and innfinite, so will hear whatever anyone says/"prays".
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  5741. Yes: let's vote against demagogues Sanders and Trump.
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  5742.  @hew195050  Young people might want to ask "old people" their advice based upon accumulated experience and wisdom. Even my genreation wasn't that arrogant and stupid at your age.
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  5743. Romney promised that if elected governor -- he was pro-choice -- he wouldn't use it as a platform to run for president. Halfway through his term as governor he declared his candidacy for president as anti-choice.
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  5744. How quickly they forget the "Declaration of Independence" when they want to rely on the "witch"-hating of English law that the Founders threw off.
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  5745. The "impeachment inquiry" is a CAMPAIGN tactic equivalent to the FAKE "Benghazi" scandal used against Hillary Clinton.
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  5746. It's changing our culture by reminded the intelligent that experts, expertise, ELITES, matter if we aren't to devolve into barbarism.
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  5747. Be certain to VOTE, especially because Trump's attacks on elections, and especially absentee voting, is convincing his supporters that it is a WASTE OF TIME to VOTE. Their "alternative" is VIOLENCE -- which is PROHIBITED by the Constitution, and the FIRST obligation of gov't and the rule of law is to protect public health and safety. Trump is finished. It's just that he and they don't know it yet.
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  5748.  @ryansauchuk7290  Actually the opposite is the fact. Your fantasy is not reality. Your wishful thinking is not reality. Biden is pulling ahead in the polls. And that will continue as his strategy on GAZA sinks in.
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  5749. FOX has NEVER been "moderate".
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  5750. "Most people" aren't enough. And this isn't about opioids. State rules, etc., are irrelevent, under the US Constitution's Supremacy Clause. I.e., any state law subordinate to the US Constitution -- including state constiitutional provisions -- are null-and-void.
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  5751. Ginni Thomas didn't "become" radicalized. She's always been an extremist fruit-fringe religionut.
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  5752. Politcs of Paranoia: When you dn't have facts, smear the media, the so-called "establishent" -- but not Trump and the Republicans. Ask yourself: if you were to insult, smear, and attack ME, do you believe that would EARN you my vote? If you do believe that, then you aren't THINKING.
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  5753. This is Texass's vaunted law enforcement. And as I recall it, the murderer and his sheriff girlfriend who killed herself occurred in Texass. Add 19 school children and two school teachers.
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  5754. Talk to the voters who refuse to exercise responsible self-governance because it's all and only about "freedom".
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  5755.  @SamLA342  You don't now a whole lot about anything, which is the result of your studied refinement of your sociopathic selfishness. That is especially true about foreign aide. The reality is that foreign aide is SELF-serving.
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  5756. Every thing every country, including the US, does, is totally self-serving. Foreign aide has more to do with national security than with helping other nations. And note that the Republicans overfund the military (the money actually enriches civilian contractors) and will LIE in order to go to war at the drop of a hat -- but they oppose foreign aide, which does much to reduce the likelihood of war, and costs less than overfunding the military and going to war.
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  5757.  @danooc1  Social Security is a separate fund. It is not part of the general budget. Those who talk about "deficits" and "fixing" Social Security are LYING about the connection, and their intent is to ELIMINATE Social Security.
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  5758. The only "reason" a woman would marry Walker is for his presumed money.
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  5759. A judge ruled -- not Trump -- and the legislature -- not Trump -- enacted a law.
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  5760. Nsvsrro id sn ECONOMIST!?
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  5761. Republican'ts' "vaccination efforts" are anti-vaccination/pro-death.
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  5762.  @seanmccartney5177  And oversized safes.
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  5763. Assange is a criminal. Will you be defending Trump next?
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  5764. Nina Turner shouldn't be allowed to speak publicly. The constant hyperbole is embarrassing. Sanders "fans" were bullying people in 2016, and they are doing it now. But let's be careful to flatly deny it. And let's not mention that Sanders' original campaign manager in 2016, who came out of nowhere with his partner Paul Manafort, both of whom worked to elect the corrupt pro-Russian president, resigned when Sanders' campaign was caught hacking the DNC. Facts are not "smears," dearest. That includes the VIDEOS of Sanders praising Communists/Socialists Castro and Sandinistas, and his writings, when in his 30s, about young children and sex.
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  5765.  @tonymiller6847  Where's your EVIDENCE that I'm wrong? We're waiting for you to address the EVIDENCE I included in my comment. Can't do that -- then stop the personal attacks: all they do is reflect badly on your cult leader.
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  5766.  Jen_Jen B  yeah: I'm reaching into Sanders' BAGGAGE. As for your "stfu": Shall I post the First amendment in your face? Is that how you want Saint Sanders being perceived -- as SUPPRESSING points of view he doesn't like?
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  5767.  Jen_Jen B  You obviously can't HEAR me.
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  5768.  @Drunkenknifingducks  Interesting: there is a pattern with Russia trolls and bots: using Hispanic names.. And no one in their right mind wants to be berned.
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  5769. Calling immigrants "vermin" -- saying they are "poisoning the blood" of the country, asserting that the media are "the enemy of the people": those are QUOTES FROM Hitler.
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  5770. Let him testify and self-ankle-bite.
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  5771. Until Heller there was a bright line between military and civil society. Scalia obliterated that by ignoring the legislative history on the Second Amendment which refuted his "individual right" holding.
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  5772. Berger was fined $50,000 and got two years probation and had to perform 100 hours of community service.
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  5773. That repeated propaganda word: 'strong".
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  5774. There is no "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- the legal term for which is INSURRECTION; that's why we have VOTING. From the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The COGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And Presser v. Illinois succinctly states why the well-regulated Militia/National Guard is governed and regulated UNDER the gov't as an arm OF gov't: "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." The FEDERAL gov't has the same authority by the Constitutional provision authorizing it to FEDERALIZE state militia/National Guard, as it did in opposition to the "Whiskey" insurrection, which was crushed AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified.
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  5775. We've been spying on China just as China spies on us. But it's only wrong when China does it.
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  5776. Medications of some kind.
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  5777. In law it wasn't a mere "riot"; it was an insurrection.
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  5778. Some people prefer lies to truth. And Trump loves the uneducated because they are so easy to bullshit.
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  5779.  @kelseychow5415  The slot has already been filled at University of Toronto. And I'll be you're opposed to ad hominem attacks when you are the target.
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  5780. There were apparently 19 cops inside the school, HEARING SHOOTING, but decided the killer was no longer an "active shooter". This is what happens when one elects REPUBLICANS. The man who stood up and yelled at Beto at the Abbott press conference is the REPUBLICAN mayor of Uvalde. Dut lets attack "DEMOCRATS". From CANADA.
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  5781.  @techwatch1228  Another racist moon heard from.
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  5782.  @Kevin-z3m2v  Hit the streets -- PEACEFULLY. "Indivisible" and other organizations are organizing protests. STAND UP!
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  5783. Trump is making it happen.
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  5784.  @daltonwilson2105  And you are an ass.
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  5785. The US has DUMB leaders, sez Trump -- pointing to himself.
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  5786. It's difficult to surveil a person who isn't [yet] a person of interest, or charged. Petito was reported missing on 9/11, and Laundrie disappeared on 9/12 or 9/13.
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  5787.  @normandubowitz1965  Pessimism is imbalance.
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  5788.  @psycohaul  And what, pray tell, is the "truth" you have personally witnessed on the ground in Ukraine? LEARN THE HISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  5789.  @psycohaul  And troll makes assertions without a shred of EVIDENCE to back it up. Those who reject fact, truth, and education because of the false belief that there is a "right" to be stupid are not only enemies of democracy, they are also enemies of themselves.
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  5790.  roger boynton  Amazing how you can predict the unpredictable future. FOOL: Putin KNOWS that his use of nukes would be met with USE OF NUKES AGAINST RUSSIA. Do you actually believe Putin is suicidal?
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  5791.  @lunafringe10  after WW II there was a competition between the US and the Soviet Union in grabbing German scientists, especially those involved with missile technology and nukes. The Nixon administration was NOT "made up of German Nazis". It had its share of fascists, but they were not "Geran Nazis".
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  5792.  @rogerbrownreacts8528  Yes -- because Republicans are totally against any sort of public service that is both needed by "We the people and funded by "We the people". Because the stupid believe their anti-Americanism is a solution to all their fake "grievances" -- all of which "grievances" are fed to them by domestic enemies.
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  5793. Warren is not disingenuous. She is stating FACTS you don't like, so endeavor to bury under Sanders bullshit politics. Sanders is the millionaire "victim". Trump is the billionaire "victim". Whine, whine, whine.
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  5794. Low energy Trump will not recover fully. Already the medical information is incomplete and conflicting.
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  5795. Dept. of Defense head Pete "Drunkard and Sexual Predator" Hegseth replaced DEI with DUI.
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  5796. "When you're explaining your losing." So Trump is explaining why he -- and J. D. Vance -- aren't "weird". Harris should be challenging Trump not only to the September debate, but escalate to challenging him to 5 debates -- and keep that "FIST" in his face while at the same time delivering strategic rhetorical jabs and overhand righthand haymakers. And in view of Vance saying that the Biden withdrawal and endorsement of Harris was a "sucker punch," then also throw in some occasional rhetorical sucker punches.
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  5797. The buyer is shifting his debt onto those who had no part in the deal.
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  5798. They actually video and audio verifying the teacher's account.
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  5799. Most of the speech was LIES. But Trump voters overlook that because they like anything that falls out of his mouth.
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  5800. Did they offer the properties as collateral based on the same fraudulently inflated valuations?
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  5801. It IS NOT "indiscriminate"; it is DELIBERATE. Exactly like Stalin and Hitler, Putin's intent is to wipe the country and people of Ukraine out of existent.
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  5802. @Alvaro Harmon Shove it.
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  5803. Whiney Ted Cruz sounds like Joe McCarthy.
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  5804. Trump got elected with the help of Russia, James Comey, and Bernie Sanders. And there went Roe.
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  5805. The politics of smear. Why doesn't he ask Ivanka Trump about her ties to China -- profiting from "Communism".
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  5806.  @Herman47  He is focused on resurrecting the far-right "Communist" paranoia of the 1950s. Two other historical figures who hated "Commies" and Liberals were Hitler and Joe McCarthy.
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  5807. Look at the Supreme Court, beginning with Scalia's blurring of the bright red line between gov't control of the military, on one hand, and on the other hand, private anti-gov't fake "militia" insurrectionists. Why do you think the ban on bump stocks was overturned?
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  5808.  @kentdunne1320  This Pope has pointed out that US Catholics are in it for the politics and financial profit. Worldly power. Which is OPPOSITE Christ's message.
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  5809. The joke was not a crime. Will Smith's response was a CRIME.
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  5810. Open-carry is ILLEGAL in Massachusetts, Mr. "States Rights'". FURTHER, MORON: they are a subset of "sovereign citizens" -- they REJECT the RULE OF LAW IN TOTALITY. The RULE OF LAW is GOVERNMENT.
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  5811. As an Amendment to the US Constitution, by its own terms it applies to ALL states, not only to those of the former Confederacy.
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  5812. Trump fought the release of the documents which were bases of the fraud trials he LOST based on those documents. And it was this Supreme Court that held he had to release them.
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  5813.  @katiehettinger7857  It's at least 6 of 9.
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  5814.  @jacintarichardson2376  More law-illiteracy from the anti-American MAGA cesspool politics. The essence of democracy is elections. The US and every state constitution stipulates that there SHALL be elections. Law is not politics: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Our democracy is founded on the rule of law. The Supreme Court is REQUIRED to uphold the Constitution and laws -- the OATH they swear is to the Constitution -- not to political party, ideology, or person.
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  5815.  @Riverdawg24  She should have retired when Obama could have replaced her.
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  5816.  @cedarwaxwing3509  The whole idea behind Heller and its progeny is to arm the extreme right-wing FOR violent overthrow in order to establish a fascist theocracy. Who would have thought that the Catholics would take the lead and they and the Catholic-hating Protestants would join together in the same project?
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  5817.  @Riverdawg24  It was said at the time Ginsberg was having repeat surgeries.
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  5818.  @jacintarichardson2376  Yes I understand that -- which is why I remind of the proper respect for the Constitution and laws. There was a time that the "Bible Commonwealth" (Massachusetts-Bay Colony) withheld knowledge of the law from the majority of the colonists. It took decades years of agitation for them to persuade the theocracy that it was only right that they be apprised of their duties and rights so they could know how to behave. How does one comply with the law, and recognize violations of it, if one doesn't know the law?
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  5819. Watch the video and LISTEN: Trump wasn't there at the time. Trump is not the president; he is a private citizen who lost the election -- which he even admits publicly -- you simply aren't listening. And he left his supporters stranded in the desert because he couldn't care less about them. He probably didn't pay the bill, for which he is notorious. He's said several things which make that clear: "I don't care about you, I just want your votes." He is mocking and insulting you, and you are eating it up as if compliments. And his comment about denying FEMA funding to California when there are fires affects YOU NEGATIVELY. He did that when in office until people in his administration showed him that the fires were in an area where HIS SUPPORTERS were. Until then he couldn't have cared less. WAKE UP.
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  5820. It's about freedom of speech when PRO-Israel THUGS DOX -- which is TERRORISM -- Harvard students for exercising their right to protest against Israeli FOREIGN POLICY, which policy EXPRESSLY VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW.
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  5821. Make Accountability Great Again.
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  5822. Edge of their seats.
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  5823. He also sleeps with the family dog, but don't tell anyone.
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  5824. The First Amendmnet SEPARATES "reigion" from gov't so that we don't have asshole public officials pretending to be religious while they lie their teeth loose.
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  5825. The "water" story he tells is a total fiction. When he doesn't have a legitimate criticism he makes up a lie.
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  5826. Sure: holding Trump accountable is "abuse" of snowflake victim third generation New York con-man and career criminal Trump. And as it has been referred as a criminal matter to the IRS means Trump finally won't be lying about being audited.
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  5827. The essence of democracy is elections. And the US Constitution, and every state constitution, contain provisions on the conduct of elections. That's why the US is a representative democracy: we elect representatives, and Senators, and presidents.
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  5828.  @gypsy5592  I saw it during the Vietnam era, but it was an individual, or small groups, of racist haters.
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  5829.  @melissal3383  "His" wealth is gov't subsidies and contracts funded by us taxpayers.
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  5830. It was entirely a political document. And she had to show that she's more macho manly-man than every other contender for VP. She MAY be stupider than Sarah Palin.
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  5831.  @joko09010  Packman is too often out beyond the FACTS.
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  5832. Calling the Democratic Party the "Democrat Party" preceded Trump by DECADES. Same as the continuous attacks on "Liberals" began at latest with Reagan.
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  5833. Is "Elez" Hispanic? If so, his racism will not make him white.
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  5834. Bolton was blocked because an extremist talking radical crackpottery.
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  5835.  @N17-o2r  Rittenhouse. As examples, the judge restricted the prosecution to characterizing those shot as "rioters, looters, and arsonists" -- even though there was NO EVIDENCE -- either inside or outside court -- that those shot were any of those things. And then his racist musing about "lunch"": "I hope the Asian food doesn't arrive by boat." And then there's Rittenhouse himself: he crossed the state line, with an illegal gun, to go to a city where he had no business, to "protect property" from racially-profiled Black Lives Matter". And what did the abundantly-present law enforcement do about the shooting? Nothing. He was only arrested, days later, back at home in his home state.
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  5836. Is it the "Secret Service" that is contradicting Hutchinson? Or is it Ornato denying it?
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  5837. The police themselves said they aren't sharing all they know. Are those who saw taht, in front of their own faces, no LISTEN!? Do all these amatuer "detectives" actually "think" that professional investigators don't know how to investigate?
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  5838.  @TheRabidWolverine  Gym Jordan more constantly than most is constant in his name-calling and smearing others. That childish INABILITY to "debate" -- appeals to the sub-literate who fall for the behaviors of sub-literate proxy bullies such as Jordan. Put EVIDENCE in front of their faces and they attack the person who puts the EVIDENCE in front of their faces.
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  5839.  @markk9240  In other words, you reject the rule of law and support criminals and criminality.
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  5840. Exactly. Reagan began the sedition when he characterized the gov't as in effect "the enemy". to the contrary, per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. So the enemy of the right-wing are "We the people," and the first thing to do is remove civics from public schools, and prevent "We the people" voting.
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  5841. FOX's fake "news' founder Roger Ailes was Reagan's "communications director". And Ed Meese was the model for stiffing ethics. And Stewart Stevens traces it back to Joe McCarthy, Goldwater, and William F. Buckley. And Nixon, Agnew, and his spawn are also in the lineage.
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  5842. FOX's fake "news" TALKING HEADS THEMSELVES perpetuated the lies. And we now know that fascist Rupert Murdoch was himself directing that the lying be perpetuated.
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  5843. O'Reilly still on the wrong side of fact and truth.
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  5844. Rand Paul is forgetting that Sweden is Socialist, and Rand Paul hates any form of social generosity,. He's a "Libertarian," the central principle of which is: "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, then it's your own fault for having had a wallet."
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  5845. More than one party can be responsible for a single crime. That school officials might also be responsible does not let the murder or his parents off the hook.
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  5846. They aren't about proving anything -- there's nothing to prove. They're about the eternal smear.
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  5847. If it involves emails as "evidence," it is Russian.
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  5848. Guzzling down sewerage.
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  5849. Yep: "people" need to be scientists instead of living their lives. There is a lot of hucksterism in the supplements industry. Most people -- including YOU -- are not qualified to distinguish between efficacious and fraudulent. Those who oppose "regulation" are too stupid to know that "regulation" is LAW. It is what LAW DOES. If humans were perfect, no law would be needed. Humans are imperfect, and some are sociopathic criminals, so law -- "regulation" -- is necessary to protect the law-abiding. The foremost responsibility of gov't is to protect public health and safety.
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  5850. Ever stopped to THINK that perhaps the gov't shouldn't regulate the poor in order to protect the status quo of not regulating the powerful? If you vote for Republicans who preach against "regulation" -- while giving massive tax cuts to those who don't need them -- then you are voting to cut your own throat. Believe it: if the Republicans told you "anti-regulation" dupes to cut your throats, you'd rush out to buy knives with which to do it. And you would have to, because the Republicans only give the orders to you: they don't provide you the means if it might cost them.
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  5851.  @jcoopes5604  Romney is a REPUBLICAN -- always profits over people, and politics over country. He opposes Trump -- despite voting for Trump's "agenda" most of the time -- in effort to pretend the party isn't Trump. Trump tore the mask off the party, and Romney says, "Pay no attention to the ugly reality behind the mask."
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  5852. "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense" is an illusion -- a projection of one's own individual one-person view onto reality. Regardless lack of evidence it self-assures that others agree with oneself. "Common sense" is the "view" of an unidentified anonymous mob that hasn't actually been polled or asked for its opinion.
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  5853.  @masterchinese28  It isn't at all valid, because it is based on the fantasy, the projection, "common sense," and because the commenter doesn't know his actual history. How much did he support Trump and his "policies" before January 6th? OH! -- but he invoked GOD! -- so does New York's career con-man, sexual predator, and criminal Trump -- so he must be TRUTHFUL! Research "Bain Capital" to learn some of his sordid history as a snake.
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  5854.  @wadestanton  I'm not a dog fan so that one slipped my mind. It continues to amaze that so many are looking for something or someone outside themselves to believe unequivocally -- they've learned nothing from the Trump cultism -- instead of having internalized values, a moral compass, by means of which to distinguish between truth and falsity. All some person who they know nothing about -- or even knowing what Trump actually is -- need do is invoke "God" and they wet their pants in ecstasy. NEVER do they look beyond their own emotionalism to determine the FACTS, the TRUTH, about the person doing the invoking. Do these same gullibles actually believe that Trump "believes" in the "Bible" and actually knows its contents? Does he -- do THEY -- realize that his anti-Semitism is contrary to the fact that the "Bible" was written by Jews? Oh! - but he's selling "gold"-plated sneakers for $400.00 a pop because those around him believe that will persuade Blacks to vote for him? That his arrest and booking mugshot gives him "street cred" with "Blacks" -- which means fellow CRIMINALS -- so they'll vote for them?
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  5855.  @RegisterRedVoteBlue  "Common sense" is a delusion, a projection of one's individual views onto others who may not even exist. What matters is democratic process, consensus.
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  5856.  @elizabethstanley7137  Come on, tell us: what is "the establishment". This should be a good one.
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  5857.  @ANGRYBIRD-8  American national security has established security structures that defend the country. You call it "hegemony". So tell us, history-illiterate: what are the three basic purposes of NATO? And don't leave out Russia's hegemony by being expansionist by, as example, invading Ukraine based on the claim that NATO members are on the other side of the Russian border and therefore a "threat" to Russia. THINK IT THOROUGH: Putin is threatening to invade actual NATO members. What would be the result? NATO members would STILL be on the Russian border, and he would characterize THEM as "threats". NATO is a mutual DEFENSE pact against historically-expansionist -- hegemonic -- Russia, not really different than the the mutual defense pact "Confederation of New England Colonies" of the 1600s. The enemy of stability in the world order is Russia, and North Korea, who are hegemonic, not the United States -- except when the Republicans, like Kissinger and Colin Powell are in charge of foreign policy. For them -- for McCain -- it's never talking diplomacy; it's always go immediately to "Bomb, bomb, bomb." LBJ is attacked for escalating the number of troops in Vietnam -- but those same people DON'T attack Nixon for EXPANDING the war beyond Vietnam into neutral Cambodia and Laos. You need to learn HISTORY -- and not only the far-Left criticism of the US doing anything at all in the world, but also those of the adversaries against which US national defense is structured. NATO is the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES against historically-expansionist Russia. Destroy NATO -- as RUSSIA wants -- and it's UNITED STATES boots on the ground in Europe for a THIRD time. And you can be certain that that would result in YOUR ass being DRAFTED.
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  5858.  markmierzejewski9534  Trump is a criminal who was born with millions in his mouth so is not "of the people". And he is outside and attacking the rule of law. I see illiterates bandy the word "establishment" as some sort of "criticism" -- but they never define what "establishment" means. The United States is established on the rule of law, beginning with the Constitution. That is the establishment: "A system of LAWS, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  5859.  @jacklucking691  "Common sense" is an illusion -- a substitute for thinking for oneself. Research "Steward Health Care" -- the current disaster for which Romney set the standard with "Bain Capital". In other words: stop automatically believing true that which you WANT to hear. Ask yourself: in view of the fact that TRUMP ordered the REPUBLICANS to kill the border bill, why is Romney attacking BIDEN for that? That bill -- negotiated by BIDEN -- gave the REPUBLICANS everything they wanted.
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  5860. See his "Rockabilly Session" at Ronnie Scott's -- on youtube.
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  5861. Yes! And who does he employ to roll up his sleeves for him!
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  5862.  @richardhall916  President Biden's central focus during his 36 years in the Senate, and during his 8 years as vice-president, was foreign policy. I'm beyond confident that he knows more about it than you, and that he is competent whereas you are a nobody who slings cheap shots in support of mass-murdering dictator Putin.
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  5863.  @theauxochrome  The first casualty in war is truth. And you are not only defending Putin's propaganda but are sucker for it, so push it. Typical troll stabbing himself in the back.
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  5864.  @theauxochrome  The US backed Europe as concerns Libya. In other words, despite "Conservative" John McCain wanting US boots on the ground in Libya -- which the majority of Americans opposed -- President Obama made clear to Europe the Libya was in Europe's backyard. So, no US boots on the ground. You really hate the Founders, who were Liberals, and who established a Liberal democracy. Why aren't you in Ukraine fighting for Russia, racist "tough guy"?
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  5865. But -- but -- he ran as an "anti-war" president! Well, yeah, after elected he began threatening was against Canada, Demark/Greenland, and Panama. While attempting to impose "peace" on Ukraine in terms dictated by Putin.
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  5866. It doesn't surprise that a person especially interested in criminality would be criminally inclined.
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  5867. If George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos told me he's a liar I'd hesitate to believe him.
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  5868. If Hillary Clinton had anything to hide or be concerned about she wouldn't have used the word "malice". Not that there'd be much "discovery" necessary to prove her case.
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  5869.  @mikeballard8404  Let's not talk about constant liar Trump, the third-generation New York con-man and career criminal, okay? Or that his company was convicted if multiple counts of financial crimes, he was found liable for sexual assault and assed for 5 million dollars in damages, and is facing criminal indictment and trial beginning in October. And he is under further criminal investigations in New York, and in Georgia, and Federally. But -- yeah -- it's easier to LIE against Biden in effort to avoid the effort to detail a short list of your hero Trump's criminality, including incitement of insurrection against the gov't, which crime the Founders prosecuted as TREASON.
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  5870. Bolton was there, "Newsmax" was not.
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  5871. New NATO member Sweden has been sending weapons to Ukraine, as has Britain. It would help if the "leader" of NATO -- its members view the US in that position -- were coordinating the aid being provided ALSO by NATO members. It can be made exceedingly efficient relying on the strengths of each member.
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  5872.  @janklaassen6404  I didn't say otherwise. That does not mean, however that NATO couldn't agree as a block to provide support for Ukraine with each NATO member contributing in whatever way is most beneficial to the whole. One of the Eastern European members has already cut of its relationship with Russia. But a coordinated and united effort of all the NATO members would be, without unnecessary duplication, would be impossible for Russia to deal with. And that is without direct confrontation, which isn't necessary. See "Joe Blogs" here on youtube for the devastation Ukraine has been inflicting on Russia's oil infrastructure, and therefore on Russia's economy. With US aid uninterrupted that might not have happened.
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  5873.  @TonyM540  There are legal complications, but all of that is being actively debated.
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  5874.  @macnicolson5452  Thank you, Comrade, for repeating Putin's falsification of history. And I understand why you do: you know how bad the building codes are concerning upper-floor Russian windows.
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  5875.  @macnicolson5452  Russia is always "ready to do a deal" when it has the upper hand. What you don't understand, history-illiterate, is that Ukraine is not part of Russia, has never been part of Russia, until it was SUBJUGATED by STALIN. And in order to do that, he imposed STARVATION that killed more than 1 million Ukrainians. The "fascist" lie is derived from the fact that HITLER'S NAZIS invaded Ukraine AGAINST RUSSIA, and in WESTERN Ukraine SOME Ukrainians thought the Nazis -- FASCISTS -- were there to liberate them from Russia. And then Hitler's Nazis did the same to Ukraine that Russia had been doing. YOU DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY; you know the FALSE history fed you by PUTIN. Ukraine is a sovereign nation; Putin's ILLEGAL INVASION of Ukraine is the issue -- not the propaganda you fools guzzle and regurgitate.
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  5876. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And it reported that he still wears diapers. So let Trump do the bed-wetting.
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  5877. Trump is making it up. No such conversation happened.
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  5878. If she were alive, she'd have been found by now.
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  5879. He says he HAS a plan. Where is it?
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  5880. The DOJ got into investigating "Watergate" because of the evidence produced and presented by Congress's public hearings.
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  5881. The dispatcher was none of those things. When a crime is in process, all that's needed are the basics so the response isn't held up by being fed all the backstory, etc., etc., etc. We can be certain that if he had been hitting her, he would have been arrested, because the politics are that all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims.
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  5882.  @HiHello-ku1fl  The police saw the EVIDENCE on his face and hands, and SHE ADMITTED hitting him. Under Utah law she should have been cited, or arrested; but because she was female she was given special treatment.
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  5883.  @johnwebb2442  You're actually still "on the fence" about how tariffs work -- and who pays for them!? And that it will take four years to EARN how they ACTUALLY work? Trump is a failed businessman, a democratic gov't is not a business or to be run "like a business," and actual economists across the political spectrum explain how tariffs work AND point to the fact that Trump is WRONG about how they work. Add in that beyond being ineducable Trump is a constant liar. Except for now and then, as when he said to his supporters: "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
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  5884. Cops have a poor record of not lying in these situations.
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  5885. I hope the Moocher reads the comments so he can get up to speed on the results of lying publicly about, in this instance, Huckabee Sanders. Apparently he is out of touch of the scandals involving her -- and her nastiness.
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  5886. In the dictionary illustrating the word "stupid" is a picture of Lutnick.
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  5887. Yet another political stunt their supporters won't understand is a stunt. They want to ask "questions" which cannot be answered because the integrity of the investigations must be protected. The whole point, of course, is to smear the DOJ for their elementary school drop-out "fans"..
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  5888. It wasn't the Electoral College. It was Russia, SANDERS, Comey, and the media -- and voters who didn't pay attention.
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  5889. The judge needs to ignore Trump's FORMER status. He is NOT "the president". And THE MEDIA needs to STOP speaking of him as 'former president". He got the help of Russia, "National Enquirer," and Comey to "win" the presidency. He is no longer the president, and he so besmirched the title as it would apply to him that he needs to be seen and treated as the rawly lawless criminal bully he is: no more playing into his charade.
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  5890. "Medicare for All" is BEYOND REACH at this time. DEAL WITH REALITY AS IT IS, NOT as you WISH it to be.
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  5891. If an administration wants to withhold Congressional authorized funding, the law requires that the administration notify Congress with at very least its "why" it is doing so. Instead Trump hid the fact from Congress. It is also, therefore, a violation of the law because he was overruling Congress even though he'd signed the law he was violating.
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  5892. Republican tradition: Politics of Smear.
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  5893. And you hate the United States and repudiate the Constitution, including your rights as secured thereby.
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  5894. The whistleblower is entirely irrelevant because ll of her/his complaint has been publicly substantiated with testimony and documents.
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  5895.  @censoredaccount3159  Everything is the whistleblower's complaint -- which was made public -- was corroborated by Trump's own Republican appointees in live testimony and documents. And what the White House released is not a transcript -- the transcript was hidden on the top secret server, where it does not belong. And what in that non-"transcript" -- from which there are omissions -- did Trump want investigated? Crowdstrike. DNC server. Bidens.
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  5896. He is not DEFENDING YOU. He is attempting to destroy the DEMOCRATIC -- but NOT THE PUTINIST REPUBLICAN -- Party. He can support himself -- he's a millionaire, and he isn't about to give that away to the suffering poor.
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  5897. This is an excellent episode, Sam, essentially because you are silent, and the doctor is given all the room needed to be both comprehensive and detailed. And your questions of him have been consistently excellent.
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  5898. If lawsuits are coming at the smear-mill from ALL sides, then that means the lawsuits aren't all coming from "progressive liberals".
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  5899.  @lynnjenkins8732  He could debate over Zoom from the warden's office. :]
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  5900. @DBRising But he can run FROM his record and LACK of virtues.
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  5901. No one -- except the wealthy -- get-s a free ride. For minorities the racism is a cost.
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  5902. Scalia was a "good Catholic" and pro-life against abortion and "really cared" about children -- before born.
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  5903.  @gavincohen9532  The word is "misandry".
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  5904.  @standard6502  FDR -- the "New Deal" that established protections from the 1 per cent of predators for people like you. If, that is, you aren't a troll from outside the US. So Trump told you -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." -- and you voted for him because you want to be screwed for your stupidity. Can't wait till you discover how tariffs ACTUALLY work. You asked for it, and you're going to get it hard.
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  5905. The "emails from around the world" are inadmissible.
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  5906. So Robinson's campaign staffers won't be voting for Robinson?
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  5907. The search of the swamp was necessary, in part because it was their only lead, regardless the trustworthiness of its source, and because that's how investigations work: all leads are vetted/followed.
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  5908. How about looking at your indoctrination?
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  5909. Wrong. He is stating exactly how the rule of law works. Legal process is different than the procedures of a Congressional committee.
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  5910. When all one has is stupidity, everything is dumb.
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  5911. Every right is inexplicably entwined with and limited by RESPONSIBILITY". "Freedom of speech" is not an excuse to be a racist asshole.
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  5912. Her commitment is to be a loud-mouthed ego. I HATE being yelled at by politicians who want my vote.
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  5913.  @dennisduncan7561  Nope. I've been politically aware for more than 70 years. Sanders began his 2016 campaign by promising to destroy the DEMOCRATIC -- NOT REPUBLICAN -- Party. Which party was and is the THREAT? And after being allowed to run as a Democrat -- on DEMPCRATIC PARTY FUNDING -- he continued to trash the DEMOCRATIC Party, and to smear Clinton with RIGHT-wing LIES. He even attacked Democratic "centrists" as "corrupt" thus ALIENATING them from HIM. That's why he LOST the election TWICE: he was attacking the voters he needed to win. The 1960's "New Left got NIXON elected by doing the same stupid shit. And Sanders helped elect TRUMP by doing the same stupid shit. Which INCLUDED his standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Note that by contrast Clinton released 30 YEARS of her tax returns on the day she announced her candidacy. For one I don't like being YELLED AT by political candidates, especially when they claim power they DON'T have BECAUSE THEY LOST FOR THE THIRD TIME. Attacking those who CAN get elected in order to boost those WHO CANNOT is how to L-O-S-E. Then, of course, instead of taking responsibility for that SELF-DEFEATING behavior, you blame everyone but yourself for the PREDICTABLE RESULT.
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  5914.  @christophercrowley9873  And in 1968.
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  5915.  @synewparadigm  You've never seen bogus anti-Palestinian propaganda that you didn't like.
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  5916.  @ranonampangom2185  It is 2023. There are AMERICAN CITIZENS in Gaza who are NOT BEING ALLOWED OUT -- that's how PRISONS work -- by either Israel or -- by arrangement with Israel -- Egypt. Are those American citizens "terrorists"? -- or are you simply too stupid to see the reality: ISRAEL is PREVENTING them getting out. And that has been Israel's policy since its founding clearing the land of non-Jews in order to land-grab.
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  5917. Stop the fear-mongering.
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  5918.  @rickwelch8464  None of which is conscious.
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  5919.  @rickwelch8464  Hitler and Mussolini were held accountable by more than mere history. Hitler committed suicide, but Mussolini didn't survive to enjoy that luxury. But we shouldn't hold career criminal and traitor Trump accountable in keeping with the rule of law because the US is "exceptional".
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  5920. They are trying to outflank the Democrats who have two midterm issues that have enormous support: choice, and gun control. They certainly can't compete on the issue of choice.
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  5921. What is her position on masks, and social distancing?
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  5922. FOX was SHAMED into showing it. The REAL bombshell is that they can feel SHAME!
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  5923. Trump is a self-serving lie. Any lie will do if it advances his anti-American criminal enterprise.
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  5924. The Founders separated "religion" from gov't precisely because "religion" is based entirely on unprovable subjectivisms. Gov't -- the rule of law -- relies on objective evidence as proof.
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  5925. Why is Trump doing everything he can in effort to NOT go to court and clear his name?
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  5926. The Trump campaign arranged with a Republican in Coffee County to send a letter "inviting" Trump campaign people to the County to commit the crime. That person then wrote and sent the "invitation" letter to the Trump campaign. The prosecution has not only the texts and emails around that letter but also that letter.
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  5927. Everything is a pretext for Republicans, and even though they can't stand Trump, he is a constant source of pretexts for them. Anything that is totally outlandish will be spewed and perpetuated, and their "base" will believe it -- because how could it be so outrageous AND ALSO false!? All the hysteria is intended to both grab attention, and require others to get bogged down in refuting it, while they are making up even more bullshit to entertain their sheeple.
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  5928. "All politics is L-O-C-A-L." The STATE primaries are conducted by the STATE parties, moron, because they better know their local political conditions -- NOT by the DNC. You WON'T get a "left-leaning" Liberal elected in Joe Manchin's state. And the state GOV'TS conduct the actual elections.
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  5929.  @andrewca1659  Yes, I'm certain you're a "highly educated capitalist" -- but woefully uninformed about political history and politics. Sanders is stuck in the 1960s far-Left -- Progressivism is to his RIGHT. The far-Left of the 1960s got NIXON elected TWICE by ALIENATING the MODERATES, the so-called "establishment" -- the VAST MAJORITY of voters. And what do Sanders and his "fans" say to REPEAT that history? They insult, smear, and attack MODERATES as "corrupt". Moreover, they INGNORE the fact that the vast majority understand "Socialism" as NORTH KOREA.
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  5930.  @jman6214  Well, you've got an ENTITLED candidate, and his "fans," who believe they should be able to DICTATE to the Democratic Party what it WILL BE AN DO, from OUTSIDE the Party. They demand respect for their poppycock, but have no conception of respect for OTHERS. In 2016, Sanders showed himself to be a vindictive prick, which his "fans" mistake for "principle". Even though not a Democrat, because of his prolonged whining of, "I'm a VICTIM!" he was allowed to participate in writing the rules for this go-around. And NOW he's bitching AGAINST those rules because they are the opposite of an outcome he DEMANDS. Look at Iowa, which cuacus is the same as it has been for decades, and is a three-step process: step one is the voete-count, which is not the determining factor; the third step is awarding of delegates, which is what counts. So what did Sanders do when he got fewer delegates? -- he claimed he got more votes, therefore WON. When he likes the rules, he uses them as a cudgel against everyone else. When he doesn't like the rules, he rejects them, and whines about being a "victim," and uses THAT as a cudgel. He's as dishonest as the day is long, if not longer. And the entitled CHILDREN who call themselves his "fans" don't see his manipulations because they do the same int their own lives. And their central corruption is accusing OTHERS of being "corrupt" -- without ever providing a shred of EVIDENCE that isn't unadulterated name-calling.
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  5931. When will the MEDIA explain the fact that the inflation is worldwide, the gas prices are impacted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
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  5932.  @charlesasmith7836  But Jack Smith isn't silent. And he was appointed by Garland based on his reputation, which is known to Garland. Garland is properly staying out of the investigations by Special Counsel Smith. And neither Garland nor the DOJ owes public explanation while the investigation is ongoing. Trumpeters smear Garland.
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  5933.  @donalee1975  As another said, complete BS. The finding of "homicide" rules out natural causes, accident, and suicide.
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  5934.  @ruicao4209  The finding of homicide was almost immediate. I doubt the cause of death looks anything like "accident".
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  5935.  @ruicao4209  Actually mature adults can set aside preconceptions and focus exclusively on the facts and evidence. That wouldn't include the "online sleuths" who ignore facts in order to imagine up the increasingly outlandish. And, of course, rules out "psychics" and tarot card readers.
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  5936. The NFL is for DEI: they employ players who have brain damage suffered on the job.
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  5937. You either don't know anything about Dick "Dick" Cheney, or you have amnesia.
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  5938. The 18-year-old soldiers undergo REQUIRED TRAINING. There is no right to PRIVATELY OWN MILITARY weapons.
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  5939. Trump's reimbursement to Cohen INCLUDED the taxes Cohen would have to pay on the $130,000 for the payoff disguised as "income". Let us know when YOUR employer both pays your income AND pays YOUR income tax.
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  5940. Anyone can file a police report. It proves only that a police report was fired. You are a mirror image of the right-wingers who make whole planets out of pimples because still in high school. "How I Spent My Life Attacking Liberals While Claiming to be More Liberal Than Liberals".
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  5941. I agree: that's why "conservatives" flock to him as a "conservative". It isn't for them about the "science"; it is about his "eloquent" "defense" of the paranoid view of reality.
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  5942. If Trump "pardoned himself," and it goes to the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas will write a dissent that Trump shouldn't have to recuse himself from a "self-pardon".
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  5943. They had ONE LEAD about Laundrie's whereabouts. They would be remiss to not pursue that lead. And if they hadn't, you'd be bashing them for not doing so.
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  5944. @Sixty_one _60 You were a witness to that upbringing?
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  5945. @The Cheeseburger What is the source of that "fact"? Do you trust that source, even without knowing who it was?
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  5946. @The Cheeseburger You don't know that. So just make it up because that's what sheeple always do when they don't like or know the facts.
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  5947. He's a vindictive prick, and she's a stealth right-winger.
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  5948.  @drewhour  Of course you disagree. But that isn't sufficient to make you correct.
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  5949.  @N0RTHE  So you reject the First Amendment -- exactly as does Trump? I'm not at all surpriased.
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  5950.  @PunkShockRock  The "Boomers" got the US out of Vietnam. What has your generation accomplished except being totally ignorant of history, politial history, and how the US gov't -- especially the democrtic legislative process -- functions? Exactly: hating on the very voters Sanders would need to win. Smart move, that shooting yourselves in the foot in emulation of Sanders himself.
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  5951. Those great morally-indignant right-wing lawyers failed at basic due diligence. They used a "fact" -- central to their case -- that remains subject to question as to whether it is a fact.
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  5952. He is SERIOUS.
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  5953. The PROTECTION -- LAW ENFORCEMENT -- is under the EXECUTIVE branch NOT the CONGRESS.
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  5954. Bigots can make irrelevant issues "relevant" in order to sidestep the relevant.
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  5955. He's a professional asshole.
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  5956. Nope -- it doesn't work that way. A little history illustrates: Massachusetts-Bay tried twice to adopt a state constitution, the first effort being in 1777. The proposed constitution, as had been the fact with all the other state constitutions already adopted, was written and submitted for ratification by the General Court -- the state legislature. But opposition asked this crucial question: Does that mean that the state legislature could amend, or even repeal the constitution, at its own whim? That question was decisive, and that effort was defeated. The answer to that question, the solution, was that the General Court established -- the first in history -- a constitutional convention, to which delegates were appointed, to draft a constitution. That constitution was submitted for ratification and was ratified in 1780. The DIFFERENCE is the ratified constitution not only established separation of powers in three co-equal branches -- legislative, executive, and judicial -- but also placed ALL THREE, including the General Court, UNDER the constitution. So, no: an unconstitutional decision -- which the "immunity" decision is -- does not instead render the Constitution unconstitutional: the Supreme Court is UNDER the Constitution, not ABOVE or "instead of" the Constitution.
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  5957.  @1ntwndrboy198  I explained the history and hierarchy of law. The Constitution expressly stipulates that it is the SUPREME Law of the Land". There is no law higher than or alternative to the SUPREME law. The decision is unconstitutional.
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  5958. Don Snoreleone, Nodfather.
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  5959. They want to repeal the rule of law.
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  5960.  @josecoope2211  Electoral College and Senate are expressly established by the Constitution.
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  5961.  @josecoope2211  Then you are properly asleep, like sheeple.
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  5962.  @josecoope2211  If you are actually Hispanic -- which I doubt -- then you are asleep if you don't see the racism directed at Hispanics. Look at the abuse of AOC by Republican'ts in Congress. It is racist AND sexist. They fear her because she attended and was graduated from a major university.
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  5963.  @JohnDoe-cl4oo  Actually that makes no sense. The Founders NEVER used the words "big gov't". If one eliminates the gov't -- which is by definition rule of law -- one has chaos, anarchy, and dictatorship by violence.
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  5964.  @josecoope2211  Prove it.
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  5965.  @josecoope2211  Have you EVIDENCE that the FBI is "censoring reports"? I ask because the REPUBLICAN'TS making that accusation DO NOT have EVIDENCE for that claim. GET A CLUE: IF they had the EVIDENCE they'd have RELEASED IT ALREADY.
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  5966.  @josecoope2211  You're posting history-illiterate gibberish. You're a troll, and trolling is DISHONEST.
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  5967.  @josecoope2211  "But now the racist have twisted us we were "colored people" now they have us saying we are" people of color" same meaning. Spaces with no whites allowed don't that mean we are not in their space as well? segregation, right? Dumbing down our schools where many of us can't read or write while on the plantation we weren't allowed to read or write. How did we let this happen is free food worth it?" Instead of repeating fact-free white supremacist falsifications of history, try THINKING FOR YOURSLF, BEGINNING with KNOWING THE SOURCES of your RACIST RANT, and CRITICALLY EVALUATING what you're spewing instead of falsely believing that your propagandized "feelings" are truth.
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  5968.  @josecoope2211  You are living in the 1950s WHITE SUPREMACIST LIE against the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. These are FACTS, history-illiterate DUPE: DEMOCRATIC President Harry Truman INTEGRATED the US military. He was OPPOSED in doing so by the REPUBLICANS. DEMOCRATIC President JFK submitted Civil Rights and Voting Rights bills to Congress. DEMOCRATIC President LBJ shepherded the 1964 Civil Rights bill through Congress and signed it into law. DEMOCRATIC President LBJ shepherded the 1965 Voting Rights bill through Congress and signed it into law. REPUBLICAN Supreme Court Justice Roberts GUTTED the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the RACIST REPUBLICAN state legislatures and governors immediately instituted ATTACKS on the voting rights of African-Americans. "Gerrymandering" was invented by ANTI-Federalist/"States Rights" Congressman Elbridge Gerry. The states that seceded and formed the Confederacy and LEVIED WAR against the United States -- defined in the Constitution as TREASON -- did so on the FALSE basis of "STATES RIGHTS" being SUPERIOR to the Federal gov't CONTRARY to the Federal SUPREMACY CAUSE. "STATES RIGHTS" has ALWAYS been CODE for RACIST WHITE SUPREMACISM. GROW UP, learn ACTUAL HISTORY, and based thereon find your way to REALITY: REPUBLCIANS have been engaged in gerrymandering -- SUPPRESSING the votes of ANYONE who votes Democratic -- since at latest REPUBLICAN NIXON and his "Southern Strategy". BECAUSE of that "Strategy" the RACIST Democrats became REPUBLICANS. REPUBLICANS have been on STEROIDS, since the GUTTING of the 1965 Voting rights Act, in their drive to SUPPRESS the voting of those who DO NOT vote REPUBLICAN. Within the week REPUBLICAN Marjorie Tailor Greene called for the DISSOLUTION of the UNION based on HER RACISM AS A REPUBLICAN.
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  5969.  @josecoope2211  Yes, you are. But you are either too stupid to understand what is right in your face from the Republicans, or you're a lying troll.
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  5970.  @josecoope2211  Because you aren't LOOKING, history-illiterate. And what do you mean by "our people"? That you are ACTUALLY Hispanic? I don't believe that, or anything else you say, because your obliviousness of CURRENT REALITY is so obvious. AOC is a DEMOCRAT. AOC is HISPANIC. AOC is CONSTANTLY ATTACKED by REPUBLICANS because she is "of color" and a woman. One of those prominent attackers against AOC is the functionally-illiterate anti-American racist Marjorie Taylor Greene. But I get it: you want to be SPECIAL -- you want to be given everything you want, and to hell with everyone else. You are ignorant in the most basic of civics. CLUE, nitwit: adopting the anti-Americanism of the white supremacists ain't gonna change how you are treated -- if, that is, you are actually Hispanic, which I do not believe.
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  5971.  @kosmokritikos9299  They are bullies, and lies are their excuse for being bullies. No different than fascists.
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  5972.  @JohnDoe-cl4oo  "That makes no sense considering a dictatorship requires Government." I didn't say they make sense. "The literal constitution highlights that government was intended to be limited, " Where does it say that? What the Founders wanted was to establish a STRONG CENTRAL FEDERAL gov't SUPREME over the states. And the stipulations that the Constitution can be amended, and stipulates how that is to be done, means the document is progressive, and intended to last be being responsive to changes in reality. And, again, the Federal Constitution is EXPRESSLY the SUPREME Law of the Land. "along with the bill of rights and what the founders actually discussed." Yes: the Bill of Rights constrains GOV'T -- including state gov'ts where the Supreme Court has held so. Thus the Second Amendment prevents the Federal gov't from preventing the states keeping their well-regulated Militia. AT THE SAME TIME the Federal Constitution includes these provisions: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The Congress shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." Shortly after ratifying the Bill of Rights the Congress enacted two Militia Acts: May 2, 1792: "An Act t provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States." And two years and one day later, in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection -- because the Second Amendment DOES NOT authorize "taking up arms" against the gov't: May 9, 1794: "An act directing a detachment from the militia of the United States." And again: November 29, 1794: An act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of militia in the four western counties of Pennsylvania for a limited time."
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  5973. So the "Libertarians" are suspending their typical denial that the United States is a democracy?
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  5974. The Founders were WOKE based upon the ENLIGHTENMENT.
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  5975. This issue has been political since the gun industry, and its political front NRA and lobbyists, have been bankrolling politicians.
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  5976. The US Supreme Court held that burning the flag is protected political speech. (Fruit-Fringe Nixonite Robert Bork says that the First Amendment protects ONLY political speech.) It's likely Trump's Court would reverse that decision -- it already repudiated the Constitution with its unconstitutional "immunity" decision.
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  5977. Since when is Abrams an "educator"? I thought he was a journalist, who REPORTS the news, not picks sides in order to "debate," which is NOT journalism. Those who fall for that corruption are the same media-illiterates who guzzle the sewage pumped out by such as Hannity and Carlson -- who ALSO are NOT JOURNALISTS.
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  5978.  Abuali  The Founders were WOKE: the were LIBERALS who established a LIBERAL DEMOCRACY based on ENLIGHTMENT PHILOSOPHY.
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  5979. Airheads who have no ethics "respect" Barr.
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  5980.  @jessieball6195  And it would take years to resolve. Meanwhile Trump would continue the firings. This puts him on notice that resignations and firings put him on notice.
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  5981. He was NOT in the "Beast"; he was in the backup SUV. There are significant differences between the two.
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  5982. Gym Jordan is a hack -- that's his "talent". Oh, oops -- you go Roland: GYM Jordan is a PIMP.
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  5983.  @The_Red_Squirrel  Certainly. But that isn't ultimately determined by the police. It is determined in the separate Judicial branch -- courts of LAW, where politics have no place. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. And it is certainly not determined by private citizens who deny the equal PROTECTION of the laws to others based on their law-illiteracy, rejections of rule of law, and racism.
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  5984.  @chucktaylor4958  When arrested one is typically put in a jail cell.
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  5985.  @The_Red_Squirrel  In some states judges are elected. One is still able to "bracket" one's biases and be objective.
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  5986.  @chucktaylor4958  ALLEGED to have violated a law. Constitutional due process is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. There are people in jail, awaiting trial, because they can't afford bail -- and yet they are PRESUMED INNOCENT. The jury in a criminal trial does not determine whether the defendant -- who is presumed innocent -- is guilty or innocent. They determine whether the prosecution PROVED guilt -- but if not, the defendant is still innocent.
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  5987.  @The_Red_Squirrel  Obviously the election of judges is a political process. That is why prosecutors who want to become elected judges make a big deal out of their rate of criminal prosecution successes. That can be based on convicting people who didn't deserve to be prosecuted in order to show a greater "successes" rate. I prefer nomination for judgeships, because then there is some scrutiny of the nominee.
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  5988.  @Cp3786  You aren't paying attention to reality.
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  5989.  @The_Red_Squirrel  The extremists make it political.
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  5990.  @The_Red_Squirrel  The bias is Trump's, not the judges'. The extremists base their nominations on bias -- see Trump's appointments.
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  5991. Franklin also published his Almanac in two different languages: English, and German.
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  5992. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  5993. The primary issues for the MAJORITY are abortion choice and gun control.
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  5994. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  5995. Those elected in the 2022 midterms don't take office until January 2023.
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  5996. "This recent study I saw" -- unidentified "study". So it must be true, eh? "Many people say . . ." "All my friends say . ." "A guy i know said told me . . ."
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  5997. Probationary employees are in training to replace aging-out employees.
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  5998.  @Zetsuke4  He's critiquing the criticism.
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  5999. Progressive is between Liberal and Left. It's time Sanders Leftist LEARNED that they are NOT Progressive -- which is why they, like Sanders, never get anything done legislatively.
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  6000. NOT "a crime -- CRIMES PLURAL. CRIMES PLURAL -- including possible CONSPIRACY.
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  6001. Another law-illiterate who is too stupid to realize he is rejecting the rule of law. You do know, anti-taxation history-illiterate, that your proposal would result in tax dollars being paid out for court costs to deal with frivolous law suits? Correct? No, I guess not. Try these facts: Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people" as determined by "We the people" through our elected representatives.
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  6002. You believe an "expert" without the skills to evaluate whether he IS an "expert".
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  6003. This was reported and known AT THE TIME.
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  6004. He is more qualified than the 6 "Federalist Society" religioFREAKS appointed by Bushit and Trump. He was a veteran DOJ prosecutor -- see OK City bombing -- and a judge. Coney-Barret's written court opinions would fill a thin pamphlet. White Supremacy is anti-American.
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  6005. Trump 20-24 years incarceration.
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  6006. Candidates are properly known by the staffers they keep.
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  6007.  @tlw6932  Convicted felon. Anyone else would be doing time.
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  6008.  @tlw6932  Trump is a convicted felon. Any other with the same convictions would be in jail.
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  6009. But he let him admit that he fired Comey to derail the Russia investigation, therefore admit that he obstructed justice.
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  6010. Because he's a paranoid turd. Tough-mouth, yellow streak down his back.
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  6011. McConnell wanted to delay the impeachment trial until Trump was out of office. Now that Trump is out of office, he's saying Trump can't be impeached and tried.
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  6012. Their job is SEDITION against the rule of law.
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  6013.  @mooo8293  Investigators don't focus on a single individual or two. They follow other investigative paths so are able to corroborate testimonies or prove them false.
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  6014.  @antonystringfellow5152  He was the president's chief of staff so would have had executive privilege along with the president. But none of the criminal conspiracy is legitimate presidential action so is not subject to privilege. It is little different than the lawyer-client privilege which lies with the CLIENT, both because it is the CLIENT'S matters that are being protected, AND to protect the CLIENT from abuses by the lawyer. NEITHER privilege protects criminal activities.
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  6015.  @pamelawing5747  Scavino monitored a website on which the insurrectionists were openly plotting violence. And Scavino was working directly with Trump on that. I would assume that the DOJ has copy of the website, and evidence of the cooperation between Trump and Scavino.
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  6016.  @cjmacq-vg8um  The PROBLEM is that for DECADES the Republicans have jabbered incessantly about "freedom" and "rights" and "small gov't" (gov't is RULE OF LAW) while being totally silent about REPSONSIBILITY. And the ultimate RESPONSIBILITY REMAINS with "We the people". But "We the people" get "our" jollies by wallowing in politics and viewing everything as just another form of entertainment. Look how "we" crawled all over the Petito-Laundrie case -- murder as entertainment. And all over the Depp-Heard trial: other's misery as entertainment. The corrective: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  6017.  @rhensontollhouse  If they had pardons they needn't cooperate.
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  6018.  @jacquelinejohnson7699  So is Adam Schiff. We'll see.
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  6019. Identification can be done with dental records and DNA. Are you yet another Republican dupe who rejects science? We get it: you don't like the facts, so demand different "facts".
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  6020. Trump's "Signing Statement" eliminated the oversight so Mnuchin could funnel the money intended for small business -- 30 or fewer employees -- to large business of up to 500 employees. Apparently in addition to some of the "small" business refusing to cheat -- the news has been getting out, so Trump/Mnuchin put on a show of being honest.
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  6021.  @poorsoul8492  Is English your first language?
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  6022. They are discussing the probabilities based upon the evidence and most recent testimony. If you watch MSNBC you'll get to see a panel of seasoned trial lawyers explain the process, the law, the evidence, and discuss the probabilities. And it is certain the prosecution is discussing the probabilities, which they do at every step of the process. No one knows what the jury will decide until that is made public. That does not educate the public as to the evidence, witnesses, process, and law -- which is RELEVANT.
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  6023. The Founders were LIBERALS -- which is why we have the First Amendment. Trump put himself where Trump is. He is the criminal who committed his crimes.
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  6024. And send in the psychiatrists and deprogrammers.
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  6025. Except Jordan Peterson?
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  6026. You mean he confirms your biases.
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  6027. Reagan-Thatcher "free market" -- unregulated/lawless -- capitalism implemented in Russia opened the door to the thieves, who became oligarchs.
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  6028. Rupert Murdoch is a fascist propagandist.
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  6029. Except that you have no EVIDENCE for any of that -- only paranoid name-calling fed by anti-Americanism.
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  6030. Judge Pirro's HUSBAND was PARDONED!? Of what crime had he been convicted?
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  6031. Trump and Vance -- and Roger Stone -- are domestic terrorists. Their campaign is entirely about inciting violence.
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  6032. Moore has made himself irrelevant by twice supporting a LOSER.
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  6033. That Trump didn't take this seriously enough at the beginning is an understatement: he BEGAN by calling it a "Demoratic hoax".
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  6034. Because Putin rejects ethics WE should?
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  6035.  @KwaBenA_OfoRi  Are you always irony-deficient?
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  6036.  @derosime  In other words, you support Putin's mass murder. Again, you are "arguing" that one wrong excuses another wrong.
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  6037. One mechanical fact applies to all guns: they shoot bullets that kill.
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  6038.  @d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594  The video includes facts.
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  6039. The Republican Party opposed Social Security before it was enacted. They oppose the tax dollars collected from "We the people" being used to meet the needs of "We the people".
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  6040. The "Lord" is a no-show, else there would be nearly 700,000 innocents dead of the COVID virus.
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  6041. Stupid people, stupid prizes.
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  6042. Trump's only competence is self-promotion. And he is a consummate asshole and professional moron.
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  6043. A fact is not an insult, regardless how experienced by the person revealed by the fact.
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  6044. The only time this SC applies the 14th Amendment is when it turns it on its head, as it did in 2000; instead of protecting the electorate, primarily Black voters, they used it to protect the white REPUBLICAN candidate. Imagine a losing candidate being protected from the electorate voting against him. And in unconstitutionally intervening, usurping an authority exclusive to Congress, they went further an voted twice in the same election, which is illegal. Scalia was a fraud -- a "textualist" who lied about the intent of the Constitution as to which branch has the authority to resolve election disputes, and who with his colleagues lied about the intent of the Amendment.
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  6045. "Common sense'" doesn't exist, is isn't often squared with law. So don't mix the two: law is reason, but exceedingly refined over centuries. All along the so-called "online sleuths" have ignored the few "known" facts, and the answers to their questions from experts. After given the answers to the questions, again, and again, and again, they continue to blithely ask the same questions, ignoring the answers. That is not "sleuthing"; that is stupidity.
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  6046. The "immunity" decision is not only unconstitutional but it also REPUDIATES the Constitution. Perhaps Roberts will revisit that and pull back on some of it.
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  6047. Trump's BIG LIE began BEFORE the 2016 election.
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  6048. Women get away with it because they are "oppressed".
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  6049. No, he only MAKES his case if he WINS.
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  6050. Sad story? His organizaition is prohibited under his state law. These people need to get a life -- before it's too late. There are better hobbies than belligerent ignorance of, and rejection of, the rule of law.
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  6051. He's a REPUBLICAN -- a very good LIAR.
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  6052. One cannot infringe a right that a person doesn't have. Does the requirement that one register one's motor vehicle infringe the right to operate the motor vehicle? No: it requires one exercise the right to operate the motor vehicle RESPONSIBLY.
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  6053.  @respectamerica2382  You're projecting.
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  6054.  @pamjones8007  The topic of the video is Gym Jordan. So I'm focused on Gym Jordan. Anyone who changes the subject from Gym Jordan is "deflecting" because intellectually dishonest. Dishonesty is immoral.
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  6055.  @respectamerica2382  You're a fraud and a troll. Relegated to my spam folder.
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  6056. "Federalist Society". Same for the other FIVE extremists.
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  6057. But one would have to LIE that it is worse than in Gym Jordan's Ohio district. But if one looks at the criminal history of the third-generation New York con-man and career criminal Trump, it does look bad for New York. But DA Bragg is prosecuting that crime.
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  6058. Cruz talking about integrity -- while politicizing the process.
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  6059. Misleading: those investigating the case said that the bodies of the victims tied to this suspect were INTACT -- which means NOT "dismembered".
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  6060.  @justsomedudeyouknow8372  Of course I'm being sarcastic -- note my statement that "Vanguard America" is opposed to [POORLY-PLANNED] violence.
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  6061. Greene is a typical right-wing illiterate: she doesn't want the LAST word she wants the ONLY word. And typically it is galloping gibberish.
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  6062. Trump doesn't talk -- he attacks, insults, and incites.
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  6063. He isn't saying he isn't in shape. He is saying that the Secret Service agents couldn't be overpowered.
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  6064. The Beatles are not declining your fair use claim; it is YOUTUBE that is routinely finding against youtubers.
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  6065. Syllogism Trump: Voting by mail is corrupt. Trump: I vote by mail because I'm allowed. Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  6066. "Process crimes" are CRIMES.
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  6067.  @longsilver1  January 6th belongs to MAGA -- and we have the VIDEO that was produced not by media falsely smeared as "Liberal" but by the insurrectionists themselves. From the US Constitution: "Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And from the First amendment: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people to PEACEBLY assemble". So, as does the Constitution severally, the congress can make laws that PROHIBIT VIOLENT assembly. And it is the president of the United States -- not the House speaker, or private citizens such as Haley -- who is Commander-in-Chief of the DC Militia/National Guard. That is all detailed in the Constitution you "love" but can't be bothered to actually READ.
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  6068. Let's have Trump with a pro-Trump audience and see how that works out in terms of objectivity.
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  6069. They broke some windows at Columbia. That is not extensive damage.
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  6070.  @dustinsindledecker154  You mean that the police broke additional windows in order to get into the building. Note this fact about the pro-Palestinian -- actually anti-genocide -- protests: Unlike Charlottesville -- Trump says these protests are worse than that -- where a peaceful protester was murdered, no one has been killed at any of the many protests. And two insurrectionists were killed on January 6th -- one was trampled to death by her fellow insurrectionists, and one was shot by law enforcement while she was leading a violent mob intent on killing at very least the democratically-elected House Speaker, and the Vice President of the United States. But Trump doesn't want to talk about January 6th because it reminds the electorate that he planned, organized, and directed the whole thing, and the criminal fake electors scheme.
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  6071. Greene apparently got her high school diploma by GED. AOC has two degrees from Boston University. Personal attacks and name-calling is not DEBATE, Ms. Greene.
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  6072. Clue: the right-wing complains of "cancel culture" -- while banning and even proposing burning books. And it has a long history of demonizing people -- see as examples Joe McCarthy, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz.
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  6073. "Inaccurate"!? Call it what it is: FALSE. Has the mainstream media not yet caught up to the fact that Trump's MAKES SHIT UP!?
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  6074. "incredibly vast AND quite large". Does that make it twice as "incredibly vast", or twice as "quite large"? I do get sick of illiterate amateurs pushing incoherent propaganda as click bait.
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  6075. The problem isn't China, or the W.H.O., or anyone outside the United States, or outside the Oval Office. Trump's only skill is self-promotion. Otherwise he is a consummate asshole, and professional moron. Tell us how China is in charge of who wears masks in the White House.
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  6076. Journalists report FACTS. Political hacks are not journalists -- they disguise biased opinion as "fact". It is the uneducated with no ethics, no scruples, who want their ignorance polluting journalism. We already have propaganda mills FOX and "Newsmax" and "OAAN" that pollute the discourse with anti-democratic poison.
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  6077. Bulger and Connolly grew up together in the same South Boston project. It was a multual-favor relationship. He helped the FBI take down the Italian mafia. For doing that he was "protected".
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  6078. If on;y you had a monopoly on racist hysteria.
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  6079. At the moment it is a war of genocide by Israel against all Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Period. Full stop. Netanyahu had for decades SUPPORTED Hamas against the Palestinian Authority because BOTH Hamas and Netanyahu's gang are OPPOSED to a two-state solution. And it was reported in ISRAELI media that the Israeli gov't knew of the October 7th attack by Hamas for a year before it occurred. Netanyahu's gang has a history of allowing such attacks so they can be used as pretext to clear more land of non-Jewish Semites -- the Palestinians. Listen to Jared Kushner's recent statement about "moving" the Palestinians out of Gaza -- that is ethnic cleansing" -- and how Gaza on the Mediterranean is "good beachfront PROPERTY". It has never been a secret, for 80 years, that Israel's goal is to take over all the non-Israeli land in keeping with Jewish "religious" texts. The United States established separation of "religion" and gov't because it knew the history of theocratic tyranny.
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  6080. Colleges are where every side of controversial issues can be discussed -- see First Amendment. And where Stanik claims to see anti-Semitism against Jews she is ignoring the anti-Semitism against Palestinians. Do you not recall the DOXING of Harvard students by anti-First Amendment pro-Israelis for SIMPLY PROTESTING the actions of Israel against INNOCENT Gazans? Criticism of Israeli foreign policy is not anti-Semitism.
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  6081. What about the pro-Israel "protesters" who weren't on any campus but DOXXED -- that is TERRORISM -- Harvard students who were exercising their right to protest against Israel's actions?
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  6082. LEARN THE HSITORY -- it is NOT a simpleton's "Yes" or "No" question. Israel's President Herzog PUBLICLY said that there is no difference between Hamas and Palestinians -- which is a L-I-E. Netanyahu PUBLICLY DECLARED that Israel's policy in Gaza is COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT -- which was declared a WAR CRIME because it was used by the Nazis against JEWS. I'll believe Jewess Stefanik's "concern" about ALLEGED anti-Semitism when she goes after Trump -- who she SUPPORTS -- who is overtly anti-Semitic: recall his statement that the Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville were "very fine people".
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  6083.  @lauralishes1  You're falling for the CON. It is not that simple a question. FOREMOST, BOTH Jews and Palestinians are SEMITES. So against which Semite are YOU the anti-Semite?
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  6084.  @koheletsmoger2327  There are victims on BOTH sides. And it was 1,400 Israelis, not 14,000. But so far the killed Palestinians, including women, children, toddlers, and infants, is circa 19,000. LEARN THE HISTORY: since its founding, using the "Bible" they wrote as their "deed," Israel, which calls itself a democratic JEWISH state -- if you aren't Jewish you don't have the same rights -- has been CLEARING THE LAND of those in the region who are NOT Jewish, and then annexing the land to Israel. It is at least as bad in the West Bank, where Jewish settlers kill Palestinians and are not prosecuted by Israel. That's the underlying issue: the far-right -- Herzog and Netanyahu are OPPOSED to the second state solution, which is why NETANYAHU supported and funded HAMAS against the PLO -- because the PLO is FOR a two-state solution, but HAMAS is OPPOSED to it. On BOTH sides there are FANATICS -- Netanyahu's gov't and political party are as fanatical as Hamas. The DIFFERENCE is that Israel has all the modern weapons, but Hamas has the equivalent of rocks and spears. SOME of that is reported WITHING ISRAEL by ISRAELI media. That's where we got the reports that Israel knew about the planned Hamas attack A YEAR AGO but DID NOTHING to prepare for it. Why? Because Israel provokes, or allows such attacks, then exploits them behind the calculated hysteria that is their invocation of the Holocaust. Israel wants all focus to be on October 7 -- and on NOTHING after that date. The world was sympathetic to Israel because of what occurred on that date. But THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING and Israel is LOSING the war. All they are doing is easily predicted: creating MORE terrorists and thus PERPETUATING THE PROBLEM. The ALTERNATIVE is the two state solution.
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  6085. Trump wants to build condos on beachfront Gaza with the name on it "Trump-Netanyahu".
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  6086.  @RobertCaley-h5i  Colin Aldred is an impressive individual.
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  6087. Reagan and his spawn, and the woman UK Prime Minister, all asserted and assert that there's no such thing as international law. And no such thing as "society". Internationalization of nihilism.
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  6088. Easy to sell out someone else's country. Are you a Trumper or a Putinist?
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  6089. The DIVISION is by SANDERS, who promised -- were you ASLEEP at the time? -- from the outset of his 2016 campaign to destroy the DEMOCRATIC -- not the REPUBLICAN -- Party. The Democratic "establishment" is not the enemy; TRUMP is. This is where the SANE electorate is at: It is PARAMOUNT that Trump be stopped. The issues are at best secondary. And stop the two-year-olds' non-"argument" "They did it first!" During the 2016 campaign, Sanders constantly SMEARED Clinton with REPUBLICAN/RIGHT-wing LIES. Clinton -- being actually politically savvy -- didn't return the favor because she didn't want to alienate his voters. Keep preaching to the choir -- there's nothing to learn there.
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  6090.  @patricecahill4181  Katie Phang is terrific.
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  6091. Yep: Trump would have withdrawn from NATO and armed Russia against Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  6092. If trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine?
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  6093.  @imthebadguy3225  Your parents were illegals.
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  6094.  @imthebadguy3225  Your parents were illegals.
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  6095.  @imthebadguy3225  Your parents are illegals.
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  6096.  @imthebadguy3225  Your parents are illegals.
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  6097.  @imthebadguy3225  Your parents were illegals.
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  6098. That action is a shot across the bow. Aboveboard telecom companies will act.
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  6099. The "Libertarian" Party is NOT a rival of the Republican Party -- it is simply more essentialist and extreme in its anti-gov't lunacy. Keep in mind that gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. And they both rest on the anti-gov't lie of separating responsibility -- rule of law -- from "freedom": If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet.
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  6100. There's always an audience for bullshitting snake-oil. See Trump.
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  6101. Musk is the "deep state".
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  6102.  @monkeyshines1543  Garbage.
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  6103.  @dynamarkets  Kamala Harris was elected to every public position she held.
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  6104. AVOID the word "patriot" -- ___ From Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  6105. September 5 in Dallas: that gives attendees 4 days to get to New York for the beginning of Bannon's criminal "Build the Wall" fraud trial. You'll remember: Bannon was indicted by a Federal grand jury for ripping off Trump supporters. But instead of looking out for or protecting his supporters, Trump pardoned Bannon.
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  6106. It isn't a defense because despite the lack of evidence they broadcast the LIES ANYWAY.
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  6107. You've yet to listen to all their recordings.
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  6108. Republicans are unable to course-correct: they are monomanic pro-control anti-gov't/Founders. "Conservatism" has always been about accumulating wealth and power into as few hands as possible. See William F. Buckley and George Will as examples.
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  6109. It's DADDY issues.
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  6110. What about Germany? What about North Korea? What about Russia? What do you propose be done to defeat Russia's attack on the West?
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  6111.  @sirtruth3931  Those Eastern European countries were once under the DICTATORSHIP of the Soviet Union. they CHOSE to become members of NATO for protection FROM Russia because of H-I-S-T-O-R-Y. That those nations have militaries -- what country doesn't -- does not automagically make them threats to Russia. Whay is Russia threatening Finland? Gee, ya got me -- maybe it's based on the fact that Rusia invaded Finland in 1939-40 and got its ass whupped for doing so, but only settled the war by agreeing to TAKE only 10 per cent of Finland's territory. Stop defending Putin for making shit up as excuses to invade Ukraine ILLEGALLY. Stop defending CRIMINAL LAWLESSNESS. Stop defending MASS MURDER of CIVILIANS.
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  6112.  @sirtruth3931  Is he mainstream media? Or is he someone who confirms your defense of mass murderer Putin. Timothy Snyder is an historian who specializes in the histories of Europe, eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Russia. In other words, he isn't informed only of current events. He knows the full history: Stalin endeavored to violently subjugate Ukraine, killing MILLIONS in the process -- his goal being to totally wipe out all Ukrainians. When Hitler invaded, the Ukrainians initially viewed the Nazis as their liberators -- until they endeavored to do exactly as Stalin had been doing. Putin has the exact same goal as Stalin and Hitler and uses the same language that they used: that there is "no such thing" as a Ukrainian "state" or "country" or people. Stalin committed genocide against the Ukrainian people. Hitler committed genocide against the Ukrainian people. Putin is committing genocide against the Ukrainian people.
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  6113.  @sirtruth3931  That's a jaw dropping bit of nonsense: Russia is armed with nukes, is threatening to use them, is illegally invading and mass murdering in Ukraine. But the nations that were formerly under violent Soviet subjugation shouldn't be armed like every other nation on the planet!? Isn''t this ALSO you? -- "If we want to go back in history, let's go all the way back. But wait a minute 🤔 What does history have to do with the fact that these people are dying and suffering? UKRAINIANS HAVE KILLED FAR MORE CIVILIANS THAN RUSSIA OVER THE PAST 8 YEARS" Remind us: when did Ukraine invade Russia again? When did Ukraine threaten to use the nukes it doesn't have? Stop making shit up, Vlad -- we already see what your and are doing: mass murder. Genocide.
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  6114. The "Spanish" Flu was in 1918-1920.
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  6115. His grasp on reality is not the issue: he is consistnetly and stubbornly pushing his alternate -- criminal -- "reality".
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  6116. Reagan established the means that made Trump possible.
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  6117.  @JackyMan22  91 Felony Indictments = Trump 20-24 Years Incarceration. Yes, we get it: you reject freedom because you hate your life.
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  6118. Yeah, Reagan took credit for the collapse of the Soviet union, though in fact he was only in the office when it happened. The collapse had been coming for years.
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  6119. He'd ben an embarrassment to himself if he weren't a sociopath.
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  6120.  @gerald5175  He also became a multimillionaire by destroying thriving countries and jobs. You only know what he is saying in this interview; you DO NOT know his actual HISTORY. Research "Bain Capital". I've spelled out his "pro-choice" campaign for Massachusetts governor, and his promise that he wouldn't use that office as a platform to declare for president. Halfway through his term he declared for president -- as ANTI-choice. He says and does what is convenient in the moment. When you know better, you don't take politicians at their word -- you look behind them at their ACTIONS because as your own mommy taught you -- Actions speak louder than words.
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  6121.  @gerald5175  He also destroyed thriving businesses and jobs in order to become a multimillionaire. I've detailed some of his history -- but you insist on cherry-picking one comment from him -- because he oh-so-piously invoked "God" -- instead of actually looking at his ACTUAL history behind the fake "piety". Christ opposed and denounced GREED -- Romney WALLOWS in it; that's what Republicans ARE, blind man.
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  6122.  @shiftypoint81  But if he ISN'T what he said in that interview then it IS fake. RESEARCH "Romney Bain Capital". Stop relying on the word who support/don't support Trump. He criticized Biden's alleged "errors" -- but identified NONE. That is the Republican tradition: POLITICS OF SMEAR. Never any FACTS about ANY of it.
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  6123. The First Amendment PROHIBTS CONGRESS from interfering in freedom of speech, and conscience, and belief. Privacy means that a homeowner can throw out of their home individuals who insist on shitting on the living room rug and claiming it is "freedom of expression" protected by the First Amendment.
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  6124.  @timmiller6868  Learn the history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA Russia has been a dictatorship for 1,000 years. Mass-murder is its norm, including the mass murder of Russians.
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  6125.  @timmiller6868  I was opposed to all US wars, beginning with Vietnam while in high school, and the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. But do the math, asshole: two wrong do not make a right. One wrong does not justify another. Russia has ILLEGALLY invaded the independent nation of Ukraine. Despite having been a murderous dictatorship for 1,000 years, Russia DOES NOT have the right to violently subjugate other nations, regardless the lies it tells itself and the world as excuse for doing so. And we know from the HISTORY that Russia has ALWAYS been about mass murdering CIVILIANS as its idea of how to "win" wars. But look at its HISTORY: barbaric mass murder. Instead of bullshitting yourself -- you aren't fooling anyone else -- learn the ACTUAL HISTORY of Russia mass murder of EVEN ITS OWN CITIZENS in order to maintain DICTATORSHIP. It is impossible to claim a moral foundation for THAT sort of even SELF-destruction as basis for challenging others "morally".
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  6126.  @vvvvel  Apparently you don't understand the difference between democracy and tyranny. Or much of anything.
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  6127.  @vvvvel  Do the math, punk: I was born in 1948. Yes, dunce, the "point" is nuclear weapons. And when Putin first "reminded" the world that Russia has nukes, Macron of France said, "We have them too." Putin knows that if he uses nukes there will be an equivalent response.
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  6128.  @michaeldennis7952  "I heard him say". That must mean that he, who is spinning propaganda based on false history, is to be believed. Get a clue: seen from the opposite side of the border, Russia is on NATO's border. Or did you not know that borders have TWO sides? You also seem to have missed the fact that Russia ILLEGALLY invaded Ukraine, which should penetrate his propaganda to reveal the fact that the THREAT is the nation who invades, not the nation that is invaded. NATO exists to defend against USSR/Russian IMPERIALISM, which briefly ceased after the USSR collapsed. But Putin is saying the very same things as Stalin and Hitler: that Ukraine doesn't actually exist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  6129. Stop talking imaginary "law," law-illiterate.
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  6130. Those who voted for Trump wanted the racism. They do not want the rest of the program, bout which they made excuses. MOST of MAGA is on food stamps and WIC. They don't want to lose them. They don't want to lose the Affordable Care Act (though they do want "Obamacare" repealed). And they are also those most likely to be violent.
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  6131. Without the Constitution there is lawless governance including show trials.
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  6132. When will Sanders quit attacking Democrats and take on the Republicans?
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  6133.  @KingZNIN  I'm a progressive who is pragmatic. A centrist, along with the majority, because the one with the most votes wins. You have no knowledge of political history, or what "right-wing" is. Let's look at the facts you sanders dupes NEVER addressed at the time: Paul Manafort and a partner helped elect the pro-Russian president of Ukraine. That campaign involved hacked emails. Manafort ended up running Trump's campaign, and his partner ended up running the Sanders campaign. Sanders' campaign was caught hacking the DNC -- which forced Sanders to dump Manafort's partner. How far to the LEFT must one be to support election stealing?
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  6134. Why does Trump love fascist dictators, and those who hate alleged "Commies" love Trump?
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  6135. Umm -- it's Trump and the Republicans who have taken away women's freedom of choice in health care.
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  6136. Trump's market value has been destroyed by Trump. And the snowflake he is will be distracted by a blizzard of lawsuits once out of office.
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  6137. Bolton: expert on impeachment?
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  6138. Gorka is a fascist.
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  6139. none of that address anything they say, or attempts to refute it. Instead it is the usual fact-free personal attack of the self-entitled. You mean, of course, the 14 per cent of Sanders "fans" -- it's all about entertainment and celebrity -- who, when asked would they vote for the Democratic Party nominee if not Sanders, said "No". Petulant whiners. That's how we got Trump. As for your, "Nobody gives a crap about their opinions": who elected you to represent "Nobody"?
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  6140. The SMART don't get on elevators unless they are the only one on the elevator. But some are more interested in others' farts than in survival.
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  6141. The ex-president DOES NOT OWN even NONCLASSIFIED gov't property that he STOLE.
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  6142. @Will he heck as like To include the competent, such as "Biden" and "H. Clinton" among the incompetents is beyond asinine: it exhibits and ignorance of politics based on not actually paying attention. Doubtless macinnis relies on his ignorance as excuse to not vote, because "superior' to those who do, and then, in circular "reasoning," uses that as excuse to not vote. It's obvious that macinnis rules out both the competent and incompetent as legitimate to govern. So what is his alternative -- chaos? If so, then his candidates are such as MTG and Boebert, etc. Biden spent 36 years in the Senate, and 8 years as vice president. Clinton was wife of a state governor, then in the White House for 8 years, then a Senator -- and voted "Most Popular Woman" for 20 years -- before running for president. They knew and know how to govern. They are competent. So macinnis is opposed also to competence. During all those years Trump was operating his criminal enterprise ripping off banks and the taxpayer. MTG is trailer trash, Gaetz is a sexual predator who targets the underage, and McConnell is all about extreme right-wing power and attacking the social safety net in behalf of the billionaire donor class. Research "The Federalist Society" -- the source of the judges McConnell put on the Supreme Court. They are an extreme right-wing group of lawyers whose goal is to "repeal the 'New Deal,'" and take the country back to before civil rights and FDR. That's why the decisions of such as Alito cite English religiocrackpots as "reason" to overturn progress in the evolution of human rights law.
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  6143.  @sevincolcer6967  I suggest you reread my comment. I was the first to comment that street walkers have better sartorial taste than MTG. Though there are street walkers who dress just as trashy.
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  6144. Poroshenko is campaigning for office. He hasn't yet had anything to say of substance or weight.
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  6145.  @peteryang8991  Yes: beyond stomach churning it is earth-shattering fluff for people with nothing but time on their hands. I'm going to go take another shower.
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  6146. Is nihilism a "philosophy"?
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  6147. So Boebert isn't only "hand-on-p---s," but also "fist-in-face".
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  6148. Brown is okay with his being a Nazi?
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  6149. They are still lying -- and making admissions -- in their court filings.
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  6150. Infanticide is not a reality. And there are rare if any abortions in the ninth month. The issue is problem -- nonviable -- pregnancies, for which the medical procedure is abortion.
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  6151.  @danielplainview5085  The pro-Hitler faction in the US founded the "America First" organization. History proves that they were wrong then and they are wrong now.
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  6152. WRONG. You don't know how the DOJ functions, or what it is or isn't doing.
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  6153. "The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right." -- Mark Twain.
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  6154. "RSBN" is selling Ivermectin!?
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  6155. How bad is it? If "George Santos" (is that his real name?) were to tell me he's a liar, I'd hesitate to believe him.
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  6156. There are at the moment more than 200 women missing and murdered specifically in Wyoming. But we don't hear about any of those because they don't fit the "missing white woman syndrome".
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  6157. Two issues for midterms: choice, and gun control.
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  6158. Aren't you the private-equity guy -- "free market," and all that? Research private-equity and "Steward Health Care". And there are others operating in Grift University shithole state Florida.
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  6159. Culpable negligence. And "intent" can be proven CIRCUMSTANTIALLY.
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  6160. "Thoughts and prayers" -- where have we heard that before? When will we agree that it accomplishes nothiing?
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  6161. "Thoughts and prayers" for Roddie Bryan.
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  6162. Black kills with gun: Thug. White commits mass murder with assault rifle: Mental illness deserving sympathy. He is stupid. That is not a mental illness.
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  6163.  @user-c3jdf9lylzse  Musk is an arrogant self-promoting twit. Takes billions in taxpayer dollars as gov't hand-out, then, because the president is a Democrat, comes out against gov't handouts. And, of course, he's against paying taxes. But he doesn't, of course, return the billions of taxpayer dollars hand-out. And what is he doing for people on planet earth? Builds missiles as a hobby.
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  6164.  @mattr.1887  Are you the "media" that can be trusted because making up shit?
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  6165.  @sandrab2589  There is nothing ridiculous about accurate reporting of facts, even when the facts are entirely non-controversial. The report uses the term that the EMPLOYER gave to the employee who turned out to be the gunman, and then provided the media as to his job description.
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  6166.  @tommycarroll259  He had a JOB TITLE given BY THE EMPLOYER.
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  6167.  @sandrab2589  And the reporter, Miller, reports ACCURATELY. It is the assholes who treat actual facts as excuses for baseless RIDICULE and making up bullshit who are being ASSHOLES.
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  6168.  @carlmassengale1027  For no legitimate reason.
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  6169.  @ronaldperry  The "PC" is STICKING TO THE FACTS, instead of feeding you distorted trash for your entertainment about issues that are not entertainment.
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  6170.  @sandrab2589  Miller is one of those accurate elitists you hate. There was no fact-checking necessary: the investigators were told by the employer the TITLE the gunman had as an employee. IT DOESN'T MATTER -- even though the FACT it is IRRELEVANT. It is NOT a fact MATERIAL to the issue: they know his name. They know where he worked, and his job title. They know the gun he used, and that he shot at Trump and others. You do a typo and at the same time demand "fact-checking" of the irrelevant. Gad, the un-self-aware DUMBNITUDE.
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  6171.  @matmclelland4701  I adhere to facts and law. And I pay attention to QUALIFICATIONS. Miller has QUALIFICATIONS that the Trumpian anti-fact loons don't begin to understand let alone respect. So they make shit up, and ask questions that have no relevance to anything except to their "expert" anti-gov't FANTASIES. It isn't rocket science: investigators went to his workplace and asked questions. The employer provided the gunman's job title -- that being a simple fact. There is no reason that that fact would need to be "fact-checked" because there is no evidence or reason that the employer would lie. The whole effort by the second-guessing illiterates is to distract from the fact that the gunman was a registered Republican. And they'll attack anyone who provides facts that they DON'T LIKE -- which is the essence of STUPIDITY. And that is how they diminish their intelligence and relevance -- the more facts, the more reality they REJECT, based simply on the fact that they DON'T LIKE THEM, the less and less they are connected to reality. The result: stupidity and irrelevance.
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  6172. 1. It was NOT a joke -- it was a COMPLIMENT. 2. Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY.
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  6173. Have someone read to you the definition of "relevance" from "Websters". The Articles of Impeachment name Trump. They do not name the Clintons or the Bidens. The Clintons and the Bidens -- and all the baseless and false smears against them you haters stupidly believe and swallow -- are IRRELEVANT.
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  6174.  @Rickybobby1340  Remember what Giuliani said -- "Truth isn't truth!" Ask yourself: is that a truth? If it is a truth, then isn't it false? And isn't a falsehood not truth? Learn how to think for yourself, instead of gullibly swallowing Republican nonsense.
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  6175.  @Rickybobby1340  If he's acquitted, it is the destruction of the Constitution. And you believe you'll survive that?
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  6176.  @Rickybobby1340  If he is acquitted on the ground that Dershowitz asserted -- which are a direct attack on the Constitution -- Trump will continue to ignore the rule of law with the imprimatur of the Senate Republicans. Tell us, moron: What will you do when the law is gone, and you are prosecuted for having the wrong politics? Will you blame the Democrats for the Republican acquittal? As for your assertion that Schiff isn't serving his constituents: it never ceases to amaze how stupid you Trump supporters are as concerns how our gov't functions. When you call your congressperson (you don't, of course), does your conpgressperson answer the phone? Or does a staffer? Every member of Congress has a staff that addresses constituent concerns. Every Congressional committee, in both House and Senate, has a large staff that does the research, the day-to-day grunt work. Schiff has been repeatedly elected by his constituents because his office -- like most congress members' -- serves his constituents satisfactorily. If you want to criticize a gov't official, do it on the facts -- otherwise and you only prove you are a foul-mouthed nihilist who -- yes -- hates the rule of law.
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  6177.  @paulburkey2  That's exactly the claim that Trump and his co-conspirators were making -- and it is FALSE.
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  6178.  @seankelly6461  That's exactly what Trump claimed -- and it is a LIE. READ BOTH the 12th Amendment, and the "Electoral Count Act". You know, stick to the LAW, not to your favorite seditious conspiring bloated career criminal traitor. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  6179.  @seankelly6461  1. Where is your EVIDENCE? 2. Tell us about the OFFICIAL RECOUNTS, which are standard and required by law, that found NO FRAUD.
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  6180.  @seankelly6461  It is YOUR REPONSIBILITY to back up YOUR assertions. Otherwise and you're nothing more than a trolling deadbeat.
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  6181.  @justinbeechey232  It's in the Constitution and statute. The Vice-President has the limited role in Congress of president of the Senate. Presiding over the Senate during the certification of election of president is largely ceremonial (we can't, though, have the president certify his own election); it gives the vice-president something important to do. That's how the Supreme Court violated the Constitution in at least two way with "Bush v. Gore": the Constitution places resolution of election disputes in Congress. But the Supreme Court -- lead by Scalia -- usurped that authority. And it voted twice in the same election, which is illegal. That breach was not addressed so established a precedent for even wilder violations.
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  6182. No: Einstein did not "create" the "Doomsday Clock". Nor was he involved in "making nukes". He isn't about debate. He's about preaching his anti-factual bullshit. And, of course, making accusations based not on facts but on his own bigotry.
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  6183.  @TimSpangler-rd6vs  EVERYONE has rights, including those you don't like because you buy into the prolonged smear campaign against him, in keeping with the Republican tradition of political smear. Exactly as you reject all the EVIDENCE of Trump's criminality. But I'll bite: tell us how your hatreds, including rejection of the rule of law, "virtues"? And how does your "concern" for others moral square with your fake "moral" "outrage"?
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  6184.  @TimSpangler-rd6vs  And you're so much a beacon of fake "concern" with "morality" based on your lack of morality. And on your rejection of the rule of law as protects those you are a bully against based on your immoral -- and baseless -- hatreds. Your rejection of reason makes you unreasonable. Or as Goya put it -- "The sleep of reason breeds monsters." Monsters reject morality. Your pretense to morality is utterly uninformed as to actual morality. The word for you is HYPOCRITE.
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  6185. TRUMP is the CLEAR AND PRESENT dANGER -- and you're off in the weeds talking rag-time about pie-in-the-sky FANTASIES. "Policies" are secondary to that which is paramount: stopping Trump and the Republicans. Instead, you assholes are attacking DEMOCRATS, while the Republicans continue to implement their subversion of the Constitution. Who willl you BLAME if Sanders is the nominee, and Trump slaps him dizzy with the VIDEOS of Sanders praising Communist/Socialist Castro, and praising the Communist/Socialist Sandanistas against the United States -- the Democrats? Or will you blame the source of that stupidity, Sanders? Are you so invested in running away from REALITY -- TRUMP is the issue -- that you know NOTHING about Sanders' actual history? Clue: North Korea claims to be Socialist. The USSR claimed to be Socialist. Cuba claimed to be Socialist. And you beliee that the US electorate shares your selective amnesia/ignorance?
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  6186. Them there Republicans love to be trigger-happy so long as someone else is pulling the trigger.
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  6187.  @aaron4387  Other reminders: "Globalist" = Jewish. "Soros" = Jewish.
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  6188. Yo, Ingraham: We've seen your texts to Mark Meadows.
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  6189.  @EdTex7643 Substanceless personal attack noted. Being a US citizen includes the RESPONSIBILITY to be accurately informed. You reject being so. I have an education in law, and am steeped in Constitutions -- US, state, and world.
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  6190. The only absolute is that there are no absolutes. Those who believe "absolute truth" can be known by a finite and limited human being is a demagogue.
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  6191. Facts about the "Boomer" generation and music: the generation produced a disproportionate amount of good-to-great music -- and also a disproportionate amount of CRAP.
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  6192. How about the series of Israeli gov'ts that have been terrorizing the Palestinians since Israel was founded as an expansionist colonial power?
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  6193. The question is whether Greene is intelligent enough to recognize when she's been humiliated.
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  6194. I don't know much about wildlife, but I suspect that deer and other wild animals don't wear glasses.
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  6195. Peter Baker is a Republican -- and has been an asshole since at latest the G. DUI Bushit administration. He ran with the euphemism for torture. I confronted him about that via email; and when I proved my point -- it wasn't complicated doing so -- he cut off communications. He obviously hasn't changed.
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  6196. They should go home: having NO regard for the rights of others, those morons have been disturbing the entire neighborhood.
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  6197.  @aburden8580  They want to "forum shop". They'd love to have their cases tried in the extremist right-wing 5th Circuit.
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  6198.  @aburden8580  PAY ATTENTION, law-illiterate: 1. There is no "hunter Biden laptop". 2. If it were a "Hunter Biden laptop," then why was Giuliani claiming to have the hard drives? Did he steal them? Did someone else steal them and give them to him so he could possess stolen property? 3. If there were such alleged "laptop," or alleged "hard drives," the chain of custody is so fatally flawed that it would be inadmissible as evidence. As for the ROGUE Supreme Court: it is coming for YOUR rights too. Rely on the right provided by "Griswold"? Kiss that right goodbye.
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  6199.  @ginahill503  And they are going to make it worse by harping on the very thing they don't want the jury to know: that Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels, and that is why she was paid to shut up. I love how easy it was for a pornographic film star to seduce Trump into paying her $130,000 for his one-night-spanking.
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  6200. Reality is a hoax.
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  6201. "I bet" is not FACT or evidence.
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  6202. Harris flayed him, exposing the pustulence he is behind the disordered mask.
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  6203.  @alphachief572  I not only use my critical thinking skills; I also adhere to the facts of Romney's HISTORY. Trump's domestic "policies" are fully on display -- for which he faces 91 FELONY INDICTMENTS, and numerous other criminal and civil trails. And his partners in "Truth Social" are suing him for fraud. Trump is a third-generation New York career con-man and FELON. The only legal accomplishment of Trump's four years was a tax cut for those -- such as Romney -- who didn't need it. Use YOUR critical skills: Google "romney bain capital". the core of it: Romney made his multi-millions by means of vulture capitalism -- by destroying thriving businesses and jobs. No different than Trump -- except that he probably did it legally.
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  6204. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  6205. You know nothing about the issue; Stefanik, who is a Jew, is playing you like a fiddle -- while at the same time she supports OVERT anti-Semite Trump.
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  6206. So you believe everything you "hear" because a REPUBLICAN says it!? You'll be voting for the ANTI-SEMITIC TRUMP because Stefanik, a Jew, ALSO supports him!?
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  6207.  @deenman23  I doubt it happened except perhaps as a challenge to Israeli and SOME Jewish HYPOCRISY: Israel has been colonialist and expansionist since its founding -- despite its word not to be. It has, since its founding, driven anyone not Jewish off their lands, and then annexed the lands to Israel. And if the non-Jews REFUSED to give up their lands, they were killed by means called ETHNIC CLEANSING/GENOCIDE. The world was sympathetic to Israel on October 7. But as it has watched it has become increasingly horrified by Israels total disregard for the very international law it wants imposed on everyone else. Israel is yet again committing mass slaughter of Palestinians, and thereby creating MORE terrorists. Israel is DELIBERATELY creating more of that they CLAIM they are against: TERRORISM. Because it is TERRORISM that is then used as a pretext to drive Palestinians off their lands, and if they won't be driven off then killed off. Stop being a sucker for the Israeli's extremist right-wing propaganda using calculated "hysteria".
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  6208. The DOJ empaneled several grand juries many, many, many months ago. You'd know that if you have been awake and paying attention. You obviously haven't been paying attention.
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  6209. Trump is talking about how he could have saved lives in Ukraine, while his demolition of USAID is knowingly killing people.
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  6210.  @commonsense2680  Years ago a British social scientist studied violence in women's prisons. In male prisons the structure is hierarchical, and the violence is typically direct, one-on-one. In women's prisons the structure is horizontal, and woman "A" has another woman do her violence to another for her, so the woman behind it has "clean hands". I've seen women start issues -- then require "her" "man" to do the fighting for her while she pretends to be the victim.
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  6211.  @commonsense2680  I see it as so common as to be the norm. "I'm offended -- let's you and him fight!"
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  6212. Uhuh, nope: the first person to be answering to the American people is TRUMP.
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  6213. It's about RACISM.
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  6214. Gaetz is white.
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  6215. This is what the "One True Religion" of the countless "One True Religions" looks like: "Old Testament" tyranny implemented and enforced by the lowest of low-information barbarians..
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  6216. The only reason he attacks is that he feels threatened by the truth being told by the Committee or individuals he is attacking.
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  6217. Meaningless, as Biden is a Democrat, and nixon a Republican criminal.
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  6218. It's because women are concerned that the "kindness" may be manipulation for sex.
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  6219. This is how the Founders put the lawless "religion" subjectivists in their place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  6220. John Walsh is essentially a a vigilante. That is NOT about JUSTICE, or RULE OF LAW. He actually called for Laundrie to "off" himself -- regardless EVIDENCE, and a call that would destroy the most potentially useful EVIDENCE. What matters for Walsh is the same as "Dog": self-promotion, and keeping the money rolling in. He is no different than any other demagogue -- appealing to the most base of emotion for MONEY.
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  6221. Note that President Biden removed all US Attorneys -- EXCEPT Durham and the US attorney investigating Hunter Biden.
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  6222. When the facts are against you, beat on the law, when the law is against you, beat on the facts. When the law and the facts are against you, smear the opponent.
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  6223. His fingerprints match fingerprints -- they got clear fingerprints from more than one source. The fake New Jersey ID ties him directly to the Hostel. the bullets match the gun. You really should pay attention to the evidence because FACTS MATTER.
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  6224. Uygur is looking for an audience he can bullshit.
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  6225. Trump is the biggest floater in the "swamp" -- er, cesspool.
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  6226. What you FAIL to do is consider the source -- which is why you don't give a damn whether you are believing a fact or a lie. You are media illiterate -- someone who always looks for what to believe, instead of looking information that is ACCURATE. You are an extremist -- falsely believing that believing extremist attacks on the mainstream media by extremist who HATE the mainstream media, and therefore LIE about it. It is the extremes -- both Left AND Right that are the PROBLEMN -- not the sane.
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  6227. They've been encouraged since at latest Reagan, whose seditious position was that gov't is "the problem". To the contrary, per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov''t.
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  6228. Avoding eye contact can be seen as deception, but it could relate to internal state.
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  6229.  @mcmccoy1184  They always have. It isn't at all rare for state election administrators determine that a person isn't eligible to be on the ballot, or isn't eligible to hold they office they are seeking. The Supreme Court likes to claim it is pro-"states' rights" -- even though the US Constitution and Federal law are SUPEME over the states. But that's only when they want to establish white supremacism, or cause chaos. If the issue is "political" in their view, then they will decide it in keeping with their politics.
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  6230.  @branmichaluk445  ALL elections are administered by the STATE'S.
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  6231.  @bigdoghat3827  It is 3 states so far.
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  6232.  @DannaMcAllister  But only in that state.
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  6233.  @DannaMcAllister  Redo your math. And, yes: that's the idea: each state administers all the elections that occur in their state. They have the authority in law, beginning with the US Constitution, and their state constitution and laws, to determine who is eligible to be on their ballot. None of that is rocket science. And if a state determines that a potential candidate -- regardless the office for which the candidate aims -- is ineligible to be on the ballot in that state, that's how it goes. It is not a rare occurrence. And not all legitimate presidential candidates always get on the ballot in all states for reasons other than being a criminal insurrectionist. Typically its because they didn't get enough signatures, as state law may require, to meet the minimum threshold to qualify to be on the ballot. It isn't actually that big a deal -- except that multi--multi-billionaire, constantly drunk on whine, falsely claims to be a "victim". Most people in the US can't afford lawyers to vindicate their rights; but Trump, who has stadiums full of lawyers, is a "victim"!? Stop listening to MAGA -- they are as uneducated and clueless about everything -- especially how elections actually work. And they lie about everything because that's how they live their lives. And that's why they are suckers for constant lying con-man and career felon Trump.
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  6234. Dalton Trumbo's "Johnny Got His Gun" has been seized as a "bible" by both Left and Right.
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  6235. Saint Bernie is in the pocket of the ANTI-Socialist NRA. He's a fraud.
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  6236.  @vic5015  MAGA = More Attorneys Getting Lawyers.
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  6237. The majority of the electorate isn't fringe or extreme. That means that the vast majority of the electorate are MODERATE. (Shhhh! Let's not talk about Trump's collusion with Russia.) ____________ "No Collusion"? -- "Russia, if you're listening": Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpists lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  6238.  @klyvemurray  John Lennon reference.
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  6239. While people bash Democrats for "tax-and-spend," they ignore what Democrats DO. It's a wonder we aren't hearing that using the "Defense Production Act" to compel private corporations to serve the public good is "tyranny".
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  6240.  MansfieldDeathtrapRereco-  Personal attack noted. Have you any EVIDENCE for your premise? Nope. And you don't know the necessity for EVIDENCE because a dope.
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  6241.  @IMeMineWho  Graff testified that she has among the records she kept for Trump the contact information for Stormy Daniels. Trump has repeatedly lied that he didn't know Stormy Daniels and never met her. She also testified that she saw Stormy Daniels in Trump Tower. Trump has repeatedly lied that he didn't know Stormy Daniels and never met her.
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  6242.  MansfieldDeathtrapRereco-  Doesn't take much to make clear statements that are over your head. We get it: you engage in personal attacks because you have no other abilities than those you learned just before being expelled from elementary school.
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  6243. And see Vlad Vexler.
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  6244. Trump couldn't even do an up-to-par shit. WHEN will he TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for HIS vulgar mouth, and his other failures, which failures CONTINUE?
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  6245. A no-fly zone would mean attacking the artillery and missile sites located INSIDE RUSSIA. That would give Putin what he wants: a claim of SELF-DEFENSE as excuse to escalate even further.
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  6246. In 2000, Republican-appointed extremist Scalia intervened in and stopped the vote counting while G. Dui Bushit's lead was rapidly shrinking. That Court usurped the exclusive authority of Congress to resolve election disputes and appoint DUI to the presidency. He -- and Dick "Dick" Cheney -- gave us the illegal invasion of Iraq, hundreds of thousands of dead bodies and displaced, Oklahoma City bombing, and more dead US troops. All for right-wing politics. This Court is simply more overt in its efforts to assist in overthrowing the Constitution. And the Republicans who are showing up in New York at Trump's criminal trial are part of the organized attack on the rule of law. And their being open about it is how they are "normalizing" that attack with the broader swath of domestic enemies.
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  6247.  @doomguy510  It is three words. And yet again you fail to communicate clearly.
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  6248.  @doomguy510  Personal attack noted. Troll.
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  6249.  @doomguy510  If you want to communicate such a "definition," then it is your responsibility to do so. No one else has responsibility to do your work for you. Troll.
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  6250.  @firstlast8258  Do you see the pro-Putin anti-military Republicans proposing a draft? Do you see the Democrats proposing a draft? Do you know anything at all FACTUAL about history, current events, or even how gov't functions?
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  6251. Perhaps -- Missouri doesn't have the sense to enact reasonable gun control, let alone understand the legitimacy of taxation. Like Trump they want the bennies while also being tax-cheats and deadbeats.
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  6252.  @demophys4883  They are stupid before they are brave. They don't know anything factual so believe guns are the "smart" alternative solution to actually knowing what they're talking about.
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  6253.  @cindyb2525  My generation of "Boomers" got the US out of Vietnam, ended the draft -- which OPPRESSION was imposed ONLY on MEN -- and mainstreamed the environmental movement. And got BOTH Agnew and Nixon. We also invented to personal computer, and -- for better and worse -- "social media". So stop the ignorant sexist hate. Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.
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  6254.  @russ3752  I have no idea what any of that has to do with anything except a desire to avoid the issue.
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  6255. He is speaking. But the only relevant issues are the facts and law -- which Trump doesn't address. Instead he makes unsubstantiated -- fact-free -- allegations and calls people names. All he's doing is POLITICS -- which are NOT the issue for the judicial branch. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  6256. The well-regulated militia had all along existed, and were all along UNDER the rule of law, with the colony governor as commander-in-chief.
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  6257.  @billsadler3  "Disinform"ation is anti-democratic. Better to autopsy their statements and positions to expose what they are from the inside. Show the results of them.
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  6258. 19 "good buys with guns" FAILED. What's your next bullshit slogan, NRA.
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  6259. Cheap housing in Alabama -- dumbest of population, worst health care.
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  6260. The hed of the Teamsters endorsed Trump. The rank-and-file Teamsters members endorse Harris.
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  6261. Dead people don't vote, because they are not able to vote. And no coffins on the market have built-in ballot boxes.
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  6262. According to REPUBLICAN TX Gov. Abbott the killer had no record of "mental issues," therefore we should focus on "mental issues". VOTE OUT the Republican charlatans and crackpots.
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  6263. Apparently he wasn't in church, or busy packing and shipping "Bibles".
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  6264.  @doctorwhy8781  Corporations DON'T fund Social Security. This is how it works: A FICA/payroll tax is deducted from your paycheck. That tax funds Social Security. When you are eligible to receive Social Security, you receive money from Social Security. AGAIN: Social Security is a STAND-ALONE fund -- it is not connected to and has no relation to the general fund and the deficit.
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  6265.  @doctorwhy8781  It's the full story. Social Security has no connection to the general budget -- and therefore nothing to do with the deficit. But the Republicans -- who your are lying for -- claim that the cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are necessary to reduce the deficit. The Republicans have been opposed to the EXISTENCE of Social Security since BEFORE it was established in law because they don't want an alternative to profiting from working the elderly to death.
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  6266.  @doctorwhy8781  Yes, it is self-funding. That is why Trump and the Republicans are talking about eliminating the means by which it is self-funding.
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  6267. The intent of domestic terrorism is to cause fear. And those who are defending the murderer are promoting domestic terrorism. Some have even attacked McDonald's and the entry-level minimum-wage employee because she called the authorities when he was recognized. McDonald's and the employee didn't commit any crimes. And the backpack manufacturer, who also didn't commit any crime, received death threats -- intended to cause fear -- from aholes who are defending the murderer. What you fools don't understand is that the spread of domestic terrorism, beyond being an assault on the rule of law, results in a breakdown in -- and THEN EVERYONE is a target. It is stunning the blatant immorality claiming to be moral by those who obviously couldn't care less about right and wrong. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  6268. His own writings SUBSTANTIATE that he was engaging in domestic terrorism. And that is FURTHER substantiated by those who, like you, pick up his ball and run with it by promoting more of the same. The charge is exactly suited to his intent and crime.
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  6269. The fake Burisma "scandal" won't work -- we already know all there is to know about it: it is a fake "scandal".
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  6270. If you LISTEN to the murderer you hear him DENY he has problems. So who is the hospital to believe -- him, or you?
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  6271.  @MiracleFound  Correct. Law-illiterates don't realize they are law-illiterate so are unconstrainedfrom spewing "opinions" without regard for actual law.
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  6272.  @missichristensen3275  What if the parents are functionally illiterate and unqualified to diagnose?
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  6273.  @fulanichild3138  And the family is the least reliable to "diagnose" family members when the family is "normally" dysfunctional.
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  6274. They are Moorons.
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  6275. Rogan is among the low-information meatheads.
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  6276. Did you WATCH the video, asshole? The penalties are incremental up to the point at which the violations CEASE -- and that is how it is done in ALL cases: EQUALITY under the law.
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  6277.  @DavidWolfer  I doubt you're able to predict the future as to what will happen if Trump continues to violate the gag order. There is a cell in the courthouse for housing the contemptuous. AGAIN -- in this is part of PUBLIC EDUCATION, for those WILLING to LEARN -- the first two gag orders, one of which included significant fines, were showing the PUBLIC that law applies even to bloviating criminals. Marchan's gag order, modeled on the first two, which were upheld on appeal, is -- based on that PUBLIC EDUCATION -- incremental, as they always are. But Marchan BEGAN by pointing to the possible penalties, INCLUDING INCARCERATION. When asked if he understood, Trump said, "Yes." This also includes the threat of incarceration, but in such a way that it has Trump's attention -- after that decision was given him, and the court broke for lunch, Trump SAID NOTHING to the media. He may do it again -- he's probably contemplating that which has always been his campaign: name-calling, smears, and attacking others and inciting threats against them -- but THIS time it got through to him. As for jail: the judge can decide that Trump, regardless the verdict in the trial, be jailed for contempt AFTER the trial is concluded.
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  6278.  @collinporterfield102  And the way Judge Merchan wrote about the limitation on fines seems to be an appeal to the legislature to eliminate the cap.
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  6279.  @dexterpoindexter3583  They are not slaps on the wrist. But you haven't time to watch the INSTRUCTIONAL video.
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  6280.  @GrantBeniford  Nope. Why do you ask -- can't handle actual legal process for what it is?
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  6281. Love your baseless divisiveness -- it helps Trump.
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  6282.  Cousin Jimmy Farha  Sanders gravitates toward MONEY: he's a MILLIONAIRE -- and despite his "Socialism," he isn't distributing it among his "fans".
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  6283. Want mealy-mouthed muddle? Ask Cillizza. The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution applies to ALL states.
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  6284. You're distorting the facts that were resented by the Fulton County DA.
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  6285. The FBI documents these forensic searches with photography and video. And Trump's lawyer said that Trump watched the search via CCTV.
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  6286.  @darrellcook8253  Will Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY. For what? Listen to what Chris Rock said: it was not a joke; it was a comparison of Smith's wife with a film character that is viewed as a positive role model. Too bad Will Msith, being a "manly man," will no longer be seen as a role model to be emulated.
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  6287.  @darrellcook8253  Yes, I'm sure you would tough guy. And, unlike Will Smith, you'd be arrested on the spot for COMMITTING A CRIME. Admit it: that sort of behavior isn't actually about the woman one is purporting to defend; it's about one's own insecurities. And, as often, the woman manipulating you -- "I'm offended -- let's you and him fight!" -- into doing her dirty work for her so she can sit back pretending to be the victim.
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  6288. Let's dishonestly change the subjet -- that's the typical practice of Sanders "fans"; it is DISHNOEST, and that is CORRUPT. Sanders is a vindictive prick, as he SHOWED in 2016 by, first, promising to DESTROY the Democratic -- NOT REPUBLICAN -- Party. Then, when the Party graciously allowed him to run as a Democrat -- he STILL not a registered Democrat -- he CONTINUED to trash the Party, and contiuously smeared Clinton with REPUBLICN/RIGHT-wing LIES. The Vermont Democratic Party has supported Sanders -- INCLUDING WITH CASH -- thoughout his career. And how does he show his gratitude? By insulting, smearing, and attacking the DEMOCRATIC PARY -- and the Democratic VOTERS. And let's not forget: Devine and Manafort were PARTNERS in Ukraine, helping elet the CORRUPT PRO-Russian president. Next, out of nowhere, Devine and Manafort became -- coincidentally? -- managers of the Sanders and Trump campaigns. Then, shortly thereafter, the SANDERS campaign was CAUGHT hacking the DNC -- and Devine was forced to resign. Can you say CORRUPTION? And throughout the campaign, Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with TRUMP with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Let's be HONEST on the point: when Clinton announced her candidacy, she AT THE SAME TIME released THIRTY YEARS of tax returns. This time around Sandes is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump by refusing to release his medical records. What is he hiding? Not the fact that he considers himself to be superior to everyone else -- an arrogance identical with Trump's. Sanders smeared the hell out of Clinton over the "Crime Bill". But at the time Clinton was the First lady, while Sanders was in the Congress, where HE voted FOR the "Crime Bill". Other than being TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE during his TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in Congress -- he got NONE of his yapping of passe pie-in-the-sky enacted into LAW -- and that is becuase he REJECTS DEMOCRACY. The legislative process is quintessentially DEMOCRACY, and therefore INCLUSIVE, and therefore by NATURE INCREMENTAL. It is based on debate, negotiation, COMPROMISE, in order to arrive at MAJORITY CONSENSUS. Sanders REFUSES to COMPROMISE, because he's ALWAYS RIGHT and NEVER WRONG. And his ANTi-democratic "My way or the hghway" got the proper response from his colleagues: "TAKE A HIKE". What else has Sanders 'accomplished"? He voted AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES. He voted to PROTECT the gun industry. Those were TOP PRIORITIES of the extremist RIGHT-wing ANTI-Socialist NRA. But let's not look beyond Sanders' passe pie-in-the-sky rhetoric -- else one see who he actually is: a vindictve prick and liar. Trmp would slap him dizzy, and bury him under the stench of his own baggage -- VIDEOS of his praising Communist/Socialist Castro and the Sandinistas; writings, while in his THIRTIES, about sex and very young children. Newbies to politics tend to FAIL to respect wisdom -- if they even recognize it: ACTIONS speak louders than words. All you pay attention to is WORDS -- Sanders is not saying anything that is NEW; he's been jabbering the same things during his entire career -- and getting NONE of it enacted into LAW. And you believe he could get that done, for the first time, from OUTSIDE the Congress, where the laws are made? If you believe that, you define yourslef: political newbie. Yes -- you believe you know it all; but it's the VOTERS who are driving the primary elections, not those Sanders instructs you to HATE based upon HORSESHIT. Last but not least: you are no different than Trump MAGAots: criticize the candidate, you attack the critic -- which is NOT a defense of the candidate. But it is DISHONEST, and therefore it is CORRUPT.
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  6289. Men have to manipulate while denying they are being that.
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  6290. The people who are suffering are the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio -- as result of the Trump-Wance domestic terrorism. Trump is intent on inciting violence.
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  6291. Cult of personality. He agrees with you, so he is a genius.
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  6292. One might by law have a right to a speedy trial within 175 days. But trials typically include delays, most of them by the defense.
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  6293. Only by lying can one make the case for Sanders.
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  6294.  @KB-ke3fi  She is not the boss of the Capitol Police. Stop swallowing then vomiting right-wing anti-American hate-lies.
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  6295.  @KB-ke3fi  She is not, and obviously DID NOT.
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  6296.  @KB-ke3fi  If Pelosi were the "boss" of the Capitol Police, then it's obvious she ordered them to PREVENT the violent insurrectionists getting in. But tell us, anti-American PUNK: if they were "let in," then why did they BREAK WINDOWS in order to get in -- simply because gutter-thugs intent on TRASHING the Capitol? I'd ask you to ask yourself why you make no sense, but you don't know the answer to the question.
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  6297. REPUBLICAN  @nothingbutthetruth3227  Texass Gov. Abbott eliminated background checks, blocked enforcement of Federal laws, and eliminated licensing and permitting, thus making it legal for criminals to buy guns legally. Meanwhile, gun-nuts at the NRA convention couldn't even quote the Second Amendment, one of whom claimed to have gone to law school. Gun-nut = history- and law-illiterate.
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  6298.  @williamlacentra2808  "the Constitution which came first to protect State rights --is an absolute document." False: the "states' rights" ANTI-Federalists OPPOSED ratification of the Federal Constitution because of its SUPREMACY clause. "The amendments -called the bill of rights, was the individual rights bill-which amendments were and can be changed--modified or added". And several of those Amendment to the Constitution -- 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, as example, nullified and countered portions of that "absolute" document. In other words, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights/Amendments are ONE document. ---don't be confused with the permanent State Constitutional rights". Are you saying that state constitutions can't be amended? If so you're dead wrong. The Massachusetts constitution, ratified in 1780, has been amended 117 times. And the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Federal Constitution nullified any provisions in state constitutions which were contrary thereto. your PSEUDO-"LAW" is IDEOLOGY, NOT LAW.
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  6299.  @williamlacentra2808  "But the Constitution which came first to protect State rights". The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation because the latter did not establish authority OVER the states. Thus the Articles Congress could only make "suggestions" to the states. But the Constitution with its SUPREMACY Clause changed all that: it was deliberately intended to establish a strong, central SUPREME gov't with control over the extent and limits of "states' rights". Every US citizen is a citizen of BOTH the United States and of their state of residence. The Federal gov't has the authority and power to protect the FEDERAL rights of citizens AGAINST STATE violations of them.
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  6300.  @ynotttt  Who are you talking about?
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  6301.  @williamlacentra2808  I have an education in law, and have been researching these very issues for more than 30 years. Perhaps the "annoyance" will prompt you to not only think but to drop the bullshit anti-Americanisms you've picked up from other law-illiterates. Instead of ACTUALLY READING the Constitution with which you dumbly assume you are actually concerned. As for the "absolute" US Constitution, and how amending it works: The Constitution as originally written and ratified protected slavery. The 13th Amendment ABOLISHED slavery, thus that portion of the Constitution was nullified. As said: a single exception to an "absolute" -- to which there can be NO exceptions --demolishes the IMAGINARY "absolute". Will you next drag in "The Federalist" in effort to defend your ANTI-Federalism? If so, bring it on, and I'll provide you the facts about THAT NON-law.
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  6302. There's a thin line between seditious conspiracy and treason.
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  6303.  @hazemkaram7111  Troll.
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  6304. It can't be proven there's a "God".
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  6305. In other words, Musk lost the argument, so as a twit he took his Twitter and went home.
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  6306. And you believe Sanders' old-school Socialist platitudes have actual substance?
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  6307. She isn't merely "radical"; she's an extremist.
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  6308.  @fitveganathleteintegrateda1695  Who are "they"? The mainstream media -- ACTUAL journalists -- are telling the truth.
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  6309. "Saying" and PROVING are not the same thing. These morons are satisfied with the "Saying". And a smear against another's mental status is not funny to the person it is about.
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  6310. Sow climate change denial, reap massive hurricanes. Vote Republican and get more of the same. Then blame Democrats.
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  6311. The dates in this are all out of whack.
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  6312. It doesn't take a "master manipulator" to outplay Trump.
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  6313. Watch the news for Trump's effort to initiate a coup at the DOJ vis-a-vis the Georgia election results.
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  6314. You are obviously a law-illiterate: In order to obtain a search warrant, law enforcement much provide an affidavit in which is stipulated the location of the search, and the materials to be seized, in order to prove probable cause that there is a crime being committed, to a COURT. The judge applies existing law to the facts and decides whether to issue the search warrant. We even have photos of toilets with documents Trump was flushing. Those documents belong not to Trump but to "We the people". What you ultimately fail to understand is that which is most obvious: Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal. And he has persuaded morons such as you to REJECT the rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  6315. There are certain NORMS: one is that one doesn't commit murder. Committing murder is even prohibited by law. Ask yourself: Who is safe in the lawless society these fools are cheering on? How is that different than the thing one is protecting against? ----- From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  6316.  @Finness894  Google "Steward Health Care".
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  6317. "Obvious" is not evidence.
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  6318. Stockton Rush spent more on lawyers to silence the speech of his critics than he spent on safety.
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  6319. With Trump it's ALL hollow "optics".
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  6320. NONE of the Republicans he named is qualified.
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  6321. The impeachment clause includes the provision that the person impeached can be charged, tried, convicted, and sentenced. Meanwhile, McConnell deliberately chose to make Trump a private citizen so he could vote to acquit.
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  6322. Trump is Reagan without the mask.
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  6323. Yeah -- they've been wondering what the fuck to do that won't piss off denier Trump. Or how to PROFIT from the disaster. This is the impact of Trump's "information": "Arizona Deaths Prompt Warning Against Self-Medication " https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/03/23/us/ap-us-virus-outbreak-arizona-11th-ld-writethru.html
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  6324. Bessent is gay -- a DEI hire.
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  6325. Voters know all the stats about their favorite sports teams, then vote Trump and Republicans because ignorant of current political issues.
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  6326. Mark Levin is pissed that the Federal prosecutors know the laws that apply.
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  6327. The NRA moved to the right in order to compete FOR THE MOENY with the even more crackpot Gun Owners of America.
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  6328. This is NOT a "trial". It is an investigation and presentation of the evidence gathered. And Trump is not unhinged. He knows when he is lying -- it's his "performance". We know that from when he said, "Just say that it was corrupt": he was admitting that he knew his lies were news. It was the same with Ukraine: he tried to get Zelensky to ANNOUNCE an investigation into the Bidens -- he didn't care if there were an ACTUAL investigation: the announcement was all he needed.
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  6329. In the fuller texts there is a "Jordan" mentioned.
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  6330. The Committee doesn't make allegations without EVIDENCE. Nice "squeeze" they are putting on these Republican seditionists.
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  6331. This prostitution ring is a lot larger than only Greenberg and Gaetz. Greenberg was so open with his corruption because it wasn't "a problem" for others in the party.
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  6332.  @gogovideo10  Being stupid is destructive beyond only you.
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  6333.  Davis Mike  Yeah, "financial freedom". All that matters is money. Totally irrelevant in this situation.
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  6334.  Taylor Renee  Let me guess: you are potentially vulnerable legally regarding the collapsed building, so you are desperate to talk distracting nonsense.
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  6335.  Juanita Nance  I wonder how many people in the collapsed building believed that fantasy?
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  6336. People forget that he downplayed COVI, and hundreds of thousands died needlessly, because all he cared about was re-election
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  6337. His "manifesto" is a confession. And other evidence he possessed make it open and shut. I think we should worry about those who defend murder. Did you also vote for Trump?
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  6338. That he didn't hear it (assuming he's not lying) doesn't mean it wasn't said. (Otherwise: he was there when it WASN'T said?)
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  6339. Graham is lying.
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  6340.  @________Taehyung_________.....  Trump is an anti-Semite. But who cares: Genocidal Netanyahu supports anti-Semite Trump, even while he arouses anti-Semitism against Jews and Israel. Israel is not the US. The US separates "religion" from gov't. Trump is THREATENING Jews -- his crackpot base will ACT on that. Don't blame those who WARNED you blind fools. That several murderous attacks on Jews in the US were by TRUMP supporters.
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  6341.  @Frenchblue8  Local communities have authority to protect public health and safety within their jurisdictions.
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  6342. Ray tuned inward from writing pop songs to writing about England as result of "The Kinks" being banned from the United States for some years. In other words, it wasn't entirely his choice to do so.
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  6343. Looks like a building landslide for Harris.
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  6344. It isn't about Republican "morals and values" -- they don't exist. It's about the RULE OF LAW.
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  6345. The point is to reach voters who are right of center. The intent is to WIN.
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  6346. Trump 20-24 years incarceration.
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  6347. Perhaps she is sticking to the few known facts, as all RESPONSIBLE adults do.
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  6348. Hitler's generals LOST the war. Not surprising that LOSER Trump would identify with LOSERS.
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  6349. He's hyping an existing drug because it is unknown when there will be a vaccine.
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  6350. That's because the lawyers who do represent him don't make legitimate defenses in court. They present his bullshit and they lose. Lindsey Graham apparently has a competent attorney; but in his latest effort to avoid testifying in Georgia, the court held that his rationales misconstrued the original issues stipulated by the ccourt.
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  6351. Trump won't debate.
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  6352. There is a difference between "thinking" and _believing_. But try again to communicate what you intend to mean.
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  6353.  @Gaigin22.32  The point is that you failed to communicate your meaning.
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  6354.  @mskimberly7777  Depends on the expertise.
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  6355. And your ideology isn't Western?
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  6356. She's been trying to cooperate with Qanon.
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  6357. Toobin never fails to be a Republican apologist. He attempts to blame "bad lawyer" Eastman, and exculpate Trump for relying on his opinion. The PROBLEM for Toobin's BAD LAWYERING is that NUMEROUS LAWYERS TOLD TRUMP THAT EASTMAN WAS WRONG.
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  6358. The DOJ is investigating violations of THREE statutes, not only the Espionage Act.
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  6359. Chip is a Repubican therefore a Republican pandering to racists.
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  6360. Reagan destroyed the civil rights enforcement infrastructure. Stop pretending that Reagan was something other than a reactionary racist
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  6361. Name ONE instance of a Democrat harassing and stalking -- assaulting -- a Republican. Yeah, we know: we can't, because you're a lying scumbag who can't defend Greene's unacceptable behavior, so you have to blame someone else for it. Clue: if it would be wrong for a Democrat to do it, then it is wrong for Republican Greene to do it.
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  6362. I wonder if he became revolted -- "radicalized" -- by his family's real estate history, including corporatization of rest homes it owns.
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  6363. Chance's are that most people are fed up with the fact-free conspirabunk -- and the irresponsible morons who make it up.
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  6364. The "institution" is the GOV'T, dunce. "We the people" are the gov't -- and WE PAY OUR OWN WAY for the EXPENSES of gov't and therefore the security of rule of law. Don't pay your way, deadbeat, and the gov't will properly, in behalf of all those who DO pay their own way, seize assets you have commensurate with the amount in delinquency. For how it works see the judgment against Trump in the New York fraud case. He ripped off the people of New York -- they were in effect paying HIS taxes FOR him without being apprised of that fact. And it is longstanding LAW in New York state that in order to appeal such judgments -- which cannot be discharged in bankruptcy -- one must post a bond that is equal to the judgment + 20 PER CENT. Trump nonetheless attempted to appeal the decision without posting the bond -- he finally admitted that he doesn't have the "billions" he has for years LIED he has -- and the appellate court denied his appeal, then in effect told him -- Why not ask the banks you defrauded for loans to pay the bond? This is how the BANKS were defrauded: IN ADDITION to it being ILLEGAL to file FRAUDULENT financial applications for loans -- Trump's falsely inflated valuations of his properties on such applications got him FAVORABLE interest rates -- which means the banks were DEFRAUDED out of GREATER profits from the interest than were realized by the FAVORABLE interest rates. Wake up: nothing Trump says is true; therefore nothing he says is to be believed. Period. Full stop. End of story.
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  6365.  @pphil1267  Then they are violating international law and the US Constitution, because the National Guard cannot act outside the chain of command, at the top of which is the US president. But we get it: your being a tough keyboard asshole is based on your rejection of the Constitution and laws. You are an anti-American who worships criminals. There is no right to be a criminal.
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  6366. No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  6367. IGNORE the polls -- many are including the fake Republican polls in their aggregations.
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  6368. Trump pled the 5th during his New York deposition.
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  6369. Trump's only skill is self-promotion. And his only concerns are re-election and profiting financially from a disaster he allowed to get out of control. As concerns re-election, he is screwing Blue states by seizing and withholdiing desperately needed medical equipment, and at the same time providing them to Red state. The irony is that most of those who don't believe the firus is real are MAGAots. So he's killing his own "base".
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  6370. Trump is the most transparent liar in presidential history.
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  6371. @esu He was attacking a US reporter, asshole. China is not responsible for Trump's total avoidance of the RESPONSIBILITIES of HIS OFFICE.
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  6372.  @NYRloverXD  Trump is LYING about testing being available. asshole. He has dumped that responsibility onto the states -- washed his hands of ALL responsibility, beginning with those OF HIS OFFICE. IF testing is available, it is only available because of state governors.
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  6373. It isn't at all unclear: 1. Trump STOLE gov't property. 2. Trump was "negotiating" instead of HANDING OVER the gov't property he STOLE. 3. NO private citizen has the authority to "declassify" anything. 4. Trump IS NOT THE PRESIDENT.
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  6374. It's easier to sell guns to stupid.
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  6375. I couldn't afford these -- fascinating as they were -- so went with computer that could assembled by affordable pieces. I still have my 1970s Smith-Corona electric typewriter -- which then met my wildest dreams as a writer.
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  6376. Toobin is a Republican hack.
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  6377. The "New Testament" negated much of the "Old Testament".
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  6378. He is SAYING, BY IMPLICATION, that being on a ventilator means 100 per cent DIE. So he is writing off those on ventilators, and by further impllication saying, "There's no point in distributing ventilators because those people are going to die ANYWAY."
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  6379. Did COLLINS learn HER lesson?
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  6380. Biden is not a "cetrist Republican" is bullshit. His selection of a black woman for VP is PROGRESSIVE -- which is Left-Liberal.
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  6381.  Frank Harris  The Constitution authorizes both Senate and House to expel members. It is obvious you know at best next to nothing about how rule of law and elections work.
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  6382. They were simply asked not to kill others.
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  6383.  @lindah.1104  It's possible she and the others who are said by the media to be "unindicted" -- it does not say that in the court filing -- to have been indicted under seal. Or would be as evidence is introduced making superseding indictments timely.
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  6384. It wasn't Liz Cheney who leaked the audio. And I'm stunned that some actually believe McCarthy leaked it. It is more likely the leaking was done by someone on the far-right freak fringe who wants to destroy a person they falsely perceive as insufficiently extreme.
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  6385. SOME are. Senator Whitehouse of Rhode Island is not an idiot.
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  6386. He could sell pardons to people who haven't yet been CHARGED.
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  6387. Trump supporters aren't showing up to "vote" as protesters. And Trump is deep into reruns -- they've heard it all before; so they are looking for other, different entertainment. Perhaps they should go back to reading the "National Enquirer".
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  6388. The microphones were at times NOT muted.
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  6389. "The Internet is the greatest boon to mankind." -- Abraham Lincoln.
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  6390. His client didn't know that Trump ALWAYS abandons his allies?
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  6391. On the other hand, Trump lied to and used her to advance his criminal corruption. She cried because she began to face that truth. She realized when she heard herself tell the truth about his assumption that she was as corrupt as he is. Because he assumes everyone is corrupt.
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  6392.  @cactuscapper5567  Because you don't understand the fact that the student loan INDUSTRY is PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT -- NOT GOV'T.
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  6393.  @xrunner55  When I was applying for student loans it was through a PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT corporation. What you don't understand -- because you've never been there -- is that the PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT adds FEES and INTEREST. They are the equivalent of collection agencies.
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  6394.  @barnabusdoyle4930  You don't understand the system. When one applies for college, one at the same time applies for loans. The loan applications are processed by a PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT corporation. The issue isn't the loan; it is the EXCESSIVE FEES AND INTEREST tagged on by the PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT corporation for having processed one's loan application and being approved.
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  6395.  @xrunner55  I didn't qualify for a loan. Applying for a loan doesn't guarantee approval for one. You are half-assed at best: I don't owe YOU a lifestyle -- but you insist I do. How's your tax cut at the expense of everyone else, selfish prick. You live in a society that protects your ass; you owe contribution to that expense. But you refuse to pay it based on fundamental racism and other "privileged" exemptions from basic responsibilities.
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  6396. I heard the authorities as absurdly calm. Perhaps it's the climate in Arizona. It's a shooting, bui no sense of urgency.
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  6397.  @Dandelionfleur  And YOU NEVER lie. But are you also talented?
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  6398. Ukrainian refugees are being given precedence AT THE BORDER over Central American.
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  6399.  @stephanieames66  The oath of office is to the Constitution which is the SUPREME Law of the Land, not to a party or person. The Republicans know that their agenda is not popular with the majority of the electorate, so they try anything they can think of to get around the majority -- democracy -- by putting Party and their "strong leader" cults of personality above all else. Most around Trump loathed him; but he was their ticket to get what they wanted: the US Supreme Court.
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  6400.  @Zalzany  It's all he's ever done. Like his father. And like his grandfather.
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  6401. He can't Amend the constitution. That can only be done by Constitutional Amendment, via Congress, and only on the approval of many states. It takes YEARS to do. The "Bill of Rights" as submitted to the States -- in the 1790s -- for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed Amendments. The first two were rejected. Then the first was ratified in early 2000s. The ERA has been floating around the states since the 1970s. It is still not ratified. It helps to know the ACTUAL law before popping off with false "legal" opinions -- doing so tends to force one to keep one's mouth shut.
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  6402. And wasn't a "Christian".
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  6403. Tim Miller is one of the few (former?) Republicans I respect and appreciate. Another is Michael Steele.
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  6404. He's opposed to threats against REPUBLICAN Cheney, but NOT opposed to worse threats against DEMOCRATS.
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  6405.  @mfoco1  The neurologist who actually examined Biden -- and he attends others in the White House -- knows from direct examination what the "qualified neurologists" you cite do not. So which is it -- do you believe the first-hand witness, or do you believe what you want to believe, regardless how uninformed?
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  6406.  @mfoco1 You keep deleting refutations of your lying. The neurologist released a letter to the media. FOX and pro-Trump media propaganda against the United States won't report it.
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  6407.  @peterjean5403  The choice is between democracy -- you having rights -- and tyranny.
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  6408. Politics is theater but not entertainment.
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  6409. He's talking like the usual fake tough guy. Full of shit, and know knowledge of anything.
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  6410. It all goes over the heads of Marginal Traitor Green and Lauren Boebert because they are functionally illiterate.
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  6411.  @df224  It has been reported that there were initially two date-ranges for the year of the vehicle. The second included 2016. They did identify the owner of the car (and that Kohberger changed the registration in Washington state after the murders). That was how they knew to arrange the two Illinois traffic stops in order to views of his hands. They also correctly identified the car as his in Pennsylvania via additional surveillance of him cleaning it.
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  6412.  @df224  The Moscow police brought in other law enforcement including state and FBI. They had the sense to bring in experienced professionals. Legal professionals know to thoroughly evaluate both prosecution and defense evidence and positions. As it's said: a lawyer never asks a question unless s/he already knows the answer.
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  6413.  @df224  It's early in the case with investigation ongoing. The defense strategy will be to plead not guilty, and attempt to attack the prosecution case.
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  6414. By causing the suffering of the Haitian community. Clue: Haitians VOTE.
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  6415. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine?
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  6416. Sanders has his own "interest group," properly called CULT.
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  6417. The defense had as much freedom to call witnesses as the prosecution. And that might have happened if the awyer actually ran strategy instead of self-destructive running it. So the latest loss belongs to Trump.
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  6418. They reject the rule of law, which IS the gov't.
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  6419. Trump, the fake "Reality" TV BSer, gave "status" to ignorance by telling his fan base, "I love the uneducated!"
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  6420. The "ripple effects" are not "indirect".
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  6421. Drew Brees has to invoke his granfathers' military service becuase he never got near the inside of a military uniform. Yet another white millionaire racist -- just like Trump supporters Robert Kraft, Bill Belichik, and Tom Brady.
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  6422. Jack of no trades, master of magical thinking.
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  6423.  @boobalooqwe4687  Where is your EVIDENCE, law-illiterate anti-American.
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  6424. Racism is unAmerican. Clarence Thomas and his wife have some serious legal issues what with attempting to overthrow the gov't. There is no "right" to commit treason.
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  6425. It's obvious that guns are not the solution to gun violence.
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  6426. From crack to selling junk.
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  6427.  frank dreben  In other words, you, a law-illiterate, reject the rule of law in your mistaken belief that the absence of the rule of law -- lawless chaos -- would somehow include personal safety. Clue: there are sneakier and superior bushwackers out there than you delusions about yourself.
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  6428.  @SibiuLM  Not all channels are "politically affiliated". Facts v. politics. And AG Garland is a study in the implementation of this dictum: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  6429. More than two weeks ago, Trump's own H.H.S preidcted that this catastrophe will pserist for more than 18 months -- there won't be a vaccine for at least 12 to 18 months -- hit in recurring waves, and 2.2 MILLION dead. Even if it weren't worse than a flu, Trump's conscious mishandling of the issue would result in an out-of-control pandemic and thus an elevated percentage of deaths. As for percentage of fatalities between a flu and COVID-19: the sata isn't all in yet, so that can't be determined with precision. But at its peak in Italy, the rate of fatalities was 12 per cent. Boris Johnson is in intensive care. In the UK, 50 per cent are hospitalized, 15 per cent go to in ICU, and 5 per cent die.
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  6430. Merchan's gag order is modeled on the two prior, which were upheld on appeal.
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  6431. Trump wanted to delay the payment -- promise it, sure, but not actually pay it -- until after the election so he wouldn't have to pay anything. The guy is a cheap motherfucker. And then he paid Cohen from his PERSONAL account, which he personally watches for every penny.
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  6432. Trump has brought jobs back to virus-infested meat processing plants during the pandemic.
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  6433. Trump's attack on absentee/mail-in voting, and his efforts to exclude them, is yet another attack on the military.
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  6434. How to put pressure on the Republicans -- RECALL PETITIONS against the No-Show and "Project 2025" Republicans.
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  6435.  @robinmattheussen2395  If it were about food safety, where he has some expertise, it would be Dept. of Agriculture. But its important to appoint him where he has no expertise. Republicans get elected, subvert the functioning of gov't, and then point to the result as "proof" that gov't doesn't work.
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  6436. It ain't rocket science: Black folk are not allowed to criticize white racists.
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  6437. I have more self-respect than that. And the ability to critically evaluate complex "ideas". When I was a kid, we called it, "Overwhelm with bullshit."
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  6438. Obviously, Jesus and "God" are consistently no-shows.
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  6439. NOT ONE of the 19 cops in the hallway THOUGHT to exist the school, then go around to the outside windows and shoot the killer from there.
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  6440. The Federal Supremacy clause ensures the states don't violate the Federal Constitution.
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  6441. There is always a tug-of-war, CHILD.
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  6442. Let us know when you cease being a law-illiterate Trump-supporting dupe.
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  6443. Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition, and began the attack on "Liberals". The Founders were Liberals -- which is why we have the First Amendment, which includes separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  6444.  @MyRosie2007  "Trickle Down" has never worked. You give money to the wealthy and they put in in their pockets. It should honestly be called trickle-up: Bannon ripped of Trump supporters with his "Build the Wall" fraud, for doing which he was indicted by a Federal grand jury. Trump sealed the deal by pardoning Bannon.
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  6445.  @georgefordham417  Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition. But per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. So the "enemy" in his elevated view is "We the people" -- the majority of citizens.
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  6446.  @barryschwarz  And yet she is speaking out that TRUMP didn't call her, even though her husband's death is directly related to Trump. But Biden DID call her, and she spoke with HIM. So the most of your comment is correct. But the ISSUE is not the widow's situation; it is that TRUMP couldn't care less about anyone else; instead of calling to find out how she was doing, and if there was anything he could do (like pay the funeral expenses), he played golf. These are simple facts that you should be able to grasp that illustrates that repeated pattern, beyond his blatantly saying at a rally -- don't deny it; we have it on video -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote.' Steve Bannon was indicted by a Federal Grand Jury of his peers for ripping off TRUMP SUPPORTERS with his "Build the Wall" scam. But instead of protecting or looking out for his supporters, Trump PARDONED Bannon.
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  6447.  @barryschwarz  My comment is the FACTS. Which you want to AVOID.
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  6448.  @jutsu1  Law-illiterate: The Justices overturned "Roe," which was based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY, on the basis that the right of privacy DOESN'T EXIST because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. THAT IS WHY, moron, that Thomas teed up several more Supreme Court decisions the 6 RELIGIOEXTREMISTS want to overturn -- because THOSE decisions are ALSO based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. I have an education in law, and you are a gullible fool with no knowledge of history: "Jim Crow" was enacted by STATES; it wasn't overturned until the FEDERAL Congress intervened to protect the states' citizens from those ABUSES by the STATE governments. The Federal gov't has the authority to protect citizens from STATE gov't abuses under the SUPREMACY CLAUSE. And no, punk, I don't rely on media to explain the law and the corruptions of it: I see it and read it myself. Your problem is that you live to love to be lied to in defense of what you are: an illiterate bigot.
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  6449. Sessions reference to "enforcing the law" did not address the statute, it addressed the TRUMP/SESSIONS POLICY implementing the state. The POLICY violated the statute.
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  6450.  @johnabbot1585  "He's" a Russian troll.
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  6451. Former prosecutor Shapiro needs to be governor of Pennsylvania to protect the election.
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  6452. "OceanGate" was not about science -- if it were the CEO wouldn't have blown off standards developed during decades of experience. His claimed associations with such as Boeing and NASA, etc., were FALSE.
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  6453. The DNI's intelligence assessment will be able to determine what documents are missing. Compare that with those found at MAGA-Lardo and one can narrow it down to others still missing. Based on reports that Trump took boxes of documents on foreign trips, the FBI should also search Bedminster and Trump Tower.
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  6454. Bannon "left" the White House to do "field work" for Trump.
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  6455. The reimbursement to Michael Cohen included the amount of income tax Cohen would have to pay on the "income" of the fake "legal expense". And the DOCUMENTS PROVE that the money for which Cohen was reimbursed was a _debt- Cohen incurred to pay Daniels in Trump's behalf. NO U.S. employer pays BOTH the employee's income AND the employee's income tax.
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  6456.  Mike Hall  Why do you hate the rule of law?
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  6457.  Michael Meyer  Why do you hate the rule of law?
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  6458.  @MrNyassae  Why do you love the ever-shifting "argument" of Trump's lawyers?
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  6459.  Michael Meyer  Your hate is baseless, except that it is based on hating Democrats. And your hate is immoral -- and you have the hypocritical gall to pretend you're concerned with his morality? And pay attention, moron: Schiff and the Democrats are not accusing the president; HIS OWN APPOINTEES WHO TESTIFIED AND PROVIDED DOCUMENTS TO THE INVESTIGATION ARE THE ACCUSERS. Unless you were only born yesterday, AND live under a rock, can you not know that Trump is a CONSTANT LIAR -- why are you not offended by that? Because he's a Republican (which may be a lie), and you hate Democrats. Schiff isn't lying; he's presenting the facts that are in evidence -- and the evidence was provided, as everyone knows, BY TRUMP'S OWN APPOINTEES. So yes: you DO hate the rule of law -- and those who do not -- especially when applied to the criminal enterprise being run by Trump.
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  6460. Trump DID NOT offer National Guard. That is a LIE. Note that he blames House Speaker Pelosi for refusing to deploy the National Guard. IN FACT, as D.C. doesn't have a governor, the D.C. National Guard is under the Dept. of Defense, and its Commander-in-Chief is the President. It was Pence who was responsible for the deployment of the National Guard, because Trump was doing nothing except watching HIS insurrection on TV, and calling Senators to persuade them to help overturning the election. You should be watching the Committee hearings so you get the facts instead of spewing Trump's lies. It is your responsibility to know the facts instead of being a continuing dupe of New York con-man and career criminal Trump.
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  6461.  @jb5music  And we have the telephone call recording in which McCarthy considered the 25th Amendment -- which was being raised -- and impeachment too slow, so he was for urging Trump to resign.
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  6462.  @ericschryver73  The testimony to the Committee, and other evidence it has gathered, substantiate that Trump was commander-in-chief of the insurrection. He did NOTHING to stop the violence BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT HE WANTED. So that question has already been answered. Trump still tries to blame Democrat Pelosi for not deploying the National Guard, but IN FACT, as D.C. doesn't have a governor, unlike the 50 states, the D.C. National Guard is under the Dept. of Defense, and the Commander-in-Chief of it is the PRESIDENT. Congress LEGISLATES -- MAKES LAWS; the EXECUTIVE branch ENFORCES the laws. It is part of the PRESIDENTT'S DUTIES: to see that the Laws are faithfully executed. The idea that CONGRESS would have control over the National Guard -- the military is under the EXECUTIVE branch -- MAKES NO SENSE. But Trumpeters are wholly ignorant about the structure and functions of gov't so they believe everything that their fellow ignoramus says.
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  6463.  @ericschryver73  You leave out the detail that a state must agree to the invocation of the Insurrection Act. And a president CANNOT authorize the use of "any" military force; domestically the law enforcement of that degree falls to the well-regulated Militia/National Guad, per the US Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." AND: "Art. I., s. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia[/National Guard] . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia[/National Guard] according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." In other words -- "Posse Comitatus Act" -- the regular military cannot be used domestically. And it's long past due that you amoral anti-Americans stopped the lying about "ANTIFA" -- which is short for ANTI-FASCIST and BLM "riots" that didn't happen. But we know why you hate "ANTIFA": you are PRO-FASCIST. Reminder, history-illiterate: Hitler and Mussolini were FASCISTS. Do yourself a favor: WATCH the January 6 Committee hearings and cry your eyes out when you discover that ALL but two of the witnesses have been TRUMP REPUBLICANS, most of whom WORKED IN THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE. The FBI investigates -- it does not render judgment on the merits of the evidence it gathers: it turns that over to DOJ prosecutors. And your assertions about the Committee hearings are blown out of the water: the HARD EVIDENCE gathered and presented, and in Federal court rules there are many exceptions to the oversimplified -- dumbed-down -- slinging of the word "hearsay". The testimony of those who stated the substance of their conversations with others is not hearsay; and the only "hearsay" in Hutchinson's testimony was about the altercation in the SUV limousine. But that is corroborated by a police officer who was on that detail, and it was being talked about within the Secret Service for more than a year. But the fundamental mistake you make, in addition to being law-illiterate, is viewing the January 6 Committee hearings as a "trial" -- which is another right-wing Fascist lie: their investigation serves two purposes: one, toward legislating; and two, to inform the American people of the facts discovered by its investigation. You are individually responsible for your decisions: you can choose to stop lying, or you can continue to be an America-hating pro-Fascist insult to reason, facts, and the rule of law.
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  6464.  @AE-km1gz  You have zero credibility. Trump's Obstruction of Congress is continuing, and is open-and-shut impeachable. Which you'd know, if you were an American who has read the Constitution, or at least paid attention to other than extremist right-wing anti-American media. Trump cites Article 2 as saying he can do "anything he wants". Article 2 also happens to include the Impeachment Clause, which is a direct and immediate REFUTATION of his claim.
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  6465.  @donaldvogelbacher8565  They subpoenaed Bolton and his deputy. Bolton's deputy went to court, and Bolton refused. A subpoena is not a "request" -- it is an ORDER. It is a violation of law to ignore a subpoena.
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  6466.  @RM-ov8gk  1. The House subpoenaed McGahn. He went to court. The court held that he had to deal with Congress, because the judicial branch has no role in impeachments. He appealed. Bolton and his deputy were subpoenaed. Bolton refused, and his deputy went to court. And there is no bar in the Senate trial to gather further witness testimony and documents. That's how DUE PROCESS works. Those are the facts. FOX is feeding you sewerage.
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  6467. The Republicans, who hate Clinton's guts, "investigated" her repeatedly for 30 years. And in EVERY instance they exonerated her, because everything they "investigated" was a fake "scandal". Clue: an allegation -- a smear -- is evidence of nothing but the motive of the accuser.  It is not PROOF.  Witness testimony and documents are, in cases like this impeachment, are proof.In sum: you contribute nothing of vlue or merit, so would be more persuasive by remaining silent.
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  6468. Shows to go that owning an AR-15 assault rifle can result in self-destruction.
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  6469. There's a psychotherapist Dr. Grande on youtube who did an "analysis" of him. Genuine, or charlatan? He's for insecure males who have no inner moral compass -- those who look outside themselves for something to believe.
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  6470. Except for the fake anti-American "militia".
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  6471.  @jackieboy7577  Another right-wing racist spewing bullshit in place of decency and EVIDENCE.
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  6472.  @jackieboy7577  It was the Democratic Party that submitted, enacted, and signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It was the Republicans that opposed those statutes, and Republican Roberts who gutted the Voting Rights Act. You need to learn the actual history, instead of accusing others of your racism. You've yet again revealed your ignorance, and that you aren't to be taken seriously. Show us you know how to go away.
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  6473.  @Godless_Trail  yes -- many abuse victims become the opposite -- victims. Others find a position between victim and abuser. But it is what abuse victims know -- I grew up being taught that spankings were "love". I outgrew that view through learning. But look at Trump's supporters: they are dumb as dead rocks, and they guzzle his lies because they are all about being entertained -- and kept stupid. They were raised by parents who taught them that education is to be avoided -- and that's what they do. Trump acts about abusively because that is what he was taught to do.
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  6474. They are EXTREMELY LIBERAL -- er, GENROUS -- in their self-abnegation.
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  6475. Dick "Dick" Cheney, 5 Deferments drift-dodging war "expert" = illegal invasion of Iraq.
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  6476. Yeah: that's the cure for increasing gun violence: more guns. I have an investment opportunity in which you might be interested: founding a fire department that extinguishes fires by pouring gasoline on them.
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  6477. To be fair, Trump has had plenty of fairness: he's been fairly adjudicated by a jury of his peers a rapist, and fairly convicted by a jury of his peers of 34 felonies.
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  6478. Not soon, because the Republican Party has been living a two-faced lie since racist seditionist Reagan.
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  6479. He didn't learn anything at Harvard. And he was not a Marine; he was in the National Guard. He's an ass with a loud and out-of-control anti-American mouth.
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  6480. Liz Cheney's father helped establish election fraud and unAmericanism as core to the Republican Party. Her evident integrity isn't inherited from her father.
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  6481. 67-plus million watched the debate. 73 million watched "The Beatles" on "Ed Sullivan" on February 9, 1964.
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  6482. Redfeld is not the head of CDC. But the CDC head -- the one confronted by Katie Porter -- is a Trump POLITICAL appointee. Was the CDC test "flawed," as reported? Or was it pulled back because Trump wanted to "keep the numbers low"?
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  6483.  @speks36  If Sanders is the nomine, Trump will slap him dizzy. He'd be destroyed in a week. Learn some HISTORY: Since at latest the end of WWII, the US population has been indoctrinated, since earliest childhood, to hate and fear Communism/Socialism. Sanders cannot overcome that fact; and if he is the nominee, you'll see a flood of ads with VIDEO of Sanders PRAISING Communist/Socialist Castro, and PRAISING the Communist/Socialist Sandinistas against the United States. Trump is a clear and present danger RIGHT NOW AND GOING FORWARD. You are swallowing and regurgitating pioe-in-the-sky FANTASIES that are NOT going to happen in the face of the CLEAR AND PRESNT Trump and Republican threat to the Constitution. to the rule of law. This is not a time to smear eveyone else as corrupt as a True Believer in -- take your pick -- Sanders or Trump. Like it or not, the mainstream is the MAJORITY. As are Trump's "fans," you are kissing the ass of a wholly INEFFECTIVE extremist. The MAINSTREAM WILL NOT vote for a Socialist (oh -- he's now a DEMOCRATIC Socialist? why is he using dodgy language?). Now do your usual: attack and smear -- without a shred of evidence -- the Sanders critics -- EXACTLY the sasme as Trump "fans" do. Or learn to THINK, LOOK BEYOND the rhetoric to who and what is behind it. INFORM YOURSELF of the FULL history, notonly that fed you by the far-LEFT. Your faction got NIXON elected. And the origins of the poison now facing us was NIXON.
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  6484.  @timothywalsh1001  In addition, the attorney-client privilege belongs to the client, not to the lawyer. Eastman was the lawyer, and Trump hasn't asserted the privilege.
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  6485. Has no one told them that this is G-A-Y!?
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  6486.  @mycitysucks8096  Another who doesn't pay attention to what is being done -- and not done -- in Congress.
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  6487. What Republicans say is what Republicans have in their minds.
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  6488.  @mikeb2586  Voting for Sanders is voting for Trump -- the only difference is that Trump's chaos is far-RIGHT wing, and Sanders promises far-LEFT chaos. During his twenty-five YEARS in Congress -- that being quintessentially ESTABLISHMENT -- he was TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE; he got NONE of his pie-in-the-sky enacted into law, and THAT was because of his, "My way or the highway" attitude. Do you actually believe the absurdity that he'd be MORE effectivve at getting laws passed from OUTSIDE the branch of gov't that makes the laws? Want nothing done except more of the same chaos? Vote Sanders or Trump. PARAMOUNT is STOPPING TRUMP: one doesn't vote for some third-party asshole; one votes for the NOMINEE. If you haven't GOT IT yet: the VOTERS are driving the election; the VOTERS choose -- except that Trump is hoping to have his buddy Putin make the choice. As for Sanders: Trump would slap him dizzy. And the vast majority of voters view Socialism as NORTH KOREA. Sanders CANNOT overcome that REALITY.
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  6489. Barr didn't have to be ordered by Trump to protect Stone. Barr is corrupt all by himself; he not only knows what Trump wants, but their agendas align. Trump is, to Barr and the Republican Party, a useful TOOL.
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  6490. The first mas murder with a gun was in 1966 at University of Texas. The OK City bombing, in which 168 innocent people including infants and toddlers were killed by Tim McVeigh as a protest against the Assault Weapons Ban. Do you blame McVeigh, or the rule of law?
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  6491. Joe is a white male Republican.
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  6492.  @bigmazthepostdoc5288  She needs to learn the difference between belief and thinking.
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  6493.  @marcusnellums6620  She's a hate-radio "star," that's why she suggested attacking studios/the media.
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  6494.  @1417d  His pro-violence knew exactly what his violent rhetoric meant. Same as they understood Giuliani's "Let's have trial by COMBAT!" Giuliani is Trump's lawyer, representing Trump's position.
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  6495.  @Prometheus4096  She also believes, as do all of them, that they can bullshit prosecutors and the courts. But they've seen -- and seen through -- all of it before.
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  6496.  @gigz54  There s also video evidence of her INSIDE the Capitol, so she is lying when she says she wasn't.
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  6497.  @ACDC5  What happened happened because "God" is a no-show.
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  6498.  @jacobasmith8389  Don't mistake BELIEF for "thinking".
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  6499.  @1417d  The slogan, moron, was "Stop the Steal". That implies VIOLENCE, under the illusion of "self-defense". I don't negotiate with insurrectionist-coddlers.
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  6500.  @1417d  Trespassing is a crime, moron. And there other laws violated, including destruction of property. It is also -- PAY ATTENTION -- INSURRECTION to "take up arms" against the gov't. The Founders established the precedent that insurrection is TREASON.
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  6501. "Breitbart" is NOT NEWS -- learn the fucking DIFFERENCE between NEWS and PROPAGANDA.
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  6502.  @EspOcKeTzsJ  That's one of the stupidest responses I've received this week. Instead of personal attack against someone I am not, how about addressing the issue instead of proving yourself an asshole?
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  6503.  @Cp3786  Your whistling past the graveyard desperation is causing you to repeat your talking to yourself.
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  6504.  @Khemith_Demon_Hours  Hunter is suing FOX news for defamation and other violations, the EVIDENCE is MOUNTANOUS, and he will win MASSIVELY.
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  6505.  @StephanieBraet-g5h  THE powerful INCLUDES TRUMP. Anyone else would have been in jail decades ago.
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  6506.  @justininvestor  You go first.
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  6507.  @robainscough  Has Giuliani taken up selling hair dye yet?
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  6508. We kill killers because killing is wrong.
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  6509. GREAT news! -- President Biden has absolute immunity! He can arrest and imprison Trump without bothering with Constitutional due process!
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  6510. And we have the recording on which he said to pay IN CASH -- he didn't want a paper trail. Cohen wanted the paper trail to protect himself.
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  6511. Law enforcement has the authority to use deadly force. What that standard boilerplate language does is REGULATE and RESTRICT the use of deadly force. You'd think the right-wing fruit-fringe would OPPOSE that GUN CONTROL.
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  6512.  @Unknown024  Keeping Priorities Straight: Police not "waiting" while the murders continued. The mature -- and objective -- can include more than one associated thing in mind at a time. The problem is GUNS, the police "were afraid of being shot" by the GUN, so they waited while the killing of children with the GUN continued.
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  6513. There is no way we are on the same team, Trump. Most of the rest of us aren't fucking vindictive liars.
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  6514. Trump is unfit to be outside prison.
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  6515. "Moscow Marge" represents Putin. And the neanderthals in her district in Congress. Thee are more than 400 other Congress members who represent their constituents in their districts.
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  6516. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  6517. Private citizens -- such a 'Dog" -- "investigating" can make matters WORSE. Too many damned morons spewing nonsense that reveals their fundamental ignorance.
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  6518. He obviously attended -- and was graduated with highest honors from -- Trump University.
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  6519. He did win by delegates. That's how the Iowa caucus works. There are three stages -- first the number of votes -- which Sanders calims HE won. The final stage is the DELEGATE count -- which BUTTIGIEG won. What matters, moron, are not the votes but the delegates. In 2016, Sanders and his "fans" wanted EVERY state to be a coaucus. Well, you got your wish in Iowa: now LIVE WITH IT, instead of making up bullshit and divisively smearing others becuase you can't stop whining about HORSESHIT. TRUMP is the issue; Sanders' pie-in-the-sky is RUNNING AWAY FROM THAT into FANTASY.
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  6520. The screed is entirely political.
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  6521. In Bush v. Gore the UNELECTED US Supreme Court inserted itself into the state election process -- thereby usurping to itself the exclusive authority of the ELECTED CONGRESS to resolve election disputes. And the Justices who voted to APPOINT Bush voted TWICE in the same election, which was ILLEGAL.
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  6522.  @janicepalesch9221  And pretty much has been for the whole of history beginning with ratification of the Constitution.
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  6523. The reporter simply helped Trump show what he already is.
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  6524.  @akrenwinkle  If you had watched the reports on the trial testimony you'd know the answer to that question. Meanwhile, during under-oath deposition, Trump was given a photograph of himself, his wife, and E. Jean Carroll. He mistook Carroll for his wife. And that was all after he'd repeatedly said he didn't know Carroll, and had never met her.
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  6525. They are obligated to follow every lead, even when the only lead they (might) have is from his parents. Stop smearing law enforcement when in fact they are acting responsibly.
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  6526. Sanders "fans" have an "informed position"!? Do you LISTEN to yourself? Or are you simply pandering for the contributions -- the same thing far-RIGHT wingers do? Sanders: 30 YEARS in Congress -- as ESTABLISHMENT -- and not a thing to show for it but whining about being a "victim" because, just like Trump, everyone else must do the compromising.
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  6527. Right-wing biased.
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  6528.  @drcracinggarage8047  At least they interview veteran prosecutors, who explain the meanings of the law and legal processes. PAY ATTENTION: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  6529.  @drcracinggarage8047  I have an education in law, and you are an ENEMY of the rule of law from the Constitution on down. Tell us, punk: if you aren't a criminal, then why are you defending New York con-man and career criminal Trump? And answer this question: Is Trump above the law?
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  6530. The replacement for Section 5 will apply to all states.
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  6531. The billionaires are not in Washington, DC. Your fundamental ignorance of politics -- demonizing the "other" Washington, DC -- and how you are the same as the right-wingers who demonize -- is astonishing. That's what's called "self-righteous": critizize everyone but oneself. Sanders voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- which was #1 on the To-Do list of the far-RIGHT extremist ANTI-Socialist NRA. Being stupid isn't an option, nor is the arrogance based thereon.
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  6532. "It just could have been" DEI. He is lying about all of it, and all of what he is saying is a lie.
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  6533. The Floriduh electorate has consistently voted Republican. As result Floriduh is a shithole state. And they blame the Democrats for it. Circling the drain . . .
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  6534. Apparently Smirnov was paid $600,000 to tell his lies by friends of -- TRUMP.
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  6535. It is INTENDED to threaten his business because his "business" is A FRAUD.
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  6536. Even if innocent?
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  6537.  @scott1637  What is literacy in your native English language? An assault rifle is the opposite of "self-defense" because its purpose is ATTACK -- which is why it is the weapon of choice of white male mass murderers.
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  6538.  @vb9077  The "Bible" will show you that "God" ordered mass murders of men, women, and children because members of a "tribe" other than the authors of the "Bible" who invented their "God" to justify their genocides against other tribes.
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  6539.  @niceMange  There's all kinds of murder in the "Bible" -- some of it ordered by the "God" it invents.
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  6540. Women impose their rules on men, becuase women are "oppressed".
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  6541. They'd can legitimately complain that they got involved with her in the first place.
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  6542. His DUPED supporters are in and going to jail -- while he plays golf. What more do they need as a 'teaching moment"?
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  6543. Only uneducated and unintelligent and ineducable.
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  6544.  @SF-ww9xe  Trump is pro-cannibal: he said that Hannibal Lecter was a "great man". And we all know that cannibals and their supporters are SAVAGES -- unfit for civil societies.
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  6545.  @Staindsoull  Reagan conspired with enemies Saddam Hussein and Iran to undermine the 1980 election. And he initiated the sedition against "We the people" -- "We the people" being the gov't. And you love the anti-American ignorance to which he pandered. And then he "couldn't remember" providing missiles to an enemy of the United States.
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  6546.  @patrickchege58  Biden is President of the United States. He has foreign policy expertise essential to that position. Your attitude is anti-American national security.
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  6547.  @ashleev4605  He insults you to your face, and you're so stupid you defend the insult. Get help -- you have individual RESPONSIBILITY to STOP THE STUPID!
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  6548. Lies and liars deserve RIDICULE.
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  6549. Deterance is the CONSQUENCE of sanctions. Biden said: the purpose of sanctions is to inflict "pain" -- the pain deters.
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  6550. It's nothing new: Sanders is the flip side of the Trump demagogic coin. "Let's all wake up!" -- the DEMOCRATIC PARTY VOTERS are the so-called "establishment" that CRUSHED Sanders. And Sanders has all along been insulting, smearing, and attacking the DEMOCRATIC VOTERS as "corrupt" -- MOST of whom voters are M-O-D-E-R-A-T-E-S. And MOST of the electorate sees Socialism as NORTH KOREA.
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  6551. For upper-level windows there's a waiting list.
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  6552. The "progressive agenda" is that the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people". Republicans oppose meeting the needs of anyone not wealthy or a corporation -- from which they get their campaign kickbacks..
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  6553. "Stay In Your Lane," racist anti-American.
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  6554. FOOL: Attacking Bdien HELPS TRUMP. In so doing, you don't persuade that you are opposed to tyranny.
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  6555. Yep: that's why "He" has allowed millions of innocents die of the COVID virus, and did nothing to prevent the death of Gabby Petito. And yet the blind PRAISE "Him" for "His" "love" and "compassion". In fact, it can't be proven that there's a "God".
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  6556. Trump is saluting as part of his pretense to be the president and commander-in-chief. Ignorant MAGA will be impressed and persuaded by it.
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  6557.  @PabluchoViision  Trump is STEEPED in shame. His obsessive outer-directedness is escape from that. His vocabulary is evidence of his self-contempt. His father was cold and abusive. His mother was "absent" -- doubtless also subject to his father's abuse.
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  6558. Should they do it? No: it is arrogant and stupid.
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  6559. And the elites enrich themselves by preaching to the poor to not trust the elites.
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  6560. It's a DOCUMENTS case. All the witnesses do is fill in the details. The irony is that you willingly believe every lie that comes out of his mouth, which is every time he opens his mouth. Trump is blatantly racist and anti-Semitic -- and that's good enough for you.
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  6561. "Trying to preserve LOSS of life"!?
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  6562.  @firstlast8258  What if he already has one or more jobs, jackass?
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  6563. Depends on what it is; in this instance, in constrast to their videos, they are lying about being peaceful. That's why their illegal stockpile of heavy weapons: because they are peaceful. Their leader is already facing criminal charges in Rhode Island. And they occupied an empty building, justifying it under giberish pseudo-law, and are being sued by the bank that owns it.
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  6564.  @sbyers6676  MAGAot Tears!
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  6565. ELECTIONS are term limits, in which instances term limits violate the First Amendment rights of the electorate. The term limit on the presidency was forced by the Republicans REACTING to the very popular and successful multiple-terms of Democrat FDR. If the Republicans had had their way, FDR would have had to leave office during WW II, during which there were RIGHT-wing organizations touting Hitler and pushing for fascism within the United States.
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  6566. "Common law" is judge-made law. But they also reject the Constitution and the statutory law. At core the aw law-illiterates who reject the rule of law, as do all criminals.
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  6567. So he's lying that he didn't lie.
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  6568. Gatlin still believes in the deranged idea of arming teachers. Apparently he's concerned with record sales.
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  6569. The Trump suit is DOA. Going nowhere. Baseless. Perhaps "Liberals" should sue FOX, Newmax, and OAN for "cancelling" "Liberal" voices?
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  6570. It's amazing how you law-illiterates (1) know better than those who actually know better, and (2) refuse to learn from those who DO know.
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  6571.  @systemBuilder  Is Trump being prosecuted in New York? Yes. Should he be prosecuted in red states? Yes. Will he be? The Georgia Senate -- Republican majority -- is going after Fani Willis.
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  6572.  @continental_drift  And then backed off into milquetoast bothsideism. And Romney DEFINES vulture capitalism. And that "evolved" into private-equity. Google the "Steward Helth Care" private-equity disaster.
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  6573. Stop with the Reagan fictions: Reagan "deconstructed" the civil rights enforcement infrastructure, and initiated the anti-gov't sedition. Trump ripped the fake-genial Reagan mask off the Republican Party and exposed its core "value": white supremacism.
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  6574.  @ooohlaa13  To "trash talk" an obvious piece of trash is to cut through the self-promotion to the reality. If you're so willing to put your faith in a criminal, then why not put your faith in presumed-criminal Laundrie?
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  6575.  @flaxtube6982  So your flummoxed by reasoned distinction. What Trump projects -- confession as accusation -- comes from Trump.
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  6576.  @CertifiedDoc  You first.
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  6577. It's yet another pretext on which to base FAKE grievance and anti-gov't conspirabunk. That's all these seditions do -- attack the rule of law itself. They are the ultimate "Libertarians"/anarchists: freedom for me, responsibility for thee. I don't know what they don't admit to being "Sovereign Citizens" -- except that the latter actually falsely seek refuge in pseudo-law instead of overtly rejecting it.
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  6578. The only thing distinguishing about it is the location.
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  6579. I think we can view his self-marginalization as a confession.
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  6580. Bannon just said that, "The hunted just became the hunter." He is going to prison for some serious time because he's a criminal. And yet another whine-o.
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  6581. The Secret Service team on the ground made the decisions -- not the head of Secret Service in Washington, D.C. But they have to stir up as much dust and distraction as possible in effort to distract from the fact that (1) the gunman was a registered Republican, and (2) who was incited by TRUMP/REPUBLICAN encouragement and incitement of violence.
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  6582. Malaysia is Muslim.
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  6583. Aren't you projecting a bit? The "war" is on violence. Why is violence identified as a "masculine" "trait"?
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  6584. You're calling for lawlessness. In a lawless society EVERYONE is a target. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Sir Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  6585. If you were paying attention to the substance you wouldn't misspell her name.
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  6586.  @JuliaBl  As a person with an education in law I will make it clear to you intellectually sloppy morons yet again: Typos -- no apostrophe: "'" -- in a legal pleading undermines the CREDIBILITY of the writer of the pleading WITH THE COURT. Defense of that stupidity demolishes the credibility of those who DEFEND that stupidity. The DISREGARD for the rule of law by those who then assert that those who violate the law should be "locked up" is entirely identical from BOTH sides. One would THINK that people who claim to be concerned with the rule of law would actually RESPECT the rule of law by not refuting their own claimed concern by preserving and defending uneducated disregard for the essential basics. Last but not least: WATCH THE VIDEO: There is a JUDGE on the panel who, having that EXPERIENCE, provides experience-based possibilities for Judge Canon's apparent BIAS AGAINST the rule of law -- perhaps it is inexperience, so Canon is in over her head. But it nonetheless appears that she is DELIBERATELY BIASED AGAINST the rule of law in order to PROTECT the defendant from trial and accountability. Meanwhile, learn to spell instead of defending illiteracy.
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  6587. So if the case hadn't become national news there wouldn't have been a search for the rapist. Republicans are PRO-pedophilia.
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  6588.  @treecek  It wasn't a joke. It was a COMPLIMENT.
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  6589. Trump dumped Haley, and now she's stalking him trying to at least get an explanation as to why.
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  6590. The Republicans are working to destroy the country; the Democrats are working to save it. So let's LIE that the Democrats are as corrupt as the Republicans. Do you really believe YOU are immune to the consequences of your afactual anti-rule of law obliviousness?
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  6591. The Founders doubtless debated term limits. But they would interfere with the electorate's freedom of choice -- which is why the Republicans made term limits a priority. And they were justified in relying on the ignorance of a significant percentage of the electorate to get away with their plans to subvert the will of the electorate. In contrast, per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. There is only one question of you relevant: Do you VOTE? Or do you indulge in excuses to NOT vote, and thus avoid fulfilling your civic DUTY, all so you can use the additional excuse that they are "all corrupt" to continue to not vote? The ultimate responsibility, ALWAYS, remains with the electorate. Stop shirking your responsibility and then dishonestly pointing your finger away from yourself in order to blame the consequences on someone else. The Republicans are working to destroy the country. The Democrats are trying to save it. So let's be ultra-stupid and attack the Democrats.
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  6592. The expanded gag order prohibited the attacks being done even INDIRECTLY -- which he then had a media outlet do for him. That violated the gag order. He's pushing it in effort to get the judge to act on the gag order. Merchan will call his bluff, and i hopes it's a stiff fine large enough to shut him up.
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  6593. NATO is a TREATY. Per the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, TREATIES are PART OF THE CONSTITUTION. NO president has the authority to "withdraw" from the Constitution.
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  6594.  @michellehans4833  Have you anything constructive to offer? If not, then shut up.
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  6595. The first bill enaced by the Congress under the Constitution was a revenue -- tax -- bill.. And that was before the "Judiciary Act" establishing courts. The mail system existed long before there was a Constitution, and it is incorporated and established in the Constitution.
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  6596. And replace it with direct democracy? The January 6th insurrection was direct democracy. See how that works without CHECKS against factions comprised of fools? How about researching WHY the Founders established the Electoral College. NO: it was not about protecting slavery. Neither was the Second Amendment.
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  6597.  @neveklund3267  The Electoral College is intended to be a check AGAINST excessive democracy -- i.e., a dumbed-down electorate voting for demagogues. What alarms is that the response to right-wing attacks on the Constitution is a dumbed-down "leftish" faction attacking the Constitution without any grounding in the original reason for that the faction is attacking. Someone games the system; but instead of going after them for gaming the system, the reaction is to attempt to game the system.
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  6598. Because they are uneducated. And their loyalty to Trump -- who "loves the uneducated" -- requires that they remain uneducated.
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  6599.  @jeromejooste3493  And they claim to be "Christian" while spewing non-stop hate in the name of greed.
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  6600.  @schitzoclown  The rules apply always to others and never to themselves.
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  6601.  @donaldspaulding6973  Are you pushing the idea that there is a solution to the "real" threat of the gov't "taking your guns" -- a dumb-assed right-wing paranoia, the "solution" to which based on the lies against the Second Amendment originating with the fascist takeover of the NRA? To see through those lies requires more than an elementary school education and a "functioning" gullibility that is drawn to violence as the simpleton's first and only "solution" to every frustration, including frustrations caused by ignorance of the actual legal history. ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  6602.  @schitzoclown  It's centrally important to know that the two situations are vastly different: 1. Clinton's private server was never hacked. The official State Dept. communications channel was hacked several times and communications leaked. 2. Clinton was actually in gov't -- as Sec. of State -- and had legitimate access to classified information. 3. Approximately 3 "classified" documents were found on her server, and she had RECEIVED those.
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  6603. The House FUNDS the Executive branch. The EXECUTIVE branch is in charge of law enforcement and national security. Such as protecting the Capitol.
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  6604. I think they should report on the multi-billion dollar defamation lawsuits against FOX from inside FOX.
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  6605. So you're okay with the Court's ELIMINATION of the right of privacy, and funneling taxpayer monies to "religious" schools? Suppose you don't have the same "religion" as that being funded with your tax dollars? Are you okay with that? There's much more to be alarmed about than a law school student petitioning to NOT have an anti-Constitutionalist such as Thomas speaking at their law school. What next: John Eastman being allowed to speak at law schools on how violating the law of peaceful transfer of power is legal -- but only if extremist right-wing Republicans do it?
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  6606.  @mdelcb9915  The Republicans are FASCIST -- you know, Hitler, Mussolini. You obviously don't know that "Communism" and Fascism are equally evil, and on opposite ends of the spectrum. On the ground it is impossible to tell the difference because they have the exact same results. Stalin imposed genocide -- "Communism" -on Ukraine, killing more than 4 million by means of starvation. Then Hitler invaded and imposed genocide - Fascism -- on Ukraine and killed millions.
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  6607.  @9johnpaul  Have you EVIDENCE to back up that SMEAR? Or are you just another LYING TROLL? It's amazing how "Sleepy Joe" Biden continues to outsmart the brilliant young Republican whippersnappers. So much so that McConnell -- the topic of this video -- has ON CAMERA cognitive vacuities, and those brilliant young Republican whippersnappers can only DISHONESTLY and LAMELY try to change the subject by FALSELY SMEARING the DEMOCRATIC president who is meeting the needs of the majority, as is intended in our democracy. Do us all a favor, beginning with yourself: Show us you know how to go away.
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  6608.  @insertnamehere9154  1. The "Bible" is riddled with contradictions. The First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't.
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  6609. She recalls the contents of the text message that she doesn't recall.
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  6610. The "Commerce" secretary is one of the most triumphalistly oblivious morons I've ever seen.
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  6611. That's why the resort to mass murder of civilians.
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  6612. He's being interviewed at the Black journalist association gathering. So he says that MOST of the journalists there are Black. Um -- can he count to 100 per cent?
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  6613. Everything is viewed as sports, as entertainment, today. Even politics. The entire emphasis since Reagan was been on "freedom" -- and NEVER the word RESPONSIBILITY is uttered.
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  6614. If the pardon power is absolute and unreviewable then the president could pardon people even before being charged.
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  6615. The morons with the megaphones are disturbing the peace of other neighbors. That's how much consideration they have for the rights of others.
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  6616. To Eddie Glaude, Jr.: "Jesus said, 'If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.'" The Gnostic Gospels (NY: Random House, Inc., 1975), Elaine Pagels, "Introduction," p. XV.
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  6617. As Beran was appointed by the Judicial Branch, Barr/Trump violated separation of powers by removing Berman.
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  6618. Because they DON'T think -- they BELIEVE.
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  6619. Apparently most people don't recognize the difference between "thought" and "belief". The thinking person critically evaluates belief because belief can be false. It's how, fundamentally, we distinguish between error and truth, lie and truth.
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  6620. @Daekj32 That makes no sense. But that's all you name-callers ever do: guzzle and vomit sewerage.
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  6621. The crime may be "bonkers"; the indictment is not.
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  6622. Every decent songwriter "redefines" songwriting.
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  6623. Another who believes he knows all about colleges without ever having been near one, let alone in one.
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  6624. Armstrong and Strickland are in their 30s. Wilson was in her mid-20s. And that text message from Wilson to Strikland indicates that he was a two (or more)-timer -- not suited to any relationship.
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  6625. It's building to a landslide for Harris.
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  6626. Yeah: Trumpters don't lie when they issue their threats, and try to avoid responsibility by pointing their fingers away from themselves.
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  6627. And yet he was reelected by the sheeple who he leads to incarceration and the slaughter.
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  6628. "Harshnish" isn't legitimate response -- to those who insist on lecturing instead of listening?
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  6629. He appears to have been a user. It was reported once that the van was registered in both their names. But most reports are that it was her van. I haven't seen sources for those supposed facts. A user of her phone -- he is reported not to have had a phone -- using her van, living off her money.
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  6630. Of course it's a fishing expedition, because Graham's call was fishy. A Senator of one state putting pressure on elections officials in another state puts the fisherman on the hook.
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  6631. I think Liz Cheney should be "cancelled". Oh, wait.
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  6632. This is apparently only his second trial as defense lawyer. And he LOST the case primarily because he presented the "defense" Trump DEMANDED he present. This is the fourth time in a row that Trump has LOST because his lawyers caved in to his self-destruction. So Trump's lawyers have had their asses handed to them BY THEIR CLIENT. As a lawyer for 38 years you well know that the legal profession -- let's hope it's a temporary lapse (I don't actually believe it is temporary) -- competes not only on law and evidentiary grounds but also by means of unethical use of ethics. Blanche knew it is prohibited to suggest that the jury would be responsible for putting Trump in jail -- he did it anyway. That's why the profession has a terrible reputation. That and the monomanic focus on greed.
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  6633.  @VictorMorales-rc2fq  Uh -- no: it doesn't matter in what area of law a lawyer's practice: the verdict is in but the trial is not complete -- there are motions, negotiations, before sentencing that affect sentencing. If Blanche makes public statements that can be construed as commitments, then he is at very least complicating things for himself. What he and his client say publicly can be used in court AGAINST them. It isn't already bad enough that he presented the "defense" as TRUMP DEMANDED, and as result he TOTALLY LOST?
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  6634. Jordan Peterson!?
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  6635. Yeah: Sanders staff liar "misspoke -- translation: she was caught LYING. THAT is CORRUPTION.
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  6636. Gohmert should sue himself for stupidity -- a case he would win!
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  6637.  @nickgarcia1292  Biden signed the authorization for relief BEFORE the hurricane.
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  6638. Kemp was likely a day late on that. Biden signed the authorization for relief BEFORE the hurricane.
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  6639. Are you qualified to diagnose the mental state of a person you've never met?
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  6640.  @monacustodio3683  AGAIN: are you qualified to diagnose the mental state of a person you've never met? What do ETHICS hold on that point?
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  6641.  @curtisducati  So killing is okay, depending who does it? I'm not defending Putin. I am looking at both sides with ONE standard.
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  6642.  swede1  Perhaps it's a difference in VALUES.
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  6643.  @SteveSmith-oi2xz  It's the hypocrisy. It is immoral, or whatever, when an opponent hates. But it isn't immoral, or whatever, when one hates an opponent?
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  6644.  @albo181  Surgeons are trained to be able to cut into living humans' bodies without crisis of conscience for doing so. Is that sociopathy?
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  6645.  @Benny-zo3qh  Is it "sickness"? Or is it different VALUES? The constant effort to pretend that humans who behave in that many see as abhorrent actions -- as "sick" or "inhuman" -- means they are different from "us" is not a credible moral or ethical stance. We have a problem with Putin's mass killing of humans; but we "cheer" the Ukrainian's killing of Russian humans. "We" hold that killing is wrong . . . well, depending on the circumstances. "We" could easily find ourselves on the other side of the line we draw between "good" and "evil".
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  6646.  @albo181  That's a difference in VALUES, NOT a difference in mental state.
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  6647.  @albo181  You don't know a whole lot about surgeons. In fact in my area a number of surgeons were busted during the past several years for conducting operations in more than one operating room at the same time -- which is illegal. For them their "empathy" is about cash money.
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  6648.  @albo181  My experience is based on direct experience. In fact, my state has a Patients Rights statute which the medical facilities REPUDIATE. There is also an Elder Abuse statute that MANDATES that doctors, among others, REPORT elder abuse, and that they be FINED for failing to do so. They do not report it. They are not prosecuted for not reporting it. Because they not only have power, but have among the most powerful of political lobbies. Do surgeons cut into the bodies of living humans? Yes. How are they able to do that without qualms? Because they are taught to be dispassionate -- to not personalize it. You haven't much experience with the medical industry if you actually believe that the profession doesn't exempt itself from the rule of law.
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  6649.  @albo181  Your generalization doesn't even achieve being "anecdotal". My state is credited as being one of the meccas of medicine and medical research in the United States. But let's not look too closely at the exploitation of the poor as the source of that research fodder.
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  6650.  @leonieromanes7265  The "D-Day" invasion of Normandy was an invasion.
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  6651.  @Trace-l7k  And yet Trump-appointed judges dismissed his election fraud cases for lack of evidence.
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  6652. Amanda Carpenter worked for Ted "Cancun" Cruz and didn't vomit? Has she got "woke" since then?
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  6653. You left out that he's a transparently obvious liar.
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  6654. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal.
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  6655. The only hope they have is that Trump will be loyal to them. They might as well rely on his claims about how tariffs work.
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  6656. She's an asshole and a bully. One does not "debate" by making false accusations and name-calling, which is all Greene has. There are RULES which apply to conduct in Congress. They do not allow bullying, harassment, and stalking.
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  6657. Or needs to snort disinfectant more often.
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  6658. It can't be proven there's a "God". And for Israel it is all about clearing the land of non-Jews and annexing the land.
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  6659. The system talks about how the elderly are "isolated". Being elderly I can tell you that the isolation is imposed by that very same system. And that increasingly includes the medical industry. And in the US the health "care" system is based upon monetization of illness: the sicker you are, the greater the profits for both the insurance and medical industries. And there's the impenetrable discrimination that assumes the elderly are suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's, so any complaint about that enforced isolation is ignored as symptomatic of dementia or Alzheimer's. How much does that self-serving for-profit brutality contribute to premature deterioration of health?
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  6660.  @lindawalters1836  Well, yeah, that is a problem. But Trump could always go to a bank and get a loan, and then at least lend that to Giuliani. I mean, as a billionaire Trump must have a perfect credit record.
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  6661.  @lindawalters1836  I don't know -- seems if he were broke had save for food by zeroing out his cosmetic budget item.
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  6662. Thhe Constitution was ratified in 1789 -- so is still in effect. The "Bill of Rights" was ratified in 1792 -- so is still in effect. There "argument" is a rejection of law, which is exacltly what criminals do.
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  6663.  @mr.patriotjol  "the same way they gained power" is the problem.
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  6664.  @pmscalisi  We're talking FLORIDUH, moron: REPUBLICANS have been in control for DECADES, and as result Floriduh is a SHITHOLE state. People are LEVAING Floriduh in DROVES. NONE of that has anything to do with Democratic economics. And you'd know that if you didn't substitute stupidly childish name-calling for KNOWLEGE. And, as a bonus, to deal with the issue, the facts, at hand, instead of pointlessly and stupidly trying to change the subject by means of dumb-assed intellectual dishonesty.
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  6665.  @bigbojangles4585  They are "fiscally conservative" -- cheap -- Republicans. They expect the taxpayers from all the other states to bail them out. They are "entitled" to freeload on everyone else's taxes. They tell all the rest of us that there's no free lunch in effort to disguise the fact that they only mean "no free lunch for YOU".
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  6666.  @blairbrownie1223  Trump doesn't know anything about EVs. And you swallow his lying and garbage because YOU know nothing about EVs. Elon Musk sells EVs -- and he's one of Trump's best butt buddies.
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  6667.  @kathleenalbright3908  "There's a lot of natural beauty and diversity of plants, wildlife and historical cities in Florida." None of that is the "fault" of the Republicans who are driving the state into the ground. And people are LEAVING Florida in droves. It began with DeSantis' attacks on "migrants" -- who sustain the agriculture and construction industries. And then the developer-friendly substandard building codes were improved and the HOA fees went through the roof, and the property taxes exploded, and insurance corporations are leaving the state -- also in droves. "Historical cities"!? Research "Rosewood".
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  6668.  @Noxfumes66  Illiterate racist: you are swallowing and repeating lies. The migrants WORK for a living and PAY TAXES. Now stop sending your hate-spam to my country and try to figure out how to stop the immorality of hate you embrace.
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  6669.  @mr.patriotjol  You can predict that which isn't happening would be the same as that which is happening? Admit it: your a Trumper trying to change the subject in order to -- bingo -- smear the Democrats, who are not in charge of Florida. Typical of those who don't understand the meanings of responsibility and intellectual honesty.
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  6670.  @andrzejmical5416  Florida.. Shame you put all your time into being a racist instead of learning basic readin' comprehendin'.
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  6671.  @pmscalisi  The issue os Florida, dunce -- where the Republicans impose Republinomics, and ban books so you can't read about the consequences. So instead of honestly admitting the obvious consistent failure of Republinomics you dishonestly try to change the subject. NONE of what is happening in Florida has anything to do with Democrats. And under Bidenomics even the right-wing Republican "bible" "Wall Street Journal" praises the Biden economy.
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  6672.  @blairbrownie1223  You don't know much, and at the same time you hate on EVs you LOVE the "genius" of racist immigrant Elon Musk.
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  6673.  @jiminycrickets8300  Because the science of meteorology teaches how the weather works. That you don't know anything does not mean that no one else knows.
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  6674. @FinalWaveFeminism And yet most Floridians elect Republicans, get Republinomics, and then stupidly blame Democrats for the consequences.
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  6675.  @kathleenalbright3908  That's why the Florida economy is in freefall. Those who want to sell their properties can't find buyers, and buyers can't afford the properties that are being sold. .
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  6676.  @abel4776  Reread my comments. In time, if you work at it, your reading comprehendin' will improve.
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  6677.  @abel4776  I'm talking about the actual shithole state that is Florida under Republinomics. Republicans control the gov't. Republicans are responsible for the gov't policy. Democrats, being in the MINORITY, do not set the policies, so attempting to blame Democrats simply reveals that those attempting that are either really, really, really stupid, or really, really, really dishonest. Neither of the latter is defensible -- the first being lazy, and the second being immoral.
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  6678. Why not fly over to the US, to Michigan, and join the protests of those who demand the "freedom" to spread the virus to those who have a right to not want it?
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  6679. The gov't DID trace the balloon. They didn't take action while it was OVER LAND and AMERICAN PEOPLE could be injured or worse if it were shot down THEN. And we still don't know that it was a "spy" balloon. Balloons are typically used meteorolgically. And Rubio is contradicting himself: the balloon moved in accordance with the winds. They are not, therefore, ways to "direct" it. Clue, Rubio: China has spy SATELLITES.
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  6680. There's a constant ageism going on. Trump's cognitive functioning is worse than the fact that Biden has a STUTTER, which every REPUBLCIAN chooses to IGNORE. Paul McCartney is 82, and regularly tours with a performance of at least two hours each concert. The choices are stark: democracy or tyranny. Reelecting Biden includes reelecting the vice president.
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  6681. Kewl! One can't be arrested unless one consents to be arrested!
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  6682.  @mrrey8937  These are what the FOUNDERS thought of your "religious" bullying in effort to assuage your doubts by imposing your "religious" pornography on everyone else -- IN ADDITION to Christ telling you to keep it private and between you and your imagined-up "God": ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ You either respect and conform your behavior to the Constitutional separation of "religion" and gov't, or you make of yourself a hateful domestic enemy of it.
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  6683.  @gerald5175  So as long as he's speaking about "God" you ignore his "religious" hypocrisy -- correct? Because the moment anyone invokes "God" you are hypnotized into forgetting that hypocrites typically hide behind invocations of "God". And the context is irrelevant precisely because Romney is a hypocrite hiding behind "Christianity". He is a multimillionaire who became that by destroying thriving businesses and jobs. Now let's hear him, as a typical Republican, talk about "job creation" in order to pretend he is actually about that.
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  6684.  @ManuelSalasM  Yes: many in Europe want Russia to invade and dominate Europe because they are stupid. And they so hate the United States for having established peace among Europe's nations that they want US boots on the ground saving their asses -- for a third time -- from Russia.
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  6685. "God" is a conspiracy theorist!?
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  6686. Trump and his criminal enterprise, and his cult, REJECT the rule of law in defense of an impossible responsibility-free intinitely unlimited "freedom". They don't at all have constraints against violating others' rights. "Law and order" means to them "unlimited rights for themselves, and to hell with the "political correctness" of respecting otehrs' rights.
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  6687. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  6688. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  6689. "Mark who?" -- Trump.
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  6690. Attorney "Who's On the Witness Chair?" Costello.
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  6691.  @Gogetta80  There is no "deep state". There is, however, a gov't structure -- a system of laws -- that keeps the gov't running while presidents come and go. And it is that gov't structure and employees that provide the benefits that meet your needs. The Founders were opposite your ignorance of law and history: PRO-gov't.
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  6692.  @jaynoneofyourbiz3563  Why would anyone be jealous of a lying anti-American?
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  6693.  @lornasmith2247  Garland was nominated for AG by the elected president, and the elected Senate engaged in its Constitutional process of advice and consent. And the Senate approved, by majority vote, his appointment. It was different when Garland was nominated by the elected president, and the Senate, under Republican control, refused to even talk to him in order to keep an SC seat open in hopes a Republican president would nominate an extremist "Federalist Society" political hack. Being elected to public office, including president, is not an exemption from the rule of law. And many an elected official, including Democrats, have been prosecuted and convicted, and even imprisoned, for crimes they committed. The only difference is that Trump is an ex-president. But he is a private citizen, not president, and he has consistently lost in court as a defendant -- in one deposition he pled the 5th hundreds of times -- because, not having a legal leg to stand on, he has as consistently played his legally-irrelevant fake-"victim" politics. From the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders: "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. The oath of office is to the Constitution, not to any person, not even to the president. Hitler also demanded loyalty not to the rule of law but to himself. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Learn the difference between the two: "A system of Laws, and not of" politics. Your "argument" is transparently false, specious, and falls flat on its ass because it is so obvious you dishonestly omit the facts I provide for not only you -- in refutation of your anti-Constitutional tripe -- but also for the readers of these comments. You have no shame, no decency, and no self-respect. You fail in your endeavor to appear concerned with morality and rule of law because your dishonesty is immoral, and your defense of CONVICTED FELON Trump shreds your "concern" for rule of law. If I were to characterize you as being a lowlife, which would be correct, I'd be insulting lowlives who are only stupid, not both stupid and baselessly hateful and malicious.
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  6694.  @derrick_v  Not sufficiently intelligent to address the actual substance of my comment? Had you not refused to potty train you likely wouldn't have been expelled from preschool.
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  6695.  @williamrizzo1285  Only in his methamphetamine-induced toxic paranoid psychotic hallucinations.
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  6696.  @u2mister17  Is it actually 57 million -- or do you not know what you're talking about? And what have you against people who actually work? Here's a Constitutional fundamental for you: The first three words of the Constitution you have yet to read are: "We the people". "We the people" are the gov't. Why do you hate "We the people"? Why do you hate the Constitution? Why do you hate the United States?
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  6697.  @oi8126969  You're the one bringing up rapist and convicted felon Trump. Why do you defend rape and criminality?
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  6698.  @buzzmessinger4510  Exactly. He and Hannity are double-teaming by pretending to "argue".
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  6699. The subpoena was for the stolen PRESIDENTIAL documents, AMONG which were classified materials. ALL documents generated by public officials BELONG TO THE GOV'T. PERIOD. END OF STORY.
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  6700. LOSERS blame.
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  6701.  @alucard8433  No one is above the law. Are you thinking of an exception? Or are you ignoring the fact that in the United States we don't charge people without EVIDENCE. Political smears only reveal the immoral hateful malice of the person slinging the smear. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  6702.  @batoketo1210  The VIRUS killed her. What are YOU doing other than attaking SANITY?
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  6703.  @jakel3574  Thank you for CONFESSING that your are sheeple.
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  6704.  Angel  Americans dying is "entertainment" for you? If you are infected with the irus, we'll CLAP OUR HANDS.
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  6705. Trump lives to pick fights -- that is why he picks fights. It's a way to avoid dealing with his internal realities.
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  6706. He succeeded at being deceitful. The problem is that he got caught.
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  6707.  @gorkyd7912  Look through his expressed views to their roots: they are authoritarian. He is a reactionary "conservative". That's why "conservatives" flock to him, duped by his clothing of his politics -- which isn't science -- in psychological" clothing.
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  6708. If Trump doesn't drink then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  6709. Medicine ball down his throat.
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  6710. Sasse has a four-year history of supporting Trump more than 90 per cent of the time.
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  6711. Not so long ago I had a contentious conversation with a medical center pastor -- a Lover of Chirst -- and asked: "To which do you give your loyalty -- to Christ, or to your paycheck?" His response: BOTH. And he is younger than I by several decades. It's as if the 1960s were a briefary breathe of intense thought and fresh air: his attitude is no different than that of the generation before mine. A brief spiritual turmoil and growth, quelled yet again by a "spriritual" materialism.
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  6712. Last week a 2nd grader was caught with a gun at his school. "Self defense" of the home again?
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  6713. The stay: Trump needs to be able to do basic business if he's to ultimately pay the judgment.
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  6714. He is a degenerate. So are the fools who identify with him.
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  6715. Is Lindell back on crack?
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  6716.  @uria702  So the grade for a course, which lasts approximately fifteen weeks -- one of the two semesters per year -- is at the end of the COURSE/semester, not at the end of the several years of legal education. That is no different than any other course of study, whether undergraduate or graduate. And, yes, most/all professors, in order to teach, must be tenured; and in order to be tenured, they must publish; and in order to publish, they don't have time to teach (outside lectures). So assistant professors do all the scut-work including grading. (I had the experience of one of my papers, in a history of literature class, "rise to the top," so the actual professor co-signed the "A".) And I'm well aware of the "Socratic method," as it applies across disciplines where there is a question of subjectivity, and the goal is the search for truth, which "process" includes critical evaluation of one's own thinking.
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  6717.  @miked5106  Yes, the 6 extremists ELIMINATED the right of privacy -- which was the basis for all the decisions Thomas identified as next on the chopping block. You're simply distracted by the word "abortion". You are also ignorant of a specific area of history and law: "Jim Crow," which were "states' rights". And which resulted in racial segregation and lynching of Black folks. It was only FEDERAL intervention, under the Constitution's SUPREMACY Clause, that enforced EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS for Black folk AGAINST STATE-sponsored RACISM and TERRORISM. Try to argue that heterosexual white folks acting under "states' rights" have the right to TERRORIZE and MURDER specific subsets of the American people -- because THAT is what you're cheering on. Or try to argue that CRIMINALIZING contraception will protect a RIGHT to use contraception. You illustrate the problem with zealotry: cutting one's own throat while deluded that the throat you are cutting is someone else's.
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  6718.  @miked5106  Both the "Bible" and the 1600s English judge -- since when is the United States governed by ENGLISH law? -- held that abortion was prohibited at and after "quickening". Alito IGNORED the "Bible" and MISquoted the English judge. But again: since when is the United States governed by ENGLISH law? -- I suggest, at simplest, you read the "Declaration of Independence," which applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND.
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  6719.  @miked5106  "most scholars"? You mean the Supreme Court Justices, most of whom were REPUBLICANS, who decided "Roe" and "Casey"? THOSE scholars? Let's all point at your use of the word "scholars" without naming a single "scholar". That's why you have no friends: everyone recognizes that you're a bullshitter.
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  6720.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  John Adams not only didn't own slaves, he opposed slavery. And his state, Massachusetts, banned slavery within two or three years after it ratified its constitution in 1780. Being ignorant of actual history, Mr. Racist, is tanatamount to boasting of your ignorance, which is the basis for your racism. More about John Adams: He was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He authored the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. "A system of LAWS, and NOT of men." -- John Adams.
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  6721.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  Again, history- and law-illiterate: John Adams didn't own slaves, and opposed slavery. In fact, he opposed striking opposition to slavery from the draft "Declaration," which Franklin defendded doing -- to him the first concern was independence -- even though Franklin had establish the first anti-slavery organization in the Americas. Yes, the "pro-democracy/freedom" Jefferson owned slaves, which he only "freed" after his death with his will. And he fathered illegitimate children with one of his slaves. If you want to talk about the salve-owning Founders, then talk about those who actually owned slaves, some of whom -- including Jefferson -- were hypocrites.
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  6722.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  The hypocrite is YOU: you know NOTHING of the ACTUAL history of the Founders, either collectively or individually. And it's obvious you've never READ the "Declaration of Independence," which DOES NOT include the word "revolution," which applied exclusively to England, and which includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which grievances are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." Nor have you bothered to READ the Constitution, ALL of which is in effect at the same time, NOT ONLY the "Bill of Rights. Relevant provisions in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia". Are the fake "militia" that urges "taking up arms"" against the gov't -- INSURRECTION -- armed by CONGRESS? Your state constitution --- which you've also not bothered to READ -- stipulates that the commander-in-chief of the Militia is your state's governor. Is your state governor the commander-in-chief of the armeed anti-gov't gangs of domestic terrorists?
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  6723.  @paulalim1476  Franklin also didn't own slaves. In fact, he founded the first anti-slavery organization in the Americas.
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  6724.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  The Founders were Liberals who established a liberal democracy. That's why we have the First Amendment, which includes, as examples, separation of "religion" and gov't, and the right to PEACEABLY assemble, which stricture accommodates -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". That includes enforcing the Constitution, and the statutes by means of which its provisions are implemented.
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  6725.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  The COLLUSION has beem PROVEN, Mr. Anti-American: your position is a REJECTION of the rule of law, beginning with the US Constitution. That includes rejection of the laws in which your RIGHTS are secured.
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  6726.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  Nope. You said Founders. And it was all inclusive. AGAIN: you are ignorant of the actual history, but don't care, because your entire childish game is attempting -- as you've not succeeded in doing -- to "trigger the Libs". In response, your horseshit is being refuted with actual fact -- and law -- and being smeared on your ignorant anti-American face.
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  6727.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  You asserted that you are big on reading comprehension. Again you overestimate your abilities, as is typical of the arrogant, which is always a mask on its opposite: ignorance.
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  6728.  @patricklaurojr7427  Abbot and DeSantis are PRO-COVID DEATHS, EVEN OF CHILDREN, REPUBLICANS.
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  6729.  @patricklaurojr7427  What should happen: 1. You actually enlist in the military and put YOUR life on the line. 2. DEMAND that you be deployed to Afghanistan. 3. Singlehandedly solve the problems there in an hour or two. In fact, of course, you couldn't care less about Afghanis, including those who assisted the US, because they are insufficiently white. And what do you think the Afghan Taliban's position is on women's rights and abortion? Clue: the same as that of the American Taliban in whose beholf you violate the Commandments "Thou shalt not lie"; and, "Thou shalt not lie against others."
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  6730.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  So you have at least two accounts so you can talk to yourself.
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  6731.  @marcilk7534  The First Amendment seaparates your "religious" 'principles" from gov't. You must obey the laws regardless your anti-democratic rejection of the rule of law on insupportable subjective whim.
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  6732.  @MrDeplorable-sw9cz  John Adams not only didn't own slaves, he also OPPOSED slavery. But this Constitutional principlle applies across the board: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. But we get it, hypocrite: you're all for "legislating from the bench" when it goes your way, even when it violates the Constitution and laws. Read the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, racist anti-American.
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  6733. The Founders were progressives who established a self-governing democracy in a world of monarchy and dictatorship.
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  6734. Especially the members of Sandes' and Trump cults. And what you call "knowledge" the objective recognize as being ideological propaganda.
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  6735.  @geraldoki2803  He isn't telling the truth: he is providing a hypothetical defense that ignores the KNOWN EVIDENCE in the case. Yes -- you are addicted to relying on fact-free bullshitting. The reality of the case is different: This is a DOCUMENTS case. All the witnesses do is fill in the details. The CENTRAL document is the Michael Cohen requested from Cohen by Weaselberg. On the invoice Weaselberg wrote down all the amounts to reimburse Cohen, which totaled $420,000. Now pay attention to this detail: The reimbursement to Cohen INCLUDED the amount of TAXES Cohen would have to pay on the fake "income" of $130,000. The actual $130,000 Cohen paid, as shown by THOSE documents, was obtained by Cohen taking out a mortgage on his home. When did YOUR employer BOTH pay you your income AND pay YOUR income taxes?
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  6736.  @geraldoki2803  The loud-mouth "defense" lawyer is spouting a defense that relies on IGNORING the HARD EVIDENCE. COMPETENT legal representation develops a "theory of the case" that accounts for ALL the evidence -- including that AGAINST the client. Haberman, who isn't a lawyer, pointed to evidence that refutes his bellicose bullshitting.
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  6737.  @erikhansen5741  You mean he won't immediately demand that the vote-counting be stopped if and when he first has the "lead" before the polls close on the 4th? Or will he announce it before then? Or will he wait until January 6th to again attempt to force his "win" down the throats of the majority?
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  6738.  @handson2211  He isn't doing anything of the kind. He is yelling because he is attempting to defend the indefensible. Trump's criminal indictments were handed down by four different and independent grand juries of his peers, based on EVIDENCE. He was adjudicated liable for defamation by a jury of his peers, based on EVIDENCE. The Trump organization/criminal enterprise was found liable for massive fraud going back DECADES by a jury of his peers, based on EVIDENCE. He is an adjudicated RAPIST by a jury of his peers, based on EVIDENCE. Only CRIMINALS are okay with RAPE.
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  6739.  @wholelottamoney4595  The judge presides -- that he is elevated above all others is a symbol of authority. And s/he conducts the trial according to the rules. The jury relies on the judge. Witnesses that pick fights with the judge lose the jury. That and other portions of the transcript were read on MAINSTREAM media by seasoned trial lawyers, and discussed.
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  6740. "'08-09" -- Black president Obama. The agricultural crisis occurred more than 50 years ago.
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  6741. Immigration: Trump doesn't care about legal and illegal. It is all about skin color.
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  6742. It appears the Russians secured the airport but didn't use it for air support.
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  6743. Trump is fomenting domestic violence.
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  6744. Supports building the Wall to keep Mexicans out, vacations in Mexico.
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  6745. "John Birch Society" emerges among the Trump crazies.
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  6746. Humor tends to be "transgressive". In some instances, black humor is pushed beyond "funny" though presented as "funny" as a means to communicate LIMITS.
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  6747. Yeah, "respected": his corrupt 2016 campaign helped elect Trump by double-teaming with him in attacking Clinton, and alienated the majority of Democrats by smearing them as "corrupt". And then the "Bernie Bros," throwing a tantrum because he lost, voted for exact-opposite extreme Trump in order to "blow up the system". And there went Roe, and on the chopping blick are contraception and IVF.
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  6748. Zelenskyy campaigned for the Democrat during the campaign? That's because the Democrats didn't bitch about supporting an ally.
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  6749. Warnock is the definition of decency and intelligence. Walker can't be trusted to have told the full truth about how many "undisclosed" children he's fathered and abandoned.
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  6750. The anti-gov't law illiterates assert that the National Guard is a "standing army," which is not the fact. The "need" to stipulate IN THE CONSTITUTION the purposes of the Militia/National Guard is expressed in two directly on-point grievances against King George III in the "Declaration of Independence": "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of out Legislatures." "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Declaration" has never been law, and applied exclusively to ENGLAND, but those two provisions found their way into state and then US constitutions. In sum: Civilian control of the military, and no "right" of "revolution"/INSURRECTION: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia/National Guard to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'T] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of disciplining the Militia/National Guard according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." Thus the well-regulated Militia/National Guard is regulated -- Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES -- and governed -- by the CIVIL power -- under BOTH US AND STATE constitutions and laws. You gullibles who repeat non-law and pseudo-law and other such gibberish DON'T KNOW those facts because you DON'T READ the US Constitution, let alone your OWN STATES' constitutions. There is only ONE Militia/National Guard: that well-regulated -- and governed -- under US and state GOV'T. ALL the fake "militia" in ALL 50 states are classified in law as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBITED. But I don't expect law-illiterates to actually READ the ACTUAL law -- your STATE constitution and laws are doubtless available from your state legislature's or secretary of state's website -- so they might have some modicum of appearing to know what they're talking about.
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  6751.  @fastpat1  Citation? That the National Guard is subject to the orders of the Commander-in-Chief WHEN FEEDERALIZED shouldn't surprise anyone: that fact is stipulated in the Constitution. And when NOT Federalized the commander-in chief of the Militia/National Guard is the state's GOVERNOR. It's been that way since before there were formal constitutions. As example, the commander-in-chief who oversaw the crushing of 'Shayes's" insurrection under the Articles of Confederation was the state's governor. And the Federalized Militia, lead by Commander-in-Chief George Washington, crushed the "Whiskey" insurrection AFTER THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED. It's no secret, based on "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15 & 16, the First Amendment, and the Second Amendment itself, that (a) there is no "right" to engage in insurrection, and (b) an express purpose of the well-regulated Militia/National Guard is the suppression of insurrection (as also was done to "Shays's"). And it's all right there in the Constitution you've never bothered to READ.
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  6752. Have you enlisted in the National Guard, which was created as a restructuring of the Militia, in keeping with the Second Amendment, the purpose of which was to establish a National Defense? If not, then you are not a member of the Militia/National Guard.
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  6753.  @kwahu1519  Dr. "LSD" Oz?
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  6754.  @willmont8258  "There would be no need for the 2nd otherwise, since A1, S8 already gives Congress the power to arm the Militia when in the service of the US." The Congress has been all along arming the well-regulated Militia see Section 1: ___ Chap. LXV.--An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause all or any part of the arms herein directed to be provided and deposited for sale, which shall, at any time, remain unsold, to be delivered to the militia, when called into the service of the United States, proper receipts and security being given for the return of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and the amount received shall be annually reported to Congress. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a [577] sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 6, 1798. ___ The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. Arranged in Chronological Order. With References to the Matter of Each Act and to the Subsequent Acts on the Same Subject, and Copious Notes of the Decisions of the Courts of the United States Construing Those Acts, and Upon the Subjects of the Laws. With an Index to the Contents of Each Volume, and a Full General Index to the Whole Work, in the Concluding Volume. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States; and Also, Tables, in the Last Volume, Containing Lists of the Acts Relating to the Judiciary, Imposts and Tonnage, the Public Lands, Etc., Vol I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters, at 576.
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  6755.  @willmont8258  Tell us who owned the arms in the following -- research "public arms". And note the date of it: ___ At a General Assembly begun and held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 21st day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1782. Chap. XII. An act for the recovery of arms and accoutrements belonging to the state. I. Whereas sundry arms and accoutrements belonging to the public in the hands of individuals, who have neglected to return them to the proper officers; and it is necessary that such arms and accoutrements should be recovered as speedily as possible: Be it enacted, that the Governor do, on the passing of this act, issue his proclamation, enjoining all persons having in their possession any arms or accoutrements whatsoever, belonging to the state, to deliver them without delay to the Lieutenant or commanding officer of the county for the time being; and the sheriff of each county within this commonwealth, shall cause copies of the said proclamations, which shall be transmitted to him by the Executive, to be fixed up in the most public places in his county, and if after one month from such public notice having been given, any person possessing any such public arms or accoutrements, shall be convicted of having failed to deliver them up as aforesaid, such person shall, upon every such conviction, be liable to the penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record within this commonwealth, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, on conviction of the offender, and the other half shall be applied in aid of the county levy where such offender shall reside. And the Lieutenant, or commanding officer of each county, shall make returns from time to time, to the Executive, of all arms and accoutrements so delivered to him, and also deliver them to the order of the Executive, under the penalty, if he fail in all or any part of his duty, of fifty pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid, and applied in diminution of the county levy. Provided always, that where muskets and bayonets have been by order of government placed in any county on eastern or western frontier for defence against incursions of the enemy, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant or commanding officer to return such muskets and bayonets to the militia, taking a receipt from each person for what shall be so returned. "A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters" (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); "The First Laws of the State of Virginia" (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 176.
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  6756.  @willmont8258  " A1, S8 simply gave Congress certain powers over the Militia of the States," False. In fact, several of the states included with their ratifications of the Constitution both petitions to be accepted into the Union, and proposed Amendments. Federalist Madison codified the proposed amendments as a RESOLUTION which he submitted to Congress for debate. The Bill of Rights was not written by Madison; the House debated and wrote it as COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, and the Senate -- of which Madison was not a member -- also weighed in on it. The Second Amendment established the right of the states to keep their well-regulated Militia, which were already regulated and governed under the states' constitutions and laws, all of which constitutions were adopted in 1776-77 -- except for Massachusetts, which was submitted to the electorate for approval and ratified in October, 1780. Thus the Militia is regulated under BOTH US and state constitutions and laws. " which were made up of the people armed with their own guns." False. And I posted a Virginia statute which pre-existed the Constitution and which orders the recovery of weapons, etc., which were PUBLIC ARMS. There is also an account of Sam Adams giving a speech at Fauniel Hall with the arms arrayed across the front of the stage. After the speech the arms were gathered up and returned to the PUBLIC STORES. And the FICTION of the "embattled farmers" making up the militia is refuted by the actual history. The New England militia, as example, had been hardened by more than 100 years of near-constant wars with the Indians, and since the earliest days of their foundings the colonies were members of a "mutual aid" Confederation of New England Colonies". Thus there was established a regional military command, and the miliitia were thoroughly trained. And at the time of the so-called "revolution" -- it was a civil war; no gov'ts were "attacked" or "overthrown" -- they had the same guns as the British. And as I've stated, the Founders engaged in every form of gun control, including prohibition and confiscation. As example, they confiscated the guns of those who weren't in the militia and gave them to the militia. There has never been a time that any gov't has allowed armed gangs to shoot at the gov't. The Founders were no different. As provided in the "Declaration": "He has affected to render the Military to independent of and superior to the Civil Power." They established their view and precedents by suppressing "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections.
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  6757.  @willmont8258  The Founders applied the same two "Declaration" principles domestically, as I have shown. See Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. as example: that applies within the United States. See the suppression of "Shays's" insurrection by the state militia, and see suppression of the "Whiskey" insurrection by Federalized state militia. No gov't authorizes armed gangs of law-illiterates high on empty arrogance to shoot at the gov't. The same provisions exist in state law. As said, there is ONE Militia, and it is the National Guard. If you want to deny those are the same, then you're still up against the fact that the commander-in-chief of your state the militia -- there is ONE militia -- is the state's GOVERNOR, not a rag-tag- bunch of malcontented law-illiterates strung out on stubborn law-illiterate stupidity. The first of the following is cognizant of the Supremacy Clause. Those subsequent note that the selection of militia officers is by advice and consent of the legislature, not by crackpot law-illiterates "in the field". ___ SPEECHES of His Excellency the Governor and Messages Transmitted by His Excellency to the General Court During the Legislative Year 1792. __________________ [May Session, 1792.] . . . . GENTLEMEN, I have directed the Secretary to lay before you such Acts & proceedings of the Congress of the United States, as have been forwarded to me: Among them, is an Act for regulating the Militia of the States. That Act appears to me to be quite consonant to the Constitution of the General Government, & I shall, as commander in Chief of the Militia of this State take every measure within my power to render the Militia respectable under it. . . . JOHN HANCOCK. Council Chamber, June 6th, 1792. _________________________________________________________________________________________ _Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_, The Secretary will lay before you a Letter of Resignation from Major General Titcomb of the second Division of the Militia in this Commonwealth--You will please to take such measures in filling up the vacancy as you shall judge best. JOHN HANCOCK. Council Chamber, June 14th, 1792 _________________________________________________________________________________________ [May Session, 1792.] _Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_, The Secretary will lay before you the Resignation of Major General Newell of the Seventh Division of the Militia in this Commonwealth on account of his ill Health--You will please to take such measures in filling up the Vacancy as you shall judge best. JOHN HANCOCK. Council Chamber, June 15th, 1792 _________________________________________________________________________________________ . . . . [November Session, 1792.] _Gentlemen of the Senate & Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_, The Secretary will lay before you the Pay Roll of a Detachment of the Boston Militia which I found myself obliged to order to Castle Island to supply the place of the Troops on the Island who were under the operation of the Small Pox. I engaged they should receive their pay for the service agreeably to the terms of the Roll & submit it to your consideration. Their Conduct while on duty merits notice, & I doubt not they will meet yours. . . . JOHN HANCOCK. Concord, Novr. 9, 1792. _________________________________________________________________________________________
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  6758.  @willmont8258  Note the difference between your bald-faced assertions and my practice: I actually substantiate with LAW; you make bald-faced assertions without a shred of anything -- other than law-illiterate confidence -- that substantiates any of it. Your ignorance of the issue is common but false. The Founders were OPPOSED to armed gangs running around outside the law, as they made clear to King George III; "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The Militia is an armed military, and the Founders were always about keeping armed military under the thumb of CIVILIAN rule, meaning under RULE OF LAW. Law REGULATES. The first stable colony was Plymouth Colony. In their laws it is constant and clear that the militia was UNDER the gov't/rule of law, and the commander-in-chief was the governor. There was only one militia then, and there is only one militia/national guard now. They are not regular military, which would be a standing army if not subject to renewal every several years.
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  6759.  @casper3130  Militia were not formed by "civilians," dunce, because Militia are MILITARY. There were two ways to perform one's Militia DUTY: by enlisting, or by being DRAFTED. And the FIRST thing those serving in the Militia did was swear the oath to support and fend the existing GOV'T and laws. BECAUSE the Founders -- beginning with the foundings of the several colonies -- did not approve off armed gangs running around outside the law and shooting at the gov't. READ "Presser v. Illinois" for an EXPLANATION of those basics.
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  6760.  @casper3130  The first stable colony was Plymouth Colony, established in 1620. The had a militia immediately. The Massachusetts-Bay Colony was established in 1629/30. They had a militia immediately. Why? Because both immediately encountered Indians.
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  6761.  @casper3130  Both Plymouth and Massachusetts-Bay included in their "Militia Acts" from their FOUNDINGS in the 1600s PENALTIES -- for such as DESERTION -- and included punishments up to and including courts martial. I'm speaking of actual LAW, of course. You have no interest or knowledge of that because you view the rule of law as "infringing" on your "right" to totally ignore that fact that OTHERS ALSO have rights. Thus you are proudly law-illiterate. No SANE society leaves dangerous objects and substances lying around UNREGULATED.
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  6762.  @casper3130  This is a "Militia Act" from Plymouth Colony, enacted in 1634. The mentioned "Court" is the "General Court -- the GOV'T. There was not as yet separation of powers, so the same "Court" enacted the laws, enforced the laws, and conducted trials of those who violated the laws. The "list" mentioned was the list of those chosen and APPROVED for military DUTY. Note that the law includes PENALTIES against those who violated military DISCIPLINE. So the FANTASY that militia consisted of random gun-nuts "volunteering" is FALSE. And note that those approved for the duty were required to SWEAR AN OATH OF LOYALTY to the GOV'T/RULE OF LAW. Note also that I include the source, which is how LITERATE -- and HONEST -- scholarship works. And that I have BOTH a first edition of this volue, published in 1836, and a reprint of it, in my law library. ___ Appendix 325 Establishment of a Millitary Company. Aug. 29, 1643. The Court hath allowed & established a military discipline to be erected and mayntained by the Towns of Plimouth Duxborrow and Marshfield and have also heard their orders and established them-viz- Orders. 1. That the exercise be alwayes begun and ended with prayer. 2. That there be one procured to preach them a sermon once a yeare, viz at the eleccon of their officers and the first to begin in Septr next. 3. That none shalbe received into this Millitary Company but such as are of honest and good report & freemen not servants, and shalbe well approved by the Officers and the whole Company or the major part. 4. That every person after they have recorded their names in the Millitary List shall from tyme to tyme be subject to the Comaunds and Orders of the Officers of this Millitary Company in their places respectively. 5. That every delinquent shalbe punished at the discretion of the Officers and the Millitary Company or the major part thereof according to the order of Millitary discipline & nature of the offence. 6. That all talking and not keepeing sylence during the time of the exercise jereing quarrelling fighting depting collers wthout lycence or dismission &c or any other misdemeanor, (so adjudged to be by the Officers and the Company or the majr pt thereof) to be accounted misdemeanors to be punished as aforesaid. 7. That every man that shalbe absent (except he be sick or some extrodinary occation or hand of God upon him) shall pay for every such default II_s_. And if he refuse to pay it upon demaund or within one month after then to appear before the Company and be distrayned for it and put out of the list. 8. That if any man shall (upon the dayes appoynted) come wthout his armes or wth defective armes shall forfaite for every trayneing day as followeth-- For want of a musket or a peece approved every time- - - - VI_d_ For want of a sword - - - - - - - - - VI_d_ For want of a vest - - - - - - - - - VI_d_ For want of bandelires- - - - - - - - - VI_d_ Six months tyme given to prvide in. 9. That every man that hath entred himself upon the military list and hath not sufficient armes & doth not or will not prcure them wthin six months next ensuing his name to be put out of the list. 10. That there be but sixteene pikes in the whole company (or at the most for the third pt) viz--VIII for Plimouth VI for Duxborrow and II for Marshfield. 11. That all that are or shalbe elected chiefe Officers in this Millitary Company shall be so titled and forever afterwards be so reputed except he obtayne a higher place. 12. That every man entred into the Millitary list shall pay VI_d_ the quarter to the use of the Company. 13. That when any of this Millitary Company shall dye or depart this life the company upon warneing shall come together with their armes and inter his corpes as a souldier and according to his place and quallytye. 14. That all that shalbe admitted into this Millitary Company shall first take the oath of fydellyty if they have not taken it already or els be not admitted. 15. That all postures of pike and musket, motions rankes and files &c messengers skirmishes seiges batteries watches sentinells &c bee alwayes prformed according to true millitary discipline. 16. That all that will enter themselves upon this Company shalbe propounded one day received the next day if they be approved. ___ "The Compact with the Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth: Together with the harter of the Council at Plymouth, and An Appendix, Containing the Articles of Confederation of the United Colonies of New England, and Other Valuabe Documents. Published Agreeably to a Resolution, Passed April 5, 1836" (Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers to the State, 1836), Under the Suprevision of William Brigham.
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  6763.  @willmont8258  I already refuted the assertion that states can't have standing armies without the consent of Congress: EVERY state constitution has essentially the same Militia Clause -- distinguishing between "right of the people, etc./well-regulated Militia, and standing armies, both being also under the state legislature. To again refute your false assertion about private citizens "acting on behalf of" gov't.: See "Presser v. Illinois," 116 U.S. 252 (1886), the Second Amendment case distinguishing between the state's well-regulated Militia, and affirming the illegality of private "military organizations," fake "militia," armed gangs outside the law. And see, citing "Presser," "District of Columbia v. Heller," 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), affirming that the Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary [fake "militia"] organizations". Paramilitary organizations are illegal in all 50 states. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  6764. Klobuchar is not a Republican. Your asserting otherwise reveals that you are the typical Sanders "fan": you don't know what in hell you're talking about.
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  6765.  @NoWay1969  I get it: you don't want politicians -- who represent more than you and your view -- talking to people with whom you disagree. Did you ever consider doing "oppo research" by actually talking to the opposition? No, you don't know what you're talking about., What you do know is that everyone must meet your measure: they MUST be as closed-minded as YOU.
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  6766. Trump began attacking the election as "rigged" if he lost in 2016. 2020 was a repeat.
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  6767.  @scabcrawler632  Facts matter. They are the opposite of propaganda. How many Trump REPUBLICANS must testify to the facts UNDER OATH before you wake up from the bullshit fed you by New York con-man Trump?
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  6768. EVIDENCE? None.
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  6769.  @TiPitSgtBuddy  Buzzwords as substitutes for the hard work of study and thought.
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  6770.  @northwestpsychfest7329  He does have his cult of personality because he confirms dumb right-wing anti-intellectualism and biases.
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  6771. Vivek is ignorant about racism and US history.
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  6772. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  6773.  @randomguy1928  I don't generalize away from specifics. "Common sense" is an illusion used by self-aggrandizing individuals to pretend they are more than an individual. To try to deceive others that they belong to a bigger mob than everyone else, therefore represent some unpolled "majority". I adhere to facts and law -- and reason. I don't give advice; I critique flawed ideas.
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  6774. I had a doctor at a university medical center who was from Georgia. But to avoid discrimination based on region, she learned to mask her accent.
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  6775. The George Floyd muder taught a whole lot of white people to SEE the institutionalized racism. And support for BLM INCREASED.
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  6776. Except that he is seriously destructive.
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  6777.  @jordanslingluff287  Nope: Musk himself made me aware of what he is and is about.
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  6778.  @jordanslingluff287  Let me help you out: I don't need more than history and law to identify overt racism. And Musk himself has been sued for racial discrimination. If you knew anything on those topics you wouldn't be smearing the media -- except, of course, for reporting the FACTS you don't like -- and attacking me. You are a PUNK. I'd ask that you grow up but you haven't a clue how to do that. So you wallow in anti-Americanism.
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  6779.  @jordanslingluff287  Attacking me instead of dealing with the FACTS is DISHONEST. But if it weren't for lying you anti-Americans wouldn't have anything with which to pollute the environment.
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  6780. There's no question about the fact that Musk is a racist. And those who defend him do so because they are racists. But it's a losing battle for you anti-Americans: you're outnumbered by the majority and the Constitution.
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  6781.  @jordanslingluff287  Personal attacks are dishonest efforts to avoid the facts. And now you have crossed the line into libel. Musk is wrong about "freedom of speech": he is not in South Africa; he is in the United States in which every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. You have freedom of choice: you can choose to behave as a responsible adult. Or you can continue to perpetuate the anti-Americanism. The MORAL choice is YOURS.
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  6782. Trump's illegal deportation threats are the politics of fear. That's how fascism works: threating scapegoats.
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  6783. Biden has already established his State Dept. team.
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  6784. Yes. He's talkig about Senator Elizabeth Warren. Right-wing racists in her state began that elementary school racist attack. It makes them look stupid.
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  6785. The affidavit won't be unsealed. Trump wants to know what's in the affidavit -- but does not want the PUBLIC to know.
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  6786. The REPUBLICAN mayor of the city is the man who stood up and yelled at Beto, who was challenging the lying and cover-up.
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  6787.  @werunapologeticallyprolife2279  "Did you know that chief pedro arredondo , (The man who is responsible for the questionable and Unconscionable 49 min delay In response to help those poor children:( Is a Registered Democrat? Feel free to look it up." It is YOUR responsibility to back up your assertions. But doing so would require that you have ethics and know the meaning of that verrrrry loooong word RESPONSIBILITY. In other words, you're just another right-wing LIAR spewing the venom of hatred to which you are addicted. The FIRST person harmed by your embrace of hatred is YOU.
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  6788.  @werunapologeticallyprolife2279  What happened in Texas is the result of voting for REPUBLICANS. Abbott signed laws that eliminated background checks, licensing, and permits, thereby making it legal for criminals to buy guns legally. You aren't defending gun rights; you are defending mass murder.
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  6789.  @DrFunk-rk6yl  Research romney bain capital" -- by means of which he bought thriving businesses then destroyed them and those jobs. That's how he made his millions.
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  6790.  @francescogalesso1880  Listen to Putin: in his view, ANY nation on his border is a threat. If he takes Ukraine, Poland -- a NATO member -- will be on his border. And he will use that as excuse to attack Poland. Learn the HISTORY, fool: TWICE European wars sucked the US into boots on the ground in Europe. NATO was established to prevent that happening a third time. To emphasize: NATO is the FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE of the UNITED STATES against Russia's history of imperialist aggression. And Ukraine is a democracy fighting for its survival against ILLEGAL INVASION BY RUSSIA. The US owes itself support of Ukraine. Stop defending Russian tyranny.
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  6791.  @francescogalesso1880  You are carrying Putin's nuclear threat for him. You are doing that for him because it's a bluff. There are Russians inside Russia rebelling against Putin's tyranny.
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  6792.  @manmanderson  Certainly. But what does defending a murderer have to do with any of that? What it does is DISCREDIT those who defend murder. After all, your "complaint" is that the current health insurance industry kills people -- and that that is wrong in all cases. And at the same time you defend murder. You are being irrational. Worse, words have consequences: you are promoting domestic terrorism. How many must die before you decide defending murder isn't a smart idea?
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  6793. Another isolationist simpleton. Probably voted for Trump, even though Trump promised to deport Latinos.
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  6794. It wasn't the cops who left the backpack behind.
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  6795. The Republican Party is a Titanic filled with insurrectionist-coddlers.
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  6796. I wouldn't be surprised if Trump talked too much, as even his lawyers complain about his talking too much.
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  6797. If this illegal arrangement had worked, Trump, when done with Adams, would have had the case refiled because Adams is a "DEI hire" -- Black.
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  6798. It has not yet been determined that it was a "spy" balloon. Would China give up spying equipment so easily?
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  6799. "Bitcoin" has always been VAPORWARE.
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  6800. Christopher Wray is not in charge of the DOJ. He is the FBI Director. The FBI conducts investigations. It then gives the results of the investigations to the DOJ for its evaluation and pursuit as lawsuits in the Judicial branch.
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  6801. Trump is not president. He is an unelected private citizen, adjudicated rapist, and convicted criminal felon.
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  6802. They're all in denial. The destruction he caused for others is not something to promote.
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  6803. The deal was: stay out of politics and no taxation.
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  6804. None of which diagnosis denies dementia or Alzheimer's.
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  6805.  @nettegaines2067  So the "music" image he presented was FAKE?
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  6806.  @AuroStorm  Which began, for me, with being YELLED at.
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  6807.  @nettegaines2067  Another Weinstein. Another Roger Ailes. Another Bill O'Reilly.
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  6808.  @nettegaines2067  And it comes out about all the guns and drugs and rapings at his "fun parties". Gangster, if not "gangsta". All you're saying is that his image and "music" were a PHONY COVER.
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  6809.  @nettegaines2067  And it was BLACK RAPPERS who created the negative images -- but actually believed the were positive. "Rap" has all along been not only destructive but also -- as we are seeing -- self-destructive. "Rap" has been an unusually VIOLENT aspect of the "music" business.
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  6810. She HAD an "unblemished record" until she didn't.
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  6811. Collin Allred is an impressive individual. When at Harvard Law, Ted Cruz's classmates said that he was disliked from first meeting. When asked why, they answered: "It saved time."
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  6812. The spirit of arrogant right-wing crank Scalia hovers over this Court. They are "originalists" and "textualists" except when they aren't. They elevate "states' rights" above the SUPREME law Constitution -- except when that is contrary to their political goals.
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  6813. "Jewish Space Lasers" MTG is green with jealousy.
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  6814. Ted Cruz, John Eastman, Judge Luttig, Clarence Thomas, and the other 5 extremists on the Supreme Court = "Federalist Society". Luttig needs to ask himself where HE/the "Federalist Society" went wrong by helping put Clarnce Thomas on the Court, mentoring Cruz and Eastman, and facilitating Cruz and Eastman clerking for Thomas. In short: the "Federalist Society" has always been about subverting the Constitution and laws.
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  6815.  @rjserrano2  1. _United States v. Nixon_. Executive privilege does not override subpoenas -- even when the person claiming so is the president himself. 2. That same claim was made all the way to the Supreme Court by another administration "guy" -- the Supreme Court said no, and he is sitting on his ass in prison. 3. Bannon was not a member of the administration when he violated the subpoena. He has already LOST TWO appeals to the appellate court. 4. Trump pardoned Bannon for the felony fraud Bannon and two others committed by establishing a "fund" to "Build the Wall" -- which cash they then pocketed. The other two were tried, convicted, and are in prison. Bannon has a state-level trial for the same crime -- in New York, where Bannon's fraud violated New York state law. Bannon is a Republican, which means he is a lying anti-American pig and anti-Semite. And Luna-tic is a Republican, which means she is a liar.
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  6816.  @rjserrano2  Bannon doesn't have executive privilege. Neither did the other Trump administration official, who unlike Banon was still in the administration long after Bannon left it, who is now sitting on his ass in prison. Bannon's violation of the subpoena is the CRIME of contempt. Bannon has been convicted of that crime -- which is why he has been sentenced to jail. And, again: he didn't have executive privilege to begin with.
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  6817.  @rjserrano2  I was in my mid-20s during "Watergate," and the House and Senate hearings were riveting, especially I was out to get Nixon since the day he first announced his candidacy in 1968. And of course I read the decision. I also witnesses the events leading up to the Cox filing with the Supreme Court that eventuated in that decision. So why is the current transparently partisan and corrupt Supreme Court majority dragging its feet on making the obvious Constitutional decision: that no president is above the law? Are you actually for establishing a fascist dictatorship to which you too will be subject?
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  6818.  @rjserrano2  I also read _Sullivan_. And I've also read _Jacobson v. Massachusetts_, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), which I recommend to those who are suckers for Trump rejection of medical science in pursuit personal enrichment as consequence of which 1 million Americans died needlessly.
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  6819. Headline: "TRUMP PLEADS THE 5TH--ADMITS TO BEING MOB BOSS!" Lede: "You see the mob takes the Fifth." -- Donald J. Trump, April 2018.
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  6820. If Trump doesn't drink then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  6821. Far-right Fascists hate far-left Communists. Nothing new in that.
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  6822. Jerk.
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  6823. But typically you bash "corporate" media. Did you never learn the difference between news and editiorial? Did you never learn the difference between actual journalism and corporate media FOX? Or do you still fall for the politics of those who tell you what you want to hear?
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  6824.  @enriqueangulo7386  He said it ISN'T illegal. Clue: this is essentially the same case that was prosecuted FEDERALLY against Cohen. The difference is that Barr isn't able to intervene in the state trial to protect Trump as he did with the FEDERAL trial. All of that is known to those who actually care about the facts and evidence, instead of spending all their time spinning their wheels in effort to outrun them. And I'm talking about those Trump "loves" because they are the easiest to bullshit: the uneducated who cling to the illusion that everything is "entertainment". Politics, in contrast, is deadly serious -- not entertainment, not a game show. The FEDERAL charges included campaign/election fraud, and Cohen was CONVICTED of that charge. This is Trump's turn to be convicted of the same charges in the same criminal scheme that Trump directed. And Trump never repaid Pecker for the $150,000 Pecker paid to McDougal. Trump is a tightwad who has a decades-long career of NOT paying his bills -- not "paying up," as he loves to lecture others for not doing. But some neat facts came out from ostensibly-hostile witness Rhona Graff, Trump's Executive Assistant: she kept the paper trail, and in Trump's Rolodex were the contact information for Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal -- contrary to his constant LYING that he didn't know them and had never met them. Your effort to believe Trump's lies are instead the truth says a lot about your moral character.
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  6825.  @gulliverthegullible6667  Cooking the books is a crime regularly prosecuted in the economic center of the United States -- New York. You simply don't know law or legal history. So you whine and defend Trump's criminality based on Trump's whining LIE that he is being targeted for who he is. It doesn't matter who the fuck he is; he is on trial for what he DID. And it is essentially the same case that convicted Cohen FEDERALLY. The difference is that Barr can't intervene in state prosecutions, the way he did in the FEDERAL, in order to protect Trump from prosecution for the same crime he committed WITH Cohen. Only anti-Americans defend criminality and attacks on the rule of law by overt career felons such as Trump.
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  6826. Gabby admitted attacking Brian -- so it's Brian's fault. It takes two -- except it's all on the male.
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  6827. The arrangements for the possibility of Trump going to jail during the days before the beginning of the trial. It is simply standard procedure: it is within the realm of possibility that a defendant in this criminal situation could be sentenced to jail. So the arrangements are worked out in advance, as was done WEEKS ago.
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  6828. Reading Marx doesn't make one a Marxist. It makes one informed about what Marxism is beyond "dirty word" epithet. Knowing that, the anti-democratic right-wing Republicans don't read the Constitution they regularly invoke as their excuse for attacking it.
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  6829.  @liveandletdie7187  Those who have relatives who are MIA/POW tend to fly those flags so the MIA/POW is not forgot. You hate the military AND have no compassion. Do you hate the military because it has no compassion?
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  6830.  @liveandletdie7187  And you have no compassion who are duped into the military. That makes you different than the military how?
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  6831.  @liveandletdie7187  Are you that thick? You hate the military because it has no compassion. And you have no compassion. How then are you different from the military?
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  6832. Fascism is far-right, Communism is far-left -- they are "natural" enemies. That's why Hitler targeted Communists and Socialists for extermination.
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  6833.  @czgator9000  It's OBVIOUS you AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION: 1. The DOJ has INDICTED MULTIPLE "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers for SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY. 2. The DOJ has indicted the LEADING REPUBLICAN candidate for governor in Michigan for participating in the insurrection. AG Garland is a veteran DOJ prosecutor -- see OK City bombing -- and has been a judge. Despite all those who OBJECTED that BARR politicized the DOJ NOW putting POLITICAL pressure on the DOJ -- and I include Glenn Kirshner, who nonetheless knows better -- I have been confident in Garland's pursuit of justice, based strictly on the law and facts, since the outset.
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  6834.  @Have_A_Nice_Day242  PAY ATTENTION: FACTS MATTER: we are ALREADY SEEING indictments. Some of those indicted for seditious conspiracy are COOPERATING. THEY will point UPWARD to those who were links between them and the Trump campaign and Trump. Key is, at the least, lifelong seditionist Roger Stone, who during the planning for the insurrection had "Proud Boys" as his personal "security.
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  6835.  @frankrocco7989  Except, of course -- as you'd know if you paid attention to ACTUAL NEWS -- that numerous "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers have been indicted for seditious conspiracy, and some of those have "FLIPPED".
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  6836. Trump wasn't going to pay the firm that made the rigged poll ANYTHING. And the bonus to Cohen agreed to was cut by some two-thirds. So Cohen paid $20,000 of the $50,000 owed to the poll-rigger, and kept $30,000 for himself to make up for the cut in the agreed-to bonus. So Trump figured that the poll-rigger was dishonest, so would say nothing about being ripped off by him. At least they got $20,000.
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  6837. Apprentice President Trump established his maladministration as a fake "reality" TeeVee show. Look at the unqualified clowns he put in charge of destroying the executive branch agencies.
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  6838. In order for a state to join the Union, the Union in Congress must approve. Theoretically, therefore, Congress can kick states out. But secession is unconstitutional. See both Constitution and Lincoln.
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  6839. I stopped throwing my food before I graduated from my highchair.
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  6840.  @lisasimmons5181  READ THE CONSTITUTION.
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  6841.  @bsing2u  All the picks appointed by Trump were McConnell's picks from the list provided by the far-right fruit-fringe anti-"New Deal" and civil rights seditious conspiracy called "Federalist Society". That's who proposed Clarence Thomas for the Court -- Thomas also being a bosom-buddy of a Neo-Nazi billionaire who bought and owns Thomas.
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  6842. The Maga-Lardo case is NOT only about classified documents. He also STOLE unclassified presidential documents that didn't belong to him; that belong to the gov't.
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  6843. Why is Trump trying everything to prevent going to court to clear his name?
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  6844. The Republicans Party, since at latest Reagan, have been attacking universities. Most of them have never been to universities so know nothing about university education or universities. University education is not glorified K-12 -- it is where one becomes an ADULT, if one isn't one already. It is where one overcomes being the only person who matters. It is where one discovers, if one hadn't already, that the United States is not the only country in the world. Where one discovers that there is more than one way to see the world, and almost all of those different ways have their merits. What got to Boebert was when a student asked her, Are you a student here?" "GED" Boebert then realized that she was dealing with people who KNOW stuff.
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  6845. Another illiterate as concerns the meaning of democracy, and adhering to a Constitution you've never bothered to READ.
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  6846. Trump "pulled himself together" and did a photo op at Arlington Century in violation of Federal law. That news should last a good four-five days. So Trump is crushing HIMSELF.
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  6847. I think Cannon, victim of self-inflicted reputational damage, has been subject of some involuntary "counseling" about how seditious subversion of the Constitution and laws is contrary to her duties as a judge.
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  6848. Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition. But per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. So Reagan's "enemy" was "We the people".
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  6849. Trump is establishing a fake-"reality" TV propaganda administration with FOX as state media. He is merging the two.
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  6850. They -- along with Alito an Thomas -- are organized in their attack on the rule of law.
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  6851. Want to "penalize" "religion"? Revoke its tax-exempt status.
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  6852. In how many cases?
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  6853. "Dr. Phil" is a political huckster pretending to be a scientist.
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  6854.  @dlariby  It results in not only seeing treason as its opposite, and being pro-criminality, but also voting for an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon as if those behaviors are normal and acceptable. Our democracy is founded on RULE OF LAW. This is what you fools are pushing for -- ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  6855.  @singed8853  Because he is a bullshitting opportunist. He can't be both far-right AND support those policies.
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  6856.  @michaeljones1763  So Cenk, who isn't trans, should have a say on how "trans" people are to be restricted according to his view. Extremists are always telling other people how they should be limited. They -- and their viewers -- need to do learn how to mind their own business.
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  6857. Trump is putting the money into subverting the election below the radar.
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  6858. 40 out of 44 of Trump's inner circle in the administration won't support him.
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  6859. By pushing a controlled substance, Trump has been practicing medicine withut a license -- which is ILLEGAL. And his doing so is directly tied to people DYING -- thus add the charge of negligent homicide. This latest, though, has REALLY shown how ACTUALLY STUID he is -- "inject" disinfectants!? We teach CHILDREN that one doesn't do that; and this "adult" is recommending it!?
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  6860. "DeSantis Signs Law and Now Over 1.5 Million Florida Condo Owners Could be Forced to Leave Their Homes" Vote Republican, get Republinomics -- then deny personal responsibility for voting for it by blaming Democrats. And pump out the propaganda that the same is happening nationally, which is a flat out Republican lie. Vote Trump for more of the same.
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  6861. Trump is an embarrassment to himself and those who identify with him.
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  6862. She misstated the filing -- which she actually hadn't filed -- as "charges" as PROPAGANDA -- SMEAR. She knows the difference. She withdraw from the Trump University suit when Trump gave her a campaign donation of $20,000.00.
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  6863. Certainly, as need be. But I guess Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani, LAW 'N ORDER mobster, realizes that adding a few more criminal charges isn't going to amount to much in the face of the long list of charges he's already facing.
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  6864. It is irresponsible to compare today's situation to the hot language "1776". that is falsely said to have been a "revolution" -- which inflamtes rackpots of all political stripes. In fact, it was a civil war -- it split families. There is more than enough irresponsible, inflammatory language without adding to the subversion of intellect and intelligence.
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  6865. One doesn't get TRIED without FIRST an INDICTMENT. But we already know that the self-"righteous" law and order "online sleuths" don't give the least fuck for law or rights, or anything that doesn't give them false "permission" to be supremacist -- screw the rule of law -- assholes.
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  6866. SHAM-man is full of shit; that odor is not "spiritual".
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  6867. The problem is that the predicted pro-Trump surge of November 3 hasn't shown up.
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  6868. The central issue here is subpenas of records which are in the possession of their owners -- Mazur and Deutsche Bank. Except that Trump "owns" the contents of those records, he is beside the point. Mazur and Deutsche Bank were originally willing to provide the records; it is only Trump's intervention that stopped them. Any other citizen in Trump's position would have by now been ordered by the courts to pound sand. In any event, the SC will rpobably have to time release of their ruling for a moment when Kavanagh isn't falling-down drunk.
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  6869. The Democrats REGULARLY do this -- you just don't pay attention to anything but the bashings of gov't by those who are stupidly repeating REPUBLICAN gov't-hating, and those who repeat the LIE that there's no difference between Republicans and Democrats. But that's easier for the lazy than the effort to actually paying attention.
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  6870. Ginni has been WRITING the Supreme Court decisions against a deadline?
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  6871. No: Florida's lower death rate is result of the Republican governor SUPPRESSING the actual death toll.
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  6872.  @todadams6533  Yes, really: in the United States there is the Constitutional guarantee of due process. Due process is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. Without EVIDENCE of a crime we don't charge people with crimes -- which you'd know if you had paid attention to the criminal trial in which, based on the EVIDENCE, Trump was convicted of 34 felonies by a jury of his peers. What explains your deense of convicted felon Trump? -- are you also a criminal?.
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  6873. Trump most deserves to be a laughingstock: “Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them--and by laughing at them destroy them? For your race, in its poverty, has unquestionably one really effective weapon--laughter. Power, Money, Persuasion, Supplication, Persecution--these can lift at a colossal humbug--push it a little--crowd it a little--weaken it a little, century by century: but only Laughter can blow it to rags and atoms at a blast. Against the assault of Laughter nothing can stand." - "The Chronicle of Young Satan," Mysterious Stranger Manuscripts -- Mark Twain.
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  6874. False. You obviously know nothng about Bolton or politics. You'll be enlisting, of course, to take up the slack -- when?
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  6875. No, racist. But you did the usual: called yourself out as being a racist who deliberately doesn't understand what is meant by diversification of services, instead of using violence regardless the nature of the situation.
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  6876.  @aardque  If it isn't "confirmed," as you allege, then it is not confirmed to be a "lie". But Trump/Vance defenders aren't strong on logic. Based on what we know about Trumpism -- the January 6th insurrection was planned, organized, and directed by Trump -- we can logically deduce who attacks the elections system and election results. So it is reasonable to conclude that the burnings of ballot boxes are by a person who shares Trump's hostility to the rule of law, especially that governing elections.
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  6877.  @lexluthor9509  Believing an error does not undo the fact that it is an error. And the responsibility of the mature is to reject error.
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  6878.  @lexluthor9509  It's mature.
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  6879. People who aren't free enough to be responsible.
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  6880. His comment about disinformation is a description of how propaganda is done. But he's accusing others unspecified of doing it.
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  6881. His EXPERTISE is keeping him in the campaign. But you wouldn't understand "expertise" because Trumpism is based on promoting stupidity.
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  6882. No third-party candidate has ever been elected president. It is your ignorance of the political spectrum that results in your supporting extremist fruit-fringe parties that the majority -- who are MODERATE -- will never support.
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  6883. Trump has all along been a transparently obvious third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. His MAGA "base" consists essentially of fans of his fake-reality TeeVee show "The Apprentice" -- which would have been more realistically titled "The Amateur".
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  6884. It's the Republican tradition: the Politics of Smear and Fear.
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  6885. With FOX propaganda as state media.
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  6886. If they have the inventory, which was given them after the search, then they have the warrant, which was given them before the search. If you can't comprehend that basic sequence then that explains why you'd believe a Trump lawyer.
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  6887.  @sugarman4354  Gad, the stupid with you people. The WARRANT was necessary to execute the search. That was provided UP FRONT, AT THE BEGINNING. AFTER that the search was conducted. DURING the search the inventory was compiled. AFTER the search they were given copy of the inventory. NONE of that is rocket science.
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  6888. "God" is a no-show, else the Hell would not exist.
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  6889. "Polices": tax cuts for those who don't need them, attacking allies and sucking up to dictators.
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  6890. "Thoughts and prayers" = Let's DO nothing, The Second Amendment is IRRELEVANT to "individual" ANYTHING. And the Constitution SEPARATES "religion" from gov't.
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  6891. Yes: presiding over a holocaust larger than that by his hero Andrew Jackson.
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  6892. The New York court security compiled a lengthy timeline of Trump's incitements and the violent responses from his supporters. Words have consequences, and Trump knows it.
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  6893. You insult legitimate primates.
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  6894. Don Corleone was a Mobster.. Donald Trump is a Nodster. But they have in common that they are public fictions.
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  6895. The Washington, D.C. National Guard is under the US Army, because unlike all the states D.C. has no governor, who is in the states the commander-in-chief. And the Army is under the Sec. of Defense, who is under the president as Commander-in-Chief. The Republicans who blame Pelosi for the lack of security know they are lying on that point, but they rely on the ignorance of the chain of command among their base to be believed. And others who knew him have also said he's said things, then later denied he'd said them. If there was "embellishment" of the facts, then that was by Oronato.
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  6896. And I like that the defense is going to make an issue in the jurors' minds of that the defense doesn't want the jury to know: that Trump had sex with Stormy Daniels.
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  6897. He is too much of the unregulated -- "regulation" is LAW -- capitalism that, as promoted by "conservatives" Reagan-Thatcher, and implemented in Russia, resulted in the thieves becoming oligarchs. Capitalism for the extremely selfish "individualism" of the wealthy "I've got mine -- and now I'm coming for yours."
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  6898. "Newsmax" and their ilk are not "conservative". They are fruit-fringe crackpottery.
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  6899. Nope: it is all about CONTROL, backed by ARMED THREAT.
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  6900.  @ethancale471  The AR was designed for COMBAT in VIETNAM -- which I guess wan't a "war" because the gov't chose to call it instead a "police action". Yes: the AR is a weapon of war, and was DESIGNED to be a weapon of war. It is an ASSAULT weapon -- which is the OPPOSITE of "self-defense". What the current Army -- the military generally uses today is IRRELEVANT to the fact that the AR was SPECIFCIALLY DESIGNED TO BE USED IN WARFARE.
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  6901.  @jessestreet2549  A "hippie" who isn't about "peace and love"? Then you aren't a "HIPPY".
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  6902.  @jessestreet2549  And when you engage in "defense" against these Republicans they claim it is a THREAT -- INSURRECTION is the word they ACTUALLY used -- and, as the majority, use the power of the state against you, as we saw done. So your concern with being "clever" is an ego-game you are playing on yourself. The ONLY defense is radical pacifism -- which doesn't always work -- WITH PLENTY OF MEDIA COVERAGE so outsiders see for themselves the reality.
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  6903.  @jessestreet2549  If you had any knowledge at all of the civil rights movement of the 1950-60s you'd know that "defending" "invites" offensive violence -- unless the "defending" is entirely nonviolent. And that isn't always a guarantee. California Governor Reagan was opposed to gun control -- until the Black Panthers armed themselves with GUNS in order to "DEFEND" themselves. Then Reagan couldn't sign gun control legislation fast enough. The Constitution is against you: in Art, I., S. 8., C. 15.; in Art. IV., S. 4. In the First Amendment, which protects PEACEABLE assembly. Because VIOLENT assembly is PROHIBITED. As was learned from the 1950s-1960s civil rights movement, "Defending" "invites" OFFENSIVE violence. And absolute nonviolent resistance is not always a guarantee of a civil response. Those who have the power will use it to retain power. The first thing one does is NOT make oneself a target for violence by ONE'S OWN actions. CLUE: there is no "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't, gov't being by definition rule of law. See the cited Art. I., S. 8., C. 15.
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  6904. Trump's lawsuits are 0 of 16.
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  6905. According to Trump, REALITY itself is a "hoax".
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  6906. The court will unseal the warrant.
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  6907. Nodfather Snoreleone Trump was actually awake long enough to fire Habba?
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  6908. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s successfully changed their being called "negro" to "Black" in 1968.
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  6909. Including the baseless ATTACKS on BIDEN!?
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  6910.  @kevincousino2276  On the lower right of your screen is a "CC". Click on that.
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  6911. Guiliani is a decades-long friend and co-corrupt with Trump. More police and firemen died on 9/11 because they had been provided walkie-talkies that couldn't communicate with each other as result of a corrupt deal made by Giuliani and Bernie Kerick. In addition, despite the warnings of anti-terrorism experts, he insisted that the New York City Police Command Center be put in one of the two towers. So he was running around the streets that day -- in search of cameras -- because he had no Command Center in which to command. The media invented fake news to portray him as a hero" and "Ameria's Mayor". None of that was true. And who was Bernie Kerick? He was Giuliani's chauffer for years; then Rudy appointed him New York City Police Commissioner -- apparently based on his driving skills. Kerick subsequently served prison time for corruption. Kerick is also a Trumper.
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  6912. They don't have IDs and permits because they reject the rule of law requiring those.
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  6913. Gym Jordan needs to resign or be expelled.
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  6914. It's called "self-fulfilling prophecy". Salt the public with editorializing, speculation, hypotheticals in the guise of factual news, and some of the public will mistake the editorializing, etc., as factual news. It is about media literacy -- and media illiteracy promulgated by the media. And much so-called "independent" media does the same thing.
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  6915. Baker worked with Democratic governor Cuomo to bring the virus under control.
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  6916. We want worthwhile ideas, not bullshit as "ideas".
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  6917.  @jenjosh  it is true. There are right-wing extremists in Massachusetts; and others have been known to travel to Massachusetts from other states -- one being New Hampshire -- in order to make public issue of their anti-Americanism. Several years ago they made a big deal of protesting on the "Boston Common" -- the counter-protester's march to the "Common" was miles long. They protested more recently at a children's hospital. They are typically racists, anti-Semites, and Neo-Nazis -- stupid people who hate education because it imparts FACTS, which is the thing they most hate and reject. So yes, it is true, which anyone who follows the issue knows.
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  6918. The "highlights" are all lowlights.
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  6919.  @npcdd1652  I wonder hwo close to all that Trump the Developer was.
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  6920. Why didn't Bryan use his phone to call the police?
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  6921. Yeah: your "God" is going to "help" clean up a mess that your "God" failed to prevent.
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  6922. Congresswoman being picketed? Freedom of assembly and speech. They got the idea from MAGA, but don't bring along the guns and threats.
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  6923. Why did you not INFORM yourself before ENLISTING and thus KNOWN that Bushit was LYING? I'm fed up with veterans blaming their own failures on others. It is YOUR responsibility to inform yourself -- a responsibility that can['t be shifted onto others. I knew US involvement in Vietnam was a LIE -- I actually READ BOOKS that weren't assigned -- before I graduated high school. And I spoke out about it -- and was called all the dirty names by my peers, who ALSO refused to inform themselves. Few of to this day an admit their own irresponsibility, their own error, their own conformist complicity in the lie. And it appears your generation is doing the same: believing the hype, enlisting, discovering too late that you were lied to -- the evidence was readily available in such as the "NY Times" -- and then looking for somebody else to blame. As for the airhead twit: leadership means making DECISIONS -- and now you hammer Biden as lacking leadership because, with smug 20-20- hindsight, you disapprove of his DECISION. Research Eleanor Roosevelt: THERE you'll learn what a PROGRESSIVE is -- and that you are NOT that. Progressives are pragmatic, as result of which we have such as Social Security; had that been up to you immature purists, we wouldn't have it. BTW: Will you be reporting the FACT that finally, after (more than) 120 years of effort, the House passed an anti-lynching law? Or is it more important to attack Biden -- and thus avoid focusing on Trump, which is the WHOLE issue -- than it is to be aware of that history?
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  6924. The "strategy" that Sanders needs to win is to STOP attacking the DEMOCRtIC PARTY/VOTERS he would NEED to win. He clearly learned nothing during the 1960s, when the "New Left" TWICE elected NIXON as result of being loud, public, VIOLENT ASSHOLES.
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  6925. So, the town received the 2018 report on the issues in the building, and there was no follow-up. Welcome to Florid-DUH, Gunshine State, a hotbed of Republican deregulation, and the home of party-hearty Matt Gaetz. And of Marco "What Am I to Believe Today?" Rubio, and master of Medicaid/Medicare fraud Rick Scott.
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  6926. Invocation of "Providence" is totalitarian.
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  6927. Trump is the fraud.
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  6928. So far.
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  6929. "They say . . ." -- Trump. Who are "they"?
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  6930.  @mikelayton3810  I think it's the voices in his head. I don't think he's a sociopath -- he does know right from wrong. But he is a criminal.
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  6931. Trump has all along been a witch.
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  6932.  @DrownedInExile  I count five at the moment.
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  6933. Did she advise Trump to betray the Syrian Kurds?
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  6934.  @russellgrosser-7677  RFK, Jr. is mentally unwell. And he is an anti-vaxxer like Trump and his supporters. But Trump is deep into reuns -- which supporters have heard all he has to offer so are looking for different entertainment.
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  6935. Right: so lets INCREASE the number of ways people can die horrible deaths -- that should "cure" the problem. But "God" forbid there be REGULATION!
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  6936.  @ginapereira8948  What are you talking about? The far-right subliterate freaks HATE Fauci based on Trump's BULLSHIT attacks on him. What does he have to do with "orphans in N.Y."!?
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  6937. "Pro-life": Force rape and incest victims to give birth/off convicts as efficiently and swiftly as can be done.
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  6938. "Bible" salesman Trump is an adulterer.
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  6939. Well, yeah -- why should he pay the guy for LOSING the case by having substituted Trump's self-destructive strategy for sound LEGAL reasoning?
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  6940.  @SEEshadow  He's whining because he LOST. And he LOST because (1) there was no defense available, and (2) he let his client tell him how to "argue" the case. Trump is self-destructive -- he "knows" better than any actual lawyer, demands that they present his defenses as HE demands, and when they do he LOSES. And he REFUSES TO LEARN from the losses.
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  6941. "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. The invocation of "common sense" is a phony effort to aggrandize one's individual view by implying that it has broad support from people who can't be proven to exist. And, of course, those who can't be proven to exist just happen to agree 100 per cent with the view of the individual who is invoking "common sense". Stop promoting delusions of grandeur.
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  6942.  @jodydavis1149  If you don't know where the allegedly "over 85,000 missing children" are, then you don't know that they ever existed. And that is typical of MAGA: make up shit without regard for EVIDENCE for the made-up shit. But let's not talk about the DOCUMENTED separation of infants and toddlers from their parents by the Trump criminal enterprise and terrorist organization.
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  6943. It isn't limited to ethics: the 14th Amendment cites ENGAGING IN insurrection. Alito didn't have to be attacking the Capital to engage in aiding and abetting the insurrection. Several of those convicted of sedition were outside the Capital during the attack. And they had weapons arsenals at the ready.
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  6944. The oil industry is SITTING ON oil drilling permits. He's a "Christian," therefore above the Commandment "Thou shalt not lie." But is he lying? Or just stupid? The last thing I expect from violent football players is REASON.
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  6945. My views are colored by the fact that I know how tariffs actually work. At minimum they cause inflation.
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  6946. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY, then refused to RETURN the STOLEN PROPERTY. And THEN LIED that he'd returned it all.
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  6947. "Rising of the Moorons". If one rejects the rule of law, then one is anti-gov't, because gov't IS the rule of law.
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  6948. He consistently LOSES in court because he is always and only POLITICS -- NOT LAW. And the "scholars" he quotes are NOT the scholars who are prosecuting him, and who have EVIDENCE that Trump's "scholars" do not have.
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  6949. Life is not only about feeling. But it is a means by which people avoid thought and facts -- and law. Nor are others responsible for your feelings.
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  6950. Define "Woke". Oh, you can't, because you aren't "woke". The Founders established a self-governing democracy based upon ENLIGHTMENT philosophy -- they were WOKE.
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  6951. So Bannon is continuing to incite insurrection.
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  6952. Methamphetamine -- "Crystal Meth" -- was on the streets during the late 1960s.
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  6953.  @nityanandapillai8524  US law that has existed for at least 100 years. Let's be clear based on the FACTS of HISTORY: 1. Hitler came to power when he explained to the German aristocracy and industrialists that the alternative to him was the COMMUNISTS. 2. Before he went after the Jews, Hitler targeted for extermination -- A. Communists -- which are far-LEFT politically. B. Socialists -- which are Left of Liberal but to the Right of Communists. Because, the name of his political party notwithstanding, Hitler was not a socialist. He was a FASCIST, which is far-RIGHT. 3. Trade unionists/union organizers. Because organized wealth and dictators want the masses to be DISORGANIZED. 4. Hitler ALSO -- OBVIOUSLY -- hated LIBERALS, who are to the Right of Socialists. Liberals are the MODERATE CENTER. The Western democracies were founded on the ENLIGHTENMENT -- "woke" -- philosophers; LIBERALISM. The United States, specifically, was established during a time when all the gov'ts were "divine right monarchies and dictatorship. But it was established as a SELF-GOVERNED DEMOCRACY, in which "We the people" -- the ELECTORATE, through ELECTED representatives -- is the gov't. By ANY measure that is PROGRESSIVE. And the US Constitution also incorporates the means to AMEND the Constitution in order to accommodate changes in political and legal reality -- which is also PROGRESSIVE. What that means is that the purpose of the US gov't is to serve -- meet the needs of -- "We the people," as determined by "We the people" through elected representation. "We the people" pays its own way for the entirety of that through TAXATION.
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  6954.  @ritagreene8376  Gad -- I'd never admit that!
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  6955. There is no right, in or outside court, to incite violence, directly or indirectly, against anyone anywhere at any time.
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  6956.  @sergeant_salty  You don't need proof when it comes to smearing Democrats. Why should you need proof in any other instance?
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  6957. Actually it responds to one's searches on youtube by providing videos on the same topic. Search on "kittens" and you'll be fed videos about kittens.
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  6958.  @kristenbernier7930  That's exactly what the Republican laws are doing: PREVENTING voters from exercising their right to vote. As AG Garland said, VOTING is THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. Watch the video again - and LISTEN to what is said.
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  6959. Do you KNOW the song, and from what it arose?
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  6960. So Musk is going to sue Twitter employees for exercising their right of free speech. Twitter is all about freedom of speech -- except for its employees.
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  6961. They humiliate TRUMP. Milley won the day -- both in stopping the coup, and protecting the country from Trump, and also in last word. The more Trump moves his mouth, the more he PUBLICLY proves his degeneracy.
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  6962.  @Dingleberry777  Do you understand the actual facts? The Sec. of Defense officially maintains relationships with his equivalents in other nations. It is intended that such relationships are to PREVENT crises and wars. There is no "conspiracy" to any of it.
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  6963. Girls screamed over Sinatra. Girls screamed over Elvis Presley. Girls screamed over "The Beatles". People who make up fake conspiracies mneed to get a life.
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  6964. None of it is true. Trump is a constant racist liar.
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  6965. The subject of the Second Amendment is well-regulated Militia, which i NECESSARY; "the right of the people," etc. IS the well-regulated Militia. And the well-regulated Militia is an arm OF gov't, it's purposes include LAW ENFORCEMENT and SUPPRESSION of insurrections.
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  6966. I only have "religion" when I want a day off.
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  6967. Many conspiracy "theories" are made-up like "fan iction" by illiterates, for illiterates.
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  6968. She finally realized that Trump had abused her trust.
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  6969. Prince of Piety Pence is so transparently phony. He did a record job as Indiana governor dealing with HIV/AIDs.
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  6970. Rudy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth?
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  6971. Rehnquist was a disaster.
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  6972. But he doesn't say they are false.
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  6973. You obviously don't know the difference between opinion and evidence. Which is typical of illiterate Trump supporters: they make a bald-based assertion, without a shred of EVIDENCE, but believe that the bald-face assertion is by itself "proof" of the bald-faced assertion. What you don't "get" is that EVERYTHING the Committee states is BACKED BY EVIDENCE -- SOME of which they showed you RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. Will you CONTINUE to defend your ignorance when the Committee reveals the names of all the REPUBLICANS in Congress who asked Trump for PARDONS? The Committee would NOT be making that allegation if they DIDN'T have EVIDENCE for it. All the allegations of "irregularities" in the election were FALSE; the ISSUE is that those who BELIEVE those LIES are ignorant of HOW ELECTIONS WORK. As example, a Trump and his fellow LYING CO-CONSPIRATORS presented it, mail-in ballots were a new thing. IN FACT, REPUBLICANS have been touring and using mail-in ballots for OVER 50 years.
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  6974. How long until Rubio resigns when he learns he can't persuade Trump.
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  6975. The POLICE did not kill the killer. That was done by the FEDS.
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  6976. Nixon used the CIA to block the FBI from investigating the "Watergate" burglary, and hush money payments. So Nixon engaged in official acts in ways that were criminal. The US Supreme Court is looking for way to protect Trump from the consequences of his criminality because he is carrying water for their extremist "conservative" agenda.
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  6977. It's a war crime to attack civilians. Israel does that as a routine. Right-wing extremist Netanyahu has never been about RESTRAINT. And you need to pay attention when there aren't these flareups -- Netanyahu and his wife are both under criminal investigation for corruption, and recently tried to force a change on the courts that would prevent that investigation. That resulted in the largest Israeli protests against him in Israeli history. When he gets desperate he creates distractions. Security experts are calling this a massive failure in Israeli intelligence. Is that failure an accident?
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  6978. The Republican Part has long been the Party of Big Business.
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  6979.  @Rosy81252  Paying rent doesn't pollute. Buying gas for motor vehicle does pollute.
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  6980.  @Rosy81252  Kepp polluting by burning gasoline.
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  6981.  @Rosy81252  Yes, I'm human. And I've never had a driver's license so have never had a motor vehicle.
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  6982.  @Rosy81252  75. Never learned to drive because never cared to own a car.
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  6983.  @Rosy81252  Motor vehicles aren't the only form of transportation.
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  6984.  @Rosy81252  Bicycle. No license, no registration, no insurance, NO GAS. Good for both health and the environment.
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  6985.  @surgtek2006  Projection is not comprehension. Curb your baseless paranoia.
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  6986.  @emh8861  "Project 2025" destroys much of the Constitution -- beginning with the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't in order to impose a state religiobigotry on everyone. As Trump put it, "If you don't like our religion you can leave the country." -- even though he has never had any "religious" conviction.
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  6987.  @thebossy1  They are also suppressing words that relate to rights that they want to destroy.
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  6988. Graham has gone full racist.
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  6989. What they forget is that their state governor is the commander-in-chief, and chief law enforcement, and between the governor and down to and including the sheriffs is a law enforcement command structure.
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  6990. TX Gov. Abbott eliminated background checks so criminals can buy guns legally.
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  6991. Note that Trump owned the label "garbage" by getting into the garbage truck. But also note that he wasn't in the driver's seat. That seat is reserved for Putin.
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  6992.  @funnybunny2515  Troll.
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  6993.  @bryantf8105  Troll.
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  6994. McCarthy is engaging in obstruction of justice.
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  6995.  @M167A1  Soe you wallow in politics and hate Democrats based on not a shred of evidence. In contrast: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. They are also to be about religionutism. Texas Governor Abbot eliminated background checks, so criminals in Texas can now but guns legally in Texas. That is to justify yet more non-criminals having guns. It's about legalizing shoot-outs in the streets. It's about arming insurrectionists, who've been talking about overthrowing the gov't for decades because of the hate spewed against anyone not an extremist right-wing FASCIST.
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  6996.  @M167A1  The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  6997. The neighbors are innocent, but the mob couldn't care less about their rights not to be put through the "protests". Ironic, as they are protesting Laundrie's alleged imposition of his will on Gabby Petito by imposing their will on the innocent neighbors.
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  6998. Nope: Biden accepted the Supreme Court decision, then looked for a different way to do the same thing is how law works.
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  6999. They have all been identified from the videos THEY MADE.
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  7000. As we're seeing with the Petito case, there are a lot of people who don't have lives worth living, so they go overboard, even into other peoples' private business.
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  7001.  @djp6140  You haven't read my comments if you believe I support Trump. Though many were accused of it, and no one asked me, I was "out to get" Nixon. The 2000 election was stolen by Scalia and a right-wing Supreme Court by unconstitutionally usurping the exclusive authority of CONGRSS to resolve election disputes: see the 12th Amendment. Trump is a career criminal. Until running for election he kept it behind closed doors, locked with Non-Disclosure Agreements. His mistake was going public with his criminal enterprise. And the "radicalization" of the Republican Party is simply an expansion of his criminal enterprise.
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  7002.  @jnmwtkns  Joe Manchin is from West Virginia. But you wouldn't know that as a Russian troll.
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  7003. Trump is NOT "the president". And he so besmirched the office that he should not be "comforted" by being characterized as even "FORMER president". He is an ordinary citizen; stop playing into his ego games: he is not what he claims to be.
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  7004. Trump can't handle being talked back to.
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  7005. It's already been reported that the traffic stops were arranged through the FBI in order to get views of Kohberger's hands.
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  7006.  @CDDT  It is a threat, because every time Trump does this, the people he is THREATENING receive death threats from his MAGA DUPES. There is no right to incite death threats and violence, either directly or indirectly -- but that is exactly what Trump is doing. And the EVIDENCE that they are threats is in the FACT of the death threats and violence. None of that is rocket science, or new in law. Gag orders to protect others from threats and violence are nothing new. The only way to deny it is to LIE. The issue isn't "freedom of speech"; it is the incitement of illegal ACTIONS. Wake up: Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. You are defending a CRIMINAL who is engaged in CRIMINAL CONDUCT. It is ILLEGAL to threaten public officials.
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  7007.  @CDDT  There is no right to incite death threats or violence. We are talking present tense: Trump smears a person, his duped supporters issue death threats against that person. Everyone knows that -- especially Trump, which is why he does it. You're either exceedingly stupid, or you're a knowing liar.
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  7008.  @Cp3786  Trump faces 91 FELONIES based on ACTUAL EVIDENCE. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7009. White male and registered Republican.
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  7010. And how would you consolidate 50 different state votes into one national vote? January 6th is an example of "direct democracy". That's what you and those who want to eliminate the Electoral College, with no thought to the consequences, ignore.
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  7011.  @willybones3890  That would disrupt continuity and stability in the law.
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  7012.  @caeruleusvm7621  None of that answers my question. The FACT is that January 6th is an example of "direct democracy" -- which is what you are proposing. The Founders didn't reject democracy -- they institutionalized it as elections and the House of Representatives. But they well knew the dangers and weren't stupid enough to leave it unregulated. Name a few countries that had electoral colleges, and abolished them. I'll wait.
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  7013.  @DissectGibberish  I have an education in law and constitutions are my focus. And it reflects on YOU that you make a baldfaced assertion with nothing to back it up. There are right-wingers who insist that the Founders rejected democracy. The fact is that they didn't trust it. During elections John Hancock was a wealthy "populist" who was all about democracy. Between elections he called democracy "mob rule". So the Founders institutionalized democracy within the Constitutional system -- the Constitution being LAW -- as the House of Representatives; see the raw democracy with such as Boebert and "Moscow Marge". They are willing to abuse power by abusing freedom of speech in their attack on democracy, and are able to do so because the raw democracy that is the substance of the House allows it. But it is contained within Constitutional limits, and the Senate tempers it. George Washington characterized the House as the "cup of hot tea" and the Senate as the "saucer" in which one pours the tea to cool it. What the Founders did concerning democracy was to enact LAWS to CHECK its excesses. The Electoral College is one of those checks. AS SAID: the January 6th insurrection was direct democracy; it was also "mob rule" and also insurrection. I have repeatedly, over the years that individuals have been popping off about abolishing the Electoral College asked them what they would put in its place. They never respond because they have no idea what they are talking about. Now if you have something to BACK UP your uninformed comment, present it. Otherwise, explain to us what you'd replace the Electoral College with in order to prevent direct democracy by a large minority of morons from entirely destroying the rule of law. Or are you one of the fools who actually trusts Trump and his insurrectionists know anything whatsoever about "No one is above the law"? And that law regulates and LIMITS actions that threat public health and safety -- and the rule of law?
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  7014.  @AwkwardPain  I'm still seeking some reasoned explanation based on the Constitution and its system of CHECKS AND BALANCES that would take the place of the Electoral College -- which is a CHECK against excess -- LAWLESS -- democracy from those who pop off about "abolishing the Electoral College" but can't offer anything that would replace it except, apparently, a wide open non-system that would allow a large minority of morons to overrun the rule of law. Eliminating the Electoral College, and putting nothing in its place, would make matters WORSE.
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  7015.  @lovesalaska1329  So it doesn't matter if the candidate is a criminal promising fascism?
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  7016.  @AwkwardPain  What RESEARCH have you done on WHY the Founders established the Electoral College, AND their reasoning? You've done NONE. You don't know, You're just another law-illiterate who jumped on the "easy solution" bandwagon. Adult legal reality, in dealing with actual reality is complex. See the Founder's response to "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections -- those were PROHIBITED "direct democracy". "What you are asking for is a giant report. Something that you don't write in a youtube comment section." I frequently post lengthy substantive comments that not only state a premise but also present the law addressing the premise -- so your cop-out -- your inability -- to present any sort of factual "argument" for your position is exactly my point: you don't know why there is an Electoral College; and you have no idea the consequences of abolishing it. "There have been papers written about this, and the USA is the ONLY democracy to use one." Really? Then why do you not cite to any? Why do YOU not take the responsibility to back up YOUR afactual comment with SUBSTANCE? "So unless you feel every other country is lacking democracy, you should start there and see what you find." I said nothing of the find. But you are apparently unaware that not all democracies are the same. A readily-observable difference is the reality in the Scandinavian countries: monarchy -- which the US does not have, democratically-elected parliament, and socialist economies -- which the US does not have. And yet none of them is a tyranny; and they don't have the lunatic beliefs that "freedom" means "freedom from rule of law," an overwhelming amount of guns, and the false belief that there is a "right of the people" to destroy the Constitution -- the rule of law. In short: not all democracies are the same. I have an education in law, and constitutions -- including world (see above re. Scandinavian countries for an example) -- have been my focus for more than 30 years. Now, either put up your understanding, based on actually doing the research, of WHY the Founders established the Electoral College -- not, it was not "racism" -- as part of the hierarchy of law with a single supreme Federal gov't -- UNION of the disparate now-50 states; and why the Electoral College can be dispensed with without consequences, without repercussions. Either that, or sit down and STFU with your law-illiterate PROPAGANDA against that about which you have no interest in informing yourself. We are in an era where there are broad ongoing dangerous attacks on checks and balances -- see January 6th as a vivid example; listen to Trump's intents -- and you want to eliminate a central CHECK AGAINST those attacks. Stupidity is your profession. We don't give ground to criminality. Yes: youtube is also a place where substantive comments can be posted. But those who know nothing are limited to agglutinations of one-liners, none of which have any basis in reason or established legal history and law.
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  7017.  @martinconnelly1473  I'll ask AGAIN: WHY have you NOT DONE THE RESEARCH on WHY the Founders established the Electoral College? -- and no, it was not to "control the slaves". Is that perhaps because you have no _foundation in law_, don't know either where to find that information, and don't know anything of the historical context? Analogously: where are the origins for the separation of "religion" and gov't? AND: "You tell me it's the Constitution/Well, we'd all love to see the PLAN." -- "Revolution," "The Beatles" (John Lennon). "Ninety-nice per cent of the information on the Internet is garbage." -- Abraham Lincoln. You are not qualified in law, and yet you are attacking a Constitutional fundamental -- along with the far-right fascists. And just within the last two days I heard on of you young people -- who have no idea -- complain that the Constitution is "too hard to change". "Too hard" ALSO for those who want to repeal all the Amendments except the first 10. You are so focused on your own shit, your own fantasy, that you are oblivious of the alternative views of others who want to UNDO -- DESTROY -- the Constitution. Did you MISS what January 6th was about!? When Trump, as example, is given "breaks" in court that no one else would get, that is the law BACKING DOWN to his attacks on it. And YOU TOO attack a Constitutional fundamental. Tell us who is benefitted by attacks on the rule of law by the LAW-ILLITERATE!
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  7018. Name-calling is fun -- but not moral.
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  7019. Abbott eliminated background checks in Texas. Now criminals can legally buy guns.
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  7020.  @todadams6533  AGAIN, ignoramus: where is your EVIDENCE? In the United States we don't smear others as "criminals" based on NOTHING but baseless hate from suckers who actually believe that Trump, BORN INTO WEALTH, knows the meaning of "the common man". He is notorious for not paying his bills -- whether owed to "common man" contractors or even his own lawyers. No amount of your shoveling of smoke with a pitchfork in the wind will succeed in bullshitting the majority into ignoring what Trump has been PROVEN to be -- CONVICTED FELON, CRIMINAL -- using HARD EVIDENCE signed BY TRUMP, as generated by and obtained from the Trump criminal enterprise.
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  7021.  @edwardl.990  Let's look at the 6 "Federalist Society" religioEXTREMISTS view on the right of privacy, which underlies "_Griswold_ and Roe and a series of other cases: They DENY there is a right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" do not appear in the Constitution. Examine YOUR situation: what rights of privacy are you willing to lose in order to impose your malign view on everyone else? Other words that do not appear in the Constitution: "Originalism". "Textualism". "Individual right to own guns". "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US constitution. He also said: "A system of LAWS, and not of men."
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  7022.  @edwardl.990  I'm talking about the 6 "Federalist Society" religioFREAKS on the Supreme Court who DENY there is a right of privacy because those words don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to own guns".
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  7023.  @edwardl.990  I explained it: The 6 "Federalist Society" religioFREAKS on the Supreme Court DENY that there is a right of privacy -- on which "Griswold" and "Roe" are based -- because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. In contrast, they are pro-gun-nut -- even though "Christians" are commanded to "turn the other cheek" -- even though these words ALSO don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to own guns". I'm not the issue, but the Founders were LIBERALS who founded a liberal -- pluralistic -- democracy. And AGAIN: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. In contrast, you ignore "Justice and the Rule of Law" in order to wallow in POLITICS. Perhaps that's why you don't comprehend LAW when it is put in your face. Here's another opportunity to get used to the idea that, as "Conservative" Judge Luttig said that "the most foundational truth is RULE OF LAW". ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7024. It's also reported that COVID causes cognitive deficits. And Trump within the week stated that he fired Comey in order to derail the Russia investigation -- which is obstruction of justice.
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  7025. If Geraldo had a conscience he wouldn't be on FOX.
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  7026. The CHOICE is between democracy and tyranny. And Biden has a VP.
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  7027. Trump doesn't need to be subpoenaed to testify: his testimony is already on tape.
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  7028.  @susigriinke1242  He may not yet know what the right of privacy is -- his focus is on destroying others' rights, not considering that the same deprivation of rights he wants for others also applies to him. Worse, and typically, his sort of fool fantasize that they are exempt from the rule of law, and that that means they have greater "freedom". The problem with that self-abnegation is that the rule of law he rejects secures the rights he claims. No one can have it both ways -- reject the rule of law AND enjoy the protections of the law.
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  7029. Garland is NOT a Republican. And you are an ignorant asshole for that assertion.
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  7030.  @Uncommonlycommoncommoner  Was she responding to Republican't assassination threats, defended as "freedom of speech," with one to which they would object -- which she then defended as "freedom of speech," in effort to teach them a lesson? As in: What goes around comes around.
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  7031.  @Uncommonlycommoncommoner  "Huh?" to what? Garland is not a Republican. Glenn Kirshner often crosses the line into pandering to his "audience". In his audience are individuals who care about the rule of law as much as do Trumpers and Republican'ts -- which is not at all. They attack Garland -- in this instance smear him as being a "Republican" -- because he serves the rule of law, not the "To HELL with the rule of law!" nitwits who can't transcend their politics: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7032.  @Uncommonlycommoncommoner  Only if you believe he actually did them. I recall four years of his promise to pass an infrastructure bill, but he was all talk and no action. He also said he'd replace the Affordable Care Act/"ObamaCare" with a bigger, better, and cheaper health care bill but never did. All that happened was that he and the Republican'ts promised to "repeal and replace" but only attempted to repeal, because they had no replacement because they had no intention of replacing it. Trump is a third-generation NEW YORK con-man and career criminal. He didn't do anything from which he couldn't personally profit financially. Instead of searching for something Trump actually did -- the tax cut for those who didn't need it -- inform yourself by watching the January 6th Committee hearings: ALL the witnesses were PRO-TRUMP REPUBLICANS from the White House, the DOJ, and his campaign. And how about the January 6th insurrection of which he was the architect and leader? The Founders charged, tried, and convicted insurrectionists with and of TREASON, and sentenced them to DEATH.
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  7033.  @Uncommonlycommoncommoner  Perhaps you should re-read what I wrote until you understand it. Or you could indicate what in which comment you don't understand.
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  7034. EVERYONE is affected by legislation. "A vote for me is a vote for ME!"
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  7035. Oh, that was the inauguration of G. DUI Bushit and Dick "Dick" Cheney, who would go to war based on lies, the skids for which greased by Colin Powell. Colin Powell was the first to "investigate," and cover up, the My Lai Massacre. And yet they all had their heads bowed as if all that meant something more than public fakery. Compare all that self-congratulation with the pastor who kept it simple and spoke directly to Trump's face, and by that means exposed him as the public fraud and liar of a "Christian". She kept it simple. No egocentric performance.
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  7036. It isn't 3, it's 4. You forgot to count "Moscow Marge's" fan-boy Putin.
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  7037. Ventilators are mae of many parts, some of which are produced overseas. Perhaps 3D printers will save us.
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  7038. The mania for "independent" news, and the bashing o the mainstream media, totally ignores ethical standards. And that includes the Left, which prefers constant politicization -- "opinion" and "infotainment" -- to objective factual reportage. "MAGA" is the same thing.
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  7039. That's not how it works. The all-or-nothing catastrophizing solves nothing.
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  7040. Perhaps you should READ THE DECISON for how your question is answered. Instead of jumping to irrelevant conclusions.
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  7041.  @lionheartmerrill1069  No. Standard-issue gun-nuts. Trumpeters for whom the Second Amendment LIE is their "religion".
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  7042. Only by sharing in her proper the embarrassment can one be embarrassed. Boebert, Trump -- both are embarrassing; I am not them so am not embarrassed by THEIR behaviors.
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  7043. And they make no sense because they are engaged in the attack on facts, truth, and reason. It's all nihilism.
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  7044. It's true that a lie is a lie, and that the lie isn't truth.
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  7045. "Certain classes of people" -- Seder is projecting. Yes, moron: VIDEOS of Sanders PRAISING Communist/Socialist Cuba, and of his praising the Communist/Socialist Sandinistas WILL RESONATE WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. Sanders: stop the self-indulgent ego-tripping: your read of history is self-serving crap. You don't know the 1960s; you don't know the 1950s; those who grew up during the eras -- Matthews, myself, DO know them. But let's ONLY preach to the choir -- maintain that fantasy contact high. Let's NOT talk to those who hold different views -- that runs the risk of LEARNING. And no, Seder, that was not the issue with Castro. And after Castro eliminated the problem -- the "elites" -- he became a dictator. No, Seder, it is not nuts: the far-RIGHT under Trump is favor its own criminals, and promising to prosecute its political opponents. The only difference between that authoritarianism and far-Left totalitarianism are the spellings. The majority is against Sanders, Seder. I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, you did not: they were assholes, not to be role models. Yeah -- no recollection, and knowledge of history, no awareness of the necessity to KNOW HISTORY, as legitimate alternative to pot-fueled ideological claptrap fantasies.
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  7046. The friends should vote for the other more progressive candidate. Except that the alternatives are retrogressive Trump and JFK, Jr. Or third-party candidates who haven't a chance. It's actually simple: any vote for anyone other than Biden is a vote for Trump.
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  7047. Jones has no defense, and his lawyer is doing the best he can to pretend he does.
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  7048.  @JayTX.  You aren't the only person affected by the services, and therefore not the only person affected by your refusal to accept and act in accordance with the RESPONSIBILITIES of citizenship. Your bogus "argument" has been litigated to death and as ALWAYS LOST. So you don't want the potholes in the streets repaired; everyone else does, and they pay their taxes. And you get the repaired potholes FOR FREE. Or you don't want to pay taxes in support of, as example, the local fire department. So when your house catches fire the fire department doesn't show up and save it. So you lose that asset because you're a freeloading deadbeat. But let's ignore all that in favor of your whining against gov't because you're too stupid to have even the most basic understanding of "community" and "society" and how gov't is structured and functions, and that the first obligation of gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people," which costs MONEY therefore "We the people" PAY OUR OWN WAY through TAXATION, and to protect public health and safety. Gov't is by definition rule of law. When you bash gov't you bash the rule of law. That very rule of law secures and protects the RIGHTS you claim; but every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. Here's how the Founders put it in the 1784 New Hampshire constitution: "Part I--The Bill of Rights "Article I. . . . . "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". There is no "right" to commit crimes -- including non-payment of taxes.
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  7049.  @metoonunyabidness1391  To which "services" do you refer in effort to avoid the issue -- phone, utilities? Do you want us to believe that the gov't's responsibility to fund fire departments and law enforcement and repair potholes aren't services?
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  7050.  @metoonunyabidness1391  TAXES PAY FOR POTHOLE REPAIR! Gee, do you ever THINK!? -- perhaps the potholes aren't repaired because FREERIDING DEADBEATS DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES! Get it through your hallucinations: the FOUNDERS WERE NOT OPPOSED TO TAXATION. They not only KNEW that taxation was necessary to FUND the GOV'TS they founded, they ENACTED TAX LAWS. Idjit: how does ANY gov't fund fire departments, law enforcement, and MILITARY, WITHOUT MONEY!? And where does that MONEY come from!? It comes from TAXATION! Don't pay your taxes, get busted, prosecuted, and cough up the taxes owed, plus interest -- as Hunter Biden did -- or the gov't will seize sufficient of your assets to satisfy the judgment, or seize your ass and put it in jail. And of story. You're talking ignorant gibberish with has nothing to do with reality. It's all being drunk on whine and infuriating oneself with nonsense.
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  7051. "Privateer" is either too stupid or too selfish to realize that he is part of a community, a scoiety, and he benefits from that even though all he is a freeriding deadbeat taker.
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  7052.  @scarecrow_9895  "Privateer" doesn't like the word "equity" because he associates it with the word "'equality," and he is opposed to equality before the law for everyone.
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  7053.  @sherril.562  If she owed taxes she should have paid them. And if she owed them and didn't pay them, the gov't has every authority to collect the taxes in whatever way it can. I'm beyond fed up with you terminally stupid sociopaths who confuse selfishness for "freedom": the Founders were not anti-gov't -- gov't is by definition rule of law -- they FOUNDED gov'ts. But tell us, terminally stupid: where on earth is there a country that doesn't have taxation? Why is your fantasy not actually achievable anywhere?
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  7054. Laundrie isn't anywhere in Florida. Why do we know that? Because that is where the search for him is happening.
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  7055.  @footlefrix  Reagan's first debate was a disaster for Reagan. Obama's first debate was a disaster for Obama. Biden was overcoached, has a lifelong stutter, and has always been a gaff-machine. Trump constantly LIED. Biden was elected, and he has a vice-president.
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  7056. Jim Crow was enforced by LYNCHING. And that was mostly to prevent Blacks from VOTING.
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  7057.  @darksoulquis5643  It can't be proven there's ANY "God".
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  7058. Yet again no-show "God" didn't PREVENT murder.
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  7059.  @reality_design  Stop the paranoid nonsense. The "Bible" stories were reported/written by illiterates.
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  7060.  @ratscats9456  How about getting your head out of the self-satisfied fantasies and WORKING for gun control?
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  7061.  @bradr2142  "God" is a no-show. How about HUMANS get off their knees and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
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  7062.  @bradr2142  And haven't done anything to PREVENT the violence either -- for which fact you are responsible.
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  7063.  @ratscats9456  So let's give the criminals even more guns, then?
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  7064.  @deepaklevin  There are those who are offended by the truth.
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  7065.  @Di316-v6w  You aren't a real American, because real Americans comply with the entire Constitution, not only the parts of it they like. It is domestic terrorism as a matter of law, law-illiterate anti-American.
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  7066.  @darksoulquis5643  You and your "freind" would bushwack each other at the drop of a hat.
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  7067.  @theblade9024  Guns don't kill people; bullets kill people. And one fact is common to all guns: they shoot bullets. And they shoot bullets when persons pull the trigger. Persons with guns kill people with guns.
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  7068. Are the millions of oil workers exposed to toxic burn pits?
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  7069. Christ is said to have said, "Turn the other cheek."
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  7070. Pointing an UNLOADED gun at another is the CRIME of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon".
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  7071. if the church were taxed, it might not have the cash to go to the Supreme Court. There is NO individual or institutional "right" to endanger public health and safety. And dead parishoners = less cash.
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  7072. Medical episodes: MAGA attendees ODd on LSD and began yacking in tongues. The "heat" was in the form of a convergence of multiple subpoenas.
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  7073. Yeah -- let's blame Ukraine for Russia's illegal invasion.
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  7074. Taxation is the means by which "We the people" pay our own way. Republicans oppose taxes because they object to paying their own way. But they don't object to others paying the way for them -- a socialism they approve.
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  7075. Perhaps he would recuse himself from that decision -- within his authoring of the decision.
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  7076.  @JohnFreedman0  There have been alleged terrorists held in Guantanamo, without charges, since G. DUI Bushit. President Obama promised to shut down Guantanamo -- but was blocked by the Republicans. But as is typical of you sleazy right-wing illiterates, two wrongs make a right-winger. If someone points to one of your fake "strong man" heroes as being in the wrong, you manufacture a "wrong" to bash, as if that somehow justifies the original wrong. Logic isn't your forte. Neither is morality, in view of the fact that you are defending the original wrong.
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  7077. The "core values" he touts include racism. And he is supposed to be a psychologist yet doesn't comprehend the fact that psychosexual identity is not always congruent, in terms of "tradition," with anatomy.
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  7078.  @CantHandleThisCanYa  Right: "We" should become Fascist in order to defeat Fascism.
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  7079. A brother-in-law was killed by a hit-and-run in 1978, which was a shock. John inspired me to be a writer; his being murdered was devastating. It was a massive shock to the WORLD.
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  7080. Another issue is the three Gym Jordan "whistleblowers" who turned out to be paid by Trump to claim to be "whistleblowers". Perpetration of a fraud on the gov't.
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  7081.  @Mark1615-zi4er  We are in the UNITED STATES, not in the Middle East. In the UNITED STATES "religion" is separated from gov't BY THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. It is OBVIOUS that the Founders had you subjectivists -- who REJECT the rule of law exactly as do common criminals -- in mind when they characterized your attitude as TREASON. And learn how to READ: "Mark" was not Christ. And it was CHRIST who said to keep your fucking reason-rejecting "religious" subjectivism PRIVATE -- TO YOURSELF. And it is ARROGANTLY RUDE -- the OPPOSITE of Christ's preaching of HUMILITY -- to continue to shove your bullshit into the faces of others who DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.
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  7082. Walker actually said that Warnock is a reverend therefore NOT redeemed.
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  7083. Will Bannon be required to take a few showers during his prison gig?
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  7084. The poll numbers add up to 113 per cent of those polled. Apparently some who are watching are claiming their minds aren't changed. They are lying on that.
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  7085. Begin at the beginning: it is ILLEGAL to commit fraud with the application to a bank for a loan. Trump's fraud got him FAVORABLE -- LOWER -- interest rates, therefore the bank got LESS profit as result of Trump's bond. So stop pretending that there were "no victims". IN ADDITION, his TAX fraud ripped off all the other taxpayers who DIDN'T commit fraud -- they paid HIS bills because he never does. And no: banks do not have real estate assessors; they rely on the applications being LEGAL in their presentation of valuations. And all of that puts the bank in a bind: when they discover they've been defrauded, what do they do -- make public that they got scammed. and thereby lose the confidence and trust of other customers and potential customers?
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  7086. Abrams avoided the actual issue: Thomas's and his extremist cohorts ELIMINATING the right of privacy in order to overturn decisions which "offend" their crackpot "religion".
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  7087. Have you actually read the book? "Doublespeak" is acceptable to you so long as from Russia, China, Iran, and the extreme right-wing in the US? I wonder when, in defense of their "anti"-"cancel culture," the right-wing will ban "1984".
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  7088. Why is Trump not claiming to be a "Sovereign Citizen" -- after all he's all about rejecting the rule of law based on hogwash.
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  7089. He doesn't know that it's illegal to vote twice in the same election!? It's LOGICAL that it is ILLEGAL to do so. And he claims to base his UNEVIDENCED SPECULATION on "logic".
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  7090.  @garaf1246  "THE system is only for the powerful and rich that can afford it." And you think slavery established a vanished equality? And that having to own property in order to vote applied to the majority? The issue is law and principle, and holding fast and asserting that in real-time -- not interminable "'tis-tisn't" political name-calling.
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  7091.  @rogerbrownreacts8528  The only difference between the two parties: Democrats: Infrastructure bill. Republicans: talk. Democrats: expansion of health care. Republicans: talk. Democrats: supporting defense of democracy by an ally. Republicans: supporting illegal invasion of ally. Etc. It is not a "uniparty," politically ignorant jackass. It's your view that militates against "bothering" to vote, and therefore capitulates to the very powerful forces you ineffectually and fecklessly rail against from your fake "superiority" over crucial mundanities with which you are too pure to engage.
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  7092.  @Randy-jz9ox  For all his RICO boasting he never went after the Russian Mafia. Perhaps because Trump was the Russian Mafia's landlord.
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  7093.  @methylbenzodiazepine  Giuliani has never been a good man. And he has committed numerous flonies against the Constitution and rule of law.
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  7094. Exactly as you voted for Trump in order to "blow up" the system. And look at the consequences.
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  7095.  @sarahtelles1931  Roberts and the other "conservative" extremists in the Court are all from the "Federalist Society". They have bigger things in mind than only "Roe v. Wade". The ultimate goal of the "Federalist Society" is the repeal of the "New Deal" -- the center of which is Social Security.
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  7096. Yes.
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  7097. Check out the Rhose Island doctor who was deported for being a scientist, a Muslim, and a woman.
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  7098. The daughter's account was either abandoned or hacked. So -- surprise -- Trump is lying again.
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  7099. The peson in the video is projecting. He has you hoodwinked.
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  7100. I don't see anything funny in any of this. I especially don't see anything intelligent or funny in your rejection of the rule of law in the name of law; your call for vigilante "justice". THINK for a change: how would you view the situation if YOU were suspected -- but not proven -- to be involved in or perpetrator of a crime?
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  7101. She LOST the election, so her talk doesn't mean anything.
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  7102.  @impressiveprogressive7343  Exactly how is this unelected screamer going to do as she insists while not being elected? You "progressives" give progressives a bad name. If you don't get your way you throw a tantrum and either don't vote or throw you're vote away -- and then blame everyone else for the result.
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  7103.  @sharper68  But not YOURS? Always the loud mouths while others do the actual work.
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  7104.  @sharper68  I watched "progressive' Sanders help elect Trump. And I saw his politically-illiterate supporters IGNORE the fact that electing the first woman president would have been PROGRESSIVE. And saw some of Sanders' politically-illiterate supporters vote for Trump. And still you political-illiterates fall for hot rhetoric instead of adhering to reality: she can make all the pie-in-the-sky assertions she wants, but she is NOT ELECTED so does not have the power she seems to actually believe she does. While democracy is under direct attack you hang your fantasies on an ineffective fringe.
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  7105.  @sharper68  We get your "position": ALL or NOTHING. And then when you get NOTHING, because you refuse to COMPROMISE, it's everyone else's fault. The legislative process is DEMOCRATIC: discussion, debate, COMPROMISE, and consensus. You're no different than the extremist right-wing "Tea Party"/"Freedom Caucus": NEVER COMPROMISE. That's how Sanders helped elect Trump.
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  7106.  @cybergothika6906  Flexibility is necessary to compromise, compromise necessary to achieve one's goals. The only alternative is violence -- like we saw on January 6.
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  7107.  @Almost-Nothing  Biden got elected. Sanders not only lost twice but the first time around he helped elect Trump -- the "progressive fascist". Exactly as the "New Left" of the 1960s got Nixon elected.
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  7108.  @Almost-Nothing  I agree: it's all or nothing -- and then when it is NOTHING instead of ALL, you blame everyone but your ineffective pie-in-the-sky approach.
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  7109.  @GDino34  Tell us, punk, how Bernie would have given us "Medicare for All" when the CONGRESS refused to do so? Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. From the outset Sanders threatened to destroy the Democratic -- NOT REPUBLICAN -- Party. Which of those two attempted to overthrow the gov't? Sanders smeared the Democratic center -- the largest voting block -- as "corrupt". And you thought that would persuade the center to vote for Sanders!? One DOES NOT win voters by INSULTING them. The vast majority of voters are centrists. You are FRINGE, NOT "progressive," because genuine PROGRESSIVES would have elected the first WOMAN president. Your "theory of the case" gave us January 6.
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  7110. He doesn't answer the question about the union's achieving health care, and it being stripped away by Sanders' "Health Care for All" "plan". According to Sanders "fans," not answering questions is CORRUPTION -- except when Saint Bernie does it.
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  7111. Trump is a whine-o.
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  7112. Conservatives militarizing higher education.
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  7113. A gov't official can't be part of a political demonstration WHILE ON DUTY. And they can't participate in CRIMINAL ACTIVITY when on OR OFF duty.
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  7114.  @geak5994  Have you EVIDENCE that they are fake? No, you do not.
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  7115.  @geak5994  Gym Jordan refused to report the SEXUAL ABUSE of boys on his college wrestling team. That's why we call him "Gym Jordan" and point out that he is constantly losing his wrestling match with the truth. Other than that, Jordan hasn't the least skill or clue as to HOW TO GOVERN, which is his JOB.
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  7116. Changing the subject to avoid the issue is intellectually dishonest. It is a form of lying.
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  7117. Lindsey Graham has already received Giuliani's "information". He already knows it's bullshit. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Republicans = all politics, all the time, in order to overwhelm and nullify the rule of law.
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  7118. "Mr. Tibs J Nagarya well that doesn't create the society that is desired. Greed is desired by the system. And sociopathy is encouraged". That isn't quite accurate: John Adams believed that the basic human flaw is greed. (In the "Bible" it's one of the "Seven Deadly Sins".) That's why he established a system -- separation of powers -- that would constrain greed. Thus, every co-equal branch engaging in "jealousy" -- trying to dominate -- is countered by the other two. That is further established by enactment of statutes, which implement constitutional provisions. As to the sociopathy: the Founders expected citizens to be "virtuous" -- to accept responsibility for governing their own behaviors, and therefore limiting them in the interests of all. Unregulated capitalism, and the irresponsible attacks on informing the citizenry, are the abuses that result in chaos and worse. It is result of putting profits over people.
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  7119. "I just adopted a brand new kitten!" "But what about Hunter Biden?"
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  7120. She is trespassing on private property. Some have rights -- Gabby -- and some don't -- the Laundries.
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  7121. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people. Before he spoke to the governors, he spke to Putin. Putin is instructing him on how to destroy the United States as a govermment of laws..
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  7122.  @one4trama  Eric Holder provided 7,000 documents to Congress re. "Fast and Furious" -- which was an initiative begun under the G. DUI Bushit administration. 2. Eric Holder did not advance a known fraud designed to subvert and destroy the rule of law in courts of law. 3. Those who, such as you, who lie against fact and truth -- and rule of law -- are domestic enemies.
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  7123. But let's not forget her father's undermining of the very system she is defending.
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  7124.  @another4778  You don't know how elections work, and have worked for hundreds of years, which is why you fall for those who lie to you about "frauds" that are IMPOSSIBLE. You don't distinguish yourself by insisting on being stupid, because that puts you in the largest population of unknowns on the planet. Simply put: stupidity is not smart.
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  7125.  @another4778  Troll.
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  7126.  @another4778  In which trolling comment you "object" to name-calling then proceed to name-call "progressives," about which you are ignorant. The FATHER of "Progressivism" was REPUBLICAN Teddy Roosevelt. And the Constitution itself is progressive is it provides for amendment to accommodate changing times. Yes, you are a troll: you are here to spew falsehoods and engage in personal attacks. You are here to spread destructive anti-American pollution.
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  7127.  @another4778  Morons are those who preach talking points, and attack ideas they don't understand, and refuse to learn. Their weakness is their arrogance, which is always a mask for stubborn ignorance.
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  7128.  @another4778  The difference between you and your ilk and I is that I don't communicate in cliches and talking points. You're entirely outer-directed, which is why you have nothing else to work with but that you copy from other conformists. You end up spewing boring gibberish. But that's your "job": to as much as possible prevent communication.
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  7129. FOX was founded by Reagan's communications director Roger Ailes as "payback" for Nixon -- to ensure that no Republican president would ever again be impeached. So it was established to lie. Reports are that FOX has a dossier of dirt on Carlson to keep him shut up about FOX.
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  7130.  @SuperKiao  I didn't say that. I said, "Reports are". I also keep in mind that FOX is hate-based and all about dirt, so it wouldn't surprise if everyone at FOX kept dossiers of dirt on each other.
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  7131. Sarah doesn't know what day it is. Perhaps she's too young to engage in politics.
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  7132. What? I believe he's an uninformed misguided fool. I don't believe he half understands what he believes. But "pro-Sharia law" is right-wing nonense -- spewed by enemies of the Constitution, and parroted by law-illiterates.
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  7133.  @PeterDynamic7  Or they commit suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head two or three times.
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  7134.  @vultoktok1848  You're a desperate Russian troll lying your teeth lose because the truth is against you.
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  7135.  @vultoktok1848  The mental illness originates with FASCIST PUTIN. And it spreads to those who LIE about conditions in Russia such as "Vultok Tok".
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  7136.  @vultoktok1848  You're the one reporting the massive amount of mental illness in Russia. We already knew that Putin believes he is Stalin, and Stalin believed he was some ancient Fascist Tsar.
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  7137.  @Texas240  This is in English? "what does of Copium does your doctor prescribe you?" And it's "Vultok Tok" that jabbers about there being a huge amount of mental illness in Russia.
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  7138.  @sparkie996  That's correct: English is not my second language; it is my first, primary, language. Perhaps, pro-Fascist Putin TROLL, you can enlighten us to your idea of "cues that a native English speaker would understand" by identifying a few of such cues -- beyond your personal attack against me as effort to avoid addressing my comment. Until then I'll point out to you that since Putin' began illegally invading sovereign Ukraine a number of Russian oligarchs, in Russia and countries other than Russia, have been killed Russian-gangland style: shot several times in the back of their heads. Russia asserted that they were suicides. And for many years, including the most recent instance, noteworthy Russians -- opponents and critics of Fascist Putin -- have died by falling out of upper-story windows. When Putin has chosen to address those deaths -- a significant number -- he has called them "suicides". What casts the claims that they are suicides with suspicion are the CIRCUMSTANCES: the next-latest was a wealthy oligarch who "fell" out of a HOSPITAL window. Are we to assume that the oligarch went to the hospital to ensure that he was healthy enough to commit suicide? And the latest, a member of Russia's Ministry of Defense, also just happened to 'fall" out of a window to her death. One would assume that members of the Ministry of Defense would be forewarned to stay away from windows. One of the most famous was a lawyer who was imprisoned of false charges, and beaten and tortured -- THEN fell out of a window.
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  7139.  @sparkie996  And you attacked me with the denial -- which you mis-stated -- that English is my first, primary language. You're obviously of the habit of being foolish.
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  7140. They aren't "more" popular; they are VERY popular, because the majority of voters are MODERATE. And, no: Hillary didn't have "baggage". She had been smeared by Republicans with FAKE scandals for 30 YEARS. Fools like you FAIL to see through the bullshit flung at her for those decades. That's why you fall for a demagogue like Sanders who is in the pocket of -- you cultists ignore this fact -- the extremist RIGHT-wing ANTI-Socialist NRA. You don't know that he voted to protect the gun industry? That he voted AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES? Or do you simply ignore it because it refutes your cultist's fantasy asbout Sanders?
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  7141. Note that Johnson doesn't identify ANY SOURCE for his assertion other than name-dropping "the Founding Fathers" (tm).
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  7142. It IS a school-related activity. They already ruled within the last several weeks that taxpayer funds can be used to support private "religious" schools. The religiofanatics on the Court have ELIMINATED the right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" do not appear in the Constitution. They also deny there is a separation of "religion" and gov't because the words "separation of church and state" don't appear in the Constitution. They rely on stupid elementary-school-level literalists to swallow their subversions of the Constitution in order to impose their "religion" on the rest of us.
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  7143.  @AverageJoe483  I don't believe a word of that. President Biden's son Beau put in the time and died young as consequence; but we're to believe you that Biden didn't care about the troops. Otherwise, you like being called "sucker" and "loser" because that's what you believe about yourself.
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  7144.  @AverageJoe483  He served ZERO. He's here to push the TrumPutin propaganda.
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  7145.  @nickhoyle7037  Norway is providing support to Ukraine. But we get it: Russia supporters attack democracies. Search on "Danish PM" and listen to her perfect statement on the matter. At risk, of course, of learning her knowledge of the ACTUAL HISTORY underlying her statement.
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  7146. Officer Fanone voted for Trump twice. I wonder hwere he stands now. None of which takes anything away from his love of Constitution and country.
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  7147. The denial of determinism in the exercise of free will is about freedom, and freedom of thought.
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  7148. This isn't new. News began being infotainment with Rush Limbaugh. And the young have all along, and continue, to conflate opinion with actual news. It's all about personalities and being "influencers". None of that has anything to do with actual news.
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  7149. Problem: the younger generations have yet to learn the difference between actual news -- reporting facts -- and "opinion" -- which is all about "influencing" and bullshitting in keeping with one's bias. Learn media literacy, instead of simply guzzling "opinion" that tells you what you want to hear.
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  7150. Demings had the time. Gym Jordan is an ass who rejects the rules up to and including the rule of law.
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  7151. Alleging there was an investigation was not "incorrect". It was FALSE.
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  7152. There is President Biden. And then there's a "hole" dug by other people. Why does Biden have to dig himself out of someone else's hole? Try to make SENSE!
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  7153. "Based on what!?" Based on PROBABLE CAUSE, supported by EVIDENCE, of a CRIME being committed.
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  7154. At very least he needs to be disbarred. We'll see if that has any effect on him.
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  7155.  @artlesscalamity  Personal attack noted. "You're cheering for censorship and tyranny, but it never wins." The first concept is false. In fact I adhere to fact and law. That is why I point to falsehoods when young people, full of themselves, confidently assert falsehoods that are proven false by what is happening directly in front of their faces and to them. The second concept is also false: If "censorship and tyranny" "never wins [sic], then what explains the fact that they exist. For how long has Putin, as example, been successful in imposing censorship and tyranny? I love and live by ideals. But I don't mistake them for reality. The very young Amanda Gorman has long had multiple supports and connections -- that is why she got to read a naive poem at the inauguration. One doesn't manage that if one doesn't have powerful connections. But that she is being "banned" (first I've heard of it. and I'm a published poet) proves that that weapon "formed against" her is certainly "prosper[ing]". Contest it all you will -- if it didn't exist one would not have it to contest against. I like poetry that is logical and consistent, not simply unusual expression that calls attention to itself but is ultimately false. Is she being "banned"? Then that weapon is certainly "prospering" -- a word that "looks nice" but really doesn't fit.
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  7156. FOX has always lied to stupid people for profit.
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  7157.  @einnAnnie  Obviously. FOX has managed to have ITSELF by the short hairs. The problem for FOX is that it is continuing to do that which got it sued in the first place: lying to stupid people for profit.
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  7158. More dumbnitude.
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  7159. Simple facts for Trump supporters: Steve Bannon set up a "Build the Wall" fund raiser to which Trump supporters donated millions. Bannon kept the money for himself. Bannon was indicted by a Federal grand jury of his peers on multiple fraud charges. Instead of protecting his supporters, Trump pardoned Bannon.
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  7160. It's a "nasty question" because it is true, and cuts directly to the core issue. Paul Wolfewitz, of the G. DUI Bushit Administration, said it was, "Time to cull the herd" -- i.e., reduce world population. Has that REPUBLICAN plan changed -- or is this their opportunity to implelement it?
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  7161. Cenk is in it for the money.
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  7162.  @dlariby  The racism that exists everywhere.
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  7163.  @tommygunn1521  Racism is a reality, a fact. And it is typical of racists to call themselves out as being racists by their objection to the reality, the fact, of racism being part of the conversation. And that is typical of Republicans. But wait till you learn how tariffs ACTUALLY work. (Clue: the United States does not have jurisdiction to tax other nations.)
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  7164. 20 "Americans" want what Boebert wants.
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  7165. Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller are racist white supremacist Jews. Like Shapiro.
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  7166. A lot of money never went to where they are never to go to.
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  7167. Senator Toomey should read the Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment . . . . S. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. . . .
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  7168. Uh -- no: the VOTERS VOTED. Are you suggesting the the voters are inferior to your elitism?
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  7169. These facts are DESTROYING the Republicans.
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  7170. I prefer Katie Porter.
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  7171. He is steeped in shame -- from which he's been running for his entire life. His shamelessness is a reaction formation counter to his overwhelming sense of shame. It's how he denies it by brute force.
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  7172. Judicial branch crumbling? Let's talk about the Suprme Court and two who need to resign: Alito and Thomas.
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  7173. "What took so long? Why was it rushed?"
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  7174. Trump's own H.H.S. predicts the disaster will persist for more than 18 months, that the virus will hit in recurring waves, and 2.2 MILLION dead.
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  7175. Does the insurer pay its clients' claims?
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  7176. in view of the totally distorted housing economy in Florida, a "crash" and "recession" would not surprise. But the bullshit about a coming "recession" nationally is not only contradicted by the actual health and growth of the economy, but to repeat that horseshit is to yet again engage in the politics of fear generated by the right-wing Republicans as an attack on Biden and Democrats. WAKE UP: the only "policy" the Republicans ever have is to lie about Democrats. And look at the basket case that Florida is under DeSantis: book banning is a violation of the First Amendment. It is anti-American. And the Florida electorate, lead around by the nose and driven by fear of scary fantasies, VOTE for that anti-Americanism. Their first question is: Tell us who to hate today. And once that is implemented their second question is: Tell us who to hate today. Like rats in a maze, the Florida electorate allows itself to be manipulated by fear, hate, and greed, and on that basis to vote against their own interests. Research Rosewood, Florida -- before the records of that history are burned.
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  7177. It would be hilarious if suckers didn't vote for that.
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  7178. Still a dupe for Trump's con? The election WAS NOT STOLEN.
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  7179. We learned in 2000 that it is STANDARD for campaign officials to observe vote-counting.
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  7180. To which "rights" do you refer? The falsehood that there is a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't? From the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions."
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  7181. You don't know his history. He real residence is Utah, but he ran for governor and won by claiming to actually be from Massachusetts. Carpetbagging vulture capitalist. See the flagrant destruction they inflict on communities and the economy by researching "Steward Health Care". Begin with the "Boston Globe" reporting and the young first-time mother who died as direct result of not paying vendors because the money intended for health care instead bought the CEO two yachts and two planes.
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  7182. "The right of the people to bear arms ["keep" = "public arms"] is the well-regulated Militia.
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  7183.  @emmittmatthews8636  That is Federal law. How many times was the Militia Federalized before the "Whiskey" insurrection? And what are the dates of the Virginia statutes establishing PUBLIC ARMS, and also retrieving them, under PENALTY if NOT returned? In 1794 -- AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the Militia was Federalized in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection. Which of those two was well-regulated UNDER the rule of law -- Constitution and statute -- and which was ATTACKING the rule of law? Did the Federal gov't need to arm Militia that was already armed by the states? ___ U.S. Constitution, Art. I., S. 8., C. 16: The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for . . . ARMING . . . the Militia". ___ Chap. LXV.--An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause all or any part of the arms herein directed to be provided and deposited for sale, which shall, at any time, remain unsold, to be delivered to the militia, when called into the service of the United States, proper receipts and security being given for the return of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and the amount received shall be annually reported to Congress. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a [577] sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 6, 1798. ___ The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. Arranged in Chronological Order. With References to the Matter of Each Act and to the Subsequent Acts on the Same Subject, and Copious Notes of the Decisions of the Courts of the United States Construing Those Acts, and Upon the Subjects of the Laws. With an Index to the Contents of Each Volume, and a Full General Index to the Whole Work, in the Concluding Volume. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States; and Also, Tables, in the Last Volume, Containing Lists of the Acts Relating to the Judiciary, Imposts and Tonnage, the Public Lands, Etc., Vol I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters, at 576. ____________ You keep trying to argue that there is a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- against the rule of law -- based upon the FALSE malconstruction of the Second Amendment, and ignorance of the fact that "the right of the people to [keep and] bear arms" IS the well-regulated Militia. As I've shown, the militia was ALWAYS UNDER the rule of law, and there was ALWAYS provision in law to SUPPRESS armed threats to gov't/rule of law. And ignorance of the FACT that the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts. The well-regulated militia, under the state's governor as commander-in-chief, is an arm OF gov't, NOT intended to be a THREAT to gov't.
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  7184.  @emmittmatthews8636  "you ignore 232 years of text, history, laws, Supreme Court rulings, etc that prove you wrong." I adhere strictly to LAW, which is what I've been posting IN YOUR FACE. You do nothing to address that; instead you engage in stupid-assed name-calling because you CAN'T refute the laws I put IN YOUR FACE. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ____ There is no "right" to "take up arms" against gov't/rule of law.-- which is INSURRECTION, which the FOUNDERS charged, tried, and convicted as being TREASON. See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections. I have an education in law and have been researching and studying these issues for more than 30 years. That is why, punk, I am able to QUOTE VERBATIM LAW from the foundings of the colonies to and through the so-called "revolution," and to and through ratifications of Constitution and Bill of Rights. The Founders engaged in every form of gun control including confiscation and prohibition -- and what they did is presumptively constitutional. Even Scalia admitted in Heller that gun control is Constitutional -- the EVIDENCE in LAW for that fact is OVERWHELMING, as I've been showing IN YOUR FACE.
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  7185.  @emmittmatthews8636  AGAIN: The Federalist is NOT LAW. And The Federalist "says" things that contradict your wishful thinking. I post STATUTES -- LAW. You don't read them because you're too stupid to recognize what IS law and what isn't. You also claim that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. That's the gun-nut view -- but it is NOT THE REALITY. Madison codified PROPOSED amendments submitted by states with their notices of ratification of the Constitution. He then submitted that as a RESOLUTION for a bill of rights to the House for DEBATE. The House, as a COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, debated the DETAILS of the resolution -- and the SENATE did the same. Madison was not a Senator. This is the Madison DRAFT of the proposed Amendment, which at that point and throughout most of the debates was the SIXTH. Note how he knew the difference between "people" -- the PLURAL -- and "person" -- the INDIVIDUAL -- ___ This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING.
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  7186.  @emmittmatthews8636  Personal attack noted -- as effort to avoid and ignore the law. I'll make it simple for you: You say you agree with Presser which, consistent with, as I've shown, U.S. Constitution Art. I., S. 8., C. 15, prohibits "taking up arms" against the gov't. At the same time, you insist that there is a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't. You can't have it both ways. The entire history on the point, beginning at latest in the 1600s, is against your claim. That includes even the "Declaration of Independence". The law is clear; all I do is show the the law, and the increasing specificity of it, as is shown in Presser . I leave the lying to those who, like you, reject the rule of law by claiming a "freedom" that does not exist. From the 1784 New Hampshire constitution: "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7187.  @emmittmatthews8636  I have an education in law, and have been researching and studying these issues for more than 30 years. And what have YOU LEARNED? Nothing. You "agree" with presser except that you claim a "right" that is prohibited by _Presser_. The well-regulated Militia is the SUBJECT of the Second Amendment, because, as the Amendment says, it is NECESSARY. And as I've shown, "the right of the people," etc., IS the well-regulated Militia. I leave the LYING to self-serving history- and law-illiterates such as you. And there you have it: you "agree" with Presser but believe that it prohibits; but you cant have it both ways.
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  7188.  @emmittmatthews8636  Belonging to the well-regulated Militia was never a "right"; it was a DUTY. And the first thing REQUIRED of a member of the Militia was to swear the oath of allegiance to the state, the rule of law. The well-regulated Militia was and remains an arm OF gov't, with the state's governor its commander-in-chief. What you have yet to realize and resist learning is that I've already refuted your "argument" -- reread Presser as a reminder of that fact. And research the MILITIA/National Guard LAW in YOUR STATE.
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  7189.  @emmittmatthews8636  If Madison is the "Father of the Constitution, and wrote the Bill of Rights, then, consistent with the first three words of the Constitution, "We the people," is the meaning of "people" throughout the Bill of Rights. It is "We the people," not, "We the individual".
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  7190. Fantasy and delusion.
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  7191. There was a constuctive result of Trump's abuse of power: the very next day the protests were LARGER.
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  7192. Vote BLUE: Congress can overturn Supreme Court decisions.
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  7193.  @rjberes333  The decision is blatantly unconstitutional.
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  7194.  @GoodTV285  In other words, you approve "legislating from the bench" by "activist judges" when you like anti-American tyranny. The decision is blatantly unconstitutional. One REPUBLICAN-appointed FEDERAL judge already called it an "abomination". I'd say that judge knows more about the Constitution and rule of law than any Trump DUPE.
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  7195.  @rjberes333  That's why you can't explain your assertion: because you are beyond clueless to ignorant of the meaning of DICTATORSHIP. The decision is a blatantly unconstitutional abandonment of and attack on the Constitution itself.
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  7196. You don't know what Biden is doing, so you make shit up. The issue is TRUMP -- so let's smear Biden and DEMOCRATS. You'll be voting for TrumPutin, correct?
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  7197. The fossil fuel industry is already the wealthiest and most corrupt on the planet. It elected Cruz.
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  7198.  @faithpearlgenied-a5517  The snowflakes are clutching their peals as they whine and melt down.
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  7199.  @jamestcatcato7132  The snowflakes are to be totally exempt from criticism while totally free to abuse others. Ask them if Trump is above the law and their "response" will be silence. They support criminality in the name of a totally impossible "freedom" to be every sort of loser, fuckup, and lawless creep. But behind it all they are sub-literate snowflakes -- many claiming to be "Christians" while they shred the Golden Rule. They need to be forewarned that those who obey the Golden Rule -- "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you -- will treat them exactly as they treat others, which is exactly what the Golden Rule requires. That gives them an opportunity to exercise their individual responsibility by modifying their behaviors toward others.
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  7200.  @jamestcatcato7132  Who is "JBP"?
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  7201. Right: if Democrats violate the law, then when they have power Republicans will retaliate by violating the law.
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  7202. The essence of democracy is elections. The Constitution expressly stipulates that there shall be elections, and deals with apportionment of House districts.
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  7203. If only being in the military qualified one for CIVIAN positions.
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  7204. He's trying to be "folksy". But, yes, he does sound like a drub dealer.
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  7205. The Founders were opposed to political parties -- factions. Jefferson screwed that up.
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  7206. They'll go after the ban on prayer in PUBLIC schools. So tell me: if a student is Jewish, should they be subjected to "Christian" prayer? You are for pushing your shit on others.
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  7207.  jon doh  Not clever -- especially during a pandemic that is killing Americans.
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  7208. The truckers are no longer there. Hope he doesn't get shot down.
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  7209. The Republican Party stopped being the Party of Lincoln -- at latest -- when it opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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  7210.  @tjlift22  Because you see crooked. Let's deal in MORALITY: you're FALSE concern with "morality" -- your intellectually dishonest effort to change the subject to Democrats -- is IMMORAL. As for TRUMP? -- MAGA: Make Arrests Great Again. LOCK HIM UP!
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  7211.  @schadenfreude81  I am willing to let Jack Smith handle the issue as he sees it should be handled. I am willing, that is, to see if the 11th Circuit Appellate Court slap-downs of the judge taught he to be a judge not a political hack. It is also likely that equivalent indictment can be handed down in New Jersey.
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  7212.  @ajasen  Trump is a PROVEN LIAR who CLAIMS to be a billionaire. And you are speculating about Cannon's actions that have not happened. And, yes: the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals does have that kind of influence: they already twice slapped her upside the head with a steel 2 X 4. Those were as much warnings as reversals.
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  7213. Notice how he always peppers his comments with "very strongly" and "very powerfully" and the like -- all of which are propaganda "tells".
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  7214. Is he confused? Or is he deliberately lying to his totally ignorant "base"?
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  7215. Carville has actually won elections. So those who can't compete call him names. Name-calling is CORRUPTION -- exactly as is TRUMP.
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  7216.  @knn2001  His laughing is inappropriate, regardless cause or excuses made. I'll take the word of the Canadian.
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  7217. There is no individual right to endanger public health and safety.
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  7218.  @Christian-ns3kf  Agreed. I've often suggested that those born in the US who claim a national heritage other than that move to their "country of origin". If people leave their country of birth to come to the US for a better life, then they should leave their baggage on the docks before boarding the ship for the US. Instead they leave a situation they hate, come to the US, and then recreate in the US the situation they hated.
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  7219. You're an ASSHOLE, Trump. And EVERYONE knows you are serial liar and confabulator.
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  7220. Coup Klux Klan.
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  7221. "At the expense" of the MURDER. Poor baby! -- he's just misunderstood!. No other life matters as much as his! This same lawyer would look first at your wallet before hearing your case.
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  7222.  @bridget7539  The EVIDENCE is overwhelming that he is the murderer and domestic terrorist -- and the EVIDENCE includes his so-called "manifesto," which is a CONFESSION. Understand how legal process works: A defendant is presumed innocent. The burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove guilt. The defendant remains innocent unless and until the jury pronounces guilt. If not guilty, the defendant remains innocent. But the jury does not determine whether the defendant is guilty. They determine whether the prosecution proved guilt. And in this case the EVIDENCE is overwhelming. And insanity defenses are extremely rare, and even more rarely successful. But we've seen the routine before: if a Black kills, he's a "thug". If a white kills, he has "mental issues". I have an education in law, and I adhere strictly to facts -- EVIDENCE -- and law. I don't try to get around all that "technicality" by leaving it out of the equation. Even Agnifilo admitted that the evidence against him is overwhelming until she shut up in exchange for the mega-fees she charges, which only the mega-wealthy, like the murder and terrorist, can pay. Neither she nor her husband would give you or I the time of day. The murderer and terrorist is not your ally. He hangs out in his imagination with the Big Boys like the Unabomber murderer and terrorist. He's mega-wealthy -- that's an entirely different world than the world of "justice" as the rest of us imagine and experience it.
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  7223. He was in New York only because he is forced to give deposition. The "traitor" would still be in MAGA-Lardo.
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  7224. So Joe Walsh is discovering that he's a LIBERAL.
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  7225. Those who do the job they were elected to do are not heroes. She is doing her job.
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  7226.  @trailerparkart2429  I respect and admire her. In fact, I am heartened by her integrity and direct no-bullshit honesty. But I don't ignore history or context, which reveal complexities. I cannot stand her politics. Reagan began, or perpetuated Nixon's, sedition by asserting that the gov't "is the problem, not the solution". The gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. And per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. The gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That is SELF-GOVERNANCE. Reagan -- and the Republican Party -- have been at war against gov't, Constitution, and "We the people" since at latest Nixon.
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  7227.  @trailerparkart2429  Let's not forget that Pence both did the right thing, AND is characterologically a toady. And let's not forget that Dick "Dick" Cheney helped establish the means for Trump to take over the party, even though he showed while having no power, to have his daughters back. Hitler was well-dressed for his role, and never appeared naked in public. But he killed millions. Let's adhere to the whole truth, not only the parts we approve.
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  7228.  @trailerparkart2429  I gave credit where due. But I won't be unobjective about it. Dick "Dick" Cheney, who got five deferments from military service because he had "other priorities," nonetheless presented himself as a "war expert". The same can be said for John Bolton, who never got anywhere near the inside of a military uniform, but was also a "war expert". It was Dick "Dick" Cheney who lead the destruction of the US's moral standing by authorizing the war crime of torture. Hopefully history has a better memory than you.
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  7229. Bolton could have volunteered to testify in the Trump impeachment, and guaranteed that Trump be barred from holding office. But he refused unless subpoenaed, because such a "patriot" who would do anything for his country, while getting a million dollar advance for stating those facts in his book. Bolton is just another grifter.
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  7230.  lboy1990  You are running with a slogan ripped out of its controlling context, which I already explained: JFK was not applying it to the US. He swore the oath to support and defend the Constitution. the Constitution PROHIBITS political violence -- not that you, obviously, care about the Constitution and rule of law. For you uneducated children it's all a video game, entertainment -- until it actually becomes real. INFORM yourself: ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  7231.  @l.w.paradis2108  Misstatement of what law, law-illiterate? This is fundamental to both reason and law -- and you are wrong, and you KNOW you're wrong: ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake. ___ Thomas More was a real person, and those are his words. But that fundamental is obvious and universal. You are showing willingness to throw that away, blind to the fact doing so would come for YOU.
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  7232.  @ernwrld  Not in the US if you believe in rule of law. But one can't both believe in the rule of law sometimes and reject it in others. There is no "right" of "revolution". For one, the "Declaration of Independence" does not include the word "revolution," it has never been law, and it applied exclusively to England. For another, this is American and us law on the issue, up to date: ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___ If you're going to apply law to the victim, but not to the murderer -- there was no connection between the two -- then you'll only be able to be a hypocrite spewing irrationalities. And that encourages more domestic violence, and that will inevitably result in the deaths of those even you will consider innocent. You are digging a hole that does not emerge at reason.
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  7233.  @ernwrld  It is a nice slogan RIPPED OUT OF CONTEXT. Slogans are substitutes for THOUGHT. Indeed, they offer an escape from the responsibility to REASON. Defending a murderer is at best stupid. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  7234.  @LucysMom1  I hear "LOCK HIM/HER UP! from BOTH sides. If those are equivalent, then thhe Left means the same as the Right: without evidence, charges, trial, or conviction. Without due process. THAT is CORRUPTION. Calling for MORE corruption as a protest "against" corruption is mindless idiocy. Want the rule of law? Then adhere to it, and promote it.
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  7235.  @marlowemayhem3230  They've falsified the intent and limitation of the Second Amendment. They've denied there's a right of privacy -- which is also an absurdity.
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  7236.  @marlowemayhem3230  During the 1950s when in elementary school there was still school prayer in my state -- doubtless the interference in gov't by the Catholic church. At the same time the church was protecting pedophiles. There was also a censorship board, established in law, which banned books, and under which there were prosecutions. That was finally demolished during the 1960s at a trial over the book _Naked Lunch_.
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  7237. VIOLENCE AGAINST the rule of law is Trump's norm.
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  7238. The strain of COVID-19 that exploded in New York tracks back to EUROPE -- not to China.
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  7239. If George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos told me he's a liar I'd hesitate before believing him.
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  7240.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  So everyone, including the stupid, who appear to "think," is qualified to be a philosopher. And the "good" and the "evil" are irrelevant to that, so even Hitler is a philosopher? Whether one has a degree in philosophy may or may not make one a philosopher; so let's, with you, reject all criteria, all distinctions, all standards at which philosophy arrives in the pursuit of TRUTH. Let's not bother ourselves with whether a belief is true or false; after all, "anyone" can be, therefore ipso facto must be, a "philosopher," including the pathological liar, the criminal, the sociopath, the nihilist. Rudy Giuliani must, after all, be a philosopher, as he said, "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" So "philosophy" isn't actually about anything at all; just a general muddle of appearing to think, spewing words, regardless sense, and sans logic, because unintelligence is equal to and as "good" as intelligence.
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  7241.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  How did Socrates function? Did he not recognize that knowledge is about truth, and that belief is not the same as knowledge because it can be false? How did Socrates function? Did he propound "wise" statements so he could be quoted someday? Did he declare that he had "knowledge"? Did he engage in competition? Did he reject truth that also exists in the "far left" -- whatever "far left" is? Is the pursuit of truth about accumulating "knowledge" and then making a boastful show of it? That one doesn't need to have a degree to be a philosopher means degrees are to be rejected? How, if one doesn't have a degree in philosophy, does one avoid "discovering" things that are already well known in the history of philosophy? How does one avoid repeating a past of which one is ignorant? How does one know to distinguish philosophy from everything humans do? How does one do philosophy that isn't instead politics with an axe to grind?
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  7242.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  Most who don't have a degree in anything believe they know better than those who do. That's why they attack and attempt to tear down those who do have degrees, instead of asking themselves why they don't have any. No one said a degree is "everything" -- your lack of self-critique, particularly as to all-or-nothing extremist "thinking". But those who have no degrees "evaluating" the value of degrees have no criteria by which to evaluate their value. That's doubtless why you fall for Peterson being a "philosopher" when in fact he is a self-limiting ideologue.
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  7243.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I'm saying that those who don't have degrees are not the best judge of their value.
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  7244.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I answered your question. You simply don't like the answer. Typical of right-wingers, if you don't like the facts, you reject them.
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  7245.  @LionEagleOx Plumbing is indicative of civilization. The ENLIGHTENMENT philosophers of Europe. Locke as example. John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders -- he wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. He studied democracies, all the way back to the Greeks, noting especially their flaws. That is why he separated gov't power into three co-equal branches -- "jealousies" as they were called -- and instituted other checks and balances. Right-wingers falsely assert that the Founders rejected democracy; in fact, the Founders distrusted it, but did not reject it, thus the checks and balances. And they instituted elections, which are the essence of democracy. This, from the 1784 New Hampshire constitution "Bill of Rights," represents the Founders' view, as based on such as Locke, and reflects the first purpose of gov't: protecting public health and safety: "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]".
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  7246.  @ag7075  Incel?
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  7247. @Sam R-A Essentially my view. I'll even take a tack different than that of one who largely holds views similar to mine if I see an inconsistency based on bias. Above all I believe in reason. That's the essence of it.
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  7248.  @RohitSinghhere  It's Republicans who engage in cancelling -- including private medical procedures, and pushing the burning of books.
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  7249.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  I'll cut to the chase: In view of the fact that you have no degree, by what criteria do you presume to evaluate the value of degrees?
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  7250.  @LionEagleOx  Like it of not, law-illiterate, the foundation of Western civilization are drawn from the Greeks and, in the United States, European ENLIGHTENMENT -- "WOKE" -- philosophers. You EALRN that by reading what the Founders actually addressed as their sources. Also, like it or not, law-illiterate, the United States gov't -- by definition rule of law -- is based upon a PHILOSOPHY OF GOV'T. That is why we have LAWS -- and LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PRISONS -- for incoherent irrationalists who reject the rule of law behind a cloud of specious gibberish. As ignorant of law as you are you are at least as ignorant of the actualities of the Founding era. As example, the "Declaration of Independence," which applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND, has never been law. And, as example, the Founders DID NOT engage in "revolution," which is the OVERTHROW of gov't. They "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts, including that in London, and because they were all along in control of the colony gov'ts. Nor were the Founders -- as should be obvious -- anti-gov't: the evidence is in front of your face as gov'ts and RULE OF LAW. The power of gov't is derived from "We the people" -- yes. But that does not eliminate gov't or the rule of law, or the "niceties" of the purposes of gov't, the first responsibility of which is to protect public health and safety. That is why we have laws, which limit exercise of rights, and law enforcement for the dumb-assed who are ignorant of limits, and prisons for those who refuse to accept the limits. Your notion of reality being fact-free doesn't account for anything beyond your rejection of realities you "don't like". You nonetheless don't have the right to infringe the rights of others -- the word for which is RESPONSIBILITY.
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  7251.  @LionEagleOx  What I can make out of your perspective is that I've been seeing from the far-right extremes since the 1990s. Verbose gibberish behind which is the rejection of the rule of law. For you there are no norms but yours as an individual. You are a manipulator who believes yourself a superior bullshitter. Civilization is built on the rule of law, which imposes limits on the exercise of "rights" for the protection of all. The idea that that could be the reality without gov't, and enforcement of law, is to believe humans are perfect, therefore perfectly behaved in relation to each other regardless context. All of history refutes that nonsense.
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  7252.  @LionEagleOx  You ae under the delusion that perfection is possible. So, as laws aren't perfect, they should all be repealed. Why don't you admit where you're really at behind the specious bullshit.
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  7253.  @LionEagleOx  1. Maxwell was indicted under Barr. 2. The DOJ, when functioning properly, is INDEPENDENT of the president. But those who like to elevate Republican presidents above co-equality with the other two branches, or blame the president for everything when a Democract, will characterize the current DOJ as "the Biden administration". 3. It is the far-right that uses the lack of perfection of human institutions as their excuse for rejecting the rule of law. 4. The Founders were not anti-gov't. Right-wingers are. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That is SELF-GOVERNANCE, which cannot function when "We the people" reject RESPONSIBILITY in the false name of absolute and unlimited "freedom". That is today's Republican Party and its dupes.
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  7254.  @LionEagleOx  The Founders weren't anti-gov't -- they FOUNDED gov'ts. the Republican Party is ANTI-gov't, and has been since at latest Reagan (who inherited right-wing extremists from the Nixon administration). And, no: the Federal Constitution has the SUPREMACY clause: any law inconsistent with the US Constitution, down to and including state constitutional provisions, is NULL-AND-VOID. The states are SUBORDINATE to the Union. The "states' rights" "argument" is at bottom segregationist/white supremacist. One sees this especially with the militia/National Guard. The purpose of the Second Amendment was twofold: to establish a national defense based on the Militia[/National Guard], and preserve the states' -- GOV'TS -- right to keep its well-regulated militia. Well-regulated meant UNDER constitution and laws. But that means under BOTH US and state constitutions and laws. Art. I., S. 8., C. 15 & 16. The first stipulates the purposes of the Militia[/National Guard], especially law enforcement and suppression of insurrections; the second has the US Congress, among other things, ARMING the Militia[/National Guard]. In the US are two levels of gov't: Federal, and state. A US citizen is a citizen of the United States, and of the state of his/her residence. The CONGRESS enacts legislation, and as required allocates funding under that legislation. The Federal gov't has the authority to withhold funding when a state wants the money without the strings attached -- the legislation tied to the funding. The gov't has been corrupted "for a while"? Gerrymandering is corruption. And it was invented by Founder Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. Because humans and their creations are imperfect, there is always some degree of corruption. The best that can be done is to expose it and eliminate it where found. ("Fast and Furious" was begun by G. DUI Bushit -- but one wouldn't know that from listening to the Republicans who tried to blame it on Obama, who inherited.) The degree of corruption in gov't is roughly equivalent to the degree of corruption in the electorate. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The Republicans have been all politics all the time, in effort to overcome and undermine the rule of law, since at latest Nixon.
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  7255.  @LionEagleOx  So you play games with people, based on the belief that you're superior. And then when you lose -- everything is nothing more than a competition to you -- you fall silent until you can find a way to repair and return to head-games. So all your spew is meaningless bullshit intended to fool; and when that doesn't work, intended to overwhelm with even more bullshit. You're never sincere, and nothing you say has substance. And all because you can't handle Peterson being exposed for what he is -- a standard-issue right-wing male chauvinist -- and isn't: honest.
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  7256.  @JH-pt6ih  "One doesn't need a degree to be a philosopher" = "I know what I believe, and nothing can change it." I was next going to pose the question, "What is 'knowledge'?" for an alternative and fun approach to stimulating actual thought. Anyway, thanks for the worthwhile response.
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  7257.  @deerlow1851  Doesn't make him a philosopher. Does a philosopher, in search of truth, reject whole areas of truth?
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  7258.  @deerlow1851  He insists that "feminism" doesn't exist, though it in fact exists. He out-of-hand rejects "the Left," despite the fact that there are truths in that position. In fact, the US Founders were Liberals -- LEFT of Peterson's right-wing politics. And that's why white males hang on Peterson's every word: they are insecure in relation to women, and are suckers for the "White Europeans established Ameria" distortion of history.
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  7259.  @deerlow1851  Peterson says "feminism" doesn't exist -- even though it does. His problem is that it DOES exist. As for rejecting the Left -- one half of the political spectrum -- and ITS truths -- is UNINTELLIGENT. Peterson is more a political hack than any sort of professional when it comes to addressing the TRUTHS of "feminism" and that half of the political spectrum. Philosophy is about the pursuit of truth, without bias. Peterson makes no effort at either. As said, insecure white males who have problems with women -- and "feminism" being falsely characterized as "left" -- hang on throwback Peterson's every word because they feel validated by his right-wing white male bias.
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  7260.  @deerlow1851  I'm racist because I call out white supremacism? He rejects the "Left" without any differentiation. But we get it: as I said, it is rightwing white males who are insecure about women who identify with and hang on Peterson's every word. You weaklings are so obvious.
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  7261.  @andresdubon2608  So "everything" is "philosophy" if we reject REASON, and the rational distinctions it makes between truth and falsehood, and between and among discrete areas of human endeavor. In contrast, I like that a subset of philosophy is ethics; and a subset of ethics is etiquette.
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  7262.  @andresdubon2608  Let's omit humility.
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  7263.  @swannoir7949  He'd try to "adjust" you to his beliefs.
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  7264.  @swannoir7949  You don't know anything about psychotherapeutics. Therapists who don't attempt to "adjust" the patient/client to their idea of "normal" -- their bias -- are rare.
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  7265.  @user-bh3bq5ej7n  That's why you don't use capitalization or punctuation?
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  7266.  @user-bh3bq5ej7n  Obviously. And not especially sophisticated in grammar; your conformism is getting in the way.
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  7267.  @user-bh3bq5ej7n  I point out also that ultimately we don't know anything. It takes work to realize that -- and humility. Being imperfect, doubt is required. But that requires humility.
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  7268.  @jah8875  I'll not reveal my techniques, except that I adhere to facts and law.
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  7269.  @joysanders59  I've seen both. He still pushes the same white hyper-macho supremacism that appeals to a particular faction of insecure white males. We saw him with Rogan explaining what it means to be Black -- even though neither has ever been Black. That sort of belief and behavior is way over the line from reason into brutish irrationality.
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  7270.  Dank Keifman  He's simply stupid.
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  7271.  @bridgetriley8242  I've had many. And those who set themselves up as cult leaders, and pander to the uninformed who happen to be politically right-wing white supremacists and misogynists who lack internal values so allow themselves to be lead around by the nose are not worth giving one's time let alone tuition.
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  7272.  @resentfulandvengeful2193  "Respectful" -- like your screen name?
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  7273.  @LionEagleOx  "The Kentucky long rifle says you're wrong." Three cheers for racist genocide -- in order to "clear the land" on which to establish "civil" "civilization".
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  7274.  @LionEagleOx  The Founders generally and John Adams in particular studied political philosophy, philosophies of gov't, seeking the best form of gov't they could derive. The US democracy is based on the rule of law. The gov't is "A system of Laws" (John Adams -- by definition the rule of law.
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  7275. @Rose Goodwin Peterson is head of a cult of personality. And a demagogue. You remind me of the cult member who asserted that Peterson "tells the truth". How would that cult member know he's telling the truth when in fact Peterson is his only source of information. And your comment is sub-literate, and of course you smear others who criticize Peterson in effort to ignore their criticisms. Your entire comment is a serious of bullshit excuses that are irrelevant. As example, no one has "cancelled" Peterson; that bullshit is typical of those who falsely claim freedom of speech is being "violated" simply because his VIEWS are critiqued and exposed for the demagoguery they are. Peterson is an "intellectual" to those who have no idea what THINKING and intelligent critique mean. You don't as example, address any of the critiques and attempt to refute them; you simply smear imaginary people who know that "woke" means BEING INTELLIGENT, instead of looking outside oneself for someone or something to do your "thinking" for you.
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  7276. @Rose Goodwin Philosophy is the PURSUIT of truth. "Religion" claims to POSSESS the truth. They are not the same thing. The first is honest, beginning with oneself; the second is at best stunting of growth. And we aren't talking about Canada; we are talking about Peterson who is, in essence, a white supremacist bigot who is full of shit, and typically using "religion" to sucker the gullible. It is the typical cult of personality for those who have no internal moral compass so look outside themselves for someone to tell them what to believe.
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  7277.  @RoseteMonik  Your personal attack noted -- because your haven't any point to make that is irrelevant. Why not just talk about "Canada" again? His "crisis of masculinity" is his own; perhaps he should see a shrink about his sense of inadequacy as a man.
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  7278.  @daronmann7159  Ask yourself why you believe Peterson "tells the truth" while he is your only source. Peterson is projecting his ideology and issues -- he needs a psychiatrist -- and morons believe it is "philosophy" or some sort of objective intellectual exercise. The intelligent accept truth regardless source. Morons limit themselves to one source -- that which confirms their confirmation bias. And that's how cults make of their fake "leaders" into cults of personality. If one hasn't developed one's own internal set of values, and continually critiques it for errors, then one will look for what to believe outside oneself. Your fundamental error is your extremism: either/or, black/white. Reality is both/and -- GREY.
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  7279.  @daronmann7159  You have yet to defend Peterson. Instead you've been wasting time attacking me. But that's all you have: defend your cult leader based on nothing. Do you also support Putin's genocidal war against Ukraine based on Putin's false "history"?
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  7280.  @daronmann7159  You can't defend even your own views let alone Peterson. And you respond to none of the issues I raise. So you attack me. That's all you have. Stupidity is your profession.
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  7281.  @daronmann7159  In ignorance you mock intelligence and education. That's why you're so easily gulled. You are not smart: and that is your choice, for which YOU are responsible. Show us you know how to go away.
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  7282.  @moniquesmith7138  But he does suffer himself more than gladly. See through his "overwhelm with bullshit" verbosity: he is a right-winger and white supremacist.
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  7283.  @RohitSinghhere  So you make no distinction between truth and falsehood. A false "opinion" is every bit as good as an opinion based on actual fact? Peterson is a Canadian, not a European. So why is he pushing "Europeanism"? We in the US know why: it is the far-right's white supremacism. The right-wing has also been bashing feminism since it emerged in the 1970s. Peterson's extremism is to DENY that feminism even exists. He is wrong, but that's his BIGOT'S "opinion". Truth matters. When an "opinion" is false we reject it; we don't view LIES as "alternative points of view" as if they have merit.
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  7284.  @PrimePhilosophy  You live in a context which, much as you egocentrically bullshit yourself, "taints" your "individualism". Only those who have no education, and argue against the value of learning, would insist that stupidity is every bit as good and equal to knowing what one is talking about. Your "argument" is yet another evaluation of a topic without any knowledge of the topic.
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  7285.  @latinaalma1947  "AS a professor and clinical psychologist I agree. The students who excited me most were those who challenged me..not merely to challenge to be disagreeablee, but rather because they loved ideas and were probing and questioning to better understand". That's the only kind of teacher or professor worthy of the label. The alternative -- those who know it all -- have nothing to teach.
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  7286.  @Marexie  Is it "name-calling" to correctly characterized an asshole as being an asshole? Look at what you're defending for what it is.
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  7287.  @Andrea-gs6zh  Sense is obviously not common.
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  7288.  @ellapines2850  No, he is not a philosopher. He is a mentally ill ego-driven demagogue.
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  7289. Yes, fan-girl/dupe: reject all criticism of the imperfect and fallible cult leader Peterson. Else you risk gaining perspective. So either address the issue, or avoid it by attacking a critic of the "reasoning" of your Dear Leader. I certainly don't hang out listening ti right-wing supremacists such as Peterson. But now and then, months after I commented, some newbie wanders by and comments on one of my old comments, to which I respond. In fact, and frankly, responding to psychologically immature weenies is not my hobby.
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  7290.  @Andrea-gs6zh  I'm not the issue, twit.
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  7291.  @garymcintyre6356  " I have watched some of his interviews, he is speaking for many that think and believe the same way." No: his audience are people who want someone to tell them WHAT to believe. And his audience is full of bigots who seek ways to defend and rationalize their bigotries. You are doing similar. Racist speech, as example, is "freedom of speech"; but beyond the ill-mannered bigots that use it is the fact that the racism is BASELESS. Stupidity is not to be encouraged. And when the speech leads to actions -- violence -- that is sufficient reason to put a stop to the numerical MINORITY of ASSHOLES who actively threaten the public health and safety of the MAJORITY. I'm fed up with the defenses of the indefensible in the false name of "freedom". In a democracy there is no "right" to be STUPID.
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  7292. @Simon Magus On what grounds?
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  7293. @Simon Magus The only "absolute" is that it is all unknown. But one must be objectively skeptical of one's conclusions, therefore cannot posit absolutes.
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  7294.  @RohitSinghhere  DUNCE: the question is whether the "opinion" or "alternative" is TRUE. That he can BULLSHIT people is not a proof that his BULLSHIT is TRUE.
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  7295.  GGE415  It's nothing knew: he's a bullshitter whose entire gimmick is to bullshit people. There are numerous videos on youtube taking on specifics of his assertions and demonstrating that his understanding is flawed or non-existence -- or erroneous.
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  7296. The only two public people I've seen actually walk their Christian talk were Jimmy and his gracious wife Rosalyn Carter. He should be barred attending the Carter funeral.
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  7297.  @alumniduck  Actually not. FBI stats show that is true in only about 3 per cent of incidents. But persuade us: a legally-armed person showed up at at the Gabby Giffords shooting, with his gun. But he realized that if the cops arrived and saw him with a gun in his hand, they would have shot him and asked questions later. The problem with your view -- and many have it --- is that it ignores and rejects actual facts in favor of gun industry propaganda, the only goal of which is M-O-N-E-Y.
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  7298. If Biden-Harris are successfully elected, it should be many, many decades before voters forget how close we came to losing it all. And to forget -- ever -- would be the ultimate in stupidity.
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  7299. It can't be proven that there is a "God". And the First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" from gov't. They jabber about the Constitution while rejecting it.
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  7300. This stuff is for people who don't have lives and thrive on living in fear.
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  7301. It could be their lawyer has counseled them not to talk to the media or law enforcement. There would be nothing improper in doing so. Drop all your entitled demands for information that RREJECTS the rights of your targets; you are modeling destructive behavior.
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  7302. The Russian ACT OF LAW give the lie to Barr's lie about the Mueller Report, and the "investigation" of the Russia investigation.
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  7303.  @SUKADIK13  Anti-American troll.
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  7304. The editorializing turns this into tabloid infotainment.
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  7305. Agreed: women never kill men. Or children. Or even each other.
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  7306. Pence is an extremist religionut.
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  7307. Chris Rock DID NOT say Will Smith shouldn't be removed. He said he wasn't pressing charges -- which is not the same thing. Will Smith's "apology" was written by his publicist -- and was filled with excuses and justifications.
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  7308. She's also appealing to the gun-nuts who love to have a "reason" to shoot their guns.
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  7309. During the 1980s or 1990s Dylan commenting on recording about his first LP being recorded in one day, "but now it takes two weeks to get a drum sound".
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  7310. "Countess"? And she speaks of amoral privilege!?
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  7311. Democrats do not view Walz as "center-right" -- they made clear that he has PROGRESSIVE values, like FEEDING SCHOOL KIDS so they can focus on learning instead of on grumbling stomachs. It's the center-right and worse Republicans who are against feeding school kids.
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  7312.  @Incessuserro  Stop repeating lies, DUPE.
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  7313. Hamilton was a SNAKE .
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  7314. Alerting the US electorate to the fact that Trump is again working with Putin to steal the election is an unacceptable "leak"?
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  7315. Her sermon called out Trump, and his response reveals that he is a public fraud and liar as to his claim to be a Christian.
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  7316. Is Mark Levin a lawyer? Is that his real name?
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  7317. There are two things to do: First, correcting bullshit -- then only after that is done, Move on to provide ACCURATE information. You don;t shit on the living room rug, then insist on "moving on" when you are challenged for shitting on the rug.
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  7318.  @halloweenjack8655  The definition IN LAW of INSURRECTION is VIOLENT ATTACK ON GOV'T. The January 6 attack on the Capitol was an INSURRECTION, no matter how many want to LIE by ignoring the LAW on the point -- and that was the impetus for the insurrection: ignoring the rule of law for the "better" idea of overthrowing the gov't. I suggest you inform yourself -- which would mean ceasing being confident and comfortable with lying against the obvious. There are "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers" indicted for seditious conspiracy, several of whom have pled guilty and are cooperating with prosecutors. There have been subpoenas dropped in 7 states on those involved in the fake electors conspiracy. Clark and Eastman have had their electronic devices seized, and it appears Eastman is about to begin cooperating with the prosecution. The best he can do for himself is to cooperate with the prosecution. The vast majority won't pretend with you that fascist violence against the gov't, against the Constitution, against the rule of law, is acceptable. We will not minimize in order to tolerantly accommodate your promotion of that.
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  7319. Well, they ARE idiots, which is why they are Republican'ts.
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  7320. Yeah, I think WW II Germany shoulda just "moved on" from Hitler while he was engaged in his form of "deportation". Does Piers Morgan not "get" it that fascism is not good, even though it seems to appeal to him because he likes the cheap-assed economics?
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  7321. If you'll recall, Dick "Dick" Cheney, as vice-president, denied that there is international law. Bolton used to be in the same insane camp. Where is Cheney now?
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  7322. Fascist re-education centers.
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  7323. Kamala should challenge Trump to 5 debates -- and keep pushing that at him.
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  7324. There were some 4 million Ukrainians starved to death by Stalin, and at the same time millions starved to death by him in Russia. See these histories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  7325. BEFORE BOTH the 2016 and 2020 elections Trump said that the election would be "RIGGED" -- UNLESS HE WON. Since the 2020 election his rhetoric and behavior have been CONSISTENT with that.
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  7326. It's not a question for the president, because the president has no authority in the matterr. That authority is exclusive to CONGRESS. There's nothing worse than the wholly-political "opinions" of people who've never read the Constitution. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7327. Blackburn has been a crackpot for longer than she's been alive.
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  7328. This cop is BULLSHITTING.
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  7329. "America" was named for Italian -- Latino -- explorer Amerigo Vespucci. And Trump wants to deport all the Latins . . .
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  7330.  @sueparras6028  If more guns made the US more safe, then the US would be more safe. It is not. And as the Constitution itself makes clear, "taking up arms" against the gov't, which is the CRIME of insurrection, is not a 'right": "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS Shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS".
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  7331.  @gabrielmerino7522  They are veterans who know the rules and how they work. You obviously don't have the sense to recognize and appreciate wisdom.
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  7332.  @raymondharris6599  False. Which is why you sling a simpleminded slogan in place of EVIDENCE.
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  7333.  @gabrielmerino7522  Are you suggesting that the young members of Congress DON'T take "corporate money"?
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  7334.  @gabrielmerino7522  Are you "old"? If not, then what do you KNOW about being old? Youth is wasted on the young. And their closed-minded mouthiness is based upon lack of wisdom.
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  7335.  @SMS9155  Are you admitting that you're EVIL?
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  7336.  @SMS9155  It's a projection of tour false assumptions. This is in the Constitution you've never bothered to read: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS".
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  7337. Don't forget to attack Biden and the Democrats when you get chance -- that helps TRUMP.
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  7338. The media has an enemy in TRUMP. They are the VICTIM of the very thing they DEFEND. Have they no sense of anything outside the 24-hour news cycle!?
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  7339.  @Darby10070  I didn't watch the debate, but I'm able to distinguish between credible and not-credible information sources. And there was no need to watch the debate to know that Trump doesn't debate; he doesn't know the meaning of debate; to him it is a contest between bully and target of his bullying. His sort of trash talk has been the entire "method" of Republicans and right-wing media since at latest rating. They oppose pedophilia -- then get caught being pedophiles. The are pro-military -- then are revealed to be draft-dodgers. The are pro-law and order -- until they are shown to be criminals. On top of which Trump is a constant liar, an adjudicated RAPIST, and a CONVICTED CRIMINAL. a constant liar. Reagan's first debate was a disaster for REAGAN. Obama's first debate or two were disasters for OBAMA. Republican Teddy Roosevelt tried and failed at a national health care plan. So did Truman. So did Nixon. LBJ came closest. Obama succeeded. It appears too many in the media have ONLY SHORT-TERM memory. THEY need the "cognitive testing". And TRUMP, the gish-galloping speed freak, needs to be DRUG-TESTED by doctors OTHER THAN his DRUG-PUSHER former White House "physician".
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  7340.  @decypherdust290  But nothing about Trump deliberately "downplaying" COVID, the cost being a million deaths, him being an adjudicated RAPIST, a CONVICTED CRIMINAL, and CONSTNAT LIAR promising to CANCEL the Constitution, and his "extemporaneous" gibberish, Hannibal Lecter is a 'great man," batteries and sharks . . . Biden HAS A STUTTER which is exacerbated by stress. He was OVERCOACHED. At this point the election isn't about the candidates: it's whether the voters want democracy -- the Democrat -- or tyranny -- Republican Trump.
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  7341.  @decypherdust290  You've "accidentally caught videos" -- which is a pseudo-clever way of making shit up that you can't substantiate in keeping with the Republican tradition of Political Smear. No policies, only elementary school name-calling and feact-free smears.
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  7342. How about the looking the other way about Trump's CONSTANT LYING? How about the million dead because TRUMP deliberately "downplayed" the COVID pandemic? How about the January 6th "reality" TV production, planned, organized, and directed by TRUMP, of January 6th, which in the Founders terms was INSURRECTION. which THEY charged and prosecuted as TREASON?
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  7343. In a democracy, it's majority rule. The Senate is controlled by the Republicans. So the Republican obstruction is instead Democratic ineptitude!? Are you a fucking Russian? Or just stupid for free?
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  7344. What amazes is how ignorant of not only history of the younger generations, but also how they expect 80 years of unconditional support for Israel to instantly change. Dealing with Israel, and Trump-supporter Netanyahu is dealing simultaneously with the many moving parts that is the Middle East. The democratic process takes time. And to those who know how to LISTEN and HEAR, Biden has all along been saying what the young are not hearing. This isn't social media/a life of only entertainment and instant gratification: it is reality.
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  7345. He's trying to get the Black vote.
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  7346.  @joboygbpedwards  Trump's "Gettysburg" comment evidences a fried brain. And he fell asleep in court. After calling Biden "Sleepy Joe". While Trump's sitting in court seething, Biden is traveling the country campaigning. And Biden is leading in all the important polls. So what do you think of the fact that a pornographic film star seduced Trump into paying her $130,000 for a one-night-spanking? And what do you think of the "Bible" salesman who committed adultery with two (that we know of) women in violation of at least one of the 10 Commandments incorporated in the "Bible"? (Unless he redacted them.) Many hundreds of Trump insurrectionist supporters are sitting in jail -- where Trump ut them. And Trump's boy Weaaselberg is sitting in Riker's for a second time -- where Trump put him.
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  7347.  @ChiChi75169  The "hue" is an effort to get the Black vote. Or the Asian vote. Or at least the Chinese vote.
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  7348. The isue is that the question asked wasn't answered. All the rest is bullshit.
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  7349. The assault on civics education came exclusively from Republicans along with their attacks on education, both public school and college, and Affirmative Action. And Liberals. The founders were Liberals, which is why we have the First Amendment.
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  7350. Trump has been an education in demagoguery. Cruz and Hawley are demagogues.
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  7351. They already reject the rule of law. The gov't is, "A system of Laws, and not of men" (John Adams).
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  7352. The GSA has no authority concerning confidential and top secret information.
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  7353. Reagan initiated the sedition against the gov't -- which gov't, per the Constitution, is "We the people". And that's where the Republican Party has been almost forever: our gov't is intended to meet the needs to "We the people," as determined by "We the people" through elected representatives; but when the gov't does that, the Republican Party smears it as being "Socialism" and "Communism".
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  7354. Trump is not the president. He is a private citizen who STOLE gov't property, then engaged in "negotiations" about "whether" he'd return the STOLEN property. And he can release the warrant at any time -- AG Garland told him so.
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  7355. Colin Kaepernick was exercising his right under the First Amendment. But we get it: in your view Blacks don't have rights; instead they should be grateful to have been slaves, and use that learning to stay in their place as assigned to them by white racists.
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  7356. Trump will be indicted. Period. Full stop.
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  7357. When will the Court go after the "Administrative Procedures Act," enacted by Congress as means to delegate authority to the Executive branch as administrative agencies consisting of subject--matter experts? This isn't only Trump and Bannon; it originates with the far-REICH "Federalist Society," crackpot lawyers who deal not with substance but with the structural law that is the gov't.
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  7358. Erin Perrine is a REPUBLICAN, so nothing she says isn't biased.
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  7359. IDIOT: the 6 extremists ruled that the OSHA rule doesn't apply as concerns the mandate on business -- to which OSHA exclusively applies -- because people outside the work place are catching COVID. Cheap dodge of the issue: OSHO applies exclusively to business; outside that was outside the mandate. Learn how to be intellectually honest, which begins with ethics and GENUINE morality. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Stop selling out your own birthrightt, and the rule of law, for the sake of unAmerican bigotry.
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  7360.  @ericpowell7547  You wouldn't know what the actual numbers because everything about the COVID pandemic is to you "fake news".
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  7361.  @gattaca5911  I've been refuting Scalia's "Heller' decision for more than 30 years. And been pointing to the violation of the Constitution by means of which the Supreme Court -- initiated by Scalia -- appointed G. DUI Bushit president.
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  7362.  @gattaca5911  Exactly right. Others call it, "results-oriented": Scalia had a result he wanted to reach, so ignored everything that refuted that result, especially the legislative history -- the debates of the Congress that WROTE the Second Amendment -- which he went on at length explaining how that history was irrelevant. And he was excoriated by Constitutional scholars across the board. In a later gun case, he argued, in his dissent thereto, that the very same legislative history was ESSENTIAL to the question being addressed.
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  7363. So SENATOR Cancun Cruz is speaking for the HOUSE now?
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  7364. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  7365. Nope: they'll "take up arms" -- and be made a shit-stain.
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  7366. Gov. Cuomo has been doing -- for the entire country -- what TRUMP should be doing. And I agree: the Democrats NEED TO STAND UP, LABEL LIES AS LIES, and REFUTE the lies. Where is the healthy ELITE when we need them?
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  7367. I love Canadians for the probity. That British elevation of thought above laissez faire impulse.
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  7368. That's why Trump killed the Border Bill.
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  7369. The unconstitutional "immunity" decision was authored by at least FOUR CATHOLICS -- Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh. And it was Catholic Scalia who authored the Heller abortion, unleashing mass murders with military weapons on the country.
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  7370. Business record fraud to protect his political campaign. And potential tax evasion. You'd know that if you followed the legitimate media that actually reports on the trial. Did FOX report to you that FOX had to pay Dominion Voting Systems almost 1 billion dollars for defamation -- a case proven with documents AND RECORDINGS from WITHIN FOX? The main malefactor that cost FOX that near-billion, though not the only one, was Tucker Carlson -- which is why FOX said to him: "You're FIRED!"
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  7371.  @arnesste000  You knew him, did you?
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  7372.  @suetam3196  We dn't know that it would have been different.
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  7373.  @arnesste000  You knew him?
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  7374. MY mask protects YOU. YOUR mask protects ME.
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  7375. There are fewer Republicans than there are Democrats, and fewer Republicans than there are Independents. During the G. DUI Bushit administration, Karl Rove said that the goal is to establish a "permanent Republican majority". Even though they are a MINORITY party.
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  7376. When will Doocy ask about the investigations -- I count five -- into Trump's crimes so Psaki can point out to him that those are the responsibility of Congress, the DOJ, and an array of state prosecutors?
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  7377. Have you ever READ the regulations -- and thought them through? Or do you only listen to those who oppose regulation based on rumors about the regulations they oppose that they got from someone else who was relying on rumor?
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  7378. Trump was the simpleton's isolationist in 2016. "Pull the troops out" is not a policy -- it is a slogan.
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  7379. Trump's worst nightmare: taken down by a Black woman.
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  7380. The US exports much more to Colombia than Colombia imports into the US. The greatest damage by the tariffs are on the US. Job losses in the US to follow.
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  7381. Republicans don't care about anyone -- probably not even themselves.
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  7382. The Evangelicals support the evil -- in the name of your "God". Ain't it time you learned to drop that excuse for the evil of tyranny?
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  7383. Yep. That's for certain. Of course, he'd be avoiding others, so he must have been yelling to be heard.
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  7384. This was the STOUGHTON police.
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  7385.  @izmac9146  Part of the problem is "turtleboy" -- who is charged with intimidating witnesses. He's a blogger with a grudge -- not a journalist, not an investigator -- who has been making all sorts of allegations, stirring up the "Murder as Entertianment" crowd -- many are also Trump "fans" -- and causing "controversy" based on no evidence. He "supports" Read -- but he has made things more difficult for her and her defense team. The "Boston Globe" has reported on the case -- including a sequence of emails/texts among the parties, including Read. What a bunch of high school-level drunks!
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  7386. Hollowood wants to sell its films in China.
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  7387. Did Israel not think that the Palestinians would fight back against the genocidal oppression?
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  7388.  @GeorgeNaugles  Israel needs to stop its hypocrisy about being victimized while it is engaged in genocide.
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  7389. Some of the Isis fighters were from the United States.
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  7390. Hey, he's defending Trump!
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  7391. It was JFK who submitted the Civil Rights and Voting Rights bills to Congress. It was LBJ who got them through Congress and signed them into law. And both were Democrats. MAGAots are ignorant of history. And the "Federal Reserve" comment is a dead giveaway that her sources are far, far, far right-wing fruit fringe extreme.
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  7392.  abesapien9930  Congress had the responsibility to pick up the ball from Mueller. But, alas, there was no objection to doing so from Republicans. Correct? BTW: do you know what branch of gov't funds the DOJ?
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  7393.  abesapien9930  The January 6th Committee is still being attacked by the Republicans, who at the time attempted to sabotage in order to protect Trump and the Republican's anti-American agenda. See "Project 2025".
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  7394. It creates even more legal chaos and mess.
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  7395. Winning on culture war issues requires that one be worse than dishonest -- lunatic. It's all about making up shit, the more outlandish the better, because the Republicans and right-wing have worked for decades to transform politics into another form of spectator entertainment. A significant portion of the electorate has been miseducated on the point, so will vote for sizzle over steak.
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  7396. They are sent to REGISTERED VOTERS.
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  7397. You mean, of course, Sanders, who is always right, and ever wrong, and whenever he doesn't get his way, it's everybody else's fault. The far-LEFT'S version of the far-RIGHT Trump.
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  7398. Gee, she's beginning to confront the emotional truth of how she was used by Trump to advance his criminal corruption.
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  7399. There's a "group" of voters who will DIE before November so won't be able to vote for Trump.
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  7400. Perhaps Trump should establish, say, a "Trump University". And or steaks. And or airline. Oh, wait . . .
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  7401.  @jodeci5564  Anyone who supporters an adjudicated rapist and fraudster has serious problems. And that is worse than the typical run-of-the-mill criminal because they are intent, with Trump, to overthrow the Constitution and rule of law in order to establish a lawless Dictatorship of the Uneducated.
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  7402. Because of COVID TOURS HAD BEEN SUSPENDED. It was ILLEGAL to enter the building.
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  7403. it makes even less sense when you get the whole story. The gun-nutz claim that America was originally part of a "Moorish" (African) empire, and that gibberish is the "container" for their claims to be exempt from the rule of law, particulary being required to have license and registration in order to operate motor vehicles.
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  7404. A stroke is not heart failure.
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  7405.  @5thribroarn304  Gotta "love" the Republican tradition of political smear WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE. And you want us to believe that your "questioning" of others "morals isn't based on the fake "morality" that is the IMMORALITY of LYING.
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  7406.  @Ellieempress  Keep it real: this is a DOMESTIC disaster, and the US is s sovereign nation. "We the people" -- where the power originates and RESPINSIBILITY remains, have to solve it.
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  7407.  @kimobrien. Nixon resigned in August, 1974 -- a criminal "got" by the "Boomers". The DRAFT was ended -- thanks to the "Boomers". The environmental movement was mainstreamed by the "Boomers". US involvement in Vietnam ended in 1975 -- thanks to the "Boomers". The dollar was not based on the gold standard -- Nixon had changed that. The ignorance of the actual history involving the "Boomers" is astounding. Were there assholes in the "Boomer" generation? Certainly -- and as certainly as there are assholes in the subsequent generations that, ignorant of history, blame 'Boomers" for everything, including their own failings.
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  7408.  @kimobrien.  The US supported France in Indochina from the end of WW II with funding and materiale. When the French were blown out at Dien Bien Phu, the US -- Eisenhower -- began putting in "advisors". It is the "New Left" "conclusion" from the 1960s that there was lying about the Tonkin Gulf incident. In fact it was inconclusive as what it was, let alone the apparent "cause" of it. You re repeating the far-left cliches about those years. I was alive, awake, and directly involved in the politics of the time. I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin: they were ASHOLES who got Nixon elected. Your on the wrong program.
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  7409.  @kimobrien.  The Tonkin Gulf "incident" was never determined to actually have happened. "Something" happened, but it was at night, and the only "conclusions" about it were FORCED by the New Left. I WAS ALIVE, AWAKE, AND INVOLVED IN LEFTIST POLITICS AT THE TIME. You are IGNORANT of the history of the parties. All your spew is old-hat cliches from the New Left -- which collapsed after US involvement in Vietnam ended. What happened to New Left "radial" Jerry Rubin? He became a Wall St. stockbroker.
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  7410.  @kimobrien.  You know nothing about the history of that era. The pushback against the "Boomers" were from their parents -- who had lived through the Depression and WW II. Interestingly it was the "Boomer's" GRANDparents who largely agreed with the "Boomers". And who, pray tell, were in gov't and making the laws and policy? The "Boomers," who were in their 20s!? How stupid do you intend to remain?
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  7411.  @kimobrien.  "The war was began by Kennedy along with Johnson". PBS did a thorough history on US involvement in Vietnam, beginning with WW II. WATCH it and thus INFORM yourself: The US supported the French in Indochina -- the French colonial umbrella combining Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam -- with funding and military materiale from the end of WW II. When the French were blown out at Dien Bien Phu, the REPUBLICAN EISENHOWER began putting "advisors" in South Vietnam. That was for DECADES BEFORE JFK and LBJ. Now let's look at the Republicans you are omitting -- beginning with Eisenhower: for his first term Nixon ran on ending US involvement in Vietnam; he didn't; instead, he ran for RE-election on a "SECRET plan" to end that involvement. SUCKERS voted for him because of a "SECRET plan" that never existed. Instead he had EXPANDED the involvement OUTSIDE Vietnam -- see Kent State. Want to know who the PROTESTERS against that involvement were? "BOOMERS" -- the very generation you are bashing with your ahistorical ideological claptrap. I began, as an high school junior in 1965, speaking out against that involvement. I was the only one in my high school class to do so; but I was a reader, and was reading beyond class assignments. Get it through your bullshit self-bedazzlement: the "Boomer" generation was NOT A MONOLITH. And it was the "BOOMERS" who got the US out of Vietnam. It was the "BOOMERS" who MAINSTREAMED the environmental movement -- I'd learned of Climate Change in junior high science in the early 1960s. And there were all along, in the OLDER generation/s, anti-nuclear and climate change activists -- see Professor Wald of Harvard and pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock as examples. Dr. Spock was also a defendant among the "Boston 5" -- along with Congressman Jamie Raskin's father. RESEARCH what they were doing. They were protesters against the draft. And at the time of that trial I was engaging in "draft counseling". You've bitten off the far-LEFT version of issues; you have that distortion wrong, and it is nowhere near a significant part of ALL that was going on. You remind of those who ONLY look at the MUISC of the time and jabber about how GREAT things were. I was an avid music listener -- and buyer; AND I was at least as much involved with the politics of the time, ESPECIALLY US involvement in Vietnam and the draft. Somehow you have this idea that it was all rosy for the "Boomers". Get an education in the ACTUAL facts and history; come down to EARTH.
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  7412.  @kimobrien.  "They started firing at night after claiming to be hit. The navy reported back Johnson went forward with the resolution." IDIOT: between the navy ship and LBJ was an entire hierarchy -- a bureaucracy. LBJ received the end-result report. But AGAIN: the so-called "Tonkin Gulf Incident" was investigated. It was NEVER clear that ANYTHING happened beyond reaction to "something". Now let's focus on the fact that there are THREE CO-EQUAL BRANCHES to our gov't. So tell us, genius: which of the three branches APPROVED the "Tonkin Gulf Resolution" therefore making it "law"? You're so caught up in emotionalized -- distorted -- propaganda that you're irrational. And the "New Left" of the 1960s was no slouch at drumming up HORSESHIT. I WAS THERE -- I KNEW Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin and saw how they operated. The CHAOS they created got NIXON elected AGAINST George McGovern, McGovern was AGAINST US involvement in Vietnam. As was Ed Muskie. And what did we subsequently learn -- excepting you and your wet-behind-the-ears-ilk -- about Muskie's defeat? That REPUBLICAN "dirty trickster" ROGER STONE was successful in the goal of subverting his candidacy and campaign. You don't know shit about that era; you are simply repeating 1960's "New Left" propaganda. The actual history is DIFFERENT than that.
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  7413.  @inmjoh  Anyone who limits their attacks to Democrats concerning US involvement in Vietnam is full of shit, bot or not.
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  7414.  @rogetta-flores  They had it "easier" because they didn't have history-ignorant later generations smearing them. Oh, wait . . . This whole video, and those who flock to it, denouncing education they don't have, based on not knowing anything about it, is a continuation of the Republican war against education -- against reason itself -- initiated at latest by Reagan, because -- as their support of Trump shows -- Republicans well know it's easy to steal from the stupid. That includes hoodwinking these fools out of their fundamental rights based on -- you guessed it -- their IGNORANCE.
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  7415.  @rogetta-flores  We had to deal with being draft-eligible during wartime, even though opposed to the war. But we "fucked up the world" by successfully eliminating the draft so that subsequent generations are not involuntarily subjected to that Sword of Damocles. Yo -- anti-education jackasses: research "Sword of Damocles," it's something one doesn't have to know to get a job; but it is something worth knowing that one learns at college or university. You aren't sophisticated; you are fools cutting off your noses under the illusion that your "rebellion" spites everyone but yourselves.
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  7416.  @rogetta-flores  The world has always been "fucked up". The anti-education shitheads don't know that because they reject education. They are making of themselves SHEEPLE.
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  7417.  @stanleythompson5321  Horseshit. The top one per cent have control. The lower 99 per cent do not. And you'd know that is not new if you weren't ignorant of HISTORY.
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  7418.  @stanleythompson5321  Then you aren't talking about the vast majority of "Boomers". In other words, you basically don't know what you're talking about. You rely on the Internet for your "facts" and get only distortion. AS EXAMPLE, George Soros is a whipping-boy not because he's "in control" -- he is not -- but because he is a JEW, so represents the "Jewish World Conspiracy" FANTASY in the view of ANTI-SEMITES. Stop guzzling the conspiraBUNK and GROW UP. Knowledge of history isn't necessary to "getting a job"; but it DOES put an end to flying BLIND because of total lack of factual perspective. You don't know history, so you put all responsibility for the state of the world onto a single generation -- which is worse than childishly stupid: it is BOGUS, FALSE. A significant percentage of "Boomers" got the US out of Vietnam -- that is the efforts "against" the "war machine". I learned of climate change in junior high -- "middle school" -- during the early 1960s. The "Boomers" MAINSTREAMED the environmental movement, which had been marginalized -- on the LEFT -- during the 1950s. A significant percentage of the "Boomers," along with activists from the 1950s, opposed the use of nuclear with significant success. You don't know anything of substance; you only see the superficial by relying on the junk and distortions on the Internet. Do you even know the difference between, on one hand, fact, and on the other, everything else!? Between, on one hand, NEWS, and on the other, everything else including so-called "independent 'journalism'"?
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  7419.  @stanleythompson5321  WHICH "Boomers" are "in control"? And WHAT PERCENTAGE of the TOTAL "Boomer" generation? You STILL don't grasp the fact that the "Boomer" generation is no more a monolith than YOUR generation. Clue: there are ASSHOLES in EVERY generation -- INCLUDING YOURS. How does bashing "Boomers" deal with the assholes in YOUR generation? Gad, if I'd been as stupid as you during even high school I should have but wouldn't have known how to blow my brains out.
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  7420.  @stanleythompson5321  "Stanley Thompson J Nagarya if you're not one of these greedy boomers, then you wouldn't understand." But YOU understand because YOU'RE a "greedy boomer"? this is what substitutes for KNOWLEDGE -- conspirabunk for the lazy-assed moron: "These evil boomers, they wants to control the world." And your EVIDENCE is? "Absolute power corrupt absolutely." That is not accurate -- and you might get the accurate quote from Wikipedia. "Powe corrupts, and absolute power TENDS to corrupt absolutely." -- Lord Atkins. "Do you really think that Biden is running America? No, it's his puppet masters." So, greedy boomer, NAME NAMES. "If you still don't know who these evil boomers are, just look who is at war in Ukraine right now. Their goal is nuclear ww3." If you knew anything at all accurate about history, particularly since before, during, and after WW II you wouldn't be pushing Putin's propaganda. I've said nothing about myself because I wanted to see the sorts of responses my statement of facts would get from the generations of those born knowing it all. I was born in 1948 -- do the math. I did time at two universities, the first focused on literature as advanced placement which on my own initiative I made interdisciplinary. The second, law. I opposed every US military action, beginning in high school with Vietnam. I wa the only member of my "Boomer" high school class to speak up against that involvement. BUT knowing history, I support the US action supporting Ukraine against FASCIST Putin. Even YOU know that Putin ILLEGALLY INVADED Ukraine. Sure, you get all your "edumacation" from the Internet -- totally free of the DISIPLINE of learning to distinguish between fact and BULLSHIT. To have you voluntarily moronic generations LECTURE "Boomers" not only ABOUT "Boomers" but also with HGWASH is offensive to reason. And it is baselessly ARROGANT.
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  7421.  @stanleythompson5321  ASSHOLE: I OPPOSED EVERY military action by the US, beginning with Vietnam, while in high school. I was the ONLY member of my high school class to do so. And that included opposition to the US's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq. I am consistent: I oppose illegal invasions of sovereign nations -- which is exactly what Putin is doing to Ukraine. So certainly I support Ukraine, and support of it. It's the first time the US has had it right since WW II/Korea. I am the OPPOSITE of "indoctrinated," illiterate moron.
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  7422.  @stanleythompson5321  According to Putin. CLUE: Putin has no say over the LEGAL actions OF OTHER NATIONS. And NATO did not "expand": RATHER, having suffered under Stalin, the eastern block countries APPLIED FOR MEMBERSHIP in NATO, and NATO APPROVED. Putin's "argument" is based upon a FALSE Neo-Stalinist "history". Putin is a FASCIST, as were Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. And I'm still waiting for you to NAME NAMES of those who are Biden's "puppeteers". The fact is you have no regard for fact or history, for EVIDENCE. You're an intellectually lazy sloth who falls for every bit of bullshit that comes your way -- so long as it is sufficiently ridiculous.
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  7423.  @stanleythompson5321  I adhere to fact and law. Facts include HISTORY. Putin has his OPINION about NATO, but it is really not within his legitimate purview. His PLAN is OBVIOUS: to re-subjugate the eastern European nations that CHOSE -- as SOVEREIGN NATIONS -- to join NATO. In other words: you APPROVE of Putin's ILLEGAL GENOCIDAL INVASION of SOVEREIGN NATION Ukraine. And to respond to another bit of your ignorance: education is not indoctrination because education teaches critical think -- the OPPOSITE of indoctrination. That's why HISTORY, of which you are IGNORANT, matters. And I'm still waiting for you to NAME NAMES of Biden's "puppeteer/s". But I'll bet I already know: the "World Jewish Conspiracy" or their rival "Jewish World Conspiracy," or whatever other paranoid fantasies you can come up with as excuse for your intellectual laziness. This is your last opportunity to NAME NAMES, and provide EVIDENCE. Avoiding that RESPONSIBILITY again and you go to my spam filter.
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  7424.  @stanleythompson5321  The other SOVEREIGN NATIONS VOTED to join in keeping with their national interest -- not wanting to be re-subjugated by Russia. You don't even have a clue as to the purpose of NATO: 1. European countries had for centuries been warring among themselves. 2. The US got sucked into two wars instigated by European countries. 3. NATO was established to put an end to those European wars -- and has been SUCCESSFUL. 4. NATO was established as the first line of defense of the United States -- and as we are seeing is SUCCESSFUL at that. Ukraine HAS NOT applied for NATO membership. And PUTIN has NO SAY in the matter, because the SOVEREIGN NATIONS that have or will choose to join NATO are NOT RUSSIA. Before Zelnskey: Paul Manfort -- you heard of him; he was chairman of the campaign of your "hero" Trump -- with a partner helped elected the pro-RUSIA president of Ukraine. That campaign included stolen emails. The Ukrainian people drove that president out of power and he fled to RUSSIA. Manafort became chair of Trump's campaign, and his partner became head of Bernie Sander campaign. The partner was forced to resign when the Sanders campaign was caught hacking the DNC. This is the last time I'm going to respond to your ahistorical and anti-historical JUNK. Wallow in my spam folder.
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  7425.  @stanleythompson5321  You know nothing of the ACTUAL HISTORY. The US's involvement in Vietnam was the SECOND Vietnam War. The first was against France. And after the second was the third, against China. Spam foldered.
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  7426.  @stanleythompson5321  I have a spam folder in my email account. Spam foldered.
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  7427.  @xL0stKIlah  Only if one scrimped. So, no, they were not livable.
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  7428.  @xL0stKIlah  Amazing how you know more about "then" -- when you didn't exist -- that those who were actually there know. As the cost of living has increased, so has pay. The pay was barely subsistence then, as it is barely subsistence now.
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  7429.  @xL0stKIlah  The pay has increased. But it is still insufficient, as it was then. Pay-check-to-pay-check and less has always existed. Yes, it is amazing that one CAN learn from older generations -- I knew that as a teenager, but it was natural, not amazing. And yet I didn't accept everything from the older generations -- I knew 60 year olds who hadn't learned anything since they were teenagers. I was born in 1948, and all the adults around me were still processing their experiences of the Depression and world war II. I was born into a military family; but in high school became anti-war. Then again, except for a tiny percentage of fools, those who've seen war are anti-war.
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  7430.  @Attmay  And who invented the opposite extreme FASCISM? You're ignorant of history. Before Hitler went after the Jews he targeted for extermination: 1. Communists. 2. Socialists. 3. Liberals. 4. Trade unionists. BECAUSE, moron, Communism and Fascism are EQUAL AND OPPOSITE EXTREMES. It's typical of you brainwashees against what you are TOLD is "communism," even when it isn't, to adopt the opposite EXTREME that is FASCISM. Look at the so-called "Proud Boys": they are a street gang with a POLITICAL agenda: FACISM. They hate "communists" -- but also hate Jews and Blacks. And, were they to run out of those to attack they'd turn on YOU or anyone else who happened to hold a different view. They are no different than Hitler's "Brown Shirts". And once Hitler established his regime he established the SS to take out, first, the "Brown Shirts" because he didn't need them or their overtly violent tactics.
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  7431.  @Attmay  You're an illiterate preaching FASCISM. READ the First Amendment, dumb-assed punk.
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  7432. NEVER insult cat lovers -- we VOTE!
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  7433.  @TrumpFacts-wl2ik  those who hate cats are control freaks who can't handle independence in other beings.
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  7434. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  7435. Mainstream media isn't picking a candidate. That's why they are news, but you are not.
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  7436.  @GOCRAZY3  "Manufacturing Consent" is nothing new. Moreover, when the consent is to the FACTS, the "manufacturing" is constructive. One can be swallowed by media, one can reject -- and bash it -- altogther, or one can learn to distingusih between reporter and facts, and facts and opinion, and facts and propaganda. Yeah: I know it's "hip" for the naive to mistake cynicism for sophistication, and tus to fall into the trap of knowing it all, which latter is not possible. .
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  7437.  @StriderCompanions  What are you talking about?
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  7438.  @TheRailroad99  HP desktops were severely limited in expansion possibilities. Dell is now becoming that.
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  7439.  @bryanb3352  Perhaps you can find a way to explain what is "funny" about the current political and legal situation involving corruption of even the Supreme Court. Or should we simply consider you all about results, even if that means destroying YOUR rights in the rush to get there? All in all, you have no response, so you attempt to laugh it off. Clue: following "Griswold," which legalized the use of contraception, "Roe" was based on the right of privacy. The other decisions Clarence Thomas cited as to also be overturned were based on the right of privacy. In sum, ALL those decisions were and are based on the right of privacy, therefore all are targeted for overturning by a simple corrupt means: the DENIAL that there is a right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" doesn't appear in the Constitution. The ELIMINATION of the right of privacy is not decision-specific: it is across the board. So weigh how it feels that YOUR right of privacy has been eliminated. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to own guns".
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  7440.  @markjohnson8744  Your smear is only evidence of your bias. As is typical of you name-calling illiterates, you never provide a shred of EVIDENCE to back up your smears. Mature adults put away the things of childhood, such as elementary school name-calling.
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  7441.  @IronskullGM  It's amazing that those who insist that others are violating the law insist that violating the law is "freedom".
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  7442.  @IronskullGM  If Trump were doing exactly the same those same law-illiterate hysterical people would be defending it.
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  7443.  @markjohnson8744  "proven"!? Is that why you provide not a shred of "proof"?
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  7444.  @markjohnson8744  How do the American people determine "truth" -- by believing that simply believing a thing makes it true?
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  7445. Has Vance stopped beating his wife yet?
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  7446. What your are NOT is knowledgeable about China.
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  7447. A fool. Show us you know how to go away.
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  7448. Promoting racism by adopting racist views about Chicago and Detroit -- how many Blacks actually live in lily-white Vermont? -- comes directly from the anti-American white supremacists such as Trump and Vance, who are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence.
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  7449. The US Constitution is SUPREME over "states' rights". The jackals are Neo-Confederates.
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  7450. The problem is that the guns come in from Indiana, which has lax gun control laws.
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  7451. What, again, did Trump do "for us"?
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  7452. Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal. The only thing he did was sign a massive tax cut for those who didn't need it.
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  7453.  @closeoutsaleusa5322  All of which is Trump's self-promotion, and he is a New York con-man and career criminal. And now he is in deep legal trouble for STEALING GOV'T PROPERTY based on the LIE that it is HIS. Oh, right: you believe he's a saint who did all the horseshit you claim while his only focus was enriching himself and retaining power, the law and the voter be damned.
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  7454. Agreed. Some Democrats are acting like Republicans: smear politics.
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  7455. Liz Cheney's father did much to make Trump possible, which included the insurrection against the Florida vote-count and the theft of the 2000 election..
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  7456. By breaking wind.
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  7457. He's a hack. I doubt he's ever litigated anything. Ad if he ever set foot in a court it was to sit in the peanut gallery.
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  7458. Bernie Sanders made the same mistake: he smeared the largest block of Democratic voters, the centrists -- moderates -- as being "corrupt". So they voted for the actual Democrat Hillary Clinton. And then he lied -- no different than Trump -- about a "thumb on the scale" rather than admit he'd lost.
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  7459. The defense didn't have a defense except to ignore all the DOCUMENTARY evidence, and Pecker and Hope Hicks testimonies, and focus exclusively on Cohen. That was Trump's call -- and Blanche's reputation will be damaged for capitulating to Trump's self-destruction. This is the FOURTH major trial in a row that Trump has LOST because his lawyers caved in and presented the "defenses" that Trump DEMANDED they present. Keep it up, Donnie -- you're batting 100 percent as #1 WINNER at LOSING.
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  7460. The CDC was under Trump at the time.
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  7461. This was reported by the mainstream -- "Legacy" -- media, dunce. You'd know that -- what mainstream media actually is -- if you actually WATCHED it instead of "independent" bias masquerading as "news".
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  7462. The Congress is a separate branch of gov't in which one votes one way or the other on executive branch policy. Opposing Trump's racist border policy -- which violated law -- is not a violation of one's oath. At the same time Greene hides behind the "speech and debate" clause in the Constitution while railing against the Constitution.
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  7463. BECAUSE you DON'T KNOW HIS HISTORY AND WHO HE IS. He SUPPORTED Trump's "policies" more than 90 per cent of the time.
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  7464. The FIRST OBLIGATION of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Including against FALSE claims that rights are "absolute".
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  7465.  @kyrins.818  In Uvalde, Texas?
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  7466.  @jamesmckay4573  Rule of law. The FIRST OBLIGATION of gov't is to protect public health and safety. And then there's the fools such as you defending mass murder by the abuse of a right.
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  7467.  @kevinjenner9502  What are you talking about? The DOCUMENTS belong to the American people but are held by proxy by the gov't. Take your off-topic conspiracy "theories" to somewhere appropriate.
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  7468. The "grievances" are FAKE.
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  7469. The "Declaration of Independence" applied exclusively to ENGLAND; the Founders were not declaring independence from the gov'ts they all along controlled. And it has never been law; that's why we have the Constitution, which IS law. And IN BETWEEN the "Declaration" and Constitution were the Articles of Confederation. Law is a PROCESS, not an "instance". And the "Declaration" was preceded by a lengthy legal history that eventuated in it. Believing one can understand the "Declaration" without knowing anything of its context is erroneous.
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  7470.  @Gretabpooh That's the standard view of those who don't know the actual history of the era. As example, the first state constitution was New Hampshire's, adopted in January, 1776, and it was essentially a declaration of independence. Law is a PROCESS, not an "instance". Between July, 1776 "Declaration" (there are several other relevant dates as concerns the "Declaration") and the Constitution were the "Articles of Confederation". And before all that, during the 1760s was the false propaganda of "Taxation without representations" -- in fact, Benjamin Franklin was the colonies' representative in Parliament. On one hand, Massachusetts-Bay enacted a statute prohibiting criticism of the "Declaration" ("freedom of speech" anyone?), either privately or publicly, the penalty being "mispris[i]on of treason". But after the rabble were sufficiently stirred up (with the help of Thomas Paine), and it was time to reestablish stability, both the "Declaration" and Paine were discarded. Some of us have actually studied that era, especially the legal history. You have not and the constant general claims about it and the "Declaration" are also concocted myth not fact. As example, for at least 40 years the far-right has been waving The Federalist as their "Bible" -- and either ignorant of or ignoring the facts about it: 1. There were more than 50 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Only three of those more than 50 wrote "Federalist" articles. 2. On the other end of the spectrum of more than 50 were three delegates -- ANTI-Federalists -- who refused to sign the draft Constitution. One was Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts, who invented the anti-democratic corruption that is gerrymandering. 3. The source of The Federalist was the NEWSPAPER articles written by the three named -- James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay. Those articles and the volume of them are NOT LAW. It was ADMITTEDLY an ADVERTISING campaign intended to SELL the Constitution. It was not always HONEST in addressing the criticisms. And then there is this, in "Federalist No. 84" [Hamilton]: ". . . . I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous". (_Federalist_, Cooke, 579). Moreover, the various citations to The Federalist by illiterate gun-nuts and pro-insurrection fake "militia" NEVER include "Federalist 29," which is devoted exclusively to the militia and its regulation -- in fact it totally refutes their claims made for this and that out-of-context claims made for it. 4. The gun-nuts/pro-insurrection morons also gibberish about the "Declaration," in effort to get around the prohibitions in the Constitution. But few if any have ever read it, so never get beyond the false propaganda at its beginning to the grievances against, by name, King George III. These two are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." Legislatures MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the civilian gov't control of the military. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW, which REGULATES. Both US and all state constitutions expressly establish that the Militia is an arm of LAW ENFORCEMENT as an arm OF gov't. Treating the "Declaration" as a stand-alone document is just plain dumb.
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  7471.  @Gretabpooh  First, the so-called "revolution" began long before the "Declaration" was even an idea. Second, "revolution" is the overthrow of gov'ts. The Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" exactly this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because the gov'ts at issue were to colonial, which the Founders themselves all along controlled. The "Declaration" was not a "Declaration of Independence" from THEMSELVES. In fact the so-called "revolution" -- the propaganda term; in LAW it was characterized as "war for American independence" -- was a civil war: it divided families. The actual revolution occurred during the 1680s.
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  7472.  @pegasus5287  "So you are ok with everything about the country except trump?" No one said that because it is nonsense. The ISSUE is TRUMP and the CORRUPT Supreme Court Justices TRUMP appointed. The ISSUE is that TRUMP is a CONVICTED CRIMINAL. Only those with at least a dozen screws loose would defend a CONVICTED CRIMINAL You are VICTIM of the very thing you DEFEND. How much money has he bullshitted you out of? Were you not aware of better uses for that money than sending it to a BILLIONAIRE who should be able to PAY HIS OWN WAY!?
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  7473.  @pegasus5287  "And we should change everything because of that hatred you have for one man?" The Supreme Court's "immunity" decision changes everything. Or are you avoiding knowing about THAT ALSO? Do you have ANY idea what it is like to live under a DICTATORSHIP!? T his isn't a game, or a FAKE "reality" TV show. Wake up from the trance!
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  7474.  @pdoylemi  All the states adopted constitutions during 1776-77, and 1780. THEY eventuated in the US Constitution, and then the Bill of Rights. The "Declaration" simply reflected already-existing legal history -- the "Declaration" itself has never been law. As example, the sources for the Second Amendment were four STATE constitution Militia Clauses. Law is PROCESS, not an "instance". And when no longer needed, the "Declaration" was discarded by the Founders, along with Thomas Paine.
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  7475.  @pdoylemi  Law is a process that evolves and yet maintains consistency. Nothing in the "Declaration" was new with the "Declaration". "It was the document that said, "Here is who we are, and what we stand for." Much of that was crafted into state constitutions and the US Constitution." The first state constitution adopted was that of New Hampshire, in January, 1776. And it was largely a declaration of independence -- I know that because I've READ it. And the subsequent state constitutions borrowed from those already adopted -- see _Birth of the Bill of Rights 1776-1791_, by Rutland. When, again, were the several dates on which the "Declaration" was actually signed and published? The "Declaration" was rescued from total loss because after it had served its purpose it was discarded. THAT is the HISTORY. It WAS NOT in its day viewed as if some sort of sacred text. Those who don't know the difference between law and non-law, and who don't know the history, especially the legal history, make a big deal of it. It was a propaganda document used to rile up the population. Even before the war was won there came a time to re-establish stability. And the idea that all of a sudden the contents of the "Declaration" suddenly came to mind is ahistorical nonsense. The colonies had diverged from English law during the 17th century -- Massachusetts being most notorious in that regard. The colony's first Charter was revoked in 1680 because Massachusetts insisted on going its own way. By the time of the so-called "revolution" independence was so established in attitude and even law-making that conflict with England was near constant. That last Royal Governor, General Gage, dissolved the ELECTED Massachusetts legislature because it kept sending him laws to sign that were "radical". The ELECTED legislature simply reformed and resumed making laws contrary to the "opinion" of the Crown. 1680 was long before the "Declaration". Law evolves but is also retains continuity and consistency, therefore law is process, not an "instance".
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  7476.  @pdoylemi  "Everything the Declaration was based on is reflected in our Constitution." Where does the Constitution speak of "unalienable rights"? It doesn't because that is false propaganda.
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  7477.  @pdoylemi  You said "everything" in the "Declaration" is in the Constitution. I showed otherwise. And it matters that the "Declaration" was not law, but the ALREADY EXISTING state constitutions WERE (and are) law. The already-existing colony and provincial laws eventuated in the state constitutions and laws. And the existing state constitutions and laws eventuated in the Articles, and then the Constitution. As I note elsewhere, as example, four STATE constitution Militia Clauses eventuated in that which became the Second Amendment. In Madison's resolution it was Sixth, and remained so through the Debates; and when the proposed Bill of Rights was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification it was Fourth. And the substance of the STATE Militia Clauses -- which distinguish between both well-regulated militia and standing armies -- is reflected in Congress's Debates of the writing of that which became the Second Amendment. Moreover, as submitted to the states for consideration and ratification, the proposed Bill of Rights consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments. The first two were rejected, making the third the First, and the fourth the Second.
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  7478. The INDICTMENT says, "in the aggregate of $1,000 OR MORE". $1,000 is the minimum to establish Federal jurisdiction. The INDICTMENT statement does not mean "only" $1,000, nor does it mean "more than" $1,000. The statement is essentially a term of art. The INDICTMENT also state that the debit -- not credit -- card was illegally used "IN WYOMING and elsewhere".
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  7479. No: he is saying that HARRIS put out -- as the SOURCE -- that she "wasn't" Black.
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  7480.  @sammyr.1284  It's pretty monstrous to shoot a stranger with whom one has no connection in the back based on what -- anger at the surgeon who performed the back surgery? "The sleep of reason breeds monsters." -- Goya. It is monstrous to defend the murderer because the victim is alleged to have been a monster. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  7481. He was NOT "cooperating": he was in ILLEGAL POSSESSION of GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  7482. WITHOUT charges - which is typical or right-wing fascists who don't believe in legal constraints on freedom of speech, and don't believe in legal protections for their opponents -- their attacks against whom are BASELESS.
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  7483. "PREVENTION of proliferation". Departments of health in the US have the same component. You know, like stopping the spread of pandemics.
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  7484.  @beadsy-dl5up  The king of England gave the lands to colonize to the various groups of colonists. The problem is that the king didn't own the lands he gave them. In both English and US law that is STEALING. The colonists were, under English and US law, illegal immigrants. And they and their progeny enslaved brown people, and as they expanded their white supremacism committed genocide to clear the land for themselves.
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  7485.  @speedy7040  In view of the fact that they only say "take it back," it can't be determined if they mean "what" or "whom". But as that they reject democracy and the rule of law, it isn't from "whom".
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  7486.  @eloscuro704  Huh? If these fools were concerned with the Golden Rule, they wouldn't fall for Trump's promise to exterminate all who believe differently than he/they.
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  7487.  @davidminer84  You don't know anything about Marxism. And you obviously don't know anything about the 14th Amendment and the Civil Rights laws implementing that Amendment. You know who HITLER hated? Communists, Socialists, "Marxists," and Liberals. But the US's Founders were LIBERALS, which is why we have the First Amendment.
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  7488. Law enforcement would be remiss if not searching elsewhere at the same time.
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  7489. Has she bought her pedestal yet? Or is the man to pay for it?
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  7490. How long did Thoreau spend in the woods before returning to his home?
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  7491.  @jdc1957  Wanted to have that clarified because this is typically presented as if Thoreau was roughing it away from civilization.
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  7492. Sam Seder -- another miseducated-about-the-realities-of-the-1960s self-appointed pseudo-pundit pseudo-expert. Gad I am so tired or the boggings down in useless hypotheticals in which the FAR-Left so specializes -- while getting NOTHING DONE, which is ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S fault.
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  7493. It's financial exploitation. The "health" exploitation occurs in the medical industry, which in the US is based on monetization of illness. The sicker the patient is, the greater the profits for others than the patient. Look up "Medicare Conditions of Participation," read them, then try to get an answer from Medicare about who enforces them.
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  7494.  @lindawhite5006  You are omitting the hospital administrations, which are more directly involved in treatment decision-making. And even the non-/not-for-profit hospital administrations are increasingly imitating the strategies of the for-profit. And look at the salaries of hospital CEOs. And they, even when M.D.s, don't have time to actually practice medicine so don't have any patients. But more and more they are run not by M.D.s -- but see what that's worth by Googling "Steward Health Care" -- but by MBAs. MBA = Masters in Business Administration. There was a time when hospitals were part of the community -- they existed to meet the needs of the community. They weren't intended to make profits because providing health care was the mission. Google "Steward Health Care" -- a disaster not caused by the insurance industry.
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  7495.  @nexus6163  If you have EVIDENCE for that assertion, present it. Otherwise, you are deliberately spreading disinformation. you are promoting domestic violence.
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  7496. Rhode Island wants to change the name of the Atlantic Ocean (which is bigger than the "Gulf of America") to Rhode Island Ocean.
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  7497. "Life coaches" are all over the map. Their success is in coaching their own lives into wealth.
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  7498.  @donaldclifford5763  So you've picked up some legal jargon and believe it is a relevant critique. The DOJ's 40 page motion states the facts of the case. But you can't be bothered with that; you prefer taking meaningless potshots at the facts: 1. The LAW: ALL information generated by a gov't employee, regardless whether classified, is GOV'T PROPERTY. NONE of it belongs to the employee. 2. Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY. 3. Trump, over a LONG period of time, WITHHELD the STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY instead of RETURNING it AS REQUIRED BY LAW. 4. Trump BLEW OFF a subpoena, and LIED IN WRITING that he had no more STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY. 5. Based on witness testimony, the DOJ/FBI knew he had NOT returned ALL the STOLEN PROPERTY, so they laid out the FACTS -- your "predicate" -- in an affidavit showing probable cause for a search warrant. The independent Judiciary approved the search warrant. 6. The execution of the search warrant PROVED that Trump was CONTINUING to withhold STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY. The investigation continues; but Trump could be indicted on that which is already known and documented.
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  7499.  @daddyaf945  I've been at this for more than 50 years. The vast majority of voters are MODERATE -- er, to quote Sanders "fans, "centrists," which to them is ubiquitous with the word "corrupt". They don't know what they are talking about, though they sure are full of themselves with kowing it all. It's oh-so-easy to spin pie-in-the-sky fantasies when reality is unknown and rejected. It isn't that complicated an equation, suggested "solutions" which do not exist IN REALITY notwithstanding: With Republican gerrymandering -- the Supreme Court held that the Federal gov't can't interene, which removes the Federal gov't from enforcing civil rights against state abrogation of them -- Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitations to foreign powers to subvert the election, and TONS more money than the Democrats have, the Democrats need all the votes they can get. But Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump willl vote for Trump before they'll vote for a Socialist. Further: Sanders "fans" are jabbering "oligarphs" as concerns Bloomberg. First, Bloomberg didn't inherit his wealth. Second, he has been a Democrat and a Republican becuase he isn't an ideologue. Third, he didn't run for office in 2017-18, but he did fund Democratic camapgins around the country, and that helped the Democrats win the House. And he has siad: if not the nominee, he will be putting his money into the campaign ANYWAY in suport of Democrats and against Republicans/Trump. The vast majority is moderate. What they want -- I don't think Buttigieg is the key -- is young and moderate. Sure, they are currently divided between voting for issues, and focusing on the most important issue: getting Trum[p and his openly criminal enterprise out of office. Hopefully that will increasingly shift to focusing entirely on the latter. Bloomberg recognizes the danger, the threat, to the rule of law that is the Trump-Barr alliance. That is paramount above all else.
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  7500.  @inquisitive.lurker  Trump would slap Sanders dizzy. And that he is leading is because young political newbies have their heads up his ass, and it causes them selective amnesia. Is it a coincidence that Manafort and his partner, who worked to elect the corrupt pro-Russian president of Ukraine, ended up running both the Trump and Sanders campaigns? In that election Manafort engaged in computer hacking. Shortly into the primary, Sanders' campaign was caught hacking the DNC, and his Manafort-partner campaign manager forced to resign. But let's keep it simple: the vast najority will not elect a Socialist, especially when his history is blasted across the media. He'd be destroyed in a week.
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  7501. @Salmon I didn't say anything about fiscal conservatives. Where did you get the idea that "centrists" are ipso facto "fiscal conservatives"? Seder, I listened to you and Garfalo on "Air America"t talk about the 1960s. I was there, you were not: you didn't know then what you were talking about, and you dom't know today. I've been politically aware and active for longer than you've been alive; Sanders is talking the same failed far-LEFT folderol that failed THEN. Wake up: Barr just established DOJ "policy" to "investigate" anyone who appears to be a political threat to Trump. While Treasury/Bar are withholding Trump's tax information from Congress, and rguing in court -- next step the SC -- that the demand for Trump's tax returns is "uncontitutional," immediately after the "acquittal" vote, two Republican Senators requested Hunter Biden's tax information from Treasury, and it was immediately provided to them. And you continue to talk ideological claptrap, and push the other vindictive prick, Sanders. Ask yourself if it is a coincidence that both Trump and Sanders' campaign managers were the same two people -- one of them Manafort -- who worked together in Ukriane electing the corrupt pro-Russian president who was subsequently pushed out by the Ukrainian people. And at the beginning of the 2016 primary, the Sanders campaign got caught hacking the DNC, and the campaign manager was forced to resign. Yeah, I know: you're "anti"-corruption -- depending on whose.
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  7502.  @chrishakala528  With Republican gerrymandering -- protected by the Suprme Court -- Republican voter-purgings, Republican invitation to foreign powers to subvert the election, and Barr's new "policy" of "investigating" any viable political threat to Trump, the Democrats need all the votes they can get. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist.
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  7503.  @garyatkins7142  And the bi-partisan House bills focused on protecting the election are characterized by McConnell as "Socialist".
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  7504. @Salmon I have no idea what "media" you're consuming that declares unnamed Democrats as being "corrupt" because "centrist," which automagically makes them "fiscal conservatives". And probably "oligarchs" -- but "certainly" an "oligarch" if wealthy -- one of the far-Left's new buzzwords. I've been politically aware and active for more than 50 years. I've heard all the divisive labelling and name-calling -- from the far-LEFT also -- especially during the 1960s. All the ideological jabbering is willful blindness. It is fingers in the ears. It is ignoring immediate reality by indulging in exuberant speculations. No matter the Democrat, the Republicans will smear them as "Socialist" becuase associated with Sanders. McConnell labels the bi-partisan election protection bills "Socialist" as excuse to ignore them. Yes: the vast majority are moderates, who the far-LEFT doesn't like, so they smear them as equivalent of the dirty word "centrist". Lebels, labels, labels; name-calling, name-calling, name-calling; childishness deluding itself that it is politically astute. So busy smearing the middle they haven't time to pay attention in real-time to what the Republicans -- and Barr -- are doing.
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  7505. "Pod Save America" is boring.
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  7506. Ban Books, Not Guns. Free to Carry Guns, Free to Force Births.
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  7507.  @itsyooboii1464  If it's a "misinterpretation" you should be able to correct it. Instead you simply label a comment you don't like without proving it is "misinterpretation". Better for you to shut your moronic trolling yap.
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  7508. This is Bannon's "deconstruction of the administrative state" -- even while he is being marginalized by Musk. He asked for it, and its coming for HIM.
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  7509.  @lynnkemmer2434  Huh? And you know that how?
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  7510. Using "Q" in these times is peQuliar.
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  7511. Your comment is noteworthy for its fact-free racism.
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  7512.  @nyneegardner6235  "people need to take personal responsibility," There are forces arrayed AGAINST people taking responsibility WHEN THEY LACK THE MEANS TO DO SO. As for not relying on the gov't: stop being ignorant: the first obligation of gov't is protection of public health and safety. The asinine view that gov't is the problem is OPPOSITE the view of the Founders; but it IS the view of the wealthy who oppose "regulation" -- which is another word for LAW. They want to be EXEMPT from the rules while requiring YOU to comply with the rules. Gov't isn't the enemy -- it is by definition RULE OF LAW. And it is in WRITTEN LAW that one has rights, and vindication of them. But it's EASY to shit on the FANTASY of "squatters". This guy HAS NOT presented ANY EVIDENCE that ANY of the "stories" he repeats from unidentified "theys" are TRUE. Stop being a sucker for political propaganda pumped out by the special interest real estate industry, whose ONLY goal is FINANCIAL PROFIT -- and they will politicize ANYTHING in FOR MONEY. You DON'T KNOW that there's is this sudden "plague" of squatters -- but you ALREADY OPPOSE that which is NOT PROVEN TO EXIST. WHO BENEFITS from those UNPROVEN "stories"? I know people who moved to Florida for the low property taxes. ALL OF A SUDDEN property tax increases are so extreme that homeowners are being DRIVEN OUT. WHO is behind those TAX INCREASES -- "tenants"!? "Squatters"!? Those are DISTRACTIONS AWAY from whomever LOBBIED those tax increases INTO LAW.
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  7513.  @WhyteHorse2023  The pro-property- rights-above-all-else of the right-wing is pro-slavery: anyone not involuntarily tithing to them for "protection" is getting away with something, therefore must be vilified. "Squatting" is a result of homelessness caused by lack of affordable housing. And who opposes limits on rents, thus causing homelessness? Landlords. No one more denies the balancing of rights on which our system of laws is based than landlords. Apparently there's a "divine right" that applies exclusively to landlords: they can do as they please -- see my comment about the lawyer for the billionaire landlord who also -- the lawyer -- owns properties that are in extreme violation of state building and sanitary codes. But tenants MUST obey every cross, dot, and tittle of the law, even while landlords refuse to maintain their properties in keeping with minimal legal standards. So lets preach against and vilify those frozen out of the system -- the tenants and imaginary "squatters". Wonder who is behind the extreme increase in Florida property taxes? It's those who can pay lobbyists to lobby the legislature for those laws. And that isn't tenants and or "squatters". But instead of focusing on the lobbyists and those who pay them to puh those laws through let's generate and spread fear of "tenants" and "squatters". Let's hate those who have less power than we do.
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  7514.  @Joel-s1c6d  You aren't a progressive. And young people need to learn HISTORY: the vast majority of voters are MODERATES.
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  7515.  @Joel-s1c6d  They aren't paying attention to Biden's policies because that requires PAYING ATTENTION to reality beyond their baseless immature and self-defeating fantasies.
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  7516. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7517. John Walsh is pretty free with the name-calling about people he actually doesn't know. What the pathologists describe is a "crime of passion". I would guess she told him she was breaking up with him, and he reverted to the, "If I can't have you, then no one else will." It isn't about "cowardice". Keep in mind that at the beginning John Walsh called for Laundrie to "off" himself -- which is irrational and stupid, as he was calling for the DESTRUCTION of the most crucial EVIDENCE in the case.
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  7518. The NRA PROHIBITS guns and all other weapons in its headquarters and at its conferences. To ensure that the blood in which they are soaked isn't their own.
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  7519. Lawyer-client confidentiality is controlled by the client, not by the lawyer. When Trump blew off the privilege he freed Cohen to defend himself. You need to listen to actual lawyers, instead of stocking up on bullshit from such as Trump and FOX, and then basing "questions" on that garbage. Clue: gag orders are nothing new. Trump is gagged against witness intimidation -- which is ILLEGAL -- and jury tampering -- which is ILLEGAL. He is also engaged, as he always has been, in a full-on assault on the rule of law, beginning with the Constitution itself. That is exactly what CRIMINALS do. Trump isn't defending himself; rather, he is claiming that he has a "right" to be a CRIMINAL. There is no such right for anyone: NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW -- including con artist demagogue and career felon TRUMP. Law-illiterates will make assumptions that are bullshit; and when they are Trumpers, they will refuse to understand the obvious. Stop the stupid, HYPOCRITE.
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  7520.  @ronfullerton3162  Law is complicated. And literate English is "would HAVE". If you are in the US you are voting to have your throat cut by buying into the "aw shucks" "regular guy" Senator Kennedy. In reality he is one of the "elitists" who pretends to be against "elitists". He graduated Harvard Law School. Do you know anything about the elitest of universities that is Harvard?
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  7521.  @karencornelius9640  I have an education in law. You do not. Senator Kennedy is an elitist -- a graduate of Harvard University -- pretending to be anti-elite. Trump is an adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal. You have no moral standing by supporting rape and criminality. A point of legal fact: Law is a hierarchy. At the top is the Constitution. Executive orders are way down the list of subordinate law. Executive Orders cannot change the Constitution.
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  7522.  @Squirreltail581  The liar is Senator Kennedy: he attacks "elites" while pretending he isn't an elitist in order to con you illiterates. He graduated ELITE Harvard University
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  7523.  @leb7346  *sshole: Senator Kennedy is a scammer. I have an education ion law. Law is complicated. You do not have an education in law. You're a right-winger who hates the rule of law, about which you are totally ignorant, because Trump does. You're the sort of anti-American who voted for an adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal and still believes you have moral judgment and credibility. For those reasons you aren't qualified to make moral judgments. Any fool who believes that Senator Kennedy is "proving" what he is claiming to prove is dumber than dead rocks. He doesn't "prove" anything: he simply makes allegations -- which are not PROOF. He "style" is the equivalent of pseudo-sophisticated name-calling. CHILDREN fall for his scam.
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  7524. At very least, unlike Sanders and his asshole dupes, Biden doesn't both attack the Democratic Party VOTERS AND expect them to vte FOR him.
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  7525. @Vigilant Mind Is stupidity your profession? It's been explained FFOR WEEKS that a US/NATO no-fly zone over Ukraine would escalate to a direct war between US/NATO and Russia. That would be WW III. If you so much yearn for war, why don't you ENLIST?
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  7526. You don't understand the United States, and the will to help others instead of preaching selfishness.
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  7527.  @RollerBladingSuxs  But not so much as racism is ingrained in the "mentality" of white supremacists who maintain the structural racism that maintains ghettos. And the majority of those who re homeless are actually white. The person in the video should stick to the basket case that is his state of Florida instead of speculating about states in which he doesn't live.
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  7528. It is not "free money" if you pay taxes. And you certainly don't understand self-governance, and the purpose of gov't being to meet the needs of "We the people". But that knowledge isn't available if one staunchly avoids getting an education.
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  7529.  @jimmcloughlin  There has not been a filibuster in the US for all of its history. It was established after the Civil War.
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  7530.  @jimmcloughlin  If your statement was false, as it is, then it is not accurate.
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  7531.  Martha Huls  He wasn't talking about mine.
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  7532.  @marktesta6726  The strength of the law is that even if one planned it, but didn't go further or failed at it, one is still guilty.
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  7533.  @marktesta6726  And I suppose as a matter of ethics you refused the $1,400 check. Biden has done better than one could expect against the odds. But anyone who would consider voting for Trump is immune to fact and reality. He's a career criminal, and it intent on destroying the rule of law, but somehow you believe that the destruction of the rights secured by law is somehow a benefit to you. Oh --- you believe you're immune? First they came for fill-in-the-blank, but I didn't care because I wasn't a fill-in-the-blank.
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  7534. Yeah -- the Founders were wrong, in the view of those who know nothing at all about why they established the Electoral College -- no, it was not about "controlling the slaves" -- and have no plan to replace it with anything except "direct democracy". The January 6th insurrection was "direct democracy" -- and insurrection is expressly prohibited by the same Constitution. You and your ilk don't know what you're talking about. Worse, the constitution as the supreme law of the land is under unprecedent ATTACK by the anti-democratic right wing. And what is your response to that? To ATTACK the Constitution.
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  7535. He's still a religiosnake.
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  7536.  @alexalaniz2423  See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections: The Founders charged them with, tried them for, and convicted them of, TREASON. Insurrection is violent political attack on gov't and the rule of law. It's expressly prohibited in the Constitution you've never read: "Art. I., S .8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions."
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  7537.  @AohUSA  It would show law-illiterates such as you how the justice system works, including the EVIDENCE that you Trumpeters always omit by presenting your anti-Americanism as normal.
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  7538. Abbott is "tip-towing up to the line" because it's yet another racist lie, and his effort to distract from the Uvalde cover-up and the disastrous energy grid. Let's not do journalism: let's simply provide a platform for propaganda, and participate in eliciting it.
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  7539.  @ooohlaa13  So you assume the FBI hadn't already investigated and found any "evidence" that late-comer "Dog" made public announcements about "finding"? Do you always buy the self-promotions of self-promoting attention-seekers? If reality, Laundrie is not in Florida. He isn't an "outdoorsman" or "survivalist" -- he is a city-kid "hiker" -- but isn't stupid.
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  7540.  @pattygravs6354  You believe in tooth fairies. No one -- no one -- has "pure motives".
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  7541.  @rudyleotardo8278  It doesn't matter whether "Dog" finds Laundrie; what matters is he is making himself the center of attention. He is a destructive force interfering in and potentially destroying a legitimate investigation.
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  7542.  @lisatsuda  He's a joke.
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  7543. Uh, no: the woman was a party to the crime. And she was given a lesser sentence than her husband.
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  7544. One can't "love" a person one does not know. That's the sort of "love" one experiences in high school -- as fantasy.
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  7545. YAWN. His "policies" include voting to protect the gun industry, an d AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES.
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  7546. Patel needs to be subpoenaed by the Committee.
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  7547. In view of the history of anti-Semitism being systemic, I guess we're to assume that Bill Kristol is a "DEI hire". Which means that anyone who isn't white is unqualified to have jobs.
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  7548. Jackson is saying that the statute needs to be UPDATED BY CONGRESS. Judges are constrained to adjudicate WITHIN the limits of the law ENACTED by CONGRESS.
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  7549. Keep up the wild-eyed speculations, and thus fuel the pro-Trump conspirabunk. "Appears to be" = projection. Equals speculation. VARIOUS candidates are working with the company, including Buttigieg. Well, at least there wasn't any computer hacking, as there was by the Sanders campaign early in the 2016 campaign. You all doubtless have amnesia about that -- the campaign manager was forced to resign. He had worked with Paul Manafort in Ukraine electing their pro-Russian president. Manafort worked outside the US for at least a decade, helping elect dictators. Then, out of nowhere, he was made campaign chairman of the Trump campaign, and his buddy the manager of the Sanders campaign during the same campaign cycle. Coincidence?
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  7550. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine? Because he is a whine-o.
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  7551. At its peak in Italy, the lethality was 12 per cent.
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  7552.  @toddinthemiddle  So you're a short-witted sociopath.
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  7553. His lawyer was in court when that evidence was presented. After that the lawyer said she hasn't yet received any evidence from the prosecution.
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  7554.  @nmartin5551  About which legal system you know nothing -- and, especially, the underlying requirements of due process, which is premised upon presumption of innocence.
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  7555. Rupert Murdoch has all along been a fascist propagandist. He got his US citizenship from Reagan.
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  7556. The other part of the problem for Trump is that no defense can obscure his guilt.
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  7557. No responsible financial institution will loan money to an adjudicated fraudster who is known to not pay his bills. And is his anti-Semitic attack on Jews result of his being told "No" by 30 perceived Jews?
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  7558. President Biden is for supporting Ukraine. The Republicans are siding with US-enemy Putin. Instead of bashing the "US" learn how the US gov't functions and point your criticism at where it applies.
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  7559.  @richietattersall2122  Social Security is a successful program. The "disaster" is a fiction made up by those who have been opposed to Social Security since it was first proposed, and ever since have been bent on destroying it.
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  7560. He is inciting violence by his al quida -- his "base".
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  7561.  @robert14864  It's at least sedition.
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  7562.  @justuseKsharps I never fall for bald-faced assertions without a shred of substantiation. Because I am not that stupid: ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7563.  @justuseKsharps  George Washington on Well-Regulated Militia . . . . The New Jersey militia had contributed little to the sudden turn of events in favor of the American army. The reluctance of Jerseymen to join the fray had reflected not only a divided population, but also the fear of a supposedly invincible enemy, and the inability of the new State to establish its military command and provide direction. Writing to [Governor] Livingston 24 Jan. 1777, Washington chose to emphasize the latter failure in a heated letter critical of the States lawmakers. "Sir: The irregular and disjointed State of the Militia of this Province, makes it necessary for me to inform you, that, unless a Law is immediately passed by your Legislature, to reduce them to some order, and oblige them to turn out, in a different Manner from what they have hitherto done, we shall bring very few into the Field, and even those few will render little or no Service. Their Officers are generally of the lowest Class of People; and instead of setting a good Example to the Men, are leading them into every Kind of Mischief, one Species of which is, Plundering the Inhabitants, under pretence of their being Tories. A Law should, in my Opinion, be passed, to put a Stop to this kind of lawless Rapine; for, unless there is something done to prevent it, the People will throw themselves, of Choice, into the Hands of the British Troops. But your first object should be a well regulated Militia Law; the People, put under good Officers, would behave in quite another Manner; and not only render real Service as Soldiers, but would protect, instead of distressing, the [10] Inhabitants. What I would wish to have particularly insisted upon, in the New Law, should be, that every Man, capable of bearing Arms, should be obliged to turn out, and not buy off his Service by a trifling fine. We want Men, and not Money." [NB13, _The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources_, 39 vols., ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington, 1931-1944), VII, 56-57.] When the Assembly reconvened on 20 Jan. 1777, it waited another two weeks before finally sending to the council a measure which incorporated both exemption fees and the practice of substitutes. The frustrated Governor asked the Assembly to erase these practices from the law and force the people to answer the muster. [NB 14, Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey {VPS}, 1st session, 94.] The plea went unheeded. On 15 Mar. 1777, the State's first general militia act included the use of substitutes and exemption fees. However, the new code did include one section which was to assume greater importance as the war progressed. Listed last among the various ways whereby the Governor might call out the militia was the following, "with the Advice of the Legislature, when sitting, or in their Recess, with the Advice of the Privy Council." [NB 15, Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey {Acts}, 1st session, 1st sitting, 13 Mar. 1777.] Combined with his chairmanship of the Council of Safety, created two days after passage of the militia law, Livingston's use of the Privy Council vaulted him into the center of power. Legislative weakness had perhaps left him no other choice. Languid passage of this first major militia law focused attention upon the leadership crisis faced by New Jersey's revolutionary government. Legislative deliberations on the militia bill posed a challenge to the Assembly's constitutionally pre-eminent position. Faced with a military crisis and the need to take action, the Assembly had procrastinated and the impetus for militia reform came from the Governor, not from within the legislature. Moreover, the chief executive's recommendations incorporated new, far-reaching and dramatic changes. The Assembly's response was to back away and return to a status quo which failed to meet the State's needs. Furthermore, Livingston's inability to convince the Assembly of the need for revision of the militia code may have greatly influenced his own assessment of the leadership needs of the State. While the legislature considered the militia bill, the Governor had written to Washington that the lawmakers "are so [11] unduly influenced by the Fear of disobeying the constituents that they dare not exert themselves with the requisite Spirit of the exigencies of the War. [NB 16, Margaret Burnham MacMillan, The War Governors in the American Revolution (New York, 1943), 234-235.] The legislature's failure to extend its authority to confront the Loyalist challenge reinforced Livingston's critical assessment. Thus in March 1777 he moved to assert his leadership. Directing the efforts of the Council of Safety and the Privy Council, the chief executive assumed a dominant role seemingly at odds with the intention of the State Constitution. The basis of the Privy Council's military authority came from the legislature. According to the Constitution the Governor was the commander-in-chief. Nevertheless, the lawmakers chose to inhibit this authority in the March 1777 militia act having the Governor, except in case of surprise invasion, consult with the legislature, or in its absence, the Privy Council before calling out the militia. In effect, the legislature created a military high command. This command, however, chose to exceed its authority by directing militia units while the legislature sat. The result was a high degree of effectiveness lacking during previous military crises. The principal test of the Privy Council's command arose in 1778 during the British march across New Jersey from Philadelphia to New York, culminating in the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June. Between February and June a constant flow of correspondence with military commanders kept the Privy Council abreast of the latest movements of the British forces. With each bit of news, the Privy Council responded accordingly, advising Livingston on deployment of the militia. In preparation for the battle, forces from at least seven counties, from all parts of the State, were moved into position to harass General Henry Clinton's army. Some units were stationed by the council without the approval or disapproval of the legislature. [NB 17, See entries for 23 and 28 Feb. 1778, 63 and 64; and 21 Mar. 1778, 71.] The Jerseymen's raids and attacks are credited with forcing Clinton to halt his march and fight. [NB 18, John Richard Alden, The American Revolution 1775-1783 (New York, 1954), 202.] The battle at Monmouth was indecisive with both sides claiming victory. However, a notable feature of the campaign was the turnout of the Jersey militia. This fact was not [12] lost on General Washington, whose sentiments regarding the militia were in marked contrast to his thoughts of January 1777: ". . . the Militia of this state are also thanked for the noble Spirit which they have shown in opposing the Enemy on their march from Philadelphia and for the Aid which they have given by harassing and impeding their Motions so as to allow the Continental Troops time to come up with them."[NB 19, Fitzpatrick, _Writings of Washington_, XII, 130.] There were, of course, reasons other than the spirited leadership of the Privy Council for the militia turnout. As the State continued to function, more people identified with its existence. Previous military successes by Continental troops, especially the surrender in October 1777 of British forces commanded by General John Burgoyne, gave those loyal to the State the will to fight. Such victories seriously tarnished the British aura of invincibility. Nevertheless, the new infusion of leadership by the Privy Council cannot be discounted. As in the case of the Council of Safety, the legislature recognized the Privy Council's effectiveness and continued to delegate increased military powers to it. When the militia was to be alerted for a possible campaign in conjunction with the Continental Army, the Privy Council was empowered to command the mobilization. [NB 20, Acts, 5th session, 2nd sitting, 27 June 1781.] . . . . Minutes of the Governor's Privy Council 1777-1789, New Jersey Archives, Third Series, Volume I (Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Library, Archives and History Bureau, 1974), Edited, with an Introduction, and Notes by David A. Bernstein, pp. 10-13.
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  7564.  @justuseKsharps  On the First Amendment -- ___ From the North Carolina, Begun November 12, 1776, Completed December 18, 1776. "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ Constitution of New York, April 20, 1777. XXXVIII. And whereas we are required, by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind, this convention cloth further, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, ordain, determine, and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed, within this State, to all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience, hereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State. XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any presence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those, and their equivalents in the other states' constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. To be clear as to the most fundamental principle of our Constitutional system of laws: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You can sloganize and propagandize by politically slinging the words "Classical Liberals," in pseudo-defense of that you in fact oppose, but you have no grounding in the actual Liberalism of the Founders. One finds that in their system of laws, the US Constitution being the SUPREME Law of the Land. There is no higher, or alternative, law.
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  7565. The family had no reason to be concerned. And don't seem to be concerned now, which is typical of Republicans: no empathy.
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  7566. It's "infotainment". It's all about RATINGS.
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  7567. You're prone to reject gov't -- which is by definition rule of law.
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  7568. That is because Trump's lawyers aren't allowed to practice law; he requires that they present his stupid and irrelevant POLITICAL spew as "arguments". And the courts consistently smack him upside the head with a 350 pound steel 2 X 4. It's no wonder he doesn't where he is or time of day or night.
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  7569.  @garyurtiaga9426  He only tells the truth at his rallies -- mixed in with the lying. And gibberish: he ran against Obama, but Biden "stole" the election (also from Obama?) and will start WW II.
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  7570.  @EnlightenedIllusions  That is not how one reads law.
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  7571.  @NickPowers-zs4cp  He LOST the case. Why would he bring that up as his DEFENSE? He DOESN'T HAVE a defense, which is WHY he ORDERED his lawyers to make that FALSE ARGUMENT. That it would LOSE is not at all surprising because it is out-and-out BULLSHIT. The only thing it did was delay -- which was all he could hope for. He's throwing ketchup at the wall hoping it will stick and not drip. I can't wait for him to assert the "argument" that he can't be prosecuted because he isn't a citizen. (He claims he didn't swear an oath to the Constitution -- but we have VIDEO of him doing so.)
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  7572.  @versewonderstrikes5353  He IS acting as his own lawyer. No self-respecting lawyer would substitute HIS "judgment" for theirs -- especially as so many of his lawyer are facing sanctions and worse for their actions in court. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Trump is all and only politics all the time. That's why he keeps LOSING in COURT, where LAW prevails. He absolutely cannot win on the LAW. And the facts are against him. So he beats up on everyone and everything else.
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  7573.  @wendigo53  The Supreme Court has held AGAINST Trump repeatedly. They may affirm the appellate court with a sentence or two, but that court is not going to re-hear the case so may simply deny certiorari.
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  7574.  @brandonmcheyenehoward1077  IS he paying? Or are the lawyers doing his bidding because they HOPE they won't be stiffed?
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  7575.  @Ohreallybro95  Actually the THREE judges applied the law to the facts. Trump's POLITICAL argument was irrelevant to the case. That's why he keeps LOSING: his "arguments" are ALWAYS BULLSHIT.
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  7576.  @Ohreallybro95  Come on, tell us: what "rules" do you "know," let alone "know" were changed? We're waiting . . . Put up or sit down and shut your foolish yap.
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  7577.  @hollandanish5557  Have you anything CONSTRUCTIVE to offer? Nope. You're a dope.
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  7578.  @davidjones6389  Fool's gold.
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  7579.  @EnlightenedIllusions  And?
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  7580.  @EnlightenedIllusions  You are not qualified to comment on actual facts because you have no relation to them.
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  7581.  @marcusmaddox2176  The quotations raise questions about whether the words are correct to apply.
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  7582.  @marcusmaddox2176  Trumpers never look at a whole fact -- the deliberately ludicrous extremity of the judge's proposition smoked out the Trump lawyer's serious but ludicrous extremism. She simply baited him into revealing the preposterous claim for what it was and is.
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  7583.  @ziggystardust7888  The borders are NOT open. Or do you still believe career criminal and known constant liar Trump?
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  7584. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7585. Pence the Pious.
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  7586. Trump wants to know what's in the affidavit but does not want the PUBLIC to know. That's why he isn't in court arguing for it being unsealed. And, of course, as long as it remains sealed he will spew all sorts of disinformation against the rule of law.
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  7587. Out of office snowflake Trump will be distracted by a blizzard of lawsuits.
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  7588. She's either overseeing a moot court, or engaged in Continuing Legal Education.
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  7589. Republicans are the problem, so let's attack Democrats. From CANADA. REPUBLICAN TX Gov' Abbott made it legal for criminals to buy guns legally. But the fault is Democrats.
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  7590.  @chuckydall9250  Which, as teh video shows, was filled with weapons. The "attached plate" was ILLEGAL, and now they have the identities of these three criminals. To the contrary, you're all for criminality so long as violently racist and anti-American.
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  7591.  @chuckydall9250  The truck was also being tracked by on-the-ground cop cars. They ran the plate and then pulled the truck over. I'd ask you to use your head, but you are (1) working with insufficient knowledge, or (2) being selective in which "facts" you endorse, and which to treat as jokes. You're a destructive jerk and your own worst enemy: when the Nazis destroyed legal protections of RIGHTS in Germany, they destroyed them for EVERYONE including their SUPPORTERS. You have individual freedom AND RESPONSIBILITY: you can CHOOSE to stop the stupid.
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  7592.  @chuckydall9250 THINKING is not your strong suit: 1. They had cop cars on the ground following the truck. 2. In issuing the ticket they got the name and other identifying information on the individual ticketed. 3. That identifying information -- on all three individuals-- is entered into a database that can be accessed by law enforcement nationwide. Law enforcement isn't as stupid as you.
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  7593. “I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams
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  7594. "Mark who?" -- Trump campaign. Trump's campaign is now saying that Mark Robinson wasn't even on the "Coffee Boys" list.
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  7595. Exactly. It wasn't a joke; it was a COMPLIMENT. Perhaps that's what got to Will Smith: he knew it wasn't deserved.
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  7596. How about Russia's responsibility in how it conducts its relations with other countries?
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  7597. Ask her why her and her fellow lawyers made claims about the Michigan election, calling procedures under the Michigan elections laws, without having actually researched the Michigan elections laws. And, yes: they grifted a ton of money from the Trump sheeple, by pushing a wholly-political agenda where it did not belong: in Court. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7598. "Leftist" protesters are represented without fee. Right-wing protesters hire private lawyer.
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  7599. Isn't Bernie Sanders older than Biden?
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  7600. There is no "Left". There is everyone to the left of the far-right including moderate Republicans. According to the far-right everyone to the left of Hitler is "far-Left".
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  7601.  @No0o0o0o0o0  (1) Buy ink, (2) buy paper, (3) be charged by the ink company for how much paper you use. It's a system that DISEMPOWERS the consumer. Slaveryisfreedom.
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  7602.  @No0o0o0o0o0  That one has "choices" does not necessarily justify the choices or make them worth anything. 1,000 TV channels and nothing on.
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  7603. SOME do.
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  7604. Trump probably didn't pay the bill.
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  7605. "They" of "they say" = Trump.
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  7606.  @ahmedfarah2930  The current crop of "progressives" and their supporters are too politically naive to do anything more than be ineffective or worse, to cause damage to their own professed goals. How many "Bernie Bros" voted for the opposite extreme Trump? Did the consequences of that advance their "progressive" ideals?
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  7607.  @shadebleu  Of course he did. And he's a "progressive". And when he ran for office he came in a distant third. That should tell you how "popular" his and his fellows' views. They are the people who helped elect Trump by smearing Democrats. And they continue their same spiel, despite the massively destructive consequences.
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  7608. The DOJ has ALSO indicted more than a dozen "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers" for seditious conspiracy. At least three of those have pled guilty and are cooperating with the prosecution. Next week you'll give us the "Breaking News" that Jeff Clark's -- look him up -- house was searched. It's beyond time you stopped lying about working in a law firm. Investigation takes time. Legal process takes time. Trump will be indicted. Period. Full stop.
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  7609. The comment about shooting looters came from George Wallace.
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  7610. The gov't is composed of three co-EQUAL branches of gov't. The Congress can overturn the Supreme Court. And as President Jackson said of a Supreme Court decision he didn't like: "Let them enforce it." No one must obey an unconstitutional court decision. A REPUBLICAN-appointed Federal judge has characterized the decision as "abominable". And two state supreme court upheld gun crime convictions despite Bruen having nullified the respective state laws being enforced in those cases. So we are in uncharted territory: lower Federal and state courts ignoring the Supreme Court. More Republican-generated chaos. NEVER FORGET: All three co-equal branches are UNDER the Constitution. No branch is equal to, superior to, or alternative to the Constitution, which is expressly the SUPREME Law of the Land.
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  7611. Had Trump testified he would have been Hannibal Lectered.
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  7612. At present Medicare for All is a losing issue.
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  7613. Boebert gets pretty hot ["Beetlejuice"] because she is hand on ["Beetlejuice"].
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  7614. Is Trump being criminally prosecuted? Yes. Whether he AND you agree or not, he is because on trial NOT above the law.
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  7615. The Academy is trying to avoid responsibility by blaming Chris Rock -- thus only digging the self-inflicted hole deeper.
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  7616. Anyone can ask any question -- which doesn't mean the question is relevant OR IN GOOD FAITH.
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  7617. A legal consultant that doesn't know the basic definition of "battery"!? Patronage job?
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  7618. No, it does not. This is the ONLY "individual right" DEBATED by the Congress that WROTE the Second Amendment: "but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARILY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia]". The clause was OBVIOUSLY VOTED DOWN BEFORE the Bill of Rights was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification. Thus the Second Amendment has nothing whatsoever to do with "individual" ANYTHING: the well-regulated militia, regulated and governed under BOTH US and state constitutions and laws, is not an individual, is a public organization, and ALWAYS an arm OF GOV'T.
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  7619.  @billbillerton6122  This is the FOUNDERS view of the Second Amendment. Are you capable of learning? -- ___ The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7620.  @billbillerton6122  This is the FOUNDERS, as stipulated in the "Bill of Rights" of New Hampshire's constitution of 1784: ___ III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". Thus the exercise of rights is LIMITED by the RESPONSIBILITY, ALSO stipulated IN LAW, to NOT violate the rights of others. There are NO rights that are unlimited in their exercise, and therefore NO rights are "absolute". Deal with it: any "absolute" that has even one exception is DEMOLISHED as an absolute. Last but not least: laws are made by gov't legislatures -- not by private sociopathic and law-rejecting propaganda mills such as the NRA.
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  7621.  @billbillerton6122  Dunce: a limitation on the exercise of a right is neither "infringement" nor "remov[al]" of a right. But I'll bet you reject the law making murder illegal because it "infringes" or "remove[s]" your non-existent "right" to commit murder. Or do you accept that LIMITATION on the exercise of your "rights"? Come on, THINK for a change, and MAKE A DECISION one way or the other, instead of being a simpleton sheeple repeating UNSUBSTANTIATED HOGWASH at 15th hand from no known source. Or take a risk, chickenshit, by actually READING the ACTUAL LAW I've posted. REREAD them until they PENETRATE your arrogant blinders. Or, in the alternative, continue to be an uneducated law-illiterate who REJECTS the rule of law simply because your snowflake fee-fees are offended by RULE OF LAW.
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  7622. Trump can't even read prepared speeches. Or do you believe the bizarre "battery and shark" story was in the written speech?
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  7623. "Rise of the Moorons".
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  7624. It's how demagogues operate: they take every position in order to tell everyone what they want to hear. He boasts that he is the person, the individual, responsible for overturning of Roe and that he is proud of it. At the same time he pretends to be "moderate" by pushing an extreme -- the 15-week limit -- that pleases some of the fanatics and that he hopes will appeal to the moderates. Any limit at all, in view of the realities of problem pregnancies, is contrary to reality: a fetus can become non-viable at any point in a pregnancy.
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  7625. Vance claims to be a Catholic.
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  7626. He's binging on meth again.
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  7627. Conservatism: the accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible.
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  7628. Boebert should know by now how to take matters into her own hand.
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  7629.  @evergreen_g7  All the news is reporting is what "The Rise of the Moorons" say -- which is not the fault of the news. Learn to distinguish between direct statement, and quotation.
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  7630. The appellate court already upheld the gag order. I doubt, if they had direct experience of it, the appellate court would uphold Trump's gagging of everyone in his vicinity.
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  7631. The "Emancipation Proclamation" was no more law than was the "Declaration of Independence". And the latter was the OPPOSITE of a declaration of "revolution". Regardless one's political position, ignorance of history and law is despicable. Knowing the difference between law, and everything else, is crucial. And from there knowing the degrees of authority in the several levels of law is essential.
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  7632.  @thomasbraeking6225  You don't understand either document because you've never read them. Neither document was law when written, and have never been law. And their purposes are not understood by those who haven't bothered to READ them: The "Emancipation Proclamation" applied ONLY to the states that refused to law down their arms. The LATER Civil War Amendments are not the "Proclamation". The "Declaration of Independence" applied EXCLSIVELY to ENGLAND -- its authors were not declaring independence from themselves, or their gov'ts -- the colonists all along controlled the colonial gov'ts. And they were not calling for or asserting a "right" to revolution". Instead, contrary to the false assumptions about it, it is an assertion of the RULE OF LAW as being paramount. Examples from the "GREIVANCES" at its end, against by name King George III, are these: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." Legislatures MAKE LAWS; LAWS REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The entire legal tradition that eventuated in the Constitution and "Bill of Rights" PROHIBITED, as does the Constitution, any form of "independent" or "private" military force, because such are a threat to GOV'T, which gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. AGAIN: neither the "Emancipation Proclamation" nor the "Declaration of Independence" have ever been LAW. LAWS are made by LEGISLATURES, with the concurrence of the Executive.
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  7633.  @thomasbraeking6225  Amendments of and to the Constitution are not separate from the Constitution. They are as relevant as al the rest of the Constitution, exactly as every Article is equal to every other. Problems result from the effort to separate "rights" -- the perceived substance of the "Bill of Rights" -- from RESPONSIBILITIES. The Constitution is ONE document, not two.
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  7634.  @thomasbraeking6225  There is no deflection. There are three distinct documents in this issue: the "Declaration," which has never been law, the "Emancipation Proclamation," which has never between law, and the Constitution, which is the law of the land. What you don't know is the legal history and contexts of the "Declaration": nothing it is was new; whatever "legal" assertions it "declared" ALREADY EXISTED in ACTUAL law. The sources of the Constitution and "Bill of Rights" were prior LEGAL history -- actual LAW evolved and elaborated from the founding of the several colonies through to the 170s and the adoption of STATE constitutions, which were the direct sources for the Constitution and "Bill of Rights". So it was neither "Declaration" nor "Proclamation" that was "codified" in the Constitution; it was existing principles of ACTUAL LAW which pre-existed both of those documents.
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  7635.  @thomasbraeking6225  had the principles in the "Declaration" and "Proclamation" been "codified" in the Constitution, it would not change the status of the "Declaration" and "Proclamation" as NOT BEING LAW. I have an education in law. We don't fuzzily pretend that "everything" is law, and that there are no lines of authority between that which is law, and everything else that isn't. The two "GRIEVANCES" I quoted from the "Declaration" were from EXISTING ACTUAL LAW. You'll find them in statutes and state constitutions the pre-existed the "Declaration".
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  7636. At Harvard Law it was said that he was hated from first meeting. When asked why, the answer was: "It saved time."
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  7637. Trump invited a kick in the balls, and the DOJ obliged.
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  7638. You voted for Trump?
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  7639. The issue is Republican't defense of incivility as a "right" under the First Amendment. And all of that is about the backlash against civil rights gains against racists.
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  7640.  @WinstonSmith24  We already know where the Republicans are on the issue. But let's avoid that fact by smearing Biden.
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  7641. MTG is not a star. She is a brain-fried burnout. Pharmaceutical-quality methamphetamine.
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  7642. He's facing FELONY CRIMINAL trial in New York. Open and shut.
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  7643. The Founders were pro-gov't. Republicans hate gov't. Gov't is by definition rule of law.
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  7644. The right-wing Fascists, including FOX, are about the ultimate in divide-and-conquer: extreme individualism. Anything with the word "social" attached, including "society," witin which there are agreed rules and limits, is "the same" as "socialism".
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  7645. The Republican tax cut for those who didn't need it added a trillion to the debt. NOW they're worried about the debt when it comes to helping those who ACTUALLY PAY the taxes.
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  7646. It's not like Britain has a history of white supremacism and spreading it around the world or anything, eh mate? That's the "culture" you're defending. Meanwhile, the "British" isles were repeatedly invaded, raped, and plundered by Vikings, and for a significant length of time was under the Roman empire -- Italians. So the "pure blood" "argument" is bogus.
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  7647. I can't help including the names of Trump's McEnany and Psaki in the same sentence if I'm to point to the central extraordinary difference between the two: the first a lying parrot; the second honest, intelligent, and directly on point. And Psaki takes no prisoners. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That is not "socialism". It is SELF-GOVERNANCE.
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  7648. I learned of it while watching Monday Night Football. I experienced the JFK assassination during first year of high school.
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  7649. The right-wing has been using it as an instruction manual.
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  7650. CURRENT EVENTS show us that.
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  7651. He doesn't know how our gov't works.
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  7652. Separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  7653. "A lot of people" = TRUMP ALONE.
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  7654. There is no individual "right" to infringe on others' rights -- to endanger public health and safety.
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  7655. There is nothing funny about Habba. She is incompetent outside her "skill set" of public relations lying.
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  7656. In other words, when you don't like FACTS you smear the SOURCE of the facts. FOX has always been about lying to stupid people for profit. And they are lying right now by not telling its stupid viewers that they are FUCKED in the defamation caseS.
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  7657. Bitcoin is a fraud.
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  7658. They dropped out at 16 -- at the latest.
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  7659. Corporate media FOX is worried about being sued becuase of deaths resulting from its disinformation. A number of doctors should be at least as worried -- they haven't the deep pockets for legal defense that FOX does.
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  7660.  @danialhillmann5374  "National Socialism" was the name of the party Hitler took over. He was a fascist, not a socialist, and we know that because of his words -- and actions: Before Hitler went after the Jews he targetted for extermination -- 1. Communists. 2. Socialists. 3. Trade unionists -- because he opposed ORGANIZED labor. And, like you and the rest of the anti-American junta, the hated LIBERALS.
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  7661. After decades of being IGNORED they are finally being listened to. E. Jean Carroll has TRUMP'S DNA on the garment she was wearing when he raped her. She also has witnesses who were told by her of the rape at the time it occurred. Stop with the LYING in behalf of OBVIOUS CRIINAL TRUMP.
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  7662.  @SJ-li6ho  In other words, you can't handle the fact that "Dr. Phil" is a right-wing TeeVee celebrity who is full of shit when it comes to doing "psychology". He attempted to help Trump "get over" on the viewer. But Trump refused to cooperate. No: there is NO "RIGHT" to seek retribution -- especially when Trump's means are ILLEGAL. I'd ask if you are paid to be stupid, or if you are stupid for free, but you're too stupid to understand the question, let alone to know the answer.
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  7663. Those over 50 remember the world before social media Before all the chaos and overwhelming information.
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  7664. There's been a rush to get "tsets" on the market TO MAKE PROFITS OFF THE PANDEMIC. Many of them have already been fouind to be JUNK, and NONE has gone through the REQUISITE TRIALS to determine whether there are both effective AND SAFE.
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  7665. Lizard Getrich needs to be investigated for his sedition.
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  7666. But the Moocher doesn't consider Netanyahu's decades of genocide to be "reprehensible".
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  7667.  @gacj2010  She can't violate the law, anti-American troll.
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  7668. Clarence Thomas is ignoring the Founders' cun control, which included confiscation and prohibition.
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  7669. The alternative to actual reality is not "reality". Ergo, there is no such thing as an "alternative REALITY".
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  7670. @The Lover Of Your Mother You base your "doubt" on a generalization. The investigators are specific and are doubtless TRAINED in investigation.
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  7671.  @rtth465  Huh?
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  7672.  @mywifesboyfriend5558  Now THAT would be "reported" on FOX!
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  7673.  @notsofancyqueen4794  How do you know in advance that the investigators -- who don't usually report to the media -- "won't tell us"? "All we can do is speculate." Or you can be a mature adult and NOT "speculate" but live with not knowing the FACTS until those are shared with the public. You sound like a whiny child: the gov't legitimately keeps secrets, but you DEAMND they not do so, even if doing so is necessary to protecting the health and safety of snot-nosed children such as you.
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  7674.  @ericwiese7479  Adhere to the facts and there is less to "think about" with which to confuse and freak oneself out over nothing.
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  7675.  @darksoulsss2618  About as "big" as a car.
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  7676. Clinton was "the comeback kid" before there was an "L L CoolJay".
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  7677. The stock market is not the US economy.
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  7678. Seder's politics of paranoia has become audial. Here's hearing things. And he is hardly in the position to talk about "balance".
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  7679. "Fear mongering" is by DEFINITION FALSE. It is also the Republican tradition: POLITICS OF FEAR. What an ass trying to distinguish between "good" and "bad" fear mongering.
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  7680. IN FACT the killer committed murders in 3 or 4 classrooms. So far it appears he was in a corridor shooting into classrooms. But the mess made so far means the facts will have to be got from the FBI. And the media.
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  7681.  @Cje233  Try that without the jargon.
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  7682.  @Cje233  The Founders were Liberals, which is why we have the First Amendment. Hitler also hated Liberals. And you make obvious that your name-calling reveals what you are: a fool who rejects reason. Trump told you to your face -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
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  7683.  @Cje233  IN REALITY they will pass the costs onto the consumer. That's how profit-making businesses make profit. Trump is not an economist. And all the economists, across the board, say that Trump is WRONG about tariffs. If you are willing to learn, and stop the lying, you'll discover for yourself that Trump is wrong -- or lying -- when we all see both inflation and recession and massive job losses.
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  7684. "For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law." -- Peruvian President Oscar Benavides/DonOLD Trump.
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  7685.  @renerushing2343  That's why one doesn't call it an "entitlement," which classifies it with "welfare". That's how it's all along been attacked. It analogous to the distinction between "privilege" and "right".
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  7686.  @alicelaybourne1620  The enemies of Social Security have CHANGED the definition of "entitlement". They deliberately classify it with benefits -- welfare, food stamps -- that are not paid into or "earned". You haven't been listening.
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  7687. We kill killers because killing is wrong.
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  7688. Giuliani: "Trial by combat". Gohmert called for "violence in the streets".
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  7689. Trump seeded the informational ground with the "fake news" lie; so it paved the way for Putin to follow up on it.
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  7690. But you DON'T KNOW his ACTUAL HISTORY. What is it with people who, when they hear what they WANT to hear, immediately fall to their knees in worship of the words -- totally ignoring that ACTIONS speak louder than words. Romney is a multimillionaire who made his millions by destroying thriving businesses and jobs. That's why they cover it up by always talking about DEREGULATING corporations and CUTTING TAXES on corporations so they can "create jobs" -- which jobs they NEVER CREATE -- they take the tax cuts as PROFITS and PUT IT IN THEIR OWN POCKETS.
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  7691. But nothing about the draft opinion and the religioextremists denying there is a "right of privacy" because those words don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalist". "Textualist". "Individual right to own guns".
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  7692. When will your constant no-show "Lord Jesus" PREVENT these disasters instead of being used by you delusionists as ESCAPE from REASON -- The one "Lord" or "God" who you believe could PREVENT these disasters DOES NOT DO SO and you turn around and PRAISE them as being "merciful" -- AFTER the fact when they WERE NOT merciful. Keep your "religious" excuses for DOING NOTHING OUT of the public discussion about what to ACTUALLY DO to STOP these mass murders -- which, by your do-nothing escapism you GUARANTEE will CONTINUE to happen.
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  7693.  @samblu97  And how many of those who wanted Israel to stop its genocide in Gaza voted for "anti-war" candidate Trump because they are that stupid? Now -- not even in office yet -- he's threatening war against Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Mexico, and Panama. Get the point: not everyone who claims to be a "journalist" is actually a journalist. One begins to learn to distinguish between those who are and those who aren't when one becomes sufficiently media literate to distinguish between "opinion" and fact. "Opinion" has a chance of being true. But falsehoods and bias, though often palmed off as "journalism," are not opinion, let alone fact. The Internet -- youtube as example -- is flooded with "independent" "journalists" who are "influencers" spewing politics, and in many cases unadulterated garbage. There once were standards; but ignorance and malice rejected the need for them.
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  7694. She ADMITTED being the aggressor. And we know women never lie.
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  7695. Trump gassed his own people.
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  7696. We're to pretend that's unusual?
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  7697. Uh, no: it protects the sovereign power that is the US gov't. And it protects the sovereignties of the 50 states. It does not place anyone above or outside the rule of law, from top to bottom. Trump is appealing to the "religious" Reich and other fascist factions.
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  7698.  @vaeloreonari7516  The 14th was neutered in 2000 with the Bush v. Gore decision, when the Republican reactionaries, lead by loon Scalia, protected the candidate from the "harm" of losing the election from the "hostile" electorate.
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  7699. I admire Olivia Troye slightly more than Liz Cheney. She came out against Trump very early. Cheney broke with him over January 6th.
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  7700.  @garystokes6407  Perhaps you should get in line ahead of him.
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  7701. Other presidents have been FORCED to testify under oath WHILE PRESIDENT. Trump isn't president. Executive privilege belongs to the office, not the the person in the office. Trump is the private executive "Don" of an indicted criminal enterprise. There is a crime exception to EVERY claim of "privilege".
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  7702. Same here: I tuned out of the (ongoing) circus of nonsense, generated especially by fans of murder-as-entertainment. weeks ago.
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  7703.  @saikim-w9i  The reason Gabby Petito wasn't arrested, even though she admitted attacking Laundrie, was because a woman. The politics is that all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. But according to those who knew them, the aggression ran in both directions. One lawyer said he would have arrested them both, which in that situation makes sense.
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  7704.  @The495marauder  A British woman did research on violence in women's prisons. Women commit violence differently than men. With men, the violence is typically direct and overt. Woman "A" tends to covertly get "C" to do violence to "L," so "A" is "innocent". The structure is also different: among men there's an hierarchy. Among women, it is all horizontal.
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  7705.  @maxbang1813  The money to foreign countries is not an issue; it is often for US national security. But the massive funding for the military is an issue.
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  7706.  @rickimhotep1236  Knowing that -- the centrality of women to life, men being ancillary -- it is an effort to feel equal.
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  7707.  Jns Jhome  You aren't paying attention to the Evangelical Taliban in the US.
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  7708.    No, Biden did no such thing. And it wasn't Islamic terrorists that committed insurrection -- which the Founders classified as treason -- on January 6 in effort to overthrow the US gov't/rule of law. You need to get an education and get over your childish bigotry.
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  7709.  @GoebbelsWife  Research proves the "missing white woman syndrome" -- whereas there is no apparent "missing white man syndrome". It is systemic racism. The racism is yours.
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  7710.  @Perkeletricksterservantofrher  You mean the "online sleuths," the "psychics," the tarot-card readers?
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  7711.  @nt9476  The problem is that "Dog" is all about self-promotion (should we omit that he's also a convicted murderer?). He's all about Florida, but Laundrie is nowhere in Florida. Sure, he found a "Monster" can, and proclaimed that is was "fresh" because not 'rusted". Of course it wasn't rusted: it is ALUMINUM, which doesn't "rust".
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  7712.  @clintdeckert211  If can't be proven that there's a "God". But it can be shown that "God" and Jesus are consistently no-shows. More than 660,000 innocents dead of the pandemic. People are murdered. Then the blind who wallow in a wishing well praise "God" and Jesus being all about "love" and "mercy".
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  7713.  @ihlbit1  Moron: "Critical Race Theory" is taught EXCLUSIVELY in LAW SCHOOLS. Tell us why more Blacks are killed by police, even though Blacks are only about 12 per cent of the total population. Explain that without blaming THE VICTIMS. It is systemic racism, RACIST.
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  7714.  @bigpones4742  Confirming what? That "missing white woman syndrome" has been proven by research? See as example "Dr. Grande's" videos on the case, available on youtube. Try a Google search. One doesn't actually need research to prove it: one only need watch the media: weeks of circus by WFLA about the Gabby Petito case, very little coverage by WFLA about the Miya Marcano case -- even though that is ALSO in Florida. One doesn't actually need scholarly research proving the fact: all one need do is watch the media CRITICALLY -- which does NOT mean "bashing" it -- for a few months and you'll see the disproportion for yourself.
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  7715. If you rob a bank, and I only drive the getaway car, I am as guilty as you. Ask yourself why you want "justice" under the law as concerns Gabby Petito, and at the very same time you minimize the criminality of those you admire against all the evidence and healthy judgment?
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  7716. I won't be satisfied that he has satisfied the judgment until he's living in a carboard box inside a cell down by up the river.
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  7717. "The Federalist" has never been and is not now LAW. And the articles of which it is comprised were written by 3 of the more than 50 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. This guy isn't an historian, and he is law-illiterate; he is a subjectivist who rejects all rules except those that comprise his fantasy while hiding behind "religion". Trump is the head of a criminal enterprise comparable to organized crime. That they dress in suits and ties doesn't change that fact.
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  7718. As the pro-Trump witnesses testified in the New York criminal trial: Trump is a micromanager who focuses on every detail. This points again at that fact: he is an obsessive control freak. But he also believes he can bullshit his way out of anything and everything -- so doesn't focus on consistency -- on coherence. So what he says in one instance will fit the instance; he then in a separate instance say the opposite. As example, since Dobbs he has been all over the place on abortion -- boasting that he overturned _Roe_; then trying to claim he's a "moderate" on abortion. The latter isn't working with many, if any.
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  7719. The rule of law is not a popularity contest. Justice is not a popularity contest.
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  7720. Trump's "team" wrote "Project 2025". So, yes: Vance was vetted, and exactly what they were looking for. J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  7721. "WAS" = PAST TENSE.
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  7722. Unlike Sanders, who has been repeating the same stale pie-in-the-sky for 30 years, Reid is able to change her mind. You know, being rational, she knows that learning causes changes in oneself. But one must be open to learning. It's no virtue that Sanders hasn't changed: "A foolish consistency is the hobgobin of little minds." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Petrified opinion never broke a chain in this world, and it never will." -- Mark Twain. FACT about SANDERS "trying to get it done": Despite being in Congress for 30 years -- the ESSENCE of being ESTABLISHMENT -- Sanders has been TOTALLy INEFFECTIVE at getting ANYTHING done. And that is becuase he is always right, and never wrong -- it's always someone else who is less than perfect. To get anything done in a democracy, one must compromise. That's why Sanders has acomplished NOTHING: he REJECTS democracy.
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  7723. Sit down and shuit up, Trump. There was no explosion of cases on the West coast because DEMOCRATIC governors moved swiftly. And I rmember a TRUMP shut-down implmented by Trump in effort to blackmail Congress. Pelosi and Schimer won that round. And, of course, try to accuse Biden -- whi isn't in office -- and the Democrats -- which he didn't get away with this time.
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  7724. Recall the news media during the Trump-Clinton campaign: giving "novelty" "entertainment" Trump billions in free advertising while hammering Clinton based on TRUMP LIES about her emails. Reporting that Clinton was being "investigated," but SUPPRESSING the fact that TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN connections with criminal Assange and Russia were being investigated.
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  7725. George Soros is a Jew. His name is right-wing code for anti-Semitism.
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  7726. Didn't concern himself much with his destructive impact other. "Freedom"?
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  7727. From Tennessee Constitution, Art. II., Legislative Department.: . . . . Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals.
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  7728. Do you know anything but personal attacks, pretending you are a sophisticated elementary schooler, when in fact you were expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty-train.
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  7729. What!? It is GOOD that a MURDER "brought us together!? Why were you not "brought together" for positive reasons?
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  7730. So you played the system in order to get handouts.
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  7731. It was the moon's lipstick.
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  7732. Trump is a CONSTANT AND DELIBERATE LIAR -- STOP giving him the excuse of mental illness/"derangement".
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  7733.  @greg11786  So you defend the treason of insurrection. That makes you anti-American.
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  7734.  @ArchYeomans  If only it were.
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  7735.  @maireamerica1850  The correct word is "than". Illiteracy in your native language is not becoming.
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  7736.  @greg11786  Lying against the Constitution is cheered by fools and fascists.
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  7737.  @g.jeffreypowell270  Because the Court is NOT to be political. This Court was engineered into being by "The Federalist Society". During the era of computer bulletin boards, pre-Internet, they had a bulletin. On it was a single "white paper". It was titled -- "How to Repeal the New Deal". Bannon's version: "Deconstruct the administrative state". The HEART of the New Del is SOCIAL SECURITY. That plan has been revealed since at latest Reagan, with the Republican assertion that Social Security needs to be "fixed". The Reich-Wing has been opposed to Social Security since it was first proposed and before it was made law. They want NO ALTERNATIVE to unregulated predatory capitalism, as existed before the New Deal.
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  7738.  @TrumpCantRead  I have an education in law, and when it concerns LAW I LISTEN to those who have EXPERTISE in law. I'm not into criminal law or criminals (I knew too many as a kid and have never wanted anything to do with them or their consequences), so I LISTEN to those with expertise in that area of law -- lawyers, former-lawyer law professors, former judges. If only everyone would learn to do that -- and not to pick-and-choose who and what to believe according to their POLITICAL preferences: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  7739.  @TrumpCantRead  Yes, I have an education in law -- and you don't. And you don't address the facts I posted -- because you can't. So you fall back on your elementary school playground "education": personal attack. You fools, you Trump dupes, are so predictable. It is obvious you aren't paid to be stupid; you are stupid for free.
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  7740.  @TrumpCantRead  Stop boasting, "mook".
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  7741.  @TrumpCantRead  There is a legal distinction between having rights and exercising rights. Because everyone has the same rights, one being that their one's not be violated, the exercise of rights is limited by RESPONSIBILITY to NOT violate others' rights. So it is a "free country" under rule of law. And there are two basic elements to law: securing and protecting rights; and prosecuting those who violate the rights of others. There coexist both freedom and prisons. It is "mooks" who assert uninformed gibberish. You call them "mooks," and you are one of them.
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  7742. The DOJ has indicted a candidate for governor, during his campaign, for participating in the insurrection. That sends a message.
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  7743. Yeah -- if an opportunity goes on long enough, the "religious" freaks will exploit it for attention.
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  7744. ABC: report the FACTS against the anti-Americanism.
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  7745.  @jasonm1827  Yes. And I have an education in law. From your and others' like comments, it's is obvious that you and they are dong the same thing Trump is doing: IGNORING the ACTUAL law and legal process in order to do POLITICS. The court must both constrain Trump's POLITICAL attacks, while also being aware of the POLITICAL volatility he incites to threats and violence. Justice must be SEEN to be done -- against it CLEARLY being seen what the violations are, AGAINST the terms on the gag order. The court is engaging in PUBLIC EDUCATION, and you and those others are REFUSING to LEARN. And that is no different than TRUMP'S refusal to learn. This lawyer explains gag orders based on the several gag orders issued against Trump. LEARN from it: Trump Gagged Harder ft. Liz Dye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQdD94evetA
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  7746.  Article95  Legal process is not a game. Neither is politics a game show. Defendants try to play games, prosecutors and judges prevent those as much as possible, within the rules. And the court is aware of external politics -- including that one of the purposes of prosecuting crime, and imposing sentences, is the publicity that causes deterrence. This is the fundamental you ignore: The defendant is PRESUMED INNOCENT -- that is DUE PROCESS. That is the Constitution Trump ATTACKS. The jury does not determine that the defendant is guilty; it determines whether the prosecution proved guilt.
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  7747.  @jasonm1827  I don't misunderstand those who insist on misunderstanding, and ignoring the free legal advice from those competent to give it. I adhere to the facts and law, and listen to those who know the law.
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  7748.  @steviegbcool  When the goal is saving face?
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  7749.  @steviegbcool  Actually not -- only those who have a PUBLIC RECORD of LYING, as does Giuliani. The several official investigations in REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED GEORGIA REFUTED the LIE that the election was stolen. AND REFUTED the lies against Ruby Freeman and her daughter. That means REPUBLICANS refuted the LIE that the election was stolen, and that Ruby Freeman and her daughter committed fraud. Those are the FACTS; FACTS MATTER.
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  7750. If you know that, then you must know where he's "hiding out". Stop the dumb-assed jumping to conclusions based on nothing more than hysterical fantasy. The FACT is that you don't know.
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  7751. It's easy to challenge a president when one knows he can't respond with CLASSIFED INFORMATION.
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  7752. The majoirty of Virginia citizens voted for increased gun contriol. Only liars deny that the public brandishing of ASSAULT weapons is intended as a threat to PUBLIC SAFETY. The "Shayss" and "Whiskey" rebels were convicted and sentenced to DEATH by the Founders for doing as Trump encourages. The FOUNDERS engaged in EVERY form of gun control INCLUDING confiscation. This is from VIRGINIA: ____________ Virginia Statute, October 21st, 1782 Chap. XII. An act for the recovery of arms and accoutrements belonging to the state. Whereas sundry arms and accoutrements belonging to the public are in the hands of individuals, who have neglected to return them to the proper officers; and it is necessary that such arms and accoutrements should be recovered as speedily as possible: _Be it enacted_, that the Governor do, on the passing of this act, issue his proclamation, enjoining all persons having in their possession any arms or accoutrments whatsoever, belonging to the state, to deliver them without delay to the Lieutenant or commanding officer of the county for the time being; and the sheriff of each county within this commonwealth, shall cause copies of the said proclamation, which shall be transmitted to him by the Executive, to be fixed up in the most public places in his county, and if after one month from such public notice having been given, any person possessing any such public arms or accoutrements, shall be convicted of having failed to deliver them up as aforesaid, such person shall, upon every such conviction, be liable to the penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record within this commonwealth, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, on conviction of the offender, and the other half shall be applied in aid of the county levy where such offender shall reside. And the Lieutenant, or commanding officer of each county, shall make returns from time to time, to the Executive, of all arms and accoutrements so delivered to him, and also deliver them to the order of the Executive, under the penalty, if he fail in all or any part of his duty, of fifty pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid, and applied in diminution of the county levy. _Provided always_, that where muskets and bayonets have been by order of government placed in any county on eastern or western frontier for defence against incursions of the enemy, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant or commanding officer to return such muskets and bayonets to the militia, taking a receipt from each person for what shall be so returned. First Laws of the State of Virginia, The (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazer, Inc., 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 176.
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  7753. If you're going to assert that cops are "allowed" to lie, then you need to provide the PROOF of that claim. Because most of us are beyond fed up with being lied to on the Internet.
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  7754. He doesn't know how to LISTEN because all he does is YELL. Does he rant against employees like this? "Cancel Culture": Republicans trying to take down Representative Cheney because she voted for impeachment.
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  7755. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7756.  @happyh.joyjoy654  The city and state are responsible for enforcement of the laws; I said nothing about the city owning any of it. That it is owned by a private citizen is also irrelevant: private citizens are not "free" to endanger public health and safety. So the fire chief said the owner was "warned" several times. And the owner ignored the warning, so the city and state had the OBLIGATION to ESCALATE from "warning" to ENFORCEMENT.
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  7757.  @happyh.joyjoy654  Are you saying that the state law doesn't give enforcement authority to cities, where hazards are better known as hazards?
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  7758.  @alexs1640  I can see Republican'ts denying authority to cities to enforce state regulations, as Republican'ts are all about no regulation, even if that means maintaining the appearance of there being regulation. The first obligation of gov't, regardless level, is protection of public health and safety.
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  7759.  @happyh.joyjoy654  So you're saying that local communities have no authority to protect themselves from hazards that endanger them? "Local authorities aren't allowed to enforce IDEM regulations and the reverse is true of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, who can't stroll into town and enforce local laws". That makes no sense. Local communities are required to comply with state laws, which means they have the authority to enforce them within their jurisdictions, or require state enforcement.
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  7760.  @cilleshaner4092  So the city has its own responsibility -- in addition to state -- to protect public health and safety. And it would have that responsibility if it didn't own or partly own the hazard.
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  7761.  @awilson816aw  More detail is needed about what was and or wasn't being done. The only thing certain as a matter of principle law is that the first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety.
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  7762. Who better to see himself in his mirror?
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  7763. Turley has been a fraud since at latest the 2000 election theft.
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  7764. They are subjectivists who reject reason and rule of law.
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  7765. 1. Let's ONLY talk to people who agree with us -- it retains all that smug feel-good fantasy. 2. Let's NEVER talk to those who hold different views -- because in that is the danger of LEARNING AND GROWING.
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  7766. "would HAVE, not "would OF".
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  7767. Because he knows several facts that the know-it-all Sanders "fans" ignore: 1. With Republican gerrymandering, Republican voter-prugings, and Republican invitation to foreign powers to subvert the election, the Democrats need all the votes they can get. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist. 2. The vast majority is moderate. Centrist. 3. Attacking Democrats helps Trump. Period. Full stop.
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  7768. The glaring propaganda word: "strong".
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  7769. Rupert Murdoch is a fascist, and he sets the "narrative" at FOX. It isn't that they don't want to get on Trump's wrong side; they are on the SAME side as Trump: DOMESTIC ENEMIES.
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  7770. It's all about murder as entertainment.
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  7771. Some 'Forgotten History" is forgot because it isn't true. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony enslaved indigenous peoples in the 1600s. And Massachusetts-Bay Colony also joined in on "Christianizing" Indians, who were then made to carry out the dirty work so the white supremacists could pretend to have clean hands.
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  7772. It is NOT an expansion of "religious" "liberty". It is a reduction of it to "Christian" only.
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  7773. So he must be correct because he agrees with you?
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  7774.  @intagphotovideo  Hillary was 100 per cent correct about Trump being owned by dictator Putin.
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  7775.  @dlebreton7888  countRy.
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  7776.  @kiwihib  Perhaps Kin Jong Un turned down Trump's homosexual advances?
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  7777. HOUSE SPEAKER Johnson. JESUS! -- the fucking dopes who make comments without knowing anything about gov't or politics is dumbfounding!
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  7778.  @Winstonblack22  So Trump saying ON VIDEO that the Constitution should be terminated is "fake news"? As concerns rule of law v. lawless criminality, Trump's statement is FAKE "patriotism". Clues, history-illiterate: 1. The Founders attacked and "overthrew" this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because all the gov'ts in question were at all times, all along, under the control of the Founders. 2. The Founders not only PROHITIED violence against gov't, they tried INSURRECTIOISTS who attempted it as TRAITORS and sentenced them TO DEATH. 3. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. Only suckers fall for him, and only criminals defend him.
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  7779.  @agolftwittler1223  No, he was not picked by the Electoral College BECAUSE the Electoral College withstood his attack on the elections. What YOU want is to eliminate the multilayer checks-and-balances of election certifications so elections can be stolen DIRECTLY. I have yet to hear you law-illiterates attack the Electoral College based on ACTUAL RESEARCH into WHY it was established.
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  7780.  @agolftwittler1223  False. The Electoral College -- which you should have learned from the results of the 2020 election -- is not arbitrary. the United States is not an anarchy; its democracy is based on the rule of law. There are elections and the results of those between "We the people" and public offices. We don't determine the outcome of elections based upon those who are blind to the existence of law, and legal structures, or who reject the rule of law. Presidential elections are not determined by the popular vote; they are determined by the voters' choices of electors of the Electoral College. Now do us a favor: SHOW US that you know WHY the Electoral College was established, or STFU.
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  7781.  @agolftwittler1223  The Electoral College was implemented to PREENT demagogues and the unqualified being elected. But the assumption was that the electorate would fulfill ITS RESPONSIBILITY as SELF-GOVERNING by KNOWING WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON. Instead there is a substantial portion of the electorate who falsely believe everything is about "freedom" -- FROM RESPONSIBILITY. And who reject education, and knowing the difference between fact and fantasy, in the false belief that there is GREATER "freedom" in being STUPID. SELF-GOVERNANCE REQUIRES RESPONSIBILlTY.
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  7782.  @agolftwittler1223  The popular vote has never been the deciding factor in presidential elections.
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  7783.  @agolftwittler1223  There was no threat in 1788 that the Southern states would leave the Union. You're thinking of the Civil War, and you are basing your specious attacks on the false assumption that the Electoral College was established to protect slavery. I've seen the same bullshit lie made about the Second Amendment. The DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment are in print and readily available: NOTHING in them about slavery; the PURPOSE of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. Some states used subsets of their STATE militia as slave patrols. If the Second Amendment had been about protecting slavery then ALL the states would have been required to have slave patrols, but most did not.
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  7784.  @agolftwittler1223  You keep changing your explanation for why the electoral College. Delaware, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Vermont were also low-population states.
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  7785. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. 2. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7786. The Republicans WERE NOT going to elect a "Black". AND he's a Muslim.
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  7787. The "Federalist Society" wants the Constitution reduced to the first Ten Amendments. It is a far-right extremist, seditionist organization. Members interviewed about Pence's statement -- on camera -- confirmed that Biden won. But that is the political face: one member said that what Pence' said was merely Pence's "opinion". Further: the 6 "conservatives" on the Supreme Court were all put there by the "Federalist Society". They are all in on "states' rights" against the Federal Supremacy Clause, so have no problem with their authority being directly attacked by the Texas ant-abortion law, which establishes the lawlessness of vigilantism as "legal".
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  7788. What GA's Kemp is doing is forcing the unemployed to return to work by finding a way to deny them unemployment: forcing them to REFUSE to return to work, instead of being able to claim they were unfairly disemployed..
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  7789. Moderates want moderation -- so don't want Sanders' destructive extremism.
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  7790. Why do we put those who keep their word and their oath in a special category, as if they are rare, and thus make it appear difficult to keep one's word?
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  7791.  @Owwitsmuggyoutside  I understand that. But it is not heroic to do one's job in keeping with one's word. Otherwise, anyone who does anything, can be said to be a "hero," which makes the word meaningless. What I'm rejecting is the celebrity culture in which anyone who does that which is actually her/his job is automagically a "hero" -- as if we don't expect people to keep their word because a rarity. And that lack of expectation is an opening to not doing that which should be the norm.
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  7792. Regarding Governor DeSantis' PRO-COVID/death policies? The majority voted for him.
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  7793. Trump's own H.H.S. predicts this disaster will persist for more than 18 months, will hit in WAVES, and 2.2 MILLION dead. Will he manage to outdo the Hitler body-count?
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  7794. Her agenda is to get on the court so she can overturn "Roe," and the ACA.
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  7795. Instead of debating abortion all these decades, women should have been responding to the opponents of it by educating us all about problem pregnancies.
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  7796. The vast majority of voters are MODERATES. And Sanders insults, smears, and attacks MODERATES. Do you delude yourself that Sanders has a realistic strategy for EARNING the MODERATES' votes?
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  7797. Sam Stein is a REPUBLICAN. No one involved with the Republican Party is in any position to tell Democrats how to do politics.
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  7798. And he has taken the lead. The Republican running against him is from out-of-state. There are several states in which out-of-state carpetbagger Republicans are running against home-state Democrats. They suddenly and temporarily buy a house in the state where they are running so it appears they are actual residents of the state. We saw the same thing with the wealthy "Dr. Oz" Republican.
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  7799.  @LaramieWY730  Tester has recently taken the lead. It is you who is "checked out" on what is actually happening in the Montana campaign. The Republican running against him is a carpetbagger from another state.
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  7800. Hopefully the bipartisan support in Washington continues long enough that the pro-Putin fruit-fringe is shut out.
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  7801.  @Steve_Z_  Security is under the EXECUTIVE branch, NOT the LEGISLATIVE. Asshole: READ the Constitution: the well-regulated Militia is under the control of the EXECUTIVE branch -- NOT under Congress's.
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  7802. Meanwhile, Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  7803. It's an effort to go after the authority of legislatures to delegate their authority. The exact same effort is attacking the "administrative state" -- the so-called "deep state". It is the ultimate attack on regulation, which is the attack on expertise by smearing it as "elitism". Never forget: "regulation" is LAW. It is nothing other than the extremist form of deregulation. It is anti-American.
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  7804.  @richardmartinez1167  The Neo-Nazis and their ilk who went to Charlottesville had no idea how many laws applied to their actions, and how many they violated until they were charged and tried. It didn't matter to them, any more than it does to Trump's dupes, because their bottom line is the REJECTION of the rule of law. They have an elaborate self-serving paranoid fantasy by means of which they justify their stubborn ignorance. They are even more out of it than so-called "sovereign citizens".
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  7805.  @Mark-db8id  There are LAWS which govern access to the Capitol. In addition, because of the pandemic, no tours were allowed. The Founders fundamental view is expressed in this provision in the 1784 New Hampshire constitution: ""Part I.--The Bill of Rights. "Article I. "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". Based on that principle is the first responsibility of gov't: protecting public health and safety.
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  7806.  @coltonblake13  Constitutional provisions are implemented by statutes, in this instance elections laws. And those elections laws put the ultimate conduct of elections in either -- and typically -- under the Sec. of State, or in a few states the Lieutenant Governor, which is in the Executive branch. Elsewhere in The Constitution -- all of which is in effect at the same time -- it is stipulated that there shall be elections. While the gov't conducts the elections, it is the citizens who do the voting. Those who know the legal history -- and you are not one of them -- that eventuated in the Constitution know that there were elections in the colonies beginning the 1600s, and that they continued through the 1700s.
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  7807.  @coltonblake13  FOX and their anti-American propagandist ilk won't tell you this, but legitimate mainstream -- non-extremist -- media reported that many were arrested at the ellipse for having illegal guns. Here's how mainstream non-extremist media functions: when it comes to the pandemic, as example, it interviews medical scientists; in other words, those who know what they're talking about. FOX and their ilk interview Republican politicians with expertise only in political propaganda. It works the same way with investigations and law: mainstream media interviews those who are experts in those fields and know what they're talking about. FOX and its fake news ilk interview Republican politicians whose only expertise of political party-line lying.
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  7808.  @Mark-db8id  What has your comment have to do with anything at all?
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  7809.  @coltonblake13  You're failing to distinguish: Republicans are blocking all Democratic legislative initiatives, so we know where they stand. Democrats speaking about as Democratic legislative initiative makes sense. That is not the same as medical scientists speaking to issues of medical science, or legal experts speaking to issues of law. So now we see that not only are you a law-illiterate, and don't know anything about how legitimate elections work, but also don't know how to critically evaluate media: rejecting media out of hand because YOU don't know what to trust is not the fault of the media. Your failure to distinguish between facts -- such as medical science -- and other kinds of information -- is YOURS, not that of the media. Why do so many of your generation reject moderation in order to fall for sensationalist extremist junk media? As for your bashing Democrats: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The US democracy is based upon the RULE OF LAW, NOT on ever-changing politics.
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  7810.  @Mark-db8id  Pelosi's communications are IRRELEVANT to the issue, moron: the authority over deployment of the National Guard is in the Executive branch, under the Dept, of Defense, not under the Congress. The Constitution includes four Militia Clauses, which include the Second Amendment, which is no more or less than that. The first is this: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." BASIC CIVICS: The Congress "provides for" by MAKING LAWS. The EXECUTIVE branch has the responsibility to ENFORCE the laws. In other words, the Founders SEPARATED the control of the military, and the funding and regulating of it. The Executive branch controls the military; the Congress establishes the funding and regulation of it. The delay in the deployment of the National Guard on January 6 is on the Dept. of Defense, which is in the EXECUTIVE branch, and under the president as Commander-in-Chief. That delay was DIRECTLY the responsibility of TRUMP.
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  7811.  @Mark-db8id  It is providing you FACTUAL information in refutation of your ignorant and false assertions.
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  7812.  @Mark-db8id  The FBI isn't the agency that made the arrests, ass.
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  7813. What is the "alternative" to rock music? Anything that isn't rock. There is no "alternative" to rock that calls itself "rock". It is yet another bogus MARKETING label.
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  7814. VOTE BLUE SEATS!
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  7815. Republicans vote against solutions to problems so they can continue to complain about the problems.
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  7816. Because they reject the rule of law, including the right of privacy. They are behaving like vigilantes. The problem is that they don't know how elections are conducted to begin with. More brainwashed Trumpeters.
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  7817. I'm for Noen as head of Homeland Security: she is known to be tough on illegal puppies and kittens. My second choice would be Boebert because she is known to be hands-on. But maybe that would qualify her to be Trump's private secretary.
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  7818. Greene is always seeking ways to get attention. Costs to others? That's not on her bank account.
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  7819. Haley is competent? Or is she instead a programmed ideologue?
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  7820. They all were FOR the insurrection -- but were freaked by the OPTICS.
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  7821. Ukraine shot down a Russian plane carrying hundreds of soldiers.
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  7822. Trump isn't looking for "a way out". He is looking to help Putin -- to impose a way out for Putin -- who is losing the war, and without Putin surrendering the Ukrainian territories he illegally occupies.
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  7823. Someone using the fake screen name "Chris Cuomo" -- obviously a right-winger who is ignorant and determined to remain ignorant. As example, in the following he strikes out on at least three counts: "who decides what constitutes evidence, and what weight that evidence bears, and what constitutes proof? The rule of law. In the United States, under the US Constitution, "religion" is separated from gov't, and gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. "Do you decide that for everyone, or does everyone decide for themselves?" You live in a SOCIETY based upon RULE OF LAW that applies to EVERYONE. PROOF is decided by consensus based on OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE. In this context, the alleged murder DECIDED FOR HIMSELF -- which is EXACTLY what YOU are saying should be done. Meanwhile, Christ ALLEGEDLY said to keep one's "religious" practices PRIVATE else they be merely to impress OTHERS. " I bet if i were to ask you "define 'evidence' as it pertains to evidence of God" you couldn't give a definition. atheists don't care about evidence." The ISSUE is whether the alleged "evidence" is CREDIBLE -- whether it withstands objective scrutiny. I would assume that is the FIRST concern of "atheists"; and the FAILURE of such as you to provide CREDIBLE "evidence" for your view. First, the "evidence" that there IS a "God" is thousands of years of "argument" by theologians, based upon alleged assertions made by illiterate sheepherders who apparently heard voices written as a "bible" many decades AFTER Christ was executed. The FLAW in the theologians' "arguments FOR their being a "God" begin with the BIASED PREMISE that there IS a "God" -- leaving out the actual intellectual honesty of being UNBIASED on the question. That is why, when challenged, St. Augustine asserted: "I believe BECAUSE there is no evidence" -- which is as irrational as can be. "I can walk across the street amid the traffic and not be injured by simply BELIEVING that I can do that and not be injured" makes as much sense: NONE. Second, it is EVIDENCE that you're a simpleton that you not only leave out the REALITY of your existing IN A SOCIETY WITH OTHERS, but you also ASSume that anyone who doesn't agree with your belief is therefore an "atheist". There is a moderate position: agnostic. Agnostics acknowledge also that they DON'T know. They DON'T know that there ISN'T a "God" or "afterlife"; but they ALSO know that the "evidence" for such is NOT CREDIBLE. BIGOTS such as you FEAR admitting that YOU DO NOT KNOW that there's a "God" or an "afterlife" -- because you are desperate for them to exist.
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  7824. The intent was to overthrow the United States gov't -- not merely "overturn the specific election.
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  7825. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7826. "Dottie" is sub-literate in her native language. Trump is a third generation New York con-man and career criminal.
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  7827.  @e4300  And uf you reject expertise you will be forever befuddled.
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  7828.  @Chippytea99  You want defense of tariffs?
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  7829. Does "Dr. Phil" attend church --- or is he to busy counting his millions he's got for pumping out the right-wing pseudo-values?
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  7830. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. It isn't anger -- it's his reaction to diaper rash.
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  7831. Abrams' "news" reports include casting aspersions against "left-leaning" media.
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  7832. John Dean is a national treasure. And I lived through "Watergate" as a mid-20s young adult, and followed the Senate and House hearings intently both on TV and in the print media.
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  7833.  @paulaitix77  John Dean was the exception: he was the one who admitted his part in the crimes while testifying publicly during the House impeachment hearing. His were major revelations. He accepted his sentence and did his time. As for the video where Nixon said, "I am not a crook!" -- he later had to pay up for having committed the crime of tax evasion. You obviously don't know anything about the "Watergate" crimes and how Nixon was directly involved, along with AG John Mitchell, who was also the chair of the Nixon re-election committee "C.R.E.E.P.," and who as chair -- while also AG -- provided the hush money to the burglars. John Mitchell also did prison time. These "True Believers" who'll do anything in defense of anti-Americanism and criminality -- Weaselberg is doing a second stint at Riker's, his time for perjury where Trump put him -- need to be kept out of politics.
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  7834.  @roxannemitchell6112  Trump is a wreck, and exhausted. And he complains about not being "allowed" to campaign; but on Wednesday, when NOT in court, he played golf.
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  7835.  @Hadenufyet  He did his jail time without complaint.
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  7836.  @paulaitix77  Nope. During his testimony to the House Committee on the Impeachment of Richard Nixon he admitted his culpability. He was the only one to do that. And the only one to accept his sentence and serve his time without complaint. I was in my mid-20s during "Watergate" -- and had for years prior as opponent of US involvement in Vietnam, been "out to get" Nixon for years. The "Watergate" hearings were riveting -- I wish the networks, or at least PBS, would release them, complete and unedited, so that younger generations could be accurately informed about the scandal instead of taking sides and making allegations based on political biases. The first REPUBLICAN to break with the party and vote for an Article of Impeachment was Cohen, of Maine. That gave permissions for other Republicans to show that same courage. Today they are all chickenshit. John Dean is also a national treasure on the law, especially administrative law and separation of powers. We don't throw away valuable legal knowledge and analysis when it is correct only because the messenger is flawed.
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  7837.  @jilliancopeland6825  And he too was a Neo-Nazi, exactly as were those Trump called -- AFTER the murder, and without making ANY distinction -- "very fine people".
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  7838. Ralph Nader broke a promise and it resulted in the election of G. DUI Bushit. He has nothing to say to the Left that is worth hearing.
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  7839. In a prior generation it was the "Clinton Crime Family" -- which smear ceased being flung once elections were over. When are the morons going to learn that Republican "policy" consists exclusively of lying against Democrats?
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  7840. De-escalation.
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  7841.  @normancameron727  Are you in Argentina? Or are you in the US?
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  7842. If the Democrats want to put money into supporting Republicans, the Republican to support is Liz Cheney.
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  7843. Netanyahu supports TRUMP -- and opposes and is attempting to undermine Biden.
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  7844. Kyle is as full of it as Sanders. But that's who Sanders listens to: only those who agree with him -- exactly like Trump.
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  7845. Creativity is the "play impulse".
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  7846. So you have no problem with LIES being presented as "factual" NEWS?
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  7847.  @AljIsHere128  It isn't centrist. It puts on a cosmetic veneer, but its content is "conservative" spin. That's why blind "conservatives" view it as "unbiased": it conforms to their blindness. No credible NEWS program would give O'Reilly a platform to spew his LIES against the OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE against Trump. It's simply that O'Reilly and his ilk, and like media, believe that crime is acceptable so long as they gain -- primarily in the wallet -- from it. They are destructive of the rule of law -- of the fact-based reason on which rule of law is built.
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  7848.  @hadtocheathimtobeathim6549  But you're okay with Cuomo giving constant LIAR O'Reilly a platform to deny the OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE against Trump? Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. Anyone with their head on straight saw that when he first announced his campaign for president. And saw that throughout his four years of trashing the Constitution and the country. The Founders were "woke" -- you hate the Founders, the facts, the truth -- for what? For a LIE.
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  7849.  @hadtocheathimtobeathim6549  Trump WILL be indicted. The indictment will be proven in court beyond any reasonable doubt. And Trump will be convicted. The only question at the moment is: How many indictments and for how many specific crimes?
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  7850.  @hadtocheathimtobeathim6549  In other words, you reject the rule of law, which is exactly what criminals do. That has been the view of three generations of Trumps, including Donald Trump, third-generation New York con-man career criminal and his criminal enterprise. Those who reject the rule of law are criminals. Only criminals defend criminals.
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  7851.  @shAnn0n1  If they leaned Left they would have right-winger Abrams, and wouldn't give a platform to O'Reilly.
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  7852.  @jmil3947  So you're okay with "civil" discussion as means to spew disinformation -- LIE -- against facts and law. You don't care if what you believe is true or false; that's why you don't have any friends.
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  7853.  @scottmiller7001  O'Reilly has ALWAYS been a LIAR, and he cost FOX "news" MULTIPLE MILLIONS in hush money to women he sexually harassed and worse. President Biden has achieved more in two years than Trump did in four, an example being the infrastructure bill: Trump, the "developer"/"builder" TALKED for FOUR YEARS about passing an infrastructure bill but NEVER DID. He TALKED for FOUR YEARS about "building THE wall" but NEVER DID. Instead of attacking Biden because you are JEALOUS LEARN to KNOW when you are being LIED TO TO YOUR FACE. GROW UP and SMARTEN UP: the INTELLIGENT REJECT lies.
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  7854.  @scottmiller7001  About the United States based on the direction of Australian fascist Rupert Murdoch.
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  7855.  @scottmiller7001  You provide no EVIDENCE for that baseless assertion. But that "argument" is typical of two-year-old toddlers: "EVERYONE does it." But the MORAL -- which HYPOCRITE O'Reilly pretended to be -- recognize that if it's WRONG for OTHERS then it is ALSO WRONG for oneself. Let's be real about the obvious: an alleged NEWS organization paying HUSH MONEY to victimized employees so the FACTS about VIOLATIONS OF LAW by its predatory employees won't be reported in the NEWS.
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  7856. The "old days" when STUPID people believed LIES were "legitimate opinion". How did FOX and its spawn -- O'Reilly an example -- persuade stupid people to shove their heads up their own asses and believe that that meant they were finally seeing the light?
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  7857.  @scottmiller7001  Nope: they became #1 on CABLE because they target a demographic of uneducated and racist GULLIBLES. They were sued for LYING but won on the technicality that they ARE NOT a "news" outlet; they are ENTERTAINMENT. Who was Roger Ailes before he founded FOX? He was RACIST Reagan's communications director.
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  7858.  @scottmiller7001  It is a MINORITY that can't tell the difference between fact and fiction. You are one of that minority. Your "world view" is uneducated; it is NOT how the world views reality. That is the REALITY because EXTREMISTS are ALWAYS a minority; and we know who the extremists are because they bash the MAINSTREAM, which is MODERATE. NEWS is FACT -- not "I don't like the FACTS they report so I'll find something that tells me what I want to hear." Trump is a third-generation con-man and career criminal -- that's why he lost election in his home state of New York: they know what he is. That you IGNORE his crimes reveals your 'character": only criminals defend criminality.
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  7859.  @scottmiller7001  No, jackass bullshitter: it was not news media that sue FOX for LYING about being "fair and balanced". You're exactly what FOX produces: liars who make shit up because you have NO regard for facts and truth. One more instance of LYING and I BLOCK your anti-American destructive ass.
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  7860.  @scottmiller7001  Yes: there is a TAPE RECORDING of Reagan, as California governor, talking to President Nixon, in which Reagan called Black people "monkeys," and Nixon laughed. FOX won't tell you that. i just did. "Google" will doubtless find that TAPE-RECORDING.
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  7861.  @Justin.Martyr  And the destructive anti-American FOX "news" angertainment O'Reilly helped build is facing depositions and discovery in the 1+ billion dollar defamation lawsuits. Let's hope they and their fascist ilk are driven out of business. Will O'Reilly READ the January 6th Committee report -- or will he LIE against it? It's amazing that Southern racists, who typically hate "Yankees," fell for a third generation New York con-man and career criminal. But we know how that works: those who reject the rule of law fall for "get-rich-quick snake-oil criminals and hand over their cash. It's easier to convince a fool than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.
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  7862. "He don’t understand that every president has taken documents back". EVIDENCE? Yep -- you have NONE. Because that is false. This is your basic argument: One murderer got away with it, so no other murderers should be prosecuted.
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  7863. Trump is there to promote hmself -- that's his only skill. Whether the CONTENT he presents is factual, or dangerous, is not of his concern -- just make shit up selling oneself, and to hell with the consequences.
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  7864. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  7865. Barr is the OPPOSITE of protecting personal liberties. He is NOT, also, qualified in MEDICINE. And I'm still waiting for him to speak up on the atrocity engineered by his Republican Party in Wisconsin.
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  7866. FOX has all along had a business model: lie to stupid people for profit.
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  7867. CORRECT language: the January 6th "rioters" were INSURRECTIONISTS.
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  7868. Idiot: the VOTERS -- not the so-called "establishment" -- crushed Sanders. And ti is SANDERS, a member of Congress for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, who is ESTABLISHMENT. Sanders is OPPOSED to gun control -- thus PRO-DOMESTIC violence.
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  7869. The SHAM-man is talking crackpot horseshit. He isn't mentally ill; he's simply stupid.
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  7870. Ted Cruz is from Canada. Has anyone checked his immigration status? Is he legal?
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  7871. Seder: you weren't even a spark in your fathers eye while Carville was winning elections. And not talking about being Socialist WILL NOT stop the Republicans from calling Democrats Socialist. Sanders appeals to a specific crowd -- not to the broad electorate: young political know-it-all newbies. Carville's mistake was getting Bill Blinton elected twice. Medicare for All is "incredibly popular" with those with whom it is "incredibly popular". Get it through your inflated self-importance: you are NOT the majority. Yes, there is a center. And the vast majority is centrist. Condescendingly insulting the majority is stupid. Carville is correct. You, Seder, and your fellow know-it-alls, are not going to "direct' anything, except into the far-LEFT ditch. Trump would slap Sanders dizzy. And how much did Sanders accomplish by being stubbornly anti-compromise for his twenty-five years in Congress? He was totally ineffective. Sanders would be slapped into dizzy befuddlement by Trump. And Sanders IS NOT going to "refashion" the electorate. Unless, of course, he is the other side of the same coin as Trump: a far-LEFT dictator.
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  7872.  @auntiez4917  Yes -- but if you see the photo, which was shown, there is an empty space in front of the stage. He wanted that filled -- we already know he brags about the size of his crowds, which is hard to do when there's a big empty space in the middle of it.
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  7873.  @harrylongabaugh7402  That is also a lie. Within days after the insurrection, Capitol Police radio chatter was released in which they were speaking of disarming Trumpeters, and that there were more weapons than they could handle. In addition, in footage of the shooting of violent insurrectionist Babbitt there was a man standing against the wall to her right and slightly behind with an assault rifle. But the central problem you have with that LIE is that the persons who told Trump they were armed, and the kind of weapons, were loyal Trump ass-kissers. And Hutchinson worked for Ted Cruz and Scalise before she got the job at the White House. She is a Trumpeter, though she may be young enough to still be able to reassess her options, and whether to continue to support a known career criminal.
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  7874.  @EL-FUKKO  So you're "only" a peabrain?
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  7875.  @batriley6208  Austin was undergoing a medical procedure -- and that implicates privacy laws. The problem is that you're a right-wing Trumper who approves the assault on the Constitution because you forgot that your oath is to the Constitution, not to any person. From the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders: "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. That especially applies to Supreme Court Justices, of which anti-separation of "religion' and gov't pro-insurrection Alito is one. This is in the Constitution he too hasn't apparently bothered to read: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." The president is the Commander-in-Chief of the DC National Guard. Where was he on January 6th? -- sitting on his ass and enjoying the "reality" TV "entertainment" he planned, organized, and directed. And then he smeared House Speaker Pelosi -- who is in a separate branch of gov't, and not in the military chain of command -- and former UN ambassador and private citizen Nicky Haley, who wasn't even in gov't on that day -- for not providing security on that date. Unlike draft-dodger Trump, Biden has skin in the game: one of his son's served in the military, and died as consequence.
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  7876.  @batriley6208  It isn't like the Join Chiefs were AWOL, right? This video is about the overtly corrupt and anti-Constitutional Alito. But you have to gratuitously drag in an appointee of the Democratic administation, though totally irrelevant to the issue. I'll believe you served in the military -- you are defending a person who is attacking the rule of law itself, beginning with the Constitution. when you remember that your oath was to the Constitution, not to any person or political party.
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  7877.  @batriley6208  Austin did not disappear: he and others knew where he was. When you can produce documentation proving that his staff and others in the chain of command didn't know where he was, then we'll believe your attack on him has substance. Until then you're engaged in the Republican tradition of Smear Politics.
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  7878. Excuse me!? CHARACTER MATTERS -- not something any REPUBLICAN understands for lack of their own characters.
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  7879. Irony: Malaria has broken out in Florida -- first in the United States in at least 20 years. Malaria is caused by a parasite (COVID is caused by a virus, which is not a parasite). The most known treatment for malaria is antiparasitic Hydroxychloroquine (which does not treat against viruses).
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  7880.  @gregoryguidry4958  Another name-calling law-illiterate -- The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7881. The "Massachusetts Gun License" ads are presented by desperate freaks. They re pushing the Second Amendment fraud.
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  7882. You've got your way because he's not a president. He's a private citizen and career criminal.
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  7883. This was reported during the first two weeks of the invasion.
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  7884. It's the REPUBLICANS who insist that the border is open.
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  7885. The Founders rebelled. So how did rebellion get a bad name?
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  7886. The Massachusetts gun laws have been held to be CONSTITUTIONAL, law-illiterate. In fact, they have evolved over centuries, so are thoroughly tested, and respond to actual realities. They exist to protect public health and safety, because there is no individual "right" to endanger those. And these "Rise of the Moorons" violated a whole slew of laws, inclduing Federal.
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  7887. John Eastman ADMITTED that his recommended ACTION was ILLEGAL.
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  7888.  @leakaminski1299  Laundrie isn't anywhere in Florida.
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  7889.  @msoperator510  Note that his isn't suing on such personal grounds as defamation but instead as a (former) gov't official.
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  7890. This is from the Vermont constitution of 1777 (it remains in the current constitution): "Chapter II. "Section XXXIX. That the inhabitants of this State, shall have liberty to hunt and fowl, in seasonable times, on the lands they hold, and on other lands (not enclosed;) and, in like manner, to fish in all boatable waters, not private property, under proper regulations, to be hereafter made and provided by the General Assembly."
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  7891. Trump is a walking, talking self-negation.
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  7892. I could do without the crime AND the movie.
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  7893. He isn't about annexing Canada. It is about distraction and throwing his weight around.
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  7894. Is there a recession in Floriduh? Hooray for Republican governance.
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  7895. No mention of TV series "Route 66".
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  7896. Where was McCarthy when Trump was attacking and undermining NATO -- NATO being the United State's first line of defense in Europe against Russia: better to "fight them there" than to "fight them here". Exactly: he was fiddling while NATO was burning.
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  7897. The lawyer also described the family as a wonderful family, even the three kids -- oops, one of the three is a mass murderer. The uncle knows nothing, had no real relationship with the mass murder, saw nothing. And his father and the mass murderer are both MAGA and gun-nuts.
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  7898.  @sandykatz364  I believe they are stupid for free.
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  7899. It's to the point that the habitual right-wing rally-goers are giving up because they don't see any of their changes resulting. Of course the changes "they" want are fed to them by those who have been holding the rallies.
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  7900.  @rodneyseymon3135  She'll be there -- so that's 1. Is it true that her husband is divorcing her -- if so, then he won't be there. So it's still at 1.
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  7901. MAGA-Lardo aka MEGA-Lardo. The hoarding is going to inflate the price of ketchup.
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  7902. Forget the amnesia: Trump is what the Republican Party has been since at latest Reagan.
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  7903. You're being radicalized by anti-gov't/rule of law disinformation.
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  7904. Some of the classified documents were to be returned to secure storage immediately after use. But we get it: Trump is the "Perfect Leader" -- even when he get caught committing crimes, then it's only "accident". He "loves" the uneducated because he relies on you being clueless of actual established procedures.
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  7905. So "Law and Order" Giuliani is blowing off the rule of law. FORCE him to comply with due process, which is premised upon presumption of innocence.
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  7906.  @n1vca  His ex-wife regularly violated the Hatch Act. That was a norm for the Trump criminal enterprise.
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  7907.  @andyhurrell  Trump is in breach of the NATO treaty. So Europe can fulfill its NATO agreement by not being in breach.
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  7908. The few instances of voter fraud was by REPUBLCIANS. One of them voted TWICE, in two different jurisdictions, in the same election.
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  7909. The US health "care" system is based on monetization of illness. The sicker you get the more money made by someone else.
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  7910. How good is an economist who cries poor mouth?
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  7911. It's about EDUCATING THE PUBLIC. Those who reject learning HATE that!
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  7912.  @maxoblivion  They aren't educating the ineducable. The legal profession has long neglected their responsibility to educate the public -- because, law-illiterate, not having an education in law means you don't have a clue unless it is explained to you by those who do have such education. Finally they are providing that education -- it is essential to understand how the gov't functions, how legal process works, the difference between FACT and "opinion". The difference between LAW and NON-law. The difference between bullshit and competence. You don't learn any of that by refusing to learn: legal professionals who are, as example, trial veterans, can EDUCATE you to those essentials. It isn't "spin," or 'opinion," or "entertainment". I'd ask what you believe with conviction, but it's obvious you don't actually believe anything: the cynic is YOU. And that is based on the false assumption that you are SUPERIOR to everyone who knows stuff you can't be bothered to learn because you can always mischaracterize everything in order to remain petulant based on nothing at all.
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  7913. She was hired for her loyalty to Trump instead of to the Constitution. That is not how the LAW works in the United States. And she isn't especially bright. Buit she tells you what you want to hear, and you couldn't care less whether it's true or false.
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  7914. The killer is said to be white and wearing camos and body armor.
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  7915. First time I herd of Trump stealing anything that wasn't already cash.
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  7916.  @whitejob14  This isn't a joke. There are countries that are enemies of the United States that would pay big money for such information. Clue: reality is not a child's comic book or cartoon. Sit down and STFU until you are sufficiently mature to carry on conversations with adults.
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  7917.  @badsabre5917  The FBI does have it right: review the lengthy process the FBI and DOJ went through "negotiating" with Trump for month after month for return of the gov't property he STOLE. Can you imagine a bank robber "negotiating" "whether" he'll return the money, and if so, "when," and if so, "how much" of it? And then he received a subpoena and dilly-dallied in the face of that. Finally the DOJ and FBI, having given him more than enough time and deference, decided his word couldn't be trusted -- it is certain ALL of that is DOCUMENTED -- they had to simply go in and seize the STOLEN gov't property.
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  7918.  @StevePdue  There is a tape recording of a conversation between California Governor Reagan and President Nixon. during it Reagan called African-Americans "monkeys," and they both laughed about it. As president, Reagan was known to be against gun control (which rejects the founders, who engaged in every form of gun control). But as California governor, when the Black Panthers armed themselves, he signed a gun control law. And note how the "Never Trump" Republicans rail against the "Trump cult of personality" -- but still act as Reagan's cult of personality -- he could do no wrong. If you compare the military service of Congressional members, you'll note that most Democrats have served, but very few Republicans. And yet they are all in for the military -- the military can do know wrong. Well, then there's Tucker Carlson attacking the military and it's "character" -- though he never got near the inside of a military uniform. All about "strong leaders" -- so they can be whimpering followers.
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  7919.  @BeeN-fy2jh  Dictatorship incites insurrection.
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  7920.  @justjamie17-15  MSNBC has been reporting the facts for years. You've only just found that out.
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  7921.  @TaraReade64  You don't understand this basic: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- john Adams. Trump and Republicans are ALL POLITICS ALL THE TIME. Listen to Trump's LATEST POLITICAL threats against anyone who defies his lawlessness. In contrast: Trump is being prosecuted in the COURTS, based on ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
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  7922. A former president who STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  7923. The immigration system is still "broken!? Then let's elect someone who will fix it.
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  7924. The DOJ has repeatedly delegated to special counsels since the Civil War. And the Supreme Court has repeatedly, during the same hundred and more years, upheld the Constitutionality of it. That is how gov't and private corporations and business work: the person in charge delegates tasks to others. It actually isn't complicated: the Attorney General, regardless by which party's president appointed, administers the DOJ; he does not himself handle cases and go to court. The DOJ consists of many different departments, each focused on a specific area of law. The Attorney general signs off on cases to be filed in court, but he himself does not build cases. Merrick Garland is a DOJ veteran -- and was the investigator of the OK City bombing. He then was a judge for some 20 years. And as a judge he was strictly moderate; down the middle. The far-Left, many of whom falsely claim to be to their right -- progressives -- complain because he's a moderate. Reich-wingers/Trump supporters complain about him because he's actually enforcing the laws. He's one of the best attorney general's in history: moderate, objective, and non-partisan. But apparently we're supposed to believe that Biden runs the DOJ -- he does not -- therefore had his own son prosecuted -- a notion which is totally absurd if one knows Biden's familial history, the car accident in which his wife and 18-month-old toddler daughter were killed, and his two very young sons injured and hospitalized. When first elected he was sworn in while in his sons' hospital room. The feral ankle biters that repeat Trump and Reich-Wing nonsense have no sense of morality, no sense of decency. But when they pause to look at themselves, what they are doing, they feel what I identify for them as SHAME; they do not like themselves for what they are doing.
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  7925. Still trying to find a way around the fact that Biden won, eh? That isn't the fault of the media, child.
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  7926. Being sensitive to other's sensibilities -- manners -- is being "woke".
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  7927. Amazon does not have a monopoly because there are alternative self-publishing outlets.
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  7928.  @3nertia  There are alternatives to Amazon for self-publishing. _Ergo_, Amazon doesn't have a monopoly on self-publishing.
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  7929.  @3nertia  I'm not for self-publishing. The point I made is that there are alternatives to Amazon for self-publishing, THEREFORE Amazon is not a monopoly. Certainly self-publishing ensures that there will be a flood of crap. Otherwise, any promotion must be done by the author. Established publishers do the promotion because they have in-house departments specifically for that purpose. Otherwise I don't "do" Facebook because I saw it for the scam it is.
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  7930.  @3nertia  All the conspiracy nonsense is a bore.
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  7931.  @3nertia  Self-publishing platforms are for profit. And it's likely they have terms of service. Most publishers do. It's a contract with benefits and limitations on both sides.
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  7932. In 2016, Sanders was going to release his tax returns "at the appropriate time". And the "appropriate time" never arrived. Exactly the same way that Trump serially lied. Now it's his medical record: they'll be released "at the appropriate time". When Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy in 2015-16, she at the same time released THIRTY YEARS of tax returns -- and didn't have to be ASKED to release them, not even ONCE.
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  7933. Habba needs to be disbarred.
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  7934. He didn't endorse Harris/Walz. Stupid. These "Rap"/"Hip-Hop" "artists" have warped values little to no different than Trump and other gangsters.
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  7935.  @weignerleigner3037  Though they deny it, females receive all sorts of support and encouragement. Males are taught they must stand on their own two feet, and to be dependable but not to depend on others.
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  7936. To change the subject. They are dishonest.
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  7937. "Business ethics" is an oxymoron, eh? If you can profit by polluting the environment, and by that means killing fellow citizens, why not pursue that "opportunity" -- all that matters is profits at others' expense.
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  7938. "Perhaps in a corrupt way". It couldn't be other than corrupt: there was no election theft, despite the lie that fueled the insurrection.
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  7939. Only about half of the affidavit is redacted. You should READ it instead of making an uninformed comment.
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  7940. See Vlad Vexel.
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  7941.  @melaniem9433  MAGA sure is showing the world that their goal is to be as dumb as possible without succumbing to brain death.
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  7942. Fox will correctly assert that they are not responsible for the decisions and actions of the lawyer's client. The lawyer knows that; but his "job" is to point away from his client.
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  7943. USAID promotes human rights. That is sufficient for Republicans to want to abolish it.
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  7944. What's missing from the conversation is holding Mitch McConnell for blocking the House bills enacted under Pelosi. But U guess "Progressives" aren't very good at placing responsibility where it belongs instead of smearing the whole system.
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  7945. The "FISHY" crap is about suggesting "conspiracy". there is already more than enough of that destructive chaos and disinformation. Elon Muck is an old-fashioned died-in-the-wool south African racist. Racism is "fishy" because it has no basis. But it is no mystery what he is. Stop the destructive innuendo.
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  7946. "War is good business" for weapons manufacturers is not news.
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  7947.  @post-leftluddite  Idjit: grow up and smarten up: if one DOES NOT get elected, one CANNOT do ANYTHING. And learn the first FACT after THAT reality: a candidate can promise anything they want. If it is sufficiently aligned with the MAJORITY -- the MAJORITY is MODERATE -- they can get elected. BUT THEN s/he will meet OPPOSITION -- see the members of "the Squad". IMMEDIATELY they wanted to get rid of Pelosi -- without themselves FIRST learning THE RULES. AND while holding a MINORITY view. They haven't so much as "sold out" as they've been INEFFECTIVE because NOT THE MAJORITY. REAL politics aren't for entitled twits who are owed by the world that their every whine and wince be given priority over all else. The twits who, if they don't get it ALL AT ONCE -- who are confronted with the REALITY that it must be worked for INCH BY INCH, INCREMENTALLY -- will take their ball and go home. Or will vote to "blow up the system" to teach EVERYONE how POWERFUL their STUPIDITY. What does "progressive" mean? It CERTAINLY DOES NOT mean voting for Trump -- as many of these fool REGRESSIVE "progressives" did -- and imposing the MASSIVELY DESTRUCTIVE CONSEQUENCES on EVERYONE ELSE. But that's what the Sanders "progressives" did because they didn't get their MINORITY view imposed on the MAJORITY; instead the got the EXACT OPPOSITE EXTREME. The same jerks, or the next generation of them, continue to falsely deny that supporting Ralph Nader got G. DUI Bushit elected, and Cheney and he gave us 9/11 and the Iraq disaster.
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  7948.  @johnclaba1457  Worse: some of them voted for Trump. The "New Left" got Nixon elected. The "progressives" got Cheney/G. DUI Bushit elected. Cheney paved the way for Trump. The regressive "progressives" got Trump elected.
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  7949. Um, well, he was sending the children "thoughts and prayers".
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  7950.  @bert7196  That's what I've been saying. Those same voters want to shift the responsibility onto others -- with term limits, which actually shift the responsibility onto other voters; it cures nothing, and makes it more difficult for the electorate to have control over the gov't.
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  7951. There's nothing "hidden" about it. And I'm fed up with the ideological distortions of the history for unseemly political ends.
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  7952. Robert Bork was appointed a Federal judge by Reagan. Then Bork eliminated the Fairness Doctrine, which was established with the advent of radio during the 1920s. Bork's decision was pulled out of his ass. Bork also campaigned -- bumming his book -- on amending the Constitution so Congress can overturn Supreme Court decisions. Congress, as a co-equal branch, could already overturn the Court. It did so when it overturned the Rehnquist Court's Grove College decision and its progeny with the "Americans with Disabilities Act".
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  7953.  @gregoriopassport  You know nothing about me, and are lost in cliches about which you know nothing substantive.
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  7954.  @gregoriopassport  Grief is not an intellectual or cognitive process. One can suppress it, but one cannot predict its actual course.
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  7955. One must remember that most Republicans knew from the outset that Trump wasn't a Republican. Were he an actual Republican they'd be all in for him.
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  7956. Not everything is news. The parents retrieved the Mustang, and met with their lawyer -- the latter being no one's business.
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  7957. J. D. Vance doesn't have any convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  7958. Law enforcement does ten to "target" criminals. Don't understand why that would be news or controversial.
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  7959. You just noticed? This began at latest with Nixon and spawn of his presidency, one of whom was Roger Ailes, who moved on to Reagan, then founded FOX, and Roger Stone. And Robert Bork, who, appointed as a judge by Reagan, out of thin air repealed the Fairness Doctrine, making it legal for Ailes to establish right-wing Republican propaganda cesspool FOX.
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  7960. Between 12 and 14 I hauled coal and kerosene for an elderly woman for 0.25 cents once a week. At 15 I worked short-order cook at a diner for several weeks. I was let because it was under the table. Through high school I worked as a "custodial aide". Those aren't on my resume, which is pretty thin after high school.
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  7961. Officer Fanone actually voted for Trump. It's doubtful, now, that he's a Republican.
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  7962. "Led Zeppelin": racist thieves.
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  7963. The DENIAL of racism is the racist obstacle to addressing the issue.
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  7964. It can't be proven that "God," the permanent no-show, exists. And Christ is equally AWOL.
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  7965. Everyone who is anyone has received "thousands" of tips -- most of them bogus.
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  7966. Rudi's assets? He may be allowed to keep his wallet, but not the money that was in it. As for housing: cardboard boxes are free, but it is getting crowded down by the river.
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  7967. More than 40 Nixonites were indicted, convicted, and jailed, including his AG John Mitchell. In sum, being ignorant of history, and law-illiterate, and anti-rule of law, makes you both an ass and wrong.
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  7968.  @jameschang2873  It remains the FACT that more than 40 Nixonites -- all white, all male -- were indicted, convicted, and sentenced to prison. "White privilege" doesn't always work -- especially for poor whites.
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  7969.  @ivanbluetarski9071  No: in the videos that is Trump hanging out and partying with Epstein. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  7970. One of the Uvalde police officers lost a child in the school. The man who stood up and yelled at Beto is the REPUBLICAN mayor of Uvalde.
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  7971. Vaccine mandates are constitutional: see "Jacobson v. Massachusetts" (1905).
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  7972. The fake "audit" is SEDITION.
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  7973.  @al-bot1094  When he ran for governor, and as governor of Massachusetts, which is Democratically-dominated, Republican Romney was pro-choice on abortion. Then when he decided to run for president, as a Republican, he was suddenly anti-choice. I expect Romney will do whatever doesn't muss his hair, while his finger is ever to the political winds.
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  7974.  @davidgoldman9820  Ken Starr? You do know, don't you, that he was forced to resign from Baylor University School of Law for covering up sexual assault allegations against the Baylor football team? In other words: Starr has always been a political hack; and like Dershowitz, who claims to be a Liberal Democrat, is asserting now the exact opposite of that which he asserted when Clinton/a Democrat was being impeached. If I want to listen to flat-out lying against the known facts, I'll listen to the defenders of Trump. Let's look at just the issue of ethics: 1. Trump defense lawyer Cippolone was named by Parnas -- WITH DOCUMENTATION -- as a participant in the issue for which Trump has been impeached and is being tried. ETHICALLY one cannot be both a lawyer for a party, and a witness, in the same trial. 2. Parnas -- also WITH DOCUMENTATION -- Parnas named Sekulow as a participant in the issue for which Trump has been impeached and is being tried. ETHICALLY one cannot be both a lawyer for a party, and a witness , in the same trial. It's easy to believe whatever one wants, of course, if one dispenses with Constitution, rule of law, ethics, facts, and truth. We know not only that Trump attempted to shake down Ukraine -- Mulvaney admitted it, as a DIRECT WITNESS, on tape. And we know that Trump has REPEATEDLY invited other foreign powers -- including Russia and China -- to subvert the US election: we have him ON TAPE doing so. It is also STATUTORILY ILLEGAL to accept of solicit foreign help in US elections. If you approve of those ILLEGAL efforts to subvert the election, would you approve if the subversion were to favor the candidate you DON'T want elected? I thought not. And what does that say for YOUR ethics?
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  7975.  @paulmcgarr6557  The Obstruction of Congress, which continues, is itself open-and-shut. Apparently Goldman hates the United States, which was founded on the Constitution and rule of law, not on partisan politics, and who is willing to subvert the country for political gain.
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  7976. Other blood evidence was found with a hacksaw. So if he disposed of her body it was disposed of in a number of different dumpsters in different cities. Some evidence was found in a dumpster at his mother's condo. Other evidence at another dumpster in a different town. And at least one other disposal site.
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  7977. And you believe they don't know how to investigate?
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  7978.  @timelessmusicfamilymusic9175  Actually you can call the police to deal with the issue. The source of your paranoia is the fantasy "squatters". Of "tenants". You have a single factual proof of ANY of that, but you cling to such horseshit as if it were "religion" -- and having as much proof for its claims: NONE.
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  7979. For Warren to endorse Sanders would be political suicide.
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  7980.  @alexusbratva878  She should have criticized the Federal courts instead of directly refuting his question?
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  7981. Condi Rice has not been elected to speak for "the American people". Let her finish -- based on her interrupting in order to talk over what she doesn't want others to hear.
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  7982. You aren't a Republican, but you do believe the illusion. Face reality: with Republican gerrymandering, Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitations to foreign subversion of the election, the Democrats need all the votes they can get. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist,. And Sanders' writings, when in his 30s. about young children and sex will be all over the media. If nomiinated he'd be destroyed in a week. And if not nominated we'll likely hear the same excuse about "cheating" -- leaving out the fact that his first campaign manager was forced to resign when it was revealed that his -- Sanders' -- campaign hacked the DNC at the beginning of the primary. And then stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Yeah, I know: let's bury the facts about Sanders behind attacks on those who have the temerity to not forget the facts about him, and -- worse -- state them publicly. Let's, in short, be as corrupt as Trump's "fans".
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  7983. Biden has been progressive -- meeting the domestic needs of the electorate.
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  7984. "Radicalization of the Democratic Party"!? It was the REPUBLICANS who engaged in INSURRECTION -- which is radically outside the Constitution and laws!
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  7985. And LOST those efforts.
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  7986.  @rjp3america747  I think we need to learn how to mind our own business instead of sticking with how to label others.
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  7987. He SMEARED BIDEN by alleging "errors" but identifying NONE. He attacked BIDEN over the border "crisis" when HE KNOWS it was TRUMP who tanked the border bill. Are you incapable of connecting the dots!?
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  7988. He doesn't "demean" others -- which is why, instead of addressing the fact that Trump killed the border bill that had given the right-wing extremists everything they wanted, he attacked BIDEN on "immigration" -- the very thing the border bill was to address. Romney is a millionaire who made his millions by destroying thriving companies and jobs.
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  7989.  @tomhaggard3352  Google "Romney Bain Capital".
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  7990. Costello appears to work in the grey area between the mob and mobbed-up Trump. Another Of Trump's Roy Cohns -- who was a mob lawyer, eventually indicted, tried, convicted, and disbarred. And Trump dropped him when it was revealed that he was dying of AIDS.
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  7991. Oldie but goodie: If Trump had testified he would have been Hannibal Lectered by the prosecution.
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  7992. These are stressful times for everyone, especially thanks to her and her husband.
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  7993. This is a tour of the WW II Normandy Cemetary by a French woman. Note the Canadian section -- Normandy Trip: Paying Tribute to those who fought for my country, my FREEDOM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_okL0QwKRo
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  7994. How many of the responses to this comment are from foreign second-language-English trolls intent on undermining the United States?
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  7995. FEMA is not broke. Stop spreading Trump's lies. FEMA is NOT broke. Even though Matt Gaetz voting against FEMA funding.
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  7996. Roberts is also "Federalist Society". HE wrote the unconstitutional "immunity" decision. He was not appointed by Trump. Trump also did not appoint Thomas and Alito, and they too are part of the corruption.
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  7997. TRUMP -- and Vance -- is the disgrace.
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  7998. He's trying to spread the guilt from his kids to others' so he can say, "Yours do it too!"
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  7999. It should be a chargeable felony.
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  8000. The media is attempting to create a controversy out of a standard process.
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  8001. Thomas and her "teams" are attacking the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  8002. The guns in Chicago are bought in lax-gun control INDIANA and brough into Illinois. Stop the racist lying: the gun violence and death by gun is HIGHER in RED states. Look at MISSOURI.
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  8003.  @nomore475  Those who oppose gun control are defenders of mass murder. And while they claim a Constitutional "right," they have no actual regard for the rule of law, for what the law actually is -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8004.  @JermaineBulls  He's a racist gun-nut lying against the facts: The guns in Chicago are bought and brought in from other states that have lax gun control. His point is to distract from that fact by pushing the lie that Blacks are inherently violent. The corollary is that gun control "causes" gun violence, which is absolutely absurd. But that's what gun-nuts do: LIE.
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  8005. It is essential to be concerned with "Griswald," which legalized contraception.
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  8006. They are MORALLY DEGENERATE.
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  8007. The opinion of ONE apparent lawyer whose biases are unknown means Klobuchar should be "prosecuted"? Maybe the case has been looked at -- and it was found that the accusations are unfounded. After all, all criminals are actually innocent. Just ask them -- they'll tell you that up front.
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  8008. And AP report? AP is mainstream, moron.
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  8009. Is Toobin going to drop his tradition of muddying the waters with bothsiderism? The effort was to intimidate the SC Justices. And the list of buildings planned to be occupied by the insurrectionists included the Supreme Court.
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  8010. I'd (for a fee) organize a "Felons for Trump" Zoom call, except that I'm not qualified: I'm not a felon.
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  8011. I grew up with that sound. Anyone would know that you don't play with that system without being told not to play with it. So FOX may be fined? Couldn't happy to a more deserving fascist anti-gov't actor.
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  8012.  @tigerlilly5579  Compare it with Paulo Frere's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed".
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  8013. Hur asked Biden about his son Beau's death in effort to trigger him. A low, low emotional blow which had nothing to do with the issue he was assigned to investigate.
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  8014.  @chasinglighttoo  "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT. ___ That also applies to Trump's solicitation of election fraud phone calls to Georgia election officials.
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  8015. Interesting sign among those behind Trump in which the word "SWAMP" is used. That is a negative subliminal.
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  8016. Re-recordings of old "hits" that bombed the first time around.
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  8017.  Chris Raynor  That was the "conservative" actor who has been violence in film his profit motive.
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  8018.  Chris Raynor  Unsurprising since you are confusing extremist Right-Wing Trump's encouragement of violence at his extremist Right-wing rallies with the Left, when in fact extremist Right-Wing Trump, along with all the other extremist Right-Wing Republican haters, accuses his enemies of being Left-Wing. Otherwise, Congressman Schiff is a seasoned prosecutor, whereas you-re a silly childish name-caller. You'd be more persuasive if you remained totally silent.
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  8019.  Chris Raynor  Your baseless hate is immoral.
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  8020.  Chris Raynor  Apparently you're also lying about your alleged IQ.
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  8021. Seems to me the remains were found where there was water at the time Laundrie disappeared. Why would he "hide" there? If Petito told him she was breaking up with him, and he reverted to, "If I can't have you, then no one else will," then I can see him being extremely depressed at losing the person on whom he was excessively dependent, with killing her on top of that. It is still weird that the parents knew exactly where to go. But why would they drop supplies for him at a place covered with water?
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  8022.  @w.harrison7277  Because there are range of tests for various components in the blood that must be tested for independently. What matters is that her machines were marketed as working when they in fact did not.
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  8023. There is news about an infected US citizen who worked in biotach "fleeing" to China. Wouldn't it be "funny" if it turned out the virus originated in the US? Actually, of course, it is irrelevant where the virus first appeared -- if that could even be pinned down.
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  8024. And Melania is an immigrant. And Trump hates immigrants.
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  8025.  @rjd892  Because you aren't paying attention to what is happening; only to the pundits.
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  8026.  @jeremybaldwin2840  As long as limits are included that prevent that as means of avoidance the way Tump and the wealthy consider it a planned part of "doing business".
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  8027.  @lindajohnson.  SOME will. If you believe "they" are "all the same" then you aren't paying attention. And that's your excuse for not voting: irresponsible intellectual laziness.
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  8028.  @brandonc181  When is this FLORIDIAN going to report on the homelessness IN FLORIDA instead of never mentioning the name DeSantis?
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  8029.  @bamahama707  I have no idea how that is relevant. Perhaps you should have got sufficient education to realize you were being scammed by private for-profit corporations instead of whining about seeing justice done.
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  8030. No time at all until Trump's public gibberishing -- and he doesn't have a stutter. Then again, he is staying out of the media because running from his participation in the fascist "Project 2025" planning.
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  8031. The United States is being consistent: the US provided military support to the Soviet Union when it was attacked by Hitler. The United States is now providing military support to Ukraine while it is being attacked by Russia.
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  8032.  @creekwalker62  Nixon was a snake long before he became president. During the 1968 campaign he undermined the LBJ Paris Peace Talks thereby subverting the election. During the next campaign he had the Democratic Party Headquarters burglarized in order to subvert the election. His campaign committee -- the "Committee to Re-Elect the President" -- was "C.R.E.E.P." And his poll rating when he resigned was 16-19 per cent.
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  8033. In Massachusetts law there is a statute apply to the "Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company," which was a 1600s militia. The law stipulates that it can march (which it only does on "Evacuation Day") with weapons but the weapons cannot be loaded. The Founders, regardless how reputationally "revolutionary," were no slouches when it came to controlling militaries and guns and other weapons. They routinely, from the 1600s on, engaged in every form of gun control including prohibition and confiscation.
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  8034. It's obvious the portion of her brain that stores memory was lost as result of her constant diarrhea of the mouth.
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  8035. Nugent is a pedophile and a Republican. And banned against hunting in several states for poaching.
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  8036. The town hall was run by the Republican Party. Most of there were Republicans -- which is why they didn't intervene: "Free speech for me, not for thee."
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  8037. Law above morality.
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  8038. Travis Scott is "devastated" by the lawsuits to come.
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  8039. That's Rittenhouse's claim.
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  8040. We've known that for DECADES. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal.
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  8041. Its nether a human nor civil rights protest: they don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.
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  8042. Is it fact that they called off the engagement BEFORE their trip?
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  8043. And who is going to know of it, and report it? Mainstream matters, but is being smeared not only by Trump and MAGA but also the *SSH*l*s who are anti-Trump/MAGA. And that's why the media is so splintered and dysfunctional.
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  8044. Is the syndrome also a result of white men (reporters) viewing themselves as "rescuers" of those they view as needing "rescue". Perhaps because viewing women as "needing" men because "weak".
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  8045. Beyond unethical it is lawless. Though SUBORDINATE to the Constitution, it is REPUDIATING the Constitution in order to establish its anti-Americanism as the alternative to the Constitution.
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  8046.  @frankmalinaro9700  1. Learn how to do logic. 2. Apply that learning to your thought processes. 3. Apply that learning to your written expressions of your thought processes. In other words: learn how to make sense in basic English, including standard punctuation.
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  8047. It can't be proven that there's a "God".
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  8048. "He's never seen anything like it" -- and he didn't see it on January 6 either.
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  8049. Stacey Abrams is John Lewis with a law degree. That's why.
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  8050.  Mark Willoughby  Absolute evidence of racism in the new laws, AS IS DETAILED IN THE VIDEO.
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  8051. They're used to acting as white supremacist vigilantes and not having to lie about it. So here we have a man being, unused to sustained lying, putting the rope around his own neck.
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  8052.  @jockyoung4491  I don't know if the couch story is true or false -- and Vance's word can't be trusted, so whatever he says about it is not dispositive. Nor do I know if it's true or false that he has a dark history with three-legged stools. But where there's smoke -- where there are two rumors instead of one, the more likely at least one of the rumors is true. At any rate, I believe in the Golden Rule: so I believe that those who mock others are asking that they be mocked. It is therefore only polite and respectful to mock mockers.
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  8053.  @Sati457  On what grounds -- because Republicans LIE against Biden? Are you too stupiid to be allowed to vote?
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  8054.  @serenadevon  Yeah -- we should ignore those who are qualified for the office in favor of the fruit-fringe freaks who are "entertaining".
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  8055.  @ALT-vz3jn  Yep: we should vote for the inexperienced and unqualified -- the more stupid and freakish the better.
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  8056.  @AlphaMom55  Because REPUBLICANS tell you he doesn't know where he is then he doesn't know where he is? I suggest you educate yourself in CURRENT AFFAIRS -- REALITY -- and the latest VICTORY by Biden over the Republican fruit-fringe freak show circus regarding the debt ceiling. "Libertarianism": If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, then it's your own fault for having had a wallet. "Libertarianism" is extremist right-wing anti-gov't/rule of law anarchistic crackpottery. The Founders, in contrast, were not opposed to gov't -- in fact they FOUNDED gov'ts.
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  8057.  @DottieMinerva  You obviously don't understand anything about the United States, or gov't officials. Their OATH is to the CONSTITUTION, not to this or that faction of their constituency. If YOU gave a fuck about the Constitution -- the rule of law -- instead of personal advantage by any means necessary, ethical and legal or not, you wouldn't be whining about not being advantaged over everyone else. You're actually no different than those you complain about who seek advantage over everyone else by any means considered necessary.
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  8058.  @flaccidego4291  You fool no one: you don't know what is happening in politics because you consider yourself too "sophisticated" to bother knowing. And that is the worst sort of citizen in a democracy: the belief that irresponsibility and ignorance are "rights".
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  8059.  @Clintsessentials  So you have no idea what is actually happening -- or the fact that Biden and Trump are not in any way equivalent or alike, and you're proud of that ignorance. I suggest you look at the ACCOMPLISHMENTS of President Biden -- the latest being his DEFEAT of the REPUBLICANS effort to hold the economy hostage over the debt ceiling issue. Biden settled the debt ceiling issue for TWO years, not only ONE. And he defeated the rest of the demands being made by the unfit-for-public-office fruit-fringers lead by such as Gym Jordan, Greene, and Boebert.
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  8060. He isn't outside the country. It isn't even known if he had a passport. And we keep hearing about it being her van, when it was reported early on that it was registered in BOTH their names. My sense is that he is a user. He was living at least in part on her money, and they both were using her phone.
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  8061. Trump is lying and it is all he ever does.
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  8062. It's more likely that the pastor hears with an accent.
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  8063.  @marieslabbert6009  Those "more interviews" would be with the media the blind are recommending she ignore.
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  8064.  @danielrajski9020  The president sets the policy -- not the vice-president. So let's talk about how much Pence did while having his head shoved up Trump's ass.
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  8065.  @ciaruhhh  The president sets the policy -- not the VP. But tell us what Pence did during his four years with his head shoved up Trump's criminal ass.
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  8066.  @ciaruhhh  Trump is an adjudicated rapist, a convicted criminal felon, and planned, organized, and directed an insurrection -- which the Founders charged, tried, and convicted as the crime of TREASON. That's what you are defending: the crimes of rape, felonies against the American people, and insurrection against the Constitution.
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  8067. He's doing it to poke the state in the eye.
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  8068. They might submit their birth certificate into evidence, but will claim it isn't them but a "fictional" "person" "owned" by the gov't.
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  8069. Trump has avoided the Black journalists association. He only agreed this time because he's desperate.
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  8070. The National Guard is not under the Congressional branch's Speaker of the House; the National Guard is under the Executive branch's Commander-in-Chief.
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  8071. Consistency: Republicans did not condemn the January 6 insurrection. And they are STILL telling the Big Lie.
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  8072. Trump just reversed an LBJ Executive Order that, based on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, prohibited discrimination.
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  8073. Why are you calling INSURRECTION mere "riots"? Why are you falsifying that fact?
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  8074.  @michaelpowell7120  Trump's only concern is re-election. We know that becuase trump's makes that clear every time he opens his mouth.
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  8075. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people.
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  8076. Trump's "very fine people": "Jews will not replace us."
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  8077.  @masonainsworth  It is a principle of law that justice and the rule of law are ABOVE politics. That's why politicians, upon election, cannot legally prosecute their political opponents. In other words: it isn't a crap shoot, all up for grabs. In dictatorships, "successful" politicians do go after the POLITICAL opponents with the power of the law, imprison, and even execute, them. That's why Trump's "Lock her up!" was immediately alarming: no evidence, no trial, just incarcerate. Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He was being aspirational in that statement, or in his statement, "A system of Laws, and not of men" -- the oath is to the constitution and laws, not to the person in whatever the office. THAT TOO separates law and politics.
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  8078.  @masonainsworth  Law is not mere "social convention". "Social conventions" don't put your ass in jail. Massachusetts made two efforts to adopt a constitution. The first was drafted by the legislature, and submitted to the electorate for approval or rejection. It was rejected in large part on the basis of this question: "If the legislature can adopt a constitution, then can' it also amend or even repeal it at whim?" The result was the invention of the constitutional convention; thus every element of gov't -- including the legislature -- was put UNDER the constitution. That second constitution was written by John Adams, establishing separation of powers, and was the model for the US Constitution. A law is not a "social convention," especially when inconsistent with the Constitution.
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  8079. Trump is a transparently-obvious third-generation New York con-an and career criminal. A LIE is NOT an "opinion," which has a chance of being true. A LIE is a LIE.
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  8080.  @solly119119  Because they are ignorant of the far-Left history of the 1960s -- in which Sanders is stuck. The far-Left in the 1960s, lead by the street "theater" and violence of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, got NIXON elected. And they continue to LIE about Sanders -- who alienated the largest block of Democratic voters, the "centrists," by calling them "corrupt". So the majority of ACTUAL Democratic voters voted for the ACTUAL Democrat, Hillary Clinton -- who turned out to be exactly right about Trump. And they perpetuated the "thumb on the scale" LIE Sanders made up. But there were other problems with their vehement denials of fact: Manafort had a partner in Ukraine, and they together -- also using hacked emails -- got the pro-Russian president elected there. Manafort became head of Trump's campaign, and his partner head of the Sanders campaign. He was forced to resign when the Sanders campaign got caught hacking the DNC. Sanders, like Trump, smeared Clinton with REPUBLICAN lies. And Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. In contrast: on the same day that Hillary declared her candidacy she released 30 YEARS of her tax returns. And then the whiny "Bernie Bros," being immature assholes, vowed to "blow up the system," voted for Sanders' exact opposite extreme -- Trump -- and there went _Roe_. So Sanders, Russia, Comey, Sanders' "fans," helped elect Trump, exactly as the far-Left of Hoffman and Rubin helped elect Nixon. And it was peculiar all along: Hillary had supporters -- which is normal. But both Sanders and Trump had "fans". The term "fans" is derived from the word "fanatic"; and applies to entertainers and celebrities -- not to the deadly serious of politics. And both of the latter responded identically to criticisms of Sanders and Trump -- by sidestepping criticisms and directly attacking the critic. And I note that Sanders has yet to endorse Harris. What is he waiting for?
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  8081.  @jerrybean3280  I have no problem with the young invited in. My concern is competence. You know what not only impresses but also moves me near to tears? Adam Mockler and Luke Beasley, as examples, of young people -- "kids," I say affectionately -- who are well and accurately informed, and who adhere to the facts and rules as foundation of their presentations. That's the competence we need -- not only in candidates but also in our political discourse. Others -- I reject their politics -- who are good and decent people: Michael Steele, Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney, Sarah Longwell. I don't, though, forget that they are Republicans.
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  8082.  @lovidas6297  That's exactly how one avoids extremism and error. "Always" and "never" are extremes which falsely presume perfection. Another fallacy is the invocation of "common sense" as means to inflate the support of one's view. "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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  8083.  @solly119119  Just before the pandemic, comments began appearing online that "Boomers" need to be "offed". It was the "Boomers" who -- among other accomplishments -- did the following: Got the US out of Vietnam. Ended the draft. Mainstreamed the environmental movement -- which is why those 20-somethings know of it. (I learned of climate change in junior high science during the late 1950s-early 1960s. Showed that a president -- and vice-president -- could be "got". Sanders' politics are the "New Left" -- FAR-Left -- politics of the 1960s. I was there; I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, and had disagreements with them: my view was and is that humans are social beings; theirs was that humans are political beings. I still point out that politics doesn't happen until humans come together socially. I saw firsthand how they operated: somehow they managed to have the media show up just after they provoked the police into violence -- so the media only saw the cops doing the clubbings. That, and the street chaos they generated, ALIENATED those we needed to end US involvement in Vietnam: the blue-collar voters. As result they voted for NIXON. If you look at the Sanders campaign OBJECCTIVELY you'll see that he attacked Clinton with REPUBLICAN/Right-wing smears -- while she didn't attack Sanders -- essentially double-teaming her with Trump. And you'll see that BOTH Sanders and Trump serially lied about releasing their tax returns, whereas Clinton, on the day she declared her candidacy, released 30 YEARS of her tax returns. Clinton had supporters. Sanders and Trump had "fans". Celebrities, entertainers, have "fans". Sanders sold pie-in-the-sky -- exactly as had Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. So the politically naive Sanders supports bought into the pie-in-the-sky. And then when Sanders LOST the primary by ALIENATING the largest block of ACTUAL Democrats -- the "Centrists" -- the "Bernie Bros" vowed to "blow up the system" -- and voted for Sanders' exact opposite extremist TRUMP. So Sanders, and his politically-STUPID "fans" elected TRUMP -- and how "progressive" were the results? Roe has been overturned, Chevron has been overturned, and "Project 2025" is on the table. Very simple and obvious answer: Sanders vowed to destroy the DEMOCRATIC Party -- NOT the REPUBLICAN Party. And where are we again with Biden v. Trump? And the far-left political assholes, falsely claiming to be "progressives," joined him in jumping off the cliff. I don't object to them jumping off the cliff -- I've seen it before. I DO object to them pulling all the rest of us off the cliff with them.
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  8084.  @Hammyann  "It takes a village." -- Hillary Clinton.
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  8085.  @SgtTibbsTX  Apparently you missed the comments which began appearing just before the pandemic that "Boomers" needed to be "offed". What did my generation -- the "Boomers" -- achieve? Got the US out of Vietnam. Ended the draft. Mainstreamed the environmental movement. Invented the personal computer. Invented -- for better or worse -- social media. It's amazing that for the first time in history was born a generation or two before which there was no history.
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  8086. WE kill killers because killing is WRONG.
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  8087. Trump doesn't like the facts, so he is demanding "alternative" "facts".
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  8088. Anyone not frightened of Trump is STOOPID.
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  8089. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8090. "Pro"-life death cult.
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  8091.  @colonelangus8247  Trump is an adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal engaged in an all out war on the rule of law, and you are as anti-American as he.
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  8092. Gad, the continuous misreporting: ALL the documents Trump STOLE belong TO THE GOV'T. SOME -- NOT ALL -- were classified. Makes no difference: ALL those documents, regardless classification status, BELONG TO THE GOV'T.
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  8093.  @RJ42997  Actually "everyone" knows no such thing. The FACT is that the 34 guilty verdicts are based foremost on the DOCUMENTS -- the EVIDENCE -- which were generated by and obtained from the Trump criminal enterprise. And on the testimony of NON-HOSTILE Trump allied witnesses David Pecker and Hope Hicks. And this is the fundamental principle you law-illiterates need to learn: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The REASON Trump has consistently LOST in court is because IN COURT one presents LAW -- his constant OLITIAL rants are IRRELEVANT. And as for the gag order: WITNESS intimidation is ILLEGAL. JURY tampering is ILLEGAL. THAT is why the gag order has been UPHELD by THREE appellate courts. And there was a LEGAL way AROUND the gag order: by Trump taking the witness stand and testifying under oath. And he SAID, PUBLICLY, ON VIDEO, that he "absolutely" would testify. But when it came to Trump ACTUALLY testifying he CHICKENED OUT because he KNEW that he had two choices: either confess to the fact that he committed the crimes as charged; or commit PERJURY. His boy Weaselberg is presently sitting in jail at Rikers for COMMITTING PERJURY.
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  8094. Or it has a shortage of locusts.
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  8095.  @believein1  There are also locusts disguised as Republicans. And it can't be proven there's a "God". Moreover, Christ said to keep your "religion" to yourself -- it is to be a PRIVATE relationship between you and your speculation called "God". And the First amendment separation of "religion" and gov't was based on a deal: the gov't won't tax your "religion" if you keep it out of gov't and politics. Instead the "religions" LIE in order to IGNORE AND SUBVERT that agreement.
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  8096. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  8097.  @beecnul8r  Michael Steele is still a Republican. He did not quit the party. But behind his politics he's a good and decent man, and has an intimate connection with the history of slavery, so won't put racist politics above the country. Troy is another whose politics I reject, but who also puts country over party -- and she was one of the very first to do so publicly.
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  8098.  @toddvandagrifft84  It means something to Republicans who are deciding which candidate to support.
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  8099.  @charlesvancella524  You are disgusted by the fact that he is honest, and therefore a decent and good man who puts Constitution and country above his political party. And, of course, because he is Black.
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  8100.  johnberry7662  You aren't much for facts. But I'll bite: answer this question: What do you know about problem pregnancies, and how they are to be addressed by medicine?
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  8101. So it's still about money for you.
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  8102. The MAGA Republicans are backing Trump's rejections of and attacks on the rule of law. And because his MAGA "supporters" and family are NOT showing up to support him.
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  8103. Coincidence: Trump is self-immolating.
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  8104. The essence of democracy is elections. The Constitution incorporates extensive text stipulating the parameters of elections.
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  8105. Scott Jennings is a morally degenerate liar.
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  8106. Nope: it is less about the candidate than it is about DEMOCRACY against FASCISM. But Luntz doesn't recognize that because he's a Republican -- on the FASCISM side.
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  8107. The question I ask is: "Where is your EVIDENCE?" They "respond" with personal attacks. And then I point out that when they can't answer the question WITH EVIDENCE -- or can't refute EVIDENCE provided -- they attack the messenger. I then point out how that changing of the subject is dishonest.
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  8108.  @markgoggin2014  I don't do obtuse. I do literate English. FACTS MATTER, to which I adhere: Hillary is ALIVE. "a ton of people" are either deliberately, by choice, or legitimately, in reality, STUPID.
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  8109. Elon Musk is a shark who produces electric batteries and opposes taxation that funds his gov't subsidies.
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  8110. It has not 'taken hold among Harris supporters". It has taken hold among PUERTO RICANS/
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  8111. "Feminists" stupidly, by playing politics, laid the groundwork for the anti-LGBTQ movement by replacing the word "sex" with the word "gender". In fact, anatomical SEX is not the same as "gender," which latter is psychosexual identity. Thus "sex" and "gender" are not always congruent, and that is in the nature of things.
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  8112. The Founders on the Second Amendment: The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8113.  @emmittmatthews8636  You obviously don't understand those "big words". I have an education in law, and I adhere to facts and law. I typically ask you law-illiterates for EVIDENCE to back up your claims. You never do that because you are law-illiterates who don't comprehend anything beyond being drunk on someone else's cork.
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  8114.  @emmittmatthews8636  First, law-illiterate, there are three co-EQUAL branches of gov't. Got that? Congress is the EQUAL of the Supreme Court and is where LAWS are made. The Rehnquist Court, in Grove College misrepresented the scope of the text of the "Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as Amended" in order to deny the discrimination claim of the appellant. He then authored a string of Grove College progeny do the same. The Congress by enacting the "Americans with Disabilities Act" overturning that line of cases. Law illiterates such as you know nothing about how the gov't is structured, or how it is to function. But instead of taking INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY to LEARN the facts of those, you bash the gov't with your stupidity. Here is why Trump said he "loves the uneducated" -- which is actually an insult: because stupid people are really easy to trick. To snooker. To hornswoggle. To sucker. To hoodwink. To bullshit. To, the stupid being sheeple, FLEECE.
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  8115. Pro-life = Pro-death penalty.
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  8116.  @rufkarma  The driver of the get-away car is as guilty for the murder committed by the bank robber. Both are guilty of the conspiracy and its consequences. You exhibit the typical immoral intellectual dishonesty of the Trumpeter. We already know where Trump is at: "I don't accept responsibility for anything, at all" -- regardless the law. Pay attention: this isn't about Ted Kennedy. It is about Trump. You are lamely "arguing" that if one murderer escapes justice, then all should. Trump, beginning BEFORE the 2016 election with his attacks on voting, is the prime author of the insurrection. He's at least as responsible for it consequences -- the deaths -- as those who carried out his instructions
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  8117.  GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS  It can't be proven that "God" exists. Come down to earth: the way to "bless" the troops is not to send them into manufactured wars.
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  8118.  @pazz6708  Trump said before the 2016 election that, if he lost, then it was rigged. He did the same going into the 2020 election, adding in attacks on mail-in voting -- while he and his family voted by mail.
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  8119.  @pazz6708  "Fighting words" doctrine.
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  8120.  @Fred_the_1996  Yes, we rely on Fascist Hitler to tell the truth. Hitler took over the political party. But he rose to power by warning the wealthy about the threat of Communism. And as noted, he set out to exterminate the Communists, Socialists, and Trade Unionists before he went after the Jews. Karl Marx was a Jew.
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  8121.  @jakekaywell5972  Could be.
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  8122.  @theshakhrayist7649  Nope. The aristocracy, the wealthy industrialists, and the Christian church, didn't think much of Hitler -- until he warned them against the powerful Communist Party. That was why they accepted him. You don't understand the political spectrum: Hitler was a FASCIST -- far RIGHT-wing. Communism is on the OPPOSITE end of the spectrum -- far LEFT-wing. Which is why, OBVIOUSLY, Hitler was the ENEMY of the Communists, and Socialists. He also hated LIBERALS. And get an additional clue: the western democracy is described as LIBERAL democracy because that's what it is: it fundamentally protects freedom of conscience, belief, and speech. Even Republican Conservatives who are actually Conservatives instead of Fascists define and defend it as LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.
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  8123.  @Historia.Magistra.Vitae.  That's why he targeted the LEFT. Because he was RIGHT-wing. Put down the Bircher screeds.
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  8124. The polls are RTIFICIALLY close. Se the starkly different official state voting data. The game-changers for Republicans are the January 6th insurrection and the Dobbs decision. It's shaping up to be a landslide for Harris/Walz.
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  8125. Religiotyranny is nothing new. That's why we have the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't -- which has long been under attack by REPUBLICANS.
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  8126. Gerrymandering and voter suppression IS election fraud because based on lies, primarily that of white supremacism. It's the projection of a pernicious and paranoid fear that, given equality, "Blacks" would seek a revenge as violent and scorched earth as the vengeance behind the white supremacism.
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  8127.  @thefreedommovement  It would be the ultimate in self-destruction. The problem on the right, in particular, is that there is a total lack of knowledge of history, and how that teaches the consequences of reality; they fantasize what they'd like to see based on whitewashed mythologizing of history. That is so much easier than the work of learning. What they don't realize is that for which they yearn is death and destruction, with no guarantee as to outcome. The Founders were human, and not always they stirring moral characters as the abstractions of them paint. The reliance on their words without any sense of their embodiment; any sense of their actual actions. Any bullshitter -- the Founders were politicians -- can tell you how their motives are pure and their goals noble. Sam Adams, as example, wasn't actually about "revolution"; he was about "restoring Puritan virtue". And he never missed an opportunity to foment violence and killing. He is one of the most morally repugnant individuals I've ever read about. And John Hancock: extremely popular; during elections he was a populist. Between elections he characterized democracy as "mob rule". And his ego and ambition thoroughly exceeded his intelligence. During the battle for ratification of the Constitution he lead the Anti-Federalist faction opposed to ratification. Then Sam Adams took him aside and said that if the Constitution were ratified, he would ensure that Hancock would be the first president. On the spot Hancock became a Federalist. He was also given the honor of reading to the Convention the proposed amendments that would be included with the Notice of Ratification, and he gave the impression that he wrote them. Actually they were written by conservative merchant and Convention delegate Theophilus Parsons. And then there was the parade in New York in honor of George Washington. For miles there were people six feet deep along the parade route. John Adams and Hancock were in a carriage back in the procession. Hancock thought all those people had turned out to see Hancock.
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  8128. ALL human desires are natural. The issue is how one deals with them.
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  8129. Most/all are protecting THEMSELVES.
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  8130. Trump is a constant liar are at least equally true words.
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  8131.  @rikishri  And in what writing did Karl Marx make that statement. Or are you simply slinging the name "Karl Marx" because you were taught that he was a Jew?
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  8132.  @ginjjiigok364  How many times does Trump have to repeat the same lies and gibberish before you realize he is operating according to a script?
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  8133.  @ginjjiigok364  Actually she does -- she did a sit-down interview with CNN during which she was asked questions, and she answered the questions. But you didn't watch that because you don't care about facts. You simply repeat the lies Trump tells. Trump is asked questions but doesn't answer them. Watch the question he was asked about children's daycare. His "response" was all over the place, but none of it actually answered the question asked. But you don't care about that because you don't care about facts. All that matters to you is defending the adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal felon. You are a hater. And being a hater you are immoral. So your pretense to "moral concern" is yet another lie, lying being immoral.
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  8134. That's why the empty-headed support him.
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  8135. I suppose we can thank Trump for smoking out criminals for prosecution.
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  8136. Matt Gaetz lost -- and is now shooting himself in the foot. This debacle might actually turn out to be FUN.
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  8137. How frustrated do these white supremacists have to be to being throwing things?
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  8138. Crimo.
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  8139. The NRA BANS guns at its headquarters and conferences.
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  8140. The appellate court judge rejected his appeal based on the law: he must put up the bond plus 20 per cent. And in the face of Trump's whine that he hasn't the money, that judge responded: "Why not ask for a loan from the banks you defrauded?"
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  8141. If anyone is opposed to change from a status quo to their liking it is fascists. Tell us how you stand with Trump's overt racism and anti-Semitism.
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  8142.  @GTRrocker84  The middle class was built on the economics and established protections of the majority put into place by FDR. The Reaganites and "trickle down" destroyed the middle class. The "old way" was that of the Liberal Founders: a gov't intended to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people" through democratically elected representation.
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  8143. You object to the competititon for that status?
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  8144. We know from his mishandling of the COVID pandemic that Trump has an affinity for bleach . . . blondes.
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  8145. Sanders helped elect Trump. What right-wing extremist will he help elect this time?
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  8146. Moral of the story is that some of us actually know who the "Moor" loons are. If you knew that, you'd see the cop's statements in context. Moron: the cops didn't cause the loons to run out of gas in a state in which public carrying of guns is illegal. Nor did the cops cause them to attempt to "pass through" while engaged in that crime.
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  8147. President Obama nominated Garland because he reflects Obama's integrity. Sterling. And Cruz is attempting to smear.
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  8148. They lost the popular vote because they aren't popular. That's why Trump needed Putin's help.
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  8149.  @fuckyougeorgebush  It's an indication of what those who do vote think.
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  8150. It's as relevant as your comment; perhaps more so than yours. Let's just say I'm better at stating the obvious.
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  8151. Yeah: Liberals act liberally and the majority of Liberals vote for the Liberals. In keeping with the fact that the Founders were Liberals who established a liberal democracy. Anyone who hates Liberals and liberalism is anti-American.
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  8152. And then attacked BIDEN over "immigrants" -- which is another word for MIGRANTS. It WAS NOT BIDEN who tanked the RIGHT-WING'S border bill -- it was TRUMP, who's "policies" Romney SUPPORTED 90-plus per cent of the time.
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  8153. YES! Her speech brings me to tears for what we've LOST.
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  8154. You don't know the difference between FACTS and "opinion" and falsehood.
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  8155. Swalwell is too much performing for the camera. Former DOJ Prosecutor Adam Schiff nailed Hur on the policies of DOJ which require omitting irrelevancies having nothing to do with the legal issue at hand. Hur is not qualified to assess cognitive functioning -- but he engages in that despite his lack of qualifications; he perhaps should be charged with practicing medicine without a license.
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  8156.  @melvan1104  He admits to things in his REPORT -- which HE WROTE -- but refuses to "own" it. Same with the interview transcript: he asked the questions, and Biden answered them, but Hur only acknowledges that that "language" is in the transcript. He is a stunningly and transparently incompetent lawyer. Or hhis indulgence in political disinformation -- lying is lifelong.
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  8157. Our democracy is founded on the rule of law. The rule of law itself -- as Judge Marchan himself said -- is under attack, by what used to be the Republican Party.
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  8158. The attack on elites began with Reagan.
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  8159. Being vindictive at all is unjustified. It is the Right-Wing that is engaged in "cancel culture" by, as example, promoting the burning of books, and the suppression of African-American history, and gender studies. They are about forcing ignorance on everyone. They are about cancelling reason and fact in favor of bunkum propaganda -- false beliefs. It's how tyranny works.
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  8160. This is how the Founders put religiofreaks in their place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those state constitution provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" from gov't.
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  8161. Lesson for Bannon: Never commit crimes when on a drunken binge.
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  8162. Trump has entered reruns, and his supporters, for whom everything is entertainment, are looking for something different by which to be entertained.
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  8163. The Republicans have allegedly progressive Democrats attacking Merrick Garland for putting rule of law above politics -- like good little duped Republican stooges. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  8164. Trump is a bullshitter; he makes it up on the fly. The stupid believe his bullshit makes sense.
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  8165. At the first location they did not do the "normal," which is to ask for license and registration. Instead the cop -- a second cop was behind him with gun drawn -- immediately opened the car door, grabbed Nichols, and dragged him out of the car and onto the ground. Bodycam then shows a taser against his hip area, and that cops other arm -- he was WHITE. Only because of public pressure was he added to the list of malefactors. The other five, being BLACK, were fired almost immediately. At the second location -- watch the video.
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  8166. Biden has a LIFELONG STUTTER and has ALWAYS been a gaffe-machine.
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  8167. " if I was Chris Rock, right now I would be feeling embarrassment, humiliation, guilt, and shame." For NOT being in the wrong!?
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  8168.  @timalan5376  It WAS NOT a joke -- it was a COMPLIMENT. He simply compared her to a film character who is viewed as a POSITIVE ROLE MODEL. Some comedians "roast" celebrities -- and the celebrities know that going in. Chris Rock is one of those. And it is not something new. The role of comedy -- "sarcasm" -- through all time has been to bring the pompous down to earth. Well, Will Smith showed us all how a pompous individual can crash hard -- and the delicious irony is that he did it TO HIMSELF.
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  8169.  @timalan5376  Chris Rock was bullied as a kid. His humor including the sarcasm is a learned defense, and it is effective.
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  8170.  @timalan5376  Those who are bullied tend to shun violence -- because they know what it feels like. Thus they develop the intellectual and verbal skills as defense against it. You idea of "sarcasm" is exceedingly narrow. According to social satirists Art Buchwald and Irma Bombeck, the source of all humor is ANGER. Near the beginning of his career Mark Twain wrote that the source of all humor is ANGER. But near the end of his career Twain wrote that the source of all humor is PAIN. Think about that. Meanwhile stop blindly buying into the sleazy gossip "celebrity" news garbage. Chris Rock DID NOT tell a joke -- he compared Smith's wife to a FILM CHARACTER that is viewed as a "positive" "role model". He FLATTERED her. FURTHER: about a week ago Smith's wife posted a video in which she said she LOVES her "bald head," AND said that she doesn't care what anyone has to say about it.
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  8171.  @sandraanderson5872  Was he habituated to "freedom" fries?
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  8172. The "pro-life"/pro-gun violence Republicans need to undergo psychiatric evaluations.
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  8173. Trump THIRTY-Four Indictments.
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  8174. Scarborough is not representative of the MAINSTREAM media. The bashers of the mainstream are the extremist bashers of moderation -- balance.
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  8175. Can one "love" a person to whom one does not have any actual proximity, and with whom does not have a personal relationship?
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  8176. The fake electors from Arizona also claim to be "sovereign citizens". And we know that "sovereign citizens" are criminals who reject the rule of law.
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  8177.  @nunzionapoli6325  The Second Amendment applies to well-regulated STATE Militias, the commander-in-chief of which is the state's GOVERNOR. You're yet another law-illiterate high on the smell of the NRA/gun industry's cork.
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  8178.  @kelseymariel2127  We don't at all wonder why the gun laws are strict -- we WANT them that way.
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  8179. "Many vectors"? Stop looking for excuses. It isn't complicated: Will Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY. I'm surprised that he, a hypocrite, didn't give a speech in defense of freedom of speech.
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  8180. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. 2. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8181. Because he wasn't charged, prosecuted, and convicted. See "speech and debate" clause in the Constitution. But let him travel outside Congress to New York and continue his attacks on the rule of law . . . There are protests outside that courthouse -- drowning out the Trump "posse" with shouts of "guilty," and signs about "Bootlickers," and that is clearly unnerving the "posse" members because they KNOW there are bullshitting stuff they KNOW is false. Were I there, though, I'd begin the chant, "TREASON!" TREASON! TREASON!" Because the Republican Party -- including Alito and Thomas -- are engaged in an organized attack against the rule of law itself -- exactly as Judge Marchan said to Trump's face.
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  8182.  @frankcarone6  Because he hasn't defied a subpoena. Gym Jordan can issue all the subpoenas he wants -- that does not guarantee that his subpoenas are legitimate. As example, the Congress -- which is FEDERAL -- does not have jurisdiction regarding the New York STATE criminal trial of Trump for business record fraud. So Gym Jordan has no business attempting to meddle in STATE trials, either in New York or Georgia. IN FACT, he is VIOLATING those Constitutional BASICS. And here's another FACT concerning that last point: The US Supreme Court just decided that there is an exception to the "double jeopardy" rule: that the US gov't is sovereign, and the STATES or sovereign, then there is no "double jeopardy" for BOTH to prosecute the same crime if it violated the law in EACH sovereign. But the US president still doesn't have the jurisdictional authority to pardon STATE convictions, exactly as the state doesn't have the authority to pardon FEDERAL convictions. So watch the case of the white supremacists who murdered a Black Lives Matter protester in Texas, and who was pardoned by Texas governor Abbott: according to the Supreme Court that same murderer can be prosecuted for the same crime on the same charge by the FEDERAL gov't. I mean, why is GYM JORDAN not complying with the subpoena HE received from within the House in which he's a member? Doesn't HE have to comply with subpoenas? Or is he "above the law" simply because anti-American?
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  8183. Is the hotel safe?
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  8184. Puke.
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  8185. And you actually believe that isn't being done?
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  8186. This kind of thing by presidents is normal. She is politicizing it by resisting and going public.
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  8187. Shapiro is against "big government" -- except when it comes to interfering between a woman and her doctor and her private medical decisions.
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  8188. "There is a particular group or demographic of folks that are controlling, buying, selling the majority percentage, 40% in fact of all the real estate in America. That group of people are known as the 'baby boomers"." Another ignorant bigot against the "Boomers". Here's a few facts from the ACTUAL history: 1. The "Boomers" are not a monolith -- 2. The "Boomers" got the US out of Vietnam. 3. The "Boomers" got criminals Agnew and Nixon. 4. The "Boomers" ended the draft -- so you didn't have to suffer the Damocles anxiety of being eligible for the draft during wartime, theefore not being free to plan a future. 5. The "Boomers" mainstreamed the ecology/environmental movement. In fact, as a "Boomer," I learned in 8th grade science in the early 1960s about climate change. Look at the frequent flooding of the streets in Miami, Florida: that is the result of CLIMATE CHANGE, which is FACT, NOT "hoax," regardless the LYING by the Republicans. 6. We "Boomers" didn't reject the experience, knowledge, and wisdom of our elders: we were inspired by Pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock, who was opposed to nukes because of the discovery of plutonium in mother's milk during the 1950s. And by Harvard Professor Dr. George Wald, also in his 80s, who was a leader in the ecology/environmental movement. In short: knowledge of the facts of climate change, and of the dangers of pollution, and of the environmental movement, began during the 1950s. Those are a few facts of history. But perhaps before you learn more of those you first learn how to distinguish between fact, on one hand, and on the other, fact-free bullshit. Here's a first clue: an "opinion" has a chance of being true. A falsehood, because false, can't be true, therefore cannot be an "opinion". The freedom to believe "anything you want" is limited by the responsibility to ensure that your beliefs are true, not just any old thing just because you WANT to believe it. A false belief is false regardless how passionately you believe it.
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  8189. Harvard was the very first college established in the American colonies. It's original purpose as a divinity school was to turn out Christian ministers. In the 1690s those staunch Christians executed "witches".
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  8190. Walker is a sock-puppet. There is no one home.
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  8191. The NRA and gun-nuts are cheering.
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  8192.  @garythomas4936  How is it nonsense, illiterate? I've seen nothing from you but name-calling. Adults are those who outgrew name-calling.
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  8193. He wants to know what the DOJ knows, most immediately the identities of the witnesses.
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  8194.  @Mark-db8id  That's what I said. But most immediately he wants to know the identities of the witnesses.
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  8195. How courageeous of Drew Brees: his two grandfathers -- but not he -- served in the military. Same fake "patriotism" as Trump's, who dodged the draft five times, but "loves" him some generals, and being bullies.
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  8196. The Founders and Gun Control -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, more than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8197. Another "Leftist" dunce.
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  8198. Troll. Buh-bye.
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  8199. Right-wing alarmism -- the usual politics of fear, fear, and more fear.
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  8200. Because denial of life-saving surgeries is not classified IN LAW as "murder". Too many law-illiterates believe their baseless irrational fantasies are actual law. Law is REASON -- but very, very, very fine.
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  8201. The insurance companies are not on trial. Google "Steward Health Care" for a disaster that didn't involve insurance.
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  8202. Lukashenko needs another warning of sanctions against Belarus -- which Belarus can't afford, and Putin has the cash or motivation to support Belarus. What I don't understand is why populations of nations subjected to mass-murders by right-wing fascists would elect right-wing fascists.
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  8203. It is also the fact that a policy can be illegal.
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  8204. The oil industry also receives hundreds of millions in SUBSIDIES every year, paid by the TAXPAYER.
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  8205. The Republican accusation that the Democrats are "politicizing" is the first evidence that the Republicans are politicizing. In fact, Republicans do nothing else but politicize, as they've been doing for at least 40 years. And the intent has long been obvious: to overwhelm, undermine, and nullify the rule of law. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  8206. Which one?
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  8207. I'm not surprised the NRA left out making grocery stores in Black neighborhoods safe.
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  8208.  @dustinsindledecker154  He was never prime. FOX has never been prime. It is all fringe freak show for morons who irresponsibly view politics as entertainment.
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  8209. The fact that the suspect has rights, as in the 5th Amendment, is not "evil". It is the rule of law. But that's how the so-called "Internet sleuths" also are: some have rights --- Gabby -- and some don't -- Laundrie. Those morons, despite those facts being repeatedly explained to them, kept asking, "Why wasn't he arrested?" And why were his parents not arrested. Totally ignoring the rule of law -- which they delude themselves they are all about -- and thus the requirement to have probable cause in order to charge and arrest. The politics are that all evil originates in males, and women are only ever victims.
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  8210. I was in 10th grade when JFK was assassinated. 20 when MLK and RFK were assassinated. I was 32 when Lennon was murdered.
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  8211. Trump CLAIMS he wants the affidavit unsealed, but he isn't in court arguing for that. He wants to know what's in it, but he doesn't want the PUBLIC to know.
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  8212. Agreed: it is a stupid slogan.
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  8213.  @PavlovsDog-yf1wu  "Google" Ohio Governor DeWine. You'll also find video of his statement on youtube.
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  8214. Trump is losing support among his voters -- he is deep into reruns, and they've heard it all before, so they are looking for different entertainment.
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  8215. It isn't "puzzling". Trump is fomenting domestic terrorism, which is TREASON: from the Constitution: "Levvying war against the United States".
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  8216. He's a domestic terrorist intent on inciting violence.
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  8217. And he's mega-wealthy. Try to be consistent -- coherent: either hate all the wealthy or none of the wealthy instead of immorally defending the murderer because you hate the victim. Hate also being immoral. .
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  8218. The prosecution has BOTH sets of books -- one of which is the ACCURATE "Smoking Spreadsheet".
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  8219. I wish these lawyers would READ the pardon clause in the Constitution. It is NOT absolute, especially when a pardon is granted for corrupt ends, as with Roger Stone: to buy his silence.
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  8220.  @CesoeFelony  The Republicans, under Gym Jordan and Jim Comer, spent 18 months and millions of dollars in taxpayer monies, "investigating" their fake "impeachment inquiry" -- and all they found as "evidence" was that their two "star witnesses" were connected, respectively, to Chine and Russian intelligence. The one tied to China is on the lam from an illegal gun charge; the one tied to Russia is sitting in jail on pre-trial detention because a flight risk who lied about his assets. Now what, YET AGAIN, is the EVIDENCE against Biden? Admit it -- you have NONE; all you are is a LIAR who doubtless hides behind the LIE that you're a "Christian" who is concerned with "morality," while your LYING is IMMORAL, and violates at least TWO of the 10 "Christian" Commandments, written by "God": Thou shalt not lie. Thou shalt not lie against others.
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  8221. Rudy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth?
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  8222.  @stacibayles2085  See Supreme Court decision Jacobson v. Massachusetts in which the Court UPHELD a MANDATORY vaccination program. And it didn't include an alternative the way Biden's program did. MANDATORY meant MANDATORY: a history of it has one man getting stiches in his head from a cop's club because he was REFUSING to be vaccinated.
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  8223. See the PBS biography "The Roosevelts: An intimate History," for the full history of the family and the extraordinary Eleanor's life.
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  8224. Only to those who are ignorant of the context.
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  8225. It has yet to be verified that the Chinese balloon was a "spy" balloon.
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  8226. In a world exclusively of monarchies and dictatorships, the Founders established a democracy governed by "We the people". That, by ANY measure, is PROGRESSIVE. The intent of the gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people' through elected representatives. That, by ANY measure, is PROGRESSIVE.
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  8227. Trump's supporters are HOSTAGES subject at minimum to emotional extortion.
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  8228. @UCdGnBUxWw5GjSkpjWFaSwRg "Google" it.
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  8229. Jordan Peterson is a PhD. -- DOCTOR.
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  8230.  @michaelboyce9373  He is still responsible for his decisions and his actions.
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  8231. So you'll be voting for FAR-RIGHT-wing Trump because you're FAR-LEFT-wing, which is allegedly ANTI-FAR-right-wing. You are defening a Putin-lover, who is therefore a Trump supporter.
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  8232. He didn't attempt to disrupt the Kemp speech. He attempted to enter the House chamber after being permanently banned from doing so.
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  8233. How DARE the rule of law be applied to REPUBLICANS!?
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  8234. I hope she is eventually "very convicted".
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  8235. Bannon and Rhodes are attempting, with Trump, a counterattack on the Committee. The Committee should ignore them.
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  8236. How does one have a "great interview" with a person -- O'Reilly -- who is a demagogue and liar pushing LIES against the overwhelming evidence? It is certain that if FOX hadn't got tired of paying out millions in hush money in his behalf O'Reilly would still be their most celebrated anti-American.
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  8237.  @Gzoratto  As if we need continuing subjection to falsehood and disinformation. That's "conservative" "news": search for "truth" by lying against it. In contrast, facts are neutral -- neither "conservative" nor "liberal". But those who bash "liberal" media because they don't like the facts actually assert that "conservative" media ISN'T biased because it lies against the facts. And that's wat this sort of illiberal "news" media does: pander to the stupid by feeding them the lies they rave. But it is a disservice to media and to society. It is based in a rejection not only of facts and evidence but of reason itself. Such deserves no praise -- and no audience.
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  8238. The issue is Trump LYING that he didn't say, "Lock her up!" about Hillary Clinton. So Scott Jennings wonders why the allegation against Clinton wasn't loked at more closely. IN FACT, the LIE against Clinton WAS investigated -- and it was found that there was NO "THERE" THERE.
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  8239. No one is buying her shit, so she has desperately resorted to burning herself down.
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  8240. What WOULD have heepened is that Sanders would have been hit with his WRITINGS from when he was in his THRITIES about how women's orgasms prevewnt cancer, and sexs and young children. The FAR-Left IGNORING his sleazy history is INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST. And THAT is CORRUPTION. The same goes for Sanders' FALSE claim to be "anti-establishment" -- when in fact as a member of Congress for THIRTY YEARS makes him quintessentially. And the younger political newbies WILL change their bahivors when reality hits them upside the head. And let's hear it from Cenk, whose poltics were roundly REJECTED, as were Sanders', by the ACTUAL VOTERS. And let's hear more from the FAR-Left white folks who deign to speak on relaities for people of color, becuase they know so much about it from direct esperience.
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  8241. US Senators have no jurisdiction over the law in their states.
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  8242. After the "revolution" succeeded, propagandist Paine was dropped by the Founders because he was a one-note song. You need to learn the actual full history: "revolution" is "overthrowing gov'ts"; the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts, because the gov'ts in question were all along under the control of the Founders. It was a civil war. In the propaganda it was termed "revolution," but in the laws of the exact same time it was, "war for American independence". The Founders were neither anti-gov't -- they FOUNDED gov'ts -- nor anti-taxation -- they enacted tax laws. They were pro-gov't because they were pro-stability and law and order -- "liberty WITHIN the law".
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  8243. Does that include masks for medical personnel? How about ventilators?
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  8244. Oh -- so the truck was full of shields -- with their screwy Neo-Nazi insignia on them -- and weapons.
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  8245. We don't jail people without, first, indictment based on evidence.
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  8246.  @patbrown53  Yes, witness testimony matters -- but it isn't typically sufficient -- there needs to be corroboration that at the least they are credible. Look at the New York criminal trial of Trump: Michael Cohen was attacked on grounds that he had a history of lying (including FOR Trump), so his testimony had to be corroborated not only by Trump-friend David Pecker, and Trump-insider Hope hicks, but also by DOCUMENTS. And then the Defense put on its one witness, Costello, but that went so badly that it too coincidentally corroborated Cohen's testimony.
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  8247.  @mariomario1462  That is what the INVESTIGATION is to determine. Get over the bullshit that there is such a thing as "victimless" crimes. Trump's tax frauds had to be made up for by OTHER taxpayers. And if you intend to do another round of pretend-stupid questions about "What was the crime?" that Trump committed, I'll instruct you to go to the New York DA and or Court website and READ the INDICTMENTS, of which all 34 Trump was found guilty by a jury of his peers. And I'll also point out that there was a simple and legal way around the gag order: his testifying UNDER OATH in his own defense -- which he didn't do because he had two choices against EVIDENCE: either admit his guilt or commit perjury.
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  8248. I think Liz Cheney should be "cancelled". Oh, wait . . .
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  8249. Repeating Trump's lies will not make them true.
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  8250.  @fiendishjuggler  And corporate CEOs' incomes more and more outrageous as reward for union-busting.
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  8251.  @ello8116  He was chased AFTER and BECAUSE he shot a person. Otherwise there was no need to chase him instead of the many other unauthorized vigilantes carrying AR-15s. Rittenhouse crossed the state line, carrying an illegal gun, to a city with which he had not connection, to "protect property" against racially-profiled Black Lives Matter. Period. Full stop. And the judge made his BIAS obvious when he restricted the prosecution to characterizing those who were shot as "rioters, looters, and arsonists," even though there was NO EVIDENCE, either in or out of court, that those shot were any of those things. And then his racist musing ""joke" about "lunch": "I hope the Asian food isn't brought by boat." Defenders of racism, being racists, will pretend to be stupid when confronted by OBVIOUS racism.
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  8252. The authority to change the size of the Supreme Court is exclusive to CONGRESS. Asking a presidential candidate is STUPID.
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  8253. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people.
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  8254. It isn't only the insurance industry. Google "Steward Health Care".
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  8255. He's was an asshole before he learned to speak.
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  8256. I've never been skeptical of AG Garland. He talks softly and carries big indictments.
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  8257.  @williamhutton2126  I'm always amused when racists call themselves out. How about focusing on the considerable merits of the candidates -- instead of on the race and sex, which is your constant focus?
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  8258.  @williamhutton2126  Yes: you are a hypocrite. Still can't get yourself to focus on the merits of the candidates because so obsessed with sex and race. I'd recommend that you look in a mirror, but the mirror is likely to spit in your face.
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  8259.  @quintusantell2912  When humans are perfectly without fault -- when they are saints -- there won't be any corruption. One doesn't want corruption, and it should be extirpated wherever found, but it happens anyway. I am currently dealing with systemic corruption in the health "care" industry -- both medical facility side and insurance side. But that corruption is in a sense to be expected, as the US health "care" industry is based on monetization of illness; the sicker you are the greater the profits for such as insurers. Because the priority is profit, based upon exploitation of illness, not healthiness.
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  8260. That isn't the law. But it is your RACISM.
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  8261.  @ShinyShuckle-j1r  REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine refuting the lies against the Haitians in Springfield -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jZAJoLPLY
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  8262. Have you VETTED those UNNAMED "local residents" to determine whether they are TRUTHFUL? If DeWine has an alleged "longstanding connection to Haiti," then DeWine has credibility YOU DO NOT have. NONE of what you are MAKING UP has ANY evidentiary value because unnamed anybodys can say -- or can be SAID to have said -- anything. NONE of that proves they even EXIST. One more comment pushing the RACIST LIE, and I report your for VIOLATING youtube's "Terms of Service".
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  8263. They are law-illiterate anti-gov't dunces.
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  8264. Biden put country above party and personal ambition. That's statesmanship. That is honorable patriotism.
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  8265. Graham is not deluded. He's LYING.
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  8266. Right: we should believe the allegations against Democrats from those who hate Democrats .
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  8267. They did not "pass away". They were MURDERED.
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  8268.  @alfonsosalinas3026  Lies and stupidity -- especially when racist -- need refuting.
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  8269.  @InobuZ  You could learn to communicate your meaning in plain English instead of pretending the odd acronyms make sense.
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  8270.  @breadnaut  Michael told a story about an alleged "squatter" in New York -- keep in mind he's in FLORIDA -- without bothering to determine whether the story was true. But his POLITICAL intent was obvious: to beat up on the poor, even if the "squatter" didn't actually exist. And in California, attacking the homeless -- people who are FROZEN OUT of the system -- he said they could easily hustle up 300 dollars -- which would be enough to become "homed"? -- while leaving out that his "plan" requires one have a permanent address. Meanwhile, back in FLORIDA, the insurance industry is abandoning the state, while MANDATORY home insurance has exploded beyond peoples' means, which will force people into homelessness. But its REPUBLICANS doing it in FLORIDA, so Michael talked about New York (Democratic governor), and is currently jabbering about homelessness in California (a Democratic governor). He's a joke: no one with at minimum a high school education -- who paid attention in class -- swallows his unsubstantiated opinionating.
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  8271.  @MrRacket991  Facts aren't bizarre, or a rant, except to bigots who don't like reality.
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  8272.  @breadnaut  The real estate special interst lobbies the legislature for laws favorable to its profits. That is politics.
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  8273. "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by STATE Militia. The "Whiskey" insurrection, which occurred more than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, was suppressed by FEDERALIZED Militia lead by George Washington.
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  8274. Massachusetts lead the so-called "revolution" -- and banned guns within Boston.
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  8275. The Surpeme Court "immunity" decision holds that those who carry out Trump criminal orders -- for which Trump would be immune -- would not be immune.
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  8276. Hurd is being a Republican by bashing the DOJ. He wants to jeopardize the integrity of DOJ investigations, but knows that won't happen, so he will use that as an excuse to continue to smear the DOJ.
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  8277. Another illiterate blaming the victim. Stay away from college -- don't take up a seat for someone who actually wants to learn, instead of falling for right-wing propaganda in defense of the wealthy.
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  8278. The taxpayers.
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  8279. You live a narrow, small life.
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  8280.  @sheilaholmes996  It was largely because Trump was seen as not a real Republican.
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  8281.  @T8ombs23  Even though he interviewed for a position in the Trump criminal enterprise? As did "moderate" Romney.
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  8282. If the boat is sunk there's no "jumping overboard". His incoherent speech is the exact expression of his disordered mind. MAGA "understands" it because they too lack all logic.
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  8283. MTG is accusing others of being "Communist" while she carries anti-American water for Communist Putin.
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  8284.  @MasterCommander.  Judges are to be exempt from political pressure. Learn that fundamental instead of adopting Trump's tactic against an impartial judiciary.
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  8285. The results were off a bit: Biden GAINED 99 votes, and Trump LOST more than 200 votes. So Trump is an even bigger loser than we already knew. He has now lost the election in Arizona more times than Biden won it.
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  8286. John Walsh called for Laundrie to "off" himself -- to, that is, destroy the centrally most important EVIDENCE. Walsh is a self-promoting -- and irresponsible -- asshole. Follow the MONEY.
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  8287.  @hlee-w9u  The "Treason" clause in the Constitution does not include death as a potential penalty.
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  8288.  @hlee-w9u  US Con., Art. 3., S. 3., C. 1. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. C. 2. The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted." Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes, as stipulated in C. 2: "The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason". The Congress enacts statutes.
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  8289. They know it isn't a serious question. It is adjacent to the continuing racism -- which, when called out, ceased. Call out the personal attacks for what they are -- or they will continue.
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  8290. The "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrectionists were charged by the Founders with TREASON, and then prosecuted, and convicted them of that crime. They were then sentenced to death. Insurrection was the action; treason was the charge in law. The "Civil War" was an insurrection.
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  8291. Trump is a bullshitter. And the stupid are impressed because they don't recognize that bullshit is bullshit.
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  8292. Except that we know NONE of that to be either true or false.
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  8293. The more interesting texts will be those from the election, at the latest, until January 6. We have one from Jordan supporting the overthrow of the gov't. They were ALL for the insurrection -- but were freaked by the OPTICS.
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  8294. He isn't brining "justice". He is bringing attention to himself, bringing "justice," if he does, a side issue.
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  8295.  @lifarasad8931  Doesn't convince me for a simple and obvious reason: he is a liar.
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  8296. And the MAGA "influencers" thought the Dobbs decision was a victory?
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  8297. Though at the center of this, he doesn't have all the evidence.
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  8298.  @shlepmessing8703  IQ45 is a danger to the survival of the rule of law. Of the Constitution. Of the United States. What you resent is that those who see and report that have "45 . . . in [their] head[s]" differently than you, who are consumed with supporting and defending -- though failing at that -- him and his efforts to destroy the United States.
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  8299. According to the parents' lawyer, "They knew and know nothing, they were a wonderful family, nothing to see here." MAGA family and son. Father is an absolutist defender of the Second Amendment based on the gun industry/NRA lies about its intent.
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  8300. Timeline: Petito was reported, IN FLORIDA, missing on 9/11. Laundrie went missing on 9/12 or 9/13. Would it be LEGALLY proper to surveil a person beginning BEFORE Petito was reported missing? How about the next day, when there was no evidence that a crime had been committed?
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  8301. It's a lie intended to distract from real issues, such as the Uvalde coverup. Abbott has cut money from mental health services in order to engage in a prolonged propaganda photo op on the border.
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  8302. Heavily redacted to protect the investigation. But, as ever, those who are not competent in investigation figure they can "solve" crimes with baseless speculations. That's why you're stupidly susceptible to conspirabunk.
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  8303.  @ciaruhhh  You are blind to the fact that rape is a crime -- not something to defend. Trump's 34 felony convictions were for interfering in the election by deceiving the voters. You're a blind defender of a career criminal and constant liar. You defend treason.
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  8304.  @will-vi9pk  Biden is competent and on the job. And he has a sense of humor. When Biden recently got 16 -- count them, 16 -- hostages released, from Russia, through complex multi-national negotiations, Trump claimed that he could have done better. In fact, one of the 16 hostages was taken in 2018, during Trump's administration, and he did nothing. But, thanks to Bidens competence and skill, that hostage was released in 2024. Stop being a jerk: Trump is an adjudicated rapist and a convicted criminal felon. Those who defend and support Trump are pro-rape and felonious criminality -- against the rule of law. Such assholes can only lie when they claim to be concerned with "morality".
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  8305. Dozer Don, Sleepy Don, Don "The Snorer" Trump -- so many possibilities . . .
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  8306.  @singvogel7895  Don Snoreleone, the Nodfather.
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  8307. RMoney is lying about immigration. The "principles on which our nation was founded" was largely IMMIGRATION.
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  8308. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8309.  @timmy9389  You don't get out much to the FACTS that are well known: President Biden did as all presidents do: removed all the US attorneys -- EXCEPT TWO: 1. Durham, who spent millions discovering that there was no "there" there. 2. The US attroney investigating Hunter Biden. As for the alleged "laptop": let's assume, arguendo, that there actually is a laptop. With all the handling of the alleged data, by every Republican Tom Dickhead, and Harry, the chain of custody has been so mawled and fatally flawed that it would be inadmissible as evidence. You can go back to sleep now.
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  8310.  @timmy9389  Where is your EVIDENCE, punk?
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  8311.  @timmy9389  Lying anti-American troll.
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  8312. Yo, Trump: If the states are to be the first line of defense before the Federal gov't, then THEY -- not YOU -- are the boss. They tell you what they need, and you PROVIDE it -- instead of outbidding their needs out from under them.
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  8313.  @13BGunBunny  And you believe a dictator named Trump WON'T come for your guns?
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  8314.  @Buzz_Kill71  Because the two children murdered were Black.
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  8315.  @edub9930  The teachers he shot were WHITE.
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  8316. "State," in law, traditionally means "gov't".
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  8317. His father was LEFT of center. THIS Romney is a multimillionaire vulture capitalist who made his millions by destroying thriving companies and jobs. He is the OPPOSITE of his father.
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  8318.  @nissannewride  Ask Romney -- but be prepared for the fact that he will avoid the question by attacking Biden and Democrats.
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  8319. Barr knows where Trump is headed, and he isn't going to go that last mile with him.
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  8320. Toobin is a Republican hack.
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  8321. Allegations are NOT EVIDENCE.
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  8322. Thr Republicans are intent on causing massive multi-millions of deaths goth domestically and worldwide.
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  8323. The "soldiers" -- the MILITARY -- were under the Commander-in-Chief named Trump.
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  8324. Paul McCartney is 82. He routinely performs two- and three-hour live concerts.
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  8325. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  8326. How would Trump be embarrassed by release of his tax records as law requires.
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  8327.  @badluck5647  It was Alito and his wife confronting a neighbor about a sign that was -- according to Supreme Court decisions -- PROTECTED POLITICAL SPEECH. The Alitos are not the victims. Moreover, the flying of two flags identified with the TREASON of insurrection, and far-right "religious" fanaticism that is intent on imposing its "religion" on the rest of us, blatantly exposes Alito as ethically unfit to sit on the Court. But -- yeah: those who reject the rule of law based on anti-American propaganda, in favor of their narrow, petty interests, blind to the consequences, side with the not-too-bright religiobigoted Alitos.
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  8328.  @badluck5647  The neighbor felt threatened -- you should watch the interview with her to get the FACTS, instead of siding with those who violated Supreme Court decisions on protected political speech. Also key is that the DATE of the POLICE REPORT of the confrontation REFUTES the claims made about it and the flying of the upside down INSURRECTIONIST flag by Justice Alito, which means he LIED; that LYING was also in a letter to CONGRESS. It is ILLEGAL to lie to Congress. IN ADDITION, we have AUDIO RECORDING of his wife CONTRADICTING his story. The Alitos are not the victims -- but the women of the United States are the victims of his anti-truth Dobbs decision.
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  8329.  @redpilled007  WRONG: they are "entitled" to violate social and legal norms: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit. Conservatism: accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible.
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  8330.  @badluck5647  She is biased against EQUALITY before the law -- see 14th Amendment.
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  8331.  @FestusParker-sm9gg  The term was originally applied to a woman named "Karen" -- and it became the term used to characterize the same entitled, social norm- and law-violating attitude and behaviors. I have no problem with it being applied to both women and men -- especially as a take-down of men. And you don't suggest any alternatives. My objection is to the application of the term "strong woman" -- which is so particular that it creates a distinction between "strong" women, and those who are impliedly _weak_. It is a stupid distinction made by the thoughtless, and it should be stopped.
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  8332.  @FestusParker-sm9gg  Are you qualified to "diagnose" others' metal status? No, you are not: you are throwing out red herrings in effort to continue to avoid, and continue to not answer, the question: What alternative "critique" do you have for those who feel entitled to deliberately violate social norms and laws? Start with individuals such as Marjorie "Jewish Space Lasers" Taylor Greene and Lauren "Hand Job" Boebert. Or focus on Trump, who repeatedly violated the gag order -- which are Constitutional: it is ILLEGAL to intimidate, threaten, and tamper with witnesses and jurors -- when in reality there was a simple and legal way around it: testify in his own defense under oath. I challenge your specious generalization away from the issue in order to avoid such as those specific instances of individuals who flout social norms and laws, while hiding behind bogus claims of being "religious," and specious assertions of "rights" and "law" that are attacks on the rule of law itself, all in defense of indecency against the very "religion" with which they pretend to adhere. The Founders established the legal fundamentals against that kind of subjectivist rejection of objective limitations necessary to civil society: From the 1784 New Hampshire constitution: "Part I.--The Bill of Rights. "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". And they put that lawless subjectivism in its place for the benefit of all: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  8333.  @phil00075  You don't know anything about the issues because blinded by your specious self-limiting racism.
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  8334. Many Republicans won't say it but they'll be voting for Harris.
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  8335.  @Jomzi01  That's why no one who has asserted that the election was stolen has produced an iota, a scintilla, of EVIDENCE, to back up that bald-faced assertion. But fascists don't need no stinkin' evidence.
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  8336. Why is Florida unlivable?
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  8337. Many have short memories: When Hillary Clinton was leading in the polls during the last months of the election, Trump began asserting that if he lost it would be because the election was "rigged". He did the same in 2020. He is doing the same now. It's well beyond due that voters see through that transparently obvious self-serving hogwash. MAGA consists of people who are uneducated and live to be entertained. They were fans of "tough guy" Trump's fake "reality" TeeVee show. They knew nothing of politics and had zero interest in it. They rejected "all that". When he decided to run for president they followed him, instantly imagining themselves experts in politics. They were lied to about the 2016 election, and they believed every word of it -- because they knew then and know now ZERO about how elections actually WORK. As example, in 2016 there were numerous audits and hand-recounts in, as example, Georgia. But they didn't hear about any of that because the right-wing media they guzzle perpetuated Trump's lie instead of educating their viewers to how elections actually work. We saw similar during the 2000 election: Gore's lawyers spoke directly to the Florida elections law; Bushit's lawyers asserted a view directly OPPOSITE that law. And the media let that stand -- so the viewer could "decide" who to believe -- instead of providing the text of the actual law. So the media put politics above the rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Then Scalia unconstitutionally usurped Congress's exclusive authority to resolve election disputes, and that Court voted twice in the same election, which is illegal, and appointed Bushit.
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  8338. Stephen Miller is a Neo-Nazi.
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  8339. "Common sense" is not EVIDENCE. In fact, it is a deceit -- a claim by an individual that a non-existent and unpolled anonymous "majority" agrees with him. "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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  8340.  @vyaj  Reactionary "conservative". Old-school social Darwinism. Survival of the fittest. It is anti-Enlightenment and anti-democratic.
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  8341. Never criticize billionaires if one worships money.
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  8342.  Jay Davis  You aren't THINKING, or you know that only MORONS believe "facts" without a shred of EVIDENCE. YOU are the target of the fake-news sources -- and they are being successful in leading you around by the nose. The "left" isn't the issue. The issue is the virus, and Trump's LYING about it, and INACTION.
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  8343.  @iamjohnrobot  To what "precedent" do you refer? Allegations against others -- without evidence -- as effort to say "everybody does it," which is childish nonsense? CLUE: the powers of the presidency belong to the PRESIDENCY, to the OFFICE, NOT to the person who occupies the office. That means when the person leaves the office s/he no long has legitimate use of those powers. We don't have "Divine Right of Kings" or "Divine right of Gangsters".
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  8344. @Fake Republican You judge "moral maturity" by comparing it with gun-nutism?
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  8345.  @nonprogrediestregredi1711  You're expecting a person who believes that "debate" consists in fact-free personal attack.
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  8346. She didn't even "see" the memo about "Osama bin Laden Being Determined to Strike Within the United States".
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  8347. In a 2015 Tweet, Trump called MCain a "LOSER". He'll tell any lie he feels he needs to; and the rest of the time he lies for practice.
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  8348. In other words Trump continues to be DESTRUCTIVE. And his cult do love nonproductive destruction -- it's their excuse for throwing pointless tantrums.
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  8349. The issue has been political ever since the gun industry and its political front NRA and lobbyists began bankrolling Republicans, who have become insurrectionists and terrorists against the rule of law.
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  8350. And Trump is the WITCH who has been INDICTED based on ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
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  8351.  @d.h.4778  "Conservatism" has always been about keeping the power and wealth in as few hands as possible.
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  8352.  @d.h.4778  The original meaning of "conservative" was "to conserve". Republican Teddy Roosevelt was being conservative when he established the National Parks system as a conservationist. Note that the current "Conservatives" attack efforts to protect the environment. Everyone has "values". The question is whether they are constructive or destructive.
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  8353.  @d.h.4778  It's all about greed, and the false politics of scarcity. The latter establishes an extreme individualism of competing against and turning on each other. Paranoia..
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  8354. Trump complains that the trial doesn't allow him to campaign. And when court isn't in session on Wednesday he played golf.
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  8355.  Anthony Puzyn  You mean, of course, Trump.
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  8356. Her father helped establish the corruption that opened the door for Trump.
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  8357. His fuller statement had some nuance -- the praise for Harris being one. So the door is open depending on sufficient EVIDENCE that he would lose to Trump. Let's watch how this press conference, and upcoming interviewers, etc., and the revelations about "Project 2025" affect the campaigns.
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  8358. When a Republican accuses anyone of lying, they are lying.
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  8359. "whoever" is one word, not two, Comrade.
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  8360. You're conclusion is false.
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  8361.  Dale Anderson  The meaning of "Liberal" today is the same as then: the truth is paramount, regardless its source. As I've said -- and I'm old enough to know this, the US electorate is indoctrinated from childhood to hate and fear Communism/Socialism. It is the Fascists on the hard right -- drunkard and self-promoter Joe McCarthy as example -- who falsely equate the moderation of Liberalism with Communism. You aren't concerned, of course, with the fact that your childish name-calling, based upon lies, is immoral. You live to be immoral.
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  8362.  Dale Anderson  And there is nothing humorous about destroying the Constitution -- of which the Bill of Rights is a part. Do you actually believe you are exempt from the consequences? Then that belief is a self-destructive delusion.
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  8363. They also don't trust a proven fraudster.
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  8364.  @jeffbarrett3344  The scientists have had it right. You are blaming them for being right, instead of focuisng on Trump for rejecting science. I'd ask you how it feels to be stupid, but you're too stupid to know.
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  8365. "Intent" can be proven circumstantially.
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  8366. The "Benghazi" hearings did not conclude that Hillary Clinton mislead. And, in fact, during one of those many hearings, Kevin McCarthy himself said on camera that the purpose of the hearings was to lower Clinton's poll numbers, based upon the assumption she would run for president. And then Gym Jordan and Republicans attacked the investigation of Trump's collusion with Russia.
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  8367.  @suelyons531  Take your know-it-all FEELINGS down there and tell them how to do it.
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  8368.  @hilove5658  Another expert too lazy to do the actual heavy lifting.
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  8369.  @nomenclature9373  Today's know-it-all young people routinely bash the mainstream media -- and as result don't watch it, though they pretend to know what is "wrong" with it. If it isn't entertainingly sensational -- biased -- then they don't watch it; it isn't "edgy" and "radical" enough. Fanone and Harry Dunn have both frequently been on mainstream media talking about January 6th and their experiences on that day. The clown in THIS video so misstates the facts that HE isn't yet aware that accuracy is credibility. Disappointing is the least of it.
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  8370.  @bradencampbell464  The newspapers published facts -- news -- and opinion in separate sections. With FOX began the attack on fact and truth, and the method was simple, and for adolescent moral relativism: Reduce known fact to "opinion," elevate falsehood to "opinion" -- then leave it to the viewer to decide which to believe. News became "infotainment" for those programmed and habituated to everything being entertainment.
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  8371.  @clamjammer4927  You STOLE the body cam in which that footage is recorded? We're to believe, you, a thief who claims to possess that which is STOLEN PROPERTY, is telling the truth? Questions: Why have none of the anti-American extremist right-wing media not accepted and published that alleged body cam footage all over the Internet? Is it because you don't actually have such body cam footage? And what is a "bill of no injuries"? And how would you be involved in Fanone's private medical treatment despite the reality of privacy and confidentially laws? What is the name of the alleged "medic [who was] on duty"? I'd ask you to put up or shut up -- your mouth/keyboard are not EVIDENCE, the very substance you anti-American fruit-fringers REJECT -- but you NEVER HAVE ANY.
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  8372.  @clamjammer4927  Yeah -- there was "a medic on duty" at the Capitol in the midst of the insurrection. Do you also eat with that foul mouth?
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  8373.  @Trumphatersarecryingnow  Show us you know how to go away.
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  8374.  @LauraLaDiabla  The stupidity of the question.
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  8375.  @emilyneary7140  They are not the only experts in the world. In fact, we have a number of know-it-alls commenting on this video.
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  8376. The Republican tradition: the Politics of Smear and Fear.
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  8377. Trump is the sewerage in the cesspool he lives in. Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal.
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  8378. Rick Scott failed as Florida governor? Didn't he get wealthy while governor through massive Medicare fraud?
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  8379. @J. FK There is NO individual or institutional "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  8380.  @hitlerbiden9790  Freedom ALWAYS comes with RESPONSIBILITY -- foremost NOT imposing YOUR illness on OTHERS.
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  8381.  @craigcrawford6595  Agreed. And yet during the 1600s, the Massachusetts-Bay Colony included in its laws direct abstractions from both Deuteronomy and Leviticus. Thankfully US law has evolved beyond the illiterates who "wrote" the "Bible" in the Middle East, which Middle East has no jursidction in the United States.
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  8382. I recall the thalidomide scandal. Attached to it was the scandal of a pregnant woman leaving the country -- she could afford to do so -- to get an abortion in Europe. Her fetus had been damaged by thalidomide.
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  8383.  @peaceandllov  You're welcome to research the law and determine whether it is hyphenated.
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  8384. Glenn Kirshner has been sowing baseless doubt. And he knows better. But bashing Garland gets him clicks for the cheap seats.
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  8385. Trump is an "afterthought" for privileged politically-naive WHITE voters. Let's "forget" that he had and has ovewhelming spport among blacks. Then again, Sanders is from lily-white Vermont, so it would be a struggle to consider blacks as even an afterthought. You are incapable of seeing through the surface. The Obama administration was "semi-normal"? You know nothing about "normal".
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  8386. Authenticity is rewarded. And if you can fake that you'll get clicks.
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  8387. Putin said he wasn't going to invade -- then invaded. Putin is a liar.
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  8388. Would you be defending the murderer and terrorist if he were Black? Otherwise, yeah -- let's give a little slack to vigilantism. The KKK comes to mind.
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  8389.  TheSocraticScholar  Socrates was able to look at all sides of an issue. You do not.
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  8390. Not to worry: "God" and Christ are no-shows.
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  8391. If you look at the WARRANT, jerk, you'll see four signatures. The two on the right are redacted. The bottom one on the left is the signature of Trump's lawyer: she SIGNED the warrant when she RECEIVED it -- then LIED on TV that she wasn't allowed to be present during the search. The FBI is used to criminals lying about their searches, so when they conduct a forensic search such as this they DOCUMENT it with photographs and video. And there is Trump's own MAGA-Lardo surveillance camera system which recorded it. AND, in fact, Trump or his lawyer said that Trump WATCHED the search through the MAGA-Lardo CCTV system FROM NEW YORK. And we know why he was in New York: he was PLEADING THE 5th, which he says the MOB does.
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  8392.  @daviddenson3324  He is re[peating Trump's lies. IN FACT it is a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. Even the stupid can understand this: ALL information generated by a gov't employee BELONGS TO THE GOV'T. Nixon sued to keep his tapes but LOST because they were generated as part of the presidential records. The earliest Supreme Court decision on the point was in the 18th century.
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  8393.  @DIEmicrosoft  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Are you capable of NOT wallowing in hate-politics?
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  8394.  @grazynazambeanie5963  Typically they are law-illiterates who engage in smears against the rule of law.
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  8395.  @daviddenson3324  Hillary DID NOT do anything near what Trump did. Clinton was IN GOV'T when she was dealing with classified information. And you HATERS omit the inconvenient facts: 1. At the time Hillary was Sec. of State, the OFFICIAL State Dept. communication channel had been repeatedly hacked and classified information dumped publicly. Her private services was never hacked. The deleted emails were recovered by the FBI, and nothing of consequence was found. The several classified documents on her server had been RECEIVED by her. So yes, you are defending Trump by pretending that dozens of boxes filled with GOV'T PROPERTY, the second batch of which Trump LIED about having turned over when he had not. His lawyer signed a declaration attesting to the fact that Trump had turned over ALL gov't property -- which turned out to be a LIE. 2 Trump STOLE gov't property, which includes classified information. You OMIT the fact that the Presidential Records Act also covers non-classified documents, which were included among the documents seized from MAGA-Lardo. ALL information generated by gov't employees belongs TO THE GOV'T, NOT to the employee. 3. Hillary didn't obstruct justice -- which Trump did by LYING that he'd turned over all the gov't property he STOLE. Hillary didn't operate a system that was insecure, and was still IN GOV'T at the time. Nothing happened to her? Forget the amnesia: Comey re-opening the investigation just before the election -- BEFORE determining that the emails in question were DUPLICATES of emails that had already been investigated -- cost her the election. 4. You are attacking the FBI based on NO EVIDENCE -- you not only, weirdly, defend Comey, but also trash the current DOJ and FBI based on Comey's actions. The problem when one ignores the facts, and thus makes bald-face fact-free assertions, you are not being objective. You are not being honest. The fact is that you are pretending to be objective, but, in fact, you are a Trumper who is attacking the FBI because it's investigation is exposing Trump for what he is and has always been: he has NEVER accepted "NO!" including the "NO!" that is the rule of law.
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  8396.  @daviddenson3324  I'm not confusing anything -- I leave that to the deliberate distortions you Trumpers spew. NO ONE can speak to holding Trump to account without you assholes trying to change the subject to a cherry-picked slew of bullshit about Hillary, or about Hunter Biden, or about Obama. You are simply dishonest because you HATE having it shown to you that you've been SUCKERED by a New York con-man and career criminal named Trump. It is bizarre how blinded by hate people can be to the degree that they attack and reject the rule of law because their pet con-man is being held accountable for his crimes. And you say nothing about the other investigations -- into the attempted coup by the Trump criminal enterprise. Into the fake electors conspiracy. Into, in short, the effort to overthrow the gov't.
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  8397.  @daviddenson3324  How it went down? You're "argument" is simply this: One murderer got away with murder, so no other murderers should be prosecuted. Hillary ALLEGEDLY committed "crimes" -- according to Republicans who smeared and "investigated" her for 30 years, and in every instance ACQUITED her because their smears against her were always FAKE "scandals". Hillary sat an answered questions without evasion or equivocation for 11 hours straight. Never once, in all those decades, did she plead the 5th. Trump repeatedly said that only the MOB pleads the 5th -- then in one deposition he pled the 5th hundreds of times. And you want to WHINE that Hillary's ALLEGED "crimes" were as bad as Trumps!? There isn't a single instance in the history of the United States of a Democratic president engineering and directing an attempted overthrow of the gov't. Trump did that. And you want to WHINE that Hillary wasn't "locked up" without evidence, without trial -- without DUE PROCESS? There's no "how" about it; the two cases are in no wise equivalent in fact or degree. A few emails, WHILE Hillary was Sec. of State, on a private server as a non-hacked alternative to the hacked State Dept. system. DOZENS of boxes of GOV'T PROPERTY, including classified information, STOLEN by Trump and brought to his private unsecured residence. Watch the January 6 hearings: all but two of the witnesses who testified are TRUMP REPUBLICANS, and most of those were IN THE WHITE HOUSE. And the HARD evidence -- from REPUBLICAN sources -- shows Trump was planning the overthrow of the gov't from BEFORE the election. And on January 6 he was informed by the Secret Service that the mob he'd brought to Washington was ARMED with handguns, AR-15s -- in violation of D.C. law -- and other weapons. He KNEW they were armed when he sent them to the Capitol to "fight like hell". There is NO equivalent of that anywhere else in US history. You can readily find the hearings -- they are all over youtube as broadcast by all major media outlets. Even FOX broadcast them. And one can see them without commentary by going to the Committee website. Simply Google "January 6th hearings".
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  8398.  @daviddenson3324  I do't twist your words; I cut to the chase -- the underlying "argument" you are asserting, which is bogus. Forget the amnesia: let's look at the 2015-16campaign: 1. The FBI was OPENLY investigating Hillary's STOLEN emails. OPENLY investigating is a violation of DOJ policy. 2. At the same time there was a CONFIDENTIAL investigation -- in keeping with DOJ policy -- of the contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian -- which the Mueller investigation subsequently SUBSTANTIATED occurred. 3. Shortly before the election, IN VIOLATION of DOJ policy, REPUBLCICAN Comey announced reopening the Hillary email investigation because emails were found on Anthony Weiner's laptop -- WITOHUT first determining whether those emails were DUPLICATES of emails the DBI had already reviewed. It turned out they were DUPLICATES, so PUBLICLY announcing the reopening of the investigation was a further breach of investigative protocol. As result, Comey helped elect Trump. And you want to push the nonsense that what Hillary was ALLEGED by REPUBLICANS and Trump did, and Comey's assistance to Trump's campaign, were somehow equivalent!? Or that Trump's THEFT of GOV'T PROPERTY, some of which is classified, AND his refusal to turn them over to the gov't, AND his LYING that he had turned them all over which was LYING TO THE GOV'T, is the equivalent of Hillary's campaign being destroyed by REPUBLICAN Comey's breaches of DOJ policy, for which HILLARY should be prosecuted!? Try backing off and relocating your sense of "How to Be HONEST". Trump is NOT the victim, except of his own REFUSAL to take "NO!" even when the "NO!" IS THE LAW.
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  8399.  @daviddenson3324  Is TRUMP above the law? You're specious "argument" is that if one person "gets away with" that you falsely perceive as a crime, then so should your guy. But it also works in another way: if it's wrong for Hillary, then it is ALSO wrong for Trump. I'll underscore the fact that Hillary Clinton didn't STEAL over two dozen boxes of GOV'T PROPERTY, then lie that it belonged to her, and LIE that she had turned it all over when in fact she had not. Is TRUMP above the law?
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  8400. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  8401. Uh, no: Davis applied her politics to the issue; she didn't merely "file paperwork". "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Learn how to do better than childish name-calling based upon absolute ignorance of history and politics. Begin with the fact that everyone not Hitler was to the LEFT of Hitler.
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  8402.  @motoman22atgmail  You obviously don't understand the meaning of the oath to support and defend the Constitution and laws that all public officials swear. Nor do you understand the case because you reject the fact that the Constitution, the SUPREME law of the land, separates "religion" from gov't. In sum, you not only don't respect the rights of others, but fundamentally reject the rule of law. All in the name of a "God" that can't be proven to exist.
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  8403.  @motoman22atgmail  Her "religion" was her politics. The First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't.
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  8404.  @motoman22atgmail  I'm not the issue -- the LAW is. And I have no idea to what imagined "lawsuit" you refer. Could it be the 60-plus Trump lawsuits that were dismissed for LACK OF EVIDENCE? IN FACT, moron, if a lawsuit HAS NO MERIT, it is DISMISSED. And that often happens at the clerk's office, when, say, a "sovereign citizen" attempts to file a "lawsuit" that doesn't meet the basic criteria, such as being in the correct office in which to file it. "I don't care if Davis thinks she can choose not to file" -- but, to the contrary, you do care when an alleged "Democrat" refuses to file an alleged "lawsuit". Don't be offended: I'm enjoying your lack of making sense.
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  8405. Notice all the rapid eye-blinking when he is being dishonest. He is that obvious.
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  8406. If you were INFORMED of the FACTS you would have learned that there is a damage assessment ongoing. That begins with discovering which documents are MISSING, because they are all cataloged. But stick with your exclusive "Jesus is Love" as if no one else has been or is. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. And SEPARATE from "religion".
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  8407. It is ignorance of how the gov't works that results in cynicism, which is an excuse to not learn how the gov't works. Same goes for not voting: "The govt is out-of-touch!" Who is out-of-touch with whom? Do politicians not care? Or do they have people pulling on them from all directions? Is there opposition in gov't to a given position?
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  8408.  @keithdowell8473  Wow -- a TRUMPER actually acknowledging that there is such a thing as EVIDENCE and that it's NECESSARY! But, as ever, like when they totally ignore facts and evidence, it is in defense of TRUMP. MUCH evidence was provided by the UNDER OATH REPUBLICAN TRUMPER WITNESSES to the January 6th Committee. And then there's the TAPED MOB violations of Georgia elections laws with Trump attempting to BULLY REPUBLICAN state officials into violating the law by undermining the election. But, based on all that evidence, which you Trumpers IGNORE, he is "innocent". Yup. And the moon is made of moldy green cheese with a living face.
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  8409.  @keithdowell8473  This is essentially the same case as the FEDERAL case and charges on which Cohen was CONVICTED. That case originally included Trump. But Barr interfered, deleted the evidence implicating Trump, and used "search-and-replace" to change "Trump" to "Individual 1" in order to protect Trump. Republican Berman, who had worked on Trump's campaign, was appointed by Trump as US Atty in charge of the office overseeing that case. After Barr's corrupt interference, issued a public statement that Berman -- who pushed back against the interference -- was resigning. Berman issued a public statement summarizing what was going on, and refusing to resign; he then chose the subordinate in the office who would protect the office against any further corrupt abuse of power by Barr. He then resigned. He lays out all the facts in his book. But who cares for "evidence" when all that matters is kissing Trump's diaper-rashed rump.
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  8410. There NO absolute rights -- and Harvard law school graduate Ted "Cancun" Cruz knows it. But he's a REPUBLICAN so extreme irresponsibility is his politics. Let's admit the obvious: the REPUBLICAN war against public education is ARMED TO THE TEETH.
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  8411.  @emilyrandall9968  Yes -- it appears the "bonding" company is part of the fraud. But as I understand it either the DA's objection was rejected by the appellate court, or she negotiated whatever happened. The reality is that judges typically try to give something to both parties, and it is typically fair to do so.
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  8412.  @ChristopherJackson-n7t  The immunity decision is unconstitutional AND repudiates the Constitution.
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  8413.  @Averysillygoose09  Perhaps as bad as. But he is a political neophyte who must be told how to vote. Trump is genuinely malevolent and destructive.
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  8414. The rape didn't occur in Indiana.
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  8415. Sam: Your focus on the ISSUE is productive. But eliminate the MAYBES -- we get enough of that "suggestiveness" from both Far-Left and Far-Right conspiracybunkers. We DON'T need more of the same SOCIALLY CORROSIVE POISON. The FACTS are out there to ELIMINATE the guess-work, the maybes, the speculations. But you'll have to trust the MAINSTREAM -- PROFESSIONAL -- media, which means STOPPING the channeling of Far-Left pro-Sanders/anti-Biden/anti-Democrats bullshit propaganda. It the VAST MAJORITY of Democrtic VOTERS who have REJECTED Sanders and CHOSEN Biden. That is NOT "billionaires" and "elites".
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  8416. Constructive result: the protets have GROWN.
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  8417.  @falchion1966  US.
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  8418.  @fernandoguevara8258  The Founders of the United states were LIBERALS who established a liberal democracy. As said before: you're a history-illiterate and moral degenerate. Had you the least scruple you'd be ashamed of yourself.
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  8419.  @LSBBD  He isn't blamed for that which isn't true. Instead he is lied against by anti-Americans such as you.
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  8420.  @fernandoguevara8258  The United States has been receiving Russian oil for DECADES. And the REPUBLICANS OPPOSED Biden's effort to STOP paying hundreds of millions per year in TAXPAYER DOLLARS as subsidies to the wealthiest corporations on the planet: OIL.
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  8421.  @alexleer8688  "Make Germany Great Again": Adolph Hitler. "Make Russia Great Again": Vladimir Putin. "Make America Great Again": Trump. That has always been a FASCIST slogan.
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  8422.  @brookebenatural  Because that would be not only false but STUPID. If you can't discern good from evil you need to sit down and shut your yap.
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  8423.  @brookebenatural  The president is to be "on the side" of the United States, not on your smallminded side to the exclusion of all else.
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  8424.  @shanewells9067  We were after LBJ for war crimes. But when Nixon announced his candidacy, I said, "Forget LBJ -- let's get THIS gangster." And as it turned out Nixon was a gangster.
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  8425.  @robertschooner1812  Biden HAS released from the national reserve. You'd know that if you were watching legitimate -- MAINSTRAM -- media.
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  8426.  @workingman4918  FACT: Trump announced a travel ban against China -- then allowed tens of thousands to enter the US from China. The "Wall" wasn't paid for by Mexico, as he promised. And the "fence" -- not "Wall" -- he had installed is collapsing. FOX propaganda won't tell you that. I just did. Because FACTS MATTER. Add in the fact that he attempted to overturn the United States gov't, part of which was the INSURRECTION. Apparently you prefer his racist lies to freedom itself.
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  8427.  @trinkabuszczuk6138  FACTS MATTER: Obama was born in Hawaii. Trump is still facing charges for crimes that add up to TREASON.
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  8428.  @you21MS  Psaki's response IS the statement of agenda, and the FACTS on which it is based..
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  8429.  @criminalnchief5989  Have you EVIDENCE for that?
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  8430.  @criminalnchief5989  Have you EVIDENCE for that? Or are you simply trolling for responses to nonsense?
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  8431.  @criminalnchief5989  We got it "worse," dunce, because it was lied about and mishandled by TRUMP. Period. Full stop.
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  8432.  @criminalnchief5989  Anyone with EVIDENCE for such allegation would provide the EVIDENCE. Instead, as is typical of trolls spewing bullshit, they avoid the question, and the necessity of answering it, by attacking the person asking the question. Take your baseless propaganda to FOX -- they love haters of the United States.
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  8433.  @columbotee2652  There are various pols with differing results. Have you anything constructive to post? Or are you still a slave of Trump?
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  8434.  @criminalnchief5989  So you're a Sucker for Trump.
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  8435.  @criminalnchief5989  Do you smoke of inject the bleach?
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  8436.  @joehalliday6081  Do you mean the Russian escalation of indiscriminately bombing civilian areas and using hypersonic missiles? Putin is using the same "collective punishment" used by the WW II German Nazis, which as consequence was prohibited by the Geneva Conventions -- while at the same time pushing the false counter propaganda that he is engaged in "de-Nazification'".
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  8437.  @joehalliday6081  Ho Chih Minh wasn't allowed into the European conference after WW II, when Europe decided the fate of Vietnam. Ho Chih Minh wasn't the problem. What matters is the full history -- not your asinine bashings of Democrats. Again, REPUBLICAN Eisenhower, who made a speech about not losing Vietnam (Indochina) because the US couldn't afford to lose the manganese, etc. -- it was about natural resources, NOT about "freedom" and "democracy" -- was the first to put in "advisors". All in all US involvement in Vietnam was ILLEGAL -- a violation of the post-WW II Geneva Conventions, the lead author of which was the US. That was on BOTH Republicans and Democrats, not solely on your baselessly-hated JFK and LBJ. Do you also support fake-Republican/RINO Trump, and Putin?
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  8438.  @joehalliday6081  I was eligible for the draft immediately out of high school during US involvement in Vietnam. And I was full-time active against that involvement beginning while still in high school -- and the only one in my class to be. I was subjected to all the usual insults -- "Communist," "draft-dodger". So there isn't anything you can tell me about those times that I don't already know. See the Ken Burns history, and note at the beginning the comment by the OSS (later CIA) officer at the beginning.
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  8439.  @joehalliday6081  I cite the German WW II Nazis as using collective punishment because they did so -- in such as Belarus -- see the Russian film "Come And See" -- the "Warsaw Ghetto" in Poland, and in Ukraine. "Collective punishment" is surrounding a neighborhood, or town, or city, with the military, then razing it to the ground with its inhabitants not allowed to leave. See Putin in Ukraine. As for the history of US involvement in Vietnam -- you can't teach me anything about it that I have known for decades -- research "My Lai" massacre. And note that the first person to "investigate" it -- and cover it up -- was a REPUBLICAN named Colin Powell.
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  8440.  @joehalliday6081  I was graduated from high school in the 1967. Not everyone was drafted -- including at least some of those who called me "Communist" and "draft-dodger" for speaking out against US involvement in Vietnam. (It is interesting that my grandparent's generation mostly agreed with my generation on that involvement, but my parent's generation mostly did not. My grandparent's generation were veterans of WW I. My parent's generation were young adults during WW II.) The reason I recommend reading Mark Twain's "Following the Equator" is because he was an anti-imperialist (and a vice-president of the "Anti-Imperialist League"). In fact, he was a lifelong Republican -- until 70, when he publicly resigned from the party over the "Spanish-American War" and its conduct of that war. In that he wrote of his world tour, including stops in such as South Africa and Australia (Europe and British Empire). The 1990s Oxford Edition includes photographs of atrocities. Which war, again, was initiated by a REPUBLICAN president, egged on by the Yellow Journalism of William Randolph Hearst. That war included the United States Marines hunting down Aguinaldo, the Philippine hero who lead the fight against Spain, and killed him. Or see if you can find copy of the book of essays "Mark Twain On the Damned Human Race". I read that in September of my Junior year in high school. No, it was not assigned reading. It was from reading Twain that I understood the underlying "purpose" of US involvement in Vietnam: NATURAL RESOURCES. Ho Chih Minh was not a problem; he was a nationalist attempting to unite a country that was divided by civil war -- that being interfered with by US involvement. Sure, a prominent "defense" of that involvement was that a people "Have a right to determine their own future/gov't." In reality that choice had to be approved by the United States, which had no business making such a decision for another sovereign nation.
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  8441. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers.
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  8442. Nodfather Trump is obviously a snooze operator.
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  8443. The "Proud Boys" are Brown Shirts.
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  8444. We've been in a Constitutional crisis since 2000 when the Supreme Court intervened to stop the vote counting in Florida, therefore usurping to itself the Congress's exclusive authority to resolve election "ties," in order to appoint their preferred candidate. And then they voted twice in the same election, which is illegal.
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  8445.  @gusdad4811  You prefer the cut-and-paste unintelligent lying from the Trump criminal enterprise. Bleach blonde AG Bondi said she filed "charges" against New York -- it's governor and attorney general. "Charges" means "criminal". Turns out not only had she filed nothing but also that the filing she described would be CIVIL. But the misstatement -- she knows the difference -- was political and intended to smear. In contrast: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  8446. TRUMP is the issue -- so let's attack Biden and Democrats.
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  8447. Actually the FAA DID state the facts. When you believe Trump you are believing LIES. He's a CONVICTED FELON! When did you begin to believe CONVICTED CRIMINALS tell the truth!?
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  8448.  @doomwreckertelevision3527  The authority on the issue is the FAA, and they made a statement about the issue. It isn't actually rocket science: people saw lights in the sky clustered around airports. Some crackpot suggested they were "mysterious" and such, and people freaked out. The lights clustered around airports were and are AIRPLANES maneuvering to land.
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  8449.  @saibotery  STUPID [people will CHOOSE to ignore the facts in order to freak themselves out. The authority on the issue is the FAA, and they made a statement about the issue. It isn't actually rocket science: people saw lights in the sky clustered around airports. Some crackpot suggested they were "mysterious" and such, and people freaked out. The lights clustered around airports were and are AIRPLANES maneuvering to land.
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  8450.  @thebrain7065  It can't be proven there's a "God". And the Hebrew-written "Bible" -- which you've never read -- says what others told you it says. And you don't know that THEY read it. Get it through your gullibility: those who claimed that "God" spoke to them were ILLITERATE, and as incapable of distinguishing between knowledge and fantasy as are you.
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  8451.  @thebrain7065  It never ceases to expose you fantasists' penchant for THREATENING. That's your view of your "God": when you can't defend your position you invoke Super Bully. Get it through your brainwashing: IF there is a "God," and IF that "God" is perfect, then that "God" has a perfect sense of humor so can take a joke. AND can take doubt without being freaked out by it. The fact remains that it CAN'T BE PROVEN that there's a "God". That is why ST. THOMAS ACQUINOUS said that is why he believed: BEAUSE there is NO EVIDENCE. And THAT is IRRATIONAL. Does your "God" REQUIRE that you be irrational?
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  8452.  @SusieQZee  We don't have "kings" in the United States. And the First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't. And it is probable that the murderer was a Christian enforcing the structural misogyny that puts the man ABOVE the woman, and commands that the woman obey the man.
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  8453.  @candacecoleman2370  According to YOUR "BIBLE," YOUR "GOD" ORDERED MASS MURDERS including OF CHILDREN. It can't be proven there IS a "God". But if there IS an "afterlife," don't the murders mean that the victims got to "Heaven" (which can't be proven to exist) sooner than expected? If so, what is the "harm" in that -- which is a rhetorical question based directly on your "theology" and statements made by right-wing "Christians". And the conception of "evil" evolved through thousands of years until it was depicted -- SYMBOLICALLY -- as a physical being. And that has been used ever since to TERRORIZE those who refuse to think for themselves.
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  8454. The uncle saw no signs, didn't have much of a relationship with the mass murder, he, the mass murder and his father lived together. But they know nothing. It's a wonderful family, though, yeah, it included a mass murderer who had five guns. And it was reported taht his father is a Republican politician. And, yeah, MAGA, like the mass murderer.
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  8455. Do they? If she were sexually willing, you wouldn't avoid her.
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  8456. These crackpots have been waving The Federalist as their "Bible" for decades -- but their project is actually that of the ANTI-Federalists -- they REJECT the US Constitution. First, its provenance, for perspective: Keeping in mind that CONGRESS makes the laws, The Federalist was compiled from newspaper articles, written extra-Congressionally by three of the more than 54 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. On the other end of the spectrum were three ANTI-Federalists who refused to sign the Constitution. One of the latter three was Elbridge Gerry, of Massachusetts-Bay, who invented gerrymandering, which caused a major scandal. The newspaper articles were, of course, pro-ratification of the Constitution, and were admittedly and advertising campaign intended to SELL the Constitution. But let's dip into The Federalist and see what we find: "The Federalist N. 84 [Hamilton] . . . . "I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous." The Federalist (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, Paperback, 1961), Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Jacob E. Cooke., 579. The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights includes separation of "religion" and gov't, and the right of the people to PEACEABLY assemble. What rights in the Bill of rights does this insurrectionist crackpot intend to eliminate? But there's more from the Founders -- this is how they put these subjectivists, these insurrectionists, these would-be tyrants, in their place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  8457. Ukraine appreciates Biden's statement that Putin can't stay in power.
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  8458. Yeah -- what is this country coming to!?
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  8459. Who believes that the Russians only hacked the Democrats?
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  8460. There were ongoing "negotiations" through Trump's lawyers about "when" and "whether" he would return the stolen property. The DOJ, having record of that bullshitting from Trump, finally decided to simply go and seize the materials. That's worse that Berger and Petraeus cases.
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  8461. What's his psychological analysis of Trump?
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  8462. It can be said in other words. "I won't tolerate that behavior from you" is more general and tactful.
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  8463. At least HUNDREDS have been saying for DECADES that the 1 per cent doesn't pay its fair share. Remember the 2016 campaign, when Sanders stood shoulder to shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing HIS tax returns -- but never did? Instead he smeared Clinton, and trashed the Democratic Party, with Right-Wing lies, and helped elect TRUMP. Wake up: Sanders is as much a fraudulent cult leader as Trump. The only "difference" is that he's from the opposite extreme. The "polarization" is because of the extremes attacking the moderates -- the moderates being the MAJORITY.
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  8464.  @detroit12870  Pecker DETAILED the crime: ELECTION FRAUD. This case is pretty much the same as the FEDERAL prosecution of Cohen -- which included ELECTION FRAUD. The DIFFERENCE is that Garr can't intervene in state prosecutions the way he did in the FEDERAL prosecution in order to exclude TRUMP -- who was "Individual 1" -- one of Cohen's CO-CONSPIRATORS.
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  8465. John Eastman was a good lawyer. Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani is a lawyer.
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  8466. And the Senators have the right to ask questions. And, as Roberts declined to read one of Rant Paul's snide BS questions, he has the authority to not read irrelevant questions. He read Warren's because he recognized that it is wholly relevant. Being a lawyer -- you obviously aren't even reasonable -- Warren recognizes that the survival of the Constitution is at stake. If the Republicans vote as YOU want, the rule of law will be GONE. The rule of law includes the RIGHTS you rely on to protect YOU.
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  8467. Trump doesn't "gaslight"; he BULLLSHITS.
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  8468. ALL documents generated by public officials are OWNED BY THE GOV'T -- regardless whether "classified".
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  8469. Being a straught shooter is not the same as being correct. Sanders is bent on insutling, smearing, and attacking the Democratic VOTERS -- while at the same time he EXPECTS those SAME voters to vote for HIM. And you know SHIT about FDR. FDR WAS NOT a Socialist.
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  8470.  @kennethmcneil3478  Get your head out of your ass: It wasn't the so-called "establishment" that cleaned Sanders' clock on Super Tuesday: it was the VOTERS, especially the African-American VOTERS. Interesting how Sanders boasted for 30-40 years of being a Socialist -- but the monet he was attacked for being that, he immediately changed his stoy, claiming instead to be a "democratic socialist". If he were in fact NOT a Socialist, but instead a "democratic socialist," he would have said so for those 30-40 years. All that sort of deceit does is create SUSPICION. So, though Sanders, aim is as usual whacked, he is smearing the so-called "establishment" for "fixing" to election, when in fact it was the VOTERS who fixed his little red wagon. It doens't surprise that Sanders' "fans" are as dismissive of African-Amerian voeters as Sanders. As example, Sanders REFUSED to meet with Congressman Clyburn -- whose endorsement of Biden turned the tide -- becuase Clyburn wasn't ALREADY endorsing Sanders. As Sanders doesn't believe in democracy -- debate, negotiation, compromise -- he doesn't believe in persuasion; that leeaves him only DIKTAT, which is exactly the same as we have with Trump. Just watched a 2018 documentary about the "Socialist" "revolution" of the Sandinistas. As is the histry, "revolutions" rarely result in what the "revolutionaries" "intend" or claim. It looked promising: during the "revolution," women were realtively equal to men; in at least one instnace a force that took a major city was lead by a woman. But once they overthrew far-Right military dictator Somoza, women were resuobordinated, and the equality, including the right to speak out, was replaced with a far-LEFT dictatorship. The situation has deteriorated to femicide. "Sexual harrasment" -- a vague term -- has increased, along with rape. "Femicide" is the killing of women becase they are women -- and are demanding equality. That is why the increase in refugees at our southern border: women and young girls, especially, escaping the violence. But I guess Sanders can defend all that by reducing it all to "literacy increased".
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  8471.  @Bluberrides  It was Jefferson -- who lived long before Lincoln -- who was for abolishing slavery -- IN WRITING -- and speculated what to do with the freed slaves, and that was to move them out of the colonies/United States. It is true that Lincoln's "Proclamation" ONLY freed the slaves in the Confederate states that were still fighting if they didn't lay down their arms. But at the same time Lincoln set the ball in motion for abolition of slavery. And, no: Lincoln didn't "use Blacks" to win the war -- that vast majority of the troops were WHITE. And it was Massachusetts -- see the film "Glory" -- that established an entirely-Black (except for its commander) troop to fight in the war to prove that Blacks were up to the task equally with whites. And it was Lincoln who worked to get the 13th Amendment passed. Remind us what the 13th Amendment did. You need to learn basic English literacy. And you need to learn the actual mixed-history. And your illiteracy in law is appalling.
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  8472.  @Bluberrides  The 13th Amendment abolished slavery, dunce. And Lincoln was assassinated for his genuine opposition to slavery. Reality isn't black and white; it is complex and grey. It would be a difficult transition from growing up in a slave-owning society and arriving at opposing slavery. I suggest you learn from the actual history, instead of rejecting learning altogether in order to half-assed gripe about history you distort. Yes, your statement was that Lincoln deported Blacks out of the country. That is FALSE. Period. Full stop. End of story. It MATTERS -- FACTS MATTER -- that it was Jefferson who speculated on "deporting" Blacks -- but that didn't happen then either, because he didn't free his slaves except in his will after his death. I don't say that I "didn't know that" because you are spewing falsehoods. Learn the actual history and we'll discuss; continue to spew uninformed spleen and I'll simply ignore you. And learn how to write in basic English instead of hyped-up capitalization that is illiterate.
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  8473.  @Bluberrides  You refuse to learn. You keep making bullshit assertions. Ignored.
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  8474. Trump loves the uneducated. That "validates" being ignorant. And a recent poll found that people voted for Trump because they want "effective" gov't. Destroying the gov't will be effective.
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  8475. It is STANDARD that during vote-counting, representatives of the candidates' are present and watch the vote-counting. Trump's supporters believe Trump's lies on the point for a simple reason: they are ignorant of the basics of how elections and vote-counting work.
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  8476. It isn't "instinct" -- which excuses it as "beyond control". It is animus.
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  8477. Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas were originally part of Mexico. Alaska was originally part of Russia. Florida was originally part of Spain. The Original Thirteen Colonies were part of Great Britain. We already knew you to be an enemy of the United States, Ron Paul.
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  8478. MAGA is the ultimate in self-alienation.
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  8479. He was against harming anyone, but not against doing violence against them.
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  8480.  @dbrick46  I was born in 1948. Do the math. Bashing gov't and the media -- which is to be a check against gov't abuses -- is irresponsible. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. The gov't, therefore, is not some "foreign" "enemy". Ignore that and continue the destructive bashing and you disempower yourself, which you then spread like a cancer.
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  8481. The danger is media illiterates not knowing the difference between facts and opinion, and lies presented as "opinion" which is propaganda. It started with FOX reducing a fact to an "opinion," elevating a falsehood to "opinion," then leaving it to the intellectually-dead viewer to "decide" which is true.
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  8482. If the veterans wre SMART, they wouldn't have nelisted to go to Iraq, and would have found a way to not do so. That isnt Biden's responsibility. And Sanders voted FOR the "rime Bill," FIVE TIMES AGAINST the "Brady Bill," and FOR PROTECTING the gun industry.
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  8483. You're one of the most intelligent, informed, and literate commenters on current politics. And you have the best of guests. Better than most others I also follow. Good dude, Brian.
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  8484. Yep: stuck in the 1960s, and he helped Trump get elected, just as the Left of the 1960s got Nixon elected.
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  8485.  @chuckharris4504  Yeah: he can give us a repeat of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns.
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  8486.  @wz7730  Apparently Sanders is unaware that the president, regardless who, needs the cooperation of CONGRESS to get things done. Or is he going through another spasm of throwing nonsensical red meat to his politically naive "base"?
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  8487.  @iloke11  the Latinos who voted for Trump are the losers. As are those who didn't vote against Trump because they were wrong on Biden on Gaza, and not paying attention to Trump's giving it all to Netanyahu. Being on the right side of history and law, even if the short-term "loser," is not losing. Except those willing to compromise reason and the law for "gain"; and that is Republican.
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  8488. J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  8489.  @kcet1948  If you support lying and slander, then yeah -- great team of fraudsters.
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  8490.  @tconyt8373  I believe Chon as his testimony is both under oath and CORROBORATED by other evidence.
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  8491.  @straightopoint  Is my comment too intelligent for you to grasp? Even George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos ADMITS he's a LIAR. It's a pretty sad life when you must rely on LIES to feel good about yourself.
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  8492. See the CNN revelations about North Carolina Republican candidate for governor Mark Robinson -- calling himself "a Black NAZI!" -- and videos of Trump's glowing endorsement of him. The same guy who stood on the altar of a "Christian" church and said, "Some folks need killin'!" -- and whose "God" wrote the Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill."
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  8493. Yeah: prosecuting Republican/right-wing criminals is "unfair" because innocent people aren't also being prosecuted.
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  8494. Let's all sit around and bullshit.
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  8495. In state after state, the VAST MAJORITY of Democratic voters REJECTED SANDERS. It is WISE to ASSUME that all non-Democratic voters are RIGHT of Moderate. No, asshole: Biden doesn't "fetishize" working with across the aisle. He is about getting things DONE. If the FDR Democrats didn't work with Southern racists, the Social Security Act wouldn't have had sufficient votes to pass. You have yet to learn the meaning of DEMOCRACY. And demand away, childish bitch: throwing mud at the system from the outside only alienates the system; it doesn't change it. RESEARCH the ACTUAL Progressive Eleanor Roosevelt and LEARN how to get things done by not being an entitled asshole. Sanders INSULTED the VOTERS, and yet expected that to EARN their votes!? Totally relevant: both Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren -- BOTH have GOT THINGS DONE -- are Eleanor Roosevelt Progressives.
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  8496. He did everything he said he did. You don't wathc news; you watch anti-American extremist right-wing media that feed you false propaganda.
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  8497. Republicans want organized power to contend with unorganized labor.
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  8498. I think it's great that he's on the Republican ticket -- we want to see them for what they are.
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  8499. Probably Ukrainian Special Ops.
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  8500. Another problem is that the county in which the ballots were discarded is REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED.
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  8501. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  8502.  @Rain_Reign  I've been working online for the rule of law since before there was an Internet. I've been working specifically for, since the late 1980s and into the 1990s, for gun control. There was one other person doing that, but he and his fiancé transferred to a different university and I lost touch with him. So I continued alone. More than 30 years later the number of people who recognize the NRA's (and Supreme Court's in Heller ) lies about the Second Amendment for what they are has increased. It is interesting how effective one can be across at minimum the US via the Internet: there are people who prefer facts to disinformation and out-and-out junk there is online. This is one I've been posting since 2016ish: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trump campaign members lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8503.  @v118841  And it wouldn't be overturned thereafter? The current Supreme Court 6 has a POLITICAL agenda, and they do not act in good faith. It is ROGUE. The only way to stop it is impeachment and removal, the chances of doing such being slim to none. This is what happens when voters vote for pie-in-the-sky candidates who can't win, or vote to "blow up the system," or refuse to vote at all, as if that will punish someone other than the voters. So Sanders threatened to destroy the Democratic -- not Republican -- Party because he's so "progressive" that he helped elect opposite-extreme reactionary and career criminal Trump. Hillary Clinton warned THEN -- but those who want to "off" "Boomers" knew better because something something "reasons". And Noam Chomsky is currently pushing Trump-buddy Putin's line.
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  8504.  @godnunez  GET IT THROUGH YOUR ILLUSIONS: If codified, it would be immediately challenged in court, and the Supreme Court would overturn it. THE SUPREME COURT IS NOT ACTING IN GOOD FAITH. If you have to ask "which REPUBLICANS," then you haven't been paying attention to anything OUTSIDE the distracting poppycock pushed by this channel. This channel supported Sanders while he was standing shoulder-to-shoulder with TRUMP with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. In contrast, Hillary Clinton released 30 YEARS of tax returns the same day she announced her candidacy for president -- and she didn't have to ASKED to release them. But the pseudo-"progressives" couldn't stand her BECAUSE electing the first WOMAN president would actually have been PROGRESSIVE. There are various "elites"; this channel is operated by one set of them: they are young so know better than those who have been politically aware and active for more decades than they've been alive.
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  8505. "Misdirection" = LYING. Stop euphemizing it because THAT misleads the viewer.
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  8506.  @SteffiReitsch  Dozefather Don.
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  8507. First the Constitution and rule of law must be protected and preserved. THEN we can talk politics. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams
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  8508. Freedom for ALL "religions," not only right-wing extremist anti-Americanism that rejects separation of "religion" and gov't. Let's talk about the mega-wealthy mega-churches that DON'T give away their millions.
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  8509. Sanders of lily-white Vermont is "committed" to fighting against racism!? He had to be persuaded, over a very long time, that black folk even EXIST. Meanwhile, he voted to PROTECT the gun industry, which was a top priority of the extremist far-right ANTI-Socialist domestic terrorist organization NRA. Sanders, a millionaire, who owns three homes, and claims to be a Socialist, isn't giving his money away to help the homeless. West should be ashamed of himself shilling like a dupe for a fraud.
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  8510. "TYT" has all along been bullshit. But I was in my 20s during the 1960s so I've seen it all before.
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  8511. When Kemp first ran for governor he was the Sec. of State, thus controlled the election -- which is a conflict of interest. That included, during the campaign, his purging of the voter rolls of minority and Democratic voters.
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  8512. What has TRUMP done to deal with the pandemic -- 170,000-plus DEATHS NATIONALLY -- NATIONALLY? Instead of smearing Democrats, grow up and deal with RALITY: Trump lies, Americans die.
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  8513. It's only an embarrassment to the fake billionaire and his supporters. To those who identify with him.
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  8514. USAID promotes human rights. Republicans have been as against USAID since it was established as they've always been opposed to the "New Deal," Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the like. What is it with Republicans, including the allegedly "moderate," that they pretend that isn't the actual history of the Republican Party: anti-human rights, anti-consumer protection, etc.?
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  8515. "The truth is still taboo/When it can be seen" -- Bob Dylan.
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  8516. The issue of the news report was Trump's invocation of the 5th Amendment over 400 times -- so let's bothsides by giving a few selected details to make Biden look bad. The FACT is that Trump did everything he could, including LYING, in effort to KEEP the documents he STOLE. By contrast, when allegedly classified documents -- reality check: ALL presidential documents, even if not classified, belong in the National Archives -- were found in Biden's office and home, he notified the FBI and National Archives -- no lying, no obstruction.
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  8517. She's also a lawyer.
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  8518. 1. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. 2. TRUMP'S Director of National Intelligence said that Trump's "declassification" claims are "PREPOSTEROUS". When are you going to get it through your illusions that Trump MAKES SHIT UP out of thin air?
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  8519.  @donnwzad7980  Did you love the part when Trump, reading from his teleprompter, said that he doesn't use his teleprompter? "I don't care about you, I just want your votes." -- Trump, to his uneducated sheeple who he leads around by the nose. Being dumb is too stupid to realize that being dumb is miserable.
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  8520. Precise understanding of and use of language is not Trumpeter's concern. It's all bullshit.
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  8521.  @garythomas4936  I note that you make no effort to refute my comment. Biden's central focus during his 36 years in the Senate, and 8 years as vice-president, was foreign policy. I'll bet on him before even entertaining a bet on a "tough guy" "militarist" who suffers that radical limitation.
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  8522.  @garythomas4936  Personal attack noted. But that's all you have. Try this on for size, punk: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8523. "Touted" as '"worthy rivals" to "The Beatles" by US chauvinists and jingoists. If not for "The Beatles," "The Beach Boys" would never have attempted to transcend their California provincialism.
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  8524. Hypergamy is female ambition.
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  8525. ASSHOLE: the VAST MAJORITY of voters are MODERATES -- not fruit-fringe freaks who know nothijng of politics. And the VAST MAJORITY of DEMOCRATIC voters CLEANED SANDERS' CLOCK. They PREFER Biden becuase not only a known quantity, but also because not a Far-Left mirror image of demagogue Trump.
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  8526.  @jansilverthorn777  Actually US intelligence is quite good.
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  8527. A preconceived opinion can be bracketed -- set aside. One can adhere strictly to the law and evidence.
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  8528. Threatening the lives of elected officials is ILLEGAL.
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  8529. One can used an "oversized" drive if one partitions it into partitions smaller than the total size the machine can handle. I would have likely put a 500GB SSD in this machine.
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  8530. Absolutely nuts. But the 1939 MSG rally was held there in what was seen as the "Jew capitol" of the US. So why not insult Jews and every other "non-white" people in New York. So why not offend as many as possible as one's last hurrah. I've been saying since the first Harris surge that this is building to a landslide. And one poll has her leading in New York by 19 points.
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  8531. Goldberg wasn't added by accident. Waltz had Goldberg's number and contact information on his phone. That indicates that he's been a Goldberg source in the past. Perhaps he's a "mole" in the Trump criminal enterprise.
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  8532.  @Bill_Cooper  What is your baseless allegation, and where is your non-existent EVIDENCE? Oh, right: You don't need "evidence" because all you're about is smearing others -- which is a confession about your lack of ethical character.
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  8533.  @Mark-db8id  I'll bet at least hundreds, if not thousands, of other US citizens also "got a DWI" during the past several weeks. We see why you have no friends: you never have anything constructive to say. Instead, being penultimately petty, you attack people you baselessly hate in effort to feel good about yourself. Moral premise: the first victim of the hatreds you embrace and nurture is YOU. Grow up, get a life worth living instead of being a gutter-snipe.
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  8534. Trump's lawyer was present. Trump fires lawyers who don't LIE.
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  8535. Sanders is telling the Democratic "establishment" -- traditional Democratic voters -- to go to hell by SMEARING them as "corrupt". The sexual issues Frum referenced: when in his 30s, Sanders wrote about young children and sex..
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  8536. There are no grounds for suit against the state: these moorons were arrested for violating a slew of laws, including unregistered motor vehicles driven without licenses, and no required IDs for gun possession. LISTEN to their gibberish: the REJECT the rule of law -- claim to be outside AND ABOVE the rule of law. That doesn't work in the United States, or any state, under the US Constitution on down.
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  8537. As I recall Dick Cheney was associated with Bechtel.
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  8538. Gun control has been the law for as long as there have been guns, and before there was a United States, and a United States Constitution, and a Second Amendment. That is why the "right" to possess guns was always a STATES' RIGHTS' issue, subject Federally to the Supremacy Clause. What if the citizens of your state want strict gun control -- but a neighboring state's citizens want lax gun control? How would your state protect itself against guns being illegally trafficked into your state from that state? It would ask that the US Congress enact a Federal law to interdict the illegal interstate trafficking in weapons. The Second Amendment protects the right of states -- GOV'TS -- to have well-regulated Militia, against the Federal gov't infringing that right. It also authorizes Congress to enact regulation of the states' militia through the Second Amendment. And it has done so since 1792. Gun-nuts view the rule of law as "infringement" so they reject the rule of law. Their only "protection" then is guns, guns, and more guns. They obviously don't understand the meaning of "infringement". More important, they don't understand the meanings of words such as "ambush" and "bushwhack".
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  8539.  @willmont8258  "State" = GOV'T. AGAIN: the ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the STATES [GOV'T] the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." As shown by the DEBATES of those who WROTE the amendment, the subject is WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. A Militia is NOT an individual, it is a public institution, and has ALWAYS been an arm OF gov't. The State's militia -- the commander-in-chief of which is the STATE'S GOVERNOR -- is under the REGULATION and governance of BOTH US and state constitutions AT THE SAME TIME. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES -- "Militia Acts". What have you read OTHERR than gun industry propaganda pumped out by the NRA? NOTHING. There is no other "militia"; we know from the Constitution, and the "Declaration," that the Founders were OPPOSED to armed gangs running around outside and shooting at the gov't. From the "Declaration": "[King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." I also note the Founders' responses to "Shays's" and Whiskey" insurrections. READ YOUR STATE CONSTITUTION: from that you'll learn that the well-regulated Militia, by the mere fact that it is IN that constitution, is REGULATED AND GOVERNED UNDER LAW. As I've made clear, the INTENT of the Second Amendment was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia. In so doing it BOTH guaranteed that the states -- GOV'T -- could keep their well-regulated Militia, AND that those Militia would ALSO be REGULATED and governed BY THE FEDERAL GOV'T. I also made clear that there was ONE "individual right" Debated -- to NOT bear arms, to NOT render MILITARY SERVICE, in the Militia. That was VOTED DOWN before the proposed amendment was ratified.
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  8540.  @willmont8258  IN FACT, the Second Amendment guarantees that the states have the right to keep their well-regulated Militia. Which Militia were always UNDER the rule of law with the GOVERNOR as commander-in-chief.
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  8541.  @willmont8258  AGAIN, history- and law-illiterate: The DEBATES of the WRITING of the Second Amendment were EXPRESSLY about establishing a National Defense as ALTERNATIVE to a standing army, which latter were views as "dangerous to liberty," which latter was not intended to exist except as necessary. On one hand, the Founders didn't trust democracy, but did not reject it: they institutionalized it as the elected Congress. On the other, they didn't trust standing armies, but did not reject them as an option. Again, from the "Declaration of Independence" -- which, of course, you and your fellow gun-nuts have NEVER READ: "[King George III] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "[King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The Constitution -- the Second Amendment -- is not a suicide pact: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for . . . ARMING . . . the Militia." So tell us all: Where do the "fake" anti-gov't insurrectionist "militia" get their "arms"? You and your fellow gun-nuts have the least knowledge of how law works, or the hierarchy of law. You know nothing of the actual history, legal and otherwise; you're all drunk on whitewashed FICTIONS and fantasies of being manly man macho tough guys shooting at that which is the gov't, per the Constitution: "We the people". You aren't defending gun rights; You are defending mass murder of your fellow citizens.
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  8542.  @willmont8258  When will you drop the gun industry propaganda and READ THE DEBATES of the WRITING of the Second Amendment? Do us all a favor, beginning with yourself: stop spewing gibberish as to the "law" while simultaneously rejecting the rule of law. The intent of the Second Amendment -- so say those who WROTE it -- was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as alternative to a standing army. Completion of ratification of the Bill of Rights was on: December 15, 1791. Subsequently -- as Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES, which are "provide[d]" by CONGRESS -- there were two "Militia Acts" enacted: May 2, 1792: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the national defence by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States." See those words "NATIONAL DEFENCE"?
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  8543.  @willmont8258  You contract your prior comment, in which you (falsely) asserted that I stated that "the people" and "the state" are the same thing. The Second Amendment is law, and applies to the well-regulated Militia, which is "the right of the people to [keep and] bear arms". The well-regulated Militia is both regulated and governed UNDER the constitutions and laws. Being a private citizen with a gun doesn't make you a member of the well-regulated Militia. Want to serve in the well-regulated Militia/National Guard? Then find the balls to ENLIST, and comply with the first requirement: swearing the oath of loyalty to gov't and the rule of law.
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  8544. States don't have "rights"? Then why do the white supremacist insurrectionist "conservatives" falsely insist that "states rights" are SUPERIOR to Federal law despite the Supremacy Clause in the Federal Constitution? In addition to rejecting the rule of law you want to believe the nonsense that "rights" exist antagonistically against rule of law. That is the most fundamental CORRUPTION: the Founders were for "Liberty WITHIN the law". In other words, you wouldn't know what "rights" to claim if they weren't secured in WRITING. I recommended to you "A Treatise of Courts Martial and Military Law" (1813) by Isaac Maltby. His "Introduction" begins: "This treatise was originally undertaken, in compliance with the solicitation of military gentlemen; and solely with a view to the militia. In the prosecution of the work, it was frequently necessary to refer to the acts and articles of war of the United States. The State laws and those of the United States_, the duties of the regular soldier and the citizen soldier, were so blended, it was determined to bring the whole subject under consideration. The militia man is indeed deeply interested in _all its details, being liable to the same pains and penalties, and to the same rules and regulations, by the articles of war, as the individual of the regular army. Besides this personal interest_, which every militia officer has at stake, in these discussions, there is also a _public interest involved. He owes certain duties to the public . . . ." Maltby also includes, in his "Appendix," complete copy of the Massachusetts-Bay "An Act for establishing Rules and Articles for governing the troops stationed in forts and garrisons, within this commonwealth; and also the militia, or any part thereof, when called into actual service," enacted October 24, 1786. That also indicates that there were "troops" other than the militia. Thus the "blending": the same rules applying to regular military also applying to militia. And you want to believe that playing militia is a "right" by pretending one has a "right" to act "on behalf of" the gov't. I encourage reading "Presser" to learn why that is FALSE; and why "private" military organizations, paramilitaries, fake "militia," and armed gangs running around outside the law -- all the same thing -- are, under "Presser," prohibited. It is the "discipline" -- Sixty-Two sections, each stipulating an offense, some being prohibitions against swearing and other harsh language, some stipulating the death penalty, all prosecutable by courts martial.
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  8545.  @willmont8258  See my quote from the Maltby "Introduction" and my comments related thereto. And my quoting of the Massachusetts constitution "Militia Clause" which authorizes the legislature to establish standing armies, which has not been amended in that regard. Which also relates to the Maltby quotation, and the fact that the rules that apply to regular armies also apply to well-regulated militia. As a bonus I provide the US Supreme Court citations -- READ them -- holding that private "military organizations," paramilitaries, fake "militia," and armed gangs running around outside the law and shooting at the gov't are PROHIBITED.
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  8546. There's certainly abundant sand there -- including under the building.
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  8547. She's claiming to be a "delegate". She is not.
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  8548. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to Congress. Or be subpoenaed to: there is only one potential witness who is more central and material.
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  8549. Elites = THOSE WHO KNOW STUFF. Let's look at the Coronavirus: Trump, who hates "elites," LIES that it is a "hoax". Sanders "fans" hate "elites" -- but will they wake up to the requisite ELITISM of scientific and medical expertise should they contract Coronavirus? But let's pretend that ANTI-INTELLECTUALISM isn't what it is -- CORRUPTION. And EXACTLY the same as that of Trump's MAGAots. And the twit's bias is to accuse others of bias. She is the typical white entitled airhead: memorize all the substanceless slogans and buzzwords, then go on youtube as a self-appointed ELITIST "expert". The Democratic BASE are the voters Sanders and his "fans" insult, smear, and attack as being "corrupt". How does that EARN their votes? The majority of the electorate sees Socialism as NORTH KOREA. Yes, the VOTERS who VOTE in the Party decide who the candidate is. The STATE primaries are NOT run by the "elite" DNC.
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  8550. No mention of Dr. Fauci.
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  8551.  @bryanb3352  Another law-illiterate pops off with disinformation: Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES. An example is the 14th Amendment implemented as the "Ku Klux Klan Act". The SEVERAL Militia Clauses in the Constitution are implemented by means of "Militia Acts". Those who pop off about "the CONSTITUTION!" have invariably NEVER READ IT. THIS is in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." This is also in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." The purpose of the Second Amendment, according to the DEBATES of the first CONGRESS that WROTE it, was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE based on the well-regulated Militia. "Well-regulated" means UNDER the rule of law. And as those two Constitutional provisions SHOW, the well-regulated Militia is ALWAYS UNDER the US Constitutions and laws. And -- this is also beyond your knowledge -- ALSO ALWAYS UNDER state constitution and laws. Last but not least, as to the source of your falsehood: 1. The "Declaration of Independence"" -- which you've ALSO NEVER READ -- has never been LAW. 2. The "Declaration" applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND. 3. The Founders "took up arms" and "overthrew" this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because the Founders were all along in control of their colony gov'ts.
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  8552.  @bobbunni8722  Shall we wait for actual REFUTATION or EVIDENCE to that effect as concerns my statement? Nah: you're another who falsely believe that saying a thing is sufficient to make it true. Note, dunce, that I actually quote VERBATIM from the Constitution substantiating my statement of the facts. I have an education in law -- you do not. So your "response" is to reject the rule of law in service to right-wing paranoia.
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  8553.  @bobbunni8722  This will doubtless be over your head: The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8554. The "military operation" is -- IN FACT -- WAR.
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  8555. Ty Cobb used to shave.
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  8556. No hypocrisy: the contexts of the rally and the demonstrations are not comparable.
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  8557. @BLACK LIVES MAGA He's the worst of the poison spawned by Nixon. And you''re a fraud.
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  8558.  Justin Smith  I'd ask that you stop the stupid, but it's all you have.
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  8559. History of Russia vis-a-vis Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA92bmoMFv0
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  8560.  @Erakius323  That's the whole point.
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  8561. It appears to me and others that the cop with the taser was WHITE.
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  8562. And the are dropping the case without prejudice -- so the case can be refiled. Adams is a Democrat, so they're likely to coerce him into cooperating on immigration, and then prosecute him.
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  8563. That's the whole point. And then when done with him they'll refile the charges.
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  8564. Congress is not conducting a criminal investigation. The are investigating a crime. The Congress conducts investigation for the purposes of making legislation. They also have the power of subpoena, the ignoring of which is a violation of law. Congress doesn't prosecute crimes, but the DOJ does.
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  8565. Read Jung.
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  8566. For lack of a horseshoe a horse is made lame. For lack of a horse a battle is lost.
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  8567. So-called "classical liberalism" -- a "conservative" label intended to distinguish between "liberalism" and "liberalism" -- founded pluralist democracy.
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  8568.  @PjRjHj  Which "history book" do you recommend? Meanwhile I'll rely on the Founders view as established in their laws: they were LIBERALS who established a liberal democracy. A liberal democracy is PLURALIST and DIVERSE. In simple words: it allows and protects DIFFERENCES OF VIEW -- as results from FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. See First Amendment.
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  8569.  @PjRjHj  The United States is a liberal democracy, as the Founders established it. Because the Founders were LIBERALS. They had seen "religious" TYRANNY -- what is known today as FASCISM -- up close and rejected it. The Salem Witch Trials, as example, took that which was extreme -- those with a "wrong" "religion" were banished; if they returned they were executed; research Anne Hutchinson, Mary Dyer -- to the even more extreme: those with a "wrong" "religion" -- in that case ATTRIBUTED -- were executed. The Founders addressed that with, as example, the First Amendment SEPARATION of "religion" and gov't, and its protection of freedom of conscience/belief -- which originated as a legal principle with such as Thomas More in the 15th century; see the film "A Man for All Seasons" with Paul Scofield. And again: to which "history book" do you refer? One YOU haven't read?
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  8570.  @Black_Caucus  Excellent summary: "slogan" = "meme". They are with Stephen Bannon for eliminating the "administrative state" -- beginning with civil right protections.
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  8571.  @gailcarey3597  Actually you did -- I simply responded to that with a question: does your "individualism" include denying the right of abortion to others? And the usage is wrong -- but political: anatomy is SEX; "gender" is psychosexual identity; they are not always the same.
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  8572.  @olecrowey  yes: racist white supremacists want everyone to stop TALKING about racism so they can continue to BE racist white supremacists without the justified negative publicity.
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  8573.  @seanmccartney5177  She's already established a record of doing exactly that. As example, she authored the decision blowing up Trump's BOGUS assertion of "executive privilege" -- which was UPHELD by the Appellate Court, and UPHELD by the Supreme Court 8-1. The 1 being Clarence Thomas, whose wife heads extremist right-wing organizations by means of which she gets their cases before the Supreme Court, and from the hearing of which her husband Clarence Thomas DOES NOT recuse himself even though that is the STANDARD ETHICAL thing to do. How many times must those facts be explained before the bigots CEASE ignoring them?
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  8574.  @paulhughes9860  Exactly right. They TALK "Constitution and law," but they are the enemies of the EXISTENCE of gov't/rule of law. During the 1990s they jabbered constantly about "individual responsibility". But as the years progressed it became increasingly obvious that they meant, "Freedom for me, responsibility for thee." Their fundamental position is that "freedom" and "liberty", and rule of law, are mutually exclusive. That's also their fundamental corruption: the "freedoms" and "liberties" they claim only exist because they are incorporated in written law, and vindication of them are also incorporated in written law.
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  8575.  @combatcentral7386  There is more to voter ID than just being required to produce an ID. You don't know that because you actually believe those who don't know what they're talking about, or who are bent on keeping you stupid. IN FACT, "Plessy" was based upon a Massachusetts case that established "separate but equal" in education -- see "Roberts v. City of Boston". Doubtless reference to "Brown" included that and the history, but that was left out by the pseudo-intellectual Shapiro, if he even know that hitory. And there is no way Shapiro could win an argument with Malcome Nance. Was there an actual interview with Bell? Or was someone else mis/representing what he allegedly said?
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  8576.  @clickclack8081  I've been dealing with freak-fringe right-wingers, including so-called "Libertarians," since at latest the 1990s. I know their rhetoric -- and their DIFFERENT actions. So I see through their rhetoric to what they are behind it: anti-gov't/rule of law. By contrast, the Founders WERE NOT anti-gov't. "Libertarianism" is political hackery. WARNING: absence of law makes everyone the target. "Everyone" includes YOU. "First they came for the Communists, but I didn't say anything because I wasn't a Communist. "Then they came for the Socialists, but I didn't say anything because I wasn't a Socialist. "Then they came for the Catholics, but I didn't say anything because I wasn't a Catholic. "Then they came for the Jews, but I didn't say anything because I wasn't a Jew. "Then they came for me, but there wasn't anyone left to say anything." Today its the Jews and the Blacks. You aren't those, and you're too stupid to say anything.
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  8577.  @nickpowell7432  I adhere to the facts. One of those facts is the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Ergo, those who personally attack me want to be personally attacked, so I oblige them. Our democracy is founded on the rule of law. The Republican Party, Trump on down, are at war with the rule of law. If you don't care about that reality, then you to will be the VICTIM of the consequences. But you won't be able to blame anyone outside yourself. So, no: I don't lie to myself. That you believe the law doesn't matter, that civil rights don't matter, then you are lying to yourself: without written law, and enforcement of their protections, you have no rights.
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  8578.  @nickpowell7432  You of course make my points for me: given opportunity to deal intelligently with the issues I present, you instead focus on personal attacks. Anything to avoid the actual issues. You're failing in your effort to "own the libs".
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  8579.  Ken Fresno  What is "illegal"?
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  8580.  Ken Fresno  I have years of work in law on those very issues. And the term "gender" when used all-inclusively os misused. "SEX" is anatomical; "GENDER" is psychosexual identify. The two are not always the same. The objections to Biden's choice of candidates are based on both race and sex.
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  8581.  Ken Fresno  How about directly addressing the issue, instead of playing semantics?
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  8582.  Ken Fresno  There is nothing heroic in doing my civic duty in a democracy, which is about BOTH freedom AND RESPONSIBILITY. In place of engaging in personal attacks -- moron - you could be conducting yourself constructively. If, that is, that isn't beyond your abilities.
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  8583.  @dennisjames1999  How would you know -- you reject the rule of law to begin with, as the judge who authored the rejection of Trump's BOGUS "executive privilege" claim was UPHELD by BOTH the Appellate Court and the Trump Supreme Court.
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  8584.  Ken Fresno  Still can't deal with the ISSUES, eh? Tell us why you were expelled from kindergarten for refusing to potty train.
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  8585.  Ken Fresno  Still can't deal constructively with the ISSUES, eh, troll?
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  8586. Well, yes, but not as it has come to be understood. As example, the Pilgrims who founded Plymouth Colony were seeking "religious freedom" FOR THEMSELVES. Quakers were so suspect that they had to register with the gov't, and essentially had to have passports in and out of the colony. The Puritans founded Massachusetts-Bay Colony were seeking "religious freedom" but FOR THEMSELVES ONLY. In order to be eligible to run for election, and hold public office, one had not only to own property but also to have the RIGHT "religion -- THEIRS. And they established, in law, that "Papists" -- Catholics -- were PROHIBITED even being IN the colony. And established in law that those with "wrong" "religions," including Quakers, were BANISHED from the Colony, subject to EXECUTION if after banishment one returned to the Colony. See what happened to Quaker Mary Dyer. So the various groups of colonists who were seeking "religious freedom" had no problem with establishing theocracies -- "religious" tyrannies -- so long it was of their respective 'religion," and they were in charge. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons" -- in the following "Roper" was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law -- ___ Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  8587.  @TheHugeDwarf  Massachusetts-Bay Colony banished "Papists"/Catholics. And in the law if they returned to the colony, they were executed. The same for Quakers. Sam Adams was a tax collector; but he used the taxes collected for his political ends, so when elected to the General Court -- the state legislature -- there was a legal cloud over his head. When the "Boston Massacre" occurred (it was not a "massacre" despite Sam Adams' propaganda seeking blood by calling the thoroughly-outnumbered British troops "murderers) one of the witnesses, a teenager who would die of his wounds, was from France -- he only spoke and read French. Adams had him, on his death bed, sign an affidavit soon determined to have been written by Sam Adams. The problem was that the affidavit, though attributed to the witness, was written in English -- which set Sam Adams up for a charge of perjury. He escaped that by stirring up "religious" hatred against Catholics -- the witness had been a Catholic. It is also said that Sam Adams wasn't actually about "revolution"; he was about re-establishing "Puritan virtue" -- a state "religion". And his history shows that he never missed an opportunity to foment violence in order to achieve that goal. Sam's cousin John Adams wrote the Massachusetts-Bay constitution -- except the section establishing a state "religion": that was written by Sam. Maryland was dominated by "Papists"/Catholics. Jefferson's "Religious Freedom Act" nonetheless established "religious" freedom -- i.e., one didn't have to be Catholic in order to have rights. Roger Williams, a minister banished from Massachusetts-Bay because he gave sermons promoting "freedom of religion" -- not of the practice, but of one's choice of "religion" -- founded "Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations" colony on his idea of religious freedom. So all the talk about how the colonies were founded by people seeking "religious freedom" glosses over the actual facts: Massachusetts-Bay was a theocracy, a "religious" tyranny, for a substantial portion of its history. In its laws one finds its "Capitol Offenses" -- those requiring the death penalty -- were drawn directly from "Deuteronomy" and "Leviticus". And some of those are pure impossible nonsense -- such as the provision prohibiting having sex with animals. And when Henry VIII wanted to divorce one of his wives he conveniently "interpreted" a prohibition in "Leviticus" as "ambiguous" so he could rationalize the divorce.
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  8588.  @thystaff742  Nope: it was about separating the two. It is INFORMATIVE to ACTUALLY READ how the Founders put the "subjectivists" who reject all rules based on their "religious" claims in their place. The following couldn't be ore clear on the point -- ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. "Religions" are neither outside the rule of law, nor equal to or above it; and claiming to be acting in accordance with one's "religion" does not exempt one from the rule of law.
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  8589.  @thystaff742  "Nope, it was about keeping government out of the church." Wrong: it was about keeping "religion" out of gov't as the LAWS established by the FOUNDERS clearly demonstrate -- ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. Let's be clear instead of full of shit: In Massachusetts the priests who engaged in pedophilia were protected by the "religion" but prosecuted, convicted, and imprisoned under SECULAR CRIMINAL law. Or do you want us to believe that a "religion" would have the "right" to practice human sacrifice, and even cannibalism, and the gov't couldn't do anything about it?
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  8590.  @thystaff742  Being exempt from taxation was based on an agreement: "religion" wouldn't be taxed if it stayed the fuck out of POLITICS -- as the Founders themselves clearly established. During the 1970s Catholic priest and Democratic Massachusetts Congressman Father Drinan was forced out of the House of Representatives -- by the REPUBLICANS who hated his being a LIBERAL -- because he was a CLERGYMAN, who are BARRED serving in gov't. Before and into WW II, Catholic priest Father Coughlin was a pro-Nazi/Hitler radio preacher preaching Fascism, by doing which he was engaging in POLITICS and urging a change in GOV'T. Finally the Catholic church took him down. You have this false fantasy that the vast majority are not only "religious" but are "experts" on what the Constitution that they REJECT actually says, and that they -- because of their "religion" -- would protest their "rights" being violated -- "rights" that DO NOT EXIST. You view is of the abundantly clueless claiming "rights" -- and authority they do not have -- on a basis of near-absolute illiteracy about actual law.
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  8591.  @robertmartinovics9270  The fundamental issue is that the 'religious" are subjectivists: they reject objective reality, which includes such as written constitutions and laws. They make all sorts of "truth" claims based on their "religion" -- but if one critically evaluates the claims, the "proofs" for such claims are found not to exist, and that the claims are actually self-serving. Because of that they essentially refuse to reason, so they are barred from being in gov't because law is reason, but very, very, very refined. The incoherence that is the "Bible" is not a substitute for objective rule of law derived from democratic debate and consensus. And the Founders had seen at first hand the brutalities of "religious" gov't -- theocratic tyranny in the name of "Gawd". Research Quaker Mary Dyer -- that is "religious" gov't in action.
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  8592. And the intelligent are laughing their asses off!
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  8593. I'm looking at indictment of lifelong-seditionist and Trump butt-buddy Roger Stone for seditious conspiracy.
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  8594. Those who would encourage the use of "dirty bombs" are dangerously stupid.
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  8595. Before FASCIST Hitler went after the Jews he targeted for extermination -- 1. Communists. (Marx was a Jew.) 2. Socialists. (Hitler was not a Socialist) 3. Trade unionists. (Who represented the working class)
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  8596.  @garyhawthorne2560  That is where it is going. Trump tried everything to convince the jury to acquit him. It was a New York jury: they convicted him of all charges. No New York jury is going to vote against the mountain of evidence produced by the murderer himself.
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  8597. Yeah -- some few lawyers are actually "smart" so state the obvious
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  8598. Golf is not exercise.
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  8599. Trump-Appointed "Federalist Society" Judge Cannon wanted to protect Trump from "reputational harm" resulting from "We the people" seeing what he actually is. Since then her concern with "reputational harm" has redounded to Judge "Political Hack" Cannon.
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  8600. Yeah, we can rely on parents to be experts in psychiatry -- on top of being experts in education.
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  8601. The consequences ARE that Judge Cannon's misconduct will be remembered FOR YEARS throughout the judiciary and legal community. They now know PUBLICLY that she cannot be trusted. I would not be surprised if she resigns after the focus shifts off her onto something else.
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  8602. MSNBC is "corporate media". MSNBC reports updates with some regularity. The hostility to the label "corporate" becomes propaganda.
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  8603. Christianity is simple: compassion and inclusion. "Christianity" is a cover for hatred.
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  8604. Agreed: trying to overthrow the US gov't isn't as bad as the "evils" of, as example, President Obama. Does anyone actually listen to Greenwald anymore?
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  8605. Certainly. And one can learn from that. But that doesn't speak to the value or merits of the contents of his thought process, or his conclusions.
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  8606. Shooting a black guy 7 times IN THE Back isn't likely to persuade him to vote for Trump.
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  8607. How many members are there of your "crew" or "posse"? In no way is that more than statistically insignificant. How many "Bots" are repeating inflammatory shit? How many of those who "agree" with you are nothing more than shit-stirring trolls? "94 per cent of information on the Internet is junk." -- Abraham Lincoln. Defending murder is immoral, no matter how many do so. Do you really want to live in a society where an imaginary majority defends the immorality of murder? ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  8608.  @erictaus  Trump won by less than 50 per cent. Minority is not mandate.
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  8609.  @Wegivesp  In other words, if it doesn't confirm your view, it is "propaganda". And you comment is propaganda because, typically, it hasn't a shred of EVIDENCE to support it. No specifics, as THOUGHT requires.
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  8610.  @JohnReilly-r4j  More took "God" out of the equation. You should watch the film -- a brilliant exploration of ethical reasoning, and of the essentiality of law.
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  8611.  @JohnReilly-r4j  Thomas More was a real person. The film is about the conflict between More and King Henry the VIII. WATCH THE 1966 FILM. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  8612.  @Carl-Romero  And he can't pardon convictions under state law.
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  8613. Zuckerberg is trying to change the subject from the present to the fantasy future.
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  8614. “A warrior is worthless unless he rises above others and stands strong in the midst of a storm.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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  8615. A president, head of the EXECUTIVE branch, has no authority over or in the separate branch of CONGRESS. He is not the "boss" of "We the people".
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  8616. Does a bank robber get to keep the money, despite violating the law, based on wondering about "motive"?
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  8617. These loons need to shut up until they getting some basic knowledge in how elections are conducted, and read the Constitution at least three times.
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  8618. While they aren't wearing masks . . .
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  8619. He an Trump were decades-long friends and co-corrupts. Trump's Roy Cohn was a MOB lawyer who was eventually indicted and disbarred. Giuliani prosecuted the Italian Mafia -- but not the Russian Mafia living in Trump Tower.
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  8620.  @Repented008  Trump won't be re-elected.
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  8621. Prince of Piety Pence is "inspired" by Trump's and his own bullshitting. "Farmers are working in the fields!" And amber waves of grain! John Brown's Body Lies A'Mould'rin in the Grave! When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again (Hurrah! Hurrah!)!
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  8622. Senator Kennedy is a fraud. Don't you yet get that Republicans default to lying? Or is that your idea of competent and responsible gov't?
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  8623.  @onemotherpucker  From what country is the person who posted the video trolling? You do know that Senator Kennedy plays like a regular guy, but is one of those university-educated elitists he tells you to hate.
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  8624.  @catvideos3249  I was in the waiting room at a hospital when a man walked in, sat down, and declared, "God put COVID-19 on earth." "Nice Gut," I said, killing hundreds of thousands on inncoent people." Another man piped up, "They were all sinngers." I asked him: "How do you know they were sinners? You aren't the judge." So, your "God" put COVID-19 on earth, kills hundreds of thousands of innocents, and we are to thank "Him" for his blessings?
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  8625.  @catvideos3249  You are REQUIRED to NOT violate OTHERS' rights by spreading the virus to them.
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  8626. What about Trump's Covid "policies"?
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  8627. EVIDENCE? Yeah -- we all know you have none.
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  8628.  @wfgit3380  So you're saying that AG Barr manufactured false evidence against Republicans, and suppressed evidence against Democrats? There's a word that fits you: crackpot.
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  8629.  @wfgit3380  READ the following, law-illiterate clown -- note that the taped conversations were made by REPUBLICANS: ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  8630. Do nothing about it, then when it happens call it "evil," as if it has nothing to do with doing nothing about it.
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  8631. Brand won't agree to it.
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  8632.  @madhaze0126  Brand isn't going to share his space with anyone intelligent. Monbiot is correct: wealthy elitists like Brand, and Trump, and other grifters like them, make their money by warning the poor against exploitation by wealthy elitists.
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  8633. Law-illiterates asserting bullshit they believe, like all criminals, will get them around the rule of law.
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  8634. Actually the media does report it -- which is why you know of it.
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  8635. Elected representatives are to represent their constituents, not the president.
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  8636. Tell it to the judge.
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  8637. Too much self-congratulation, Tim. Have we really the time for that during these times?
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  8638. Florida has the highest rate of inflation in the country, DeSantis is attacking and undermining the agricultural and construction industries, and the housing market and home insurance markets are radically out of whack -- so let's avoid those realities by making up racist shit about the homeless in California. Apparently the video producer hasn't any "job" advice for his fellow Floridians.
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  8639. The question that the Court is focused on in the immunity claim case is complex. The question is not about "ALLEGED crimes"; it is about "ALLEGED official acts" and whether they can be crimes. There is no way, based on the fact that the Court did not overturn the FINDINGS of the Colorado (and Maine and Illinois) court that Trump engaged in insurrection, that they are going to uphold his claim of absolute immunity -- that a president can commit any crime he wants but can't be prosecuted for it.
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  8640.  @ScottGrammer  I have an education in law, and I don't overlook the fact that this Court has held against him in crucial instances: he tried to protect his tax records from prosecutors, and they held against him. Thus the civil fraud trial was successful on holding him to account. And Weisselberg is going to jail again for committing perjury, to which charges he pled guilty today. It i not either/or, black/white. In this case they DO NOT overturn the Colorado courts FINDING that Trump engaged in insurrection. Rather, they addressed the legal process -- that it is Congresses role to disqualify. They only overturned the conclusion based on the evidence; they did not invalidate the evidence. That same evidence is the basis for the January 6th case in DC, concerning which Trump is claiming the impossible: absolute immunity. So they have not ruled out him being criminally prosecuted for engaging in insurrection. Most cynically: they have their seats; they don't need Trump anymore. And they would rather any association with him be forgot. So they are going to CYA in relation to his rejection of the rule of law.
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  8641.  @AndrewBurbo-zw6pf  Or any official act that violates a law is likely a criminal act.
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  8642. Four nights of the Apprentice President. What could go wrong?
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  8643.  @MikeHart72  He was part of the CRIME, which was done FOR HIM.
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  8644.  @MikeHart72  In the specific instance he should be charged as an accessory.
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  8645.  @MikeHart72  One wouldn't be allowed to keep the stolen car.
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  8646.  @MikeHart72  Ted Nugent has been barred hunting in several states, including Texas, for engaging in illegal poaching. If you are hitchhiking and are picked up by a person in a stolen car, and the police intervene, you will be arrested until the issue can be sorted out. Don, Jr. hired the person who violated the law. He shot the bear based on the violation of law. The bear would otherwise not be dead. He benefitted from the violation of law.
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  8647.  @MakeupMobster  There may be very loose categories in which serial killers are placed. Or there may not be. But it is certain that there is no single profile, so no "cookie cutter" anything.
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  8648. Richards has been dead since the 1970s. He just doesn't know it yet.
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  8649. Only to law-illiterates. 1. The sources of that which became the Second Amendment (it was first the "Sixth," then the IVth) were the lengthy legal history beginning with the establishment of the several colonies, which eventuated in "Militia Clauses" in the state constitutions. 2. The direct sources for the Second amendment were four State constitution "Militia Clauses," which addressed BOTH Militia and standing armies. Of the four the most elegant, and based on reading of all the prior state constitutions, is that in the Massachusetts-By constitution of 1780: "XVII. The people have a right to keep and bear arms [this is the well-regulated Militia] for the common defence. And as, in time of peace, [standing] armies aare dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the onsent of the Legislature; and the military power [which obviously includes the well-regulated Militia as the ONLY CONSTANT military force] SHALL ALWAYS be held in an exact subordination to the Civil authority [GOV'T, which is by definition RULE OF LAW], and be governed by it." Another of the four state Militia Clauses that were the sources of the Second Amendment was from the Vermont constitution of July 8, 1777: "Chapter I. . . . . "XV. That the people have a right to bear arms [as well-regulated, UNDER LAW, Militia] for the defence of themselves AND the State [GOV'T/RULE OF LAW]; and, as standing armies, in the time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military [which OBVIOUSLY includes Militia] should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power [GOV'T]." The implementing STATUTES are termed "Militia Acts". SEPARATELY, in Chapter II, is THIS: "S. XXXIX. That the inhabitants of this State, shall have liberty to hunt and fowl, in seasonble times [as REGULATED BY LAW], on the lands they hold, and on other lands (not enclosed;) . . . under proper regulations, to be hereafter made and provided by the General Assembly." Only CRIMINALS claim to be exempt from the rule of law.
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  8650. Jesus is a "Marxist".
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  8651. When asked why he killed the border bill, he talks instead about rallies.
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  8652. Mick Avery.
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  8653. On what grounds before the indictment for bank fraud?
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  8654. When a woman get's caught, she is always the victim. Until then they are independent, and no one can make them do anything they don't want to do.
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  8655. BEETLEJUICE!
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  8656. Greene doesn't know HOW to debate. She's a loud-mouthed bomb-throwing drama-queen bully without a shred of knowledge of democratic processes as is the purpose of having a Congress.
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  8657. McCarthy ADMITTED ON VIDEO that the fake "Benghazi" "scandal" "investigations" of Hillary Clinton were INTENDED to LOWER HER POLL NUMBERS. It was only about the traditional Republican Smear Politics.
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  8658.  @elizabethstanley7137  The defense had no defense, and Trump ran the defense, so he lost for the fourth or fifth straight time. the prosecution got it right -- it was a DOCUEMNTS case, and the documents were generated by and obtained from the Trump criminal enterprise. The jury got it 100 per cent correct 34 times. those who insist otherwise are law-illiterate anti-Americans duped by a corrupt celebrity who has also been adjudicated by a jury of his peers as being a RAPIST. It is SICK to defend RAPE.
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  8659.  @gettingannoyedquick  Same here. The evolving intent to overthrow the gov't should have been nipped in the bud by prosecuting Nixon. This forgiveness of criminals because of who they are is destructive. Marchan should call Trump's bluff: prepare for violence, put his ass in jail, and let him appeal the case while occupying a cell at Riker's. And if violence occurs, meet it with proportional violent enforcement of the rule of law. Note that many MAGA saw what happened: Trump pit hundreds of them in jail, had between January 7th and 21st to pardon them, but instead played golf. So they have an inkling of the fact that Trump couldn't are less about his followers. So none, except for the hardest of stupid, didn't show in response to his many efforts to get them to come out and protest. Nixon picked up where Joe McCarthy left off; Reagan made it worse with his seditious rejection of the gov't/"We the people" as the "problem. And then Scalia assisted Cheney/Bushit to steal the 2000 election. Now they are right out front with their intents publicly.
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  8660. 67-plus million watched the debate. 73 million watched "The Beatles" on "Ed Sullivan" on February 9, 1964.
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  8661. Reagan began all this when he busted the Air Traffic Control union. Trump eliminated air safety, imposed a hiring freeze, and Air Traffic Control is understaffed. When the crash happened one person was doing a job that requires two people. Trump did that.
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  8662.  @DrizzyCaponeCorleone  Nonsense. The "Americas" were named for ITALIAN explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
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  8663. He has an endless bundle of old-school Socialist slogans for "the [faceless] masses" which mean what the hearer of them wants them to mean.
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  8664. Sanders has a ton of old-school pie-in-the-sky Socialist slogans that mean whatever the hearing reads into them. That's all he has -- except for all the demagogic handwavings.
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  8665. "We the people" are the gov't. The intent of our gov't is to meet the needs of "We the people" -- smeared as "socialism" -- as determined by "We the people" through democratic elections of representatives.
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  8666.  @igotufoinformation9636  Not at all. Not all presidential documents are classified; and those not classified are not necessarily public. Why would, as example, Obama's letter to Trump be classified -- there is no way it would reveal classified information. But let's go to the bottom line: Trump FALSELY alleged that President Obama "took" 33 million documents when he left office. IN FACT, all of Obama's documents were turned over to the National Archives (NARA). Any access to those documents -- limited of course to non-classified -- by Obama himself would be subject to the protocols established by NARA. The possession and control of ALL presidential records, even those accessible to scholars at presidential libraries, is with NARA. NO president can have that GOV'T property in his possession, even if not classified. Because presidential records are the United States' HISTORY of presidencies. A president -- including the present president -- no more owns the presidential documents produced during his presidency than he owns the presidency itself.
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  8667.  @igotufoinformation9636  No, because "presidential documents" are not limited to the classified. In fact, it's probable that the classified are a small percentage of the total number of presidential documents of any given president.
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  8668.  @igotufoinformation9636  Of course Obama's letter to Trump falls under the "Presidential Records Act". I need to learn about it? I have an education in law, have extensive experience working on gov't documents law and issues, and you are a law-illiterate who defends New York con-man and career criminal Trump and his assault on the RULE OF LAW. AGAIN: ALL information generated by gov't employees -- the president is an EMPLOYEE, NOT "the BOSS" -- is GOV'T property. The employee owns NONE of it. Our gov't consists of three co-EQUAL branches: the president is not above the other two. The Impeachment Clause, in the Constitution, applies to criminal presidents. The Constitution is the SUPREME Law of the Land, and Trump IS NOT above the law. OBVIOUSLY, Obama's letter to Trump, written by President Obama, is a PRESIDENTIAL RECORD.
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  8669.  @igotufoinformation9636  Actually the investigation is not focused on classified documents -- that is the media's distortion. It has been repeatedly reported, by more responsible media, that the three statutes Trump is alleged to have violated have NOTHING to do with the classification status of the documents. The investigation is focused on retrieving STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY -- presidential records, SOME of which are classified. Investigating what was done with the classified records is a separate or additional investigation.
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  8670.  @igotufoinformation9636  The gov't "is conducting a criminal investigation concerning . . . the unlawful concealment or removal of government records." AGAIN: "government records" are not limited to classified information. IN FACT, after the first 15 boxes were returned, and their contents cataloged by NARA, they noticed that the Obama and Kim Jong-Un letters were missing. That is why the suspicion that Trump had more presidential records. So NARA referred the matter to DOJ: THEFT of GOV'T PROPERTY, regardless classification status, is a CRIME. The same applies to GIFTS to presidents by, as example, a foreign nation: they GO TO NARA BECAUSE GOV'T PROPERTY. Among the three statutes cited as being violated is the "Presidential Records Act". That statute came about after Nixon sued to keep his tapes as "personal documents". He LOST because they were generated by him as a gov't employee and concerned presidential matters.
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  8671.  @igotufoinformation9636  Yes, jackass, because not all GOV'T PROPERTY is CLASSIFIED.
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  8672.  @igotufoinformation9636  If a president writes a letter to a private citizen, that letter is a presidential document, therefore it is GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  8673.  @igotufoinformation9636  RULE OF LAW. The three statutes cited as violated have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CLASSIFICATION STATUS OF THE DOCUMENTS. They have to do with the FACT that ALL the documents, INCLUDING THE NON-classified, are GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  8674.  @igotufoinformation9636  THE WARRANT COVER SHEET, troll.
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  8675.  @igotufoinformation9636  _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  8676. It can't be proven that there's a "God".
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  8677.  @clubmogambo3214  Biden has a LIFELONG STUTER. It is nasty -- abusive -- for you to CONTINUALLY IGNORE that fact in order to be an asshole. Trump ALSO said -- we have it ON VIDEO -- that he would "absolutely" testify at his CRIMINAL trial. But when it cam to actually doing so, he refused -- even LYING that the GAG order prevented him doing so. IN FACT, he AVOIDED testifying by repeatedly violating the gag order. But there was a simple and LEGAL way around the gag order -- By testifying under oath. But he knew he had only two options should he testify under oath: 1. EITHER avoid committing perjury by admitting to the facts PROVEN by the DOCUMENTS generated by and obtained from the TRUMP organization, some of which were personally signed BY TRUMP. 2. OR commit perjury. When will Trump be addressing the reports of him being a decades-long Adderall speed freak by taking a drug test that can be TRUSTED? And when will you cease spewing your attacks on fact, reason, and the rule of law itself? TRUMP is an ADJUDICATED RAPIST, by a jury of his peers. He is a CONVICTED CRIMINAL, also by a jury of his peers. When will you CEASE DEFENDING rape and felonious criminality?
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  8678.  @clubmogambo3214  Why doesn't he just take one instead of demanding that everyone else must or he won't? Because he's a manipulator, which means he is dishonest. He said he would "absolutely" testify at his criminal trial -- but he didn't. So what's his word worth? And in videoed deposition he pled the 5th hundreds of times. Because he's a criminal mobster.
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  8679.  @jimelliott6200  How about looking at what Trump accomplished -- 1 million dead from his deliberate mishandling of COVID -- Biden pulling the country of of that into a booming economy and legislative successes that help the majority instead of only the billionaires -- loke Trump -- and corporations? Or are you all in on running with the bigotry? Paul McCartney is 82 and does regular concerts that run at least two hours.
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  8680. The majority nonetheless elected a Black woman as vice president. And many of those voters are Republicans -- many of whom, of course, left the Republican Party.
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  8681. Bove also wrote that the political agreement with Adams isn't "extortion" based on dismissal without prejudice. That's a relief: I would have seen it as extortion if he hadn't denied it.
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  8682. Scotten also did two tours in Iraq, was an officer, was warded medals, and was graduated from Harvard Law School.
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  8683. The United State is not "Judeo-Christian". And those who claim it is are anti-Semitic.
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  8684.  @DaveCM  Insurrections are VIOLENT, as was January 6th.
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  8685. When re-elected, Nixon had 68 per cent approval. And no one believed a president could be "got". When Nixon resigned his approval was 16-19 per cent. That was result of the hearings. The January 6 Committee hearings will help establish the public -- political -- grounds for indictments, though I don't believe Garland needs that to indict. And Trump will be indicted.
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  8686. Oh, please: "solo spots" were a reduced result of the boring "freeform" "noodling" begun during the 1960s. And if you listen to "The Beatles" and their contemporaries, you'll note that they had "solo spots" in their songs.
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  8687.  @HELLRASR  And when their ignorance hurts others, we should do nothing to protect them from their ignorance that is hurting others.
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  8688. Trump has always been a bullshitter who has become a low-energy whine-o.
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  8689. He gave us a surplus. Then G. DUI Bushit gave it away as "rebates" to the wealthy for the taxes not paid by the wealthy.
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  8690. It isn't a massive banking crisis.
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  8691. The First Amendment prtection of free speech restarins GOV'T, not privately-owned media. So, yes, Twotter has the right to delete DANGEROUS MISINFORMATION.
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  8692. You held your nose because you were believing the Republican smears against her. You don't say that you'll vote for Harris. Aren't you actually a Republican?
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  8693. Typical bully: attack another, then when they respond, claim to be a victim.
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  8694. The "New World Order" is a parnoid fantasy about "Globalists". "Globalists" are JEWS. Get an education; or be a dupe of Internet crackpottery.
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  8695. If he'd turned his life around, he'd have cleaned up his trashy physical appearance.
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  8696.  @JiveDadson  It's the first three words in the Constitution: "We the people".
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  8697. The buck stops with the person in charge: TRUMP. And his own claims put him in charge.
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  8698. Jordan Levy, Right-wing Republican talk show host and know-it-all. Mihos would run for governor with the usual bizarre Republican policies -- totally unrelated to reality.
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  8699. They're just being assholes, which is their singular skill.
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  8700. If not for Russia, SANDERS, Comey, and the media. If you'll remember: Sanders promised to destroy the DEMOCRATIC Party. But which party turned out to be the threat to the Constitution? Sanders helped elect TRUMP -- and there went the Supreme Court and Roe.
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  8701. It's also interesting that so many Republicans are personally offended that Biden condemned white supremacism.
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  8702. Trump LIED that he didn't know McDougal and Daniels. The EVIDENCE establishes that he is a LIAR against even the EVIDENCE.
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  8703. They REJECT the rule of law, which is by definition anti-gov't.
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  8704. She was advocating for stealing the election by whatever means necessary.
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  8705. Where is your EVIDENCE? Oh -- right: fascist anti-Americans don't need EVIDENCE -- only childish name-calling.
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  8706.  @glock22357  My spelling of the word is intentional. In fact, it somewhat agrees with your comment. Otherwise it is fashionable to bash Hollowood based on the lie that it is "Liberal". In fact, the falsification of history in order to perpetuate gun violence is anti-Liberal -- the Founders, who were Liberals, an understood that the first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety, implemented every for of gun control including confiscation and prohibition. In fact, it is the far-right "pro"-life religiofanatics who want shoot-outs in the schools and streets.
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  8707.  @DragonNinja4680  There are Trump supporters in Hollowood.
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  8708.  @glock22357  Then you should be able to refute my alleged "diatribe" with evidence. But you don't because you can't. And you can't because you're of the cult that rejects FACTS and EVIDENCE. There are two forms of lying: commission is telling known falsehoods. Omission is withholding known truths. So you engage in the usal Republican tradition of the Politics of Smear. But tell us how "Liberal" Clint Eastwood is. Or how "Liberal" draft-dodger John Wayne was. Or how "Liberal" Reagan was when it came to union -- organized labor -- busting, which destruction favors organized wealth. As for your troller's fake screen name: ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, more than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8709.  @glock22357  "Monty Python" presented that inability to engage with reality better than that. But they were intelligent and making the opposite point: that stupidity is not smart. Never start and argument with no facts to inform it.
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  8710. The political name-calling -- the "New Republic" is not "left-wing". And that name-calling is typical of trash-talking right-wingers who consider the names they sling to be dirty words. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Right-wingers wallow in sick politics and attempt to weaponize it as "law". That is brutally stupid -- and destructive of the civility they demand of others.
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  8711. Donald "Diaper" Trump loves the uneducated. And his supporters were all expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty-train.
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  8712. The put-down photo was not "embraced by the Left" -- that's the same oversimplification of the political spectrum promulgated by the Right for the benefit of the understanding of their simpleton supporters. That photo was embraced also by moderates, and without doubt "Never Trumpers," who are not Leftists.
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  8713. Trump is an unelected private citizen. He has no say in governance. The Republicans are engaged in sedition.
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  8714. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8715. Florida shows yet again that it is a shithole state.
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  8716.  @casper3130  In other words you're a law-illiterate with a short attention span. I could make it even more clear were I to substantiate the evolution and consistency of the law by beginning with the "Declaration of Independence. I won't waste my tie with you as you have no interest in learning.
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  8717.  @petepierre6458  He's not yet old enough to drink?
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  8718.  @Positive_Pronouns  Yeah, let's avoid the facts: Bragg is the DA of Manhattan. The mayor of New York City is a former police chief. Meanwhile, the crime rate in Gym Jordan's House district is three times higher than New York City. In short you're both a moron and an anti-American liar. And FOX is LYING to you when it claims to be NEWS. It is a cesspool of anti-American hate-speech, and you guzzle it. You LOVE to be LIED to.
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  8719.  @martindread6530  Lies. He also dumped responsibility for dealing with the pandemic on 50 different states which resulted in chaos and hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths. But you keep believing the lies, as you can't handle reality.
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  8720. Yep: I always dress in bullet-proof vests, helmets, and "arm up" when it rains: I'm a dead-eye shot at every drop of rain that attempts to attack me and land on my sunny-day-dry sovereign body..
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  8721. It would be nice -- in fact, it would be RESPOSIBLE -- for those who want to eliminate the Electoral College would actually research the intent of it as stated by the Founders. No, it was not about preserving slavery. Neither was the Second Amendment about enforcing slavery. But why bother when those who don't know the Founders' intent know better without bothering to know at all.
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  8722. Jerry Garcis, heroin addict. "Freedom"?
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  8723. Roberts is ALSO "Federalist Society". And as Chief Justice HE assigns writing of decisions to specific Justices. Roberts assigned the Dobbs decision to Alito because Alito is the most fanatical against women's autonomy.
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  8724. Typical stupidities of anti-American trolls.
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  8725. She lead the cover-up by not mourning publicly. Instead of grieving, the nation has instead substituted escapist rationales about "conspiracies". Tell us why Oswald murdered Officer Tibbet if he wasn't the assassin.
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  8726. Did he hang out with Justice Kavanaugh? Did the couch get up and go home after he passed out? Asking for a friend . . .
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  8727. Ask Rand Paul: How do we know that Trump isn't doing as he always does: LIE, and LIE, and LIE?
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  8728. The biggeset problem is irresponsible assholes such as you bashing gov't, instead of addressing the elephant in the room: TRUMP. Or why are you not going after the Republicans in Wisconsin? Or the disenfranchising Republicans on the Supreme Court? Because they ARE NOT Democrats?
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  8729. He is threatening. S far most of the media haven't caught up with that fact. But they will.
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  8730. It is a form of voter suppression, in this instance called HOLOCAUST.
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  8731. Don't believe anything you read -- except, of course, my fraudulent financial statements.
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  8732. You need to read the entire "Bible" to learn that "God" contradicted himself -- when the Jews were slaves he opposed slavery; when the Jews owned slaves, he approved slavery. And the part/s when "God" ordered mass murders, including of women and children, because incapable of objectivity like a petulant child. Or really look at it honestly: "God" created finite imperfect humans who were bound to screw up -- certainly "God" knew that in advance. But when finite imperfect humans predictably screw up, "God" punishes them, instead of taking responsibility for making their screwing up inevitable. Or step back and take a look at the big picture: "God" has an infinite universe to run -- but gives all his attention, eternally, to a speck of dust with a self-aggrandizing/deluding race of finite imperfect humans who go to war with each other in effort to prove that "God" is "love". Or look at reality and facts and evidence: it can't be proven there's a "God". Illiterate sheep herders "hearing voices" is not evidence.
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  8733.  @derrickburwell7777  So then we don't know that he even said it.
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  8734.  @derrickburwell7777  Then I guess we don't need "religion" DICTATING o us that the words they insist on putting in OTHERS faces, regardless whether they want it IN THEIR FACES, are the words of a "God" that can't be proven to exist, but is really handy for bullying and attempting to lord it over everyone else. Be honest: tell us how you don't see your ARROGANCE, whereas your "Christ" preached HUMILITY -- and instructed his followers to practice their "religion "IN PRIVATE". What do you NOT understand about the following? -- ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Either you abide by the SECULAR law, which is the SUPREME -- HIGHEST -- Law of the Land or you are not law-abiding.
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  8735. A Republican in Congress doesn't recall the National Archives letter to Trump that was publicly released?
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  8736. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8737. When will the media and pundits begin using the long-past-due words "Constitutional crisis"!? The SC decision is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. There is NO "originalism" or "textualism" in it.
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  8738. Hawley is an elitist.
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  8739.  @Buckhunter66  No, but YOU are.
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  8740. I thought the "cannibals" were pedophile's with whom the right-wing fruit-fringe is obsessed, in hopes they'll come into being so they'll have friends.
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  8741. It's not censorship UNLESS done by the GOV'T. As with any private media company, they have the right to EDIT the content of their "platforms". In other words: editors have the right to NOT publish LIES -- MISINFORMATION. Get a clue: there is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  8742. TX Gov. Abbott is drenched in blood.
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  8743. No: he recognized that the bullshit wasn't true, so he DROPPED it and changed the subject to the Second Amendment. That's the usual fallback when the bullshit is REFUTED with FACTS. So then one refutes the LIES about the Second Amendment. They are then stuck with wrestling with those FACTS. ___ The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8744.  @gypsy7818  She's a LIAR: the search warrant has her SIGNATURE as the RECIPIENT of it. Get it straight: just like all other Trump lawyers, they LIE to the PUBLIC. Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- is that a truth? -- Giuliani told all sorts of stories to the PUBLIC, but IN COURT ADMITTED that he had no evidence to support the bogus "election theft" LIE. And he said to a REPUBLICAN who testified to the January 6 Committee that Rudy said to him: "We have lots of theories, but no evidence." See that word "EVIDENCE"? More than 60 cases filed by Trump lawyers were LAUGHED OUT OF COURT for LACK OF EVIDENCE.
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  8745. Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election, with which he already has experience. Same for Whitmer.
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  8746. Yep: hunter Biden should be investigated because people who hate him say so; and the investigation should be conducted by people who hate him.
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  8747.  @charlesvan13  You've SEEN what is on the TRUMP laptop? How about you tell us all you know about the "dirt on Joe Biden" on the TRUMP laptop?
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  8748. She's belligerent -- but not very bright. And not smart. And dead people can't vote because they are dead.
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  8749. Yo! -- Tucker Carlson: LYING is IMMORAL. YOU are a CONSTANT LIAR.
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  8750. OMITTED was the fact that the official State Dept. communication network had been repeatedly HACKED. Clinton's server WAS NEVER hacked.
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  8751. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8752. RIP "OceanGate" corporation.
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  8753.  @jeffhodge3147  Nicolle Wallace is consistently excellent.
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  8754. What we DON'T need is more brutality.
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  8755.  @a.barker7792  AG Garland has filed indictments in open court. You haven't heard about those? It's reported today that Jeffrey Clark's house was searched by the FBI this morning (I heard about this last night). The current effort is to dump all blame on John Eastman. I doubt he's willing to take the fall, so if that effort persists he'll likely cooperate against Trump.
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  8756.  @jockyoung4491  And without subpoena. But it does bother that many of Trump's crowd were all in until they suddenly weren't, but didn't resign and report what was happening at the time. Many of his cronies loathed Trump, but he was their ticket to getting their far-right Fascist agenda through. We've seen the six "Federalist Society" extremists on the Supreme Court subvert the First Amendment in order to further their theocratic ambitions, neuter the 4th Amendment, and further the lies against the Second Amendment in support of insurrection.
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  8757.  @a.barker7792  How many times has it been explained to you that investigations and legal processes take time? When are you going to CEASE IGNORING THOSE FACTS?
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  8758.  @a.barker7792  And you've yet to LEARN that fact.
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  8759.  @a.barker7792 Yeah -- fast and slipshod. You'll be satisfied with perp walks -- and then blame everyone else for the rush when they are acquitted.
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  8760.  @a.barker7792  Yes: those who view everything as TeeVee entertainment love to see perp walks. That is not the same as convictions. On what grounds would Kavanaugh be investigated? Who is to make the complaint -- the Senate? And what would be the minimum vote to carry such proposal? Being ignorant of how your gov't works, and disregarding the actual mechanics of due process, blows your bullshit "argument" out of the water. You're no more concerned with actual rule of law than is the typical Republican sheeple. You know who hates gov't -- which is by definition RULE OF LAW? Republicans. And you. The country is in the mess its in because the ELECTORATE is all about "freedom," and never about RESPONSIBILITY, to be informed, and to not seek to elect -- if they vote at all -- their preferred corruption. I saw how the far-Left operated during the 1960s -- they were so self-righteous that they got Nixon elected. Never ones to learn, because they already know it all, the Sanders cult of personality wouldn't recognize a demagogue if he wore a sign identifying himself as being that -- which he is. He promised to destroy the Democratic -- NOT REPUBLICAN -- Party. And helped get Trump elected. And which Party turned out to be the clear and present danger to the rule of law, on which democracy is based?
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  8761. Not all questions are legitimate.
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  8762. It is a rule.
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  8763. Nadler named the Republican who originated the rule. Yes, it is a written rule, and he READ it for Jordan. Jordan is a constant liar, constantly throwing bullshit and name-calling Democrats. He isn't a legislator; he is a deliberate disruptor.. That you can't recognize a bullshitting liar so obviously that as Jordan is gobsmacking. But that originates in you not having not the least understanding of how our gov't functions, so mistake it as being yet another form of entertainment, like dumb-assed pie fights. Look up Jordan's history in relation to child sexual abuse.
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  8764.  @misterwallace3479  The terms "rule" and "protocol" are used interchangeably. They are implemented as "policy," often also in writing. It is one thing to challenge a rule. It is quite another to deny the rule exists when in fact it does. Nadler NAMED the REPUBLICAN who WROTE the rule. And it was adopted by MAJORITY VOTE.
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  8765. So you're a sucker for anything foolish that comes out of the mouth of a Republican -- Gym Jordan -- who isn't competent to govern. The NIH and CEC evaluate according to protocols. Those protocols are in writing. They are the rules to follow when evaluating. As said -- I have an education in law, you do not -- "rule" and "protocol" are interchangeable. And, yes: Nadler named the REPUBLICAN who WROTE the rule. And ANY "evidence," regardless form, is subject to MAJORITY RULE as to admissibility. That's what democracy is: MAJORITY RULE. You are not only law-illiterate, you also have no clue how our gov't is to function. And you refuse to learn, because you believe being stupid is how to outsmart reason itself.
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  8766. Ukraine is on the front line defending democracy -- without US boots on the ground. That's what the US gets out of it.
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  8767. The parties switched on the issue. You are a racist who is ignorant of the actual history -- DEMOCRATIC President JFK submitted Civil Rights and Voting Rights to Congress. DEMOCRATIC President LBJ shepherded both through Congress and signed them into law in 1964 and 1965. Both were designed to protect the right of African-Americans to VOTE. Stop the Racist Lying.
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  8768. Cranks of a feather paranoia together.
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  8769.  @crackaassedcracka  I thought you were protesting in DEFENSE of freedom of speech. But -- no: exactly llike the far-RIGHT, you are OPPOSED to the expression of views of which you disapprove. and you call OTHERS "corrupt"!?
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  8770.  @c.l.freeman7654  Personal attack noted. Sanders and Trump "fans" are identical: they attack the critic -- which is not a defense of their candidate. It's just plain stupid. And it ALIENATES those you CLAIM to want to PERSUADE. I'm not at all "crying" about criticizing ANY candidates. What I oppose, punk, is the LYING BY AND AGAINST those you ASSHOLES DON'T KNOW, and are too damned stupid to have the sense to know what you're talking about. You're full of shit and bullshit slogans and buzzwords.
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  8771.  @Gweezy12  Coincidence that corrupt Paul Manafort and Devne worked together to elect the corrupt pro-Russian president of Ukraine, and then, out of nowhere, became managers of both Sanders and Trump campaigns? No leaps in logic in tht question, child. But let's ask you another relevant question: How do you think the non-Sanders "base" will react to Trump campaign ads with VIDEO of Sanders praising Communist Castro, and Communist Sandinistas against the United States? Believe they'll wait in line for the polls to open so they can vote for the Socialist? Now is not the time to "experiment -- we've already seen what happened with the Ttump experiment, pulled off by the totally politically ignorant.
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  8772.  @hexstan179  I don't pick sides on that one -- or on being all caught up in claptrap ideological starightjackets. It isn't either or -- that isn't how REALITY works; it's BOTH far-KLeft and -Right. Peopkle don't adore politicians unless they are FOOLISH -- a central clue for which is their calling themselves "Fans," as if the politician is an entertainment celebrity. Politics is a whole different realm than entertainment. If Sanders "fans" haven't leaned the dangerous mistake of the pot luck politics of electing an extremist to "blow up" -- or "burn down" the system, then they haven't learned the meaning of responsibility of citizenship in a democracy. The cure for one extreme is not to revert to the other extreme; that sort of "politics" is only safely reserved for confinees in rubber rooms.
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  8773.  @crackaassedcracka  Your anti-American CORRUPTION is showing.
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  8774.  Ken Hudson  Your CORRUPTION is showing.
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  8775.  @calmingwaves3134  In view of the fact that you reject my word, do that research for yourself. If you've not seen the VIDEOS of Sanders raising Communists/Socialists Castro and the Sandinistas, then you don't know your candidate. Isn't the ultimate stupidity to vote for a candidate about whom you are deliberately ignorant?
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  8776.  @xiquotic1711  Your CORRUPTION is showing with the childish name-calling. As ever, the wealthy and powerful Saint Sanders is the paranoid victim. Learn how to grow up; then grow up. The Trump Criminal Enterprise is a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER -- so let's attack DEMOCRATS.
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  8777. Trump does what he WANTS to do, not what he "needs" to do.
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  8778. And how are you going to "rebel" that will be effective?
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  8779.  @dinahsoar6982  Another law-illiterate spews ignorant bigotry. This has nothing to do with "the bench". And one does not lose one's license based on APPEARANCE of conflict of interest -- especially when the judge ALSO held that there was no PROOF of conflict of interest. Citing only parts of facts is DISHONEST.
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  8780.  @tgray1  The case isn't tainted. And it will be tried before a judge and jury based on the facts and the law. As there always is, there will be disputes between the sides. But there's no relation to the facts and law of the case, and this smear job.
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  8781.  @tgray1  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- john Adams. Learn to separate the two. As for the charges dismissed -- you OMIT that the judge ALSO said that the charges need more information, and then they can be refiled. Presenting only the part of the fact you like, and leaving out the part you don't like, results in you pushing the "public opinion" you WANT to happen. Leaving out part of the whole fact is dishonest. And that is the basis for your bias of pushing the POLITICAL, and to hell with facts and rule of law. I'm beyond fed up with law-illiterates REJECTING the rule of law in the name of a false "freedom". This is the fundamental principle by means of which the Founders refuted that delusion, from the 1784 New Hampshire constitution: "Part I--The Bill of Rights. "Article I. . . . . "III. When men enter into a state of society, they surrender up some of their natural rights, in order to insure the protection of others [AND OF THEMSELVES]". To make that more clear: EVERY right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. EVERYONE has the same rights, equally; therefore EVERYONE has the RESPONSIBILITY to LIMIT the exercise of their rights so as not to violate or infringe the rights of others. That is LAW, not politics. Ignorance of the law is a plague -- but is not an excuse. The Trump smear campaign, in the bogus form of a legal case that he did not win, has nothing whatever to do with the RICO case against him and his co-conspiring fellow criminals.
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  8782.  @tgray1  We adjudicate legal matters in the judicial branch -- in courts of law -- not in the vigilante "court" of public opinion. Trump continues to lose in court because ALL of what he is doing through his lawyers is POLITICS. AGAIN: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Those who insist on playing politics with the rule of law do so because they REJECT the rule of law. They defend criminality and criminals. And how often do those same people invoke the Constitution -- which they can't be bothered to actually READ -- the Supreme Law of the Land in defense of their REJECTION of it?
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  8783. Isn't Jared a lawyer?
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  8784.  Cousin Dan  That is false -- and you know it, whiner.
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  8785.  @robertstanford1778  I have an education in law. You do not. Note all the smoke you law-illiterates blow, never backing it up with anything relevant. And how in contrast I SUBSTANTIATE with ACTUAL LAW. Being law-illiterate you quibble and oppose and bullshit in effort to not only get around the law but also to ignore it altogether. NEVER do you actually address the law with which I SUBSTANTIATE the facts I state -- and that is because the LAW REFUTES your false non-law claims. So you reject the rule of law, and with it reason, and blow smoke, and engage in personal attacks. ANYTHING but ACTUALLY ADDRESS the laws with which I SUBSTANTIATE my REFUTATIONS of your garbage.
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  8786.  Cousin Dan  The Founders were of the ENLIGHTENMENT era -- which was the word of that time for WOKE. They were AWARE beyond their own individual concerns. They were LIBERALS who founded a liberal democracy that recognizes the rights of others to DISAGREE without suppressing those different views. You morons LOVE to talk about "individual rights" (but never utter the word that goes with that: "RESPONSIBILITY"). But are VIOLENTLY opposed to the exercise by others of individual rights YOU DISAPPROVE them even HAVING. "what's false? That BLM is corrupt and woke?" What's false is your racism, and also false is your unsubstantiated racist smear.
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  8787. IN LAW, armed attack on gov't is INSURRECTION. Period. Full stop. End of story.
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  8788. The case wasn't rejected on the merits because there was no merit to be rejected. The "evidence" exists OUTSIDE court, but doesn't exist IN court. Why? Because there is NO EVIDENCE.
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  8789. What was Trump's latest "Truth Social-ism"?
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  8790. The minority didn't buck "leadership"; it bucked the MAJORITY.
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  8791. In FLORIDUH, and it is SELF-INFLICTED.
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  8792. "Charisma" is a projection on to the person said to be "chrarismatic".
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  8793. Trump is a lying demagogue. Word president/"Greatest" traitor of all time.
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  8794. The Constitution does not guarantee a right to life. The "Declaration of independence," which includes those words, was a propaganda document and never law. Simply put, the "Declaration" is not the Constitution.
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  8795. I'm one of the very few out here who defend the USPS. DeJoy's job is to destroy.
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  8796. Art. I., S. 2., C. 5. The House of Representatives . . . shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. Art. I., S. 3., C. 6. The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the Members present. Art. I., S. 3, C. 7.Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. Art. I., S. 5., C. 2. Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. Art. II., S. 2., C. I. The President shall have Power . . . to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in cases of Impeachment. Art. II., S. 2., C. 4. The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
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  8797. The video was enough evidence to execute the arrest of Will Smith.
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  8798. "New York Post" is a Murdoch rag -- a print-version of the anti-American FOX bullshit factory.
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  8799.  @julietfischer5056  You assume too much, and assume to much about me. Everyone plays a role with others; we are shocked to discover that "I thought I knew you!" I'm not defending her; but not a word about the fact that she is more talented (including the invention of a "story" about herself) than many of her contemporaries is a significant omission. And indicator of bias.
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  8800.  @oakmaiden2133  Are you the same person with others as you are when no one else is around? No, you are not.
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  8801.  @oakmaiden2133  I'll bet you're polite at times you don't want to be. Isn't that lying?
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  8802. That's a lot of people. Are there enough windows in all of Russia for them all to fall out?
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  8803.  @JesusHChrist-q9d  I was thnking of chile.
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  8804. Schumer applying the words "pariah nation" to Israel is an earthquake in Israel. Israel depends on the US, and not the reverse. Netanyahu can't win this one.
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  8805. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with reality.
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  8806. Florida is a shithold state.
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  8807. Agreed: MSNBC doesn't promote the false propaganda you want to guzzle and regurgitate. FACT: violent crime is DOWN. FACT: Biden negotiated a Border bill that gave the far-right racist anti-immigrant bigots everything they wanted -- but the REPUBLICAN fruit-fringe in the House KILLED the bill because Trump doesn't want the problem solved. THAT is the reality on which you base your regurgitation of the anti-immigration RACISM. Look at your screen name: Hope Less. Perhaps you should figure out why you are incoherent.
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  8808. You don't get around much. Jordan Peterson views himself as a "public intellectual". But taht isn't SCIENCE.
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  8809. Low-energy Trump.
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  8810. The D.C. National Guard is under FEDERAL control, because D.C., unlike the 50 states, doesn't have a governor, who is the commander-in-chief of the National Guard in the 50 states. The D.C. National Guard is under the president, through the Sec. of Defense. In other words: the Speaker of the House has no authority over the National Guard.
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  8811. It's in the First Amendment. I wonder how she feels about the 6 "Federalist Society" extremists who eliminated the right of privacy.
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  8812. NONE of that is LAW, law illiterate.
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  8813. The choice is between democracy and tyranny. And Joe has a vice-president.
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  8814. Google this, as it details Trump's elimination of air safety infrastructure as a favor to Musk -- american prospect Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash
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  8815. Zelenskyy was blindsided. And he didn't raise his voice or lower himself to reciprocate the abuse. And then Vance accused him of "litigating" the issue publicly, whereas it was Trump who deliberately made it public so he could demonstrate his "tough guy" act.
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  8816. They are NOT "militia". They are classified, in all 50 states' laws, as "paramilitary organizations" and PROHIBITED by them.
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  8817. In New Hampshire the "guidelines are MANDATED by LAW. Trump "encouraged" his dupes to wear masks, but it was OK if they violated the law.
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  8818. Threats against school board members are not protected speech. Nor are threats against elected election board officials. "Critical Race Theory" is taught ONLY in college and university LAW SCHOOLS.
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  8819. Romney is not qualified to speak on the issue of "character" -- look at HIS history. Look at his BASELESS attacks on BIDEN.
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  8820.  @demian2658  The issue is the continuing racism IN THE UNITED STATES, racist jackass. Stop both defending that and perpetuating it.
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  8821. Yeah -- let's ignore all external guidance and advice: we see where that gets criminals, who definitely follow their own rules.
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  8822.  @davidmcbrine4527  You can't tell the difference? I consider sources. If I want to know law, I listen to experts in law. If I want science, I listen to SCIENTISTS. If I want bullshit, I'll listen those who have no expertise in anything except BULLSHITTING ofr MONEY from those who have no sense about how to distinguish between fact and hogwash.
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  8823.  @Eric_4D  And not all "opinions" are equal: some are informed, some are false. And "opinion" has a chance of being true. If false, then they are not "opinion"; they are falsehoods. Just as "thinking" and "believing" are not the same: the thinking person critically evaluates their beliefs, because beliefs can be false. The purpose is pursuit of truth -- not latching onto alternatives to truth because one's "opinions" are "offended" and refuted by truth.
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  8824. When I bought "Sgt. Pepper's" on first release, I ran into a friend on my way home. And before I got the LP home it was first recorded by him on his open-reel tape recorder.
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  8825. It is artificially overpriced regardless the insurance industry. Google "Steward Health Care".
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  8826. Profile in Deadly Irresponsibility.
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  8827.  @buckstarchaser2376  No, it is NOT probable. It is SPECULATION. All this bullshit is investigated by the COMPETENT, and DISPROVEN. Stop the stupid.
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  8828.  @ShanieCakesss  No, he is not. He returned to Colorado, because he wasn't getting anywhere -- especially the media attention to his self-promotion that he was there for.
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  8829. Canton and Stoughton are two different towns, two different police departments. The cops who abused her were Stoughton Police, Birchmore lived in Canton.
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  8830. These -- such a Boebert -- sound exactly the same as the dumb-assed loons during the 1990s who believed and repeated everything anti-gov't fed them, and who cheered on mass murderer Timothy McVeigh after he killed 186 innocent people including 19 toddlers and infants.
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  8831. "Intent" can be determined circumstantially.
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  8832.  @jamesmooney8933  Wrong. And it's a simple case: Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY, REFUSED to return it, LIED that he'd returned it all, but did not do so, making the search warrant NECESSARY. And what the FBI found REFUTED the LIE. Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal.
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  8833. It isn't cowardice. It's campaign contributions.
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  8834. Obesity is both a health problem and an industry.
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  8835. They'll try to tie his January 6th crimes to executive privilege because he was president at the time, despite the crime-fraud exception. Even if on appeal the Supreme Court falsely claims all that was "official act," the actual facts will be out for all to see.
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  8836. "Sky News" is Australia's Murdoch-owned Fox "news". In other words, it broadcasts extremist right-wing political propaganda in place of factual news.
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  8837. Would McDonalds hire a convicted felon?
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  8838. Dean Pillips and Trump are elitists.
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  8839. Trump still needed the help of Russia, Michael Cohen, and James Comey, to get elected, and he still lost the popular vote.
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  8840. If I needed and got a pardon, I too would be saying, "Let's pretend I didn't need and didn't get a pardon."
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  8841. Until November.
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  8842. There was no "rush". First the 15 boxes were seized. After that Trump claimed there were no more classified documents -- but that meant there were unclassified documents which are GOV'T-OWNED documents. Basic fact: ALL information generated by ALL gov't employees belongs TO THE GOV'T, regardless whether classified or not. So there were months of "negotiation" with Trump, as the DOJ, acting in behalf of the National Archives and Records Administration, attempted to retrieve ALL the documents still ILLEGALLY in Trump's possession. He was not forthcoming, so he was served with a grand jury subpoena. He ignored THAT. And one of his lawyers attested in writing that he didn't have any more documents. But apparently someone who knew better was communicating with the FBI. So, based on the detailed record of the efforts to retrieve ALL documents he was ILLEGALLY WITHHOLDING, the DOJ AND FBI obtained a warrant for search -- and seized 27 MORE boxes of STOLEN gov't property. The fact is that the DOJ/FBI bent over backwards -- which they wouldn't have done for you or I. But Trump REFUSED to cooperate. So the DOJ/FBI had no other options than the warrant for search, which was secret and sealed until TRUMP made it public.
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  8843.  @jeri5645  Yeah, why bother with the facts when it's so much easier to remain ignorant.
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  8844.  @jeri5645  No one elected you to speak for all. "We" may be tired of it, but it is reality, and a pressing reality. Democracy is on the line -- and you'll like the alternative even less.
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  8845.  @jeri5645  The current administration is restoring sanity, and its legislative successes benefit YOU. You must be one of the millions who had no interest in or knowledge of politics -- then Trump ran for election and you suddenly became an expert by promptly falling for a New York con-man and career criminal. The warrant for search issue is a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  8846.  @jeri5645  I adhere to facts and law. I have no patience with those who ignore either or both.
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  8847.  @jeri5645  It takes years to learn patience. And I have exceptional patience. There has been much bashing of AG Garland and the DOJ, with which I'm impatient, because I have unwavering faith in AG Garland, because one must be patient with legal process. And I know his history.
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  8848.  @xx_Joker_xx  While Hillary Clinton was Sec. of State -- therefore authorized to handle classified information -- and was using a private server, it was well known that the State Dept.'s official means of communication of classified information had been repeatedly hacked. Her server was never hacked. And the investigation not only undeleted the deleted emails, but it was found that the several classified items on her server were RECEIVED by her not SENT. That is why she was not penalized: she actually avoided having classified information hacked and made public. And there is no evidence that Anthony Weiner was a pedophile. And methinks the over-the-top extremism of accusing others of pedophilia is actually an effort by those accusers to suppress their own pedophilic urges: what is in THEIR minds is about THEM. Omiting those facts is typical of hate-mongering fools who are ignorant of how the gov't is structured, how the gov't functions, and of basic REASON. ALL information generated by gov't employees is the property of THE GOV'T. Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. We have that EVIDENCE in place of your UNEVIDENCED allegations against "everyone is corrupt". So if we adhere to facts and EVIDENCE, and we don't ignore TRUMP'S OWN security officials REFUTING Trump's declassification excuses, we have this relevant question: Is Trump above the law? You should change your fake handle from "JOKER" to "SILLY" for spewing ignorant gibberish.
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  8849. Bernie Sanders is a fraud pandering to political morons. That's how the Iowa caucus has worked for decades. Buttigieg won Iowa. But keep up the lying -- it makes you really convincing when you smear anyone (except Republicans) outside the cult as being "corrupt".
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  8850. Stupidity kills.
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  8851. They haven't changed yet.
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  8852. Interesting that a crackerjack "philosopher" can come up with "truths" without having to suffer the critical evaluation of his "truths" from others skilled in critical thinking/ And how so many will fall for abstract one-liners and slogans as substitutes for thinking for themselves. Jefferson OWNED slaves, so was not opposed to slavery. He simply preferred to be the master with the whips and chains. Whose "freedom" did he serve?
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  8853. "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Rudy Giuliani. Is that a truth?
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  8854. Greene has no clue about anything but how to be high-school drop-out nasty.
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  8855. Make-up is a deceit.
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  8856. Don't need fancy words like "deflecting". He's irresponsible -- always blaming everyone else. That's easy to understand.
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  8857.  @Achdujeh  Read the CAPTION to the video. From that one would get the idea that that's all "Project 2025" is about -- great way for the author of the CAPTION to exclude themselves from others' concern with "Project 2025". Based on the CAPTION, it's easy to assume: "Oh, 'Project 2025' has nothing to do with me." In REALITY it impacts EVERYONE.
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  8858.  @Achdujeh  "I didn't perceive the caption like that. Neither do most other people." You can't speak for anyone but yourself. And certainly can't speak for "most other people" -- there are billions on the planet, and I doubt you went out and interviewed ANYONE about whether they agree with you. The FACT is that FROM THE CAPTION one would get the impression that NLY trans are affected by "Project 2025" -- and you have no basis for assuming that others have heard of the "Project" or cares about it, or is OPPOSED to it. When things get so distorted by "Only I matter" it excludes everyone else from concern, so they needn't find out about the issue UNLESS they are, in keeping with the CAPTION, "trans". The CAPTION was written by a person who doesn't think beyond themselves. That's why I said: if you want others to care about YOUR issue, then you damned well better care about OTHERS' issues. Otherwise and you alienate potential allies.
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  8859.  @MM-vj4gc  Michael Cohen was the first to predict that, if Trump lost the election, then Trump wouldn't go peacefully. And Trump didn't go peacefully. So Cohen's prediction on that point was proven TRUE. I accept truth, when it is truth, regardless source. As well, when he testified UNDER OATH, he provided HARD EVIDENCE to back up his statements. John Dean did his time, without complaint, and subsequently vindicated himself. But unlike Cohen he was not a hatchet man. So it will take a significantly longer, if ever, for Cohen to entirely vindicate himself.
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  8860. In interview, Alan Parsons (of "Alan Parsons Project") said he was on the "Abbey Road" sessions. And THAT was John, and "sidemen," and Paul, and "sidemen," etc.
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  8861. It ain't only musicals. 99.999999 per cent of movies that aren't "musicals" have music soundtracks. That is silly if one thinks about it.
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  8862. Those who attack Biden's cognitive functioning deliberately omit the fact that he has a stutter. And i don't see the same bigots demanding Trump undergo psychological evaluation of any kind. Apparently his ability to know the difference between a TV and a pizza is sufficient proof that he's intact. And let's not talk about McConnell -- Republicans can never be flawed or wrong.
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  8863.  @brittanynicole493  And your qualifications to psycho-diagnose a person you've never met but have only seen as a media image are: _?
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  8864.  @brittanynicole493  Qualifications don't matter to those who don't have them because they don't understand the need for them. But when you need brain surgery you're welcome to pay the lesser cost to the plumber instead of the higher cost to the brain surgeon. After all, qualifications don't matter.
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  8865.  @brittanynicole493  You might begin with evaluating your thoughts for whether they make sense. It's called "thinking through". I have training in counseling, many decades of study in psych, an education in law, and am a published poet. What I do not respect is glib stupidity. And I test personal attacks based on that glib stupidity -- it is hateful and destructive. The Republicans have engaged in attacks on Democrats for at least 45 years as distraction from the fact that they offer nothing but policies that can't get them elected. They attacked Hillary Clinton with SMEAR politics -- making FAKE allegations of "scandal," built up to asserting that she was a criminal and needed to be indicted -- then to "LOCK HER UP!" chants. Then the moment Trump won the election, they had not a word to say about her. Because, as REPUBLICAN Kevin Mccarthy said ON CAMERA, all the baseless "investigations" of "Benghazi" were intended to LOWER HER POLL NUMBERS. And fools who are ignorant of history fall for the bullshit every time: Republicans tell you to jump to attacking Democrats, and you ask, "How high"? You have no qualifications to equality the mental capacities of anyone; but why bother being honest with yourself on that point when it's so much FUN to hate those you are told to hate.
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  8866.  @brittanynicole493  The point I'm making is that one should aware of one's limitations and not go beyond them. YOU KNOW you are not qualified to diagnose ANYONE -- but you figure you can get away with joining in with piling on with your bigotry because others are doing it. Where is your SELF-respect? And no comment at all -- you come closest by denying you're a Republican (where have we seen THAT before?) -- even as comparisons about REPUBLICANS Trump and McConnell.
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  8867.  @brittanynicole493  I've been a civil rights activist since 3rd grade, at 9-10 years old. I am now 75. And your an arrogant fool who has yet to learn the humility of not exceeding your comptence. All you're about is attacking based upon the false assumption that "debate" is the avoidance of fact and reason. It remains the fact that you are not qualified to psycho-diagnose a person you've never met, and is only a media image. Interesting that you claim you aren't a Republican but manage not to indulge the same hostile largesse as concerns transparently-obvious third-generation New York City con-man, and twice-impeached and four-time indicted career criminal Republican Trump, and Republican McConnell.
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  8868. There's ZERO evidence, which is why even Trump's judges laughed his ass out of court.
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  8869. At re-election Nixon had a 68 per cent approval rate. When he resigned it was 16-19 per cent because of the hearings. The Republicans who view Trump as the head of the conspiracy will increase. Some, at present, don't dare answer the pollsters honestly.
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  8870. Trump can run in sneakers but he cannot hide.
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  8871. You don't know what you're talking about. The "slave patrols" were the state's militia, or a subset of the militia, not the police. Hartmann has become the O'Reilly of the Left.
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  8872. Rand Paul is a "Libertarian," who oppose the rule of law and the existence of gov't. "Libertarianism": If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own fault for having had a wallet.
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  8873. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8874.  @Anon54387  Ahistorical gibberish -- and you've obviously never read either the Constitution or the "Declaration of Independence," which latter has never been law, and applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND. Moreover, the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts, because the gov'ts in question were all along under the control of the Founders. All the rest of your gibberish is totally ignorant in that it REJECTS the very rule of law in which are secured the "rights" you claim. You can't have it both ways. "Revolutionary" Sam Adams was a propagandist, and his goal was not "revolution" but the re-establishment of Puritan "virtue" -- and he never missed and opportunity to foment violence up to and including killing. Last but not least, from the Constitution you've never bothered to READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. To "take up arms" againist the gov't is INSURRECTION; research what the Founders did to "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections -- which latter was CRUSHED AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified.
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  8875.  @Anon54387  Constitutions are deliberately general in order to accommodate the unforeseen. It secures rights that belong to the people; it does not speak to individuals.
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  8876.  @Anon54387  If "self-defense" is a right, it is defined as such in state laws. But you're ignorant of that law also. As a matter of state law, pointing an UNLOADED gun at another is the CRIME of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon". Do you think you can figure out WHY?
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  8877.  @Anon54387  The British order pertaining to Lexington-Concord were (1) to seize cannon and powder -- which were under the control of the gov't, and (2) to not seize anything private. You are dirt-ignorant of the actual history. This is how many gov'ts the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew": ZERO. Because all the gov'ts in question were all along under the control of the colonists. The "Declaration of Independence," which you've NEVER READ, applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND -- the Founders were not declaring independence from themselves. We know that because the "grievances" in it are directed by name at King George III. These two of those grievances are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." ALL military forces, including well-REGULATED Militia, were kept strictly UNDER the RULE OF LAW. And the commander-in-chief, also established in law, was the state's GOVERNOR. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the gov't. OBVIOUSLY the Founders objected to ANY military force being OUTSIDE the rule of law, because they were opposed to MILITARY OVERTHROW of their gov'ts -- whether by standing army, or by armed gang engaged in INSURRECTION.
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  8878. Two more "victims" of the NRA, the gun industry, and the US Supreme Court. And that's all about MONEY -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  8879. The foremost obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. That is the purpose of law and law enforcement.
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  8880. The "School Resource Officer" ARRIVED at the school!? He wasn't already there!?
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  8881. And they are being paid for by the taxpayer -- which is illegal.
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  8882. It BEGAN with Trump STEALING GOV'T PROPERTY. Trump invited a kick in the balls and the DOJ obliged.
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  8883. Public safety trumps individual "rights". The road to hell is paved with honorable mentions.
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  8884. The is the full-on attack on the Frist Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't signaled by Italian-American Catholic Scalia, and for which the right-wing Evangelical white supremacist facts have been laboring for generations.
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  8885. Matt Gaetz ignored Trump's advice on how not to get caught.
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  8886. You trust those who stole her diary to NOT be liars?
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  8887. And their petty "grievances" are FAKE. Rubio is privileged -- is that what he's drunk on whine about as a "grievance"?
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  8888. A "public intellectual" is an educated academic who typically ties current events to history in order to illuminate the meaning of current events.
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  8889. Loon.
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  8890. One owns coyright in one's emails. But "Twitter" works by re-"Tweeting," so that would likely be viewed by the courts as an exception, perhaps "fair use"; else the "Twitter" platform would be illegal, but ruling so would interfere with "commerce" -- making money -- so that wouldn't be a likely outcome of such a suit.
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  8891. After being sucked into two world wars by wars begun in Europe, NATO is the US's first line of defense against imperialist Russia.
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  8892. It was in a "speech" in New York. He said: "We win, we will, we are WHITE".
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  8893. Jokes are funny. Trump is a clear and present danger to the rule of law.
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  8894.  @EdMan6623  He is mandated to appear at his criminal trials, so he should be incarcerated in D.C., the jurisdiction in which he committed that long list of crimes subsumed under "sedition," so he is available for the January 6th insurrection prosecution.
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  8895. The Trump criminal enterprise is about massive killing, including outside the US.
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  8896. Paul McCartney is 82.
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  8897.  @broomhag  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And, still the "rebel," he still wears diapers. But he isn't angry -- he's whining about the diaper rash.
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  8898. Trump is a third generation New York con-man and career criminal.
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  8899. The majority of German Christians went all in for Hitler.
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  8900.  @humboldthammer  All of that is dumb-assed racism and anti-Semitism "justified" by writings by Hebrews. It is paranoid nonsense.
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  8901.  @auntarctica2025  It can't be proven there's a "God".
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  8902. None off that speculation is relevant. It is far more likely than not that Murdaugh hid behind being a "Christian". So many phony "Christians" to name, so little time.
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  8903. Racists will say what you want to hear. But you don't IDENTIFY any of those fictional "Several residents".
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  8904. Mob/Trump lawyer Roy Cohen was disbarred.
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  8905. There is nothing patriotic about backing Trump and his insurrectionists.
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  8906. It can't be proven there's a "God". What it is is pulling rank by claiming they are backed by a "higher being" -- Mike Flynn asserts, "My god is bigger than your god." It's all self-serving and -justifying hogwash.
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  8907. Alberto Gonzalez is a Republican.
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  8908. Then Republican Mihos was booted from his patronage job, given him for his vote by a Republican. So he sued all the way to the highest state court -- he had plenty of money to throw at lawyers -- to get the "job" back and lost. That suit must have cost him a quarter-million.
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  8909. Elon Musk was bankrolled with billions n FEDERAL GOV'T subsidy.
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  8910. Alito is a Catholic. He was taught that there are two forms of lying: Commission: telling a known falsehood. Omission: withholding a known truth. And the Commandments "Thou shalt not lie", and "Thou shalt not lie against others." But he believes that LYING in service to his "God" is justified by the perversion of his "religion" behind which he hides.
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  8911. The choice is between democracy and tyranny. Biden has a vice president.
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  8912. Moore should be defending democracy. Instead he's defending the piling on based on age discrimination. It's a non-issue: Biden has a vice president.
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  8913. From what country is "Orgu Dunyasi" trolling those who actually believe the ELITIST Harvard University graduate Senator Kennedy is on their side?
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  8914. Why "alleged"? I'm not shocked that I'm not shocked.
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  8915. Fever isn't always present in a victim.
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  8916. "GOD" is going to appeal the decision!? It can't even be proven there IS a "God" -- let alone that "He" is personally concerned with a "Trump" on a speck of dust in an infinite universe.
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  8917. Can a "Dr. Oz" legally run for office with a fake name that originates with acid heads?
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  8918. NOTHING from the Uvalde police or gov't is to be trusted. They assertion that there was a 'negotiator" who tried to "negotiate" with the killer is just another red herring/excuse for not going in. All the Texas system is doing, from Abbott on down, through the REPUBLICAN mayor of Uvalde, and DA and police, are LYING by COVERING-UP to protect EVERYONE BUT public safety.
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  8919. It's all about him: he endorsed a far-right fruit-fringe Republican racist, so the whole state took notice and wanted the right to vote by non-Republicans protected.
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  8920. Dress cartoon, speak cartoon, wrapped in nonsense -- collide with REALITY.
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  8921.  @davidmartin4683  He isn't now.
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  8922. Wisconsin's courts rejected the lawsuits. That's why it was brought to the Federal court -- which also dismissed them. What is a South Carolina Congressman doing muddling around in Wisconsin, instead of dealing with voter suppression in South Carolina?
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  8923. If it's useless, it is made so by such as Gaetz.
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  8924. Except for the 2 trillion ta cut for those who didn't need it.
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  8925. The first great Constitutionalist among the Founders was the foremost Constitutionalist John Adams. Story came later, and falsely determined the origins of US law as England, when in fact it was the colonies themselves.
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  8926.  @Christina2784-t3f  Unless you voted for Trump you have nothing to apologize for.
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  8927.  Mage  I see: the only person who shot a gun -- and killed two and wounded another, and the police were "too busy" to arrest him? Because of alleged "rioting". And, no: he did not turn himself in. He was arrested at his home.
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  8928. Trump always hired illegal aliens because he could pay them less than union wages.
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  8929. They are 100 per cent legal. They work and pay taxes.
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  8930. REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine refuting the lies against the Springfield Haitians -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDX7y9HvpnA
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  8931. REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine refuting the lies against the Haitians in Springfield -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jZAJoLPLY
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  8932. Murkowski won election by write-in. She's popular in Alaska.
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  8933. Only those who falsely believe in "states' rights" -- racist code-speak -- as superior to the Federal Constitution and gov't want the issue to be a "states' rights" issue. But, then, they also want the ban to be Federal. Only when the Federal gov't supports their racism do they approve of the Federal gov't. Tail wagging dog -- they ignore the US Constitutions SUPREMACY Clause: "Art. VI., C. 2. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof . . . under the Authority of the United States, shall be the SUPREME Law of the Land . . . any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.".
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  8934. He said "extenSION" of the law. Sounds like he means stretching the law beyond its intended reach. And what is Bannon's "grievance"? His kids attended schools that included Jewish students. His wife divorced the pig he is.
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  8935. He said fullest extenSION. He isn't educated in law; but it sounds like he means BEYOND the limits of law. The guy is a drunken pig and vicious ant-Semite.
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  8936. The Republican Party has wrapped itself in lies and attacking Democrats -- never having policies that the electorate will accept, therefore can be honestly admitted -- for DECADES. That's why there are fewer Republicans than Democrats, and fewer Republicans than independents -- and "decent" Republicans are leaving the party in droves. Even Rasmussen: Biden +12.
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  8937. There was NO REPORT of the van being stolen. Therefore, no probable cause.
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  8938. "Dr. Phil" is a TV entertainer, a celebrity, and multi-millionaire. He hasn't had clients, if ever, for DECADES. And he's all along been pumping out right-wing propaganda disguised as "psychology". The uneducated, the stupid, eat it up because they don't understand any of it
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  8939. Trump has never recognized any limits on his actions. The reason certain efforts weren't implemented when he was in the White House was because those around him refused to do as he was ordering.
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  8940. He's a Republican. It's what Republicans are and do. t's been that way since at latest John Bircher Reagan.
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  8941. Sounds like stupidity with money. Reminds of the "sub" that was crushed because it's "inventor" and owner viewed safety as "a waste of time".
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  8942. The states are also a check against Federal overreach.
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  8943. Being pro-rule of law makes one "anti"-Trump.
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  8944. Hitler's Brown Shirts infiltrated and subverted political meetings of alternative political parties.
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  8945. They had two chances to speak. They didn't speak until they saw opportunity to be disruptive -- and to THREATEN "CONSEQUENCES" if they aren't allowed to shit on the rug.
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  8946. Trump: constant bullshitter. The "young lady" was leading a VIOLENT MOB, and trying to crawl through the BROKEN WINDOW into the space occupied by Congressmen.
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  8947. Andy Ogles ogles Trump.
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  8948.  @joan7151  Who is "slow"? Google and read this report of the facts behind the crash -- american prospect Trump's Second Term Begins with a Crash That explains Trumps lying by blaming no one who was in charge.
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  8949. Fake "conspiracties" sell.
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  8950.  @riaanscheepers7951  Can't back up your conclusory assertion?
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  8951. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  8952. It's not a 'feud"; it is the application of the rule of law.
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  8953. He hasn't won New York yet.
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  8954.  @smisango1738  There have always been snakes, so you're memory of "a time where people worked hard" verges on amnesia.
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  8955. Still no facts for any of his verbally abusive smears.
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  8956.  @molderko  Let's all ignore the differences. NATO members voluntarily joined NATO. The Baltic states who were under Russian domination didn't choose to be.
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  8957.  @molderko  Yep: Cuba is a neighbor on the Russian border, so no big difference.
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  8958.  @aarongeorge8914  NATO is the first line of defense of the United States in Europe. You really should learn the actual history before mouthing off in defense of Putin's Russia, which is in violation of international law. Ukraine has a right NOT to be invaded, and didn't ASK to be invaded -- and is not a member of NATO. NATO exists to protect Europe FROM RUSSIA based on the U.S.S.R.'s actions. At the beginnings of WW II Russia and the Germany Nazis were ALLIES. So Putin going off about "Nazis" is beyond a bit much.
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  8959.  @adrians7358  There are history-illiterates who confuse objectivity for factuality; and there are Russian trolls; and there are Trump supporters who can't see beyond the inside of his colon.
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  8960.  @edmundrussell6044  Get it through your head: research the Berlin Wall, which was built by RUSSIA to KEEP PEOPLE IN, NOT to keep people OUT. How about RUSSIA "only doing things that promote peace in the region"?
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  8961.  @cottonfromearsandeyesdepos287  And you believe Russia despite the fact it illegally invaded Ukraine and is committing genocide. Who is "intimidated? Fool: no one forced the east European nations -- they are INDEPENDENT of Russia --- to join NATO. They CHOSE to do so. Tell us: how much Russian territory has Ukraine invaded and annexed?
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  8962.  @cottonfromearsandeyesdepos287  Unlike the Soviet Union, the eastern European nations that joined NATO weren't FORCED to do so. Except, perhaps, because the history of the Soviet Union concerning its neighbors intimidates THEM.
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  8963.  @cottonfromearsandeyesdepos287  Compare the sizes of Latvis and Estonia, as examples, with the size of Russia. And the NATO members are not all equal in wealth and military power. And I see apologists whining that Russia, which has nukes, is "intimidated" because nations on its border also have militaries, even though they don't have nukes. Apparently Russia is such a quivering intimidated giant that everyone else must be disarmed so Russia isn't "intimidated" into invading and committing genocide.
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  8964. Are introverts more neurotic, or more in touch with and honest about their "issues"?
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  8965. Meadows was the quarterback as part of the CAMPAIGN -- THAT has nothing to do with executive privilege. In addition, executive privilege can't be invoked to cover CRIMES.
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  8966. She's wearing black widow spiders on her eyes. That explains the poison that comes out of her mouth. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety. Wearing masks is about public health and safety. The Republican Party is Pro-Death.
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  8967. Doesn't surprise: "Punk" was always reactionary/anti-progress so their being right-wing is expected.
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  8968.  @jimjee8253  Punk is reactionary -- an attempt to "recover" the imagined past when rock and roll was three chords (or fewer).
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  8969. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. It isn't anger -- it's irritation caused by diaper rash.
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  8970. The violence occurred before or at the time that his client entered the building. There was violence all around him, but he didn't leave before or only after entering the building?
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  8971.  @donnadayle3762  And university administrations.
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  8972.  @fueymanchoo1291  In some instances -- law -- the new books every year can be justified. But not, actually, in first year law when one is learning the basics of areas of law and how to do legal research. There may be justification in subsequent years in order to train students to keep up with the frequent changes in case law. Similar goes for medicine. So the prices of textbooks can, in some instances, be justified because changes in the field are constant, and it requires relevant experts to keep up with and digest the latest information. Those experts are significant overhead. But tuitions are a whole other issue.
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  8973.  @ecurewitz  Other countries aren't based on a de-regulated laissez-faire capitalism.
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  8974.  @followerofjesuschrist.  Drop the hogwash trolling -- ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  8975. The LAW: ALL information generated by gov't employees is GOV'T PROPERTY. The employee "owns" NONE of it. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY, SOME of which is classified.
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  8976. You can actually wonder about that!? If not evacuated, those with brains left it. Of course it was evacuated -- do you actually believe no one else thought of that standard procedure?
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  8977. The only other viable choices, so as not to lose ground, were Kelly and Beshear. Arizona has a Democratic governor who would replace Kelly as Senator. And Beshear is in a thoroughly red state. Shapiro is needed as governor in PAY to protect the election.
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  8978. The NRA BANS guns and other weapons at their HEADQUARTERS even when there aren't politicians present.
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  8979. Laundrie is nowhere in Florida.
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  8980. The Republicans are ODing on smelling salts.
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  8981. No: Trump's lawyers provide a few DESCRIPTIONS of the documents. In order to SEIZE them WARRANT was necessary -- it's about the DOJ and FBI acting strictly by the book. Strictly in keeping with the LAW.
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  8982. Pepper spray/balls are chemicals that irritate.
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  8983. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Nor is rejecting science based on lies in defense of the nonexistence "freedom" to endanger the health and safety of the community. See Jacobsen v. Massachusetts in which the US Supreme Court UPHELD a mandatory vaccination program -- because the gov't's first obligation is to protect public health and safety against crackpots who endanger that safety.
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  8984. That is ignorance of history -- and reason. In fact, during the 1600s and 1700s, Massachusetts-Bay Colony, and then state, used one of its Boston Harbor islands as a quarantine for those who were infected with contagious disease. It wasn't, as you misperceive it, a punishment; it was to both provide treatment for those infected, and to protect the larger uninfected population from becoming infected. Because -- PAY ATTENTION -- the first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. That is, before and after all, a fundamental purpose for the rule of law: public health and safety. And then there is _Jacobson v. Massachusetts_, in which the US Supreme Court UPHELD a MANDATORY vaccination program implemented by the state gov't during a smallpox epidemic. And that MANDATE, unlike the Biden mandate, DID NOT include an alternative, whereas Biden's included the alternative of regular testing. In other words: those you bought your view from are ignorant crackpots, and you managed to voluntarily infect yourself with their DESTRUCTIVE -- SOCIOPATHIC -- ignorance. I suggest you READ Jacobson v. Massachusetts -- "Google" it; it's readily available, and is still good law -- because it will lay out for you, in plain English, the meaning of majority rule in a democracy. The REASON for protecting public health and safety. Simply put: there is no "right" to endanger or threaten public health and safety. Because every RIGHT is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY, which LIMITS the exercise of the right -- because you do not live in a society of only yourself.
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  8985.  @imjinriver641  in other words, you didn't stupidly adopt the rejection of science that resulted in the deaths of 1 million Americans. Google "Jacobson v. Massachusetts" and READ it. It's law -- not crackpot conspirabunk from anti-Americans and those who are dumber than dead rocks.
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  8986.  @imjinriver641  Climate change deniers are wrong. Honestly, how did you become a celebrator of stupidity?
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  8987. The Massachusetts Bay Colony founders QUARANTINED those with communicable diseases on a Boston Harbor island -- to protect the MAJORITY of UNinfected. It wasn't a punishment; it was fulfillment of gov't's first obligation: protecting public health and safety. Jerks and sociopaths ignore their impacts on others -- and that includes the dumb-assed anti-vaxxers who reject reason, fact, and science because they don't want their "freedom" to inflict their diseases on others "infringed". But let's just ignore the HORROR of dying of COVID because the as[s]inine prefer the lies from third-generation con-man and career felon Trump to the "hard" stuff of EDUCATING themselves.
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  8988. Trump agrees with you. He also constantly lies that the 2020 election was stolen, even though he knows -- and has admitted publicly, most recently during the Joe Rogan interview -- that he in fact LOST the 2020 election. So you, like he, want to prevent voting in ways used by Democrats so the Republicans can "win" by cheating.
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  8989. How are those who are elderly and mobility-impaired to vote? Oh, right, you couldn't care less about anyone but you and your anti-American faction. Only MAGA should be catered to and allowed to vote.
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  8990.  Jonish ramirez  They are DANGEROUS.
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  8991. Biden will surrender to the virus? Didn't Trump already do that?
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  8992.  @Votethemout2026  He tried that with Biden. Biden finally told him to shut up, and he did.
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  8993. Yes -- except that we DON'T love him. Trump is self-destructive, and J. D. Vance is his anchor baby.
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  8994. A mother who exemplifies stupidity. Dumbass for "freedumb".
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  8995. Informational totalitarianism.
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  8996. RFK had better don a bus-proof vest.
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  8997. Can't call into question integrity that does not exist. What they should do is report on the multi-billion defamation suits against FOX from inside FOX.
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  8998. Bizarre: they wanted to "prove" voting machine fraud with the data from a county that Trump WON by 70 per cent. Were they intending to prove their claim by showing that the machine flipped votes from Biden to Trump!?
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  8999. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet." "Freedom for me, responsibility for thee."
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  9000. The issue is FASCISM -- as in HITLER. The word "oligarchy" obscures the reality.
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  9001. The police are also citizens of the United States.
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  9002. I don't buy the right-wing smears against conditions in San Francisco. If it's too outrageous to be true then it is false.
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  9003. They are FAKE "militia". In LAW, the commander-in-chief of the Militia is the state's governor. That means that the militia is properly an arm OF gov't -- not an extralegal criminal gang lying that they are that they are not.
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  9004.  @Mark-db8id  EVIDENCE? Exactly: you couldn't care less about FACTS. Clue: Hutchinson testified under oath. Oronato and Engel aren't and are not presenting themselves to the media to be interviewed directly. Trump will be indicted. Period. Full stop. Even while you believe he was surrounded by criminals but "didn't know it".
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  9005.  @Mark-db8id  Where is your EVIDENCE, punk.
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  9006.  @Mark-db8id  And others in the Secret Service state that they heard the same story from Oronato. And others who know him report that he's said things that he later denied saying. And there is a key issue: he was made, by Trump, head of his private security. That COMPROMISED Oronato. Were he ETHICAL he would have REFUSED that position. But that's how mob bosses work: they compromise the individual so the individual, in reporting the facts about the boss, would be admitting to being compromised.
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  9007. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists. Trump has switched to attacking Haitians in Pennsylvania. And it's said that there are 500,000 Haitians in Florida. Haitians VOTE.
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  9008. It can't be proven there's a "God" or "gods". That belief is usually a substitute for thought. A belief is a place to stop and rest -- but not to permanently stay.
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  9009. The Founders established the United States based on Enlightenment -- "Wokeness" -- principles.
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  9010. She lies in her bed and continues to lie.
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  9011.  @javil4040  What "popular culture" existed among Black folks before the 1964 Civil Rights Act? If you are trying to prove your a racist and ignorant of history then you succeeded.
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  9012.  @narsaku1408  You know nothing about science. You don't understand the "Big Bang" theory. And you are trolling -- putting your private fantasies on people who are sick of you bullies shoving your baseless irrational crap down their throats. Show us you know how to go away.
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  9013.  @jayyearwood4587  And not everything one seeks is provable.
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  9014. Nodfather Trump might escape contempt charge because he's well known to be a snooze operator.
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  9015. The intent of US gov't is to serve "We the people" -- to meet the needs of "We the people". But when it does, Republicans attack it as being "socialist"/"Communist". Just as taxation is "We the people" paying our own way, Republicans oppose taxation of Republicans.
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  9016. When you smear Democrats you vote for TRUMP. Yeah, you believe destroying the country -- the Constitution and rule of law -- will be grat fun! "Revolution, baby!" Let's not talk about bloodbath.
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  9017.  @tommyw8576  Yes. But the calls for assassinating Democrats -- anyone who has different views than the fascists -- have been around since at latest Trump got into politics. Arizona Republican Bowers called it "emotionally thuggery".
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  9018. He's correct: Gabby fits the "missing white woman syndrome". There are more than 200 non-white women missing and murdered -- unsolved -- in Wyoming alone. Why aren't we hearing about those? Because they are not white women.
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  9019. The blame is on Trump and Musk. Google and read this excellent report -- american prospect Trump's Second Term Begins with a Crash
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  9020. First Amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting [supporting] and establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". Jefferson was proudest of his "Religious Freedom" law -- which prohibited any state-established "religion". This is where the Founders were on the issue: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those, and equivalent provisions in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. And Flynn should be honest by revealing that he is walking in the footsteps of the US Army general who ran for president as "America's Hitler".
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  9021. Is there time to teach cats to vote BLUE?
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  9022. the "cure" for their ignorance is contractiing the virus. That's the only thing likely to penetrate their stubborn commitment to stupidity.
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  9023. "God" is obviously a no-show.
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  9024. And if one is elderly. And if one is Black. And if one is poor. And that is in the medical -- no only insurance -- industry. Google "Steward Health Care" -- then try to blame the insurance industry for that disaster.
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  9025.  @sisterdiggins  There are restraining and no contact orders.
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  9026. That's Trump making the lawyer present his "argument" instead of them actually representing his best interests -- which is why he consistently LOSES.
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  9027.  @Grimjow88  But that isn't the situation, so there is no reason for the judge to recuse. Period. Full stop. End of reality refuting the fantasy. You PROBLEM is the same a liar Trump's: you ENTIRELY omit the need for FACTS to prove the allegation true. Trump is all lies and mouth, verbal abuse, and personal attack. NONE of that is relevant to legal process. But it DOES -- and HE KNOWS this -- incite his dupes to VIOLENCE. This is in the First Amendment -- and only ONE of the provisions in the Constitution PROHIBITING political violence: "Congress shall make no law . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." OBVIOUSLY, Congress CAN enact laws PROHIBITING, PROSECUTING, AND PUNISHING VIOLENT assembly. And it did so long ago.
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  9028.  @thomassargent-j6e  If he was stupid "for a lot of things," then certainly you can identify ONE. I'll make it really easy for you: Calling someone "stupid" is not PROOF that they are stupid. Try again. Or show us that you, at very least, know how to go away.
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  9029. That one kicks Trump in the balls.
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  9030. You are being lied to AGAIN by the Trump criminal enterprise. But let's admit the fact: You voted for adjudicated rapist and convicted felon Trump because you claim to be FOR rule of law.
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  9031. Trump is married to an immigrant and hates immigrants.
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  9032. Mark Twain was hilarious even without emojis.
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  9033. He made his money first.
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  9034.  @killerraisin11  Even bad jokes can be funny. She is not in any degree funny.
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  9035.  @littlebrownbird8020  An ongoing attack on the rule of law.
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  9036. Cinema has existed as an art form for more than 100 years. But let's not watch anything made before I was born.
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  9037. If Senator Johnson doesn't vet documents coming from his office he is irresponsible, as that is not how it works.
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  9038. " White House administration" = bizarre redundancy.
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  9039.  @NotCparty  Musk gave it away: his use of tariffs is part of his plan to destroy the economy. And -- CLUE: YOU will not escape the consequences.
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  9040. Parents should demand strict gun control statewide. Instead, even CRIMINALS can LEGALLY buy guns in Texas.
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  9041. One mechanical fact applies to all guns: they shoot bullets that kill
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  9042. The Federal gov't is, according to Prince of Piety Pence, testing Pence and the people around him. And no one else. All the other testing -- such as there is -- is being done by a few of the states.
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  9043. Bannon used the money to fund a floating liquor store.
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  9044. Pence should strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee under oath. But if he won't, subpoena his ass. He owes "WE THE PEOPLE".
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  9045. Isolationism didn't work vis-a-vis WW I. Isolationism didn't work vis-a-vis WW II. Trump was isolationist -- but on the opposite extreme from the far-Left, some of which latter, claiming to be "Progressives," voted for Trump against Clinton because they were too stupid to realize that electing the first woman president would have been PROGRESSIVE. And don't bget me stated on Sanders' hypocrisy and how he helped elect Trump.
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  9046. Sanders is a vindictive prick, as he showed during the 2016 campaign by slinging bullshit REPUBLICAN/RIGHT-WING smears at Clinton,. And to this day you SAnders ass-kissers CONTINUE to BELIEVE the REPUBLICAN/RIGHT-WING/SANDERS.
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  9047. Cohen continues to be an asshole attacking Trump in the same way as Trump attacks others.
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  9048. In the face of the massive difference caused by the impact of Vance.
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  9049. In 2916, Trump still needed the help of Michael Cohen, Russia, the media pile-on about irrelevant emails, and James Comey.
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  9050. Matt Gates was NOT "appointed" -- he was NOMINATED. Whether a nomination is successful is up to the Senate. IF they approve the nominee then the nominee is an appointee. And it is not news that Trump is nominating individuals who WILL destroy the agencies to which nominated. He is nominating the swamp to drown the rule of law.
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  9051. Will Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY. Anyone else would have been arrested on the spot. It's easy for the Academy to claim they "thought" of removing him after the fact of NOT doing so.
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  9052.  @moorek1967  "He had NOT exhibited signs of violent behavior before." Have you EVIDENCE for that? No. Instead you are "triggered," like a good little pantywaist "Karen," into making assertion -- again, WITHOUT EVIDENCE -- in defense of violence and mass murder. It isn't the teachers who committed a crime. FURTHER FACTS you OMIT: The father bought the gun FOR the son as a Christmas present. The son posted photo of the gun with the caption, ". . . MY new beauty." His mother posted a photo of the entire gun "kit," at the shooting range, with the caption, "testing" "HIS new present." In sum: the gun was bought FOR THE SON. So it was always in the SON'S possession. The parents ARE IN FACT Trump supporters -- the mother, especially, because of Trump's defense of the LIE against the Second Amendment.
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  9053. He isn't talking to ANYONE about the DNI position. He's full of orange shit.
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  9054. I doubt you know everyone or everyone's circumstances. So to say that "everyone" is desperate, etc., is at minimum a gross exaggeration.
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  9055. Putin's war against Ukraine began at latest in 2014. But that's typical Republican: blame the Democratic president when the Congress is Republican. Always blame the Congress when the president is Republican.
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  9056. Will he be getting rid of his guns, now that he's potentially learned the stupid avenue that is?
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  9057. SHAM-man is apparently "ANTIFA," BLM, and undercover FBI -- if that's who actually attacked the Capitol.
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  9058. Is Gaetz, as member of the judiciary committee, promoting legalization of cocaine and "ecstasy" use?
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  9059. Trump topped himself: he didn't shoot anyone on 5th Avenue; instead he killed three cops.
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  9060. And vide-versa.
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  9061. @Martin Stepanek There IS legitimate reason to protect the integrity of ongoing investigations by not going into detail about them. But with a population with little respect for rules or privacy -- look at the sad case of Depp and Heard, with numerous youtube VAMPIRES picking over every last detail of their private lives. The same VAMPIRES who are so judgmental of others' ethics and morality . . . As those points apply to this situation, it is also obvious the "powers that be" -- politicians and politicized police -- don't care about the families of the murdered children either. They don't care about ALL those in the community who are "beneath" them.
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  9062.  @vicordecastro2851  They are hiding the facts. And their scramble is to repair and maintain the cover-up -- from Abbott on down.
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  9063. It IS an important distinction, because Congress is a separate branch from the Executive branch, and the DOJ is in the Executive. All Biden could be responding to is the action of Congress.
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  9064. "Sovereign citizen" is yet another criminal rationale. The irony that they miss is that they are all about 'freedom" but invariably end up in jail. "The freedom to be incarcerated."
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  9065. Florida elects Republicans, Republicans impose Republinomics, Democrats are blamed.
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  9066. The guy was paid $10 million per year. He could afford a lawyer to make a will to leave it to his family members. The idea that he orchestrated his own death for insurance for his family is absurd to the extreme of stupid.
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  9067. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9068. Sanders promised to destroy the Democratic Party, then trashed the party and Clinton and helped elect Trump. Since then the Republican Party came out as fully and openly fascist, and Sanders is still attacking the Democratic Party. When will he be attacking the fascist Republican Party?
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  9069. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  9070. "A lot of people" exist only in his own head.
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  9071. Only YOUR political agenda is to be pushed.
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  9072.  @trapmuzik6708  The REALITY is that police are in most instances outgunned -- that is why the assault rifles are legal in such as Texas. It is an intentional attack on the rule of law, which is insurrection.
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  9073. You omit the fact that Sanders is attacking the Democratic Party.  Is that so you can pretend it's "unfair" (whine, whine, whine) that the Democratic Party responds in kind?Sanders attacked the Democratic Party even after it allowed him to run as a Democrat.  I assume his "fans" consider that the behavior of a "class act": as a guest in a neighbor's house, shit on the living room rug and demand praise for the achievement.
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  9074. Trump "blurbed" the book -- but he didn't READ it.
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  9075. George Will also views himself as a "public intellectual," when in reality he is a political hack.
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  9076. I've sworn by Samsung in the past. But if there is no opt-out of ads, I'll look elsewhere for my upgrade to 4K.
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  9077. Liz Cheney voted for Trump's initiatives more than 90 per cent of the time, despite the fact that he was an obvious fraud. What mattered to Liz was that he claimed to be a Republican.
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  9078. Bolton only need look in the mirror to see thuggery.
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  9079. John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He wrote his idea in 1776 as "Thoughts on Government". Four years later he wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which would be the model for the US Constitution.
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  9080. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  9081. Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election -- at which he already has experience from 2020-21. There are too many focused on their own interests, their own middle-/upper-middle class privilege who embrace him as their own, while ignoring the greater good. And that's what makes them exclusionary Republicans who condescend and rail against progressives. Inform yourself, instead of substituting reactionary anti-gov't Republican ideology for actual history -- the "classical liberalism" -- of the Founders: ___ Recommended reading: The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States: Showing that it is a Development of Progressive History and not an Isolated Document Struck Off at a Given Time or an Imitation of English or Dutch Forms of Government. (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1897; Delanco, NJ: The Legal Classics Library, 2003), Sydney George Fisher. Fisher [1856-1927] was a prominent historian and lawyer, who was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1883 after legal studies at Harvard University. His Evolution of the Constitution collates for the first time all the various provisions of colonial documents that served as source material for the Constitution. Asserting that the Constitution was neither an imitation nor an invention, Fisher traces every material clause back to its origin. Twenty-nine colonial charters and constitutions, seventeen Revolutionary constitutions, and twenty-three plans of union are the resulting source materials from which Fisher draws his analysis. Abundant quotations from the sixty-nine documents illustrate the evolutionary nature of the Constitution and make this a valuable sourcebook for the reader who desires to find in one volume the Constitution's many and varied origins. "The Lawbook Exchange" edition: https://www.lawbookexchange.com/pages/books/16258/sydney-george-fisher/the-evolution-of-the-constitution-of-the-united-states-showing-that Library of Congress -- Complete volume PDF: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/evolutionofconst01fish/evolutionofconst01fish.pdf
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  9082. "Libertarian" principle: "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  9083. He's also a terrible speaker. Part of that is his effort to not say anything revealing.
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  9084. You're in Florida; you're talking about a "story" in New York state. Maybe the story is BULLSHIT.
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  9085. Trump was president for FOUR years. He did nothing on the border except "build a wall" that was predicted to fail, and it failed. And Mexico didn't pay for it. And Trump, ON VIDEO, said "BLAME ME!" when the BORDER bill was KILLED on his order. Because the Republicans want to preserve the PROBLEM and blame BIDEN for it. So apparently the "problem" isn't as bad as the Republicans have hyped it as being.
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  9086. How many Americans have died because they believed Tucker Carlson's LIES?
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  9087. In the army one undergoes WEAPONS TRAINING, and when not on duty the guns are kept in storage.
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  9088.  @AntiAtheismIsUnstoppable  Except that it is what Dershowitz was saying. He said that the illegal campaign efforts -- they are illegal in Federal statute -- by Trump vis-a-vis Ukraine are not impeachable. And, in fact, he also said that to be impeachable an act -- not a "motive" -- must be a violation of actual statute, which he denies happened. In short, Dershowitz is a bald-faced liars, and you LOVE lies so long as they protect Trump from the rule of law.
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  9089.  @seriously6654  Clinton was attempted payback for Nixon, moron. They were attempting, in their own current words, to overturn that election. That was an abuse of power by the House, as a private sexual affair does not subvert the Constitution or threaten the gov't/system of laws. And how CORRUPT was that abuse of power? Henry Hyde, who lead the mob, was at the same time having an extramarital affair with a woman whose marriage he broke up. And at the same time, Gingrich was deposed as House Speaker in part because of his extramarital "dalliances". He was to be replaced by Johnston, but Johnston was Outed" as having an extramarital affair. It wasn't the Democrats who exposed the illegal quid-pro-quo; it was the anonymous whistleblower, who essentially reported that the military aid to Ukraine was being held up. In order for that to have been LEGAL, Trump would have OBEYED THE LAW and informed Congress at minimum as to WHY he was withholding it. He didn't, so violated that LEGAL REQUIREMENT. He also violated the Congressional authorization, which direct the aid to Ukraine, and stipulated when it MUST be delivered, which authorization he signed -- then violated. You Trump supporters are most tiresome because you're all so stupid. You don't know relevant from irrelevant, can't handle a whole fact when you can ignore the parts you don't like. You are supporting an effort to destroy the Constitution -- not that I expect you to understand the enormous consequences of that. If you anti-Americans succeed, prepare yourself for working in a coal mine with no pay.
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  9090.  @chadclemen  The allergy is yours. Bachman does everything she can to avoid not only answering the question, but avoid the question itself. That's called DISHONESTY. DISHONESTY is the opposite of TRUTH.
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  9091.  @animatedadventures7927  The Constitution EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS INSURRECTION -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. CONGRES shall have the Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Insurrection" = "taking up arms" against the gov't. IN LAW, "arms" are not limited to "guns". The Founders charged both "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrectionists with TREASON, convicted them, and sentenced them to DEATH. I suggest you get an education in actual law; until then sit down and shut your law-illiterate yap.
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  9092.  @Kate-nr3fx3fi9o  The issue is TRUMP, intellectually dishonest anti-American immoralist.
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  9093.  @59plexi  You've got the irresponsibility covered, troll.
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  9094.  @bigneiltoo  Self-evident declarations of guilt are EVIDENCE. Due process includes the opportunity for the defendant to SHOW UP IN COURT and OPPOSE the plaintiff's or prosecution's action. Don't show -- which was Trump's attitude -- CONCEDE/FORFEIT.
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  9095.  @davidarchibald50  John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. John Adams wrote the Massachusetts constitution, the oldest constitution on the planet still in force, which was the model for the US Constitution. Because YOU REFUSE -- or are too ignorant -- to distinguish between politics, and justice and rule of law, does not make JOHN ADAMS the fool.
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  9096.  @bobbitaylor-cheng6416  It has always been true that there are those who put politics above justice and rule of law -- which iss what motivated John Adams to stipulate to the fact that justice and the rule of law are to be distinguished from politics.
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  9097.  @lawrencefuentes3983  "We the people" DELEGATE our "will" and power AS rule of law, and we agree to submit to and comply with the rule of law.
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  9098. @funkfamily4165 I have an education in law, law-illiterate name-caller? I am not the issue. But tell us: why do you defend Trump, who quotes HITLER? Are you also, like him, an anti-Semite?
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  9099.  @mephiston001  Obviously I believe the opposite of your incomprehension.
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  9100.  @EJWash57  It's always being tested. Trump wallows in and spews politics at the rule of law. That's why he keeps losing in courts of LAW.
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  9101.  @davidanderson6100  Adams made that distinction because there were people just like them at that time also.
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  9102.  @dublindog8038  The Constitution is the SUPREME Law of the Land, and its First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" from gov't, because anyone can say anything, regardless how ludicrous, and claim "God" told them to say it. You're talking anti-American nonsense.
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  9103.  @bigneiltoo  A CONFESSION is EVIDENCE, not a "circular argument". Clue, law-illiterate: intent can be proven with circumstantial evidence: if a person is ON VIDEO breaking windows in the Capitol building, then climbing through the window into the building, his denial that he did that is REFUTED by the VIDEO EVIDENCE. Trump's own statements are being used against him because they are self-evident in their meanings, and he is on tape and or video making the statements. Law-illiterates such as you should sit down and shut your yaps and LISTEN AND LEARN.
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  9104.  @dublindog8038  And your views, as they differ from mine, aren't "twisted"? I have an education in law, and my focus is Constitutional law. What are YOUR qualifications? I suggest you re-read the John Adams statement until you UNDERSTAND it. One CAN apply the LAW of the case to the FACTS of the case WITHOUT intruding one's own political preferences onto any of it. But one must LEARN how to do that.
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  9105.  @dublindog8038  PAY ATTENTION to WHAT I ACTUALLY STATED: By its own express terms, the CONSTITUTION is the SUPREME Law of the Land. That means there is NO law HIGHER than the CONSTITUTION. AND: The FIRST AMENDMENT to the CONSTITUTION SEPARATES "RELIGION" FROM GOV'T. The attempt to insert one's "religion" into LAW is a VIOLATION of the FIRST AMENDMENT. It is UNCONSTITUIONAL. That which is UNCONSTITUTIONAL is ANTI-AMERICAN.
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  9106.  @dublindog8038  IN THE UNITED STATES "RELIGION" is S-E-P-A-R-A-T-E-D from gov't by the CONSTITUTION. Keep your damned "Bible" OUT of gov't; keep that CRAP to yourself -- stop trying to poison and destroy the rule of law with that seditious lunacy.
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  9107. The Founders engaged in every degree of gun control, including confiscation of all weapons possessed by those who refused to swear the oath of loyalty to the Cause. Laws the NRA opposes, based upon lies against the legal history and the Second Amendment, have existed since the 1600s.
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  9108. Yours is the generation that smears "Boomers" as having fucked up the world. Take a deep breath and look at the wreckage you've wrought -- 'way worse than the "Boomers" getting the US out of Vietnam and establishing the ecology movement.
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  9109. "Women dress up for each other." -- Van Morrison.
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  9110. Trump, through his lawyers, claims a president can legally assassinate political rivals. He also claims a president has absolute immunity -- and that Biden has that same immunity. So why is he whining, by lying, that Biden has the authority to assassinate Trump?
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  9111. Hitler's generals LOST the war. Typical of Trump to prefer LOSERS.
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  9112. Crenshaw includes himself in the "performance" clique.
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  9113. We'll see the words "TRUMP TOWER" removed and replaced with "CONFISCATED".
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  9114. It's really creative to light a little fire -- you "crated" none of it -- and drink coffee, and make videos about stuff that ain't happening in effort to avoid the reality that is happening. Yeah, you know what's happening in many, many countries. In SANE societies, no individual has the "right" to threaten public health and safety. I'd ask your qualifications for your "analyses," but you have none.
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  9115. Custer was an arrogant funk-up.
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  9116. Yep: it's "normal" for a stroke in the brain to cause suffocation in the lungs. Can you not reason from basic facts that keep repeating?
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  9117. I've never understood how a gay could be a Republican -- they have always been anti-gay. But perhaps some put money ahead of decency, and personal dignity and safety.
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  9118. Trump tried the same strategy in the DC case. On appeal by Trump it was rejected by a Trump-appointed judge.
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  9119. Everything Trump gets his hands on is viewed by him as how it can be monetized for his own profit.
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  9120. European NATO member are providing weapons and ammunition to Ukraine in the absence of the US doing so. And there are apparently Russian soldiers fighting with and for Ukraine within Russia. And Ukraine has been blowing up Russian oil infrastructure with drones that travel 900-1,000 miles into Russia.
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  9121. This guy should read Jacobson v. Massachusetts in which the Supreme Court upheld a vaccine mandate that didn't include testing as an option. Jacobson was an anti-vaxxer and he LOST all the way to and in the US Supreme Court. What's most useful about the decision is that it includes a plain0English explanation of democracy and majority rule against destructive numerical minorities. The majority has a right to preotect itself against, as example, the anti-vaxxer nut-fringe.
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  9122. If he had to pay the court costs for all his failed cases he'd use the monies grifted from his MAGA dupes.
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  9123. The case could also be based on the "Ku Klux Klan Act".
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  9124. Entertainers have "fans"; politicians have supporters.
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  9125. Moscow Marge: "IndiCtable".
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  9126. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  9127. There are also INTERNAL lawsuits -- so FOX is eating itself. And I'm waiting for the on-air liars --- er -- "hosts" -- to get sued individually.
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  9128. The judge he's attacking is the judge who will determine the sentence. If anyone doubts that Trump is an asshole, then they aren't paying attention. And if some believe it's acceptable to be an asshole, then it is certain that they can dish it out but they can't take it; they should deal with their issues, instead abusing others who didn't give them their excuses to be an asshole. All in all, Trump's behavior is a cry for help against the extreme abuse to which he was subjecting by his fascist father. Narcissist or not, he needs to process his grief instead of turning it outward as abusive rage.
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  9129. The worst who is in the news. I'm sure there are others less known publicly and unknown who are as bad. Then again, Trump said that fictional film cannibal Hannibal Lecter is a "great man".
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  9130.  @YanickGirouard  Many people say that he's the greatest loser in the history of the infinite universe.
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  9131. Trump isn't the president.
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  9132. The #1 issue is ABORTION -- not that wealthy white male advertising drone Donnie Deutsch would know that.
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  9133. "Here's the story" = Fictional self-praise. Who the hell said, "Nobody thought it possible" -- what's "it". And who are the "nobodies"?
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  9134. Trump's lawyers also said they'd returned everything -- which turned out to be FALSE.
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  9135. In this instance the media -- about which you know so little -- directly witnessed, at first hand, Greene's unacceptable behavior.
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  9136. During a political campaign for my state's governor I was getting robocalls from his campaign. In my state robocalls are illegal. I called the campaign and talked to the campaign manager, informing him that robocalls are illegal. He responded that, "The regulations are being changed." That candidate and campaign: Republican. (The regulations were not being changed.) Years ago Congress was looking at robocalls; the anti-regulation Republicans shut that down and the number of robocalls increased.
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  9137.  @artpatten1279  Libertarian corporatism. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet.". Corporatism: gov't should be run like a business. A business is a dictatorship.
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  9138.  @thunderstorm6630  Musk is destroying the US democracy. But you aren't in the US, and are too uninformed to understand what you are seeing -- and its consequences.
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  9139. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on whine?
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  9140. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence.
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  9141.  @jeffhampton2767  In other words you have no idea what legislation the Democrats passed and Biden signed. Your entire methodology is to maintain the purity of your stupidity.
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  9142.  @kelperdude  Have you EVIDENCE for that? Or are you simply LYING again because you're too stupid to KNOW what is actually happening in reality. Biden's Infrastructure bill does what Trump PROMISED to do but DID NOT DO. Biden has also created the most jobs in at least 50 years. Being stupid doesn't pay off, eh?
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  9143. It means that racists are liars.
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  9144. It's all plotted out on computer in advance of anything else. They have perhaps as many as three "different" blueprints.
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  9145. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so Trump is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  9146. EVIDENCE? Exactly: you have none. Stop the stupid.
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  9147. It's said there are 500,000 Haitians in Floriduh.
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  9148.  @collinweeks6322  Russian troll.
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  9149. We know you're a lying anti-American troll because you provide ZERO EVIDENCE to back up your SMEAR.
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  9150.  @MM-qp4pd  A computer program isn't substitute for testing on live creatures. That's why we've never heard of your "presidential candidate".
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  9151. Either produce EVIDENCE for that assertion, or sit down and STFU, smearing troll.
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  9152. It can't be proven that there's a "God".
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  9153. This cop is far from "left-wing," jackass. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Adams, the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders, wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the Federal.
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  9154.  Joe Curr  YeP: you are responding to a law-illiterate who doesn't know that polics and law are not the same thing. And knows nothing about these "sovereign citizen" moorons: they REJECT the rule of law, which ALL criminals do. Their spew is gibberish, nonsense, a criminal ratioanle. They have no licenses for anything, and two are refusing to identify themselves, under the dumb-assed belief that that would concede that the court has jurisdiction over them.
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  9155. Not if it's disinformation.
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  9156.  @MacIntoshPrime  Truth matters. That's why you reject it. It's unfortunate for us all that you were expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty-train.
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  9157. Another anti-American troll heard from. The inflation is worldwide. Gasoline prices are up worldwide. Yeah, I know: you actually believe a US president has worldwide control. The Republican "conservatives" -- your fellow sheeple -- are bashing Biden over the baby formula problem -- caused by the manufacturer -- but voted AGAINST the bill to address the issue. They also bash Biden for the rise in gasoline price -- but voted AGAINST the bill to address the issue.
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  9158.  @spaceballs44  Even worse: people will be using rest rooms for their intended purpose!
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  9159.  @Alphacentauri819  The guy in the video gets his "programming" for irrelevant sources such as Hollowood movies. And fictions about the Founders. One fundamental that so many get wrong is that the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" this many gov'ts: ZERO. 1. They did not attack or overthrow the gov't in London, England. 2. They did not attack or overthrow any of the colony gov'ts, because the Founders were all along in control of the colony gov'ts. One set of EVIDENCE for that fact is that the colony gov'ts, on the recommendation of the Continental Congress, via their elected legislatures, wrote and adopted constitutions during 1776-77, and 1780.
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  9160.  @jt1019gd  Aren't parents responsible for raising their kids responsibly instead of being all over town sleeping with anything and everything, and then acting like a middle schooler in Congress, thus teaching the kid that irresponsibility masqueraded as "freedom" is the way to go? One of the charges against the 18-year-old is the making of a sex tape recording him having sex with an UNDERAGE girl who is also one of his accomplices in his crime spree. That in law is statutory RAPE. And he's already fathered one kid without being married to its mother. In law, 18 is an adult; in science it is still a developmental age -- not yet an adult.
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  9161. But it's their TRADITION -- it has been going on since at latest Reagan -- the holier-than-thou vacuity was given currency by that phony, and especially by his wife.
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  9162.  @charlesvorones3612  They fell for her rhetoric. Then they saw through her. So, knowing the Democrat would beat her, she is running in a different district -- and sinking fast, because those people already see through her. It isn't that they are opposed to politicians who are "hands on" -- only that her kind of "hand on" isn't what they have in mind.
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  9163. The ISSUE is TRUMP -- so let's instead attack Biden and Democrats, in hopes that will magically eliminate the FACT that the VAST MAJORITY of DEMOCRATIC VOTERS REJECTED Sanders. And IGNORE the fact that the VAST MAJORITY of voters are MODERATES who view Socialism as NORTH KOREA
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  9164. RFK, Jr., wants to be Trump's VP -- so that settles that third party non-campaign.
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  9165. If the Uvalde disaster doesn't "shock the conscience" then one is dead. Or a Texas cop. They had the area in which an escaped murderer was hiding out surrounded. For three weeks. Only after he killed a family of five did they finally "catch" him -- after shooting him to death.
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  9166.  @Eric-vr8mc  The first thing you do is engage in personal attacks against the messenger in effort to discredit the FACTS he states. That is bias against the facts, and an effort to distract from them. Facts are facts: "stubborn things," as said John Adams. There aren't alternatives to them. You are, therefore, overtly biased against the person stating the facts, and using that deceit to object to the facts. Name one fact? Watch the video again, but this time stop the lying. Let's be clear, overtly dishonest punk: you are attacking truth based on the lie that you are concerned with morality. You are a liar. Lying is immoral. You are going to be shocked to the core when you discover how tariffs actually work, and that those destructive impacts will fall also on YOU. This is characteristic of your confident ignorance: 1. Trumpers voted for Trump. 2. The day AFTER the election this Trumper question spiked on "Google": -- "How do tariffs work?" Should that question have been asked BEFORE you voted for tariffs? And here's another: Trumpers voted for Trump because they wanted "Obamacare" repealed, but they at the same time loved the "Affordable Care Acct". AFTER the election they learned that both are the same thing -- but instead of waking up to the fact that they fucked up, they asked, "Why does it have two different names?" Where were they when the Republicans smeared that "Affordable Care Act" as being "Obamacare"? Where were they when the Republicans and Trump repeatedly attempted to repeal it, when it was repeatedly reported that "Obamacare" was the "Affordable Care act"? Stupidity is your program and profession. And it begins with the irresponsible fantasy that you and your ilk will escape the consequences of your views and beliefs. Trump himself told you to your face when he said to his supporters -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." Latins are discovering that: he told them to their faces that he would deport them. They avoided the issue by falsely believing, He doesn't mean ME." But Trump's "Border Czar" Homan is absolutely clear -- that they'll deport "the bad guys" FIRST. And as legal and illegal are irrelevant to them -- it is all about skin color -- their assertion of "illegal" and "bad guy" have no legal or factual basis. When asked how they would avoid "splitting families" -- many Latino, and other, families, have both legal and "illegal" members -- he said it is easy: by deporting the ENTIRE family, both legal and "illegal". That's the anti-Americanism you are defending, which puts you on the wrong side of both history and the Constitution. You voted for and are defending and adjudicated rapist -- because you support rape -- and a convicted criminal -- a felon. Because you support the commission of crime against others. And you want us to pretend that you are "moral" and "in the right" simply because you love your baseless and immoral hatred. In sum: you fool no one, lying bullshitter.
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  9167. Sounds like they were sucked in by the "sovereign citizen" nonsense.
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  9168. And Trump called it a "hoax," Kelleyanne Crackpot, even while those COMPETENT in MEDICINE and SCIENCE siad the OPPOSITE..
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  9169. Britain banned slavery long before the US. And didn't need a civil war to do it.
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  9170. There is properly no space between a sentence and end-punctuation. If you were in England, would you criticize English citizens for not speaking American English?
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  9171. "Voter ID" isn't about the right to vote. It is about preventing people voting. All based on lies about voter fraud by those engaged in voting fraud.
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  9172.  @marksc4636  Imagine if you were capable of distinguishing between and among political parties instead of stupidly assuming they are all the same. And imagine you understanding that an elected public official serves a constituency that includes views opposite yours.
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  9173. The jury is a check against gov't power.
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  9174. The essence of democracy is elections. The Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections.
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  9175. The right-wing extremist Justices put themselves above the law while declaring the law for everyone else. Trump as president would be required to enforce the law, while placing himself above the law. THAT is TYRANNY. And all of them hide their anti-American fraud against a perversion of "Christianity". It's an organized attack on the Constitution itself.
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  9176. What is "normal"?
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  9177. The Committee should subpoena the FOX "hosts' who were begin Trump to STOP the insurrection.
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  9178. Obviously Giuliani doesn't know the meaning of "joke".
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  9179. Putin has a history of murdering his opponents. Many who fall out of favor with Putin "fall" out of windows. And yet you believe, without a shred of evidence, that Putin is about rule of law and JUSTICE? And how about Putin's ILLEGAL invasion of Ukraine and deliberate killing of CIVILIANS?
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  9180. I'm wondering what the other independent investigation was.
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  9181. Made it easier: even the defense witnesses corroborated that he's a tight ass. A cheapskate. A micromanager.
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  9182. @kim ama If you have EVIDENCE for that allegation, provide it. If you do not, then cease your malicious smear against the rule of law.
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  9183. The 25th isn't specific as to nature of incapacity. It isn't limited to the physical.
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  9184.  @TheStockwell  According to whom? News media that classify it as "suspected" to be a "spy" balloon? Or FOX fake news which jumps to any conclusion which fits its extremist right-wing political agenda?
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  9185. Barr was getting out of town -- avoiding staying and stopping Trump.
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  9186. They aren't Progressives; they are to the LEFT of Progressive. Unlike Sanders, who during his TWENTY-FIVE YEARS in Congress was ENTIRELY INEFFECTIVE, Progressives GET THINGS DONE. Hillary clinton and Elizabeth Warren -- who GOT THINGS DONE -- are Eleanor Roosevelt Progressives. Your name-calling is childish -- AND CORRUPT, becuase you don't provide a shred of EVIDENCE for your smears that doesn't come from REPUBLICANs/Right-wing.
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  9187. Florida makes everything about real estate -- and then they bitch because real estate costs are through the roof.
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  9188.  @iinRez  Fascists defend fascist Trump.
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  9189. Wasn't Carson a brain surgeon? How did that qualify him to oversee HUD?
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  9190.  Jamal Green  The judges are not the issue, moron.
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  9191.  Jamal Green  And when will he be out of office, since he's commented approvingly about the president of China declaring himself president for life. FACE REALITY: with Republican gerrymandering (protected by the Supreme Court), Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitations to foreign powers to subvert the election, the Democrats need all the votes they can get. But what are fake "Democrat" Sanders and his "fans" doing? They are smearing DEMOCRATS.
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  9192. Trumpism is about making the United States into a BANANAS republic.
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  9193. Republicans are all about bombs -- "diplomacy" is "weakness". "Jaw, Jaw is better than war, war." -- Winston Churchill.
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  9194. Not always. The standard is that a misdemeanor is a year or less, a felony a year or more. But a defendant isn't always sentenced to jail in either situation.
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  9195.  @sandrarobinson7724  He doesn't know how t debate. He knows how to lie and bullshit and attempt to drown out the opponent. In a word, he's rude, and most people don't like it.
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  9196. The Constitution is the foundation of the GOV'T, AND protects various rights of "We the people". And We the people" are the gov't, through elected representation, which is called "self-gov't". And the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people" -- against which rule of law the Republicans are at war.
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  9197. She needs money to prop up her gun-nuts-only restaurant.
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  9198. The so-called "deep state" is actually the public servants who keep the gov't running while presidents come and go.
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  9199. Fourteenth Amendment . . . . S. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. . . .
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  9200. @Travel Crawl Sri Lanka is not the US. The following is the short and sweet of the rule of law in the United States: ___ _No law protects private "militia"_: See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". From _Presser_: "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." That is not a new idea; this law is from October 1658: "Military, [S. 11] . . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raifing of fouldiers for any expedition, fhall be directed to the Committy of militia of the feverall Townes who may execute the fame by the Coftable & the faid Committee are hereby impowred & required to fupprefs all raifing of fouldiers, but fuch as fhall be by the authority of this government." In contemporary English: "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  9201. It isn't incoherence; it is CODE. Look for any overt declaratory statement amid that "cloud" and that will clarify what the CODE is obscuring.
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  9202.  @scottharrison8701  Let's be MATURE, shall we -- I'm sure you aren't so stupid and intellectually lazy that you CAN'T make the effort: If you are going to claim a statement is a "lie," then BACK UP YOUR CLAIM with EVIDENCE. Want to see Trump plead the 5th? -- se the excerpts from filmed depositions shown on MAINSTREAM media. FOX won't even tell you that it had to pay almost 1 billion dollars to Dominion Voting Systems for DEFAMING the corporation -- which is a reason Tucker Carlson was FIRED. And the DEFAMATION was PROVEN with DOCUMENTS -- emails, texts, even recordings -- from WITHIN FOX by Hannity himself and others. So TRY to be an ADULT with the ability to REASON and adhere to ACTUAL FACTS, EVIDENCE, and LAW -- In the New York criminal trial for BUSINESS RECORD FRAUD, committed in order to PROTECT THE CAMPAIGN, see the Michael Cohen invoice, requested and required by Trump book-fixer Allen Weaselberg -- who is currently serving a second sentence at Riker's Island for perjury. ON that invoice WEASELBERG ITEMIZED the amounts of money to be paid to Cohen, which when added together totaled $420,000. INCLUDED in that total was the amount of TAXES Cohen would have to pay for that which was FRAUDULENTLY represented as "income" for Cohen. Since when does YOUR employer pay YOUR taxes FOR you?
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  9203. Using weapons carries legal liability. Everyone has rights -- not only the law-illiterate "righteous". Recording phone calls for use as evidence depends on state law. Better those being harassed/stalked get the advice of those who actually deal with these things, instead of some following the "advice" if some anonymous vigilante posting an unreadable single-paragraph comment.
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  9204. Well, at least FOX, not being NEWS, doesn't "create" the news.
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  9205. "I don't care about you. I just want your votes." -- Trump to MAGA.
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  9206. Eastman and Clark were directly conspiring with Trump. One doesn't look at Eastman and Clark without also looking at Trump. And that means the DOJ is looking at Trump. The "Watergate" investigation was lead by the "Washington Post". Then by the Congressional hearings and the "Washington Post" in tandem, but with the "Washington Post" often ahead of Congress. The DOJ began its investigation based on the evidence produced by the "Washington Post" and the hearings.
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  9207. Trump talks and acts like a gangster.
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  9208.  @davidbybee9930  That illiterate comment is false. First, let's try a little THINKING:: IF it were "legal" for Trump to order Seal Team 6 to assassinate his political opponents, then there WOULDN'T BE an impeachment because he could also have Seal Team 6 assassinate any Congressman who proposed it, and any Senators who acted on the House impeachment resolution. In further fact, the US Supreme Court wouldn't dare rule against him for fear of ALSO being assassinated. Now let's get to the ACTUAL FACTS: Trump has EXPRESSLY SAID, ON VIDEO AND IN COURT THROUGH HIS LAWYERS, that he has ABSOLUTE immunity. His lawyer, in court in DC, FALSELY asserted that one must be impeached and convicted OR one can't be criminally prosecuted. Nixon wasn't impeached. But he was PARDONED against prosecution because the CONSTITUTION says the OPPOSITE of Trump and his lawyer's FALSE assertions: Being impeached and removed DOES NOT protect one from being criminally prosecuted: "US Constitution, Art. I, S. 3, C. 7. Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust or Profit under the United States: "BUT the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law." There is no REQUIREMENT that the "Party" be impeached, or impeached and removed, for the "Party" to be criminally prosecuted. Nixon -- a lawyer -- knew that. And Ford and his legal advisors knew that. Nixon was not impeached, therefore there was no Seante trial on the impeachment. That is why Nixon was offered pardon, and he accepted it -- even though the US Supreme Court had already held that ACCEPTING a pardon is an ADMISSIION OF GUILT. And Trump can't pardon himself because it would be both a conflict of interest and a violation of fundamental due process: no person can be both judge and jury over his own case.
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  9209. Many of the tribes in her state have banned her from their lands. So I guess the white supremacists are happy.
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  9210. The current Republican Party is Reagan without the fake-genial mask.
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  9211.  @zippymufo9765  The Founders were Liberals, which is why we have the First Amendment. Except for themselves "conservatives" hate the First Amendment. "Conservatism" has always been back to the future, and keeping the wealth and power in as few hands as possible. Tax cuts for the rich because they can never have enough.
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  9212. Reagan implemented the RACISM.
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  9213.  @davidedwards3838  I don't do fakes. But I do challenge those who are appalled and shocked and judgmental of lying by others with no self-awareness about their own dishonesties.
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  9214.  @jim2376  You mean I shouldn't remind other humans that they aren't perfect?
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  9215.  @jim2376  Can you -- and they -- afford to be judgmental of others as if you -- and they -- are without the exact same flaws? I'll add that it's always white folks who question the ethnic and or racial identity of marginalized minorities, but never do they get so obsessive and invasive about themselves or their fellow white folk. Always the effort to discredit those who are insufficiently white. Because whites are presumptively perfect therefore exempt from (SELF-)scrutiny.
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  9216.  @jim2376  The judgmentalism shows a lack of self-awareness. That you don't like the response does not mean they are unresponsive. You're simply avoiding the issue. I suggest you take some time off and think about how often you present yourself to others in ways that are dishonest.
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  9217.  @shamrock4500  Try these in order to get some understanding of the complex history of Ukriane contending with both Russia/the U.S.S.R. and Nazi Germany: ___ Timothy Snyder on Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eA4ZN0BpP0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKFObB6_naw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDdzJXM4oY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3nJrtKPI00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4NFiviVWR8 Timothy Snyder and Harry Potter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYwb8gsNNsQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBDNo3Upg-0 Additional perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1WL2VJOn2A
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  9218. The Trump campaign is domestic terrorism.
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  9219.  @pnorris1982  Inciting violence against others, as Trump and Vance are doing to the Haitians in Ohio,, is terrorism. The result has been according to REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine, 33 bomb threats. It also violates youtube's "Terms of Service". Bomb threats are intended to terrorize -- and they are ILLEGAL, CRIMINAL. Tell us why you defend that crime.
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  9220.  @d3c0y39  Mass murders are domestic terrorism. 99 per cent of mass shootings, the weapon of choice being AR-15 ASSAULT weapons, have been committed by RIGHT-wing white males. You are either a dumbass as concerns actual facts, or you are a liar. The January 6th insurrection was domestic terrorism, and was planned, organized, and directed by REPUBLICAN Trump, and those who directly attacked the Capitol, and those outside and directing, were all RIGHT-wing extremists claiming to be "conservatives" Those terrorizing the Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are domestic terrorists, and they are being incited to that criminality by Trump and Vance and other REPUBLICANS.
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  9221. When looking at Defense every year does not constitute REPEALING the Defense Dep. and then re-enacting the legislation that funds the Defense Dept. What Republican'ts DON'T say is that Social security is a SEPARATE, STANDALONE BUDGET. It is NOT a part of the general treasury.
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  9222. So, the Republicnas are against "cancel culture" except when it is for cancelling the First Amendment, and history itself.
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  9223. First serious rule of life: Never miss an opportunity to be silly.
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  9224.  @jannichi6431  Red is the color of Communism.
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  9225. What case are you talking about? And what judge? Do you know at all what you're talking about?
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  9226. Trump bloviates about how "they" aren't allowing him to bloviate while he continuously bloviates.
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  9227.  Brandon  "What ever" should be "whatever". I adhere to facts and law against which you spew anti-American lawlessness. It remains the LAW -- which New York con-man and career criminal Trump, and his dupes, such as you -- REJECT, because that's what criminals do: ALL information generated by gov't employees, even the non-classified, is owned BY THE GOV'T, NOT by the employee. None of that is new or rocket science. And there is classified gov't secrets that can't be declassified by anyone, including a president, under any circumstances. And this is in the Constitution you fools repudiate: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." To "take up arms" against the gov't is defined in LAW as INSURRECTION, which the Founders classified as TREASON. There is no "right" to commit treason. This is the Supreme Court's response to your law-illiterate NON-law anti-gov't gibberish: ----- From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" -- "private paramilitary organizations" -- as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. One cannot legitimately claim to be defending the Constitution and laws by violating the Constitution and laws. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  9228. It isn't about being "sued". It is about being factual about the process. An allegation, an accusation, an indictment, is not a conviction.
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  9229.  @ronaldwayne7092  "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics. -- John Adams. You're talking politics in place of law. That's the Republican/right-wing scam.
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  9230. They called 911 after the killing.
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  9231. Apparently she saw "Dog's" "Reality TeeVee" and realized he's an attention-selling self-promoter. A joke.
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  9232. Well, you know, "bad lawyering" from a whole crew of right-wing Trumpeter lawyers, and anyway, blah, blah, blah something something "reasons". When did the Trump lawyer, or Pence, speak out publicly about what was happening when it most mattered? Exactly never. And Jason Miller gave it away that HE wrote the Tweet FOR Trump that said Pence agreed with Trump on overthrowing the gov't.
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  9233. A slew of anti-vaxxers, including a set of twins, have died of the virus.
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  9234. There is always bias. That does not mean one can't be sufficiently MEDIA LITERATE to "bracket" the bias. Except in those cases -- such as FAOX "news" -- when the "news" is a deliberate "alternative" FICTION. My generation learned that during middle and high school. That you have to ask that question is simultaneously stupid, and revelation that your education was lacking. Was reporting on US involvement in Vietnam biased before the actual facts on the ground became the nightly news beginning in June, 1965? Yes. How about from June 1965 on? -- it became 'biased" with a greater percentage of OBJECTIVE FACT.
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  9235. Pence should have spoken up BEFORE the insurrection. As head of the COVID 19 Task Force, he remained SILENT in the face of Trump's homicidal LIES about it.
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  9236. Eric Trump is ASKING for a terrorist attack.
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  9237. War is never "honorable". It is bloodshed and death.
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  9238. Cillizza is a specialist in "tepid".
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  9239. And therefore doesn't fit in gov't office.
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  9240. Joe Biden ALSO had an ACTIVE role in establishing Obamacare by being a veteran Senator working Congress. Oh, Jeez -- "What he's going to do as president". Old maxim: "The president proposes, the Congress disposes." In other words, Sanders can promise all the pie-in-the-sky he wants -- in REALITY none of it would survive the McConnell-judges scrutiny, if it even got through Congress, which is doubtful -- during his twenty-five YEARS in Congress, Sanders was entirely INEFFECTIVE. And Sanders wasn't arrested in Moscow or Nicaragua.
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  9241. I don't trust carbon fiber -- which is a clothe -- even when used in bicycles. And it has been known to fail in bicycles.
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  9242. Cenk: YOU LOST the ELECTION becuase the voters DON'T LIKE YOU. Time to take responsibility for your skewed politics, and your baseless certitude -- your arrogance. GAD you're annoying. The "Liberal"/"Left" is to have the COMPASSION that the Right and Trump DON'T have, moron. Mocking a mocker doesn't make either mocker INTELLIGENT. You're simply trying to out-stupid Trump's stupidity. Of course your riveted viewers who are as immature LOVE your being the mirror image of Trump -- because they "hate" Trump for being so childish.
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  9243.  @girlonfire00net  Are you certain that you, unlike all other humans, can predict the future? 22 Republicans are up for re-election. 75 per cent of VOTERS DEMAND witnesses. How many will take their chances twisting in the wind, while the flood of revelations continues? My first hero was Republican Abraham Lincoln. I became a Democrat when JFK ran for election to the presidency. I, with others on the Left, were demanding LBJ be tried for war crimes -- then Nixon declared his candidacy and I said, "Forget LBJ -- let's get this gangster." Though I rue that I wasn't on Nixon's "Enemies List," I console myself with taking credit for getting Nixon. The Republicans have, ever since -- being the party of holding fake grudges -- been out to get even. The Clinton impeachment was an abuse of power by the House -- and an effort to "overturn that election," as they say and reject doing today. Candidate Nixon undermined the LBJ administration. President Nixon's Watergate break-in was about stealing the election. Reagan undermined the Carter administration, in order to "win" the election. Reagan provided missiles to "terrorists," said he didn't believe he did, and the Republicans pretended along with him that he didn't. In 2000, Scalia initiated the SC's usurpation of the Congress' exclusive authority and power to resolve election disputes in order to appoint the loser of the election. In so doing, the SC violated the law by voting twice in the same election. Trump and his criminal gang colluded with Russia -- more than 200 contacts during the campaign -- then lied to cover it up. It began with Lee Atwater's "politics of personal destruction": don't merely defeat one's opponent, but also DESTROY the opponent. That became, "Lock her up!" And Bushit 2's campaign manager, Karl Rove, said that the goal is to establish a "permanent Republican majority" -- a one-party state. A dictatorship. Trump is the eventuation of that effort to overthrow not merely an election but the rule of law, the Constitution, itself.
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  9244.  O SNOOPY SNOOP #1  And you sub-standard English literacy is American?
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  9245.  @girlonfire00net  The last general election had the Democrats take the House by record numbers. Instead of repeating lame bullshit, adhere to the facts. Or you'll be more persuasive by being totally silent.
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  9246.  @bsmith5433  When will you be providing FACTS to EVIDENCE that anti-American smear? Even REPUBLICAN Senators state the FACT that the House Managers PROVED Trump's guilt. Only by LYING can you deny it. And by lying, which is immoral, you prove YOURSELF a hypocrite by pretending to be concerned with morality. You are defending an international criminal enterprise which is attacking the foundation of the United States: the Constitution and rule of law. You are either too young, or too damned stupid, to understand the ramifications. Let's be clear, moron: rights do not exist if they are not written down, as law. Rights do not exist outside of and in conflict with law. It is law the secures them, and laws which protect them, and law which provides remedies to their infringement. You don't get to be free without the rule of law; you get to be a paranoid barbarian always on the defensive. The Founders themselves made this clear: From the New Hampshire constitution of 2784: "Part 1--The Bill of Rights. "Article III. When men enter into a society, they surrender up some of their natural rights to that society" -- such as those of the lawless barbarian, the result being social stability and public safety -- "in order to insure the protection of others" AND OF THEMSELVES. That is sufficiently fundamental, and in easily understood language, that if you pull your head out of the quicksand, you just might grasp it. Reality is not a joke, and it will slap you down if you treat it as such.
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  9247. The Republicans in the Senate who were behind that attack on Hunter Biden, based on hogwash cobbled together by Giuliani in conspiracy with a Russian spy, discovered that they wre taken for a ride, and issued a report with that conclusion. Via foreign powers, Nixon worked to subvert the Vietnam Peace Talks which President Johnson was attempting to pursue. He called it treeason. Reagan colluded with Iran in order to steal the 1980 election. Trump colluded and conspired with Russia to steal the 2016 election. And now the Republicans -- doubtless at being embarrassed and panicked that their decades of racist hate-politics has blown up in their faces -- want to pretend that Trump is at odds with the party's history.
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  9248. He's still up for further charges.
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  9249. In fact, between election John Hancock characterized democracy as "mob rule" -- which MAGA showed it is all for on January 6th. But during elections he was all for democracy. With the Constitution, the Founders didn't trust democracy but did not reject it. They institutionalized it as the House of Representatives, with the Senate as a check on its excesses.
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  9250. Rogan is the quintessential low-information meathead. And so spineless -- he has no actual position -- that if he talks to someone for a half hour he'll end up agreeing with them.
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  9251. And Israel knows it is impossible, so when it doesn't happen Israel will use that reality against Gaza. It's all about Israel's continuing land-grab.
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  9252. Sure -- just toss in the word "Constituton," and those who've never read it will be lost. Why isn't he telling us what Article II of the Constitution empowers him to NOT do? The Constitution is hanging by a thread because of him and the Republican Party. And see the Supremacy Clause concerning states laws and constitutional provisions that conflict with Federal Constitution and laws: they are null-and-void.
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  9253.  @oliver_twistor  We got her question -- it is a fake defense of Israel to oversimplify the issue in order to prevent criticism of Israel's public declaration of the WAR CRIME of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT and ETHNIC CLEANSING against the Palestinians -- and not only in Gaza. You'll note she ISN'T asking about the threats against Palestinians and Muslims. It MATTERS that an elderly Jew was killed at a protest -- but IT DOES NOT matter that a JEW murdered a 6-year-old Palestinian boy. So, yes, it is about Israel -- and the calculated hysteria, the propaganda, intended to distract from the slaughter in which Israel is engaged in Gaza.
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  9254.  @oliver_twistor  It is about Israel, because it is Israel that is about COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT -- a WAR CRIME -- in Gaza. They are about GENOCIDE against anyone in the region who isn't Jewish -- and have been doing the same thing, over and over again, since the founding of Israel: clearing the land of non-Jews, and "annexing" the cleared land. And any criticism of their ACTIONS is met with calculated hysteria about the Holocaust -- which included the use of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against the Jews. If it was wrong for the Nazis to do it, then why is it okay for Israel to do it? You need to learn the HISTORY of Israel's ETHNIC CLEANING/GENOCIDE against no-Jewish SEMITES in the region, instead of responding exclusively to one instance of a REPUBLICAN who supports FASIST TRUMP deliberately demanding a "Yes" or "No" to a question which is more complicated than she pretends and than you understand.
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  9255.  @moniqueshannon8442  Because it's a setup. Stefanik is Jewish and supports Trump. Trump is an anti-Semite. You won't hear her questioning Trump about his overt anti-Semitism. It's an opportunity to smear Democrats -- and EDUCATION -- while opposing aid to the Jewish president of Ukraine. It's all about separating the Jewish voters from the Democratic Party. The issue of what is happening on college campuses is being distorted -- no one is being "hysterical" about the pro-Israeli protests against Palestinians. No Republican is condemning the pro-Israel DOXXING of Harvard students for protesting Israel's publicly-declared COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against Gazan Palestinians. No Republican is condemning Israeli President Herzog who publicly asserted that there is no difference between Hamas and Palestinians. Or condemning the discovery of dead and decomposing Palestinian infants found in the ICU in the Gaza hospital that the IDF forced the Palestinians to abandon.
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  9256.  @markcosenza3274  The issue is the voters who voted for Trump against their interests. That includes Black men because they (1) wouldn't vote for a woman for president, which was apparently worse than Trump's overt racism, and (2) believing Trump's lies. But Latinos take the cake: they voted to be deported. Because of their misogyny -- no woman is going to tell a Latino male what to do;, and their deluded racist view that they could pass for WHITE. White supremacists TOLD them to their faces: you aren't WHITE.
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  9257.  @Alex-v4l  So you like that "the left" put together "something Americans actually want," but you accuse them of playing games? Do you not know the difference between left and right? Do you not know that the political spectrum is more complicated that "left" and "right"?
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  9258. Investigation? The EVIDENCE was ALL OVER TV.
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  9259. They are the Neo-Nazi fringe.
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  9260. "Out of my mind" -- shit-faced.
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  9261. "Sounds" isn't the same as MEANING.
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  9262.  @danlopez.3592  NONE of the 9/11 terrorists were from IRAQ. They were from Saudi Arabia and Jordan. So why did Dick Cheney/Bushit not invade Saudi Arabia and Jordan?
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  9263.  @danlopez.3592  And that's why they let Osama bin Laden escape at Bora Bora -- they needed the continuing threat of his existence as means to terrorize the electorate -- all as political and reelection strategy. And remember: it was Cheney who asserted not only that there's no such thing as "society" but also that there's no such thing as international law. All of that is news at minimum to states who at their constitutional foundings named themselves "Commonweatlh" and news to the United Nations and to NATO. NATO was established on the initiative on the United States to prevent future wars -- and as a defense against historically-expansionist Russia -- and has been successful in its several purposes, including as the first line of defense of the United States against a third world war and expansionist Russia. NATO is also a TREATY, which under the US Constitution is the part of the Constitution itself as the LAW OF THE LAND. No president can "withdraw" from the US Constitution.
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  9264. As stupid as Boebert is, grocers see her coming and overcharge.
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  9265. Peggy Noonan is an airhead for whom Reagan was a Saint, even though stone racist.
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  9266. We are in the mess we're in because a significant percentage of the ELECTORATE -- where the RESPONSIBILITY ALWAYS REAMINS -- has been sitting on their asses entertaining themselves to death and spewing excuses for NOT voting. Or voting for fringers who can't be elected. Or jabbering nonsense about third parties. There are TWO viable parties, period. They are NOT "both the same" -- period. Full stop. Either VOTE or sit down and shut up.
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  9267. The far-Left -- left of Progressive -- is a clown show of social media "influencers" competing among themselves for the greatest number of clicks. One has fallen out of favor so is now appealing to the far-Right MAGA. Losers. And they ignore the fact that in 2016 Bernie Sanders helped elect Trump.
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  9268. The "revolution" wasn't a "revolution": the Founders "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts. And they charged with, prosecuted for, and convicted insurrectionists of TREASON, and sentenced them to DEATH.
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  9269. So where is the FULL speech?
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  9270. Biden has stressed from the outset that Israel comply with the laws of war. Israel is ignoring that.
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  9271. In order for a bed to be freed up, someone else must die.
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  9272. Republican election integrity lawyer indicted for lack of integrity and election fraud.
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  9273. Isn't it Trump who said he could commit murder on 5th Avenue in New York and not get arrested? Why would he be exempt from the rule of law?
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  9274.  @derekh1593  The NTSB chair said nothing of the kind, else you'd post the EVIDENCE for your assertion. Republican'ts are CONSTANTLY reminding us that they OPPOSE REGULATION. REGULATION is LAW jackass. And where law exists and they can IGNORE it they will IGNORE -- and VIOLATE -- it. Because all that matters to them is MONEY. Rupert Murch himself said it about the DEFAMATION his propaganda sewer caused: "It isn't about red and blue; it's about GREEN."
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  9275.  @derekh1593  And the train only operated on that city property? You liars are morally degenerate.
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  9276.  @derekh1593  No: it was specifically designed for use in VIETNAM. It is a MILITARY weapon, and DOES NOT belong in the hands of civilians -- especially those who DEFEND mass murder as a necessary corollary of a "right". The FIRST obligation of gov't is protection of public health and safety against numerical minorities such as anti-rule of law/gov't gun-nuts who have no sense of proportion because sociopaths.
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  9277. The far-right fruit-fringe smears everything left of Hitler as "far-left".
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  9278. Witness intimidation and jury tampering are ILLEGAL. Gag orders are common -- Trump isn't exempt.
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  9279. School vouchers are a combination of racism and attacks on public education.
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  9280. The damage done to the two Georgia election workers, both their lives and individually, must be the vilest thing that racist pig Giuliani ever did -- at least that we know of. What a living Hell he put those GENUINELY Christian ladies through.
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  9281. Did you vote?
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  9282. Jesus "No-Show" Christ.
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  9283. I have similar feelings about Michael Cohen: for one, too much of it is self-promotion; and two, in part because of that, he has a long way to go to earn my trust. In contrast is John Dean: he testified openly about his role in "Watergate," without plea deal, and did his time in prison without complaint. He vindicated himself decades ago.
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  9284.  @IMeMineWho  He is repetitive in his self-promotion. That is a turnoff. He may be sincere, but what has he done for those HE victimized?
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  9285.  @IMeMineWho  The difference is that John Dean didn't object to doing his time. Cohen was Trump's hatchet man -- there is at least one tape of him threatening a person. Has he apologized to them? Has he done anything to undo the harm of that? All I see is the self-promotion, and his repetitive attacks on Trump. There is nothing new in his rants.
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  9286. History-illiterate news media: the Founders engaged in every form of gun control including prohibition and confiscation.
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  9287.  @jhoughjr1  "Sex workers" need a "boss" as a "service" in order to function?
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  9288.  @laurenmay2098  Apparently "Dog" wasn't yet a bounty hunter, so didn't try to track down the murderer in that case.
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  9289.  @michaelelizabethcuaz9142  I don't know of any social media "platform" that enforces reasonable civility in use of language.
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  9290. How is anything illegal in Texas that isn't opposition to the rule of law -- other than a woman getting health care, which is not exclusively about abortion?
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  9291. I'd like to see a comparison of the Cannon and Trump phone records.
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  9292. There is also a national urging to prohibit guns at polling places. My state already did that. There is already precedent -- ____ Delaware Constitution, begun August 27, 1776; adopted September 21, 1776. Art. 28. To prevent any violence or force being used at the said elections, no persons shall come armed to any of them, and no muster of the militia shall be made on that day; nor shall any battalion or company give in their votes immediately succeeding each other, if any other voter, who offers to vote, objects thereto; nor shall any battalion or company, in the pay of the continent, or of this or any other State, be suffered to remain at the time and place of holding the said elections, nor within one mile of the said places respectively, for twenty-four hours before the opening said elections, nor within twenty-four hours after the same are closed, so as in any manner to impede the freely and conveniently carrying on the said election: _Provided always_, That every elector may, in a peaceable and orderly manner, give in his vote on the said day of election. ___ Georgia Constitution, begun October 1, 1776; finished February 5, 1777. Art. X. No officer whatever shall serve any process, or give any other hinderance to any person entitled to vote, either in going to the place of election, or during the time of the said election, or on their returning home from such election; nor shall any military office, or soldier, appear at any election in a military character, to the intent that all elections may be free or open.
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  9293. He is spewing old anti-Semitic tropes. Some of the 30 financial institutions who refused him a loan -- he's an adjudicated fraudster who is also known to not pay his bills -- are likely headed by Jews.
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  9294. The prosecution entered a written statement by Trump in his California lawsuit against Stormy Daniels that HE, TRUMP, reimbursed Cohen for the hush money payment.
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  9295. Newt Gingrich was booted from Congress because of his INdecency. then to change the subject, and as payback for Nixon, the Republicans impeached Clinton for being the victim of a stalker.
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  9296.  @stephenrowe8352  Those in denial tend to believe they would be exempt from the oppressions of a dictatorship. The gun-nuts have long claimed the "need" for guns to oppose 'tyranny," often asserting that the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto were exterminated because dictator Hitler "came for their guns". And yet those who back Trump's overt promise to be a DICTATOR won't "come for their guns". They "think" short term: oh the glorious bloodbath of "legally" exterminating all their perceived enemies. They CHEER the overturning of the bump stock ban.
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  9297. A whole lot of commenters are lost in political confusion -- the perfect result of disinformation -- so don't know up from down, fact from fiction. THEY don't know how to distinguish between fact and fiction so they presume no one else can, and that there IS no way to distinguish between then. Those who have no objective standards in their lives have no idea that standards exist. I've pointed to several. They run right over them in order to screech their dumb-assed hysteria.
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  9298. Is wish a group like "Lincoln Project" would file complaints with the bar associations of which Trump's lawyers are members. And while they're at it, file complaint against "Doctor" "Atlas".
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  9299. What claims made in the name of the 10th Amendment are refuted by the rest of the Constitution. I recall the email exchange I had with a Georgia talk show host who was pushing the 10th Amendment lie that a state can establish a state "religion".
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  9300.  @flyhouseoftruth470  Not without due process. "Sovereign citizens" are no different than any other criminal: at core the reject the rule of law. And then they try to claim rights that are secured in the very law they reject. Again, they endeavor to overwhelm with baseless, incoherent bullshit.
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  9301. The "Tea Party" was the beginnings of Trump's anti-Americanism.
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  9302. Republicans NEVER look forward except when it means returning to the past.
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  9303. And Trump is the witch caught dead to rights with his hand in the cookie jar. And there's more: ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  9304.  @nathanurick8320  The only "good" thing Trump did during his four years was sign a massive tax cut -- from which HE benefited -- for those who didn't need it. That is all.
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  9305.  @lauraniles5462  Still peddling the horseshit. 1. Clinton was Sec. of State at the time she RECEIVED two or three confidential documents. 2. At the time it was well know that the official State Dept. communication channel had been hacked and information leaked. Clinton's server was never hacked. 3. Clinton didn't need to be subpoenaed. 4. Clinton didn't need to be subjected to a search warrant. 5. Hunter Biden is irrelevant. And it is especially reprehensible to go after the private citizen children of a politician because there's no dirt on the politician. 6. Blaming "both sides" is false and stupid. It is same TODDLER'S "argument, when caught in the wrong, saying: "EVERYBODY DOES IT!" -- which is FALSE. You made the STUPID choice to fall for a transparently malicious New York con-man and career criminal. Stop SMEARING others in effort to avoid your individual responsibility for choosing to be a DUPE. In other words: you whining out the usual right-wing lies like a typical immoral snowflake. This is what matters: Law AND EVIDENCE: ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  9306. Yet another who makes bald-faced allegations without a shred of EVIDENCE to back them up. The word for that is: STUPIDITY.
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  9307.  @renato360a  If his views were balanced, he'd be a moderate, not a conservative. Yes: he is a conservative BEHIND his views. That's why he advances a conservative view. And what in hell is "far left" beyond an amorphous buzzphrase? The Founders of the United States were LIBERALS, who founded a LIBERAL democracy. Yet the conservatives in the United States, while claiming to wrap themselves in the Constitution, demonize liberals as "far left". Instead of looking outside yourself for something to believe, see THROUGH the views of alleged "intellectuals" to the underpinnings of the views -- that's where the real meaning of the views is. In terms of psychology it is "depth perception". Don't be bedazzled by the verbal fireworks, the superficial show, which tend to be intended to blind.
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  9308.  @DFWM-C  It's what he MEANT because -- exactly as do YOU -- he views DEI as being for the UNQUALIFIED. He is appealing DIRECTLY to ignorant peoples' BIGOTRIES against Blacks and people with disabilities. But that isn't what HIRING is about; DEI simply prohibits discrimination against those traditionally excluded from CONSIDERATION for jobs based on their ABILITIES not on the traditional bigotries which discount them. But he means, first and foremost, NON-WHITES -- BLACKS. And EVERYONE -- including YOU -- KNOW his racist history so KNOW he means Black.
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  9309.  @trob1781  IDIOT: Trump ELIMINATED air safety infrastructure, which included REGULATION, as a for to Musk who was fined for VIOLATIONS of regulations. Google and READ this excellent article about Trump's OFFICIAL gov't acts -- they are ON THE RECORDD -- so you MIGHT begin to get a clue about the FACTS. american prospect Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash Everything Trump said is for the RACIST BASE -- he is LYING about BOTH the purpose of DEI AND how it works. He is deliberately pandering to DISCRIMINATION, which is PROHIBITED BY FEDERAL LAW, by presenting the information as if it means that, as example, low IQ people were being HIRED as Air Traffic Controllers. NONE OF THAT IS TRUE because that is NOT how DEI works.
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  9310.  @YvonneNelson-yl8ub  Well, Trump IS the Terrorist-in-Chief.
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  9311.  @alexperkins1263  No, they don't have to hire everybody. They have to hire qualified people who aren't only white and male.
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  9312. Those extremists need to read the GRIEVANCES against King George III at the end of the "Declaration of Independence" -- two of which are the exact opposite of the law-illiterate assumptions about the "Declaration": " [King George II] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." The military, including Militia, is always UNDER the rule of law. The gov't is by definition rule of law. "He [King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the gov't. As intended, the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the Militia because they FEARED standing armies as a THREAT to LIBERTY. Liberty is protected by RULE OF LAW. What those law-illiterates in the military are proposing is that they be a standing army AGAINST THE GOV'T -- the EXACT OPPOSITE of the purpose of the military.
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  9313. A landslide is preferable.
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  9314. Trump's grandfather was a draft-dodger, and his father was a brutally cruel mobster.
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  9315. But the WAR CRIME of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT in pursuit of ETHNIC CLEANSING -- ACTUAL GENOCIDE -- is taboo to speak of when done by Israel to Palestinians because Jews were victims of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT during WW II. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING, and Israel is LOSING this war. And let's not pretend you know anything about what occurs on college campuses, or the line between protected speech and over-the-line. Look at the incitements of death threats and violence by your felonious "hero" Trump and how much he's allowed to get away with.
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  9316.  @bennuinspace6688  Some will believe any political grandstanding if done by a Republican. Stefanik supports anti-Semitism both against the Palestinians and by supporting anti-Semite Trump.
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  9317. Then you should be criticizing, foremost, Israel President Herzog, who publicly asserted that there is no difference between Hamas and Palestinians. And Netanyahu, who publicly declared Israel's policy is COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT of EVERYONE in Gaza. Only those who are ignorant of the full history on BOTH sides have the luxury or unquestioningly swallowing the Stefanik propaganda. Stefanik, a Jew, pretends to be against anti-Semitism while fully supporting overt anti-Semite Trump. Remember his, "There are very fine people -- on BOTH sides"? -- one side of which were anti-Semites self-identified as NEO-NAZIS. Those are the people Trump praised -- those chanting, "Jews will not replace us!"
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  9318.  @TheSongsmythe  Except when Israel engages in it against the stateless Semite Palestinians -- then the hate of Muslims (some Palestinians are Christians) erupts, and the dumb-assed fall in line with Israel's propaganda of calculated "hysteria". So the infants found dead and decomposing in the ICU of the Gaza hospital that the IDF forced the Palestinians to abandon DON'T MATTER. ONLY Israel can do no wrong -- after all, they invented the "God" that said what they wanted it to say: that the Jews -- unlike everyone else -- are the "Chosen People".
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  9319. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT is GENOCIDE. As of October 7, NETANYAHU PUBLICLY DECLARED AND IMPLEMENTED COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT AGAINST GAZA. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT was declared a WAR CRIME because the Nazis used it AGAINST THE JEWS. Why is ISRAEL EXEMPT from that rule of law? Because IT says so, and BULLSHITS you into believing they are?
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  9320. @Fern00352 Trump directly incites death threats against people he attacks -- and yet dealing with that by gag order is COMPLICATED. But when it comes to dealing with Israel's calculated hysteria and propaganda, it is so very, very simple for the SIMPLETON'S who buy into the Israeli propaganda that they are ALWAYS the VICTIMS. Israel knew of the planned Hamas attack A YEAR AGO, but did NOTHING to prepare for it. That's why IN ISREAL Netanyahu is viewed as part of the PROBLEM: HIS gov't has supported and funded Hamas AGAINST the PLO because BOTH Hams and his gov't OPPOSE the two state solution, whereas the PLO is FOR that solution. those who fall for Israel's propaganda don't know the history, don't understand how Netanyahu's gov't PROVOKES incidents in order to EXPLOIT them by slaughtering MORE Palestinians and grabbing MORE land.
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  9321. Using US military troops against US citizens is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Where does Smerconish stand?
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  9322. Russia's attacks on Odessa are premature, which indicates not merely frustration at lack of progress, but beyond that desperation.
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  9323. Because he loves to hear himself talk -- it's the mistaking of ego for wisdom.
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  9324. Not all Democrats are "leftists" -- stop echoing right-wing smears.
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  9325. If final decision on the case is after the election, that is a LOSE for Trump with VOTERS.
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  9326. Trump's first name is DonOld.
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  9327. The "best of" her abilities were not very good. Perhaps if she dropped the self-absolution of her claim to be a "Christian" she would have been ethically rigorous in the required due diligence. But, then, being a "Christian" is typically the "How to Dodge Moral and Ethical Responsibility" card on which relied at all times.
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  9328. Because he accurately identifies the source/s of false information intended to subvert responsible discourse, and ultimately to subvert democracy.
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  9329. Or disproved. Jordan doesn't claim to be a "theoretical psychologist".
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  9330. He's a right-wing propagandist, a TV entertainer pretending to do "psychology," which impresses the ignorant.
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  9331.  @imrael496  You are not fit to judge candidates in view of the fact that you are a dupe of transparently-obvious conman -- and convicted criminal -- Trump.
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  9332.  @rtm365bnc  He's a right-winger, and trying to rescue Trump's political fortunes from Trump's self-destructiveness.
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  9333. Suppose Republicans Kissinger and Schultz gave you a war that couldn't be won?
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  9334. He isn't as precise in his speech as he could be. Sometmes he searches for the correct word, only achieves approximate, and then moves on.
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  9335. He's "proud" of his ideological nonsense. He's a "conservative" ex-talk-radio-yacker. There is no THOUGHT involved with him.
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  9336. Keep in mind that Trump has always been about creating confusion and chaos, which is what ropes people into his cult. So is he deteriorating mentally, or is it the usual strategy?
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  9337. But he ISN'T telling the truth.
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  9338.  @sclogse1  Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.
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  9339. And the media are enabling it by being there.
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  9340.  @TRUMP_IS_PRESIDENT_______ENJOY  Your opinion of Congress is irrelevant -- he violated the law. Moreover, Mr. Fact Free, despite his bullshit claims of "executive privilege," he talked everywhere, and wrote in his book, the very things he refused to say to Congress. And in this instance he made claims about the Supreme Court backing his view, but that very same Court REJECTED his appeal because the Court HAS NOT held as he falsely claims.
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  9341. But the greatest TRAITOR in US history!
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  9342.  @teeminator30  EVIDENCE? Yeah, we all know -- even you know -- that you have none. You're just a law-illiterate crank trained by your criminal "betters" to spew hate and insults based upon nothing at all but childish bile. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Confess: you were expelled from pre=school for refusing to potty-train.
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  9343. "Judge" Cannon's "reputational harm" redounds to "Judge" Cannon.
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  9344. Jordan Peterson is telling others how to live.
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  9345.  @Alexandr1233211  It's a public relations stunt intended to put a positive face on gun-nutism.
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  9346. Watergate was much simpler, but it took more than two years for Nixon to resign. You have the opportunity to learn how investigation and legal process work. Or you can continue to bash, demanding instant gratification, and see the perpetrators escape justice.
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  9347.  @geoffrey_b  The effort to "get" Nixon began with his announcement of his candidacy in 1968. He resigned in August 1974. Most of those who minimize Watergate don't know what they're talking about. And they certainly ignore and refuse to learn that investigations take time, and precede legal process, which also takes time.
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  9348.  @alizakessler  You aren't paying attention. Suggest you listen to, as example, the taped phone conversation of Trump attempting to get the GA Sec. of State to commit election fraud. And there plenty more EVIDENCE of his SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY leading in several directions. The only election fraud was committed by Trump and his associates -- while at the same time you were chasing the smell of his bullshit allegations that the Democrats were committing the fraud.
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  9349.  @alizakessler  Yes: he was looking for votes that didn't exist. Wake up: After the election there were THREE AUDITS. NO illegal votes were found. AFTER those audits Trump attempted to bully two state elections officials, including the Sec. of State, to "find" votes that didn't exist. That violated several Georga laws.
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  9350. Kristol needs to stop talking about "Liberals" and "Democrats" -- stop the equivocation. Not all scientists are "Liberals" or "Democrats". Stop capitulating to the politicization of everything. Adhere to the LAW: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  9351. The RNC didn't join the effort kicking and screaming. Everything Trump touches become part of his criminal enterprise.
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  9352. Not only impeached but also removed. And add Roberts: he authored the blatantly unconstitutional "immunity" decision.
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  9353. Including his GASELESS ATTACKS on BIDEN!?
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  9354. Banon is determined to destroy the United States. And Garland is Jewish, and Bannon an anti-Semite.
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  9355. When do you posit Russia will engage in good faith diplomacy? Meanwhile, diplomacy isn't possible if only one side engages in it in good faith. And as long as Putin believes he is winning, he will not engage in diplomacy except as propaganda for those outside the diplomatic effort.
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  9356. The New York state elections law includes as prosecutable in the state violations of FEDERAL elections law. And as Federal law is the Supreme Law of the Land, Federal laws can be adjudicated in state courts.
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  9357. Yeah, non-political -- which is why he throws in the words "soul" and "America". Reactionary huckster.
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  9358. And don't know what she was actually like between her "show" personality. And there are others who were interviewed about the relationship with Brian which wasn't as they pretended.
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  9359. Trump ad: "Unbelievable crowd". "Unbelievable" means "not to be believed".
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  9360.  @bonanimathambo8721  Uh, no: because protesting Clarence Thomas speaking at a law school is "cancel culture," but Thomas's ELIMINATION of the right of privacy is "legitimate". I mean, let's not deal with the actual issue -- the ELIMINATION of the right of privacy -- by instead focusing on the fake outrage at exercising one's freedom of speech as "cancel culture" when it is exercised as criticism of a corrupt Supreme Court Justice who is about shoving HIS "religion" down the throats of everyone in the United States.
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  9361.  @bonanimathambo8721  Yeah -- I've noticed for decades the "conservative" attacks on liberals. Attacking liberals for bullshit "reasons" isn't tolerance -- you apparently haven't yet learned to use dictionaries to adhere your use of words to their standard definitions. Or do you view standard definitions as "liberal" therefore to be rejected? If so, then that would explain your incoherence. The fact is that the Founders were Liberals who established a pluralistic democracy. From "Websters": "[A] state of society in which members of diverse ethnic, racial, religious, or social groups maintain an autonomous participation in and development of their traditional culture or special interest within the confines of a common civilization". And, of course, your false claim to tolerance is to split the United States into two factions: "conservatives" and "liberals," and declare that liberals are the enemies of the United States. Your "conservatism" is the lowest form of bigotry: you can't handle, and you hate -- the opposite of tolerance -- anyone who is or believes differently than you. Clarence Thomas gets to express his freedom of speech as LAW -- but let's condemn a law student -- you are a law-illiterate so not qualified to judge -- for having the temerity to criticize Thomas for his backward and extralegal "law"-making. The cure for you is to learn how to mind your own business -- behave in keeping with the "conservative" mantra of individual RESPONSIBILITY -- and get a life worth living so you no longer have time or inclination to bully and attempt to impose your malicious poison on everyone else. There are, of course, reasonable limits to "tolerance" -- such as objecting to the elimination of a right -- the right of privacy -- simply because it underpins Court decisions one opposes on extremist and false "religious" grounds -- a "religion" not everyone shares, and under the First Amendment need not share. FACTS MATTER, against the blatant LYING of the 6 "Federalist Society" religiofreaks on the Court: 1. The 1600s anti-"witch" English judge is misquoted by Alito. That judge in fact held that abortion became illegal at "quickening". And he based that on the "Bible," which says the same thing. "Quickening" is when a fetus begins to move within the womb. That is roughly equivalent to the "viability" which had been established in "Roe" and "Casey". 2. The United States is not under the jurisdiction of English law -- recall the "Declaration of Independence" and the phrase therein "dissolve the bonds". Those "bonds" were English law as nominally applied in the colonies. Only nominally because the several colonies had evolved their laws divergent from England into their own independent systems of law. You don't know the history of anything; you cling to superficial mythologies. Nor is your anti-abortion view informed with cognizance of or account for PROBLEM pregnancies. The state anti-abortion laws being enacted have NO accommodation of the REALITY of problem pregnancies, which can require abortion to save the health and life of the mother. Last but not least, John Adams was the foremost constitutionalists among the Founders. He wrote that Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. Two of his fundamental principles: "A system of Laws, and not of men." "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." And yet you wallow in politics, lead around by the nose by so-called "conservative" politics which do the opposite of "conserving".
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  9362.  @bonanimathambo8721  I have an education in law; you do not. So if it's not a soundbite you can't handle it. Try again, one paragraph at a time, and you'll perhaps LEARN some basic English, and some relevant HISTORY.
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  9363.  @bonanimathambo8721  When THIS Supreme Court not only fabricates "history" to support its results, but also mis-states the actual facts of the case in front of them in order to reach they pre-decided result, then yes: I am not alone able to call out those DECEITS. It is OBVIOUS you don't have an education in law. And it is obvious you NEVER CRITICALLY EVALUATE a decision you APPROVE. In sum, you don't know what you're talking about, and you live your bias because insufficiently mature to be able to set it aside. I'll state the FACT it again, moron: "Roe," and the decisions Thomas identified as also targets for overturning, are ALL based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. That RIGHT is the UNDERPINNING of ALL those cases. That is why this ROGUE Supreme Court DENIES that there IS a right of privacy. Like Scalia they have IDEOLOGICAL RESULTS they want to reach, and they'll tell ANY lie in order to reach those results. AND AGAIN, DUNCE: the ELIMINATION of the right of privacy takes that right away from YOU ALSO.
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  9364.  @Make-Asylums-Great-Again  And you seem detached from reality.
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  9365. Let's blame Pelosi for McConnell's failure.
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  9366. The video of him on the phone may be him calling in the threats in Minnesota.
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  9367.  @fishpawnz838  I'm okay with the fact that the fake "investigation" of the investigators collapsed. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9368. Another dunce who is law-illiterate and knows nothing about how the gov't is structured and functions. The FBI INVESTIGATES; it does not prosecute. Durham never had a case. It isn't rocket science: US intelligence routinely monitors Russians and their activities vis-a-vis the US. When Michael Flynn called and spoke with the Russian ambassador, he "wandered" into the ongoing monitoring of the Russian ambassador. Though they LIED about it, Mueller documented more than 200 hundred contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia. They intelligence community was monitoring the RUSSIANS; had the Trump campaign not "wandered" into that ongoing monitoring there wouldn't have been evidence and reports of those contacts. What that means is really, really, really simple: there was no spying on the Trump campaign; the "spying" was on Russians -- who the Trump campaign was contacting. Durham's job was to discredit the investigation that discovered those contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians by "investigating" the investigation of those contacts. He never had a case, as those who know law knew all along. But he had to try to show SOMETHING where there was NOTHING in effort to justify his "investigation". In effort to SAVE FACE.
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  9369.  @fishpawnz838  What are you going to do, law-illiterate political neophyte? Durham had no case. Everyone, including Durham, knew it.
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  9370.  @fishpawnz838  Nope. But I understand that investigations, which precede legal process, take time. And that legal process takes time. Definitely not a hypocrite.
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  9371.  @fishpawnz838  Your stupid name calling marks YOU. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9372. When is the media going to catch up to the fact that Trump MAKES SHIT UP!?
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  9373. Disinformation: informational totalitarianism.
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  9374. You have no idea what "Left" is.
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  9375. And the 911 "witness" was "driving by" the altercation. We don't know that he saw who started it. But, as the politics are that all evil originates with males, and women are only ever victims, we don't need to know the actual facts. But we do know that a male isn't allowed to defend himself against attack by a female.
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  9376. At the beginning of their speeches, LaPierre, Cruz, and Trump all asserted that "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun". In Buffalo, the "good guy with a gun" confronted a "bad guy with a gun" who was wearing BODY ARMOR. In Uvalde, 19 "good guys with guns" were confronted with one "bad guy with a gun" but DID NOT ACT, the result being that 19 children and 2 teachers were killed.
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  9377. Oh -- but Republicans are against "ballot harvesting".
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  9378. Sinema is focused on being destructive. From foolish far-left Green, to Democrat, to right-wing reactionary, to "independent". She was opposed to Medicare negotiation prescription drug prices because she's "independently" on the take to Big Pharma.
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  9379. Some of us have been citing the 14th Amendment for more than a year. But that's because we've read it, and because we know that the "Ku Klux Klan" is one implementation of that Amendment.
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  9380.  @mhempton  Nope. it's because a statistically insignificant percentage of Americans have actually READ the Constitution. Luttig states that it was Laurence Tribe who brought the 14th Amendment to his attention, and taught him what it means. Which doesn't surprise: "Conservatives" tend to ignore anything to do with racial injustice and racism because untouched by it. Everything is a "conspiracy" to the ignorant because they have yet to mature psychologically and intellectually, therefore have yet to do the work of disciplining themselves to recognize the difference between, on one hand, fact, and on the other, making shit up. The indictments of Trump and his criminal enterprise are based on EVIDENCE, not on "hysteria". Trump has all along been a transparently-obvious third-generation New York City con-man and career criminal. The sooner you accept those facts -- and the fact that the indictments are based on EVIDENCE -- you'll learn how to pull your head out of your ass.
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  9381. The Foounders were Liberals, and the majority is Liberal. It isn't "indoctrination" simply because you choose to be a reactionary contrarian and fruit-fringer.
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  9382. He's a whine-o.
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  9383. "A lot of politicians PROBABLY have a lot of skeletons" is not EVIDENCE that they do.
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  9384. The Court is FOR forced "confession". Behind that is "religion".
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  9385.  @John-je7hi  As ever all-bullshit no EVIDENCE. Look inside yourself: that AWFUL feeling is the result of embracing BASELESS HATRED. How about addressing the ISSUE: Greene is a lying illiterate who rejects and supports the overthrow of the RULE OF LAW? How about addressing her AVOIDNG the ISSUES that SHE put out in print AND ON VIDEO? Where is her COURAGE when UNDER OATH and confronted with the MOUNTAIN of EVIDENCE for her views that SHE AUTHORED AND PRODUCED? Why are you a SUCKER for LIES? Is it because you hate and can't handle the TRUTH? BOTOM LINE: Trump's entire adult history is KNOWN and it is as a LIAR and CHARLATON. Here's the EVIDENCE for where his "loyalty" lies: He has said, even on VIDEO, that he "loves" his supporters. And where are his INSURRECTIONST supporters? -- sitting on their asses IN JAIL. He pardoned Roger Stone and Bannon -- BECAUSE they have EVIDENCE against him. He bought their SILENCE.
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  9386.  @John-je7hi  Why is it that every rime an illiterate extremist right-winger is exposed as a fraud, the illiterate extremist right-wingers defend the fraud by avoiding the issue? FACTS MATTER as concerns one of FRAUD Greene's FALSE assertions: 1. The "Declaration of Independence" has never been LAW. 2. The "Declaration" DOES NOT include the word "overthrow". 3. The "Declaration" applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND. The authors of it, the Founders, "attacked" and "overthrew" exactly this many gov'ts; ZERO. Because the gov'ts at issue were all along, from their foundings, controlled by the FOUNDERS. 4. We know the "Declaration" applied EXCLUSIVELY to England because (a) that is the only gov't with whom the Founders were at war, and (b) by the list of grievances in the "Declaration" that were directed, BY NAME, at King George III of ENGLAND. These are two of those grievances: "He [KING George III] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "He [King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." Those were carried forward into the Constitution AS LAW: Art. I., S. 8, C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the [well-regulated] Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Unions, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the [well-regulated] Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers and the Authority of training the [well-regulated] Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." Whenever you or your fellow FRAUDS "think" to invoke the rule of law, first know what you're talking about. Until then sit down and shut your illiterate rule-of-law-rejecting anti-American yaps.
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  9387.  @richard3793  They are LOUDER -- MTG can't seem to shut up, and always a loudest, and her constituents are neanderthals who support her because they are as ineffective in their own lives. The problem is that the louder they are, the more voters here them and are repelled.
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  9388. From you.
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  9389. It isn't like Republican's only "plan" is to "own the Libs" or anything. We have Republicans expressly stating that they want to eliminate Social Security and Medicare. And, of course, KYING about it. In fact, the Republicans were opposed to Social Security before it was even enacted in law.
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  9390. The First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" -- the Bible -- from gov't. Apparently Dershowitz has been partnered with Giuliani as his drinking buddy.
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  9391. These two Secret Service agents are compromised.
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  9392. Bolton was Trump's UN ambassador. Bolton has long been for the US withdrawing from the UN. The Republican't Party has been a mix of Regressive Stupidity & Nuts since at latest Reagan.
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  9393. In fact Bloomberg didn't run for office during 2017-18, but instead funding DEMOCRATIC campaign and helped take bak the House. Oh, right: the Democratic Party is ipso facto "corrupt," therefore Bloomberg is a monster. Do you fools EVER LISTEN to yourself!? You sound exactly like Trump and his MAGAot "fans" with all the childish name-calling and mud-slinging.
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  9394. He asked about both sun and disinfectant separately. And as he made those suggestions he was looking at and seeking the support of Birx for his "theory".
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  9395. She's a parrot, an airhead, promulgating FAR-LEFT ideological claptrap that is as hate-based as Trump's FAR-RIGHT nonsense. She will NEVER address the FACT that during his 30 YEARS in Congress -- as ESTABLISHMENT -- Sanders has been TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE.
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  9396. You have it wrong. They are calling attention to the facts they are about to report. It isn't condescending; rather, you don't like the facts being reported, or that it is a struggle for you to attempt to pretend you didn't hear them.
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  9397. @choof There are two or three people on camera reporting the news. They take turns. Person A gives a report, then person B calls attention to a different angle on person A's report, or to an entirely different topic. It isn't condescension. It is no different than in writing one sets out different subject matter in separate paragraphs. And chapters. So I recommend not reading books as you'll be "offended" by the author providing ques on how to follow what is being written.
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  9398.  @gypsy7818  Seriously, Trumper: Trump's THEFT of gov't property is not limited to classified information. ALL information generated by gov't employees is owned BY THE GOV'T. That is LAW going back to the first Supreme Court decision, in the 18th century, on the question.
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  9399.  @kahlesjf  It's simply a way of calling attention to a different view, or specific facts. It is stunning that a viewer would FEEL condescended to by a talking head who doesn't know the viewer exists. It is a mannerism, and nothing more. But apparently those who FEEL it is condescending have only encountered it in the context of argument and felt inadequate against the other's view. Is it "condescending" when opposing counsel in litigation, in court, follows up on the lawyer who omits facts with, "But, your honor, I call attention to X"? Of course not. Condescension is in an overall attitude, not in a pause-for-thought drawing of attention to specifics. alternatives, or additional information. If you're talking about Trump lawyers Bobb or Habba, it is baseless arrogance by individuals who are out of their league but believe bullshitting is legitimate substitute for sound argument. All in all, if one is objecting to the FACTS being reported, so attacks the reporter, then that is both petty and dishonest: the problem isn't the facts; the problem is with the person who doesn't like the facts.
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  9400. It's okay to speak with an accent, but not to hear with one.
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  9401. Trump had nothing but praise for "Strong Leader" Xi of China. And LOVED how Communist China "cracked down" on the pro-democracy movements in both China and Hong Kong.
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  9402.  @breeblack927  The mmore you comment, the more you prove you have nothing relevant to say.
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  9403. When will the Supreme Court attack the "Administrative Procedures Act, enacted by Congress as means properly to delegate authority to administrative agencies.
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  9404.  @robertsteinbach7325  The "Administrative Procedures Act" is the means by which Congress delegates authority to administrative agencies also established by Congress. The occasional attacks on it by the right-wing is that Congress doesn't have the Constitutional authority to delegate its responsibilities. But delegation is the norm throughout gov'ts and every form of organization. The Attorney General administers the DOJ; he does not directly investigate and prosecute cases -- that is delegated to subordinate divisions within the DOJ, each of which focuses on a specific area of law. NO lawyer knows every area of law sufficient to practice in every area -- the DOJ has, as examples, separate divisions which specialize in such as civil rights and environmental issues. And not every lawyer is a litigator. As the Constitution stipulates, the President is required to implement and enforce the laws; and he does that by delegating implementation and enforcement to the relevant agencies in the administrative branch, which are established and delegated by Congress. The actual issue -- as Project 2025 brazenly details -- is to eliminate ALL regulation of powerful corporations, and all civil rights protections of traditional targets of oppression and violence.
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  9405. Nope: musicians "owned" the production, but the money still went to the same place: the moneymen. Production wasn't the industry; money was and is. Hendrix made it because "outrageousness" had already been established. In more restricted, conservative times, he'd be as unacceptable as he was before he went to England where the environment was more receptive.
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  9406.  johnny walker  They guzzle FOX and far-right sewerage.
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  9407. _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  9408.  justin0ldman303  What does CNN know? And that is not what happened: the Trump-ordered burglary STOLE the machine data for other purposes. Copying the data is not "hacking".
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  9409.  justin0ldman303  But you don't rust CNN because it isn't extremist right--wing anti-American hate-propaganda.
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  9410. That was my inclination: the Amendment is not self-actualizing; like most Constitutional provisions, it must be implemented by means of statute. And, as it is FEDERAL law, that would move the case to Federal Court. But the decision DID NOT overturn Colorado's fact-finding that Trump engaged in insurrection. That is consistent with the question the court wants the prosecution and defense to answer in the "immunity" case: the question did not use the words, "ALLEGED crimes"; it used the words, "ALLEGED official acts". They are focused on the complex question of where to draw the line between legitimate presidential immunity, and what falls outside that area. A president can order assassinations; but it would be prosecutable crime to assassinate domestic political opponents.
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  9411. I occasionally get calls from the same guy wanting donations for some police organization. The number he calls "from" -- spoofing -- are never twice the same.
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  9412. And who owns Gillette anyway?
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  9413.  @marlenemurray8261  "Isn't as bad as"!? Faint praise. Note that Hillary testified for at least 11 hours about "Benghazi"-- without having to be subpoenaed, and never pled the 5th. The same goes for her testimonies in the various fake "scandals" flung at her by Republicans. Stop even entertaining smears that have NO EVIDENCE to back them up.
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  9414. The lie is an attack on elections.
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  9415.  @JamesEdwards-g6n  It is a DEMOCRATIC republic. The essence of democracy is ELECTIONS. The Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections. The "Pledge of Allegiance" is not law; it is right-wing propaganda.
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  9416.  @mabainter  Jefferson was a slave-owning aristocrat -- among the 1 per cent of the time. A fake populist given to the privilege -- his slaves did all the heavy lifting -- of sitting on his *ss and hypothesizing. His encouragement of the French Revolution resulted in a bloodbath when the various factions of "revolutionaries" turned on each other. See the HBO miniseries "John Adams": Jefferson and Franklin were in Paris hobnobbing with the French 1 per cent while John Adams was doing the real work of getting things done.
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  9417. Lying for money is fraud.
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  9418. They are putting the responsibility on Chris Rock for not doing as the LAW and Academy rules REQUIRED the Academy do. And it was Will Smith who got the "condolences" -- but none for Chris Rock.
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  9419. @A G Schiff's Intelligence Committee DID SUBPOENA Bolton, and his deputy Kupperman, moron,. Kuppermann went to court, and Bolton refused, saying he'll rely on what the court rules on Kuppermann. FOX didn't tell you that because FOX is lying to you. They also subpoenaed McGahn, who went to court, the court told him to take it to Congress, and he appealed. Meanwhile, the days until the next election, which Trump has repeatedly and publicly invited other foreign powers to subvert, are diminishing. All of this has been explained, over and over again, by the Democrats, and in the media,. all of which is INDEPENDENTLY DOCUMENTED.
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  9420.  @philmontejano5971  Schiff has brains. But you reject the rule of law.
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  9421.  @philmontejano5971  Schiff is a seasoned prosecutor. And you're a law-illiterate who rejects not only reason, but also the Constitution and laws. That makes you anti-American.
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  9422.  @philmontejano5971  The Impeachment Clause is in the Constitution, and it is that the Democrats base the Articles. Clue, moron: name-calling is childish and stupid. Alas, that's all you have. For the negative-measured degree of your contribution, you'd be more persuasive if you were to entirely shut up.
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  9423.  @philmontejano5971  The House Managers are winning: the Republicans are beginning to shift to voting FOR witnesses and documents -- for a REAL trial, instead of a scam you morons prefer to freedom.
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  9424.  Da Choppah  None of them are relevant to the case, moron. you want "due process"? -- then stop rejecting it. As for the whistleblower: irrelevant, as everything in the whistleblower's complaint has been 100 per cent verified by actual witness testimony and documents.
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  9425. It doesn't matter. What matters is that a cabal of billionaires and Trump are on the same page: killing massive multi-millions of people both domestically and worldwide in keeping with the Republican agenda to "cull the herd," as a G. GUI Bushit aide said near an open mike.
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  9426. This isn't about "across the world". This is about Israel's actions vis-a-vis the Palestinians.
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  9427. "Religion" embodies the core humainst values of the human race. The problem is the hucksters who invest the institutions or organizations.
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  9428.  @caseyjay8097  Trump has always been a bullshitter. A liar. He "loves" the uneducated because they're so easy to swindle. Depicting him as mentally ill -- he is a criminal -- gives him an excuse and an out.
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  9429.  @kelperdude  How is that relevant to TRUMP? Trump is preaching FASCISM -- do you also love FASCIST HITLER?
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  9430.  @kelperdude  Yes -- there are naive young people on the far eft, and hateful young people on the far right who falsely believe that they have "right" to act-out their neuroses violently. The political spectrum -- which only consists of "left" and "right" to politically stupid simpletons -- is measurable on a bell curve (look it up): the "left" and "right" to which you refer are IN THE MINORITY. The vast majority of the electorate is MODERATE. Sanders shot himself in the foot when he attacked the "centrist" Democrats as "corrupt" because he was attacking the MAJORITY of Democrats. MAGA is a pitifully small minority -- which is why they are obnoxiously loud and violent: it's the only way they can get attention and falsely believe they have power. But by attacking the elections and voting, telling MAGA that voting is a waste of time, he is convincing them to NOT VOTE. Smearing Biden won't change any of that; all you're doing is "confessing" that you are in the minority.
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  9431. So no luck selling autographed copies to her constituents who CAN'T read.
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  9432.  @Leythfr  And Trump's mishandling of COVID killed 1 million Americans. That you wish on others by voting Trump will come for YOU.
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  9433.  @ross4452  You believe it's funny? Watch what tariffs do to your wallet: they cause imports to cost more, and the US doesn't have jurisdiction to tax foreign companies in other countries. That is why they are called a sales tax: the importer must pay more, and the costs are passed on to YOU. Congratulations on screwing yourself in the blind belief that you are only screwing those you baselessly hate. Trump said he'll be a dictator. EVEROYNE is the victim of the dictator.
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  9434.  @DarthBator-m5l  Who are "they"? And where is your EVIDENCE?
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  9435. Republicans as patriots: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." -- Dr. Johnson. "PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. "In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first." -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.
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  9436. He's the author of the Dobbs decision, in which he found the excuse for overturning Roe in a 1500's British judge who ordered the executions of "witches". He and his ilk are about establishing a religiotyranny based on the "Old Testament" -- behind which fraud they are white supremacists. They've given up trying to win elections with a message that the vast majority don't want; they are building to shoving it down all our throats by force.
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  9437. The CIA operates OUTSIDE the US. The FBI is domestic. What is problematic are individuals who allege that there is "a document" -- so deeply "buried" that it can't be known to even exist -- which has "proof" of conspiracy even though the contents can't be know because the "document" is so deeply buried that it can't be known to exist. Even with actual documents we get explicit LIES about the documents. Some years ago, as example, an official FBI document was circulated to "support" the assertion that it proved that G. H. W. Bush, later CIA head, was in Dallas when JFK was assassinated. But when one actually READ the document, one learns that it was a memo documenting that the Dallas FBI had received a call from G. H. W. Bush calling from MIDLAND Texas. So the CLAIM was that the document "proved" Bush was in Dallas, when in fact READING the document found that it PROVED that he was in MIDLAND.
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  9438. MAGA voted for a convicted felon because they are FOR rule of law. At the inauguration protests the few MAGA present were fearful of the -anti-Trump protesters so sought feeling safe by positioning themselves near the police.
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  9439. Stop using the complicated word "projection". The simple and direct word is CONFESSION.
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  9440.  @ORO323  It is well known that Biden has a STUTTER. Should you be mocking those with a minor disability?
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  9441.  @RUTHLESSambition5  It is WELL KNOWN that Biden has a STUTTER. He controls it very well; but now and then the adjustment doesn't quite work.
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  9442.  @nealorr5086  You didn't ask anyone. And if one actually followed the FACTUAL reportage of the trial, one learned the nature of the crimes committed: 1. Falsification of business records proved by DOCUMENTS generated by and obtained from Trump's criminal enterprise. The falsification was the claim that the money paid to Cohn was "legal expenses, when in fact -- and Trump admitted this in a court filing in suit against Stormy Daniels -- it was reimbursement to Cohen for money Cohen paid in behalf of Trump. A. A legitimate business expense is a tax-write-off. An expense falsely characterized as a business expense is tax evasion. B. The amount of money reimbursed to Cohen as part of the fraud of "income" for Cohen included the amount Cohen would have had to pay in income taxes on that amount. Ask yourself: What employer in the US pays the employee not only his income but ALSO the employee's taxes on the income. C. The money Cohen paid was not income -- he took out a mortgage on his home in order to pay Stormy Daniels to shut up. 2. With the intent to cover up or commit another crime. A. Interference in the election, which was testified to clearly and at length ALSO by non-hostile witnesses David Pecker and Hope Hicks. All of this is made clear in what was a DOCUMENTS case -- the DOCUMENTS generated by and obtained from the Trump criminal enterprise, and RECORDING of the discussion of the McDougal payoff by Cohen AND TRUMP. All the witnesses testimony did was fill in the details. So in order to know what the facts and crimes are -- which you are deliberately avoiding in order to spread the TRUMP LIE -- you only need LISTEN to FACTUAL reporting about the trial as it proceeds. FOX isn't going to tell you the truth about any of it; neither, of course, is Trump; nor "NewsMax" or any of the other sewerage you guzzle. The FACT is that you DON'T WANT TO KNOW the facts so you can continue to deny TO YOURSELF that you are a worst class DUPE of Trump the NEW YORK CON MAN and career criminal. In an earlier case Trump LOST he was adjudicated, by a jury of his peers, a RAPIST. Tell us why you believe it is MORAL to defend RAPE.
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  9443.  @MattQuinlan-cx4vs  You will when you discover that you voted to cut your own throat.
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  9444. That isn't an issue. You confuse "content" with practices. Do you like being DISinformed? Do you support the "anti"-"cancel culture" movement banning of books?
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  9445.  @salerno8536  Because YOU can't tell the difference between fact and disinformation means no one else can!? How stupid do you want us all to be? FOX is classified with the FCC as ENTERTAINMENT. They PRETEND to be "news" but they leave out a whole lot of fact while feeding their dumb-assed viewers DISINFORMATION. Trump lost the election. To claim the opposite is DISINFORMATION. And, of course, you're getting 'way ahead of yourself and flailing because you are clueless. There has been no policy yet and you are jumping up and down screaming with your thumb stuck in your mouth. Let's be BASIC: 1. There are FACTS and there are FALSEHOODS. 2. It is INTELLIGENT to be able to distinguish between that which is FACT and that which is FALSEHOOD. Are you still incapable of doing so? I would guess YES. In a democracy the citizen has individual freedoms -- which are limited by the rights of others -- AND INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY to NOT be STUPID.
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  9446.  @salerno8536  In other words, you don't know how to distinguish between fact and "opinion," between fact and lie. And you're too damned lazy to LEARN how to distinguish among them. So you're okay with foreign enemy dictators pumping BULLSHIT into our politics -- because the destruction of democracy won't affect you?
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  9447.  @k333rl  Senator Rand Paul recently pushed Putin's LIES about Ukraine "always" being a proper part of Russia. Let's look at how that "freedom to believe FALSEHOODS" applies here at home: 1. Alaska belonged to Russia. 2. Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas, belonged to Mexico. 3. Louisiana belonged to France. 4. Florida belonged to Spain. 5. The Thirteen Original Colonies belonged to England. No: one does not get to pretend that OBJECTIVE REALITY -- FACTS -- doesn't exist so one can "decide for oneself" between this, that, and the other without any regard for facts and truth. Objective reality is not an "opinion". "[P]eople should be smart enough" -- then what explains the fact that so many -- including you -- aren't? The gov't doesn't teach logic -- so where is one to learn that? By believing horseshit that not only doesn't square with itself but that also NEGATES itself? You fail not only to distinguish between "belief" and "thinking" -- they are not the same thing -- but also push the falsehood that simply believing a falsehood is sufficient to make it a truth. So anyone can believe anything, regardless objective reality and facts and truth, and that's acceptable. So for you any lie is as good as any fact or truth; it's all a matter of "individual choice". How does that work out in the real world when stubborn reality refuses to accommodate your falsehoods? The issue for you and your fellow paranoid freaks is that you are law-illiterate. Indeed, you actually believe the falsehood that "freedom" and "law" are antithetical. CLUE: you wouldn't know what "rights" to claim were they not SECURED IN WRITTEN LAW. In short, you bamboozle yourself, and really don't know what to believe, so you persist in the intellectual laziness of defending the non-existent "right" to reject logic, fact, rule of law -- gov't is by definition rule of law; the Constitution is RULE OF LAW and includes LIMITS, and not only on GOV'T: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union [i.e., LAW ENFORCEMENT], SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." Thus there is NO "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't/rule of law. And the First Amendment is in accord with that: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." So, yes: the gov't's FIRST obligation being to protect public health and safety, it has the authority to PROHIBIT VIOLENCE. That includes PROHIBITING SPEECH that incites VIOLENCE and INSURRECTION. Get it through you confusion: to attack the gov't -- rule of law -- is to attack YOUR OWN RIGHTS, the exercise of which is LIMITED for the protection of the rights of ALL who are NOT you. Disinformation is FALSEHOOD. Is it SMART to deliberately choose to believe FALSEHOODS? Is that how one pursues truth? Or do you actually believe there is no truth because so sub-literate that you don't even know the basics of logic on which to engage in that pursuit?
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  9448.  @jimbofergus  It IS NOT the "left wing" that is banning "To Kill a Mockingbird". If a book exposes racism it is opposed by the RIGHT-wing. If a book points to the REALITY that not everyone is "white, heterosexual, and "Christian," and that everyone has a right to be who they are, it is opposed by the RIGHT-wing. HITLER banned and burned books -- to PREVENT THOUGHT. Stalin banned and burned books -- to PREVENT THOUGHT. Republicans are about banning and burning books -- to PREVENT THOUGHT. Putin bans independent media to PREVENT THOUGHT.
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  9449.  @k333rl  The Dept. of Homeland Defense was established by the REPUBLICANS.
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  9450.  @k333rl  Who are "they"? More than 60 courts, Federal and state, REJECTED Trump's claims of "election fraud" for LACK OF EVIDENCE -- LACK OF FACTS. Some of those judges had been nominated/appointed by RINO TRUMP and REPUBLICAN MCCONNELL. You claim to believe in the rule of law -- but actually only believe in it when it suits you. There ARE ways to determine fact from fiction; but that requires acknowledgement, FIRST, of a proper HUMILITY: you are law-illiterate yet want to believe and insist that you can nonetheless determine the law NOT based on law and facts but based on "freedom to believe" LIES as SUBSTITUTE for the rule of law and facts. As a matter of EXISTING ELECTIONS LAW in the states there were AUTOMATIC recounts and audits. One LEARNS that BY READING THE ELECTIONS LAWS. But, being lazy, and being incapable and unwilling to learn to distinguish between facts and fiction, you choose falsehoods about the law, and fictions you prefer to the EFFORT required to LEARN. Are you ALSO an EXPERT on education -- and yet you fail to distinguish between fact and fiction?
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  9451.  @k333rl  RULE OF LAW is FACT.
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  9452.  @SkaalKesh  Your hysteria is the same law-illiteracy as the others who are clueless. 1. There is existing LAW governing such initiatives. 2. You can be certain that right-wingers -- the source of the domestic disinformation; it's all they have -- will take the issue to court. How many times must those basic facts be explained before you all stop IGNORING them in order to pursue the same-old law-illiterate gibberish?
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  9453.  @SkaalKesh  You know nothing oof how the US gov't works. CONGRESS makes the laws. The Executive branch ENFORCES those laws. Snowden is a TRAITOR. And where did he run to in order to NOT stand his ground? Right: Putin's Russia.
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  9454.  @SkaalKesh  Not to worry: the Supreme Court has held that lying is protected speech.
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  9455.  @SkaalKesh  " just because laws supposedly dictate things now(never mind that the government has ignored its own laws and procedures and has departments that basically make laws up then enforce them)" That the right-wing anti-gov't view. And is typical of law illiterates who don't know even the basics of hos the US gov't functions. 1. CONGRESS MAKES the laws -- STATUTES. 2. The Executive ENFORCES the laws -- STATUTES -- made by Congress. 3. STATUTES typically require Executive department regulations IMPLEMENTING the STATUTES. There is nothing abnormal in that. Executive Orders are essentially interdepartmental memos. Republicans typically scream about them when the president is a Democrat because they know they can rely on the law-illiterate population to freak out.
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  9456.  @SkaalKesh  "Whatever. I could bring up more like Ruby Ridge," Ruby Ridge was about a WHITE SUPREMACIST/SEPARATIST -- RIGHT-wing -- who sold an ILLEGAL WEAPON and was intent on escaping arrest. He used his family members as a shield. Will you next be defending the RIGHT-wing cause celeb of Waco? And out of that the OK City bombing? Snowden violated the law at the level of TREASON, then instead of standing his "righteous" ground fled to Putin's Russia -- WITH National Security information. Assange, another fake "hero," was on the lam from Sweden where he was facing rape charges. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9457.  @SkaalKesh  All talk, no EVIDENCE. I have and education in law -- you do not. You're drunk on the smell of someone else's law-illiterate cork. The NRA and gun-nuts are not sources of reliable information -- The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9458.  @SkaalKesh  You don't know what you're talking about -- especially as you don't back ANY of it up with EVIDENCE. THAT is STUPIDITY.
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  9459.  @generationx9515  "Belief" and "thought" are not the same thing. And a common set of facts tends to result in agreements in thought. If you are about "truth" -- which you doubtless aren't, putting "freedom," regardless how flawed and false, above truth -- then you don't reject facts regardless your "opinion" of them. The reality, as your abstract generalization illustrates, is that you are clueless about what is being done. But we have a specific instance that illustrates: The US routinely monitors the communications of Russians, such as the Russian ambassador. Michael Flynn was caught talking to the Russian ambassador not because Flynn was being monitored, but because the Russian ambassador was being monitored, and Flynn contacted the Russian ambassador. Disinformation is also distributed by means of "bots". Putting a stop to bots from hostile foreign powers protects national security. Alas, it also hampers the stupid who guzzle and perpetuate disinformation.
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  9460.  @SkaalKesh  The person who compiled it is a top-notch investigator. But it was not used by Robert Mueller. Thoughts on pushing Russian propaganda? -- ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9461.  @SkaalKesh  You mean career criminal and constant-liar Trump said it was a joke? IN FACT, within hours of his SOLICITING Russia, Russia hacked the emails.
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  9462. There are THREE SEPARATE branches of gov't. The impeachment process is EXCLUSIVE to Congress. A president has no say in the matter. It would be helpful if the media stopped wondering what Biden "thinks" about the impeachment -- it's irrelevant.
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  9463.  EWA Yid Army  THREE CO-EQUAL branches of gov't: Article I.: Congress -- legislative branch, Article II.: Executive -- administrative branch, Article III.: Judiciary -- judicial branch. Congress makes the laws; the Executive "sees that the laws are faithfully executed; the Judicial branch, among other duties, reviews laws for Constitutionality. READ the Constitution, moron.
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  9464. Of course we have a motive: actions are direct evidence of it -- It was to commit mass murder.
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  9465. Representative Plaskett is extraordinary.
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  9466. Harris should now regularly challenge him to more debates. He will do anything to avoid.
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  9467. Those who oppose "DEI" spell it "Black" with the word beginning with "N".
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  9468. White Canadian is an "expert" on being Black.
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  9469. He had had his chance. Ignore him. Let the court toss his ass into the drunk tank.
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  9470.  @fabemgtw  "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense" is a substitute for thought and fact. "Common sense" is an invocation of a fantasy consensus, by a non-existent unpolled mob, that the invoker falsely believes supports her/his position. You simply ASSUME, and then assert that as being instead fact.
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  9471.  @fabemgtw  Where is your EVIDENCE, crackpot?
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  9472.  @stacyjaye6350  Why would they limit themselves to one test to verify identity? They will also conduct DNA analysis.
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  9473.  @sherri5470  Yep: the parents "planted" their son's partial remains, and some of his belongings, to throw law enforcement off the fact that their son ALSO escaped to somewhere else.
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  9474.  @sr2291  Those who KNOW what they're talking about state that there are dogs that can smell human remains that are under water But we get the plot now, don't we? The parents planted the remains of their son, and some of his belongings, to convince law enforcement to close the case, while at the same time Laundrie escaped to somewhere else.
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  9475.  @gordonrehm8958  They did not find Petito immediately. They found her weeks after her death.
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  9476.  @loredanadincu4300  Doesn't take that long. DNA testing will take a little longer if all they have are partial skeletal remains. But that can be found in bone and bone marrow.
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  9477.  @gordonrehm8958  It took WEEKS before they found her body. It took several days to announce MANNER -- NOT CUASE -- of death. And you expect it to be faster with Laundrie, when they only found partial remains, which does not seem the case with Petito? And we were told within 24 hours that the partial remains were identified by dental records as Laundrie's. All the allegations of "cover-up" are bonkers. Those come from profoundly stupid people. All the criticisms of law enforcement are at best premature, and at worst based on a rejection of the rule of law. Petito was reported missing on 9/11. Laundrie went missing on 9/12 or 9/13. As of 9/12-9/13 there were no charges against Laundrie. Would it have been LEGAL to surveil him while Petito was "only" missing? Would it have been LEGAL to charge him before Petito was found? ON WHAT GROUNDS!? And 99.99 per cent of the "passionate" fans of murder-as-entertainment, if they were CAPABLE of THOUGHT, would admit: that if one of their children told them that s/he had killed their fiance, the FIRST thing they would do would be to HIRE A LAWYER.
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  9478. So Trump and DeSantis proclaim their loyalty to CONVICTED CRIMINALS for political gain.
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  9479. Fascism is NOT "conservatism".
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  9480. The media has two functions: hold the gov't accountable and inform the public. They do not exist to serve themselves.
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  9481. So those who accuse Democrats of the extremest of lawless criminality are threatening to commit violent criminal attacks on rule of law in support of a transparently obvious third-generation New York con-man and career criminal named Donald J. Trump?
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  9482.  @frossbog  Only if there is a flaw in the manufacture. And nothing can be done by the added distortion to vinyl playback, which those who tout vinyl -- it "purity" of sound -- mistake for "warmth". That's their distinction between analog and digital: distortion that masks the uncolored source.
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  9483.  @kurtisengle6256  When civilians "took up arms" against the government during the Founding era, the Founders charged them with, tried them for, and convicted them of, TREASON, and sentenced them to DEATH. See "Shayss" and "Whiskey" insurrections -- the latter of which occurred AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified. Add in this fact: in EVERY state, the commander-in-chief of the Militia is the state's governor. If those protesters are the Militia, then they are engaged in mutiny against their commander-in-chief, which is a courts martial/death penalty offense. If they are not -- and they are not -- the Founders established the precedent of finding them guilty of TREASON, and sentencing them to DEATH. The ONLY way for them to be legitimate as Militia they must either ENLIST in the National Guard, or be DRAFTED into it. Last but not least, the ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time, and includes this provision: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power to provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." Those ENGAGING in "taking up arms" agsinst the gov't/rule of law are INSURRECTIONISTS. This is also in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia." So where did these fake "militia" get their non-self-defense ASSAULT weapons? The Congress "provides" by enacting LAWS, in this context "Militia Acts," which REGULATE the "well-regulated Militia". These FAKE "militia" are operating OUTSIDE the law -- which was addressed in the "Declaration of Independence" as a COMPLAINT AGAINST King George III: "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."
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  9484. @Athena Chan 2003 Trump isn't anything; he has no actual position except his racism and vindictiveness. His "policies" are far-RIGHT. Sanders is the mirror image on the far-LEFT, except that he is all over the place with his attacks. And his votes: the vote to PROTECT the gun industry was central to the agenda of the extreme RIGHT-wing domestic terrorist organization NRA, which, as we know, laundered Russian money into REPUBLICAN politics. So tell us: was Sanders' vote to protect the gun industry -- tough shit for Newtown, El Paso, etc., etc., etc -- "Socialist"? Or did it feed the anti-American far-RIGHT gun loons who back . . . TRUMP? Those are hard questions which must be answered. But instead of confronting them head-on, Sanders' cult avoids them -- no defense -- and attacks his critics.
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  9485.  @skwisgaar451  Not if we ignore the mainstream media because it doesn't preach Sanders 24/7. Wake up: by attacking the Democratic Party AGAIN -- the largest block of Liberal/Progressive/Left voters -- he is being divisive AGAIN. And what do his "defenders" do? They run with and enhance the divisiveness. The Republicans needn't do anything to divide-and=-conquer the Democrats: Sanders, and his cult followers, -- who are exultant in the fantasy that they know it all -- will do it for them. I saw exactly the same thing on the Left during the 1960s. And what happened to the Left? After the the US was withdrawn from Vietnam, it collapsed because it didn't have a new enemy to oppose. One's view must be based not on externals. One must have an informed moral compass. While I was the only one I knew during high school who was vocal against US involvement in Vietnam, 99 per cent of my peers were either wrapped up in TeeVee as their only source of information, or hanging out on the street corner complaining of being bored, and name-calling me for my position. The reason I knew US involvement in Vietnam was a fraud was because I READ HISTORY, centrally the anti-imperialism of REPUBLICAN Mark Twain. Vietnam was a repeat of the US's actions in the Philippines during the late 19th century. And why did McGovern lose? Not because he was far-Left -- he was not. And far-Left had even less a chance than he. Because Nixon talked of "peace with honor" vis-a-vis Vietnam. I knew there was no honor about any of it -- that the US was involved violated the Geneva Conventions. Sanders is a one-note song; and te only song most of his supporters have ever heard and listened to. He tells you to reject all other views -- AND YOU SHEEPISHLY OBEY THAT ORDER. So you smear imaginary "corporatists/centrists" because you know nothing of the gradations and greys. To hear the media -- including mainstream -- tell it, there are only "Left and Right". The political spectrum has many more degrees than that. And they aren't only Left-Centrist-Right. Liberals are Left of center, but to the Right of Progressive. and the Left, so-called, is to the LEFT of Progressive. The Left that is Sanders has ALWAYS DEMANDED that they get ALL of what they want NOW! And that's why they've never got it: the REFUSE to compromise in order to get AT LEAST SOME of what they want. Social Security is the perfect example: when first enacted it was not extended to African-Americans. Why? Because it needed the votes of Southern racists to pass. It was later AMENDED to correct that defect. The same is true of the Affordable Care Act: it is a BEGINNING, not the whole of what can be built on it. DEAL WITH IT: INCREMENTALISM is how DEMOCRATIC legislative process WORKS. One gets what one can -- compromise gets the votes of those opposed -- and then builds on it. Want "it" ALL NOW? Then prepare to be frustrated, because that ain't gonna happen.
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  9486.  @skwisgaar451  His campaign of 2016. He promised to destroy the Democratic (why not the Republican?) Party. Then, when he was allowed to run as a Democrat, he continued to trash the Party, and smeared Clinton with RIGHT-wing lies. He caused CHAOS because that's all the moron can do to attract attention to himself, and then he can spew his old-school "Socialist" slogans to "the [faceless] masses". And the political newbies -- his "fans"; it's all about entertainment; nothing serious about life and death politics -- swallow that pie-in-the-sky without question. The Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'll vote for a Socialist. They have SAID so. And his cult of support is a MINORITY who declare themselves to be OUTSIDE the mainstream. Whereas the mainstream is the MAJORITY. Democracy is MAJORITY rule. Sanders is again showing himself to be hateful and vindictive, the "Left"'s version of Trump.
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  9487.  @rolandshelley5165  The difference is, child, that I include FACTS. Sanders "fans" name-call and smear -- and are all bent out of shape about ALLEGED corruption of so-called UNNAMED Democrats, without a SHREd OF EVIDENCE -- but not a PEEP about the OPENLY CRIMINAL Trump. Sanders, ALLEGED far-Left, attacks his nearest allies, the Democratic Party -- but not the Republican Party. Why is that? And what in hell are "Ukraine Bernie supporters? Don't you MEAN RUSSIAN -- who SUPPORTED Sanders during 2016? Putin is playing both extremes -- extremism is STUPID -- against the STABLE middle, and Sanders' "fans" are following that scam like good little sheep. So long as one hates unnamed so-called "centrist" Democrats for UNEVIDENCED "corruption," all is good.
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  9488.  Walter Newsom  Yes, he smeared Clinton with REPUBLICAN LIES. Your wilful amnesia is on you. Clinton released a documentary about Sanders? Ooooh! -- that's a no-no! -- only demagogue Sanders is allowed to do that! Sanders voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- a TOP PRIORITY of the far-RIGHT ANTI-"Socialist" NRA. Defend THAT, pseudo-LEFTIST. Oh -- okay -- he was just pandering to get the votes of anti-American gun-nuts; nothing deceptive or corrupt in that . . .
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  9489.  Walter Newsom  There seems to be a political faction who is experiencing a plague of amnesia about the 2016 primary, and the afflicted are all coincidentally Sanders "fans". AFTER he LOST the DEMOCRATIC Party primary to the ACTUAL Democrat, he did not withdraw, which was the adult thing to do. Instead he CONTINUED to trash the Party and Clinton. Oh, and don't bother to remember that he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial LYING about releasing his tax returns. And is it a coincidence that Paul Manafort, who worked together in Ukraine to elect the corrupt pro-Russian president, showed up in charge of the Sanders and Trump campaigns? Have you also "put out of mind" Sanders' writings, when in his 30s, about young children and sex? And what about those asserting that sex prevents cancer? Would any intelligent woman fall for that pick-up line?
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  9490. Hitler's generals LOST the war. So Trump wants LOSERS to be loyal to HIM instead of loyalty to the Constitution.
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  9491. The First Amendment protects PEACABLE assembly. NO law protects VIOLENT assembly -- or incitement to violence. Perpetuating known lies is anti-American.
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  9492. These are the same people who promote burning of books they don't like.
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  9493. What I'm getting at is that "everyone" is a "legend" regardless how minor their accomplishments. It seems that being a celebrity is sufficient.
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  9494. Wow! Finally, after all these 7 decades, I finally understand the meaning of "stuff"!
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  9495. To reinforce the effort to lose the election so Trump can blame everyone but himself. He's also banking on the Republican House to intervene in his loss.
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  9496. There's a difference between a woman and a lady. Margarie Taylor Greene is not a lady.
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  9497. It wasn't a "myth'; it was a fiction, a lie.
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  9498. NONE of them was CHRAGED, TRIED, or CONVICTED. Trump is ignoring the Constitutional guarantee of due process, which is premised upon presumption of innocence. Anyone charged has the Constitutional right to confront the witnesses and evidence against them.
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  9499. Haley voters voted for Haley when Haley was against Trump. She's the moral bankrupt who flipped.
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  9500.  @jessicamarie8299  Agreed: women never cheat.
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  9501. Actually the US is not the only country that has birthright citizenship. But as ever, Trump will tell any lie to justify anything he wants to do.
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  9502. In the colonies the apparent 'highest" legal authority was county level. In reality, there was a hierarchy of law above them, up to and including the governor of the colony. There's something wrong with many county sheriffs acting as if there is no law and law enforcement above them. That hasn't been the reality since at latest the adoption of state constitution during 1776-77 and 1780. Tima Peters, acting on the "county-level" fiction, was sentenced to 9 years in prison based on that arrogant stupidity.
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  9503. Cult of personality.
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  9504. Best yet!
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  9505. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9506.  @trustme9486  Yes: Trump is a sore loser -- has been all his life. That's why he constantly lies: he knows he can't succeed if he''s honest because he'd be admitting that he's a loser. But here's where you need to introspect and ask yourself this question: If you are FOR the rule of law, as you claim, then why did you vote for an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon -- only to see him immediately violate the Constitution again?
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  9507. He loves the uneducated. And that "validated" ignorance, rejection of facts and reason -- an empowerment of nihilism.
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  9508. Boebert is not a Christian, she is a seditionist.
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  9509. Trump had WEEKS to appeal the gag order issue. He only now comes around to it? -- denied.
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  9510. READ the Impeachment Clause for the first fucking time in your life -- apparently it being repeatedly read TO you in the media, and during the sham "trial," wasn't sufficient to penetrate. Not all those who are implicated in the openly-criminal conspiracy are impeachable. But they can be indicted and prosecuted.
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  9511. President Obama rescued capitalism from itself. Exactly as had Democratic President FDR.
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  9512. Democratic issues for midterms: choice, and gun control. The January 6 Committee hearings are doing the rest of it
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  9513. "We have a lot of theories but no evidence." -- Guiliani.
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  9514. I'm fed up with young newbies who are pro so-called "independent" -- except of their biases -- media who bash the mainstream media that they DO NOT WATCH for things they ALLEGEDLY d. MSNBC REFUSES to run clips of Trump. Even CNN's on-video journalists call Trump a LIAR. Barr was recently ROASTED on CNN. Right: don't report what Trump says -- oh, he said he wants to be a dictator, and you show his supporters WANTING a dictator? How is that not presenting what Trump says as, um, "free media" coverage?
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  9515.  Jeremy Parker  Facts? you present none. And you present none because there are none. Exactly as occurred during the 30 years of Republican investigations" of the Clintons: never any indictments because in every instance there was no "there" at the root of their fake "sandals". Interesting how you support wasting multiple millions of taxpayer dollars on fraudulent "investigations," so long as your America-hating side "wins".
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  9516.  @tomjones239  Get your head out of the quicksand. The House Mangers more than proved his guilt, law-illiterate. So far three REPUBLICAN Senators said so. And your lying is immoral.
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  9517.  @vmr6771  Go back to the colonies: they settled on lands that were given them by the English king who did not own the those lands.
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  9518. SOVIET era = which collapsed in the 1990s.
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  9519. Eisenhower also gave a speech in which he said we couldn't lose Southeast Asia because of the magnesium, rubber . . .
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  9520. Politics is more complicated than the simpleton's right-wing divide-and-conquer of "left & right". MAGA is right-wing working class. The left is not MAGA.
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  9521. Another "victim" of the NRA's LIES against the Second Amendment.
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  9522. Isn't Cawthorn an alleged war hero? Or is that also misinformation?
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  9523.  @memyname1771  Like SOME politicians. The amount of corruption in the elected is about the same in the general population. There are those who vote for their preferred corruptions. But if one pays attention one recognizes that there are politicians who are not corrupt. And that is most politicians.
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  9524. Israel is continuing its ethnic cleansing of anyone not Jewish.
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  9525. Kari Lake's "policy" is to attack the election.
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  9526.  @camerondavis8356  I was being sarcastic. According to Republicans some people have all the rights, and everyone else none.
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  9527.  @robertfetrow4612  Conservatism: the accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible. Reagan's focus was on dismantling civil rights enforcement, and initiating sedition against gov't -- gov't being by definition rule of law. In contrast, the Founders were PRO-gov't. And they established a self-governing democracy of "We the people". Reagan's declared enemy was "We the people". He set the template for G. DUI Bushit, and Cheney/Bushit set the course for McCain/Palin, and Palin for Trump. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  9528.  @interstellarphred  Yes: conrail was established with and funded by TAXPAYER MONIES as a public service. So Reagan's transportation secretary privatized, which resulted in higher fees for those who used it. The private sector charges more; it does not do it better. But that's the whole scam: private profit over all else.
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  9529. Jesus doesn't need sleeves: "He" lives in a stinking desert.
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  9530. Saddam-Trump-Barr gassed his own people.
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  9531. Have you EVIDENCE for that last statement? Or are you simply a Republican smear-bot?
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  9532. Latino voters: machismo/misogyny.
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  9533.  @DavidWilliams-vj1cu  The only evidence of fraud so far is a number of REPUBLICANS. One urdered his wife, then used her absentee ballot to vote a second time. Currently an Ohio public official -- a REPUBLICAN -- is under investigation for forging his dead fther's name to his father's absentee ballot. All the accusations against others by the Republicans should be viewed for what they are: CONFESSIONS about what REPUBLICANS are doing.
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  9534.  @Aconitum_napellus  If you are obsessed with guns, you will abstract and distort in effort to defend your obsession. The Founders of the American colonies engaged in every form of gun control including confiscation and prohibition. That was in response to crackpots, loons, and other malcontents engaging in gun violence. the fantasy that lack of registration and licensing -- which minimally exists in the US -- would reduce gun violence makes no sense: the mass murders are being committed by lawful gun owners using legal guns. The parents who were convicted because their sun killed people in school BOUGHT the gun for him -- he was underage -- even though they knew he was having homicidal fantasies. He wasn't licensed and his gun not registered to him but that didn't stop him from committing mass murder. The mass shooting in Maine was by a military reservist who was well known both to be having mental health issues and having an arsenal of weapons -- but no one intervened by at least confiscating his guns. Then a gun-nut responds after the fact with the nonsense that "guns" are being blamed. It is a simple and obvious fact that if he didn't have any guns he couldn't have committed the mass murder with guns. None of the pro-gun rationalizations make sense, let alone reflect any degree of rationality. And it is the itching-to-be-violent who always jabber about "revolution". Even with guns you wouldn't have a chance; better you grow up and learn how the system works and use the existing means to change the situation.
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  9535.  @Aconitum_napellus  The gun violence is generated by those who oppose gun control -- which has existed as long as there have been guns -- and whine about it based on unadulterated IGNORANCE, and refusal to learn. The FIRST OBLIGATION is gov't/rule of law is to protect public health and safety. That's why we have laws, and prisons for those who refuse to be civilized.
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  9536. Must-see -- circulate to others: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hks6Nq7g6P4&feature=youtu.be
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  9537. They are not "militias". In EVERY state they are classified IN LAW as "paramilitary organizations" and PROHIBITED thereby.
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  9538.  @hughjanus1557  CHEATING.
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  9539.  @jorgeoyola7420  Follow the facts: corporate price-gouging is artificial "inflation". They are exploiting the Republican exaggerations about inflation by keeping their prices high. Get it through your relance of Republican anti-gov't/rule of law lying: Inflation is world-wide because of COVID. It is LOWEST in the US, and coming down.
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  9540. Republicans vote against genetic imperatives.
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  9541. Belief and thinking aren't the same thing. They don't think; they only believe.
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  9542. Kids in cages is RIGHT-wing. Should I use the word "toxicity"? It's amazing how bogged down in the superficiality of name-calling and demonizing. Get over yourself.
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  9543. The American people are disposable to Trump.
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  9544. "Oh, wait a minute . . ." -- Marginal Traitor Greed. Pelosi, a Congresswoman in the legislative branch that makes the laws, "violated her oath of office" for opposing Trump's illegal and racist border policy.
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  9545. Noe-Nazies aren't cowards -- which is why they wear masks so they can't be identified.
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  9546. There is no right to commit insurrection.
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  9547. He's not only grifting off the MAGAot "base" -- of which Trump is nothing but contemptuous -- but also off the RNC itself. When will the MAGAots become "woke" to the fact that he didn't pardon ANY of the insurrectionists who are going to jail for him?
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  9548. Clue: there are groups of people in the United States who have all along been DENIED the PROTECTIONS of the law because of who or what they are. One of those groups is Black folks; do you know that it wasn't until within the last several years that an ANTI-LYNCHING law was finally passed, after HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF TRYING, DURING WHICH THOUSANDS of Black folks were LYNCHED? EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS is the issue.
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  9549.  @MAXIMA347  You don't know what you're talking about: "Sex" = anatomy. "gender" = psychosexual identity. The two are not always congruent; that's why there are, as example, heterosexuals and homosexuals. And that is in the nature of things. Beyond that: why is it any of your business what others do in their private lives sexually? What do you go to after that -- those who read books? EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAWS applies to ALL. There is no exception just because you have an uneducated view stirred to hatred by others. And you don't actually address the FACT, law-illiterate, that regardless the fact that a Black can't change their skin color, they were subjected to slavery AND MURDER BECAUSE they were DIFFERENT. Your mindset is ultimately dead set against the EXISTENCE of ANYONE who has DIFFERENT BELIEFS than you. And -- yeah -- you claim you are defending the Constitution -- except, of course, the First Amendment protections of freedom of conscience, belief, speech, and expression, and freedom to choose "religions" other than YOURS, or even NO "religion". YES: in order to freely choose one's own "religion" one must be free to NOT choose any of the many other "religions". You aren't about freedom; you're about the "freedom" to hate, the consequences of which without question impacts YOU. "Griswold" -- legalizing contraception -- was based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. Thereafter "Roe" was based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. Do YOU have a right of privacy? -- not according to THIS Supreme Court. Because the right UNDERLYING those two decisions was the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. See what happens? When you deny OTHERS their rights you DENY YOURSELF the SAME rights. THAT, child, is EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW: what OTHERS can't do YOU can't do.
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  9550. We've had too many excuses from the NRA about OPPOSING FEDERAL law that would INTERDICT the illegal trafficking of guns between states, thus UNDERMINING states' rights.
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  9551.  @walterbishop1697  Except that the fake "audit' report has been released, and it reports that Biden GAINED 99 votes, and Trump LOST more than 200 votes. And that most Republicans voted for Biden, the Green candidate, or no one. Looks like you thumb-sucking whiners will now be demanding they go back to square one and audit the fake "audit".
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  9552.  @stdesy  He can't read. The Constitution is shorter than the report, but he can't be bothered with all that "Liberal" stuff like the Impeachment Clause and the Second Amendment.
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  9553. Patton was an ASS.
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  9554. The FBI documented their forensic search and seizure with photography and video.
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  9555. You can see that Trump is also continuing to lie, and is fully aware of it, and that it is detectable if you look at his behavior over his words.
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  9556. Separation of gov't and "religion" is how "religious" "conscience" is protected. And it works in both directions: keep your "religion" out of gov't by ceasing the effort to dictate others' private medical decisions.
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  9557.  @ellemarr7234  Like the "bounty hunters" empowered in Texas? Bounty hunters have a shady reputation earned by "hard work" over hundreds of years. Miya Mancardo, 19 years old, just went missing in Florida. Why are "Dog" and John Walsh not on that case? Because she doesn't fit the "missing white woman syndrome," and there aren't truckloads of TeeVee cameras looking at it.
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  9558. How will the right-wing react when they hear Rittenhouse say that he supports Black Lives Matter?
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  9559. Perhaps all that right-wing stoopid-based hate tearing people apart will result in the social distancing that the morons reject becuase they have a "right" to be stupid and die..
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  9560. "A lot of people" don't exist. He's simply making shit up -- which is as frequent as he breathes.
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  9561. NATO is the first line of defense of the US against Russian imperialism. Trump massively miscalculated.
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  9562.  @RobertLJ2  "Peace at all costs" = Putin wins.
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  9563.  @morpheusartstudio4666  If it applies to "any" politician, then it also applies to any -- let's say ALL in view of the fact that's your actual implication -- HUMAN. In reality, that actually applies to everyone. But there is a distinction you miss that refutes your reductive distortion -- you aren't "pure" either: I'm certain there are secrets about yourself that you keep to yourself by means of lying by omission. And if you deny that you are lying by commission. The percentage of actual corruption -- which is what you're actually getting at, but without any specific evidence -- is roughly the same as it is in the electorate. So you are dishonestly projecting your dishonesty onto politicians, which is a mindless cliche. And that is irresponsible for another reason: you make of yourself a faction who votes only for your chosen corruption. Or worse, you maintain your "purity" by not voting at all, and thus abandon your responsibility as a citizen in a democracy to actively participate in democracy, which is the means by which the democracy is preserved.
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  9564. Well, Trump did stop short of blaming the victims for being on the plane.
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  9565. The Republicans are again appealing to the Supreme Court to revisit or overturn Sullivan.
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  9566. It signals "national distress". But Alito and his ilk are Trumpers.
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  9567. It is spelled "Bannon".
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  9568. If Pence wants to put his sanctimonious piety above politics, he'd VOLUNTARILY testify to the Select Committee.
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  9569. Yeah -- but what about all those white scoundrels who are never obsessed over and attacked in effort to discredit them because whites stick together against always-suspect "others". Immigrants hating immigrants -- such hypocrites.
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  9570.  @Attmay  It used to be that Hitler and his Nazis insisted that the Jews were a race -- and the Jews denied it. According to the "Bible" there are 7 Semitic tribes, one of them being the Jews. But we see that frequently -- when this or that tribe pulls the "I'm a [SUPERIOR] race" card.
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  9571. Interesting how whites obsess over the "authenticity" of minorities, but never ask the same questions of themselves. So let's focus on "Littlefeather" and Buffy Saine-Marie instead of massive grifter and career felon Trump.
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  9572.  @donaldfeger91  Who is the bigger threat -- Buffy Sainte-Marie or Donald Trump? Interesting the obsession of WHITE folks with questioning the authenticity and endeavoring to destroy the credibility of minorities, but never turning that obsession on white folks.
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  9573. Trump himself doesn't understand how tariffs work. And he panders to others' ignorance.
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  9574. And gone are the times when we didn't make bullshit up about the gov't.
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  9575.  @sjh9173  What are Hollowood Director Reiner's QUALIFICATIONS?
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  9576. Gone are the days when you made the effort to learn the difference between fact and horseshit from OUTSIDE gov't intended to undermine confidence in gov't.
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  9577.  @Frank-mt5fo  None of that happened. Governor Connolly was sitting in FRONT of JFK and fa ing FRONT when JFK was hit. The PHOTOS and X-RAY show small ENTRY wound at top rear of head, and EXPLOSIVE EXIT wound at right temple. That's how bullets work. There was one gunman involved -- Oswald. Tell us why Oswald murdered Officer Tippett. Why, instead of returning to work he hid in the movie theater.
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  9578.  andrewharper1609  You're obviously new to all this lucrative cottage industry relying on the stupid who believe in hogwash. Wake up: why did Oswald murder Officer Tippett -- which was witnessed? Because he was innocent?
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  9579.  andrewharper1609  All of this crap began with Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment and the inability of readers to understand that his defense brief was not an objective presentation of fact and evidence. Which "facts" and "evidence" were never tested in a court of law.
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  9580.  @sherrywoodard8562  If Rob Reiner has the "proof" then why is he withholding it? Haven't we had enough of that game from Republicans and Trump and Giuliani, and all the other loud mouths who make allegations they never back up with PROOF?
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  9581. Often what the gov't told us was the truth. And now we have Rob Reiner telling us he has "proof" -- but he isn't releasing it. A slew of Trumpers, including Giuliani, played the same game.
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  9582.  @danieltheal  There was never a time when it was intended that a population believe everything a gov't said is true. Or the equally-childish opposite extreme that nothing the gov't says is true.
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  9583. He'll talk after the families "QUIT" grieving. They will NEVER stop grieving.
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  9584. SAYING that there's a "crisis of masculinity" doesn't ipso facto mean that there's a "crisis of masculinity".
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  9585. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9586. Trumpists should look at what happened to those who believed him and went to Washington on January 6: hundreds of them are sitting in jail, and Trump is playing golf. And no pardons for them. Because he couldn't care less about them.
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  9587. Perhaps the problem with the Judicial branch are the Trump judges.
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  9588. Seder is a "master" at rejecting wisdom. Do you know why the draft applies to young men? Because the young men are untested, uninformed, and therefore easily coerced into being "patriotic" -- "thinking" with their emotions. Those who KNOW HISTORY, and are seasoned, tend to know better.
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  9589. Other people should pay their own way -- but not Republicans. How about asking the Republicans about the PPP loans to Republicans like Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene that were forgiven.
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  9590. He's talking to the religionut fringe.
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  9591.  @Jeff-kw8jj  You aren't too smart, are ya? Have someone explain to you "rhetorical question".
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  9592.  @patriot798  Those who make public declaration that they are "patriots" are insecure wusses hoping to be believed by falsely attempting to justify beliefs and actions about which they feel guilty because they know are they are wrong. ___ From Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  9593.  @NozFoxGaming  There was a Texas couple -- who voted twice for Trump -- interviewed. They both said that he is UNFIT MORALLY to be president. And they will be voting for Trump. THAT is Trump Derangement Syndrome. Bill Barr, a direct witness to Trump's venality and incompetence, said that he shouldn't be allowed anywhere near thee Oval Office. And he said he's supporting the Republican nominee -- which is TRUMP. THAT is Trump Derangement Syndrome. Stop pointing away from YOURSELF in order to SMEAR others -- which avoidance of FACT is ALSO evidence of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
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  9594. INVESTIGATIONS TAKE TIME! Do want ALL the perpetrators, or instant gratification?
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  9595.  @youtubesucks1499  There is no "defunding" of the police, dunce. And in this instance the POLICE -- 40 per cent of the entire Uvalde city budget is POLICE -- FAILED. NO ONE is saying that social workers would have handled it better -- the shooting had already STARTED. Those who push your LIE are RACISTS. And THAT is anti-American.
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  9596. They will make a deal with the Devil in order to overcome their idea of "evil" -- that is how irrational, how incoherent, they are. They are hypocrites.
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  9597. "Game of Thrones" is fiction. When will the younger generations CEASE viewing politics as sports and entertainment? "Conventional wisdom" is a self-negating oxymoron. Wisdom is by nature and definition _UN_conventional.
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  9598. Trump has no rights in this case. It's a simple case: He STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  9599. Trump IS NOT "incompetent": his only skill is self-promotion, whch is all he does. He would be incompetent if he attempted to govern, but he has no interest in governing.
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  9600. When re-elected, Nixon's approval was 68 per cent. It was the "Watergate" hearings that caused his approval to steadily fall to the point that they were 16-19 per cent when he resigned. In other words: the hearings will establish the factual landscape. All the bashings of AG Garland and the DOJ should be seen as egg on the faces of the bashers.
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  9601. You're spreading LIES.
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  9602. Some are ight-wingers intent on discrediting the Left by pretending to be Leftist.
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  9603. Immigrants getting "freebies" is a RACIST lie. Amazing that second generation citizens are unaware of the consistent racist history.
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  9604. FBI director Wray was appointed by TRUMP.
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  9605. Actually, most people -- especially in construction and agriculture -- are leaving Florida because of the Republican state gov't-implemented racism.
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  9606. They surrounded them to keep them contained, but did not engage with them until they deteremined they weren't foolishly walking into a gun battle. In other words, they don't align themselves against the police as fake "experts" on law enforcement.
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  9607. Louie Go[h]mer[t] was actually a Texas judge.
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  9608. Agreed: we should never name or talk about the existence of racism. Then it will go away, exactly as it did before it was named and talked about. What you are complaining about is that naming and talking about racism arouses the racists in opposition. So you want us all to go back to sleep.
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  9609. And some women see him as handsome. Their only question is whether he also has money.
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  9610. It is less "white fear" than it is misogyny. Insecure males who fear women. Look at the machismo vote of Latinos. Many men are about keeping women in "their place".
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  9611.  @rosaliebent4833  Most of the preachers haven't read the "Bible". They picked up its contents from an old er preacher who also hadn't read it. And if they do read it they limit themselves to the exciting blood-and-guts "Old Testament" in which "God" ordered mass murders including of children.
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  9612. Interesting that the Canadian speaks of "grinding the boot" while mispronouncing "about" as "aboot".
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  9613.  @oofoof6577  Shapiro is full of shit. Why give him the time of day?
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  9614. In all cases?
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  9615. "some people think" = Trump himself.
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  9616. It's in the Constitution: CONGRESS establishes the courts, and determines the number of seats on the Supreme Court. The president has no say in the matter. The Supreme Court originally had 6 seats. And it has varied a number of times during the past 200-plus years. It's only controversial with those who substitute politics for rule of law.
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  9617. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9618. The first is the realm of the DOJ. The second is the realm of the Congress. And you have it ass backwards.
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  9619. He's a meathead. He has his fake "opinion," and it's his "right" to have his own "opinion". Facts are another matter entirely.
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  9620. "is" should be "are". Your attempt to weasel in his nonsense as instead being sense is obvious.
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  9621. They are encouraging rape.
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  9622. Trump was "sullied" as a career criminal in business.
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  9623.  @stephenvalastro5678  They "Patriot Front" is a violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang: not the shields and other weapons in the van. That is documented. The baseless suggestion that they are instead "federal agents" is disinformation by a fake "patriot" using the screen name "thelastminuteman". He is a history-illiterate who knows nothing about the actual Minute Men, and is totally illiterate as to the contents of the Constitution, ALL of which is in effect at the same time -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the UNION, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." The exact same structure obtains on the STATE level. Even the "Declaration of Independence" -- which applied BY NAME EXCLUSIVELY to KING GEORGE III, AND ENGLAND -- is AGAINST the crackpot anti-American Neo-Nazis: "He [i.e., King George III] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our LEGISLATURES." "He [i.e., King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the gov't. The gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. The Minute Men NEVER "attacked" or "overthrew" gov'ts because (1) they were a LAW ENFORCEMENT arm OF gov't, 2) the commander-in-chief of the Militia/Minute Men was the colony's/state's GOVERNOR, and under the REGULATION of the STATE LEGISLATURE, and (3) the gov'ts were all along under the control OF the Founders.
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  9624.  @Paladin2004  If you can REFUTE my statement of the FACTS, attempt to do so. Otherwise your comment is meaningless hot air. "Patriot Front" is a violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang. These very same three -- all from outside Massachusetts -- were also at Neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville and in Idaho. They are white supremacists who advocate genocide against US citizens that they view as racially inferior.
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  9625.  @Ifugee They aren't kids, and they aren't Federal agents. Anti-Americans typically invent "False Flag" accusations in effort to pretend they are innocent, even "victims". They routinely violate the law, which makes them LIARS. "Patriot Front" is a violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang -- see their actions in Charlottesville, and their intended actions in Idaho, when a large number of them filled the back of a U-Haul truck just like that they used in this incident -- despite the legal limitation to three persons per truck. In Idaho the thugs may have had their weapons in the same truck in which they travelled to the scene -- a "Gay Pride" celebration -- which they intended to violently attack. They are hateful illiterates in history and law. If they were to succeed in their aims, they would be among the first victims of it: Hitler established the "Brown Shirt" street gangs, which committed gang violence (see also "Proud Boys") against targeted civilians. Then Hitler promised to pt an end to the street violence, so established the SS which eliminated the "Brown Shirts". These are not "patriots" -- which self-anointing is a red flag of self-aggrandizing ego combined with ignorance of what that reveals about them: there is a falsely presumed supremacy to claiming to be a "patriot" over against everyone else, who are in their minds, by implication, "inferior".
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  9626.  @mick8888V  The jerks defending the violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang "Patriot Front" are fools. Were that and like anti-Americans successful, they would turn on and exterminate such fools. And then would end up fighting among themselves over irrelevant differences over irrelevant differences over minutiae. Stupid people will sell themselves out for the "opportunity" to be conformist cowards.
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  9627.  timsmart6358  Substantiate.
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  9628.  @vinniegillotti9347 We see the procedures in the video. The violations of law were by the "Patriot Front" weasels from out of state. The vehicle was not registered in Arizona. The three criminals were not from Arizona 9and not from Massachusetts). The ILLEGAL plate they used was from Arizona.
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  9629. Depends on who one wants to believe. See Vlad Vexler and Timothy Snyder.
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  9630. Rubio knows that his request can't be met on his terms. So when his demands aren't met he'll use that as excuse to continue to smear Garland, DOJ, and FBI.
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  9631. Noem is banned from several indigenous peoples' reservations in her own state -- which is about a third of the state's landmass.
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  9632. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. And FOX is being sued for 1 billion plus for defamation -- which Murdoch on down ADMIT committing.
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  9633. Nope: the FAA stated the facts at the time. Most of the "mysterious lights" were airplanes waiting for landing permission. I mean -- didn't you notice that the ALLEGED drones were located at and around AIRPORTS!?
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  9634. Have YOU read the Constitution -- ALL of which is in effect at the same time -- "Art. I., s. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." "Art. I., s. 8., C. 16. The Congress shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia". That isn't Jefferson, but these are GRIEVANCES AGAINST King George III in the "Declaration of Independence, which you've ALSO never read: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the GOVERNMENT -- RULE OF LAW. The TYRANNY is the Janurary 6 insurrection-- which the Founders classifed as TREASON. And the SEDITION -- undermining the rule of law -- in Maricopa, AZ.
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  9635. Any book is confusing for Marginal Traitor Greed.
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  9636. The media has the OBLIGATION to call out lies, because they exist to pursue the TRUTH.
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  9637. That's what the parents did.
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  9638.  @roseyp7047  Can't charge him for stealing van unless the owner filed a stolen vehicle report. As for him coming home without her, and on what date -- who said? His parents?
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  9639. Any legal issue has multiple sides to consider. I'll bet Garland has expertise in law and experience that you entirely lack. But go right ahead bashing him -- exactly as good little Republican Trump stooges do.
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  9640.  @alcoolbc  We know the crimes of Nixon. Reagan set in motion the sedition that resulted in Trump's coup attempt. G/. DUI Bushit stole his first term in office. Clinton? -- he paid the price FOR the STALKER named Lewinski.
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  9641.  @SeansModelBuilds2017  The Confederacy consisted of traitors, but at least were outside the system. Trump is outside the system but from within it.
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  9642. "Alternative rock"!? "Alternative" to what -- rock? Pseudo-"genre" marketing labels.
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  9643. That's Republican "small gov't" established as law.
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  9644. Yo, Toobin: there is NO right to endanger public health and safety. For a change, get off the fucking fence painted with the words, "Wishy-Washy".
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  9645.  @people744  The fraud is found by comparing documents he filed for bank loans -- based on inflation of values -- with contemporaneous documents he filed for tax purposes with minimalized values. So it isn't rocket science that he paid fewer taxes than he should have.
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  9646.  @j.c.5749  Those other than himself. And, of course, his position on that point is a means to avoid scrutiny on his practices. John Wayne was a huge supporter of war -- while at the same time being a draft dodger.
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  9647.  @people744  The US established NATO and helps support it. Why? Because NATO is the FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE of the UNITED STATES against historically IMPERIALIST RUSSIA. US Foreign aid is not altruism; it is about UNITED STATES' interests. Ukraine is on the front line in defense of DEMOCRACY, which is founded on the RULE OF LAW. The alternative to supporting NATO and Ukraine is for US troops to do the fighting and dying. But what do you care -- you'd avoid military service, so it wouldn't affect YOU. Being a selfish jerk is not about being SMART.
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  9648.  @everettcalhoun8197  But FRAUD is still ILLEGAL.
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  9649.  @ecurewitz  That's part of what this is about.
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  9650. And Trump's European travel ban brought the virus to New York.
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  9651.  @tflg3257  25-26 per cent. Loud mouths are not a numerical measure.
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  9652.  @Jkrogs18  Trump is a liar. He had a simple and legal way to get around the gag order -- which orders are Constitutional because witness and jury intimidation and tampering are ILLEGAL. And that was to testify in his own defense under oath -- which he had said he "absolutely" would do. But push come to shove he refused because he had only two options: either admit his guilt, as the evidence overwhelmingly proved, or commit perjury. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Ignore Trump and the kiss-assers who repeat his lies -- learn to recognize the difference between facts and aw, o one hand, and attacks on the rule of law, which is Trump's stock in trade.
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  9653. He wanted to create sympathy for Trump?
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  9654. The indictment does not say that the Trump co-conspirators are "unindicted". I don't assume words that don't exist.
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  9655. The video shows that they knew the law: that the electors are required to meet in the legislative chamber. They then went to the basement of GOP headquarters and signed the fraudulent documents there. Thus they knew they were violating the law.
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  9656.  @ChrispyNut  In various jurisdictions judges must regularly run for election. Depending on the politics fed to the voters, they are more or less "touch on crime," even when that is the wrong approach, in order to establish a record for the next election. Neither method is perfect, but lifetime appointment is less toxic.
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  9657.  @Honorbound43  I fail to see how any one of those sentences has relation to any of the others.
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  9658. Why is Liz Cheney not rising above party? Where are the generals who were in the Trump administration and saw his anti-Americanism at first hand?
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  9659. Pence didn't speak out earlier because he didn't know what to believe, which is why he was talking to all kinds of other people, but relied primarily on the advice of Dan Quayle. Definition of bullshit: Pence, who puts "God" above the Constitution and its separation of "religion" and gov't, is a Constitutional scholar. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  9660. And it appears that Trump's "bond" issue for the fraud trial is also a scam: it seems he got the bond without himself paying the institution that gave him the bond. And that institution isn't licensed to operate in New York state. And the insurer of that insurer is registered in the Cayman Islands. So that insurance institution couldn't be trusted if required to post a bond for itself. Does Trump know ANYONE that isn't Mafia?
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  9661. When elected Biden removed all US Attorneys -- except two: 1. Durham, who came up with nothing. 2. The US Attorney investigating Hunter Biden.
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  9662. Marx was a Jew. And "Marxism" is a favorite dirty word for the far-right fruit-fringers. A little bit to their right they begin calling fluoridation a Communist plot. See "precious bodily fluids".
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  9663. It's about stupidity: those who believe all politicians are criminals, and gov't -- which is by definition rule of law -- should be destroyed, are willing to defend politician and blatantly obvious criminal "to the death".
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  9664. Netanyahu is a genocidal fascist who supports Trump, and is about undermining Biden. Note at this very moment Trump can't get money for the appeal bond -- and he doubtless approached and was denied by his idea of the "moneymen": Jews.
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  9665. "Nolo contendre" = no contest. It basically means, "You caught me."
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  9666. Historian Timothy Snyder on Stalin's mass murder of Ukrainians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c Putin is intent on doing exactly the same thing: liquidating all Ukranians.
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  9667. If he did he'd have said so and produced it
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  9668.  @Yourmomshassole  The pardon was for the "Build the Wall" case.
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  9669.  @Yourmomshassole  Repeating that obvious falsehood won't make it a fact. He was given a pardon for the "Build the Wall" scam, for which he was under indictment. If he had a pardon for the contempt of Congress he would have saved lawyer's fees by producing it.
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  9670.  @Yourmomshassole  He doesn't have a pardon or he would have produced it. A pardon does not apply to crimes not yet committed. Do the math: Trump was out of office as of January, 2021. Congress subpoenaed Bannon in October, 2021.
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  9671.  @Yourmomshassole  No pardon applies to future crimes. For the last time, dunce: follow the calendar: Biden took office in January, 2021. Bannon was subpoenaed in October, 2021.
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  9672.  @Yourmomshassole  I have an education in law, and this has been explained by other legal professionals: Pardons DO NOT apply to future crimes. PERIOD. FULL STOP. Biden took office in January, 2021. Bannon was subpoenaed by the Committee in October, 2021. Trump was no longer in office as of January, 2021, so COULD NOT pardon Bannon in October, 2021 for his contempt of Congress. And the HARD EVIDENCE is in front of your face: If Bannon had a pardon, he would not be facing trial and jail for the two FELONY contempt charges. He would not be attempting to get around that by saying he's willing to comply with the subpoena from a Committee he has called ILLEGITIMATE. You have freedom of choice: you can choose to stop the stupid.
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  9673. Nope -- never had anyone named "Mark" on the Coffee Boy list. Rumor has it that cockroaches are Republicans -- turn the lights on them and -- . . .
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  9674. Uh, no: the gov't, under the law, disarm criminals who are violating a slew of laws, including possession of illegal guns.
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  9675. The deployment of the National Guard is exclusively under the control of the PRESIDENT, in the EXECUTIVE branch -- IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION.
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  9676. The sufficient word is "mimicking" Trump. The are repeating Trump's lie against Biden.
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  9677. Leave "God," which can't be proven to exist, out of it, because that's the fantasy behind which the criminal enterprise is hiding, and the very same fantasy they want to shove down our throats. ___ From must-see film "A Man for All Seasons," with Paul Scofield: In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake. __ Ttump's gang is engage in an all-out war against the rule of law. To abandon rule of law is to join the criminal enterprise.
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  9678. The "taboo" against political violence is IN THE CONSTITUTION. ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  9679. Being a woman, she will claim to be a victim -- when she's not demanding she be respected as independent.
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  9680. Katie Porter's bankruptcy law judge at Harvard Law School was now-Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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  9681. Greenberg was much too flagrant for the crime to be limited to him and Gaetz. What about the "hand surgeon"? Who else in the same political party in Florida?
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  9682. Republicans are against providing mental health services because they wouldn't have time to run for office because of their need for them.
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  9683. Trump is less sharp than a ballpeen hammer.
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  9684. That a man stabbed a woman in a public space are details.
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  9685.  @sevensages5279  The racists are always hungry to find justification for their racism. So they swallow Trump's racist lie that all crime is committed by everyone not white, while they ignore the fact that he is an adjudicated rapist, and a convicted felon -- a proven criminal. They are dumber than dead rocks, and that's how they live their paranoia.
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  9686.  @cme1027  I would ASSUME they knew each other -- but that isn't to my knowledge established fact.
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  9687.  @luzguia2040  Not when the "witnesses" are spouting hearsay. Where, again, is the EVIDENCE? Pay attention, and ask yourself: Why are the lawyers alleging "election fraud" OUTSIDE court -- but IN COURT, when asked by the judge if they are alleging "election fraud, they answer: "NO!" Because, law-illiterate, IN COURT they are UNDER OATH, facing PERJURY charges, and worse, if they LIE.
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  9688.  @Ezekiel-2517  Not interested in such substitutions/deflections.
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  9689.  @Ezekiel-2517  Only the arrogant are certain they possess the truth.
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  9690.  @Ezekiel-2517  You claim to be in possession of "truth". That is arrogant and refuted by the view that the "truth" is larger than any finite human being.
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  9691.  @Ezekiel-2517  Go back to your original claim. You wallow in "religion" and in that are in error.
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  9692.  @Ezekiel-2517  Reason is outside your reach.
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  9693.  @Ezekiel-2517  And I've circa 20 years on you. Intelligence has nothing to do with race. And there are all sorts of people who believe they are free, but for whom it is nothing more than oblivious boast based on denial. Nor is either declaring oneself "free," or victimizing others "freedom".
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  9694.  @Ezekiel-2517  73. And I do know better than they borrowed cliches you assert, which perhaps you'll realize in 20 years.
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  9695. He WAS NOT in the "beast"; he was in the backup SUV. There are significant differences between the two. And Trump wanted the gun-nuts to fill in the empty space one sees in the photo because for him it's always about crowd size.
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  9696.  @FourHuskyHomestead  "God" is busy elsewhere, as always; always the no-show.
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  9697. The power originates with, and remains with, "We the people".
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  9698. If it's a "secret plan," then it can't be known that the "secret plan" exists.
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  9699. Only to allow the "argument" to continue, which means Hannity can go on for days longer on the issue.
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  9700. They are opposed to education -- it risks instilling critical thinking in place of sheeplism.
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  9701.  @ZiJa7777  The 150 million who will vote against this white-privilege bullshitting fruit-fringer?
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  9702.  @signalfire6  He was unqualified the first time. He's unqualified now. He will always be unqualified. But he's bullying white-privilege bullshitter. The "Trump" we see is all an act; he's utterly phony.
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  9703. Kari Lake made the mistake of going all in on that which she knew and knows is a lie. And now she can't back down without ending all possibility of a public career in either media or politics. She is in a self-imposed bind and doesn't know how to get out of it so continues to dig her hole. I'd like to see people begin sending her shovels with a note: "For when the shovel you're using wears out."
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  9704. Yeah, yeah: liars who received pardons wouldn't lie to a grand jury because they can't plead the 5th.
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  9705. Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  9706. To Mike Collins -- ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  9707. Roger Stone talked about judges and phone numbers. Should Stone's/Cannon's phone records be compared?
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  9708. So Loeffler is a gold-digger? I'm not shocked.
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  9709. When Bannon said he'd testify to the Committee, the Committe responded: "Turn over the subpoenaed documents, and then we'll consider having you testify."
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  9710. Actually not: Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9711. The "Boston Globe" is Liberal, therefore includes "Conservative" -- reactionary exclusion -- opinion. The "Boston Herald" is exclusively "Conservative -- won't find a Liberal view even in the blank margins. And that's typical of the "Conservative": suppresses all other views
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  9712. Haitians VOTE.
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  9713. It's typically incoherent: Biden is using the state -- DOJ and FBI -- against Trump therefore Biden is an enemy of the state. Trump "loves" the uneducated, and in their loyalty the aggressively maintain and assert their lack of education.
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  9714. When a dumb person pretends to be dumb the result is dumbnitude.
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  9715. If the mask mandate were lifted in the House, more Republicans would learn about COVID-19 first-hand.
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  9716. They are worse than that: degenerates.
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  9717. Alex Jones gave the movement diarrhea.
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  9718. Putin is a normal as the thousand years of Russia as a dictatorship. See Vlad Vexler.
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  9719. They're already drunk on the smell of someone else's cork.
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  9720. Ted "Cancun" Cruz, aka "Joe McCarthy," Harvard Creep. "Constitutional Conservatives" reject democracy based on their tradition of Name-Calling and Smear Politics.
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  9721. Harris said she will appoint a Republican. I see Cheney as Sec. of State -- she would have the respect of our allies!
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  9722.  @backalleycqc4790  He's an immoral meathead.
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  9723.  @koi---  "not right to force injections on people in my opinion". You OMIT the fact that there is another side to the issue: the FIRST obligation of gov't and rule of law is to protect public health and safety from threats thereto. There is a long history, going back to at latest George Washington MANDATING that his troops be vaccinated. And in civilian life a long history of MANDATES to protect public health and safety. In Massachusetts, as example, those who contracted infectious diseases were quarantined on an island in Boston Harbor. That was not to "punish" them but to PROTECT the MAJORITY FROM being infected. READ Jacobson v. Massachusetts -- easily found by Google -- which explains in simple, clear language WHY the majority in a democracy has the RIGHT to be protected from threats by numerical minorities such as anti-vaxxers. And THAT mandate didn't include "exceptions" -- it was ENFORCED. As for the anti-mask lunacy and lies in "defense" of it: I have multiple lung issues; but wearing a mask has no effect whatsoever on my breathing. Add to that fact that no one has the "right" to infect others with their diseases. Science always looks at the downsides, the side effects, of every sort of medication including vaccines. But what is a vaccine? it is simply a trigger of the normal biological immune response but to a new pathogen. That is all vaccines do. You are ignoring all the POSITIVE results of the vaccine in order to spread ONLY a statistically insignificant number as your entire argument, as if that were the whole story. It is an unclever and transparently obvious distortion straight from the anti-vaxxer looney bin. So of course there is data on the miniscule number of negative reactions to any given vaccine. That is not a condemnation of any or all vaccines. And note that Rogan didn't provide ANY EVIDENCE to back up his nonsense claim that young healthy people "suddenly died" because they were vaccinated against COVID. Why is he not making the same claim about ALL vaccines -- I mean, why NOT? Because he is full of shit -- he is not a scientist; he is a meathead disinformation propagandist targeting a particular ignorant segment of the population in a way intended to cause them to part with their money. And YOUR comment is more of the same anti-vaxxer disinformation based on cherry-picking from the actual FULL data: I am elderly and have had every COVIC shot and booster. NO adverse effects, and not dead.
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  9724. Cornel West went off the deep end in 2016. He has credibility only with the Far-Left fringe.
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  9725. Brexit is Putin's foothold in the UK.
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  9726. Christ is a NO-SHOW.
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  9727. How does one prove alleged evidence existed -- and then was destroyed -- in view of the claim it was destroyed? It's yet another Republican Smear for which there is no EVIDENCE.
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  9728. Looks like Alex embezzled, perhaps for drugs, murdered his family, then pulled a fake or botched suicide.
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  9729.  @ThinkNBoutBetterDays999  Who put the ALLEGED "child porn" on Hunter Biden's ALLEGED "lap top"?
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  9730.  @drivebye2709  Because all the allegations about her emails were FALSE.
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  9731. Putin initiated the invasion. There aren't two sides to the cause. What lead to it is Putin's falsifications of history. NATO wasn't threatening Russia -- there were military forces on RUSSIA'S side of the border. The threat was "equal" until Putin invaded Ukraine. Omitted is the fact that Russia and Nazi Germany were allies at the beginning of WW II.
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  9732. Drop the word "style" -- it obfuscates the extreme power of the weapon.
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  9733.  @khnemu4u  "Sovereign Citizens" are law-illiterates who reject the rule of law -- then claim rights under the law they reject. They are STOOPID.
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  9734. You know the lawyer is lying because he doesn't allow others to speak while claiming to defend freedom of speech.
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  9735. Never buy into those who have "secrets" because they don't actually have them.
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  9736. @Victoria "Art" imitating acting.
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  9737. Because murderers are "moral paragons".
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  9738. Well, the women can appeal to "churches" for the services the gov't refuses to provide. And suffer unwanted brainwashing in anti-Constitutionalism.
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  9739. FACTS are being reported: Gabbard and Gaetz are totally unqualified for public office. Gaetz resigned from the House in order to prevent the Ethics Committee report about his criminality being made public. He hasn't been in gov't to govern; he has been there to throw bombs and prevent the House functioning. He is, in short, anti-gov't. And he won't make it through the Senate, so he's finally out of gov't altogether.
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  9740. You'll have to do better than claiming Socrates supported democracy. Better you look to Aristotle's Politics for those theories. US democracy is founded on the rule of law. And this is fundamental warning -- ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  9741.  @littletsmom8854  The First Amendment separates "religion" form gov't -- so your dragging "religion" into it renders your view irrelevant. Learn to think for yourself in keeping with the foundation of our democracy: rule of law, beginning with the Constitution. Or, if you want to insist that the United States is a "Christian" nation, then admit that the genocide and slavery on which the country was founded were the foremost crimes committed by those "Christians". Is that what you want for the country -- constant "Old Testament" Holocaust?
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  9742.  @bl4ckkn1g8t5  The genocide is being committed by Netanyahu, who supports TRUMP. Biden is faced with the slow task of changing 80 years of unconditional support of Israel's genocide and land-grabbing. And if you were actually paying attention, know anything about foreign policy -- Biden's expertise -- and how to LISTEN to public diplomatic statements, then you would know that Biden has put Netanyahu in a box; he has got through to him that -- 1. Israel needs the United States more than the United States needs Israel. 2. The US provides money and weapons to Israel -- not the reverse. At the time VP Harris, Senator Schumer, and others made coordinated statements, Sec. of State Austin let out that the DOJ is evaluating the sorts of weapons the US will be providing to Israel -- the latter a shot across the Netanyahu gang's bow. 3. Weeks ago Netanyahu announced that the IDF was about to invade Gaza's city Rafah. Weeks later, after Biden began with, "That would be a mistake," the IDF HASN'T invaded Rafah. But I guess you presume to be an expert on foreign policy -- and have better judgment on the issue than Biden despite the fact that you have much less information than does Biden. And don't seem to be aware of the current status of the situation and how much Biden has cornered Netanyahu. Politics, diplomacy, democracy, take time; foreign policy, with as many relevant players in the loop as there are, takes time. Instant gratification is for the young -- which is why they are so often wrong.
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  9743. Who said Venezuela is "Communist" -- right-wing extremist fascist Trump? ___ Martin Niemöller v. Hitler First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out because not a Communist. Then they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because not a Socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I did not speak out because not a Catholic. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because not a Jew. Then when they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me. -- Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984) I add: When they came for the immigrants, I didn't realize they meant ME.
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  9744. "Shaman" is not how the word "charlatan' is spelled. And if he were a "Shaman," he would have correctly predicted the future -- like being put in jail and left there by Trump.
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  9745. Is that why I've not seen any of his adds for some time?
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  9746. Federal charges have been filed because the murderer and domestic terrorist violated Federal laws. But you want to avoid being objective because your immoral defense of the murderer/domestic terrorist is based on a confused and immature notion of "morality". There are consequences for that dangerous foolishness: ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  9747.  @rockpadstudios  And landlords are always saints.
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  9748.  @Gypsygirl9  Actually I'm not. But I can do the same as you: ASSuME you are a saintly landlord. The bottom line is this, Ms. Fact-Free: He talks about "stories" and "theys" but never actually SUBSTANTIATES ANY of it with names, address, court case citations. It's oh so easy to be a bigot by running a bunch of UNSUBSTANTIATED "stories" and "theys" by, without the least sense of CONSCIENCE -- ETHICS -- about passing along BASELESS MISINFORMATION. He must be a landlord: all fault is always on the tenant. Landlords are like M.D.s -- always right, never wrong, always being sued for "no reason". I have an education in law -- including landlord-tenant. I've seen it regularly in courts: landlords with lawyers against tenants too poor to afford lawyers. Who do you think wins in those cases -- the lawyer, who is a regular in the court, and who knows the court rules, or the tenant who hasn't the first clue how to do legal research? You obviously are a bigot who knows NOTHING about the SCAMS perpetrated by landlords.
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  9749.  @WickedMouse  I've yet to hear him tell "stories" about landlords AT ALL; instead he consistently characterizes them as VICTIMS of tenants. Not all tenants are untrustworthy. And humans being human, not all landlords can be trusted. And landlords have the advantage: they can afford lawyers; most tenants cannot. Until you know the REALITIES of landlord-tenant relationships -- and landlord-tenant law -- you'll be a sucker for landlord-generated propaganda about how they are -- typical of right-wing greed-heads -- invariably and without exception "victims". Currently there is a case in Nantucket, Massachusetts, of a right-wing billionaire suing a re-opening restaurant in effort to put it out of business. He flew in from Palm Springs, Florida, where he lives, to file suit -- then flew back to Palm Springs, Florida. He is a landlord. And he regularly funds extremist right-wing Republicans including the brain-damaged Hershel Walker -- any Republican, regardless how stupid or incompetent or corrupt -- the corruption is seen as a plus -- is preferable to an honest politician. It's all about money and power. And it was recently exposed that his lawyer, who is also a landlord, is in violation of basic state building and sanitary codes throughout her properties -- basic stuff that, when they get a chance, landlords -- who have sole responsibility for complying with those laws -- blame tenants. There are real estate trade associations which includes landlords. There are no tenant associations to speak of. It's all about money and power. And this fool -- I followed his videos until it became clear that he is constantly attacking tenants WITHOT A SHRED OF SUBSTANTIATION -- repeating "stories" from anonymous "theys" -- in OTHER STATES -- is HOGWASH, BULLSHIT. It reflects ADVERSELY on HIM: he isn't concerned with facts and truth; he is instead all about spewing propaganda from the powerful against unrepresented tenants. (Should I wait for him to present a DEFENSE of tenants who are exploited and abused by landlords and high rents? That's why Florida is an unlivable hell-hole -- or as Trump should call it, "a shithole state". Elect Republicans, then swallow and regurgitate their pro-wealth propaganda against the poor and powerless.
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  9750.  @Gypsygirl9  So CRITICIZING -- you know, FREEDOM OF SPEECH and all that -- of FACT-FREE PROPAGANDA is TROLLING"!? Since when does unmediated bigotry exempt from criticism and refutation? Is that "trolling"? YES! -- to those with ZILCH for an IQ.
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  9751.  @yorsan2240  Yeah -- we shouldn't watch anything we "dislike" -- because if we do we might find hateful, destructive propaganda spread and repeated by people whose first and only focus is FINANCIAL GAIN by ANY means they consider necessary. In view of the fact that they BEGIN with UNPROVEN "stories," and look for the increasingly outlandish from anywhere they can allegedly find them, one KNOWS they are NOT INTERESTED in facts and truth getting in the way of FINANCIAL GAIN. Telling unproven "stories" as if proven is akin to LYING.
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  9752.  @yorsan2240  The ISSUE, dunce, is that HE CAN'T PROVE the "stories" he repeats, which he got from unidentified "theys," are TRUE. FACTS MATTER, sucker. Instead of attending to that reality, you attack ME for making that point OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Is it a waste of time, FOOL, to TEACH OTHERS to THINK, instead of simply believing what they want to believe WITHOUT REGARD FOR WHETHER THE BELIEF IS TRUE OR FALSE!? Does it MAKE SENSE to believe FALSEHOODS!? Is that SMART!?
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  9753.  @rockpadstudios  A landlord who owns properties s/he rents out can be a bad actor. But not avoiding that fact in order to beat up on the poor is prohibited.
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  9754.  @yorsan2240  "I think anyone who spends time watching something they dislike aren't smart at all". No one liked "watching" WW II. But where would we be if everyone had chosen to avoid the reality it was?
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  9755.  @yorsan2240  I explained it. You refuse to understand it because you couldn't care less if information is true or false. A mature adult has responsibilities -- one of them is to ensure information they spread is TRUE rather than FALSE -- LIES being the ENEMY of democracy. But tell us, feeble-minded nitwit: how, there being no SOURCES for his "stories," except for alleged anonymous "theys," how does one determine whether the "stories" are TRUE? IN REALITY one CAN'T -- for which reason one cannot believe them true -- there's no PROOF for them -- therefore they are not to be simply believing, unless one is a simpleton who'll believe anything simply because it conforms to your biases. Let's look at a REAL issue that CAN be shown to exist: the extreme increase in property insurance in Florida. That was done by means of LAW enacted by the REPUBLICAN-controlled legislature, and signed into law by REPUBLICAN governor DeSantis. What will be the RESULT of that increase? People will be driven out of their homes -- their homes will be foreclosed/repossessed and sold to others willing to pay the inflated prices. Who BENEFITS from that -- tenants? "Squatters"? Who do you think had the wealth and power to accomplish that goal -- tenants? "Squatters"? I'm simply asking you to THINK, instead of blindly believing FACT-FREE JUNK simply because it conforms to your baseless bigotries. We've seen this same thing happen again and again: while the wealthy and powerful are picking YOUR POCKET your are joining in on beating up on the poor -- who are in no position to pick your pocket. "I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams.
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  9756.  @yorsan2240  Because you don't comprehend that facts matter -- are you yet another dishonest grifter cheating your way through life? -- doesn't mean that the palming off of FACT-FREE JUNK is based on a concern with NOT MISLEADING OTHERS. Feeding people FACT-FREE bullshit is no different in result than LYING to them. Property insurance has suddenly exploded in Florida, he lives in Florida -- and he's beating up on an alleged "squatter" in New York based on "stories" from unidentified "theys". Has he ANY concern for FACT? If so, then why is he peddling FACT-FREE JUNK such as that? Worse -- he's LOOKING for that garbage to REPEAT, even though it has nothing to do with Florida or extreme explosion of FLORIDA property insurance. He's peddling scare 'stories" -- fear, fear, and more fear -- and has you gullible fools running in circles, terrified of an ALLEGED "squatter" in NEW YORK. But NONE of his "stories" are PROVEN TO BE TRUE. Did no one ever teach you that "they" is not a legitimate or credible source for anything? Do you actually believe that Trump has greater expertise in virology and epidemiology than Dr. Fauci? If so, how's it going with drinking the bleach Trump recommended?
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  9757. Kamala Harris couldn't be racist: she incarcerated a "disproportionate" percentage of people of color.
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  9758. The Chicano doesn't listen and has no manners. And she doubtless claims to be a Christian.
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  9759. Per the Constitution "We the people" are the gov't. Ergo, the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people" as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people" through "We the people's" elected representation.
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  9760.  @cfountain72  William F. Buckley: born into inherited wealth and a core racist. George Will: smug right-wing propagandist in defense of white privilege. Etc. They are not "erudite" unless one is credulously impressed by the philosophy of exclusion. It has overtly been attacking Liberalism -- the foundation of democracy -- since Reagan initiated the sedition against the rule of law.
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  9761.  @Lerian_V  "The Bulwark" is largely its own echo chamber. Even Tim Miller, who is gay, doesn't see beyond the blind spot of belonging to and espousing a "conservatism" that wants gays eradicated. And see the "Log Cabin Republicans" -- they figure wealth will save them. And even Miller verges on telling the Democrats, the Liberals, how to be Democrats and Liberals. That is not critique; it is the supremacism of a bankrupt "philosophy".
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  9762. Hate-speech is defined in law. That you are law-illiterate and too lazy to read the law doesn't put your responsibility to be an adult on others.
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  9763. "Q" had it wrong: the child pedophile cannibal rings are Republican. They eat their own.
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  9764. Biden has a LIFELONG stutter, and has ALWAYS been a gaff-machine. And the media has known it ALL ALONG. But this is the first go-around where some in the media are using it against him. But he is not incoherent. Trump DOESN'T have a stutter -- and yet he can't form a complete sentence, compounds that goes off on tangents that make no objective sense, and slurss and mispronounces basic words. THAT is INCOHERENCE.
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  9765. No, it doesn't violate the code. Defending Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinians is THE NORM.
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  9766. Who is "them"? Soros? World Jewish Conspiracy? Space lasers?
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  9767. For me it was a constant juggling of either buying records or buying books. And I also had to buy my own clothes and pay rent. And that was in high school.
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  9768. He got elected based on his LIES. THAT is FRAUD.
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  9769. Interesting that Trump's accusations against Biden have no EVIDENCE but are the same things that the Trump criminal enterprise has been doing for his entire career.
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  9770.  @marireneescalante4431  Another foreign troll heard from. Trump 20-24 Years Incarceration.
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  9771.  @user-fy7ru4ii1i  Recycling CAN exist.
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  9772. FOX propaganda is terrified of the EVIDENCE of their being on-the-record pro-insurrection, and then trying to get Trump off his fat ass to stop the January 6 "Reality TV" show engineered and produced by Trump.
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  9773. The issue isn't Trump's "behavior"; it's his WORDS.
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  9774. Uygur is full of shit. Leave it to a Leftist to be a Right-winger.
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  9775.  @terri6854  What his lawyers say is irrelevant, because they say what he DEMANDS they say. That is why he has consistently LOST in court. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. We have the VIDEO of his taking the oath, and he did it in keeping with the textual norm. Don't be like the right-wing and believe what his lawyers say.
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  9776.  @Daniel4646  Has anyone here ever WATCHED and LISTENED to the oath-taking!? The Chief Justice basically begins with, "Repeat after me," then reads the oath one clause at a time, and the president being inaugurated repeats the exact same text. Not-a-news-flash -- overwhelming amount of Film at 11:00 and every other hour in the 24: Trump is a constant LIAR.
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  9777.  @JayValmire  Trump was found liable by a jury of his peers for massive fraud over many years on the very charges you claim are "debatable". And that was a DOCUMENTS case which did not hinge on witness testimony. Funny how Trump surrounded himself with criminals, who just happened to do his dirty work for him, as they were hired to do, but "big brain" micromanager Trump knew nothing about it. The problem with your "argument" is that it has already been refuted in court based on the PAPER TRAIL, which centrally included DOCUMENTS generated by and obtained from Trump's criminal enterprise. The jury who found liability for the massive fraud disagrees with you, and it saw ALL the evidence.
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  9778. The only document in Trump's "Bible" that is relevant is the US Constitution, which incorporates the First Amendment, which incorporates SEPARATION of "religion" and gov't -- SEPARATION of "religion" and the Constitution and laws.
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  9779.  @jonathanmcvay4499  You miss the point: 1. The US Constitution is, by its own explicit language, the SUPREME Law of the Land. There is no "law" higher than it. 2. The First amendment of the Constitution SEPARATES "religion" from gov't -- which is by definition RULE OF LAW.
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  9780.  @jonathanmcvay4499  "Blasphemy" is a judgment made by those who are instructed to avoid being judgmental. Copernicus, a theologian, following science based on evidence, determined that the sun didn't revolve around the earth but instead that the earth revolved around the sun. That was "blasphemy" and as result he was burned at the stake.
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  9781.  @jonathanmcvay4499  Obviously you aren't judging from a secular perspective -- even though the Constitution, with the First Amendment, establishes a secular society of secular law separate from the subjectivist claims of "religion". Gee, if "religion" could actually prove their claims, then there wouldn't be countless different "religions," each claiming, against all the others, to be the "One True Religion".
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  9782.  @jonathanmcvay4499  The Constitution separates "religion" and gov't. That is the Law of the Land. It is that simple and clear.
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  9783. The Constitution was written and ratified BEFORE the Marbury was decided.
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  9784. The right-wing disinformation machine relies on you to know nothing about how investigations are conducted exactly as they relied on you to know nothing about how elections are conducted. You don't trust anything -- EXCEPT those who tell you not to trust anything. Then why do you trust those who tell you not to trust anything? So what do you do -- do you research the alternative to what they are feeding you to determine whether they are telling the truth? No: you take the lazy route of believing the most absurd, the most outlandish, the most "freaky," and the most FALSE. IN FACT, Trump's MAGA-Lardo has its own security camera system. And, IN FACT, the FBI DOCUMENTS its warrant seizures with PHOTOGRAPHS and VIDEO of every step they take.
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  9785.  @ehoffman2260  Do you bother to THINK!? If the FBI wanted the security cameras shut off -- which makes no sense -- then there wouldn't be any "footage" for them to "try to get". IN FACT, such FORENSIC investigations and seizures are DOCUMENTED BY THE FBI with PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO BECAUSE of the BULLSHIT allegations made against the FBI by the CRIMINALS being investigated. NONE of it is actually rocket science and therefore beyond human comprehension. It never ceases to amaze that stupid people believe that everyone else is as stupid as they are. And that they never opt for the alternative: LEARNING so they KNOW what they are talking about. Clue: stop listening ONLY to Trump's lawyers, as if they aren't LIARS, based on your EVIDENCE-FREE hatred of gov't -- gov't being, BY DEFINITION, RULE OF LAW.
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  9786.  @ehoffman2260  "I guess you forgot that the FBI lied on four separate occasions to a FISA court to spy on his campaign." -- blah, blah, blah. Still the stupid. US intelligence routinely monitors communications by such as Russian operatives. If a US citizen happens to contact a Russian who is being monitored, then that US citizen has made themselves a part of the issue. That is what happened with Flynn, and Roger Stone, etc. But as long as you can keep yourself stupid -- for real or as a hater of truth -- you can continue to fall for and perpetuate that LIES told by New York con-mana and career criminal Trump. Perhaps you'd rather forget that the Trump campaign denied ANY contact with Russians -- until they could deny it anymore, especially the meeting in Trump Tower in effort to get "dirt" on Hillary Clinton. 'Course Donny, Jr., after finally admitting to the meeting when continuing to LIE about it was no longer sustainable, denied they GOT any "dirt" from the Russians. But who is stupid enough to believe a person is telling the truth when they BEGAN with lying? You know nothing about how the FBI operates so you repeat made-up shit which is contrary to established investigative standards. You REFUSE to be INTELLIGENT.
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  9787.  @ehoffman2260  If Trump can make a jumble of the "facts" he will -- that's what he does. And you morons fall for it every time because the entire world is some big mega "conspiracy" orchestrated by everyone but Trump. Admit it: it takes a lot of practice, a lot of work, a lot of study, to sustain your obsessive stupidity. In the alternative, when there is a dispute between two or more parties, one does not adopt one's preferred BIAS with one against all others. What you are doing is SMEARING AG Garland -- without a shred of EVIDENCE for your nastiness. You love to HATE because that's all Trump is about, and you are his psychological SLAVE. If you ever knew how to think critically you gave that up when you chose to view Trump as some sort of avatar of truth, when in reality he lost the 2016 election in his HOME STATE because it's always been known that Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal. He learned how to bullshit people like you from Roy Cohn. Research who MOB lawyer Roy Cohn was.
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  9788. "Bernie" voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- which was #1 on the far-right ANTI-Socialist domestic terrorist organization NRA's To-Do list. And yet you have your heads up his ass.
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  9789. Tip: tin foil attracts; aluminum foil repels.
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  9790. The Founders NEVER used the words "small government". IN FACT, their creation of a powerful central Federal gov't was DELIBERATE. The purpose of the gov't of "We the people" is to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people". NONE of that has anything to do with the bullshit "small government" effort to deprive "We the people".
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  9791.  @k333rl  "J Nagarya the interesting thing with rights in the US is that most if not all amendments AFFIRM our rights. they don't give us the rights. from the constitution our rights are not given by the govt. we have them regardless of what govt is in power." Then where do those "rights" originate? And don't try the "God" nonsense: first, it can't be proven that there's a "God"; and, because the Founders had experience with "RELIGIOUS" tyranny -- research the colonial history of "the Bible Commonwealth" -- Massachusetts-Bay -- and the CORRUPT "RELIGIOUS" TYRANNY that burned "witches" -- they SEPARATED "religion" from gov't in the First Amendment. There is ALSO in the Constitution a PROHIBITION AGAINST "religious tests" -- i.e., one cannot discriminate against candidates for public office based on their "religion" because there is NO gov't-established "religion" in the United States. "and you ask where you stand on banning books. should 'mein kampf' be available for students to read?" "Know thine enemy" -- I thought you were all about "freedom of speech" and "freedom of belief". It's obvious you don't know how EDUCATION works. Yes, it should be available for students to read -- IN THE CONTEXT OF HISTORY. That HISTORY INCLUDES the BANNING and BURNING of BOOKS. So your idea that on one hand, disinformation that undermines democracy -- which is founded on the RULE OF LAW -- should be allowed, without any limitations, but on the other hand, books about which you know NOTHING SHOULD BE BANNED -- doesn't work as LOGIC. How about Marx? Should students be able to read Marx -- KNOWING that reading Marx doesn't make one into a "Marxist"? Certainly. As certainly, if one is going to call a thing or person "Marxist" shouldn't one FIRST KNOW what "Marxism" ACTUALLY is? As Lenny Bruce put it: "We have to know about all the BAD, BAD shit in order to be PROTECTED from it." I know you don't read, but perhaps you watch movies: have you seen "Fahrenheit 451"? That is about book-burning. HITLER was BIG on book burning. Those who want to ban books FEAR ANY ideas different than their own -- which is the EXACT OPPOSITE of the First Amendment they simultaneously EXPLOIT by pushing DISINFORMATION.
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  9792.  @cuzr702  Can you recall a time when those who know nothing about pedagogy -- education -- dictated to teachers what they can AND CAN'T teach? I can: Hitler's Germany, and Stalin and Putin's Russia. "Know thine enemy" is a sound principle. But you would BAN/BURN "Mein Kampf" and Marx because you are TOLD they are "evil". Have you ever READ MARX? No, you haven't; so you are hating something about which you KNOW NOTHING; all you know is the BIASED opinion of those who HATE MARXISM (and also haven't READ it) so tell YOU to hate it. And like a good little intellectually-enslaved sheeple you OBEY. How many other areas of information do you REJECT simply because SOMEONE ELSE told you to do so? "Know thine enemy." "We have to know about all the BAD, BAD shit in order to be PROTECTED from it." -- Lenny Bruce.
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  9793.  @k333rl  Within LIMITS, law-illiterate. As example: To point an UNLOADED gun at another is the CRIME of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon". Why do you suppose that is? Can you THINK IT THROUGH?
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  9794.  @k333rl  I have an education in law. I don't "do" soundbytes" in response to law-illiterates. Want to make claims that are putatively "law"? Then man-up, punk: DEAL WITH THE ACTUAL LAW, not garbage fantasies fed you by OTHER law-illiterates. I provide you an OPPORTUNITY to LEARN. It's up to YOU whether you accept that OPPORTUNITY.
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  9795.  @k333rl  Yeah -- all them their pesky FACTS that you want to avoid in order to persist in spewing bullshit that those very facts REFUTE.
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  9796.  @k333rl  The difference is that I back up my assertions with EVIDENCE -- typically ACTUAL LAW. Your childish lack of attention span is your responsibility, not mine.
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  9797.  @k333rl  When you speak of "right" then you speak of LAW. Gov't is by definition rule of law. And as I said before, the "right" of "self-preservation" is LIMITED by LAW. If a person comes at you with a knife, and you manage to take the knife away from that person, you DO NOT have the "right" to use the knife on that person. Why? Because EVERYONE has rights -- NOT ONLY YOU.
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  9798.  @waxcutter9813  Law-illiterate gibberish. 1. It can't be proven there's a "God". 2. The First Amendment separates "religion" and gov't. Prior to that the "Declaration of Independence" -- which has never been law -- made claims that were refuted by the existing realities: The "inalienable" -- meaning CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY -- right to "life" is refuted by the death penalty. The "inalienable" -- meaning CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY -- right to liberty is refuted by the existence of PRISONS. Last but not least as concerns the "Declaration: it applied EXCLUSIVELY to BRITAIN. I suggest you READ the WHOLE of it, beyond the baseless propaganda at its beginning. I have an education in law -- YOU DO NOT. ALL rights are LIMITED, dunce, because EVERYONE has the SAME rights, therefore their exercise if LIMITED by the FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY with which they are INEXTRICABLY entwined: NOT to infringe the rights of OTHERS. So, no, EXTREMIST, NO right is absolute. You live in a society with others, and every one of them has the SAME rights AS YOU -- and the same right NOT to have their rights violated by your sociopathic claim that there are "absolute" rights. There cannot be and are no absolute rights. EVERY right is INEXTRICABLY ENTWINED with the RESPONSIBILITY NOT to violate the rights of others. You are being told by the 6 religioextremists on the "Federalist Society" Supreme Court" that there is NO RIGHT OF PRIVACY. Let us know how you feel when it dawns on YOU that YOU have privacy rights that that Court is set on ELIMINATING. Get this basic clue: you wouldn't know what "rights" to claim if they were NOT WRITTEN DOWN IN LAW. If the Founders believed the nonsense that "rights" derive from a "God" that can't be proven to exist they wouldn't have bothered writing ANY rights down.
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  9799.  @unclelumbago5654  Nope. DHS monitors foreign information sources, which as we know often includes the establishment of accounts domestically. If you happened to interact with those foreign sources, then your communications will naturally fall under scrutiny. But your communications are not the target. Thankfully the non-grunt, the non-stupid, are able to distinguish between the two. It is precisely your ignorance that swallowed the lies from Trump about his campaign being "spied on". It was not. What happened was that members of his campaign were communicating with Russians, and they were caught up in the standard monitoring of Russians. Not knowing how that works freaks Trump supporters because they want TrumPutin to defeat US democracy and rule of law. The following isn't so difficult to grasp: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9800. And a White House source said that if Trump is re-elected, there will be "shock and awe". How much violence against the electorate does that portend? How much violence against the political opposition?
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  9801. Follow the Republican history: Nixon's re-election included subversion of the election. Lifelong seditionist Roger Stone was involved in that. 2000 saw the Republicans and the Supreme Court unconstitutionally usurp the exclusive authority of Congress to resolve election disputes. Republican elections law expert Ginsberg was involved in that. 2020 saw the Republicans use of a violent insurrection to attempt an overthrow of the gov't. Roger Stone was involved in that.
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  9802. Trump's "legacy": career criminal who added two trillion dollars to the deficit.
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  9803. Doesn't happen.
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  9804. While "Loser Man" Sanders again attacks the Democrats -- not the Republicans.
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  9805. To deny others rights one wants for oneself is to threaten and diminish one's own to the same degree. How -- and why? To call into question other's rights is first to call into question the legitimacy of the rights themselves. That is the method by which one denies possession of those rights to others, and thus one's own possession of them. One can join the anti-democratic mob, and thus assist their rush to tyranny; or one can defend the rule of law against chaos, and the tyranny which arises therefrom.
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  9806. If what he is READING were true, he wouldn't have to READ it. And who writes that shit for him? Trump DOES NOT WANT testing becuase he doesn't want us to know how bad it is.
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  9807. Lori blames Chad, Chad spills on her. Both life without possibility of parole.
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  9808. And what happens when other countries retaliate with tariffs? At best recession, coupled to inflation, destroyed small businesses, destroyed jobs.
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  9809. He did not blame Sanders. He included Sanders among those he blamed. Get it through your head thate Sanders is a FRAUD: He voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- which was #1 on the To-Do List of the extreme right-wing ANTI-Socialist NRA. That's the asshole you political morons SUPPORT.
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  9810. Have you EVIDENCE that he destroyed the documents? Or are you another who bloviates out his ass?
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  9811. The electorate has been indoctrinated to fear and hate Communism/Socialism since childhood. In view of the Republican gerrymandering, Republican voter-purgings, and Republican-approved Russian election subversion, the Democrats need as many votes as they can get. But Republicans who don't want Trump before they'll vote for a Socialist. Sanders has a long history of fighting for Social Security? "Fighting" and being effective are not the same thing: during his twenty-five years in Congress he passed three bills -- two of those renaming post offices. He has been totally ineffective; and that is because -- like Trump and the hard right Republicans -- he is opposed to the legislative process, which is DEMOCRATIC: debate, compromise, and majority consensus. You two sound exactly like the Left (I was so far to the Left I was off the political spectrum altogether) of the 1960s. I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin (look them up), sand directly witnessed their actions. They were effective in starting riots. Period. Full stop. And in that they helped Nixon get elected. Sanders is full of old-school Socialist slogans -- pap for "the [faceless] masses". Sanders appeals to the politically -- and,, more important, historically -- naive and uninformed. George McGovern was nowhere near as far-Left as Sanders -- and he is not a Progressive; I voted for him; Nixon won 49 states. Sanders as nominee would be destroyed in a week. Trump and the Republicans don't fear him -- he'd LOVE to run against him. The campaign would be bloody -- overkill, in fact -- and Sanders would be squashed like a bug. Again: republicans who don't want a re-run of Trump would vote for him before they'd vote for a Socialist.
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  9812. It could be he's overamping on the Aderol.
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  9813. If mass murder ISN'T us, then why have there been 566 mass murders by gun so far this year?
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  9814.  @mballer  Too bad body armor is in the possession of private citizens. There is no excuse for that. "More guns" wouldn't have made a difference against the body armor. And as the evidence is overwhelming, more guns equals more gun violence and death.
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  9815. If he'd donated to Trump we wouldn't hear anything about it. Because YOU can't separate your politics from objective reality doesn't mean everyone else is as psychologically immature.
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  9816.  @garyoldham4449  Another law-illiterate spinning horseshit. 1. The prosecution investigates and finds EVIDENCE supporting the charges. 2. The defendant is owed due process, which is premised upon PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. 3. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. 4. AT TRIAL the prosecution presents the EVIDENCE, and the jury EVALUATES the evidence. 5. The EVIDENCE is sufficient, and the jury unbiased, the find the defendant guilty. Instead of being an asshole attacking the prosecution as making shit up -- you haven't seen the EVIDDENCE yet, and you're already screaming NONESNSE -- wait for the TRIAL at which the EVIDENCE will be presented. Meanwhile, moron: Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal -- which has ALL ALLONG been TRANSPARENTLY OBVIOUS to anyone who isn't sleep-walking through like, and being a sucker for the most obvious of con-men of modern times.
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  9817.  @garyoldham4449  I don't "imagine" shit up in order to attack the RULE OF LAW in defense of a TRANSPARENTLY OBVIOUS con-man without yet seeing the EVIDENCE. LISTEN to those who KNOW NEW YORK LAW -- the NEW YORK STATE LAW allows EXACTLY what the prosecution is doing re. ENHANCING the misdemeanor to a felony because the misdemeanor crime was used to cover up another crime. One of the possible crimes: violation of STATE campaign laws. Another: TAX EVASION.
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  9818.  @kkt2004  The charge isn't "professional misconduct". And if one commits a crime in their capacity as a "professional" they still committed the crime. The problem with you law-illiterates is that you'll believe any horseshit fed you if it "appears" to exonerate the criminal whose ass to which your lips are super glued. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal -- which has all along been transparently obvious to the VAST MAJORITY who don't sleep-walk through their lives.
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  9819.  @garyoldham4449  "Imagine if you were supposed to be charged with misdemeanor but they exaggerated it to felony charges." Imagine if you actually knew what you are talking about. Or at least had the intelligence to listen to seasoned prosecutors, who are not on the case, who explain the New York law and how it works to people WILLING to LEARN FACT, instead listening to political hacks on FOX and other right-wing law-rejecting propagandists. FOX is being sued for DEFAMATION; and the discovery by Dominion Voting Machines has been included in court briefings. That discovery EVIDENCE of emails and texts, and such, BETWEEN FOX EMPLOYEES, from RUPERT MURDOCH ON DOWN, which PROVE that OFF screen everyone at FOX KNEW that the election WAS NOT STOLEN. But for fear they'd lose their audience if they didn't CONTINUE to LIE to their audience, AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE, and therefore LOSE MONEY, they LIED TO YOU FOOLS who WANT to be LIED TO. Yeah, I know: FOX ISN'T TELLING YOU that FOX IS BEING SUED FOR LYING AGAINST DOMINION VOTING MACHINES.
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  9820.  @garyoldham4449  "If someone is universally loved then they can't really get a fair trial." Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. He is NOT "universally loved". IN FACT, jackass, he LOST the election BECAUSE THE MAJORITY HATES the ANTI_AMERICAN CRIMINAL he is. You aren't making sense. Show us you know how to go away.
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  9821. BOTH terrorists were born and grew up in the United States. But Trump and Republicans continue to push the lie that they were immigrants.
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  9822. None of what Burr is saying is funny. And he isn't hiding his message.
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  9823. Trump is attempting to shoehorn his First amendment "argument" into the case. Sometimes words in themselves can be a crime.
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  9824. The Republican Party of Racism hasn't had the "high ground" since at latest Nixon.
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  9825. Premeditated or not, psychotic or not, she will be incarcerated for life.
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  9826.  @mariastevens6406  There's always stuff going on behind the scenes -- the incremental "evolution" of their rhetoric is planned and coordinated.
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  9827.  @PeachWookiee  No Trumper learns. They simply change the words of their all politics all the time. That is their substitution for rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  9828. All documents generated as part of one's gov't job belongs to the gov't -- regardless whether one is president or local official.
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  9829. A weapon discharged AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON OTHER THAN THE PERPETRATOR WOUNDED.
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  9830. It was no more weird than any other. He was trying to distance himself -- "Who is Matt Gaetz? Who arranged this interview? Why am I here?"
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  9831.  @harleypotokar8659  Bullies are not leaders. Behind their bravado they are terrified chickenshits. Someday someone she bullies is going to turn and put her in her place -- and then she'll whine that she's the victim.
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  9832. And adjudicate rapist. But if you look at "Project 2025," they are about legalizing rape.
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  9833. The "establishment" is the rule of law, based upon the Constitution.
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  9834. The Republican Party is enaged in an organized attack on the rule of law. They reject gov't -- so why would you expect them to even try to govern?
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  9835.  @shaneshane9419  When is Republican Kevin McCarthy going to exercise his authority over Republican Greene for violating House rules?
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  9836. I am beyond fed up with you LAW-ILLITERATES jumping to judgmental conclusions about Garland based on NOT KNOWING what the DOJ is or isn't doing. Learn, first and foremost, how not to be an ass. Garland has said, publicly, several times, and in plain enough English for even you morons to understand, that he will follow the facts wherever they lead, and apply the law to them. THAT is how LAW works. "A system of LAWS, and NOT of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. John Eastman and Jeffrey Clark conspired DIRECTLY with Trump. BOTH have been subject to WARRANTS FOR SEARCH. It won't stop there. FEW believed it was possible to "get" a president. It took time to build -- the "Watergate" hearings served that purpose -- and we not only "got" Nixon but also as a bonus got his VP Agnew. REPUBLICAN Nixon was forced to resign, and REPUBLICAN Ford pardoned him. Trump was thrown out of office. He will be indicted, and there will be no pardon this time.
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  9837. All the Select Committee has done is request that the companies to PRESERVE the data. They have not yet requested the information be provided.
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  9838. The only voter fraud so far reported was by a Pennsylvania man whoo made out a fraudulent ballot in his dead mother's name. He is busted and facing trial. He is a pro-Trump Republican.
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  9839. That's okay: we be part of the press corps if all one will be reporting is the propaganda. It frees up the media by not having to bow for access Investigative journalism is needed more than stenographer.
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  9840. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  9841. He all along had money stashed outside the country. But the assets he had going into court have been monitored so he can't move them.
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  9842. Toobin is a Republican and opposed to "Roe".
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  9843. To "take up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION". The Founders charged insurrectionists with TREASON, and sentenced them to death. Elections are the substitute for violence, which is expressly prohibited severally in the Constitution including in the First Amendment.
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  9844. It is ENCODED "rambling". He "loves the uneducated," and they know what it means. It is incoherent -- but so are they.
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  9845. There is no "context": Will Smith committed the CRIME of BATTERY. Apparently he is inarticulate without a speechwriter giving him something to say.
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  9846. And Israel knows they can't leave, so will exploit their "refusal" to do so as yet another opportunity to slaughter thousands more of what Netanyahu, quoting Hitler, calls "animals".
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  9847.  @Naziyr_Israel  "D Bey" is full of shit. Every citizen of the United States is a citizen of two levels of gov't: the United States, and the state in which they reside. States also have their own laws. Massachusetts has the best gun control laws in the country, and "D Bey" violated a slew of them. His bullshit spew rejecting the rule of law NEVER WORKS because it is NONSENSE. "D Bey" should have read up on the history of his fellow "sovereign citizens" and where they end up when they try the same NONSENSE in any court of law -- state or Fedeal -- in the country. They end up convicted, and in jail. Full stop. Period. And as convicted felons they are prohibited possessing guns, which is a PRIVILEGE, NOT a "RIGHT".
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  9848.  @TeddyMonka-d1g  No, because they back up their reporting with ACTUAL DOCUMENTED FACTS. Your bias is against facts: if you don't like them, then you reject and avoid the facts by attacking those who present them. That is the usual childish name-calling by means of which you right-wing morons reveal what you are: ignorant and dishonest.
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  9849. Nope: he has been indicted by the GRAND JURY.
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  9850. AT LEAST 78 per cent SUPPORt social distancing and stay-at-home precautions. Yeah -- a tiny minority talks about offing elders, jabbers about "her immunity" -- how did that work with the polio virus? -- and they show up at state capitols and governor's HOMES brandishing ASSAULT weapons they LIE are "self-defense" weapons. These are crackpots and it has been reported that they are backed by wealthy right-wing extremists such as the Kochs and DeVos loons. It's all about the money -- not, certainly, the health and lives of those suckered into doing the actual non-social distanced protesting. And Trump tweated that they should "liberate" several state's of their Democratic governors. The "Shayss" and "Whiskey" insurrectionists who took up arms against the rule of law/gov't were charged by the Founders, tried for, and convicted of TREASON, and sentenced to death.
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  9851. His mental health isn't the issue. His mental illness is.
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  9852.  @Luvpig  They aren't nuts. They are profoundly ignorant. And Trump has given them permission to express their baseless rage, So they only sound nuts because they are that ignorant. And they don't learn because they are about aggressively shouting down opposing views. Simply pit, they are stupid and out of control emotionally.
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  9853.  @Luvpig  They are profoundly ignorant, and their "anger and frustration" is triggered by lies.
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  9854.  @SilentMage78  Hypocrite: you claim to be "silent" but are mouthing off in support of anti-Americanism and thereby begging to be victimized by that you wish for.
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  9855.  @SilentMage78  So you support an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon -- a criminal -- and you want to insist that that isn't anti-American!? And, in addition, based on credible people who worked with him up close, a fascist who loves Hitler. You know who were "woke"? -- the Founders, who established our democracy based on Enlightenment -- "woke" -- philosophy. And based on the rule of law. Yes, you are anti-American, and you are supporting a degenerate declaredly intent on destroying the United States. Wake up: NO ONE is safe under a dictatorship -- not even the dictator, who has constantly to watch his back against the danger of rivals.
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  9856. Trump the litigator has now LOST 4 major trials in a row. But in doing so he got unanimous votes from three juries.
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  9857. The same games as are be played all over the world. The rest of the world doesn't have a GUN problem.
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  9858. "Watergate" was busted open when Republican-appointed Judge Sirica threatened the burglars with the maximum penalty -- so they chose to talk.
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  9859. The statute is MANDATORY. Executive Orders are inferior to the statute.
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  9860.  @RichardOBrochta  Have you no sense of positive aspirations in your own life?
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  9861.  @JoeSmith-ru9xu  That is EXACTLY what the Democrats ARE promoting. Which you'd know if you were actually LISTENING instead of spreading your anti-American hate.
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  9862.  @tumix671  Better than immobilizing despair.
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  9863.  @tumix671  Despair tends to immobilize. Hope energies.
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  9864.  @tumix671  It isn't complicated: Despair depresses motivation. Hope energizes it.
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  9865. Trump was among those who encouraged Nixon to burn the tapes -- which would have been destruction of evidence/obstruction of justice.
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  9866. Attacking the Democrats helps Trump. Sanders made the same mistake in 2016. Or perhaps the results are what he wanted: a permanent Republican mnajority, as Karl Rove said is the goal.
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  9867. Look again: white people are shades of pink and tan.
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  9868. The question with which all philosophy begins: "What is reality?"
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  9869. Both are guilty -- she being a control freak more than he. She'll blame him, and that will cause him to spill on her. Life without possibility of parole.
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  9870.  @annefox926  You wouldn't actually know that because you don't watch "MSM" because of the excuse you give. You certainly don't watch MSNBC. And you have no explanation for the fact that CNN did solid investigative journalism busting Mark Robinson. And that CNN has credible journalists who don't back down to the right-wing. YOUR problem is that the "liberal" media presents more than one point of view, whereas you demand only yours be presented -- and that is exactly how the right-wing does it. CNN, as example, presents a range of views -- and because of that you smear the entire network. Learn how to be fucking media LITERATE, instead of being a Trumpian spoiled brat who wants ONLY YOUR view presented.
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  9871.  @jackiemarsdill4237  I haven't heard that they are undecided. It appears to me that people so well informed on the issues are voters who will vote. The likelihood they'll vote for Trump is slim to none.
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  9872.  @sylviagoodman6008  But that is revealing, and more and more are learning to recognize when he doesn't actually answer a question, which is always, instead of being mesmerized by his tactic of "dazzle them with bullshit".
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  9873.  @sylviagoodman6008  Watch the man ask the question -- and listen to the question. Then, keeping the question in mind, look at how defensively cowed and careful Trump is in his response, while listening to Trump's NON-ANSWER to the question asked.
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  9874.  @sylviagoodman6008  Because that organization listens to all the candidates. But look at the skepticism, some of it overt, of the audience. And look at the responses of those who weren't there but see and hear what happened. Don't give weight to the polls -- they are a mix of media making it look like a horserace to keep eyeballs, and junk Republican-bought polls to make it appear close.
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  9875. Saint Reagan INITIATED the anti-gov't SEDITION, and that eventuated in the likes of Palin and Trump. And it is with him that began the attacks on EDUCATION.
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  9876. Prosecutors also have VIDEO of the burglars in the Coffee County elections office committing their crime/s.
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  9877. "Empathy" is for wimps -- "Liberals".
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  9878. His Mother turned him in.
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  9879. Giuliani was a co-grifter with Trump for decades. He prosecuted the Italian mafia but not the Russian because Trump was the Russian mafia's landlord.
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  9880.  @tlc0963  Seek help -- but not from "Dr. Phil": he is only qualified to be a TV celebrity, not to actually provide any sort of "therapy". You can watch the video and see him FAIL with Trump -- which in a way is surprising, becuase they're bothh full of shit.
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  9881.  @markcosenza3274  The person responsible to ensure the gun was safe was not Baldwin. She has been sentenced to prison. Admit it: you are all for the deaths caused because that is the basis for your attacks on Baldwin.
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  9882. Trump as a real estate developer increased the size of the swamp. Trump needs to be drained from the swamp. And his "fans" need to go back to being history-, law-, and politically illiterate couch potatoes believing fake "reality" TV is actually real.
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  9883.  @JJ-iq5cv  They believe anything that the fake "reality" TV star Trump says. They are stupid people who reject fact and rule of law because incapable of understanding the consequences. They are repeatedly requested to present EVIDENCE for their allegations. They present ZERO -- NONE -- NADA. When due process is explained to them -- the need for EVIDENCE -- they REFUSE TO LEARN how Constitutional legal process WORKS. They are thoroughly committed to being and remaining stupid -- to preserving the "purity" of their ineducability. Nonetheless, the more they repeat their empty nonsense -- allegations without a shred of evidence in effort to pretend that Biden is as bad as Trump, in their defense of his destructiveness and CRIMINALITY -- and they more they are systematically refuted, and shown how basic due process works, they more that does get stuck in their heads. And in order for that to happen, they must require, by their resistance to and rejection of law, fact, reason, and learning, repeated and consistent beat down. That they have, at least for the moment, their tails are between their legs and they are struggling with the fact that their dumbest of dumb approaches is a loser. The vast majority of Americans aren't buying their nonsense -- they are convincing no one. Their desperation isn't sufficient energy, stamina, to survive the long hall. They've fallen silent because they are trying, though unsuccessfully, to avoid the fact that they are on the destructive path for, as has been the reality since time immemorial, losers. The falsehoods he has fed them and that they have run with do not withstanding informed, critical refutations. ___ From Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  9884.  @Sabo3081  Swamps are a natural occurrence of nature. Trump is the top floater in the Reich-Wing cesspool -- wholly human-made stench.
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  9885. Assange helped Russia subvert the 2016 election. Assange is not a good person.
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  9886. Could the judge demand the notes that Bove confiscated?
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  9887. Can't admit that he handled the pandemic the way a legitimate president would have, eh? How stupid do you intend to become?
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  9888. So he now knows he "was" delusional? The actually delusional don't know they are deluded. FOX could certainly be guilty of contributory negligence; but it is not responsible for the decisions made by its viewers, beginning with the stupidity of refusing to watch any news -- ACTUAL news -- that differed from FOX's "infotainment".
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  9889. Apparently Greene is concerned that AOC will file a complaint with the Ethics Committee -- which is the PROPER way to deal with assholes such as Greene.
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  9890. Perhaps the cash is needed to fix the airports, because Republicans aren't about to fund infrastructure, which would require taxation.
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  9891. The immigrants are not "illegal," Ms. Immigrant. They are under US jurisdiction, which means they are subject to US law -- which includes PROTECTIONS beginning with due process. They are legal unless and until ADJUDICATED otherwise by a court of law. Can an Ortiz afford to be a bigot?
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  9892.  @CharleneOrtizTraining  Look at health care under the insurance industry. The insurance industry is not the gov't.
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  9893.  @moreofawave  My first comment reveals the fact that as a teenager in the 1960s I doubtless read the "Life" magazine published then, the subject of which was neglect of the elderly. We can thank Reagan for deinstitutionalization -- the result of which, and his and subsequent economic policies, was growing homelessness. Ukraine, through no fault of its own, is on the front line in the defense of democracy. History-illiterates don't understand the purpose of NATO: 1. The US got sucked into two world wars started in Europe. NATO was to put an end to that, and it has done so. 2. NATO is a defense against a traditionally-imperialist Russia. It has succeeded at that. 3. NATO means Europe is the first line of defense of the United States: better "they" fight them "there," than the United States yet again bail them out with boots on the ground. Stop listening to Republicans: they'll stab you in the back as readily as they'll stab ALLIES in the back -- all to give tax cuts to those who don't need them, while targeting for elimination programs needed by the vast majority -- and funded by taxes paid by that same vast majority.
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  9894.  @WeAreBackDJT25  Perhaps it's time you stopped being a Russian asset spewing baseless anti-American hate-propaganda. Now go research White House drug pusher Ronny Johnson -- the one who lied about Trump's weight -- and who as result was busted from "rear admiral" to captain, though he continues to falsely claim he's a "rear admiral".
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  9895. Who cares about Samoa and Samoans? Aren't they foreigners or immigrants? Aren't they non-white? Oh, they live on an island? Then we aren't affected by them having measles.
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  9896. The president may be the ultimate declassification authority, but that doesn't mean he can declassify information that would endanger national security. Trump is not above the Presidential Records Act.
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  9897. If Giuliani is broke then how is he filing a suit against Biden?
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  9898. Wait until the Trump "bros" learn what tariffs actually do to THEIR economy.
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  9899. It's not the first time. But it is the first fully public criminal prosecution he's faced.
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  9900. It is a REQUIREMENT that a request of a court to authorize a warrant include an affidavit setting out the law and the facts, and sufficient evidence to show probable cause.
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  9901. Trump's expressed "admiration" and "respect" for others is nothng more than ploy to persuade -- to suck in. When that doesn't succeed -- as with Pelosi -- he turns to insult. That's a constant with him: flatter in effort to seduce; insult when unsuccessful. He's a liar, and a loud-mouthed bully, who is at all times desperate to overcome his self-loathing, but always uses means that reinforce the self-loathing. He hates himself, and he hates what he does in effort to overcome the self-hatred, and he hates himself when what he does to overcome the self-hatred fails to work.
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  9902. Are they brainwashed, or dishonestly cloaking their ambitions for worldly power? The Catholic church has massive hoarded wealth -- but when it wants ready cash it passes the collection plate.
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  9903.  @TrustGod-p7w  He may be "innocent" by having brainwashed himself; but either way, innocent or knowingly, he is a scammer seeking WORLDLY power.
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  9904. Interesting that the G. DUI Bushit judge contradicted "Bush v. Gore" by pointing to state election law cases being brought to state, not Federal, courts.
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  9905. Immediately after the 1965 Voting Rights Act was gutted, the states who had been subject of preclearance immediately passed the laws they'd been prevented enacting because of the 1965 Voting rights Act.
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  9906. @40 Yes -- school systems can be bad -- usually in poor neighborhoods only -- but there are people in good school systems who REFUSE to learn. I didn't have to study the sciences in 8th grade and got straight "As" because I'd studied them at home during the 7th grade. Those who want to learn won't let bad schools stop them. And those who REFUSE to learn can't be taught.
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  9907.  @loki2240  Nope" I look at history -- see school segregation -- and the under-resourcing of schools in poor neighborhoods, while schools in wealthy neighborhoods have abundant resources. Massachusetts had a long history of school segregation -- Roberts v. City of Boston 59 Mass. (5 Cush.) 198 (1850. That case became the precedent on which the US Supreme Court established "separate but equal" -- see Plessy v. Ferguson --thus enforcing segregation nationally. It was only in 1954 that that doctrine was overturned. Meanwhile, Massachusetts went through repeated segregation and then integration -- Black students were subjected to racism and abuse -- and resegregation of its schools, especially in Boston. Even into the 1970s, with the schools integrated, schools in poor neighborhoods were starved for resources. I went to schools on the poor side of my city. The worst of it was students who didn't want to be thee and made it miserable for everyone else. But I loved school, and engaged in unassigned studies at home that were self-chosen. And being poor we didn't have TV when most others did, so I read books. Parents too are a problem -- especially those who taught their kids that education was no more necessary for them than it was for the parents. You can bring a student to education but can't make them learn. The person must be willing to learn in order for the person to learn.
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  9908.  @costidisa  I'm 75. The strategic disinvestment in education -- the Republican plan to dumb down the population so they can be bamboozled -- began in the very late 1970s, but accelerated with Reagan. And we are seeing the consequences with how easy it is to bamboozle 20-25 per cent of the population. The psychology was to talk endlessly about "freedom" and the alleged "attacks" on it -- and avoid EVER speaking of RESPONSIBILITY. I saw the equivalent growing up among my age group; but it wasn't then mainstreamed by irresponsible buffoons who are only in it for the money. Rogan, though, may actually believe some of the tripe that he guzzles and makes up.
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  9909.  @loki2240  Nope: I happen to know the history of RACIAL SEGREGATION in public schools, which ALWAYS resulted in lack of resources in poor neighborhoods. For where it "began" see Roberts v. City of Boston -- on which was subsequently based US Supreme Court decision Plessy v. Ferguson . Some of us actually know what we're talking about. My stance is PRO-EDUCATION -- and that is also based on my having attended public schools with others who not only didn't want to be there, but also made it miserable for those of us who did want to be. Blame their anti-education parents, who taught them that education is a waste of time.
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  9910.  @loki2240  One of the problems with US public schools is "social investment" by people morons and bigots who know nothing about education. Those who claim it is "indoctrination" object because they don't indoctrinate as they would have them do. One faction of those bigots want prayer put back in public schools -- the objection that not all students in public schools are "Christian" -- some are Jewish, some are Muslim, etc. -- and their response is from ignoring those facts to engaging in dishonest bullshit in effort to get around them. The idea that 'everyone has the right to express their opinion" ignores the fact that not all opinions are equal. Some are informed, most are not. Legitimate opinion has a chance of being true. Falsehoods elevated to "opinion" are, because false and therefore not true, cannot be legitimate opinion. So the dumbest tend to be the loudest about what is and isn't and should and should be "education". We see it going on with universities at present: alleged anti-Semitism on campus is getting attacked by people outside the universities who have no idea what "university" means. And it is virtually never pointed out that Palestinians are also Semites, and that they are also subjected to anti-Semitism. Add in that the goals of the Republican Party for more than forty years have included eliminating civics education -- they succeeded -- and forcing "history" onto the schools with which white racists are comfortable. So we get Florida's DeSantis asserting that slavery was actually "job training" and therefore positive.
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  9911.  @loki2240  Nope. I'm talking about racism, and inequalities based on relative poverty and wealth of communities. Nothing to do with "districts". There is still a legacy from slavery when slaves were prohibited learning to read -- and because they couldn't read they were called stupid. The same deprivations occur today in poor communities due to unequal resources provided by the powers that be.
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  9912.  @loki2240  You're still blaming the schools, instead of putting the primary responsibility where it belongs: on the ELECTORATE. And on the powers that be that favor the wealthy because the wealthy can afford paid lobbyists.
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  9913.  @eoin401  Not all "opinions" are equal. Some are uninformed, Mr. Accuser. And some are false.
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  9914.  @eoin401  Perhaps instead of touting your "different thinking" you should compare and contrast it with FACTS and then correct your errors. Instead of pretending your errors are legitimate, even though the facts refute them. Having "different ideas" isn't necessarily the same as actual THOUGHT. Nor are "belief" and "thought" the same thing. And spewing is a waste of everyone's time.
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  9915.  @ghernandez2263  So you reject the science and the fact that those killed by COVID were unvaccinated because, you claim, none of your family is vaccinated and none of them died? Do you know anything at all beyond stubborn ignorance?
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  9916.  @colleenshea2293  Do you not know who Isaac Asimov and Albert Einstein were? If one can't say it as well as another said it, then one quotes the other. That is a standard among those who don't simply reject reason because they have a "right" -- they in fact do not -- to be stone ignorant, and to inflict the consequences onto everyone else. Simply put, simpleton: anyone can believe anything they want; that does not make the belief TRUE. To the contrary, what matters, above all else, is not to prove one can be a permanent moron, but TRUTH.
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  9917.  @Satans_lil_helper  Did we ask for YOUR alleged "opinion"?
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  9918.  @denofpigs2575  A nation of sleepwalkers, not thinkers.
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  9919.  @loki2240  That's essentially what I'm saying. The "best "schools" according to ratings are in the wealthy communities. And currently in the face of an affordable housing crisis those same communities are opposing the building of affordable housing -- because those communities are also racist; they imagine that "affordable" means "non-white". So they too are miseducated.
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  9920.  @eoin401  How about you learn basic written literacy? And how about you quoting whatever it is in my comments that you need clarified? In short: how about you stop being an unserious troll?
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  9921.  @eoin401  I said several things in response to your comment: Learn to be literate. Quote whatever I posted that you want clarified. Instead of doing either you yet again engage in personal attack -- because that's all you are here to do: troll. Show us you know how to go away.
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  9922.  @eoin401  Here's an opportunity to inform yourself of that you most loath -- rule of law, beginning with the Constitution: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. And Christ instructed his followers to keep their "religious" practice PRIVATE -- because the public display of it so easily turns into ego trip, and then to hucksterism for $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
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  9923.  @eoin401  in view of the fact that you don't respond to ISSUES, but instead continue to define yourself as a troll by continuing to sling bullshit, I'll conclude, based on that EVIDENCE, that you are too stupid to know how to respond to issues. That you are illiterate. And that you are only talking to yourself because totally lacking in the ethics, the manners, of actually dealing with issues. I gave you LAW in your face, and you totally ignore it -- either because you're too stupid to understand it, or -- more likely -- because my conclusion that you reject the rule of law is the fact. And that is no different than any other unimpressive run-of-the-mill criminal. So enjoy talking to yourself. I've attempted to engage you in discussion, but all you're about is shitting on the rug. If you can't show us you know how to go away then bye-bye and good riddance.
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  9924.  @thekemplarfiles  Anatomy and gender are not the same thing. That means it's an issue for grown-ups to understand, which leaves out the Republican't Party of bigots who invent fantasies to attribute to others so they have something to hate. If it weren't for their fake "scandals" Republican'ts would have nothing about which to move their mouths.
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  9925.  @marylamb7707  It isn't I who is mixed up. Let's be clear: Trump is a third-generation NEW YORK con-man and career criminal. And, being lemmings who renounce the responsibility that is necessary to independent thinking, the Trump supporters only listen to what he and Republicans say about those they HATE. They DO NOT listen to anything they are TOLD NOT to listen to. So they only hear the HATE they GUZZLE. Smell the coffee: HATERS are known to LIE about those they HATE. Smell it again: HATE is IMMORAL.
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  9926.  @marylamb7707  So all you have is name-calling while having no factual knowledge of what any of those names actually mean. In short: you're a moronic bigot who cherishes the purity of your morally bankrupt stupidity. I'd conclude that you're a troll, but that would attribute to you a modicum of skill.
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  9927. Why drag Trump into this?
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  9928.  @nicklll4477  It's Floriduh. Don't expect its residents, especially the one's who vote Republican based on the racism and pro-corporate policies, to be other than clueless. They believe cutthroat everyone-for-her/himself greed is instead "paradise" because that's the vapid fantasy fed them.
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  9929. Perhaps it isn't.
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  9930. You supposedly work for a law firm. And yet you aren't aware that "discovery" doesn't happen during investigations against the investigating body? Especially as the Committee in Congress is not a trial or prosecution. He is to testify under oath, which includes the right to invoke the 5th Amendment. Those are his protections: telling the truth, or invoking the 5th. He has no right of "discovery," and they don't have to give him anything except a seat to sit in, and those rights: tell the truth, or plead the 5th. His effort to bully the Committee only expose him yet again as still being an anti-gov't -- rule of law -- asshole.
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  9931. FOX doesn't represent the views of the American people. Reagan was a union-busting huckster.
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  9932. Putin is writing this channels script.
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  9933. LeBron James saw what Chauvin was doing: he was "giving the knee" to Colin K.
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  9934. Bigots and dunces ignore the fact that Biden has a lifelong stutter. That does not have anything to do with cognitive health.
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  9935.  @gondola4554  He was in his long-time comfort zone. Yes: he has had a stutter since childhood -- and you'd know that if you were as attentive as you pretend, because during the campaign he spoke to a kid with a stutter, and gave him information to connect with organizations that deal with stuttering. Bigots ignore those facts and engage in disability discrimination by bashing him. But this is what matters: Not voting, or voting for anyone other than Biden, is a vote for Trump. And I can't believe that yet again young pie-in-the-sky political naifs are repeating the same horseshit irrelevancies and excuses in order to ignore that inconvenient reality.
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  9936.  @gondola4554  He's even talked about having a stutter. And if you listen closely you can sometimes hear it.
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  9937.  @gondola4554  Are you qualified to diagnose the mental status of a person you've never met? The "establishment," jackass, that nominates candidates is the political parties. Biden will be the nominee once the 20-somethings outgrow their juvenile ignorance of history, reality, and how politics work. Biden has had a lifelong stutter - that is documented. What is also documented, here, is that you are clueless because your scam is to avoid facts and reality in order to support a third-generation New York con-man and career felon. Clue #1: there is no "right" to be a criminal.
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  9938.  @themanyfacedgod8917  He needs to be more than disbarred: he's an insurrectionist.
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  9939. "Cryptocurrency" was always VAPORWARE. And we had a massive bank failure in 2008. Dodd-Frank was enacted to prevent a repeat. Trump eliminated that regulation -- voila, bank failures result. But it is NOT a "massive banking crisis".
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  9940.  Donald McKenzie  Not interested.
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  9941. Trump said the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2015 -- showing how he knows nothing at all factual about anything to do with any reality.
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  9942. Because you're a bigot against a word.
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  9943. It's rhetorical strategy.
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  9944. Let the Republicans continue to attack Taylor Swift -- that will result in any of her fans who support Trump switching to Harris.
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  9945.  @ivedoneitall  Yep -- presenting FACTS are a problem for MAGA.
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  9946. O. J. Simpson was wealthy but died at 76 of prostate cancer -- of which there is a higher incidence in Black males. It's probable it was found too late. Thomas is 75, and unhealthily overweight, which indicates bad diet.
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  9947. Perdue was already called out for his anti-Semitism, so he resorted to racism.
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  9948. The MAGA base WON'T vote for a person of color. So Trump's VP will be white. And he fears competition from women, so it won't be a woman. It's likely going to take a long time for Trump to announce a pick.
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  9949. It's the racism.
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  9950.  @Poemi10304  That's true also.
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  9951.  @yuriyrychkov9857  So you like dictatorship. Why don't you just move to Russia, instead of sacrificing all your alleged fellow Ukrainians to your suicidal ambition. Were you elected by somebody -- other than yourself -- to impose your will on everyone else? No, you are not Ukranian; you are an anti-American domestic enemy.
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  9952.  @yuriyrychkov9857  If you were following actual news, you'd know that Ukraine is effectively targeting and devastating Russia's main source of income: it's oil infrastructure. See youtube channel "Joe Blogs". Trump is a domestic enemy claiming to be a Conservative Republican. And you also buy the Second Amendment lie -- which is a rejection of the Constitution. So you'll be voting for Trump against the United States and the rule of law. And you actually believe that Dictator Trump WOULDN'T "come for your guns"!? The SUPREME Law of the Land is the US constitution -- there is no alternative "higher" or equal law. ALL of the Constitution is in effect at all times. This is in the Constitution YOU HAVE NEVER READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. CONGRESS shall have the Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And this: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. CONGRESS shall have the Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers [by the governor and legislature], and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS".
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  9953.  @TheKosmikid  No, he claims to be a Republican, and believes the LIE that the Constitution authorizes destruction of the Constitution. He is an ignorant anti-American.
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  9954. Or so many crimes?
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  9955. Police fear AR-15s. They are military weapons which don't belong in civilian society.
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  9956.  @mengoinggodsway9024  In Uvalde the gunman was outgunned. It was cowardice and CYA. In Buffalo the retired police officer was outgunned. AR-15s are military weapons, and do not belong in civilian society. Period. Full stop.
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  9957.  @mengoinggodsway9024  There are special exceptions in law -- you're a law-illiterate who is behind the curve -- for those who can demonstrate a LEGITIMATE need for specific kinds of weapons. Body armor, as example, SHOULD NOT be available to citizens who can't demonstrate a LEGITIMATE purpose for having them. If the Buffalo mass murder doesn't TEACH you taht then you are resisting learning. There is no "self-defense" argument for possessing an OFFENSIVE weapon, which is what an ASSAULT rifle is. There are also laws governing the types and sizes of knives that can be legally possessed. Etc. The problem with you law-illiterates is that instead of dealing with reality -- law -- your indulge fantasies that are typically paranoid and self-justifying without any sense of limits. In Uvalde it is obvious that law enforcement, despite having a shit-ton of assault weapons, were AFRAID of a murderer who had an AR-15. No law protects the non-existent "right" to be able to out-gun law enforcement. From _Presser v. Illinois_: ___ "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ Gun-nuts don't believe in the rule of law, so they don't know what the existing law is. They simply rail against the rule of law on bullshit grounds. IF they knew the law they'd discover that they agree with much of it. Fearing that they avoid learning the law. And then there are the gun-nuts who are stone criminals. The difference/s between the two are not worth consideration because they begin and end in the same place: rejecting the rule of law.
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  9958.  @dt1010-d  For whom -- those who care about women's health? The issue isn't abortion; the issue is PROBLEM PREGNANCIES, the treatment for which in many cases is ONLY abortion. Haley has promised to sign a NATIONAL abortion ban.
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  9959.  @dt1010-d  "BETTER choice" than what!? She is not a good choice at all. She is simply less pandering to the same anti-Americanism Trump feeds.
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  9960.  @patriciamcclanahan2114  Try it in English.
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  9961.  @ahantu  She's a Republican.
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  9962.  @driftingwolf0  "I always find it funny that you all just blindly accept Biden or Trump without question". Mature adults do not accept ANYTHING without question. Nor do we demand fulfillment of the baseless fantasy that reality be perfect. Nor do we REJECT reality and the limitations imposed by the implacabilities of political circumstance and RESPONSIBILITY. The FACT is that Sanders and Trump were equally opposite EXTREMES, BOTH of whom alienate that majority -- which is MODERATE -- by INSULTING basic human intelligence, and projecting their respective corruptions onto those who are FOR RULE OF LAW and democracy. But tell us, maif: why is that the two pro-Russian dudes who supported the successful election of the pro-Russian ukrainian candidate for president ended up, respectively, running Trump's and Sander's campaign? And why that Ukranian election included hacked and stolen emails, and BOTH Sander's and Trump's 2016 campaigns included hacked and stolen emails? You are the usual Trumper: arrogant in your ignorance of law, history, and the responsibility of adhering to fact and truth. You want everyone to support alternatives that DO NOT EXIST based on your political ignorance about what is. You don't accept democracy, you want Trump's s brand of fascism under the delusion that YOU would be exempt from the DEMOLITION of rule of law and your RIGHTS. Trump has you uneducated twits suckered, and you're too stupid to know it.
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  9963.  @branevans3705  The right-wing Republican attacks on Social Security began before it was even law. And Social Security is a stand-alone budget/trust fund. It is not part of the regular general budget. So the Republican promises to "fix" it based on the lie that it is tied to the general budget relies on the electorate being ignorant of the fact that it is not connected to the general budget. The lies about it needing to be "fixed" -- the intent being to destabilize it, then use that as argument to privatize it -- began with Reagan.
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  9964.  @dawnmcmannis2551  Nope. Shes a Republican running for the nomination and attacking Trump with Democratic criticisms because Republicans don't have criticisms of him. And she denies the US has been and is racist -- as if slavery didn't happen. And she's anti-choice. And she's anti-"Big Gov't" -- i.e., anti-gov't-meeting-the-needs-of-"We the people" which requires TAXATION to pay the costs of meeting those needs. But in her view people of color don't exist therefore don't have needs.
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  9965. It's all an ACT -- that's the alleged "body language" you believe you are "reading".
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  9966.  @vintagelady1  The problem with propaganda and exaggeration in response to propaganda exaggeration is HYPOCRISY. It CONTRIBUTES to the disinformation problem instead of refuting it by adhering strictly to FACT
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  9967. We are seeing the ultimate in Republican voter suppression: killing one party's voters -- thus providing 100 per cent of needed aid to Florida, twice, and a miniscule percentage to Blue states. Unfortunately, the voters in Red states are the most defenseless, and they are the Republican "base". The difference is that like Governor Cuomo, Blue state governors -- including the moderate Republican govermnor of Massachusetts -- are acting responsibly. We'll see how many die -- if the numbers provided aren't fudged -- in Red v. Blue states.
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  9968. The engineering feats of it are rightly touted. This mostly focuses on the political aspects. Don't buy the "privatization" scam: the propaganda is that cutting gov't employees can result in tax cuts. In reality it means paying greater amounts of taxpayer money to private corporations. So privatization costs the taxpayer more. And it introduces cost overruns and contract corruption.
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  9969. When one first poisons one's dumbest of constituents with falsehoods, propaganda, and disinformation, one can then get them to vote for continuation of the falsehoods, propaganda, and disinformation.
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  9970. Republicans want us to "forgive" -- and vote for -- CRIMINALS.
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  9971. Many will seek plea deals in exchange for guilty pleas. That means the will be required to turn over evidence, if not also testify, against others. These are stupid people who are law-illiterate, and having relied on straight-up bullshit pseudo-law as self-justifications. Most will be terrified into cooperating when the realities of what they face sink in. And not only the fake Shaman, but also his lawyer, have pissed off the judge not only by the Shaman trying to change his story -- contrary to the statements he's made publicly with full confidence -- but the lawyer seeking publicity for himself, instead of focusing on defending his client, and lying to the judge.
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  9972.  @Kathryn-m5n  I actually think she should be permanently disbarred.
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  9973. Vote-by-mail is not "unsolicited". APPLICATIONS for ballots are sent to REGISTERED VOTERS. (Um -- dead voters can't vote because they're dead.)
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  9974. Reich-Wing is fascist.
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  9975. A single exception to an "absolute" demolishes the "absolute". Trump's own lawyer provided the exception.
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  9976. He already cancelled the existing sanctions. Now he's talking about sanctions!? How about DOD drunkard Hegseth shutting down US cybersecurity defenses against Russia?
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  9977. Wrong. The "CONSERVATIVE" Republican-appointed -- two by TRUMP -- Appellate Court smacked Judge Cannon upside the head with a steel two-by-four. Her concept of "reputational damage" redounded to Cannon, and it will be remembered throughout the judiciary and legal community for YEARS. It's obvious "Conservative" Republican "Federalist Society" Judge Cannon dropped out of Trump University because the law classes were too hard.
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  9978. We don't have Steve Bannon to kick around for several months because he's in prison, so other guys are stepping up to remind of his fashionable 5-day binge need of a shave.
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  9979. Perhaps it was a butt-call from Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani.
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  9980. And their "grievances" are FAKE.
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  9981. Trump wouldn't endorse George "Not My Real Name" Santos because Santos is more proficient at lying than amateur Trump.
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  9982. And trying to sell them on eBay.
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  9983. If Sanders is the nominee, he will be destroyed in a week -- especially when his writings, when in his 30s, about young children and sex are flooding the public media.
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  9984. They are seditionists, domestic enemies, intent on destroying the rule of law from the Constitution on down. And that began at latest with Reagan as the "Reagan revolution". Reagan was a Trojan horse's ass.
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  9985.  @Elkator955  "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. Gov't is by definition rule of law. The Republicans are engaged in an all out attack on the rule of law itself. Those constituents are voting against their own intersts.
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  9986. Catch up: the DOJ is investigating United Health executives, including Thompson, for financial crimes. You can admit fact; or you can lie against known fact.
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  9987.  @melindaward4780  You forget that they doubtless have VIDEO of his actions IN "Starbucks," and from there to putting the bottle and wrapper into the trash, and thereafter. And the videos are timestamped
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  9988. FAKE "grievances".
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  9989.  @JohnKennedy-wy9bw  It's all about competition with all the other "True Religions" for "converts".
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  9990. @John Wilharm It can't be proven that there's a "God". And if there is, "He" has an infinite sense of humor. If we were made in the image of "God," then we are to use our "God"-given critical faculties to actually walk upright and THINK for ourselves as individuals. My "salvation" is not your lottery.
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  9991.  @thesloth944  Personal attack. A "loving Christian" much?
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  9992.  @Steevee14  Trump is a third generation NEW YORK con-man and career criminal. You need to break your slavish addiction to FOX and its anti-American lies about Trump being other than that.
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  9993. White supremacy is identity politics based on skin color.
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  9994. It's the job of the president to negotiate agreements with other gov'ts.
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  9995. Trump has surrendered in Michigan.
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  9996.  @yuhere9241  Trump is deranged, and MAGA guzzles the derangement. Face the facts: Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. He still wears diapers. And he isn't angry -- he's irritated by the diaper rash.
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  9997.  @jaredarndts6123  I'm the adult. you're the Trump dupe.
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  9998.  @sethgross3904  Think Freud and the ID rejecting all rules.
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  9999.  @trumpisgoingtoprison177  Broke and broken. He should end up living in a cardboard box condo down by the river where it rains a lot.
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  10000.  @sweed6054  No one can be "proud" of anything not accomplished by their own effort. Plus, "Pride goeth before a fall." Try to make sense. And thank Biden for the job creation and the new infrastructure projects in your area.
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  10001.  paulabbey6835  Why don't you show how to go back where you came from? In view of the uncensored history, you're an illegal.
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  10002.  @sweed6054  The agreement to leave Afghanistan was made by TRUMP. Biden inherited it. You really need to pay attention to actual news instead of racist right-wing propaganda. And here's a clue for you: At least hundreds of Trump supporters are sitting in jail -- and it was Trump who put them there. And between January 6th, the day of the insurrection, and the inauguration of President Biden on January 21st, he could have pardoned them -- but he didn't because he couldn't care less about them and you. That's why they're still sitting in jail.
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  10003. The campaign was the debate. The vote was the conclusion of the campaign. That was the end of the process. One doesn't take the issue out of the hands of the voters and into the hands of one of the political parties to "debate" how to get what they want despite the voters and the actual vote. Vance is continuing to lie that there were "problems" in the 2020 election -- as ever without a shred of EVIDENCE.
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  10004. The US gov't doesn't have jurisdiction to tax foreign companies in foreign countries. So, no: China (as example) doesn't pay the taxes. The costs are passed on by the importer to the consumer.
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  10005. Is Spartz Russian or German?
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  10006. Well, he does seem to know the meaning of "stuff". But he's keeping it secret from the rest of us.
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  10007. The Founders classified insurrection as TREASON and sentenced the insurrectionists to death.
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  10008. I don't know the specifics, but as the Federal law is the Law of the Land, it can be enforced in state courts.
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  10009. He does have in common with Kavanaugh that they are both drunkards.
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  10010. "story" "they" -- none of which provides proof of anything except the willingness to believe the unsubstantiated.
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  10011. Pence is at the same time all in for "Project 2025".
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  10012.  @willmont8258  AGAIN: I have an education in law; you are law-illiterate. AND AGAIN: 1. The DEBATES of the Congress -- both House AND Senate -- that WROTE the Second Amendment prove that the PURPOSE of the Second Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the MILITIA. That fact is underscored by the May 8, 1792 Militia Act enacted by CONGRESS: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENSE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." 2. Through the several drafts of that which became the Second Amendment there was ONLY ONE "individual right" debated. It read as follows: ": but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms, shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated militia] in person." O-B-V-I-O-U-S-L-Y, MORON, that was VOTED DOWN BEFORE the Amendment was ratified. 3. FURTHER, the 6 "Federalist Society" Supreme Court FANATICS overturned "Roe," which was based on the right of privacy, by DENYING that there is a right of privacy BECAUSE the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. OTHER words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to possess guns". 4. AND AGAIN: the United States consists of two levels or forms of gov't: Federal, and states. That means that every citizen has DUAL citizenship: citizenship in the United States; and citizenship in their state of residence. And the term "states' rights" is nothing new as a term, because that is precisely as the 6 SC FANATICS did with "Roe": kicked the decision back to the states so each state can decide whether it citizens will LOSE that right or KEEP it as a STATE RIGHT. You should embrace the "states' rights" formulation because it has always been tainted by white supremacists in their effort to avoid FEDERAL protections of citizens, under the SUPREMACY Clause, from STATE gov't oppression of its citizens by yelling "STATES' RIGHTS!"
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  10013.  @willmont8258  Tell us, punk, how there is NO right of privacy because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution, but there "is" an individual right to possess guns even though the words "individual right to possess guns" don't appear in the Constitution. You can't have it both ways, law-illiterate crackpot.
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  10014. They have to get their POLITICS squared away, which they will then present as the "facts".
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  10015. Collins is all politics. She doesn't care about abortion, and never has. All that matters is in being in step with Republicans.
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  10016. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10017. Stolen documents -- SOME of which were classified. The non-classified documents ALSO didn't belong to Trump.
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  10018. Suggest you look st the actual COVID deaths in Florida v. the falsely lowered numbers from the Florida gov't. It isn't about "prevailing winds". It's about science and using your head independent of right-wing politics.
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  10019.  FredCarpenter-vv9ld  When I think about it, it goes back to experiences for earliest childhood. I had two older siblings, and while they began school, I was on my own as the youngest, and I explored the outdoors in the area of the backyard. I was curious about the animals I saw, and felt they were friendly. Everyone else I knew would have attacked and killed them -- I had no such urge; and that continued as my individual view, against the generalized violence. And as the youngest, the rules were made up by my mother, handed down, and there was no court of appeals. In third grade, when I first learned about Lincoln (he was my first "hero") and his principle "Everybody equal before the law," I became a civil rights activist beginning with my position in the family. But everywhere was violent, and that was not my urge, so that was not an option for me. Those and other experiences as an individual -- often dismissed by others -- informing my individual view from earliest childhood made me something of an "outsider" as an observer.
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  10020. Pence hasn't a chance at being president without the support of Republican voters who live in fantasy worlds.
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  10021. It is PUTIN that is forcing conscripts -- even teenagers -- onto the front line.
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  10022. I think the lower courts should ignore the decision. The supreme courts of Hawaii and Pennsylvania have already ignored it in order to affirm the prosecution of gun crimes in state laws "overturned" by _Bruen_.
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  10023. It isn't about "freedom"; it's about the responsibility to correct one's errors.
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  10024. So the Irish were allegedly slaves therefore no big deal that POC were slaves. Learn the actual history: In Massachusetts-Bay Colony only one "religion" was allowed. One had to adhere to that "religion" in order to hold public office. In order to run for office one had to own land. In order to own land one had to adhere to that one "religion". Especially subject to persecution were Quakers, [Ana]Baptists, and "Papists" (Catholics). Those with any "wrong" 'religion" were banished from the colony, subject to death if they returned -- see Quaker Mary Dyer. But the slaves were "coloreds,' which included indigenous "Americans". All these efforts to minimize slavery of POC are racist at core -- we're supposed to feel sorry for poor put-upon white people, though they had the advantage over slaves of being white. Listen to Bob Dylan's "Pawn in Their Game" -- he does not excuse the "pawn".
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  10025.  @nytn  The entire point of claiming whites were slaves is to change the subject by claiming to be victims instead of being the slave owners. It is an effort to perpetuate the same racist -- white supremacist -- excuses for slavery as in the first instance. It is old lies in fake-new wrappings.
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  10026.  @nytn  Yes, and all the comments about "pure blood' "Irish" finding their "roots" outside the country in which they were actually born. Racist turds.
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  10027. It's easy to get into Trump's frame of mind: adopt his intent as substantiated by the evidence. Then view his assertions and allegations from that position. That clarifies the frauds of his claims.
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  10028. I believe the police asked Brian is he had a gun, and he said no. Their "ideology" suggests they were against guns.
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  10029.  @jrwoods5311  I have an education in law. And per John Adams, the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders -- "A system of Laws, and not of men." That is gov't. There is no way I view the gov't as a business, you you're making shit up in order to engage in personal attacks. Your profession is stupidity.
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  10030.  @jrwoods5311  "Wasteful spending" such as Social Security? Do you no know where the money for Social Security comes from?
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  10031.  @jrwoods5311  The gov't isn't a business -- isn't that what you said? And now you are comparing "private business" with gov't. As is typical of you right-wingers, you don't make sense. Nor do you provide any evidence for your assertion that "the system is failing". AND you keep ignoring THIS FACT: "Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. So where, pray tell, should we place the responsibility for the alleged failure -- on those elected? Or on those who elect them? Your head is up someone's ass -- perhaps your own -- because you don't understand these most basic facts: 1. Our democracy -- MAJORITY rule -- is based upon the rule of law. 2. Every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. 3. Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is the DUTY of citizens to participate by VOTING, or even running for office. Instead as percentage of the electorate is corrupted into not voting, or into bashing the gov't -- which is "We the people". I'd ask that you learn the basics, and learn how not to contradict yourself, but it's obvious you already know0it-all -- everything is the fault of the gov't, but not of "We the people"/the gov't. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety, including AGAINST private businesses that endanger public health and safety. But all you consider is money. What a shabbily poor -- and confused -- existence you live.
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  10032. And how would they "advocate" -- by substituting smears against others for answering the questions, the same as his cult members do? Criticize Trump -- his "fans" attack the critic -- which is not a defense of Trump. Identically, criticize Sanders -- his 'fans" attack the critic -- which is not a defense of Sanders. Sanders is a fraud, and seems incapable of hiring mature adults as his staff. That is CORRUPTION. We see the defensiveness: ask why "Mr. Transparency" Sanders is refusing to release his medical records, he lies against Bloomberg's medical history. Change the subject, smear someone else -- that's basic Trump/Sanders. And it is CORRUPTION.
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  10033. 13 billions worth of paper towels.
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  10034. He allowed the defense and its witnesses to PUBLICLY shoot themselves in their feet.
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  10035.  @oceanhome039  This judge has been excellent.
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  10036. @mainely8007 And it was important that THE PUBLIC be allowed to see the entire issue play out so they wouldn't have anything to whine about -- except by lying.
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  10037.  @seanscanlon9067  He allowed the defense's star witness to testify -- and he turned out to be a vengeful bust who admitted under oath that he actually had no evidence for the allegations he had made. The entire defense charade was the usual Trump racist mud-slinging. That taint is entirely from and on Trump and the other criminals charged.
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  10038.  @tevandorian1744  Everything, as usual, was made up by Trump in pursuit of his usual name-calling and smears. The issue had no EVIDENCE underlying it; at minimum it was yet another delay tactic based on his LYING.
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  10039.  @samadams7224  When will you liars learn to BACK UP your allegations with EVIDENCE?
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  10040.  @StateXStateAmendmentOne  When will you HATERS LEARN to back up your allegations with EVIDENCE -- OR to STOP the LYING?
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  10041.  @chucktaylor9190  Los of crybaby Trumpers because the entire fraudulent defense effort was an absolute bust. As with the Comer-Gym Jordan "impeachment" effort, whose star witnesses turned out to be assets working for Chinese and Russian intelligence services, the star witness turned out to be a sexual assaulter who admitted, under oath, that he hadn't a shred of EVIDENCE for the allegations he had made. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You wall in the cesspool politics of domestic enemies.
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  10042.  @2share572  Try that again, but after you learn basic literacy in English.
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  10043.  @fenderbassfan  Your bias against the rule of law is not legitimate and does not qualify as literacy in law and legal process. There is no conflict of interest, in view of the fact that since the outset, and in keeping with THE RULE OF LAW, the judge is assigned to oversee Fani Willis' prosecution. Clue: just because Trump feeds you suckers lies does not mean his lies are TRUE. Trump is attacking the rule of law itself. YOU have RIGHTS because they are secured IN RULE OF LAW. He couldn't less about you -- LOOK AT THE FACTS: 1. He put many hundreds of his supporters IN JAIL. 2. He's TALKED about pardoning" them -- but between January 6th and the Biden inauguration he could have pardoned them. But he didn't because he DOESN'T CARE about them OR YOU. All you are to him is a source of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. Ask yourself: Why does he need to pick your pocket if he is the mega-billionaire he CLAIMS to be?
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  10044. The "immunity" decision is unconstitutional so can be ignored.
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  10045. They want the problem not the solution.
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  10046.  @orchunter8388  Working out fine. The difference is that he's a DOJ-veteran lawyer -- he investigated and prosecuted the OK City bombing. And was then a judge for decades. You, in contrast, don't understand law and legal process. And like a good little Trump stooge you attack him and therefore attack the DOJ.
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  10047. Trump is bent on reducing the United States to his version of Jonestown.
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  10048. The political spectrum isn;t only PROGRESSIVES. And you are LEFT of ACTUAL Progressivism.
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  10049. Julian Assange is on the lam from the law in Sweden. Snowden undermined national security.
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  10050. The question gives the weight to the word ALLEGED official acts.
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  10051. Questions that quote Trump threaten his lies against having said what he said.
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  10052. The "Bible" only prohibited abortion at "quickening" and after.
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  10053. The categories he cites are not solicitations; they are prohibitions against forms of discrimination which are prohibited by Federal law.
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  10054.  @charliekowittmusic  Exactly. And they are being hornswoggled by being taught they don't need education. They are too stupid to realize that those who want them to be stupid don't mean them well.
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  10055. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY, some of which is classified, and REFUSED to return it. The LAW is that ALL information generated by gov't employees is GOV'T PROPERTY, regardless classification status.
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  10056. Business expenses are tax write-offs. Business fraud is tax evasion.
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  10057. Josh Hawley was a "woke" elitist when it came to self-interest and hauling ass.
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  10058.  @Tony-md7dk  Wrong. Another woman insurrectionist was trampled t death by her fellow insurrectionists. And the toxicology report on her found methamphetamine in her system. And five police officers were also victims of the insurrection -- which we now know Trump knew was armed when he sent them to assault the Capitol. In fact, in one of the videos showing Babbit being shot -- she was committing a violent crime as a leader of the insurrection -- there is a man behind and to her right, another insurrectionist, against the wall, with an assault rifle. And we don't know that Babbit was unarmed. We do know that she was leading the violent crime of insurrection.
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  10059. Romney's "religion" is MAMON.
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  10060. Sanders is the flip-side of the Trump coin: a cult of the far-Left.
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  10061. Ask her why Trump was refusing to hand over the gov't property he STOLE without bullshit "negotiating" "whether" and "when" and "how much" he would agree to return.
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  10062. "Second Amendment Remedy" v. Divorce?
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  10063. DeSantis is a failure. Trump is a failure. Who is allowing them to fail? A different "them"?
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  10064. "We demand to know your life story -- just don't make it about you." -- Bill Krystal.
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  10065. She has scheduled the trial beginning as August 14, 2023. If she wanted to rig it, she'd have scheduled it in 2024.
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  10066. Slogans are not accessible to questions. They freeze "thought".
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  10067. Taxation is "We the people" paying our own way.
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  10068. You're welcome to lead the way. Or be a hypocrite.
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  10069. The 25th "Resolution" will put the Republicans on the spot -- and on the record. Same for the "Article/s".
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  10070. It's long past due that they call out the obvious: Trump is all bluff and bullshit all the time.
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  10071.  @tenderlyone  BOT.
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  10072. Or even after the infant is born, which is actually infanticide, and which is illegal everywhere in the US. Central to the problem is that women were tricked into focusing on abortion, instead of teaching men, in particular, about problem pregnancies which can only be resolved by the medical procedure called abortion. An irony is that the overturning of Roe has shifted the issue from abortion to problem pregnancies.
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  10073. It's all and only about the money/ It used to be that money was only the major concern.
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  10074. Trump is avoiding the Ukraine question by shifting responsibility onto China -- which is such an ally/enemy. Why doesn't he ask his lover in North Korea to intervene -- oh, right, North Korea sent troops to fight for Russia.
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  10075. Asshole: the "Boomer" generation got the US out of Vietnam, and ended the draft so you can sit on your ass and attack "Boomers". The "Boomer" generations showed that not only presidents but also VPs -- Agnew -- can be "got". The "Boomer" generation mainstreamed the environmental movement -- which is why you ignorant, overconfident mouths know about it.
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  10076. It was Reagan who initiated the anti-gov't sedition. Stating that fact is opposition to the escalation since then to Trump and his public encouragement and incitement of violence. Why are those facts being suppressed on youtube?
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  10077. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10078. It's more likely that Gaetz's father offered money to the victim to shut her up.
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  10079. Comic book fans didn't like Ang Lee's "Hulk" because it's mature. Because it isn't two-dimensional cartoon. Because it isn't mindles black/white superhero/bad guy action.
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  10080. I was hoping she'd call him "Mr. Trump" -- he is not president. Calling him "defendant" would from time to time be fitting.
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  10081. The problem is that no financial institution will give him any loans.
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  10082. To get prescriptions.
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  10083. Trump sent a letter to Bannon telling him that he, Trump, waives executive privilege so Bannon can testify to the Committee. At the same time, Trump's lawyer in Court said that Bannon didn't have executive privilege. It appears Trump and Bannon, with Trump, have been plotting ways to undermine the Committee. The Committee should ignore him. And ignore Rhodes who "coincidentally" now wants to testify to the Committee.
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  10084. It's a coordinated -- Trump, Bannon, and Rhodes -- counterattack against the Committee. The Committee should ignore it except as it provides evidentiary value.
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  10085.  @captain_context9991  NATO was founded by the United States to stop the Europeans hundreds of years of starting wars -- two of which became world wars that sucked in the US. It has been successful in that. It was also established as the first line of defense of the United States -- as an alternative to AGAIN being the boots on the ground in Europe that saved Europe from itself and from historically-imperialist Russia. Trump falsely asserts that NATO is to pay the US to protect Europe. No: the member nations of NATO are required to spend a percentage of their own GDP on their own national defense. President Obama understood the purpose/s of NATO: when it came to Libya western Europe expected the US to take the lead -- a distortion of NATO's purpose caused by Republican belligerence. Obama made it clear: Libya is EUROPE'S front yar -- not the US's, though the US would support Europe taking the lead. So, yes: NATO serves to keep BOTH the US and the world safe from, in particular, Russian imperialism.
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  10086.  @stingbass7154  Perhaps you should attempt to communicate, instead of talking only to yourself.
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  10087.  @stingbass7154  It isn't possible for the "odds" to be even: the "Proud Boys" are a small minority of fascists/Neo-Nazis attempting to impose their will on the majority in a democracy based on majority rule. Get a life worth living.
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  10088. Another "South Shall Rise Again" in TREASON heard from.
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  10089.  @demonslayereren3970  A lie against the facts and rule of law.
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  10090. A case could be made against the 6 who signed onto the blatantly unconstitutional sedition that is the "immunity" decision.
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  10091.  @jonathandnicholson  MTG was in meetings where the January 6th insurrection was planned. Gym Jordan was also involved. How about all the Republicans who support convicted felon Trump.
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  10092. Voting by mail requires an APPLICATION from the REGISTERED VOTER for the ballot.
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  10093. "Overbroad"? Youre welcome to experiment with the limits by catching the disease, and seeing if you survive.
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  10094. They always claim their violent sociopathy is "humor" -- which the healthy don't view as being humorous.
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  10095.  @goatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgo  Personal attack noted. FACTS MATTER: "Critical Race Theory" is taught ONLY in college and University Law Schools. Moreover, the protesters are a RACIST MINORITY. The United States is a MAJORITY RULE DEMOCRACY.
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  10096.  @goatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgo  Why do you not address my actual comment? Is it beyond your "intellectual" reach?
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  10097.  @goatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgo  1. The essence of democracy is elections. The Constitution expressly stipulates that there SHALL be elections. The United States is a democratic republic, a representative democracy. In place of violence we ELECT representative gov't. 2. "Critical Race Theory" is a DISCIPLINE taught ONLY in college and university LAW SCHOOLS. 3. I have an education in law. You have yet to learn how to stop dribbling when you try to drink from a glass.
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  10098. The guitars are made in China and other countries. How much will their prices increase when hit with tariffs?
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  10099. The threat is reported as being from someone in Florida. This is reult of the LIE that the Second Amendment AUTHORIZES insurrection -- authorizes criminal violence.
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  10100. He's simply immoral and stupid. He doesn't consider consequences of his words because he's all and only about 'freedom of speech" without the maturity of circumspection and responsibility. He'd probably not restrict the "freedom" of a toddler wanting to cross the street into traffic.
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  10101.  @baxtronx5972  By cynically and destructively abusing freedom of speech.
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  10102.  @Randyy111  He's still a dumb-assed meathead whose out of his lack of depth.
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  10103.  @harrykadaras9459  The guy is just so obviously stupid -- how can anyone listen to him, let alone believe anything he said? The prices of microphones need to be raised above the ability of gym and street-corner bullshitters to afford them.
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  10104. IMPEACH: put the Republicans on the spot -- and on the record.
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  10105. That's the FAKE history about his playing electric at Newport. During the afternoon the "Paul Butterfield Blues Band" -- an electric band -- played for an hour, and there were no complaints. The PROBLEM was that the political Left of folk music thought they OWNED him. Pete Seeger in particular because he stopped writing and singing protest songs. That evening he was the star -- but was only allowed fifteen minutes. He busted their chains, and the song "Maggie's Farm" was his kiss-off to them. "They say, 'Sing while you slave,' and I just get bored".
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  10106.  @Diddy_Doodat  Unlike you, I wasn't born yesterday. And it's obvious that when anyone screams against the results of an election during this primary, s/he is a whiny widdlle Sanders "fan". When it comes to election ON THE GROUND, the polls of this kind are CORRECT. The national polls were "incorrect" because they neglected to include the influence of the Russian collusion/subversion, the effects of the fake email "scandal," and the unprecedented Comey announcement. State polls and politics are not point-for-point comparable. As I quoted Tip O'Neill (look him up), "All politics is L-O-C-A-:L." And as I said, I wasn't born yesterday. I've been a civil rights activists since 3rd grade -- which occurred during the 1950s. I learned about Climate Change in school science in the late 1950s-early 1960s -- it is not a "new" prediction. I personally knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin (look them up) -- who were both far-Left and assholes, and I was to THEIR Left. It was their stirrings up of violence amid a wholly non-violent peace movement that got NIXON elected TWICE. In sum, mouthy punk, I've been politically aware, informed, and engaged, for more than 60 years.
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  10107. He is still writing opinions that are assigned to him by Chief Justice Roberts. And Roberts is voting with him. So Roberts is no less radical except that he wanted to slow these decisions down so they'd be under the radar. Alito and the Trump appointees are saying: "Fuck that. Let's get this done NOW!"
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  10108. None of which PROVES they did it.
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  10109.  @bobmorane2082  Which proves what? That they are from Tajikistan, which is quasi-part of RUSSIA, but Putin is -- predictably -- blaming Ukraine? Do you only BELIEVE and NEVER ACTUALLY _THINK- about the information fed you by a DICTATOR!?
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  10110. Polygraphs are unreliable, and are inadmissible in court.
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  10111. No, it was not. Were that the fact then every state would have had "Slave Patrols," which did not happen. SOME states used their Militia, or a subset of it, as "Slave Patrols". But that was NOT the purpose of the Second Amendment -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10112. If he took the test, he was probably being tested for stroke.
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  10113.  @thienthetyga3462  Ignorance isn't bliss. It is unawareness of the misery it is.
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  10114.  @neryskkiran1820  We don't need to speculate: we can stick to the EVIDENCE instead of playing games in effort to obscure that. "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  10115.  @donstrong6754  The PROBLEM with your gullibility is that it IGNORES THE VIDEO EVIDENCE that shows the FAKE "electors" attempting to enter the state legislature -- as the LAW requires Electors do -- but being turned away by the state police because the LEGITIMATE ELECTORS, who had to VERIFY their identities and legitimacy, were already gathered in the legislature AS REQUIRED BY LAW. The FAKE electors then went to the basement of GOP headquarters -- THIS ALSO ON VIDEO -- where they uttered the FALSE DOCUMENT/S. THE VIDEO SHOWS THEM SIGNING THE DOCUMENT.
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  10116.  @peach495  The KNEW they were violating the law. The LAW is SPECIFIC that the ELECTORS are to gather in the STATE LEGISLATURE where they engage in the OFFICIAL act of registering their votes, and signing the OFFICIAL document. There is VIDEO of the FAKE "electors" trying to get into the STATE LEGISLATURE, but being turned away because the LEGITIMATE Electors were already gathered in that building. The FAKE "electors" THEN WENT TO THE BASEMENT OF THE GOP HEADQUARTERS AND ARE SHOWN ON VIDEO SIGNING THE FALSE DOCUMENT.
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  10117.  @donyoung7874  She knew she was going along with a lie, but figured it was to her advantage. Now she's caught she's pleading stupidity instead of admitting knowing dishonesty. She's pretending she was an un"woke" innocent.
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  10118.  @ItsAllOptics  I suspect she was only thinking of forging a unique identity for herself distinct from such as Joan Baez and the few other female folk singers of the time. What is all this concern with "race" from people who are opposed to racism -- but only the racism in OTHERS THAN THEMSELVES? WW II in Europe was begun by a person who based everything on racial "pure bloodism". And the result was a bloodbath. And that's what we're seeing here: "I'M pure blood -- how DARE SHE pretend to be PURE BLOOD!?"
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  10119.  @saphire9823  We can always rely on "They". I mean, "They" never lie, and they can certainly be determined to exist.
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  10120.  @bonnie_gail  Ever notice how racist white people are always jumping on minorities with efforts to discredit them? And at the same time they seem to be the most concerned with bragging about their own "ethnicity," even when that is false. I've known, as example, so many individuals born in the United States who claim to be -- instead -- "Irish" or "Italian". Check yourself out.
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  10121.  @Coffeedrinker291  Artists are automagically viewed as "not normal". But what do those know who hold that view that qualifies them to make that judgment? But I get it: one must conform to what one IMAGINES is the "majority".
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  10122.  @auntarctica2025  And you never lie -- not then, not now.
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  10123.  @auntarctica2025  Direct personal experience and observation. Where are YOUR statistics?
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  10124.  @auntarctica2025  You introduced the issue of "statistics". I asked you to produce yours. Yes, you do lie: when you don't feel like being nice to a person but choose to be nice to them you are lying. I suggest you explore the word "lying" for its fuller dimensions beyond DENIAL.
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  10125. Judicial Watch specializes in corrupting politics and the law.
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  10126. It's been TOLD MANY times.
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  10127. No mention by him of the fact that REPUBLICANS tanked the border bill -- NOT BIDEN.
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  10128. AG Garland talks softly and carries big indictments.
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  10129. Apparently West is ignorant of Sanders' baggage, or is OK with it. West destroyed his considerable credibility by allying himself with MILLIONAIRE Sanders, while trashing the wealthy, and the Democratic Party.
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  10130. The 10-year-old child who was raped -- is that who he's talking about?
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  10131.  @BoudiccasGhost  He's a white male REPUBLICAN.
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  10132.  @dinahsoar6982  It was Trump who planned, organized, and directed the violent and illegal January 6th insurrection. And he has always been a foul-mouthed name-calling bully. All of that is TRUMP engaging in ATTACKS on everyone and everything that endeavors to hold him to account for his constant lying, frauds, and crimes. Listen to Trump: he claims to be a multi-billionaire, he has a stadium full of lawyers, so it is not possible for HIM to be the "victim". You have free will, and individual responsibility for your decisions. You can CHOOSE to stop the stupid. Trump was found to have committed decades of massive business fraud against others. There is no right to be a criminal gangster.
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  10133.  @dinahsoar6982  He began attacking others before he was ever attacked. What he is has always been known in New York -- that which you are finally seeing but struggling to continue to ignore. The irony is that Republicans who won't touch a politician from New York and New England generally, because "Yankee" and "Liberal," fell all over themselves in the rush to vote for a transparently obvious third-generation fast-talking New York career conman and felon. An alleged "billionaire" who picks the pockets of his working stiff supporters in order to pay his legal bills -- when he isn't stiffing them, as he is stiffing Giuliani. And his use of donor money contributed to his campaign to pay lawyers is probably illegal. But why should he pay with his own alleged "billions" if his duped supporters will pay his way for him? And his supporters, even if they kept their money, couldn't accord even one lawyer.
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  10134. Assault weapons and body armor SHOULD NOT be available for sale to private citizens.
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  10135. The gov't is the definition of rule of law. Overthrowing the gov't overthrows the rule of law and results in chaos for EVERYONE.
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  10136. Look at the extensive self-harm inflicted on Jeremy by Jeremy.
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  10137. Clarence Thomas's actions are being compared and contrasted with the rule of law.
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  10138. "God": "Thou shalt not commit adultery." Mike Johnson: "Hold my beer."
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  10139. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee. Or subpoena his ass.
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  10140. Still can't allow the dividers, the divide-and-conquer to succeed. Every minority group is racist is against all the other minority group. But that's a reaction to white supremacism divide-and-conquer. Does one "win" the argument by submitted to the divide-and-conquer?
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  10141. FOX requires ANYONE with access to FOX be vaccinated.
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  10142.  @carolinemansfield-wright3923  If kitties could vote, they'd scratch out J. D. Vance's eyes.
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  10143.  @amd-137  The Trump Derangement Syndrome is "loving" Trump but not knowing why. Or being unwilling to admit it's the racism, the demagoguery, the lying, the criminality.
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  10144. What of the report that there were murders in as many as 3 or 4 school rooms?
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  10145. Senator Warren was a Harvard professor and expert on bankruptcy. Trump may be jealous as himself an "expert" on bankruptcy because she was a professor.
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  10146.  @bjdefilippo447  Our gov't consists of three co-EQUAL branches of gov't. The intent is that any two will prevent any one gaining supremacy over the other two. They are the first checks and balances. The Congress has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. The most recent and visible instance was Congress overturning the Rehnquist Court's Grove College and its progeny. Grove College was a disability discrimination case. A blind woman applied to Grove College to become a nurse. She was refused because blind. Rehnquist deliberately misread the text of the statute -- "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973" -- in order to hold that it only applied to the financial aid office. That only the financial aid office couldn't discriminate against applicants; that the rest of the college could. The actual explicit text of the law encompassed the entire college. That line of cases was overturned by Congress with the "Americans with Disability Act" -- which was presented publicly by an exceedingly rare joint House and Senate press conference. (Irony: at the same time Robert Bork -- the one who followed Nixon's order to fire the Special Prosecutor -- the "Saturday Night Massacre" of "Watergate"; and who, as a Reagan-appointed judge, out of thin air overturned the Fairness Doctrine, which had been established with the advent of radio -- was bumming a book. His big issue was that the Constitution should be amended to allow the Congress to overturn Supreme Court decisions -- a power that has all along existed. His target, of course, was _Roe._) Why the Congress didn't, when the Democrats had control, didn't overturn Citizens United, is beyond me.
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  10147.  @kencrisp2588  Their decisions still stand. But watch for more lower courts to ignore them. Hawaii and Pennsylvania supreme courts upheld gun crime convictions after respective state gun laws had been invalidated by Bruen. The Pennsylvania decision asked of the US Supreme Court, "What were you thinking?"
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  10148. The "young men"/Neo-Nazis need to learn that they are violating the law -- but they already know that, which is why they illegally replaced the license plate. They aren't the smartest criminals on the planet; but that's what happens when they are also history-illiterate. Except it is so stupid it would be laughable that: they hate "Socialists," they insist Hitler was a "Socialist" (who quotes Hitler on the basis that Hitler was telling the "truth"?), BUT WORSHIP HITLER.
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  10149.  @61714  As they did in Charlottesville. As they intended to do in Idaho. These three weren't from Massachusetts; and at least one of them was in Charlottesville, where a woman was murdered by a member of their gang, and in Idaho. One of those claimed to be from Washington state, then admitted he is now "living" in Utah. They don't have jobs; they travel around from one state to another fomenting violence against Blacks and Jews. They get their funding from other DOMESTIC ENEMIES who are opposed to the RULE OF LAW; they fund CRIMINALS. Alas, most of these CRIMINALS are too stupid to know that they are being USED as PAWNS -- they end up in jail and are replaced by other dumb-assed bigots. They are no different than Trump supporters: stupid people who don't know the difference between fact and bullshit, hundreds of whom are sitting on their asses in jail while Trump is playing golf. And they believe that if re-elected Trump will pardon them. He could have pardoned them after January 6 -- but didn't. Because he cares not a whit for them. He's the same as the funders of the "Patriot Front": these stupid punks are dispensable, easily replaced by other dumb-assed jerks willing to go to jail for someone else's benefit.
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  10150. The four passengers were WILLINGLY deceived.
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  10151.  @YUMLiberalTears  Your hate is both immoral and SELF-destructive. I'll try to feel for compassion for your lack of a life worth living.
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  10152.  @jonescharley2105  Actually they haven't cancelled them; they've postponed the next two, and may add others, in order both to absorb a flood of new information, and to provide evidence the DOJ has been requesting. And Jeffrey Clark's house was searched by the FBI seeking evidence of his crimes. So despite your fantasy your career criminal and New York con-man isn't off the hot toilet.
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  10153. NO -- it is nowhere near 50-50.
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  10154. On the state level it's statutory rape. Maximum sentence is probably 20 years. He'd better watch out about his public bullshitting.
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  10155.  @dennisyoung4631  Off the top of my head I can't think any truth that would flatter them, even given that flattery is exaggeratin.
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  10156. He's worried that someone close to him is wired. We can name that person: Don, Jr.
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  10157. The RESPONSIBILITY originates with and remains with an INFORMED ELECTORATE.
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  10158. The decades of Republican attacks on higher education have been successful. They want an uneducated population they can snooker and control. You're even buying into it. A college education tends to ensure higher after-college education. Encouraging education is not "propaganda".
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  10159. Exactly: you don't care about the process, the evidence, the actual law. Adults in the room are not a game show or sport. It is not fake 'reality" TeeVee. It is not entertainment. ADULTS understand the necessity of public education.
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  10160.  @MauricioGomez-ii3ns  WITNESS intimidation is ILLEGAL. Jury tampering is ILLEGAL. If Trump wants to MOUTH OFF, then let him take the stand and do so UNDER OATH. Look at the FACTSS for a rare fucking time, Trumpeting moron: Trump had his lawyers file a motion asking that the gag order be "amended" so he could attack witnesses -- which is ILLEGAL. It was, of course, an effort to get AROUND the gag order. That LEIGITIMATE alternative is to take the stand and testify UNDER OATH. THAT'S HOW LAW WORKS. There is no "alternative" law that makes it "legal" to be a CRIMINAL. EVERY CONTEMPT charge against Trump for his violations of the gag order is a CRIMINAL finding. If it were YOU, YOUR ass would be IN JAIL. NO ONE is above the law -- including third-generation NEW YORK con man and career felon TRUMP, regardless you're being TOO DAMNED STUPID to recognize that he HAS YOU CONNED, and couldn't care LESS about you. Look at the reality: he put HUNDREDS of you stupid assholes in jail -- then went and PLAYED GOLF, EVEN THOUGH he could have pardoned them between January 7 and the inauguration.
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  10161.  @MauricioGomez-ii3ns  The HONEST way to do that, punk, is for him to get on the witness stand and testify UNDER OATH. But we already know from past depositions and testimony that he invariably LIES. Look at this interesting detail from the E. Jean Carroll deposition -- he had been denying that he ever met or knew E. Jean Carroll: He was shown a photography with three people in it: Trump. Trump's previous wife. E. Jean Carroll. Remember: he has claimed to have the greatest memory: When asked to identify the people in the photo, he correctly identified: Himself. But he identified E. Jean Carroll as being his wife. He said nothing about his actual wife. And that was under oath, with his "perfect" memory. That is the CON MAN you are suckered by.
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  10162.  @MauricioGomez-ii3ns  You don't have logic; you avoid the issue by accusing others instead of looking at yourself. That is intellectually dishonest.
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  10163.  @MauricioGomez-ii3ns  You are avoiding REALITY. And I spelled that out for you.
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  10164.  @MauricioGomez-ii3ns He can do that LEGALLY by taking the stand and testifying UNDER OATH. But he WON'T, because he would have to admit to the crimes with which charged, OR commit PERJURY. He is doing all his dumb-assed name-calling, and insulting, and smearing OUTSIDE court because he WILL NOT testify -- despite his LIE that he would. How many fucking times must Trump LIE before you stop PRETENDING he isn't a constant liar, and DEFENDING and REPEATING his lies? But I'll bite: tell us how you are being MORAL by doing exactly that. And tell us how your accusing of OTHERS of lying -- while YOU are lying -- is not the immorality of hypocrisy?
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  10165.  @MauricioGomez-ii3ns  Based on ACTUAL EVIDENCE, YES. But NOT on the basis of the Republican tradition of Fear and Smear politics. Florida has had Republican government for years. It is a shithole basket case economically, and people are leaving it in droves. Vote Republican, get corporate Republinomics -- then hide behind smearing Democrats.
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  10166. At the time Clinton used a "private server," the official State Dept. communications channel had been repeatedly hacked. And any classified material on Clinton's "server" was RECEIVED by her.
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  10167.  @joelrivard5598  If you knew the history of Russia as traditionally expansionist, and the history of WW II, and why the US established NATO, then you'd understand that the US either support Ukraine, or get sucked into US boots on the ground in Europe for a THIRD time. I'm opposed to war, period. I opposed ever war and military action from Vietnam -- my era -- to Iraq and Afghanistan, and any others after those. But supporting Ukraine is essential -- it is the front line of democracy against Russia attacking NATO, which then brings the US directly into it. NATO was established to put an end to the many hundreds of years of wars between and among Europeans countries -- which twice sucked the US into world wars. See the videos on youtube of the vast US section in the WW II D-Day cemetery at Normandy. And that has been a greater success than could have been predicted. NATO was also established so its members would be a unified DEFENSE against traditional Russian expansionism -- better Europe fight them there, than the US fight them there. And that has been a success. And, last but not least, NATO is the defense, in Europe, of US national security -- again: them fighting there, instead of WE fighting there. There is nothing more stupid than the idea that the DEFENSIVE alliance that is NATO is a "threat" to Russia. Look at reality: Putin claims NATO is a "threat" because on the other side of the Russian border from Russia. If Russia takes Ukraine, then the other side of the Russian border will be a NATO ,member -- which Russia will claim is a "threat". And if he invades and takes that nation in order to remove that "threat" the other side of the Russian border will be another NATO member -- which he will claim is a "threat". There is nothing more stupid, in opposition to war, than to side with the party actually waging war, as if Ukraine is at fault for being INVADED, and the United States engaging in "imperialism" by supporting Ukraine against Putin's ILLEGAL aggression. Timothy Snyder is the expert on that history. Stop listening to those who are pushing PUTIN'S line that DEFENSIVE alliance NATO is the threat: use your eyes: the THREAT is the one doing the ATTACKING, and that is PUTIN.
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  10168.  @joelrivard5598  It has EVERYTHING to do with us if we want to AVOID US boots on the ground in Europe for a THIRD time. LEARN ACTUAL HISTORY, instead of listening to those who are pushing PUTIN'S line. Timothy Snyder is the expert on that history. He has videos here on youtube that EXPLAIN it to the clueless such as you.
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  10169. And what are the percentages, paranoid moron?
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  10170. Salvucci's vision was correct. Then the Republicans got into gov't.
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  10171.  @tomme4779  You're the one spewing criminal rationales based on your rejection of the rule of law.
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  10172.  @tomme4779  I have an education in law. You're sub-literate in English, which I assume is intended to be your native language..
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  10173. Harvard will be paying millions. And being tax exempt they can afford it.
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  10174. Trump and his campaign will do that they always do: LIE.
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  10175. For a psychologist Mary Trump isn't much for depth perception. Though it isn't an excuse for his behavior -- which is all she talks about -- it is a cry for help based on the trauma inflicted on him as a child by his extremely abusive fascist father. And: did Trump have a mother? If so, why does he never mention her -- was she that abused and silenced that she was completely absent from his life?
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  10176. The VAST MAJORITY of VOTERS are MODERATES -- NOT PROGRESSIVES. And AOC/Sanders are to the LEFT of Progressive. AOC should research ACTUAL Progressive Eleanor Roosevelt: she actually got things DONE. And most of white LEFTISTS don't believe that the election of the first African-American [president was sufficiently "Progressive". So much for white privilege. What AOC and her ilk need to recognize is that TRUMP is the issue -- and attacking Biden doesn't cut it; it helps TRUMP and Republicans. Young people -- you mean the ones who sit on their asses and spew hate online, but DON'T VOTE?
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  10177. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  10178. These Republicans knew they were acting illegally. What does that tell you about the Republican Party -- that they considered acting illegally as acceptable? It tells you that they have a history of violating the law -- it is their "entitled" "privilege" to act as if exempt from the rule of law.
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  10179. Who will former talk radio host Pence be voting for -- the Heritage foundation's religiotyranny as detailed in "Project 2025"?
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  10180. Republicans are learning what it means to be Democrats.
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  10181. Miracles do not happen. They're dead.
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  10182.  MrNoLimit24  The facts, and reason.
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  10183.  @LiftedMoonLight  Certainly -- I don't do magical thinking as escape from reality.
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  10184.  MrNoLimit24  Is that supposed to mean something?
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  10185. @starkeymorgan7481 The CEO of the corporation was all about magical thinking -- now he's dead. All the invokers of "miracles" are also engaged in magical thinking. And then there're the ones who "pray" -- it makes them feel good, and they mistake that for doing something worthwhile for others. But taking the cake are those who invoke "God" -- overlooking the fact that their "God," if as all-powerful, etc., as they insist, REFUSED to PREVENT the deaths. As ever for those people this is the usual diversionary entertainment; they don't know how to take anything seriously.
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  10186. Trump promised to contribute millions to veterans -- but didn't. Until investigation exposed him for not doing so. Trump is a constant liar.
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  10187. Is it really? Is this journalist a scientist?
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  10188.  @jringo45acp  1. Law-illiterates wouldn't understand the explanation -- which I've already provided. 2. I'm not interested in the fact that you're a homosexual.
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  10189. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  10190. The only "collusion" is the competition for most profits. It isn't collusion; it is monetized and mutualized bullying
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  10191.  @RCPMK  "Colluding" on price-fixing, yes; but all that really takes if for one manufacturer to see what the competition is charging and match that price. If you compare prices for nearly any item on Amazon, you'll find all other sellers selling at the exact same price. Amazon's pricing still fluctuates -- but it used to be by a significant amount; now it's as little as a penny.
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  10192. None of that is true.
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  10193. She doesn't think. And she doesn't believe she's a victim; she knows she isn't -- bullies always claim to the "victims" -- exactly as she knows that is the current Republican't scam on their MAGAt base.
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  10194. There is a high profile Trump-supporting Republican who has been indicted for child sex trafficking, but no national news focus. But whenever an attractive white blonde woman goes missing, everybody freaks out and it becomes national news.
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  10195. The "damage" Barr is talking about is the Democratic POLICIES of meeting the needs of "We the people". Republicans OPPOSE gov't being of, for, and by the people -- existing to serve "We the people," not instead to impoverish us. Ultimately, the Federal gov't has the responsibility to protect "We the people" from violations of civil rights by state gov'ts. Instead Republicans elevate "states' rights" ABOVE the Constitutional supremacy of FEDERAL law. Republicans oppose the so-called "administrative state" because the Executive branch agencies -- "bureaucrats" -- are the means by which the gov't implements the means to meet the needs of "We the people". The Founders never used the pejorative "Big Gov't"; in fact, just the opposite: they intended that the Federal "head" be powerful. Republicans don't want the gov't to serve "We the people"; except to give tax breaks to those who don't need them, so they can use their money as "freedom of speech" in politics.
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  10196. Apparently Zoom is not allowed in hotels in Cancun. How many questions did Trump's last SC nominee avoid?
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  10197. ALL information generated by gov't employees is the property of the GOV'T. Whether it is classified or not is IRRELEVANT. That some of that STOLEN by Trump is classified is addressed by other statutes.
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  10198. It's DADDY issues.
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  10199. Everyone does the same thing. Even you. But, of course, you are so busy smearing others that you don't listen to yourself.
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  10200.  @AirForceFalcons_9922  According to the reports the kid stole the gun which his mother stored in an UNLOCKED closet. The kid is what he is because his family taught him his behaviors are normal. For someone who opposes harming children you sure do come down hard on the kid -- and DEFEND his mother. Are we to believe he didn't exhibit those behaviors at home? Or should we instead believe that his behaviors were at least taught to him by the behaviors of others of influence, and not discouraged?
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  10201. Dept relief is only to be granted to Republicans and their billionaire donors.
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  10202. @trumpist Gaetz got a PPP loan. That loan forgiven was more than $400,000 dollars. Marjorie Taylor Green's PPP loan forgiven was more than $100,000. Other Republicans had PPP loans for more than one million -- one was more than 3 million -- that were forgiven. You don't get away with being a fact-free moron who spews hogwash/lies. Did you OBJECT to the Socialism for the Rich Trump tax cut -- from which HE benefitted -- that created a DEBT of more than 1 TRILLION dollars? Of course not: because you got NOTHING from it except reinforcement of your self-deceiving and self-destructive STUPIDITY.
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  10203. Justice and revenge are not the same thing.
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  10204. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  10205. Stop the "religion" crap -- that's the nonsense that Trump uses to bamboozle people.
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  10206. Greene is stupid. The additional problem is that there are stupid people who believe her bomb-throwing is "smart". There is no individual 'right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  10207. The idea that the Trump investigations are "BS" is not a "side" of the story -- it is a LIE.
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  10208.  @michaelstorm2165  EXCEPT that facts and evidence matter. Fact-free "opinion" -- O'Reilly -- that is REFUTED by the facts is BULLSHIT. Do the young have sufficient time to waste on attacks on facts and truth?
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  10209.  @annabellagardner3190  O'Reilly is doing in this exactly as FOX "news" has always operated: reduce a fact to "opinion," elevate a falsehood to "opinion," then leave it to the viewer to decide which of the two "opinions" is the truth. Obviously not all "opinions" are equal -- some are informed, some are not. And as an 'opinion" has a chance of being true, a falsehood, because false, cannot be true, therefore cannot be an "opinion".
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  10210.  @Peter-Oak  This is not "random commentary": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA You are denying truth can be determined in order to falsely promote your own bias as confirmed by an "interested party," which means by means of bias you like. And that approach is unintelligent.
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  10211. It had to be explained to Sanders -- of lily-white Vermont -- that black folk EXIST.
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  10212. HEROINE
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  10213.  @stevekline7247  When was Hunter Biden elected? What office does he hold? What EVIDENCE do you have as basis for bringing him up? Might it be that uttered by Rudy Giuliani? -- "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth?
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  10214.  @gailhitson6722  Exactly. Those who baselessly hate Democrats, and Liberals, and Biden, always use false and inflammatory language, accuse those others of using it, then use that LIE to attack them. They are defending TrumPutin because too stupid to realize that they are selling out their own birthright..
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  10215.  @0Shane13  It's also an attitude to life.
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  10216. Trump and his ilk don't care about rules. They don't seem to have any understanding of the need for them. And Trump himself has never taken "NO!" even when the rules are LAW. And the result is: CHAOS. Trump's disordered personality causes destructive disorder.
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  10217. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10218.  @1247.cccccc  Falsification of business records to cover-up another crime. The "other crime" are several: tax fraud, interference in the election. You'd know all that if you actually paid attention to the trial EVIDENCE, instead of guzzling the constant lying of anti-American career felon Trump.
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  10219. If Navarro believes what he did is legal, then he should have no hesitation to speak to the Committee and provide the documents on which he bases his claims that what he did is legal. In terms of law he is in a mess and making it worse for himself.
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  10220. American values: "A system of Laws, and not of men." The Constitution is the foundation of the United States and includes separation of "religion" and gov't. But the 6 "Federalist Society" religioextremists have ERASED the right of privacy -- so now you believe you get to dictate the private medical decisions of others, which are none of your business. What you MISS is that the erasure of the right of privacy includes YOURS.
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  10221. Barr pretty much denied there is any such thing as obstruction of justice in his application to Trump for the AG job. Then in the Maga-Lardo document theft case he sees obstruction of justice.
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  10222. Others' ignorance is misery for the rest of us.
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  10223.  @Jubilo1  He could ONLY file a civil suit. But it's probable that the shooter is poor, thus the effort to steal the woman's handbag.
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  10224. The "Freedom Caucus" is anti-compromise/democracy. Compromise is the ultimate "WOKE".
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  10225. The assertions in his lawyer's letter appear to be an effort to challenge the subpoena concerning his electronic communications. The crime-fraud exception to privilege applies: executive privilege cannot be used to cover up crimes.
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  10226. Remember when you first began making that mistake?
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  10227. Kristal could legitimately identify as PINK, which is a person of color.
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  10228. MAGA is pre-moral.
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  10229. Reagan preached against the public good when he asserted that the gov't -- the rule of law -- is the problem.
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  10230. She doesn't "know what to think" because she doesn't THINK.
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  10231. Well, I don't know . . . was Cruz a coward, or was he simply saving his own ass? Doubtless he was disappointed that during the hours of the insurrection he wasn't able to vacation to Cancun.
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  10232. Trump has stuff on them. Weisselberg was Trump's father's accountant; he's likely up to his ears in undiscovered crimes.
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  10233. The Trump criminal enterprise didn't need the paycheck: he was stealing the country blind, primarily his supporters.
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  10234. He talks about the country being "divided" because he is a deliberate divider.
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  10235. Trump's criminal enterprise is finally being introduced to rule of law.
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  10236. Racist Nazi.
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  10237. Most Republicans don't pay attention.
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  10238.  @twochordcool  Not a shred of EVIDENCE of course.
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  10239.  @twochordcool  The premises are false, and the "facts" that follow from those are bunkum.
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  10240.  @twochordcool  Sanders helped elect Trump. And you want me to buy into NOT voting AGAINST? I'm beyond fed up with those who vote for pie-in-the-sky, vote for candidates who can't win, or refuse to vote because their individual wants aren't being met. And typically vote based on fringe nonsense. We live in dangerous times in which holding the line is the best that can be done -- if that. But you want the pet unicorn.
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  10241. How should Putin be treated for his unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine?
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  10242. It is not an "open question" whether Trump can do whatever he wants with property owned BY WE THE PEOPLE.
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  10243. You deal with him personally? He has power and status, and his foundation is to maintain those.
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  10244. Yes: the protections of copyrights threaten the "freedom" to steal others' "sweat of the brow" property.
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  10245. @anon8510 It is if you don't pay for it. But who cares that the theft is from the creator's potential income.
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  10246. @anon8510 Piracy is illegal. I have a Mark Twain volume published during the 1900s; illegal publication; theft.
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  10247. Trump is deep into reruns, and his supporters have seen all that he has to offer again and again and again,, so they are looking elsewhere for fresh entertainment. And the facts about him are also getting through, even though they struggle to not hear them.
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  10248. It was the LOCAL MSM that exposed his lying.
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  10249.  @kerrynight3271  Yeah -- only vote for liars who are believed.
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  10250.  @hitest8925  Simple name-calling by a simpleton.
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  10251.  @LesRed  Amazing how people will believe anything posted on the Internet, without facts or evidence to support it, so long as it's what they WANT to believe.
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  10252.  @LesRed  Because it was necessary.
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  10253.  @roxannew73  "I don't believe anything his parents say, except when it serves my vengeful ends."
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  10254.  @michaelbriganti  I have an education in law. You have an "edumacashun" in misinformation. I'll try to make it really, really, really simple for you: 1. No right is absolute. Every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY, which LIMITS the exercise of rights because one DOES NOT have the right to violate OTHERS' rights. 2. The First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" from gov't. One has the right to choose whatever religion" one wants -- which includes the corollary right to be FREE of "religions" one DOES NOT choose. Thus one ALSO has the right to choose NO "religion". And this is how the Founders established that separation of "religion" and gov't: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. That's how the separation of "religion" and gov't works. Everyone has the same rights -- and the right NOT to have their rights violated by law-illiterate/rejecting bullies.
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  10255.  @granmao33  Yes. And one of the sources for the Constitutional separation was Jefferson's "Religious Freedom" act, which is cited on his gravestone as his most positive contribution. His state was dominated by Catholics, but his law established a freedom of "religion" that allowed anyone to choose whatever "religion" they preferred. But also that one wasn't required to have a "religion". And, of course, there are limitations on the exercise of that right: no child molestation; no human sacrifice; no efforts to overthrow the gov't in effort, as example, to establish a single "religion" enforceable by gov't.
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  10256.  @jorgee7470  That's the fact I've been repeatedly detailing. It may be the first time since WW II/Korea that the US has got it right.
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  10257.  @stevenboyle3454  Russian troll. LEARN THE HISTORY -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA92bmoMFv0
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  10258. Attaching "Prayer" to "Patriot" is an effort to hide one's proclivity to violence behind "religion". I heard all about how the dude who was killed belongs to a group that is "totally nonviolent" -- then it turns out he was carrying mace, which in law requires an FID. Their ruse is as convincing as the effort to pretend to be "Press" -- doutless in hopes of smearing the media by being seen rioting.
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  10259. $6.00 per hour is better pay!? Waiters and waitresses generally earn $15.00 per hour, without the threat of death.
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  10260. Taylor Swift is pretty thin on ideas. That explains a 4-LP release. And there are those who say "The Beatles" 2-LP "White" LP should have been reduced to one LP.
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  10261. Because it wasn't murder. See Boston Massacre by Hiller Zobell.
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  10262. Trump smears himself with both his criminal history and his mouth.
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  10263. Legal process takes time. It's called DUE PROCESS.
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  10264.  @James-m8x3b  There are RULES and PROCEDURES. Yes: legal process TAKES TIME. Whether you consider it slow or not, there are at least two sides to the process. One would benefit by the process that is due, the other side opposes that. Both sides are part of the process, and both must present evidence and law supporting their position.
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  10265.  @James-m8x3b  There are THREE co-EQUAL branches of out gov't. ONE of them -- the Congress -- PASSES LAWS. Another - the Executive -- is REQUIRED to ENFORCE the laws. The third -- the Judiciary -- adjudicates possible violations of law. IN THE LATTER there is DUE PROCESS -- for ALL parties to whatever the action, not ONLY for the party with whom you are aligned. BOTH parties -- or EVERY party if there are more than two -- get to file documents, and all the others have the right to respond to them, either in support or in objection, ALSO in writing. Those responses are ALSO arguable by and among the parties. That is how REASON works, and law and legal process are REASON but very, very, very refined. THAT is the nature and substance of DUE PROCESS. It unavoidably TAKES TIME, though there was an EMERGENCY ruling released at 3 AM -- 3 in the MORNING -- within the last two days. But all cases CANNOT be adjudicated as emergencies.
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  10266.  @James-m8x3b  The POINT is to understand the legal process. It isn't simply a person files a complaint, a judge looks at it and either dismisses or approves it.
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  10267. Biden can't "partner" with Republican governors who REFUSE to partner. And the Virginia gov't ran on the LIE that "Critical Race Theory" was being taught in public schools. In fact, it doesn't exist outside college and university law schools.
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  10268. Hannity isn't a journalist and practices politics as if law, without a license.
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  10269. Since the 1960s, there are only two US presidential administration that had ZERO indictments: LBJ, and Obama.
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  10270. Reagan's privatization of essential gov't services.
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  10271. So she can't publicly disclose the "evidence" she has, even though she would be required to submit it in open court.
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  10272. There was much more to it than simply the "stultifying" 1950s. The catalysts were "The Beatles," in music, and college opposition to US involvement in Vietnam.
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  10273. Owning slaves was capitalism and economic freedom -- for the owners of the slaves -- and the "Bible"/"religion" was used to justify slavery. Exactly as the right-wing "Christians" -- like Mike Johnson -- assert that slavery was/is "God ordained".
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  10274.  @johnbrooks4965  It can't be proven there IS a "God". But stupid humans can make up all sorts of excuses for their "God" being -- READ the "Bible" -- a genocidal mass murderer.
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  10275. To the "JFK, Jr. is still alive" morons truth is a "hobby" -- which "truth" and "facts" do you prefer? Hey -- I'll trade you this for that! Reality is nothing more than entertainment, and "freedom of belief" is "freedom to believe bullshit".
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  10276. Actually it won't.
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  10277. That is a minor detail as actual diplomacy accommodates.
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  10278.  @RonanKieran  The facts: Putin is losing the war, and Trump is trying to rescue him from the disaster by IMPOSING a "peace" on the victim, Ukraine, so Putin can (temporarily) "withdraw" without surrendering the Ukraine territories he illegally occupies. Zelenskyy went further than an actual ally would require by agreeing to the deal on Ukraine natural resources. In exchange he wanted US security support and protection -- which Trump REFUSED. So Trump had to have a pretext for abrogating the deal by "whining" that Zelenskyy hurt his feelings. TRUMP was abrogating the deal, exactly as Putin has repeatedly done to Ukraine.
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  10279.  @fridamaldonado8426  Zelensky is Jewish. I suggest you look at what the Nazis did in Belarus and Ukraine.
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  10280.  @aimee3973  Nope -- the issue of language is all superficial nonsense. Apprentice President Trump's administration is a fake "reality" TV show produced by Trump. Zelenskyy was blindsided by a planned ambush by means of which Trump could act out his idea of "tough guy". Most mature adults can see through it for what it is: he has everyone else do his firings for him because he's a gutless gasbag.
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  10281.  @marywhite2407  Vance is an opportunist. From saying that Trump is "America's Hitler" to polishing Trump's butthole with his nose.
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  10282. Trump was WITHHOLDING STOLEN gov't property, and his lawyers claim he was being "cooperative"!?
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  10283. I'm confident that the DOJ is conducting investigations parallel to the Select Committee. Garland said as much.
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  10284. And "TYT" has a history of attacking Biden because not an extremist.
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  10285. Another scam: my closest bar association has two numbers: one for referrals, one for complaints. If one calls the referral line, one gets referrals. If one calls the complaint line, one gets referrals.
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  10286. The "tangent" is his schtick, his propaganda.
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  10287. And he was defending the farmers he failed against the undocumented worker who is in the US LEGALLY. Search on youtube for "Deportee" by Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. That lyric was written in 1948 by Woodie Guthrie. The "border" issue the racist Republicans are talking about has been a settled cross-border system for hundreds of years. Nothing is going to change it so long as the US wants affordable produce. The "border" issue, which doesn't actually exist, is all about RACISM.
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  10288.  @avictorbell2835  No: ever since the USSR collapsed the front line has been the border between Russia and Eastern Europe -- as Russia has declared and shown by invading Eastern European nations since WW II. The USSR had been established by VIOLENTLY SUBJUGATING Eastern Europe including Ukraine. NATO -- North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a treaty between the US and Europe, which the US rebuilt after WW II -- was established for three basic reasons: 1. To put an end to the inter-European wars, which had been going on for at least centuries, and had twice become world wars that sucked in the US. 2. To protect Europe against an historically imperialist USSR/Russia. No matter what country borders Russia, Putin will claim that country is a "threat" and therefore he needs to subjugate it to protect Russia. And if he subjugates Ukraine, he will then insist that the next country on his border is a threat. That's how Stalin built the USSR. As part of WW II, Ukraine was invaded by Russia, and then by Nazi Germany. Initially Ukraine, especially in its west, believed Hitler was saving them from Russia, so welcomed them -- but see the film "Come and See". That's where Putin gets the lie that Ukraine is "Nazi". That is the typical rhetoric: Hitler rose to power by "warning" against the Communists -- the far-LEFT. Putin's actions are identical to those of the far-RIGHT Nazis -- so he's smearing those he is attacking as being the "Nazis," which are the extreme opposite of the far-LEFT "Communists". 3. So the US doesn't yet again get pulled into another European war. Better a united Europe fight Russia there, than the US fight Russia there. Better a united Europe defend itself against Russia then the US have to do it for them yet again. And NATO has succeeded as intended. Germany is NOT the issue. The outcome of WW II had the United States returning home -- but the USSR occupying Eastern European nations, including half of Germany, instead of returning to its traditional borders.
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  10289.  @CVEIWKID  NATO is the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES. If Ukraine falls, Russia goes after NATO. All that is taught to us by HISTORY -- it's about time you learned the hsitory, instead of demanding you are OWED something FOR FREE.
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  10290. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10291. JFK was killed by Oswald -- the Warren Report is substantiated by the head x-rays and other primary evidence.
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  10292. So Noem will vote for a convicted criminal against rule of law and democracy.
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  10293. Nutrition is hardly a science, and it is rife with scammers. They are all over youtube. And what are the credentials of the "host" of this video?
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  10294. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  10295. Stockton Rush spent more on lawyers to silence the speech of the critics than he spent on science. He was a corporate CEO/bullshitter selling a defective product.
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  10296.  @ProfessorDIY  How many times did he dive on the submersible? How many times were dives cancelled for MECHANIcAL reasons? He said "Safety is waste". He BLEW OFF criticisms by EXPERTS in the field. There is also UNLAWFUL terminations of employees. You may be a DIYer -- as was incompetent Stockton Rush -- but you are not a "professor" unless you believe bullshitting others is a profession. Based on the FACTS -- and the statements that came out of Rush's own mouth -- he was a corporate CEO/Bullshitter selling a defective product.
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  10297.  @ProfessorDIY  Stop defending the indefensible with bullshit excuses that do not withstand legal scrutiny. Stockton Rush hung himself by his own stated rejections of SAFETY STANDARDS. He also BLEW OFF the warnings from the EXPERTS in the field. He was RECKLESS. AND he can be shown to have LIED about "collaborations" with such as NASA that DID NOT IN FACT EXIST. He was a corporate CEO/BULLSHITTER selling a defective product. And it was KNOWN to be a defective product BEFORE the defectiveness was PROVEN by the IMPLOSION.
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  10298.  @ProfessorDIY  Get it through your ignorance: Stockton Rush REJECTED SAFETY methods that had been developed by the EXPERTS in the field over DECADES. He FALSELY claimed "collaborations" with such as NASA and Boeing. He BLEW OFF the WARNINGS by the EXPERTS in the field. He was irresponsible and reckless -- grossly NEGLIGENT, which facts are substantiated BY HIS OWN WORDS AND ACTIONS. But the EVIDENCE in the case is not limited to YOUR UNEVIDENCED ASSUMPTION of how HE "FELT". LISTEN to the statements from James Cameron -- one of the EXPERTS in the field -- who now says he wishes he'd spoken up PUBLICLY BEFORE this incident occurred. You are defending irresponsibility and stupidity that not only got OTHER people killed, but which resulted in the rest of us yet again bailing out "self-made" billionaires. YOU are paying the FINANCIAL cost of the search and the investigation -- even though you are getting ZERO in return for your tax dollars.
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  10299.  @ProfessorDIY  What you mean "we," fool? Wealthy jerks like Stockton Rush and Elon Musk CLAIM to be "self-made" and to NOT rely on gov't. But when they screw up who bails them out? -- the TAXPAYER. And Elon Musk -- he got BILLIONS in SUBSIDIES -- TAXPAYER DOLLARS -- from the gov't -- all while claiming to be "self-made". He then bought his way into Tesla, which already existed -- he INVENTED NOTHING.
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  10300. The anchor was making a valid point about sharing intimate details in public.
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  10301.  @KathyKaulk  Others have recognized her vulnerability. That you don't get it only means you are so intent on disparaging that you don't recognize it.
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  10302. The House impeached while Trump was in office. They were prepared to try him immediately. McConnell said, "Wait until he's out of office", then voted against conviction because it was after Trump was out of office. The idea that private citizens other than public officials could be impeached is NONSENSE. Belknap was BOTH impeached and tried AFTER he resigned.
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  10303. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. His possession of ALL of that property, including the non-classified, is ILLEGAL.
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  10304.  @danjenkins8981  Not at all. The Committee hearing witnesses are all but perhaps two REPUBLICAN TRUMPERS. The evidence the Committee has been presented is "cross-examined" by the prosecutors on staff for veracity and corroboration. Or do you mean the DOJ investigation? First, learn how investigations are conducted, then realize that indictments are tried in court against a defense based on the same evidence. So none of it is "one-sided". During the House impeachment inquiry of "Watergate, the Republicans on the Committee defend Nixon by questioning witnesses and evidence, but in the end the evidence was overwhelming and they voted to impeach. Today's Republican Party -- such as Gym Jordan -- doesn't govern or deal in good faith: we see that when a Committee is holding a hearing on a specific topic, and the Republicans -- Gym Jordan among the worst -- engage in food-fights in effort to subvert the Committee process. In addition, Gym Jordan is a material witness: we do not have the defendant in a proceeding sit as judge on the defendant for reasons that should be obvious. But if you want to erroneously claim that the Committee (or the DOJ) process is "one-sided," then blame REPUBLICAN Kevin McCarthy. He was FOR a commission with equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats, all having equal powers. He had a Republican negotiate that deal with the Democrats -- then, when the deal was agreed McCarthy pulled the rug out from under it. Republican Senator McConnell did the same. So all that was left was to establish a Committee to investigate the insurrection. McCarthy tried to put two material witnesses on the Committee -- Gym Jordan and Banks -- to which Pelosi correctly objected. So McCarthy pulled all the Republicans from the Committee, except Liz Cheney and Kinzinger, because they were known to be OBJECTIVE. Actually, of course, neither the Committee nor the DOJ processes is one-sided: they are functioning as Congressional committees are intended to function: doing the work, instead of turning everything into a circus. And the DOJ is conducting its investigation in keeping with procedures established over hundreds of years.
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  10305. The Legislative branch enacts laws. The Executive branch determines how to implement and enforce the laws. Those are two separate branches.
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  10306. "Ignorance of the law is no excuse." If you don't know robbing a bank is illegal, and you rob a bank, you are going to be prosecuted and imprisoned for bank robbery.
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  10307.  @plightfoot8491  Crackpot troll.
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  10308. Prosecutions of business record fraud in New York -- the economic center of the US -- are at least hundreds per year. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  10309. Biggest regulation elimination: overturning Roe.
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  10310. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10311. Latest about classified documents: so far 12 have been found in Mike Pence's home. Watch: "Hunter's [mythic] laptop" will become a "thing" again.
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  10312.  @chewskewsme  Not too late: it is a MINORITY that prefers to be stupid over being loyal to the Constitution.
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  10313. "Stop the Steal" was not a "conspiracy theory". It was a LIE.
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  10314. No. But Trump has always been a New York con-man and career criminal who sees everything in terms of monetization. There are enemies of the United Sates who would pay big money for that information.
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  10315.  @GillieWilson-ze2df  That's as it has been all along, which is why he has consistently lost in court. Trump is all and always politics, which does not work in the judicial branch. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  10316.  @GillieWilson-ze2df  He WILL NOT testify.
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  10317. 40-plus years of Republican attacks on education.
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  10318.  @gregghernandez2714  Faction + demagogue = political violence.
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  10319.  @robertjohnson-mt8pz  Western democracy -- from which YOU BENEFIT -- was established by Liberals -- those able to think beyond themselves. And they based democracy on the ENLIGHTENMENT philosophers -- you know, those who WOKE to the REALITY that it's better to get along with others than to constantly try to DICTATE them into submission, and as consequence live the life of an enemies-making SELFISH PARANOID. Yes: we feel sorry for those who are so terrified of life that they shut their minds to anything that challenges their shriveled paranoia. P Perhaps you should try to persuade us that your baseless sense of superiority to actually knowing what you're talking about is actually based on something other than fear and jealousy.
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  10320. Anyone can believe anything. But that doesn't mean the belief is true.
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  10321. There were many months of effort, including a subpoena, to retrieve the documents short of warrant for search. It was finally concluded, BASED ON THAT EVIDENCE, that Trump couldn't be trusted to simply return the documents which he were ILLEGALLY in his possession, so warrant for search was the only means remaining.
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  10322. Trump's beef is against the rule of law.
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  10323.  @mynameisworld  In which case did it work? The "bond" issue is not yet resolved because (1) the source of the "bond" isn't licensed in New York state to provide bonds, and (2) the source of the "bond" has a history of scamming, and being prosecuted and fined for it. One could say it doesn't surprise that Trump would deal with the shady. The scammer said in one interview that he was originally willing to provide the full amount of the "bond". And: Trump's lawyers were required to update the court on having found a source for the "bond"; instead they didn't and then the appellate court, unaware of that fact, reduced the amount of the bond.
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  10324. Boebert is full of shit. Stop platforming her stench.
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  10325. The FAA stated the facts on the issue. You simply haven't been listening, or have been watching sources that feed you garbage in order to distract you from reality.
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  10326. Civil lawsuits are about money damages.
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  10327. Right: provide gold medals as a generalization in order to avoid and bury the specific reason to give them.
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  10328.  @lindaarnold5683  Nope. Not with the news from SDNY and DOJ. THAT explosion is not going away in New York, or nationally.
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  10329. Phony Pietous Pence doesn't know anything about telling the truth.
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  10330. There were TWO impeachments of Trump. And yet there are comments from individuals who learned NOTHING from that highly publicized process that had wall-to-wall media coverage. The IMPEACHMENT is done in the House of Representatives of the SEPARATE branch of gov't CONGRESS. The impeachment, being the equivalent of an indictment, is then TRIED in the Senate of the SEPARATE branch of CONGRESS.
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  10331.  @2TMarie  There was a building collapse (during constuction) in Connecticut in 1978. There was another in the Boston area (during construction) in the 1970s-80s. The Murrah Federal Building in OK City pancaked. The Towers pancaked on 9/11.
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  10332. The current poll is 76 per cent wear naks when ever out. So it is not "almost half" who do not. The "Karen meme" videos are "entertaining" on the issue. Note that most who refuse to wear them are women, and some use the excuse that they are "disabled" -- which is false, and which is not a relevant factor.
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  10333. How any of the Justices didn't bother to read the briefs?
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  10334. Because Biden doesn't have dementia; he has a STUTTER. And YOU aren't qualified to diagnose your own stupidity, gullibility, and bigotry, let alone distinguish between facts and bullshit. How many close to the Clintons have "come up dead"? None. How many close to Trump have been indicted and convicted of CRIMES? The count is continuing. Hold in mind the fact that Trump repeatedly said that only the "mob" and "the guilty" plead the 5th for when Trump pleads the 5th, like his sone Eric already has.
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  10335.  @Warp10x  No one is "against" the Second Amendment. But the intelligent know that it isn't the entire Constitution -- which you've obviously never read. The entire Constitution is in effect at the same time; and it includes -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." The "Bill of Rights" was written by CONGRESS -- both House and Senate. And those DEBATES prove that the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated MILITIA, which fact is underscore by the May 8, 1792 Militia Act: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." Thus the well-regulated Militia is governed and regulated under BOTH US and state constitutions AND LAWS.
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  10336.  @Warp10x  That's why you name ZERO "Constitutional scholars". I have an education in law and have been researching these issues for more than 30 years. The FACTS remain: "Roe" was based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY, as were all the decisions targeted by Thomas for overturning. The 6 "Federalist Society" religioextremists overturned "Roe" based on the fact that the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Individual right to possess guns". The DEBATES of the WRITING of the Second Amendment prove that the intent of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated MILITIA. That fact is underscored by the ay 8m 1792 Militia Act: "An act to more effectually provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." That statute furthered this provision, in relevant part, in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power to provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia".
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  10337.  @Warp10x  Being law-illiterate you avoid the facts because you don't like them. You reject the rule of law based on BULLSHITTING yourself. The word for that is STUPID.
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  10338.  @Warp10x  So tell us, bullshitter, based on the DISHONESTY of the 6 "Federalist Society" religioFREAKS, where these words appear in the Constitution: "Right of privacy" -- which those 6 DENY exists. "Individual right to own guns". One can't have it both ways: where the first doesn't exist the second also doesn't exist. This is the debates of the writing of the "Bill of Rights" -- which was DEBATED and WRITTEN by BOTH House and Senate: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Ed. by Helen E. Veit, et al.
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  10339. "Betrayed" Trump's LIE.
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  10340. The whole SANE world is alarmed.
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  10341.  @dorianshadesofgray  Ukraine is the US's front line of defense of democracy. NATO is the first line of UNITED STATES' defense against historically-imperialist Russia. LEARN THE HISTORY instead of swallowing Trump's anti-Americanism as if it were substantive. It is NOT FACTUAL.
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  10342.  @kevinray-uh9pj  Learn the history of Russian expansionism against its neighbors. Learn the history of why NATO exists -- AND is the US's first line of defense against that expansionism: first and foremost, NATO was established to put a stop the hundreds of years of wars between European countries -- which TWICE sucked the US into world wars. See the consequences for US troops on the ground in Europe which is the D-Day cemetery at Normandy, France. NATO is there so Europe can defend itself against Russian expansionism -- which we are seeing in Ukraine -- with US support. Without NATO it is the US boots on the ground in Europe for a THIRD time. Trump and his fellow history-illiterate dupes have it WRONG: NATO doesn't exist to pay the US to defend it. The payments each NATO member pays is for their own domestic military defense. The US benefits by NATO being the first line of defense for the UNITED STATES without the US having to be directly involved on the front lines. The same is the fact for Ukraine: it is the US's first line of defense of democracy. It isn't rocket science: pull the US out of NATO and it's US boots on the ground in Europe.
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  10343. He is receiving the money for the book with one hand, and with the other handing it to lawyers.
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  10344. Trump paid $3,000,000.00 for one recount -- and it increased Biden's lead.
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  10345. And their asses are still in jail.
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  10346.  @soostdijk  Bigger isn't always better. I'd rather use a Volkswagen van than am 18-wheel tractor trailer. Subwoofers have their place, but in most instances are not used correctly.
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  10347.  @iielysiumx5811  And you buy the superior CD for actual play?
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  10348. The majoirty obviously ignore the Debates of the WRITING of the Second Amendment, and the legal history.
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  10349. "Philip Williams ​Tell that to Enrique from the proud boys, the oath keepers and the other 1000 people who is in jail or waiting to stand trial". The are waiting trial in jail based on PROBABLE CAUSE -- sufficient EVIDENCE -- or were convicted AT TRIAL ON THE EVIDENCE. Trump had the opportunity to SHOW UP in Colorado and PRESENT A DEFENSE. He didn't -- so he in effect CONCEDED that the action against him was a slam dunk. Stop pretending you understand due process from your position of REJECTING the rule of law.
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  10350. Mark is a US hero. I LOVE his kind of fundamentalism.
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  10351. It is also the subversion of "Blue" states' laws by seditious anti-American fascist thugs. Massachusetts should sue DeSantis and Florida. Forget the amnesia: Massachusetts was pilloried by the slave-owning states as it lead the so-called "revolution". Now those states smear Massachusetts because it continues to be a liberal democracy.
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  10352. And because he is owned by a Neo-Nazi.
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  10353. It isn't "half"; the crackpots are a MINORITY of at most 26 per cent.
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  10354. The truth is that Trump is a liar who surrounds himself with liars.
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  10355. If Republian hack Ken Starr had found ANY corruption, we never would have heard of STALKER Lewinski. Ken Starr went on to be dean of Baylor Univerity Law School. He was forced to resign for having suppressed complaints of sexual assault against the Baylor football team. Those are FACTS, shit-stirrer.
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  10356. Look at the expression on his face: of DEFEAT. How long until he resigns?
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  10357. Mo Brooks is a liar. A longer synonym for which word "liar" is "Republican".
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  10358. If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride, and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice, and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes. -- Sir Thomas More, in Robert Bolt, A Man For All Seasons.
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  10359.  @bellaem6409  When did that happen? Have you video of the instance?
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  10360.  @MisterAsshole2U  You've never been in a foxhole.
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  10361.  @TheNarrowPath84  When you stop claiming your "God" is "merciful" while DOING NOTHING we'll stop refuting the obviously false claim that "He" is merciful.
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  10362.  @TheNarrowPath84  The belief in "God" is behind all the mass murders and wars.
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  10363.  @bellaem6409  To what of my comments are you referring?
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  10364.  @ricochete5875  Do you not understand logic? This "God" doesn't prevent disasters, and the response is to claim this "God" is "merciful"? By not preventing or intervening such disasters -- that's "merciful"!? The "Bible" has this same ""God" ordering mass murder, including children -- and that is "merciful" FOR WHOM -- for those who support mass murder!?
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  10365.  @Dagger-Deep  Imaginary, yes. "Friend"!? -- not at all. This "God" is a means by which to avoid individual responsibility. To avoid reason itself.
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  10366.  @juliustaylor9920  I rely on facts and evidence. If you have any, show me EVIDENCE that your "God" prevents disasters, or intervenes to stop ongoing disasters. Or evidence that "His" failure to do show is "merciful" for the victims of the disasters. Again: if can't be PROVEN that there's a "God". St. Augustine himself said he believed because there ISN'T evidence. Which is the definition of anti-intellectual irrationality.
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  10367. "Proud Boy" Tarrio was prosecuted for burning a "Black Lives Matter" banner -- which was private property. What undermines the rule of law is justifying violations by one group while condemning the same violations by another.
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  10368. Let's show some respect: identify Jordan by his correct name: GYM Jordan: still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  10369. Greene was a "victim" of her own malice.
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  10370. Trump's recorded phone call with Raffensperger was SOLICITATION OF A CRIME -- ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  10371. FOX fake "news" MADE Trump. All FOX had to do was report the FACTS about Trump and it would have taken them down. But what mattered above all else to FASCIST Rupert Murdoch was MONEY.
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  10372. You restore faith by STOPPING THE LYING.
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  10373. "Motive for shooting not released." His MOTIVE is OBVIOUS: to commit mass murder.
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  10374. When you're 75 and experience your attitude from others you'll have a different response.
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  10375.  @RobertVeasquez  I was born in 1948: do the math. A week ago a nurse said to me, "You're no spring chicken" -- the first time anyone has ever said that to me. I responded that when I was young, I rode bicycle "sedately". But now I ride it "crazy" -- as fast as the top gears will allow. And not only has Biden been correct on the Ukraine crisis -- as a Senator he was always on top of foreign policy -- but last week was a series of legislative victories for him. Some people pretend to be that they aren't -- such as "geriatrician" -- in order to pretend they have an "argument". I keep it simple: I adhere to facts and law.
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  10376.  @RobertVeasquez  I adhered to the facts in my comment. Reread it until you can set aside your bias and grasp it for the facts stated. Those facts also directly refute the comment to which it was response.
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  10377.  @RobertVeasquez  If you can't address the facts then engage in personal attack. If you instead chose silence you could be mistaken as choosing individual responsibility. Show us you know how to go away.
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  10378.  @RobertVeasquez  When you are sufficiently mature to be serious -- actually address issues instead of wallowing in elementary school puerility -- I'll cease knowing you don't exist. Until then I'll block you for being the pointless troll you are.
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  10379.  @SnarkierThan-U-R  How does that matter? The ISSUE is "journalistic" rhetoric which ATTRIBUTES IRRATIONALITY to the judge. That's how one knows where the "journalist" stands POLITICALLY in relation to the parties and facts.
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  10380.  @SnarkierThan-U-R  "Lashing out" is a biased characterization by the "journalist" of the judge. AS I SAID, it is thoroughly unlikely that the judged "lashed out," which term implies a loss of control. There is nothing ""argumentative" in my pointing to the RIGHT-WING bias AGAINST the judge -- why SMEAR the judge? -- which is in behalf of the defendant, and the viewers of this "news" outlet who view such right-wing biasing as "unbiased" because they are credulous.
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  10381.  @SnarkierThan-U-R  has nothing to do with me or my political views. "Lashed out" is BIAS intended to imply LOSS OF CONTROL; UNFAIRNESS; BIAS. It isn't journalism; it is EMOTIONALIZED PROPAGANDA.
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  10382. The DEMOCRATIC Senator is wholly correct. HE has worked for gun control ACTIVELY -- but the REPUBLICANS control the legislature and the governor's office. REPUBLICAN TX Gov. Abbot said that the killer had no record of "mental issues," then said that, therefore, we should focus on "mental issues". REPUBLICANS are the problem -- so let's attack DEMOCRATS.
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  10383. My state has a long list of mandated reporters of elder abuse. Including M.D.s and police. None of them report. The statute includes fines for mandated reporters who don't report. They are not prosecuted. The "barrier" is the generalized institutionalizing assumption that the elderly suffer from Alzheimer's or dementia, so obviously can't be believed in anything they say. That is illegal but systemize disability discrimination. So everyone, including perpetrators, are protected -- except for the elderly.
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  10384. It is offensive to the Constitution and laws.
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  10385.  @tammebrown4871  The reality is exactly opposite your hate-based disinformation. Are you pitching for a date with Putin? Or is your obsession Trump? In fact, the economic growth -- about which you know ZERO -- has seen more growth since Biden was elected than at any time since 1984.
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  10386.  @bearrichmond3698  It isn't the world that is being abused: it is the falsehoods against the facts that are being shattered.
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  10387.  @privatejets9992  Flori-DUH has been controlled by REPUBLICANS for decades.
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  10388.  @stephanieadams3747  It was found to be unstable a year ago. The board controlling the situation, who commissioned the report, dragged their feet on repairs.
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  10389.  @stephanieadams3747  Morons are incapble of adressing their repsponbility to know what they're talking about before opening their yaps.
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  10390. When one hasn't facts -- or chooses to ignore them -- make up paranoid conspirabunk as substitute for the facts.
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  10391. Trump is the greatest president of all time as a lawsuit magnet.
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  10392. IMPEACH: put the Republicans on the spot -- and on the record.
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  10393. Yeah, we know his words: "Some people need killin'!" -- Mark Robinson on a church altar. "Thou shalt not kill." -- "God". "God bless ya!" -- Robinson.
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  10394. Michael Cohen's problem is that he is like Trump with the vengefulness. Justice is not revenge. And revenge distorts -- just look at Trump.
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  10395.  @blairhoughton7918  Cohen was Trump's agent of revenge, intimidation, and threat. To behave like one's "enemy" is to be like one's enemy. So much praise for Cohen for going after Trump while acting the same as Trump by those who disapprove that behavior -- but only by Trump. It is gutter violence by BOTH of them. It is not behavior to be praised and encouraged by anyone -- and it risks the trial. Cohen is putting his shit ahead of actual justice for Trump, which justice would be conviction. It isn't complicated: when one acts like an asshole, it is because one is an asshole. And it isn't "someone else's fault".
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  10396. Looks like the DOJ needs to dust off and review the Espionage Act.
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  10397. She also perpetuates the long-standing right-wing anti-gov't lie about the "Declaration of Independence". It has never been law and applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND. It DID NOT apply to the colony gov'ts which were all along under the control of the Founders: they "attacked" and "overthrew" ZERO gov'ts.
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  10398. Trump MIGHT be beholden to whomever would give him money. HOWEVER, he is also known for not paying his bills.
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  10399. Gee, do you think maybe Trump stashed documents in various locations in MAGA-Lardo?
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  10400. Does this mean you finally recognized that TRUMP is the issue, and therefore you STOP attacking Biden and Democrats? Or do you still not know the meaning of "humanism"?
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  10401. She had surgery on her nose. Compare the "before" and "after" photos.
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  10402.  @candisham1978  Look at the base of her nose: more broad in the "before". And it is reported she had a receipt for cosmetic surgery.
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  10403. You don't know him. Research "Bain Capital". Research "Steward Health Care" for the same kinds of greed and destruction. His actual residence is in Utah; but was elected governor of Massachusetts as a pro-choice candidate, and promised that he wouldn't use the governorship as a platform to run for president. Halfway thorough his term as governor he announced his candidacy for president -- as an anti-abortion candidate.
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  10404.  @SUKADIK13  So you're yet another SELF-destructive fascist. FACTS MATTER: Milley adhered to the oath to the CONSTITUTION -- the loyalty is to RULE OF LAW, not to any person regardless position. "Fats are stubborn things." -- John Adams. "A system of LAWS, and NOT of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. John Adams was the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. His views as quoted are not "opinion"; they are the established LAW.
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  10405. Still whining that Republicans don't get to choose Democratic nominees. Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election, the doing of which he has experience. Whitmer the same -- and she said she didn't want to be the VP nominee. A gay would have been a bridge too far. And the Republican notion of "center" is actually to the right of "conservative".
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  10406. The Supreme court has ruled against Trump several times already.
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  10407. He isn't helping anything. He's rummaging around, and creating "suspicion," with cameras around.
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  10408.  @Nightsinwhitesatin645  Cheney had no problem with Trump until January 6th. Up until then she supported him 90-plus per cent. And her father, and Sarah Palin, established the trash grounds which made Trump possible.
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  10409. _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  10410. @UCVTCoMhV0HKAGGMDBGPPQfA Where did you get THAT conspiracy "theory"?
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  10411.  @billrodriguez3399  "Bill Rodriguez" is a hateful bigot and troll. And I note that Russian trolls tend to use "Hispanic" screen names.
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  10412.  @billrodriguez3399  You mean his lie that he was defending himself?
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  10413.  @debbiesidebottom5020  Hillary's emails were hacked. The assertion that she used private email was made by the liars. Ivanka and Mark Meads definitely used private email to conduct gov't business. Most call it "projection"; I cut to the chase and call it confession: whenever a Republican is accusing others you can take it to the bank that that is what is in THEIR minds -- after all, that is the source of their accusations against others. The physical manifestation of their deceit is that they are pointing away from instead of at themselves.
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  10414. How about letting your viewers make up their own minds, Tuckums, instead of telling them what to believe?
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  10415. A Federal law PROTECTING the right to abortion would be challenged in court and be overturned by the Supreme Court.
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  10416.  @robertpresley1503  Another Moron for Trump, eh? That isn't how primaries work: they are conducted by the SATETE parties, inkeeping with the principle that "ALL politics is LOCAL." And elections are conducted by the state's Secs. of State -- not by the political parties. All you know is the acronym "DNC," and the irrelevant semars slung at it by such vindictive dishonest pricks as Sanders and his political newbie "fans" who dddon't have the first clue about how primaries and elections actually work. REREAD the above and you;ll learn the first baby-steps of HOW that works. In other words, the DNC has nothing to do with prmaries -- in which VOTERS VOTE -- or elections -- in which VOTERS VOTE. The vast majority of Democratic VOTERS are MODERATES, view Socialism as NORTH KOREA, and REJECTED Sanders DECISIVELY. It is INTELLECTUALLY DISHONEST to IGNORE those facts; and THAT is YOUR corruption. TRUMP is the issue -- so let's beat up on Biden and Democrats -- which helps TRUMP and REPUBLICANS. How does YOUR helping YOUR ENEMY make SENSE?
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  10417. Trump didn't have the security of a sitting president? He wasn't the sitting president.
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  10418. Let's put out money into "relocation centers" where the surviving kids can reunite with their families.
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  10419. The Republican Party -- including Alito and Thomas -- are engaged in an organized attack on the rule of law, exactly as Judge Merchan said directly to Trump about his violations of the gag order.
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  10420. Yes: two cars were in the breakdown land. The cop stopped to HELP -- and discovered a gang of 11 carrying guns openly -- which is ILLEGAL in Massachusetts. And none of them could produce gun IDs. Two of them fled into the woods. In other words, GUILTY CONSCIENCE. OBVIOUSLY, as those facts illustrate, the cop had conversation with them.
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  10421. Fani SPANKED the PIMP for NINE PAGES!
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  10422. The witness is probably the person who had to clean the meal off the wall.
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  10423. We get it: the poor are never guilty. Sorta like the wealthy, like Trump: the wealthy are never guilty.
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  10424. Yep: NARA delivered a succinct and clear smackdown of Trump for defaming Obama.
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  10425. Headline: "TRUMP PLEADS THE 5TH, ADMITS BEING A MOB BOSS".
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  10426. The courts order Federal Marshals to arrest people who defy their orders.
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  10427. Powell is a crackpot. I can see no way she can "walk back" all that crackpottery and come out of this with credibility.
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  10428.  @Omonike88  How about explaining how the private for-profit student loan INDUSTRY works?
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  10429.  @daviddaugherty1011  You don't understand the PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT student loan INDUSTRY. The cancelation is not on the gov't or taxpayer; it is on the private for-profit PROFITEERS.
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  10430.  @Rotund_Panda_Pants  You get it. Those who swallow the Republican propaganda on the issue do not. The issue isn't the gov't (except for lack of regulation); it is the PRIVATE FOR-PROFIT middlemen between gov't and those seeking the loans.
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  10431.  @WhyteHorse2023  That's the theory. And then there are the hidden fees . . .
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  10432.  @richardwalker7368  You don't have the least clue about the actual system.
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  10433. Britain, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have monarchies, democratically-elected parliaments, and socialist economies, AND are solid allies of the United States (and of the UK).
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  10434. Didn't Trump tell them to stop counting at midnight of November 3?
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  10435. And extortionist extorting an extortionist? AMI engaged in extortion and blackmail as a business model.
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  10436. Kilmeade has a defamation problem. Perhaps he should refresh his memory about the settlement with the election machine corporation.
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  10437. The Republicans/gun industry/NRA are not defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  10438. Today's politics began, at latest, with Reagan's anti-gov't/"We the people" sedition.
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  10439.  @TomBarbashev  Reagan declared that the gov't is in effect 'the enemy". Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. The gov't is by definition rule of law. And the gov't, in the Constitution, is given the authority to ENFORCE the rule of law. Only CRIMINALS claim to be exempt from the rule of law. You cannot BOTH claim rights in the Constitution while at the same time REJECTING the rule of law.
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  10440. WHAT was the rule?
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  10441. Perhaps they are.
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  10442. Netanyahu is deliberately pillorying Biden because Netanyahu is a Trump fascist. Meanwhile, from October 7, Biden has behind the scenes, and increasingly publicly, told Netanyahu to stop being an asshole.
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  10443.  @drfranks1158  Except that YOU have BENEFITED from President Biden's successful legislative and administrative accomplishments. Get over the superficiality: you aren't voting only for a person; you are voting for policies and the competence to get them done. There were those on the "left" who didn't like Biden (typically young people who don't know his history), stupidly hate "centrists," but voted for him as preferred over Trump. But who now express appreciation that Biden, even though a "centrist," has been "surprisingly" _progressive_. Perhaps some day they'll learn something substantive about history and politics instead of basing everything on superficial appearances because their understanding is shallow. As Congressman Clyburn put it: Trump is a show horse. Biden is a workhorse.
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  10444. It's typical of both far Left and far-Right to engage in the politics of paranoia/victimization. They are being "smeared," but their smearing those who they allege are "corrupt," without a shred of evidence, isn't smearing. Poor baby, Uygur.
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  10445.  @90evilideas  In short, you are admitting that if someone gave you corporate money, you'd be corrupt. After all, there is no other option in your view. Everything is so simple. Everything is black/white. Everything is only either/or. Everything is a CARTOON. As for "evidence" you provide ZERO. Clue, child: an ALLEGATION is NOT EVIDENCE of ANYTHING BEYOND ITSELF. It is not a PROOF. Learn how to think for yourself, instead of letting Saint Sanders and his cult members lead you around by the gullible nose. Stop getting drunk on the smell of Sanders' cork. What Sanders CLAIMS he'd do would not be UP TO HIM: it would be UP TO CONGRESS. And during his twenty-five years in Congress -- where it was up to him -- he was TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE getting it done. Old maxim: The president proposes, the Congress disposes." ALL candidates for office make promises about what they will do. It is up to an INFORMED electorate -- ABOUT HOW OUR GOV'T ACTUALLY WORKS -- to KNOW BETTER when the candidate is running for OTHER THAN A LEGISLATURE. But apparently KNOWING THOSE BASICS is "elitist," and therefore automagically "corrupt". Sanders and Trump "fans" are identical: anti-intellectual. Because intellect, THOUGHT, is "elite," therefore automagically "corrupt".
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  10446.  @90evilideas  You were obviously asleep during the 2016 campaign. Sam Seder, right now, is smugly arguing that "it can't happen here" -- while it IS happening here. The obsessive CORRUPT focus is so aimed at DESTROYING the DEMOCRATIC Party, based on Sanders' UNEVIDENCED SMEARS, that the actions of Putin-Trump-Barr are being IGNORED. Sanders began his 2016 campaign promising to destroy the DEMOCRATIC -- NOT REPUBLICAN -- Party, thus all the crackpot smears about NOT being an extremist confabulater, being anything at all centrist -- is "corrupt". So Sanders and his pundit propagandists, and his "fans," are saying NOTHING about the openly-corrupt Trump criminal enterprise, while telling the 75 per cent of Democrats to go to hell. And Sanders, et al., expect that 75 per cent to kiss his saintly ass!? If Sanders were the nominee, Trump would slap him dizzy, and he'd be destroyed in a week. And Sanders would have succeeded in destroying the Democratic Party -- the only power remaining being the Republican Party, which IS engaged in MAKING IT HAPPEN HERE. Thus REPUBLICAN Karl Rove's statement of the goal would have been achieved: establishment of a "permanent Republican majority". A Republican DICTATOR is NOW -- it IS happening here -- directing the DOJ -- Barr -- to both protect Trump's/Republican friends, and investigate and prosecute their political opponents. Sam Seder is comforting himself and his hangers-on that it CAN'T happen here, while it IS HAPPENING, and is happening PUBLICLY. Ask yourself: What if the DOJ opens an investigation -- which requires the PERSONAL signature of Barr himself, who established the policy -- of the Democratic nominee in order to ensure Trump's re-election? Would you only see that it IS happening here if the nominee were Sanders? Or would you suddenly wake up and realize that we are ALL in this together -- that NO ONE is safe? Your ilk is so blinded by a corrupt self-righteous false "moral superiority" that you can't see straight -- you've yet to show the least spark of independent THOUGHT, of being able to THINK FOR YOURSELVES, let alone think straight. Sanders is the flip side of the Trump coin: a demagogue spouting pie-in-the-sky that would require a MAJORITY in CONGRESS -- and HE DOES NOT HAVE A MAJORITY OF VOTERS: add up all those who support OTHER candidates. The SANE electorate, which IS the majority, recognize that the foremost concern is STOPPING TRUMP. ALL the issues are at best SECONDARY. The MAJORITY will take a chance on "old," but they want MODERATION after all the EXTREMIST CHAOS of Trump, and instead of the EXTREMIST CHAOS Sanders promises. I don't listen to the pundits; I only glance at the polls. I base my views on direct hands-on experience: in both 1968 and 1972, the far Left -- which is to the LEFT of Progressive -- had great fun throwing its tantrum, and attacking DEMOCRATIC "war-mongers" -- and BOTH times got NIXON elected, which was the OPPOSITE of their declared goal. That is the fact: the far-LEFT is EXCELLENT at getting RIGHT-wing extremists re-/elected. You have a choice: talk only to those who agree with you -- there's no challenge in that egocentrism. Or open your mind and "inclusiveness" to views you are TOLD to hate and reject --which is dangerous because that is where lie learning and growth.
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  10447.  @tails5303  The 10-year-old was from Ohio, where abortion is banned. She travelled to Indiana, where abortion is, for the time being, legal. The rapist has been arrested. The story was true from the beginning. Gym Jordan is a notorious liar: every time he opens his mouth a lie falls out. Those who support the total abortion bans are as ignorant as possible about pregnancies, and you refuse to learn: Research PROBLEM PREGNANCIES. Research ECTOPIC PREGNANCY and the health consequences for the woman: the solution is abortion; without that the woman DIES. So instead "saving" one life, one causes TWO DEATHS. One more false statement of the issue and you will be reported for your LYING.
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  10448. You can't control others' decisions. One can converse in good faith with anyone but can't force others to converse in good faith. But there is a "freedom" in that: if the other person engages in personal attacks, they give permission to respond in kind. While at the same time engaging in good faith conversation.
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  10449. The lawyer who had to withdraw because of conflict of interest was at the same time the perfect lawyer for Crimo, with his history of representing terrorist defendants.
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  10450.  @devinstanley3272  I've attended two universities. It depends on the area of study. It is difficult to share "opinion" in the hard sciences. In the arts it is pretty much required. And in philosophy, at least as a major, one must inevitably have and express opinions. It also depends on the professor. As result of a confluence, during my first year at university I dove in to pursuing creative writing in a Humanities seminar. And the more creative I got -- always adhering to the basics of the course -- the more As I was given. (My focus was on the writing -- though I did "include" the curricula. All in all, it's how much one can produce, and get away with in doing that.) Many who have the most to say critically about the value of college/university education have never actually been to either. The Republicans began their attack on higher education in the 1980s, and that propaganda spread mostly to those who feel inadequate in relation to education. I've been reading "You Must Revise Your Life," by the late poet William Stafford. In it are several brief essays about how he taught college classes. Though he doesn't say it directly, most students have by then been brought up following the rules, always figuratively buying the teachers favor by giving them apples, and therefore expecting guidance. I've had professors who lectured; and I've had professors who allowed the students to lead. There was always assigned reading, but that didn't mean one necessarily read all that, so long as any required writing was focused on one, and substantive, and included at least a quote or two from it. It wasn't that long (writing beyond and outside the norms is arduous work) before I was getting As with a single footnote. The substance was not only showing that I absorbed and understood the material, but also my critical evaluation of it. I both included and went beyond it.
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  10451. Cursory research finds that his law school, though accredited aby the ABA, is tied at 111th "best law schools" in the US. At one time the original college was absorbed by a "Christian" college.
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  10452.  @rayhays7005  A law school rated at 111th isn't exactly promising.
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  10453. Giving a platform to O'Reilly is about as biased as it gets.
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  10454. She's pandering to Trump, the gun-nuts, and the violent fringe.
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  10455. Loeffler is incompetent in governance, but that doesn't matter, because her ilk aren't elected to govern. They are elected to undermine government.
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  10456. He had escaped several prior rape prosecutions.
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  10457. Every fredom is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY.
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  10458. DeSantis seems unaware that Florida -- a shithole state on its own -- isn't on the border with Mexico.
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  10459. Bannon's in prison, so other guys are stepping up to represent his fashionable 5-day unshaven bender look.
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  10460. Hitler had larger rallies than Trump.
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  10461. The "death panels" have always been and still are in the insurance industry. Anyone who works in insurance, as Mark Twain said, needs fire insurance for after they're gone.
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  10462. He's still the same vengeful prick.
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  10463. The cause is GREED.
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  10464. Make Accountability Great Again.
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  10465. If she were alive she'd have been found by now.
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  10466. They tested Lindsey Graham.
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  10467. From the Tennessee Constitution, Art. II., Legislature: Section 13. Senators and representatives shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during the session of the General Assembly, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place. Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals.
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  10468.  @henryroman5415  The state constitution is the supreme law of the state. The "permanent rules," which are to implement the constitution, are subordinate to the constitution and must be consistent therewith or are null-and-void. And so "permanent" that they often change. From the Tennessee constitution (as of 2014), Art. II., Legislative Department: Section 27. Any member of either House of the General Assembly shall have liberty to dissent from and protest against, any act or resolve which he may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and to have the reasons for his dissent entered on the journals. The white majority, in the state where the KKK originated, told two uppity Blacks to sit down and shut up. Following the lead of the people, wherein the power of the legislature originates, the two Blacks protested the largesse that defends the "right" to commit mass murder over the illegality of committing mass murder, are then expelled from their elected position in order to silence their and the people's right to dissent, protest, and have that made a matter of the record. Instead the two legislators were punished for dissenting and protesting. In addition, state law is subordinate to the US Constitution per the Supremacy Clause, and thus the First Amendment rights of the two legislators were violated. The Supreme Court already settled this issue, 9 to 0, when Julian Bond was refused his seat because he had spoken out against US involvement in Vietnam. There is no requirement that ANY US citizen MUST either support gov't policy or STFU.
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  10469. Dr. Fauci said: there's no SCIENCE in your information. Anecdotes are not SCIENCE. "I sutbbed my big toe, and it made me the greatest singer in history" is anecdote; both may have happened, but there is no proof that the toe-stubbing improved the singing..
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  10470.  @-norsecode-  "Projection" in this context is taken from psychoanalysis, which describes a complex psychological process. I cut to the chase and call it CONFESSION because it eliminates the unnecessary complexity: typically one knows what a Republican is by what is in their mind and thus comes out of their mouth. That is tantamount to simple confession. It is why I wonder how many pedophiles hide behind the Republican OBSESSION with pedophilia. And then there is this: Republican Pedophiles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w0R04KdG5Q
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  10471.  @jeffdombrowski4989  Every accusation against others is a confession by the accuser.
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  10472.  @cathywethington5913  You really miss the point -- perhaps deliberately. Republicans are currently on a rampage accusing others of pedophilia -- without a shred of EVIDENCE for it. Then we learn about the long list of PROVEN pedophiles who are REPUBLICANS. Republicans, including Mark Meadows, have been pushing Trump's big lie about election fraud for more than a year. And now we learn that Mark Meadows engaged in voter fraud. Other WHITE MALE REPUBLICANS who knowingly committed voter fraud got at worst probation, but a Black woman who submitted a provisional ballot, which WAS NOT COUNTED, after her probation department informed her, in writing, that she could vote, was sentenced to FIVE YEARS IN JAIL. Republicans have for many decades been bellicose in their pro-military stance. But then when one compares Congressmen as to who actually SERVED in the military, the majority of DEMOCRATS did, and next to zero Republicans did so. Certainly you don't actually miss the point I am making: Republicans have a long, long, long history of accusing others of the very things Republicans are doing. Currently they are accusing all sorts of other people -- not, of course, Republicans -- of being pedophiles. That's why I dispense with the complicated psychological phenomenon of "projection," which is usually not conscious, and cut to the chase of calling it "confession": When a Republican accuses others of something heinous, WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE, I focus on why they -- out of nowhere -- have such heinous things on THEIR minds. That's why I wonder how many pedophiles are hiding behind the Republican OBSESSION with pedophilia. Yeah, I know: they present that OBSESSION as being "OPPOSITION" to pedophilia. But we also have them vocally "opposing" "voter fraud" while at the same time COMMITTING voter fraud.
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  10473.  @jeffdombrowski4989  When a pedophile accuses others of pedophilia one can accurately call it "hypocrisy". But what is beneath that? -- "So you don't look at me I'll point AWAY from myself"? In that instance it isn't "projection" -- which is a complex psychological process and often unconscious. It is, if one puts aside the accusation it is admission. I am being ironic, even satirical, when I call it "confession" in order to cut through all the bullshit. And -- most important -- the tendency to run with the accusation to its target, even when one should know better. That's why I also say -- I often wonder how many pedophiles are hiding behind the Republican OBSESSION with pedophilia. It is often the reality that those who are publicly passionate against a thing are actually hiding that very impulse in themselves. One must learn to see through the rhetoric, the rationales -- the accusations. One must ask why such a thing is so constantly on THEIR minds.
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  10474. Sanders set out to destroy the Democratic -- not Republican -- Party in 2016. Even after they let him run as a Democrat he continued to trash the Party and Clinton. He helped elect Trump. And now he attacks the Democratic Party. What an hypocritical asshole.
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  10475. Governor Newsom of California was the first to do this, as the NY AG stated.
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  10476. If you want a clear issue turned to mush, listen to Republican Toobin.
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  10477. So non-FBI director Patel has been directing the FBI.
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  10478. Yeah, let's serve the gun lobby.
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  10479.  @emm8357  Either quote the relevant portion of the First Amendment back to them, or put this in their face: ___ This is from the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment."
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  10480. Has Boebert shown her hand on this issue?
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  10481. You were a sucker for militarist propaganda because you refused to learn to see through it at the time. So you "served" in an illegal war. And now you lie about those who were smart enough to oppose that illegal war. It wasn't those who opposed that illegal war who put your ass in Vietnam.
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  10482. Trump did nothing BUT politics.
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  10483. The Hunter Biden case is being prosecuted by a special counsel appointed identically -- by Trump -- to Jack Smith.
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  10484. The "Declaration of Independence" has never been law AND applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND.
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  10485. NOT a "Boomer". Gad, you are history-ignorant.
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  10486. It is only news to the politically ignorant that the Republican Party has been engaged in war against democracy itself since at latest Nixon. The first public evidence of it has been the effort to dirty the word "Liberal" -- the Founders were Liberals who founded a liberal democracy. And childishly insisting on misrepresenting the name of the Democratic Party as the "Democrat" Party. Less visible have been the Republican Party's escalating war against voters themselves by engaging in countless voter suppression tactics. The frauds of which they accuse others are in fact confessions of their own activities.
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  10487. Vance is a pre-moral opportunist.
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  10488. You are defending ethnic cleansing, which is a WAR CRIME.
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  10489.  @Harper11311  "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed" originated in the four state constitution Militia Clauses that were the sources for the Second Amendment. In those Clauses "the right of the people to [keep and] bear arms is the WELL-REGULATED MILITITA. Here's another set of FACTS for you: James Madison is called the "Father of the Constitution," and gun-nuts insist that he wrote the Second Amendment. Let's look at the logic of that: 1. The first three words of the Constitution are, "We the people" -- people being PLURAL -- not, "We the individual". 2, Thus the word "people" has the same meaning from beginning of the Constitution through to the end of the first Ten Amendments. The preliminary drafts of the Secon Amendment include ONE "individual right: "but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated militia]". That was OBIOUSLY VOTED DOWN before the Amendment was ratified. Therefore the Second Amendment has nothing to do with "individual" anything: a militia is not an individual, is a public institution, and is an arm OF GOV'T, the commander-in-chief of which is the state's goverrnor.
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  10490.  @YungPhilosopher  No one said the "getting rid of guns" is the issue. And I do not "interpret" the Second Amendment: I deal directly with the Debates of those who WROTE it. Reread my comment until it penetrates your wish to avoid the FACTS: the ONLY "individual right" debated was NOT to bear arms. That was OBVIOUSLY VOTED DOWN before the Amendment was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification. The first three words in the Constitution are, "We the people" -- not, "We the individual". Are you so illiterate that you don't know the difference? Or are you simply dishonest intellectually -- all for LYING when it results in outcomes that approve? "Griswold," which legalized contraception, was based on the "right of privacy". "Roe" was also based on the "right of privacy". But the extremists on the Supreme Court deny that there is a "right of privacy" because "abortion," and the words "right of privacy," don't appear in the Constitution. Other words that don't appear in the Constitution: "Originalism". "Textualism". "Individual right to own guns".
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  10491.  @casper3130  Let us know, LAW-ILLITERATE, when you've read the Debates of those who WROTE the Amendment instead of gun industry propaganda pumped out by its political front NRA and lobbyists. The Debates are in print and available from Amazon: "Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress" (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Ed. by Helen E. Veit, et al. Basic Law 101: The Debates are LEGAL AUTHORITY. The out-of-context gibberish "quotes" you law-illiterates spew, and lacking ANY sources, are NOT legal authority.
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  10492.  @casper3130  Gun control law has existed since the advent of guns. This is a familiar law -- note the date it was enacted: ___ AT A COUNCIL Held at Boston, March 28, 1678. Whereas many Complaints have been made, that feveral Persons have been killed by such as have pretended to have fhot at Fowle, birds &c. and that in or near Highwayes; and many take the boldnefs upon them, Youths and grown Perfons, too frequently to fhoot within the Limits of Towns, Orchards, Gardens, &c. with bullets, greater or fmaller fhot, on pretence of fhooting at Marks, Birds, Fowle &c. whereby Perfons are endangered to be killed in their Gardens, Orchards, or adjacent Commons; To prevent fuch inconveniences and mifcheifs for the future, It is hereby Declared and Ordered, That all or any Perfon or Perfons of what age or Condition foever, that fhall henceforth prefume to fhoot off any Gun or Guns, charged with Bullet or Bullets, Swan, Goofe, or other fhot towards any Mark or place that the Militia in fuch Town or Towns have not appointed; or fo near or into any Houfe, Barn, Garden, Orchards or Highwayes in any town or towns of this Jurifdiction, whereby any perfon or perfons fhall or may be killed, wounded, or otherwife damaged, fuch perfon or perfons fo offending fhall be proceeded againft either as Murtherers, of fuch as have wounded or damaged any perfon or perfons in fuch place or places, fhall be liable to anfwer it, and to make full fatiffaction in all refpects to fuch perfon or perfons both for cure and damage; and be alfo liable to fuch further punifhment as the Authority of the place that hath Cognizance of the offence fhall appoint : And where either they be Servants or Youths under their Parents or Mafters and fhall not be able to make fuch fatifaction, fuch Parents or mafters fhall be liable to make full and due fatifaction in all respects : And the Select men of each town are hereby appointed to fee that this be put in execut[ion.] By the Council. Edward Rawson Secr' ____________ William Whitmore, "The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts-Bay. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, with the Supplements Through 1686" (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 349. ___ And as law evolves, I have numerous other subsequent and more extensive gun control laws extending to and through the 1700s and into the 1800s. ALL enacted by the Founders.
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  10493.  @casper3130  DUNCE: Do you operate a motor vehicle? If so, do you have training in its safe operation, license, registration, and insurance? If so, how do those "infringe" on your right to operate the motor vehicle? It doesn't; but it does place LIMITATIONS on how you operate the motor vehicle for the protection of OTHERS, who ALSO have RIGHTS.
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  10494.  @billbillerton6122  This is gun control, and a familiar law. Not the date it was enacted: ___ AT A COUNCIL Held at Boston, March 28, 1678. Whereas many Complaints have been made, that feveral Persons have been killed by such as have pretended to have fhot at Fowle, birds &c. and that in or near Highwayes; and many take the boldnefs upon them, Youths and grown Perfons, too frequently to fhoot within the Limits of Towns, Orchards, Gardens, &c. with bullets, greater or fmaller fhot, on pretence of fhooting at Marks, Birds, Fowle &c. whereby Perfons are endangered to be killed in their Gardens, Orchards, or adjacent Commons; To prevent fuch inconveniences and mifcheifs for the future, It is hereby Declared and Ordered, That all or any Perfon or Perfons of what age or Condition foever, that fhall henceforth prefume to fhoot off any Gun or Guns, charged with Bullet or Bullets, Swan, Goofe, or other fhot towards any Mark or place that the Militia in fuch Town or Towns have not appointed; or fo near or into any Houfe, Barn, Garden, Orchards or Highwayes in any town or towns of this Jurifdiction, whereby any perfon or perfons fhall or may be killed, wounded, or otherwife damaged, fuch perfon or perfons fo offending fhall be proceeded againft either as Murtherers, of fuch as have wounded or damaged any perfon or perfons in fuch place or places, fhall be liable to anfwer it, and to make full fatiffaction in all refpects to fuch perfon or perfons both for cure and damage; and be alfo liable to fuch further punifhment as the Authority of the place that hath Cognizance of the offence fhall appoint : And where either they be Servants or Youths under their Parents or Mafters and fhall not be able to make fuch fatifaction, fuch Parents or mafters fhall be liable to make full and due fatifaction in all respects : And the Select men of each town are hereby appointed to fee that this be put in execut[ion.] By the Council. Edward Rawson Secr' ____________ William Whitmore, "The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts-Bay. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, with the Supplements Through 1686" (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 349.
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  10495. Democratic process is compromise.
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  10496. There are rules of evidence that apply to court proceedings. By contrast, the Committee can rely on news reports -- which are not the hard evidence needed for legal proceedings. It amazes that law-illiterates pretend to know so much that isn't in fact known, all so they can jump on a passing bandwagon bearing the sign FOR WHINERS ONLY, because that's easier than actually thinking for oneself.
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  10497. EXACTLY -- INSTEAD he blamed BIDEN for the border "crisis" when HE KNOWS that it was TRUMP who tanked the border bill.
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  10498.  @caseysmith544  But many more voters wouldn't vote for her precisely because of that "promise".
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  10499.  @petitedoll1  Did you miss the comparative job numbers? Did you miss the court finding that he is a rapist? Did you miss the fact that he's facing 91 FELONIES? How many court cases must he lose before you realize he's a LOSER? No one in their right mind would be a bigot attacking Biden for his age -- or for the fact that he has a lifelong stutter. Trump doesn't have the excuse that he has a stutter; he is to the point that he can't complete a sentence because he rambles off into unrelated gibberish. But it requires a sound mind to distinguish between logic and gibberish. You love the gibberish, the crimes, the lying -- LOVE being a DUPE for a third-generation New York career con-man and felon. CLUE: there is no right to be a CRIMINAL -- and that includes taking up weapons against the gov't; against the RULE OF LAW. How about trying to justify that TREASON with "LAW" that doesn't exist? But let's us all guess together: you admire Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Pol Pot, and Mau, and Putin -- you LOVE DICTATOS who DESTROY FREEDOM because you hate the risk of thinking for yourself.
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  10500.  @petitedoll1  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers.
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  10501.  @petitedoll1  The Founders were Liberals -- and it doesn't surprise that you're all about childish name-calling, COMRADE. Hitler also hated Liberals. So does Putin. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Your political wallowing and political name-calling is refusal to learn how to deal with law and justice. Here is some actual law, from the Founders themselves: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ One difference between you and I is that I have an education in law, and you don't begin to know what you're talking about -- you're all name-calling, buzz words and smears -- no law, no facts. I asked you how you are okay with Trump facing 91 FELONIES. You ignore that instead of addressing it because that's what you fruit-fringers do: you ignore facts you don't like. You make allegations without a shred of EVIDENCE to back them up, which doesn't surprise because you reject not only the EVIDENCE on which are based those 91 FELONIES, but also reject the rule of law under which Trump is indicted and being prosecuted. And you're obviously okay with the fact that Trump is a rapist. I hope you don't ever have a problem pregnancy that can only be resolved by the medical procedure called "abortion".
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  10502.  @petitedoll1  FACTS: Trump has been indicted by grand juries of his peers with 91 FELONIES based on HARD EVIDENCE. FACT: Trump was found by a jury of his peers to have RAPED E. Jean Carroll. And then assessed for more than 5 million dollars for defamation. And when he continued to defame her, and he was sued again, he continued to defame her even while sitting in the court room. And again a jury of his peers found him liable for 83.3 million dollars. Trump has yet to post the required bond in order to appeal that verdict because he doesn't have the money that he has all along been lying he has. He is not a billionaire, and believing his lies that he is won't make YOU a billionaire. And in the New York fraud trial, based on HARD EVIDENCE in he form of DOCUMENTS generated and obtained from Trump's criminal enterprise, he was assed with more than a half-billion dollars as fine. He hasn't posted the required bond in order to appeal in that case either -- because he is NOT the billionaire he has constantly lied that he is. Ignoring the law on the point. he attempted to appeal it anyway; the judge told him he must pay the bond in order to appeal. And then suggested in effect: "Perhaps you should ask the banks you defrauded for a loan." The difference between you and I is that I have a education in law, and adhere strictly to law and facts. But you can't back up any of your assertions, including thee smears against Biden, with EVIDENCE; and you can't because there is no such evidence. It isn't complicated for an adult to understand if they are ethical, moral, and not therefore a liar: an assertion without evidence is not evidence. It is not a fact. And it certainly isn't law. All you are doing is repeating baseless -- totally lacking in evidence -- LIES. That means you have no ethics, no morals, no integrity. You are simply and foolishly drunk on whine.
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  10503. The "election security" poison pill would make it illegal for non-citizens to vote. Law already makes it illegal. It's all for show and to continue the racist attack on voting rights.
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  10504.  @hanfred  He had a lengthy history of scams including defrauding his father's estate that was no secret among his relatives. I don't have a timeline, but it appears she was present and along for the ride for some of it. The Warhal paintings of that fraud were offered for sale on HER eBay account; but the prosecution didn't include her. She and his mother wrote glowing letters of support of him for the defense. Let's just say that neither was particularly concerned with how money was made - only that it was, and in significant amounts. As a couple they were more public image than substance. And as it now appears, mostly public image.
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  10505. That attacks on "privacy" are attacks on "Griswald," "Roe," and FREEDOM OF RELIGION. The First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't.
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  10506. The media, as a check on politicians and gov't, have the OBLIGATION to "facilitate" THE TRUTH; and that includes directly exposing blatant lies.
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  10507. Over her father's falsehoods and fear-mongering.
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  10508.  lawnchair4474  Gettysburg -- and defending traitor Robert e. Lee.
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  10509. I recommend the film "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," depicting the commercialization of patriotism by organized wealth and power.
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  10510. Trump is a Karen. His only relations to others is picking unnecessary fights.
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  10511. And some have criminal histories.
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  10512.  @juliepiche3983  of course they were stolen. And the maker of that data -- Hunter Biden -- owns copyright in that data. Being ignorant of the law is not excuse for defending theft based on baseless guttersnipe hatred.
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  10513.  @Savetheplanet802  Are you that stupid? Do you actually believe Hunter Biden gave permission to show those PRIVATE photos!? Get it through your head: REPUBLICANS CONSTANTLY LIE.
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  10514.  @jimborghini2761  What has Hunter Biden's private problems have to do with anything of national concern? NONE of the allegations being made are PROVEN. And yet the allegations are repeated and repeated and repeated, and assholes like you are too stupid to recognize gratuitous hate for what it is.
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  10515.  @jimborghini2761  You are law-illiterate agreeing with law-illiterate bigotry.
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  10516.  @jimborghini2761  If it were Trump's kids you'd be blasting it. Did you see Trump great his daughter at the convention -- when he patted her buttocks below the waist? Yes -- and you approved it because you, exactly like Trump, lust for her.
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  10517. Roger Stone should have been prosecuted and imprisoned for his anti-Constitutional election subversion for Nixon.
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  10518. If Florida is the hellhole you describe, why do you still live there? Florida is Grift University.
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  10519.  @7489k  Especially with the reports about election deniers being inserted into the election infrastructure in all the swing states. The same goes for Whitmer: she's been there dealing with the violent far-right.
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  10520.  @mnachindlovu8166  Because you're against mass killing -- correct?
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  10521. Yeah, that works: let's arm the teachers! And we can thank the NRA and Republican'ts for that idea.
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  10522. When they don't like the facts -- the data -- the EVIDENCE -- they attack those who report it. They are fundamentally unaware of how fundamentally dishonest they are. Facts matter; personal attacks miss or deliberately AVOID the facts. It is a kind of "protest" that is totally ineffective. Either present FACTS, or sit down and shut one's yap.
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  10523. Biden is in good physical shape. Trump is obscenely obese. And when walking down the ramp, he was favoring his right leg. No one said anything about "mini-strokes" until Trump did.
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  10524. impeachment does not apply to members of Congress.
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  10525. Trump's campaign is still being sued for non-payment of costs of rallies in 2016 and 2020.
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  10526.  @WolfRaven-jm1cm  The Supreme Court does not have the authority to ignore parts of the Constitution, or to write in parts that are not there. that is what this Court is doing with the "immunity" decision. Ordering the assassination of a political opponent in a DEMOCRACY is not an "official act"; it is MURDER, which is a crime regardless who commits it. Nor is it proper to rule beyond the scope of the instance case -- to invent "answers" to questions not posed by the instant case. And, no: the Constitution does not give the Supreme Court the authority to interpret the Constitution; it gives the Court the authority to interpret the facts of cases in relation to Congressional statutes. See _Grove Hall_, in which the Rehnquist Court ignored the actual text of the relevant statute -- "Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, As Amended," in order to hold against the scope of that statute as expressly stated in the statute. And, as Congress is a co-EQUAL branch to the Court, that decision and its progeny were OVERTURNED with the "Americans with Disabilities Act". The difference between you and I is this fundamental principle -- I adhere to it, and you are ignorant of it and of its meaning: "Justice and the Rule of Laws are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Another difference is that I have an education in law, and you are law-illiterate: Trump is a law-illiterate criminal who DOES NOT get to determine the law -- but you believe him anyway because too stupid to know the difference between law and politics, between rule of law and CONVICTED CRIMINAL. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trump campaign members lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10527. Bannon is actually a fruit-fringe seditionist-insurrectionist outlier attacking the rule of law itself. He is a wealthy anti-Semitic and racist drunk who is in prison as of July 1. That date can't come soon enough.
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  10528. THEORIES are based on FACTS. "Conspiracy theories" are not -- the are BUNKUM.
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  10529.  @jaobidan2358  Nope. Hicks suddenly realized that she'd been lied to and used -- her trust betrayed -- by Trump. Honest expression is testifying in keeping with the oath to tell the truth, and the whole truth. But we get it: you don't trust emotion -- at least that of others -- because you view your use of your emotions as manipulative.
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  10530.  @frankcarone6  Another Trumper/law-illiterate pops off repeating what other Trumpers say.
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  10531.  @jaobidan2358  Falsifying the business records is the underlying crime -- which you omit. Business expenses are a tax write-off; falsified business records are not. The falsification was to pretend that Cohen wasn't the passthrough paying off the porn star. Following the "Hollywood Access" tape, that revelation would be even more devastating. And McDougal was shopping her affair with Trump around. If that came out, in addition to the tape and porn star, it would certainly have been the end of the Trump campaign. Pecker also testified that it was all about protecting the campaign, and he detailed how that was done. The entire scheme was intended to be election interference. The problem with you dishonest Trumpers is that you always omit several of the facts. But let's look at REALITY, and how LAW works, in place of your dumb rejections of it: The DOCUMENTATION used to PROVE the MASSIVE FRAUD in the BUSINESS FRAUD trial was GENERATED BY TRUMP'S BUSINESS and OBTAINED FROM TRUMP'S BUSINESS. Got that? The FRAUD was committed BY TRUMP AND HIS ORGANIZATION -- not by anyone else. And as New York is the center of economic business in the United States, exactly the same sorts of business fraud is prosecuted ALL THE TIME. TRUMP is only "unique" in that he is both a celebrity AND A CONSTANT LIAR; that is why you have your girlie panties in a twist: you see the world as ENTERTAINMENT; you don't know how NOT to view everything as silly. Trump "loves" the uneducated because you are so easy to bullshit -- and to separate from your MONEY.
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  10532.  @jaobidan2358  So Hicks substantiated that Trump's motive was to interfere with the election in order to emotionally manipulated the jury to vote guilty? Do you Trumper's ever consider that making sense matters?
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  10533. WAKE UP: it is NOT a STUNT. It is intended to incite opposing suit so it can be appealed to the Supreme Court with the intent that the Court will overturn the Court's decision prohibiting prayer in public schools. It is of a piece with the successful attack on _Roe_, and the attacks on IVF and contraception.
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  10534.  @anthonygranziol7957  It is aimed at the Court overturning the 1960s Court decision prohibiting prayer in public schools, which had been the norm. The problem is that the prayers were "Christian," but not all students are "Christian". Add in that that prayer is not a substitute for education; the purpose of schools is education, and that includes the Constitution, which in the First Amendment is SEPARATION of "religion" and gov't. Public schools are funded by the taxpayers, through the gov't. The more fundamental prohibition is against taxpayers funding someone else's "religion". It is not a new idea -- these were established by the Founders during the "revolutionary " era: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  10535. My sister claims to be a "Christian," now and then, when it appears to her to advance her position in the situation. I only listen to that in order to compare it with actual Christianity, which is about compassion, not self-promotion. Mostly, though, I compare her claims to her behaviors.
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  10536. Values ARE substance.
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  10537.  @rollingpebble7210  This video is NBC -- not MSNBC. And values are OBVIOUSLY substance, as are the policies IMPLEMENTING the values. And you're wrong about MSNBC: see Nicolle Wallace.
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  10538.  @jpyang05  Is Trump's declaration that he'd be "a dictator" a "value"? Or is it a "vibe" to which fools respond affirmatively?
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  10539.  @joha3714  And I doubt a slave would be allowed to own slaves, if he could even afford to buy them on his "income".
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  10540.  @Zetirix  He and his wife had an abortion. Now that she's too old to get pregnant he's opposed to abortion. He claims to be a "Christian". His "God" wrote 10 Commandments -- not "requests" or "suggestions". One of the 10 reads -- "Thou shalt not kill." Recently he stood on the altar in a "Christian" church and said, "Some people need killin'!" He wants to go back more than 120 years to when women couldn't vote. Those are consistent with his "values" of 10 years ago, and are statements he's made during THIS YEAR. Rejecting the consistent facts about this crackpot bigot is you being lost in the mindless fantasy that you would be exempt from the repercussions of his anti-Christian hate-speech. That isn't how reality works.
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  10541. Trump lives to pick fights. It will destroy him.
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  10542. Trump was attacking the intelligence community before his inauguration.
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  10543. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10544. How do you know? Did you sell him the Rogaine?
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  10545. Franklin's oversimplification notwithstanding, establishing gov't is establishing the rule of law. And that is about security WITH freedom. In fact, the Founders were for liberty WITHIN the law.
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  10546. The union-busting Republican Party will only be the party of dumb-asses who reject unions because dupes of Republicans and their big corporate money.
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  10547. Duffy is a "reality" TeeVee star. He knows how to glibly bullshit. Same goes for Hegseth.
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  10548. There is any number of criminal rationales as means to circumvent the rule of law. "Sovereign citizens" is one of them.
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  10549. The rioters are right-wing fruit-fringe Nazis. The protesters aren't anti-Wheeler.
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  10550.  @user-x4u6l  Yes. Like his fellow conservatives he's a pseudo-intellectual -- and in it not for the "conservatism" but for the money. Which is accidentally correct, because "conservatism" has always been about keeping the wealth and power in as few hands as possible. They are the elitists.
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  10551. Officer Fanone has visibly aged.
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  10552. KKK in suit and tie.
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  10553. Normandy Trip: Paying Tribute to those who fought for my country, my FREEDOM | Part 1
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  10554. Congress and President Biden are moving to use frozen Russian oligarch monies to support Ukraine. That is money the US taxpayer doesn't spend for the purpose. It is a sweet irony: stolen Russian money used against Russia's invasion.
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  10555. They determined that there were more than the maximum three in the vehicle. Did that include opening the van to determine if there wee more Neo-Nazi vermin inside?
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  10556. The issue is Trump -- so let's attack Democrats. In other words, let's be arrogant politically-ignorant morons. As for Michael Moore: he twice supported a LOSER.
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  10557. A theological illiterate exploiting the theological illiteracy of others to self-aggrandize, then commits murders for convenience and money. Now she's in Heaven for life without parole.
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  10558. Are you a Russian troll? Or simply yet another fringe political moron?
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  10559. Nope. The DOJ, which is in the Executive branch, must show probable cause in a court -- the Judicial branch -- in order to obtain a warrant. Originally the warrant was sealed, then Trump made it public and demanded that the DOJ release it. Only because TRUMP made it public -- and as AG Garland said, Trump could release HIS copy -- did the DOJ file motion with the court to unseal the warrant. It is not up to either the DOJ or Trump to unseal the affidavit: it is up to the court, based on motions made by both parties to either unseal it or not. DOJ filed motion to keep the affidavit sealed. Trump hasn't filed a motion either way -- he wants to know what's in it, but he doesn't want the PUBLIC to know.
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  10560.  @timothylanders3189  Merrick Garland was a DOJ prosecutor: he investigated and prosecuted, as example, the OK City bombing. Subsequent thereto he was a judge. You could say at very least that he is steeped in the law and legal process.
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  10561.  @timothylanders3189  Your comment isn't clear. Are you attacking the rule of law? Or is Trump the "tailgunner"?
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  10562. Look at Stalin's mass-murdering in Ukraine.
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  10563. The "numbers" to which he refers is numbers of INFECTED.
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  10564. Most police voted for Trump.
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  10565. Bernie Kerick was Giuliani's chauffer before being appointed by Giuliani as police commissioner. Because being a chauffer qualifies one to be a police commissioner. Trump owes Trump: Trump pardoned him.
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  10566. That goes to the QUESTION of what MOST people believe "love" is.
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  10567. And Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin -- the far-Left -- got Nixon elected. And far-Left Sanders helped elect Trump.
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  10568. AOC raised 5 million for relief to Texas. What has Cruz been doing?
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  10569. Even dead Republicans continue to lie.
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  10570.  @pecquet-dubalaix8288  Without prejudice. As the judge included in his dismissal, his dismissal can be appealed. Or the minor error as basis for the dismissal is easily corrected and the charges refiled. There's always more FACTS to issues than you MAGAots admit when you can instead find a way to falsify the actual full fact.
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  10571.  @pecquet-dubalaix8288  Better that you actually pay attention as means to avoid being wrong.
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  10572.  @pecquet-dubalaix8288  A Republican who lies is a Republican.
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  10573.  @capkronos00  And even RINOs need to be fact-checked. RINO Romney blamed BIDEN for the border "crisis instead of blaming Trump and House Republicans for killing the Biden/Conservative border bill.
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  10574.  @lightkevlar  And the judge also said that omission is easily corrected, and the charges refiled.
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  10575.  @johnmckinnon420  Trump boasted of his "perfect" memory ON VIDEO. Then during under-oath deposition denied remembering he said that.
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  10576.  @SimonBellaMondo  Where is your EVIDENCE that they are the same?
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  10577.  @James-cu9ul  The truth is that you are ignorant of science.
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  10578.  @Swansong-recorders  And he was a fraud.
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  10579.  @gordondwyer3641  Fascism is RIGHT-wing. FACTS MATTER: 1. Hitler rose to power after assuring the wealthy industrialists -- aristocracy -- that "Communists" -- which are LEFT-wing -- were a threat. 2. Before he went after the Jews, Hitler targeted for extermination -- 1. "Communists". 2. Socialists. 3. Union organizers. Because organized wealth WANTS DISorganized labor, which they an then divide and conquer. And who is "Sleepy' -- Trump who is wholly disconnected from reality and rule of law? Not knowing what you're talking about is your specialty. Are you paid to be stupid? Or are you stupid for free?
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  10580. FOX forgot that it supports Putin's genocidal invasion of Ukraine. And it isn't yet known whether it was a "spy" balloon. Most likely it was meteorological balloon, which is an ancient technology.
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  10581. He was respected by those who didn't know the facts.
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  10582. A lot of Republican women are lying to their husbands about for whom they will be voting.
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  10583. Why doesn't he take the stand and say the same stuff?
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  10584. The mainstream media must comply with an ethical standard. You love independent media because it isn't; as long as it tells you what you want to hear, it doesn't matter to you whether it is competent or quality.
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  10585. The pro-murder "movement? How old are you, 12?
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  10586. Bernie ducks critical questions by smearing them with the propaganda that they are "propaganda". Bernie by another name is Trump.
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  10587.  @Chevybluee  The intent is to undermine department leadership by causing chaos and division.
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  10588.  @MrPr1nglz  While wearing masks.
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  10589. The FIRST necessity was to knock down the underlying bogus "executive privilege" claim. The DOJ was successful with that.
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  10590. The stock exchange is not the economy. It is a separate mostly unregulated entity for the wealthy to make money off of money. It contributes nothing of value to the average person's life.
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  10591. Bideon isn't in office. Harris isn't in office. Trump is in charge of economic "policy".
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  10592. Truths do inadvertently escape his mouth during his constant yapping. If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  10593. Landlords are always telling negative stories about tenants. Often about tenants about whom they know nothing and with whom have no experience. They have their stereotypes of tenants because they are BIGOTS. But we're to believe that landlords don't know how to "game the system"!? Look at Trump, jackass: a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal -- and LANDLORD. He claims to be a billionaire, and defrauds his supporters, but his shit doesn't stink because it doesn't matter how one makes money -- only that one has it.
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  10594. Clyde avoided the issue with his original statement. Video showed what he described -- but ALSO showed the VIOLENCE.
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  10595. Trump is the BOSS of his domain -- so much so that his lawyers file court documents full of political garbage and no law so he loses the cases. If the lawyers lied to the DOJ it is because they were ORDERED to by TRUMP. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY, some of which is classified. And it's already CRIMINAL: THEFT of gov't property, and OBSTRUCTING against lawful demand to return the property. There is even WRITTEN LYING to that end.
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  10596. And only fools in the US are laughing.
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  10597. If the US has no jurisdiction over "illegal" immigrants, then it hasn't the authority to label them "illegal" and deport them. If they US does have jurisdiction, then it owes then Constitutionally-guaranteed due process, which is premised upon presumption of innocence.
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  10598. Exactly the same here. But ignore the Leftists who claim to be "progressive": now is not the time to be attacking the Democratic Party, but they have no sense of priorities.
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  10599. "State" = GOV'T. The Militia is protected in the state's constitution -- which is law -- and thereby REGULATED be means of statutes -- Militia Acts. The gov't has NEVER authorized armed anti-gov't gangs -- see the Founders' responses to "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections.
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  10600.  @IberianWolf-v3u  1. The entire Constitution is in effect at the same time -- not only the part/s you like. 2. ALSO in the Constitution are these clauses: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invsions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respective, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." 3. The PURPOSE of the Second Amendment -- one LEARNS this by READING THE DEBATES of the first Congress that WROTE it -- was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the Militia, because they didn't trust STANDING ARMIES. 4. The SOURCES of the Second Amendment were four Militia Clauses from already-existing STATE constitutions. 5. The state Militia Clauses distinguished between "the right of the people," etc., -- which was the WELL-REGULATED MILITIA -- and standing armies, which, "in times of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be kept up without the consent of the legislature". And the final stipulation of those clauses was that the military power be governed by and subordinate to the CIVIL power -- CIVILIAN rule over the military. 6. And, no, I do not leave out the word "people" -- IN FACT, the several drafts of that which became the Second Amendment included BOTH "people" and "person" -- the difference between the two the LITERATE FOUNDERS understood. The FINAL clause of those drafts was the ONLY INDIVIDUAL right debated: ": but no PERSON [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in WELL-REGULATED MILITIA] shall not be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in WELL-REGULATED MILITIA] in person". 7. As for the word PEOPLE: James Madison is said to be the "Father of the Constitution," and gun-nuts love to insist that he wrote the Bill of Rights. If that is true, then the word "PEOPLE" means the same thing from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first ten Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are: "We the people"; NOT, "We the individual".
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  10601. Trump put himself where he is -- exactly as he put hundreds of his MAGA dupes in jail.
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  10602. When I was a kid we called what Trump does, "Overwhelm with bullshit."
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  10603. He could be arrested in Hawaii.
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  10604.  @jaylucas8352  Putin is known to be one who never backs down. He has threatened to use nukes. He has nukes that can reach the United States. That makes Biden a president who is fulfilling his duty to protect national security. Doubtless you would prefer Trump had been elected so he could fulfill his ambition to pull out of NATO and then arm Russia against Ukraine. NATO is the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES, dunce -- better "THEY fight them THERE" than "We fight them HERE".
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  10605.  @jaylucas8352  More war-hawk draft-dodger John Wayne than cowboys and indians.
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  10606. And the Committee responded to Bannon: produce the documents subpoenaed, then we'll consider your testifying under oath.
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  10607. What media are you talking about -- corporate media FOX and other fringe outlets? Connect with reality: Trump is at the top of the Executive branch. He has been impeached, and the trial hasn't yet concluded. Given the magnitude of impeachment, it must be reported by the media. And as Trump is the one impeached, his name will be included in those reports. It isn't exactly positive ":free advertising" for him. And how do you think the 75 per cent who DEMANDED witness and documents -- 64-68 of Republicans also -- are going to react to an acquittal? By voting for Republicans?
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  10608. Her kids were in Chad's way, and therefore in her way, and Chad's wife was in the way of both, so they were killed. The Social Security enhanced their income.
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  10609.  @Derpyderp597  You are totally ignorant of American history and law -- including the Constitution itself, ALL of which is in effect at the same time. First, the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because the gov'ts in question were controlled all along by the FOUNDERS. Second, the Constitution is AGAINT your guzzled anti-American crackpottery: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for ORGANIZING, ARMING, AND DISCIPLINING, THE MILITIA . . . reserving to the States [GOV'T] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." ___ And this is an example of the Congress arming the states' Militia: Chap. LXV.--An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby authorized to cause all or any part of the arms herein directed to be provided and deposited for sale, which shall, at any time, remain unsold, to be delivered to the militia, when called into the service of the United States, proper receipts and security being given for the return of the same. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the monies arising from such sales shall be paid into the treasury of the United States, and the amount received shall be annually reported to Congress. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of carrying this act into effect, the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to draw from the treasury of the United States, a [577] sum not exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, July 6, 1798. ___ The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 3, 1845. Arranged in Chronological Order. With References to the Matter of Each Act and to the Subsequent Acts on the Same Subject, and Copious Notes of the Decisions of the Courts of the United States Construing Those Acts, and Upon the Subjects of the Laws. With an Index to the Contents of Each Volume, and a Full General Index to the Whole Work, in the Concluding Volume. Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States; and Also, Tables, in the Last Volume, Containing Lists of the Acts Relating to the Judiciary, Imposts and Tonnage, the Public Lands, Etc., Vol I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1850), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters, at 576. ____________ Thus the Militia -- the National Guard -- is ALWAYS UNDER BOTH US and State constitutions and laws. And see Presser v. Illinois which provides point-by-point rebuttal of your position AND was cited AFFIRMATIVELY in _Heller_.
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  10610.  @rehsa-zc6zq  " "Except black people or other undesirables. Which is why I'm such a vigorous advocate of 2A, as someone who previously (only one or two generations back) wouldn't have had this right. Truthfully, many in urban areas of liberal cities don't have their rights now, with disastrous consequences." You're a law-illiterate who falls for the trap set for you. Do you ACTUALLY believe white supremacists DON'T want you to have guns? Look at the history of, as example, South Africa, and how the white European supremacists "cleared the land" of the original inhabitants by (1) selling them guns, then (2) pushing them to defend themselves, so they could (3) mow them down with the Gattling gun. You're as miseducated on the issue as the white supremacists who reject the rule of law altogether. Who preach criminal rationales in defense of their rejection of rule of law -- which is what criminals do.
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  10611.  @emmittmatthews8636  I have an education in law and have been researching these issues for more than 30 years. You are a law-illiterate who doesn't understand even the most basic: The First Amendment protects freedom of speech from infringement BY GOV'T. And even then it is a freedom inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. It is, as with ALL rights, subject to reasonable limits. The First Amendment protection of freedom of speech DOES NOT apply to private businesses, such as youtube, so their limitations on speech are not "censorship". I'll bet you understand that the First Amendment doesn't apply -- either -- to your private home. If you don't like a guest's speech you can kick them out.
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  10612.  @demonpride1975  Uh, no: the first purpose of the Constitution was to ESTABLISH the gov't ALONG WITH limitations on its powers. The limitations are in the checks and balances of the three co-EQUAL branches of gov't. There has NEVER been a "right" to commit the TREASON of "taking up arms" -- insurrection -- against the RULE OF LAW.
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  10613.  @PureTexan  That was never true -- and, of course, you don't cite to any law supporting that fake manly-man law-illiterate fantasy. From the beginnings of the colonies in the 1600s the military -- the militia -- was UNDER the control of gov't AS STIPULATED IN THEIR WRITTEN LAWS. But let's look at the Constitution, because that is what applies -- not the "Liberal" Hollowood fantasies you swallow -- as the supreme Law of the Land: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." The Founders charged insurrectionists with TREASON, tried and convicted them of TREASON, and sentenced them to death. See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections. "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers [the governor nominates; the legislature says yes or no], and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." The entire Constitution is in effect at the same time; and as the Founders were opposed to insurrection, they were opposed to ANY armed force -- whether standing army or armed anti-American gang falsely claiming to be "patriots" -- attacking the gov't. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW.
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  10614.  @samizdat113  None of that is true or coherent. The DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment by the first Congress is incontrovertible substantiation that the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia because standing armies were distrusted. WELL-REGULATED meant then and means now UNDER LAW -- not armed gangs outside the law attacking the rule of law. The Founders "attacked" and "overthrew ZERO gov'ts because the gov'ts in question were all along UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE FOUNDERS. Repeating ahistorical- and law-illiterate pseudo-law fantasies you got at fifteenth hand on the Internet will not make those ahistorical- and law-illiterate pseudo-law fantasies true. READ the ACTUAL LAW -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, more than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10615.  @TheWorldsprayer  FALSE, law-illiterate anti-American. Here's are the first clues, from the Constitution itself, which is LAW, ALL of which is in effect ALWAYS, and which you CLAIM to be for but in fact REJECT: "Art. I., S. 8., S. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers [by the State's governor/ commander-in-chief and legislature] and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." AND: "Art. 2., S. 1. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the . . . Militia of the several States". The President is also the chief Federal law enforcement officer. AND: "Art. VI., S. 2. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof [by CONGRESS] . . . under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . any thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. This is how it works -- basic law 101: 1. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES. STATUTES REGULATE, in this context "Militia Acts". 2. Statutes REGULATE. 3. Your baldfaced, unsubstantiated assertion has nothing to back it up but law-illiteracy and MOUTH. I have an education in law, and have been immersed in these issues for more than 30 years. LEARN from my NEXT comment, in which I SUBSTANTIATE the ACTUAL law on the matter, and which is consistent from 1658 through to the present: the gov't -- which is by definition RULE OF LAW -- has ALWAYS governed and regulated EVERY form of Military, EVEN WHEN THERE WAS ONLY MILITIA.
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  10616. If he knows nothing about it, then he doesn't know whether parts of it are "extreme". In fact, it was written by members of the Trump administration.
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  10617.  @dalecrocker3213  FACTS MATTER: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10618. Preparing to land the plane -- then one gets the message that the airport has been moved.
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  10619. Hitler imposed such collective punishment on Jews during WW II. It is a war crime.
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  10620. You know the Russians also hacked REPUBLICANS -- and have been using it clandestinely to control Republicans. Look at Lindsey Graham.
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  10621. And insurrection is not mere "riot". Riots are prosecuted as crimes. Insurrections are tried as the crime of TREASON.
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  10622. Yep: that's why the FBI executed the search of MAGA-Lardo, in Florida, while Trump was in New York.
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  10623.  @a.champagne6238  And the Democrats told him to RESIGN. MAGA attacks anyone who criticizes Trump and sets out the ACTUAL EVIDENCE of his crimes.
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  10624.  @BonRain8734  And they are being prosecuted. But you aren't saying anything about Trump because you insist he's above the law. And that insistence is ANTI-AMERICAN. You want Democrats to be prosecuted, but Republicans EXEMPT from the rule of law.
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  10625.  @shadowfury200  You mean Trump, right?
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  10626.  @BonRain8734  This is where your self-righteous fact-free ignorance breaks down: There are right-wingers who swear by The Federalist, which they've never actually read, for their rejection of rule of law. And about which they actually know nothing. These are the facts: 1. CONGRESS makes the laws. Writings from OUTSIDE Congress, regardless by whom, are NOT LAW. 2. The Federalist papers were NEWSPAPER articles, and an admitted ADVERTISING campaign having the EXPRESS purpose of SELLING the Constitution. 3. There were 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. THREE of them -- a very small minority -- wrote the Federalist articles. On the OPPOSITE end of the 55 delegates were THREE ANTI-Federalists who REJECTED, and REFUSED TO SIGN, the Constitution. One of the three was Massachusetts Congressman Elbridge Gerry -- who invented "gerrymandering," which was a huge scandal in Massachusetts. So The Federalist turns out to NOT be LAW, and was authored by THREE out of 55 delegates. And as the Constitution was ratified, the ANTI-Federalists LOST the argument. You're suggesting there are "more" "corrupt" politicians but "forget" who they are, therefore we can conclude that your "more" don't exist. Because EVIDENCE matters. But, of course, you want to change the subject AWAY from the very specific fact that TRUMP is now a CONVICTED FELON -- a unanimous verdict based on EVIDENCE. And that dishonest effort to change the subject is one short step short of the usual "they all do it" -- EVIDENCE for which is never produced. Remember all the claims made by, as examples, Trump and Giuliani, that there are and they have MOUNTAINS of EVIDENCE that the election was stolen? And remember how they kept saying that over and over and over and over again -- and yet they have NEVER PROVIDED the "EVIDENCE" they so often CLAIMED to have? NO ONE was PREVENTING them providing their "EVIDENCE" -- but they haven't provided ANY. And why is that? Because THEY DIDN'T AND DON'T have ANY EVIDENCE to back up that we know has all along been the LIE that the election was stolen. Isn't it about time you fools, you DUPES, STOPPED repeating the "stolen election" LIE?
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  10627.  @shadowfury200  You mean Trump -- we have VIDEO of them together.
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  10628.  @shadowfury200  Of course you mean everybody. WHERE is your EVIDENCE? The United States is not China, North Korea, or Russia: in the United States we DO NOT lock people up based on your BASELESS SMEARS slung at them.
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  10629.  @shadowfury200  I know what you mean, punk. But I'll ask again for you to -- 1. NAME them. 2. Provide EVIDENCE. 3. Or STFU with your anti-American lying.
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  10630. Mainstream media regularly calls Trump a liar. But the bashers of mainstream media don't know that because they don't actually watch mainstream media.
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  10631. He had to defend Trump against impossible odds, and by means of the self-destructive strategy Trump DEMANDED he use. He's embarrassed -- he got his ass handed to him BY HIS CLIENT.
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  10632.  @epsomsaltdude  No -- but there are strategic and ethical reasons NOT to talk to the media during an ONGOING legal process. What has he publicly said that can be construed as a COMMITMENT that can be used against him during ongoing negotiations with the court and opposing counsel? As a lawyer he should KNOW that. And look at Trump -- REFUSES to testify under oath, then bloviates publicly ATTACKING and VIOLATING the gag order, and says things that can be used against him IN COURT.
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  10633.  @jamesh.5765  And got his ass whipped and his reputation shredded by his client.
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  10634. In what country are you commenting from?
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  10635. Nixon was also a lawyer.
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  10636. As an introvert I tend to 'lead" from "behind". I am probably more active as a subordinate who supports the "active" extroverts, but am the person with the relevant information, and from an "outside" stance superior insight. All in all, I've initiated major community changes, but never as the person in the "lead" of them. I'm not the guy who makes the speeches, or gets the commendatory plaques. But "credit" -- which isn't solely mine anyway -- matters to some, and they can have it: I've accomplished what I saw as needed doing and have moved on to the next thing that needs doing.
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  10637. Aaron Rupar: the vice president is already having an impact on the election. I'm not a lady, but I'm childless and love cats.
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  10638. Want man issue muddied? Let Turley spin
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  10639. There's an interview with her with some of her supporters. Trailer parks are luxury housing for them.
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  10640. Does traffic law "infringe" your right to own and operate a motor vehicle? No -- they exist to protect public safety. Same goes for gun control laws: they don't infringe, but they do restrict their uses, such as using guns to commit murder. And public safety obviously TRUMPS any individual "right" -- which "rights" don't exist -- to threaten public safety.
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  10641.  @ScrapKnight2005  How you operate your motor vehicle is regulated because you are not the only member of society. It is regulated in order to protect PUBLIC SAFETY. What you law-rejecting law-0llitertes refuse to accept is that OTHERS ALSO HAVE RIGHTS. PAT ATTENTION, FOOL: Laws prohibiting MURDER LIMIT how you can use your firearm. Is that your idea of "infringement"? Those who know these issues have long recognized that you are beyond defending putative "gun rights" to defending mass murder. And that makes you a SOCIOPATH. In reality EVERY right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. You DO NOT have the right to be an asshole when being that you INFRINGE THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. You REJECT that reality because you're an ineducable PUNK. ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10642. Not grazed by bullets. Shots through the wall dusted them with sheet rock remnants.
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  10643.  @albertopalma1663  And TEN of his judges were among those who threw his fraudulent "election fraud" law suits out of court.
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  10644.  @singersa  There are still many who are whining that the DOJ "isn't doing anything" -- despite having it explained to them, dozens of times by now, that that is FALSE.
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  10645.  @guitarista67  Then too many are playing dumb.
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  10646.  @traitorsamongus2417  They are and will. Without forgetting separation of powers.
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  10647. Pepper spray" may be safe for the user of it against others. But there are legal issues involved.
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  10648. The Republicans don't want an investigation because they are all secret members of BLM and ANTIFA. If they were BLM. they would have been shot.
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  10649. Who is going to investigate them for CRIME? They preserved the centrally relevant document: the video of Trump telling his voters not to vote by mail used in the ad.
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  10650. We saw the video: while pushing his latest dangerous "medical" advice, he was talking directly to Brix and attempting to rope her into backing up his junk science. Maybe now he'll cancel his daily Dance of Necrophilia waste of air time by a waste of skin.
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  10651. Praive business corporations are not democracy. The United States is a democracy. Running the country as a business is antithetical to democracy.
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  10652.  @berniegertje5358  He's a social Darwinist, which is not science. Typical "conservative": the powerful defending the powerful against the many.
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  10653.  @lauracollins5298  Prove it, Elon.
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  10654. Honest? She's being political by siding with the perceived "majority". To the contrary, one doesn't distinguish oneself by hiding in the crowd.
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  10655. @Carl G Anyone who believes that she isn't responsible for her own decisions is one who has no grasp on their own individual responsibility. If one is insecure one will doubt other's agency.
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  10656. @Carl G Yes: you believe in conspiracies without a shred of evidence for them. There is a simpler explanation: she changed her view because she wants the VOTES of her CONSTITUENTS.
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  10657. @Carl G In her mind the votes of her constituents are highest priority.
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  10658. @Carl G The correct term -- if one isn't a political bigot -- is DemocratIC. So you're a Republican who wallows in the destructive cesspool politics of Republicans instead of finding your way to being objective. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The United States is a democracy founded on the Constitution. _Ergo_, the gov't is by definition rule of law. To you everything's a conspiracy -- except for far-right destructive fascists who pump out bogus conspiracy "theories," such as Trump and Alex Jones.
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  10659. If reveals how utterly stupid are the Republicans.
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  10660.  @andrewgocken517  Nope: REPUBLICANS are exposing the FACT that the REPUBLICANS want to DO NOTHING to solve the ALLEGED "border crisis" so they can continue to blame Biden for it -- even though the "crisis" is a REPUBLICAN-generated LIE. President Obama submitted an immigration bill to Congress, but the Republicans sat on it because they want the problem not the solution so they can blame the problem on Democrats, because they want the votes of racists whose ancestors were immigrants.
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  10661.  @sandybennett_itsme  So a relatively moderate Republican is as bad as MAGA!? He's at least blowing the whistle on the Republican freak-show in the House and Senate who are more concerned with helping Trump's campaign instead of actually helping the country.
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  10662.  @sandybennett_itsme  Extremism is always the minority. Your extremism refuses to listen to moderation because it doesn't provide thrills and instant gratification to the arrogantly self-righteous.
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  10663.  @bryanice3313  The Trump adminstration's immigration policy, which included the crime of KIDNAPPING, violated BOTH US DOMESTIC and INTERNATIONAL immigration laws. And just like Trump you REJECT the Constitution and laws -- all while ignorantly jabbering about "rule of law".
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  10664. Sanders: "Bloomberg is trying to buy the election." In fact, the Sanders campaign is trying to BUY the election the same way as Bloomberg: POLITICAL ADS THAT COST MONEY. Trump and Sanders are identical in playing the Politics of Paranoia -- they are wealthy and powerful "victims". Whine, whine, whine.
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  10665.  @BILLYRFCNO1  If you believe Johnson's about the Constitution and democracy then Trump has a "Bible" for you. But be aware before relying on it: the only document in Trump's "Bible" that is RELEVANT is the US Constitution, which incorporates the First Amendment, which incorporates SEPARATION OF "RELIGION" AND GOVT. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW, beginning with the US Constitution. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams.
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  10666.  @nubtube7313  For Johnson to survive the Republican extremists he would need the votes of the Democrats. And in order to get the votes of the Democrats he would have to make a deal with them -- which would be the COMPROMISE that is DEMOCRACY. The so-called "Freedom Caucus," and before them the "Teabaggers," are militantly opposed to compromise because they are militantly opposed to DEMOCRACY. What is "democracy"? In essence it is ELECTIONS -- and the US Constitution, and every state constitution, stipulates that there SHALL be elections. The US is NOT a "constitutional republic"; it is a democratic republic, and representative democracy in which "We the people" elect representatives to meet or needs; and when they don't, we elect new representatives who will meet our needs. That's why the Republicans -- and not only the extremists -- are so intent on controlling, and in essence destroying, the electoral system. They want to at the least rig it so that only Republican majorities are elected. Democrats would be reduced to a permanent minority as "cosmetics" of democracy.
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  10667. Cases are regularly charged both Federally and state. Agnifilo is acting as if it's unheard of. She's relying on the terminally stupid to believe her.
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  10668. Imagine if you weren't being lied to about the fact that elections are conducted by the STATE GOV'TS, NOT by political parties.
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  10669. The Haitian immigrants work and pay taxes. And Trump never misses an opportunity to be a vile racist asshole.
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  10670. The problem for Trump is that he's destroying his credibility with more and more millions.
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  10671.  @Chichi-ld1eo  Not on MSNBC. Those who SMEAR the mainstream media as "lamestream" DON'T ACCESS MAINSTREAM MEDIA, so they DON'T KNOW whether their criticisms are true or false. So they -- and you -- are no different than Trump and his LIE about "fake news".
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  10672.  @user-highbaritone  ETHICS. the LEGITIMATE NEWS MEDIA have a CODE OF ETHICS. They report facts WITHOUT PERSONAL ATTACKS, or by means that can be construed as being PERSONAL ATTACK. "Opinion" media tends fo talk all sorts of stuff that ISN'T FACT. Knowing what one is dealing with as media is called MEDIA LITERACY. Until FOX news there was a STRICT separation of NEWS -- reporting the FACTS -- and EDITORIAL/OPINION. Most of what you call "news" is OPINION ABOUT facts and "facts". The problem with "opinion" is that it isn't always TRUE. FACTS are TRUE. Most of the young generations are looking for OPINION that AGREES with them; they are looking for SENSATION. They are looking for "INFOTAINMENT". Everything is "argument" and "attack" and "winning" -- "So-and-so DESTROYED so-and-so". That is childish schoolyard NOISE.
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  10673. I suspect George invited Billy Preston -- who they knew from their Hamburg days (he played for Little Richard) -- to stop by the sessions.
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  10674.  @brugesfool8440  Exactly. And years ago Trump said in an interview that he is putting on an act, but that he didn't know why it works. But he is one nasty mother, and has no limits to how far he would go in pursuit of his ambitions.
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  10675. Conservatism: The accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible.
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  10676. There is likely coordination, and even exchanging of evidence, between and among the several STATE prosecutions of the fake electors, in view of the fact that some of the same Republicans are indicted in more than one of those states. We hope that there is also a FEDERAL monitoring, at the very least, of the state prosecutions so a unified prosecution can also occur on the Federal level. Yes: the Republican Party -- along with Alito and Thomas -- are engaged in an organized attack on the rule of law itself, exactly as Judge Merchan said to Trump's face in response to Trump's violations of the gag order. Hopefully when the Democrats regain control in the House they will finish the careers of Gaetz, MTG, and the other MAGAts who are too stupid to understand the SELF-destructiveness of their rejection of reason and truth.
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  10677. The Constitution stipulates that money bills are to originate in the House. So "Super Christian" Johnson is violating his "God's" Commandment "Thou shalt not lie" by falsely smearing the Senate Democrat Schumer.
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  10678.  @JohnFilley  This isn't about "liberal news anchors". It's about a politician who LIED to GET ELECTED. You have no problem with that, of course, because anything goes in order to get what you want -- like Trump: lie, cheat, steal, trash the rule of law. You'd be honest if you admitted that you will defend any crime and criminal so long as committed by a Republican. And that means YOU can't be trusted. And that's why you don't have any friends.
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  10679.  @brendawarner5415  It was MODIFIED by the OMITTED CONTEXT. Now I'll ask you a question: Do you believe all those assault rifles in the hands of dumb-f-ers would win against the US military? Try it and watch Trump use that as excuse to have the US military slaughter US citizens who are that stupid.
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  10680.  @afry6400  That's what Trump wants, tough-mouth.
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  10681.  @NotReally-rm6nd  He wasn't talking about the US because he knew the Constitution. THIS is the LAW -- ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  10682. The far-Left, which is insignificant, claim to be progressives, which is actually to their right. And as result the undermine progressives.
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  10683. Did Haley serve in the military? Other women have and do.
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  10684. "Clever" -- but does any of that mean anything?
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  10685.  @shananalexander9789  It can't be proven there's a "God". And your "praying" does nothing for anyone beyond yourself.
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  10686.  @daisymae4958  You are finite and imperfect. Your ALLEGED "God" is infinite and perfect. Yet you claim the impossible: that your imperfect finitude can comprehend perfect infinity. Is there anything more arrogant than such nonsense?
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  10687.  @daisymae4958  Your OPINION is not subject to reasoned critique? I don't do ego -- I leave that to the "religious" who believe not only that their OPINION is exempt from reasoned critique but that they can discern the "thought" of that which can't be proven to exist. In the "Bible" your "God" ordered mass murders. And yet those who believe as you do -- bogged own in the "Old Testament" -- claim with a straight face that your "God" is MERCIFUL. Then you throw out YOUR judgment of others based on the claims made by other imperfect and illiterate humans. And I don't "troll": I confront unexamined beliefs that both have no basis in EVIDENCE and fly in the face of reason. A "Christian" "Saint" responded to these criticisms with, "I believe because there IS NO evidence." That makes no reasoned sense. In the end you accomplish nothing but delude yourself that you do.
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  10688.  @kjl6039  Instead of attacking me try to defend your "belief" that your "belief" or "faith" is ACTUAL PROOF of more than the human ability to believe stuff is true while ignoring the lack of proof. Christ is alleged to have said "KEEP YOUR 'RELIGION' PRIVATE" -- instead of wearing it on your sleeve publicly in effort to convince everyone else that you are "religious". "I don't believe in 'Bibles'/I believe in the straight line to 'God'". -- Emily Dickinson.
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  10689. If only you could make sense. Inflation-deflation are endemic to capitalism.
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  10690.  @leechap3  "Crypto" and "Bitcoin" have always been vaporware.
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  10691. Not all media fail to report that Trump hasn't the authority to invoke or waive executive privilege. And not all media fail to report that Bannon doesn't have executive privilege. And not all media fail to report that the decision as to whether Bannon testifies is the Committee's to make, not Bannon's.
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  10692. The mayor of Uvalde is a REPUBLICAN. He is part of the COVER-UP. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. But, from Gov. Abbot on down, they are protecting THEMSELVES, NOT public safety. They are not defending gun rights; they are defending mass murder.
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  10693. Teller was a viciously amoral crackpot.
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  10694. That doesn't make sense.
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  10695. How do you know he's in the Caribbean? Are you there? Did you see him there?
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  10696.  Sun Dial  Hannity is a smut peddler.
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  10697. Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition that eventuated in Dick "Dick" Cheney, who said, "There's no such thing as international law," and Sarah Palin, and Trump. Drop the Reagan delusion.
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  10698. The moron "protesters" have NO regard for the fact that they are disturbing the entire neighborhood. And putting their signs on the Laundrie's private property is the crime of TRESSPASSING.
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  10699. This is systemic r-c-sm -- note author and date. And that it is as true today as it was then --- ___ Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy. By Mark Twain. In San Francisco, the other day, "a well-dressed boy, on his way to Sunday school, was arrested and thrown into the city prison for stoning Chinamen." What a commentary is this upon human justice! What sad prominence it gives to our human disposition to tyrannize over the weak! San Francisco has little right to take credit to herself for her treatment of this poor boy. What had the child's education been? How should he suppose it was wrong to stone a Chinaman? Before we side against him, along with outraged San Francisco, let us give him a chance -- let us hear the testimony for the defence. He was a "well-dressed" boy, and a Sunday-school scholar, and, therefore, the chances are that his parents were intelligent, well-to-do people, with just enough natural villany in their compositions to make them yearn after the daily papers, and enjoy them; and so this boy had opportunities to learn all through the week how to do right, as well as on Sunday. It was in this way that he found out that the great commonwealth of California imposes an unlawful mining tax upon John the foreigner, and allows Patrick the foreigner to dig gold for nothing --probably because the degraded Mongol is at no expense for whiskey, and the refined Celt cannot exist without it. It was in this way that he found out that a respectable number of the tax-gatherers -- it would be unkind to say all of them -- collect the tax twice, instead of once; and that, inasmuch as they do it solely to discourage Chinese immigration into the mines, it is a thing that is much applauded, and likewise regarded as being singularly facetious. It was in this way that he found out that when a white man robs a sluice-box (by the term white man is meant Spaniards, Mexicans, Portuguese, Irish, Hondurans, Peruvians, Chileans, etc., etc.), they make him leave the camp; and when a Chinaman does that thing, they hang him. It was in this way that he found out that in many districts of the vast Pacific coast, so strong is the wild, free love of justice in the hearts of the people, that whenever any secret and mysterious crime is committed, they say, "Let justice be done, though the heavens fall," and go straightway and swing a Chinaman. It was in this way that he found out that by studying one half of each day's "local items" it would appear that the police of San Francisco were either asleep or dead, and by studying the other half it would seem that the reporters were gone mad with admiration of the energy, the virtue, the high effectiveness, and the dare-devil intrepidity of that very police making exultant mention of how "the Argus-eyed officer So-and-so" captured a wretched knave of a Chinaman who was stealing chickens, and brought him gloriously to the city prison; and how "the gallant officer Such-and-such-a-one" quietly kept an eye on the movements of an "unsuspecting almond-eyed son of Confucius" (your reporter is nothing if not facetious), following him around with that far-off look of vacancy and unconsciousness always so finely affected by that inscrutable being, the forty-dollar policeman, during a waking interval, and captured him at last in the very act of placing his hands in a suspicious manner upon a paper of tacks left by the owner in an exposed situation; and how one officer performed this prodigious thing, and another officer that, and another the other -- and pretty much every one of these performances having for a dazzling central incident a Chinaman guilty of a shilling's worth of crime, an unfortunate whose misdemeanor must be hurrahed into something enormous in order to keep the public from noticing how many really important rascals went uncaptured in the mean time, and how overrated those glorified policemen actually are. It was in this way that the boy found out that the Legislature, being aware that the Constitution has made America an asylum for the poor and the oppressed of all nations, and that therefore the poor and oppressed who fly to our shelter must not be charged a disabling admission fee, made a law that every Chinaman, upon landing, must be vaccinated upon the wharf, and pay to the State's appointed officer ten dollars for the service, when there are plenty of doctors in San Francisco who would be glad enough to do it for him for fifty cents. It was in this way that the boy found out that a Chinaman had no rights that any man was bound to respect; that he had no sorrows that any man was bound to pity; that neither his life nor his liberty was worth the purchase of a penny when a white man needed a scapegoat; that nobody loved Chinamen, nobody befriended them, nobody spared them suffering when it was convenient to inflict it; everybody, individuals, communities, the majesty of the State itself, joined in hating, abusing, and persecuting these humble strangers. And, therefore, what could have been more natural than for this sunny-hearted boy, tripping along to Sunday school, with his mind teeming with freshly-learned incentives to high and virtuous action, to say to himself: "Ah, there goes a Chinaman! God will not love me if I do not stone him." And for this he was arrested and put in the city jail. Everything conspired to teach him that it was a high and holy thing to stone a Chinaman, and yet he no sooner attempts to do his duty than he is punished for it -- he, poor chap, who has been aware all his life that one of the principal recreations of the police, out toward the Gold Refinery, was to look on with tranquil enjoyment while the butchers of Brannan street set their dogs on unoffending Chinamen, and make them flee for their lives.* Keep in mind the tuition in the humanities which the entire "Pacific coast" gives its youth, there is a very sublimity of grotesqueness in the virtuous flourish with which the good city fathers of San Francisco proclaim (as they have lately done) that "The police are positively ordered to arrest all boys, of every description and wherever found, who engage in assaulting Chinamen." Still, let us be truly glad they have made the order, notwithstanding its prominent inconsistency; and let us rest perfectly confident the police are glad, too. Because there is no personal peril in arresting boys, provided they be of the small kind, and the reporters will have to laud their performances just as loyally as ever, or go without items. The new form for local items in San Francisco will now be: "The ever vigilant and efficient officer So-and-So succeeded, yesterday afternoon, in arresting Master Tommy Jones, after a determined resistance," etc., etc., followed by the customary statistics and final hurrah, with its unconscious sarcasm: "We are happy in being able to state that this is the forty-seventh boy arrested by this gallant officer since the new ordinance went into effect. The most extraordinary activity prevails in the police department. Nothing like it has been seen since we can remember." ___________________________________________________________________________ *I have many such memories in my mind, but am thinking just at present of one particular one, where the Brannan street butchers set their dogs on a Chinaman who was quietly passing with a basket of clothes on his head; and while the dogs mutilated his flesh, a butcher increased the hilarity of the occasion by knocking some of the Chinaman's teeth down his throat with half a brick. This incident sticks in my memory with a more malevolent tenacity, perhaps, on account of the fact that I was in the employ of a San Francisco journal at the time, and was not allowed to publish it because it might offend some of the peculiar element that subscribed for the paper.--Mark Twain. ____________ Footnotes First published in "The Galaxy Magazine," May 1870. Proofed against reprint in "Mark Twain on the Damned Human Race," Edited by Janet Smith (full cite below), pp. 77-81. The incident Twain refers to in the footnote occurred during the summer of 1864, when a reporter on the "San Francisco Call". From headnotes to the article in Janet Smith, p. 78: Mark Twain's maiden effort for the Chinese died . . . in the composing room of the "Morning Call", for commercial reasons explained by his editor. . . . He was subsequently fired. Four years later, in New York, as humor editor of "The Galaxy", he wrote "Disgraceful Persecution of a Boy". Twain discovered the story that made his fame, "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," while hiding out from the consequences of reporting police corruption in San Francisco. Recommended: "Mark Twain On the Damned Human Race" (NY: Hill & Wang, Paperback, 1962; Special Edition, Hardcover, 1994), Ed. by Janet Smith, Foreword by Maxwell Geismar. "Hal Holbrook Performs 'Mark Twain Tonight!'" (Sony BMG Music Entertainment, 2006). 2 CDs Box. "The Best of Hal Holbrook in 'Mark Twain Tonight!'" (Columbia Broadway Masterworks, Columbia/ Legacy, 2002). CD. "Hal Holbrook in the CBS Television Network Special 'Mark Twain Tonight!'" (West Long Branch, NJ: Kultur Video, 2005). DVD. "Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns" (PBS, 2005). 2 DVDs. ___________________________________________________________________________
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  10700. Within the past few days a man shot and killed his 1-year-old niece with a home gun. The gun was owned for self-defense. Against a 1-year-old?
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  10701.  @HolisticTraumaTherapy  Harris had already appeared at the Univision town hall, and she responded in detail to that same man's question about Federal hurricane aid. He is from Tampa, Florida, which was hit hard. Her answer was VERY detailed about the Federal response, her role in coordinating that, AND the disinformation spewed by Trump and his asshole allies.
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  10702.  @SuperRobertoClemente  CNN busted Mark Robinson with solid investigative reporting. You don't like one journalist on a news source so you condemn the entire source. That is dumb.
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  10703. There wouldn't be a pardon -- state charges and convictions remain state charges and convictions.
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  10704. Forget the amnesia: Trump began attacking the intelligence community immediately after he took office.
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  10705.  @adlucem9845  The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10706. She ADMITTED being the aggressor. And they let her off the hoof because a woman. If it were the reverse, he would have been arrested. The politics have been obvious for decades: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. (Let's ignore the cases of women killing their spouses, and or children.)
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  10707. The trend shows Biden pulling ahead. Of course, the polls are irrelevant this far out, regardless who leads. And, of course, you'll agree with me when Biden has the solid lead.
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  10708. The US established concentration camps in Cuba. And within the US during WWII. "Ethnenticity" -- Marginal Greene.
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  10709. Bolton knows the ins and outs of classification, so there was, and isn't, classified information in his book.
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  10710. "God" is always on ALL sides in a war -- such are the claims by every side.
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  10711. I wonder how many pedophiles are hiding behind the Republican OBSESSION with pedophilia.
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  10712.  @WokeDEMOCRATShaveASPD  "deporting criminals like cartels that been abusing our border/resources/people racist to you?" It is all about racism. Get a basic clue: an ALLEGATION by a president who is constant LIAR, adjudicated rapist, and convicted felon, is not a PROOF. "Is disbanding DEI that hires base off frivolous diversity instead of qualifications sexist to you?" The First Amendment protection of freedom of thought and belief is a protection of DIVERSITY. The Fourteenth Amendment protects EQUITY -- EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW. BOTH of those protect INCLUSION. Together those are "DEI". "Also US bullying?: You obviously know nothing of American and US history -- SLAVERY is the ULTIMATE form of bullying. And you obviously don't know the meaning of IMPERIALISM. "The lack of self awareness is scary. It’s even in this comment thread". Where is YOUR "self-awareness?" All you are doing is repeating baseless allegations and defenses without a shred of EVIDENCE for ANY of them. You don't even understand what you are talking about. You voted for CONVICTED CRIMINAL TRUMP based on your CLAIM to be FOR RULE OF LAW. TRY to LEARN to MAKE SENSE.
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  10713.  @thelapander  You mean Bill Maher? You mean when she was still silenced by the NDA, REQUIRED by Trump, so she denied the facts in order to comply with the NDA? Guess who else lies -- constantly: DONALD TRUMP. Why are you okay with Donald Trump's constant lying? Is it because you are a morally bankrupt hypocrite who is only "morally" concerned when (1) it is someone else lying about Trump -- which Michael Cohen did in DEFENSE of Trump, or (2) it is someone else telling the TRUTH about Trump? Your position is bogus as it requires you to defend Trump EVEN AGAINST THE RULE OF LAW and the KNOWN FACTS. "HANG MIKE PENCE!" -- Trump's MAGA "tourists". Clue, lying punk: not only because of the COVID pandemic, but also because it was the peaceful transfer of power ceremony, tourism was SUSPENDED at the Capital. What we are watching in New York's criminal trial is -- as seasoned lawyers and prosecutors have repeatedly pointed out, is a MOB trial. The witnesses for the prosecution are typically not people who attend the "Christian" Sunday mass that YOU don't attend either. They are mostly, themselves, WITNESSES to the crimes about which they are testifying BECAUSE they were perpetrators of the crimes. THIS is how LEGAL REALITY WORKS, law-illiterate liar: whatever the witnesses testify to UNDER OATH is CORROBORATED by HARD EVIDENCE. The New York criminal trial is a DOCUMENTS case. The DOCUMENTS were generated by and obtained from the Trump criminal enterprise, and other WITNESSES including TRUMP ALLIES who testified UNDER OATH to FACTS that prove the PROSECUTION'S case. And we know why you choose to be ignorant, to be stupid, to NOT KNOW the FACTS: because you HATE it being put in your face that "celebrity" Trump is a morally bankrupt degenerate pig who puts on an ACT that you fell for. He is a third-generation NEW YORK con man and career criminal. Trump is a SERIAL adulterer -- "Thou shalt not commit adultery" -- "God". And constant liar -- "Thou shalt not lie." -- "God. And constant defamer -- "Thou shalt not lie against others." -- "God". That's why, based on TRUMP'S LIES about it, you DID NOT watch the January 6th Committee hearings -- to which testified, UNDER OATH, ONLY TRUMP REPUBLICANS from Trump's White House, DOJ, and campaign. THEY provided the first extensive evidence to the public of Trump's CONSTANT COMMISSION OF CRIMES. And you want to call Stormy Daniels a liar for COMPLYING with Trump's REQUIRED NDA!? Trump doesn't comply with the RULE OF LAW, BEGINNING with the Constitution. AND he has promised to CANCEL the Constitution. CLUE: what happens to YOUR rights as secured in the Constitution if TRUMP CANCELS them? THEY NO LONGER EXIST. Stop the lying. More important: Stop the stupid, which is the equivalent of you cutting your own throat for a degenerate thief who couldn't care LESS about you.
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  10714.  @thelapander  Stormy Daniels filed lawsuit, in California, against Trump. In the court papers from Trump he expressly stated that the $130,000 dollars were REIMBURSMENT (not "legal fees"). The prosecution submitted that DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE in the New York criminal trial. So tell us, Trump-worshipping sucker: In the New York trial, Trump sez it wuz "legal fees," not "reimbursement". In the California case, he said it wuz REIMBURSEMENT. In view of the fact that BOTH can't be true, then WHICH of the Trump assertions ISN'T the LIE? And see the video of Trump's lawyer Giuliani saying that the $130,000 came from Trump's personal account -- was not "campaign" money -- and was REIMBURSEMENT funneled through "a law firm". The straight facts, as SUBSTANTIATED by the DOCUMENTS in the New York case: The money -- it was actually the total of $420,000 -- came from Trump's personal account, as the checks prove, as 12 REIMBURSEMENTS to Michael Cohen. But we know you know none of that, because you are desperate to AVOID ALL FACTS in order to preserve the "purity" of your being HOODWINKING by TRUMP.
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  10715. Saint Bernie is the Left-wing extremist equivalent of Right-wing extremist Trump. A fraud. He helped ELECT Trump.
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  10716. He isn't ignorant of the facts. What he is doing is acting within his area of expertise: as a career criminal. He knows what he's doing; he doesn't mind being thought "ignorant," because that grants him an "innocence" he doesn't deserve. It is letting him off the hook, just as calling him "malignant narcisist," even if true, gives him an excuse.
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  10717. Rubio is giving the locations of military facilities. Next time the Chinese won't need an ALLEGED "spy" balloon.
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  10718. NATO in Europe is stepping up. Ukraine is getting good weaponry and ammunition.
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  10719. "Chasm" is pronounced "Kasm".
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  10720. It has not been that long: Gabby was reported missing on September 11. It is now September 24th. What makes some feel -- not think -- that it's taken a long time is because of the sensationalism, particularly by the media in pursuit of profit-driven ratings.
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  10721. So the Divider-in-Chief shouldn't be impeached say the dividers because it will divide the country.
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  10722. He invocation of "1776" is based upon IGNORANCE of the fact that the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because the gov'ts in question were all along, from their foundings, under the control of the Founders.
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  10723. Only two presidential candidates since Nixon REFUSED to release their tax returns -- doing so with serial LYING that they would: Trump and Sanders.
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  10724. Biden DID NOT say "he" isn't going after Trump. That is exclusively up to the DOJ.
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  10725. This was fun
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  10726.  @ChonkTek  Biden has nothing to do with any of this -- except as deliberate distraction used by the intellectually dishonest to hype their fake concern for "morality". Those are the same people who float the excuse "everyone does it" -- which is their excuse for supporting and defending the indefensible: an openly criminal con man and pickpocket. Perhaps they are too ashamed to admit that they volunteered to be suckered, and their pockets have been picked, so they want to bring everyone else down to their level so they can lose themselves in the crowd. What they should learn is how to critically evaluate the beliefs against actual logic and fact, instead of persisting in their proud stupidity. They could begin with accepting the fact that Trump loves the uneducated because they are so easy to dupe.
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  10727.  @thelugoffgamecock792  How about adhering to the relevant, instead of perpetuating the racism?
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  10728.  @ChonkTek  Biden was FOR it, was lobbying FOR it, and will sign it.
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  10729. Leave "God" out of it.
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  10730.  @julieb2398  Would you be of that view if Trump had appointed right-wing Muslims to the Court?
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  10731.  @mywienersyoumusttouch6446  The riots -- incited by street-thug Brown Shits "Proud Boys" -- weren't an insurrection, anti-American law-illiterate. New York career criminal and con-man Trump and his dupes DID commit insurrection.
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  10732. The man who stood up at the Abbott press conference and yelled at Beto is the Republican mayor of Uvalde. So it isn't only the police who are covering-up. I wonder how many of them have investments in the gun industry.
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  10733. Every freedom is inextricably entwined with responsibility -- including that of speech.
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  10734. Sanders LOST TWICE.
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  10735. Reunited with Tony, but he still wanted sex, so that didn't last.
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  10736. Science is "bipartisan" only when it is instead politics.
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  10737. We're going to watch the trial for the DEFENSE argument as being the truth!?
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  10738. Want sexism? Distinguish one woman as "strong," thus implying that all other women are not "strong".
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  10739. Is there a "right" to protest against that which isn't happening: "Critical Race Theory" is taught EXCLUSIVELY in college and university LAW SCHOOLS. The purpose of "Critical Race Theory" is to identify systemic racism. The Republicans are defending systemin racism against it being exposed. There is no question that there is systemic racism. Only racist white supremacists deny it.
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  10740. In Capifornia, Sanders supporters have been attacking Schiff as a "moderate" -- ergo, one of their code-words for "corrupt". They should listen to his arguments in the Senate: as concerns the Constitution, a conservative by its original meaning: "to conserve"l. Otherwise a Progressive. Don't let the Sanders fool you by playing the same corrupt scam as the far-Right: Sanders is to the LEFT of Progressivism; Eleanor Roosevelt was a Progressive; her achievements, even in legislation without being in Congress, would fill a multi-volume encycloepdia. Hillary Clinton is an Eleanor Roosevelt Progressive, and she accomplished more during her 8 years in the Senate than the three bills Sanders got passed durring his twenty-five years in Congress. The far-RIGHT claims to be "conservative" -- which is a political position that is actually to the LEFT of the far-Right, exactly as Sanders is to the LEFT of Progessive. Progressives are effective, and get things done. Sanders calls everyone but himself "corrupt," and by doing so insult s and alienates voters.
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  10741. Not a person on which to model oneself.
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  10742. Col. Wilkerson, former aie to Colin Powell, said that Flynn could be called back to active duty -- and then courts-martialed.
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  10743. When first elected Trump called the White House "a dump".
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  10744. TRUMP SAID he is about retribution -- it isn't only "people are saying" it about Trump!
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  10745. Mike Johnson needs to prove he's a citizen.
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  10746. WHITE-collar crime has certainly plummeted, and not only in Arizona, since the investigations and charges of the fake electors conspiracy of the 2020 election. "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" -- Rudy Giuliani. I'm still asking: is that a "truth"? "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Impeachment is too slow -- Alito must IMMEDIATELY RESIGN.
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  10747. Legalizing same-sex marriage is not a requirement on everyone to marry someone of the same sex. Our system of laws is based on a BALANCING of interests. Everyone has the same rights, and the FOREMOST responsibility to not infringe the rights of others.
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  10748.  @mrjerzheel  False. Putin is also contending with rebellions within Russia.
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  10749.  @JLB-s4q  It has nothing to do with length of time on the Court. It has to do with Justices ATTACKING the rule of law AGAINST the Constitution itself. 1. The January 6th attack was, as defined IN LAW, an INSURRECTION. 2. Alito obviously knew that the inverted flag was a symbol for the BASELESS ""Stop the Steal" "movement". Judges are required to know and rule on FACTS AND LAW. Where there is NO evidence, one does not pretend there is. 3. Judges, and especially Supreme Court Justices, are REQUIRED to READ and UNDERSTAND the Constitution -- and it is right there in the Constitution that insurrections are PROHIBITED: "Art. I., S. 8., c. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union [which begins with the CONSTITUTION], SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." 4. Alito was CLEARLY AND OBVIOUSLY siding with the INSURRECTIONISTS -- which the Founders charged with, prosecuted for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to DEATH -- AGAINST the Constitution itself.
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  10750.  @robbiehollywood1937  Are you that out-of-touch with reality!? That stupid!?
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  10751.  @Danr07  It is a symbol for the "Stop the Steal" insurrectionists. The election was not stolen, and insurrection is expressly prohibited by the Constitution. And Alito KNOWS those facts. He has sided with those ATTACKING the rule of law. He needs to be forced to RESIGN, and perhaps subjected to prosecution.
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  10752. The Biden-Harris ticket won the Democratic primary. Harris has had support all along. You don't know how democracy works.
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  10753. So he voted for IMPEACHED Trump -- but he has problems with the . . . "morals" of the Party . . . . He supported more than 90 per cent of Trump's "policies" -- including his effort to extort the president of Ukraine? How criminally corrupt must a Republican be before a Republican will not vote for them? I can't imagine how small this Christian's prayer book is.
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  10754. Murderers are not heroes, and it is sick to defend that immorality as if one is actually "moral". Google "Steward Health Care" and see them also killing people -- and they weren't the insurance corporation.
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  10755. Spartacus is everywhere.
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  10756. MAGA is such a SPECIAL group!
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  10757. If it were a "perfect murder" he would not be known as having committed it.
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  10758. We still live in a society.
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  10759. So you believe that alienation is something new? Perhaps you should research the 1920s-30s "Left Banke" in Paris. Alienation has always existed -- and often self-inflicted.
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  10760.  @charlesparr1611  And how do you determine a privilege is "unearned"? Be specific. And name names. Oh, you can't -- you're simply engaging in a perceivedly-"clever" generalization? And from whom did you get the idea that the "Boomers" who PROTESTED AGAINST US involvement in Vietnam were in agreement with those -- peers, parents, or grandparents -- who SUPPORTED that involvement? What we do know -- you may be the exception -- is that humans are imperfect and prone to making mistakes (your generation being the exception, of course). And that SOME humans learn to learn from their mistakes -- at the least to not make the same mistake again and again and again. When in my elementary school, teen years, and twenties, I didn't automatically REJECT ENTIRE prior generations and their views because that would be the ultimate in DUMBASSED. Where I agreed with my peers, parents, and grandparents, I agreed; where I disagreed I said so. All in all, my values are the same today as they were then: I believe in REASON -- which is a VERB -- not in fixed ideological distortions used as self-serving excuse-making, the only goal of which is to blame everyone else -- "Boomers" in this instance -- for one's situation, instead of TAKING INDIVUDAL RESPONSIBILITY for DOING something about it. The idea that everyone else isn't dealing with the same situation is what the narcissistic self-centering is all about.
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  10761.  @charlesparr1611  Is there anything more reactionary than blaming an undifferentiated "Boomers" generation for all the ills in the world? Tip: Who will you blame after all the "Boomers" are dead? I suggest you focus on the assholes in YOUR generation -- they'll still be with you.
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  10762.  @vvvvxxxx9999  We still live in a society. BTW: do you have an iPhone or the equivalent?
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  10763.  @vvvvxxxx9999  Are you a bot?
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  10764.  @michaelweston409  Are you that certain?
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  10765.  @bcubed72  Nope -- you can continue to be an intolerant bigot. It's your right to shrink your little world to as small as you can make it. All to continue to delude yourself that being an ignorant asshole makes you superior. So you'll never learn that one can get along with others without being a "kiss-ass".
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  10766.  @bcubed72  Yes: prejudice impacts the bigot also. And you're stuck in name-calling against people you don't know. How's your love of Trump and his co-fascists doing for ya? Oh, right: "lefties" are the problem, not the third generation New York con-man and career criminal. From my assessment Hunter Thompson was a right-winger. The other two are so miniscule in influence, and so "fringe" of their own, as to be irrelevant. But it doesn't surprise that you're hung-up in extremism and bashing of the opposite extreme. Thankfully that isn't the actual larger reality: most people aren't arrogant punks who reject education and believe themselves therefore "superior" to all those who aren't fruit-loops.
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  10767.  @bcubed72  You're an ass in a rabbit hole of fun-house mirrors. You see "lefties" everywhere you look because it is a false image in your head that you project on anyone who believes differently than you. And being a "misanthrope" is a pretense, a pose, a falsity on which one bases one's fake moral superiority. All of that being a substitute for knowing anything factual at all.
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  10768.  @bcubed72  A misanthrope hates the human race, without exception. The misanthrope is a member of the human race, therefore SELF-hate is the determining factor.
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  10769.  @bcubed72  "It's literally impossible for a misanthrope to be a bigot." Bigots hate. Misanthropes hate the human race. Misanthropes are members of the human race. SELF-hate is the determining factor.
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  10770.  @bcubed72  You treat YOURSELF as SUPERIOR to everyone else. As said, misanthropy is inflated self-importance -- and ego trip. It is a FAKE pose.
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  10771.  @at_brunch3852  Here we go again -- fantasy "opinion" based on being drunk on someone else's cork. Not all "Hippies" became "Yuppies". And not everything labeled and sold as "organic" is "organic". And not all things "organic" are sufficiently nutritious.
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  10772.  @bcubed72  Yes: you are a misanthrope against your SUPERIORS. In reality your simply a jerk who stupidly believes claiming to be a "misanthrope" makes you superior and puts you in a special category ABOVE all other humans. Alas, the category "jerk" isn't special; it is stuffed to overflowing with oblivious ego-tripping posers.
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  10773.  @bcubed72  Fuck off, punk. All you are is a juvenile bullshitter hoping to become a teenager.
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  10774.  @bcubed72  Go play your games with the other children; I haven't time for them.
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  10775.  @stuburd951  Another who knows nothing about Marxism, and nothing about higher education.
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  10776.  @Christopher_Bachm  Yeah -- you're a "victim" of anti-American propaganda.
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  10777.  @bryanprillwitz2394  It's YOUR responsibility to "look it up" in order to back up your bald-faced assertion with EVIDENCE. 'Course, you also don't "look it up" because your assertion makes no sense.
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  10778. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. It is the "conservatives" among "We the people" who betray "We the people".
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  10779. "Without prejudice" = Case can be reopened.
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  10780. His Defiant Personality Disorder may get the better of him there. And if he does choose her, the sinking of the "Titanic" will become the second greatest disaster.
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  10781. Bush v. Gore was/is unconstitutional: the Constitution clearly places responsibility for resolving election disputes in CONGRESS.
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  10782.  @rensinclair4218  Yes -- and that resolution is to be made by CONGRESS -- not by the unelected judiciary. In addition, the Justices voted TWICE in that election. Voting twice in an election is ILLEGAL. There was no clear winner in the 2000 election. Bush's lead was rapidly shrinking -- then Justice Scalia jumped in and interrupted that process.
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  10783.  @rensinclair4218  In 2000 there was no clear winner at the point at which Bush's tiny lead was decreasing and Justice Scalia quickly intervened and stopped the process. The SC had no legitimate role in the election. In addition, it is illegal to vote twice in the same election -- and the SC Justices voted twice in that election.
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  10784. It was reported in a newspaper, so it must be true. REALITY: whenever a blonde white female is reported missing, all the more so when as attractive as Gabby, the media helps create a circus -- it's all about ratings. Does WFLA report ANY news other than the constant streaming about the Gabby case?
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  10785.  @angelpaige2143  Where is the EVIDENCE for all these bullshit smears?
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  10786. Trump did the same for people who look to be lead from outside themselves instead of having a moral compass at the center of their own lives. Those who stand for nothing will fall for anything.
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  10787. There is no individual "right" to endanger public health and safety.
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  10788. Sanders got busted multiple times for being slimey. Here's just one: Voting to PROTECT the gun industry -- a top priority of the extremist right-wing ANTI-"Sofialist" domestic terrorist organization NRA. Because, he sez, he's against "special interests".
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  10789. Romney, "Christian" vulture capitalist. See Bain Capital. And see private-equity/for-profit Steward Health Care.
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  10790. About the Palestinians, Trump -- who Netanyahu who all along supported in order to undermine Biden -- said to Netantahu: "Dinish the job." Say goodbye ot the existence of the Palestinians. Then watch Trump distract with "Muslim Ban 2.0".
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  10791. Didn't the SUCKER already pay for the ink BEFORE the subscription ended?
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  10792. The president doesn't have the authority to suspend habeas corpus. You would know that if you weren't a law-illiterate spewing anti-American nonsense.
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  10793. The door was ALLEGEDLY propped open by a teacher -- as ALLEGED by REPUBLICANS have been smearing teachers for at least MONTHS.
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  10794. Rupert Murdoch is a Fascist. His entire agenda is the undermining of legitimate media -- those that report facts that are facts.
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  10795. Maybe. Maybe not. But I'm sure you know more about the case and "evidence" than law enforcement.
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  10796. Used agains the prosecutor? The prosecutor is not a party to the case either as plaintiff or defendant. The prosecutors "client" is the law, and "We the people". It isn't LAW to personalize these matters; it is gibberish non-law gutter politics.
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  10797.  @SweetHooligan1848  There is a dimension of "religion" that withdraws from the world.
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  10798.  @bipedalbob  These religiofreaks are about turning their guns at "non-Christians".
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  10799.  @randymillhouse791  The amount of corruption in politics is roughly equal to the amount of corruption in the electorate. The idea that the electorate is so saintly that it has no responsibility for the consequences of its votes was rejected by the Founders. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. The idea that the gov't is somehow separate and independent of the electorate is irresponsible.
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  10800. It is obvious that guns are not the solution to gun violence.
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  10801. And no more "may-bes" from wishy-washy shills who never actually take a position.
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  10802. The grand jury is asking: "What 'laptop'?"
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  10803. He's also going to be tried in New York state for his "Build the Wall" fraud.
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  10804. I guess it's too late to deny him entry into the US.
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  10805. "Bush v. Gore" was the result of the Supreme Court -- lead by Sccalia -- usurping the exclusive authority of Congress to resolve election disputes.
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  10806.  @tbprofile1295  He is a law student. That you don't like what he has to say doesn't alter that fact. But as with every right-wing bigot you engage in personal attack. Forewarning: I believe in the Golden Rule.
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  10807.  @tbprofile1295  Apology given. Abrams, with rare exception -- Uvalde -- defends cops and conservatives. So "conservatives" see all news they don't like as "biased" but not that "conservative" "news" is biased. They simply don't get that facts and opinions are not the same thing -- and they seek only "opinion" that confirms their "conservative" bias. Their problem with facts is that they aren't biased. So the "conservatives" accept the regressive and reactionaries of the extremists on the Supreme Court at face value -- no matter that the United States hasn't been under English law since the 1700s, and that Alito misquotes the 1600s English judge who believed in "witches". If it's said to be "conservatism" that's good enough for them. Their entire effort is to take rights away from "liberals" without noticing that they are taking the same rights away from themselves. So long as they can make others suffer they can feel better about themselves.
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  10808.  @Corwin1141  The SUBJECT of the amendment is "well regulated Militia". The "Bill of Rights" was written by the fist Congress -- BOTH Senate and House -- under the newly-ratified Constitution. The purpose of the Second Amendment (which was originally, as proposed, the fourth) was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. That is underscored by the second Militia Act -- Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES -- enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." In short: as constitutions are deliberately general in order to accommodate the unforeseen, Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES, which are specific. One doesn't "get" from only the Constitution that the well-regulated Militia is REGULATED UNDER law -- it is not the "general population," or a subset of the general population. And from the Constitution -- it incorporates FOUR Militia Clauses, the Second Amendment the FOURTH in that scheme -- one also learns that the well-regulated Militia is an arm OF gov't, for the DEFENSE of gov't -- which is by definition RULE OF LAW. This is the FIRST of the four: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for" -- by means of STATUTES -- "calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." INSURRECTIONS are violent attacks AGAINST GOV'T. It isn't complicated IF one knows HOW the law is structured: there are three primary sources: legislative history -- in this instance the DEBATES of the WRITING of the "Bill of Rights"/Second Amendment, the Constitution, and the STATUTES IMPLEMENTING Constitutional provisions. One finds an excellent summary of the distinction between the general "right of the people" and the actual well-regulated Militia in _Presser v. Illinois_, from which this is the holding: ___ (115) ". . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine."
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  10809. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia: the :aw v. Trump. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10810.  @SuperMutant2099  Read it again, fantasist: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10811.  @SuperMutant2099  Did you forget that Trump serially LIED that he'd release hi tax returns -- but never did? And the IRS pointed to the fact that being audited is not a bar to releasing one's taxes. In contrast, the day Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy she released 30 years of tax returns. And then Trump went all the way to the Supreme Court, and more than once, in effort to prevent his tax returns being turned over to prosecutors. Ask yourself: what is Trump hiding. And now he has no way out of providing depositions under oath. Remember him saying that only criminals plead the 5th? Watch him plead the 5th.
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  10812.  @SuperMutant2099  According to Trump, the stolen emails he received and possessed were from RUSSIA. And you believe Trump would never lie because he has you SNOWED, snowflake. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10813.  @SuperMutant2099  Trump is a KNOWN CONSTANT LIAR. But you believe he was "joking" because you're a fucking DUPE of a lifelong conman. Have you EVIDENCE for your SMEAR of Clinton? No, you don't; all you need is childish name-calling and hate. Let's look at the morality and psychology: the FIRST person damaged by your addiction to HATE is YOU.
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  10814. Europe was already paying its share for its defense. NATO is also the UNITED STATES' first line of defense against Russia.
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  10815. Biden has a stutter, and has ALWAYS been a gaff-machine. None of which has had anything to do with age. The media has always known both those facts.
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  10816. Yeah -- "we" don't want old man Biden; we want doddering old man Sanders.
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  10817.  @hughg.rection868  The Republican Party is so anti-"identity politics" as the Party of White Male Supremacism -- and hating any and all views -- First Amendment be damned -- that are different than theirs.
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  10818.  @hughg.rection868  Uh -- I think Biden knows what office for which he is running. But I concur as concerns Sanders: it's a wonder that a doddering senior citizen of his age can retain that information. Not-so-by-the-way: During the 2016 primary, Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. What was he hiding? This time he is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump by refusing to release his medical records. What is he hiding? There are two forms of lying. One of them is "omission" -- withholding a known truth. Again, what is Sanders lying about?
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  10819.  @keithosmond5730  It's hateful racist assholery.
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  10820. Her being right-wing is not the same as being right. PER THE CONSTITUTION, he can only be IMPEACHED. Neither PRIVATE CITZEN Trump nor Right-wing Republicans and Luna-tic in Congress don't have the authority to arrest anyone -- even with evidence. They must request that be done -- "criminal referral," which requires sufficient LEGITIMATE EVIDENCE -- by the DOJ, which is in the SEPARATE EXECUTIVE branch.
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  10821. In fact, Bloomberg didn't run for office in 2018, but he put a lot of money into getting Democrats elected. And he has said that if not the Democratic nominee, he will continue to put his money into defeating Trump. He is putting country before himself. Unlike Sanders cultists, he isn't all wrapped up in one individual, to the exclusion of all else, including glaring facts, and that "blowing up the system" is no different than what Trump is doing: to hell with rules, to hell with the rules, to hell with the Constitution itself; all that matters is "winning," regardless the destruction "necessary" to that end. And now Sanders has declared his path to losing: attacking the Democratic -- but not the Republican -- Party. exactly as he did in 2016, and which immediately alienates the vast majority of voters, the majority of voters being MODERATE. "Extremism in defense of liberty" -- Goldwater -- is not a defense of liberty. It is a defense of minority rule over the majority.
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  10822. Leave the "psychopathic" out of it: according to REPUBLICAN Gov. Abbott the killer had no record of "mental issues" -- then said the focus should be on "mental issues". "Mental issues" are a dodge. Access to military weapons by private citizens is the issue.
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  10823.  @JustDeLuca  That's probably true.
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  10824. How did the Republican Party become an organized crime syndicate?
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  10825. The Founders were Liberals -- which is why we have the First Amendment.
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  10826. It isn't Biden who has questions to answer: the Obama administration wasn't a criminal enterprise comprised of fuck-ups. Moscow Mitch knows the meaning of "class"!?
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  10827.  @Yashuryabetcha  Are you paying attention? The CONTENT of the right-wing, "I'm only asking questions," is invariably MALICIOUS. MALICE is HATE. If you have a "definition" of hate speech from LAW, PRODUCE it.
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  10828.  @Yashuryabetcha  The CONTENT of the ALLEGED "question" is MAICIOUS. The "I'm only asking questions," is a PROPAGANDA technique by which ideas -- not "questions" -- are planted. FOX does it all the time. It is done to make the viewer "wonder" about a specific "idea," the "idea" itself, when "about" a specifically named person, is MALICIOUS. And that is a modification of FOX's original form of attack on fact and reason: the characterizing of a fact as instead mere "opinion"; and the elevation of a falsehood as an "equivalent" "opinion" -- then leaving it to the viewer to decide which of the two "opinions" is "true".
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  10829.  @Yashuryabetcha  Oh, you're the one who also asserts "absolutes" where they do not exist. Are you paid to be stupid? Or are you stupid for free?
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  10830.  @Yashuryabetcha  The point you DISCARD is the matter of GOOD FAITH. FOX does not "ask questions" in good faith. They "ask questions" in order to put SMEARS and FALSEHOODS into the heads of the fools who are enslaved to that anti-American propaganda cesspool.
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  10831.  @Yashuryabetcha  I'm all the ages I've ever been. You remain a demanding child who insists on absolutes that do not exist.
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  10832. BOT.
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  10833. Those who engage in "whataboutism" are attempting to change the subject -- which is dishonest. They need to be directly challenged on that basis. It may not work the first time, but stick to the issue, and as repetitively as necessary.
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  10834. Republican'ts don't seem to understand that the First Amendment only constrains GOV'T. But isn't that always their white whine -- they invoke the constitution whenever a point of view differs from their trailer park fascism. FOX allegedly has 5 million viewers. The population of the US is more than 300 million.
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  10835. Who are you talking about?
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  10836. Bernie Sanders helped elect Trump. It's beyond time you moved beyond rabble-rousing shiny objects.
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  10837. Stephen Miller is a Neo-Nazi.
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  10838. Eric doesn't understand that such "perqs" are taxable income. And Don, Jr. confirmed that his father paid for Weisselberg's grandkids' private school -- which is also taxable income. What has Princess Ivanka had to say that confirms the prosecution's case?
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  10839. Guns are easier: no need for direct physical contact. Isn't that what is being sold as the solution to every problem?
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  10840. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. There are NO POLITICAL considerations in the criminal trial. Whether it hurts or benefits Trump to land in jail is irrelevant.
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  10841. Not "above" the law -- OUTSIDE the law.
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  10842. Yep -- you're from Florida, and Florida is an economic tyranny and hate-culture basket case, so let's report on anything but Florida.
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  10843. College was about LEARNING TO LEARN. It was NOT about getting a job. Your generation has no idea as to the purpose of education beyond $$$.
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  10844.  @abc4781  And without going to college you aren't likely to earn enough to pay tuition. But, then again, to you everything is about $$$. My generation didn't teach you that.
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  10845.  @abc4781  You're a closed-minded twit. You pay taxes to fund education so that an educated population has an alternative to being criminals. You stupid twits are always whining about others, pointing your fingers away from yourselves, instead of getting off your lazy asses and DOING something in effort to PROVE your "case". It's always SOMEONE ELSE'S fault to those who shift their responsibility onto others. That is intellectually, morally, and ethically IRRESPONSIBLE. Will your sort EVER GROW UP?
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  10846.  @Lonovavir  Who is making it impossible? Biden and other Boomers are working to cancel the debt -- but to you the "Boomers" generation is a monolith because you're a simpleton. The same generation you SMEAR got the US out of Vietnam, and mainstreamed the environmental movement. You are SO ignorant of history.
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  10847.  The Exiled Lioness  You are viewing university education as being a "jobs program". It is not. It is about much more than "job training". Majoring in the arts, literature as example, is as important as medicine and law -- because, well, LITERACY. And being able to see beyond one's own little world.
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  10848.  @Attmay  And what will the generations who bash "Boomers" have to answer for?
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  10849.  @Attmay  How many in the generations that bash "Boomers" voted for Trump? And how many of them were participants in the insurrection? Those generations already have much for which to answer. In contrast, the "Boomers" were CONSTRUCTIVE -- got the US out of Vietnam, got both criminals Agnew and Nixon, and mainstreamed the environmental movement.
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  10850.  @michaelweston409  Yeah -- those who haven't been to college or university are the best judges of college and university education. That is, of course, the circular "logic" of the extreme right-wing. Only the terminally stupid would buy into the idea that stupidity is "smart". The purpose of college and university education is not reducible to "better job".
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  10851.  @michaelweston409  You aren't competent in the basics of your native language -- AND you oppose education? Clue: Stupidity isn't smart.
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  10852.  @michaelweston409  It's a good thing we don't need experts -- "elites" -- according to the anti-elitist elite.
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  10853.  @connerblank5069  You have the basic premise wrong: if you want a "good job," go to a VOCATIONAL school. But if one wants HIGHER education BEYOND mere monetary concerns, then attend a college or university. It is THAT education that teaches MORE than "getting a good job". Of what value, as example, is the study of philosophy? Will it get you a "good job"? No. But it might prepare you to be a GOOD CITIZEN. Get over yourself: you are not the only person who matters.
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  10854.  @connerblank5069  At present there are more jobs than there are applicants for them. In a job market that advantages the job-seeker you're whining about a right-wing program to reduce the population to philistines who reject not merely education but control over their own lives. You have it ass backwards, which is exactly as the right-wing/Republicans want it: they want you to CONTINUE to vote AGAINST your own interests.
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  10855. "Every SINGLE person matters. That's why I'm pissed that the bottom half of the country". It's much more than the bottom half. And you think that reality didn't exist before the "Boomers"? There was a time when SLAVERY was LEGAL. There was a time when not all slaves -- wage or otherwise -- were BLACK. Clue: the world -- not only the United States -- is fucked up because HUMANS ARE IMPERFECT. That imperfection includes YOU.
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  10856.  @ronaldreagan5981  The real problem is bigotry against college and university education by those who haven't sufficient education to judge that they are condemning. We can blame, at latest, racist and seditionist Reagan for that. We see that in the ERROR in assuming that the primary purpose of education is to make money. That OMITS the fact that you are member of a SOCIETY, and that a greater purpose of education is to teach how to be good citizens. That does not eliminate criticisms of society or gov't; rather, it makes the criticisms INFORMED instead of simply stupid bashings.
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  10857.  Mr. Tibs  As attested to by a person who has never attended a college or university, and whose "values" are misguided. The greater purpose of education is to produce responsible citizens, not instead HYPERGREED, which is SOCIOPATHY.
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  10858.  @eshnd-1  You can't be convinced because your confident ignorance is in your way.
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  10859.  @algae_  By people who actually attended college or university or people who wished they had. But they were OLDER than you, thus had more EXPERIENCE than you, so what did they know that one born already knowing it all didn't know? You are preaching the Republican plan to dumb down the population into political docility and powerlessness. And you're response to that is behave exactly like the propagandized monkey they want you to be.
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  10860.  @RichArchilles  And you believe they aren't controlling your career opportunities by LECTURING to you that education is worthless?
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  10861.  @kavky  Uh, no: it is the failure of those who fail. The professor, being a professor, was obviously NOT a failure. There are other higher education technical programs that are both legitimate and which weed out those who can't cut it. That isn't the fault of the "system," the curricula, or the educational process. As I repeatedly note: those who know nothing about education baselessly consider themselves the best judge of it. And those who blame others for their failures are irresponsible; what they need is a few courses in philosophy -- especially the subset ETHICS, thereby learning that "individual responsibility" does not consist of blaming everyone and the world for one's own failures. Or using every available excuse to avoid challenging oneself because one is simply LAZY.
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  10862.  @justadude598  "thinking the only way to learn is from an institution is ignorant in and of itself." It is ignorant to exclude yourself from opportunities about which you know NOTHING based on hogwash about learning from the Internet, where 99 per cent of the information is JUNK.
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  10863.  @justadude598  "The gender studies class didn't "open my mind" it just showed me how ridiculous the whole gender debate is." In other words, you didn't learn anything because you went in already a know-it-all. You didn't even learn the basic distinction between anatomy and gender/psychosexual identity. College and university CAN be reduced to "reading and writing" -- but that omits the REQUIREMENT that one learn CRITICAL THINKING. One is not likely to learn that outside contexts which REQUIRE one learn and use CRICITAL THINKING.
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  10864.  @tylerharris4392  Asshole: try being eligible for the draft during war time.
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  10865.  @tylerharris4392  And in college and university one goes beyond reading books to critical evaluation and discussion of them. It's about learning HOW TO THINK.
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  10866.  @tylerharris4392  And no one needs to be discouraged from going to college by a Republican program designed to do exactly that.
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  10867.  @tylerharris4392  There have been trade schools for many generations. They didn't survive because all the training was "on the job". All you're doing is spouting bullshit -- fact-free -- excuses.
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  10868.  @kavky  "forcing planned obsolescence on textbooks by reissuing new editions every year with superficial differences between editions". Try using last year's textbooks in law or medicine, know-it-all.
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  10869.  @justadude598  You know nothing about China and the percentage of its educated population.
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  10870.  @jedbex7070  Actually they didn't. The student loan problem is result of private for-profit middlemen.
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  10871.  @miladyfeliciano1976  "How can government allow these higher educational institutions charge that kind of money to get a college degree?" Because they are private institutions, not gov't.
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  10872.  @thevoidisshining  Education is a must. If you choose to be stupid then take responsibility for the consequences.
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  10873.  @The_WatchList  False. College tuitions exploded because of administrators being highly paid, an hiring multiple levels of administrative assistants. It's the same in corporate health "care": the CEO is paid multiple millions but never sees any patients.
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  10874.  @connerblank5069  So law firms should hire anyone who walks in the door, even if they only got as far as a GED!?
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  10875.  @connerblank5069  So how is society generally, and employers, as example, specifically, to determine the QUALIFICATIONS of, as example, lawyers, without a degree from an accredited law school? And that question applies across the board. Thus the invention, also, of the resume. A short order cook can be trained within a relatively short time on the job. But that does not qualify the person to be a high-level chef. Society has learned as a matter of necessity to make the distinctions you are challenging as being "unnecessary". That's precisely the same as the point I continue to make: those who have never been to college or university believing themselves qualified to judge the efficacy of college or university education. I've been seeing these bashers of college and university educations for decades. They are stupid people who don't know what they're talking about, and are too stupid -- or dishonest -- to admit that fact.
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  10876.  @connerblank5069  You seem new to your awareness of how the system works. But you're mistaken to believe that is new. The US was founded on genocide and slavery. It has always put profit over people. A significant percentage of "Boomers" were working to change that -- and now subsequent generations who are stone ignorant of history are blaming "Boomers" not only for the (dis)functioning of the system but also for the condition of the world. I'd love to have those history illiterates tell about a glorious past when everything was to their liking. In view of their inability to see beyond themselves they'll probably point to all of history before the "liberalism" of the liberal democracy established by the LIBERAL Founders began to be made real.
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  10877.  @justadude598  Yeah -- just "Google" and find all sorts of information, 99 per cent of which is JUNK. How about attempting to answer whatever the question YOURSELF -- ignorance got your tongue?
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  10878.  @justadude598  But it is your responsibility to back up your assertions with "Google" information that is credible.
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  10879.  @miladyfeliciano1976  The gov't has limited regulatory authority over non-gov't entities. And some prefer private universities to state.
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  10880.  @justadude598  In other words you can tell others to do your work for you. But when pointed out to you that that is your responsibility, you revert to characteristic laziness. Or perhaps you aren't able to determine that the Internet information you rely on is junk. Perhaps, worse, you don't care because it's all a game of oneupsmanship, and you will use even bullshit to "win". In any event you aren't worth being viewed as at all serious even about serious issues.
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  10881.  @justadude598  Nope: it was not "the system pushing its agenda". It was a university providing information about REALITY that you mistake as being "agenda". You had a choice of electives, and you chose that one because you figured you already knew it all about all the others. I had to take a year-long seminar in science -- based in genetics. I had no interest in it, but it was a requirement, so I decided I could "enjoy" it as long as I had to take it. I pulled an A. Sometimes we have no choice but to deal with unpleasant realities. We can do that, or we can try to avoid and bullshit our way around them. One chooses to grow, or one chooses to avoid.
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  10882.  @justadude598  I learned critical thinking in junior and high school. Most of my classmates did not. And most of my classmates through elementary school had as their first major life goal quitting school at 16. They got their anti-education worldview from their uneducated parents.
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  10883.  @justadude598  I loved school. The only problem was that there were people there who didn't want to be, and they made it miserable for those who did. But society needs the educated -- we do not live in the agrarian 18th century. And I had no support in attending college -- where I wanted to be beginning at 12. No one "pushed" or encouraged it. I had to do it on my own. And figuring I had to bust my ass just to survive it I got straight As. I would have got A+s if they'd existed. I've never heard or seen any pushing of college or university; but I have had university schoolmates who were there to "get a better job," and who settled for Bs because "good enough". The hunger for education I experienced can't be unique to me; so they were occupying seats which should have been occupied by the hungry for learning. Otherwise, if the MISGUIDED believe school after high school is about "better jobs," then attend vocational schools. Just cease bashing that with which you have ZERO experience: college and university -- else you sound envious.
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  10884.  @ion6538  "The worst thing is convincing employers that applicants need college degrees & 5 years experience". What CONVINCES the employer is the EMPLOYER'S EXPERIENCE -- and the wage expectations of potential employees. Potential employees tend to overvalue their views and market value. We see that in the generations who put all blame on the condition of the world on "Boomers" -- totally ignoring facts, such as the reality that the world has ALWAYS been fucked up because ALL humans are imperfect, and that they are distracting themselves from the assholes in THEIR generations.
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  10885.  @ion6538  Yep: your generation, being perfect, can only mean that all fault lies everywhere but on your generation.
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  10886.  @libertariantranslator1929  I see: another victim of the neat little slogan that keeps your mind closed. You don't know what you're talking about. The problem is that you don't know that you don't know what you're talking about. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet." You're a dupe.
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  10887.  @NPC-qf8pc  Do you have any idea what percentage of Boomers FINALLY had the opportunity, as a generation, to attend college? How many Boomers can afford to pay their kid's college tuitions -- I had ZERO help, emotional or financial, from MY parents when it came to my attending college? WHO is CHARGING the high tuitions -- the Boomers? Or third-party middleman corporations who are holding the debt? You're blind hatred is going to hit you hard when all the Boomers are gone and you wake to that fact that you are being FUCKED by people of YOUR OWN generation.
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  10888.  @youtubesucks1499  No, they don't realize that, because they reject education which would teach them that fact. And all because they are clueless as to the purpose of college education beyond merely "getting a good job". These are people who neither feel nor believe they have any sort of social responsibility -- such as being aware that they exist in a society, and that it is made harder than necessary for everyone by being unaware of and ignoring that fact. And how many claim to be "Christians" yet ignore the fact that GREED is one of the "Seven Deadly Sins"?
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  10889.  @poogissploogis  Correct. The problem is that those without education don't know the value of education for that very reason. And the exceedingly narrow and self-depriving singular focus on money without any awareness of the value of the non-materialist things of life.
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  10890.  @firebird4491  Most of my peers rejected education -- their first major life goal was to quit school when they were 16. they were the children of people who taught them to reject learning, and they gave birth to a generation that rejects education. The constitute the class "white trash" and the cult MAGA.
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  10891.  @ryeguy7941  One of the worst things the Republicans did during the last 50 years is remove legitimate history from high school curricula so people like you don't know what you're talking about. It was the REALITY that until such as Reagan that getting a college/university education was worthwhile. And the understanding was that higher education is not about "getting a better job"; it is about learning how to learn, which is a lifelong necessity. But instead of knowing what it is talking about, your generation is a pack of whining babies that blames "Boomers" for your unwillingness to get off your asses and do the work necessary to achieve your goals. You know what the "Boomers" DID do? We got the US out of Vietnam, in which it had been involved since WW II. We got criminals Agnew (look him up) and Nixon out of office. We learned in junior high -- "middle school" -- science, during the late 1950s-very early 1960s -- about climate change. We mainstreamed the ecology -- environmental -- movement and established Earth Day. Take responsibility for your lives: stop blaming everyone else for the predicament in which you find yourself: your prison is of your own creation.
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  10892. Reagan said the same thing about the US's illegal involvement in Vietnam.
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  10893. You are NOT going to replace with Joe Manchin with an Elizabeth Warren. "Rigitity"? Ever consider that the VOTERS -- who you cintinue to omit from your equation -- elect their chosen candidates? What are you doing about, as example, Southern racism, and the inability -- therefore -- of more centrist -- leave out FAR-Left -- Liberal candidates to get elected? Instead to attack the DNC -- not the racism, about which you all or so expert by ignoring your own -- is about as stupid as it gets. It is fundamentally ignorant of how elections actually work -- Sanders NOT being a source of the FACTS on that issue.
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  10894. The NRA is lying to you. For them and the gun manufacturers it is not about self-defense; it is about BLOOD MONEY.
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  10895. The extremity is the distance between the mainstream Christian views the bishop stated and those engaged in the usual far-right name-calling.
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  10896. This is the history Trump doesn't know -- ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  10897. The originator probably misspelled "jock" because it's a long and complicated word.
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  10898. The plaintiffs in Colorado were REPUBLICANS and INDEPENDENTS -- NOT Democrats.
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  10899. Those states' courts, and some Federal courts, found NO EVIDENCE of the alleged fraud. Courts can overturn legislatures; they can use discretion during pandemics to accommodate those who matter: the voters.
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  10900. He's doubtless blaming the Jews for not getting the half-billion dollar loan he needs for the appeal bond. But no responsible financial institution will loan money to an adjudicated fraudster. And he is so easy -- which is why a pornographic film star was able to seduce him for $130,000.00 for a one-night-spanking.
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  10901.  @danferguson71  What is that supposed to mean?
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  10902. Anti-intellectualism exists across the board. But the right-wing makes of it a deliberate policy attack on fact and reason.
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  10903. Interesting to see that hysteria is alive and well and being peddled.
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  10904. They are all for the tax cuts for the wealthy -- which is why the debt exploded.
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  10905. They have yet to provide a shred of EVIDENCE.
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  10906. The majority of the Affirmative Action "quota" is WHITE.
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  10907. "Sky News" is the FOX "news" of Australia.
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  10908. Threatening members of Congress is a FELONY. Their voters don't override the rule of law.
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  10909. Not to worry: Trump's White House was a speed freak bordello.
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  10910. Bitcoin/Crypto is intended to undermine official national currencies.
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  10911.  @bunnymad5049  Personal attack noted, hater. Do the math, child: I was born in 1948.
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  10912. And you base that "opinion" on what, law-illiterate?
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  10913. "Globalist" = Jew.
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  10914. "Bitcoin" and "crypto" and their equivalents are vaporware. The billions aren't worth the weight of the ink of the numbers printed on the paper.
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  10915. Immediately after the vote to acquit," two Republican Senators requested tax information from Treaury/IRS -- and it was immediately provided -- while the DOJ is in court asserting that the president can't be INVESTIGATED. The House has sole power of impeachment -- INVESTIGATION and INDICTMENT.
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  10916. Roland, ya gotta do something about the echo in your room.
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  10917. IF this isn't FICTION.
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  10918. You aren't Black. And the "Old Testament" was written by a tribe in the Middle East focused on advancing its supremacism against the other tribes. They invented a "God" who "coincidentally" spouts their supremacism and the hypocrisy necessary to it. That is why the "God" of that "Bible" opposes slavery when the tribe is enslaved, but approves slavery when the tribe is the slave owner. And, of course, that tribe's "God" ordered mass murders, even of children, when that advanced the tribe's interests.
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  10919.  @broeheemed32  An attack on ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR is JUSTIFIED by the PENALTIES in the law PROHIBITING the behavior. Are you DEFENDING Trump?
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  10920.  @X862go  SOME of us actually PAY ATTENTION to EVIDENCE. YOU IGNORE it because you're simply SILLY. 1. The video to which you are "responding" is not about "Russia," dunce. 2. This REFUTES the LIE you are repeating: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trump campaign members lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  10921.  @broeheemed32  When will you be READING the indictment -- which INCOPORATES EVIDENCE, DIRECT QUOTES from TRUMP which REFUTE his LYING about how he had the "right" to TAKE documents that DO NOT BELONG TO HIM.
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  10922. John Dean has been warning of these days and events since the theft of the 2000 election.
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  10923. Only one document in Trump's "Bible" is relevant -- the US Constitution, which includes the First Amendment, which mandates separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  10924. Three white guys chase a Black guy in Georgia -- Black guy, knowing history, is terrified.
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  10925. Sanders voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- a TOP PRIORITY for the far-RIGHT-wing domestic terrorist organization NRA. Sure: Vermont gun-nutz love that. Vermont is not the United States.
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  10926. Identity theft? -- his "hand on" mother wears the fake identity of "Christian".
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  10927. This commentator is terrible. Loose with the facts. Trump's New York appeal of the gag order was to the state's APPELLATE court, which is the HIGHEST New York state court.
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  10928.  @dickjones8119  That's why you're crying -- you can't handle being crushed by non-partisan legal expertise. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You can't rise above the status of cesspool floater.
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  10929.  @gungadin1389  Tubin is a Republican hack.
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  10930.  @shawnladue8986  John Dean, even while exposing himself to prosecution, PUBLICLY BROKE OPEN the "Watergate" coverup when he testified to Congress. LEARN THE HISTORY. Or vote for Trump in order to continue the assault on fact and truth.
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  10931. Male supremacism is a reaction to the fact that women are genetically superior.
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  10932.  @valerioquintanilla  Yeah Mark "Not His Real Name" Levin is a "legal scholar". The DA and prosecutors are legal scholars -- experts on business fraud cases, of which they prosecute at least hundreds per year. Trump is whining that he's "special" --- that he is the only one ever tried for that crime. And his supporters are so uneducated that they believe him.
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  10933.  @davidwallace8388  And "conflicted" -- which is to remind everyone that he is attacking the judge's daughter, who has nothing to do with any of this. IN FACT, Judge Merchan took the issue to the ethics panel in the court system and asked for their view on the alleged "conflict". They found no conflict. Trump's whole effort is to bully and intimidate. It's surprising that he's been adjudicated for rape only ONCE.
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  10934. Sheriffs are required to follow the orders of their SUPERIORS.
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  10935. Peterson is a resercher across several disciplies. Why did he not research this medication -- inform himself?
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  10936. The Republican tradition: Politics of Smear and Fear.
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  10937. The Court rules that states can't enforce the provision; they DID NOT overturn the fact-finding by the court. If the state court found the same, but had determined that the case should be moved to Federal court, then the Court would likely have approved that process.
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  10938. We always get prayers -- and they never accomplish anything other than making the person who offers the "prayers" feel good about themselves. Offering "thoughts and prayers" is an entirely self-centered act.
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  10939.  @user-jr7sf7zj2m  Why would they need them? The only use they have outside actual war is for mass murders.
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  10940. Well, Trump did say that she's a birdbrain. And we can view that as true.
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  10941. Is the hotel to which people were relocated safe?
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  10942.  @nicolelabram5575  Nor does it not always. PTSD is result of a trauma that overwhelms the victim's defenses/coping mechanisms.
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  10943. Interested ad supporting Clarence Thomas during the bombshell discovery that his wife was a con-conspirator in the effort to overthrow the gov't on grounds opposed to the First Amendment: religiotyranny.
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  10944. It isn't up to the president.
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  10945. Apparently all the speakers got into Trump's Adderol stash.
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  10946. I suggest you look at the ACCOMPLISHMENTS of President Biden -- the latest being his DEFEAT of the REPUBLICANS effort to hold the economy hostage over the debt ceiling issue. Biden settled the debt ceiling issue for TWO years, not only ONE. And he defeated the rest of the demands being made by the unfit-for-public-office fruit-fringers lead by such as Gym Jordan, Greene, and Boebert.
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  10947. It is also a slow and complicated process that would doubtless have lasted at least to the inauguration.
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  10948.  @rickbart1  Biden has a stutter. Does it make you feel better about yourself and your situation to tear others down based on ignorant bigotry? Biden has done a superb job dealing with the Ukraine crisis. Are you a supporter of fascist Putin?
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  10949. COVIDstill exists but is no longer out of control as it was under Trump. And unless you're a multi-millionaire you got nothing from the only Trump "achievement": the tax cut for those who didn't need it.
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  10950. Those sitting in prison are there because they HAVE been charged.
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  10951. Watch out about using works like "wake-up" and "woke". Gym Jordan will get his wrestling outfit all in a twist.
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  10952. She VOLUNTEERED for it. She is NOT a victim, despite the politics that always insists that all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. How many times had he been married and divorced before SHE walked into the situation? Do you REALLY believe that women are so stupid -- er, "innocent" -- that they don't evaluate a situation BEFORE going into it? She obviously concluded that the BENEFITS outweighed the costs.
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  10953. In "Watergate" the DOJ acted AFTER the Congress presented the evidence of its investigations publicly. Nothing unusual in that, and not something to whine about. Actually the DOJ has been indicting those at mid-level for seditious conspiracy, and some of those defendants have pled guilty and are cooperating with the prosecution. But let's ignore that and bash the DOJ for "doing nothing". These facts have been explained, again and again and again, by SEASONED PROSECUTORS, but you dilly twits simply IGNORE that in order to sit on your asses and bitch: INVESTIGATIONS TAKE TIME. LEGAL PROCESSES TAKE TIME. A TRIAL IN COURT IS NOT THE SAME AS A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION AND HEARING. STOP the STUPID.
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  10954.  @DaTooch_e  Rousseau is not the law in the United States. The US Constitution severally prohibits political violence.
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  10955.  @DaTooch_e  Inform yourself -- ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  10956. Are you a Trumpist -- I ask becuase of the over-the-top extreme language. FACT-BASED CRITICISM is only an ATTACK to those who can't handle or want to avoid the FACT-BASED CRITICISM. If Sanders is the nominee, he will be -- guaranteed -- be smeared as a pedophile based upon F-A-C-T-S. He and his glassy-eyed cultists will call it ATTACK, and then smear "elites" -- becuase, ya, see, know-it-all, knowing better than the majority, means they are SUPERIOR "elitists".
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  10957. It is SEDITION.
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  10958. Trump is worse.
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  10959. The Founders used the well-regulated Militia, under their Commander-in-Chief, to suppress insurrections. The Founders charged insurrectionists with, prosecuted them for, and convicted them of, TREASON -- and sentenced them to DEATH. See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrection court cases. The Constitution expressly PROHIBITS political violence -- "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling out the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. And in the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble". Art II, S. 2 stipulates that the President is the Commander-in-Chief of the Militia. Though Congress has the authority to regulate the well-regulated Militia, neither the Speaker of the House nor the former UN ambassador, who was a private citizen on January 6th, has the authority to call out the Militia -- Trump's LIES on the point notwithstanding. Nor is the president the "boss" of Congress -- he has no authority over Congress, so cannot "order" or "direct" that separate branch of gov't to do or not do anything.
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  10960. India has a position on the issue -- and it is as an ally of Russia.
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  10961. Social Security has nothing to do with the debt. Republican't TAX CUTS cause the debt. Social Security is a SEPARATE STANDALONE budget.
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  10962.  @rudee315  You are certainly biased: the judge on the panel gave experience-based explanations for why Canon is NOT conducting herself in keeping with the requirements and responsibilities of being a judge. You, in contrast, have nothing to offer except the typical stupid drivel of attacking others without a shred of fact or reasoning for any of it. Here, this was said ON VIDEO by one of your CRIMINAL heroes -- Rudy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a "truth"?
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  10963. The triumph of ego-driven subjectivism.
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  10964. Not all media do that. Most legitimate media report the facts: only the sitting president has the authority to invoke or waive executive privilege. And it isn't absolute: there is that crime-fraud exception.
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  10965. Yes -- but BLAMING BIDEN for the border "crisis" when HE KNOWS it was TRUMP who tanked the border bill!?
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  10966. None of that is new.
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  10967.  @carriecovey3867  The "immunity" decision is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Yes -- rejecting it is putting the country first; after all, that UNCONSTITUTIONAL decision DID NOT hold that only TRUMP could commit any crime "legally". "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. The oath of office is to the CONSTITUTION -- to the RULE OF LAW -- NOT to ANY person. A president is not the "boss" of "We the people"; he is to SERVE, not bully and dictate. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Politics are to be conducted WITHIN the bounds of the law, not instead of or against the rule of law.
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  10968.  @carriecovey3867  You either don't understand what it means to put the country first, or you're opposed to doing so. It isn't complicated: Trump couldn't care less about anything beyond himself -- and that include his supporters. These easily understood facts make that fact obvious: Steve Bannon was indicted by a Federal grand jury of his peers for ripping off Trump supporters with his "Build the Wall" scam. But instead of protecting and looking out for his supporters -- the VICTIMS of Bannon's fraud -- Trump pardoned Bannon. So the money stolen from Trump's supporters isn't being returned to those from whom it was stolen: Trump's supporters. And there is another set of facts which illustrate the same reality: Trump invited his supporters to Washington D.C. on January 6th, then incited them to violently attack the Capitol. And we know that happened because the videos of the violence were made and published by Trump's supporters. Trump's supporters are sitting in jail, where Trump put them, and Trump is playing golf. Yes: between January 6th and the inauguration, Trump could have pardoned his insurrectionist supporters. But he didn't; he was busy pardoning Bannon, and playing golf.
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  10969. "The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right." -- Mark Twain. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire. "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana "The sleep of reason breeds monsters." -- Francisco Goya, “I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams "We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." -- Abigail Adams. “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard.
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  10970.  @cherfoley6037  And what do you propose could and should have been done to "stop" it?
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  10971. No one in his administration did anything. It then became a legal issue, so intervention by anyone else was not possible. But the FACTS of the issue were reported at the time -- you just had to watch MAINSTREAM media that adhere to the ethics of reporting facts instead of "opinion" and propaganda.
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  10972. And the tests STILL are hard to come by. Well, if you have MONEY and or FAME . . .
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  10973. The case is complicated because of the lack of information. Behind all that it's probably quite simple: it involves two people.
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  10974. Except that it DID happen.
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  10975.  @micheledickey4066  How would one have footage of gun shots from outside the school while the shooting was occurring INSIDE the school? The cop would gave the press conference yesterday said that three shots were heard over on of the 911 call. Tell us: How were 19 children and 2 teachers murdered by gun without gunfire? I saw many crying that had tears. Do you ALSO deny the VIDEOS produced and published by the insurrectionists on January 6? We ALL know because MOST people are not liars. MOST people believe REALITY, instead of making up crackpot conspirabunk.
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  10976. "TYT" aren't journalists -- though they certainly IMAGINE themselves to be. Journalists get a college education in journalism -- central to which is objectivity, in place of "TYT"'s pro-Sanders bias, on which bias they accuse others of bias.
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  10977.  @tjlift22  Note that the Republicans haven't smeared Fauci in many many many months? Let's talk facts: Fauci didn't violate any law, that's why the Republicans stopped SMEARING him. But TRUMP -- INDICTMENTS by GRAND JURIES are based on EVIDENCE.
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  10978. The Hillary Clinton "scandals" were the usual Republican tradition of smear politics. There was no basis and no evidence for any of them. But there are those who see through that corruption but are for it as means to "winning". It is destructive, but they don't care.
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  10979. Florida is a shithole state thanks to its voters electing Republicans.
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  10980.  @npc9378  I stated a simple principle of law -- and that applied in the Arbery case: Three white ARMED men, one UNARMED Black man attempting to escape the situation. The three white men LATER claimed they were attempting a "citizen's arrest" -- under a "slave catching" law enacted in 1863.
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  10981.  @caladanrude6395  Arbery changed direction because CUT OFF by one of the three white men. In Georgia, with its racist history, three ARMED white men and one UNARMED Black man -- Arbery was TERRIFIED.
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  10982.  @npc9378  Arbery didn't have ANY weapon. Get it through your head: the three ARMED WHITE men had PHONES. They could have called 911. INSTEAD they took the law into their own hands based on suspicions of "crimes" that HAD NOT HAPPENED.
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  10983.  @robinsinpost  You also have a WISER right to run away.
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  10984.  @caladanrude6395  You were being contrarian. One must guard against being contrarian in ways that fuel misinformation.
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  10985.  @caladanrude6395  I'm not the issue. I recommend those who only know the word "freedom" to learn the meaning of the word RESPONSIBILITY -- as in SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. There's more than enough destructive disinformation without contributing to it.
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  10986.  @caladanrude6395  I'm a centrist who believes in progressive actions as necessary response to crises. However, my adherence is to law and facts. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Since at latest Reagan I've seen the efforts to overwhelm and circumvent the rule of law with politics have increasing success -- to the degree that most people, regardless their political position, at best confuse politics for law, or fail altogether to recognize the distinction between the two. Worse, for whom everything is politics, with law not even an afterthought.
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  10987.  @caladanrude6395  I am first and foremost a legal professional. US democracy is founded on RULE OF LAW. "A system of laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  10988.  @caladanrude6395  We elect those who make the laws. So perhaps we should pay better attention to our RESPONSIBILITIES as voters. Have you any other pseudo-wise mindless slogans to sling?
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  10989.  @robinsinpost  Exactly. The prosecutor walked Travis McMichael through the video. She did such a good job that he essentially confessed on the stand. Arbery had no weapon. Travis didn't feel threatened. As the prosecutor said: "Everyone in Georgia had a gun but Ahmaud Arbery."
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  10990. Try that in English.
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  10991. If he attempts to implement his fantasy, the vast majority -- including corporations -- will refuse to cooperate with it. He is setting himself up to be on his own -- SELF-isolated contrary to his motive, which is re-election.
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  10992. Childish name-calling is the highest intellectual achievement of "conservatism".
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  10993. But he didn't TAKE BACK the witness intimidation.
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  10994.  @WilliamHMusic-oldschool  Because they don't engage in childish name-calling and insult? Is that the height of your "intellect" -- baseless hatred because you can't think for yourself?
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  10995. If Texas wants to secede from the United States then they shouldn't be appealing to the United States Supreme Court.
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  10996. People must die before Republican officals will pretend to give a damn.
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  10997. He is PRESUMED INNOCENT, UNLESS AND UNTIL THE JURY SAYS OTHERWISE. Legal penalties are INCREMENTAL: 2nd degree murder is not the same as 1st degree murder. Gag order violations are applied incrementally, up to the point that the defendant stops violating the order. In his latest ruling -- finding only one of three charges were violations -- is sending a signal: he is passing beyond fines, and that he knows Trump can cease the violations if he chooses to do so. And there is a cell in the courthouse: it is not a long walk to it. Doubtless his lawyers have told him that. But putting him there wouldn't be the big political media splash Trump wants.
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  10998. The Bloomberg, Buttigeig, and Klobuchar delegates got to BIDEN.
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  10999. I spread gasoline on all the floors, dropped a match, and the house burned down because . . . the fire department.
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  11000. Like your stuff.
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  11001. At least Boebert is "hand on".
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  11002. His European travel ban resulted in standing-room-only crowds in the US airports. And the strain of COVID-19 that exploded in NY has been tracked back to EUROPE -- NOT China.
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  11003.  @fifiwoof1969  Yes: and that was established by the Massachusetts constitution, written by John Adams, which was the model for the US Constitution.
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  11004.  @spearfisherman308  THESE FACTS: ___ The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11005.  @AUMINER1  Where is your EVIDENCE for that assertion? We've been waiting since November 2020 for it. And, in fact, more than 60 courts, including Trump-appointed judges, threw that Trumpian nonsense out on its ass for LACK OF EVIDENCE. You do have the "right" to inflict the self-harm of stupidity on yourself. But I wouldn't recommend it.
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  11006.  @spearfisherman308  Let's be clear on your "conservative" hypocrisy: You agree with the six "Federalist Society" radicals that there is no "right of privacy" because the words "right of privacy" doesn't appear in the Constitution. And that "separation of church and state" doesn't exist because the words "separation of church and state" don't appear in the Constitution. But the words "Originalist" and "Textualist," which you swallow whole, don't appear in the Constitution. Neither do the words "individual right to own guns" appear in the Constitution.
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  11007.  @spearfisherman308  Thomas Paine's propaganda screeds were NOT LAW. Moreover, after he served his purpose -- stirring up the rabble -- and the Founders were ready to re-establish stability, he was rejected by them. Also not law: "The Federalist". You are so far from ACTUAL LAW that you can't back up ANYTHING you say, let alone back it up with LAW. The right to privately possess guns was always a state right. States differ on the matter, as they have right to do, so your idea of the Second Amendment violates state rights.
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  11008.  @spearfisherman308  Laws are made by the legislature -- not by unelected propagandists such as Paine.
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  11009. @Alex Alex "the problem with liberals is that they only listen what they want to hear, if someone says a contradicting point of view they will insult him not listen". Do you confuse that name-calling as being something other than insult, in view of the fact that you view the word "liberal" as a dirty word and insult? Do you confuse your name-calling for "proving" something beyond the fact that you wallow in name-calling? I mean, have you a point to communicate, or have you not yet been graduated from elementary schoolyard name-calling? This is in the Constitution, which is LAW: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia, . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." What "contradicting point of view" exists in LAW? FACTS MATTER: 1. The Constitution is LAW. Law REGULATES. 2. Congress "provides" by MAKING LAW. 3. I'll simplify that Constitutional provision for you: "reserving to the States . . . the Authority of training" -- which "training" is done by the STATE -- the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." The Founders didn't trust democracy -- but didn't reject it. They also didn't trust militaries -- but recognized their necessity. Democracy was institutionalized as the Congress. The military was placed under the regulation and governance of BOTH Congress and state constitutions and laws. In short, the Founders were nut beer-gut cornpone "philosophers" preaching gibberish to slack-jawed gullibles who had to periodically remind themselves to breathe.
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  11010. @Alex Alex "the problem with liberals" The problem with name-calling is that it is stupid, and the first and last and only resort of those who don't listen for fear of LEARNING. The Founders were Liberals, who established a liberal democracy, and gave us the First Amendment. Your ilk would abolish the First Amendment.
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  11011. They aren't a militia -- which you'd know if you bothered to read the Constitution, which among other things stipulates that the Militia enforces the laws and suppresses insurrections, and that the Militia is armed by CONGRESS. In sum, the legitimate Militia is regulated UNDER Constitutions and laws -- both Federal and state. These moorons REJECT the rule of law, especially the US -- except for the LIED AGAINST Second Amendment. Their spew is entirely law-illiterate and incoherent.
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  11012.  Peridot Reign  But not Laundrie: he fled the area.
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  11013. IGNORANT parents who make public asses of themselves. JERK: "We the people" ELECT those QUALIFIED, by MAJORITY RULE, to SCHOOL BOARDS. We don't then demand that they submit to ignorance of an unqualified MINORITY of uneducated school dropouts.
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  11014.  @theadorebundy4514  Can you address the comment? Or are you only capable of avoiding the issue because you don't understand it?
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  11015.  @ericvogelsang7629  What laws are they violating, LAW-ILLITERATE? There is NO RIGHT to "physically stop" ELECTED OFFICIALS from fulfilling their duties. That's why we have ELECTIONS, jackass.
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  11016.  @MacIntoshPrime  Yes, I'm commenting on who are educated, and who are not. You are about as completely law-illiterate as they come. The highest of intellectual aspiration for you is to be like the Three Stooges. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Adams was the foremost constitutional scholar among the Founders. He wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. This is in the US Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". "Insurrection" is defined in law as violent attack on gov't, which the Founders classified as TREASON.
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  11017.  @ericvogelsang7629  That's all he has to show.
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  11018. @MotoVation Personal attack noted. How about addressing my comment? Beyond your intellectual reach?
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  11019. The reports came from people who DIED!?
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  11020. If your "God" were not a constant no-show, Petito wouldn't be dead.
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  11021.  @chrisrobinson6094  How could you possibly know what your "God" knows? Did "He" whisper it into your ear? If so, why are you withholding that evidence?
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  11022.  @grisben  Which says nothing whatsoever about a "God" or a "Heaven" or anything else not readily observable. Intelligent humans don't need the "bible" to tell them that.
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  11023. When fiction is a substitute for reality by the conspirabunkers.
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  11024.  @19HuskyWolf70  Where is your EVIDENCE?
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  11025.  @19HuskyWolf70  Have you anything relevant to contribute that isn't paranoid gibberish?
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  11026.  @19HuskyWolf70  Yes, I understand the difference between black and white. I also understand the grey. And I also understand the morons who invent shit without a shred of evidence for it because they believe being stupid is smart.
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  11027.  @J_C95  First, the gov't is doing thorough research into whatever they "stuff" is -- it could be accumulated space junk -- equivalent to the acres of discarded trash that accumulates in the oceans. It's unlikely to be anything bizarre or "alien". If the "aliens" exist and are advanced as alleged, then it isn't likely they could be shot down.
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  11028. She's ignoring the fact that Laundrie did not have to talk to the police. And there was no probable cause of any kind: an adult was reported "missing". That isn't probable cause of anything. Again the usual politics: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. Even though the woman -- Gabby -- ADMITTED being the aggressor, and the evidence substantiated that. But the police, despite that probable cause, let Gabby off the hook because women are only ever victims, regardless admission and lack of evidence for that assumption.
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  11029. Greene isn't an AOC constituent.
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  11030. And SANDERS voted FOR the "Crime Bill," AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES, and FOR PROTECTING the gun industry -- all of which were top priorities of the RIGHT-wing extremist ANTI-Socialist NRA..
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  11031. Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition that eventuated in incompetent extremist Palin, and Trump, and January 6th.
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  11032. @jamesschneider2091 J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  11033. 19 "good guys with guns" FAILED to kill one "bad guy with a gun". What will be your next BULLSHIT slogan, NRA?
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  11034. Only in this instance -- and he is mostly wrong here.
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  11035. I knew lots of phonies while in high school. How about you?
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  11036. Isn't Ka$h Patel an immigrant? And aren't immigrants illegal?
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  11037.  @Wud-f2r  I know that not all immigrants are illegal. And I know that the Ohio Haitians are legal. But Trump isn't about legal and illegal; he's all about skin color. So why would Patel be exempt from deportation? because he's a far-right extremist anti-American?
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  11038. There is NO "right" to use nukes. Stop carrying water for mass-murdering Putin.
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  11039. The key issues are abortion and guns -- and Trump's criminality.
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  11040. It's worse is one isn't an ally.
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  11041. Semen that is not ejaculated is reabsorbed by the system. So "semen retention" is an uninformed fantasy -- it doesn't exist.
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  11042. The purpose of these suits is to establish the ground to attack the big one in the Supreme Court: the 1964 Civil Rights Act -- the foundation of all anti-discrimination law.
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  11043. Don Snoreleone Nodfather.
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  11044. Science, not Trumpian politics, and medications which are NOT antivirals pushed by crackpots, grifters, and morons such as Trump.
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  11045. Does Matt Gaetz participate in Cawthorn's cocaine orgies?
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  11046.  @standunitedorfall6394  Ssanders "fans" are as short-sighted and self-destructive as Trumps. Except for the names of their respective candidate, they are indistinguishable: ignorant of history and politics. Trump and the Republicans are the clear and present danger -- and they are attacking DEMOCRATS. One cannpot expect consistency and coherence from them. And, as before, many of Sanders' "fans" are Russian trolls and bots.
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  11047.  @davebrown9725  "The Federalist Society" is an active seditious conspiracy. Sedition is a crime. And its members on the Supreme Court are the authors of the glaringly unconstitutional "immunity" and Chevron decisions.
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  11048. And also paying Choen the amount of INCOME TAX he would owe on the (fake) 130,000 income. What employer in the US not only pays the employee income, but also pays the employee's income tax?
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  11049. It's all about the money. Carlson was among the "worst" at showing, in emails and texts behind the scenes, that FOX is a Lie Factory.
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  11050.  @DaTooch_e  Well, Trump did get a one-night-spanking with a magazine by Stormy Daniels.
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  11051. Musk fires those whose speech he doesn't like.
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  11052. But did "Nicky Jam" endorse Harris/Walz? Nope. Still a fool who believes that a democracy should be run like a business/private-sector dictatorship. And he is not suffering under the economy. The Murdoch-owned "Wall Street journal" praises the economy, and "The Economist" says it is the envy of the world. "Nicky Jim" is a wealth and ignorant shithead.
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  11053. "Near" = 15 mile radius.
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  11054. I recommend reading Buddhism -- not the Tibetan but the Theravadin -- as a critical measure against his claim.
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  11055. Spears is terrible -- politics trump objectivity -- which is how the right-wing functions.
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  11056. What are you talking about? Never mind, you don't know.
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  11057. Elon Musk opposes gov't handouts -- but hasn't in keeping with that returned the billions in gov't handouts he received. Musk is the usual right-wing hypocrite.
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  11058. Prosecute her for what? How about looking at Kamala Harris' "disproportionate" incarceration rate of people of color?
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  11059. Trump = 1,000,000 dead of COVID.
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  11060.  @Detroitraised  Trump's rallies are loaded with egotism, racism, and lies. It was Trump who planned, organized, and directed the January 6th insurrection based on the LIE that the election was stolen. As result at least five people -- two of them insurrectionists -- were KILLED. Is that also a "joke" to you? This is in the Constitution you assholes have never bothered to READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." Politics is not entertainment -- or sports. It is serious business. You are laughing at those who are intent on destroying the very law which secures your rights. Mature adults know the difference between "funny" and serious. They know the difference between "funny" and INSULT. LEARN the difference.
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  11061.  @alexharper7645  The RACISM is the violence, immoralist.
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  11062.  @steveb796  Hur also found no evidence to bring charges against Pence. But in contrast both the January 6th Committee and Jack Smith found overwhelming evidence to bring multiple criminal charges against Donald Trump. And let's not forget that a jury of peers already held the Trump criminal enterprise liable for MASSIVE fraud extending back YEARS, making Trump a LOSER. And that a jury of Trump's peers found Trump liable for defamation against E. Jean Carroll, making Trump a LOSER. And in that trial he was TWICE a LOSER. And that a jury of Trump's peers adjudicated him a RAPIST, making Trump the LOSER. And that a jury of Trump's peers convicted Trump of 34 FELONIES, making Trump not only a LOSER but also a CONVICTED CRIMINAL. Who supports and defends a CONVICTED CRIMINAL if not other CRIMINALS?
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  11063.  @eagle_double33  Nope: he wrote that there was no evidence of INTENT. By contrast, there is VIDEO, AUDIO, and DOCUMENTATION, of Trump's COSNCIOUS and DELIBERATE CRIMINAL intent. Some of that AUDIO and DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE was made record of by TRUMP lawyer COCORAN. That EVIDENCE includes effort, first, to get his lawyer to participate in the crimes. When that didn't work, he deceived the lawyer by having boxes moved -- documents removed from the boxes -- and then returning the boxes for the lawyer to search. There were also classified documents found in Trump's desk and his bedroom closet. Trump was caught COLD by means, again, of EVIDENCE, including VIDEO and AUDIO, that HE HIMSELF GENERATED. That case is open-and-shut. Hur smeared Biden -- but he ALSO found that there was no evidence on which to base charges. Meanwhile, we have VIDEO of Trump SOLICITING CRIME -- FELONY computer hacking -- from RUSSIA, AND his RECEPT and POSSESSION of STOLEN PROPERTY. All Trump has ever been is a career criminal; your efforts t change the subject are not only dishonest but also do not change the facts: TRUMP IS A CAREER CRIMINAL, AND a CONVICTED FELON, and YOU are DEFENDING HIS CRIMINALITY because you're too stupid to have morals.
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  11064.  @eagle_double33  That didn't happen with either Biden or Pence. But we have Trump COLD on video, in audio, and in documents blatantly revealing his knowledge that he was committing crimes, and knowingly persisting in the crimes. That's why of the three only Trump is charged: the others cooperated fully with the authorities; Trump is a career criminal so persisted in compounding his crimes. So Jack Smith's case against him in the ESPIONAGE case is open-and-shut.
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  11065. It's understandable that Cohen would have a memory lapse about the two phone calls. He wasn't lying.
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  11066. Trump's effort all along has been to ignore the pandemic. That allowed it to get out of control, so he has had to admit it exists. But he has all along been atempting to minimize it, up to and including his current effort to impose the fantasy that it is "behind" us. In reality, we are at the BEGINNING of this thing; and it will be with use for at least two years.
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  11067. At core "sovereign citizns" reject the rule of law -- based on the very law they reject. They also claim "rights" that are in the very law they reject.
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  11068. This guy is an actor, a huckster. And he does love the attention he seeks.
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  11069.  @Just-Human  The judge in the trial was appointed by TRUMP -- definitely NOT a "Democrat". And it is the JUDGE, and no one else, who will determine the sentence. Watch the latest January 6th Committee hearing and you'll learn that REPUBLICAN TRUMP is beyond "soft on crime" to COMMITTING the HIGHEST of crimes: TREASON.
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  11070.  @greenbeans575  She is stupid, which is why she promoted the fraud. And why now she is transparently avoiding responsibility -- which is stupid -- by claiming she was naive. She's a lawyer, and admits that she didn't do due diligence, which was ethically required. So she's a "Christian" instead of being ethical.
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  11071.  @entropy323  If his entire argument is based on a false premise, then he is not an intellectual. He's a pretentious "Libertarian" bullshitter. He may even know that he is dishonest. An INTELLECTUAL also critically evaluates her/his assumptions AND PREMISES. And when they are found to be FALSE they are REJECTED. His agenda is the false premise, and he cherrypicks sources that ""support" it. That is intellectual dishonesty. He's another Jordan Peterson: fruit-fringer talking gibberish in self-referencing circles. If you've been at this as long as I have, you not only know that -- as example -- "Bitcoin" and the like are vaporware -- and that movement is an effort to undermine official national currencies, ultimately to replace those currencies with that private/"corporate" scam. Do you want national economies privately controlled exclusively by billionaires?
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  11072.  @bbltd.3154  There is video of a Republican Congressman opening a door that only opens from the inside.
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  11073. Nope: she realized she was USED while she naively trusted him. Hearing her say the truth began her facing that she was hoodwinked, sucker, bullshitting about what a "nice guy" he is. That what happens when one starry-eyed worships celebrity.
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  11074.  @rachelehosten1323  No -- she heard herself say out loud the truth and realized that she had been lied to and used by Trump for his own corrupt ends. And she realized that he assumed that she was as corrupt as he -- his central excuse is that everyone is corrupt, and therefore he is justified in being corrupt. She realized that he did in fact have sexual relationships with McDougal and Daniels -- but had lied even to her about it.
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  11075.  james-rd4dq  She isn't aware enough to be afraid of Trump supporters. She was realizing that Trump had exploited her trust.
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  11076. Humor is "disjuncture" between expectation and "punchline". "The source of all humor is agenr."" -- Mark Twain. Both social satirists Art Buckwald and Irma Bombeck. Near the end of his career, Twain said, "The source of all humor is pain." Psychiatry asserts that behind anger is fear. Fear of what, they don't seem to ask. Fear of pain.
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  11077.  @redleader7988  Men want things. That's not the same thing as ambition.
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  11078. The Georgia mail-in balloting was enacted by the Georgia legislation controlled by the Republicans.
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  11079. Under elections laws, elections officials have the discretion to implement means of voting, such as drop-boxes during a pandemic. There weren't two sides: there was NO EVIDENCE of election fraud, ONLY the fraudulent assertion that there was fraud.
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  11080. No third-party candidate has ever been elected president. And the party you reference is fruit-fringe.
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  11081. NOT the "world" -- but, yes, the Trump criminal enterprise.
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  11082. The problem is the anonymity. Period. End of story.
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  11083. @Jonathan Banner She's steeped in the claim that she's a "Christian".
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  11084. Karl Rove portrays Trump as the "victim" of Powell, when in reality she wouldn't get near him if he didn't want her to. Trump is eating up her crackpottery.
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  11085. It's China's fault because China is in charge of the United States. Uh -- yes: that IS what it's about: DEATH.
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  11086. Anyone who isn't an extremist right-wing moron is smeared as being "extreme left". Hitler called anyone he hated a range of names -- Communist, Socialist, Liberal, Trade Unionist -- even if they were none of those. The real issue is that they didn't believe the same thing as Hitler, and that was sufficient for Hitler to target them for execution. That is typical of tyrants, such as Trump and his MAGAot followers.
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  11087. They had NO PROBABBLE CAUSE to arrest him, moron -- this fact has been REPEATEDLY stated by law enforcement and lawyers. Why do you IGNORE FACTS you don't like? Is that an exercise of "freedom," or of IRREPONSIBILITY?
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  11088. Susan Sarandon? You're an actress, right? BTW: Thanks for helping elect Trump.
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  11089. Schumer's speech set off an earthquake in Israel. Netanyahu can't win this one.
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  11090.  @MyHalcyonDaysAreHere  Likud IS Netanyahu.
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  11091. Two wrongs don't make a right, but they do make a right-winger. The defenses of the murderer promotes more domestic terrorism.
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  11092. Photo from the other side of the vehicle showed three additional cops holding him down.
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  11093. He's an alleged "economist," which rarely if ever is about competence in law. He certainly does like to be abusive by talking over and yelling. A lawyer would have told him long ago to shut the fuck up. But he is representing himself in court -- a person who represents himself in court has a fool for a client -- probably because he has made such admissions and a mess that no lawyer will take the case. We'll see if he smartens up now that he faces a criminal charge. Hypocrisy? More like stupid and full of himself.
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  11094. He's already being destructive, which is why law enforcement began issuing warnings about interfering in and undermining the investigation.
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  11095. Trump is the BOSS, so he is ultimately responsible for STEALING GOV'T PROPERTY, and having it illegally in his possession. NO ONE says "NO!" to Trump's ambitions and actions -- not morals, not ethics, not reason, not LAW.
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  11096. Moore twice supported a loser. His views of Biden are irrelevant. Meanwhile, Sanders -- his cult leader -- is iin the pocket of the extremist right-wing ANTI-Socialist NRA.
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  11097. And the prosecutor who did that at the Hague was Jack Smith.
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  11098. I find it deserved.
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  11099.  @brewed_for_success  Guiliani appointed Bernie Kerick, his CHAUFFER, to be NY City Police Commissioner. Kerick and Giuliani went into a scam deal together providing walkie-talkies to both NYPD and NTFD. We learned that the NYPD and NYFD couldn't communicate to each other on 9/11 because the walkie-talkies were on different frequencies, the result being the hundreds of NYPD and NYFD were killed. And before that, Giuliani wanted the Police Emergency Command Center to be in one of the two towers. Anti-Terrorism experts opposed the idea based on the fact that the towers had been unsuccessfully attacked, so would be attacked again. Giuliani nonetheless insisted and got his way, which is why he was running all over NY City on 9/11: the Emergency Command Center was destroyed, so he had nowhere to go. And Kerick ended up being convicted of numerous felonies and sentenced to prison. He got a pardon from Trump. Jared Kushner's father was convicted of financial crimes and witness tampering, and sent to prison. Trump pardoned him. And we have Jared's testimony that in the final days of Trump's administration he -- Jared -- was busy facilitating pardons -- doubtless one of those was for his daddy.
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  11100. Trumpers don't think.
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  11101.  @derekmulready1523  It is arrogant to be "proud" of anything one didn't accomplish by one's own conscious effort. Where you were born was pure chance.
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  11102. Which "words and actions" are those, law-illiterate? "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11103. She grew up rejecting education and being a loud-mouthed bomb-thrower.
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  11104. He said he will "look at" pardoning the insurrectionists. He WILL pardon those convicted of sedition -- the co-architects of the insurrection. They will lead a violent insurgency.
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  11105. So Laundrie set up camp on land that was covered with water?
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  11106. Dick "Five Deferments" Cheney is a "real man"!? As much so as Trump the draft-dodger.
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  11107. When did actual integrity matter to Republicans?
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  11108. So many functionally illiterate in English pretending to be Americans.
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  11109.  @odinson6348  The point, Captain Oblivious, is that these MAGA dunces don't know that. The like the "idea" of civil war because they have no clue what it is.
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  11110.  @danielboone8435  "Censorship" is a term defined in law. Therefore, as the First Amendment doesn't apply to corporations, neither does the term "censorship". The Supreme Court is not a corporation, "Roe" is based on the right of privacy, and the Supreme Court denies there is a right of privacy. And you're worried more about corporations, which do not determine laws and rights, instead of the Supreme Court?
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  11111.  @danielboone8435  Who said anything about "unrestricted corporate power? This is what the Supreme Court is setting up to do for MEN: No contraception + no abortion = state-enforced CHILD SUPPORT.
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  11112.  @danielboone8435  We live in dangerous times, and the immediate threat is the rogue Supreme Court. But you continue to distract yourself based on old-hat 1960s "New Left" rhetoric. I have an education in law, and wasn't born around noon yesterday like you and the arrogantly privileged "TYT" crew. Suggest you work to live in the present and deal with the destruction of rights coming down the pike from not the corporations but from the Supreme Court. You already blew it in 2016 by supporting the bright shiny object Sanders who helped elect Trump. Because you all couldn't stand the PROGRESS of electing the first woman president.
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  11113. Some 40 REPUBLICAN lawyers were charged and convicted re. "Watergate" and Nixon. Trump will doubtless demolish that record. What is it with REPUBLICAN lawyers believe they can do anything whatsoever as if "anything goes" makes it all "legal"?
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  11114. I just dealt with the claim that the Virginia case was about "non-citizens" being removed from the voting roles. In fact they were naturalized citizens. And there were 1,600 total, over against multiple millions of legal votes. I referred them to the three instances of fraud -- all were caught -- in Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. All were in vanishingly small numbers.
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  11115. He did not say, "Save democracy" -- because neither he nor his dupes believe in democracy. Recall the insurrectionist who, while entering the Senate chamber, said, "While we're here, we might as well set up a gov't." Not only is he too stupid to understand the gov't that exists, but he is too stupid to have the wherewithal to establish a gov't.
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  11116. Go ahead -- call the "Trump Organization" a criminal enterprise, because it's been that for three generations.
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  11117. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11118.  @jeannette.sgili.132  Nope: they are serious and concerned.
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  11119. It takes at least a good 30 minutes to write a description of why NATO was established, what it is, and what it successfully does, as it was designed to do.
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  11120.  @chrlpolk  The "sovereign citizen" "argument" is an elaborate lie. There is nothing "good faith" about it. It is all an effort to overwhelm with bullshit.
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  11121. When Romney ran for Massachusetts governor he promised that if elected he wouldn't use the office as platform to launch campaign for president. And he was pro-choice. Halfway through his term as governor he launched his presidential campaign -- as anti-choice. The current Steward Health Care private-equity fraud is traced by "Business Insider" to Romney's "Bain Capital".
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  11122. No. The first thing she did after was cut her wrists and throat and jump out a second floor window.
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  11123. The cop was QUOTING them -- not stating a determination. In fact, the gang of loons REJECT the rule of law, which IS the gov't.
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  11124. The "Democratic Establishment" is the vast majority of DEMOCRATS. Telling them to "Go to hell," Bernie, will not wing their votes. But you don't care about their votes; you figure you can get elected by a minority the way Trump did. Is Russia backing YOU this time? During his twenty-five years in Congress Sanders was totally ineffective at legislating. As for the presidency: "The president proposes, the Congress disposes." So Sanders calls people names -- and that appeals to whom? The intelligent? The mature?
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  11125.  @georgewolfe3318  Stop the stupid. This is the science and reality: 1. "Sex" = anatomy. 2. "Gender" = psychosexual identity. The two are not always "congruent" in keeping with the simplistic norm preached by those ignorant, and rejecting of, the scientific reality. The REALITY is why there are, as example, homosexuals. The First amendment separates "religion" and gov't. Keep your poorly-understood "religion" out of it.
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  11126.  @georgewolfe3318  That Alito is a pro-insurrectionist and "religious" bigot does not justify your equivalent stupidity: his rulings on such as abortion -- the actual issue is PROBLEM AND NON-VIABLE PREGNANCIES -- substantiate that he does not know what he's talking about. But for him all that matters is prohibiting anything that looks to him like abortion -- the medical procedure necessary to deal with problem and non-viable pregnancies IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, AND SAVE THE LIFE OF, the woman.
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  11127.  @georgewolfe3318  And you know nothing about genetics or the science of sexuality.
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  11128.  @ericklaus3972  How about NOT voting REPUBLICAN, which party is bankrolled by the gun industry through its political fronts NRA, Gun Owners of America, and lobbyists? The man who stood up at the Abbot press conference and yelled at Beto is the REPUBLICAN MAYOR of Uvalde.
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  11129.  @deb5080  Because they aren't defending "gun rights"; they are defending mass murder. Read my comment below about the LIES being told about the Second Amendment.
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  11130. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. ___ And from the must-see film "A Man for All Seasons" with Paul Scofield: In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  11131. "Bernie Bros" voted for exactly opposite extreme far-RIGHT TRUMP.
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  11132. An ALLEGATION of a "felony" is not EVIDENCE of a felony. We don't arrest people on the grounds of baseless allegation.
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  11133. He is being other than gutter-snipe, moron. Wouldn't YOU like to see a return of DECENCY to politics?
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  11134.  @underestimatedsmilin2429  Yes -- he has actual EXPERIENCE with getting the FIRST basis of universal health care through Congress IN HISTORY. IN ADDITION, Biden was there all 8 years of the Obama administration, during which THREE epidemics were successfully contained. How about you shut your yap until you ACTUALLY KNOW what is going on in REALITY?
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  11135. The Court also ruled that taxpayer monies can be funneled to private "religious" schools.
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  11136. Trump is a career criminal who is responsible for more than 300,000, and counting, American deaths.
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  11137. Uneducated parents attempting to tell schools how to conduct education are a threat to actual education.
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  11138.  @HarryOld972  I've been politically active since 3rd grade in 1957, infant. You may "pay attention" but you don't comprehend: you are ignorant of not only history but also of current events.
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  11139. And Sanders is the flip-side of the Trump demaguge coin.
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  11140. "Law and order" = cops wielding clubs.
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  11141.  @Slapahoetribe110  July.
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  11142. Smart move! Almost as persuasive as their, "Back the Blue!"
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  11143. Republican? Trump-endorsed?
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  11144. Birth certificates are "ID cards". And there are constructive reasons such individual identifications. Criminals oppose it, of course. Snowdon is a criminal and traitor -- that's why he's voluntarily living under the Putin dictatorship. Michael Cohen was not wiretapped. But his phone records were obtained by means of subpoena, and his electronic devices were also seized, also under subpoena.
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  11145. Stop talking about "dignity" and in its place use the word DECENCY.
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  11146. Why isn't Gym Jordan investigating the fake electors conspiracy that originated with Trump and his co-conspirators from within the FEDERAL White House.
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  11147. We get it: you're a foreign troll who hates the United States. And you know nothing about media, or how to distinguish between credible sources of information, and those which are not to be trusted.
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  11148. So Trump has become and incel.
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  11149. There are also cultural issues.
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  11150. Paxton doesn't have clean hands.
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  11151. Has "progressive" Sanders -- who promised to destroy the DEMOCRATIC, not REPUBLICAN, Party -- released his tax returns yet?
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  11152. Those 'men" are moorons who reject the rule of law. And you haven't a clue as to what "communism" is. Massachusetts voters elect Democrats because the Republicans -- a vanishing breed -- are off-the-wall. Those same voters elected a REPUBLICAN as governor. In sum: you don't know what you're talking about on any issue.
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  11153. See the video of Trump saying the "Medal of Freedom" is greater than the "Medal of Honor," and who the Edelman is to whom he awarded the medal. Edelman is a casino magnate who gets his money out of Macao, which is China. He is a far-right Netanyahu-ist who pumps money into Republicans. So Trump did what they wanted for Israel in exchange for their Republifunding, and then gave Edelman's wife the American "Medal of Freedom" -- and all of it was about the far-right Netanyahu wing in Israel. He also awarded that medal to Rash Limburger and Gym Jordan. Pay Trump money and he'll do what you want him to do, regardless how outrageous.
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  11154.  @ARichardP  Stupid people fail to distinguish between fantasy and reality, fiction and documentary, "opinion" and news.
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  11155. While wearing a tan suit!
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  11156. Ah! -- they "received" the documents -- but, um, they didn't make copies, but instead shipped the originals by "a large national carrier" -- that shall remain unnamed -- but the "shipping company" (unnamed "large national carrier") "ate" Giuliani's/FOX's Hunter Biden homework. Rudy Giuliani: "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!"
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  11157. Electronics today aren't only limited by planned obsolescence. They are also constructed to make repair impossible.
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  11158. Recommended reading: The Evolution of the Constitution of the United States: Showing that it is a Development of Progressive History and not an Isolated Document Struck Off at a Given Time or an Imitation of English or Dutch Forms of Government. (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1897; Union, NJ: The Lawbook Exchange, 1997; Delanco, NJ: The Legal Classics Library, 2003), Sydney George Fisher. Fisher [1856-1927] was a prominent historian and lawyer, who was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1883 after legal studies at Harvard University. His Evolution of the Constitution collates for the first time all the various provisions of colonial documents that served as source material for the Constitution. Asserting that the Constitution was neither an imitation nor an invention, Fisher traces every material clause back to its origin. Twenty-nine colonial charters and constitutions, seventeen Revolutionary constitutions, and twenty-three plans of union are the resulting source materials from which Fisher draws his analysis. Abundant quotations from the sixty-nine documents illustrate the evolutionary nature of the Constitution and make this a valuable sourcebook for the reader who desires to find in one volume the Constitution's many and varied origins. "The Lawbook Exchange" edition: https://www.lawbookexchange.com/pages/books/16258/sydney-george-fisher/the-evolution-of-the-constitution-of-the-united-states-showing-that Library of Congress PDF: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/public/gdcmassbookdig/evolutionofconst01fish/evolutionofconst01fish.pdf
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  11159. Listen to yourself: self-destruction as "entertainment". Keith Moon ODed. John Entwhistle ODed. Townsend destroyed his hearing.
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  11160. How does one determine it an empty threat without investigation, especially in the Gunshine state of Floriduh. It can cost to be stupid.
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  11161. Let's be precise: this is the geography -- North Korea DMZ South Korea. She "went TO" the DMZ. But she DID NOT ENTER the DMZ, because only authorized personnel can do that. So she went to South Korea, and perhaps -- as she claims -- SAW the DMZ from South Korea.
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  11162. It appears the Florida economy is being radically restructured from the top down to eliminate all the growing list of "undesirables" being made "illegal" by DeSantis and the REPUBLICAN legislature. The latest is "illegal" immigrants -- the backbone of agricultural and construction industries. Even the "legals" are leaving, knowing that the racism behind it will be increasingly undisguised. But no comments about book burning, which was originated by Hitler, and which focused on books by "Leftists" and Jews. I guess as long as "I" am not the target, none of that matters. But it will get to you: the growing list is nowhere near complete.
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  11163. State terrorism as official Israeli policy.
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  11164. Boebert and her fellow fruit-fringers are representing a MINORITY of their constituencies. Hopefully there will be some RECALLS.
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  11165. He should be charged with practicing medicine without a license. And for those he has killed by doing so. Then there's "Dr. Oz" -- who has a name like "Oz" if not an acid head?
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  11166. Ignorance of how elections work. Which shouldn't surprise since they never paid attention to politics, and never voted until they fell hook, line, and sinker for the lies of a New York grifter. So he raised 250 million dollars on the promise to his followers that he'd use the money GRIFTED to challenge the "fraud" -- then didn't use any of that money to do as he promised. So he defrauded his dumb-assed followers on the fraudulent promise that he would use it to fight the "fraud" that didn't exist. I hope the Committee provides the breakdown of where ALL that 250 million went -- only a taste was revealed about some of it going to a "Trump Hotels Collection". I assume that's one of his pockets.
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  11167. They HAVE thought about the consequences. They want to impose the "Biblical" definition of "family". And death for those who resist that is both known and intended. These are not "incompetent" people; these are intentional, deliberate, fanatics. They are quite sane -- and extremely maleducated. The cherish hatred in the name of "religion" and Christ.
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  11168. You didn't listen: They were thoroughly skilled in dealing with media, whereas the US news reporters at that first press conference went there to burst the bubble -- but instead were charmed. The press had no idea who they were, or their history, and certainly didn't know that they were pros at dealing with media, despite their being "only kids".
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  11169. Censorship can only be done by gov't. Agree re, the Sanders smears: As a member of Congress for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, and as a millionaire who owns three homes, Sanders is THE ESTABLISHMENT -- no matter how many times he tells that lie to his cult that he is AGAINST the so-called "establishment," and no matter how greedily they guzzle, that LIE. Morons: the vast majority of the electorate sees Socialism as NORTH KOREA. The "ruling elite" on Super Tuessday were the AFRICAN-AMERIAN VOTERS. It doesn't surprise that Leftist white supremacists dispense with them and that fact. Trump CLAIMS to be a billionaire. Sanders IS a millioniare, who owns three houses, and claims to be a Socialist -- oops, one's he got attacked for that, he suddenly became a "Demoratic Socialist" -- but isn't giving his money away to the homeless. The TOP PRIORITY is to STOP TRUMP -- which is NOT going to be accomplished by attacking DEMOCRATS -- especially as Sanders expectes the Demoratis he is insulting, smearing, and attacking will vote FOR him. Apply logic to that absurdity.
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  11170. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11171. This is how the Founders put the subjectivist objectivity-rejecting "religious" seditionists in their place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  11172.  @benfrank8649  Reminds of a psychologist/psychiatrist I know of who is classified as a bully by more than one former patient.
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  11173. Jack Smith was appointed by Garland. Paying attention to what is actually happening helps one keep score. Smearing Garland is for Trumpeters.
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  11174. Mugger Trump's mug shot is the Face of Surrender.
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  11175. The turd doesn't fall far from the asshole.
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  11176. Has Bannon sobered up yet?
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  11177. Many people use CD players. Moreover, many prefer having hard copy of their music. The attack on actually listening to entire LP is actually stupid: I have a friend who loves "In My Life" by The Beatles; but he can't be bothered to listen to anything else on the album. It's all part of the speed-it-up/dumb-it-down attack on relaxation.
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  11178.  @stirlingfletcher7040  I've yet to hear that; and it's doubtful they would reveal their strategies.
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  11179. Do you know how stupid -- and self-defeating for women -- that is? It obviously implies that there are WEAK women. You never hear anything like that said about men. The issue in that exchange is not "strength" -- that's Trump's go-to lodestone: "strong" and "powerful," which words he often uses nonsensically. It is REASONING, based upon the FACTS -- on Trump's own words. It is LOGICAL/CRITICAL ANALYSIS. One needn't be "strong" to do that.
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  11180. Absurd rejection of the Constitution -- in the face of rejection of the Constitution. Learn to THINK: when you use the same tactics as Trump you become as degenerate as Trump.
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  11181. If a male had said the equivalent of Enst's statement, he would have been excoriated, hounded out of politics, for sexism. For misogyny. But her misandry is applauded by morons.
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  11182. "Washington Post": 97.7 Floyd protests were PEACEFUL.
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  11183. Both families obviously have sibstantial money.
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  11184. He should be charged with practicing medicine without a license. It isn't being "botched": Trump is acting within his area of competence: that of career criminal.
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  11185. It appears there is a range of opinion, and none proven "right".
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  11186. "apologize" has one "p". "U" is spelled "you're" "R" is spelled "are".
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  11187. Matt Gaetz: right-wing "war expert". I assume he'll be enlisting -- and starting as a four-star general.
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  11188. A vote against Biden is a vote for Trump. Most "lifelong" "independents" are irresponsible fools.
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  11189. Trump appeals to the pre-moral. Those who've never matured into adult awareness that rules are necessary even as self-defense.
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  11190. Early on the media euphemised the racism -- being "polite" -- as "economic anxiety".
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  11191. Security of the Capitol is under the National Guard, under the Army, which is under the Sec. of Defense, who is under the President. Republicans rely on the electorate not knowing how gov't works.
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  11192. That's a lie. But like a good little paranoid and lying Trump stooge, you want us to believe they crossed the border into the United States in order to get to Moscow, Russia. Get help -- there's a chance you can Stop the Stupid and thereby stop being a domestic enemy who rejects reason and the rule of law based thereon.
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  11193.  @SuperFlashDriver  New York has the benefit of actual free and fair elections, and no dictators. You might compare, as example, the amount of gun violence in your cherished Red (the official color of Communism) state with that in New York. Or any other Blue (the color of calm) state. Unless, of course, you prefer random gratuitous gun violence to keep you on you paranoid about non-threats from nowhere near you and thereby on your toes. Texas is doing better than most currently -- see Uvalde.
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  11194. The US left Afghanistan according to the plan established by Trump. And Biden has been sustained support for Ukraine -- that only being interrupted by the Republican Congress. The "slowness" was not Biden -- he continued to press the issue -- but the Republican house. This guy needs to learn the history: Republicans have ALWAYS been against anyone not straight white male. I've never understood how the "Log Cabin Republicans" could be enamored of the political party that hates them.
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  11195. Will McConnell walk it back the way he walked back his "moral" outrage in order to subvert the impeachment?
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  11196. Of course: a drunk driving charge is selectively prosecuted under the laws that apply to drunk driving. No burglary, no burglary charge.
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  11197.  @blackhd92  Trump will be indicted.
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  11198.  @no-cv4dx  You don't know how legal process works. All of the examples you cite are legitimate.
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  11199.  @no-cv4dx  You're "argument" is with yourself, over your own law-illiteracy. And that was not the "question," as it was made in the form of a declarative statement.
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  11200.  @bigdaddykush1830  REPUBLICAN Senator McConnell called it an insurrection because he knows the history and LAW on the point.
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  11201. She works at FOX. Her job is to make shit up, and to have guests who make shit up.
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  11202. Not the only victim.
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  11203. Karen Read "supporters": Law-illiteracy as infotainment.
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  11204. Trump is into reruns, and his supporters are beginning to look for non-rerun entertainment.
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  11205. There are right-wing extremists who CLAIM to be lawyers but are not.
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  11206. Grave digging has openings.
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  11207. @You You So why are you not out and about hobnobbing with all your anti-science buddies? Afraid it may not be a hoax?
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  11208. They support all law enforcement expect law enforcement that enforces the laws.
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  11209. Noem is more macho manly-man than Trump -- he has to hire others to do his dirty work.
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  11210.  @bostonplace2314  That substantiates my evaluation that Toobin is a Republican.
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  11211.  @bostonplace2314  Catch up with reality: the right-wing OBSESSION with sexuality INCLUDES PROHIBITING CONTRACEPTION. Abortion does not kill "babies": one is to THINK with one's HEAD, NOT with one's uneducated emotions.
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  11212.  @DemonDog444  No. You don't have the right to impose your anti-science "religion" on others.
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  11213.  @bostonplace2314  Moron: "Roe" was based upon the privacy right detailed in "Griswald," which struck down laws prohibiting the use of contraceptives. Your anti-Constitutional faction is ALSO targeting "Griswald" for reversal. That means, head-in-the-sand fool, your faction of anti-democratic "religionists" are also about prohibiting the use of contraceptives. See what happens when you want others' than yourself stripped of their rights? It also strips YOU of YOUR rights. You don't have the right to impose your crackpot anti-science "religion" on others. Mecial science can better explain to you -- which would doubtless be beyond your comprehension -- that contraception is not 100 per cent effective. And there are times that abortion is MEDICALLY necessary to protect the health and life of the woman. But you don't care about any of that: all that matters to you is to beat people of the head with your malinformed bigotry against others' right of privacy.
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  11214. The insurrection happened. The attempted coup failed -- so far.
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  11215. They were reasonably relying on the lawyer's word.
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  11216.  @KaleidoscopeMagic  Your ignroance is not the fault of law enforcement.
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  11217. Not to mention" is a useless phrase. If a thing isn't to be mentioned, then one doesn't mention.
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  11218. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE govt property, some of which are classified.
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  11219. He's not an intellectual, which would get in the way of the creative process.
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  11220. If you believe anything from Trump, you are a danger to your fellow Americans.
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  11221. George Martin explained to McCartney that it is better to "approximate" the note just before hitting it dead-on.
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  11222. Forget the amnesia: Trump began attacking the intelligence community immediately before and after taking office.
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  11223.  @growlikethewind5788  The unemployment rate is the lowest its been in at least 40 years. Let me guess: your surname is Putin.
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  11224. @WeHaveExplosive Is anyone's?
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  11225.  @plaguedoctor5657  Yes, I am serious. And, of course, you "laugh" at the fact and then attack me because you don't like the fact. President Biden has also done an excellent job vis-a-vis Ukraine -- which you also hate as a defender of mass-murderer Putin. Tell us why you believe you hold a superior moral position by rejecting facts you don't like and supporting a mass-murdering enemy of the United States.
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  11226. He should know the bus route -- Trump has thrown him under the bus where Weisselberg can first-hand observe the pavement.
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  11227.  @robotnik77  It can't be proven that there's a "God". And in the United States, the Constitution, by its own terms, is the SUPREME law of the land. And the First Amendment SEPARATES "religion" from gov't. And guarantees freedom of "RELIGION," not only to those who jabber about but have never read the Hebrew-written "bible," but for EVERY "religion". And, necessarily, freedom FROM "religion".
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  11228. I don't look to actors and actresses for intelligence, smarts, wisdom. Newtown obviously didn't bring out this "wisdom" on the point.
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  11229. NONE of this is new: "The Federalist Society" computer bulletin board, during the pre-Internet 1990s, had a single "white paper" on it. It's title was: "How to Repeal the 'New Deal'". The heart of the "New Deal" is Social Security. They want to go back to, at latest, the days of Herbert Hoover,, when corporate laisses faire capitalism ruled, and the Federal gov't stayed out of protecting "We the people" from abuses through states' rights. When civil rights activism was blocked by Jim Crow and lynching.
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  11230. "Untruth Sociopathy": The Face of Indictment.
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  11231. At the same time in Boston, home of the Puritans, there were three hills -- you've heard of Beacon Hill. One of the other hills was labeled on maps as "Horedam". Boston was a port -- sailors -- and that hill is where all the brothels were.
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  11232.  @ohhdah5219  And that's the WHOLE truth?
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  11233.  @normajoskenbeamora4747  Pissed off about something that is none of their business.
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  11234.  @carvercapitalequitypartner122  That's how you know what? Two families who are apparently dysfunctional -- though not, apparently, as dysfunctional as the morons who make other peoples' private business their own -- are objective about the issues? Let's see, Gabby Petito had both a father and step-father. What were the issues between her birth parents that left her terrified of abandonment, and excessively dependent -- while she put on a public face of "freedom" and "independence"? And Laudndrie: based upon pop "psych" cliches, he was "controlling" -- which points also to excessive dependence. We can speculate all day long -- or be excessively dependent to the point of emotionalized addiction, indulge our "OCD," and keep the destructive circus going, weeks on weeks, months on months, instead of putting in the work to develop a life worth living.
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  11235.  @carvercapitalequitypartner122  Which lady -- the high drama Gabby Petito? Have you yet stopped to think where your business ends and others' begins? Have you yet to stop to think of the DESTRUCTIVENESS of the game your playing?
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  11236.  @cwaloszczyk2650  That's your view as an OUTSIDER? Let's see if you know how to be moral -- HONEST: If you had kids, and one of them told you they killed someone -- and WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT LAUNDRIE TOLD HIS PARENTS -- the FIRST thing you would do is HIRE A LAWYER.
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  11237.  @motosotarc5347  That is almost professional-level stupid. It would be actual professional-level except for the stupidity.
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  11238. A doctor cannot publicly reveal private medical information without the patient's permission.
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  11239. Your "God" was, as usual, a no-show who allowed the mass murder. Then the irrational freaks who believe blindly turn around and praise their "God" as "merciful". Why is "religion" used as an excuse to remain stupid?
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  11240.  @firstlast7090  If you can't deal with the issue then attack the commenter personally. I'm asking you to be honest -- and you are avoiding the opportunity to do so. Your "God" wrote: "Thou shalt not lie."
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  11241. And those who invoke as "merciful" a constantly no-show "God" make the choice of spewing blatantly obvious NONSENSE which accomplishes nothing but the self-centered goal of feeling good about THEMSELVES.
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  11242. Make Accountability Great Again. The witch has finally been arrested, indicted, and arraigned. And more indictments to come.
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  11243. BUSINESSES are requiring their employees to be vaccinated. And they are doing that on their own.
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  11244. The media doesn't exist to "represent" you. It exists to report the facts -- regardless whether you like the facts. Sanders is a fraud: compare his rhetoric with his BEHAVIOR.
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  11245. Netanyahu supports anti-Semite Trump.
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  11246. Trump-Appointed Federal Appeals Court Judge Rejects Trump/Giuliani's Attack on PA Elections Results - YouTube
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  11247. Daily televized RALLIES.
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  11248. Politics isn't sports, jackass. Stop the Stupid.
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  11249. Hate is immoral. The immoral invite the same in response. Do you like being targeted by the very immoralities you promote against others? Is it smart to be stupid?
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  11250. I didn't hear about it because it didn't rise to the level of my hearing about it. Which is why I know about it.
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  11251. "Social engineering" is a right-wing phrase objecting to, as example, civil rights protections. But the Constitution is social engineering.
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  11252. The gov't has the authority to enact a draft.
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  11253.  @henrymcdowell3103  Are you totally ignorant of history and politics!? The Republican and Democratic Parties are NOT IDENTICAL. Which enacted and signed the ACA -- and which wants to REPEAL it? The ACA was simply the first step in the INCREMENTAL process that is DEMOCRACY. Who did YOU vote for? You have no idea how great a president Biden has been -- his DOMESTIC achievements. Another Democratic president would have advanced the ACA toward greater power for those needing health care. Trump intends to take us back to BEFORE FDR's "New Deal". At very least kiss the ACA goodbye. But instead of dealing with reality, you people view everything as entertainment. You don't know how to take anything seriously -- which is why the wholly irresponsible praising of an act of domestic terrorism. That's what the REPUBLICANS want as excuse to engage in their LAWLESS version of "law and order". Words have consequences -- which you batch of fools should have learned by now -- or did you SLEEP during January 6th?
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  11254.  @nope-87-12x  Law prohibits murder. Immorality defends murder against the rule of law. You are promoting domestic terrorism.
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  11255.  @nope-87-12x  You are pushing immorality. Immorality is not moral. You are totally off base even invoking the word "morality". Law prohibits murder. You are attempting BOTH to claim defending murder is "moral" while at the very same time REJECTING morality. Words have consequences including those of you and your fellow hypocrites: you are promoting domestic terrorism -- more death, while BSing that you are opposed to killing. You may actually believe your twisted hypocrisy, or be stupidly trolling and stirring the pot, but you are not fooling the rest of us. Pay attention to what YOU are doing: you are promoting domestic terrorism -- promoting violence and death while pretending you oppose both.
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  11256.  @mhall801  And I'll bet you lie that you're a "Christian" and as moral as long as the life of a fruit fly.
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  11257.  @mhall801  "Joe" isn't the issue. Sleepy Donald John Trump is.
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  11258.  @mhall801  I''ll bet you claim to be "Christian" while smearing your shit on Catholic Christians. Pointing to the fact that you aren't too bright will soar totally over your uncomprehending head.
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  11259.  @mhall801  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. But he isn't angry -- he's reacting to the diaper rash.
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  11260.  @mhall801  Personal attack noted. IGNORED.
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  11261. Because Gym Jordan consistently loses his wrestling match with the truth, and that is the Republican Party's greatest skill.
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  11262. Moscow Mitch is old-school white supremacist and segregationist. And the FULL target of the 6 "Federalist Society" Justices is the "New Deal," the heart of which is Social Security. They are the second wave of the Civil War.
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  11263. Why is the CELEBRITY Trump held up as beacons of truth, when he is a DOCUMENTED -- not "subjective" -- LIAR? And an adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal felon. None of those FACTS are "subjective".
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  11264. Jones should have worked for the Dept. of Homeland Security, the Secret Service, or the Dept. of Defense: they would have "helped" him with the texts.
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  11265. He made his decision, not her. He is responsible for his decisions.
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  11266. The "news" can be "interpreted" in different ways by those who don't know the difference between fact and opinion. All the factual indicators are that the economy is doing fine. But vote DeSantis again for more chaos on which to base paranoids' fake conspiracies.
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  11267. Wishful thinking is no substitute for the facts and knowledge of law.
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  11268. Why was the Treasury Secretary involved!?
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  11269. Trump's strengths: He's a liar. Trump's weaknesses: He's a liar.
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  11270. Trump isn't the president.
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  11271. So if Trump actually paid New York state and local taxes he screwed himself. But he evades paying taxes, so it didn't cost him.
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  11272. @A G The mainstream media is the media that hyped and hyped and hyped the fake Clinton emails "scandal". They are not the Left. And the correct phrase is "one AND the same". Still, you have it wrong on the media. And you aren't qualified to diagnose anyone as being a "narcissist". And you know next to nothing about Romney.
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  11273.  @kerri7971  no, I don't know everything. And by comparison, you know nothing. The Republicans, who hate Clinton's guts, "investigated" her repeatedly for 30 years. And in EVERY instance they exonerated her, because everything they "investigated" was a fake "scandal". That's how republicans play: dirty politics: smear a Democrat, then demand "investigation," then "investigate" -- and find NOTHING. It's long past due that Republicans be investigated for being on the take with Russia.
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  11274.  @phylum775  They are most persuasive when they remain totally silent.
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  11275.  @studygodsword5937  So it's your view -- uninformed and unethical -- that those who adhere to their oath to uphold, protect, and defend the Constitution are mentally ill? Is your actual name Vladimir Putin -- because that's how it works in Russia?
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  11276.  @studygodsword5937  Trump is going to be removed: the Republicans, for good faith or bad, will have no choice if they want to be re-elected. 22 Republicans are up for re-election; they can either remember that they swore their oath to the Constitution, not to the president, or they can take their chances twisting in the wind.
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  11277.  @studygodsword5937  Again, you know nothing of law. And this is not a football game where the one who shouts the loudest "wins". Facts matter -- and it is the facts that the Republicans are totally avoiding. And in so doing, they are violating their oath to the Constitution, and thereby undermining the Constitution and rule of law. As for Jordan: suggest you research his history involving sexual assaults. Or do you defend that too? As for Nunes: he is a traitor to the United States, working to advance Putin's totalitarianism within the United States. In short: you'd be more persuasive if either you knew what you're talking about -- you don't -- or you were to remain totally silent.
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  11278. Your baseless hate is showing.  Hate is immoral.
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  11279. They didn't address the charges or the evidence.  Attacking the House -- which is irrelevant, attacking Pelosi -- who is irrelevant -- attacking the Bidens -- who are irrelevant -- proves only that they are running away from the overwhelming evidence.If they were in the right, they'd DEMAND the witnesses and documents to PROVE they are.  They are part of the problem, anti-American.Facts matter.  You aren't clever, moron.
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  11280. have someone read "Federalist 65" to you.
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  11281.  @studygodsword5937  Elitist: a person who can read, comprehend, and write. Have someone read "Federalist 65" to you.
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  11282.  Josh The Whistleblower  It can't be proven that there is a "God". And if there were, and of the characteristics attributed to "Him," "He" has an infinite universe to run, gave humans freedom of choice as to what they believe, and has no time or interest in intervening in the affairs that occur on a mote of dust. To believe otherwise is arrogant. Same goes for those who presume to speak for Jesus.
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  11283. Tell us why they were beaten and tortured in order to FORCE them to "confess". What other EVIDENCE do you have that Putin is the "good guy" in all this?
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  11284. Ah -- the Republicans PROTECTING private property rights! -- oh, wait.
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  11285. Like your massive anti-female bias?
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  11286.  @Silent_Stillness  Critical evaluation isn't limited to compliment.
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  11287. Trump is the EMPLOYEE of "We the people" -- not their boss. And he is not the "boss" of the states' governors. Giuliani is probably best known for saying, "Truth isn't truth!" Is that a trtuth?
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  11288.  @ps2v831  NUTS. Bonkers. You're the sort of person who'll SWALLOW anything because you don't know the difference between BELIEF and ACTUALLY THINKING for yourself. It doesn't matter how fervently you believe in the "Bible"; if you swallow poison you will die. Period. Full stop. Now wake up: Note how this video goes on and on with promises, and any minute now will be the big 'REVEAL". Yeah -- AFTER you PAY MONEY.
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  11289.  @ps2v831  Without healthy doubt "faith" is blind fanaticism. You CAN'T AFFORD to have NO doubt PRECISELY because you are FINITE AND IMPERFECT. AND their are PREDATORS in the world who will tell you ANYTHING in exchange for MONEY.
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  11290.  @ps2v831  But what if you're wrong?
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  11291.  @ps2v831  Obsession is mentally unhealthy. And the real question is what do YOU "think" in place of spewing stuff said by others that you've memorized and then regurgitate AS IF it is YOUR actual experience -- which practice is DISHONEST. Moreover, your "Christ" said to pray IN PRIVATE -- because doing so IN PUBLIC is an ego-trip intended to persuade others of one's "virtue". But ego-tripping is the opposite of virtue; it is self-seeking. It is also RUDE to spew your memorized litany AT others as if it proves something beyond the fact that you've substituted for actual thought stuff you've memorized. It's a handy way to simultaneously run away from who you really are and seek attention to your ego-tripping. In a word, you're an all-talk phony who has no time for actually shutting up and putting your spew into ACTION as BEHAVIOR toward others. There is nothing clever in your game.
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  11292.  @ps2v831  We have no record of what Jesus said. All e have is the oral history, written down decades later, from uneducated illiterates who claimed -- without a mote of EVIDENCE -- that "God" talked to them, and claimed to be QUOTING Jesus. In fact, not ive minutes ago "God" talked to me and said that "He" has NEVER talked to ANY OTHER HUMAN.
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  11293.  @ps2v831  Oh stop spewing that memorized gibberish. No one would have hard of Jesus if not for the ORAL traditions handed down that were finally reduced to writng DECADES AFTER Christ was dead. hrrist DID NOT WRITE ANYTHING. OTHER people who were UNEDUCATED ILLITERATES "QUOTED" what THEY CLAIMED he said. We DON'T KNOW what Christ said. To ignore those BASIC FACTS is to IGNORE REALITY.
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  11294.  @ps2v831  Buddha preceded Christ by hundreds of years. The difference is that he wasn't surrounded by sycophants who were incapable of thinking for themselves. Go away, troll.
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  11295.  @AlphaOmegaSigma07  The first problem with your view is that vaccines aren't ingested. You should have stuck with fluoridation -- it was more obviously crackpottery.
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  11296.  @AlphaOmegaSigma07  Too much iodine is poison. I'd ask you your REDENTIALS but you have none. Just crackpot any-science paranoia based on the crock of shit fed you by third generation New York conman and career criminal Trump. And what are HIS credentials? I just stated them: third generation New York con-man and career criminal. Take your attacks on facts, science, and reason itself to FOX or some other bullshit mill that is in the highly profitable business of preaching stupidity.
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  11297.  @AlphaOmegaSigma07  Attacking me -- about whom you know nothing -- won't help your pushing of paranoid anti-science crackpottery.
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  11298. Yeah -- let's ignore those who are specialists in diet and just listen to someone on youtube who CLAIMS to be some sort of doctor.
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  11299. The cops were pushing Abbott's Republican politics. Now Abbott is scrambling to repair the cover-up.
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  11300. Rand Paul is authorized as a medical person by an organization founded by Rand Paul for that purpose. Can your REPUBLICAN guest mouth the words "fraud" -- or at least "conflict of interest"?
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  11301. The violent rhetoric is irresponsible. Irresponsibility is corruption. But it's what you self-appointed fake "pundits" have. And one can have VALUES without being an inflexiible ideologue, like Sanders. And AOC is insulting those who aren't holier-than-thou.
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  11302.  @Jukantos  Trump and Sanders are both sides of the same exremist demagogic coin. BOTH reject DEMOCRACY. By contrast, the vast majority of voters are MODERATES, and the vast majority of the electorate sees Socialism as NORTH KOREA. Since South Carolina the VOTERS have SHOwn OVERWHELMINGLY that they are NOT going to vote for a Socialist -- who, when attacked for that, suddenly got shifty by claiming to be a "democratic socialist". All that sort of dishonesty does is cause SUSPICION. Otherwise, as a member of Congress for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS -- in which he has been TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE -- Sanders IS THE ESTABLISHMENT.
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  11303. The shoe is on the other foot: He has a history of keeping plaintiff suits against him in court until the plaintiff runs out of money. Now he is being confronted with so many law suits that he is running out of money to defend against them.
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  11304. The Founders charged the "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrectionists with TREASON, convicted them, and sentenced them to DEATH. What did those insurrectionists do? They "took up arms" against gov't. And both insurrections were suppressed by well-regulated Militia of the Second Amendment. And the "Whiskey" insurrection occurred and was suppressed more than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified. No: the Second Amendment did not and does not establish a "right" to commit the treasonous crime that is insurrection. Trump is falsely arguing that being a criminal is a "right".
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  11305. According to UNITED STATESs statistics, "illegal" immigration is DOWN 79 per cent during the last 11 months.
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  11306. Law enforcement, and self-appointed "online sleuths," have been assuming she was killed on August 27. That can be inferred from the timeline. The Laundrie's lawyer is probably reading the same stuff online. It is standard for defense lawyers to point the finger elsewhere. That says nothing about the guilt or innocence of the client. None of which is "collusion". How does John Walsh know that his parents bought him a burner phone? That is all speculation -- but the self-promotion is always there with John Walsh.
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  11307.  @Robochop-vz3qm  He's afraid of losing her.
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  11308.  @Kbb1957  It wasn't even a joke. Perhaps he had a "zinger" punch line, but he never got there.
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  11309. He deserves to be indicted, prosecuted, and convicted FIRST.
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  11310.  @jcoopes5604  Willis did point out that what he's doing is illegal. The question is whether that will put a stop to his sleazy smut-peddler's smear politics.
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  11311. Hopefully the police failure will be the disaster that makes the changes necessary.
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  11312. Trump is a costant liar. 91 felony indictments = Trump 20-24 years incarcerated.
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  11313.  @nativetexan53  The Boston University School of Medicine performed a forensic analysis of the actual evidence, including the x-rays of JFK's head, and Gov. Connoly's shirt. The evidence shown matches the Warren conclusions. That documentary was broadcast on PBS. The "conspiracy theories" were begun by illiterates who read Mark Lane's "Rush to Judgment". Lane claimed to have been Oswald's lawyer, and his book was essentially his defense brief. The job of a defense lawyer is to point as many fingers as he can away from his client. That DOES NOT mean the defense brief is actually truthful.
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  11314. That is false. Stop the stupid: because the media doesn't do extensive reporting of every crime does not mean that those crimes are ignored by law enforcement. It is amazing how much know-nothings "know" when they post anonymously online.
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  11315. Hopefully the public will finally learn that Republicans constantly make up fake "scandals," so not too swallow their allegations simply because they are made up. And dead people don't vote, because dead people aren't able to vote. No coffins on the market incorporate ballot boxes.
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  11316. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. Period,. End of story.
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  11317. Cats don't like J. D. Vance. They vote Kamala.
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  11318. Voting is a right -- and every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY. Voting is a CIVIC DUTY.
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  11319. JFK was talking about OTHER COUNTRIES. But those who let out-of-context slogans do their thinking for them don't care about their intellectual laziness and dishonesty. You are promoting domestic terrorism. You are indistinguishable from MAGA.
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  11320.  @nashooo5903  WW II hero and Republican Eisenhower overthrew democratically-elected democratic gov'ts in Central America and replaced them with military dictatorships. Military dictator in Cuba was supported by both thee US gov't and the Mafia. He also helped overthrow the democratically-elected president of Iran and replaced him with the dictator Shah. Republicans Nixon and Kissinger overthrew the democratically-elected gov't of Chile. But let's put it all on the Democrat JFK, who did overthrow US-appointed gov'ts in South Vietnam. And let's indulge the lucrative aftermarket cottage industry of conspirabunk.
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  11321. Those who vote by mail: recieve your ballot by mail, but consider not relying on the USPS to deliver it to elections officals on time. Instead determine what your state allows for dropping it off "in person". In my state, as example, one can drop the ballot off in person at the elections dept, but NOT at the polling location.
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  11322. We know who wears the panties in that family.
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  11323.  @bweaver760  It would have to be reported stolen.
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  11324.  @filipbitala2624  In view of the demographics of the Middle East, what are the chances that Cleopatra was white?
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  11325.  @filipbitala2624  Are you talking about paintings by white Europeans? Why are you so obsessed with "rescuing" Cleopatra, etc., from a Middle East which has always been predominantly Black?
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  11326.  @filipbitala2624  Name Egyptians who knew her who say she was white. Next you'll be claiming that Africans are actually white -- that the Blacks Africans are lying.
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  11327. No she isn't. She simply chose to go all in on the "stolen election" lie -- and now she can't back out of it. And she tells whatever audience she's speaking to whatever she believes that particular audience wants to hear. She was for the 1864 law being upheld -- then she was against it because the majority in Arizona is against it. Then, in white nationalist Idaho, where all abortion is banned, she said she is for it. She's been flip-flopping for longer than a fish out of water could flip-flop and survive.
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  11328. It is unconscionable. Guttenberg called the Republicans "mentally insufficient". Better he call them "morally insufficient". The news media, which plays "bothsiderism," wants others to not tell the truth.
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  11329.  @epluribusunum4928  The law is neither Left nor Right: "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11330.  @devo2  The Constitution is at risk, and you consider that a joke? Are you a Russian?
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  11331.  Space Alien  Because it isn't true -- and you forgot to include the most convenient Jew for you anti-Semites, George Soros.
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  11332.  Space Alien  Another oversimplifier. Does that same alleged group also own corporate media FOX?
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  11333.  Space Alien  Your anti-Semitism is showing again.
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  11334.  @Beachdudeca  Except that Schiff never said that. Are you a Russian troll?
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  11335.  @Beachdudeca  No, Obama and biden did not shake down Ukraine. The Obama Administration, along with the Congress, the EU, the IMF, and the anti-corruption movement in Ukraine, forced the corrupt prosecutor Shokin -- who wasn't prosecuting corruption -- out of office. Lying is immoral, so stop pretending you care about morality.
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  11336.  @mikewillett5076  Schiff didn't have contact with the whistleblower -- who was made irrelevant by public testimony that corroborated all of the whistleblower's complaint. (1) the whistleblower approached the Committee staff; (2) the Committee staff advised the whistleblower to file her/his complaint in keeping with the law. End of non-conspiracy lie. Period. Full stop.
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  11337.  @mikewillett5076  Trump isn't authorized BY LAW to "kick ass," or any of the other extralegal and criminal acts you approve and want. "If this flawed person [Trump] will be taking out some truly bad bad people" -- like himself, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, Gates, Flynn, Giuliani, Cippolone, Sekulow, et al.? Yours is the lawless politics of "might makes right" -- which is wholly contrary to our Constitution and laws.
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  11338.  @prometheus5700  You mean the Bushitter who based his illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq on lies, and got American troops killed? That Bushitter?
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  11339. @Christina Denham Another Trump sewer-dweller boasting of his private delectations.
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  11340.  @girlonfire00net  So what have you to say about Trump being a constant liar, and a puppet of Putin? you're okay with that, so long as you can lie about Democrats in effort to change the subject? As for confiscating guns: no one has said anything about doing that except paranoid Republicans and gun nuts. It's a lie. But no civilian should be allowed to possess weapons of war: assault weapons are not defense weapons.
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  11341.  @Beachdudeca  If Schiff said Bolton couldn't be believed, then he wouldn't have repeatedly argued to call Bolton as a witness. What you are is a law-illiterate liar who with your lies reveal that you haven't a clue about how legal processes actually work: parties in litigation DO NOT want witnesses whose word can't be trusted; but that fact is too obvious and "common sense" for you to grasp. In fact, you're too stupid to grasp that you arrogantly exult in that which is stupidity.
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  11342.  @RepublicansAreDeplorable  From prominent psychiatrist R. D. Laing: "The more we lie, the more out of our minds we become." Truth is the oxygen of sanity.
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  11343.  @mastertemple8369  One doesn't win when one cheats. I wonder how many of the Republicans are being blackmailed by Putin/Trump.
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  11344. I snicker when I think of how easy it was for Stormy Danials to seduce Trump into paying her $130,000 for his one-night-spanking with the ten-foot magazine.
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  11345.  SMSenterpriseinc.  Actually, and to the contrary, she wrote a detailed account of their sexual encounter in her book. I snicker every time I think of how easy it was for a pornographic film star to seduce Trump into paying her $130,000 for his one-night-spanking with her ten-foot magazine. He still hasn't paid Pecker, though, for Pecker's fronting of the $150,000 to silence Karen McDougal. And he wanted to delay paying her until after the election so he could rip her off. That's the guy who lectures others to "pay up!"
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  11346.  @dickjones8119  That's supposed to mean something? The issue is Trump; your effort to change the subject is intellectually dishonest -- immoral.
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  11347. Because malevolent MAGA runs in the family.
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  11348. That didn't originate with Carlin. And he is mere soundbyte compared to Mark Twain.
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  11349. The REPUBLICAN mayor is the man who stood up at the press conference and yelled at Beto, who was disrupting the cover-up. There was no negotiator or effort to negotiate. That is made up in effort to justify the police inaction.
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  11350. The ballots are sent to REGISTERED voters.
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  11351.  @geogeo4139  Are you qualified to "diagnose"? Or are you simply a bigoted asshole?
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  11352.  @jashuasmith9361  Are you qualified to "diagnose" a person you have never met and don't know? Or are you simply a repugnant bigot?
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  11353. A lot of "conservatives" are finding out that they are Liberals.
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  11354.  @mikean1123  Are you ambivalent about the "merits" of being uneducated? Citizenship in a democracy isn't only about freedom; it is also about individual responsibility and civic duty. That's why those who are all and only about "freedom" delude themselves that giving all the responsibility to a dictator will relieve them of that burden and eliminate all impediments to their freedom. Hitler's general who ran the "Brown Shirts" (his "Proud Boys"/"Oath Keepers"/"3 Percenters") did what Hitler wanted: street violence against, first, Jews, and then non-Jews who dissented. They established Hitler's intended climate of fear. Then Hitler promised to eliminate the street violence/crime, and the "Night of the Long Knives" eliminated that general, and the "Brown Shirts". See The True Believer by Eric Hoffer.
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  11355. Vance on "Public Policy": Inciting bomb threats is the Trump/MAGA "public policy". It is a campaign of domestic terrorism.
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  11356. There were zero Republican Congressmen, and one Senator for the first impeachment. It is now 10 Congressmen, and at least three Senators so far.
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  11357.  @LRCW1  How many times must these facts be explained to you until you STOP REFUSING to LEARN: Contempt sanctions are INCREMENTAL -- they steadily INCREASE to the point that the defendant CEASES the contempt. Trump was fined several times until he STOPPED being an asshole. But this CRIMINAL trial in chief has begun, and he has already established a voluminous track record, including prior gag orders, on which the court can rely to short-circuit his contempt. This judge will therefore come down hard on him because he has already had sufficient warning and instruction, and has already flouted the courts' gag orders, so this court, this judge, needn't give him as many opportunities as happened prior. This is a lawyer explaining -- with receipts -- how gag orders work, and the history, and what will happen next: Trump isn't the first to engage in his contemptuous behavior, and there has already been established remedies that work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQdD94evetA
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  11358. As if Joe and Mika sitting in a TV studio as a lifestyle is the real world.
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  11359. In other words, you have no facts, so you engage in smear. Stupid is as stupid is and does.
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  11360. Trump Derangement Syndrome got you travelling in space, moon shot?
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  11361.  @peterjean5403  Nope -- he loves Trump because Trump "loves" the uneducated because they are so easy to separate from their money.
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  11362. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNi9ztjcjwY
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  11363. The ones who caught the virus while eating at a restaurant probably cut a whole in the mask so the could eat while wearing a mask.
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  11364. Ford pardoned former-president Nixon precisely because he COULD have been prosecuted even though no longer in office. The Impeachment Clauses expressly stipulate that that can happen.
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  11365. He's doing it for the publicity. He isn't bothering with the recent Miya Marcano disappearance -- IN FLORIDA -- because (1) she doesn't fit the "missing white woman syndrome," and (2) isn't being looked at by a truckload of teevee cameras. What he leaves out about his "arrest" of the fugitive in Mexico is that he was arrested, because bounty hunting in Mexico is illegal.
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  11366. It can't be proven there is a "God". But if there is, the EVIDENCE is that "He" is consistently a NO-SHOW. How many DEAD INNOCENTS to the COVID virus, when "He" could have intervened? Yeah -- and yet you PRAISE this no-show!
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  11367.  @chasity71mvp19  Tell it whomever dragged "God" into it. "We" praise "God" after "He" allows hundreds of thousands of innocents to die. If more would confront such irrational nonsense we wouldn't be in the dire situation we are. Then we might be able to get beyond the fans of murder-as-entertainment, which is what this entire circus is about.
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  11368. She's RUN, illiterate. Gad, these fake "journalists" who know nothing about how journalism is done. It's all infotainment, sensationalism. Fruit-fringers talking about fruit-fringers who shouldn't be given attention
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  11369. Huh? And the media "likes" teenage boys?
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  11370. Without due process and trail? Why do you reject the rule of law for others than yourself?
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  11371. NOT being a sociopath = "Socialism".
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  11372.  @oldguy2764  The unusal facts of the situation are sufficient to arouse suspicion. But what would they search?
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  11373.  @davidbosworth4751  He is a CRIMINAL lawyer.
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  11374. Seems to me the waiver declares the gross negligence. So does that both PROVE it and work to protect AGAINST the liability for the negligence. OceanGate will be sued. Whether the suits will succeed is a separate question.
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  11375.  @truthdrifter  It was an ego trip. They believed themselves to be "blessed" or somehow immune because they were exceptionally wealthy. If they were LIED to about the safety of the Titan, then they were INDUCED BY FRAUD -- which FRAUD SUBVERTED their freedom of choice in the matter. PREDATORS assert your excuse: you can do anything you want to others so long as you can bullshit them into accepting it.
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  11376.  @zedvar3806  It isn't lack of spine; it is lack of integrity -- and lack of journalistic ethics. FOX is all politics all the time; propaganda, not actual NEWS.
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  11377.  @kbusby4824  Thanks for the clarification. She is certainly a veteran of these investigations. And the politically oblivious who smear politicians as "all corrupt" defame persons such as Lofgren. The percentage of corruption in politics is roughly the same as in the general population.
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  11378. She certainly gave aid AND comfort to insurrection.
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  11379. The "American Dream" is about threatening to assassinate Democratic members of Congress, which is a FELONY?
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  11380.  @robynliteracy7057  Pastors are selling themselves to MAGA.
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  11381. Insurrection -- "taking up arms" against gov't -- is a CRIME. One cannot "love" the country while rejecting the rule of law.
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  11382. The war was stalemated when G. DUI Bushit shifted to illegally invading and occupying Iraq. It took the Black guy, Obama, to finally get perpetrater bin Laden, who the Republicans needed alive as a constant boogeyman.
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  11383. Musk is South African apartheid/US racial segregation.
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  11384. He doesn't pay the bills anyway.
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  11385. "Project 2025" was WRITTEN by Trump administration members. It IS trump's agenda. Musk already said that the goal is to destroy the economy. Those who voted for Trump are going to get recession and inflation. And many of us are going to be dispossessed -- try to vote without a permanent address. "The Federalist Society" has one goal: REPEALING the "New Deal," and bringing us back to the economics of the Republican "Great Depression".
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  11386. He isn't reading these comments. He hasn't time. And doesn't know of them.
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  11387. if Trump admitted under oath that he's a constant liar, perjury charges would be considered.
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  11388.  @lmarie3834  Then you confirm that there are a lot of stupid people for whom the known facts aren't sufficient, so they run off into fantasy land and make shit up to increase the thrills for themselves. That's what fans of murder as entertainment do: compete to see who can be the most outlandish in speculations, while making it appear to each other that it is actually "thinking".
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  11389. yeah: if you can't win elections, its reasonable to assume one can't win elections. Sanders LOST in 2016 when the real Democrats in the Democratic Party voted for the ACTUAL Democrat, instead of the "independent" who continued to shit on the living room rug even AFTER he lost.
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  11390. Scott Jennings is a Republican saying what he thinks will help the party, not what will help the country.
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  11391. You don't watch the media you are bashing, else you'd know that they regularly call Trump a liar, with the CLIPS SHOWN.
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  11392. Where is the evidence for your presumption that she took a "gender studies class"? Aren't you doing the very thing of which you accuse her?
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  11393. And Trump is cut off from his usual escape of bankruptcy.
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  11394.  @Anon54387  You are an individual in a society with others. Your exercise of your freedoms is LIMITED by YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to not violate the rights of others. Grow up -- outgrow the adolescent narcissism and the delusion that ONLY YOU matter.
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  11395. So you are insisting that the first three words of the Constitution are, "We the individual"? In the first and subsequent drafts of the Second Amendment Madison and the Congress -- both House and Senate -- distinguished between "people" and "person because, most being LAWYERS, they knew the difference between "collective" and individual. One even finds IN LAW as a frequent use the words "person" and "persons". Those are individualisms. "A well regulated Militia" is the subject of the Amendment because, as the Amendment says, "NECESSARY". "The right of the people," etc., phrase, was drawn from four STATE constitution Militia Clauses, and it is the WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. Those same Clauses distinguish between well-regulated Militia -- "the right of the people," etc. -- and standing armies. What you law-illiterates don't know is the actual history -- especially the laws at the time; and that constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES. In those Militia Acts one finds the details NOT in the general Amendment. Yes: Constitutions are deliberately general in order to accommodate the unforeseen; statutes are more specific and detailed. The ONLY "individual right" in the preliminary drafts was this: ": but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY, as in DRAFT] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia]". That being OBVIOUSLY voted down, there is no "individual right" in the Second Amendment. And just for the fun of it, let's look at everything to do with "militia" in this state constitution, and two subsequent statutes from the same state -- ___ Note specifically the dates of the following. The first are the Militia Clauses from the Virginia constitution which was adopted on June 12, 1776: ___ "Virginia Bill of Rights--1776 . . . . "Sec. I3. That a well-regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defence of a free State; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided, as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power." Note these words: "defence of a free State". "State is gov't, and gov't is by definition rule of law. To continue: "Constitution of Virginia--1776 . . . . "The present militia officers shall be continued, and vacancies supplied by appointment of the Governor, with the advice of the Privy-Council, on recommendations from the respective County Courts; but the Governor and Council shall have a power of suspending any officer, and ordering a Court Martial, on complaint of misbehavior or inability, or to supply vacancies of officers, happening when in actual service. "The Governor may embody the militia, with the advice of the Privy-Council; and when embodied, shall alone have the direction of the militia, under the laws of the country." See that? -- the State's Governor is the commander-in-chief of the Militia. There is no other "militia" that is legal, because the purpose of the militia is defense of gov't, AS AN ARM OF gov't. ___ The following statute establishes what were and are also called "armories" for the storage of public arms, etc., with which the well-regulated Militia are to be armed (rendered in current English): At a General Assembly begun and held at the Public Buildings in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Ist day of May, in the Year of the Lord 1780. Chap. XXIX. An act to enable the Governor to provide a laboratory and proper magazines for the reception of arms, ammunition, and other public stores. 1. Whereas it is expedient that proper magazines for the reception of arms, ammunition, and other public stores, and a laboratory be speedily provided, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Governor with the advice of his Council may, and he is hereby empowered and required to cause such and so many magazines as shall be judged necessary, and a laboratory to immediately be erected at the public expence, at such place or places as they shall think proper; and that reasonable satisfaction may be made to the proprietors of all lands which by virtue of this act may be taken and appropriated to the uses aforesaid, the clerk of the county wherein any such land shall lie, is hereby empowered and required, on requisition from the Governor for the time being, to issue a writ ad quod dammon, to be directed to the sheriff of the said county, commanding him to summon and empannel twelve able discreet freeholders of the vicinage, no ways concerned in interest in the said lands, nor related to the owners or proprietors thereof, to meet on the said lands respectively on a certain day to gbe mentioned in the said writ, not under five, nor more than ten days from the date thereof, of which notice shall be given to the respectie proprietors of the said lands, if they be to to be found within the county, and if not, then to their respective agents if any there be; which freeholders take nothing on pain of being discharged from the inquest and immediately imprisoned by the sheriff, either of meat or drink from any person whatever, from the time they came to the said place until their inquest sealed, shall be charged by the said sheriff impartially, and to the best of their skill and judgment to value the lands on which the said magazines and laboratory are to be erected, to be laid off by order of the Governor, and not exceeding three acres for each of said buildings; and after such valuation made, the said sheriff shall forthwith return the same under the hands and seals of the said jurors, to the clerk's office of the said county; and the right and property of the said lands so laid off and valued, shall be immediately devested and be transferred to this commonwealth in fee simple; any want of consent or disabilty to consent in the said owners notwithstanding. The cost of building such magazines and laboratory, the cost of the said inquest, and the several sums at which the rights of the owners are valued, shall be paid by the Treasurer, out of the public money in his hands, to the undertakers of the said magazines and laboratory, to the said proprietors and others respectively entitled, on warrants from the Auditors, countersigned by the Governor. A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); The First Laws of the State of Virginia (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 129-130. ___ The following statute orders the recovery of public arms from the well-regulated militia: At a General Assembly begun and held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 21st day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1782. Chap. XII. An act for the recovery of arms and accoutrements belonging to the state. I. Whereas sundry arms and accoutrements belonging to the public in the hands of individuals, who have neglected to return them to the proper officers; and it is necessary that such arms and accoutrements should be recovered as speedily as possible: Be it enacted, that the Governor do, on the passing of this act, issue his proclamation, enjoining all persons having in their possession any arms or accoutrements whatsoever, belonging to the state, to deliver them without delay to the Lieutenant or commanding officer of the county for the time being; and the sheriff of each county within this commonwealth, shall cause copies of the said proclamations, which shall be transmitted to him by the Executive, to be fixed up in the most public places in his county, and if after one month from such public notice having been given, any person possessing any such public arms or accoutrements, shall be convicted of having failed to deliver them up as aforesaid, such person shall, upon every such conviction, be liable to the penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record within this commonwealth, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, on conviction of the offender, and the other half shall be applied in aid of the county levy where such offender shall reside. And the Lieutenant, or commanding officer of each county, shall make returns from time to time, to the Executive, of all arms and accoutrements so delivered to him, and also deliver them to the order of the Executive, under the penalty, if he fail in all or any part of his duty, of fifty pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid, and applied in diminution of the county levy. Provided always, that where muskets and bayonets have been by order of government placed in any county on eastern or western frontier for defence against incursions of the enemy, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant or commanding officer to return such muskets and bayonets to the militia, taking a receipt from each person for what shall be so returned. A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, etc., at 176. You and your ilk show how easy it is to be enthusiastically wrong.
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  11396.  @jacobew2000  Law-illiterate: I have an education in law, and I've been researching these issues for more than 30 years. The experts governing the Militia came directly from the -- READ THE DATE -- 1776 Virginia constitution. Jefferson CERTAINLY had input to it. And I provided the source of the two statutes. IF you knew how to read you'd understand that. And it's obvious you don't know how to READ that which is directly in front of your face. Quoting from your comment with EMPHASIS of that you overlook: "The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are PEACEABLE citizens from keeping their own arms." And you illiteracy in law is glaring: gadfly Jefferson no part in framing the US Constitution, and no part in writing the Bill of Rights. And LETTERS are NOT LAW. Neither, dunce, is The Federalist law. There were more than 50 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. The tiny minority of THREE wrote extra-Congressional newspaper articles under fake names; they were "Federalists" who were admittedly engaged in an ADVERTISING campaign -- propaganda -- designed to SELL the Constitution. And you've not READ it; in "The Federalist No. 84" is this: "I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and in the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous." The Federalist (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, Paperback, 1961), Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Jacob E. Cooke, at 579. That is the definitive edition of The Federalist -- it includes the original articles, which were edited and in some places rewritten in the first edition, of which all other editions are copies. Again, the Federalist is NOT LAW. And, on the other end of the spectrum was an equal number -- THREE -- who refused to sign the Constitution. One of those was Massachusetts-Bay Congressman Elbridge Gerry, who invented gerrymandering, which was a huge scandal. And the US Constitution, which IS law, and ALL of which is in effect at the same time, and which is the SUPREME Law of the Land, is against you: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS [which makes the laws] shall have Power To provide for [by making laws] calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. To "take up arms" against gov't is INSURRECTION -- which the Founders charged, prosecuted, and convicted as TREASON, and sentenced the insurrectionists to DEATH. See "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections, the latter having been suppressed AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, by well-regulated Militia. Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." Art. IV., S., 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion [and] domestic Violence." First Amendment: Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people [NOT "individual"] PEACEABLY to assemble." Last but not least, from the "Declaration of Independence," which you can't be bothered to actually READ, and more than you care to READ the Constitution your ilk so frequently invoke, else you'd learn that it too is against you, as detailed in the grievances against King George III, these two being directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." The LEGISLATURES MAKE LAWS REGULATING MILITIA -- reread the excerpts from the 1776 Virginia constitution -- and determines WHETHER to establish a standing army when the Militia isn't sufficient to address violence directed at the gov't. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition RULE OF LAW. Read YOUR state constitution -- it without doubt has one or more Militia Clauses. From it you'll learn that your state's GOVERNOR is the commander-in-chief of the state Militia -- now National Guard. In sum: there is no individual right in the Second Amendment, as I already made clear. And there is no right to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which, again, is insurrection, and which, again, the Founders classified as TREASON, with DEATH the penalty.
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  11397.  @jacobew2000  Blackstone applies to ENGLAND and is commentaries on ENGLISH law. The United States isn't under English law -- ever heard of the "Declaration of Independence"? Ever heard of the US Constitution?
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  11398.  @jacobew2000  Actually not. All the colonies were administered from London -- except for Massachusetts-Bay, which somehow managed to bring the management, in their written Charter, to the colony, and that was its gov't. The colonies had to deal with exigencies that didn't exist in England -- indigenous peoples, as example; so the colonies enacted laws "foreign" to England. Pursuant to Crown Review, laws enacted in Massachusetts-Bay, their "Body of Liberties" of 1641, as example, were often struck down, and not to be enforced. Massachusetts-Bay responded, "Oh, okay" -- then went ahead and enforced them anyway. Their first Charted was eventually revoked. Governor Sewell took a trip to England to negotiate a new Charter (the "William & Mary" Charter). When he arrived back at the colony with the Charter under his arm he found himself in the middle of the Salem Witch hysteria. The reality is that over time the colonies' laws and systems deviated from English law; they were effectively "independent" before they realized it. And there is this fact: "The first question that confronts the investigator [of the legal history] concerns the influence upon our system of the English common law [court decisions; "judge-made law"; not statutory law], that complex body of principles and rules, contained, t the early colonial period, in the Year Books, Reports, and the standard law treatises of quasi-judicial authority. Statutory law-making had been but sparingly used up to this time in England, and the law of property and personal security, criminal law, and procedure, found their norms in a long series of judicial precedents. The transfer of this system to the colonies, its amalgamation with new forms there originated, its adaptation to novel conditions, constitutes a subject of rare interest. There is an hierarchy of law: Constitutions -- mandatory law; constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes -- mandatory law; court opinions/"judge-made law" -- persuasive authority. My state can be persuaded by court opinions from, as example, your state. Or my state an ignore those same opinions. "The accepted legal theory of this transfer is well known. It is clearly stated by [Joseph] Story in Van Ness v. Packard, 2 Peters, 144: 'The common law [i.e., court decisions/"judge-made law"] of England is not to be taken in all respects to be that of America. Our ancestors brought with them its general principles, and claimed it as their birth-right; but they brought with them and adopted only that portion which was applicable to their condition.' This theory is universally adopted by our courts, and it has given them the important power of judging of the applicability of the principles of the common law to American conditions. According to this view, the common law was from the first looked upon by the colonists as a system of positive and subsidiary law, applying where not replaced by colonial enactments [these being statutes] or by special custom suited to new conditions. And Massachusetts-Bay colony, known as "The BIBLE Commonwealth" based its laws, first, on the "Bible". Its Capital Laws were drawn directly from Deuteronomy and Leviticus. "While this legal theory [as Story put it] is adopted as an eminently satisfactory explanation of the jurisprudence of today, it is not complete enough to afford an adequate synthesis of colonial legal facts for the historian. It contains, of course, the great legal truth that men cannot all at once cut themselves loose from a system of thought or action under which they have lived . . . . Thus, of course, the more simple, popular, general parts of the English common law were from the first of great influence on colonial legal relations. This, however, is very far from declaring the common law of England a subsidiary system in actual force from the beginning of colonization. On the contrary, we find from the very first, originality in legal conceptions, departing widely from the most settled theories of the common law, and even a total denial of the subsidiary character of English jurisprudence. . . . English Common Law in the Early American Colonies (Madison, WI: October, 1899/NY: Gordon Press, 1977), Paul Samuel Reinsch, at 6-7. Continued.
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  11399.  @jacobew2000  Continuing: "According to the accepted legal theory, the American colonists claimed the English common law as their birthright, brought with them its general principles and adopted so much of it as was applicable to their condition. Although this theory is universally adopted by the courts, a close study of the subject reveals among the early colonists a far different attitude toward the common law from that which is usually attributed to them. In none of the colonies, perhaps, was this more marked than in Massachusetts. Here the binding force of English law was denied, and a legal system largely different came into use. . . ." Legal Development in Colonial Massachusetts 1630-1686 (NY: Columbia University; Longmans, Green & Co., Agents, 1910Clark, NJ: The Lawbook exchange, 2005), Charles J. Hilkey, at 5. The first stable colony was Plymouth Colony, founded by the Pilgrims in 1620. But it was a poor relation to Massachusetts-Bay, founded in 1629, which became an economic powerhouse that eventually absorbed Plymouth Colony. The laws of Massachusetts-Bay permeated the colonies a far as at least the middle colonies. And it lead the so-called "revolution" while the Southern colonies were bashing the "rebels" in Massachusetts as "traitors," defending slavery, and extending "olive branches" to King George III. Lexington & Concord and Bunker Hill had occurred and the South was still avoiding the reality: the original colonists essentially rejected England and its laws as those laws had "persecuted" them. They planted the seeds in all the particulars except in their conscious awareness; until the 1770s. The United States stopped being under English law almost from the beginning. With the "Declaration" they made it objective fact. Ask yourself: in a conflict of laws situation between English and US law, which law would prevail in the United States?
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  11400.  @jacobew2000  AGAIN: The Federalist is NOT LAW. I explained all of that -- and NONE of it is "cut and paste". Anything NOT ENACTED by an ELECTED LEGISLATURE and signed by the ELECTED CHIEF EXECUTIVE, or decided by a court, is NOT LAW.
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  11401.  @jacobew2000  If you stopped reading, then that you didn't read cannot be said to be "trash" except by the DISHONEST.
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  11402.  @jacobew2000  Chickenshit.
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  11403.  @jacobew2000  ""all Americans fall into the definition of THE PEOPLE"." "ALL AMERICANS" is not an individual. And it isn't I who assert that "the people" are a "collective". That term is used by extremist right-wingers who use that word because -- they being illiterate also in political science -- it means "communism". How do those morons deal with the Founders' naming of several states "COMMONwealths"? They pick and choose which out-of-contect snippets they will rely on to make their pseudo-"law" "arguments". Meanwhile, the subject of the Second Amendment is "well regulated militia" because, as the Amendment says, NECESSARY.
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  11404.  @jacobew2000  This is a Militia Act, at random. It is of interest because it refutes the hogwash that the Militia was composed of males who came and went on their own whims. You know, all that "freedom" and "liberty" stuff without any regulation or limitations. Without any penalties for refusing to comply with the rule of law More specifically, it refutes the "voluntary" nature of the Militia as being a gang of armed gun-nuts who gather together and build their paunches by drinking beer while bullshitting about "freedom" and "liberty" and how the Founders were as armed as the cowboys in LIBERAL Hollowood movie fictions, in which there were no laws, and especially no laws regulating gun possession -- all based on FICTIONS promulgated by dime novelists who'd never been east of the publishing center of the United States located in New York City. ___ Here's the statute (rendered in contemporary English; e.g., "long s" changed to modern "s"): ___ At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May, 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed as a Souldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Souldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrent to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person agrieved, and just reason alledged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. ___ If one goes to one's state law library, or a good law school library (look for a Federal Depository library, which by law are accessible to the public), and asks a librarian for help finding Militia Acts, and one sits down with any one or more of the relevant volumes of statutes, one will be overwhelmed with the sheer number of Militia Acts that have been enacted.
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  11405. The builtin election protection systems are able to determine what ballots were in the drop box.
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  11406. Alito and the other extremists on the Supreme Court don't want extremist right-wing white supremacist and fascist propaganda and disinformation suppressed in keeping with terms of service.
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  11407. "If the president does it, it's not illegal." -- is refuted by the Impeachment Clause.
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  11408. Notte that Hannity tags on at the end of his statement that "Liberals" are the "high-tax" party. The Republicans don't understand that taxation is the means by which "We the people" pay our own way, by funding the gov't, which exists to meet the needs of "We the people". That's why presidents are to SERVE "We the people" NOT be our 'boss". To MAGA: the president is the head of a branch separate from Congress. He has no jurisdiction over Congress -- or over the transfer of power from the losing president to the winning president. See "separation of powers".
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  11409. "Sky News" -- Rupert Murdoch's property -- is concerned with "editorial code"!? Yeah -- reporting LIES about their being "riots" all over the US. They know this, ya see, because they're in Australia.
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  11410. "Regulation" is LAW. These greedy anti-Americans HATE the rule of law.
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  11411. You've mastered the cliche jargon. YAWN.
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  11412. Let us know if you are able to be objective when the warrant is released on the motion from the DOJ. WE ALREADY KNOW that Trump STOLE gov't property -- remember the 15 boxes? -- to which he has NO RIGHT. And then he's going to "negotiate" "whether" and "when" and "how much" of that STOLEN property to RETURN!?
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  11413. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists. And Trump is talking about visiting Springfield, Ohio -- to, obviously, increase the potential for violence. Trump isn't trying to win or lose; he's intent on inciting violence in multiple locations. But that he can't win.
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  11414. So "they're eating the cats of childless cat ladies"?
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  11415. Interesting that she says that the gov't isn't a business -- because it isn't intended to be. And federal employees PAY TAXES.
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  11416. Trump Patriots: STAND UP and SALUTE THE FLAG! -- Trump has made the United States into the #1 COVID-19-Infected Country On the PLANET!
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  11417. And the pro-Sanders "fans" will attack the DEMOCRATS, NOT the REPUBLICANS (Sanders voted FOR the bill). Because they still haven't learned what an asshole is, and isn't.
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  11418.  @paulnolan4971  Still a sucker for conman and career -- and convicted -- criminal felon Trump, eh?
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  11419. It's all about the money. Indict Hawley and see if he tries to haul ass away from that.
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  11420. This murderer is exploiting the SICK who are defending him. He no more cares about you -- what matters is his megalomaniac's idealization of a murderer as a "revolutionary" -- than does Trump.
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  11421. The January 6 should subpoena Ginni and Clarence Thomas's phone records.
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  11422. What are you talking about? Are you suggesting "discovery"? That doesn't work during investigation.
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  11423. As compared and contrasted with "weak" women? That distinction is sexist.
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  11424. "Physical encounters" = SEX. The fuller story, based on the evidence, is that the three cops passed her around. And one of the cops visited her just before she "died" -- there is video of him arriving and leaving. But there was apparently no DNA testing of the fetus, which seems odd.
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  11425. You know Barr is lying when he does the rapid eye-blinking.
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  11426. Most of the revenues for health insurers is from Medicare.
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  11427. You know how to defend yourself? GUN CONTROL. We have a right to NOT be murdered because REPUBLICAN politicians are OWNED by the gun industry and its POLITICAL front NRA and lobbyists.
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  11428.  @ak471911able  Abbott eliminated background checks, thus making it legal for criminals to buy guns legally. You aren't defending gun rights; you're defending mass murder.
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  11429.  @ak471911able  This is in the Constitution -- ALL of which is in effect at the same time -- YOU HAVE NOT READ: Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. You hatred of "We the people" is SELF-destructive. THIS is in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia[/National Guard] to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." As is THIS: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." The ONLY "individual right" DEBATED by those who WROTE the Second Amendment was this: "but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia]". That was obviously VOTED DOWN before the proposed Amendment was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification. The SUBJECT of the Amendment is WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. A Militia is not an individual, is a public organization, and is an arm OF gov't.
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  11430. They ARE NOT "militia". Read the US Constitution on the point: "Art. I., s.. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, [and] SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS." And: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The Congress shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia". Are they armed by Congress? No. And they even essentially claimed to have "forgot" their gun IDs at home. Fact: they don't believe in the rule of law, they reject the rule of law, they claim to be "sovereign citizens" -- law unto themselves -- so the guns will turn out to be illegal. Criminals do the same, though most of them don't spew a load of gibberished nonsense as a "justification".
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  11431.  @Wordalways  “William Roper: “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” Sir Thomas More: “Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?” William Roper: “Yes, I'd cut down every law in England to do that!” Sir Thomas More: “Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned 'round on you, where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country is planted thick with laws, from coast to coast, Man's laws, not God's! And if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake!” ― Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
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  11432. "We the people" pay our own way by means of paying taxes. The Founders said so in such as the New Hampshire constitution of 1784: "PART i.--THE BILL OF RIGHTS. "Article I. . . . . "XII. Every member of the community has a right to bee protected by it in in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property; he is therefore bound to contribute his share in the expence of such protection [taxation], and to yield his personal service when necessary [service in well-regulated Militia was DUTY, not "right"]". Those who reject that fundamental are deadbeats wanting to sponge off everyone else's dime -- and they are also typically racists against Reagan's imaginary "welfare queens".
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  11433. Republicans love presidents who sign everything they put in front of him. Their obstacle is minds that think.
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  11434. How can one be proud of someone's else's decisions or actions if one had no part in them?
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  11435. So who is Pence going to vote for? Nutball RKF. Jr.?
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  11436.  @tenthplanet3342  The Constitution establishes, in specific terms, that Supreme Court Justices are subject to impeachment. So, yes: all about the Constitution, the SUPREME Law of the Land. The problem with you fruit-fringers is that you only believe rule of law applies to those you oppose -- and that position is anti-American. But you know that you hate the United States and the rule of law: you support and defend a convicted criminal who is also an adjudicated rapist.
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  11437. BULLSHIT. Abbott pushes "religion" but also eliminated background checks so criminals can legally buy guns. Your "thoughts and prayers" have yet to save a life. The issue isn't "lack of CHRISTIAN prayer in PUBLIC schools in which the students are NOT ALL "CHRISTIAN". Stop your BIGOTRY.
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  11438. No: it was a method, by at least some, of pressuring him into backing off and putting out a statement to calm things.
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  11439. It's the Reagan cult of personality v. the Trump cult of personality.
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  11440. There are differences. But you're closed minded on the subject, so it's easier to name-call than it is to learn.
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  11441.  @blacklung8433  Law evolves and elaborates. If you read the Treason Clause in the US Constitution, you'll find a second section stipulating that Congress shall declare the penalties. Trump has certainly levied war against the United States, and adhered to its [Cold War] enemies, and given them aid and comfort. If there's a reason so few have been charged with treason it's probably compassion. Or, perhaps more likely, politics. Washington pardoned the "Whiskey" insurrectionists, even though they'd been sentenced to death.
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  11442.  @blacklung8433  It isn't sophism to point to the fact that the Founders established the legal precedent, under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, that "insurrection" is "treason". Yes, law evolves, and elaborates. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes. The 14th Amendment, as example, is implemented by means of the 1871 "Ku Klux Klan" Act. Nor do you point to anything in my comments as being "sophism". (Sophistry? Your first comment was that there can't be treason without war -- the Founders certainly didn't believe that -- but provided no EVIDENCE for that assertion.) Here, at random, is a statute which refutes current claims about the purpose of "militia" being properly anti-gov't -- to "take up arms" against "tyranny" -- which is, in law, the crime of insurrection; and which the Founders classified as treason; and which has no actual basis in the legal history: I haven't "translated" it into current English, so you'll have to work your way through the "long s"; but note the word "Impreffed" -- for which the modern terms are "conscription" and "draft". The "General Court" was the gov't/legislature: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Bofton the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Confideration the great Diffappointment the Countrey hath fuffred by reafon of non-appearance of Souldiers Impreffed for feveral expeditions: Do judge meet that every perfon Impreffed as a Souldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every fuch Foot Souldier fhall pay the fum of four Pounds, and every Trooper fhall pay the fum of fix Pounds: and if their neglects or refufal be accompanied with Refractorinefs, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, fuch perfon fhall be punished with Death, or fome other Grievous punifhment. And the Committee of Militia in the feveral Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all fuch as fhall be Delinquents as is above expreffed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrent to the Conftable to levy the faid fines, which faid fines fhall be improved to purchafe Arms for the Towns ufe; Provided it fhall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any perfon agrieved, and juft reafon alleadged and proved to make abatement of the faid fines as in their wifdome and difcretion they fhall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cafes aforefaid, be fent to the Committee of Militia in the feveral Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the ftrict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. "The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686." (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. In sum: the fantasy that the militia is to operate OUTSIDE the law as a "check" against "tyranny" has always been FALSE.
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  11443.  @paddyholly2184  Meadows is between a rock and a hard place. Even more so lawyers Clark and Eastman.
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  11444.  @blacklung8433  Was Russia's attack on the United States leading into the 2016 election not an act of war?
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  11445.  Barr Stool  Love your screen name. :]
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  11446. Drama Queen Lindsey is a nasty racist bullshitter. And Balckburn, though it's a tough contest, is worse even than Ted "Cancun" Cruz" and Josher Hawley.
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  11447. Oh, but, Trump did his usual public verbal master-bation.
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  11448. Can we see a woman while miscarrying taking a three-hour bus ride?
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  11449. So he's pro-Fascist.
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  11450. He isn't being attacked for building a hospital. He is being attacked for being an anti-Christian bigot. It can't be proven that there is a "God". And I don't see any evidence that you were somehow elected to speak for that which can't be proven to exist. Did you have a bad relationship with your invisible friends when you were a child? Alternative theology: "God" talks to me. In fact, "He" just spoke to me about three minutes ago, and "He" said that "He" doesn't talk to you.
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  11451. It is, properly, MAGA-LARDO. If Bogart were alive he'd probably make a movie with that as it's title. Am I worng?
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  11452. They clai the state of Rhode Island is their sovereign territory. The vast majority of Rhode Islanders, and the law, disagree with them. And the leader is facing pending criminal charges in Rhode Island. He's going to be in deeper hot water if he is in jail in Massachusetts and misses his court date in Rhose Island.
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  11453. FACTS: When the proposed "Bill of Rights" was submitted to the states for consideration and ratification, it consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments. The first two were REJECTED, making the 3rd the First and the 4th the Second. And the intent of the Second Amendment was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia; it had nothing to do with defending freedom of speech. And it certainly did not establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is INSURRECTION, and which is PROHIBITED by Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. in the body of the Constitution. This is the actual context and legal history -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11454. Both he and Trump.
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  11455. J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34.
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  11456. "Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to follow rules." -- Mark Twain
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  11457. We can be certain that if a person expressed views to which she objected in her home she would "cancel" that person's "right of free speech" then and there. Because of course she would. And because she must by now know that the First Amendment protection of free speech constrains GOV'T, not private businesses from prohibiting speech and actions on their premises.
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  11458. Saint Bernie has been in Congress 30 YEARS =-- one couldn't be MORE ESTABLISHMENT than that. And has been TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE, becuase he is always right, and never wrong. So, no, the "media" is not mistaken in exposing Sanders for what he really is: a demaguge exactly like Trump, but from the oppsite EXTREME. His "fans" are as mronic about politics as Trump's MAGAots. I suggest you do your REASEARCH on how President Obama SUCCESSFULLY addressed THREE epidemics -- and while BIDEN was there. How about dealing with the ACTUAL reality, instea of pumping up "I'm always right/never wrong" assholes such as Sanders?
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  11459. Voting IS the system. It's in the Constitution which IS the system. What an ass.
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  11460. Oronato was also made, by Trump, chief of his personal security -- which compromised Oronato. And other Secret Service agents are reporting that Oronato told them the same story he told Hutchinson.
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  11461. Trump is increasingly isolated, even with Republicans. But they are waiting for anyone but Republicans to finally take him out so that down the road they can attack those who do take him out.
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  11462.  @unitedfools3493  And Jordan Peterson isn't? How much of "psychology" is "science," and how much "social science"?
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  11463. That's right: attack those who are attacked by racist right-wing extremists.
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  11464. @Daddy "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. And Trump himself is a third generation New York con-man and career criminal who, with his father, was prosecuted for racial discrimination in housing. There is no question that Trump and his stupefyingly stupid dupes are racist. I hear them claim that trump "tells it like it is". In fact, he tells it like HE is. Grow up, bigot.
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  11465. @Daddy Because the ISSUE is not "leftists" -- which neither Trump, the Republicans, or the insurrectionists were and are. They've been basing their baseless hatreds on attacking non-existent "leftists" since at latest Reagan. And smearing LIBERALS, when IN FACT the Founders were LIBERALS. They are preaching ANTI-AMERICANISM -- and this video is attacking liberals instead of dealing with the far-right extremists who have been doing the same for decades -- the very same TRAITROS who attempted the violent overthrew of the gov't -- the RULE OF LAW -- on January 6, 2021.
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  11466.  @joecole7122  And you NON-"liberals" can't communicate anything more than childish name-calling. The FOUNDERS were LIBERALS, history- and law-illiterate.
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  11467. An 18-year-old buying two AR-15s is a RED FLAG.
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  11468. Let Trump keep talking.
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  11469. It's obvious Trump has become a crank caller. He continues to provide evidence against himself, proving the allegations against him.
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  11470. If they wanted to wear uniforms they need only have enlisted in the US military. But that would be risky. No one who appoints her/himself a "patriot" is not to be trusted in judgment and word.
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  11471. There is NO right to endanger public health and safety.
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  11472. Investigate ALL SIX who authored and agreed with the "immunity" and Chevron decisions, along with their associates, including "The Federalist Society" and Neo-Nazi Crow.
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  11473. Like Trump, he wants the office, not the responsibility. Which is the Republican Party today.
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  11474. TWICE the US has been sucked into world wars that were started by European countries starting wars with each other. That's why the US initiated the establishment of NATO -- to prevent a THIRD time of US boots on the ground in Europe -- and as a defense, also of the US, against historically-expansionist Russia.
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  11475. Bikers aren't all that different.
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  11476. Republicans cheer when the immigrants are from Cuba.
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  11477.  @autumnbranch5839  Nah. A "speech" by the Orange Loud Mouth would cure everything.
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  11478.  @faithnelson6069  Since when are citizens "fans" of politicians? Since when did politics become a substitute for entertainment?
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  11479.  @breeblack927  I'm sure Trump would do a better jumble talking incojerently about how he is the greatest thing measured against everything else that has ever happened in the infinite universe. And bigoted assholes like you would believe him. All because it is your permanent job to be stupid.
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  11480.  @breeblack927  No, he decided to add some additional remarks. If you're looking for a mentally challenged individual to mock, Trump is your "man".
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  11481. The USPS Inspector General is investigating DeJoy, including those conflicts of interest.
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  11482. Because the FIRST AMENDMENT protects POLITICAL speech above all other speech. Why are the pro-Israel TERRORISTS who DOXXED Harvard student protesters not being condemned? Because they are carrying out Israel's propaganda IN THE US. And too many Americans don't know the history of Israel vis-a-vis everyone NOT Jewish in the Middle East. And within Israel itself.
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  11483.  @postiepaul  Did the Republican ask the college presidents about the DOXXING -- which is TERRORISM -- of Harvard student protesters by the pro-Israel gang of non-college individuals? Nah -- and the Republican supports anti-Semite Trump.
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  11484.  @09BiGDylan  Have YOU EARD the ACTUAL talk? Or are you a sucker for Republican extremism? What about the pro-Israel DOXXING of Harvard students simply because the Harvard students were protesting against Israeli FOREIGN POLICY that VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW?
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  11485.  @KH_FYM  Stefanik, a Republican, is distorting and exploiting the situation for all its worth to her. She also supports OVERTLY anti-Semitic Trump. So she isn't opposed to anti-Semitism -- it's something she can EXPLOIT for political purposes. It's just a game to her, and an opportunity to smear education and alleged "liberals". And, more to the point, attack and suppress views of which she disapproves, just like a good little Nazi. She's the female Gym Jordan. And to think that people actually fall for it!
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  11486. I guess everyone not killed in New York on 9/11 "survived" 9/11.
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  11487.  Some Guy  I'm trying to make an excuse -- it is logical though not persuasive -- for George "Guess My Real Name and Win a Prize!" Santos. You do know, of course, that he designed the rings of Saturn, right?
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  11488. He was not defending KNOWN LIES.
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  11489. He is intelligent. But he is pandering to the racists who he and the Republican Party teach to HATE IMMIGRANTS.
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  11490. He is intelligent -- but that isn't the issue. You have to pay attention to the words: he is deliberately pandering to racists/anti-immigrant hatred. At the same time the Republicans in the Senate got about everything they wanted in the border bill - which is about punishing non-white immigrants. Contrasting is the House they don't want to give BIDEN a win, and in part because he managed to gain Ukraine funding into the bill. What those clowns don't understand is that without Ukraine and NATO, it would be US boots on the ground in Europe. They want to simultaneously oppose war involving the US AND fail to prevent that.
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  11491.  @myndgodandpsyche  How bullying of you to impose your anti-science view on others. The ISSUE is problem pregnancies -- NOT abortion, which latter is the only means to resolve some problem pregnancies and save the fertility and lives of the woman consulting not with your "religion" or the gov't but her doctor. NOTHING in the Constitution or laws authorizes self-righteous nobodies such as you to meddle in others' PRIVATE medical decisions.
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  11492. "CONTINUED politicization of the Justice Department"? Continued from Barr? Yeah: Giuliani had "evidence" against Hunter Biden. But did not turn it over to investigators. Obstruction of justice. And it didn't belong to Giuliani. Receiving and possessing stolen property? Keep talking, Andy Giuliani.
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  11493. The Committee hasn't the authority to "retract" the charges: separation of powers.
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  11494. Combine tariffs and deportation of farm labor and cause mass starvation. But that's the PLAN: "culling the herd," as one of G. W. Bush's aides said on mic.
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  11495. Trump has been consistently CONTRADICTED and REFUTED by the EXPERTS who ACTUALLY KNOW the issues. Trump's ONLY concern is RE-ELECTION -- people are dying, and he's telling us, "YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN."
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  11496.  @mariagordanier3404  I've been directly contending with the abuses of BOTH health insurance and health "care" providers for at least 10 years. To condemn this murderer is not a defense of others who hill -- anyone who can count beyond one without error can comprehend that. You are defending immorality while pretending it is moral to do so. Words have consequences: you are promoting domestic terrorism.
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  11497. Add Ashcroft's photo to the dictionary definition of HYPOCRISY.
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  11498. You mean like the Nazis did in Poland to wipe out Jewish history. Let's be clear: Marx was LEFT-wing, Hitler was RIGHT-sing -- NOT a "Socialist". In fact, before he wnet after the Jews, Hitler targeted for extermination -- Communists. Socialists. Hitler was NOT a Socialist. Trade unionists. As is typical of the Republicans/RIGHT-wing, Hitler was anti-union -- anti-organized labor against the power of organized wealth.
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  11499. The RNC is paying Trump's lawyers' fees. OK: it's money they aren't putting into campaigns.
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  11500. When faced with political violence, one does not call for "counter" political violence because that makes the problem worse. But isn't that your actual intent? This is in the US Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." And in the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble". The Constitution ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITS political violence. Do you adhere to the Constitution -- the rule of law -- in fact or only in word? "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11501. Voting against Trump's racist border policy is not a violation of one's oath: it is DEMOCRACY.
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  11502. What Biden should have said to Trump, again and again, is: "You're not making making sense" and, "That doesn't make sense."
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  11503. It's certain the Founders discussed -- and rejected -- term limits, because they interfere with the choice of the ELECTORATE.
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  11504. That would violate the First Amendment right of the ELECTORATE. And that subversion originated with the Republicans, because they couldn't get elected based on their actual policies.
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  11505.  @jeffmccrea9347  Before or after there are sufficient Democrats in the Senate to CONVICT?
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  11506. Leave "religion" out of it -- that is the PROBLEM in this country: the rejection of reason in order to True Believe the unprovable is actually proven.
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  11507. WATCH THE VIDEO and LISTEN to the explanation -- perhaps THEN it won't be beyond you.
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  11508.  @j3i2i2yl7  And he isn't talking about the evidence of this case -- he is verbally abusing the witnesses, and anyone else he can lay his mouth to -- none of which has anything to do with the case or the evidence. The evidence includes the RECORDING of Trump, Cohen, and Weaselberg arranging the hush payment. Trump supporters want to stay as far away from the evidence as they can get so they can pretend with Trump that he's a "victim". Trump is a "victim" of his own criminality. And the bond issue is now being investigated, but there are peculiarities about that, beginning with the fact that the business that "posted" the bond isn't licensed to do business in New York. Apparently Trump and tat business didn't expect inquiring journalists to be all over it.
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  11509.  @mathewcole827  He isn't rich -- he's constantly robbing Peter to pay Paul. But he is losing control of his abilities as a juggler. Follow what is happening with the "bond" from the company not licensed to do business in New York.
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  11510. We need to get off fossil fuel, Ted, and you expelled from the Senate, from politics.
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  11511. Seder doesn't have a clue beoynd his proud malconstrued knowledge of the 1960s Left. Bloomberg didn't run for office in 2017-18; instead he funded Democratic campaigns and helpd yake back the House. Bloomberg isn't an ideologue. No: ALL did not line up against FDR. And smearing Democrats -- as all the Sanders "fans" are doing -- helps TRUMP, who will slap Sanders dizzy.
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  11512. At the beginning of "Watergate" Nixon's approval was in the 70s. When he resigned it was less than 20 per cent. That was because there were fewer national media, and the voters were paying attention. And, of course, shows that the Senate and House "Watergate" hearings made the difference. The January 6th Committee hearings made a huge difference, but there weren't during "Watergate" all the extremist and nut-bag ankle-biters making stupid noise and creating chaos.
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  11513.  GonnaCrySnowflake_  Look in the mirror, snowflake: behind all your trolling bravado you've already melted.
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  11514.  @JesusisGod-yk4th  Keep that nutism to yourself -- it is anti-American fascism.
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  11515. imagine if "they" treated the mega-wealthy white privileged murderer the same as all the other inmates, some of whom are probably innocent. But not the Agnifilos: they are upper-scale lawyers who only take the most lucrative cases. They couldn't care less about anyone lesser than their clientele.
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  11516.  @rell127  And Trump and the Republicans promise repeal of the ACA.
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  11517. One of those hostages was taken in 2018, when Trump was soiling the Oval Office. 'Nuff said.
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  11518. Witnesses should contact the MEDIA.
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  11519. Planning a conspiracy but not following through is still a crime. Attempted murder is a crime. Fraud is a crime, even if it doesn't succeed: the seven REPUBLICAN-FORGED FALSE "Electors" scheme is ELECTION FRAUD, and a CRIME, even though it didn't succeed.
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  11520.  @AlienatedNortherner  Are you for freedom, or for Russian dictatorship?
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  11521. It signifies that the family supports Trump, not the honor required to even their own deceased family member.
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  11522. "I don't BELIEVE in abortion" makes no sense. "BELIEF" has no preventive efficacy against ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage. The medical procedure resolving those life-threatening crises is abortion.
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  11523. Vance is CERTAINLY a problem for the ticket -- which is why Trump tried to downplay that part of the debacle by saying the VP pick has no impact. It is OBVIOUS that Vance is having HUGE impact on the election -- and none of it positive.
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  11524. Trump doesn't "project". He CONFESSES.
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  11525.  @easy_sheetmusic_play_along  FEMA is doing more than you see, beyond the site.
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  11526. The Senate deals with national and international issues -- not only the state from which given senators represent. Walker is in the late-stage of brain damage. But even before that he wasn't qualified for public office.
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  11527. Joe Biden had two opponents during the Democratic Party primary. He won the primary walking away with 86-87 per cent of the vote. That means the other two candidates got 13-14 per cent of the vote. The Republican Primary came down to Trump and Nicky Haley. Haley was getting some 18 per cent of the Republican primary vote AFTER SHE ENDED HER CAMPAIGN. Biden has a VP, should that be necessary. The choice is between democracy and tyranny.
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  11528.  @wokechoke6845  I lived through "Watergate". I wasn't born yesterday. The networks are more concerned with ratings than with factual reporting -- different than they were during the 1970s. What they are missing is that these hearings would be a ratings bonanza. "Politico" published a poll in which 67 per cent want prosecutions. And apparently FOX has decided to run the hearings.
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  11529. They guzzle and regurgitate lies, which is immoral.
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  11530. At least 50 people killed. Makes little difference whether done by a bomb or missile.
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  11531. This loon supports the cover-up in Texas because he doesn't believe in the gov't's first obligation: protecting public health and safety.
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  11532. A cruiser, not a battleship.
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  11533. US Constitution: "Levying war against the United States" is TREASON. Robert E. Lee was a TRAITOR. Trump has been levying war against the United States since he began attacking elections in 2015-16.
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  11534. Like anti-immigration Ted "Cancun" Cruz.
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  11535.  @deboracopeland6356  I suggest listening to the evidence Dr. Grande presented, and research it further. Within a day of the warrant for her arrest she sold her motor vehicle, flew to New York where her sister lives, spent four days there, using her sister's passport flies to Costa Rica, cut her hair to shoulder length and died it brown, was using the name on the passport.
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  11536. The only negative things I've heard about Hutchinson is from Trump.
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  11537. Weisselberg is playing wait-and-see what-comes-next.
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  11538. Sanders has been in Congress for 30 YEARS. Congress is ESTABLISHMENT. And the Founders were PRO-establishment -- READ the Constitution, on which is esablished the gov't you love to hate and bash. The Vermont Democratic Party -- obviously establshment -- has supported Sanders throughout his career -- including with CASH. And you bought the absurdity that he's actually "anti-establisment"!? I don't recalll there being so great a percentage of stupidity among my "Boomer" peers as there is among kknow-it-all Millenials. And Cenk is one to believe -- his election went so well, based as his campaign was on his views. If someone calls one an ass, one takes it in stride. If two people call one an ass, you think about it. If three people call you an ass, you start shopping for a saddle.
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  11539. Trump was impeached while president. That a murderer leaves the scene of the murder does not make the murderer immune from indictment and prosecution.
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  11540. Every freedom is inextricably entwined with, and limited by, RESPONSIBILITY. The first responsibility is to not violate the rights of others.
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  11541. Republican do not think -- or believe -- that by giving cash to the wealthy will help "the people". they expect a percentage of that money to come back as campaign contributions to Republicans. So the Republicans are against publicly-funded campaigns only for Democrats.
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  11542. What a crackpot. Find yourself a map out of that self-deceit to reality. BTW: you "God" allegedly issued Ten Commandments. One of them is, "Thou shalt not kill." And here you are demanding CAPITOL PUNISHMENT -- KILLING.
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  11543. Mike Murphy, from the Republican faction that is dull, and never inspires. Or if one is inspired by him, then stay away from mundane day-to-day reality to avoid being overstimulated. Wow. Today he is swearing. He must be excited to be using colorful words.
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  11544. "God" is OBVIOUSLY a no-show. FREE WILL: people show who they are by THEIR OWN CHOICE -- STOP shifting their responsibility to an invention which can't be proven to exist.
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  11545. The 6 "Federalist Society" SC Justices deny there is a right of privacy, on which "Griswold" and "Roe" were based, doesn't exist because the words "right of privacy"" don't exist in the Constitution. Other words that don't exist in the Constitution: "Originalism". "Textualism". "Individual right to own guns". If "Griswold and "Roe" are overturned, this is what is in it for MEN: STATE-enforced CHILD-SUPPORT.
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  11546. Bolton is not an economist.
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  11547. The 2000 election was SUBVERTED by the UNELECTED Supreme Court -- SCALIA -- by intervening while Bushit's lead was shrinking. Before Bushit ran to the Supreme Court he three times appealed to Federal Court. That court told him, all three times, to wait until all the votes had been counted THEN appeal to that court. Two of the three judges in those rulings were appointed by REPUBLICANS. Under the Constitution -- 12th Amendment -- the PROPER forum was the ELECTED CONGRESS, so if "We the people" didn't approve of that outcome that Congress could be VOTED OUT. One DOES NOT put the outcome of ELECTIONS into the hands of the UNelected.
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  11548. That should make YOU feel better.
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  11549.  @The_DC_Kid  It's a long time when one is unable to mouth-off on video from one's basement. Bannon is a bullshitter -- which children tend not to recognize. But that won't go over in prison.
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  11550. He's the one who should be "meeting" with the other justices from a separate location.
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  11551. You were born knowing it all, so don't need to be - and can't be -- taught anything. At university one's learns BOTH how to learn and how to UNlearn. When will you begin to TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for YOUR INTERPRETATION of events -- AND CORRECTING of the ERRORS in that? Or do you still demand that you be SPOON FED -- only to reject it all because it all tastes like spinach?
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  11552.  @lkgstudios  Which FACTION of "Boomers" caused the apparent damage? There were the Republicans, who supported US involvement in Vietnam -- but dodged the draft and refused to enlist. They were always "superior" in their entitled arrogance to those who didn't have their means. To the "Boomer's" who demanded that the US get out of Vietnam. The blind bashing of "Boomers" fails to recognize that NO generation is a monolith. Who TAUGHT the bashers THAT stupidity? Or did they come up with it themselves rather than LEARN -- rather than be "corrected" in their false assumptions and conclusions?
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  11553.  @lkgstudios  Yeah -- the SOME FEW of the "Boomers" invented the personal computer, and social media, which the subsequent generations use to bash the negative results, to which the subsequent generations contribute by spewing history- and fact-illiterate bashings of ALL "Boomers". I'd suggest they look up the word "Luddite," and even "hypocrite," but I doubt they know how to use dictionaries.
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  11554.  @lkgstudios  " focus on self and a lack of will to think about long term repercussions. That's undeniable." Isn't that a projection -- the subsequent generations, instead of thinking at all, are blaming everyone but themselves for their situation. And at the same time are stupidly rejecting education because they were TAUGHT by those who WANT them stupid to reject education. How many of those fools were born already knowing it all? Geez, they know all about college and university education WITHOUT EVER HAVING BEEN IN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. What they are is intellectually lazy goof-offs who, when handed an excuse to sit on their asses, will guzzle the excuse. And that's considering not only consequences but the "long term"!?
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  11555.  @lkgstudios  EVERY generation is imperfect. And EVERY generation is made up of factions. And EVERY generation screws up some things. Let's watch the subsequent generations screw up so we can laugh at them until they STFU and engage, for the first time in their lives, in INTROSPECTION. Until then, of course, they can continue to pretend they haven't fucked up ALREADY.
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  11556.  @lkgstudios  Some think in of the long term. Some do not. The generations who bash the "Boomers" for the world being "fucked up" -- it's always been "fucked up" because humans are imperfect -- don't think at all. They're pissed because their sense of entitlement -- were they "spoiled" by their parents? -- is out of whack with actual reality. So they adopt and spew the reactionary minority view of the Republicans/right-wingers who want allies and or an uneducated docile population suckered by snake oil. So they preach the same sociopathic poison as Republicans and Trump: stupidity is "smart": they way to "make it" is to reject reason and rules -- and the rule of law. Cheating is the only way to "get ahead". Apparently material wealth makes up for -- as a distraction from -- self-abnegation.
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  11557.  @stanleythompson5321  Again, the "Boomers" were and are not a monolith. It was the "Boomers" who ended US involvement in Vietnam -- which began immediately after WW II. And use of fossil fuels began generations before the "Boomers"; and your "alternative" is nuclear? Dr. Benjamin Spock became an activist against both war and the proliferation of nuclear when it was found, during the 1950s -- when the "Boomers" were children -- that plutonium was found in mother's milk. And research the Berrigan brothers -- also from the generation before the "Boomers". Your persistence in false seeing the "Boomers" as a monolith is the determined stupidity to which I point. You are making the very same mistakes a significant portion of the "Boomer" generation WORKED AGAINST. It was the "Boomers" who welcomed the "Pill". It was the "Boomers" who succeeded in establishing Roe . Your ignorance of history is DESTRUCTIVELY stupid.
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  11558. And you're STILL not LISTENING. Yours is the spoiled generation that wallows in self-pity.
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  11559. YOU are responsible for your education. That is, if you're sufficiently mature to grasp that fact. Stop blaming others for your stupidity -- for YOUR following of the line of least resistance AGAINST whatever your parents were TRYING to teach you. And as all the whiners' comments on this video reveal, you DO NOT LISTEN, therefore you DO NOT LEARN.
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  11560.  @stanleythompson5321  Again, you are IGNORANT OF HISTORY: US involvement WITH Vietnam BEGAN with supporting the French in Indochina -- the French colonial "umbrella" incorporating Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam -- immediately after WW II. Then, when the French were blown out at Dien Bien Phu, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT EISENHOWER -- NOT a "Boomer" -- began putting "advisors" into South Vietnam. NONE of those were of the "Boomer" generation. I WAS THERE, jackass: the "Hippies" WERE OF THE "BOOMER" GENERATION. And it WAS NOT the "Hippies" alone -- in fact they were APOLITICAL; wanted NOTHING to do with gov't and "all that"; they were "tune in, turn on, and DROP OUT" -- who got the US out of Vietnam. It was COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS -- you know, those who "didn't need college to get a job" because college/university IS NOT A JOBS PROGRAM. There is more to learn about the vast wide world than simply how to feed one's profoundly shallow GREED. More to learn about what it means to be human than how to maximize one's income -- that's the CORRUPTION against which you are willy-nilly railing. What those students DID learn in college/university was HISTORY, and POLITICAL SCIENCE -- which are NOT about "getting jobs," but which ARE about KNOWING WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. Since you morons don't "learn" anything that requires actual books and study, WATCH THE PBS DOCUMENTARY about the HISTORY of US involvement in Vietnam, titled: "The Vietnam War". It actually BEGINS with an OSS officer ("OSS" was precursor to CIA) warning that the US NOT get involved in Vietnam. Even the French president warned the US NOT to get involved in Vietnam. NONE of those were "Boomers". Here's a significant fact, just at random: The US got directly involved in WW II in 1941 with the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war against the US by Nazi Germany. But that same war began in Asia with the invasion by Japan of China in 1937. Research "Rape of Nanking". Other VIDEOS to watch: "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History" (PBS); "The First World War" (Image); "The World at War" ("A&E" -- this is MASSIVE); "Carlos" (Criterion); "Che" (Criterion). You have NO IDEA what was going on in the world AT THE SAME TIME as US involvement in Vietnam (see "Carlos" and "Che"; READ Paulo Freire), and the "Boomers" OPPOSING that involvement, so have NO perspective on ANY of it. You're full of baseless grudge, baseless self-pity, and REFUSE TO LISTEN thereby REFUSING TO LEARN.
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  11561.  @bluehairedaigaming  They avoid the reality in which they exist. And that is an avoidance of their responsibilities as citizens, beginning with being educated and knowledgeable of the actual facts in place of pie-in-the-sky generated by entitled whining. They are "victims" of their own self-pity. Let them be eligible for the draft -- which the "Boomers" succeeded in eliminating -- during war time if they want to know what "doom" feels like.
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  11562.  @bluehairedaigaming  The Republicans have been about impoverishing the 99 per cent since at latest Reagan. They have been opposed to Social Security since it was first proposed. The Federalist Society" -- see the majority on the Supreme Court -- since before there was an Internet had a single white paper on their computer bulletin board; it was titled: "How to Repeal the 'New Deal'". The heart of the "New Deal" is Social Security. The Republicans have pursued a multiprong approach, one of which is to denigrate education with it's canard that one doesn't need to go to college or university to get a better job. Despite the fact that they see and frame everything in terms of money, college and university education -- higher education -- is not a "jobs program". There is more to life than working oneself to death for some ever-elusive goal of wealth. So the flow of wealth has been from the 99 to the 1 per cent. That is the Republican plan: more and more wealth in fewer and fewer hands.
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  11563.  @Christopher_Bachm  Infotainment -- Reagan -- and angertainment -- Reagan communications director Roger Ailes and FOX. One only learns from propaganda the techniques used by propagandists. Or one believe it and it leads one to self-destructiveness.
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  11564.  @Christopher_Bachm No: you are repeating Putin's threat to use nukes. And thus you DEFEND Putin's ILLEGAL GENOCIDAL INVASION of SOVEREIGN Ukraine. You're either a Russian troll or an anti-American moron. YOU are the "soap opera".
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  11565.  @Christopher_Bachm  I'm attacking your "ideas," which reveal ignorance of history. How many accounts do you have on youtube? What are the other screen names you use?
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  11566.  @Christopher_Bachm  Pay attention, INFANT: I am not a child. I don't guzzle and regurgitate crackpot propaganda popular with some factions who operate according to baseless "grievances". Nothing you're spewing is new -- and it hasn't been true since it originated decades ago. The upside down and ass-backward defenses of FASCIST Putin are transparently obvious. They make no sense, but are transparently obvious. Regurgitating them doesn't make you "discerning" or "clever";; it makes you a "True Believer" fool.
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  11567.  @Christopher_Bachm  The threat of WWIII is originates with POTIN, and you are repeating it. PUTIN ILLIGALLY INVADED SOVEREIGN NATION UKRAINE AND HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN THE WAR CRIMES OF ATTACKING CIVILIANS AND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. You are DEFENDING that.
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  11568.  @Christopher_Bachm  Your regurgitation of PUTIN'S threats is CORRUPT. SPAM folder for you.
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  11569.  @Christopher_Bachm  I have an education in literature and law. I was born in 1948 -- do the math. I leave the bullshitting to newbies such as you who substitute Internet junk for knowledge of the actual history. Putin ILLEGALLY INVADED UKRAINE -- and YOU DEFEND THAT. I've had more than enough of the anti-democratic/pro-tyranny propaganda from you illiterate punks. SPAM folder.
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  11570.  @miguelconti1296  You know nothing about Marxism. It's just a dirty word that you morons love to sling.
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  11571.  @iamjustsaying4787  You have it ass backwards. It was; "Don't trust anyone OVER 30." And isn't that what YOU are doing? And that slogan wasn't true for everyone: many of us learned from our elders, especially grandparents: the environmental and anti-nuclear movements began during the late 1940s, around the time of the births of the oldest "Boomers". And it was the "Boomers" who MAINSTREAMED the environmental movement, and got the US out of Vietnam. And ended the draft so you have the leisure of sitting on your asses on social media bashing the generation that invented the personal computer and social media based upon your continuing avoidance of LEARNING THE FACTS. And yet again the problem with you self-pitying morons is that you don't know the ACTUAL HISTORY. In short: you don't know what you're talking about. Imagine reducing the antiwar movement to "Hippies" -- who in fact were APOLITICAL -- "tune in, turn on, DROP OUT" -- with nary a mention of the college and university student protests, let alone Kent State. Those were not "fun times" or "glory days" for those of us involved in them.
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  11572. So subverting the Constitution is "just doing his job"? It has long been known that Thomas "interprets" the Constitution through the views of the ANTI-Federalists. The ANTI-Federalists OPPOSED ratification of the Constitution. But as the Constitution was ratified, thus the ANTI-Federalists LOST the argument, ANTI-Federalism is ot law and has no legitimate bearing on Constitutional interpretation.
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  11573.  @ninetimesaday  You miss the point, law-illiterate: "Griswold" -- which legalized contraception, and which is one of several other decisions Thomas's and his fellow "religious" extremists want to overturn -- is based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. "Roe" was overturned based on DENIAL that there is a RIGHT OF PRIVACY because the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution. That DENIAL of the right of privacy AFFECTS EVERYONE including YOU. These words also don't exist in the Constitution: "Individual right to own guns".
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  11574. Perhaps she "hesitates" to evaluate the exhibit. In addition: there is no EVIDENCE of "extortion" by Daniels -- which is a fact-free conclusion, a baseless smear.
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  11575.  @southernreddog9319  They are not friends; they. Even if indirectly they are accessing your wallet.
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  11576. Probably a Republican, which is always about rationalizations that ignore the Constitution and laws. Different states rules, etc., are irrelevant under the US Constitutions Supremacy Clause: either they are consistent with Federal law, or they are null-and-void.
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  11577. Yes: responsibility always remains with the electorate But the Republicans, since at latest the Reagan cult of personality, have trashed that in the name of "freedom" -- lawlessness.
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  11578. Why was self-promoting empty barrel Lutnick not involved?
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  11579. Be cautious: Nodfather Snoreleone Trump is a snooze operator.
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  11580. OUCH!
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  11581. The United States has been IN CRISIS since 2016, when, if you recall, Trump began attacking that election.
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  11582. "The Beatles" were NEVER a "boy band". And there's no EVIDENCE that the JFK assassination figured in "The Beatles" taking off.
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  11583.  @davidpaul6656  At least as amoral and greedy as they come.
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  11584. SECURITY BREACH! -- there are BLACKS in Detroit!
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  11585. The Fulton County DA is not investigating only Trump. She's also looking at Mark Meadows, Giuliani, and several other related areas.
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  11586. You don't know law, and you are making shit up based on crap produced by loons and grifters. Tell us why Oswald murdered Officer Tippet if it was someone else, or more than he, who shot JFK..
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  11587. Bullshit. Get a clue: when a person claims they have "proof" -- but never produces it -- they don't have proof. The Boston University School of Medicine did a forensic analysis of the PRIMARY evidence, of which VIDEO was made and broadcast on PBS. The PRIMARY evidence they examined and showed were the photographs and x-rays of JFK's skull. The entry and exit wounds, and the damage to the skull, are exactly as reported by the Warren Commission. Same goes for Governor Connolly's shirt with the bullet that hit sideways and, because hot, burned the fabric. Also run was a test of the Italian Mannlicher-Carnero rifle which was purposely designed so that after a given distance from the barrel the bullet "tumbles'. This the bullet scorch on Connolly's shirt showing that the bullet hit sideways. There is nothing "illegal" in the gov't withholding information to protect national security. But what MATTERS are the claims about documents that cannot, based on the claims being made about them, be known to exist -- but which are nonetheless CLAIMED to exist. And beyond that: the presumed contents of documents which cannot be proven to exist let alone known as to imagined contents. There is one FBI document -- it was publicly released in 1976 -- that the incompetent conspiracy nuts make claims about, but the contents of which REFUTE. It is an FBI memo written on 11/22/1963 at the Dallas FBI office. It memorializes a phone call from George H. W. Bush with his theory of who the assassin was. The conspiracy nuts claim that document PROVES that George H. W. Bush was in Dallas on that date and therefore had a role in the assassination. But if one actually READS the document one learns that the phone all by George H. W. Bush originated in MIDLAND Texas, NOT in Dallas. The same kind of deceit was done with the warrant for arrest of David Koresh of the "Branch Davidians" in the 1990s. It was posted online by Atty. Linda Thompson, and she made claims about it that were DISPROVEN by the actual contents of the warrant. But those who wanted to believe her the anti-gov't hogwash believed what she said of the warrant but DID NOT READ THE WARRANT. I was 14 when the assassination occurred; and through the decades I read numerous books on the assassination, and went back and forth about it. Remember Marr's Crossfire -- in which he claims there were 4 shooters? Horseshit: the head and skull photos and ex-rays show there was one assassin, from behind, and all bullets entered from behind. Only one hit the skull -- at the top rear -- and blew out through the right temple. All the bullshit began with readers who are illiterate in how to read written materials -- foremost being Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment. Lane claimed, whether true or not, that he was Oswald's lawyer, and his book was the DEFENSE BRIEF. A BRIEF in a court case IS NOT OBJECTIVE -- it is ONE-SIDED. As a defense lawyer, it was Lane's JOB to declare Oswald innocent, point fingers away from Oswald, and challenge the evidence. Lane's theory of the case never got tested -- OR PROVEN -- because the case never went to trial. But those who WANT to believe there was a conspiracy, and know nothing about legal process, will swallow what he asserted as if the absolute totally object fact. Except for the numerous hucksters exploiting the assassination -- and the conspiracy nuts -- for $$$$$$$, the fake conspiracies come out of GRIEF, as attempts to understand that which makes no sense. It makes no sense because we don't know why. We do know, though, that very shortly after the assassination, Oswald left the area, and on the way to wherever he was going, he murdered Officer Tippett, which was WITNESSED. And when he was caught in the movie theater -- why was he not returning to finish his workday at the depository? -- he had that gun. Are those the actions of a guy who was innocent?
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  11588. The polls are ARTIFICIALLY "close" because some aggregators include the junk Republican "polls" which are intended to make it appear close so when Trump is blown out -- I've been saying for months that this is building to a landslide for Harris/Walz -- he will whine that the election was "stolen". The official state voting data is in stark contrast to the polls: see "The TEC Show" on youtube. In Michigan, as example, women are outvoting men 57 to 43. And the Harris-Cheney town halls in Republican areas revealed that the breaking points for sane Republicans are the January 6th insurrection and the Dobbs decision. And that includes men. And there is an additional significant "silent bloc" of Republicans not saying who they're voting but it is Harris/Walz. Last but not least, see the extraordinary, brutally beautiful speech delivered by Michelle Obama in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Barack has the warmth and humor and that smile, but her speech at the DNC topped him, and this speech tops that. I've been saying since December of last year that women, instead of getting tricked into debating abortion for 5 decades, should have responded by teaching the rest of us -- most opponents have been men -- about problem pregnancies. Because that is the issue: problem pregnancies. Michelle Obama speaks to that -- women's reproductive experiences are the central substance. And it is directed at male voters. The whole speech is a powerful and factual barnburner -- you will be riveted: Michelle Obama Speech in Kalamazoo, MI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQqGOOLh8o
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  11589.  @davidprimeau3368  That Trump pads around his threats doesn't change the fact of his threats. Stop lying for the anti-American rapist and convicted felon.
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  11590. Well, he did say, "I don't know." After, of course, saying, "It could be."
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  11591.  @stevnated  No, I did not mention any specific president, because we know from what point of extremity on the political spectrum from which that off-topic comment comes. And the specific and false assumptions and "criticisms" -- read: attacks -- and specific president to which those are applied. And as I didn't name any specific president we can conclude that you assume a specific president. All i did was respond with the FACTS: because of the extreme mishandling of the COVID pandemic, supply chain disruptions were caused, which resulted in demands for fewer goods therefore increases in costs for those goods, and thus inflation. The inflation is, therefore, WORLDWIDE, therefore beyond the control, outside domestically, of any US president. I won't pretend with the ignorant bigoted crackpots that isolationism is the reality or even possible: we no longer live in the 17th century -- when, in fact, isolationism didn't exist, which necessitated the 18th century "Declaration of Independence" against England -- but which was shortly followed by the peace treaty with England. Therefore I will not join the stupidity-based hate that falsely insists that the current president is responsible for the current inflation, and that it is limited to the domestic economy -- neither of which is the reality. Meanwhile, the video is about the murder by Brian Walshe of Ana Walshe, therefore the comment to which I responded and refuted was off topic. It is typical of MAGA trolls to deposit their deficatory detritus where it does not belong because they have no sense of morality, responsibility, or honesty; psychologically they are elementary schoolers who believe shitting on the classroom floor is somehow "funny" or an expression of "freedom". What they are, as said, is stupid.
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  11592. There's nothing especially unque about his "analytical mind" (especially if 'enhanced" by stimulant drugs). One learns critical thinking from the hard work of study and thought, typically in university. It is a further step to learn to critique one's own thinking.
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  11593. Because Republican'ts are only FOR the rule of law when they BENEFIT from it.
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  11594. It's most likely he told them they'd broken up, and that she decided to stay in Wyoming.
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  11595. Trump's ONLY concern is re-election. Those hundreds of thousands and more who die? He doesn't know them.
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  11596. Facts are not individual "truth". The truth is that Trump is a liar, exactly as it is truth that a lie is not truth.
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  11597. Agreed: they should be kept ignorant and away from diversities.
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  11598.  @dee_dee_place  " I would pull my kids out of school & homeschool them." Are you qualified to teach? Or are you about ensuring that your kids agree with your every uneducated bias and bigotry?
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  11599.  @ruthharris123  Do you watch the LEGITIMATE MAINSTREAM media -- they've reported on the contents of the letter, of which they have copies. L:EARN the difference between FACTS and "opinion". LEARN the difference between legitimate journalism, and TRASH. The reporter who broke the story indicated that SHE has copy of the letter, and that other journalists do also. For ethical reasons she isn't providing the copy she has, but also said she can't speak for other reporters who have copy. Nonetheless, there are sufficient facts being reported that prove Clark is LYING -- and was LYING in the draft letter, when he was proposing to tell Georgia election officials that the DOJ was investigating election fraud in Georgie -- WHICH IT WAS NOT AND IS NOT DOING.
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  11600.  @richardpadilla1248  There are CREDIBLE media, moron. That you are incapable of distinguishing between fact and opinion, fact and LIES, doesn't change that fact. The FACTS reported substantiate the Clark LIED. Some in the LEGITIMATE media have copies of the draft letter that Clark wanted Rosen to sign, which he refused to do. The draft letter was to inform Georgia election officials that the DOJ was investigating election fraud in Georgia -- WHICH WAS NOT TRUE. The result was that top DOJ lawyer threatened to resign EN MASSE. The NY Times" and "Washington Post" are not in the habit of reporting "opinion" or rumor as FACT. LEGITIMATE journalists DO NOT mix the two, or pretend that "opinion" is FACT.
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  11601. The judge IS doing it incrementally: prosecution asked for hearing about violations f gag order; judge set a date for that. Trump has until then to straighten up, or to toy with the rope he's been giving. The judge will be watching.
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  11602. So Trump tied his threat against Milley to his publicizing of his buying a gun. Couldn't be more obvious that he uses the exact same pattern again and again and again.
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  11603. Get an education in who Biden is, instead of living in Socialist Unicorn la-la land.
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  11604. The Harris-Cheney town halls have revealed that the breaking points for the sane Republicans were the January 6th insurrection and the Dobbs decision. I've been predicting for months that it is building to a landslide for Harris/Walz.
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  11605.  @trekmontana77  You haven't any money with which to bet: you got suckered out of it by Trump.
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  11606.  @trekmontana77  Trump was elected with the help of Putin and Sanders -- and Sanders' moronic "fans" who preferred the allegedly-"progressive" outlier Sanders. Sanders, who engaged in the same serial lying about releasing his tax returns as Trump, vowed to destroy the DEMOCRATIC Party -- that allowed him to run as a Democrat -- not the REPUBLICAN Party, and refused to concede and continued to trash the Party and Hillary after HE LOST THE PRIMARY -- to the PROGRESS of electing the first woman president.
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  11607.  @trekmontana77  Discovery works in BOTH directions. As for Hillary not being "squeaky [clean]"? On what "evidence" do you base that presumption -- FOX hate-propaganda?
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  11608.  @trekmontana77  Still lying against the facts: 1.Sanders and Trump had "fans". And they responded in exactly the same way to criticis of their "idols": by avoiding the criticism and attacking the critic. 2. Sanders smeared Hillary with RIGHT-WING lies -- but Hillary did not attack Sanders so as not to alienate his "fans". 3. Sanders continuously trashed the DEMOCRATIC Party -- even after the Party graciously acceded to his request to run as a Democrat. 4. Sanders ALLIENTATED BOTH actual Democratic voters, and "centrists" by smearing "centrists" as "corrupt". THAT is how he lost the primary. 5. But let's dig in: Paul Manafort and a partner successfully supported the pro-Russian candidate in Ukraine. That campaign included hacked emails. Paul Manafort's next campaign was Trump's. His partner's next campaign was Sanders'. Shortly into the Sanders campaign it was busted for hacking the DNC, and Manafort's partner resigned. 6. And as noted before: Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Hillary's taxes were never an issue: the same day she announced her candidacy she released THIRTY YEARS of tax returns. And still you assholes avoid the facts about Sanders' BLOWING his own campaign -- even after LOSING he refused to concede and CONTINUED to trash the Party and Hillary -- by blaming everyone but Sanders for his own fuckings up. Perhaps someday you'll grow up and quit making excuses for being so politically illiterate that you ignored those known facts in order to help TRUMP get elected. Yes, neophyte: many Sanders "fans" turned around and voted for the opposite EXTREM: TRUMP. There was nothing "progressive" about Sanders' campaign -- or in voting against electing the first woman president -- which WOULD have been progressive.
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  11609.  @trekmontana77  The caps are for EPMPHASIS -- nothing "random" about them. Hillary has nothing to hide; even though you continue to imply otherwise without a SHRED of EVIDENCE.
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  11610.  @trekmontana77  Grow up: deal with the FACTS about SANDERS instead of irresponsibly avoiding those facts by dishonestly changing the subject. IN FACT, Hillary is very popular with ACTUAL Democrats. Hopefully someday you'll learn that being on the fringe is to permanently be in a minority.
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  11611. There is another reference to insurrection in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTION, and repel Invasions. So one of the purposes of the Militia is law enforcement. Thus the Second Amendment DOES NOT authorize insurrection. And we know that because over two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, suppressed the "Whiskey" insurrection.
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  11612. I'm "special" too.
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  11613. She's learned to compromise, which had all along been a dirty word for "conservatives".
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  11614. Puerto Ricans are US citizens.
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  11615. Gomert is complaining about rules!? He has no sense of civility or decorum.
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  11616. BRIAN -- Pass copies of my two posted memoranda refuting the false Second Amendment claims that it protects an "individual right" and a "right" to form private -- fake -- "militia" to Congressman/Professor Raskin.
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  11617. "Disappointing"!? It's a LIE.
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  11618. Cornell West permanently destroyed his reputation in 2016 by backing Sanders at his most extreme and ludicrous.
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  11619. Instead of focusing on those behind the scenes engaged in a radical restructuring of the housing market to favor the wealthy let's distract by beating up on 'tenants" and "squatters".
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  11620. As an Amendment to the Constitution, the 14th Amendment applies to the ENTIRE United States, not only to the states of the former Confederacy.
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  11621. Got that right: "The only honest politician of our lifetimes" indeed! A millionaire who owns three homes and has been THE ESTABLISHMENT -- and TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE -- for his entire political career.
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  11622. He doesn't seem to know the word for what he is claiming: infanticide. Abortion is not infanticide.
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  11623.  @fred5399  Some in MAINSTREAM media ARE calling his lies -- guess what? -- LIES.
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  11624.  @pauljames9596  You're guzzling the wrong media. The FACT is that when Cohen's office, etc., was raided, Trump said it was "so unfair". Then when Cohen testified to Congress -- providing HARD EVIDENCE of Trump's participation in the felony payment of hush money -- he threw Cohen under the bus. Trump is a constant liar. It is SICK of those, which incudes YOU, who PREFER to be lied to.
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  11625.  @Not_fit_to_be_President  Except, as example, a CHECK signed BY TRUMP as payment of the hush money. And Cohen had a long relationship with Trump -- beginning 2007 -- as his personal lawyer. What do you suppose was found in the records seized from Cohen? No doubt you believe the bogus -- white supremacist -- "Anglo-Saxon" "political traditions" history. For one, those "traditions" believed in the nonsense of "witches". For another, during the Founding of the United States, based upon Enlightenment -- "Wokeness" -- philosophy, the "Anglo-Saxon" "political traditions" in "white" Europe was monarchy. Dictatorship. The Founders declared INDEPENDENCE from all that. Stupidity is an epidemic among you illiterate morons. And that is the OPPOSITE of personal responsibility and therefore freedom. You are the sheeple you see in your mirror.
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  11626.  @Not_fit_to_be_President  The US AG in NY is investigating Trump, beginning with the hush payments/campaign finance FELONY violation. For which Cohen provide DIRECT HARD EVIDENCE having TRUMP'S signature on it. "State's evidence" refers to a person who "flips" and testifies as a witness for the state/gov't. Cohen hasn't only provided his word; he has provided the "receipts".
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  11627.  @Not_fit_to_be_President  You aren't a liberal -- which the Founders WERE. We know when it's Russian disinformation based upon CREDIBLE REPORTING beginning with the intelligence community. So far I've not seen ANY "liberals" "caught" either at disseminating far-right extremist Russian disinformation, or engaging in the treason of insurrection on January 6. As concerns the latter, this is in the Constitution that you've never bothered to READ: "Art. I., s. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS."
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  11628.  @davidminer84  The wealthy industrialists didn't take to Hitler at first -- they thought him inconsequential. But when he told them that the alternative was the "THREAT" of the Communists, they supported him. And we know what happened -- even if you want to deny it. Clue: there are several videos of a tour of the US section of the D-Day cemetery at Normandy. Watch it -- that is the cemetery that Trump refused to visit because of a very light sprinkle because he didn't want his hair messed up. He had already said that soldiers who defend the country are "suckers" and "losers". Look at his grandfather: he came to the US from Germany in order to avoid military service in WW I. After that war he went back to Germany -- and was deported back to the United States for having avoided military service. Those are the "genes" of your macho manly-man tough guy and draft dodger Trump.
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  11629. Intent can be proven circumstantially.
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  11630. TAX EVASION is paid for by the taxpayers who DON'T commit that crime.
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  11631. So far the Select Committee have deposed and received documents from more than 275 witnesses.
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  11632. It all begins -- Clinton impeachment -- with "getting even" for Nixon being proved to be, based on HIS OWN RECORDED CRIMING, a criminal.
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  11633.  @SeansModelBuilds2017  I don't know, I suppose the Republicans can control their bowels. Or perhaps they are so reactionary that they insist on reversing the normal direction of elimination.
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  11634.  @savagetwinky2606  None of that makes sense in view of the actual facts. Trump did not ask Ukraine about the DOJ. He asked Ukraine to ANNOUNCE an "investigation" -- no ACTUAL "investigation" required -- so he could use that LIE to SMEAR Biden. And in effort to FORCE Ukraine to do so he threatened to withhold CONGRESSIONALLY-AUTHORIZED military aid to Ukraine. That is the CRIME of EXTORTION/BLACKMAIL. It is ALSO a violation of the CONSTITUTION: CONGRESS makes the law; the President is to FAITHFULLY ENFORCE the law AS WRITTEN. when Congress authorizes monies to be spent by the Executive branch -- the president -- it designates HOW it will be spent by means of WRITTEN LAW. The president DOES NOT have the authority to change the terms of the authorization -- the LAW -- or to reallocate the use of the monies for other purposes or his own personal political benefit -- but that is what Trump was doing vis-a-vis Ukraine. His lacky Clarke at the DOJ did exactly the same, as ordered by Trump, re. the Georgia election: to ANNOUNCE an "investigation" -- which the Republicans in Congress would then run with, even though Congress has NO JURISDICTION over or in STATE election processes. Turley has been a REPUBLICAN in his positions since the 2000 election theft -- which is what YOU want, but which is NOT the practice of LAW. In a word Turley is a FRAUD. There are NO FACTS to ANY of what the Republican freak show is doing. It is all and only about SMEARING BIDEN, which is a repeat of what they did to Hillary -- and fools like you fall for it because you don't understand that FACTS MATTER. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11635. Bernie is NOT a Progressive -- he is to the LEFT of Progressiviesm. The history: The "father" of Progressivesm was REPUBLICAN Teddy Roosevelt. He doted on his favorite niece, Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor GOT THINGS DONE -- which is the difference between Progressives and those to their Left, which latter DEMAND it ALL, RIGHT NOW, and ALWAYS end up NOTHING, and for that blaming the rest of the world for their REFUSAL to engage in the DEMOCRACY of COMPROMISE. Eleanor Roosevelt authored the CONTENT of the "New Deal". She also got the "United Nations Declaration of Human Rights" through the contentious founding of the United Nations. Hillary Clinton's first job out of college was with the Childrens' Defense Fund -- a PROGRESSIVE organization. At the time disabled kids weren't allowed to attend public schools. Her work eventuated in the Federal "Disabled Education Act". Her central issue throughout her career has been Childrens's issues. She is an Eleanor Roosevelt Progressive. She accomplished more during her 8 years in the Senate that Sanders accomplished during his 25. Elizabeth Warren is also an Eleanor Roosevelt Progressive. As a newbie to politics to initiated as idea, formed necessary coalitions -- with which latter Sanders couldn't be bothered -- and established the Consumer Protection Bureau. And what was Sanders "accomplishing" during his years? He voted FOR the "Crime Bill, voted AGAINST the "Brady Bill" FIVE TIMES, and voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- all of which were top priorities for the far-RIGHT wing ANTI-Socialist NRA. Progressives actually get things done. In understand all the attacks on the so-called "establishment": they are desperate efforts to distract from the FACTS about who Sanders actually is: an inflexible "My way or the highway" opponent of DEMOCRACY, which is the ESSENCE of the legislative process -- debate, negotiation, compromise, all to reach a MAJORITY CONSENSUS -- in response to which his colleagues said, "Take a hike." He is always right, and never wrong, and anyone who believes differently is dismissed out-of-hand. Which reminds me of Trump.
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  11636. Francisco Goya: "The sleep of reason breeds monsters."
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  11637.  @FuKuntt  And it is beginning to fall apart publicly. Look at the fighting among the Republicans in the House; that's what happens to extremist "revolutions": they begin turning on each other based on their own "more-radical-than-thou" litmus test. The Bolshevik revolution in Russia had some four major leaders and colleagues. Then Stalin assassinated the others one by one. Gaetz is running against another Republican.
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  11638. Democrats oppose the destruction of the the pub;ic school system by anti-American religiofanatics.
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  11639. Jesus originates as Hebrew -- JEWISH -- in a BROWN area of the globe. He was NOT a "Christian".
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  11640. The person she said could have prevented the Parkland hooting had a gun. He didn't use it. So much for guns everywhere being the solution to guns everywhere.
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  11641.  @taratownsend6408  In other words, "accuracy" isn't in your vocabulary. And the word is "whatever".
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  11642. If those "protesters" have children -- "God" forbid! -- and one of them killed someone, the FIRST thing they would do would be to HIRE A LAWYER.
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  11643. IOt takes more than being an ordinary person to determine truth on which one's decisions should be based. But education? -- nah, the illusion "common sense" -- what I assume most believe and therefore I conform to -- is good enough. Going along to get along is better'n knowing what pursuing truth is and how to do it, even if that means I fall off the cliff with a bunch of likeminded followers -- at least I'm not alone.
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  11644. It also means that the DOJ will look beyond the campaign finance violation to the sources of the cash.
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  11645. For DECADES Netanyahu supported Hamas because BOTH he and Hamas are OPPOSED to the Palestinian Authority, which latter is FOR a two-state solution.
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  11646. So you haven't heard their earlier, better songs. Try "Sunny Afternoon" and "Waterloo Sunset".
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  11647. And from whom shall we get a "truth" you will accept?
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  11648. Did you carry his ammunition for him?
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  11649. Trump is a bully -- because behind his bluff and foul mouth he is weak.
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  11650. Overthrow THE GOV'T.
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  11651. Vance is talking about overthrowing majority rule and imposing minority one-party rule. Dictatorship. All because they can't win the "argument" they pose: why the majority should accept minority one-party rule.
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  11652. Moore is irrelevant; he twice supported a LOSER.
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  11653. Powell is a genuine crackpot. This alone should be sufficient to disbar her.
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  11654. The guests FORGET the CORRUPTION Dick "Dick" Cheney engaged in PUBLICLY.
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  11655. Still making excuses for the inexcusable.
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  11656. Midterm issues for Democrats: choice, and gun control.
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  11657. She is wrong because she is denying equal protection of the laws to everyone but the Jews whose votes she is seeking.
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  11658. She is "anti"-Semitic in this instance -- she is Jewish. But she also supports Trump, who is OVERTLY anti-Semitic. "There were fine people -- on BOTH sides!" -- Trump. One of those sides were the anti-Semites carrying torches and chanting: "Jews will not replace us!"
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  11659.  @noamkoren7390  Calling for genocide is not the same as committing genocide. But look at Israel by that same measure: Israeli President Herzog publicly asserted that there is no difference between Hamas and Palestinians -- which includes ALL Palestinians including toddlers and infants. Israel's Netanyahu declared as official Israeli gov't policy COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against the Palestinians -- ALL of them -- in Gaza. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT was declared a WAR CRIME because it was used by the Nazis against the JEWS. What makes it okay for Jews -- and no one else -- to commit war crimes?
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  11660.  @noamkoren7390  No: you have Stefanik, a Jew, who supports ANTISEMITE Trump, MAKING ACCUSATIONS without a shred of EVIDENCE. Aren you STILL ignorant of the fact that HATE SPEECH is STANDARD for Republicans. And that Republicans REJECT the ide of "hate speech" when THEY want to do it. No, illiterate jackass, I don't "skip over" anything -- I leave it to the suckers for Israeli propaganda against the facts to "skip over" the fact that -- as example -- Israel KNEW about the planned Hamas attack FOR A YEAR BEFORE IT HAPPENED, but did NOTHING to PREPARE for it. Instead Israel ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN so they'd have a pretext to invade Gaza and kill more Palestinians. They've been doing the same thing over and over and over again since their founding; and every time you fools fall for their blaming of their VICTIMS.
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  11661.  @noamkoren7390  Israel is the SOURCE of not only the problem, but also of the "argument" and the PROPAGANDA you are repeating AGAINST freedom of speech WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. In the US were operate according to the RULE OF LAW, not against foreign anti-democratic propaganda that attacks US rule of law. Stefanik is a fraud -- her purpose is to defend the GENOCIDE against the SEMITE Palestinians. The rest of the world is not BULLSHITTED by your repetition of the HATE ALWAYS being aimed at Muslims and, in this instance, Palestinians, generated by the extremist right-wing Israeli gov't. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING, and Israel is LOSING this war. All it has succeeded in doing is creating MORE terrorists and anti-Semitism -- the OPPOSITE of what it CLAIMS to want.
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  11662.  @donedeal725  Yeah, random name-calling nincompoop.
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  11663. If cats could vote, they'd scratch J. D. Vance's eyes out.
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  11664. The FACT is that he "wants" to join the search, but that has NOT happened. He wasn't asked, and it hasn't been approved by law enforcement.
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  11665. You mean the reporter for the Catholic outlet LIED!? "Thou shalt not lie." -- "God".
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  11666. She's furious that it is public knowledge; she has no problem with him getting "serviced" by other women so she doesn't have to.
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  11667. Thinking isn't in the forefront of your mind.
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  11668. Where is the white Bronco?
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  11669.  @charlescaldwell4595  In a DEMOCRACY there is no "right" to be STUPID. The FACT is that the election WAS NOT STOLEN -- even TRUMP-appointed judges SAID SO. If you want to be a BIGOT you will VIOLATE anti-discrimination LAW by smearing Biden -- who has a STUTTER -- as suffering "dementia". EVEN THOUGH YOU are NOT QUALIFIED to DIAGNOSE ANYONE. Ever apply LOGIC to Trump's ramblings? Of course not: you BELIEVE, and anything that affirms your BELIEF -- which is FALSE -- is okay with you. You aren't concerned with FACT and TRUTH; your only focus is to cling to anti-democratic garbage and spew it online. Get a basic clue: your attacks on others rights, if successful comes back around to YOU and YOUR rights. Look at what Putin is doing inside Russia: KEEPING THE POPULATION STUPID.
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  11670.  @charlescaldwell4595  You have a RESPONSIBILIY to REJECT FLSE BELIEFS, which includes the LIE that the election was stolen. Admit it: until Trump you never cared to know what was happening in politics, and never voted. But NOW you imagine you're an EXPERT on ELECTIONS WITHOUT EVER READING ANY ELECTIONS LAWS. You have individual rights and responsibilities. You have freedom of choice. CHOOSE to Stop the Stupid, because as long as you persist in TRASHING the United States, the RULE OF LAW, you are attacking YOUR rights.
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  11671.  @charlescaldwell4595  Why do you prefer LIES to TRUTH? Because you FALSELY believe that being a sucker is "as good as" not being suckered? Compare these FACTS with Putin and Rand Paul pushing Putin's PROPAGANDA, which is DISINFORMATION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  11672.  @MrDXRamirez  He explained taht. But you'd already jumped to your preferred conclusion so didn't LISTEN to what he ACTUALLY SAID. Look up "cyber security" and STOPPING FOREIGN disinformation from POLLUTING our political discourse will LIES. We also have the ADVANTAGE of HISTORY against which to compare and contrast "information" for truth and falsity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  11673.  @vladtheinhaler8940  Because, as I made clear, libel law is not the only limit to freedom of speech. There is also the issue of public health and safety. I also went further by questing VERBATIM from LAW demonstrating that incitement of violence is ANOTHER limit on speech. As is the PROHIBITION against INSURRECTION -- "taking up arms" against the gov't. In sum, there are several restrictions on freedom of speech which are reasonable, and have been established IN LAW for hundreds of years. Rights are inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY -- FOREMOST the RESPONSIBILITY to not infringe the rights of OTHERS. The law illiterate anti-gov't/rule of law law-illiterate crackpots want to have it both ways: to violate the rights of others, AND to NOT have THEIR rights LIMITED by that RESPONSIBILITY. So when their irrationalities are critiqued, they turn into snowflakes and complain about being "cancelled" -- while at the very same time they work to "CANCEL" the right of OTHERS to read whatever books they want to read, and to teach the ACTUAL history of the United States, including its history of RACISM that CONTINUES in the present. They pretend to be "moralists" in order to advance their anti-moral hypocrisy.
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  11674.  @vladtheinhaler8940  "Everyone knows" is false. We see much assertion of belief but nothing factual to back it up. Conclusions without any foundation for them.
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  11675.  @charlescaldwell4595  The election WAS NOT stolen. Why do prefer to believe falsehoods -- while falsely claiming the falsehoods are true?
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  11676.  @mrrey8937  Nope. And I don't know how many times you law-illiterates must have it explained before you choose to LEARN it: Privacy rights are determined in LAW. It is not a rule less approach. Disinformation is actually easy to detect: it is that which is FALSE Not only do FACTS MATTER but they EXIST. FACTS are not "opinions". Gov't is a system of laws, not o men -- John Adams. Gov't is by definition rule of law. Perhaps I should simply ask: what is YOUR expertise in ANY of the relevant issues? And do you believe this won't actually be tested in court? Or are you all for foreign enemies dumping disinformation into our political discourse? But of course you are: you like LIES that support your attacks on the United States and rule of law.
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  11677.  @mrrey8937  Have you EVIDENCE that DHS "was caught doing this illegally recently"? No, you haven't. And as you believe the LIE that the election was stolen CONTRARY to the MOUNTAIN of evidence that it WAS NOT, you couldn't care less about actually having EVIDENCE for your assertions. Making assertions of "illegality" where there is none is DISINFORMATION. It is an attack on the RULE OF LAW. The "rights" you claim wouldn't exist, and you couldn't make such claims, if they were not secured in WRITTEN LAW.
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  11678.  @MMGJ10  You have no sense of irony.
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  11679.  @bryanb3352  Yelling fire in a crowded theater is likely to start a stampede. Recall "The Who" concert at which fans were trampled to death. It may not be your habit, but it doesn't take much thought to realize that being considerate of others redounds to one's own benefit.
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  11680. There's nothing better for the United States than for the Republican Party machine gun itself in its two-faced feet.
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  11681. Deterrence? The highest rates of murder is in states that have the death penalty.
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  11682. AG Merrick Garland speaks softly but carries big indictments.
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  11683. The permit for the rally was obtained by a Trump-connected group.
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  11684. So if Trump needed an emergency medical procedure, he would first cancel his medical insurance?
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  11685. Based on reports that he took boxes of documents on foreign trips the FBI should also search Bedminster and Trump Tower.
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  11686. The Second Amendment sources were four STATE constitution Militia Clauses, which distinguished between "the right of the people," etc., -- the well-regulated militia -- and standing armies. The "A well-regulated Militia," and "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" are the same thing. And they were ALWAYS GOVERNED AND REGULATED UNDER rule of law -- constitutions and statutes called "Militia Act". There has NEVER been a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- insurrection, which is defined in and prohibited in the Constitution.
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  11687. Sensationalism? Like asserting that the virus is a "Democratic hoax," as Trump fiddled?
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  11688. The president of the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Senate has already dismissed the idea of submitting a Republican slate of electors. Brian Tyler Cohen's interview with Congressman Raskin clarify that process.
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  11689. @EtherealMind I guess some believe in a right to commit suicide in the name of "freedom" to be dead.
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  11690.  @philgamer5280  And yet the healthy respond to the urge to survive.
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  11691. They are celebrating domestic terrorism.
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  11692. "Intellectual" is to Trump the equivalent of an illegal immigrant. It's a whole different language.
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  11693. The FOX talking-heads were FOR the insurrection -- but freaked by the OPTICS.
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  11694. That censorship was from the RIGHT. Today's so-called "cancel-culture" is decried by the Right with accusations against everyone but themselves, while they are establishing the grounds for BURNING BOOKS. It is one thing to be objective. It is quite another to be foolish.
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  11695. The special counsel prosecuting Hunter Biden was appointed and is funded identically to Jack Smith. And a Trump appointed appellate judge in the DC case, also being prosecuted by Jack Smith, rejected Trump's identical claim.
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  11696.  @scourge6563  INVESTIGATIONS TAKE TIME! WHEN will you people DROP the anti-law TRUMP view!?
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  11697.  @peterbills4129  ON WHAT GROUND?
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  11698.  @oldwave6106  You're as bad as TRUMP, wanting people "locked up" based exclusively on suspicion and allegation.
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  11699.  @matts6364  Trump "won" over suckers for bullshit.
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  11700. They certainly aren't sympathetic to Palestinians.
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  11701.  @epicMicrowavve  Certainly -- and trying to implicate the "Left" with the "Gaza" ruse. He'll be caught.
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  11702.  @chrischew5457  Go to a state's Sec. of State and look at the elections data. Some state's post the number of mail-in ballots and early votes received by percentages of Democrats and Republicans, Women and Men, etc. That's how one knows that the polls are ARTIFICIALLY "close". See "The TEC Show" on youtube. The contrast between official state voting data and the polls is stark. In Michigan, as example, the percentage of women's votes cast compared to men's is 57 to 43. When ballots are received at the elections headquarters they are documented based on the information on the outer ballot enveloped as compared with the information in the voter registration database. That is how they know how many Democrats and Republicans, and how many women and men. Wake up: elections are a transparent process -- nothing is hidden about how they work. One even sees the built-in means to catch fraud. It isn't actually rocket science. Watch any of the press conferences by elections officials when there is an attempt at fraud, as with the fraudulent voter registrations -- not ballots -- in Pennsylvania. Those were caught and contained by matching signatures with voter's signatures on file, and cross-matching with addresses. In addition, voters requesting mail-in ballots are notified by email when the ballot is sent, and notified with an email when the ballot is received. If there is a problem in between -- the voter receives email that the ballot was received at elections headquarters, but the voter hadn't received it, the voter then contacts the elections officials about that fact. That's in part how the fraud was detected. Some states put scans of the mail-in ballots -- outer envelopes -- online so the voter can go online and see the ballot they sent in. Trump is only able to get away with his lie that the election was "stolen" because of ignorance of voters about how elections actually work -- and their failure to inform themselves.
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  11703.  @aardque  Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence. That is the entirety of their campaign. And when they threaten a community, their supporters engage in terrorism such as bomb threats. So, yes, and it has been documented before now: Trump and Vance's supporters, the Republican Party, act on their dog whistles and overt racist attacks. And the alleged attempted assassinations against Trump were all committed by REPUBLICAN TRUMP supporters.
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  11704. Without Ukraine as the front-line defense of democracy, and NATO, it would be US boots on the ground in Europe for the THIRD time. Twice the US was sucked into European wars; NATO put a STOP to that. NATO is US defense of the US.
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  11705. Women do not get pregnant just so they can have abortions.
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  11706. So they can raise their public profile in hopes of attracting higher paying clients.
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  11707.  @corpsefoot758  You're talking horseshit -- with, typically, not a shred of evidence to back up your fantasy. Sanders is a populist; he helped elect populist Trump. None of any of that has anything to do with Clinton. But we get it: make up and post baseless shit in order to subvert reasoned, factual discussion.
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  11708.  @corpsefoot758  I deal in fact, not instead "narratives" that deliberately avoid fact. trumps like you are full of bullshit, like the adjudicated rapist and convicted felon you support against the Constitution and laws. Criminality is your profession.
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  11709.  @wildsmiley  And "populist" Bernie Sanders helped him get elected in 2016 by trashing the Democratic -- not Republican -- Party.
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  11710.  @paddleduck5328  I've been paying attention for more than 70 years. During elections, John Hancock was a "populist". Between elections he characterized democracy as "mob rule". (That is why we have the Electoral College: the Constitution prohibits political violence, expressly including insurrection. The January 6th insurrections was "direct democracy".) "Populists" Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson the "revolutionary" while in France hobnobbed with the aristocrats. Then when the French revolution inspired by Jefferson was a bloodbath with included the slaughters of both aristocrats and "revolutionary" rivals, Jefferson's defensive rationale was about the "Tree of Liberty" being watered with the blood of the very "tyrants" he'd been hanging out with. Neither Franklin nor Jefferson were ever on the front lines. Neither was the ass who gave the, "Give me liberty,,, or give me death!" speech -- who his own legislative colleagues considered unstable. Unlike Sanders I'm not a far-Leftist stuck in the 1960s pretending to be a present-day progressive. I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin -- they were assholes: their "street theater" provocations of violence got Nixon elected.
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  11711. You have no idea how elections are conducted: 1. Primaries are conducted by the STATE political parties -- ALL politics is LOCAL -- not by the DNC. 2. Elections are conducted by the STATE Sec. of State -- NOT by the DNC. You have no fucking clue about the BASICS of poltics, or how the gov't functions, or even the meaning of DEMOCRACY. And you aren't LERANING to distinguish between fact and BULLSHIT. Your INTELLECTUAL LAZINESS is YOUR corruption.
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  11712. Anyone can call themselves anything they want. I'm waiting to see the ads produced by Felons for Trump.
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  11713. As long as sex sells -- and Talor Swift doesn't hesitate to sell sex, though in real life she probably objects to be seen as a sex object -- Trump will never be as or more popular than Swift is with many males.
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  11714. Laundrie is a VEGAN.
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  11715. They are fascists hiding behind "religion".
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  11716. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Republicans attack doing that as "Socialism". Vote Republican, get abandonment and Republinomics.
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  11717. Trump asked: "If we have nukes, then why can't we use them."
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  11718. A lot of wtiches have been caught, indicted, jailed. All of them friends of career criminal Trump. Not waste time -- except to allow the pandemic to get out of control. And now he's offering ventilators to Europe -- not to Americans.
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  11719. Yep: they claim America was/is part of a "Moorish" "empire".
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  11720. Sanders "fans" are, in a word, stupid. They know it all, just like Sanders, and just like Trump. So smear Democrats and help Trump. "The fact of the matter is," Seder, that Bloomberg spent much money supporting DEMOCRATIC candidates, which is how the Democrats took the House. He has also siad: that if not the nominee, he will continue to fund DEMOCRATS and work with his money to DEFEAT TRUMP. How is smearing an ALLY different than Trump smearing the Bidens, or Ukraine? Yeah, I know: you hate those about whom you actually know nothing true -- Clinton, Biden -- and do the opposite with Sanders. Sanders voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- a TOP PRIORITY of the extremist right-wing ANTI-"Soclaist"/ANTI-American domestic terrorist organization NRA. That's your boy, who claims to be a LEFTIST. Paul Manafort and his partner helped elect the pcorrupt pro-Russian president of Ukraine who was subsequently pushed out by the Ukrainian people. Manafort and his partner next became the managers of the Trump and Sanders campaings. Coincidence? Are you so pro-Sanders/Trump that you're also pro-Russian?
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  11721. Solicitation of crimes is Trump's gig -- both Russian collusion video, and phone calls to Georgia gov't officials.
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  11722.  @wsbs520  What are Ophrah's qualifications? yes: "Dr. Phil" is a huckster. He's full of shit.
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  11723.  @wsbs520  What are YOUR qualifications -- your racism being the opposite of qualifications.
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  11724. They ARE NOT "militia". They are an armed anti-gov't gang.
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  11725. So much poor planning. How successful was she when a consultant?
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  11726. Most of MAGA are recipients of SNAP and WIC and Medicaid. And they thought that voting for adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal would mean only those they are brainwashed to hate would be victimized.
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  11727. Not quite true: He is self-employed, and has a shitty boss. And steals from the business.
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  11728. But what about the stuff you read?
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  11729. Cenk came in a distant third in his campaign. He is full of shit. But too arrogant to realize it. I'm fed up with the far-Left not knowing that they are not progressives. The Republican Party is openly fascist, and Sanders is still attacking Democrats.
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  11730.  @uonecar  Try reposting that in literate English. But THINK while you are doing that, because one of the main set of lies Trump utters is against immigrants. LOOK: Trump hates immigrants. Trump's wife is an immigrant.
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  11731.  @uonecar  Actually I'm opposed to all war. But I'm also sufficiently realistic to recognize that sovereign Ukraine is being illegally invaded by Russia -- and you history-illiterates are defending Russia. LEARN: 1. For at least hundreds of years there were constant wars between western and Eastern European nations -- primarily, in Western Europe, between Britain, France, and Germany -- typically any two of them were allied against the third. 2. Twice such wars became world wars, and sucked the United States into their wars. (Do a search on youtube for "FrenchTastic" and "Normandy" for a video tour of the AMERICAN section of the D-Day cemetery in Normandy -- the cemetery Trump refused to visit because he didn't want his hair mussed by the very light rain). The AMERICAN section is acre after acre after acre after acre of white crosses -- each the grave of an AMERICAN service member -- Trump said that those who died for the country are "suckers" and "losers". The alternatives to those deaths was Hitlerian fascism. 3. NATO was established by the United States -- it is a treaty, which in keeping with the Constitution is part of the US Law of the Land; which means no president can withdraw from it -- for three basic reasons: A. To put a stop to the many hundreds of years of wars among Western and Eastern European nations -- and it has been a spectacular SUCCESS at that. B. To PREVENT the US being sucked into another world war a THIRD time. That too has been a success -- and it is US NATIONAL SECURITY. C. To established a mutual defense pact against historically-imperialist/expansive Russia. How in hell do you think Russia became the USSR!? It did so by FORCEFULLY SUBJUGATING the Baltic and Eastern European nations, including Ukraine. Now pay attention to the actual meaning of Putin's LIE that a NATO member being on the opposite side of the border from Russia is a "threat," which is his excuse for intending to invade, as example, Poland -- to eliminate the so-called "threat". And where would Russia be if it invaded, as example, Poland? It would have, on the opposite side of that border, a NATO member -- which he would claim is a "threat". So rinse and repeat the invasion excuse. As said, I'm opposed to all war. But I'm not stupid -- I know the history. Better to defend democracy by providing Ukraine military aid (the US provided RUSSIA military aid against Hitler) than see Ukraine again subjugated, and NATO attacked, and therefore AMERICAN BOOTS ON THE GROUND IN EUROPE A THIRD TIME.
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  11732.  @uonecar  Let's be clear -- unlike your sucking down the Republican lies: the money allocated for the defense of Ukraine is not sent to Ukraine. It is used to replenish the WEAPONRY that the US is providing to Ukraine. And stop the stupid and bullshitting: there is no way the Republican Party -- see Iraq, Afghanistan -- and its constant upping the budget for the defense industry, and its working with the NRA/gun industry and its implementation of DOMESTIC mayhem -- is an anti-war party. Iraq, especially, was an ILLEGAL invasion based on FALSIFICATIONS against Saddam Hussein: HISTORY: Jimmy Carter put Iraq on the "Rogue State" list, and refused to provide it any war-making materials. Reagan, having a hyped-up grudge against Iran, took Iraq off that list so he could supply Saddam Hussein weapons to use against Iran. The "Iran gassing their own people" was a lie: the gas used was produced by Britain and the US, and provided by Reagan, and Hussein used it against Iran. I'm an idealist -- I oppose all war. But that is tempered by my knowledge of history. Trump is a DOMESTIC enemy who REJECTS the rule of law. And you want to defend him as because he LIES about getting out of wars!? Look what Trump did in Syria: the Kurds were the US's allies, and doing the actual fighting and dying, while the US backed them with military hardware and logistics. Trump pulled out the troops and left the Kurds to fend for themselves, and they were slaughtered. Tell us how making enemies, and making promises that can't be trusted, creates friends and allies instead of enemies.
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  11733. Still guzzling anti-American FOX propaganda.
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  11734. An "economist" he seems to be drunk all the time is now an exert in epidemiology?
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  11735. Reagan initiated the anti-gov't sedition. In contrast, per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't -- and that is the Reaganite enemy.
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  11736.  @jojoleaf2112  He also "made his bones" being anti-AMERICAN gov't, thus initiated the sedition that has taken over the party -- or perhaps you didn't understand his "the gov't is the problem" anti-Americanism: Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. And gov't is, by definition, RULE OF LAW. Reagan invoked FDR in order to appeal to Democrats; meanwhile, behind the scenes, he was deconstructing civil rights enforcement. His attack was essentially on the "administrative state". And with their overturning of Chevron -- connect the dots -- his anti-gov't stance has succeeded: regulation of complex matters is taken out of the hands of experts and put into the hands of judges who are not competent to judge such issues. We saw an earlier example of that with the Court's banning of "partial-birth abortion," which has never existed; but the goal mattered, not that they were basing it on a lie. Late-term abortion was a thing -- dealing with a fetus that is DEAD. But that two is banned, and one of the very few doctors who still performed the procedure before it was banned was murdered as he entered his church. Thanks Reagan for that. And for his late -- befuddled -- response to AIDs.
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  11737.  @TPaine76  He'd be pleased, because he initiated the anti-gov't sedition.
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  11738.  @karenkalweit6018  I was politically aware long before Reagan. And for Nixon. And was immersed in the "Watergate" hearings and outcomes. Reagan INITIATED the anti-gov't SEDITION. And per the Constitution "We the people" are the gov't. And that's what we've seen from the Republican Party OF, BY, and FOR WEALTH AND POWER FOR MANY DECADES. Keep learning about who in the Nixon administration were also in the Reagan administration, and what THEY were about -- including Ailes, Stone, and Rumsfeld. And it was G. DUI Bushit who nominated Roberts and Alito to the Federal Court -- in behalf of the radically extremist right-wing "Federalist Society". The Justices Trump also "chose" for the Supreme are ALSO ALL "Federalist Society". They REJECT democracy, and the rule of law itself, as they reveal in the "immunity" decision, which is entirely un- and anti-Constitutional. And all of that was set-up by Reagan, and further facilitated by Bushit/Cheney, and McCain by "elevating" the incompetent lowlife Palin. And it Reaganite Steve Schmidt admits that HE was responsible for getting Gorsuch and Alito and Palin through to where they got and are. But suddenly he is against the very thing he helped bring to fruition. What is it about Republicans that consequences is too big a word for their comprehension?
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  11739.  @TPaine76  It has become what Reagan's backers wanted.
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  11740.  @karenkalweit6018  She voted 99 per cent of the time FOR Trump's "policies".
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  11741. Yeah -- especially in the governor's race in Pennsylvania. The Democrat is sane, and the majority of the electorate is always moderate.
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  11742.  @mh2120  Cawthorn lost because of his whistleblowing about the cocaine orgies. But it was a very close loss because there are voters who wanted in on the cocaine orgies.
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  11743. I've often wondered how many pedophiles hide behind the "Q" OBSESSION with pedophilia.
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  11744. Bowers testified that Trump violated the law. Then said he'd vote for Trump again.
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  11745. There are also spoofing robocalls. Calls via other peoples' phone numbers.
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  11746.  @KAD95223  Rewarded with Hitlerian fascism. Anyone who self-appointedly claims to be a patriot is immediately seen as self-important, ignorant, and suspect -- ___ From Ambrose Bierce, _The Devil's Dictionary_: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  11747.  @ocan1033  Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. But he isn't actually angry -- he's reacting to the diaper rash.
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  11748. Trump's THEFT of gov't property is not limited to classified information. ALL information generated by gov't employees is owned BY THE GOV'T.
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  11749. Watch the Cavett interview with Jimi Hendrix.
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  11750. Maybe its becoming a "fashion".
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  11751. You don't know me.
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  11752.  @kayelucier5639  The "treaty" they talk about DOESN'T EXIST.
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  11753.  @hungtranphotos  Either provide EVIDENCE for that slur, or shut your ignorantly foul mouth. This is a serious matter, child, or malicious rumoring adolescent punk.
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  11754. It isn't the gov't; it's the private for-profit student loan INDUSTRY. And PRIVATIZATION.
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  11755. What Republican president can the Republican Party really old up as worthy of respect since Lincoln, and to some degree Eisenhower, other than the fake-genial Reagan?
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  11756. I was politically active during the 1960s -- the so-called "New Left" - mimicked by TYT and Bernie Sanders and his "Bernie Bros" -- . got NIXON-AGNEW elected. So I have all along seen politically uneducated pseudo-"New Left" TYT for what it is: "influencers" competing with each other for most important individual getting the most attention and personal gain at the expense of everyone else.
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  11757. Watch a few videos by Timothy Snyder about the use of misinformation to attack and discredit fact and truth.
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  11758.  Matt Houser  I'm a Progressive. Sanders and you are extremists whistling past the cemetery.
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  11759.  @paulziech6702  Sanders has been a member of Congress -- the ESTABLISHMENT -- for TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. It is in CONGRESS where the laws are made. He got ZERO of his agenda enacted into law during those TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. And you believe he'd FINALLY be able to get his passe pie-in-the-sky enacted into law from OUTSIDE the branch of gov't which makes the laws? Were you born yesterday?
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  11760.  Matt Houser  Eleanor Roosevelt was a Progressive. She got stuff done. Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are Eleanor Roosevelt Progressives. They've got things done. Sanders is to the LEFT of Progressive -- and yes, is extreme: I've been politically active since 12 years old, in 1960. Sanders has been in Congress for twenty-vie YEARS -- and was TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE because of his EXTREMISM, his, "My way or the highway"; his inflexibility; his REFUSAL to compromise -- which is CENTRAL to the democratic legislative process. THAT is why he NEVER GOT A SINGLE ITEM OF HIS "AGENDA" ENACTED INTO LAW. The legislative process -- how laws are made -- is quintessentially DEMOCRATIC: it is debate, negotiation, compromise, in order to arrive at a majority consensus. It is by NATURE INCREMENTAL. In contrast is the FAR-LEFT -- that being the DEFINITION of EXTREME: You all want ALL of it, RIGHT NOW -- and ALWAYS end up with NOTHING, and then throw tantrums and blame the world in order to NOT take responsibility for your part in the equation. The political spectrum iis not simply "Left"/"Right", which is for simpleton's. The political spectrum is much more nuanced, and is distributed across a bell curve. The vast majority of voters -- those Sanders and you morons insult, smear, and attack as "corrupt" -- are MODERATES.
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  11761. Goggle and read the following -- it details how Trump gutted air traffic infrastructure as a favor to Musk -- american prospect Trump's Second Term Begins with a Crash
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  11762.  @user-zc5dp2sm5l  WRONG. The NRA PROHIBITS guns on the premises of NRA Headquarters. They know the crackpot monster they've unleashed and aren't about to risk their lives to it. And that is IN SPITE of the NRA LIE that the "right" to possess guns is ABSOLUTE. That one exception to the "absolute" is sufficient to demolish the "absolute".
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  11763.  @user-zc5dp2sm5l  It's most critical for those who are totally ignorant of actual history. The Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" exactly this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because all the gov'ts at issue were all along controlled BY THE FOUNDERS. And see "Shays's" and Whiskey" insurrections and the Founders treatment of them.
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  11764.  @iamezekiel1970  No, it will not. And I know that because I have an education in law, and you are a law-illiterate.
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  11765.  Gambit Odsey  So you believe criminal attacks on the rule of law should cause the rule of law to back down? You're a punk. This is in the Constitution you are repudiating: "Art. IV., S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence."
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  11766. You aren't liberal, and you've learned nothing. Mainstream media is centrist -- neither Left nor right. Your reduction of everything to "left wing networks" and "right wing networks" reveals your political illiteracy; in reality there are many points on the political spectrum -- not only the extremes of left and right. Again, mainstream media is centrist. Rejecting mainstream media leaves a sucker for the extremes.
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  11767. Wearing a mask doesn't prevent one from looking others in the eye. Prince of Piety Pence is an ass: he simply didn't want to hide his handsome looks.
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  11768. During his twenty-five years in Congress, Sanders has been totally INEFFECTIVE because he REFUSES to work with others -- which means COMPROMISE. He is totally uncompromising, and for that reason never got ANY of his agenda enacted into law.
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  11769. So they have evidence of direct communications between Clark and Trump?
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  11770. Civil service protections were made law precisely because of cronyism and corruption in the past.
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  11771. Comer and Gym Jordan are trying to save face -- while they've been caught with their pants down. Will they dare moon the electorate?
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  11772.  @MCeMTPockets1775  People in the Middle East are not white.
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  11773.  @justmejustme1245  It can't be proven there's a "God". And the "Bible" both approves and condemns slavery. Condemns it when the Jews are enslaved; approves it when the Jews own slaves. The "Old Testament" is about a "God" that is a tyrant; and it is intended to keep the "masses" in line under an authoritarian tribal leadership. Want to know what that looks like with the genial mask torn off? -- then see the far-right orthodox Jews in Israel who believe their scripture empowers them to take Gaza from its occupants by any means necessary including genocide. That's the "God" they believe in because that "God" -- invented by their tribe -- authorizes what they want to do. And they justify it by claiming their "God" -- the "God" they invented -- requires it. It's one of the biggest self-justifying scams ever invented and put into motion.
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  11774.  @Garrett.1111  Regardless your view of the character, the issue is racism in contrast with the racists' claim of being "Christian," the message of which is contrary to racism. The issue is HYPOCRISY while hiding behind "religion".
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  11775. _The Federalist" is not law. And the articles comprising it were written by three out of some 54 delegates to the Constitutional Convention that drafted the Constitution. And, as they were written outside Congress, Congress have never declared them as being official documents. And those articles, published in newspapers, were admitted to be an ADVERTISING campaign designed to SELL the Constitution. Moreover, there were three other delegates, on the other end of the spectrum, who refused to sign the Constitution because they, as anti-Federalists, rejected it. The right-wing crackpots have been waving The Federalist as some sort of ideological "bible" since at latest the 1990s. But there are problems, in addition to the above, with that which is illiteracy. Hamilton wrote in "Federalist No. 84": "I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only unnecessary in the proposed constitution, but would even be dangerous. . . ." I doubt any of those who wave The Federalist as their "argument" have actually bothered to read it.
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  11776. If your "GOD" is that which you believe, this would have been PREVENTED. Instead, as ever, your "God" is a no-show.
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  11777. Typical of your lying crackpots is your failure to provide EVIDENCE to back up your smear.
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  11778. White mass murderers are mentally ill. POC who rarely commit mass murders are evil. Right Vivek? But tell us how "religion" is the cure for those who, steeped in "religion," become mass murderers. Maybe if we raise the voting age to 25 will solve the problem.
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  11779. AFTER getting tested. Christ, you non-readers can't even get it right when it is READ TO you ON VIDEO.
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  11780. He is an insurrectionist.
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  11781. Why would Trump agree to an interview with PBS -- "Project 2025" would eliminate PBS.
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  11782. The vast majority of gun nutz are really stupid people.
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  11783. Isn't Jason Miller the wealthy deadbeat dad?
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  11784. And anonymous Internet morons IGNORE the explanations of law becuase they are "concerned" that law be enforced. They've got to outgrow the false view of law as being about "vengeance".
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  11785. It isn't a Left.
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  11786. None of these people have a clue as to the actual LAW. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11787. I have no problem with the FBI DOCUMENTING the PROLONGED many months of Trump NOT COOPERATING by NOT RETURNING the STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  11788. Pence needs to strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee.
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  11789. The Neo-Nazis were exercising their First Amendment rights; the opposition was trying to prevent that.
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  11790.  @CatLoverx900  Republican Dick Cheney had five deferments because, he said, "I had better things to do" than to serve his country. Then, as an "expert" on war, experience of which he avoided, he authored the illegal invasion of Iraq and got the US bogged down in that debacle. Republican John Ashcroft got 7 deferments to teach an "emergency" business course -- as if there were ever a shortage in capitalist America of "business" teachers. Ashcroft is also the "Christian" extremist who covered up the breasts of the statue of Lady Liberty in the Dept. of Justice, and in so doing violated the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. Attacking Joe Biden is typical of the morally and ethically bankrupt, intellectually dishonest, and irresponsible Republicans who can't handle or respond honestly to legitimate criticisms of career criminal, adjudicated rapist, and convicted felon Trump. In sum: YOU are a LIAR.
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  11791.  @CatLoverx900 Where is your EVIDENCE for that vulgar SMEAR? The REPUBLICAN majority on the Supreme Court repudiated the Constitution by giving the president permission to violate any and all laws with impunity. President Biden could have exploited that unconstitutional decision by throwing Trump in jail without charges or trial, exactly as Trump and you anti-American fools demanded by done to Hillary Clinton. But Biden is a patriot: he rejects that unconstitutional decision -- and fools such as you don't appreciate that he complies with the Constitution and its limitations on the presidency that PROTECT YOU. You don't comprehend the significance of Biden being only the third president to VOLUNTARILY surrender the powers of the presidency. He will stand tall in history for that integrity; that essential of American Constitutional government. Smearing President Biden will do nothing to rehabilitate anti-American rapist and felon Trump.
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  11792.  @CatLoverx900  Where is you EVIDENCE for that SMEAR? The issue is draft-dodging Trump, who is running for office. And note that "bone spurs" affect the HEEL.
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  11793.  @ZBM-jj1xr  Bone spurs afflict the heel/s.
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  11794.  @lesliesimmons8416  "Bone spurs" afflict heels. And this one is also an adjudicated rapist and convicted criminal felon. To vote for him is to approve of rape and criminality against the rule of law.
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  11795.  @lesliesimmons8416  You'll be voting in support of rape and felonious criminality -- which at this point with Trump is domestic terrorism. Is that how you want to live?
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  11796.  @sndspderbytes  We could reduce it by overturning Citizens United -- and that could be done by the co-EQUAL branch of gov't called CONGRESS. See Grove College : with it the Rehnquist Court limited the actual scope of the language -- the text -- of the application of anti-disability discrimination law. That decision and its progeny were overturned, and TEETH added to the law, by CONGRESS with the "Americans with Disabilities Act". Vote Biden, elect Democratic-control of both Senate and House.
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  11797.  @Winspur1982  And I note that in at least one instance the pharmaceutical manufacturer or one medication agreed to the reduction -- then withdrew the medication from the market. So they are in the business not of protecting health and saving lives but exclusively for profit. Which "fits": the US health care system is based on monetization of illness -- there's no profit in healthiness. Research the "Steward Health Care" Disaster.
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  11798.  @aprescoup  Except that Ukraine has many political parties and a diverse media. And again you need to learn the actual meanings of the words you sling instead of fooling yourself that you're smart. "Kleptocracy" is a gov't by thieves. That is RUSSIA'S gov't. LEARN THE HISTORY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  11799.  @aprescoup  The Founders of the United States established loyalty oaths to the gov't. Were they dictators? And during the 1700s, and again during the first world war, the US established "alien and sedition" acts. And the Supreme Court upheld the latter instance. Apparently, according to you, a country being illegally invaded doesn't have the right to protect itself against sabotage and treason.
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  11800. @Budiono Widodo Listen to him about those for whom he makes excuses while being a professional "contrarian" without a shred of ethical insight.
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  11801. @Budiono Widodo In short, you like being enslaved to bigotry. And you obviously haven't a clue what a dictator is. Stalin, Hitler, and Putin were and are dictators, and are identical in their genocides against the Ukrainian people. How do you survive being so vacuous? ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11802. Trump CANCELLED the border bill that he and the Republicans DEMANDED. He doesn't know first hand anything about what is happening in university. He is repeating right-wing anti-education hate-speech. Legitimate education WILL change the individual. Drop your childish prejudices and GROW UP.
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  11803. I can imagine the "community service" she will render as a bogus "Christian".
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  11804.  @Lanceswizzle  Wake up, surrender-monkey: ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  11805.  @simplesimple6014  If you deny your power then, yes, you are powerless. Isn't laziness and avoidance of responsibility so easy? Alas, it is not a defense against the consequences of that, or against reality. By the time you learn how to stop being irresponsible it'll be too late -- but you'll still be destructively impacted by the consequences.
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  11806. But she did admit on the stand that she had the contact information in the "Rolodex" or "phone book" in which she kept all of Trump's contacts -- including for BOTH Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels, BOTH of whom Trump claims he never heard of or knew. AND she recalled seeing Stormy Daniels in Trump Tower. So Trump's denials that he didn't know and never heard of McDougal and Daniels are LIES. THAT was attested to by Graff, who can be characterized as a HOSTILE witness, and SUBSTANTIATED with the DOCUMENTS from the TRUMP "Rolodex"/phone book. How many OTHER adulterous affairs did "Bible"-loving grifter Trump have during his three marriages?
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  11807. What if he came out of the court to flap his jaw and the media didn't show.
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  11808. The REPUBLICANS LIE that Social Security and Medicare are increasing the debt. IN FACT Social Security is not part of the general budget. It is a standalone budget. The Republicans want to "fix" Social Security even though it isn't broken. And this Republican is paid more than $100,000 a year by the taxpayer and he's Concerned" about receiving Social Security.
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  11809. Perhaps Trump should debate Mark Robinson in effort to show that they aren't actually identical.
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  11810. It wasn't "God" that took down the shooter; it was human beings. Damned huckster talks nonsense. IF there is a "God," "It'" is busy with running an infinite universe -- "It" does not devote "its" attention to a speck of dust floating in space. Look at the evidence -- death of innocent children in Gaza -- that "slips" "God's" attention because so busy looking out for the so-called "religious" in the United States? The ARROGANCE to believe one is that special, above even those innocent children. Follow the money, because that's all its about: "religion" as leeching on the body politic..
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  11811. EVIDENCE? -- yeah, you fascists don't need no stinkin' "evidence". THAT is anti-American.
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  11812. 91 FELONY charges based on actual EVIDENCE is the OPPOSITE of WINNING. It is the consequence of a LOSER, and a LOSER is a FAILURE.
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  11813. Wonderful parents, raised three children, one of whom is a mass murderer. And certainly their kids can do no wrong.
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  11814.  @scotchy451  There was no violence against a politician. But we've seen Trump ENCOURAGE violence at his rallies. And excuse the murder in Charlottesville.
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  11815. "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire. "The sleep of reason breeds monsters." -- Francisco Goya. "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana “I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams "We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them." -- Abigail Adams. “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard. "The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right." -- Mark Twain.
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  11816. A coward? Not at all -- he's never getting out of incarceration until his death. Entitled. Immature. Malinformed. Being an 18-year-old with unrealistic illusions is not mental illness.
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  11817. Trump is not unhinged; he is simply a lawless career criminal. His method is to get others to commit his crimes for him and hold that over their heads. And when they are caught, he claims he didn't know them. Typical mob boss.
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  11818. You wonder if these people would begin to take it seriously, begin to care, if one of THEM were to die. But their selfishness is so interpersonally hostile that probably even then they wouldn't.
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  11819. Hitler enjoyed receiving lists of professors who needed to be silenced.
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  11820.  @jasons73  The DOJ wants the affidavit to remain sealed for the reasons detailed in their motion on that point. Those details have been reported on CREDIBLE news media. One reason is to protect the integrity of the investigation -- which is CONTINUING. Another is to protect the identities of witnesses. The DOJ certainly had probable cause -- it was a neutral judge who approved the warrant. As ever you ignorant assholes make bald-faced assertions without a shred of EVIDENCE because you couldn't care less about evidence and facts -- or the rule of law. You're simply so stupid that you don't understand that your attack on the rule of law is also an attack on your own rights. Answer this question: Is Trump above the law?
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  11821.  @iamezekiel1970  Affidavits do not become public during ongoing investigations. And of course it's the law, dunce. Let's see if you can stick to the FACTS: 1. The warrant and affidavit were SEALED when filed with the court -- which is the norm when the person or persons on whom the warrant for search and seizure can't be trusted to not conceal or destroy the evidence to be seized. 2. The warrant would have remained sealed if TRUMP hadn't publicly announced the warrant in order to rant and rave and MAKE SHIT UP. He already got one of his supporters killed in Ohio by against inciting violence. You fools should know by now that he couldn't care less about you dupes: look at the hundreds he lead by their noses into jail, where they sit on their asses, while Trump is out playing golf. 3. The affidavit includes sufficient evidence to show the commission of crimes, which were ongoing, and that the person responsible for the crimes, and the evidence to be seized, cannot be trusted: he already lied that all STOLEN gov't property had been turned over -- which turned out to be a LIE. The motion to the court to NOT unseal the affidavit points to extensive and compelling FACTS as to why the affidavit should remain sealed. Period. End of story.
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  11822.  @jasons73  Those aren't facts. Those are Trump lies. This is how it works, MORON: US intelligence monitors FOREIGN actors, Russians included. If an American wonders into that monitoring -- by, as example, having a phone conversation with a FOREIGN actor, then that is noted, and if necessary investigated. That's what happened to Michael Flynn: intelligence was monitoring the Russian actor, and Flynn called that Russian actor. No phone taps, no spying. And let's look at some more facts, sub-literate anti-American: Trump and his campaign denied having ANY contacts with Russians -- well, there was Michael Flynn who had contact with a Russian agent. The Mueller investigation FORCED the Trump campaign and others around con-man and career criminal Trump to ADMIT they'd had contact with Russian -- after having LIED about it. In the end it was found that there were more than 200 contacts BY the Trump campaign WITH Russian agents. In addition, the Mueller investigation DOCUMENTED at least half half-dozen instances of OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE -- which is a CRIME. But instead of DISHONESTLY avoiding the issue by spewing gibberish let's deal with the PRESENT: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. And he has told a changing series of LIES about since the warrant for search found MORE boxes of STOLEN gov't property AFTER he lied that he'd turned over all he had. READ the warrant -- or watch CREDIBLE news media -- and the meanings of the three CRIMINAL statutes Trump violated will be explained to you by veteran prosecutors. Or you can continue to be a law-illiterate anti-American defending a con-man and career criminal who wouldn't give you the time of day even while he sucks your wallet dry.
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  11823.  @catherinesyme901  It's easy to hear about that entire sequence of events, from January, and then February when the 15 boxes of STOLEN gov't property were seized. And then the subpoena Trump ignored. And then the signed declaration attesting that there was no more STOLEN gov't property to hand over. AFTER which the warrant for search and seizure found another DOZEN or so boxes of STOLEN gov't property. It's actually a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. It only "sounds and looks suspicious" to those who ACTIVELY REFUSE to inform themselves of the TIMELINE, which is laid out by CREDIBLE news media.
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  11824.  @catherinesyme901  It's obvious that the only "side" you listen to is Trump's and his lawyers. Are you STILL too thick to recognize that Trump is a CONSTANT LIAR!? PAY ATTENTION: 1. Trump's lawyer BOBB made all sorts of PUBLIC assertions about not seeing the warrant, blah, blah, blah. 2. She signed the warrant/inventory of the STOLEN gov't property seized. BOTH "1." and 2." can't be true. Based on the EVIDENCE "1." is FALSE -- a LIE. 3. She actually stated on TV the advice she had given Trump. In so doing she WAIVED attorney-client privilege. And that is an ETHICAL violation that redounds to HER. She's young and attractive, which is apparently more important to Trump than basic competence. 4. At least one of two of Trump's lawyers signed a declaration attesting to the "fact" that there was no more STOLEN gov't property at MAGA-Lardo. Subsequently, warrant for search was obtained and another dozen or so boxes of STOLEN gov't property was found and seized. LYING to the gov't is a CRIME. And that is why Trump has lost so many court cases during the last 18 months: he REQUIRES his lawyers to make HIs "arguments" -- which are invariably groundless as to both fact and law. But if the lawyers want to make CREDIBLE arguments, he fires them. Because Trump has NEVER accepted NO, even when the NO! is the LAW.
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  11825.  @DIEmicrosoft  Are what? Yet again you provide no EVIDENCE. All you're doing is DEFAMING people. Why? All in effort to DISHONESTLY AVOID THE ISSUE: Is TRUMP above the law? ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  11826. 20 Republicans support the MAGA "agenda". It doesn't phase them that they are in the MINORITY; they expect to impose their catalog of bigotries onto the majority.
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  11827.  @michellemooresings  EVIDENCE? Yep: you provide NONE. To the contrary, we KNOW that TRUMP took at least 15 boxes of documents -- that is STEALING gov't property THAT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM -- to MAGA-Lardo. Those were finally retrieved. But what other documents that he stole did he LIE about having, and REFUSED to return? This is the relevant question: Is TRUMP above the law?
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  11828.  @michellemooresings  AGAIN: Where is the EVIDENCE that "every other single POTUS" violated the Presidential Records Act? You have NONE; you're simply whining and smearing in effort to avoid the issue, which is intellectually dishonest and unethical -- which is necessary to defending Trump by avoiding the issue. No doubt when you use the term "personal responsibility" you mean everyone but yourself and Republicans. We're waiting for you to come down to earth and deal with the FACTS. Is Trump above the law?
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  11829. The total decision is unconstitutional, because the Supreme Court is BENEATH the Constitution -- not its equal, not its alternative, and not above it.
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  11830. If order to represent Trump, one must set aside practice of law and replace it with political bloviation. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11831. The Supreme Court rejected his appeal. So the Supreme Court said of his claims: "BULLSHIT!"
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  11832.  @narose5269  Those who don't vote election after election are "consenting" to what?
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  11833.  @timrusk1916  That's how effective the disinformation -- lying -- has been. Latinos were told to their faces that they will be deported. They figured, "Oh, you don't mean ME, you mean 'them'!" And Trumpers loved the lie about tariffs, then in the days AFTER the election "Googled" "How do tariffs work?" and are now pissed at having been lied to.
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  11834.  @Jackson_M5  Stupidity is your elite's profession.
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  11835.  @Jackson_M5  Trump himself is on video SAYING that he wants to be a dictator. And when asked about it, also on video, he said, "Only on day one." So why do you liars continue to pretend it's only "others" who are saying it "about" him?
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  11836.  @Adanu191  You are obviously not qualified to diagnose "insanity" -- beginning with your own. And you overlook the fact that no one elected you to speak for "the rest of us". And you delude yourself that you do, when in reality it is obvious you do not. I can't wait until how tariffs actually work falls on YOU like an overflowing brick outhouse, because you dupedly asked for it.
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  11837. Dana Bash hasn't anything to say about fact-checking because she doesn't do it. CNN's owner is pro-Trump. At the same time, CNN has others who do challenge the lying and bullshit. Bash failed in her responsibility TO THE VIEWERS. The media is intended to check the politicians and gov't, NOT to treat abuses as somehow acceptable.
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  11838. We've been in a Constitutional crisis since 2000 when Republican extremist Scalia unconstitutionally intervene in the Florida vote-counting to save G. DUI Bushit's election prospects, and then voted with the rest of the Court for a second time in the same election, which was illegal.
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  11839. He's hoarding the desperately needed supplies and equipment for distribution ONLY to RED states. And he's doing that via private businesses and profiteering so he also PROFITS FINANCIALLY from materials and equipment paid for and OWNED by the TAXPAYER. ____________ "Feds Confiscated 3,000,000 Masks Ordered by State of MA @ The Port of NY." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/4/1934221/-Someone-Seized-3-000-000-Masks-From-Massachusetts-At-The-Port-in-NYC "Masks, other gear are being stolen from states and nations, but by whom? And where are they going?" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/4/1934215/-Americans-are-stealing-supplies-from-states-and-other-nations-but-who-And-where-are-they-going "Kushner Using Federal Govt To Confiscate N95's Bought By American States AND European Allies." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/4/1934207/-Kushner-Using-Federal-Govt-To-Confiscate-N95-s-Bought-By-American-States-AND-European-Allies
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  11840. If you VOTE INTELLIGENTLY, the REPUBLICANS will be OUT OF POWER.
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  11841.  @zentai5076  If Trump doesn't drink, then why is he a whine-o?
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  11842.  @titch_551  Who's naive?
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  11843.  @zentai5076  Can you try to be literate?
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  11844. The Second Amendment is irrelevant to private individual rights.
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  11845. Yeah -- if it weren't for "Dog," nothing would happen if left to "God" and the "Lord" consistently being AWOL. So career criminal "Dog," who lived a life of deceit, SAYS he "turned his life around." and you believe him. Again: how many marriages and divorces, and children left behind, AFTER he "turned his life around"?
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  11846. I suggest you look at the ELIMINATION by this Supreme Court of YOUR right of privacy.
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  11847.  @u.synlig  "Critical Race Theory" is a graduate course taught ONLY in law schools on the GRADUATE level. Perhaps you should reject the false white supremacist views about it despite their being convenient to your politics. Which is to say that your comment is anti-factual and makes no sense.
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  11848. Nice that he identified the trove of documents which would reveal the most. He stands there lying to a reporter -- then attacks a reporter for asking a question, interrupting his lying, calling her "rude". Lying to the American people, at the cost of more than 200,000 lives, is at the very least "rude".
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  11849. Were Sanders elected, HE would BE the "establishment". What would the monomanic anti-establishment Sanders "fans" do then? (Sidenote: the Founders were PRO-establishment. One cannot both embrace the Founders and oppose the "establishment".) It was the far-Left that engaged in violence, and alienated the moderates, and thereby elected Nixon TWICE.
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  11850. Trump's tactics are Republican tradition: SMEAR POLITICS. Accuse Democrats, without facts, rinse and repeat. And that what Trump constantly does -- we saw that consistently during the criminal trial: always smear, never testify under oath. Never answer questions -- smear the person asking the question. It's all theater and no substance. And that's been the Republican Party since at latest Joe McCarthy: name-calling and bullying and doubling-down.
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  11851.  @sherylmaddox2385  By adhering to fact and law. Those are objective standards. The law abiding adhere to law instead of pretending it is only "opinion". By accepting reality instead of pretending we can bullshit it.
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  11852.  @sherylmaddox2385  Yes, reality is objective. "Religion" and "opinion" are subjective. Trump is all about attempting to bullshit reality into submission -- or at least bullshitting suckers into ignoring reality.
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  11853. Everyone has issues. Everyone has some degree of "toxic" behavior. Your solution is to avoid relationships altogether.
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  11854. It's a good thing Giuliani is in shape because he doesn't full down even when drunk.
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  11855. I've been saying for more than a year that Trump's efforts re. Georgia were SOLICITATION OF A CRIME: ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  11856. Christy Mihos was born into wealth. His family owned a supermarket that charged the maximum in the market. Then he expanded it into a chain. Selling made his even more wealthy. And he never let anyone forget that he was "better than" those who weren't of his "class". And then he blew it on gambling and hookers.
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  11857.  @angeladansie4378  J. D. Vance has no convictions. But that's okay: Trump has 34. Some people say that the "sex with a couch" story is a deliberate distraction from Vance's dark history with three-legged stools.
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  11858. The taxpayers, who live in the states, buy the materials and equipment which are in the Federal stockpile. See these, which reveal the facts behind Kushner's statement: ____________ "Feds Confiscated 3,000,000 Masks Ordered by State of MA @ The Port of NY." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/4/1934221/-Someone-Seized-3-000-000-Masks-From-Massachusetts-At-The-Port-in-NYC "Masks, other gear are being stolen from states and nations, but by whom? And where are they going?" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/4/1934215/-Americans-are-stealing-supplies-from-states-and-other-nations-but-who-And-where-are-they-going "Kushner Using Federal Govt To Confiscate N95's Bought By American States AND European Allies." https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/4/1934207/-Kushner-Using-Federal-Govt-To-Confiscate-N95-s-Bought-By-American-States-AND-European-Allies ____________ The states ARE the country.
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  11859. How is Biden's "agenda" -- Congress approved it, and added its initiatives -- "out of control"? We don't know because slogans don't communicate actual substance and meaning. They are buzz phrases for the stupid. Debt out of control? How about repealing Trump's Tax Cut for Billionaires"?
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  11860. Wow -- CRUSHED! This is probably the first time in his life that he obeyed a rule! THAT is HUGE!
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  11861. "Charisma" is ATTRIBUTED by those who "choose" to "see" it.
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  11862. Be nice if FOX wouldn't get involved in politics.
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  11863. Is it ethical for former defense lawyers to testify publicly about their former clients?
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  11864. At the Dept. of Defense Peter "Drunkard and Sexual Predator" Hegseth replaced DEI with DUI.
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  11865. They hide their identities because they know they are in the wrong. They are whiney snowflakes having a tantrum because not allowed to shit on the living room rug and get praise for that exercise in their "freedom".
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  11866. It's the plan since Reagan: make college affordable only to the affluent. If you haven't noticed by now, the Republican Party relies on IGNORANCE, so that is the "product" it produces. "I love the uneducated." -- Republican Trump.
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  11867. Can't be done for two reasons: 1. members of the Security Council are PERMANENT members; and 2. Russia has a veto.
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  11868. We already knew about the pipe bomb and Harris's proximity to it. Others of the details are new.
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  11869. Those who view murders as entertainment need their heads examined. At the least to get a life in their local reality.
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  11870. This crash had white pilots. You're missing the point. DEI is being mischaracterized as another form of "Affirmative Action," which was always falsely characterized as being ONLY FOR BLACKS. None of that is true. Trump is claiming that DEI is about giving jobs to the unqualified. And that always means Black. To the contrary, in order to be an Air Traffic Controller, one must go through at least 3 years of training before actually doing the job. The standards are high for ALL who pass the tests into the program. Trump is LYING about all of it. Google the following -- it details how Trump and Musk eliminated air safety infrastructure because Musk objected to being fined for violating existing public protection regulations. american prospect Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash That included driving out the head of the FAA -- and to this day that position is vacant. And that isn't all of it.
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  11871. The pilots in this disaster were all white males.
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  11872.  @BluehourPhotography  We have Trump om video stating that he wants to be a dictator, and answering a question about that statement, "Just on day 1." And we have this on video: ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trump campaign members lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11873. Uygur knows about winning elections. He arrogantly believes.
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  11874. Liberals are moderates. The Founders were Liberals. Slapping "Radical" on it is stupid and dishonest.
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  11875. Trump told his supporters: "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
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  11876. "Job Report: Chickens Flocking to KFJ for Employment".
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  11877. It has been reported that those who survive COVID suffer cognitive deficits. Not that Trump was ever "all there".
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  11878.  @Ghost-fe1vp  Imagined-up nonsense as fact-free excuse to oppose public health initiatives. For you morons is Jacobson v. Massachusetts in which the US Supreme Court upheld a vaccination mandate WITHOUT the alternative of testing. It's an especially useful decision as it explains, in plain English, how democracy is MAJORITY rule, and the MAJORITY has the right to protect itself from crackpot minorities that threaten the health and safety of the majority.
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  11879. They INCITE violence because they WANT violence.
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  11880.  @hypee2007  He was convicted of a crime that in law is bumped to felony if it was committed to advance another crime. One of those crimes was tax evasion. Another was interference in elections. Another was campaign finance laws violation/s. They were the same charges that put Michael Cohen IN JAIL in a FEDERAL court. You are a law-illiterate repeating Trump's attack on the rule of law itself. But I'll help you out: There was a simple and legal way around the gag order -- which order prohibited two violations of law: witness intimidation and jury tampering. And when Trump was asked if he'd do it, he said "Absolutely." The legal way around it was to testify under oath, which afforded him two options: Either admit to the crimes, which were PROVEN by the DOCUMENTS in evidence, which documents were generated by and obtained from the TRUMP organization, and some of which were personally signed by Trump on his personal bank account; Or, commit perjury. He refused to testify, contrary to his "Absolutely." But let's step back and look at the case objectively: 1. New York is the financial capitol of the US. It is also, therefore, the site of the greatest percentage of financial fraud. 2. The exact same case as brought against Trump is beyond common to constant: there were more than 9,000 such prosecutions since 2015. 3. Biden didn't protect his son from prosecution by the DOJ. And neither the president nor the DOJ have any jurisdiction in state prosecutions.
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  11881.  @hypee2007  He was convicted of 34 FOLONIES based on essentially the same case on which Michael Cohen WENT TO JAIL. Your anti-American name-calling won't change those FACTS.
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  11882. The courts have just this week made express their cognizance that Trump has hung himself with the rope he himself has created. Matters have built to the point that the law is going to be directly pushing back at Trump.
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  11883.  Dixie Normous  So far the only voteer fraud found has been by Republicans.
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  11884. She's an outsider running as an outsider.
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  11885.  @newtron9  Make America Grate Again.
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  11886. "I can say it because I'm Jewish" -- right: if non-Jews said the same thing they would be labeled "anti-Semitic". I've yet to meet a Jew (outside myself) who will admit their bigotries and exclusiveness. So so very precious in identity.
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  11887. No one more appreciates the right to vote than Southern Blacks.
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  11888. "Freedom for me but not for thee!" -- "Proud Boys"/Fascist "Brown Shirts".
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  11889. Trump wouldn't allow his MAGA supporters shine his shoes.
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  11890.  @CybershamanX  DURING THE PRIMARY, moron, Sanders REPEATEDLY trashed NOT ONLY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, but also Clinton with REPUBLICAN SMEARS that were ALL ALONG FALSE. Ask yourself, Mr. Amnesia: is it COINCIDEMCE, that the two men who elected the corrupt pro-Russian president of Ukraine BOTH ended up in charge of Sanders' and Trumps campaign? That that Ukraine election included computer hacking? That at the beginning of the primary, the Sanders campaign hacked the DNC -- which forced the resignation of that campaign manager? That of all the candidates during the 2016 campaign, only two had not "suporters" but "fans" -- Sanders and Trump? Starry-eyed "fans" belong in ENTERTAINMENT, not in life-or-death politics. IS it COINCIDENCE that Sanders stoiod shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns? AFTER losing the primary, Sanders DID NOT WITHDRAW -- there was all the LYING about "thuimb on the scale": FOOL: elections are conducted by STATE GOV'TS, NOT by the parties. And EVERY candidate -- INCLUDING SANDERS -- MONITORS the primary process FIRST-HAND, from beginning to end. So: NO "RIGGING". Instead, he CONTINUED to trash the Party, and Clinton, with the "thumb on the scale LIE -- which can ony be believed by the know-it-all Sanders' "fans" who are IGNORANT of how primaries and elections are conducted, or the deliberately dishonest. All of that high profile NOISE negates any of his capaigning "for" Clinton AFTER all his trashings of her. "Shaman"? In other words, you live in a world of speculation without too much concern with facts. Facts are stubborn things. So is REALITY: with Republican gerrymandering protected by the Supreme Court from Federal intervention, Republican voter-purgings, and Republican invitations to foreign powers to subvert the election, the Democrats need as many votes as they can get. Republicans who don't want a repeat of Trump will vote for Trump before they'd vote for a Socialist. Trump would slap Sanders dizzy; he'd be destroyed in a week. That is especially underscored when Sanders' writings, when he was in his 30s, about young children and sex are blasted all over the media. You don't know Sanders. What you "know" is what you read into his old-school Socialist slogans. Those slogans didn't work in the "radical" 1960s: they got NIXONG elected. They are all sizzle, no substance. Last but not least -- in addition to the fact that Sanders voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- a top priority of the extremist RIGHT-wing anti-"Socialist" domestic terrorist organization NRA, yet another collaborator with Putin -- during his twenty-five years in Congress, Sanders passed three bills, two of those renaming post offices. That HISTORY is the result of the fact that he is a know-it-all; he is inflexible; he is "my way or the highway" no compromise. In some, entirely ineffective in getting ANY of his SLOGANS enacted into law because he REFUSES to compromise. The legislative process is DEMOCRATIC: it is debate, negotation, compromise, arriving at a majority consensus. Do you ACTUALLY believe that, being wholly ineffective while IN the legislative process, he'd be actually effective from OUTSIDE the legislative process? Old maxim: "The president PROPOSES, the congress DISPOSES." Instead of denying and "forgetting" the vindictive prick that Sanders was during the 2016 primary, WAKE UP: he is the far-Left -- "Progressivism" is to his RIGHT -- equivalent to extreme right-wing demoaguge Trump.
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  11891. What isn't with the insurrectionists is Trump's wallet.
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  11892. "The right is to defend yourself against . . . rouge government." That has never been true, and it is made explicit in the Constitution, in at least three places. This is sufficient: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions."
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  11893.  @jamesparlane9289  The main point is that there are numerous law-illiterates pushing the Second Amendment lies -- that any old armed anti-gov't gang is a "militia" just cuz they say so, and therefore there is no difference between rule of law -- the well-regulated Militia is UNDER the rule of law AND its purpose LAW ENFORCEMENT -- and attacking the rule of law based upon NOT bothering to read the "inspiring" "Declaration of Independence," which includes these two directly on point GRIEVANCES AGAINST King George III: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAWS. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is GOV'T, which is by definition RULE OF LAW. And the head of state is the commander-in-chief of the Militia. Compare the FACT that the well-regulated Militia is an arm OF gov't with the claims made of it by those slavishly addicted to the Second Amendment LIES. Really, geez, it's okay to butcher literate English -- to claim that "We the people" actually means "We the individual". So we can avoid the plain language of the Amendment, that the subject of it is "A well regulated Militia" because, as the Amendment states, "NECESSARY". It never fails that there's a crime committed with a gun, and some damned law-illiterate pseudo-"patriot" will drag in the malconstrued Second Amendment in order to keep the anti-gov't/rule of law/SANITY propaganda about it going. It doesn't even matter anymore that the gun-nuts are ACTUAL children, instead of chronological adults who REFUSE to grow up.
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  11894.  @jamesparlane9289  The main point is that the 6-year-old didn't get the idea that he could shoot people from himself. He doubtless got it from his parents, who got it from the larger society and blaring of "gun rights" over and above and against the rule of law itself. But, sure: let's only blame the kid and ignore the rest of it.
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  11895.  @jamesparlane9289  "The kid pulled the trigger. You are talking about the issue of "remoteness". No, jackass: I am talking about a society which is permeated with gun-nuttism including LYING about the intent of the Second Amendment. That includes the FALSE belief that the purpose of the Amendment is to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- thus the January 6th INSURRECTION, which is EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED in the Constitution. Instead of educating themselves gun-nuts constantly spread that LYING -- and, like you, pretend that the LYING has nothing whatever to do with gun violence, which includes mass murders with a weapon designed for COMBAT. The Bill of Rights was written by the first Congress -- BOTH House and Senate -- under the newly-ratified Constitution. The DEBATES of those writings are readily available. they show that the PURPOSE of the Second Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. A Militia is not an individual. From the establishment of the colonies there was always a SEPARATION of the MILITARY from private individuals. Want to service in the Militia? -- then ENLIST; and the first requirement thereafter is the OATH to support and defend the Constitution and laws -- and, no, you don't get to "interpret" the Constitution YOU HAVE NEVER READ in accordance with your sociopathic fantasies. Smarten up: READ "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15 & 16" -- because the ENTIRE Constitution is in effect AT ALL TIMES. And see "Art. IV, S. 4. "The United States shall guarantee to every State [GOV'T] in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion [and] domestic Violence." Ratification of the Bill of Rights was completed on December 15, 1792. In 1794, two years later, the well-regulated Militia of the Second Amendment, Federalized, and lead by George Wahington, SUPPRESSED the "Whiskey" insurrection. In sum: the Constitution, and REASON, is AGAINST your extremist pretense that the gun-nut "culture" has no impact on individual decision-making. Or the pretense that Trump calling his brainwashed law-illiterate supporters to Washington had nothing to do with them showing up in Washington. Or that his violent rhetoric had nothing to do with their violent insurrectionist actions against the Congress.
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  11896.  @jamesparlane9289  The Second Amendment DOES NOT protect an individual right -- right-wing crackpot Scalia's outlier _Heller_, and its progeny, notwithstanding -- ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11897.  @jamesparlane9289  And I'm pointing to the fact that the SUBJECT of the Second Amendment is "well-regulated militia," which the Amendment explicitly states is "NECESSARY". A Militia is not an individual. "We the people" does NOT mean "We the individual".
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  11898.  @einnAnnie  "Defending oneself against a TYRANNICAL government isn't the same thing as an insurgent instigating an insurrection against a NON-OPPRESSIVE government." You have it wrong: What we have in Trump and his LAW-ILLITERATE DUPES is REJECTION of the RULE OF LAW based on calling the RULE OF LAW "tyranny". I'd ask you to provide us all with the LAW that authorizes "talking up arms" against the gov't -- which is by definition RULE OF LAW -- but there is no such authorization. First, a little HISTORY: The Founders "took up arms" and "attacked" and "overthrew" exactly this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because, history-illiterate, they were all along in control of those gov'ts. Have you READ the "Declaration of Independence"? No, you have not, else you'd know it applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND. we know that because it includes a catalog of "Grievances" against, BY NAME, King George III. These two of those grievances are directly on point -- and OPPOSITE your illiteracy: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAWS. LAWS REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." The "Civil Power" is the GOV'T, which is by definition RULE OF LAW. Additional FACT: Completion of ratification of the Bill of Rights -- the Second Amendment -- was on December 15, 1791. On May 2, 1792, Congress enacted -- "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel invasions." On May 8, 1792, Congress enacted -- "An Act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." The purpose of the Second Amendment was to protect the states -- GOV'TS -- right to keep its already existing WELL-REGULATED Militia, AND to establish that National Defense against all enemies foreign AND DOMESTIC. More than two years later, on November 29, 1794, Congress enacted -- "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." Thus well-regulated states' Militia were, pursuant to Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, were FEDERALIZED, and, lead by GEORGE WASHINGTON, empowered by Constitution and Congress, to SUPPRESS the "Whiskey" insurrection. There is NO 'right" to "take up arms" against the RULE OF LAW regardless how one chooses to characterize the RULE OF LAW as "tyranny" simply because you DON'T LIKE the fact that there ARE laws.
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  11899.  @jamesparlane9289  As said, gun-nuts reject the rule of law. You make my point for me.
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  11900.  @jamesparlane9289  And then there are GUN-NUTS who REJECT ALL gun control law -- and the REQUIREMENT of the citizen to ACCEPT THE REALITY that they live in a society with OTHER PEOPLE who ALSO have rights that are not to be VIOLATED. IN LAW pointing an UNLOADED gun at another is the CRIME of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon". Why do you suppose that is?
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  11901.  @jamesparlane9289  I look at their psychology, their rhetoric, and the law. I have an education in law, and have been researching the LAW on the issue for more than 30 years. You are simply repeating the responsibility-avoidant rhetoric of gun-nuts, who, in fact, REJECT the RULE OF LAW ITSELF -- they SAY as much. They'll rationalize any excuse to justify their extreme individualist claims to BOTH be exempt from the rule of law AND to be protected by the "rights" -- these a distortion -- secured in the very rule of law they REJECT. Watch a few videos about "sovereign citizens" and you'll see their position: claiming RIGHTS and rejecting RESPONSIBILITY -- the rule of law includes BOTH. Most of the so-called "respectful firearm owners" you jabber about are bullshitters like you. A six-year-old shoots his teacher and you change the subject away from that, AND ITS SOCIAL CONTEXT, in order to jabber about "respectful firearm owners". As if the six-year-old thought up his violent behavior, and shooting the teacher, in a vacuum. The GUN-NUTS you defend make claims about the Founders' views on guns THAT ARE BOTH FALSE AND REFUTED BY THE LAWS ENACTED BY THE FOUNDERS. Is there something "respectful" about REFUSING TO LEARN because they simply DON'T CARE that they are full of shit? Respectful of WHAT -- the rule of law? -- the rights of OTHERS not to be subjected to their ARMED BULLYING? The REAL enemy is GUN-NUTS who are filled with FALSEHOODS and REFUSE NOT TO BE -- regardless whether they are cops or asshole CIVILIAN GUN-NUTS claiming "rights" that since the beginning are not "rights" but authorities belonging EXCLUSIVELY to the MILITARY. I'll be "respectful" by assuming that you simply don't know what you're talking about, even as you make excuses which ignore RESPONSIBILITY.
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  11902.  @jamesparlane9289  Where do you live?
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  11903.  @jamesparlane9289  Are you sure you should be commenting on US law, in view of the fact that you aren't IN the US? Shouldn't you have some BASIC knowledge of the legal system before taking the position of defending US LAW-ILLITERATES who defend the FLAT-OUT CONSTITUTIONALLY PROHIBITED?
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  11904.  @jamesparlane9289  Where do you live?
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  11905. Where do you live?
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  11906.  @jamesparlane9289  The QUESTION is WHAT COUNTRY'S "constitutional law"? I have an education in US law, and that includes more than 30 years research and study in this very issue. The purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. The subject of the Amendment is "well-regulated Militia," and the phrase, "the right of the people," etc., is drawn from the four state constitution Militia Clauses in which "the right of the people," etc., IS the well-regulated Militia. Gun-nuts ALWAYs ignore CONTEXT in order to pretend that it isn't guns that shoot bullets. By pretending that the six-year-old was not influenced by the parents, and the parents by the culture of gun-nutism.
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  11907.  @jamesparlane9289  Personal attack noted. You aren't qualified to "diagnose" anyone across the Internet, and to attempt it is UNETHICAL. You crackpots always expose your deficits when your pretense is shredded.
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  11908.  @jamesparlane9289  I've asked several times where you live -- as you indicated that you don't live in the United States. I'll say it again, nitwit: I have an education in UNITED STATES law -- I don't presume to pontificate on the laws of other countries. MOST gun-NUTS who post online ARE GUN-NUTS -- that's why they push falsehoods about the FOUNDERS' views on gun "rights". That's why they FALSELY claim -- they are too stupid to understand why it is false -- that the Second Amendment is about a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- gov't being BY DEFINITION RULE OF LAW. MOST GUN-NUTS haven't BOTHERED to read the Constitution -- or even the "Declaration of Independence -- which are BOTH AGAINST them. I suggest you deal with the full reality, instead of pretending GUN-NUTISM -- a PANDEMIC within the United States -- doesn't exist by "prescribing" your ignoring of that as somehow "healthy".
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  11909.  @jamesparlane9289  "I an not claiming to diagnose anyone." When you ignore inconvenient FACTS in order to tell someone to "take the meds" or the like, you are presuming to "diagnose" the need for such. It is a convenient but irresponsible means to ignore the substance. GUN violence -- and the LIES which drive it -- is a PANDEMIC in the United States. That cannot be isolated down to a single six-year-old and his family of GUN-NUTS, in isolation from that PANDEMIC of GUN-NUTISM. Ask yourself how "responsible" are the gun owners who BOTH CLAIM to be FOR increased gun regulation -- a MAJORITY of NRA members -- AND AT THE SAME TIME dutifully pay their annual dues to an NRA that uses those dues to OPPOSE gun regulation.
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  11910. Briggs is an imperialist: he goes somewhere, and he accuses the people there of having an "accent" -- i.e., not speaking HIS language. Odd that a provincial would travel to other places and accuse the people he meets provincials.
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  11911. See the movie "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk". Note in it the expose of the commercialization of "patriotism" by the wealthy. And they don't believe a word of it.
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  11912. Is there a "right" to protest against something that isn't happening? "Critical Race Theory" is taught EXCLUSIVELY in college and university LAW SCHOOLS. What it does is examine laws for systemic racism. Sytemic racism exists -- and that is what Cruz is defending against the efforts to expose it.
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  11913. They are not "intervening". Ukraine has the right to request help, and other nations have the right to provide it.
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  11914.  @johnnyearp52  Why are white folk so obsessed with questioning the "authenticity" of minorities -- but never of themselves? That's the core issue here: it is political --about RACISM. And we especially see it when whites disapprove of the politics of the minority. At the time the right-wing objected to Brando's political position, so sought a means to discredit that position. They do the same today in defense of the least authentic of celebrities TRUMP -- everyone else is attacked for telling the truth about career felon TRUMP. But it's much more "thrilling" to be distracted into going after a marginalized minority in order to discredit them. Look at the status of actual Native Americans in the US and you can see the hate behind the attack; it is meant to discredit claims and position/s of ALL ACTUAL Native Americans. The same was done to Senator Elizabeth Warren -- anyone who claims Native American ancestry is targeted for attack.
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  11915. He's opposed to anyone interfering with parents brainwashing their children with education which reveals the reality that there are more than one way to see the world.
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  11916. Not to worry: his inspiration Trump WON'T pay the funeral and burial expenses.
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  11917. Gorka is a pro-NAZI fascist.
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  11918.  @mikemorrel8312  That is the reporting from the CREDIBLE media.
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  11919.  @anthonyfazio8940  Your stupidity and personal attack noted. I agree: what Biden is doing is "horrible," which is why you stood on ethics and refused the $1,400 check from the Biden administration. Is the Biden administration "failing" -- or is the co-equal branch Congress, in particular the Senate, determined on the Republican side to prevent the administration from meeting the needs of "We the people," which includes YOU and YOUR needs? Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. That means the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as paid for (taxes) and determined by "We the people". That is not "socialism" or "communism". It is SELF-GOVERNANCE.
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  11920.  @wils8886  "Infowars is lying to you. But what sort of person prefers being lied to? What should they be called? Fools? Suckers? Dupes? Pawns? The FACT is that CNN is reporting from contacts with the Select Committee staff. "Infowars" is simply making shit up; it is "editorial," not NEWS.
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  11921.  @ninianstorm6494  TROLL.
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  11922.  @Daddys_Home_002  Your lies are not substance; they are repeatedly and consistently refuted LIES. More than 80 courts, including TRUMP-appointed judges, threw his fraudulent "fraud" case out of court because there was and remains no EVIDENCE for the LIE that the election was stollen.
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  11923.  @Daddys_Home_002  The Supreme Court REFUSED to hear Trump's fraudulent claim of election "fraud" because the "case" had NO EVIDENCE to back up the LIE.
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  11924.  @wils8886  "Infowars" is PROPAGANDA -- not NEWS. Hate "elites," as an anti-elitist elitist? So if you need brain surgery, you'll save money by bypassing the brain surgeon and having the surgery done by a plumber.
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  11925.  @Daddys_Home_002  It isn't the "leftists" that are focused on conspiracies. The case went straight to the Supreme Court. And that is hardly unprecedented. Your assertion that it "went through dozens of court rooms successfully first" is hogwash. More than 60 cases -- ALL -- were thrown out of courts because they were BOGUS: they made ALLEGATIONS, but provided NO EVIDENCE. AFTER that Trump appealed the case directly to the Supreme Court, and they REFUSED TO HEAR IT because -- AGAIN -- an ALLEGATION is NOT EVIDENCE. Instead of smearing "leftists" cease YOUR LYING.
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  11926.  @Daddys_Home_002  ASSHOLE: first, the Congress doesn't indict or prosecute, which bullshit you tried to hand on Pelosi. That is the function of the DOJ, and it is doing that. THAT is BASIC CIVICS. And no, jackass: Trump's EMERGENCY appeal to the Supreme Court may have been of the same substance as the 60-plus cases in other courts, ALL of which were DISMISSED for LACK OF EVIDENCE -- the FRAUDULENT claim that the election was stolen, WITHOUT EVIDENCE -- but it was NOT those cases. And the Supreme Court REJECTED his appeal for the same reason: NO EVIDENCE to support the FALSE allegation that the election was stolen. And now Trump has UNANIMOUSLY LOST his BOGUS claim of "executive privilege" at the Appellate Court. As is typical, the court provides 14 days for EITHER party to file emergency appeal with the Supreme Court. The likelihood that the Supreme Court will accept the case is slim: the extremists have their seats; they no longer need Trump. And they are worried about destroying the legitimacy of the Court by imposing extremist politics in place of legitimate law based upon their "religious" extremism and REJECTION of not only science but also of the RIGHT OF PRIVACY. I have an education in law. You are a law-illiterate TROLL spewing anti-American disinformation based on REJECTION of the rule of law.
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  11927.  @Daddys_Home_002  FACTS MATTER, TROLL: 1. "For the sale of argument, do you think it was right of Pelosi to throw out Trump's case". The Congress doesn't indict or prosecute. As is BEING SHOWN, the Congress INVESTIGATES. If, as is being done, those subpoenaed who refuse to testify to Congress are REFERRED TO THE DOJ for indictment and prosecution. The DOJ is in the SEPARATE co-equal Executive branch, which is charged with ENFORCING the laws. Cases are tried in the other SEPARATE co-equal branch: the Judiciary. BASIC CIVICS, clown. 2. As ALL 60-plus courts, AND the Supreme Court, showed: Trump DID NOT HAVE a "case" because THE ELECTION WAS NOT STOLEN.
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  11928.  @Daddys_Home_002  We know what was in Trump's FRIVOLOUS "case/s" because he and his lawyers were spewing the LIES that the election was stolen. The PROBLEM -- AGAIN, MORON -- is that the election WAS NOT STOLEN, therefore there was no EVIDENCE that it was stolen. That is precisely why more than 60 cases were -- even by Trump-appointed judges -- DISMISSED. AS A MATTER OF REASON, FACT, AND LAW, an ALLEGATION is NOT EVIDENCE. ALL those dismissals, INCLUDING the REJECTION of Trump's repeat of the SAME LIES by the Supreme Court, were based on the FACT that THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE to back up the ALLEGATION. Recall Rudy Giuliani asserting, "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a TRUTH? WATCH the interview with Giuliani, UNDER OATH, in which he ADMITS that he didn't "check" to determine whether the ALLEGATIONS were TRUE. Recall Sydney Powell asserting that no one in their right mind would BELIEVE the lies she told. You did not see "fraud"; what you saw is the elections systems worked exactly as required -- which included mandatory audits. Your PROBLEM is that you're IGNORANT of how elections work, therefore a SUCKER for LIES against the elections system. With all the Trump lawyers working to "uncover" election "fraud," why then did it turn out that NONE of their "evidence" passed the smell test? Again -- and this is the last time I'm going to entertain your stupid anti-American disinformation -- because the FAKE "evidence" was FALSE, made-up horseshit for gullible fools just like you.
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  11929. There are more Democrats than Republicans, so there's no truth to the "basically split right down the middle" fiction. And Shapiro needs to be governor to protect the election in his state, with which he already has experience, and the threats to which have increased and been injected into the system.
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  11930. So you've convicted Laundrie already, and without the "technicalities" of law, evidence, and trial? Interesting twist: rejecting the rule of law in pursuit of "justice" in keeping with the rule of law.
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  11931. Michelle Obama's was the speech of the convention.
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  11932. And the white cops constrained the Black woman.
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  11933. I condemn mass murder, including that committed by Trump by screwing up the gov't response to COVID.
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  11934.  @vassa123  Nope: an ideology is based on an agenda, the ideology fashioned to fit the agenda. In this instance the agenda is total privatization of the functions of gov't to serve the agenda. This is basic in the US: the Constitution is a system of laws, which fundamentally addresses the reality that humans are known to be imperfect, and to screw up. Thus the power of the gov't is broken up into three co-EQUAL branches -- the Congress, as example, has the power of the purse, and the power of declaring war, in order to NOT give the president (formerly king) the power to go to war on his own whim. We don't have monarchs or kings. We don't have specious "Divine Right". The gov't is "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. This punk is a bullshitting "Libertarian" who opposes the existence of gov't. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. The only possible "philosophy" behind it is extremist individualism that rejects the rule of law -- the "anarchy" of lawless chaos. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11935. The radicals on the Supreme Court are empowering far-right insurrectionists.
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  11936. When in his teens and twenties Trump was a buff oon. Then he got it together and became a buffoon.
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  11937.  @nmartin5551  "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?".
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  11938. In Boston the mayor made a minor change in the hours during which anti-vaxxer protesters could protest at her house while disturbing the entire residential neighborhood, and she was hammered by right-wing crackpots for "violating the First Amendment. Why didn't they protest at her workplace: City Hall? Because they don't give a fuck about other private citizens' right to peaceful enjoyment.
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  11939. According to his lawyer Trump was watching via the MAGA-Lardo CCTV system while he was in New York. But the FBI has that covered: these forensic search and seizure are documented in writing, and with photographs and video.
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  11940.  @psikogeek  REPUBLICAN FBI Director Raye is saying that because it is true.
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  11941. REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine refuting the lies against the Haitians in Springfield -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jZAJoLPLY
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  11942. I'll bet "christinao" claims to be a "Christian".
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  11943. Yes: the propaganda meme "migrant crime" comes from TRUMP.
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  11944. He is consistently implying that the disaster was caused by incompetence, and the incompetence caused by DEI. NONE of that is true.
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  11945. "Avatar" is old news. The Mel Lyman cult is old news. None of those had anything to do with what was actually happening in Boston -- on which they turned their backs. Better to talk to Peter Wolf.
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  11946. Conservatives are not censored. Most people reject Conservatism. "Conservatism": The accumulation of wealth and power into as few hands as possible. Want your views to be popular? Then stop being an elitist jerk.
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  11947. "Accidentally" carrying a gun indicates IRRESPONSIBILITY. And it doesn't matter that the gun wasn't loaded -- if that was true -- except that there isn't a separate charge for it being loaded, and or having ammunition.
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  11948. They stand at ready to impose collective punishment, which was declared a WAR CRIME because the WW II German Nazis imposed it on the Jews.
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  11949. Turns out he's a literal gasbag.
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  11950. Turns out Trump was a "law and order" president: he put at least hundreds of his supporters-insurrectionists in jail (where they sit and praise him). And the latest is Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison.
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  11951. You are weeks behind the repeated explanations by experts in investigation as to what you "hope" the FBI is doing re. such as bank records. As for his being out of the country: it isn't even known if he has a passport; and the FBI/TSA would be looking for him at such as airports.
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  11952. The Founders on the Second Amendment: The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  11953. He is running against the Founders and their Constitution.
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  11954. Because Ritter is wrong. Another useful idiot vis-a-vis Putin is Chomsky.
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  11955. "I will never lie to you" -- not being perfect, I'll not be able to avoid lying to you, as I just did. Saying that my lying was unavoidable is an avoidable lie.
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  11956. There's already a "Constitution Party" -- it is right-wing extremist and anti-Federal gov't. Anti, that is, Constitution.
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  11957. There have been Belarusians fighting OR Ukraine. And Belarusian railway workers have been sabotaging train lines into Ukraine, undermining Russian supply lines.
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  11958. Two of them fled into the woods. I wouldn't advise them on the smarter move of not running out of gas. I would advise them to lawyer-up.
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  11959. Low-energy Trump.
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  11960.  @naguoning  He's trying to scramble to the right side of history.
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  11961.  @robertomondello2447  The question is whether you are qualified in terms of reason. Fox "news" will assert that gravity is only a "theory" -- thus casting doubt on "theory" in general -- because gravity can't be seen. More simply and directly: they will claim a fact is an "opinion," then elevate a falsehood to "opinion," then leave it to the viewer to choose which is "true". Stupid people will mistake that deceit as respect for their "intelligence" and thus adopt that which is an attack on fact, reason, and truth. Why not just accept the nonsense that the earth is flat; else you must prove to your satisfaction" the physics of "flat" and "round". Are you qualified in physics? Or how about the visible evidence? What you're saying is that you don't accept basic facts because you're "objective". No: your mind is so "open" that you your brains have fallen out.
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  11962.  @robertomondello2447  The questions remains: why do you believe you're qualified to judge science without actually understanding the scientific method?
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  11963.  @davidminer84  Let us know when you actually know what "Marxism" is -- aside from the fact that Marx was a Jew.
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  11964. Finding her COVID vaccine card with her name on it amid other evidence of the crime in a dumpster doesn't look good.
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  11965.  @Sneaky-Sneaky  When you anti-Americans don't like the facts you attack the source of them. I'll sum it up for you: Giuliani took down the Italian mafia, but not the Russian mafia. Because Giuliani has always been corrupt. But he struts around talking "law and order" and you pro-bullying racist suckers fall for the words so don't see the deeds.
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  11966.  @barbaraann6229  Giuliani's license to practice law in New York and D.C. have been suspended. The next step is disbarment.
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  11967.  @Sneaky-Sneaky  I have an education in law. Giuliani has an education in law. I adhere to the facts and law. Giuliani asserted that "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Is that a truth? Giuliani publicly committed crimes in his zeal as Trump's long-time friend and thug to help overthrow the gov't. I don't commit crimes. Giuliani's license to practice law has been suspended in both New York and D.C. When indicted he will be disbarred. In contrast, I can sleep at night.
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  11968.  @Sneaky-Sneaky  Reread my comment: it is all facts. Which you refuse to address so you take the chickenshit route of personal attack. And your reveal that you're are sub-literate in your native language: "your" should be "you're"
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  11969.  @Sneaky-Sneaky  This is the LAW, and held so by the Supreme Court the first time it addressed the issue in the 18th century: Trump's THEFT of gov't property is not limited to classified information. ALL information generated by gov't employees is owned BY THE GOV'T.
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  11970. Trump is a liar -- he rejects history and fact and rule of law. Andrew Jackson was a slave-owner and genocidal murderer.
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  11971. We saw what was going on: extreme violence against the police, the Founders' term for which is INSURRECTION, which is expressly prohibited in the Constitution you thugs trashed.
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  11972. How about YOUR damage?
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  11973. There are documentaries that focus on the engineering innovations, and the benefits. This series is primarily about the politics -- and the deceit that is "privatization," which boils down to Republicans enriching private cronies for campaign donation kickbacks with taxpayer money.
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  11974. Michael Steele chose to be in the heart of the beast. He chose to be in the face of the white supremacists at the core of the Republican Party. That's why I, a Democrat, love Michael Steele. I've been, as a white man, doing the same thing since 3rd grade, in 1957, when I first heard Lincoln's principle. "Everybody equal before the law." Lincoln was my hero, I was a Republican, until JFK and his humanitarian and civil rights initiatives. Lincoln is still there, but so is Republican Mark Twain, who publicly resigned from the Republican Party because he was opposed to racism.
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  11975. I'd like to see a psychiatric evaluation of fans of murders-as-entertainment.
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  11976. There were hospital workers who refused the COVID vaccine. They were fired. I believe one won a case for wrongful termination; such a case should be dismissed.
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  11977. How many abortions did Trump pay for during his life as a rapist?
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  11978. History matters: WW II is why Germany is militarily disempowered, a situation the majority in Germany affirms. Same goes for Japan. NATO is the first line of defense of the UNITED STATES, which explains why those in the know understand its importance, and why the US supports it. Trump's view and comments about NATO are bogus, bullshit. The US owes NATO for being willing to be on the front line against Russian imperialism so the US needn't put US boots on the ground in Europe for a third time.
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  11979. @doof goobins Doofus: get your facts straight, or ever be a crackpot.
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  11980. @doof goobins We're waiting for you to provide EVIDENCE for your repeating of the lies of criminals.
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  11981. @doof goobins Debate requires maturity -- as in presenting FACTS in support of your position. But you aren't about debate; you're a troll who doesn't know what it means to have a life worth living.
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  11982. @doof goobins So your only idea of relating to others is "debate" -- argument? And when they see you for what you are you accuse with fact-free smear? you're a troll. Show us you know how to go away.
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  11983. The White House has a right of freedom of speech, and therefore the right to talk back to the lying and smears against the Biden administration.
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  11984. The polls are ARTIFICIALLY "close" because some aggregators include the junk Republican "polls" which are intended to make it appear close so when Trump is blown out -- I've been saying for months that this is building to a landslide for Harris/Walz -- he will whine that the election was "stolen". The official state voting data is in stark contrast to the polls: see "The TEC Show" on youtube. In Michigan, as example, women are outvoting men 57 to 43. And the Harris-Cheney town halls in Republican areas revealed that the breaking points for sane Republicans are the January 6th insurrection and the Dobbs decision. And that includes men. And there is an additional significant "silent bloc" of Republicans not saying who they're voting but it is Harris/Walz. Last but not least, see the extraordinary, brutally beautiful speech delivered by Michelle Obama in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Barack has the warmth and humor and that smile, but her speech at the DNC topped him, and this speech tops that. I've been saying since December of last year that women, instead of getting tricked into debating abortion for 5 decades, should have responded by teaching the rest of us -- most opponents have been men -- about problem pregnancies. Because that is the issue: problem pregnancies. Michelle Obama speaks to that -- women's reproductive experiences are the central substance. And it is directed at male voters. The whole speech is a powerful and factual barnburner -- you will be riveted: Michelle Obama Speech in Kalamazoo, MI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtQqGOOLh8o
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  11985. This is a civil case, so the jury can infer from the pleading of the 5th.
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  11986. Trump wants to know what's in the affidavit -- but doesn't want the PUBLIC to know. I hope the portion laying out the back-and-forth "negotiations" between the DOJ/FBI and Trump while Trump was REFUSING to return the GOV'T PROPERTY he STOLE is unsealed.
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  11987.  @fossil2516  If you were a defendant, you'd be sleeping with the Constitution.
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  11988. Also, today, at the UN, many diplomats walked out on the speech by Russia in support of Ukraine. The performance was for domestic consumption. But Trump and Vance will be ROASTED by all those in the world who matter. NATO has been stepping up, it will survive and be stronger as backfire to TrumPutin.
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  11989. Yo, RACIST: the ISSUE is lack of gun control.
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  11990.  @Vgt547  Gad, the ignorance of basic law and the racism is a STENCH on the rule of law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  11991.  @flatcat6676  You're a freeriding deadbeat.
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  11992. Puerto Ricans are UNITED STATES CITIZENS. There are NOT illegals!
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  11993. That's the correct approach: subpoenaed documents FIRST. We'll see how he deals with his bluff being called.
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  11994.  @georgemonde8237  Are you saying that the school authorities knew?
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  11995. The Constitution was not written in 1776.
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  11996.  @Just-Human  Because she was FALSELY ACCUSED, which is STANDARD POLITICS by Republicans. Remember the REPUBLICANS talked about "indicting" Hillary, and "investigating" the ALLEGATIONS made by REPUBLICANA? And then they "investigated" and found the predictable: there was no "there" there because their allegations were all along A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. But they KNEW you STUPID HATE-GUZZLING SUCKERS will believe ANY lie they tell because you reject FACTS AND EVIDENCE which REFUTE the lies. How many times are you willing to BELIEVE their lies after they are consistently PROVEN TO BE LIES?
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  11997.  @Just-Human  She didn't do anything to "get away with," moron. The REPUBLICANS accused her. The REPUBLICANS INVESTIGATED HER. The REPUBLICANS FOUND NO BASIS FOR INDICTMENT. MEANWHILE, DUNCE, TRUMP DECLARES ON PUBLIC VIDEO HIS VIOLATIONS OF EXISTING LAW -- the EVIDENCE AGAINST Trump is provided BY TRUMP.
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  11998. Pence is a phony pietist. "Pro-life" v. 214,000 unnecessary deaths, and lying about it against the Commandment "Thou shalt not lie".
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  11999.  @paulas_lens  No Republicans for at least 8 years.
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  12000. Have you learned NOTHING in the last four years!? The DOJ is INDEPENDENT of the president.
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  12001.  @roberthead4775  EVIDENCE? Yeah, we know: you don't need no stinkin' evidence, just like a good little sheeple fascist.
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  12002.  @roberthead4775  What irony? President Biden is supporting democracy in Ukraine, which defense concerns the entire world, against Putin's genocidal fascism.
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  12003.  @roberthead4775  Ukraine disagrees with you. FACTS MATTER: the inflation is WORLDWIDE -- NO US president has control over the entire world economy. And you are IGNORING the PRICE GOUGING -- PROFITEERING -- by, as example, the oil corporations. And supply bottlenecks, caused in part by Trump's deadly bungling of the COVID pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. Unless you watch other than anti-American right-wing propaganda you will have no clue as to the ACTUAL FACTS.
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  12004. Having an AR-15 in Washington, D.C. is ILLEGAL.
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  12005. Trump's retributive flatulence: the judge gagged Trump, so he is gagging everyone in his vicinity.
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  12006.  @FadeNowitZki  Everything he said that pointed away from the fact that he -- and the Trump-Vance campaign -- are deliberately inciting racist violence as domestic terrorists. It is not, as example, the Democrats who assert the debunked lie that is inciting the violence against the LEGAL immigrants in Springfield, Ohio.
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  12007. The Executive branch enforces the law. If the law was not being enforced then it is Constitutional to enforce it. I'm fed up with you law-illiterates who invoke the Constitution you've never read every time you want to oppose something on IDIOTOLOGICAL grounds. In other words: you don't know what you're talking about.
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  12008.  @carlmorgan8452  At minimum "Libertarians" are high on juvenile self-centeredness and their simpleton's oversimplifications. Their founding "principle": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet." "Individual freedom" for them, individual responsibility for everyone not them.
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  12009. Biden isn't the candidate.
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  12010. They need to sue Trump for defamation -- and any right wing media that repeated the malicious lies.
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  12011. In order to get elected, moron, we need a moderate who can reach right-of-center voters. In fat, the vast majority of voters are MODERATE.
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  12012. Moore twice supported a loser who is in the pocket of the far-right extremist ANTI-Socialist NRA. Why do Sanders' "fan[atic]s" ignore that fact? Are they actually Trumpers?
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  12013. HYPOTHETICAL black friend. I'm waiting for the PROOF.
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  12014. They are: and that is the hook. There has always been an underbelly of people who believe "freedom" means the "right" to be uneducated. To be stupid. Trump's "hook" is that he has given them a "status" they've never had, and they richly don't deserve.
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  12015.  @Jacksmithstandby  You haven't been listening.
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  12016.  @jamtommy6446  Anti-American snowflake.
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  12017.  @jamtommy6446  You can't handle the truth, anti-American troll.
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  12018.  @jamtommy6446  Another big-mouthed snowflake who believes everything is a joke, including the fact that HIS rights are on the line.
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  12019.  @Junksaint  Many who attended the rally on the Ellipse were disarmed by Capitol Police.
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  12020. Trump appointed the Postmaster General.
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  12021.  @Reaper-cm4jr  Which means that Dictator Putin has your vote. Clue: NO ONE has rights under dictator ship. That means YOU would have no rights. Look at the reality: Trump set up his supporters and incited them to insurrection on January 6th. Now hundreds of them are sitting in jails -- where Trump put them -- though Trump could have pardoned them between January 6th and 21st. He didn't because he doesn't care about them. He doesn't care about YOU.
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  12022.  @antimediaman9354  Among the US's staunchest allies are Britain, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. All of them have monarchies, democratically-elected parliaments, and socialist economies. So, no: capitalism is the ECONOMIC system, democracy is the POLITICAL system -- they are not the same, and neither is necessary to have the other. What you ignore is that in the US we have Socialism for the Wealthy.
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  12023.  @veganpower3  RFK is mentally unwell -- his own family has warned us of that fact. You are politically navive, which is why you're a sucker for hearing what you want to hear, and bamboozling yourself. Tell the truth: if it weren't for the freak RFK you'd be voting for Trump because you can't distinguish between fact and propaganda, which is why you reject the mainstream media like a good little True Believing sucker for partisan propaganda.
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  12024.  @antimediaman9354  Oversimplifier: Research Bain Capital. Better, research the current disaster that is Steward Health Care -- to which your sort of blind economic illiteracy applies. A few facts about it: 1. A woman bled to death after giving birth because the treating facility didn't have the device that could have saved her life. They didn't have the device because it had been repossessed by the vendor. It was repossessed because Steward was stiffing its the vendors. 2. Because Steward neglected maintenance at another of their hospitals water pooled on its roof. During a heavy rainstorm the roof caved in. The damage was so extensive that the hospital needs to be rebuilt. The skeleton of the new hospital exists, but the construction has stopped because the construction companies are not being paid. 3. Steward has brought its part in the health care system to the verge of collapse and public health emergency. It is claiming "financial difficulties," and seeking a TAXPAYER bailout. It is Extortion/Blackmail 101: "We see that you have citizens needing health care. It would be a shame if something happened to them." The state is demanding they prove their claims of "financial difficulties," but Steward is in court, paying top-dollar law firms, fighting the state law that REQUIRES that financial disclosure. 4. Steward has 16,000 employees and 200,000 patients. If their hospitals close, 16,000 jobs will be lost, and other hospitals will be overwhelmed. It is claiming "financial difficulties," and seeking a TAXPAYER bailout. In the alternative it is offering to sell some of its hospitals -- for PROFIT; but they are so burdened with debt that no one will buy them. It is Extortion/Blackmail 101: "We see that you have citizens needing health care. It would be a shame if something happened to them." 5. Meanwhile, in keeping with your ignorance: Steward's CEO owns two yachts -- one costing $40,000,000, and the other specially built for fishing" at $15,000,000.00. And two top-level planes. THAT is where the money intended to pay for health care and maintenance -- in at minimum the hundreds of millions of dollars, including taxpayer Medicare and Medicaid, has gone: into the pockets of sociopathic greed. Again, research "private-equity" -- in these instances -- and it isn't only Steward doing it; research Romney's "Bain Capital" -- which means; Buying thriving businesses, taking all the money out of them, and destroying the businesses and jobs. Destroying lives and communities. But you won't defend communities and society because that risks being "socialism" -- while you blithely defend sociopathic greed. We're talking about non-taxed non-profit hospitals which are doing well, doing marginally, or struggling, made into for-profit, therefore taxation being added to their budgets. And then the selling of the lands and buildings to a landlord who then charges rents -- that also being added to their budgets. The CEO and other investors -- the "innovative" "entrepreneurs" -- making billions by means of wealth extraction, and the hospitals being destroyed, which damages and kills patients, and ruins entire communities. Unless, that is, the TAXPAYER buys them out -- all of which process is entirely and only about PROFITS -- the SOCIALISM is the destruction imposed on not only the communities but also on the overall economy. And I'll bet you also oppose the taxation that gets sucked out by these private for-profit private-equity profiteers. THAT is what you are ignoring and defending with your right-wing ideological defense of capitalism as LAWLESSNESS. YOU TOO are paying the price for that corruption. You are DEFENDING having your own pockets picked.
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  12025.  @antimediaman9354  You don't know what you're talking about. As said in my prior: RESEARCH "Bain Capital" -- which SOCIALIZES the COSTS. RESEARCH the current Steward Health Care -- and they are not the only private-equity corporation engaging in the same deadly destruction of lives and communities. Drop the right-wing claptrap ideological hogwash: YOU TOO are victimized by that rapacious LAWLESSNESS. Yes -- you are anti-media because you are anti-being informed as to what is going on in front of your face that is euphemized with rose-colored public relations lying.
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  12026.  @antimediaman9354  I didn't say they are entirely independent. I SAID that capitalism is not necessary to democracy. What you are defending is ideological hogwash -- defenses of "freedom" that are instead at minimum irresponsibility and that goes off the deep end as sociopathy that costs everyone INCLUDING YOU. Hitler was capitalist -- but no democracy. That is what you are blindly cheering on with all the borrowed rhetoric about "innovation" -- Mussolini got the trains to run on time; he was still a murderous fascist.
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  12027.  @bivio1  Trump's deal with the Taliban was that he would withdraw the troops if the Taliban would hold off attacking US troops. And included his release of Islamic terrorists from prisons. The Taliban agreed with that deal. Biden inherited that deal. And inherited the out-of-control COVID pandemic. And is currently confronting the TRUMP-ordered REPUBLICAN killing of the BIDEN border bill the REPUBLICANS have been demanding because they want to PRESERVE the border "crisis" so they can blame Biden for it. If you don't know that, then you're out of touch with current events/reality. If you do know that, then you're an anti-American propagandist lying your teeth loose.
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  12028. Confronting dunces and liars with facts IS EFFECTIVE. At the very least it shuts them up, while other observers learn from the facts.
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  12029. When will the Republicans in the Senate finally approve the ATF director nominee?
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  12030. In 1974 I wrote a broad satire as a university paper (got an "A" and individual notice), in which I referred to "foot-in-the-head advertising," and put advertising in every location I could: drinking a flagon of "grog"? -- advertising on the bottom inside of the flagon reminding you who paid for it..
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  12031. "TYT" is inflammatory for clicks.
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  12032.  J NoneURBusiness  Did you know that neither, unlike Trump, was charged with violating the Espionage Act?
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  12033.  J NoneURBusiness  Your bias is to avoid the facts by posting about irrelevancies such as Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton. The Republicans threw mud at Clinton for 30 years, then demanded that the mud be "investigated," and then they investigated it themselves, and in every instance they discovered that which they already knew: there was no "there" there, and in every instance she was acquitted. And she NEVER pled the 5th. Trump said that only the MOB pleads the 5th -- and then HE pleads the 5th. And you're English isn't up to basic standards, Russian troll.
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  12034.  @vern0018  Is that why Jesus is always a no-show when the concern is PREVENTING wars and other harms to the innocent? Do us all a favor: cease your insults to those who don't buy into your blindness. Cease your efforts to shove your anti-Americanism down everyone else throats. The United States is founded on the Constitution -- which includes separation of "religion" and gov't, and PROHIBITS "religious" tests -- NOT on this, that, or some other "religion".
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  12035.  @vern0018  So you have nothing to offer but bullying insult against those who have the right to believe differently, and not be subjected to bullying insult for exercising that right. Clue: study some Theravadin Buddhism: it doesn't posit it "god" on which to slip one's personal responsibility in the name of "personal responsibility".
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  12036. The responsibility is on the ELECTORATE. Electing representatives does not absolve the electorate of RESPONSIBILITY.
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  12037. Your "God" could have prevented it. "He" didn't, so you praise "Him". Get your "thinking" straightened out.
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  12038.  @ronanrogers4127  False. And both Congress and President Biden are working on transferring the frozen assets of the Russian oligarchs to support for Ukraine. The IMPERIALIST in this case is RUSSIA.
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  12039.  @matthewmoore7447  The question itself is wrong. It's tiresome dealing with law-illiterates who are outraged over violations of law about which they actually know nothing. Just like good little Republican/Trump dupes, they call for the same "remedies" as MAGA law-illiterates, which is equally destructive of rule of law.
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  12040.  @davidpaglia1326  The Democrats have called for Menendez to resign. The Republicans show up in New York and back Trump's attack on the rule of law.
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  12041. State law has for many decades required children be vaccinated in order to attend public school. That was never a problem for other than the far-right fruit-fringe that ediotrs excluded from their platforms. Until Trump, FOX, and a Republican Party that is suddenly realizing that they have been killing their own voters.
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  12042. First Amendment protects lobbying. Being a law-illiterate SHAM-man means his legislative proposals are nonsense.
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  12043. We need people in Congress who know the purpose of Congress, and how to participate in the democratic process of making laws. All Greene does is make noise for the low-lives who believe that being loudly stupid is somehow effective.
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  12044. We don't actually know that he dresses himself. But he was a football coach (which causes brain damage) so gets along well with felllow "sports guy" Gym Jordan.
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  12045. Sanders supporters are NOT moderates. In fact, it is the MODERATES who voted for Biden.
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  12046. So Giuliani framed people when he was a prosecutor. Because pardons are not because one is guilty but to prevent being "framed".
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  12047. Vote Republican -- get Republinomics!
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  12048. If everyone was sent here by "God" to do "something," then that must explain the alleged pedophilia: "God" sent them to do that.
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  12049.  @phoenixblanco3892  IDJIT: MORE guns = more gun violence and death. Be careful else you be charged and convicted of murdering your own shadow.
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  12050. That's what it is intended for you to feel. And that is why you follow these crimes as ENTERTAINMENT.
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  12051.  @anukanuk7649  And you're an anti-Semite and crackpot.
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  12052.  @wakeupsheeple81  But Jefferson didn't mind OWNING slaves.
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  12053. @RavensRayne78 The "Declaration of Independence" has never been law. And the "unalienable" phrase doesn't withstand critical scrutiny: "Unalienable" means "can't be taken away". How does the "unalienable right to life" stack up against the reality of the death penalty? How dow the "unalienable right to liberty" stack up against the reality of prisons?
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  12054.  @spectretn  While ignoring the fact that Jefferson OWNED slaves.
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  12055. Trump can also taint the jury pool AGAINST him. And it is to the point that most of his supporters WON'T act, because they are seeing the escalation of filings incrementally nailing his ass for deliberately violating the court order. At minimum sanctions against Trump himself are next.
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  12056. Beck uses whammy bar and volume control, and no pick. And a few peddles. Beck CRUSHES Clapton and Page combined.
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  12057. Abbott made it legal for criminals to buy guns legally
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  12058. The prosecution is still presenting the evidence.
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  12059. Republicans attack Democrats too. Grow up. Sit down and STFU until you understand politics.
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  12060. ""A well-regulated Militia, being necessary". Because "NECESSARY," the well-regulated militia is the subject of the Amendment. The phrase "the right of the people," etc., was the phrase used to represent the well-regulated Militia in the four state constitution Militia Clauses that were the sources of the Second Amendment. The distinction made in those state Militia Clauses -- between "the right of the people to [keep and] bear arms" and "standing armies" -- dominates Congress's debates of the writing of the Amendment. A larger part of the debate is of the final clause in the draft amendment: ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." "Person" is individual as distinguished from the plural or "collective" "people," as in the first three words of the Constitution: "We the people". It is NOT "We the individual".
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  12061. The SUBJECT of the Amendment is "well regulated Militia," because "NECESSARY. There were two ways to serve in the Militia -- which was a DUTY: 1. Enlist -- "the "volunteer Militia," exactly as today's military is "voluntary". 2. If sufficient warm bodies didn't enlist, then a DRAFT was implemented. The very next thing the person enlisting or drafted was REQUIRED to do was to SWEAR THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE -- to support and defend the Constitution and laws. SWEARING that oath is NOT the equivalent of an education in law. Nor is it license to take one's law-illiterate notion of "law" into one's own hands. READ your STATE constitution -- which is LAW that REGULATES -- for the specifics in the law governing and regulating your state's Militia. THOSE provisions were and are implemented by means of STATUTES. When you search your state's STATUTES for Militia Acts you'll find that they have been numerous and frequent. Start with the earliest law you can find, whether colony or state, and pursue that research chronologically. READ the Acts -- keeping in mind that the ENTIRE law applies, not only out-of-context snippets you LIKE. As example, from time to time, law-illiterate gun-nuts will assert that the "officers" of the Militia are elected by the troops. They like the idea of predetermined election results by "electing" equally law-illiterate gun-nuts from among themselves. What they OMIT, because they are self-bullshitted law-illiterates -- amid their frequent and tiresome invocations of "CONSTITUTION!" THEY HAVE NEVER READ -- is the state CONSTITUTION provisions regarding such as Militia officers; IF the troops elect their immediate officers, the TOP officers are typically nominated by the state's GOVERNOR, and approved, or not, by the state's legislature. We see it all the time; some gun-nut nitwit will post "something" allegedly from a court decision, without source, and entirely divorced from SUPERIOR legal context; or a snippet of a maybe-statute -- no source given -- divorced from ITS context. The problem for and with stupid people is that they tend to not know they are stupid.
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  12062.  @emmittmatthews8636  "My state constitution says "the Right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state, shall not be questioned."" That is the Militia Clause, and refers to the well-regulated Militia. And EVERY word counts: 1. "in defense [not "offense"] of themselves AND the state. "AND" is NOT "AGAINST". 2. "state" = GOV'T.
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  12063.  @emmittmatthews8636  The First Amendment protects freedom of speech from GOV'T. It DOES NOT apply to private businesses. You agree to the TERMS OF SERVICE, and should you violate those, you can banned -- no violation of anything in that reality. So it is NOT "censorship".
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  12064.  @prodbysaucy30  "The 2nd amendment is not to be interpreted as anything other that what it was intended to protect." And we're to believe the SELF-SERVING "interpretation" by law-illiterates such as you -- EVEN WHEN THE CONSTITUTION YOU CLAIM TO BE PROTECTING REFUTES YOUR INTERPRETATION? Pay attention to these dates, clown: June 21, 1788: Ratification of Constitution completed. The Constitution includes four Militia Clauses -- "Art. I. S. 8. C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] to Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." To "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is RULE OF LAW -- is INSURRECTION. The second Militia Clause begins: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia." The Militia is UNDER the rule of law NOT IN SPITE OF IT. September 25, 1789: PROPOSED Bill of Rights, consisting of TWELVE PROPOSED amendments, submitted to states for consideration and ratification. December 15, 1791: Ratification of Bill of Rights completed. The FIRST TWO of the PROPOSED amendments were REJECTED, making the Third the First, and making the Fourth the Second. Congress subsequently enacted these two statutes -- which REGULATE the Militia: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defence by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Bill of Rights/Second Amendment was ratified the Congress enacted this statute: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." Those Militia, lead by George Washington, SUPPRESSED the "Whiskey" insurrection, and the insurrectionists were charged with TREASON, prosecuted, and convicted, and SENTENCED TO DEATH. Also REFUTING your "interpretation" is the "Declaration of Independence," which you've ALSO never bothered to READ, and which includes a list of GRIEVANCES, these two of which are directly on point: "He [i.e., King George III] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "He [i.e., King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power."
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  12065.  @prodbysaucy30  The sources of the Second Amendment were four STATE constitution Militia Clauses. Those Militia Clauses distinguished between -- "the right of the people," -- etc. -- the WELL-REGULATED MILITIA -- and standing armies. Your ignorance of law and the actual legal history is not a substitute for the actual legal history. There is no "right" to "take up arms" against the RULE OF LAW, beginning with the Constitution itself.
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  12066.  @swa_peeters  Are you suggesting that the AUTHORS of the Amendment got it wrong? That they didn't know their original intent? Or are you unaware of the fact that the further away from the actual intent one gets the easier it is to LIE about the intent? The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at ALL TIMES -- and it REFUTES the right-wing anti-American extremists' LIE against the Constitution. ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12067. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12068.  @thinkharder9332  James Madison is said to be the "Father of the Constitution -- some even say that he wrote most of it. And the NRA claims he wrote the "Bill of Rights". If both of those are true, then the meaning of the word "people" is consistent from the first three words of the Constitution -- "We the people," not "We the individual" -- to the end of the first ten Amendments. Further, Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES -- in this context Militia Acts. STATUTES are more elaborate and detailed. The well-regulated Militia -- in STATE constitutions the "right of the people," etc. -- has ALWAS been UNDER the rule of law, from constitution on down to statutes and further written POLICIES. Because, LAW-ILLITERATE, the Founders were OPPOSED to ANY THREATS to gov't, not only standing armies but also ANY ARMED threats to gov't.. And see _Cruickshank_: the Second Amendment neither applies to individuals, or to the states. Further, the ENTIRE Constitution is in effect at the same time; See Art. I., S. 8., C. 15 for the purposes of the well-regulated Militia. And see Art. I. S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for . . . ARMING . . . the Militia".
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  12069.  @thinkharder9332  The first three words of the Constitution are, "We the PEOPLE," NOT "We the INDIVIDUAL". The Founders were not illiterate; gun-nuts insist on being because dishonest stupidity is their profession. Guns don't kill people; bullets kill people. One fact is common to all guns: Guns shoot bullets.
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  12070.  @thinkharder9332  I have an education in law, and have been researching these issues for more than 30 years. You're a law-illiterate repeating disinformation from other anti-American law-illiterates. Scalia was EXCORIATED by Constitutional law experts ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM for his ACTIVISM -- his REJECTION of the adjudicatory standard that -- When one can't find in the text of the law the resolution of a conflicting interpretation of the law, then one resorts to the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY of the law. THERE one finds the INTENT of those who WROTE the law. Scalia was ONLY able to arrive at his FALSE "individual right" interpretation of the Secon Amendment by IGNORING the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY which makes clear that the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. NONE of that has anything whatever to do with "individual ANYTHING. AND AGAIN, law-illiterate: LOOK IN YOUR STATE CONSTITUTION: its Militia Clause distinguishes between "the right of the people" -- the well-regulated Militia, which is NOT AN INDIVDUAL -- and standing armies. The Militia Clauses of the state constitutions of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Vermont, and Massachusetts. ALL FOUR distinguish between "the right of the people" -- the Militia GOVERNED AND REGULATED under the STATE constitution AND LAWS, and were the SOURCES for the second Amendment. The "right of the people" phrase in the Second Amendment is a carryover from those STATE clauses, and is a redundancy for "well-regulated Militia". The first three words of the Constitution -- Constitutions are DELIBERATELY GENERAL to accommodate the unforeseen -- are "We the people". The word "people" is therefore consistent with that throughout the Constitution. "People" is not "individual". ALSO in your STATE constitution is the fact that the commander-in-chief of the Militia is your state's GOVERNOR -- THEREFORE the well-regulated Militia is an arm OF THE STATE -- more specifically, LAW ENFORCEMENT. There has NEVER been a right, or a law, that authorizes "taking up arms" against the RULE OF LAW. READ the "Declaration of Independence" -- ALL of it. The Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" exactly this many govt's: ZERO. BECAUSE ALL the gov'ts at issue were all along under the control OF THE FOUNDERS. That is why the state Militia, supplemented by the legislature with a DRAFT, and directed by the governor, CRUSHED "Shays's" insurrection and the insurrectionists were tried for TREASON and sentenced to DEATH. And the "Whiskey" insurrection was crushed by FEDERALIZED state Militia, pursuant to Congressional legislation, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists tried for TREASON and sentenced to DEATH. The subject of the DEBATES -- the LEGISLATIVE HISTORY -- of the WRITING of the Second Amendment was NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. The subject of the Amendment is well-regulated Militia; the "right of the people," etc., IS the well-regulated Militia. I'll put it in your face AGAIN until it PENETRATES: The ONLY "individual right" included in the various drafts of the Second Amendment and debated was THIS: ": put no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST [bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." That is NOT in the Second Amendment because it was VOTED DOWN BEFORE the Amendment was finalized, submitted to the states for consideration and ratification, and ratified. PAY ATTENTION, DUNCE: The several drafts of the Second Amendment included BOTH words: "people" and "person". OBVIOUSLY, nitwit, both words do not mean the same thing; and the Founders, EDUCATED in law, KNEW THE DIFFERENCE.
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  12071. The Republicans' only concern with corruption is how they can profit from it.
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  12072. NO right is UNLIMITED. They are limited in their exercise by the RESPONSIBILITY NOT to violate the rights OF OTHERS.
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  12073.  @Tink70  I'm "impressed" with your literacy. This is a familiar law. Note the date it was enacted: ___ At a GENERAL COURT Held at Bofton the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Confideration the great Diffappointment the Countrey hath fuffred by reafon of non-appearance of Souldiers Impreffed for feveral expeditions: Do judge meet that every perfon Impreffed as a Souldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every fuch Foot Souldier fhall pay the fum of four Pounds, and every Trooper fhall pay the fum of fix Pounds: and if their neglects or refufal be accompanied with Refractorinefs, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, fuch perfon fhall be punished with Death, or fome other Grievous punifhment. And the Committee of Militia in the feveral Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all fuch as fhall be Delinquents as is above expreffed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrent to the Conftable to levy the faid fines, which faid fines fhall be improved to purchafe Arms for the Towns ufe; Provided it fhall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any perfon agrieved, and juft reafon alleadged and proved to make abatement of the faid fines as in their wifdome and difcretion they fhall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cafes aforefaid, be fent to the Committee of Militia in the feveral Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the ftrict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. "The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686." (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. ___ FYI: ___ No law protects private fake "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  12074. Since the 1980s, when there was a building boom, incluidng this overbuilding.
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  12075. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. "Judge Merchan [in New York criminal trial] is corrupt." -- Trump. "Anyone who criticizes the Supreme Court should go to jail." -- Trump
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  12076. Everyone in the WORLD heard the tape of Trump's interference in the Georgia election -- which was illegal.
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  12077.  @stephenbermingham6554  A "right" to possess guns does not include committing crimes with them. This is George Washington on how to deal with these fake "militia" that are NOT authorized to take the law into their own hands -- _George Washington and Militia _ . . . . The New Jersey militia had contributed little to the sudden turn of events in favor of the American army. The reluctance of Jerseymen to join the fray had reflected not only a divided population, but also the fear of a supposedly invincible enemy, and the inability of the new State to establish its military command and provide direction. Writing to [Governor] Livingston 24 Jan. 1777, Washington chose to emphasize the latter failure in a heated letter critical of the States lawmakers. "Sir: The irregular and disjointed State of the Militia of this Province, makes it necessary for me to inform you, that, unless a Law is immediately passed by your Legislature, to reduce them to some order, and oblige them to turn out, in a different Manner from what they have hitherto done, we shall bring very few into the Field, and even those few will render little or no Service. Their Officers are generally of the lowest Class of People; and instead of setting a good Example to the Men, are leading them into every Kind of Mischief, one Species of which is, Plundering the Inhabitants, under pretence of their being Tories. A Law should, in my Opinion, be passed, to put a Stop to this kind of lawless Rapine; for, unless there is something done to prevent it, the People will throw themselves, of Choice, into the Hands of the British Troops. But your first object should be a well regulated Militia Law; the People, put under good Officers, would behave in quite another Manner; and not only render real Service as Soldiers, but would protect, instead of distressing, the [10] Inhabitants. What I would wish to have particularly insisted upon, in the New Law, should be, that every Man, capable of bearing Arms, should be obliged to turn out, and not buy off his Service by a trifling fine. We want Men, and not Money." [FN 13, The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 39 vols., ed. John C. Fitzpatrick (Washington, 1931-1944), VII, 56-57.] When the Assembly reconvened on 20 Jan. 1777, it waited another two weeks before finally sending to the council a measure which incorporated both exemption fees and the practice of substitutes. The frustrated Governor asked the Assembly to erase these practices from the law and force the people to answer the muster.[FN 14, Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey {VPS}, 1st session, 94.] The plea went unheeded. On 15 Mar. 1777, the State's first general militia act included the use of substitutes and exemption fees. However, the new code did include one section which was to assume greater importance as the war progressed. Listed last among the various ways whereby the Governor might call out the militia was the following, "with the Advice of the Legislature, when sitting, or in their Recess, with the Advice of the Privy Council."[FN 15, Acts of the General Assembly of the State of New Jersey {Acts}, 1st session, 1st sitting, 13 Mar. 1777.] Combined with his chairmanship of the Council of Safety, created two days after passage of the militia law, Livingston's use of the Privy Council vaulted him into the center of power. Legislative weakness had perhaps left him no other choice. Languid passage of this first major militia law focused attention upon the leadership crisis faced by New Jersey's revolutionary government. Legislative deliberations on the militia bill posed a challenge to the Assembly's constitutionally pre-eminent position. Faced with a military crisis and the need to take action, the Assembly had procrastinated and the impetus for militia reform came from the Governor, not from within the legislature. Moreover, the chief executive's recommendations incorporated new, far-reaching and dramatic changes. The Assembly's response was to back away and return to a status quo which failed to meet the State's needs. Furthermore, Livingston's inability to convince the Assembly of the need for revision of the militia code may have greatly influenced his own assessment of the leadership needs of the State. While the legislature considered the militia bill, the Governor had written to Washington that the lawmakers "are so [11] unduly influenced by the Fear of disobeying the constituents that they dare not exert themselves with the requisite Spirit of the exigencies of the War.[FN 16, Margart Burnham MacMillan, The War Governors in the American Revolution (New York, 1943), 234-235.] The legislature's failure to extend its authority to confront the Loyalist challenge reinforced Livingston's critical assessment. Thus in March 1777 he moved to assert his leadership. Directing the efforts of the Council of Safety and the Privy Council, the chief executive assumed a dominant role seemingly at odds with the intention of the State Constitution. The basis of the Privy Council's military authority came from the legislature. According to the Constitution the Governor was the commander-in-chief. Nevertheless, the lawmakers chose to inhibit this authority in the March 1777 militia act having the Governor, except in case of surprise invasion, consult with the legislature, or in its absence, the Privy Council before calling out the militia. In effect, the legislature created a military high command. This command, however, chose to exceed its authority by directing militia units while the legislature sat. The result was a high degreee of effectiveness lacking during previous military crises. The principal test of the Privy Council's command arose in 1778 during the British march across New Jersey from Philadelphia to New York, culminating in the Battle of Monmouth on 28 June. Between February and June a constant flow of correspondence with military commanders kept the Privy Council abreast of the latest movements of the British forces. With each bit of news, the Privy Council responded accordingly, advising Livingston on deployment of the militia. In preparation for the battle, forces from at least seven counties, from all parts of the State, were moved into position to harass General Henry Clinton's army. Some units were stationed by the council without the approval or disapproval of the legislature.[FN 17, See entries for 23 and 28 Feb. 1778, 63 and 64; and 21 Mar. 1778, 71.] The Jerseymen's raids and attacks are credited with forcing Clinton to halt his march and fight.[FN 18, John Richard Alden, The American Revolution 1775-1783 (New York, 1954), 202.] The battle at Monmouth was indecisive with both sides claiming victory. However, a notable feature of the campaign was the turnout of the Jersey militia. This fact was not [12] lost on General Washington, whose sentiments regarding the militia were in marked contrast to his thoughts of January 1777: ". . . the Militia of this state are also thanked for the noble Spirit which they have shown in opposing the Enemy on their march from Philadelphia and for the Aid which they have given by harassing and impeding their Motions so as to allow the Continental Troops time to come up with them."[FN 19, Fitzpatrick, Writings of Washington, XII, 130.] There were, of course, reasons other than the spirited leadership of the Privy Council for the militia turnout. As the State continued to function, more people identified with its existence. Previous military successes by Continental troops, especially the surrender in October 1777 of British forces commanded by General John Burgoyne, gave those loyal to the State the will to fight. Such victories seriously tarnished the British aura of invincibility. Nevertheless, the new infusion of leadership by the Privy Council cannot be discounted. As in the case of the Council of Safety, the legislature recognized the Privy Council's effectiveness and continued to delegate increased military powers to it. When the militia was to be alerted for a possible campaign in conjunction with the Continental Army, the Privy Council was empowered to command the mobilization.[FN 20, Acts, 5th session, 2nd sitting, 27 June 1781.] . . . . Minutes of the Governor's Privy Council 1777-1789, New Jersey Archives, Third series, Volume I (Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Library, Archives and History Bureau, 1974), Edited, with an Introduction, and Notes by David A. Bernstein, pp. 10-13.
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  12078. Putin brought in North Korean troops because he's running out of Russian warm bodies.
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  12079. "Respondeat superior". Perhaps even "premises liability".
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  12080. Republican Herbert Hoover isn't the best source for anything in view of his claim that the depression, which occurred on his watch, would resolve itself.
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  12081. Yeah -- Trump's lawyers "coordinated" with the DOJ for months but lied that it was "cooperation". No LAW PREVENTS Trump from releasing the warrant -- Garland already told he and his lawyers that. And the court did not "order" the DOJ to do that the DOJ was requiring TRUMP to do. If Trump hadn't withheld gov't property he STOLE there wouldn't have been need for the search. It's too fucking late for the whining that you were "cooperating" -- which is a LIE -- and that you want to "cooperate" NOW.
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  12082. History of the Soviet Union/Russian treatments of Ukraine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  12083. "Globalist" = JEW.
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  12084. In the United States, which is a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY, we elect REPRESENTATIVES to make the laws. We don't require the voters to show up at the legislature so they can also vote EVEN THOUGH NOT ELECTED.
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  12085. See Hitler's effort to do that in Poland. And his extermination campaign against the Left.
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  12086.  @sookibeulah9331  The US is not China or Cambodia. More relevant is the domestic fascist movement in the US that sees the non-existent "Left" as the enemy. Which "Left" consists, of course, of immigrants, racial minorities, and Jews. You'll be voting for Mark Robinson?
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  12087.  @TheBuddyShowWorldwide  Cambodia is not the United States.
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  12088.  @downtime86stars17  Which comment?
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  12089. Trump is filing his motions with the appellate court -- that is how the process works. LEARN that. And the appellate court is DENYING his motions. That too is how the process works. LEARN that.
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  12090. Murdaugh realized that his hiring a hitman to allegedly murder him looks too much like the murders of his wife and son.
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  12091. "The Federalist Society" would amend out the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. As a beginning.
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  12092. Because, young whippersnapper know-it-all, age is not a marker for cognitive decline. Check out your own age. But let's put all the focus on Biden so we can ignore that Trump is under four criminal indictments -- so far -- comprised of 91 FELONIES. You know that phrase "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"? A misdemeanor as a jailable offense is a year or less. A felony is a year or more. So try "High Crimes and FELONIES". But let's not talk, also, about McConnell. Or the smear politics of Gym Jordan -- ignores a subpoena from the body in which he sets, then has the gall to issue subpoenas.
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  12093. Your bias is showing. Sanders is not a "victim. He's a millionaire. He owns three homes, and is a Socialist who isn't gving his money away to help the homeless. Yes: Russia supported BOTH Sanders Trump last time. And, as you haven't SEEN the evidence, and that doesn't mean the evidence DOESN'T exist, does not mean that the "allegations" thereon cannot be declared ABSURD. "Freelance grifter" -- name-calling will get you everywhere -- with children.
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  12094. Gym Jordan is still losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  12095. He isn't "gentle"; he shows that he feels DEFEATED -- which he is. He is in fact a vindictive prick, as he put on full display in 2016.
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  12096. Let's not talk about rent control, eh? I mean, it's never the fault of landlords.
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  12097. They are sacntions, which is why they are called "sanctions".
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  12098.  @masteryoda7207  A moron who imagines himself "clever" because paranoid.
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  12099.  @interactivegaming28  That doesn't make sense.
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  12100.  @martyjohnson751  The dictator, The murderer, The war criminal.
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  12101.  @abduvohid147  In view of your obsession with homosexuality, there is no one more qualified to answer that question than you. You are responsible for your decisions: you have freedom of choice: you can choose to stop minding the private business of others than yourself. In short, you can choose to cease being a rude busybody thrilled by your imaginings of others' sexual activities. All in all, though, yours is a stupid question, which is a revelation about yourself.
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  12102.  @hiksiol6306  The wrong by one justifies the wrong by others? Aren't you intending to make a "moral" "argument" without knowing how to do the logic of morality? Inadvertently you are defending the rejection of morality in favor of the degenerate's "might makes right".
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  12103.  @pstoianov  So you're saying that the West is intent on destorying its own currency? Do you always make no sense? Or do you from time to time, by accident, make sense? I recommend that you look up the definition of "sanction" so you can begin in the fact-based world by understanding that the sanctions against Putin and Russia are -- in fact -- sanctions..
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  12104.  @hiksiol6306  That's why you criticized the West despite the immediate context being a malignant Russia. There's nothing "secret and hidden" about Putin's "geopolitical interests". Certainly Putin can throw G. DUI Bushit's illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq into the US's face. But at least US presidents serve no longer than 8 years. And Biden isn't Bushit -- or Trump. And for a dictator to take power and hold on to it beyond all reason requires a complicit, or at least complacent, polity. Still, you put the "moral hypocrisy, double standards, and arrogance," exclusively on America and the West -- no mention of Russia, which has been at it for longer than the United States has existed. And -- most pointedly -- is at it at this very moment. A truly "broader context" would condemn all who do it, not only those who are defending a sovereign country against Russia's imperialist/colonialist ambitions.
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  12105.  @hiksiol6306  For whom -- Russia? Russia is malignant.
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  12106.  @hiksiol6306  I'm critical of my own country -- and can be: it's a democracy. Why do you avoid criticizing Russia? Exactly: the least dissent gets a jail sentence, or worse. The "broader context" condemns wrong regardless by whom. It does not assert the childish "defense" that someone else did wrong, therefore Russia's wrongs are justified.
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  12107. How do we know that Brian drove back to Florida without Gabby? Not knowing where she is is the equivalent of not knowing where she isn't.
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  12108. Thomas's wife sided with the insurrectionists. Will we have an impeachment of "Justice" Thomas?
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  12109. Why aren't they "auditing" REPUBLICAN counties?
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  12110. I don't call it "projection"; I cut to the chase and call it "confession".
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  12111. Hur is a Republican and lawyer. He is not qualified to diagnose anyone's cognitive status including his own.
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  12112. The voting STOPPED at 8 pm. The COUNTING is not VOTING.
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  12113. Hurd is blaming the migrant victims -- LYING -- instead of informing the viewer of actual immigration law.
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  12114. Unfortunately she is basing her position on the lies about the purpose of the Amendment, so misses the point. The proposed "Bill of Rights" as submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments. The FIRST TWO were REJECTED, making the 3rd the First, and making the 4th the Second. So the claim that the First Amendment was placed first because the most important, and the Second was placed second to back up the first, is baseless gun-nut nonsense.
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  12115. In other words: you aren't LISTENING, therefore are REFUSING TO LEARN.
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  12116. Trump is totally disregarding that he is committing more and more crimes. He's going to take himself down in flames. After all this he'll have ZERO market value.
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  12117. Homan is an ex-cop. So is "Womp-womp" Lewandowski.
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  12118.  @brenden4915  Learn what a coup is, sheeple.
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  12119.  @brenden4915  It's obvious YOU don't know what a coup is. A coup is an attempt, successful or not, to overthrow a gov't. Often they are attempted by means of insurrection, as happened on January 6. The problem with your playing dumb is that it becomes not only a habit but actual stupidity. The bottom line is that your dishonesty vitiates any claim to morality, ethics, and credibility. You can CHOSSE to STOP the anti-American stupidity.
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  12120.  @brenden4915  A coup is an attempt, successful or not, to overthrow the gov't, as was attempted with the January 6 insurrection.
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  12121. If insurance can avoid paying up, they will take that course.
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  12122.  @michaeleager4635  Insurance companies have more reasons to not pay than to pay.
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  12123. Trump freaked out because confronted with his greatest fear: being ABANDONED. So the governors called his bluff, and said, "Okay, fuck him. Let's do it without him." So desperately grasping for relevance, he DEMANDED ATTENTION by going way over the top by claiming that he has "total" authority. He wants the power, but not the responsibility. He wants the credit, but not the blame. He has made himself irrelevant -- trapped himself in his own bullshit, his own contradictions, his own incoherence.
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  12124. Executive Orders only apply to Federal Executive branch agencies.
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  12125.  @tallSycamore  Pence's only concern is protecting himself with some sort of "deniability" because he wants to run for president. He's as bad as any of the others who exempt themselves from the oath -- which is legally binding -- and the rule of law. But not surprising: He puts "God" above all else, including above the Constitution, which is the Supreme -- HIGHEST -- Law of the Land, and which separates his "religious" garbage from gov't. Interesting that he won't testify to the Committee: he began as a right-wing jabbering talk radio "host".
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  12126. Trump is a disgrace who disgraced the country. No one is above the law. Period. Full stop.
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  12127. The DOJ is investigating Meadows and Scavino for much more than contempt of Congress.
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  12128.  @bluecollarlit  Was it "normal" for her to suddenly not wear her wedding ring? I suspect she was having an affair in D.C. and told him not only that she was going to divorce him, but also about the affair. His first Google search was about divorce. Either he didn't like the "answer" he got to that query, or she pushed his buttons' and he lost control. The Federal sentence also likely means jail time.
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  12129. _The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies _ The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12130. White racists are so obsessed with "the lower birth rate" -- over against the perceived birth rates of the insufficiently white!
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  12131. Trump isn't about legal and illegal. He's about skin color.
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  12132. Actually it does work: look at Massachusetts. But gun-nuts will believe anything that rationalizes the rejection of reason and rule of law.
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  12133. Gym Jordan lost his wrestling match with the truth yet again? How is that news?
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  12134. NATO is the United States' first line of defense in Europe. Better to "fight them there" than "fight them here".
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  12135. The first OBLIGATION of gov't/rule of law is to protect public health and safety. Trump/Vance are domestic terrorists. They aren't for "small gov't" when it comes to Secret Service for themselves.
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  12136. There is a difference between "post card" and "postal card". The former are privately published, the latter is an official USPS issuance.
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  12137. The hodgepodge decision is totally unconstitutionally. It should be ignored for the political tantrum it is, and those who authored and concurred in it should be removed from the Court.
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  12138. Trump's election fraaud lawyers are facing the consequences -- santions, and hopefully disbarment -- in Michigan and Colorado.
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  12139. Google and read this article -- it details Trump's elimination of air safety infrastructure as a favor to Musk --' american prospect Trump's Second Term Begins with a Crash
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  12140. Eastman is a member of the Federalist Society," along with Jeffrey Clark, and Justices Alito, Kavanaugh, and Roberts. They oppose, with Bannon, the "administrative state," beginning especially with civil rights law and law enforcement.
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  12141. And the result of the "lightheadedness" was FREEZING.
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  12142. Listen to what he says, compare with what he doesn't do.
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  12143. @Eric Rerrud11 Not all have disposable income.
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  12144. The whole segment was speculation.
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  12145. The voting stopped on November 3. What is happening now is COUNTING the votes.
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  12146. It would be easier to pursue the same complaint on the "Ku Klux Klan Act," which is an implementation of the 14th Amendment.
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  12147. Within the last several weeks a 2nd grader was caught with a gun at school. Parents are doubtless "responsible gun owners".
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  12148.  Green Bay  You're saying that Trump is a "transjester"!? I didn't know that. Or are you simply being an ignorant bigot?
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  12149.  @KB-ke3fi  The Constitution was written long ago. Is that why you reject it?
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  12150.  @glorgoth  Care to back that made-up bullshit with EVIDENCE, anti-American law-illiterate DUPE?
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  12151. The legislature enacts elections laws. The Sec. of State has the discretion on how to implement it through policy.
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  12152. Regardless whether her psychosis is real or feigned she isn't going to get away with the crime. She is going to prison for life. It's also reported that she cut her wrists and throat, and as result of jumping out of a second floor window is now paralyzed from the waist down.
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  12153. False: the Committee has the final say on that, and it hasn't yet made that decision. Recognizing that Trump -- he is paying Bannon's lawyers -- doesn't have the authority to invoke of waive executive privilege, exactly as the Trump Supreme Court has ruled. And recognizing that Bannon doesn't have the cover of executive privilege -- the DOJ said his PLOY is "irrelevant": he has been indicted for contempt of Congress, and that won't change by anything Bannon does. Bannon blew off the Committee, and that he is a known self-promoter an liar, the Committee should ignore him.
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  12154. FOX exaggerates what it reports and repeats it ad nauseum.
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  12155. Those who don't pay are stealing from the person who owns the copyright -- typically the person who created the stolen property. Apparently there is a blinness to the hypocrisy of stealing from those one purports to "love".
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  12156. The problem is that the young generations know it all. They don't have anything to learn. There was no history before they were born. They don't know "why" NATO so that means for them it has no purpose.
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  12157. I'm not embarrassed: I am American. I stand with Zelenskyy.
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  12158. Prosecution of journalist Goldberg on this one would be a huge mistake.
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  12159. You mean which ONE of the countless "One True Religion"s?
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  12160. Because all that fruit-fringe nonsense is nonsense.
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  12161. Trump is desperate: no one knows better than he the criminal prosecutions he faces when out of office. All those millions he grifted from his dupes since the election will be handed over to defense lawyers.
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  12162. The Founders charged and prosecuted insurrection as TREASON.
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  12163. Trump isn't president. He is, though, an adjudicated rapist and 34-times convicted criminal.
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  12164. Emerson is a college for aspiring actors, actresses, and comedians. The idea that all comedians, as relevant instance, are "Liberal" is exquisitely stupid. One can differentiate between comedians: though who make an issue of being "conservative" are not funny. All the others are free to joke about whomever, without regard for political bent.
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  12165. So she is being insubordinate. But that's okay: she's a Republican, exempt from all the rules.
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  12166. He just lost another percentage of Jewish voters. Note the context: he was turned down by 30 financial institutions for the half-billion he needs for the bond. Some of those are probably Jewish, who he views as the 'moneymen". So he comes out and attacks (Democratic) Jews. "Very fine people" = "Jews will not replace us."
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  12167. A no-fly zone would put the US and Russia in direct conflict. Apparently you want the wider war that would result.
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  12168. Christ counseled to pray in private -- not to make a show of it.
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  12169. Freedom of "religion" means one is free to choose one's "religion". In order to exercise that freedom one must also be free FROM "religions" one doesn't choose. And, of course, free FROM ANY "religion" if that is one's choice. And thus "religious freedom" is separate from gov't -- such as TAXATION -- because a person of "religion X" should not be paying for the support of "religion Y'.
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  12170. He is pumping out racism and across the board discrimination that is prohibited by Federal law. And he is doing it totally misrepresent the issue. DEI opens the door for those capable to do the job, without discrimination against those traditionally excluded from consideration. The greatest beneficiary of DEI is white women.
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  12171.  @DFWM-C  There's no question that he lied. Google this excellent article which details the OFFICAL GOV'T acts Trump took -- they are ON THE RECORD; there are additional credible sources detailing the same facts -- to ELIMINATE the air safety infrastructure as a favor to Musk. The article details all of that: american prospect Donald Trump’s Second Term Begins With a Crash
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  12172.  @joyceevans5691  He's always calling everyone else a thief while picking the pockets of those who believe him.
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  12173. Rand and his ilk have done everything they can to foment distrust of gov't. And then he pontificates on it being "no wonder that the people don't trust the gov't".
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  12174.  @Myr3390  The Founders were for "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" -- which the anti-Americans/Republicans characterize as "Marxism".
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  12175.  @craigcrawford6595  Which is odd, in view of the fact that they are proudly Red.
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  12176. The stock market is not a measure of the health of the economy. It is only a measure of the health of the stock market.
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  12177. Bolton again admits to being an incoherent anti-American crackpot.
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  12178. Years ago I asked several salesmen about body language in sales. They focused exclusively on handshakes. If the handshake is limp -- no sale. If it is aggressive and strong -- pushover.
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  12179. "Sovereign citiens" claim to be law unto themselves -- exactly as do criminals.
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  12180. If they rule as Trump wants, President Biden should immediately have Trump arrested.
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  12181. _No law protects private "militia"_: See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". From _Presser_: (115) ". . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." That is not a new idea; this law is from October 1658: "Military, [S. 11] . . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raifing of fouldiers for any expedition, fhall be directed to the Committy of militia of the feverall Townes who may execute the fame by the Coftable & the faid Committee are hereby impowred & required to fupprefs all raifing of fouldiers, but fuch as fhall be by the authority of this government." In contemporary English: "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., drafting] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  12182. 10s of thousands are leaving the Republican Party; because the party will take any votes that they can get. So they'll take any votes they can get.
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  12183. Whos's the guy in the ad with the fake beard who offers hogwash "health" information and "solutions".
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  12184. It would be nearly impossible to find anyone in Vermont who is not white.
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  12185. No. By imitating male behaviors.
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  12186. The police were in the school where the shooting could be heard but it wasn't an "active shooter"!?
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  12187. A core crisis is a demand for legal change combined with rejection of legality and rule of law.
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  12188. Meanwhile, while waiting for your "prayer" to be answered -- there's a backlog of unanswered "prayers" before yours -- how about, while waiting for "answer," doing something practical like implementing strict gun control? Better to prevent crime, then have to come up with yet another unanswered "prayer".
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  12189. However small the margin in Iowa, Buttigieg edged Sanders. So Sanders is lying. And the largest gain in New Hamshire is by Buttigieg. So Sanders is trying to shout down the facts.
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  12190.  Luis Monsanto  When were you born? Yesterday? You're a Sanders 'fan" who believes everyone is corrupt -- except Sanders and his "fans". The only way you get away with yourself with that is to ignore your corruption be flatly ignoring the facts, or indulging a false amnesia: Is it a coincidence that the two partners -- one being Paul Manafort -- who elected the corrupt pro-Russian president of Ukraine -- ended up running the campaigns of Sanders and Trump? Were you paying attention, or are you deliberately ignoring the fact that early in the 2016 capaign, the Sanders campaign was caught hacking the DNC -- which forced his Manafort-partner/campaign manager to resign? Sanders stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Is it a coincidence that the only two candidates who have "fans" -- which are about ENTERTAINMENT -- instead of supporters -- POLITICs is NOT ENTERTAINMENT; it is LIFE-AND-DEATH -- are Sanders and Trump? If Sanders is the nominee, Trump will slap him dizzy. He'd be destroyed in a week, esepcially when his writings, when in his THIRTIES, about young children and sex are blasted across the media. The far-Left and Sanders were talking the same old-school Socialist rehetoic, and engaging in their political disruptions in the 1960s and into the 1970s. They ALIENATED those we needed to elect McGovern -- the working and middle clases -- who was not far-LEFT. Nixon won 49 states. I was there. Were your PARENTS born yet?
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  12191. Fringe-fruit hack Robert Bork obeyed Nixon's illegal order. Then was nominated for the Supreme Court. He didn't get that, so the Republicans have ever since been seeking revenge. It was Bork, put on the Federal bench by Reagan, who made up the "law" that overturned the Fairness Doctrine.
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  12192. Republicans, beginning with Reagan, are about "starving" the gov't into non-existence.
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  12193. Good faith requires conviction.
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  12194. Cult of personality.
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  12195. If this NRA board member's rationalizations are REFUTED he's "insulted" as an avoidance of the refutation.
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  12196. Collins is opposed to excessive partisanship? When did that happen? Partisanship is not the measure of the crime. The crime is impeachable, some REPUBLICAN Senators ADMIT that the House Managers PROVED Trump's GUILT. That means he's removable, not instead that partisanship will engage in speeches against partisanship in order to sustain the partisanship.
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  12197. You are making shit up. It is not known why Oswald -- and he acted alone -- killed him.
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  12198. TikTok is trash for children and childish incivility.
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  12199. He's pandering to the bigotry that the Republican Party planted in the otherwise empty heads of dumb paranoids. It's not about pursuit of truth; it is all about politics and overwhelming the rule of law with divisive deceits.
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  12200.  @Presso99  You don't get it: Cotton isn't interested in facts and truth. He is about smearing the witness based on the fact that he is not white, and is an immigrant.
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  12201. And you aren't paying attention to two facts: 1. The DOJ has been indicting people, including -- for seditious conspiracy -- "Proud Boys" and "Oath Keepers". And another -- a third -- has pled guilty and is cooperating. 2. The DOJ POLICY is to not talk publicly about ongoing elections. During the Q and A after his lengthy press conference announcing major gun crime indictments, Garland both said he is watching the Committee hearings, AND that the "January 6 prosecutors" -- direct quote are ALSO watching the hearings. He spelled out, in detail, why the DOJ does not speak publicly about ongoing investigations. What you are doing is pissing on the DOJ and Garland for acting PROPERLY. And it is tiresome to continue to see the petulant whining by those who IGNORE the PROPER POLICY. You were OPPOSED to Barr's politicizing of the DOJ/you DEMAND that Garland politicize the DOJ.
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  12202.  @6h471  Yes. And I'm beyond fed up with the petulant whining -- and especially the bashings -- of AG Garland. We don't get enough of that dumb-assed horseshit from Trumpeters?
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  12203. Saying that there are "militia groups" "hunting down" FE<A people risks ENCOURAGING it. So far it is NOT happening. Trump and Vance are intent on inciting insurrection. That is the entirety of their campaign. DON'T play into it.
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  12204. Trump DOESN'T CARE about the facts. Stop viewing Trump as ignorant but nonetheless acting in good faith. He never acts in good faith. Trump's administration is a fake "reality" TV show -- a repeat of "The Apprentice President". Everything about Trump is image and show; that is the only "substance" to him.
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  12205. That's how conspirabunk starts: "imagining" things for which there is no EVIDENCE.
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  12206. Take "TRUMP" off "TRUMP" Tower and replace it with "FORECLOSED".
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  12207.  @jpipes915  The Founders were Liberals, which is why we have the First Amendment -- which you fascists would eliminate for everyone but yourselves.
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  12208.  f Joe biden  Troll.
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  12209.  @ASS999ish  It is Left-wing ideology masquerading as objective news. You've yet to learn the difference between fact and "opinion".
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  12210.  @badger1296  I have an education in law and have been researching and dealing with these issues for more than 30 years. ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by the Militia Act enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution, an arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12211. He is an ideologue, not an historian.
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  12212.  @DowntownDeuce22  Actually not.
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  12213. Bush v. Gore was based on the unconstitutional usurpation of the exclusive authority of Congress to resolve election disputes.
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  12214. Pence should strap on his prosthetic spine and testify to the Committee under oath. And if he refuses then subpoena his ass.
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  12215. FOX definitely doesn't dismiss ANYTHING, EVEN WHEN BONKERS BULLSHIT -- so long as it meets the needs of fascist Murdoch.
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  12216. "Worked long . . . and quickly". The Colorado case was filed by REPUBLICANS. Trump lawyers were in court against the filing. The court heard both sides and found against Trump.
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  12217.  @bfettrulez6734  The house DID call Bolton, and his deputy Kuppermann. Kuppermann went to court to challenge the subpoena, and Bolton refused, saying he would rely on the court's determination. The House Manager's have made that clear, repeatedly and clearly. And it was reported in the independent -- not corporate media FOX -- at the time. In short: you are being lied to, to your face, by Trump's lawyers, and your too stupid to realize it.
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  12218.  @Xxwill55xX  George Washington and Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. John Adams didn't, and was opposed to slavery. You refer to the "Alien & Sedition Acts" -- which were ENACTED BY CONGRESS. Until then, Adams wasn't able to sign it. So why single out Adams, and deceitfully leave out the Congress? Because you put politics above the rule of law. And, as is typical, you have to engage in deceit in effort to defend Trump. You're welcome to point to any of the Founders as being perfect human beings -- except, of course, John Adams, because you don't like the Constitutional principles he enunciated and emphasized, because they are as a noose around Trump's neck: "A system of LAWS, and NOT of men." .
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  12219. The moon's lipstick.
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  12220. While he blindly regurgitates political pejoratives which have no basis in fact or reason.
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  12221. I don't watch these videos from this source because the PROBLEM is INACCURACY and exaggerations. It is IRRESPONSIBLE.
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  12222. Didn't Trump contribute to Kamala Harris' campaign for California AG?
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  12223. Toobin is finally as exposed as a Republican shill as are the FOX hosts who were all for the insurrection but freaked by the OPTICS.
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  12224. Lets PRESSURE people, and pretend it's about "vuluntarism"/"freedom". Let's be frank: let's BULLY. Clue: the "infrastructure" already exists: it is called the system; it is called "the establishment". You don't make change by throwing mud-bombs at it from the outside. And to make change from within, one must ACTUALLY BELIEVE in DEMOCRACY, which requires COMPROMISE. But thanks for writing off the "Boomers" -- most other cultures recognize that the elders are the repository of WISDOM. But who needs "wisdom" is the "post-truth" generation. Let's resort to barbarism.
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  12225. Will the Supreme Court agree with Cannon, and therefore also hold that the special counsel prosecuting Hunter Biden is also illegal?
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  12226. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12227. The Republican Party, since at latest Reagan, made Santos possible. And the Republicans have been at it for so long that they refuse to demand he resign.
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  12228. Clarence Thomas hires an overtly-racist clerk who hates Black people? Come on, it's obvious that Thomas, who voted to repeal Affirmative Action, is sending us the message that he's for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
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  12229. Property tax can be on the land.
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  12230.  @ag4allgood  Floriduh is all about living on someone else's dime while lecturing those who pay the dime to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.
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  12231. Kitties are Democrats: refused to cooperate with herding.
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  12232.  @Not_fit_to_be_President  President Biden is not the issue, and is not under indictment. Trump is the issue, and is so far under THREE CRIMINAL indictments. Those indictments are based on PROBABLE CAUSE -- SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE to warrant indictment. You can continue to be a stupid sheeple for career criminal con-man Trump; or you can avail yourself of the opportunity to learn some basic law.
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  12233.  @Dude-i8l  You're in the MINORITY, because the vast majority of the electorate is opposed to voting for CRIMINALS.
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  12234.  @Snake-ms7sj  None of this has anything to do with the Bidens. And your hate-speech trolls NEVER back up your insults and smears with EVIDENCE. Get it through your deliberate hateful stupidity: there are no allegations against the Bidens that are BACKED BY EVIDENCE. In contrast, Trump is so far under THREE INDICTMENTS. INDISCTMENTS are based on EVIDENCE.
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  12235.  @phillippac.7469  If you are willing to learn then I answered the question adequately. I can't provide you the fundamental education in both legal history and law to impart to you the difference between politics and law. But not everyone needs that explained to them. Suffice that John Adams worked to established the fundamentals of due process, wrote the constitution for the state of Massachusetts, and that constitution was the model for the US Constitution. What Trump is doing is POLITICS -- his attack on the RULE OF LAW is not about law; it is about AVOIDNG the rule of law, DESTROYING the rule of law. Law-illiterates who believe anything goes in the name of "freedom," and that there are no limits to any freedom, or at least to freedom of speech, aren't about to learn anything factual and truthful that refutes that hogwash view.
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  12236.  @jonahzablow2132  I have an education in law. How, law-illiterate, do you deal with the not only the FACT of anti-defamation law but also the verdict in the E. Jean Carrol Case? Or the successful defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Machines against FOX "news"? Or that one is prohibited yelling "FIRE!" in a crowded theater? Do you REALLY believe you have a "right" to endanger the lives of others without consequence? Have those others no say in the matter? No right is absolute because there are LIMITS on their exercise to protect OTHERS from infringement of THEIR rights. Clue: if YOU were defamed, you wouldn't hesitate to file suit to LIMIT the non-existent "right" to defame you. Nor would you defend the "free speech" of anyone who was threatening your life, whether directly or indirectly, which is what Trump does day in and day out.
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  12237.  @Shawn-jd5dd  "Common sense is much too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Common sense is none too common." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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  12238.  @johntomlinson-j6x  It was in a SUPREME COURT decision that the statement that yelling "FIRE!" in a crowded theater is prohibited. It should be OBVIOUS WHY: it ENDANGERS public health and safety. There is no "right" to endanger public health and safety. There is no "right" to threaten the lives of others.
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  12239.  @jesserodriguez9021  I have an education in law. And being unable to deal with facts and issues you engage in personal attack -- without a shred of EVIDENCE to back it up. Try growing up.
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  12240.  @jesserodriguez9021  Tell it to John Adams: "Facts are stubborn things." -- John Adams. "A system of Laws, and not of men." -- John Adams. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. John Adams lead the movement for independence against opposition by the slave owners.
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  12241.  @eaglefan941  No, they did not. In some instances the police gave ground because they were outnumbered. You are not a "democrat"; you are yet another pro-Trump anti-American spewing bullshit "talking points". Trump is a transparently obvious third-generation New York con-man and career criminal, and you are a sheeple he is fleecing.
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  12242.  @eaglefan941  You are not a "democrat"; you are the usual Trump-duped anti-American racist ranting about "cities" while ignoring the CRIME in REPUBLICAN-run cities. Your bullshit got old before it was uttered the first time many years ago by overt racist Reagan.
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  12243.  @eaglefan941  Yo -- illiterate -- NO right is absolute, because an absolute right exercised by one would violate the rights of all others. The LIMITATIONS on the exercise of any right is inextricably entwined with the right, and that limitation is summed up in the word RESPONSIBILITY. The rights of others to not be infringed is the concrete limitation.
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  12244. Lukashenko got the word early on when it was floated that Belarus could be sanctioned by the US and NATO. So Lukashenko is trying to play the middle.
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  12245. What did Rudy achieve? Suspension of/revocation of law licenses.
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  12246. One of the insurrectionists was trampled to death by her fellow insurrectionists. This is the "pro-life" crowd?
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  12247. How many votes are required to impeach? And when will the Republican majority in the House do that? Have you been paying attention AT ALL since 2016!?
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  12248. Illegal possession of guns is CRIMINAL.
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  12249. So if you are infected with the virus, you'll deny it is real?
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  12250. Trump = Politics of Fear and Smear.
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  12251.  @nickiemcnichols5397  Or swigging Southern Comfort.
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  12252. If Chris Rock were to say anything, it should be that he smoked Will Smith out and exposed him to the world for the thug he is.
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  12253. Biden isn't in office. Trump is. Look at the deficit resulting from the Republican tax cut for billionaires.
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  12254. Senator Warnock is the definition of decency.
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  12255. If Trump would set up his vide-president for murder, do you think he cares about you? Trump couldn't care less about his duped supporters. Trump probably didn't pay the bill.
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  12256. Apparently this pastor has yet to read the "New Testament". In the United States, "God" -- which can't be proven to exist -- doesn't make the laws because the First Amendment separates "religion" and gov't. Caring about children? How about funding child care? How about banning assault weapons?
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  12257.  @artvandelay5385  The Trump criminal enterprise.
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  12258.  @Nurselisamoore  And you'll go along to get along until YOU become the target?
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  12259. Would Republicans Kissinger and Schultz give you a war that couldn't be won?
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  12260.  @sheraldhill2728  Sanders is still ilving in the 1960s with a far-Left that no longer exists, except in the un- and mal-informed fantasies of hormonal teenagers who in fact don't know what they "missed" because they weren't there. It wasn't all sex, drugs, and rock & roll; it was also Vietnam and people being killed. It was Nixon prolonging the war, because the far Left ALIENATED those who would otherwise have stopped him. There is no yearning for a time of major assassinations of hope and progress. And these morons are smearing Barak Obama as if he were "status quo". They have no understanding of how radical it was that he was elected -- comfortably, and twice. So they fall for the nostalgia of old-hat pie-in-the-sky slogans from a man who was wholly ineffective during his twenty-five years in Congress. And they believe he is going to accomplish now what he hasn't accomplished during more than twenty-five years? How politically naive are his "fans"? -- it's all about celebrity and entertainment. They attack unamed so-called "centrist" Democrats, without a shred of EVIDENCE, for being "corrupt -- but not a peep about Trump and his OPEN criminality. There's a corruption in that that Sanders' "fans" are ignoring in themselves.
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  12261. So "pro-life" Thomas is signing execution certificates.
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  12262.  @federov100  If you like the BIAS you deny it exists -- while seeing NON-BIAS as BIAS because it doesn't conform to your closed-minded ideology. Facts matter. BIAS propagandizes. You like being propagandized because you ignorant faction is a minority, so you like being lied to you because you can believe that means you are the majority. You are not. Note the response to the THEFT of GOV'T PROPERTY by Trump: your ilk continues to defend criminality in the belief that it's the only power you have -- you whine falsely about being "victims," which is the foremost LIE told by criminals -- as an "alternative" to the RULE OF LAW. Abrams did a good NON-BIASED account of the fake Clinton "emails" "scandal": there was nothing there. If only he could sustain his ability to be non-biased instead of -- in the middle of a purported "news" report -- labeling others as "biased -- AND NOT NAMING THEM. That kind of generalized broad brushed SMEAR is typical of right-wingers: the only legitimate criticism is of OTHERS with never a criticism of one's own abundant imperfection, let alone one's overt BIAS.
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  12263. Anyone can ask any question. The QUESTION is whether the questions asked are RELEVANT. Or in good faith, instead of lies posed as "questions".
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  12264. The Dept. of Education ENFORCES ANTI-DISCRIMINATION laws AGAINST racist state gov'ts.
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  12265. Hair Furor Trump.
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  12266. The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12267. Yeah, for Steve no one is actually a never Trumper; they're just having a bad day. You can do better, Tim.
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  12268. Trump should have implemented emergency prive controls in behalf of the health care system/"We the people" by prohibiting and prosecuting profiteering and price gouging. Instead, "We the people"'s lives are on auction.
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  12269. Trump has always been superior to the rest of the human race by being able to walk and kick himself in his own ass at the same time.
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  12270. And got Epstein an extra-legal political deal.
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  12271.  @bipn_406  This is the TAPE of Trump admitting the actual facts -- while at the same time PUBLICLY LYING about thm: TAPE of Trump admitting the facts while PUBLICLY LYING about them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHunl5LJShc Neither Bernstein nor CNN is LYING, moron: the FACT is that YOU can't handle the TRUTH.
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  12272.  @noni3217  Better they die than "freak out," eh?
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  12273. I don't know where it came from, I don't know what it was, but I was going to give it to the VP sight-unseen.
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  12274. How many members of the Association/Board are now dead because they voted to pinch pennies?
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  12275.  @chrisharding214  Because you reject the rule of law based upon anti-Americans' lies against it.
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  12276.  @simonlarsen6847  Israel is engaging in collective punishment against everyone in Gaza, not only the "terrorists". Because Hitler did exactly the same to the Jews it has ever since been classified as a war crime.
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  12277.  @spicyirwin5835  Get to know what is happening on the ground. Israel is opposed to the Palestinians having a state because that would stop Israel's land-grabbing from the Palestinians.
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  12278.  @spicyirwin5835  The United States was established on genocide and slavery. But try to persuade us, based on your ignorance of US history, that genocide and slavery in the US aren't as bad as genocide and slavery imposed by Israel on Palestinians.
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  12279.  @skontheroad  You don't know the history. But look at Israel cutting off ALL food, water, and power to EVERYONE in Gaza INCLUDING CHILDREN. Because Hitler imposed that COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against the Jews it has ever since been classified as a WAR CRIME.
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  12280.  @CenterPorchNP  Paranoid hogwash.
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  12281.  @mixit247  Have you tried to reason with right-wing extremist Nutty-Yahoo?
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  12282.  @yasminni485  Stop it. Forget the amnesia: Remember when Hitler imposed COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against Jews and you objected, so the UN made COLLECTIVE PUISHMENT a WAR CRIME? Look at what Israel is doing to Gaza: COLLECTIVE PUISHMENT. Tell us why the only country on the planet ALLOWED to impose COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT is ISRAEL.
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  12283.  @simonlarsen6847  When Hitler did what Israel is doing to Gaza it was condemned as COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, and declared a WAR CRIME. How about "Enough of Israeli genocide?
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  12284.  @QaTester-tb9gu  Let's not talk about Israel imposing the WAR CRIME of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT on Gaza.
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  12285.  @DanGtube32  Hitler was a pagan. Naziism is paganism.
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  12286.  @gesusgegangphray7689  Dumbassed hogwash. Egotistical posturing.
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  12287.  @baraka629  There will be no solution so long as Israel continues its genocide against Palestinians in pursuit of its land-grab.
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  12288.  @7eVen.si62  Bloodthirsty hypocrite. How did you react when HITLER used COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT against JEWS?
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  12289.  @marchebert9813  Why does "Jesus" never PREVENT these disasters, by always being a NO-SHOW? And why do you then claim "Jesus" is "merciful"?
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  12290.  @mauricem.c4986  The Jewish "God" ordered mass killings, including of children.
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  12291.  @hecimbecir8482  Your arrogance is the sin.
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  12292.  @Sean2002FU  I can believe you make an unproven assertion without a shred of FACT to back it up. Look at the reality ON THE GROUND, instead of settling only for the PROPAGANDA.
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  12293. Did you vote for Sanders, who helped Trump get elected, who appointed three extremist "pro-life"/pro-gun to the Supreme Court. And you expect LEGISLATION will survive that Court?
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  12294. Trump says he'll testify. He won't. Trump says he wants to debate Biden. He doesn't. Breaking news: trump is a constant liar. Film at 24/7.
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  12295. No, they are not heroes; they are victims of the most vile of all the villainy engaged in by the Trump criminal enterprise. They are Christian ladies who give to their community, and who know Georgia's history of racism and lynching so wouldn't even consider committing a crime.
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  12296. People who do their jobs are not heroes. They are simply people who are doing their jobs. If everyone who does their job is a hero, then the word "hero" has no meaning.
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  12297.  @lifeisgood1310  Being "proud" of someone else's efforts is effort to steal credit.
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  12298.  @ApinofArc  The DEFINITION of hero is "above and beyond" the norm. Doing one's job does not make one a hero; it is going beyond it, and typically includes endangering one's life. If you had as much experience with the medical profession as I have, you'd recognize the difference between those few who practice medicine -- they are not heroes; that is what their job is to be -- and the majority that do "finance". The US health care system is based on the monetization of ILLNESS -- "healthiness" has no currency. If you ain't sick, no money is made by those with skin in the game -- the medical and insurance industries. The sicker you are, the greater the profit for OTHERS than YOU.
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  12299.  @ApinofArc  "Above and beyond" is WITNESSED by others -- that is not "subjective". And I'm sick of the avoidance of fact by dodging into "subjectivism". There is nothing heroic in doing one's job as trained to do it. And you obviously don't know anything about the medical industry based upon experience. But sure -- try to tell us how the US medical industry, which is based upon the monetization of illness -- exploitation of illness for PROFIT -- is heroic. There are those who can PAY for the best medical treatment; and then there's the rest of us. There is nothing "heroic" in any of it.
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  12300.  @ApinofArc  There is nothing heroic in getting an education in order to have a particular skill. Why not claim the legal profession is "heroic" -- when only those who can pay cash money can get legal representation.
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  12301.  @ApinofArc  Doing one's job as required is not heroic. It is only by going above and beyond, at risk of one's own safety and life, that makes one a potential hero. I refer you to a DICTIONARY on the point.
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  12302.  @ApinofArc  I'm literate; I don't make up "new" definitions of words to simply suit my irrationalities. If everyone is a hero for doing their job, then the word 'hero" is meaningless.
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  12303.  @ApinofArc  I adhere to facts. It is a fact that a person simply doing their job is not a hero -- else everyone would be a "hero" and the word would be meaningless.
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  12304.  @ApinofArc  It isn't logically incorrect: a hero is a special category. But if everyone is a hero, then no one is a hero.
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  12305. Trump: she should have called you the asshole racist you are, but she's a professional.
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  12306. Hell be known as Don "The Snorer" Trump in mob circles.
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  12307. President Obama, as did FDR, rescued unregulated capitalism from itself.
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  12308. There is no such thing as "Hunter Biden's laptop".
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  12309. The REPUBLICANS are experiencing backlash for refusing to convict.
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  12310. The most prominent "civilian" use of AR-15 assault weapons, which do not belong in civilian hands, are as the weapon of choice for white male mass murderers?
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  12311.  Rita 25 y.o - check my vidéó  Gaetz was talking about Al Qaida on that point. But let's address his claims for what they were: that the cases should have been evaluated on grounds of "jurisdiction" and "standing". If one is in the right court -- meets to test of "jurisdiction" -- and has "standing" to sue -- but nonetheless files a meritless suit, the suit will be dismissed for lack of merit. That's why when he was shot down when he claimed the courts didn't address the merits, he switched to talking about "jurisdiction" and "standing". In view of the fact that the courts accepted the suits in the first instance, the threshold tests of "jurisdiction" and "standing" had already been successfully met. It was the lack of merit that got them dismissed. Gaetz was apparently graduated by a decent law school, but he's never actually practiced law.
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  12312. The Republican Party does not represent the "American people". They are a minority and a terrorist organization.
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  12313. Your name-calling says more about you than about anyone else, exactly as is true of Trump. If you don't like Trump, then stop being like him.
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  12314. Another law-illiterate heard from -- The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12315. So fatal stupidity is still alive and well -- and famous.
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  12316. Have you not noticed that the media don't always identify rumors as being that?
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  12317.  @SpliffMeister3000  What does that reveal about your assumption about the McDonalds employee?
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  12318. Murder is illegal. Trump is an adjudicated rapist and a convicted felon. Did you also vote for Trump?
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  12319.  @nodeal867  Right: because your "moral" position is to support the immorality of murder.
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  12320. Our democracy is founded on the rule of law. Throw the rule of law away and you embrace tyranny. In this instance you make the situation even worse.
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  12321.  @venessaabrams2856  Are you serious!?
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  12322.  @bereketbalcha3418  But two wrongs make a right-winger. He is from a mega-wealthy family invested in real estate, and rest homes. What has the corporatization of rest homes done to their efficacy? Perhaps he was revolted by his family's history of exploiting the vulnerable. Only to have it happen to him, despite his wealth, at the hand of a brutally sociopathic corporation.
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  12323. I wonder how many abortions Trump paid for.
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  12324. You should post comments while asleep. Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal, which is why he lost the election in his own home sate.
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  12325. Trump is a domestic terrorist.
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  12326. We should report fake news -- which is Trump's cesspool -- in effort to "prove" Trump's lies? The gun violence and homicide is higher in Red states than in Blue states. But you won't hear Republicans admit that.
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  12327. Did Trump order the election headquarters burglary? Was Nixon once a president?
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  12328.  justin0ldman303  Did Nixon order the "Watergate" burglary? Yes. Did Trump order the Coffee County election headquarters burglary? Yes.
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  12329. Realistic. Trump would slap Sanders dizzy, and destroy him in a week. Even if Sanders "fans" keep their heads buried in the quicksand by denying the considerable mound of baggage Sanders wouldn't survive. Get it through your childish/entitled fantasies: the majority of the electorate sees "Socialism" as NORTH KOREA.
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  12330. Crack use by an adult is worse than sex trafficking.
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  12331. It was Republicans who told you he said that. Trump is a racist against you, and you lap it up. Stupidity isn't smart.
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  12332. Powell's defense is one for the ages: "No one in their right mind would believe anything I say." The Order from the Michigan Federal Court -- linked below -- SHREDS Powell's, et al.'s, claims, and their atrocious lawyering.
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  12333. From The Devil's Dictionary (NY: Dover Publications, Inc., Paperback, 1958), Ambrose Bierce, p. 98: Patriot n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of statesmen and the tool of conquerors. Patriotism n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first. Patriotism is as fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave, blind as a stone, and irrational as a headless hen.
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  12334. It's domestic terrorism.
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  12335. Neither "argument" in this makes sense. "How could Joe Biden cancel student if it weren't legal to do so?" How about adhering to the actual law instead of offering untethered "argument" in response to untethered "argument".
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  12336.  Howard Bueker  I was responding to a dumb assertion -- untethered from actual law. Which was a response to a dumb assertion -- untethered to actual fact and law: that being the ignorant assertion about "1776" being the year in which the Constitution was written. Why do you assume Biden is Trump or another Republican? Caveat: your assumption is false. Get the point: if one adheres to fact and law -- rather than spinning fantasies based on no facts at all -- one doesn't assert stupidities, and then respond to those with fantasies based on no facts at all.
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  12337. Other poets don't get any airtime. Some are connected and privileged, most are not.
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  12338. Pelosi does the same thing. YOU do the same thing -- you simply don't have the mature habit of listening to yourself. Biden has a STUTTER -- he must focus on three things at the same time: his breathing, his speed, and his thoughts. Those without a stutter are able t focus exclusively on their thoughts. But there are those, like you, who don't focus on their thoughts because so busy trash talking about others.
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  12339. Which would "learn a lot"? If you view Peterson as a source from which to learn beyond how to critically evaluate one's own thinking, then you are well behind the curve.
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  12340. Yes -- an anti-American bigot.
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  12341. They were born in the United States, so are United States citizens -- regardless the bullshit they spew.
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  12342. His made-up bullshit does wear thinner and thinner and thinner with every day. Hopefully those who've been entranced with his "brilliance" will begin to see through his bullshit and wake up.
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  12343. What is the equivalent response to a woman who has the SEXIST gall to attack a man's sexuality. Is there anything lower than to attack a person for something over which they have no control?
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  12344. Republicans become self-cannibals when under stress.
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  12345. Trump is married to an immigrant. Vance is married to an immigrant. Both they and MAGA hate immigrants. MAGA is pissed that Vance is the VP -- in 2016 he told the truth about Trump, and those statements in Vance's voice, and on video, are ready-made ads for the Democrats. And Fuentes and others are furious against Republican white supremacists marrying the insufficiently white -- especially when both insufficiently white and imigrant.
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  12346. The entire decision, grab-bag hodgepodge that it is, is unconstitutional.
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  12347. Have you noticed that Russia illegally invaded Ukraine 8 years ago? And you want to blame Biden for Putin's decisions? Chomsky is also pushing Putin's line.
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  12348. Nothing better than a blind computer repairman who read emails, recognized their importance, and fed them to a pro-Trump lawyer named Giuliani. There are some prone to believe this horseshit. But most people aren't that stupid..
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  12349.  @gionncaomhinmorpheagh4791  His hands send a double message: 1. it is "instinctive" that when a person is showing their inner hands openly, they are being vulnerable and honest. 2. At the same time, the way Trump does it is not only manipulative but also "pushing away" the issue with which he's being confronted. He is struggling to both work out and believe his own lie so he can then be convincing.
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  12350. it isn't the cops who provided the media courage. The cops aren't withholding anything -- you can see videos by the gun-nuts on youtube, usually reading a script to a cop about how they are exempt from motor vehicle law just before they are arrested. Look up "Moor" and "sovereign citizen".
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  12351. Either way she will be incarcerated for life.
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  12352.  @hillaryh.5197  Cutting her wrists and throat, then jumping out a second story window, is a FAKE suicide attempt!?
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  12353. Nope: the non-taxation is part the agreement that is separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  12354.  @scoobydoo3928  It is a TWO-WAY agreement: "religion" won't mess with gov't, and gov't won't tax "religion". The law in this instance is the Constitution, which establishes the ground rules.
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  12355.  @michaelgillespie1206  The law is that they cannot engage in POLITICS.
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  12356.  @stevecausey545  They should cease playing politics.. If not, fine them until they cease meddling in politics.
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  12357.  @bipolarminddroppings  There shall not be a state "religion" -- one established by the gov't. And in turn, "religion" which keep its subjectivist crap out of gov't.
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  12358. @move_i_got_this5659 What? Engage brain before moving mouth.
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  12359. That would justify their meddling in politics and increase it.
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  12360. And THAT would give them the right to meddle even more in gov't. Do you people EVER bother to INFORM yourself of WHY separation of "religion" and gov't instead of simply popping off with ahistorical bullshit? You're no different than the uneducated movement against the Electoral College -- which the Republicans are ALSO engaged in --and replace it with "direct democracy". The January 6th insurrection was an instance of direct democracy -- as an attack on democracy itself. The mindlessness is mind-boggling: the REPUBLCIANS attack the Constitution, so the "solutions" proposed against that is to ATTTACK the Constitution.
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  12361. "Lords" only exist in monarchies, not in democracies.
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  12362. It was "technically permissible under Senate rules" to foment insurrection?
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  12363. The same trolling law-illiterate who loves anti-American lies and rejects the rule of law in order to defend criminality. Your stupidity is unusual in that it is so obvious.
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  12364.  @Davidstone568  President Biden is president of the United States -- the FEDERAL gov't. The New York criminal trial is a STATE trial in STATE court. The Federal gov't has no jurisdiction within state courts. So your LIE is based on your being stone ignorant about he structure and functioning of the gov'ts of the United States. Say hello to Vlad for us, Comrade. But stay away from upper-floor windows -- the Russian building code has serious flaws which often cause people to fall out of windows.
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  12365. Poor attempt at basic English literacy.
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  12366. BOTH Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are Eleanor Roosevelt Progressives -- both idealistic and pragmatic, which is why they've GOT THINGS DONE. Sanders is to the LEFT of Progressive -- totally "idealistic" without the skills to actually get ANYTHING done; tht skill being able to COPERATE and COMPROMISE. Political reality in a democratic legislative proess: NO ONE gets ALL of what they want, and certainly NOT ALL AT ONCE. The democratic legislative process is BY NATURE INCREMENTAL.
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  12367. Wit is too brief to include soul.
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  12368. Aaron Rogers -- that's what's needed: a brain-damaged presidential candidate picking a brain-damaged vice-presidential candidate. What could go wrong?
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  12369. He was fired for exposing what ALL of FOX is: a Lie Factory.
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  12370.  @BlackandBlessed100  Can't get the book because nothing in your comment provides any information about its identity.
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  12371.  @peterd9513  Humans are both determined and undetermined. We cannot fly without a mechanical contraption. But we can imagine and decide to make mechanical contraptions by means of which we can fly. Beware reductive distortions -- one-note extremes. Those who do the latter live out their lives with the identity "I can't."
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  12372. Trump got help getting elected from Cohen, Russia, Comey -- and the media's obsession with "Hillary's emails" without actually reading them and finding there was nothing there. Hillary got it right about Trump during the debates; but the media was all about politics being instead sports, entertainment, for the least politically informed -- meathead -- demographic. And Trump still lost the popular vote.
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  12373. Another fake private school intent on "religious" brainwashing.
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  12374. Looks like the DOJ needs to dust off and review the Espionage Act.
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  12375. At least Trump won't be able to boast of all the jobs he created.
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  12376. During the G. DUI Bushit administration, he "brain," Karl Rove, said that the goal is to establish a "permanent Republican majority" -- a one-party state. A dictatorship.
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  12377. Smearing Democrats helps Trump. But better openly criminal Trump than unnamed "centrist" Democrats who are ELLGED -- WITHOUT A SHRED OF EVIDENCE -- to be "corrupt. So for Sanders "fans" it's eithr openly-criminal Trump to further destyroy the Constitution, or Sanders, to further destroy the Constitution. But Trump would slap Sanders dizzy. He'd be destroyed for a week. but go for the "app"/sizzle; substance is beyond you.
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  12378. Joe is a white male Republican.
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  12379. He misspoke. What he meant was: "We need more WHITE kids."
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  12380. The right-wing fruit-fringe is drunk on whining a the doors of the asylum closes on them. Confiscate their microphones.
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  12381. What kind of neighbors spell the relationship "neighbours"?
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  12382.  @jemcain8676  I know all that. And there were two Founders who were also confused: Sam Adams spelled the word "Governour," and his cousin John spelled it, "Governor". I blame the English for screwing up the language -- and after that Canada for illegally importing that confusion to the North American continent, and the Founders of the US for not being 100 per cent against the confusion. Even in the 1960s: "The Firesign Theater" snootily changed their name, after their first LP, to "The Firesign Theatre". And they weren't even from Canada.
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  12383. No. Read Socrates -- but don't make the mistake of believing that he's on your side.
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  12384. The same thing happened THREE times under Trump. Why did Trump not go on TeeVee and tell us all about it? Why didn't he shoot them down? Why didn't Don, Jr., Big Game Hunter of endangered species, shoot it down?
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  12385. Rare -- or more covert?
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  12386. Billionaires are immune superhumans who are about and exempt from the limits of reality.
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  12387. There has yet to be an investigation that reached conclusions, but Trump is already substituting for that his "opinions" about what happened.
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  12388. The DA and prosecutors are also "scholars". And they have the advantage of knowing the EVIDENCE.
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  12389. Jordan evaluates the "emergent" from the perspective of his root fundamentalism. If you listen closely, he speaks in absolutes -- though likely would deny it.
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  12390. The victim was walking with a flashlight that was on, and his glasses ended up in the perpetrator's car. Those are facts.
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  12391. To you a centrist is a "leftist".
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  12392. The elections are conducted by the STATES, not by the Federal gov't. In Republican-controlled states it is possible for Republicans to affect or delay or shut down elections -- but who does that impact? Mostly Republicans.
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  12393. This is about Pence avoiding his RESPONSIBILITY to testify to the Committee.
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  12394. Snowden undermined national security. That is a crime.
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  12395. The mainstream media deals in facts. These moorons were arrested for violating a slew of laws. They reject the rule of law -- exactly as all criminals do. Are you also a criminal?
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  12396. Good. We've had more than enough radicals with Sanders -- helping elect Trump -- and Trump.
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  12397.  @danykasilvernail  I wouldn't bet everyone knew them -- not those who weren't in on their activities.
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  12398.  @Kegga_6  They were birds of a feather. So?
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  12399.  @Streetysuperduper  The real problem is that they falsely believe that they have rights that they in fact do not have. IMPEACHMENT is in the Constitution they love to invoke, but have never bothered to READ.
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  12400. Without thought to what takes his place.
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  12401. CPAC had a bigger audience than usual because the NAZIS were in attendance.
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  12402. @RandyWatson-vb9pk Non-Disclosure Agreement. This is how they worked for Trump: For many decades Trump conducted his criminal enterprise behind closed doors, the doors "locked" with NDAs. His mistake was taking his criminal enterprise PUBLIC as his campaign, where it could be scrutinized in the light of day, and reported on by people who hadn't signed one of his NDAs.
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  12403.  @danaconley1123  HEROINE!
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  12404. He's giving the false appearance of "recusing" from cases with which he has no conflict of interest.
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  12405. Republican tradition: Smear Politics. We saw it with Hillary Clinton: 30 years of fake "scandals" urgently invented by Republicans that urgently needed "investigation" -- by Republicans -- only to discover, after spending double-figure millions, the obvious: no evidence for the fake "scandals". The ultimate was the "Lock Her Up!" phase -- until Trump, with the help of "investigations," "emails," Russia, and James Comey, won, at which point all that Smear Politics ended.
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  12406. Supporting Ukraine and NATO is direct defense of US national security. Stein is pro-Putin. And you are obviously pro-interventionist by Putin vis-a-vis Ukraine -- and NATO. You are totally ignorant of the lessons learned and progress made based on the outcome of WW II.
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  12407. Threatening gov't officials is a crime. Perhaps FOX could drop the propaganda and make that point to its psychologically enslaved viewers.
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  12408. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  12409. The qualification of the oath with "affirming" was added to state constitutions, and the Federal oath allows the same, around the time of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, with the First amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. It was also done to accommodate Quakers, who revere Christ but do not consider him or the "Bible" divinely inspired.
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  12410. Police fear AR-15s which is why the insurrectionists want them. An assault weapons ban, and a buy back of those weapons -- many fewer guns -- is the solution.
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  12411. Without having met or interviewed the alleged killer she SPECULATES about what he is. That is beyond unethical.
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  12412.  @atheistbewildered2987  All of which is assumption.
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  12413. "The Beatles" -- without whom one would never have heard of warmed-over "Yardbirds" "Led Zeppelin," or publicizing of private neurosis ""Pink Floyd"'.
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  12414. Stay the hell out of the legal process. self-promoting parasite.
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  12415. AG Garland is a veteran prosecutor of the DOJ, and has been a judge. His experience makes him the best person for the job. He's a good and decent man and is to be trusted.
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  12416. Now Trump will turn on the RNC -- and its candidates. Republicans are self-eating cannibals.
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  12417. LOCAL law enforcement has already reported to both media and investigators that they told Secret Service that they didn't have sufficient resources. And there were more Secret Service in Milwaukee preparing for the convention than there were at the location in Pennsylvania. The arrangement for the rally was rushed in accordance with Trump's ORDERS as "boss".
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  12418. No "rights" violations, as possessing a gun, just like operating a motor vehicle, is a privilege not a right. A privilege can be revoked. But, yes: violations of state laws -- including no IDs for the guns. They seemed to have "forgot" to bring them with them. Which means they are probably illegal guns from the moment of acquiring them.
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  12419. MAGA -- Trump's base -- is essentially uneducated couch potatoes -- who always rejected even knowing anything about politics -- who were fans of his fake "reality" TeeVee show. When he announced his candidacy for president, they followed him into the political realm. But everything to them is entertainment, so when he shits on the living room rug, they shit on the living room rug. The problem is that behind his fake image Trump has always been a grifter and a criminal. He used to love the courts when he was attacking, beating up on, and ripping off subcontractors. But that doesn't work when he's the defendant, especially in the criminal context, and his always and only politics is tried in the context where it is always and only law. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. He has been consistently LOSING in court because he hires lawyers who will present his hogwash as "argument" in courts of law. Roy Cohen was a mob lawyer who was ultimately disbarred and prosecuted for the same behaviors. And then when it came out that he was gay and had AIDs, Trump dropped him. Back to MAGA: to them everything is entertainment; and Trump loves the uneducated because they are so easy to bullshit. So he dupes them, and they send him their money for that "entertainment".
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  12420. Trump said he will "LOOK AT" pardoning those he put in jail. And he said directly to the faces of his supporters -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote."
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  12421. They are violating "Terms of Service".
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  12422.  @garybryson1900  Always the same "conservative" exclusionary bigotry. Because it is long past due that the South grow up and join the Union by dropping it's juvenile "South shall rise again" supremacist tantrum. Take the thumb out of your mouth: the South started the Civil War; the South lost the Civil War against the Constitution; the South is not the victim.
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  12423.  @garybryson1900  The Federal gov't is a system of laws; gov't is by definition rule of law. And the Constitution is the SUPREME Law of the Land. But of course you wouldn't know what's in the Constitution because you can't be bothered to actually READ that which you reject. And the Confederacy -- despite all the LYING by the south's FAKE "historians," was about preserving SLAVERY. So that's what you are defending by rejecting the Constitution. Where in the Constitution is secession prohibited? "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The Congress shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively the Appointment of the Officers [state constitutions stipulate that the governor is the commander-in-chief and shall appoint or nominate the officers with the consent of the state legislature], and the Authority of training the Militia in accordance with the discipline prescribed [IN Federal Militia Acts] BY CONGRESS. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes. Here are two of those: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." Thus the Constitution provides the United States gov't, the Union, the authority to protect the United States, the Union, against political violence such as the insurrection committed against the Union by the seceding states/Confederacy. And read the Treason Clause: "Art. III, S. 3., C. 1. Treason against the United States [i.e., the Union], shall consist only in levying War against them ["them" being the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." The Southern states seceded -- their Senators made speeches on the Senate floor declaring why: to preserve slavery. And those states formed the Confederacy, which levied War against the United States. Art. IV. S. 3, C. I. New States be admitted by the Congress [for secession to be Constitutional it would have to be the reverse of that process: authorized by Congress] into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned AS WELL AS OF THE CONGRESS." The status of states in relation to the Union is under the jurisdiction of Congress; and the Constitution is SUPREME over the states. S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence. "Art. VI., S. 2. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof . . . shall be the supreme Law of the Land . . . any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding." And the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." Thus Congress has the authority, as made clear in multiple places in the Constitution, to make laws prohibiting violence, and to enforce the laws by suppressing violence by use of whatever force is necessary to do so.
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  12424.  @garybryson1900  The South levied war against the United States, the Union, which is Treason. You are foolishly defending Treason, which is a CRIME, NOT a "right".
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  12425.  @pugthepug7910  Trump 20-24 Years Incarceration. It's FUN "owning" MAGA anti-Americans by pointing to the fact that they hate freedom.
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  12426. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And it's reported that he still wears diapers.
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  12427. Anti-Muslim/Palestinian propaganda in the US is also a "dark day". Learn the history so you can see through the propaganda.
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  12428.  @pjpj2639  ISRAEL doesn't want the world to hear that. And its propaganda based on calculated "hysteria" has been successful in the short term. But the WHOLE WROLD IS WATCHING and seeing the HORROR being inflicted by Israel for what it is and Israel is LOSING the war. Israel does the same thing again and again and again: PROVOKES violent response, seeks REVENGE, and by that means creates more terrorists. And throughout makes excuses as if it is the ONLY victim of those repetitions. The WORLD is seeing through it this time.
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  12429. PAY ATTENTION: two of them refuse to give their names. The gbberish they spew is nonsense. They cannot be relied on to tell the truth, if they even know what that is.
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  12430. Bannon is a fascist who believes himself to be a Svengali.
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  12431. DeSantis has transformed Florida into an economic shithole state where one can't sell a condo, and many are fleeing because they can't afford the mandatory home and property taxes, and numerous insurers leaving the state.
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  12432.  @toonlyrics  Trump surrounds himself with people just like him -- then has them do the dirty work for him. And then he denies any responsibility for their saying and doing what he wants them to say and do. He is the top floater in the cesspool politics in which he wallows.
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  12433. Wrong about the so-called "Boston Massacre".
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  12434. Turns out Trump was a "law and order" president: he put many hundreds of his supporters-insurrectionists in jail. His latest is Tina Peters with 9 years in prison.
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  12435. The Senate has 100 members. The House has more than 400.
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  12436. Love your attacks on Democrats -- it helps Trump. But -- TADAH! -- Uygur will singlehandedly cure all the world's ills, and put a unicorn in every pot.
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  12437. Perhaps Greene should speak out against "Bush v. Gore" -- with which the Supreme Court usurped the exclusive authority of Congress to determine the outcome of disputed elections. And in ruling on that case voted twice in the same election, which was illegal.
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  12438.  @TrevorPreaches  Still too stupid to put country above adjudicated rapist and convicted felon. You're not only immoral but also a nihilist who hates the United States.
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  12439.  @TrevorPreaches  Trevor's arrogance is showing how it causes obliviousness to reality. Trump is an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon. That is already disqualifying as to doing "fine". The United States is "A system of Laws, and not of men" (John Adams). You support rape and criminal assault on the rule of law. That is what you support: rape, and criminality. Be different -- deal with reality: ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.
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  12440.  @TrevorPreaches  He's an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon. So what could go wrong?
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  12441. Steven Cheung is Chinese. He's on Trump's list of people to be deported.
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  12442. I've put a lot of thought into it and have flip-flopped: I'm opposed to incoherent elderly speech-slurring candidates running for president, especially when also adjudicated a rapist and a convicted criminal.
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  12443.  @dallasbagley  Don't count on your traitor while he is confronted with 91 felony indictments.
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  12444.  @dallasbagley  91 Felony Indictments = Trump 20-24 years incarceration.
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  12445.  @INFJparadox  The various judges have been increasingly tightening enforcement of the court rules.
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  12446. Why does your "God" not intervene and put a stop to the insanity?
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  12447.  @diggy58  Don't tell me what I "must" respect, FASCIST DICTATOR. It can't be proven there's a "God". Those who fall all over themselves insisting that the SPECULATIVE existence of "God" is instead a FACT are full of shit. I don't respect brainwashing in place of actual critical thought.
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  12448.  @diggy58  "Nothing harmful"? Show me a war and I'll show you a murderous "argument" based on "religion" -- which, while going about committing murders, preaches "peace".
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  12449.  SUKADIK6  Troll.
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  12450.  SUKADIK6  Anti-American troll.
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  12451. Scalia was "radicalized" -- see his elimination of the red line between elected civilian control of the military, and authorizing the far-right arming themselves to the teeth for their attack on separation of "eligion" and gov't.
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  12452. Doofus Doocy: there can be more than one cause of inflation at the same time.
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  12453. Perhaps Texas will determine that the United States hasn't been under British law since the "Declaration of Independence".
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  12454.  @squiggyg.8415  Still high on the Republican tradition of Smear and Fear politics, eh? Perhaps you should actually follow what is actually happening in Congress: both President Biden's brother Jim, and hunter Biden, testified to Comer and Gym Jordan's hogwash "investigation". It turns out that Comer/Jordan's "star witness" -- who is now sitting in jail -- was an asset of Russian intelligence LYING to the FBI. So all of the lying was blown out of the water and the facts emerged as they had always been, from the beginning of the traditional Republican Politics of Smear and Fear against them: NO ACTUAL SCANDAL. And we all STILL don't know if the ALLEGED "laptop" ever existed. In sum: Comer/Jordan's FIRST "star witness, who is still on the run from law enforcement, was connected to Chinese intelligence; and their SECOND "star witness" confessed to the fact that he was an asset for Russian intelligence who LIED to the FBI, and is now sitting in jail. As with "Benghazi," as with "Hillery's EMAILS!" -- another waste of multiple-millions of TAXDOLLARS funding the traditional Republican Politics of Smear and Fear based exclusively on mendacity and LIES. But you LOVE all that waste, all that destruction, because you don't realize that it adversely impacts YOU.
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  12455. Odd that they didn't have cell phones, because the Founders had airplanes.
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  12456. Can't you repeat what is written? Rapes have not increased because of abortion bans. Rape-caused pregnancies are made forced-births as result of the bans.
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  12457. When your behavior doesn't match one's professed "religion," then the "religious" "faith" is subject to question.
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  12458. Peterson is lacking in critical faculties as concerns his profession as he practices it.
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  12459. He could have worked remotely from D.C.
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  12460. Only "conservative" media would give a platform to a washed-up fraud such as O'Reilly. Broadcasting lies while masquerading as presenting "news".
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  12461. Per the Constitution, "We the people" are the gov't. Thus the gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people" as determined by "We the people". Why do Republicans not want "We the people" to rely on gov't?
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  12462. Are hostile foreign powers also clients of "Planet"?
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  12463. Stop being an ASS. LEARN how our system of gov't functions. Democracy is not a "half measure".
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  12464. It appears the end-caps of the vessel are intact. So the cylinder imploded.
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  12465.  @damondelgado4603  It's been politicized since "Heller" and establishing as "law" that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. That's why Scalia argued that the legislative history -- the DEBATES OF THE WRINIG of the Amendment -- was irrelevant. When one READS the Debates one learns that the PURPOSE of the Second Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. The ONLY "individual right" debates was this -- "but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [IN WELL-REGULATED MILITIA] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [IN WELL-REGULATED MILITIA]". That was OBVIOUSLY voted down BEFORE the Amendment was ratified.
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  12466.  @damondelgado4603  The fact remains that is has been politicized all along -- by Republicans.
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  12467. The REPUBLICANS are lying about Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid as adding to the debt/deficit. That has NEVER been true.
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  12468. You know nothing factual about Hillary. Wake up: silence is assent. When someone lies about you, and you say nothing, then you are perceived as agreeing that the lie is true.
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  12469.  @bernardgagnon1626  I'm responding INTELLIGENTLY to your comment.
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  12470.  @bernardgagnon1626  I have an excellent sense of humor. And when I use it it is obvious that it is that. You weren't joking; you were putting Hillary on the same level as Trump -- without a shred of actual legitimate EVIDENCE for doing so.
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  12471.  @bernardgagnon1626  As I substantiated, you typify Sanders' "fans"": you "distrust" Hillary Clinton based on UNSUBSTANTIATED smears against her, AND IGNORE SUBSTANTIATED criticisms of Sanders. You are as intellectually dishonest as Trump "fans": you don't care about facts or evidence. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Perhaps someday you'll gain sufficient political awareness to be able to rise to that principle, and thereafter not smear people regardless total lack of evidence. As I noted, discovery works in BOTH directions. And as I summarized, Hillary Clinton has nothing to hide or worry about in that regard.
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  12472. "We didn't have guns" = documented lie. "the others had guns" = law enforcement.
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  12473.  @imnotracistbut-9559  We are quoting TRUMP. He claimed -- falsely, with his own mouth -- that the "we" -- he and the insurrectionists -- didn't have guns; it is documented that they did. And that the "others" -- the police defending the Capitol against Trump's insurrection -- had guns. Trump is a low-energy whine-o speaking to his base in defense of violent criminal insurrectionist Ashlee Babbitt.
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  12474. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. That THEFT is a CRIME.
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  12475. I evaluate his psychology -- his thinking processes, and those lead to the underpinnings. He is a "conservative" social Darwinist -- none of which is "science".
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  12476. The indictment is based on EVIDENCE which constitutes sufficient probable cause -- a standard that already exists in law; not on the fact that Trump isn't liked, or the fact that Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal. Now the EVIDENCE will be tested IN COURT.
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  12477. All the UN diplomats from democratic countries walked out of the Russian speech and stood in unity in support of Ukraine. And the US population is massively opposing the Trump criminal enterprise. And some of those are MAGA.
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  12478. "We the people" are the gov't.
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  12479. Yes, it was pre-planned. Trump incited for months, meanwhile putting his hacks in such as Homeland Security and DOD to withhold Federal law enforcement.
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  12480. Electoral slates are chosen by the STATES -- where the president has no jurisdiction. So it is not in any way within a president's "official duties" as chief of law enforcement.
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  12481.  @StompingRabbits  I've yet to see ANY EVIDENCCE of election fraud from you anti-American DUPES of Trump's and the Republican's election fraud.
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  12482. They were all FOR the insurrection -- but were freaked by the OPTICS.
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  12483.  @av8rKCM  California is a community property state. Divorce pretty much guarantees the -- his -- assets split down the middle.
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  12484. Trump co-defendant/co-conspirator Harrison Floyd, who participated in the vile attack on Christian lady Ruby Freeman and her daughter, is sitting on his butt in jail, unable to afford a lawyer, and Trump ain't giving him a cent to hire a lawyer. And he was the "leader" of "Blacks Voice for Trump". Yep: Trump ain't got no voice for Floyd. There is only one way Trump isn't racist: he's put every color, but mostly whites, in jail, and that's where they continue to sit on their butts.
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  12485. The problem is that Netanyahu would get the weapons from elsewhere. Netanyahu is a fascist.
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  12486.  @mananimal3644  The United States has foreign policy agreements and commitments that are valid. When those are abused it takes time to modify the policy. That is especially difficult when the House Republicans side with Putin's anti-American subversion of US national security. NATO, as example, is the first line of defense of UNITED STATES' national security. And Ukraine is the first line of defense of democracy -- FOR the United States. Doubtless you also oppose supporting Ukraine against Putin's colonialism because you are clueless even as to the purposes of NATO. NATO is NOT what Trump claims -- funded by the United States for the sake of Europe. The monies to be paid by each of the NATO member countries in Europe is for their own DOMESTIC self-defense; those are not rates or amounts set by the United States: not all NATO members have the same size land masses or populations; the same rate does not result in the same amounts for the different members. Stop being a history-illiterate juvenile who can't see the forest for the trees. And stop smearing instead of learning how to HEAR diplomacy: FROM THE OUTSET Biden has been escalating against Netanyahu -- Netanyahu supports TRUMP and is also working to undermine Biden. Isn't it about time you began to figure out which side you're on -- the United States and Biden, or Netanyahu?
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  12487.  @mananimal3644  And you can't even express yourself literately.
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  12488.  @mananimal3644  Then you are voting for Netanyahu. And Netanyahu and Trump thank you for being all in against the Gazan Palestinian Semites.
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  12489.  @markclipsham9199  Not even a college student. For hundreds of years there were wars among western European nations -- typically England, France, and Germany -- usually two would side against the third. Twice those resulted in world wars that sucked the United State in. On the United States' initiative, NATO was estalished to put a stop to those wars -- and that has been a success. NATO was also established to crate a mutual DEFENSE pact for western Europe -- and East Block members -- against traditionally imperialist Russia. That is why it is a Putin lie that NATO is a "threat" to Russia; NATO is strictly defensive. And, as the United States put boots on the ground in Europe when sucked into those two world wars, and it resulted in great loss in treasure and troops, NATO is also the first line of defense of the United States against expansionist Russia. Better "they" fight 'them" "there" than the US yet again save Europe's ass from Russia. President Obama understood that vis-a-vis Libya: Europe expected the US to take the lead -- why not? Republicans had given them that expectation by sidestepping diplomacy in order to start shooting wars. But Obama pointed out that Libya is EUROPE'S front yard, not the US's, but that the US would supply air support -- NO US boots on the ground. Certainly the US is a treaty member of NATO -- READ the US Constitution: treatises are a part of the Constitution; a president cannot withdraw from the Constitution. And therefore the US owes NATO dues also. Trump -- who has been proven in court not to pay his bills -- is falsifying the relationship: the US does not fund NATO. And the amounts each NATO member is required to spend is for their DOMESTIC self-defense. The total amount for each member differs because the members aren't all the same size in land mass and population. Withdraw from NATO and the US is US boots on the ground again. Opposed to war? -- then defend NATO. And while at it, provide Ukraine the assistance it needs -- other NATO members are doing so -- in defense of democracy against Russia's illegal invasion based on the LIE that NATO being on Russia's border is a "treat" -- which is used as an excuse to threaten to invade, as example, Poland -- the result of which would be NATO on Russia's border, again according to Russia's LIE a "threat".
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  12490.  @lurklingX  And some see it as the only issue -- not recognizing that Netanyahu supports Trump and is deliberately undermining Biden. But Netanyahu can't win this: Schumer caused an earthquake in Israel by characterizing Israel as a 'pariah nation". Most jews in the US recognize that Netanyahu is damaging Israel in the view of the entire world. The 80 years of propaganda that Israel is a "victim" while it is committing genocide against Palestinian Semites is finally being seen through. And then there are the morons who don't understand why NATO exists and its purpose, so see no problem with Trump's intent to withdraw from that mutual defense pact. And don't know that treaties -- NATO was initiated by the United States -- are part of the Constitution -- no president can withdraw from the Constitution.
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  12491.  @markclipsham9199  A college student would be literate beyond a single issue that isn't as simple as the simpleton.
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  12492.  @markclipsham9199  I'm 75. The Republican Party has been warring against education since at latest the 1970s. First to go was civics education. Since then they are going after objective history in order to replace it with white supremacist indoctrination. All of it is backlash against the civil rights successes of the 1950s and 1960s, and the expansion of civil rights based on those gains. And they've been on steroids since President Obama was elected While Being Black -- they want to prevent that ever happening again. And they are willing to wipe out voting even for poor whites in effort to prevent it.
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  12493.  @mananimal3644  So you want a return of Trump -- because that is the consequence of your simpleton's view. So you oppose wars overseas, but want Trump to bring the bloodbath home to the United States. Smarts ain't your strength.
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  12494. You haven't convinced him to stop being dishonest. He reeks of red herrings.
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  12495. It's fake, intended to create sympathy for Trump.
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  12496. For the woman in the video: Trump wears more makeup than most women. But in both cases makeup is a deceit.
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  12497. The illegal guns in Chicago are illegally trafficked in from REPUBLICAN Indiana. The illegal guns in New York are illegally trafficked in from Vermont and Pennsylvania. That's why FEDERAL law is needed -- to protect STATES' RIGHTS -- to interdict that illegal trafficking. Those who bring up Chicago and New York can't help outing themselves as racists. Do the research: gun violence and deaths are HIGHEST in RED states.
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  12498.  @AberdolphLinklr  I hear your racism as substitute for knowing what you're talking about. 1. Mexican and Central American criminals are buying guns in Texas and bringing them back to their own countries. 2. I'm not your "friend": I adhere to facts, law and reason. REPUBLICAN Texass Gov. Abbott signed laws eliminating background checks, thereby making it legal for criminals to buy guns legally. 3. Non-criminals will "always" have guns until they kill someone thus making themselves into criminals. 4. The illegal guns in Chicago are trafficked in from lax-gun control REPUBLICAN-controlled Indiana. Illegal guns are trafficked into New York state from Vermont and other states with lax-gun control The solution is FEDERAL law to interdict that illegal inter-state trafficking in order to protect STATES' RIGHTS. I don't do propaganda, law-illiterate; I do LAW: ___ No law protects private fake "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___ And this is a familiar law -- gun control law has existed since the advent of guns. Note its date of enactment: ___ AT A COUNCIL Held at Boston, March 28, 1678. Whereas many Complaints have been made, that feveral Persons have been killed by such as have pretended to have fhot at Fowle, birds &c. and that in or near Highwayes; and many take the boldnefs upon them, Youths and grown Perfons, too frequently to fhoot within the Limits of Towns, Orchards, Gardens, &c. with bullets, greater or fmaller fhot, on pretence of fhooting at Marks, Birds, Fowle &c. whereby Perfons are endangered to be killed in their Gardens, Orchards, or adjacent Commons; To prevent fuch inconveniences and mifcheifs for the future, It is hereby Declared and Ordered, That all or any Perfon or Perfons of what age or Condition foever, that fhall henceforth prefume to fhoot off any Gun or Guns, charged with Bullet or Bullets, Swan, Goofe, or other fhot towards any Mark or place that the Militia in fuch Town or Towns have not appointed; or fo near or into any Houfe, Barn, Garden, Orchards or Highwayes in any town or towns of this Jurifdiction, whereby any perfon or perfons fhall or may be killed, wounded, or otherwife damaged, fuch perfon or perfons fo offending fhall be proceeded againft either as Murtherers, of fuch as have wounded or damaged any perfon or perfons in fuch place or places, fhall be liable to anfwer it, and to make full fatiffaction in all refpects to fuch perfon or perfons both for cure and damage; and be alfo liable to fuch further punifhment as the Authority of the place that hath Cognizance of the offence fhall appoint : And where either they be Servants or Youths under their Parents or Mafters and fhall not be able to make fuch fatifaction, fuch Parents or mafters fhall be liable to make full and due fatifaction in all respects : And the Select men of each town are hereby appointed to fee that this be put in execut[ion.] By the Council. Edward Rawson Secr' ____________ William Whitmore, "The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts-Bay. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, with the Supplements Through 1686" (Boston: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 349.
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  12499.  @AberdolphLinklr  I'm not a liar, therefore I'm not a bot.
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  12500. You mean Brand's "brand" is a huckster, a grifter, a bullshitter? I'd be shocked if I had been to this moment 'unwoke". And serial-adulterer Trump is selling "Bibles".
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  12501.  @annabellelee4535  Again, you are repeating the Republican attack on education because their plan is to have a population that is stupid and controlled by them. Trump said he "loves the uneducated". And the uneducated fell for it, and obeyed his instructions, and he lead them by the nose into JAIL. While he played golf. You know nothing about education, which is why you ATTACK it.
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  12502.  @williamogilvie6909  I'm 75. I've attended universities. You sound the same as the old farts who supported Nixon-Agnew, and the fraudulent US intervention in Vietnam. What I do know is the history. Netanyahu has cut off all food, water, and energy to Gaza -- which is an open prison maintained by Israel. That is a declaration of COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT -- which is a WAR CRIME.
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  12503.  @tictoc5443  Are you qualified to "vet" anyone? Are all those who know more than you in the wrong? you know nothing about university environment or purpose. It is where one looks at ALL sides of an issue, not only the side endorsed by this or that gov't or propagandist. Gaza is an open prison -- its residents do not have the option of leaving. And it is maintained as that by Israel. Claiming to be a victim while bullying others has become a popular ruse.
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  12504.  @tictoc5443  We aren't talking about "around the world". We're talking about the HISTORY you don't understand. Against PROMISE Israel, from the moment it was established, has been an expansionist colonial power. They've been about clearing the land of non-Jewish Semites -- Palestinians -- and grabbing the land for Israel -- a former Israeli ambassador described Israel as a democratic JEWISH state, a THEOCRACY. A theocratic TYRANNY. That's what all the ILLEGAL settlements OUTSIDE Israel's borders, and annexing that land, is about. It's all about the vision of "Greater Israel" using the "Bible" as their "deed". Israel's president Herzog expressly said that ALL Palestinians -- this is a LIE -- are Hamas. And Netanyahu has declared -- yet again -- that the official Israeli policy is COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT, which means punishing ALL Palestinians without regard for who is innocent and who is not; ALL are viewed as guilty. COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT was declared a WAR CRIME because it was used by the WW II German Nazis AGAINST JEWS. How is it that ISRAEL is exempt from the rules?
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  12505.  @tictoc5443  If you want to do that you have to stop excluding the HISTORY of ISRAEL'S behaviors over the 75 years of its existence. Claiming to be a victim is a popular ruse, a popular cover, for BULLIES. Look at Trump for an example of that scam. And listen to the UN: Israel has ORDERED the Palestinians -- 1.1 MILLION -- in northern Gaza to move to south Gaza -- which is IMPOSSIBLE: the south is ALSO crammed with people. At the same time, Israel has been concentrating its attacks on SOUTHERN Gaza. So how are the Gazans going to be SAFE by moving to SOUTHERN Gaza? LISTEN to what Netanyahu is saying -- and compare that with INTERNATIONAL LAW, which PROHIBITS Israel doing what he says Israel is doing and going to do. None of that is new about Israel. Neither is the constant Israeli claim that Israel is the ONLY "victim".
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  12506.  @tictoc5443  You have to see through the propaganda: there are standards in INTERNATIONAL LAW against which to compare and contrast Israel's declared policies. Hitler called Jews, among other things, "animals". Netanyahu calls the Palestinians -- without distinguishing between Hamas and all the Palestinians who AREN'T Hamas -- "animals". Where is the difference between the two? Over the next several weeks things are going to get worse; and Israel is going to get away with it less and less. There are already hints in Biden's public statements that ware warnings to Israel: to STOP the constant dehumanizing of Palestinians in service to the overriding goal: clearing the land outside Israel's borders and annexing that land as part of "Greater Israel". Israel is opposed to the two state solution BECAUSE that would stop the land-grabbing.
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  12507.  @tictoc5443  There are many different tribes in the Middle east. Palestinians is one of the most maligned and scapegoated by all the others. And in the lead on doing that is Israel. They are able to get away with it in part because the others also look down on the Palestinians. But just because they are scapegoated and maligned does not mean that the attacks on them are truthful or justified.
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  12508. The troops are always lied to and fed illusions of personal glory. All countries do it.
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  12509.  @dougrogan379  And you white folks all become bookkeepers when it comes to making up for the arsenic pudding clearing of the land of the indigenous peoples who continue to be your racial inferiors. After all, they still owe you at least a pound of flesh each for your having gifted them with civilization.
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  12510. @@AquaFyre And we can be certain that white Australians reject their historic privileges over the "darkies" they are now so stringently observing for "advantages" which the continuing racism wants cut off. We're all for gifting out civilization to those who have been oppressed -- so long as it doesn't cost us white folks any MONEY, which is of course essential to undoing the harm done by the several hundred years of racist oppression. It's the same in Canada (which is digging up anonymous graves of children segregated into "Indian" schools designed to strip them of everything that makes them other than "white"). And in the US: sure, you were enslaved and deprived of agency and assets, and post-slavery you've been subject to equivalent of slavery, which continues, but NO REPARATIONS!
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  12511.  @originalsusser  We get the same white supremacist squealing by the "victims" of equality for ALL before the law. We even have a right-wing extremism that labels enforcement of the law against them ALSO as being "fascism". See as most prominent example Trump and his supporters. Trump, the proclaimed multi-billionaire is a "victim" of "oppression" despite his hiring a whole crowd of lawyers, while 99 per cent of his "victimizers" can't afford even one lawyer. They're equivalent of tax protesters: they didn't "agree" to the Constitution and laws, so exempt themselves from the costs -- but not the rights and privileges -- for civil society. "Sovereign" entitlement and exemption from the rule of law. I've been fed up with the white supremacist whining about being "victims" since third grade; and I'm now 75.
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  12512.  @originalsusser  And no one ever investigates the histories of the white COLONISTS of "Australia" that is so diligently invasive as to the histories of indigenous "Australians". It's amazing how white supremacists constantly call themselves out -- and not only because of their maniacal obsession with whether non-whites are actually and legitimately non-white. As if their actual objection is that their racism shouldn't cost them their historic and continuing social and economic advantages or -- above all -- financially. What the heck, it's the white colonists who had to foot the bill for all the arsenic pudding used to clear the land of the undesirables/indigenous. It's all about keeping the indigenous in their subordinate "place".
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  12513.  @wendybond2848  Same stuff happens in the United States: the right-wing is manically obsessed with "illegal immigrants" while "studiously" (spelled "stupidly") ignoring the fact that the colonies that became the United States were founded on lands given to colonists by the English king -- even though the English king didn't own the lands he was giving away, and even though English law would define that action as illegal theft. In short, they ignore the fact that they are descendants of illegal immigrants.
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  12514.  @yvonnerolley9676  To which I've referred -- and I'm in the US, which -- if one awakes and pays attention -- teaches what systemic racism looks like. People of color are always suspect, and constantly accused without a shred of evidence other than the racism behind the accusation.
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  12515.  @originalsusser  "Only ignorant latte sipping inner city types voted yes". Another right-wing bigot against his perceived SUPERIORS.
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  12516.  @willystalla  "Lots of people complained about the bank bailouts back in 2008 and the PPP loans in 2020/21." How many have been cancelled and clawed back?
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  12517. Why should he? He already has all the answers -- ready-mades handed him by the right-wing defenders of wealth disparity.
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  12518. IN FACT, Mexicans and Central Americans are buying guns in Texas and taking them back into Mexico and Central America. Remember the SMEAR against Obama for "running guns" into Mexico -- which was a program INHERITED from the G. DUI Bushit administration.
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  12519. Anyone is Texas can get a gun without a permit. That includes criminals. So the NRA has succeeded in also arming crimianls as excuse to sell more guns and make more MONEY, which is all it's about: BLOOD MONEY.
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  12520. I'm not.
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  12521. DEI implements Federal anti-discrimination laws. That is why it is under attack: Trump wants to replace that with a "right" to discriminate. The pilots of BOTH aircraft were WHITE MEN.
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  12522. Weisselberg kept the two sets of books. Exposing the workings of the Trump criminal enterprise will expose Trump; Trump always claims to be the BOSS in charge, then when targeted he whines that he's a "victim".
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  12523. Netanyahu supports anti-Semite Trump.
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  12524. This is as much bullshit as the claim that gun control is "anti"-gun. But we get the Sanders cult's message: to criticize Saint Bernie is to be "against" him, because Saint Bernie is perfect.
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  12525.  dadfud4869  So you're against gun control. That's what we need: anti-intellectual out of control fruit-fringers having unfettered access to drugs and guns. We have rule of law because humans aren't perfect. We have gun-control -- such as it is -- because humans aren't perfect. Yet Sanders voted with the extremist far-RIGHT domestic terrorist organization NRA to PROTECT the gun industry. Lecture Newtown and El Paso, etc., etc., etc., about how Sanders cares about others than himself.
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  12526.  @amandabell6356  They know their stuff? And they have no problem with the fact that his 2016 campaign manager, who worked with Paul Manafort in Ukraine to elect the pro-Russian, had to resign because of the Sanders' campaign computer hacking of the DNC? You mean that stuff -- which is a felony? Let me guess: if Sanders isn't the nominee, you'll vote for Trump. Because you "know your stuff". I wasn't born yesterday; you obviously were.
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  12527.  dadfud4869  Your name-calling defines you as having nothing of substance to contribute. You'd be more persuasive if totally silent.
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  12528.  @amandabell6356  I'm an elder, and have an education in law. You Sanders "fans" have an education in entertainment, celebrity, and uncontrolled fantasy. Sanders is selling old-school Socialist pablum for "the [faceless] masses". You're so unschooled in politics, and political history, that you have no context by means of which to give grounded meaning to your self-alienating bubble. A poll of the supporters of the various candidates were asked if they would support a different candidate if their candidate were not the nominee. 14 per cent -- the highest percentage -- of Sanders "fans" said "No". In other words, the Republicans just effectively nullified the Constitution, and you won't vote if Sanders isn't the nominee. Or you will vote for Trump because you have no sense of the clear and present danger we are in right now.
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  12529.  dadfud4869  My work in law for more than 30 years has been for gun control. I happen to know a vast amount more than you about the issue, But that requires doing more than sitting on one's ass and name-calling people online. Critically evaluate your "thinking"; but first stop "thinking" with your knee-jerk feelings: If we are BOTH FOR gun control, then why are you attacking an ally for being FOR gun control?
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  12530.  dadfud4869  Your racism -- and gratuitous political stupidity -- are showing. I first voted for president in 1972. Obama is so far the best president of my lifetime. And Clinton was without question qualified. And the number of her achievements for children, mothers, and families during her 8 years in the Senate buried Sanders' three bills in twenty-five years. You have no idea of politics, or political history, that doesn't come from the sensationally ineffective, or the sensationally criminal. If Sanders is the nominee, he will be destroyed in a week -- especially when the media are flooded with his writings, when in his 30s, about children and sex. But if it isn't sensational, and hopefully salacious -- entertaining -- it isn't worthy of cultish attention, eh?
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  12531.  dadfud4869  I have a resume of at least 6 pages of achievements in community work. What have you done but sit on your ass engaging in childish personal attacks in "defense" of that which you can't defend, so you attack those who criticize the Sanders deficiencies based upon the actual facts. What I'm telling you, punk, is that I've been active in politics since at least third grade, when I first learned of Lincoln and his principle, "Everybody equal before the law." That was during the 1950s. Even before being graduated from high school I knew US involvement in Vietnam was a fraud, and was vocal against it. At the time those vocally opposed could be counted on less than one hand. I knew Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin personally during the height of my activism against US involvement in Vietnam. I directly witnesses their "tactics": the only thing the seemed able to do was start riots, and get the media to blame those they provoked for starting it. They were assholes. Despite all their "anti-capitalist"" rhetoric, Rubin became a stockbroker. I not only have more than 60 years of political awareness, my political activism is more than 50 years. and you're going to tell me what a tired 1960s radical named Sanders is? I've seen and heard his rhetoric for decades. And I've seen his contrary ACTIONS. His slinging of RIGHT-wing smears -- FaLSE smears -- at Clinton showed who he is: an opportunistic liar. The same goes for his standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serially lying about releasing his tax returns. Clinton, by contrast, had released THIRTY YEARS of her's and Bill's tax returns at the same time that she announced her campaign. So what does Trump do? Destroy. And what has Sanders promised yet again? Destruction. They are both demagogues promising with word one thing, and DOING something else. We;ve had enough of the destruction -- we are on the brink of losing the rule of law altogether, and the Sanders CULT, it's self-flattering head petulantly stuck in the quicksand, are willing to finish Trump's destruction for a fantasy. Like it or not, Hillary is correct in her statement that nobody liked Sanders. The actual evidence speaks for itself: he passed three bills during TWENTY-FIVE YEARS because "my way or the highway" inflexibility. He couldn't recruit allies because he would not compromise. And you believe as president, OUTSIDE the Congress, he would be MORE effective with Congress? Dream on. Just leave the seasoned out of your backs-to-reality circle jerk.
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  12532.  @amandabell6356  So you didn't follow the 2016 campaign. IN FACT, the Sanders campign DID hack the DNC computer, as result of which his campaign manager resigned. It subsequently came out that his campaign manager worked with Paul Manaforti n Ukraine electing the pro-Russian, which latter was run out of office by the Ukrainian people, whereas he fled to Russia. Those were well known facts at the time; so either you weren't following the FACTS then, or you are simply denying the facts because your cult leader is more important than the FACTS. It is also the FACT that during the 2016 primary Sanders repeatedly said he'd release his tax returns -- so did Trump -- but neither did so, In short: BOTH of them LIED. And now he is being divisive again by again attacking the largest percentage of Liberal and Progressive voters: the Democratic Party. That was one of the several reasons he lost the primary to Clinton: he wasn't a Democrat, he promised to destroy the Democratic Party, and then AFTER being allowed to run as a Democrat, he worked to destroy both the Party and Clinton. He, and Comey, and the Russians, helped elect Trump. That's your "cure" for the division and destruction wrought by Trump -- more division and destruction? The far Left has a theory that by helping elect the far-RIGHT, the ppression that will result would, the next time around, result in victory for the Left. The fatal flaw in that theory is that the far right, once in power, will do whatever is necessary to eliminate any threat from the Left. See Chile under Pinochet. See Argentina under right-wing dictatorship.
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  12533.  @reason6835  Simply quoting Trump.
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  12534.  @frankbandera6591  The Founders were for a strong centralized Federal gov't -- read The Federalist. But they were also for three co-equal branches; "Project 2025 elevates the residency above the other two branches. You believe what you're told because you have no interest in facts and truth. Clue: That you voted for, wishing it on others, will ALSO fall on YOU. That's how fascism works: those who support it are also the victims of it.
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  12535. Call it what it is: FOX is not about "narrative"; it is PROPAGANDA.
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  12536.  @MrDavidBFoster  John Adams MEANT it. His cousin Sam Adams was the propagandist. John Adams hated the British. But he defended the British troops involved in the "Boston Massacre" (which was NOT a "massacre") because he believed that a person charged with a serious crime should not want for a competent defense. As a lawyer he LOST a lot of business because of that ethical stand. John Adams was the ONLY Founder who was unequivocally opposed to slavery. Your idea that "politician" = "evil," with no exceptions, is stupid extremism based on an ignorant sense of moral superiority.
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  12537.  @MrDavidBFoster  See the HBO biopic about John Adams. Learn some FACTS about him, instead of stupidly smearing everyone who happens to be a politician. Are you FOR representative democracy? If so, then who should represent you if not "politicians" who represent a constituency which includes people who disagree with you?
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  12538. When will Bash be honest with herself about the fact that she FAILED.
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  12539. It's obvious that guns are not the solution to gun violence.
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  12540. In the Tweets there is mention of a Jordan.
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  12541. The bond must be one-hundred-and-TWENTY per cent of the judgment.
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  12542. People are tired of getting ripped off? The wealthy HATE paying taxes -- while everyone else's taxes support the quality of life the wealthy enjoy. Massachusetts deadbeats who don't want to pay taxes for their quality of life/racists are fleeing to Florida.
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  12543. The Democratic Convention nomination process was wonderful: peoples speaking from who they are, including from the Territories (who are relegated to second- third-class status)..
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  12544.  @Scanner9631  Jones is finished. He just doesn't know it yet. He has no assets but can pay top-dollar lawyers.
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  12545. The EVIDENCE is conclusive of his guilt. But one wonders at is the superhuman physical skill of Trump shooting himself in both feet while both feet were in his mouth.
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  12546.  @jeffreysmith694  At least Fetterman doesn't have a bunch of out-of-wedlock kids he's abandoned and a record of paying women to get abortions and SHUT UP about it. And then jabbers about the "Bible". HYPOCRISY is your king.
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  12547.  @jeffreysmith694  It is obvious that Walker is suffering the late stages of brain damage: look at his expressionless face when he isn't talking. You fools will vote for anything so long as it's all about lying, power, and defrauding voters of their money. How much money did Trump grift from the Walker campaign?
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  12548.  @jeffreysmith694  You racists never fail to show your racism -- it is always your central focus even when you have to make it up out of thin air. Guess what, LOSER: Fetterman, of Pennsylvania, WON, and New Jersey resident Dr. "Space Shot/Fraud" Oz LOST. And note that Hershel Walker doesn't lie in Georgia -- his LEGAL RESIDENCE is TEXAS. Do you and your "heroes" EVER NOT LIE? Keep it up --and keep on LOSING. And Trump -- third-generation New York con-man and career criminal -- is going down with the BIGGEST crash OF ALL TIME.
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  12549.  @jeffreysmith694  "not as much as the FTX scandal which funnelled 40 million to Sleepy Joe." Where is your EVIDENCE for that allegation, foul-mouthed low-life? Yes, law- and history-illiterate: you want the FASCISTS in. Heil TRUMP!
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  12550.  @jeffreysmith694  I LOVE "owning" you extremist fruit-fringe FASCISTS! Doubly so "owning" you RACISTS! Everyone sees you for the fucking moron you and your ilk are. If not for your KKKULT you wouldn't have any "friends". They problem is that you're "relationships" with your "friends" are all based on degenerate ILLUSION. All you live to do is to HATE -- and that affects ALL your "relationships". Here's an oldie for you: "Love it or LEAVE it!"
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  12551.  @jeffreysmith694  No, silly little self-righteously wrong nincompoop child. I'm laughing my ass off at how seriously you take your violent macho manly man delusions. Clue: the problem for EXTREMISTS such as you is that you're INEVITABLY a MINORITY -- look up "bell curve" as applies to statistics. That why you become obnoxious loud-mouths when you tantrum in effort to not be IGNORED. Another clue: the first victim of your sociopathic hatred is YOU. What an AWFUL feeling hatred is!
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  12552.  @jeffreysmith694  Burned any books lately, chump?
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  12553.  @jeffreysmith694  So I made you cry! YYYAAAAYYY!!!! Go tell your mommy to change your diaper -- you're stinking p the place.
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  12554.  @jeffreysmith694  Wearing ME down!? Admit it: you were expelled from pre-school for refusing to potty train in the nihilistic name of "freedom". And you've been getting dumber ever since. It's your profession. Clue: the Founders were Liberals, and they established a liberal democracy. And the mainstream is the MAJORITY. You are fruit-fringe extremist; you hate everything because you refuse to take responsibility for the fact that you're a loser. That's your career: professional loser. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal, and he has you utterly stupid suckers FLEECED. Look in a mirror, Sheeple.
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  12555.  @jeffreysmith694  No, asshole: I have an education in law, and you and your anti-American cult REJECT the rule of law. It's that simple. I adhere to facts and law, and you and your cult have no idea what you're talking about. You're simpletons, preschoolers, as concerns reason. Show us you know how to go away.
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  12556.  @icecube721  But not to his abandoned out-of-wedlock children.
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  12557. In order to find "evidence" of voter fraud one must violate the law.
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  12558. Talk to the REPUBLICANS in CONGRESS for REFUSING to adequately fund the United States Postal Service in order to update allegedly "OLD" equipment. In contrast, Amazon's use of the USPS is in practical terms a BAIL-OUT refused by the Republicans in Congress. Didn't Trump actually vote-by-mail in florida while still living in New York?
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  12559. But let's not talk about the guns, okay? The person didn't shoot others with a game.
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  12560.  @Cp3786  Troll. Buh-bye.
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  12561.  @nicocrestmere9688  And many are oversimplifying by failing to distinguish between the honest and the bullshitters.
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  12562. Trump is ignorant of actual history. It's all bullshit.
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  12563.  @Gogetta80  It's a "joke" in keeping with YOUR rules: name-calling.
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  12564.  @pamelacole2756  If the monarchy is not part of the gov't then it can't prorogue the gov't.
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  12565. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12566. "Law and Order" is Republiconservaspeak code for cops beating people with clubs. That is not the same as rule of law.
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  12567. How about dealing with the out-of-control gun pandemic?
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  12568. Under the repudiation of the Constitution by the unconstitutional "immunity" decision, anyone who called for the impeachment of Trump would be targeted for assassination. Why was that fact not raised during the Supreme Court hearing on that case? Why did the "LIBERAL" Justices not point to that fact?
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  12569. Does the plaintiff present the VIDEO of her attacking the "peaceful transfer of power" as if unique to "Joe Biden"?
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  12570. Eastman has an opportunity: a plea deal in exchange for testifying against Trump.
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  12571.  @Jmjdit  He's a TV personality, a celebrity, an entertainer. He does not actually have a "practice" with actual patients. He doesn't even qualify as a theoretician. And he is overtly a right-wing Republican pushing his politics -- none of which has anything to do with psychology or science. In sum: he is full of shit.
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  12572.  @onefabknitternz  "Dr. Phil" is an entertainer, and it has made him a multi-millionaire. He doesn't actually practice what he preaches. He's not even qualified to be a qualified theoretician. In sum: He is full of shit, and anyone who believes his spew is stupid.
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  12573. The mistake at the beginning was getting tricked into talking about "abortion," therefore giving the anti-choice fanatics publicity they wanted. WOMEN should have spoken out about the fact that the issue is problem pregnancies -- about which MEN in particular know next no nothing about -- some of which can only be resolved by means of the medical procedure of abortion. Now we're playing catch-up.
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  12574. Actually you didn't think, which is why you believe that poppycock.
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  12575. Many do -- especially those promoting domestic terrorism. All of that is based on law-illiterate gibberish. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake. ___ Such people identify the victim as the "Devil".
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  12576. It will at least stink.
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  12577. Attack on public health and safety -- on science and reason -- "wins". As result more will die.
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  12578. I believe it was Dave who had the stroke.
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  12579. How much money does Will Smith make for Hollywood?
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  12580. Republicans. Reagan initiated the sedition with his disparagement of the words, "I'm from the gov't, and I'm here to help you." He was saved from death by assassination by the taxpayer-funded gov't and services. Apparently the belief was that he was incarcerated at the time.
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  12581.  @boejiden7093  Planet earth. I assume you live somewhere else, and are what earth humans would call "a space shot".
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  12582. Democratic process is compromise. Opposition to compromise is opposition to democracy.
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  12583. At his press conference Republican Gov. Abbott said the Uvalde killer had no record of "mental issues," then said that, therefore, we should focus on "mental issues".
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  12584. Bernie Sanders helped elect Trump the first time. He's a selfish shithead -- a demagogue to the same degree as Trump.
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  12585. I've been predicting since Harris's initial surge that it is building to a landslide for Harris. The January 6th insurrection and Dobbs decision were the breaking points for Republicans. And Liz Cheney has been effective in elisiting that tenor.
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  12586. There are more indictments against Trump coming.
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  12587. They were TRESSPASSING because tours were SUSPENDED because of COVID.
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  12588. Actually he did nothing of the kind. Let us know what you saw after you've actually watched the press conference. Much of it will be over your head, of course, because central to his long career has been foreign policy -- he is of the ELITE in that category, which you have been brainwashed to HATE. Trump has no idea what foreign policy is; he's dancing to Communist dictator Putin's tune.
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  12589.  @wolfmanhat33  Which isn't a certainty, of course. "Project 2025" is getting much attention on CREDIBLE media.
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  12590. @@mustafamuse643 The idea that "God" must run the entire infinite universe -- except to pause to pay individual attention to infinitesimal human ego, vanity, is astoundingly absurd. Astoundingly arrogant in its inflated self-importance.
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  12591. Sow climate change denial, reap hurricanes.
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  12592. Watch Republican Toobin muddy the waters.
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  12593. False.  the term "Moderates" or "centrists" encompass a range of positions, both Left of Center and Right of center.And FDR was a centrist.  Eleanor was the Progressive.  And Sanders is to the LEFT of Progressive.  The difference?  Progressives actually get things done -- see "New Deal"; Social Security; Medicaid and Medicare; Leftists pass three bills in twenty-five years.
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  12594. There are a few Leftists.  But what was the Left -- the "New Left" -- of the 60s collapsed when it o longer had an enemy to blackguard. The Sanders Left and the Trump Right both rely on smearing others, in place of offering something positive, constructive, and VIABLE.
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  12595. Dig it: she asked RACIST Trump if something he said that is racist is racist. Surprise: he answered "NO".
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  12596. Jokes are funny. Trump is a clear and present danger to the rule of law.
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  12597. A victory for Republican deregulation!
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  12598.  @Alfans-Imperator  Jordan Peterson.
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  12599. Nothing like the petty smears of Clinton of Democrats from Snders and his "fans" without a shred of evidence for any of it. Assholes: Clinton is experienced in politics, and dealing with the smears. You jerks sit on the sdielines and take cheap shots -- but never get into the qrena. And there is no reason to extend vindictive prick Sanders any false favors. When Sanders was smearing her with Republican lies, she did not respond in kind.
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  12600.  @sairassiili  yes, I am certain. I made a point of listening to Sanders every Sunday on "Air America," and I liked nearly everything he said. But then in 2016 I saw him campaig. He began by promising to destroy the Democratic -- but not the Republican? -- Party. Then, when the Party graciously allowed him to run as a Democrat, he continued trashing the Party -- shitting on the Party's living room rug -- and constnatly trashed Clinton with REPUBLICAN/RIGHT-wing SMEARS. Sanders "fans," of course, LOVED the feces-slinging, failing to see through the smears to who Clinton has actually always been. Right of of college, she worked for the Childrens' Defense Fund -- which is PROGRESSIVE, but not far-LEFt, like the totally ineffective legislator Sanders -- in New Bedford, MA. Clinton is an Eleanor Roosevelt Progressive -- about whom Sanders "fans" know NOTHING: it was Eleanor Roosevelt who provided the CONTENT of the "New Deal". At the time disabled kids weren't allowed a public education, so she went around collecting their stories. That eventuated in the Federal "Disabled Education Act". Clinton's entire career has been focused on the interests of CHILDREN, and therfore by extension the intersts of MOTHERS and FAMILIES. Quick and obvious clue: when a candiate attacks his opponent, the attacks deserve critical scrutiny, because in politics they tend to be LIES. And while Sanders had a field day slinging REPUBLICAN/RIGHT-wing smears at Clinton, she did not respond in kind. Yet his sucker "fans" BELIEVE all that horseshit because Saint Sanders can do no worng. Is Clinton corruupt, as Sanders asserted -- using REPUBLICAN/RIGHT-wing smears? Let's look at the FACTS, babykins: For 30 years, the Republicans -- who HATE the Clinton's gguts -- invented FAKE "scandals," slung tem at the clintons, and then DEMANDED they be investigated. So when the Republicans controlled Congress, they "investigated" their fake "scandals" -- and IN EVERY INSTANCE campe up EMPTY, which was PREDICTABLE in advance. As for the Clinton impeachment: if Ken Starr had found ANY corruption, we never would have heard of Lewinski. During the 2016 primary -- the ACTUAL Democrat got more votes than he; that's all there is to it -- Sanders revealed himself to be a vindictive prick. Even when he LOST the primary he didn't withjdraw, which would have been the mature, responsible thing to do; instead he continued to trash the Party -- the only one of the two major parties with which he'd had a chance -- and Clinton. As for his attacks on "special interests": he voted to PROTECT the gun industry, which was a top priority of the extremist RIGHT-wing ANTI-"Socialist domestic terrorist organization NRA. Protecting the gun industry is protecting a "special interest"; and that let's it off the hoof to continue to be an overt threat to public safety by creating bloody mayhem. Only one other interest had such legal protections in US history: big tobacco. If you hadn't noticed, tobacco and guns are DEADLY.
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  12601. Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The political bullshit should be ignored by the court. Butt a Trump judge may not have heard of John Adams.
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  12602. In the DC case Trump tried the exact same tactic. He lost in the lower court, and on appeal a Trump-appointed judge rejected it. So Cannon is the outlying liar.
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  12603. Ruby was a gangster -- Mafia. And you want us to believe there is something rational about being Mafia?
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  12604.  @montelsprinkle8751  No one knows what Oswald had to say because he was murdered. Stop making up or buying into unsubstantiated horseshit.
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  12605. Your high on the rhetorical superficialities. Look beyond those to his premises, and their roots. He's a reactionary "conservative". Old-school social Darwinism. Survival of the fittest.
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  12606. NATO is not dead. NATO will survive and be strengthened. Europe has already been providing more support to Ukraine than has the US. That support will increase.
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  12607.  @WesB1972  It isn't only talk. And Canada both added a 100 per cent tariff on Tesla (sale have dropped nearly 70 per cent in Germany) and changed trade for EVs to China.
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  12608. I began in 1985 with a Commodore 64 and 300 baud modem. I came to prefer LZH.
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  12609. Because stupidity is their idea of being smart.
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  12610. The trial breaking up the AT&T monopoly went on and on for at least 10 years.
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  12611. The lies that affect YOU are those told by TRUMP. But let's indulge racism in effort to AVOID that fact.
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  12612. Now that he's wealthy he has "integrity, morals and ethics".
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  12613. Let's just say that George, based on his own admission, can afford to have "integrity, morals and ethics" that he didn't have when a Republican operative focused on the bottom line of getting rich and electing Republicans like G. DUI Bushit, Dick "Dick" Cheney, and Sarah Palin -- which list of incompetents and nasties eventuated in Trump. And all that trend originated with Reagan's implementation of the anti-gov't sedition, especially against civil rights of minorities. And Tim and the other "moderate" Republicans continue their addiction to the Reagan fraud. He was a celebrity, He had "glamor". And Nancy advised him based on her consultations with an astrologer. These are people of privilege who put their privilege first. After that they talk about caring about morals and integrity, and blah-blah-blah. Conway was married -- for many years -- to the nastiest b*tch on the planet. Only after she exposed what she is publicly, at length, as Trump's viciously abusive harpy did Conway decide to get away from her -- why would anyone want to be PUBLICLY known to have such an association. But you can bet she was instrumental in him becoming wealthy.
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  12614.  @racheltaylor185  You actually believe the legal profession obeys the ethical requirements?
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  12615.  @Hiddeny.2044  And he stayed with it for decades, even through most of the first Trump criminal enterprise. He got his wealth, then got out into an "ethicality" that retains the wealth.
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  12616. This trial has been characterized as the least important. I think it's the most important because it exposes Trump's amoral character in the raw. It is the one trial that most puts Trump back on his heels -- it risks cutting through to the shame has been running from his entire life. He could deteriorate into disabling depression.
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  12617. Methinks the illiterate is clueless as to what "pronouns" are.
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  12618. It was a volatile relationship. They both provoked each other. But we get the politics: all evil originates with men, and women are only ever victims. Which "fact" doesn't explain the murders of partners and children by women. Oh, right: it's always "self-defense," even when a woman murders a child.
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  12619.  @billysmith8261  President Andrew Jackson lost a case in the Supreme Court. He challenged them to enforce it. He got away with ignoring it. As I SAID: watch lower courts -- including the Federal -- begin to ignore the US Supreme Court. The "immunity" decision is both blatantly unconstitutional and a repudiation of the Constitution. Only law-illiterate Trumpers with no cognizance of consequences believe that decision should be obeyed.
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  12620. The thing that offended me most by President Obama was his choosing a foreign mustard instead of '"French's".
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  12621. If he cared about the American people, moron, he'd have trashed the REPUBLICAN Party, NOT the Democratic Party. Even after he LOST the primary, he REFUSED to concede -- sound familiar? -- in order to continue trashing the party and smearing Clinton. So after four years of Trump -- who he HELPED ELECT -- we are closer than ever to losing democracy. But we get it: don't criticize Saint Sanders, else we'll attack the critic, instead of addressing the issue.
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  12622. ALL of the witnesses who testified to the Committee were REPUBLICAN TRUMPERS.
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  12623.  @unclejoe3397  Theology and philosophy are not science. Neither are his political views.
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  12624. His boss speaks Russian.
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  12625. The "Watergate" hearings were edge-of-the-seat. While the Congress was developing evidence and presenting it to the public, the "Washington Post" was publishing daily revelations, and Nixon was bobbing and weaving and doing all he could to preserve the cover-up. And amid all that his VP, Agnew, was indicted for bribery, pled "no contest" -- bagman bagged -- and resigned.
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  12626.  @jamtommy6446  There are costs to the sanctions; they sanctions were implemented because of Putin's actions. During WW II the United States was under rationing, and the PATRIOTIC Americans had no complaints against that fact: it was for the survival of democracy. Britain's rationing lasted into the 1960s. The question is whether MAGA morons are willing to sacrifice for democracy, or are they instead crybabies.
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  12627.  @cynjwilliams6886  Educate yourself: "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12628. Cuomo is referring to the FACT that the virus that hit NewYork was a second strain that came from EUROPE.
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  12629.  @DeRocco21  Yes, the Second Amendment is law. No one said otherwise. But the LIES about its intent from the gun industry through it's political front NRA are LIES: ___ The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12630.  @olympicfireball  Gibberish. Those privileges establish and protect rights of privacy. But the religioEXTREMISTS DENY there is a right of privacy. And you agree with them because you oppose the SC decisions based thereon. Get a Clue: "Griswold" -- which legalized the use of contraceptives was based on the right of privacy. "Roe" the same. This is what is in that loss of right for MEN: No contraction + no abortion = state-enforced CHILD SUPPORT.
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  12631.  @olympicfireball  Neither is "individual right to own guns" in the Constitution.
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  12632.  @olympicfireball  YOU are IGNORING the FACTS AND LAW with which I SUBSTANTIATE. I ignore NOTHING; rather I know their SOURCES in the evolution of the law.
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  12633. NONE of those are law, NONE are in context, and NONE are cited to any sources. AND AGAIN: Jeferson was in France during the writing and ratification of the Constitution. Jefferson was in France during the writing and ratification of the Bill of Rights. In short: he had nothing whatever to do with either; and his opinion is NOT LAW. Do you have ANY idea the legitimate processes by means of which laws are made!? They are NOT made out of the used toilet paper of such as Jefferson. AGAIN: you are a law-illiterate without the least clue how to distinguish -- it isn't rocket science -- between LAW and NON-LAW. AND you are ignoring the SUPREME Law of the Land by wallowing in IRRELEVANT state-level POLITICAL rhetoric. Do yourself a favor, dunce: see if you can find the SOURCE of ANY ONE of those ALLEGED quotations. Let's assume you choose a statement made by a STATE legislature in a state legislative body. Note the DATE of that statement -- assuming the statement isn't wholly made up -- and compare it with the ACTUAL LAW in that state at that time. Clue: that some state legislator made some statement in a state legislature is IRRELEVANT to the Debates in the US Congress, the US Constitution including as it does the SUPREMACY Clause.
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  12634.  @olympicfireball  I said nothing about a college shooting at any time.
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  12635.  @olympicfireball  I'll ask again: Are you suggesting that there are no STATUTORY provisions regarding the several privileges?
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  12636.  @olympicfireball  "you are ignoring the right of the people part of the second amendment". I absolutely am not ignoring it. I've REPEATEDLY made clear that that was adopted from the FOUR STATE Militia Clauses that used that phrase as the WELL-REGULATED MILITIA. Your problem -- which you don't recognize -- is that you don't know what you're talking about,, but I do. And you don't want to accept the fact that those state constitution MILITIA Clauses distinguished between the MILITIA -- "the right of the people," etc, and standing armies, and that that phrase in the Second Amendment was adopted to establish continuity in the law, and is a REDUNDANCY for the SUBJECT of the Amendment: well-regulated Militia. That is why simply reading a constitution -- and especially a phrase ripped out of its controlling and limiting context -- isn't sufficient. Read the STATUTES that existed before, during, and after the adopting of any constitution and you'll find that the constitution is essentially a codification of EXISTING law. The "Declaration of Independence" -- which has never been law, and which applied EXCLUSIVELY to ENGLAND -- includes a list of grievances against, by name, King George III. These two are directly on point as illustrative of the Founders position: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislature." That was adopted into the state constitution Militia Clauses, when distinguishing between well-regulated Militia -- "the right of the people," etc. -- and standing armies. The most elegant instance, and one of the four Militia Clauses that were the sources of the Second Amendment, is that from Massachusetts' constitution (written by John Adams, the foremost constitutionalist among the Founders), and ratified in 1780. There is an account from years before, during the so-called "revolution," of Sam Adams giving a speech at Fauniel Hall in Boston. Arrayed across the front edge of the stage were guns. After the speech the guns were gathered up and returned to the PUBLIC STORES -- they were not "private guns" possessed by "the right of the people": "XVII. The people have a right to keep and bear arms [well-regulated Militia provided PUBLIC arms as needed and necessary] for the common defence. And as, in times of peace, [standing] armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature; and the military power [including well-regulated Militia] shall always be held in an exact subordination to the Civil authority, and be governed by it." The second on-point grievance in the "Declaration": He [i.e. King George III] has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." Thus there is no legitimate "military" "independent of and superior to" the military UNDER the Constitution and laws. ___ No law protects private fake "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  12637.  @olympicfireball  No: with no grounding in law, you have been seeking ONLY that which supports your pre-existing bias. That's why you are bogged down in NON-LAW and irrelevancies.
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  12638.  @bl4ze1t38  "The implied right of privacy is not the main concern in roe v Wade, it’s the fact that it directly results in the death of children, and murder is not protected in the constitution whatsoever." Nope. But it's obvious YOU are opposed to abortion as "murder" because you know ZERO about pregnancy. What of problem pregnancies -- they do occur, despite your wholly idealized and unreal fantasies about it. Research "ectopic pregnancy". But you won't do that because you couldn't care less for facts. Miscarriage, still-birth -- you know noting about problem pregnancies, and don't care to know: as far as you're concerned there are no problem pregnancies; there is only "abortion" and non-abortion. That isn't what the 6 "Federalist Society" religioEXTREMISTS on the Court say. They assert that the words "right of privacy" don't appear in the Constitution, therefore there is no such right. That's why those who actually understand law and how courts adjudicate, and "judicial philosophies," etc., operate, and thus point to the fact that erasing the right of privacy underpinning "Roe" also erases the foundations of other SC decisions, including "Griswold," which preceded "Roe" in being based on the right of privacy. "Griswold," in the likelihood you don't know, established the right to use contraception. The 6 religioFREAKS on the Court ALSO oppose contraception. This is what overturning both "Griswold: and "Roe" would do for MEN: State-enforced CHILD SUPPORT. Are you for that? Or are you an "INCEL"?
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  12639.  @olympicfireball  I already explained that, dunce: Constitutional provisions are IMPLEMENTED by means of STATUTES, such as the 14th Amendment being implemented in the "Ku Klux Klan Act". The U.S. Code is the accumulated Federal STATUTES.
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  12640.  @youdontwanttoknow5203  "It's my understanding that the Japanese didn't invade the west coast of the US during WWII because they were afraid everyone had a gun." The Japanese didn't invade the west coast because they didn't have the resources. But they did SHELL one of the Alaskan islands. You're an insult to the actually history, and to those who fought in WW II, to DEFEAT the Fascism YOU PROMOTE.
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  12641.  @johnmullholand2044  These are in the Constitution you've never read: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." Congress provides implementation of Constitutional provides in the form of STATUTES, in this context, "Militia Acts," such as that enacted on May 2, 1792: "An act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." This is also in the Constitution: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BBY CONGRESS." Thus the Militia is ALWAYS UNDER BOTH US and state constitutions and STATUTES -- "Militia Acts". And as the DEBATES of the WRITING of the Second Amendment abundantly shows the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the Militia. This is underscored by a second "Militia Act" enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENSE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States. As ever, you post irrelevant and false, and unsourced, garbage. And I SUBSTANTIATE with ACTUAL LAW. Last but not least: ___ No law protects private fake "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  12642.  @johnmullholand2044  Interesting how you make claims about the Second Amendment, ratification of which was completed December 15, 1791, based on 1600s ENGLISH law. And this is nonsensical on its face: "Explain this then: without an INDIVIDUAL right to own and carry Arms, how will you have an effective "militia"?" Logically a "militia" is not an individual -- correct? Also, as a matter of LAW, the commander-in-chief is the state's governor, who is an elected PUBLIC official, and the Militia is an arm OF gov't, its purposes being law ENFORCEMENT. Private citizens have no authority to take the law into their own hands as putative "law enforcement". As for this: "There were several regulations that REQUIRED the People to Keep (own) a proper firearm (in common use of the time)," etc. There is an account of "revolutionary" Samuel Adams giving a speech, during the so-called "revolution," at Faneuil Hall, in Boston. During the speech guns were arrayed across the front edge of the stage. After the speech the guns were gathered up and returned to the PUBLIC STORES. And note the date of this STATUTE: ___ At a General Assembly begun and held at the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the 21st day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1782. Chap. XII. An act for the recovery of arms and accoutrements belonging to the state. I. Whereas sundry arms and accoutrements belonging to the public in the hands of individuals, who have neglected to return them to the proper officers; and it is necessary that such arms and accoutrements should be recovered as speedily as possible: Be it enacted, that the Governor do, on the passing of this act, issue his proclamation, enjoining all persons having in their possession any arms or accoutrements whatsoever, belonging to the state, to deliver them without delay to the Lieutenant or commanding officer of the county for the time being; and the sheriff of each county within this commonwealth, shall cause copies of the said proclamations, which shall be transmitted to him by the Executive, to be fixed up in the most public places in his county, and if after one month from such public notice having been given, any person possessing any such public arms or accoutrements, shall be convicted of having failed to deliver them up as aforesaid, such person shall, upon every such conviction, be liable to the penalty of twenty pounds, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record within this commonwealth, one half of which penalty shall go to the informer, on conviction of the offender, and the other half shall be applied in aid of the county levy where such offender shall reside. And the Lieutenant, or commanding officer of each county, shall make returns from time to time, to the Executive, of all arms and accoutrements so delivered to him, and also deliver them to the order of the Executive, under the penalty, if he fail in all or any part of his duty, of fifty pounds, to be recovered as aforesaid, and applied in diminution of the county levy. Provided always, that where muskets and bayonets have been by order of government placed in any county on eastern or western frontier for defence against incursions of the enemy, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant or commanding officer to return such muskets and bayonets to the militia, taking a receipt from each person for what shall be so returned. "A Collection of All Such Public Acts of the General Assembly, and Ordinances of the Conventions of Virginia, Passed since the year 1768, as are now in force; With a Table of the Principal Matters" (Richmond: Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis, 1785); "The First Laws of the State of Virginia" (Wilmington, DE: Michael Glazier, Inc., "The First Laws of the Original Thirteen States," 1982), Compiled by John D. Cushing, at 176. ___ To emphasize: "arms . . . belonging to the state". ALSO in the US Constitution is this provision: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." AGAIN: governance of the well-regulated Militia is ALWAYS UNDER BOTH US Constitution and STATUTES, AND state constitution and STATUTES.
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  12643.  @johnmullholand2044  "You need to demand a refund from whatever liberal "education" (indoctrination) you've received, as it's obviously wrong." I'm not the issue, dunce: the issue is RULE OF LAW. The SUBSTANTIATION I use comes DIRECTLY from the directly relevant legal history and LAW from the original texts. Further, the Founders were LIBERALS who established a LIBERAL democracy. Hitler also hated "Liberals". And you obviously don't know the difference between education -- FACTS -- and "indoctrination" -- idiotological personal attacks. This is ALSO LAW, history- and law-illiterate: ___ No law protects private -- fake -- "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  12644.  @emmittmatthews8636  Nope, false: Madison did not write the Second Amendment. It was written by the first Congress under the newly-ratified Constitution sitting as "Committee of the Whole". And the Senate also debated the writing of the Amendment; Madison was not a Senator. These are the basics: ___ Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, a public institution, and arm OF gov't, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously voted down before the proposed Amendment was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS". The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" inaurrection was suppressed by the state's well-regulated Militia, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn _Heller_. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  12645.  @emmittmatthews8636  The first three words of the Constitution are, "We the people" -- not, "We the individual". If Madison was the "Father of the Constitution," and if he wrote the ""Bill of Rights," as the NRA and gun-nuts insist, then "people" means the same thing from those first three words in the Constitution to the end of the First 10 Amendments. " You have an agenda and you refuse to see truth." I have an education in law; you do not. The sources of the Second Amendment were four STATE constitution Militia Clauses. Those Clauses distinguished between two military force: the "right of the people," etc., which was the state's well-regulated Militia, and standing armies. That phrase was included in the Second Amendment to establish continuity in the laws, and is a redundancy for WELL-REGULATED MILITIA, which is the subject of the Amendment -- which we know from reading the DEBATES of the WRITING of the Amendment. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES. If you go to those four states' STATUTES you'll find, before, and at the same time, and after, "Militia Acts" governing and regulating the Militia. You'll also find that serving in the Militia was not a "right" but a DUTY, and one could be DRAFTED into that service. But let's look at two Constitutional provisions -- ALL of the Constitution being in effect at the same time -- which ALSO govern the well-regulated Militia: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." That was implemented by means of STATUTE enacted May 2, 1792: "An act to provide for calling forth the MILITIA to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And this: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS. And, as the DEBATES of the WRITING of the Second Amendment abundantly show, the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a NATIONAL DEFENSE relying on the well-regulated Militia. That fact is underscored by a "Militia Act" enacted on May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." Thus thee well-regulated Militia is ALWAYS UNDER the governance and regulation of BOTH US and state constitutions -- and "Militia Acts". Last but not least: ___ No law protects private -fake - "militia": See _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008), citing _Pressor v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886), both of which are available via "Google" search: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as paramilitary organizations and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/
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  12646.  @emmittmatthews8636  "PA state constitution says "the Right of citizens to keep and bear arms in defense of THEMSELVES and their state shall not be questioned." See the words "AND the state"? And AGAIN: constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES -- in this context "Militia Acts". Those included PENALTIES for violating the REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW. This is also from Pennsylvania -- all the states enacted the equivalent: ___ In this the non-associators -- those who were DISARMED by the Founders, were those who "refused or neglected" to SIGN the "oath of loyalty" enacted by the Pennsylvania legislature. Chapter DCCXXIX. An Ordinance Respecting the Arms of Non-Associators. Whereas the non-associators in this state have either refused or neglected to deliver up their arms according to the resolves of the honorable Continental Congress and the assembly of Pennsylvania, and effectual measures have not been taken to carry the said resolves into execution: [Section I.] Be it therefore ordained by the authority of this Convention, That the colonel or next officer in command of every band of militia in this state is hereby authorized, empowered and required to collect, receive and take all the arms in his district or township nearest to such officer which are in the hands of non-associators in the most expeditious and effectual manner in his power, and shall give to the owners receipts for such arms, specifying the amount of the appraisement; and such as can be repaired shall with all possible dispatch be rendered fit for service, and the value according to the appraisement of all such arms, together with the repairs and transportation, shall be paid to the officers by the treasurer on the order of the council of safety for the use of the owners and defraying the charges. [Section II.] And be it further ordained, That the same arms shall be appraised by any three reputable freeholders appointed by the commanding officer; but if the owner of any arms shall neglect or refuse to apply for such money within six months the same shall be applied towards the repairs of the arms; and the colonels are hereby authorized to draw for the necessary sums of money for the purposes aforesaid on the council of safety. [Section III.] And it is further ordained, That the colonels aforesaid shall arm the associators with the said arms and keep an account to whom they are delivered and return the same to the council of safety; and every associator shall be answerable for such arms or the value unless lost or destroyed by some unavoidable accident or in actual service. [Section IV.] And be it further ordained, That in case any arms so collected shall not be worth repairing, the same shall be laid by until such time as may be thought proper by the committee of the county to return them to the owners. ___ Passed July 19, 1776. "Ordinances passed by the Constitutional Convention, June-September, 1776," The Statutes at Large of the State of Pennsylvania from 1682 to 1801, Vol. IX, 1776 to 1779 (Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1903), Edited by Commissioners James T. Mitchell and Henry Flanders, at 11. ___ Because a primary purpose of the state's well-regulated Militia is LAW ENFORCEMENT. I recommend you see what the Founders did to the "Whiskey" insurrectionists; I'll help you out: The Founders did not call the insurrectionists "patriots"; they called them "common criminals," and they were charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death.
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  12647.  @emmittmatthews8636  READ the decision: The Court UPHELD the state's "Militia Act," which among other things limited the number of recruits in Militia service, AND the PROHIBITION of military organizations OUTSIDE the well-regulated Militia authorized by the state's constitution. AGAIN: the Founders did not approve of armed gangs running around outside the law. There are two grievances against King George III, by name, in the "Declaration of Independence, that are directly on-point: "He [e.g., King George III] has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." That's why the Founders SUPPRESSED "Shays's" and "Whiskey" insurrections: they were OUTSIDE the law.
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  12648.  @emmittmatthews8636  Cruikshank expressly states that the Second Amendment applies NEITHER to the states NOR to the individual.
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  12649. GARBAGE. There are no SOURCES for those so anyone gun-nut could have made them up. The FACT is that the individual right to own guns was always STATE-BY-STATE. And there has been gun control since the advent of guns. Because: No sane society leaves dangerous objects and substances lying around unregulated.
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  12650.  @Sockem1223  Let's not tell the truth.
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  12651. "Libertarianism": "If you are mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  12652. Neither choice was good. But the shutdown would have accomplished the Trump-Musk goal in eliminating the Federal workforce.
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  12653. More than 300 classified documents, and more than ELEVEN THOUSAND non-classified gov't documents. What Trumpers need to allow to penetrate their stupefaction is that ALL information generated by gov't employees -- the president is an EMPLOYEE, NOT the "Boss" of the country -- is GOV'T PROPERTY. NONE of it is the property of the gov't employee.
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  12654. _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  12655. The Muslim "Koran" is based directly on the "Bible".
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  12656.  @charliebrady3751  Agreed: anyone who tells the truth about Trump is "sleazy" and "corrupt" to anti-Americans who can't handle and hate the truth. And I'll bet you claim to be "moral" and a "Christian" while at the very same time rejecting your "Gods'" Commandments "Thou shalt not lie", and, "Thou shalt not lie against others."
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  12657.  @flashinthepanpaydirt7387  those who bash Democrats never get the facts first. But they don't care about the facts -- they don't do "thought" because that would point back at them and ask -- "Why do you fake moral outrage when in fact you are amoral?"
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  12658.  @alisonlambert1429  His good friend fronted the $150,000 to silence McDougal -- and Trump STILL hasn't reimbursed him. In act, he wanted paying her to be extended until after the election based on his intent to NOT pay her.
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  12659.  @alanakafang6143  Except that those who know say they did, junior, even though they could have taken the money and walked away. I like the VIDEO from the E. Jean Carroll deposition in which Trump is given a photograph depicting him, his wife, and Carroll -- because Carrol knew Mr. and Mrs. Trump. Trump though Carroll was his wife! He didn't even recognize his own wife! Are you paid to be stupid? Or are you stupid for free? I'll assume you're stupid for free -- no one has to pay you to mouth off.
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  12660.  @alisonlambert1429  Trump claims that he didn't know or ever meet either McDougal or Stormy Daniels. And then his executive assistant, Rhona Graff, on the witness stand, under oath, confirmed the DOCUMENTATION that shows the contact information for McDougal and Daniels were in Trump's Rolodex. Why would he LIE about that?
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  12661.  @alanakafang6143  Trump would sleep with a hole in the ground. Clue: your use of the word "IF" -- the biggest word in the language -- give you away as avoidant of facts that are DOCUMENTED, and testified to UNDER OATH.
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  12662.  @susancoolidge7810  Falsifying business records is a crime. Campaign finance violations/election interference are crimes. Cohen was convicted of all of the charges that are now lodged against Trump. The DIFFERENCE is that Barr intervened in the FEDERAL prosecution in order to protect TRUMP. Now it's Trump's turn to be convicted of the exact same crimes.
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  12663.  @susancoolidge7810  Your jealousy is a moral flaw -- it won't apply to Biden because there aer no crimes there. And we know that because the Republicans have been investigating Biden for more than two years -- and all they've come up with are "star" "witnesses" who turned out to be assets of Chinese and Russian intelligence services feeding dumb-asses like Comer, Gym Jordan, and MTG anti-American propaganda. You need to try to keep up.
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  12664.  @alanakafang6143  All Trump does is delay -- which you'd know if you actually followed the trials instead of avoiding the facts. Yes -- he is innocent unless and until found guilty. The EVIDENCE is being presented -- you simply don't know what evidence is. Pecker gave VOLUMINOUS EVIDENCE of the FACT that Trump was concerned about protecting his CAMPAIGN -- THAT is why he wanted the women silenced. Trump has REPEATEDLY DENIED that he knew or met McDougal and Stormy Daniels -- then his own executive assistant affirmed the EVIDENCE of their contact information being in Trump's Rolodex. That means that Trump has REPEATEDLY LIED when asserting he didn't know them and never met them. So let's start with the FACT that Trump is -- YET AGAIN -- a PROVEN LIAR.
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  12665. This and the Walshe case are Gad-awful.
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  12666. He does do a lot of acting out. Behind his talk he is a desperate man.
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  12667. Trump sounds deflated. Defeated.
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  12668. Right-wing authoritarianism is swallowed by the politically undeducated/media illiterate.
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  12669.  @itsasecret2474  So you'll be voting for the "Christian" Mark Robinson? Here's a sequence of relevant quotes: "Some folks need killin'!" -- Mark Robinson on the altar of a "Christian" church. "Thou shalt not kill." -- Christian "God". "God bless ya!" -- Mark Robinson.
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  12670. The obsession with guns is result of at least 40 years of the gun industry falsifying the legal history and mixing it with anti-gov't paranoia. All to sell guns. Period. Full stop.
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  12671. Yep: there's always something "hidden" that "can't be seen," which is PROOF that it exists and CAN be seen. Try to find someone giving away maps to reality for free: you need at least one.
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  12672. I'll bet you had to take a shower after this one.
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  12673. If she were actually psychic she would have seen this coming.
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  12674. Tell us, punk: what qualifies parents to tell school teachers how to teach? -- their ignorance and bigotry?
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  12675. Note that none of them went after Fascists.
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  12676. Who asserts that the cameras were turned off -- Trump's lawyers? And how would they know if they wre at the same time -- as they claim -- not allowed to be present?
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  12677.  @ShaunbirKlair24  More than 500,000 people are reported missing every year. (Compare that number with the number in John Walsh's boasting self-promotion.) 29% -- White Women. 30% -- White Men. 41% -- People of Color. But let's only concern ourselves with white WOMEN -- the overwhelming favorite -- "missing white woman syndrome" -- of fans of murder-as-entertainment.
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  12678.  @adav5533  People of Color.
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  12679. We're glad you walked away too: we don't want stupid to contaminate elections.
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  12680.  @joshuapounds7646  MAGA as usual makes an assertion without a shred of EVIDENCE to back it up. The usual junk comment. MAGA is pre-moral.
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  12681.  @zorrofox8950  What are you talking about? The US has given Ukraine 120 billion. Compare that with the missiles provided by Germany.
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  12682. In the US some pay attention only to US self-talk. Reality: every country on the planet tells itself that it's the greatest country on the planet. Facts matter: other countries, as in Europe, have freedoms we don't have in the US. The ignorance of international issues, realities outside the US, the chauvinism and jingoism, are "Rah-Rah" blinders. See the movie "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," and note how "patriotism" is commercialized by the wealthy to blind you with razzle-dazzle and fireworks. And who does that scam rip off? It's about the Iraq war.
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  12683.  @dgb916  Definitely. I wouldn't be surprised if Harris appointed Cheney as Sec. of State. And it is obvious she likes and admires Harris.
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  12684.  @bw3230  Cheney a hypocrite? That must be true -- all you do is post a personal attack without a single instance of her alleged "hypocrisy".
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  12685. Trump was expelled from preschool for refusing to potty train. And he still wears diapers. But he isn't angry; he's reacting to the diaper rash. And his fartings in court are causing his own lawyers to distance themselves from him.
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  12686.  @siegfriedchulainn88  Domestic propaganda has long been prohibited. But that changed with the Cheney-Bush regime.
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  12687. The comment and walk-back are "good cop-bad cop" psychology.
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  12688.  @tominguam7642  I like that you're "only asking questions".
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  12689.  @barrywassel3899  He outs himself every time he opens his yap.
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  12690. I believe NOTHING from Texass, from Abbott on down. I believe the parents and families, and the media that is investigating up against the COVER-UP.
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  12691. Republicans are killing their own "base".
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  12692.  @jshricks  It isn't only the elite -- you don't understand the need for elites, so you'd settle for brain surgery performed by a plumber -- who listens to and believes this grifter. A whole lot of non-elitists fell for Reagan.
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  12693. The Americas were named for Italian -- Latino -- explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
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  12694. He's trying to co-opt the contents of the Demortic House bill, which is aimed at sustaining the working poor and middle class. But the money he's talking about would go to "small and large" corporations. In law, "small corporation" is defined as "30 or more" employees. That isn't small business as most understand it. And the Republicans have been getting away with that obfuscatory distortion for at least 40 years.
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  12695. And Hinduism has multiple "Gods".
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  12696. Buddhism doesn't posit a "God" -- so their is no scapegoat onto which to slip one's individual responsibility. And Hinduism posits many "gods".
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  12697. Quakers accept Jesus as a prophet, but do not believe he was divinely inspired. Muslimism is based on the same "Christian" "Bible," but they to deny that Christ, though a prophet, was divinely inspired. And US poetess Emily Dickinson, neither Christian nor Muslim, wrote, "I don't believe in bibles; I believe in the straight line to God". And the only relevant document in serial-adulterer Trump's "Bible" is the US Constitution, which is the SUPREME Law of the Land -- there is no "law" higher -- which incorporates the First Amendment, and which Amendment incorporates separation of "religion" and gov't. But in reality it can't be proven that there's a "God". Or many "Gods". Or no "God". The human conception of "God" or Gods" is actually beyond human comprehension; so that conception is only evidence that humans can make shit up that they can't understand and can't prove.
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  12698.  @dh8203  "God is "perfect". Perfection is beyond the comprehension of imperfect humans. "God" is "infinite". Infinity is beyond the comprehension of the finite.
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  12699. He has already been found to have years of FRAUD. The hoax is that Trump tells the truth about anything. He is BEGGING for gag orders, so he can continue to LIE that he's a "victim". The only person victimizing Trump is TRUMP -- and he does so by finally being caught committing crimes. And his lawyers' "argument"? -- the real estate transactions and claims are exempt from the rule of law. “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -- John Kenneth Galbraith "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect." -- Frank Wilhoit.
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  12700. They are opposed to the rule of law.
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  12701. "Rioter" = INSURRECTIONIST.
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  12702.  @kilvapkram4302  I have an education in law, and you are a law-illiterate. Violent attack on gov't -- which is by definition RULE OF LAW -- is defined in US law as INSURRECTION. And the Founders classified and prosecuted INSURRECTION as TREASON.
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  12703.  @kilvapkram4302  Law-illiterate: I have an education in US law. You haven't any education in any law. There is no such thing as "liberal law". This is why: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. You're also a racist willing to swallow white supremacist hate-speech against Black Lives Matter which includes their lying about US cities being "burnt" all across the country. That isn't true; but you racists have no use for truth because racism can only be advanced by LYING. I'm in the US, and you are a clown who knows nothing factual about the US; you simply swallow the words of such as third-generation New York con-man and career criminal Trump -- who is NOT about law-and-order; he is about "lock her up" without charges, without trial, without conviction. That is as anti-American -- anti-rule-of-law -- as it gets. THAT is tyranny. FACT about Trump: AFTER the "Central Park Five" were acquitted, on DNA evidence, and the confession of the actual perpetrator of the crime, Trump bought a full-page ad in the "New York Times" demanding that the five be EXECUTED. Why? Because, unlike the actual criminal, they were not WHITE. It didn't matter to him that they were acquitted. It only mattered that they were Black. You are a discredit to your country.
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  12704. Trump was impeached WHILE in office. A murderer who leaves the scene of the murder is not thereby immune from indictment (impeachment), prosecution, and conviction.
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  12705. AND you have to LOOK AT ROMNEY'S HISTORY.
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  12706.  @waikikilatino1  Aren't you also "Dan Lopez" -- troll and bot? Isn't that YOUR history? I'm not an elected official authorized to set gov't policy. I assure you I haven't promised the Massachusetts electorate that I'm pro-choice and that if elected governor won't use it as a platform to run for president. But Romney made that promise -- then halfway through his term as governor he declared his candidacy for president as ANTI-choice. I'm not a vulture capitalist -- research private-equity for-profit "Steward Health Care" for the destruction it has wrought, including the bleeding to death of a patient resulting from Steward's stiffing of vendors -- but Romney made his millions by destroying thriving companies and jobs. In short: I am not the issue. Romney and the Republican and their tradition of the Politics of Fear and Smear are the issue -- and that issue includes ROMNEY attacking BIDEN for the border "crisis" when HE KNOWS it can only be addressed by CONGRESS, AND that it was TRUMP and REPUBLICANS who tanked the border bill. You like the rhetoric from Romney -- and don't care that it is dishonest. We can conclude that yours is a history of dishonesty in all of your dealings with others.
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  12707.  @joshfranklin1894  You are a law-illiterate anti-American troll.
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  12708.  @neb3757  Trump disputed the election in 60-plus court cases. ALL were THROWN OUT for LACK OF MERIT. That is where his LEGAL challenge to the election results ENDED. Everything after that point was ILLEGAL, including, especially, the January 6th insurrection -- from the Constitution you law-illiterate anti-Americans have NEVER READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have the Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions."
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  12709.  @Senorgoon  And yet Trump ABANDONED our Kurdish allies -- which kept our troops out of the front lines -- to be slaughtered by the Turks. Gee, coincidence: Trump was looking for approval from the Turkish dictator to build a Trump tower in Turkey. No, he is not unhinged. And he is totally lacking in any concern except constant self-interest. And stop being foolish: the US was sucked into two world wars started in Europe. In both instances it became necessary for the US to fight in those wars. Then, to prevent that happening again, the US initiated the founding of NATO, which had three purposes, all of which have been SUCCESSFUL: 1. To prevent wars between European nations. 2. To protect Europe from a history of Russian aggression. (No matter who is on Russia's border, the excuse is that whoever is on Russia's border is a "threat" to Russia, therefore no one other than Russia can be on Russia's border.) 3. To act as first line of defense of the United States against a history of Russian aggression. Better "they" fight them there than "we" fight them there. Thus the West's support of Ukraine is a defense of democracy against Russian repetition of its aggression against ANY country that isn't Russia. Being an absolutist against opposing illegal aggression does nothing to prevent illegal aggressions.
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  12710.  @nycatlady2314  The frequent labeling of him as "deranged" and "unhinged" hands him the excuse of mental incompetency. That imputes to him the inability to be responsible, and therefore less responsible than he actually is.
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  12711.  @nycatlady2314  Lying is disordered "thinking".
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  12712.  @nycatlady2314  The inability to admit mistakes is a symptom of low self-esteem. Of the fact that, contrary to the common assumption, Trump is STEEPED in shame.
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  12713.  @randybobandy9828  You're an expert in psychology? And we know you haven't READ her books.
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  12714. It's difficult for a right-wing crackpot to get banned from right-wing crackpot-cesspool "Newsmax".
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  12715. The NATO treaty, like all treaties, is part of the CONSTITUTION -- as stipulated IN THE CONSTITUTION. Trump is threatening to withdraw FROM THE CONSTITUTION -- an authority NO president has.
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  12716. NATO, FOREMOST, is the UNITED STATE'S first line of defense against imperialist Russia and world war.
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  12717. It's all a fake-"reality" TV show.
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  12718.  @chrisfuller4479  Hitler was the fringe. You are the fringe,.. Trump is the fringe. You don't understand that the extremes in politics are both fringe and MINORITY. And I suggest you look at the actual vote-margin on November 5th -- it is nowhere near a mandate: in fact, he got less than 50 per cent of the vote.
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  12719.  @chrisfuller4479  You extremists obviously don't understand that the political spectrum is more complicated and nuanced than your inability to count beyond "Left" and "Right". Trump's rhetoric and declared plans are as far-right extremist -- fringe -- as possible. Some of the stuff he talks are the paranoid lunacies of the "John Birch Society".
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  12720. Trump had nothing to do with it.
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  12721. The election is November 5, 2024. The inauguration is on January 21, 2025. Between those two dates are lawsuits enforcing state elections laws against those who refuse to do their jobs inkeeping with the law.
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  12722.  @johnray6237  Trump appeals to those who are dumber than dead rocks. Get someone intelligent to explain that to you.
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  12723.  @gak2008  He's been that since at latest the 2000 election theft. In interviews he conducted, Gore's legal team accurately represented Florida elections law, but G. DUI Bushit's legal team claimed the opposite of the Florida elections law. I know that because I was reading the same Florida elections law at the same time. Toobin didn't correct Bushit's team; instead, he left it to the viewer to "decide". But what Toobin did not do was show the viewer the text of the law.
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  12724.  @johnray6237  Do us a favor, punk: know what you're talking about before opening your yap. FACT, history- and law-illiterate: The Founders were LIBERALS, which is why we have the First Amendment.
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  12725.  @johnray6237  And you reveal yourself to be a name-calling bigot. "Justice and the rule of law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  12726.  @johnray6237  I'm my own boss, punk.
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  12727. If "the gov't" won't release the video, then he doesn't know that his client "turned back".
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  12728.  @RedRose4141  He seems to be okay with being owned by a Neo-Nazi.
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  12729. Biden isn't using the office for his benefit. You might instead focus on his support for Ukraine and his major legislative achievements.
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  12730. Backing Israel's genocide against the Palestinians is the NORM.
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  12731. I'm SHOCKED! SHOCKED! that a Trump traitor would LIE! Both against the Constitution, and then against that lie.
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  12732. It is not "controversial". It is PROHIBITED. But the actual intent is to see opponents appeal that subversion of the law to the Supreme Court so it can overturn their decisions removing "religion" from public schools, which are attended not only by "Christians".
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  12733. The irony is that Capitol Records was owned by EMI, for which latter "The Beatles" recorded.
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  12734. This is one of the extremely rare cases in which the insanity defense will work. Those who don't understand what that means tend to oppose it -- they are vengeful people who want PUNISHMENT. A person who succeeds with an insanity defense is sentenced to a mental hospital instead of to prison, usually without a trial on the issue, and stays there until competent to stand trial. Becoming competent, and proving it, can take longer than whatever the sentence would have been; and sometimes the person never becomes competent to stand trial.
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  12735. Netanyahu says it was "a mistake" -- NOT that it was an accident. NOT that it wasn't deliberate. Of course it was deliberate -- it is terrorism against those who support basic survival for the Palestinians. The extremist right-wing Israeli "religious" fanatics are bent on completing their genocide against non-Jews on lands Israel claims belong to Israel based on "Bibles" written by a tribe of illiterates. It was certainly deliberate, exactly as so many Putin allies "fall" out of windows.
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  12736. "How to Put an End to Teenage Pregnancies" By Donald Trump. Abolish pregnancy tests. The End.
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  12737. The only instance of election -- not voter -- fraud was by Reepublicans in one of the Carolinas. That was a REPUB:ICAN conspiracy lead by the REPUBLICAN candidate, and his son sealed the conviction by testifying to the facts against his father. That was in 2018, and the election was invalidated by the state.
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  12738. "Yacht Rock" = Music made by multimillionaire musicians who own yachts. Of a "higher" profit-motive than "Corporate Rock".
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  12739. Kamala Harris should challenge trump to 5 debates -- and constantly keep that challenge in his face.
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  12740. Are you making that up?
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  12741. Three cheers for "religous" propaganda.
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  12742.  @keithk.3963  Some of us have sufficient education and hard work behind us and in our work that following Peterson's isn't at all difficult. He has his cult following, but is not a first-rate anything.
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  12743. Abrams misstated the facts -- the 15 boxes were already retrieved. But within the last several days we got photos of documents in one or more toilets put there by Trump. Likely the evaluation of the documents in the 15 boxes discovered gaps -- and that is what the search warrant is about getting.
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  12744.  @russellrobinson5930  There was more to his accessory to murder to his sentence.
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  12745. Yeah -- just claim "JESUS!" and one can convince the court your mentally absent.
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  12746. Trump's lawyers passed the bar exam by proving they are old enough to drink alcoholic beverages.
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  12747. Will he bashing the DOJ and FBI for NOT prosecuting those who made the ad?
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  12748. He is not in any way a hero. He is a murderer. The idea that defending a murderer is a "moral" position is twisted.
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  12749. The "White House" and Capitol building were built by slave labor.
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  12750. You mean, of course, Trump.
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  12751. Lobbying AGAINST regulation is POLITICS.
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  12752. Let's rely on one book that tells us what we want to believe. "Bible" anyone?
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  12753. There's nothing unbiased about jumping the gun to knee-jerk defend the police -- especially before all the facts are available: the murder of Geroge Floyd is a glaring example.
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  12754. I'm rolling on the floor LAUGHING about the flooding in Miami! Keep voting for Republican denial of climate change, and spewing fact-free conspirabunk about mitigations of it by means of such as electric vehicles. The FREEDUMB to POLLUTE the environment and destroy human health is SELF-destructive.
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  12755. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence.
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  12756. Mugger Trump's mugshot: the Face of Surrender.
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  12757. Bolton is wrong on the legal history and law: "Taking up arms" against the gov't is INSURRECTION. It was that for the Founders, and their charge and conviction of the insurrectionists was for TREASON, and the sentence DEATH.
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  12758. On what basis do you claim to know "His" "will"? Are all those who disagree with you wrong?
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  12759. It okay for Canadians to cross the northern border illegally because they are white.
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  12760. Well, she is prettier than she is intelligent.
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  12761. When will you ask why your "God" didn't PREVENT it!?
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  12762.  @eyesseeyou803 The jury found him to be a fraudster based on the documentation generated by and obtained from the Trump criminal organization. Then the judge held the trial to determine his penalty -- and the jury took him at his word that he's a multi-billionaire and entered damages judgment against him for a half billion dollars -- growing every day because of added interest. And o he admits he ain't the multi-billionaire he has lied for decades that he is. And fools like you fell for the consummate NEW YORK conman even though you hate NEW YORK because in your view it is all about "liberal" corruption. Admit it: what you love about Trump is that he is liberally criminal.
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  12763.  @eyesseeyou803  We don't praise anti-American fascists who quote Hitler. Unless we are too stupid to understand that under dictatorship NO ONE has rights, including those who kiss the dictator's butt.
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  12764. The 2020 election has been debated for FOUR YEARS. Tump LOST -- as we've known since November 2020.
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  12765.  @TheStrangeKage  Trump STOLE gov't property. Is Trump above the law?
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  12766.  @TheStrangeKage  Is Trump above the law?
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  12767.  @TheStrangeKage  My comment is still right up there and visible. Answer the question: Is Trump above the law?
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  12768.  @TheStrangeKage  I don't delete my comments. And AGAIN I ask you to answer this simple question: Is Trump above the law?
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  12769.  @elmerreed6048  I'm watching for further comment from him promoting criminal violence against the rule of law.
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  12770. It was the Electoral College that withstood the attack on the election.
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  12771. The Democratic Party has room for more than one voice. So you're still shit-stirring.
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  12772. No one informed in LAW have an hysterical knee-jerk reaction. Do you LIKE being lied to? Is it acceptable to you for FOREIGN nations to interfere in our politics and elections with disinformation?
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  12773. "Brexit" is Putin's foothold in Britain.
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  12774. Well, Trump did stop short of blaming the victims for being on the plane.
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  12775. Walz's wife is not a public figure, so she is self-conscious with the whole world watching. J. D. Vance is simply trying to distract from the "sex with a couch" story, which is a deliberate distraction from his dark history with three-legged stools.
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  12776. ALL the pilots were WHITE MEN -- so no "DEI," the purpose of which is implementation of Federal anti-discrimination laws.
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  12777.  @spir5102  And she's part of the Christofascist war on the existence of public schools. They want controllable STUPID to be the norm.
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  12778.  @bmphil3400  "so the states can't handle education? The department of education didn't exist until 1979......" Why the fuck do you morons hate the Federal gov't, and its joining into the ensure a decent life for all Americans? It can only be ignorance as result of a POOR state public school education. Your sort of question should have been answered at latest in junior high.
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  12779. Carville has won national elections. You haven't. Carville is correct.
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  12780.  @drewski1441  In short, you can't refute what he says, so you smear him. YOUR CORRUPTION is showing. Clinton won the popular vote by just short of 3 million. That's how that worked out, moron. How did the Russian subversion of the election work out? It was successful. How did the Comey letter work out -- NO CORRUPTION was ultimately found in her emails, moron. The letter was successful. How is the criminal Trump Ukranian shake-down working out? Immediately after the vote to "acquit," two Republican Senators asked the Treasury/IRS for tax information on Hunter Biden, and it was immediately provided. Meanwhile, Trump/Barr have been arguing in court that the effort to get Trump's tax returns, in keeping with the law, is UNCONSTITUIONAL. IN ADDITION, Barr released a "policy" statement that no US Atty. can open any investigation into a delcared candidate for president, House, or Senate, or illegal campaign activities, without Barr's personal permission. As you SHOULD know by now, Barr is implementing in "law" Trump's criminal enterprise directives. We -- YOU -- are right now, in the present, and going forwward, are faced with a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: Trump and the Republicans. Why are you NOT focused on the much wealthier Republican ESTABLISHMENT!? Because either you're a Russian, or you're making the ame mistake Sanders made in 2016: bash and smear the Democrats so the Republicans are let off the hook. Your off in a corner masturbating over pie-in-the-sky FANTASIES that have NO chance against the Trump/Republican juggernaut. What's the "best" you can do? -- smear the ONLY THING between that juggernaught and the Constitution. You're either a Russian, or a died-in-the-wool FOOL. YOUR CORRUPTION is showing.
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  12781.  @Hamigal  He was apparently supplied his drugs -- if there's any truth to the claim of "addiction" -- from Smith, both an occasional client and the hired hitman.
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  12782.  @459luker  They are starved for meaning, too lazy to create it for themselves, so look outside themselves for it. And if it matches what they are taught to believe they latch onto it.
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  12783. It has been reported that the van belonged to BOTH of them, so NOT "Gabby's van". But let's give as negative as possible a view of Laundrie on every detail.
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  12784. "Brave"!? Stupidity.
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  12785. Not enough about Les Paul. Thank him for electrifying the guitar, and for multi-tracking and overdubbing.
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  12786. They are typically deadbeats.
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  12787. Are you MAGA? -- any and every violation of law is justified. You voted for convicted criminal Trump?
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  12788. He's simp[y a jerk. A professional asshole. He is not funny. But those too young to have any perspective may think he is. He is a constant public nuisance -- there are laws that prosecute such -- and he's talking his way into jail.
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  12789. The current war in the Republican Party is between the Reagan cult of personality, and the Trump cult of personality. The competition is between Reagan and his fake-genial mask, and Trump's tearing off of that mask and exposing the white supremacist core of the Republican Party.
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  12790. Nothing new in this: women will WELD themselves to a man who is successful -- which includes both him having CASH, and not being a public embarrassment to whom she is identified. The moment he becomes a loser -- financially, but mostly publicly -- she dumps him as having never known him. None of that is FLATTERING to Melania's "character" or "judgment". Who she actually is is defeined by the fact that she was attached to Trump in the first place.
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  12791. It's by choice.
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  12792. The question placed before the prosecution and defense in accepting the "immunity" case did not use the words "ALLEGED crimes". It used the words "ALLEGED official acts". Ordering assassinations would be an official act; but ordering assassinations of domestic political opponents would be a prosecutable crime. So if the decision on the Colorado case DID NOT overturn the finding that Trump engaged in insurrection, then the two appear to be consistent: the Court appears to agree that Trump engaged in insurrection; their only question seems to be whether an official act can also be a crime, or a crime can be said to (also) be an official act and therefore not a crime. So they are focused on the complex area between legitimate presidential immunity, and where to draw the line between that and criminal acts that fall outside that immunity (even if characterized as "official acts").
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  12793. And what is the EVIDENCE for whatever "criminal activity" you fantasize is real because unable to distinguish between lurid bullshit and reality?
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  12794.  @Sweetteawillie  Garland hasn't been calling Congress about anything for two reasons: 1, Separation of powers. 2. He's busy doing his job. What's pissing you off is that Trump is facing another three criminal indictments brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. And Trump-appointed Judge Cannon, who is ignoring the conflict of interest, has about run out of time in her effort to protect Trump from the consequences of his several treasons.
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  12795. More stupid than evil. But the consequences, which he doesn't look at, are evil.
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  12796.  @susanqtips  Self-righteous = arrogant. Christ preached humility. Their "Christianity" is twisted self-justification for vindictiveness. One wonders what the hairs across their asses are -- they are certainly not moral in going after people who have never done them harm. And neither he nor his wife are especially intelligent. And from the recording of her voice she sounds like she may be at most a high school graduate who never had an interest in education, and has absolutely no individual insight. "The unexamined life is not worth living." -- Socrates.
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  12797.  @brandex2011  The FACT is that he and his wife are also stupid -- keep in mind that 50 per cent of lawyers were graduated in the BOTTOM half of their class. In fact, it is stunning how stupid they are -- as if unable to even imagine beyond themselves because so trapped in their smallness. In speaking their level of understanding and language is essentially high school -- it's as if they haven't learned anything from life. The consequence of persistent stupidity tends to be "evil". But I stay away from loaded "religious" terms -- especially when dealing with subjectivist religionuts.
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  12798. If insurers can find a way to not pay then they won't pay.
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  12799. KKK and Neo-Nazis.
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  12800. Yeah -- unidentified "random residents" of unknown veracity. In contrast, the Springfield Mayor of Springfield, the Springfield police, the Ohio Attorney General, and REPUBLICAN Governor DeWine, ALL say the claim is A LIE.
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  12801.  @financeroyce474  REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine refuting the lies against the Haitians in Springfield -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jZAJoLPLY
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  12802. If he vacationed in Puerto Rico in the past, which I doubt, he won't be doing so again soon.
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  12803. Anyone who hates cats can't be trusted to be loose in civil society.
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  12804. It can't be proven that there is a "God". And if there is, 400,000 innocents are dead because "He" is a no-show.
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  12805. Many of those who were innocent victims weren't necessarily so innocent.
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  12806.  @adrianaboga8361  And ending up dead in a multi-vehicle car pileup.
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  12807. Civilians in military fatigues destroy their own credibility.
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  12808. Sanders participated in rewriting the rule in 2016. NOW he's trying to get around them because his situation is different. As for your smears against the Democratic Party: how is it HOSTILE of the Party to allow Sanders -- who is NOT A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT -- to run as a Democrat?
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  12809. Congresspeople who are not on the Intelligence Committee ARE NOT entitled to the information gathered by the Intelligence Committee. There is no right to serve on any Committee, especially when the goal is to undermine the purposes of the Committee.
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  12810. This is a success of "Christians" imposing their "religion" on everyone else in subversion of the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. Which doesn't surprise, because Republicans, since latest Reagan, have been enemies of gov't, and therefore the Constitution. We saw that on January 6. Barrett is supposed to care about children. But, what the hell, just give up the baby for adoption.
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  12811. The "right to bear arms" applies exclusively to the MILITIA WELL REGULATED UNDER LAW. And Sanders did OPPOSITE: he voted FIVE TIMES AGAINST the "Brady Bill," and voted to PROTECT the gun industry -- top priorities of the far-RIGHT extremist NRA -- and the far-RIGHT, armed to the teeth, is talking civil war if Trump loses. I'll assume you're a Russian posting disinformation.
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  12812. He has avoided this venue repeatedly over the years. But he's desperate so got smoked out. And he turned out to be the asshole racist he always has been. Vote blue -- make him a has been.
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  12813. Pay attention to reality -- the COURTS are telling you the nature of the crimes. And here is what you voted for -- against the Constitution based on a right that began in the Colonies: ___ Wong Kim Ark and Birthright Citizenship April 9, 1866: First US Civil Rights Act: defined citizenship: All persons born in the US, and not subject to any foreign power, are citizens of the US. July 9, 1868: 14th Amendment ratified. All persons born or naturalized in the US, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the US and of the State wherein they reside." May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act: First major US law to restrict immigration based on nationality. Banned Chinese laborers from entering US for 10 years, required Chinese travelers to carry certificate identifying status, prohibited Chinese immigrants from becoming citizens, and called for deportation of Chinese who arrived after 1880. March 28, 1898: US Supreme Court decision: United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US 649. Facts of the case Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco to parents who were both Chinese citizens who resided in the US at the time. At age 21, he returned to China to visit his parents who had previously resided in the US for 20 years. When he returned to the US he was denied entry on the ground that he was not a citizen. Question Is a child born in the US to Chinese-citizen parents who are lawful permanent residents of the US a US citizen under the 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause? Conclusion Because Wong was born in the US and his parents were not "employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China," the 14th Amendment Citizenship Clause automatically makes him a US citizen. Justice Horace Gray authored the opinion on behalf of a 6-2 majority.
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  12814. Sounds like the classic "calling the kettle" , , , er , , , white.
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  12815. He KNOWS it will destroy the economy -- that is the PLAN. At the same time he is nominating people to agencies to DESTROY those agencies -- the "New Deal". And the mass deportations will help defund Social Security and Medicare. It's about destroying the federal gov't -- the rule of law.
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  12816.  @chucky1time337  More paranoid conspirabunk. News reporters were writers. They summed things up in non-toxic terms, even at times without any provable basis. It wasn't about "manipulating" anyone.
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  12817. If Trump had testified he would have been Hannibal Lectered.
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  12818. Yo, MAGA: you made a video about how no one wants to work anymore. And all you do is walk around making disinformed right-wing "economics" videos for handouts.
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  12819.  @davidclark573  Certainly.
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  12820.  @patrickn4385  So you're okay with air and water pollution because that's good for YOUR heatlh?
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  12821.  @patrickn4385  You don't know a whole lot about the dumping of toxic chemicals into drinking water by corporations. The reason we are still using fossil fuels is because the oil industry -- which receives millions in taxpayer subsidies every year, despite being one of the richest industries on the planet -- owns politicians. You know nothing whatsoever factual about the pollutants regularly dumped in the environment, or about the POSITED "Green New Deal". You are bitching about a "Deal" the that REPUBLICANS won't allow to happen. You guzzle and regurgitate pro-pollution propaganda to the detriment of your own health.
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  12822. The "pluck bass" is a programmed "keyboard" probably on a computer.
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  12823.  @rolandvonmarburg3006  Yes. Being imperfect, doubt is a central requirement of "faith"
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  12824. Good to hear -- as an "elder" I've had more than enough bashings from those attacking "Boomers" as having "fucked up the world". The world is fucked up because humans are imperfect. My generation got the US out of Vietnam, established the ecology movement, and got both Nixon and Agnew. At the very least the "Boomers" didn't sabotage womens' rights by foolishly -- and arrogantly -- setting out to "blow up the system".
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  12825.  @rockforester7908  "Those were the days," eh? I was "out to get" Nixon the day he announced his candidacy. I'm still "out to get" Nixon dead-ender and lifelong seditionist Roger Stone.
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  12826. On what EVIDENCE? This is not a game, politically-illiterate dunce.
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  12827.  @EdwardEmmick  EVIDENCE comes before "crimes". No evidence of crimes, no crimes. In contrast, Trump's criminal enterprise was found liable by a jury of his peers of MASSIVE fraud extending back decades, and ordered to pay hundreds of millions in penalty. he's still playing games with that because he is notorious of not paying his bills. And adjudicated by a jury of his peers of committing RAPE. And adjudicated by a jury of his peers of defaming E. Jean Carroll. And fined TWICE for it. And convicted by a jury of his peers of 34 felonies. So Trump is a convicted criminal. One must be SICK to continue to support a person who is, at minimum, a RAPIST.
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  12828. Ellison is engaged in CYA.
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  12829. 2 trillion dollars were sent on infrastructure in Afghanistan. 1.9 is proposed for US infrastructure. Which is Republicans for, and which against?
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  12830. Biden has lifelong had a stutter. Trump's slurs his speech and struggles to craft sentences. Trump's cognitive issues are not the fault of Biden's stutter.
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  12831. The media has the RESPONSIBILITY to "put the thumb on the scale" to SERVE THE ELECTORATE -- NOT let lies go by, which puts the thumb on the scale for the liar.
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  12832. When I was a kid, what Trump does was called, "Overwhelm with bullshit"..
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  12833. To what "oath" did she and he swear?
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  12834. Sanders hasn't criticized Israel? Are they slamming Sanders because he's a Jew? Or are they slamming him for his pie-in-the-sky sloganized politics?
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  12835. The PROBLEM is TRUMP -- don't get distracted into "they're all corrupt". How many of his nominees ARE politicians -- even though they are corrupt?
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  12836.  @bikeman1x11  Constitution is the rule of law. You are willing to throw that away based on the delusion that only those who baselessly hate will be adversely affected. Trump's "Border Czar Homan said: "FIRST we go after the bad guys." When that is done, who does he go after SECOND -- the GOOD guys?
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  12837. I'm raking in the $$$ from my investments in both tin and aluminum foils.
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  12838.  @dennisthemenace8854  Um, no: the Founders were Liberals, which is why we have the First Amendment, which PROHIBITS political violence, so LIBERALS do NOT engage in political violence. Clue: Hitler ALSO hated Liberals.
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  12839.  @SpinDoc420  There should be NO reference to him that includes the word "president". He is an ordinary citizen and a criminal defendant. There are no special protections for him. All that rhetoric should be stripped away and deep sixed.
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  12840.  @Larry-yt5ys  The judge knows what he is doing.
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  12841.  @jameszog  Where is your EVIDENCE? Oh, right: you are too stupid to even know what evidence is.
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  12842.  @Weazelmania  I don't think you quite know what you're talking about, though I do recognize that you target Jackson because she is Black. If you are a citizen of the United States then you are in the wrong country. What I have known for decades is that Republicans and other right-wingers routinely invoke the Constitution as "reason" for their assertions -- even when their assertions are entirely unconstitutional. You are only to be taken seriously as an individual who opposes fact, reason, and rule of law.
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  12843.  @khallidxjudah  The insurrection, was not merely a coup-attempt against the democratic election and peaceful transfer of power. It was an attempt to overthrow the gov't, against the Constitution, the rule of law, itself. "INSURRECTION a violent uprising . . . against the government or other authority." Law Dictionary: Second Edition (NY: Barron's Educational Series, Paperback, 1984), Steven H. Gifis, at 239. It was not a "tour," or "peaceful tour," as tours had been suspended both because of COVID and because of the official proceeding -- the transfer of power. And we further know it was not a "tour" or "peaceful tour" because the videos produced and published by the insurrectionists show them violently attacking the police. And showing the gallows, the intended use of which was the murder of democratically-elected gov't officials against the will of the voters. I suggest you READ the essay, written by President Biden, with his three proposed Constitutional amendments. He nails it based on both the Constitution, the laws, and the facts. It is those who smugly, arrogantly, ignorantly march against reason who are the zombies.
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  12844. Upstate New York is CONSERVATIVE.
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  12845.  Lee Smith  It isn't about the "corporate media". It is about Trump and the Republicans inventing fake scandals -- of which they have a long history. Why was Hillary Clinton not indicted after the many "Benghazi" "investigations? Because there was nothing there from the outset. IN FACT -- and this VIDEO IS AVAILABLE -- Republican Kevin McCarthy SAID that the purpose of those "investigations" was to "lower [Clinton's] poll numbers," on the assumption she would be running for president. The FACT is that there is NO SUBTANCE to the alternative to reality that scan-artist Trump and the Republicans are feeding to you fools -- which you guzzle because you prefer bullshit to fact and reality.
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  12846. Is that everyone in the United States? Or everyone in the world? Either way that city is going to be really, really, really crowded. And it won't include me.
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  12847. Powell is being santioned, among many reasons, for failure to do due diligence to establish actual facts. Now she admits that she didn't do the due diligence.
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  12848.  @JB-afc71  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. Judicial processes are about LAW, NOT POLITICS. Avail yourself of this opportunity to LEARN.
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  12849.  @user-ux1pf2yo7t  It applies to the entire Judicial branch, both Federal and state: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The US Supreme Court's "immunity" decision repudiates the Constitution. It is totally unconstitutional, which is why President Biden rejected it, else he could at very least arrest and imprison Trump without a trial.
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  12850. Republican RMoney is an expert at putting his feet down on both sides of every issue.
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  12851.  @rebellucy6200  Information isn't necessarily fact, let alone news. Trump claims the election was stolen -- but has produced ZERO EVIDENCE that it was. ALL the ACTUAL EVIDENCE proves he is LYING. Can YOU afford even one lawyer? Trump has a stadium full of them -- he is NOT a victim.
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  12852.  @klong024  The condos were owned by the residents. The Condo Association of condo owners were their representatives. They commissioned the 2018 report, then foot-dragged, not wanting to spend the money.
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  12853. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  12854. By ATTACKING BIDEN for the border "crisis" when HE KNOWS that it was TRUMP who tanked the bill. True traditional Republican "values": Politics of Fear and Smear.
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  12855.  elissa f  If the sexes were reversed, women would call you "sexist". Ain't being "oppressed" great -- you can get away with stuff the "non-oppressed" can't.
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  12856. Career felon.
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  12857. Statutes are positive tributes. Statues to Confederate traitors falsely portray them as examples to emulate.
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  12858. The Us Republicans REFUSED to learn from Vietnam, which was the illegal interention in a domestic civil war. So the Republicans, ever opposed to "nation building," decided to show the Democrats how to "nation build" -- by intervening in a domestic civil war. Culturally, Afghanistan is tribes and warlords, contending with each other -- civil war -- for power. They don't deal with a central gov't, and refuse to accept a central gov't imposed by the US from outside. That central gov't was illegitimate from the outset. And Republican RMoney is still living in the 1980s. In which branch of the military did he serve again?
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  12859.  @derekeimer7758  Nope. The operation was PHOTOGRAPHED and VIDEOED by the FBI. IN ADDITION, MAGA-Lardo has its own video security system. Apparently you have yet to learn that Trump fires lawyers who won't LIE for him.
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  12860. Bobby is an asshole who doesn't know the meaning of "debate". He is making personal accusations based on false and bigoted assumptions, none of which is "debate" of a "topic".
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  12861. It's the "greatest of all time" if you ignore all the others.
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  12862. He "respects" a "case" that is FALSE.
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  12863. Perhpas his anxiety disorder is at the root of his reactionary politics.
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  12864.  @robguyton3577  "Towering intellect" -- ego -- is not always comsensurate with "towering IQ". "Something somewhere is doing we don't know what." -- Einstein. Peterson purports to know.
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  12865. The 2008 crisis: let's bail out the billionaires.
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  12866. Trump is denying the Constitutional guarantee of due process.
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  12867. Because it isn't true. Gow up: Trump is a known and constant LIAR. LIES are NOT TRUTH.
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  12868. Because there wasn't anything for him to say. The FAA was the specific authority, and they provided the statement to the obvious: The lights were at night, and they were clustered around airports because they were airplanes.
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  12869. So the batteries-sharks story is supposed to be anti-electric vehicles? -- and he chooses to go with the batteries!?
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  12870.  @jenjosh  The haters target Blacks, and then, inevitably, Jews, and then inevitably, Hispanics. Interesting how Hispanics hate dictators, yet back dictator-wannabes like Trump. It is a mistake to "think" which one's emotional passions.
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  12871. And the tiny faction of Candian truckers were waving Trump, Confederate, and Nazi flags. Apparently they were disoriented by being so close to the border as potential ILLEGALS!
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  12872. Yep: even criminals can now have guns in Texas. So how do they trace guns to the perpetrators when no permits are involved?
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  12873. Trumpism is an effort to transform the United States into a BANANAS republic.
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  12874. The Puritans established a theocracy, a religiotyranny, but it was not a utopia for those who had the "wrong" "religion".
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  12875. You mean the "Bernie" who stood should-to-shoulder with Trump during the 2016 campaign by doing his own serial lying about releasing his tax records? The "Bernie" who put his own "thumb on the scale" by smearing the majority of Democrats -- "centrists" -- by calling them corrupt, thereby alienating them so they voted for the ACTUAL Democrat?
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  12876.  @TheKeithbruce  According to Rudy Giuliani, HE has the laptop hard driveS. More than one drive? And then there's the guy in New Jersey who claims he COPIED the hard drive -- ONE hard drive -- in the alleged "laptop". Assuming _arguendo_, that the "laptop" exists, then the chain of custody, and the alleged "data" on the hard drive/s is so compromised that it would be inadmissible in court. You should cease beating that dead horse -- it is already dead.
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  12877.  @TheKeithbruce  Taking presidential documents to his "home" is a CRIME, juvenile. Why do you prefer lies to truth? Is it because you're a criminal?
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  12878.  @TheKeithbruce  The Steele memoranda -- the so-called "Steele dossier" -- was in part proven true. But the Mueller investigation ignored it and arrived its it findings, and indictments, independently. You really don't know anything about official proceedings, such as aboveboard investigation and legal process. But you sure are freaked by the court-authorized search of Trump's hideout in order to struggle to change the subject to one of Trump's earlier confabulation. Get it through your dependency: Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal. That's never been a secret, or other than obvious.
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  12879.  @TheKeithbruce  It took years to get Capone. Capone got got. Trump has always been known in New York as a New York con-man and career criminal. That's why when he ran for president he LOST his home state of New York. You ignorance of law, your inability to recognize facts from fiction, is why you're such an easy sucker for Trump. What do you believe you gain from defending his criminality? Look at those who guzzled his lies, went to Washington at his invitation, and as result are sitting on their asses in jail. No pardons for them; and he is playing golf and STILL defrauding you fools of your money. And you believe he CARES about you!? What has he GIVEN you other than FICTIONS to hate?
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  12880.  @TheKeithbruce  Much of the Steele memoranda -- the so-called "Steele dossier" -- was proven true. But let's talk about the present -- Trump STEALING gov't property, then "negotiating" through lawyers about if and when and how much of the STOLEN property he would return to the gov't. Or this present issue: ___ _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  12881. Biden is getting universal praise for his actions. His primary focus during his 36 years in the Senate was foreign policy. You're just an anti-American idiot. Why don't you join the Russian side in Ukraine, fake tough guy.
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  12882. Sanders is FINISHED. And now you're picking up his and the Republicans attacks on DEMOCRATS. Real smart of the FAR_LEFT to continue the 1960s Leftist stupidity. Sanders hasn't a chance, moron: Trump would slap him dizzy, and bury him in the stench of his own baggage. ADD IN that the vast majority of the electorate see Socialism as NORTH KOREA. When will you asshole elitists get over yourself, instead of throwing elections to the Republicans?
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  12883. You knew Gabby?
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  12884.  @TT-fn1xb  The powerful protect the powerful, and everyone else -- the majority -- or in the way, and expendable.
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  12885. Is Trump attempting to build a case for a not being competent to stand trial defense?
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  12886. Abrams is always biased in favor of cops and extremist right-wing politics. "Cancel culture"? Nothing like cancelling the right of privacy in order to strip women of bodily autonomy.
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  12887.  @Corwin1141  And note that one of the comments said that he'd heard Abrams "news" is biased but he discovered that it's -- instead -- "conservative". How "conservative" must one be before one realizes that "conservatism" is a bias?
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  12888.  @Corwin1141  I've heard "conservatives" who are more moderate. The problem with most "conservatives" is that they believe it is essential that they be obedient to the "official" conservatives. Thus "conservative" "journalists" -- "conservatism" is a BIAS -- fashion themselves "experts" on whatever the issue and thus adopt a didactive condescension in place of journalistic objectivity. Abrams didn't "interview" the student -- he argued with him in defense of Thomas. I mean, what does a mere kid know -- Thomas, corrupt as the 24 hours are 24 hours long -- is a Supreme Court Justice, and a "Conservative," so has judgment not to be questioned. The group-think "conservatives" are the sheeple. Whatever accusation they sling at others is an admission about themselves.
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  12889. FOX better worry about being sued by familiesof people who died after relying on its pushing of hydroxychloroquine. There once was sufficient advanced regulation that would havee PREVENTED such blatantly irresponsible snake-oil selling.
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  12890. Trump's legacy includes a record two impeachments and a failed attempted coup against the Constitution and gov't of the United States.
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  12891. She's already steeped herself in gun-nutism.
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  12892. Go to youtube and search on their videos. They are entirely full of gibberished baloney. Like all criminals, they spew bizarre nonsense that they hope will convince others that they are exempt from the rule of law. They are a subset of gunnutism, with their own parallel alternative to reality.
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  12893. Gag orders are ALWAYS an incremental process.
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  12894.  @joansmith7649  So you were for the British winning the so-called "revolution"?
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  12895. He had no more storage space at home?
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  12896.  @Fox99787  Seems to have a Russian surname. And few "military soldiers" would be that gun-crazy. That kind of nutism applies to wannabes.
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  12897. You aren't watching mainstream media because you're told by others who don't watch it what it does and doesn't report. They don't know, and you don't know. Mainstream MSNBC is all over the issues. See as example Nicolle Wallace. And mainstream CNN just blew Mark Robinson out of the water.
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  12898. It's all about the money. Nothing else matters, except to not give up on the constant repetition of the same lies, again and again and again, _ad nauseum_. That's the only real work they do.
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  12899. Crackpot.
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  12900. If Romney had "abandoned" the party,he would have voted FOR BOTH Articles of Impeachment. He voted "NO" on the Article on Obstruction of Congress -- WHICH IS ONGOING. But typical of Romney, he kept one foot in and one foot out.
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  12901. Another Freud acolyte was Otto Rank, who came up with "birth trauma".
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  12902. "Lola" is garbage -- it appeals to those who like "freaky," while they ignore such gems as "Waterloo Sunset".
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  12903. Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified. Trump's THEFT of gov't property is not limited to classified information. ALL information generated by gov't employees is owned BY THE GOV'T.
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  12904.  @joevelte4252  This is the LAW on this issue: Trump's THEFT of gov't property is not limited to classified information. ALL information generated by gov't employees is owned BY THE GOV'T. That has been the law since the first Supreme Court ruling on the question in the 18th century. Let's be more particular by presenting the FACTS, oblivious and duped Trumpeter: 1. Several of Trump's WHITE HOUSE lawyers have testified under oath that Trump said of the STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY, "It's mine, it's not theirs." 2. Because Trump refused to cooperate by handing over the GOV'T PROPERTY he STOLE to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), NARA referred the issue to DOJ. 3. After the first 15 boxes were retrieved, and the DOJ and FBI learned that those were not all of the GOV'T PROPERTY Trump STOLE and was ILLEGALLY WITHHOLDING, the DOJ and FBI bent over backwards in effort to cooperate in the retrieval of the rest of the STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY. Trump instead engaged in what he called "negotiation" over the issue. Does law enforcement cooperate with a bank robber who wants to "negotiate" over "whether," "how much," and "when" the robber will return the stolen money? 4. Trump denied having additional STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY so the DOJ/FBI subpoenaed the remainder. Trump provided a few -- proving that his claim to have no mare was FALSE -- and at least one of his lawyers signed a declaration attesting to the "fact" that there were no more STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY to turn over. 5. Finally, because Trump TALKED about "cooperating" but did not do so, the DOJ/FBI got a warrant for search and retrieved even more boxes of STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY, in total to date more than two dozen. It wouldn't have been an issue if Trump had simply turned over all the documents at the outset. Instead, the PAPER TRAIL of the effort documents Trump LYING, and blowing off a subpoena. And then his lawyer BOBB publicly stated that she was kept from the premises and didn't receive the warrant. IN FACT, as the unsealed warrant/inventory show, BOBB SIGNED the warrant/affidavit as the RECIPIENT of them. Trump has NEVER accepted "NO!" even when the "NO!" is the LAW. So you are arrogantly and stupidly defending CRIME. Question: Is TRUMP above the law?
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  12905.  @joevelte4252  The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) smacked down Trump's BULLSHIT on the issue with an explanation of how presidential records -- see Presidential Records Act -- are handled, and how, separately, classified information is handled. That statement smacking down Trump's whiney BULLSHIT was reported by all CREDIBLE media: The NARA maintains control of and administers the presidential records of ALL modern presidencies, including those accessible through presidential libraries. That includes the 33 million Obama presidential records. Obama complied with the Presidential Records Act by turning over ALL those records to NARA, and NARA in cataloging them sent the non-classified to a NARA facility in the Chicago area -- those being accessible to patrons of the Obama Presidential Library -- and all classified information to a facility in the Washington, D.C. area. Thus NARA maintains control over the non-classified records, AND the classified -- and NO ONE outside those in gov't having security clearances and need to know has access to the classified. NONE of that is controversial or rocket science or a new practice. Only Trumpeters don't know that Trump is a CONSTANT LIAR because they WANT to believe his lies. And they -- as do you -- avoid all sources of information that AREN'T propagandists for Trump by perpetuating his lies. So Obama isn't actually the issue -- which is why Trump is LYING about it. THIS is the issue: Is TRUMP above the law?
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  12906.  @joevelte4252  Want to know how TRUMP was required to follow the letter of the law? READ the Presidential Records Act. He IGNORED that LAW.
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  12907.  @DynaCatlovesme  In the Constitution, election "tie" disputes are addressed by Congress. But there is nothing in law that allows overturning certified elections: there are state rights involved that the Federal gov't can't infringe. Elections are conducted by state gov't, not the Federal -- and not the political parties.
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  12908. You're mixing apples and oranges. Prosecutors and appointed judges are not politicians, except when the system is corrupted by politics. And not all politicians are "crooked". Reality is more complicated than comic books.
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  12909. Those who SAY racist things ARE RACIST.
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  12910. I'm all for the Republicans spending their political capital in ways that encourages votes against them. But I'm all against them wasting millions of taxpayer monies to perpetuate frauds on the American people.
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  12911. The "Declaration" was not a plan of gov't, so did not create the United States. And it was never law. After the "Declaration" the Continental Congress framed the "Articles of Confederation," which was a plan of gov't.
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  12912.  @nycatlady2314  "but they have said if a grown man is with a teenager it’s not rape if he makes a commitment to marry". In Massachusetts there was a relatively recent case of a man seeking to end child support payments. These were the underlying facts of the case: His girlfriend told him she was pregnant and that it was his. He married her and supported the family. Seven years in she told him the kid wasn't his. He had DNA testing done and found it wasn't his -- in other words, she had lied in order to induce him to marry her. He divorced, and filed suit to cease paying child support. He lost in all the lower courts, and then lost in the state's highest court. The WOMAN chief justice authored the opinion holding that he had to continue paying child support because he "committed" to doing so. Ignored was that fact that he was fraudulently induced into the marriage. Marriage is a contract. If a party to a contract is found to have induced the other party to join the contract by means of fraud, the contract is void. I'm 76 and have been watching the politics all along. In the early 1970s with the beginning of the women's movement, one of its inherited-wealth leaders said: "Sisters, if you want to be independent, then get off his wallet." That was quickly REJECTED by most of the movement. This is the basic unchanged paradigm (except for the recent Dobbs decision): If a couple gets pregnant and both want it, she has it. If a couple gets pregnant and neither want it, she doesn't have it. If a couple gets pregnant and he wants it but she doesn't, she doesn't have it. If a couple gets pregnant and he doesn't want it but she does, she has it -- and his wallet. And that last is still enforceable by law.
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  12913.  @jessmunguia5283  The "incels" are looking beyond that. As are the enraged force-birthers who believe there aren't enough WHITE babies being born.
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  12914.  @keithgriffiths9864  They don't believe extramarital rape should be illegal.
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  12915. The Colorado decision came out of a two week trial in which Trump's side of the issue was represented.
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  12916.  @Acccountable  You'd need EVIDENCE for that, of which there is NONE. The Republican tradition of the Politics of Fear and Smear is not a legal principle. And it turns out that the two "witnesses" for the "impeachment inquiry" against Biden were assets of Chinese and Russian intelligence services. The first is still on the lam, and the second is arrested for lying to the gov't on the matter, and is incarcerated because a flight risk. So as there are no grounds for indicting, let alone trying, Biden, what's your next anti-American move, Comrade?
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  12917. He comes from the same place Trump came from: the Bronx.
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  12918. The foremost responsibility of gov't is to protect public health and safety. "People" need to be SCIENTISTS in order to know what they are putting in their bodies. After all, dunce, one does not otherwise know whether the CLAIMS made about UNREGULATED substances are TRUE. And we know YOU aren't a scientist. You're just another dunce who rejects the rule of law based on the word of CHARLATANS.
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  12919. "Bitcoin" is a scam, vaporware.
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  12920. Genocide is illegal. Israel is not exempt from the rule of law. Netanyahu is losing it.
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  12921. The "Conservativves" on the Supreme Court pick and choose when and whether to rely on medical science. They banned so-called "partial-birth abortion" based upon lies about the procedure and its actual rarity.
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  12922. Trump would praise the coup, as he praised China's crushing of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement, and the same in Hong Kong.
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  12923. His books are bestsellers. There's money in that.
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  12924.  @JamesC785  There are thee dots to the right of every comment. Click on those and "Report".
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  12925.  @richwinds7179  What if the man were an actual citizen? I mean, you don't know the facts, but you run with the Republican racism because you're a racist. Meanwhile, back at reality, the statistics show that US-born citizens commit more crime than immigrants. And also back at reality: Everyone under the jurisdiction of US law, regardless citizenship status, is subject not only the penalties in law but also the protections -- beginning with Constitutionally-guaranteed due process. Due process is premised upon presumption of innocence. That means that no one is "illegal" unless and until adjudicated so in a court of law. When will you learn basic American rights in law instead of immediately jumping to the conclusion that everyone who violates the law is automagically an "illegal". Trump is an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon -- a criminal, but he isn't ilegal, even though he is, for the second time, married to an immigrant. And check out his chosen VP, Vance: married to an immigrant. And both Trump and Vance tell you to hate immigrants.
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  12926.  @karimsanchez3213  Leave it to the racist Trumpers who are committedly law-illiterate to spew the usual smears against the rule of law based on no facts at all.
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  12927. You ean you share the ideology of the "dissector".  That is not to be confused with being in touch with reality.
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  12928. Hedge funds/Equity firms are also buying up health care. And in all instances it is ONLY about PROFITS. Captialism -- if one can afford it.
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  12929. Gee, ya think the real estate trade associations are apologists for a rigged housing market? Perhaps we should blame the homeless and "squatters" who are frozen out of the system by the real estate trade associations and the self-dealing they lobby into law and policy.
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  12930. Pinball machines and jukeboxes were tied to the mob.
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  12931. Trump is intent on fomenting chaos and violence and confusion over the election results. He will get people killed if he can manage to do that. He is a thug -- which is not the same as being "nuts". The only difference is that he gets others to do his dirty work so he can pretend to be innocent.
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  12932. Trump is a cesspool of crime.
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  12933.  @realpocahontas1776  If you're going to make accusations against others, especially concerning ALLEGED "unethicality," it is YOUR ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY to BACK IT UP WITH EVIDENCE. Short of that you're a dishonest -- unethical -- troll.
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  12934.  @Dmdirmrjr33  Let us know when you know the factual history of Michigan. Until then buckle down on learning how to express yourself in literate English.
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  12935. She's a lawyer, so has a more factual -- non-political -- analysis. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  12936.  @denillefleming2942  They have the jurisdiction to investigate her corruption in relation to whether she can keep her law license. What you need to do is stop your anti-American defending of Trump's rampant criminality.
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  12937. You nail it. Is there any escape from capitalism's commodification of everything, even death, as entertainment to be sold by any means necessary to consumers. Where did Travis Scott's fans get the idea that violence at his concerts is "entertainment"? And then there's the escape from that fact by blaming not Scott but "God" or "Satan," with all sorts of irrational, nihilistic defenses of that "view". Note the "escape clause" in the last verse of the following -- ____ Who Killed Davey Moore? WRITTEN BY: BOB DYLAN Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? “Not I,” says the referee “Don’t point your finger at me I could’ve stopped it in the eighth An’ maybe kept him from his fate But the crowd would’ve booed, I’m sure At not gettin’ their money’s worth It’s too bad he had to go But there was a pressure on me too, you know It wasn’t me that made him fall No, you can’t blame me at all” Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? “Not us,” says the angry crowd Whose screams filled the arena loud “It’s too bad he died that night But we just like to see a fight We didn’t mean for him t’ meet his death We just meant to see some sweat There ain’t nothing wrong in that It wasn’t us that made him fall No, you can’t blame us at all” Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? “Not me,” says his manager Puffing on a big cigar “It’s hard to say, it’s hard to tell I always thought that he was well It’s too bad for his wife an’ kids he’s dead But if he was sick, he should’ve said It wasn’t me that made him fall No, you can’t blame me at all” Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? “Not me,” says the gambling man With his ticket stub still in his hand “It wasn’t me that knocked him down My hands never touched him none I didn’t commit no ugly sin Anyway, I put money on him to win It wasn’t me that made him fall No, you can’t blame me at all” Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? “Not me,” says the boxing writer Pounding print on his old typewriter Sayin’, “Boxing ain’t to blame There’s just as much danger in a football game” Sayin’, “Fistfighting is here to stay It’s just the old American way It wasn’t me that made him fall No, you can’t blame me at all” Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? “Not me,” says the man whose fists Laid him low in a cloud of mist Who came here from Cuba’s door Where boxing ain’t allowed no more “I hit him, yes, it’s true But that’s what I am paid to do Don’t say ‘murder,’ don’t say ‘kill’ It was destiny, it was God’s will” Who killed Davey Moore Why an’ what’s the reason for? Copyright © 1964, 1965 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1992, 1993 by Special Rider Music
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  12938.  @shadowfox9490  Blah, blah, blah: "Because it's important that people take initiative in their education, to fact check, and to form their own opinions." "Opinions" have a chance of being true. One should adhere to facts, not "opinion" independent of fact. And I would add adherence to law. There's simply too much bullshit "opinion" based on "You are free to believe anything you want -- without any regard for whether the belief is true or false." Every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY.
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  12939.  @shadowfox9490  If one adheres to fact and law, the objective, then the conclusions cannot be only "one's own". If those who have objective information -- fact and law -- provide it, then they are not indoctrinating or preaching. There is truth and actual information that can be relied upon. "I hope you practice what you preach" -- can one blow off other's "opinion" if that opinion is founded on objective fact and law? This is an example of the work I've been doing, for more than 30 years, as a person with an education in law: ___ No law protects private/fake "militia" This chronology illustrates both the evolution, elaboration, and increasing specificity of law, and its continued consistency over centuries: ____ Militia Act from October 1658 (rendered in contemporary spelling): "Military, [S.] 11. . . . It is Further Ordered, that henceforth all warrants for impressing [e.g., DRAFTING] & raising of soldiers for any expedition, shall be directed to the Committee of militia of the several Towns who may execute the same by the Constable & the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to suppress all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." For emphasis: "the said Committee are hereby impowered & required to SUPPRESS all raising of soldiers, but such as shall be by the authority of this government." The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1660, with the Supplements to 1672. Containing Also, the Body of Liberties of 1641. (Boston: Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, Published by Order of the City Council of Boston, 1889), William H. Whitmore, Record Commissioner, at 179. In the above, "Committee of Militia" is part of the town gov't. Above the town gov't and "Committee" was a military command structure, in law, which included, at the top, the governor as commander-in-chief of the Militia. The governor was not going to "take up arms" against the gov't/himself. ___ Rendered in contemporary spelling: At a GENERAL COURT Held at Boston the 3d of May 1676. This COURT taking into Consideration the great Disappointment the Country hath suffered by reason of non-appearance of Soldiers Impressed [DRAFTED] for several expeditions: Do judge meet that every person Impressed [DRAFTED] as a Soldier for the Service of the Country, and neglecting to make his appearance according to Order: every such Foot Soldier shall pay the sum of four Pounds, and every Trooper shall pay the sum of six Pounds: and if their neglects or refusal be accompanied with Refractoriness, Reflection or Contempt upon Authority, such person shall be punished with Death, or some other Grievous punishment. And the Committee of Militia in the several Towns where the offence is committed are hereby impowered and required to call before them all such as shall be Delinquents as is above expressed, and on Conviction of their neglect to give Warrant to the Constable to levy the said fines, which said fines shall be improved to purchase Arms for the Towns use; Provided it shall be in the power of the Council upon Petition of any person aggrieved, and just reason alleged and proved to make abatement of the said fines as in their wisdom and discretion they shall judge meet. And it is hereby Ordered that the return of all neglects and defects in the cases aforesaid, be sent to the Committee of Militia in the several Towns, who are hereby required to take care for the strict Execution hereof. By the COURT Edward Rawson Secr. The Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. Reprinted from the Edition of 1672, With the Supplements Through 1686. (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, 1890), Edited by William H. Whitmore, at 343. Law REGULATES -- which includes imposition of PENALTIES. ___ The "Declaration of Independence," which applied exclusively to England, includes a list of grievances against King George III, these two of which are directly on point: "He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures." "Legislatures" MAKE LAW, which REGULATE. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power." "Civil Power" is the gov't, which is by definition rule of law. As John Adams, who participated in writing the "Declaration," and authored the Massachusetts constitution, said: "A system of Laws, and not of men." ___ June 21, 1788: Ratification of the US Constitution completed: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions." "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia . . . reserving to the States [GOV'TS] respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed BY CONGRESS." "Art. 4, S. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and . . . against domestic Violence." "Amendment I. Congress shall make no law . . . abridging . . . the right of the people PEACEABLY to assemble." "Amendment XIV., S. 3. No person . . . who, having previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof", shall be eligible for any US or state gov't office, civil or military. ___ The first Congress, both House and Senate, under the newly-ratified Constitution, debated and wrote the proposed Bill of Rights. The Debates of that which became the Second Amendment show its purpose was to establish a National Defense relying on the well-regulated Militia -- standing armies being feared. September 28, 1789: Proposed Bill of Rights submitted to the states for consideration and ratification consisted of TWELVE proposed amendments; the first two were rejected, making the 3rd the 1st, and making the 4th the 2nd. December 15, 1791: Ratification of remaining Ten Amendments completed. ___ Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of statutes: May 2, 1792: "An Act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions." May 8, 1792: "An Act more effectually to provide for the National Defense by establishing an Uniform Militia throughout the United States." More than two years AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress enacted a Militia Act in response to the "Whiskey" insurrection: November 29, 1794: "An Act to authorize the President to call out and station a corps of Militia, in the four western Counties of Pennsylvania, for a limited time." And this is how, per Art. I., S. 8., C. 16, the Militia is ARMED: July 6, 1798: "An Act providing Arms for the Militia throughout the United States. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be provided, at the charge and expense of the government of the United States, thirty thousand stand of arms, which shall be deposited by order of the President of the United States, at suitable places, for the purpose of being sold to the governments of the respective States, or the militia thereof, under such regulations, and at such prices as the President of the United States shall prescribe. . . . ___ Source of all US statutes above: The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, from the Organization of the Government in 1789, to March 2, 1845. Vol. I. (Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1845), By Authority of Congress, Edited by Richard Peters. ___ From Supreme Court decision _Presser v. Illinois_, 116 U.S. 252 (1886): "(115) . . . . It cannot be successfully questioned that the state governments, unless restrained by their own constitutions . . . have . . . the power to control and regulate the organization, drilling, and parading of military bodies and associations . . . . (116) The exercise of this power by the states is necessary to the public peace, safety, and good order. To deny the power would be to deny the right of the state to disperse assemblages organized for sedition and treason, and the right to suppress armed mobs bent on riot and rapine." ___ From _District of Columbia v. Heller_, 554 U.S. 570, 621 (2008) citing _Presser_: The Second Amendment "does not prevent the prohibition of private paramilitary organizations". ___ In fact, all 50 states classify such fake "militia" as "paramilitaries" and PROHIBIT them. Pick your state: https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-work/addressing-the-rise-of-unlawful-private-paramilitaries/state-fact-sheets/ ___
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  12940. Intent can be proven with circumstantial evidence.
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  12941.  @Machistmo  The penalties are stipulated in EXISTING law. I heard something additional about 5 years per each violation.
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  12942.  @seanmccartney5177  He is REQUIRED to testify truthfully, under oath, as often as the prosecution requires. If not the deal is withdrawn.
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  12943.  @boatymsboatface3929  She may. Others may have dithered, not wanting to be the first because that might risk being the only one. Now that someone else jumped in and yelled, "The water's fine!" others will be motivated to take the plunge.
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  12944.  @samuelvance5674  Bail bondsmen are in it for the money. If you can't pay the percentage, you stay in jail.
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  12945.  @samuelvance5674  Based in realism -- they have no sympathy for those who can't pay the percentage.
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  12946.  @seanmccartney5177  The plea deal details were reported IN FULL on MSNBC. But that is how plea DEALS work: "We'll give you a lesser sentence in exchange for you doing X, Y, and Z. But if you fail to do X, Y, and Z, we'll rescind the DEAL." Otherwise I was making a CYNICAL "joke": bail bondsmen are in it FOR THE MONEY -- this one is well-connected politically and is a multi-millionaire. They don't make bail deals out of the goodness of their heart. BUT, being a bail bondsman, and being subject to CRIMINAL indictment, he can probably get a real sweetheart bail deal FROM HIMSELF.
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  12947.  @seanmccartney5177  And the "missing" is what? When the issue is law, it makes sense to LEARN from those who have expertise in law. It makes sense also to learn from those who have expertise in the RELEVANT area of law. When the issue is Federal law, MSNBC provides actual former seasoned Federal prosecutors who have prosecuted under the RELEVANT FEDERAL laws being discussed. CNN does a little of that. There is another purported "network" on youtube -- Meides -- which consists to two CIVIL practice lawyers, who have NEVER been CRIMINAL law prosecutors, along with several other non-lawyer political commentators. One of them -- Ben -- slings the same bigot's slurs and name-callings at Trump, and such as Judge Cannon, as the right-wing does, but is apparently either too stupid to look at how he is identical to the malefactors in doing that, or lives the same bigotries. Or he is deliberately using an exceedingly cheap -- and destructive -- means to produce panderer's click-bait. So he perpetuates the same crude discourse that is the problem. The more mature lawyer of the two -- Popok -- posts "Hot Takes" that are so poorly prepared that they are a garbled mix of "clarification" of law and politics, and undifferentiated tangents, that one can't make sense of either, except that his politics are ostensibly "liberal". MSNBC's seasoned prosecutors are exceedingly careful and clear by adhering strictly to the law, including caveats. They DO NOT mix in their or anyone else's political views and thus corrupt and bury their message. I make those distinctions based on the fact that I have an education in law, so wonder what sort of presentations these lawyers make to juries that are successful at anything other than confusing them. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  12948.  @seanmccartney5177  The FULL report I saw about the plea deal ALSO detailed the statutory basis for the potential and actual charges. That, if HEEDED by the viewer, cuts done on law-illiterate whining about the charges not being sufficient. The charges are from ALREADY EXISTING LAW, which law STIPULATES the charges. Prosecutors do not write the law; they don't make it up as they go along. The apply EXISTING law. If the law appears insufficient to the law-illiterate, it's because the law-illiterate aren't thinking in terms of aw; they are thinking in terms of emotion and VENGENCE. JUSTICE based on RULE OF LAW is NOT VENGEANCE. And that -- law-illiteracy -- is exactly how Trump and his dupes operate, and from whence comes his bogus allegations of "treason" and such, and the death threats he incites.
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  12949. A competent lawyer never asks a question if he doesn't already know the answer. What you don't understand about calling witnesses: HOSTILE witnesses may LIE; others may respond to the subpoena by going to court and tying it up for weeks, months, years. Interesting, though, how so many only hear what they want to hear.
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  12950. That doesn't mean Trump cares for anyone beyond himself, or beyond re-election, and profiting financially from the disaster he ALLOWED to get out of control. The media aren't required to care -- Trump IS required, and PROMISES to do so. The problem is that his PROMISES are LIES.
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  12951. So you defend anti-American Neo-Nazis.
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  12952. What "company" -- is "Patriot Front" a "company? Perhaps they are, as they are essentially grifting other racists for their living expenses instead of getting jobs. Or do you mean U-Haul, located in Illinois, attached an Arizona license plate that didn't match the Illinois U-Haul registration? Let's conclude: anyone defending violent Neo-Nazi terrorist gang "Patriot Front" is lying.
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  12953. Look at the education system in Republican-controlled Alabama: keep people stupid.
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  12954. Trump NEVER acts in good faith. Stop playing with the idea that he actually might do so.
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  12955. Trump is obviously a snooze operator.
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  12956. It's interesting the number of high profile Republicans who are learning what it means to be a Democrat.
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  12957. Her JOB is to LIE -- as is the norm for the Trump criminal enterprise. I can't wait till you gullibles learn how tariffs ACTUALLY work.
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  12958. Trump has always been a bullshitter -- it's what con-artists do. It's all made up; he doesn't actually know anything. The problem for him is that he has bullshitted himself into a corner and he can't get out of it because the only means he has to attempt to get out of it is more of the same: bullshitting. Send him a warehouse full of shovels so he can continue to dig his "perfect" hole.
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  12959. "Subject": Looking at conduct. "Target": charges pending.
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  12960. He is still lying about the election. He them worked tirelessly to support Trump's "stolen election" lie -- and is still doing it. The 2000 election was stolen: the UNELECTED Supreme Court has no legal role in deciding elections; that authority is clearly given to Congress by the 12th Amendment and the "Electoral Count Act".
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  12961. Gym Jordan continues to lose his wrestling match with the truth.
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  12962. The first copyright violation case was decided by a Supreme Court of 6. It concerned publication of Supreme Court opinions, and the plaintiff lost.
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  12963. Yeah -- Michael Johnson is a Christian "family values" guy. But let's talk about the district, after speculative smear against the media.
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  12964. Damn the fake piety. His oath is to the Constitution, not to his "faith"/"religion": the First Amendments requires separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  12965. Sununu: the US Constitution is expressly SUPREME OVER "states' rights".
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  12966. He had a choice: either hold out for a subpoena to testify at the impeachment trial, or get a million dollar advance for stating those facts in a book published after the trial was over. Just another macho manly-man-talking right-wing grifter. This is the guy who advocated for the US withdrawing from the United Nations -- which the United States founded -- and NATO -- which the United States founded. Putin advocates for the same thing.
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  12967.  @Baka_Komuso  Many of us have been ailing Bolton since Reagan picked him out of the dung heap to do his extremist swearing for him.
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  12968. Vote Republican, lose your home insurance -- then blame the International Monetary Funds because blaming Democrats doesn't work. You embody the fact that Florida is a shithole state. You are not an economist.
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  12969. Trump's insurrectionists were FALSELY "aggrieved".
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  12970. "I fear that in every elected office, members will obtain an influence by noise, not sense. By meanness, not greatness. By ignorance, not learning. By contracted hearts, not large souls. There must be decency and respect.” -- John Adams
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  12971. "Majority Report" is the essence of white privilege, and political naivete. Mostly stupid and destructive.
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  12972. On the freight elevator, which is presumed reinforced to carry morbidly obese freight.
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  12973.  @mvicavanagh  EVERY country tells itself that it's the greatest.
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  12974. The jury in the E. Jean Carroll trial had TRUMP SUPPORTERS on it -- and yet THEY voted that he was LIABLE, AND for the 5 million dollars in damages.
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  12975. @Billie Eilish singing or Coronavirus I keep seeing the smears against BLM (and non-existent "Antifa") about them rioting and burning buildings. It's obvious you're okay with killing cops, though.
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  12976. The Koch Foundation has worked for decades to undermine democracy.
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  12977. The insurrectionists were set up by Trump, and landed in jail for him, and he had time to do it but DIDN'T pardon them.
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  12978. Hucksters choose either "religion" or pseudo-scientific quasi-psychologizing, which are really the same thing: faith without evidence.
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  12979. Anti-American illiterate.
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  12980.  @ErezYehuda  Everyone has issues. Moreso those who gravitate to the mental health "sciences," because they are seeking self-cure.
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  12981. Floriduh: where IQ goes to die.
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  12982. I often wonder how many pedophiles are hiding behind the Republican OBSESSION with pedophilia.
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  12983. "Very" is a junk word. Stop using it.
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  12984. "I came across a study today" -- which you don't identify.
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  12985. But Trump would. A MAGA in Texas attempted to force his wife to have an abortion, without her knowledge, by suddenly serving her breakfast in bed with spiked orange juice. In the Texas court he got a slap on the wrist. But if his wife had attempted it, she would have been prosecuted and jailed.
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  12986. He was telling those around Putin that he has their back.
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  12987.  @vincentsmith9562  Churches are tax exempt. The original deal was that they would be tax exempt so long as they stayed out of politics. Instead they've amassed untaxed wealth and use that to force their fantasies onto others, some of that through gov't. Some include lying against the fact of separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  12988.  @edwardbaker1331  A belief that is false exists; but that it exists does not make it true. And this isn't about "animosity," simpleton: it is about REASON. Let's see if your are not so profoundly shallow that you can grasp reason: Not five minutes ago "God" talked to me. And "He" said that he has never, in the entire endless history of infinity, talked to any other human. Well, yeah -- I can't prove that, but you can't disprove it. That's why reason requires EVIDENCE. And why Christ instructed that one practice one's "religion" IN PRIVATE -- because the public showing off of one's "piety" is egotism based on being judgmental of others as inferior because you run for necessary doubt and can't stand others believing differently than you. I love the way the FOUNDERS put you bullying cranks in your place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State.
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  12989.  @marciamariethompson6463  Exactly my point.
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  12990.  @mkkrupp2462  Do you actually understand "freedom" -- and the fact that every right is inextricably entwined with RESPONSIBILITY? Or are you all about abstract fantasies without substance?
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  12991.  @Francisco50771  From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ And that is because the Founders realized that it can't be proven that there IS a "God".
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  12992.  @anjaoldnettle2841  The majority of "Christian" churches -- many were anti-Semitic based upon their stolen JEWISH-written "Bible" -- in Nazi Germany caved to and went along with Hitler. "Biblical" gibberish won't change those facts.
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  12993.  @tonimartine370  It can't be proven there's a "God" -- therefore it can't be proven that illiterate sheep herders were talked to by anyone let alone a "God". Reason requires more EVIDENCE than mere word from finite and imperfect humans who are prone to error and lying. This is how the Founders put your subjectivist rejection of fact and reason in its place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those, and equivalent provisions in the other states constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. The US Constitution, by its own express terms, is the SUPREME Law of the Land. There is NO "higher law".
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  12994.  @SherryHill-k5y  You've actually STUDIED "all past societies"? Including their level of education, illiteracy, and critical thinking? Because ignorance is the basic tradition, your assertion is meaningless. It is also meaningless and also ignorant is this fact: Most societies believed in MULTIPLE "Gods" -- not a single "supreme being"; see as examples Greek mythology and Indian Hinduism. It is only with the pre-Christian era that all those "Gods" were consolidated into a single "God"(though Catholicism posits a "father, son, AND "holy ghost") -- and the "God" of the "Old Testament" is a mass-murder-ordering TYRANT who blames and punishes the IMPERFECT humans "He" created, instead of taking responsibility for making them IMPERFECT and therefore bound to screw up. You're also wrong to believe that "believing" a thing makes the thing believed true -- or makes it actually exist. Can you imagine flying without having an airplane? -- yes. Can you IN REALITY fly without an airplane? NO! Can you "BELIEVE" the FALSE FANTASY that you can fly without an airplane? Certainly -- but that belief, being a false fantasy, would be FALSE. That's why THINKING is an ACTIVE process, whereas "belief" is a resting point. CRITICAL THINKING evaluates the BELIEF to determine whether it is true OR FALSE. Or, neutrally, not proven. What the claims about a "supreme being" are about is FEAR OF DEATH. NO ONE knows what occurs when one dies. But the alternative to the fear is "hope" -- and generated fantasies about it. So "religion" provides made-up "answers" to questions that have no answer. Believing a thing DOES NOT automagically also make it true. How can an imperfect, finite human comprehend infinitude and perfection? S/he cannot; one can "believe" that infinity and perfection exist, but the finite, imperfect human cannot KNOW they do.
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  12995.  @marciamariethompson6463  None of that proves there's a "God" that, according to finite imperfect human speculation, is beyond the conception of finite imperfect humans. You're a subjectivist who rejects facts and reason -- including the fact that illiterates in a "Bible" that claimed the "whole world" was flooded -- before it was proven the world is round, and before there was any knowledge of any "world" outside the Middle East desert -- and who claimed they heard voices, and that the "voices" were "God," provided a shred of proof for any of that. This is how the Founders put you subjectivists in your place: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those state constitution provisions, and their equivalents in other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. Gov't is by definition RULE OF LAW. Your rejection of the rule of law is ANTI-AMERICAN. Last but not least: Christ instructed his adherents to practice their "religion IN PRIVATE -- not to bullyingly push your lawless crap into others faces in arrogant pretense that you're holier-than-though. Christianity is compassion and decency. Learn at least to respect others by learning to be decent in both word and action. Else you'll continue to get put back in your place by the rule of law.
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  12996.  @marciamariethompson6463  It has never been proven -- which is why there are 90,000 different versions of "Christian" "religions," and every one of them claims to be the "one True Religion". And why they "proofs" and their "reasonings" based thereon don't work so they resort to bullying and force in effort to impose their lunacy on everyone else. Bak off: the issue is not "abortion"; the issue is problem pregnancies that can only be resolved by the medical procedure of abortion. Get an education outside the swamp of illiterate lawlessness in which you wallow.
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  12997.  @wesleydavis2766  Taxing "religion" would give them the authority to invade gov't.
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  12998. Had Trump testified he would have been Hannibal Lectered.
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  12999. FOX "news" has always been tilting at fake windmills.
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  13000. He's a moral DEGENERATE.
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  13001. You know nothing about statistics, and how polls are conducted. It isn't by accident when the polls are correct.
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  13002. Trump is TERRIFIED because (1) exposed for what he is, and (2) with no defenses.
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  13003. Giuliani and Costello operate in the grey area between the Mafia and mobbed-up Trump.
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  13004. Ed King was a Republican who got elected by lying that he was a Democrat. He later sued for defamation. And he was so insufferable that the jury found in his favor -- and awarded him the total maximum award of $1.00. And overpayment by at least 1 cent.
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  13005. No.
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  13006. The right-wing Supreme Court has been turning the 14th Amendment -- to which they are hostile -- on its head since Bush v. Gore when in that decision they held that the candidate, Bush, would be "harmed" if he were allowed to lose the election by allowing all votes to be counted. So Bush had rights that the were more important that that of the voters.
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  13007. You don't make sense. The court has a copy of the original warrant and affidavit. The DOJ already filed motion to unseal the warrant that is in possession of the court. While Trump's lawyer is still trying to talk nonsense about how they were "cooperative" while refusing to return the STOLEN gov't property. Your paranoia about "gum'mint" is result of being dirt stupid about how gov't functions.
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  13008.  @kevinlindsey6862  Well it does carry on the "Biblical" tradition of being lurid tabloidism. Imagine the authors of the "God" of the "Bible" opposing slavery when they were the slaves, and approving of slavery when they were the slave owners. And how that "God" ordered mass murders, even of children, when things didn't go the tribe's way. They didn't yet have JFK and Elvis to claim modern-day risings from the dead.
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  13009.  @stephenmanger7744  I want Trump to keep his word by testifying under oath in his New York criminal trial. That would be the first time in world history that a president was a cannibal, that a cannibal ate himself, and the cannibal ate himself alive. I'll bet you, being MAGA, know that your superhero Trump could do all that: the greatest, strongest, most powerful cannibal in the history of -- it must be -- the infinite universe.
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  13010. Dead people don't vote, because they can't, because they are dead. There are no coffins on the market that include a ballot box.
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  13011. Hillary Clinton was correct about Trump. Fools fell for the spin and lying, and their refusal to focus on facts and reality, and we lost the vision of Hillary Clinton. We've been driven back YEARS thanks to the fools. They dug us into a hole we must now struggle to climb out of.
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  13012. Money buys ads. Sanders buys ads, Bloomberg buys ads. Bloomberg isn't arguing for more than one person-one vote. And more than any other, Sanders "fans" faces are filled with pie-in-the-sky. Sanders is on VIDEO praising Communist/Socialist Castro. Sanders is on VIDEO praising Communist/Socialist Sandinistas against the United States. When in his 30s, he wrote about sex and young children. During the 2016 campaign, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his own serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Now he is standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump by refusing to release his medical record. What all the talk about "transparency"? As for his being "proud" of this, and "proud" of that: "Pride goes before a fall." -- "Bible".
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  13013. The watches are from a Wyoming strip mall.
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  13014. Streaming, "smart" TVs. VOD, MOD -- all of these are disempowering consumers.
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  13015. 1. It can't be proven there's a "God". 2. KKK is white supremacism. Neo-Nazis are white supremacists. 3. Vivek has a mouth and uses it but doesn't know what he's talking about. There is no "Left" in the US. There is defense of fascism by the right, and denial by the right of the right to BE leftist.
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  13016. Trump is engaged in witness intimidation -- which is ILLEGAL. And in jury tampering -- which is ILLEGAL. That's why the gag order, law-illiterate anti-American.
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  13017. Holy shit! The Select Committee is going for the juggler. And there are no "privileges" of any kind.
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  13018. Trump will be indicted. "Watergate" resulted in 40-plus indictments and convictions -- AFTER the hearings, and AFTER Nixon resigned. The number of indictments in this case is likely to exceed that number.
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  13019.  @oussamabayar7477  The first victim of your embrace of baseless hate is YOU. Educate yourself: watch the January 6 Committee hearings -- all but two of the witnesses testifying thereto being TRUMP REPUBLICANS, and most of those from the TRUMP WHITE HOUSE.
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  13020. You can read his mind? He's wealthy. He doesn't need the money. He was gung-ho on the illegal invasion and occuptation of Iraq. The only real difference he had with Trump was about Russia, where they were at opposite ends. They were kindred spirits, though, on being experts on war, like Dick cheney, despite never having got near the insides of a military uniform.
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  13021.  @wishihadanickel  How stupid are Floridians: they vote repeatedly to maintain Republican control of gov't -- then buy the blaming of Democrats when they find themselves in the Republican-imposed shitter. Are there NO Floridians who aren't all about greed at the cost of their own bank accounts and lives!?
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  13022. Snowflake Trump and his kids are going to buried under a blizzard of lawsuits.
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  13023. The cops are on the defensive -- why?
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  13024. They are unacceptable at all times, as attacks on the rule of law defines the criminal.
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  13025. Texas Republicans = American Taliban = Republican "Sharia" law.
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  13026. Because Trump wants his lawyer/s to make "arguments" that are bullshit. All he's ever been is a bullshitter, a New York City con-man.
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  13027.  @joyphillips1821  What would happen, pray tell? FACE REALITY: with Republican gerrymandering (affirmed by the Supreme Court), Republican voter-purgings, Republican invitations to foreign power subversion of the election, and Sanders and his "fans" attacking DEMOCRATS, the Democrats need as many votes as they can get. But where are Sanders and has "fans"? Blindly attacking DEMOCRATS as "corrupt".
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  13028. Yes, you should get vaccinated. There is no right to endanger public health and safety. Stupidity is not a legitimate option in a democracy in which individual responsibility is required.
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  13029. Christians are the majority, and yet they are "persecuted". Christ preached humility -- the antithesis of such arrogance.
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  13030. Will that include Vivek and Patel and J. D. Vance's wife?
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  13031. Errors can be made, and then corrected. That doesn't mean the rror was "fake news". The bottom line is that the reject the rule of law -- exactly as you reject fact and reason.
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  13032.  @JasonBoyce  There is a necessary public show of "praying" that egotists demand. It is about herd conformity.
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  13033. I'd like to see the January 6 Committee subpoena Clarence Thomas to testify under oath. Let's see how the 6 extremist Supreme Court Justices rule on whether Supreme Court Justices are above the law. And to see if Thomas recuses himself from the decision.
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  13034. The Constitution DOEW NOT prescribe death for treason. Instead it expressly authorizes CONGRESS to determine the punishments.
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  13035. He's a degenerate.
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  13036. Joni Ernst is really good at playing stupid -- but it's transparently obvious.
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  13037. Because both oppose the existence of rule of law.
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  13038. Hunter is the person who made public that he was being investigated. That tells me he has nothing to worry about becuase they lies you are repeating are just that: lies. The attacks on Hunter Biden, dunce, are result of the fact that there's no dirt, and nothing that can be faked into "scandal," about Joe Biden.
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  13039. And what are the costs of book bannings and cultivation of hatred/s?
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  13040.  @hebel9963  So those doing the licensing, which means gov't, shouldn't be funded, and those doing the training shouldn't be paid? What happened to "there are no free lunches"?
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  13041. AGAIN: 1. Constitutions are deliberately general in order to accommodate the unforeseen. 2. Constitutional provisions are implemented by means of STATUTES, which are specific and detailed. 3. The Founders engaged in every kind of gun control, including prohibition and confiscation. 4. And _Presser v. Illinois_, which upheld Illinois state law, noted that private military organizations -- paramilitaries -- are prohibited, AND that any such organization could only be legal if authorized by the state's governor, who is the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. In sum, gun control has existed, in all its forms, since the advent of firearms.
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  13042. Because seizure of the documents required a court-approved warrant. Trump was in possession of GOV'T PROPERTY ILLEGALLY. Yet he was "negotiating" -- delay, delay, delay -- "whether" and "when" and "how much" to hand over. Trump is a THIEF -- always has been. There are enemies of the United States that would pay big money for that information -- and Trump is all about MONEY.
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  13043. It is NOT about the "optics" -- which are TERRIBLE. It's about the SMEAR.
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  13044. His STEALING the gov't property was a crime. His refusal to return the gov't property compounded the crime. And, of course, they are quoting Trump and omitting facts that show he is, as usual, LYING.
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  13045.  @robertwadas  All false. And the MONTHS of negotiations have been detailed by other than Trump's lawyers -- who either tell Trump's lies or get fired. After the 15 boxes Trump claimed he didn't have anything more. The FBI knew he was lying. They SUBPOENAED -- and Trump IGNORED the subpoena. In short, Trump REFUSED to cooperate, which in the end left only one option: warrant for search.
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  13046.  @robertwadas  Trump STOLE gov't property. Is Trump above the law?
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  13047.  @robertwadas  Trump STOLE gov't property. Is Trump above the law?
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  13048.  @robertwadas  Is Trump above the law?
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  13049.  @highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304  You aren't paying attention. It was discovered that there were 15 boxes of presidential records at MAGA-Lardo. In other words, Trump STOLE 15 boxes of GOV'T PROPERTY. Those were retrieved by NARA, and provided to the DOJ for analysis. Meanwhile, Trump was asked for any additional gov't property in Trump's possession. He said there was none, but someone was telling the FBI that he did have more. The FBI bent over backwards allowing Trump to "negotiate" the issue with them -- which was the usual Trump delay, delay, delay. Finally Trump was subpoenaed -- and he IGNORED THAT. Finally the DOJ/FBI took the only means left: warrant for search. And what did they find? -- another double-figure count of BOXES of STOLEN GOV'T PROPERTY. As for the UNEVIDENCED smears against the FBI and DOJ: the FBI knows how CRIMINALS react to law enforcement by pretending to be victims: these forensic searches are DOCUMENTED with photographs and video from BEGINNING TO END in anticipation that the CRIMINAL will LIE about the execution of the warrant. WHINE all you want, SNOWFLAKE: Trump lost the elections in his home state because he has always been known to be a New York con-man and career criminal.
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  13050.  @highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304  Have you provided any EVIDENCE that the alleged "laptop" even exists? And according to Rudy "TRUTH ISN'T TRUTH!" Giuliani, HE has the alleged "laptop" hard driveS -- PLURAL. If that is true, then it appears he hard driveS -- plural -- from the alleged "laptop" have been passed around from who knows to who knows, and no one knows how many times, so that any chain of custody has been destroyed. so admission of the hard driveS -- plural -- from an alleged "laptop" are inadmissible as evidence. As to the alleged "data" on the alleged hard driveS -- plural -- from an alleged "laptop": so beyond compromised as to be inadmissible as evidence. So, punk: assuming arguendo that the "laptop" did actually exist: there is nothing probative there because so compromised by the crackpot Giulianis and Trumps of that criminal enterprise that any effort to use whatever it is -- and no one seems to know who has what of any of whatever -- would receive the same response as the 60-plus fake lawsuits that were laughed out of court even by Trump appointed judges.
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  13051.  @highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304  "absolutely everything you just said is predicated on the idea that the documents he had at Mar-a-Lago were “stolen.“ They were not. In fact, he held government documentation at the same capacity as former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton held/hold classified government documents after their presidencies." IN FACT, bullshitter: When Trump bashed Obama about "taking" 30 million documents, the National Archives and Records Administration immediately smacked down Trump with the FACTS: The presidential documents available through President Obama's library REMAIN under the administration and control of NARA. That is because gov't documents BELONG TO THE GOV'T, not to the gov't EMPLOYEE who may have generated them. In short: presidential documents do not belong to the president. They belong to WE THE PEOPLE. And NONE of them available in presidential libraries are of any degree of classified, which are kept in a separate facility in the Washington, D.C. area. None of the above is secret. Nor is it a secret that Trump is a constant liar falsely accusing others of doing what he is doing in effort to justify the fact that HE is doing it. Trump STOLE gov't property. It is that simple. And even though he had NOT returned all of those he STOLE he claimed he had. But SOMEONE on the INSIDE flipped on him and spilled the beans about the fact that he STILL had boxes of STOLEN gov't property.
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  13052.  @highpriestofgavinalmightyh1304  I have an education in law. You are full of shit. Trump STOLE gov't property. It is that simple.
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  13053.  @robertwadas  You omit that Trump's "story" keeps changing. As example, he claims declassification powers which do not in fact exist. But you won't quote anyone who actually speaks to the LAW on these issues. In further fact there is information that can't be declassified by anyone under any circumstances. If you were reasonable you'd recognize that as an obvious fact. And further: in order for a president to "declassify" nuclear information, it would require a process overseen by those responsible for nuclear matters. I know: you want everyone to believe that Trump is above the law and can do anything whatsoever that he pleases -- a "pass" you would never give to a Democratic president because you are a hypocrite. And because you actually know that Trump can't actually do anything whatsoever that he pleases. The bottom line is that you REJECT the rule of law when a Republican is violating it, but are all in on enforcing the law against Democrats even when they haven't violated it. In sum: you are an anti-American zealot who lives to hate those you are told by such as Trump to hate, like a good little brainwashed sheeple. The stupidity of your position is something to savor: you actually believe that if your goal -- the destruction of the rule of law -- were to be achieved then you would still have rights. Nope: rights are secured in the very law you would destroy. One question of you: Is Trump above the law?
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  13054.  @robertwadas  Is Trump above the law?
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  13055.  @robertwadas  The Constitution trumps all subordinate law. "If the president does it it isn't illegal." -- Richard Nixon. That is refuted by the Impeachment Clause. It is also why he needed a pardon in order to avoid prosecution. There is gov't information that can't be declassified by anyone under any circumstances. IN FACT, there ARE laws dictating the requirements as to declassification -- which you'd know if you actually listened to those who know the law. An example is nuclear: in order for any of that to be declassified those involved in nuclear matters MUST be involved. But let's stop with the bullshit: this is what matters, and why none of the three criminal statutes cited as being violated have anything to do with classification: ALL gov't information, regardless by whom generated, is owned BY THE GOV'T, regardless whether classified or not. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, SOME of which was classified. NONE of the information generated during his term in office belongs to TRUMP: it ALL belongs to the GOV'T. PRECEDENT: Nixon sued to keep his tapes. He LOST because everything produced during his presidency BELONGS TO THE GOV'T. That has been the law since the first lawsuit ruled upon by the Supreme Court in the 18th century.
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  13056. Learn how to literately. As example, look up "punctuation".
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  13057. The domestic violence was against the wife --- not against the daughter.
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  13058.  @annmackay5786  Do you not understand how our gov't works!? CONGRESS makes the laws. Biden raised the minimum wage for Federal employees. It would take CONGRESS to raise it for those outside the Federal gov't.
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  13059.  @itsonyoufosho  None of which is true. And your baseless hatred is contrary to the view of your "God". Your screen name should be changed to "Hypocrite".
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  13060.  @itsonyoufosho  It can't be proven there's a "God".
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  13061.  @leonieromanes7265  Leading into WW II the Soviet Union had a treaty with Hitler. And the Soviet Union's effort to violently subjugated was so atrocious that when Hittler invaded Ukrainians initially saw him as their liberator -- until Hitler replaced Stalin's violence with his own.
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  13062.  @itsonyoufosho  That doesn't address your hypocrisy.
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  13063. "Sovereign citizens" are regularly pulled over by police for fake or no plates. They have killed cops when the cops moved to arrest them. They are full of phony gibberish.
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  13064. The gallows proves premeditation.
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  13065. The "Domald Trump" you see is an ACT.
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  13066. Pence should strap on his prosthetic spine and testify under oath to the January 6 Committee. Or be subpoenaed. There is only one other person as material a witness: Trump. But Pence doesn't want to alienate Thrum's "base" of duped insurrectionists.
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  13067. Benedictine College? Catholics.
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  13068. It is also a disaster for the United States. Trump just announced that he took the documents seized from MAGA-Lardo back to MAGA-Lardo.
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  13069. Asshole: MSNBC and CNN are legitimate journalists, and they aren't grandstanding when they NAIL Trump. But MUST bash the mainstream -- legitmate non-extremist -- media becuase that's the "hipp" thing to do. It's foolish, which means it ISN'T "hip"; it's conformist. Yeah: Sanders would SAY blah-blah-blah, as he has for 30 YEARS in Congress, as ESTABLISHMENT, while actually getting NOTHING DONE because everyone but HIM must compromise..
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  13070. Presidents can't pardon STATE convictions.
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  13071.  @maskedmarauder3278  "There's no such thing as a civil war." -- Mark Twain. Agreed!
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  13072. "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trump campaign members lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  13073. WATCH your language: IF Trump gets into office, not "when" he gets into office.
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  13074. Does Starbucks pay women employees less then men?
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  13075. I'm willing to bet that the sanctions and their impacts aren't lies.
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  13076. The FBI did not lie -- unless we believe that Trump's lies are actually truth.
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  13077. Trump is lying because that's all he does. Period. Full stop.
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  13078. Republican George Schultz only cared about MONEY.
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  13079.  @waltersobchak7275  It is amount and frequency.
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  13080.  @bitchface235  Absolutely agree.
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  13081. The US has been in a Constitutional crisis since Trump colluded with Russia to steal the election. For those who CONTINUE to deny the reality -- ____ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  13082. They ARE NOT "militia". They are an armed extralegal anti-gov't gang.
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  13083.  @Pepespizzeria1  The morality of telling the truth is "ratting"?
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  13084. Ornato's story has been known within the Secret Service for more than a year. Ornato is compromised, and has a history of saying things -- then later saying he didn't say it.
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  13085. It's a simple case: Trump STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  13086. Unions remember Republican Reagan union busting. Except for police they don't vote Republican.
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  13087. Trump is a liar. And one must PROVE documents were destroyed before one can credibly claim that documents were destroyed.
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  13088. Bernie represents Bernie. Period. Full stop. We saw that in 2016 when he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump with his serial lying about releasing his tax returns. Saint Bernie's only "base" is a cult of starry-eyed "fans" -- it's all about celebrity and entertainment -- for whom nothing is real, including the Socialist slogans into which they read want they want to hear.
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  13089. "Very bad things happened" -- Trump. Yeah -- ripping toddlers and children away from their parents and putting them in cages. Trump's attempted appeal against the New York fraud judgment based on the claim that he doesn't have the money, was met by the court's suggestion -- to paraphrase -- Why not ask the banks you defrauded for loans?
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  13090. Isn't that how Trump understands pay-to-play? And then he discriminates against Blacks in Federally-funded housing, so proves himself to be a hypocrite. The real question of you, though, is this: How is your intellectual dishonesty -- the issue is Trumps lifelong criminality -- "moral"? I ask because you pretend to be "moral" by asking "moral" questions that allege immorality. I'll make it simple for you: You're a hypocrite. Hypocrisy is immoral.
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  13091. There are RIGHTS on BOTH sides. Negotiations are NORMAL.
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  13092.  @rickytavilla4259  The fact is that they were mostly peaceful. What you ignore is that there were white supremacist provocateurs who broke windows, set fires, and started the violence. There were VIDEOS showing those, I recall one in which there was a team of about six, all dressed in black, moving dumpsters to block a street and setting fires in the dumpsters. Then moving a block and doing it again. In one instance a fire flared up and showed the person doing it was WHITE. There were several videos of WHITE MALES breaking store windows. The naive racists will ignore those facts -- and videos. They want us all to pretend that whites are NEVER racist and NEVER violent. The January 6 insurrection prove the exact opposite.
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  13093. The Zelkind Memorial Bridge was named for a prosecutor who had been murdered execution-style.
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  13094. There have been more than 9,000 business fraud prosecutions in New York since 2015. Those prosecutions are beyond common to constant.
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  13095.  @Voltaic_Fire  Yes: published on line. And you are a law-illiterate.
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  13096. You LOVE HATE, and LOVE to be LIED to.
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  13097. Trump will be in Georgia for THAT criminal prosecution.
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  13098. Under the Supremacy Clause in the US Constitution treaties are part of the CONSTITUTION. That includes the NATO treaty. NO president can withdraw from the Constitution/NATO.
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  13099. This is how the Founders put them in their place -- ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in the other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't.
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  13100. Biden is president. Trump is a private citizen who LOST in the state of New York in 2016 because ALWAYS known to be a New York con-man and career criminal.
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  13101. Trump's rants are alienated from reality -- but also, more important, internally incoherent. His schtick has imploded in shards and fragments; it has the appearance of a schizophrenic or psychotic break. So it is non-sequitur after non-sequitur after non-sequitur. And some MAGA are suddenly finding some critical thinking -- realizing that what he says doesn't make sense.
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  13102. Nixon sued to keep his tapes, and lost. ALL information generated by gov't employees is GOV'T PROPERTY.
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  13103. The MAJORITY of Americans SUPPORT ABORTION.
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  13104. AOC is a graduate of Boston University. And she was in no wise a poor student.
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  13105. Being "woke" -- critically aware -- is to be condemned? How about the "cancel culture" cancelling elections? Cancelling a Constitutional right such as abortion? Behind the screaming AGAINST "cancel culture" while doing exactly that.
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  13106. The Buffalo mass murderer was not a student in school, and not an employee in the grocery. The Uvalde mass murderer was not a student at the school. But -- yeah: let's put mental health professionals in the schools (but not in grocery stores?). Over 300 law enforcement officers with a shit-ton of AR-15s filled the hallway in the school. And did nothing for more than an hour.
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  13107. Hunter Bidens has as many rights as you do.
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  13108.  @kevind1555 Trump lawyer Powell said essentially the same thing at her sanctions hearing. And Hannity said he didn't believe the "stolen election" for a second -- even though he pushed the lie. Is the defense going to be that FOX is "entertainment," not "news," even though it is fascist propaganda established as a wing of the Republican Party by Reaganite Roger Ailes?
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  13109.  @kevind1555  It isn't yet beyond pre-trial. This is the discovery-deposition phase.
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  13110. "None "appeared to be" underage. Appearances can be deceiving.
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  13111. Red is the color of Communism. Just look at the Red China flag.
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  13112. The technical term, from SpaceX, is: "involuntary disassembly".
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  13113. Trump STOLE GOV'T PROPERTY, SOME of which is classified.
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  13114. It's a fake-"reality" TV production.
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  13115.  @EricWilkinson-e3b  I'll be wearing earplugs when you discover how tariffs actually work. You believe the price of eggs and gas are the central issue in life? Then you ain't seen nothing yet. This was noteworthy news: 1. Trumpers voted for Trump. 2. The day after the election Trumper's "Google" search on this question spiked -- "How do tariffs work?" Suggest you do the same so the shock will be potentially mitigated. In other words: you been lied to, boy. And you ate it up, despite Trump, on video, telling his supporters -- "I don't care about you, I just want your vote." He told you, "Go fuck yourself," and you said, "Thank you!" and voted for him.
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  13116. The Face of Indictment.
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  13117. The midterm issues for Democrats: choice, gun control, and Republican insurrectionism.
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  13118. Sanders is no hero -- among other reasons is that e helped elect Trump by smearing Clinton with right-wing REPUBLICAN LIES.
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  13119. There is no right to endanger public health and safety.
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  13120. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  13121. Are there other murderers you defend? Or do you usually limit your immorality to defending adjudicated rapist and felon Trump?
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  13122. Except when it does, and they do.
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  13123. Bizarre that in Georgia, with its racial history, and its treason against the US Constitution, actually appeals to the 14th Amendment.
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  13124. You mean "The Hill," which is making shit up again?
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  13125. He's trying to buy Puerto Rican votes in Florida. It won't work, so long as he continues to call Puerto Rico "corrupt". "Pharmaceutical" = vaccine. As ever he's bullshitting.
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  13126. Trump isn't concerned with legal or illegal. It's all about the RACISM.
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  13127. He was also a clerk for the judge -- Ludig -- who was AGAINST Eastman.
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  13128.  @exitscreaming4637  False. There were 7 who ALLEGED:Y exchanged gunfire with the killer. The 19 came in afterwards. But why did none of them think to go outside and around to the outer windows of the classrooms and try to shoot him from there while he was distracted by the 19?
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  13129.  @pipermccool  It is an effort to change the subject to something extremely severe. The problem is that it is a fantasy -- it is not happening. And, of course, he is implying that all the "murders" are being committed by Blacks, and therefore that the DA, being Black, is "racist" against whites and "protecting" those "murderers". He is a lifelong liar and racist, but a very poor storyteller. But his target audience is those he's said he loves: the UNEDUCATED.
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  13130.  @TruBlu65  Credible people back their allegations with EVIDENCE. You smear -- which is allegation without a shred of evidence. More directly: you are repeating a LIE: the vast majority of MASS MURDERS are in REPUBLICAN-run GUN-NUT states like TEXAS and FLORIDA.
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  13131. Sylogism Trump: Voting by mail is corrupt. Trump: I voted by mail because I'm allowed. Trump is allowed to be corrupt.
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  13132. Trump has a public history of racist white supremacism that won't be denied and buried by yet another pile of lies.
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  13133. Abrams is an alleged JOURNALIST who ALLEGEDLY REPORTS facts. In what was ostensibly an INTERVIEW he instead attacked the kid in defense of Thomas. Because the ethically corrupt Thomas, a "conservative," can't possibly be wrong. That is not journalism -- which DOES NOT engage in "debate".
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  13134.  @billy909420  He was pushing a "narrative": a defense of Clarence Thomas. I suggest you look at the decisions targeted by Clarence Thomas for overturning based on his and his fellow extremist Justices denial that there is a right of privacy. Get the clue: underlying "Roe" and all the decisions targeted is the RIGHT OF PRIVACY, which Thomas and his cohorts DENY EXISTS because the words "right of privacy" do not appear in the Constitution. That denial applies across the board, not only to those decisions. It was stunning that one commenter who views the mainstream media as "biased" stated that he'd heard this media outlet is "biased," but then discovered it is "conservative" -- meaning NO "biased". Apparently "conservatives" don't recognize that, whereas facts are neutral, like them or not -- "conservative" is a BIAS. Again: legitimate journalism reports the facts, regardless whether "liked". Picking a fight with an interviewee in order to defend a "conservative" Justice is not journalism; it is politicized "opinion" infotainment for those who don't know the difference between journalism and propaganda. Who prefer propaganda to facts they don't like. The mainstream media conforms to a standard that has existed in print journalism for many, many decades: there is the news -- facts -- and, as a SEPARATE SECTION, "Opinion". FOX obliterated the line by mixing the two, and then leaving out the facts altogether. That is what "conservative" media has become: full-on propaganda presented as "fact".
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  13135.  @billy909420  Abrams is without question BIASED. And it is not the proper function of legitimate journalism to "push a narrative," which is exactly what Abrams is doing: he is ARGUING with a person whose view he doesn't like, and DEFENDING Clarence Thomas, despite the fact that Thomas has, with the other 5 "Federalist Society" extremists, DENIED that there is a right of privacy. I suggest you look at YOUR life and how that is affected by not having a right of privacy.
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  13136. Are you talking about Gym Jordan? Or Louis Go[h]mer[t]?
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  13137. Right-wingers insist that gun control law doesn't work, even though they do. And they claim anti-abortion laws will work, even though we know they don't.
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  13138. Has Musk suffered his burn-out crash yet?
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  13139. Biden has a STUTTER. Assholes bash him for that.
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  13140. Who are "they"?
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  13141.  Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus  The First Amendment separates "religion" and its world of speculation from gov't. It can't be proven there's a "God". Christ counseled to not pray in public -- because all that's about is attracting attention to how "pious" one is; it is an ego-trip, which is the opposite of the posited purposes of "religion". Your arrogance is offensive: no one wants to hear your private fantasies -- and yet you shove them in other peoples' faces. You are rude.
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  13142.  @Val-rd4lb  Nothing is perfect, therefore all can't be corrupt, even if by accident. I point to Schiff and Raskin as examples of the honest. And to Raskin's father, who was one of the "Boston Five" who opposed US involvement in Vietnam, which was illegal -- the first "advisors" having been sent to Vietnam by Republican Eisenhower, whose CIA also overthrew democratically-elected gov'ts in Central America and replaced them with military dictatorship, as Republicans Nixon and Kissinger later did in Chile.
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  13143.  @Gabedudley1  Who attacked Ukraine? Is it your view that when a democracy is attacked it should pull a Chamberlain and instead of opposing the attack should beg, "Please -- can we have some more?" Unless and until you understand WW II -- and beyond simply "knowing" that it was freedom v. fascism -- you won't know what you're talking about. I opposed ALL wars -- begun by REPUBLICANS after WW II/Korea. But supporting Ukraine is different: Ukraine is the FRONT LINE defense of democracy; the UNITED STATES' front line but -- because of US-established NATO -- without US boots on the ground.
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  13144.  @Gabedudley1  If that were true Russia would already have subjugated Ukraine. Correct, COMRADE?
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  13145.  @judyindisquise5883  Even if that were true there is no need for him to start a car. And throughout his history in politics he always travelled by train. Stupidity is your profession, but no one is buying it from you.
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  13146.  @Gabedudley1  None of that is the reality. That isn't even happening in Russia, though Putin has rendered the election process ineffective. TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS ARE LYING TO YOU. You obviously know nothing about WW II, and as result are totally clueless as to the facts. But tell us: the Russian missiles hitting Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and killing civilians are actually being launched by Marjorie Taylor Greene's "Jewish Space Lasers".
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  13147. Interesting that activist gov't that meets the needs of "We the people" -- as it is intended to do -- is suddenly acceptable to Republicans.
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  13148. It is a fact that the Trump "base" consisted of people who never bothered with politics, knew nothing about politics, and didn't vote. How many will vote not having Trump as a candidate? Few if any, though DeSantis is targeting them..
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  13149. The LOONY defenses of the murderer promote domestic terrorism. And Terrorist-in-Chief LOVES their irresponsible and dangerous contribution to the chaos and domestic violence he foments against the rule of law. The following is FUNDAMENTAL. ___ From "A Man for All Seasons": In the following, Roper was Thomas More's hot-headed and impulsive son-in-law-- Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -- where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws, from coast to coast -- man's laws, not God's -- and if you cut them down -- and you're just the man to do it -- do you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake. ___ Who is the "Devil" in this situation? The VICTIM. ANYONE can be put in the position of "Devil". The attacks on McDonalds, and minimum-wage employee, the death threats against the backpack manufacturer are domestic terrorism. What will these fools do if one or more of those innocent people are harmed or worse -- cheer? Stop and think for the first time in their lives? All them need to sit down, STFU, and ask themselves how they lost their minds and moral compass. Or why they are indistinguishable from MAGA.
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  13150.  @bigverybadtom Trump "University" was a FRAUD. To commit a FRAUD is to LIE. The Trump "charitable" foundation was a FRAUD. To commit a FRAUD is to LIE. He was found LIABLE for MASSIVE fraud in the valuations and devaluations of his properties. FRAUD is LYING. He was CONVICTED of the CRIME of FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS in order to FALSELY influence the election. FALSIFYING is LYING. When asked if he would take the stand and testify under oath at his CRIMINAL trail, he responded, "ABSOLUTELY." Then when weaseling out of doing so he first asserted that the "gag" order prevented him doing so. In FACT AND LAW there was a simple and legal way around the gag order: To testify UNDER OATH. But he REFUSED to do so because he knew he had only two options: Either admit to the facts PROVEN by the DOCUMENTS which were generated by and obtained from the TRUMP organization, some of which had been personally signed, on his personal bank account, by TRUMP. OR commit perjury in the fact of the OVERWHELMING evidence from his own hand. EVERYTHING he said about the falsification of business records was and is PROVEN to be LIES BY HIS OWN ORGANIZATION RECORDS INCLUDING THOSE HE PERSONALLY SIGNED. But let's go back to the Big Lie: that the election was stolen. In Georgia, AS EXAMPLE, there were three post-election audits which found no significant fraud. We have the TAPE RECORDING/S, made by REPUBLICAN state officials, of his STATE LAW PROHITED effort to EXTORT based on LIES about the election. He filed more than 60 lawsuits in multiple states alleging the election was stolen. ALL were dismissed for LACK OF EVIDENCE. Are we to believe his lawyers DIDN'T KNOW the suits were bogus? You don't get to pretend that there are no FACTS simply by LYING that there are no "facts" based on doing everything you can to AVOID the facts. You Trump Derangement Syndrome DUPES are not clever; you are COWARDS. you DON'T DARE WATCH the January 6th Congressional Committee hearings in which the WITNESSES -- ALL of them TRUMP SUPPORTERS from the White House, the DOJ, and the Trump Campaign -- exposed Trump for what he is. As example, directly from one of the Trump White House inner circle, is the FACT that Trump was TOLD by the Secret Service that many of his supporters at the "really" WERE ARMED WITH GUNS. Further, there is VIDEO footage of some of them in trees with guns, and police radio traffic of them being armed. Yet Trump to this days denies it. If Trump says anything it is a LIE.
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  13151. Abbott also said he's going to get rapists off the street. AFTER the crime is committed. And the victim will be FORCED to carry the rapist's pregnancy.
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  13152.  @kimwisby2662  Still walking around with your head up your ass, eh? Trump is a New York con-man and career criminal. This time he has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar. And you support selling out national security -- the safety not only of the country but of your own. Your profession is self-destructive stupidity.
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  13153. The family has controlled prosecution and law enforcement in five counties for 90 years.
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  13154. An insanity defense is extremely rare, and even more rare is it successful.
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  13155. Trump knows South Korea better than the South Koreans? If Trump says anything, it is all made up. His only competence is self-promotion -- even when he gets caught trampling facts and truth underfoot in public. He didn't talk to anyone.
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  13156.  @alizakessler  Where is the EVIDENCE, law-illiterate?
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  13157. The AR-15 person who was arrested by SWAT was described as being "armed and dangerous". in fact, he was wearing body armer and carrying an AR-15 -- illegal in D.C. -- during the insurrection.
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  13158. REPUBLICAN TX Gov. Abbot made it legal for criminals to buy guns legally.
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  13159. In other words, despite being 67, you don't actually know what is going on or the major legislative achievements Biden has accomplished. It was the "Boomers" who got "Roe" established. It was those younger generations who got it overturned. Because, ya see, they "think" in terms of their narrow naive limits instead of considering the common good.
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  13160.  @gregcurl7367  I'm a "Boomer". Several accomplishments of the "Boomer generation: Got the US out of Vietnam. Established "Earth Day" and initiated the ecology/environmental movement. Established "Roe". The younger generations helped elect Trump. As result, the Trump court ERASED the right of privacy and overturned "Roe". And it will be overturning _Griswold_, which legalized the use of contraception. What does that mean for MEN? State-enforced CHILD SUPPORT.
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  13161.  @gregcurl7367  The Founders were also deeply educated -- which you lack. You know nothing about the Founders except that derived from being drunk on someone else's cork. I pointed to accomplishments of younger people: helped elect Trump, the Trump Supreme Court, and its ERASURE of the right of privacy, thus "Roe" is gone, and "Griswold" and others are on the chopping block. All because those younger people know-it-all -- except that they fucked up massively out of the gate. My generation didn't bash the older generation based on our lack of experience. In fact, I learned of climate change in junior high science in the early 1960s. And the movement that founded "Earth Day" and initiated the ecology/environmental movement as a mainstream concern was achieved by my generation -- with ELDER leaders such as Harvard Professor Wald, who was in his 80s, and pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Sock, who was also in his 80s. Those two had been working on the issues beginning in the 1950s. We didn't bash the elderly; we learned from them.
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  13162.  @markbrayX  The CBO has said no such thing. Aren't you the one who called Democrats "KKK"? Who is responsible for your ignorance of history: DEMOCRAT JFK submitted civil rights and voting rights bills to Congress. DEMOCRAT LBJ shepherded the 1964 Civil Rights Act through Congress, and signed it into law. DEMOCRAT LBJ shepherded the 1965 Voting rights Act through congress and signed it into law. REPUBLICAN "Federalist Society" Supreme Court Justice Roberts authored the decision GUTTING the Voting Rights Act. The 6 "Federalist Society" religioextremists overturned "Roe," and is targeting "Griswold" and others. The ultimate goal of the extremist right-wing Federalist Society is the repeal of the "New Deal". The Democrats have been DEENDING it from Republican attacks for more than 40 years. Other "Federalist Society" members: John Eastman, and the other lawyers with whom Trump surrounded himself.
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  13163. The right-wing is making claims about gas stoves -- "requiring" the elimination of -- that are flat out false. Recommend that you look at FOX "news" for its dangerous campaign of LIES against democracy -- the rule of law -- all for profit. No: they are NOT "trying to ban it" -- the oil industry and right-wing crackpots notwithstanding. "It makes no sense" because it ISN'T HAPPENING. Any initiative of that kind would takes years, decades to implement. What you need to do is EDUCATE yourself by doing RESERACH BEYOND right-wing crackpot media.
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  13164. It hasn't been PROVEN that EITHER Biden got money. Period. Full stop. End of story.
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  13165.  @frankdunne2401  Same here, even though the fence post has a fixed position at least it isn't a demagogue.
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  13166. Trump's pretrial public rants have incited prejudicial threats of violence against the judge, and everyone else involved -- and not involved.
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  13167. Why is Trump paying the $175 million to a bonding company instead of to the court?
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  13168.  @annehedonia156  "Thoughts and prayers" are slower than bullets, and have yet to have any effect beyond making the persons doing it feel good about themselves as an ego trip, and deluding themselves that they actually did something constructive. Guns don't kill people, bullets kill people. One fact is common to all guns: They shoot bullets.
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  13169.  @annehedonia156  None of which is PROVABLE as to EXISTING. One of the features or flaws in human beings as that they are capable of believing things that are false and nonsensical. One is able to believe things that can't be proven to exist, let alone provable as being true; but the believing does not make those into facts. LEARN that fundamental psychological maturity.
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  13170.  @annehedonia156  Prove you aren't silly. Love can be proven by observed action. The occult shit you posted, and being used by the fake "prophet" to bullshit others end up not panning out as predicted by the "prophet". We learn from that that the Prophet" who is claiming to predict the future gets it WRONG so IS NOT to be believed. Perhaps you should practice your so-called "religion" in a church instead of adding it to the colossal tonnage of junk already on the Internet.
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  13171. He's talking POLITICS. Ask yourself where he was before the last two weeks.
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  13172. He didn't just write a book -- he got a million dollars for doing so. His "patriotism" is for-profit.
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  13173.  @wadehawkins872  Many, not "MOST". Stop believing those you believe are corrupt when they engage in smearing others as corrupt. Or be exactly like them -- not interested in actual fact and truth.
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  13174.  @wadehawkins872  I became politically aware and active in at circa 9 years old. I am now 76, child. Your "40 years" begins in bias. Clue: the Founders were the OPPOSITE of anti-gov't. You reject the system, which you don't understand in structure and functioning, based on a sense of superiority that is phony. The bottom line is that you reject compromise, which is the essence of the democratic process, which you view as "corruption". You're a purist without a clue.
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  13175. That is Massachusetts' Republican governor Baker. This after he threw his support to Susan Collins for re-election -- despite her voting AGAINST removing Trump from office. Baker himself is running into re-election trouble for his screw-ups, including inaction on state police corruption.
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  13176. There's a lot of hostility against "Boomers" from history-illiterate young people who blame the "Boomers" for the situation of the world. The situation of the world is result of the fact that humans -- including those younger fools -- are imperfect.
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  13177. Trump said he would "LOOK AT" pardoning them. Why would he pardon them -- he put them in jail in the first place. He may pardon the leaders, the seditionists. But maybe he figures he has the military so doesn't need the amateurs.
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  13178. In a democracy, majproty rules. The Senate is controlled by the Republicans. Anyone who blames the Democrats for their obstruction is an asshole. Got that, Sam? -- ASSHOLE.
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  13179. @Mark Victor Proves they took the time to measure and cut the lumber, and do a trial-assembly, before bringing it to the Capitol where it was reassembled. In short, dunce, it was not "spontaneous"
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  13180. That's the basic history all along. Two candidates, you pick the one you prefer. Hopefully the decision includes character of the candidate.
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  13181. So Trump isn't only a snooze operator but also a literal gasbag -- from both ends.
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  13182. And pollutes.
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  13183.  @h.nguyen4193  Pollution is pollution. Bicycles don't pollute at all.
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  13184.  @gedotbard  Their RESIGNATIONS should be demanded. And if they refuse, impeach. But in order to impeach successfully there must be a sufficient number of Democrats. VOTE BLUE!
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  13185. You believe Trump when he does exactly the same thing. So why not DeNiro, because it isn't the person but the tactic that you falsely believe is "clever".
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  13186. Who care what you think?
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  13187. Gorka is a FASCIST, spawned by a WW II fascist.
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  13188. Lt was the DEFENSE who requested Chauvin's bail be revoked and he be remanded to jail!?
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  13189. He has a better idea than you, Mr. Bias.
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  13190. @IndependentMind-l5b Hillary Clinton was qualified. But Sanders attacked her with Republican smears and helped elect Trump. And there went _Roe_.
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  13191. Stop smearing that you don't understand. AG Garland is by the book. He doesn't do politics. "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  13192.  @ajcbng8289  "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams.
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  13193.  @ajcbng8289  And I was distinguishing between "political justice" -- whatever that is -- and "Justice and the Rule of Law". Trump would not be "sent to the gallows" under "political justice," but rather under justice and the rule of law.
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  13194. If the question is a hypothetical, then is Trump's assertion that he'll override the governors an hypotehtical because he CAN'T do that?
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  13195. MAGA is pre-moral.
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  13196.  @xXRickTrolledXx  Barney Franks described a Committee hearing in which Sanders offered an amendment -- and then the Democrats on the Committee had to rescue his amendment FROM HIM, because he so alienated potential support for it. Likr it or not, Hillary Clinton worked with him, and said that no one likes him. He is demanding, inflexible, and uncompromising. Not only is that antithetical to democracy, it is being totally ineffective. The FACT: he passed THREE bills in TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, two of those renaming post offices. Hillary Clinton accomplished volumes more during her 8 years in the Senate. And then there's another essay he wrote, while in his 30, in which he claims that sex prevents cancer. One would have to be an exceedingly stupid woman to fall for a pick-up line that bizarre. What will you do if he's the nominee, and the essay/s he wrote, while in his 30s, about young children and sex are blasted all over the media? Will you blame someone else for it?
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  13197.  @Cussy69_420  Hillary Clinton accomplished a pages-long list of legislation for families and children What sort of people tear down the accomplished? Ask that question of yourself.
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  13198. Trump has "exhaustion" on his mind . . .
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  13199. your real name is "Pretzel". That makes no sense =-- but it does alienate potential Sanders votes by smearing them -- which smearing is corruption per se. The only fear is that if Sanders is the nominee, he will LOSE. And in fact he'd be destroyed in a week. Especially when his writings, when in his 30s, about young children and sex, are published everywhere. Go ahead: lie by omission by ignoring those facts. Lying being, of course, corruption. Sanders is a demagogue identical to Trump. And Sanders' "fans" are as much a cult as Trump's "fans".
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  13200. Makeup is a deceit. And Trump wears more makeup than most women.
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  13201. 1. It can't be proven that there's a "God". 2. "Semen retention" is nonsense, as unejaculated semen is reabsorbed by the body. 3. Facts - in this instance science -- matter.
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  13202.  @MikeV8652  That sperm is reabsorbed means that it is not "retained".
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  13203.  @MikeV8652  You mean I should research the science that you haven't? And that will prove that sex is unhealthy? How about you research placebo effect?
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  13204. @Savant "God DOES exist and you know He even spoke on people". "God" spoke to me not five minutes ago and said that "He" has never spoken to anyone else during the entire infinite history of the universe. Alas, I can't prove "He" did.
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  13205. @Savant You may be beginning to get the point: No one knows that there's a "God" or an afterlife. Believing there are does not PROVE there are. Knowledge and belief are not the same things. People get dangerously blind and stupid when they fail to distinguish between the two.
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  13206. @Savant In view of the fact that we don't know there is an afterlife, then it is the fact that we don't know anything about anything after death. If one BELIEVES there is an afterlife -- which IS NOT A FACT -- then one BELIEVES one will "find out" whether there is an afterlife. But if there ISN'T an afterlife, one will NOT "find out". Stop bedazzling yourself with mindless barfgabble. The FACT is that we DO NOT KNOW -- KNOWLEDGE and BELEIF are NOT THE SAME THING -- whether there's a "God" or "afterlife". And BELIEFS are not to be mistaken for TRUTH: simply believing a thing does not make it true. And in this comment thread we have an "incel" -- or whatever he calls himself -- talking about a biochemical as if "semen retention" (a falsehood) magically made one an endocrinologist. Fear will find its rationalizations and justifications; but it is all self-bamboozlement.
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  13207. @Savant That's your BELIEF. For which you provide not a shred of PROOF. Get a clue: if you are unconscious you have no awareness. If there is no afterlife, then upon death there would be no awareness. Before then whether there is an afterlife cannot be known as a FACT. Learn the meaning of the word SPECULATION -- which is BELIEF WITHOUT EVIDENCE, a FANTASY. The person in the video, and his "followers," are know nothings who have no respect for knowledge, competence, or expertise. They get their "facts" from the Internet without any ability to evaluate "facts" or distinguish between fact and nonsense. And you are one of them. The freedom to believe anything one wants is inextricably entwined with the RESPONSIBILITY to REJECT ERROR and outright FALSEHOOD. Clue: being stupid isn't smart.
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  13208. Fascist dictator Hitler hated Communists, Socialists, and Liberals.
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  13209. Clooney should stick to his lessons in how to become an actor.
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  13210. He's a white male REPUBLICAN.
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  13211. IN FACT. the case against Trump is essentially the same as that on which Cohen was convicted - and that concluded conviction of elections law violations. How many thousands more lies must Trump tell before you stop believing his lies are instead truth? Trump is a third-generation NEW YORK con man and career criminal -- which is why he lost his elections in his home state of New York, his home city of New York, and the New York City borough in which he grew up. The people of New York have been telling you about him -- but you have yet to LISTEN.
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  13212.  @usveteran9893  And the TRIAL record SHOWS that the box for trial by jury was NOT CHECKED. I have an education in law. This is not rocket science or controversial. Trump is a third-generation New York con-man and career criminal -- a CONSTANT LIAR. I don't listen to unqualified Trump dupes; I listen to those who have expertise in law.
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  13213.  @gphunkera8731 Trump had the option to choose either jury or bench trial. Either he chose jury and Habba screwed up again, or Trump is lying again.
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  13214.  @gphunkera8731  Yup -- and we can see the trolls running with Trump's latest lie, exactly as they respond to his threats against individuals with death threats against those individuals because they know that's what he wants' and they are mentally enslaved MAGA sheeple. If they want to see what Trump thinks of them, they only need look at the hundreds of MAGA insurrectionists who are sitting on their asses in jail while Trump plays golf.
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  13215.  @kimmymichele12  Shouldn't we focus instead on your "God" for not PREVENTING it?
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  13216.  @jaobidan2358  Millions are watching online, where there are no ratings. And you can bet that there are Trump supporters are watching, but denying it to others.
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  13217. Yeah, sure. Any more fake African "history" involving the Moors?
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  13218. They are Silicon Valley anti-gov't regulation "Libertarians" who, when this sort of thing happens, become Socialists wanting the gov't to bail them out.
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  13219.  @tfox6919  And, of course, lacking any EVIDENCE for that smear, you instead LIE.
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  13220.  @dr.emilschaffhausen4683  Where is your EVIDENCE, anti-American troll?
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  13221.  @hanadiyousef9005  Pence decent!? He OWES his testimony in defense of the Constitution. Instead he's putting his political ambition ahead of the rule of law. Exactly as he puts his "God" above the Constitution and the SEPARATION OF "RELIGION AND STATE" in it. He's as phony as a three dollar bill.
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  13222.  @calvinthestormfreak  Literacy isn't your forte.
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  13223. Trump is a paranoid, which is a negative megalomania. Adderol abuse?
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  13224. She knew it all along. She's backing away now because most of the world is catching on to what Trump has always been, so she's focused on protecting her own "credibility". After all she wants to continue to have a viable "career" as a right-wing hack with her decades of slavering fan-bays.
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  13225. I think he was stealing documents all along -- with an eye to selling them. After the election the element of revenge was added.
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  13226. Your CORRUPTION is showing.
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  13227. Bill O'Reilly has expertise in picking and choosing which conspiracy "theories" are "wacked out" and which he can sell.
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  13228.  @jenifferschmitz8618  Yes -- not TrumPutin.
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  13229. Apparently the judge has expereince in white collar crime -- but unlike D.C. lawyers NONE in national security issues.
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  13230. For MONEY. No different than third-generation New York con-man and career felon Trump.
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  13231.  @jonknestrick5219  But who do his VIEWERS believe -- the fact-checker, when they tune in to hear HIM?
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  13232.  @breadyegg  Is that what the meathead is -- ex-MMA? No wonder the stupidity and brain damage.
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  13233. Workers pay for Social Security and Medicare. It costs taxpayers nothing. The Social Security Trust Fund is entirely separate from the general budget -- so contributes nothing to the debt/deficit.
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  13234. "Dog" is a self-aggrandizing bullshitter. And he isn't even very good at that.
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  13235. NAME the person you are MAKING UP to "quote". Yes, asshole: you ARE making charges. And still not a shred of EVIDENCE for it.
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  13236. Trump has all along been head of a criminal enterprise.
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  13237. The Founders established a gov't of three co-EQUAL branches.
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  13238. And of many men, like the groupings of men who all agree with each other, instead of thinking for themselves as individuals.
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  13239. Trump has always been about "NO!" against even the rule of law. He is a New York con-man and career criminal.
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  13240. Trump and "substance" are mutually exclusive.
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  13241. "Boston Brahmins" were "blue-blood" descendants of the British (their ancestors came over on the Mayflower (and proceeded to terrorize and enslave the local occupants). The Kennedys were Irish, and the Irish for a time were "No Irish Need Apply" unemployable. After them came the Italians, and the Jews, who were consigned to the same unemployable category.
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  13242. There is a cell in the courthouse; it isn't that long a walk.
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  13243. She said her frustraton isn't with him, but she nonetheless took it out on him physically. 'Course, we'll hear about all the "evil" of Brian, even though she admits hitting him. She scratched his face, but he's the bad guy.
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  13244. That majority is awake. More than 70 per cent the right of abortion. More than 90 per cent want sane gun control.
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  13245. During the 1760s, when "Taxation without representation" was raised and resolved, Franklin represented the colonies in the UK Parliament. But stupid people adopt slogans as substitutes or thought, even when they are false.
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  13246. Too anti-American to be an American.
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  13247.  @j.7701  Some of us have actually learned about her every time she has pulled a corrupt stunt in order to gain national attention, which doesn't surprise because she's a Republican. they can't sell their policies, so they've dropped "bothering" with policies and gone full-in on selling hate to those who are their own worst enemies.
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  13248.  @j.7701  It is impossible to not have heard of -- and from -- the shrill loud-mouthed crackpot. She represents the uneducated, who will believe anything they're told, and will trade their freedom for what they want to hear. It's said she attended college; but watch her read a written statement, one word at a time, until she gets to the word "indiCted" and reveals her illiteracy.
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  13249.  @kelperdude  Let's just guess that you don't know the meaning of "honest" when in fact it is racist white supremacism. Learn the history: the United States was founded on slavery and genocide. The masters were white, and the imposers of genocide were white. The original illegal immigrants were the white colonists.
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  13250. You took an oath to support and defend the Constitution -- and yet you voted for an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon who has no regard for the oath. Do you also claim to be FOR the rule of law? Is it because you're a Marine that you can't think straight?
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  13251. During the 1950s and into the 1960s, during holiday season there were several mail deliveries per day. We used to trade Christmas cards with the mail carrier.
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  13252. Trump DUPES couldn't care less about "evidence".
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  13253. Reagan and John Wayne could have volunteered to serve but they were too busy making money gratifying their egos.
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  13254.  @user-qr7ee2cp4y  Kevin McCarthy said, ON CAMERA, that the purpose of the Benghazi "investigation" was to "lower [Hillary Clinton's poll] numbers" on the assumption she would run for president. Subsequently, during the campaign, the Russians hacked the DNC -- NOT Hillary Clinton, so the "but her emails" were not her emails. But you bought into the DECADES of REPUBLICAN-invented fake "scandals" against the Clinton's, which the REPUBLICANS then demanded be "investigated," which the REPUBLICANS then "investigated," and found exactly that the REPUBLICANS knew all along: that there was no "there" there. Because you were too lazy to see through that constant bullshit.
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  13255. Trump also said that boycotting Tesla is "illegal". It is not, of course. But we're talking desperation: the boycotts, also in Europe, are working. And recall that Trump was originally opposed to electric vehicles because he's owned by the oil industry.
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  13256. Note how Republicans reduce everything to individual "truth" -- "opinion" -- no mention of FACTS, as if "truth" is a consensus of an unstated percentage of a population. Objective reality -- more than 60 Trump suits dismissed because NO EVIDENCE -- doesn't seem to exist.
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  13257. We don't even know that there is a "laptop".
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  13258. Sam: you are not qualified to assess others cognitive functioning. And if you were, it would be UNETHICAL to attempt to do so across the Internet.
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  13259. REPUBLICAN Ohio Governor DeWine refuting the lies against the Haitians in Springfield -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7jZAJoLPLY
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  13260. That's off. Russia is losing the war, and Trump is attempting to rescue Putin from the disaster by imposing a "peace" on the victim, Ukraine, so Putin can buy time without surrendering the Ukranian territories he illegally occupies.
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  13261.  @ciaranlow8433  Nope: Russia is losing the war -- Putin brought in North Korean troops because he's running out of Russian warm bodies. Russia has lost more than 800,000 troops to Ukraine's 10s of thousands. And Ukraine invented a long distance drone it is using to devastate Russia's oil infrastructure -- oil being Russia's primary source of income. Trump is attempting to rescue Putin from the disaster by IMPOSING a "peace" on the victim, Ukraine, without Putin having to surrender the Ukrainian territories he illegally occupies. The deal between Trump and Zelenskyy was totally one-sided: US would benefit with the Ukrainian minerals. But in exchange Zelensky was asking for US security support and protection -- which Trump REFUSED, which would have benefited Putin. The deal blew up because Zelensky wouldn't budge on the point -- so the US doesn't get the minerals. Trump couldn't care less about people being killed -- he also gave Netanyahu the green light to continue his genocide, his ethnic cleansing, in Gaza.
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  13262. The issue with these "Bible-believing Christians" is the contrast between their alleged beliefs and their ACTIONS. That's why Cotton so "loves" those of "religions" different than his.
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  13263. He has the responsibility to suppress political disinformation.
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  13264. If the copyrights being violated were yours you'd scream like a stuck pig. Fundamanetally you reject the fact that others have rights that are to be respected.
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  13265.  @JTLaser1  Some of us take risks by trying new music we've not already heard. Why not ask people why they would bother to read a book they haven't already read?
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  13266.  @mattjones366  It is a question of what those who create works in which they own copyright -- it is their property -- want, not for those who use someone else's work for their own profit.
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  13267.  @FC-cz6zd  But it is their decision to make, not yours. I wonder if you would blow off someone else exploiting your work -- property -- for their profit.
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  13268.  @michaelkonomos  And they represent the artist's interests. Get a clue: if the corporations are stolen from, that is taken out of the artist's royalties. Interesting how free some are with the use of other peoples' property -- about which they themselves would scream like stuck pigs if exactly the same were done with their property. Ask yourself: what does "love" mean when one steals from those one "loves"?
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  13269.  @mattjones366  There are no LEGAL two ways about it: the owner of the copyright -- the property -- has exclusive say about how it is treated. All the "arguments" against that are specious -- and hostile to that exclusive right. Those who make that "argument" and don't like being rebuffed in their greed, their covetousness toward others' property -- tend then to look for ways around that right. They are sleazy scumbags who present "arguments" just like yours based upon some implied FALSE "moral" ground. If you were able to create copyrightable works, you'd scream like a stuck pig if someone else were to put your "argument" in your face. But you would be free to ALLOW OTHERS to profit from your work. That would be stupid, but that too is a potential personal decision.
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  13270.  @JTLaser1  I have an education in law, know the Copyright Act, and am a published author. I adhere to fact and law -- only a "closed mind" to those who reject both.
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  13271.  @whyyeseyec  If he doesn't make any money, then what money goes where?
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  13272.  @whyyeseyec  Copyright infringement is not limited to making money from someone else's property. It is also the unauthorized use of someone else's property.
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  13273.  @whyyeseyec  Jackass: don't take my word for it: READ THE COPYRIGHT ACT.
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  13274.  @GutzmanK  I agree: it is BLASPHEMY -- perhaps even ANTI-AMERICAN -- to forgo profit-making. And that "losing proposition for the intended audience" -- how is the audience "intended" opposite the wish of the copyright owner? "[I]ntended" by whom?
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  13275.  @GutzmanK  Will you be allowing others to put it online for free? Or will you be standing by your property rights?
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  13276. Trump is a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER.
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  13277. The "Nazis" in Ukraine are the invading Russians.
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  13278. "Crypto" and "Bitcoin" are vaporware, and intended to undermine stable currencies and gov'ts.
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  13279. Congress is not in charge of deployment of the National Guard -- that is in the Executive branch under the Commander-in-Chief. The non-deployment -- refusal -- is entirely on Trump.
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  13280. He is not a president. He is a private citizen under 4 indictments for 91 crimes. And superseding indictments are lawful.
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  13281.  @willconners5027  Yeah, the intellectual dishonesty whataboutism is all you anti-Americans have. George Washington's staff encouraged him to declare himself King for Life but he refused to betray the country. REPUBLiCAN Nixon undermined the LBJ Paris Peace talks in order to win the 1968 election. He then authorized burglary against the Democrats in order to subvert and steal the 1972 election. REPUBLICAN Reagan colluded with the Iranian terrorists to undermine and humiliate President Carter and subvert that election. Monica Lewinski was the STALKER, but we blame the Democrat who was the victim of the stalker because revenge for PROVING Nixon a criminal must be had. REPUBLICAN G. DUI Bushit stole the 2000 election with the help of unconstitutional intervention by REPUBLICAN extremist and sleaze-bag Scalia. So we MUST SMEAR "most" of UNNAMED presidents, and without a shred of EVIDENCE, in effort to distract from Trump being the first ex-president under 4 actual criminal indictments based on ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
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  13282.  @willconners5027  On what grounds, law-illiterate? Regardless your hurt feelings because you can't admit being a sucker for transparently-obvious third-generation New York City con-man and career criminal. it is TRUMP that is under 4 criminal indictments, based on ACTUAL EVIDENCE, for CRIMES he committed IN PUBLIC, not those "most" presidents you don't name, and against whom can't find evidence. It is immorally irresponsible to SMEAR people without a shred of EVIDENCE to back up the SMEAR. And yet your whole dishonest position is based on the FALSE claim that you are above all concerned with "morality". The word for your position being HYPOCRISY, which is by character and definition IMMORALITY.
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  13283. Women DO objectify men.
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  13284. The man in the black-and-white photo was not in the Florida Preserve. He was in northern Florida, and the police found and interviewed him.
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  13285. Sounds like 1960s African-American activists and rhetoric. Tennessee's REPUBLICAN'T governor has come out FOR gun control.
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  13286. Anyone who opposes the rule of law is a fascist.
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  13287. My mother taught me women's boundaries. But I have yet to meet a woman who was taught that men HAVE boundaries, let alone to respect them.
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  13288.  @ryansauchuk7290  You're obviously confused, as reflected in your confused comment: Trump is NOTORIOUS for REQUIRING his lawyer to present TRUMP'S idea of a defense -- which is why he has CONSISTENTLY LOST -- "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. ALL the defenses Trump insists on are POLITICS -- which have NO PLACE in a court of LAW. Again: THAT is why he CONSISTENTLY LOSES. Which makes him a LOSER. Why are you betting on a LOSER? Why are you defending a person who is facing 4 indictments for 91 felonies, as determined by four different and independent grand juries of his peers? Why are you defending a person who was found liable BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS for massive business fraud, extending back decades? Why are you defending a person who was adjudicated liable for defamation by a jury of his peers? Why are you defending a person who was adjudicated a RAPIST by a jury of his peers? Why are you defending RAPE? Why are you defending a person who
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  13289.  @ryansauchuk7290  Dumb move by TRUMP for REQUIRING that his lawyers present HIS ALREADY PROVEN TO BE LOSING ARGUMENT? Then again, his guilt over his entire lifetime is so great a burden that TRUMP is unconsciously LOSING ON PURPOSE because he KNOWS he deserves that. Trump's appeal will go nowhere: New York is the financial center of the United States, and prosecutions for business record fraud is beyond common to constant. It is nothing new, and Trump is not the "only" person to 'ever' be prosecuted for that crime. Nor is he the first or only loud-mouthed defendant to be subjected to gag orders. Do YOURSELF a favor: STOP THE STUPID.
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  13290.  @ryansauchuk7290  Lawyers don't claim poor representation -- clients do. But Trump is getting the representation he DEMANDS of his lawyers -- which is why he is consistently LOSING in court.
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  13291. Proper mourning for R. B. G. in this time is to fight and defeat the far REICH.
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  13292. So far he isn't capable of embarrassment. It appears the more he is exposed as a liar he escalates the lying.
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  13293. He was first concerned with covering his own ass.
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  13294.  @ardentynekent2099  By dint of the fact that the Palestinians have weapons equivalent to rocks and spears as compared to the 20th-21st century weapons used against them by Israel. And by dint of the fact that the "Bible" -- written by HEBREWS/JEWS -- cites SEVEN Semitic tribes. ONE of the Semitic tribes is the Palestinians. And, of course, one of those tribes is the Hebrews/Jews.
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  13295. I didn't know "Dog" existed, or that he had a criminal history, let alone one so extensive and lurid. But like the John Walsh comments on the Laundrie issue (that Laundrie should "off" himself, which would destroy the most important evidence in the case), I saw him for the attention-seeking self-promoter he is. And it is doubtful he has found "evidence" that the FBI didn't already have. At present my view is that Laundrie is nowhere in Florida, so "Dog" is, as you suggested, chasing his tail -- his past "glory" as a non-reformed "reformed" criminal.
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  13296. Why aren't they arresting Governor Desantis for mass murder by means of being PRO-COVID/death?
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  13297. Mo Brooks wears a bulletproof vest at "peaceful" demonstrations.
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  13298. Yep -- enacting civil rights laws to protect minorities from historic oppressions is to "cancel" the non-existent "right" to oppress others.
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  13299. No one said the Second amendment is "invalid". What is being said -- and this is the fact -- is that the gun industry, through its POLITICAL front NRA and lobbyists, are LYING about its intent. The PROBLEM, dunce, is that the REALITY is that you aren't defending gun rights; you are defending mass murder.
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  13300.  @Asmodis4  Klepper is making it more difficult than it actually is.
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  13301.  @nicosiadellairo1473  Should we laugh at the serious reality? Or should we engage with it constructively? What is the REPONSIBILITY of citizenship in a democracy that requires individual RESPONSIBILITY?
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  13302.  @dannmarceau  And the assistant manager is assigned the task of counting how many seeds are put into a single bag.
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  13303.  @rbrown5518  the "logic" is the belief that wearing a "cowboy" hat -- even if not a "cowboy" -- makes one a macho manly-man. Apparently a LACK of sufficient sunlight on the bare human head eviscerates the ability to engage in logic. And did this guy assert that he went to college!?
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  13304.  @CMA418  Stop oversimplifying: there isn't only "Left" and "Right". The majority is MODERATE MIDDLE. And there are degrees of "Left" -- of center. And degrees of "Right" -- of center.
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  13305. Yeah, Mark Levin is an expert on law. I listen to actual seasoned prosecutors, who are lawyers.
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  13306. NATO without the US will survive, and be strengthened. And Europe is already stepping up.
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  13307. Sanders proved his "Socialism" for voting to protect the gun industry -- which was #1 on the to-do- list of the far-RIGHT ANTI-Socialst NRA. And by voting AGAINST the "Brady Bill" 5 times. And during his 30 YARS in Congress, he got ZERO of his agenda enacted into law becuase he refuses to participate in the legislative process -- which is by defnintion, at core, democratic. Debate, negotiation, COMPROMISE, majority consensus. Rejecting democracy is not how democracy is sustained. He trashed the Democratic Party -- which had had the grace to accede to his reqest to run as a Democriatc. He trahsed Clinton with RIGHT-wing mears. He gelped elect TRUMP.
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  13308. Other democracies have prosecuted their presidents. Is the US as good as those countries while claiming to be the greatest of them?
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  13309. They resort to threats and violence because the law is against them.
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  13310. Polk audio: if it dies, customer pays shipping both ways, plus parts.
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  13311. The virus hit California first, then New York.
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  13312. Trump is a racist, and that is all of there is to his attacks on China. And how would Trump's attacks on NATO help the US? He's opposed to oligarchy, but is a right-winger, which is the realm of the oligarchies. And his favorite "conservative" president is the fraud Reagan. He is failing to see through right-wing propaganda. It's no wonder the KGB targeted right-wingers.
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  13313. The evidence is that beef is a carcinogen. So wolf it down, Cowboy!
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  13314. These are provisions in the North Carolina constitution of 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function." "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of ay house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship :--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonable or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment."
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  13315. Yes: the "KNOWN".
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  13316.  @curtisthomas2670  Not surprising that Don, Jr. has father issues like his father does.
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  13317. Irony: the Trump Supreme Court recently limited 4th Amendment protections.
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  13318. This Supreme Court is gutting separation of "religion" and gov't. And with their "Roe" decision they eliminated the right of privacy -- which affects everyone. And Thomas's gun decision rejects the fundamental balancing of interests, individual right v. public safety. He rejects public safety as a consideration. The legitimizing of the arming of the radical right-wing "religious" minority began with Scalia's lie that the Second Amendment protects an individual right. Thomas has now gone beyond that by focusing exclusively on gun rights. Since at latest Buffalo and Uvalde gun-nuts have gone beyond defending gun rights to defending mass murder.
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  13319. The DOJ will indict Trump. Period. Full stop. And note that Trump sidesteps the allegations -- but proves them at the same time by continuing to attack Pence.
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  13320. Trump doesn't know the meaning of the word "demographics" -- too many syllables.
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  13321. So he's writing his "tweets" out as "Executive Orders" now? How many per hour?
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  13322. It's all an act -- he doesn't believe a word he says.
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  13323.  @roxannemoser  He knows when he's lying.
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  13324.  @roxannemoser  Years ago he admitted that it's all an act -- and that he didn't understand that it works. The reason he is desperate is that he certainly knows the difference between right and wrong. All the actions with his hands is when he is anxious that he is not being believed -- so he gets more intense in his effort to convince. The unsophisticated falsely interpret it as certitude and conviction. Are you qualified to "diagnose" anyone, let alone a person you've never met?
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  13325. It does not become truth; it becomes believed.
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  13326.  @kalijasin  And even then it remains a lie.
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  13327.  @amberleeannalee1999  It's called many things. Simply put it is believing a lie to be true, and ignoring all evidence showing it to be a lie.
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  13328.  @coltcorrea3075  There are excellent videos here on youtube by Timothy Snyder that directly deal with tyranny and how to counter it. Bottom line: stick to the facts.
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  13329.  @jimconaty6218  Trump knows he's lying. He once said that it's all an act, and that he's surprised no one has caught on. There are times he can't hide his sense of guilt for knowingly lying. What he is habituated to is pretending to himself that his lies are truth -- which he knows is a pretense -- by which means he is more "convincing" by being a liar who "believes" the lie. In fact he's a crude practitioner of the method.
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  13330. The first obligation of gov't is to protect public health and safety. Unless "conservatives" are in charge, in which situation everyone is on their own.
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  13331.  @celebrityrog  For which you have no EVIDENCE, but nonetheless engage in the traditional Republican Politics of Smear.
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  13332.  @AmericanPatriotsLoveTrump  That isn't how one legally responds to subpoenas, which are COMPULSORY.
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  13333.  @rathertiredofthemess2841  He doesn't have standards except to reject the rule of law. He doubtless believes that it is legal to submit fraudulent applications for bank loans and insurance even though that is specifically ILLEGAL. And why would he repeat such falsehoods? Because fed him by constant lying non-lawyer fraudster Trump. And he doubtless doesn't care that they are lies. That is why he has no friends: he cannot be trusted to not be a lying criminal himself.
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  13334.  @dickjones8119  Uh, no: the special counsel who has indicted Hunter Biden is the same special counsel who has indicted Smirnov, who actually admits the lies he's been telling were given him by Russian intelligence. Jordan is choosing to ignore the EVIDENCE in order to persist in losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  13335.  @davechan8613  It was a drawing of his middle finger. These fake "patriots" LOVE telling the rule of law to go to hell. They base that arrogance in total ignorance of the history of the Founding and the actual views of the Founders.
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  13336.  @sweett2185  In other words, Jordan didn't respond to the subpoena as the subpoena required.
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  13337.  @scottmullins87  They don't have dirt. They have FALSEHOODS.
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  13338.  @CEO-xt6ch  Sure, Garland is "afraid" of a loud-mouthed pipsqueak who is always losing his wrestling match with the truth.
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  13339.  @speedracer8996  The PROBLEM, LAW-ILLITERATE, that he was demanding that the investigation be COMPROMISED so he could play politics with it. IN CONTRAST, jackass: "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. If Jordan had nothing to hide, he would have testified WITHOUT subpoena. Instead he AVOIDED complying with COMPULSORY PROCESS: if one receives a subpoena, one either goes to court to QUASH it, or -- failing that -- the only other LEGAL option is to COMPLY because subpoenas are COMPULSORY. Stop carrying water for the anti-American Putinist Gym Jordan.
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  13340. Drop all the "bible" crap. Jesus is a no-show. "God" is a no-show. Yet all these innocent people dying, and you're still putting all the hope, and none of the responsibility, on no-shows Jesus and "God".
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  13341. Uygur isn't the most informed about actual theology. Same goes for the fake trailer park "fastors" who engage in violent rhetoric
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  13342. "Bernie voted AGAINST the Brady Bill FIVE TIMES, and voted to PROTECT the gun industry. Step out of his CULT.
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  13343. ALL the presidential documents were ILLEGALLY STOLEN AND HELD by Trump -- NOT ONLY those that were classified.
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  13344. "Bryan" is functionally illiterate.
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  13345. How does a person not in office destroy the suburbs? That of course makes no sense. You LIKE that Trump is a constant liar?
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  13346. Trump SAID he wanted kids back in school? Talk is cheap. What did he DO? How many Trumpters are still tripping out of their minds on disinfectant?
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  13347. Death penalty: We "pro-life" "moralists" kill killers because killing is wrong.
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  13348. Bill Maher is a hack who mixes "messages" that don't mix.
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  13349.  @Ricklyplinth  He admits to being a "conservative"? Or he pretends to be? He's Jewish, and aligning himself with the racism and anti-Semitism?
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  13350. Trump "doesn't know anything about it" because he's not part of national security planning while playing golf. But we're at the same time to believe that he is in charge of more than cheating at golf.
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  13351.  @aceplaysgamesnetwork9566  "De zero made a bunch of baseless claims." Your name calling says everything about you and nothing about DeNiro. And, hypocrite, isn't that what you are complaining about that DeNiro is doing? FACTS MATTER: Trump is a constant liar, so calling him a liar is a statement of FACT. Trump is an adjudicated rapist. Trump is a convicted criminal felon. All of those are facts. Further: "He’s completely unhinged and very ignorant about the facts." That's exactly what Trump does: smear other people -- by means of which you fail to cite a single "fact". "The truth is the side that paid him" Have you EVIDENCE that he was paid? No, of course you don't -- you defend Trump's calling people names and attacking them personally while avoiding mention of that FACT in order to attack DeNiro for doing the same thing to Trump. The difference is that DeNiro is stating facts: Trump is a loud-mouthed bully and a constant liar. Everything DeNiro said about Trump is true -- which even YOU know. " to act like he’s concerned about the future of democracy and America is the same side that wants to destroy both." Enforcing the rule of law against CAREER CRIMINAL Trump is a DEFENSE of democracy and the rule of law on which it is founded. Now go back and READ what you posted: NONE of it deals with ANY facts. Rather, it attacks DeNiro personally -- which is exactly what Trump does, and exactly what DeNiro is pointing to. You are doing exactly what Trump does, while avoiding the fact that that is exactly what Trump does -- and it is that for which DeNiro is calling out Trump.
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  13352.  @lvmy57  You aren't paying attention. Here's an example of how reality works contrary to your lying against it: During the New York criminal trial Trump constantly smeared not only the judge but also the judges daughter -- who never said a thing about him. And he constantly smeared the jury -- who said nothing about him (until rendering their verdict). And that's the simplest of it, because he was attacking the justice system and the rule of law itself, including the ludicrous allegation that President Biden was attacking him in that trial. The reality is that the President is a FEDERRAL official, and has no jurisdiction in STATE courts. Meanwhile, when asked if he would testify in his defense, he answered: "Absolutely." Because he was engaging in contempt of court, he was severally fined for doing so. But there was actually a simple and LEGAL way for him to spew his rants: testify, under oath, in his own defense. But he knew that that would give him two options: either confess to the crimes that were PROVEN by DOCUMENTS generated by and obtained from the Trump organization, or commit perjury. So despite saying he'd "Absolutely" testify, he chickened out and didn't testify at all. Instead he ranted and raved and lied by attacking the judicial system and the rule of law. None of those he attacked and name-called and smeared and lied about had, at any point, attacked him. That is the trial in which he was convicted of 34 felonies. You have a choice: you can continue to lie, or you can grow up and conduct yourself with the morality of decency -- which is to say, honestly. Until then you are in the gutter, morally degenerate, and defending rape and felonious criminality against the United States, which is, as John Adams stated, "A system of Laws, and not of men." "Justice and the Rule of Law are to be ABOVE politics." -- John Adams. The reason Trump consistently LOSES in court is because (1) he never has a legal leg to stand on, and (2) he always engages in politics, which is not the proper way to conduct oneself in a court of L-A-W. Trump is not a victim -- he is the perpetrator, and a bully, who, when called out, falsely whines that he's the victim. A professed billionaire with a football stadium full of lawyers and he's a victim!? Smarten up.
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  13353.  @fletcherhamilton3177  If you listen to Liz Cheney, you learn that Trump attempted to overthrow the gov't. That is neither "reaching across the aisle" nor "good faith". You have individual choice and RESPONSIBILITY: Stop the stupid. And stop the anti-Semitism -- which you doubtless do in the name of Jew Jesus.
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  13354.  @LeftofTube  If you believe they work together you haven't been paying attention to the constant obstruction and smear of the Republicans. All you're doing is spewing the irresponsible excuse not to vote -- which has resulted in the mess we're in, and which you use as another excuse not to vote. The ultimate responsibility for gov't REMAINS with the electorate.
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  13355.  @fletcherhamilton3177  Where is the EVIDENCE of the alleged "fraud"? There is none, which is why you provide none. To "take up arms" against the gov't is defined IN LAW as INSURRECTION. The only "reason" to VIOLENTLY attack the gov't is to overthrow it. What you morons don't know -- and don't know that you don't know -- is that the Founders "attacked" and "overthrew" this many gov'ts: ZERO. Because all the colony/state gov'ts were under the control of the FOUNDERS. And this is in the Constitution -- all of which is in effect at the same time, and which you "love" but have never READ: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions. As is this, in relevant part: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 16. The CONGRESS shall have Power To provide for organizing, ARMING, and disciplining, the Militia." You make bald-faced assertions, the only EVIDENCE concerning which there is REFUTES your repetition of the BIG LIE fed you by New York con-man and career criminal TRUMP. Ask yourself: Why do you WANT to believe LIES.
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  13356.  @gregjustlovesyoutubeguidelines  Trump was born into inherited wealth. He's an "outsider" because he's an arrogant thug who doesn't comply with the rule of law. He's a con-man and career criminal. He "shook things up" by committing the highest of crimes: attempting to violently overthrow the gov't. If the Cheneys are "swamp," then Trump is the sewerage in a cesspool of his own making. I adhere to facts and law, as do most, that is why we do see what is happening. It's you dupes who are willingly being suckered.
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  13357. That a clinical psychologist wouldn't know -- or adhere to medical advice -- in the use and withdrawal from a psychotropic is in itself odd. Perhaps he's a bit fuller of himself than he should be.
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  13358. Buzzword: "Nationalize". Per the US Constitution, the US gov't has authority in elections, even though the elections are conducted by the states.
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  13359. Felons can vote in North Carolina? Does he live in North Carolina, or is he allowed to vote illegally?
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  13360. Trump and Vance are domestic terrorists intent on inciting violence. That is the entirety of their campaign. State Secs. of State, elections officials, and law enforcement, have put in place the means to deal with political violence they are working to mobilize.
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  13361. Several fled into the woods. Otherwise, many were visibly armed -- itself a violation of Massachusetts law. You see an armed gang of unknown origins and intents, you are careful about how to deal with it.
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  13362. You aren't paying attention to reality. "Impeachment" is the equivalent of INDICTMENT. It's the REPUBLICANS who ADMITTED that the Democratic House PROVED their impeachment case. Then it was the REPUBLICAN Senators who REFUSED to remove the CONVICT from office. Or you an anti-American -- or merely a Russian troll?
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  13363. It isn't like Cenk is objective or anything.
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  13364.  @aburden8580  Because the jury is accused by the DEFENDANTS of "bias" is not evidence that the jury is biased. These anti-Americans wouldn't be in the predicament into which they chose to put themselves if they hadn't let their ignorance-based arrogance -- and law-illiteracy -- to lead them around by the nose.
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  13365. Booker has NO chance in Kentucky. Exactly as an Elizabeth Warren couldn't get elected in West Virginia.
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  13366. Featherbrain Linell is counter-suing? Then he's opened himself to discovery. Now we get to see the non-evidence he has.
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  13367. Black ghettoes were ECONOMIC CONCENTRATION CAMPS enforced by RACIAL SEGREGATION..
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  13368. Nodfather Snoreleone, aka "Sleepy Don" or "Sleepy Donny," is a snooze operator.
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  13369. I would almost say that Trump needs to be slapped directly -- something to wake him up from his Adderall stupor.
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  13370. We'd all be surprised at how many "conservative" Republican women lie to their husbands about whom -- and what -- they vote for.
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  13371. Navarro isn't a lawyer, so he hasn't a clue what he's doing as concerns law.
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  13372. NONE.
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  13373. But it is fair to criticize the result of the effort, foolish not to do so.
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  13374. 1. Massachusetts lead the "revolution," while most of the middle and southern states were still kissing King George III's ass. 2. John Adams, of Massachusetts, wrote the Massachusetts constitution, which was the model for the US Constitution. 3. The Founders were LIBERALS, which is why we have the First Amendment. "Conservatives" oppose protections of freedom of conscience, belief, and speech when they apply to others than "conservatives". At the same time they abuse those rights by attacking LIBERALS -- which latter are MODERATES.
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  13375. That's how cults work: there is only ONE Dear Leader. Everyone else is "corrupt". Wake up: you aren't opposed to corruption; you are opposed to only the "corrutpion" constantly ALLEGED by Sanders. you are all FOR Sanders' corruption.
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  13376. The gov't exists to meet the needs of "We the people," as determined by "We the people".
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  13377. One of the 14 fake "electors" is a member of the NRA board.
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  13378. The Founders on the Second Amendment: The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  13379. Unelected bureaucrats are being deliberately mischaracterized. You missed this opportunity to defend that which is actually the gov't that does the work while presidents come and go.
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  13380. Great role model for young fans. And great message to the world: Americans can be violent without consequence, but Putin can't.
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  13381. Tell us: Would an Elizabeth Warren win in West Virginia?
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  13382.  @walexander8378  The problem is that her view is very narrow, and her supporters are political novices. Someone has fed them the fantasy that politics is all-or-nothing: they want it all at once, which is why they end up with nothing. In contrast, the democratic process is incremental. But they'd rather get nothing, then blame everyone else for their failure.
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  13383. "Libertarianism": "If you're mugged and your wallet stolen, it's your own damned fault for having had a wallet."
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  13384.  @larsord9139  And, being law-illiterate, you know nothing about existing LAW that governs the issue. In other words: you love the LIES because it's all you have.
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  13385.  @jaws392  I hope you are for overturning "Roe" and "Griswold," because those are based on a right of privacy that your right-wing ilk believes doesn't exist. So what's to worry -- you have no right of privacy, therefore no right that can be violated.
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  13386.  @thetwotravelers546  Thank you for blocking me, because you respect my freedom of speech. Meanwhile, the "Federalist Society" Supreme Court is in the process of denying that there is a right of privacy. On their chopping block, after "Roe," is "Griswold," which legalized the use of contraception. They are bent on imposing their "religion" on the rest of us, in violation of the First Amendment separation of church and state -- which they also deny exists. And you're all bent out of shape about an initiative, based on existing LAW, that will be tested in court.
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  13387.  @danielviets4427  Why worry? The Supreme Court has already held that LYING is protected speech. And we have four members of the Supreme court who LIED to get their seats on the Court. And they will tell any LIE to advance their RELIGIOPOLITICAL agenda. And that includes the restrictions and distortions they will put on the exercise of the First Amendment, based in large part on their view that "separation of church and state" does not exist.
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  13388.  @ddfunk70  Name-calling troll. FASCISM is overturning "Roe". And "Griswold" is next. This is what men gain from those facts: No contraception + no abortion = state-enforced CHILD SUPPORT. That's all on REPUBLICANS.
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  13389.  @danielviets4427  You don't know how to prove that a lie is a lie? It's no wonder you huddle in the rabbit hole of hysteria.
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  13390.  @engelbert4433  So you agree with the 6 religioextremists on the "Federalist Society" Supreme Court that YOU have NO RIGHTS OF PRIVACY. That means you have no right to any "private" views; no right to freedom of belief, thought, or speech . Even being "secure in your papers" goes out the window.
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  13391.  @danielviets4427  I was born in 1948: DO THE MATH. I have an education in law -- you do not. What NO ONE needs is bullshit "arguments" about this or that or another "right" being "absolute". A single exception to an "absolute" DEMOLISHES the "absolute". But there are more than one exceptions to the FALSE argument that freedom of speech is "absolute"": first, the laws penalizing speech that incites violence; second, anti-defamation law. Because YOU are incapable of distinguishing between lies and truth does not mean those who can are "censors". Such determinations -- as I've repeated more than once -- is not a subjective determination made in a vacuum. There are FACTS against which to compare statements. And there are "opinions" which are FALSE, therefore NOT OPINIONS. There are also LEGAL STANDARDS WHICH ALREADY EXIST IN LAW. You are FILING in two basic ways: 1. You are pushing a RIGHT-WING LIE that the issue is about "censoring" "free speech" -- as if no one can determine falsehood from facts OBJECTIVELY. You are, in short, DEFENDING disinformation. 2. You are engaging in politics while falsely presuming that everyone else is as stupid -- so stupid as not only not able to distinguish between politics and law, but also to ignore the rule of law altogether. The foremost constitutionalist among the Founders was John Adams -- "Justice and the Rule of LAW are to be ABOVE politics." You are REFUSING to bother with the rule of law -- AGAIN: the Supreme Court has held that LYING is "protected speech" -- and REFUSING to be reasonable while defending the irrational and destructive. In short, you REJECT EXISTING OBJECTIVE STANDARDS in defense of deliberate destructive chaos that has been and is undermining the rule of law. There is no room in your position for reason or responsibility. That is NOT the scope of the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech. During the first world war Congress enacted a "Sedition Act" aimed at speech which promoted the overthrow of the gov't. That was UPHELD by the Supreme Court.
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  13392.  @danielviets4427  "I’m sorry that you hate freedom of speech. But that’s a foundation of our country. It’s the first amendment for a reason." Thank you for further substantiating your law-illiteracy, in this instance with a favorite FALSE gun-nut defense of the NRA's Second Amendment lies. FACTS MATTER: As submitted to the states for consideration and ratification the proposed "Bill of Rights" consisted of TWELVE proposed Amendments. The FIRST TWO were REJECTED making the Third the First and the Fourth the Second. Think about the rights of others -- such as those who are smeared with disinformation? I've been a civil rights advocated since third grade, when 9-10 years old. When you reject the necessary limits on the exercise of rights to promote lawless bullying. This is an on-point example of how that is properly curtailed: In LAW pointing an UNLOADED gun at another is the CRIME of "Assault with a Deadly Weapon". The element CENTRAL to the crime is the UNLOADED GUN. Why? Because BOTH there are LIMITS on the exercise of rights AND OTHERS ALSO have rights. FACTS MATTER: ___ The NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry political front NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's "Heller" decision is an outlier. In "Heller" he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The subject of the Amendment is well regulated Militia, and its purpose to establish a National Defense, relying on that Militia. The Militia is not an individual, and is a public institution, regulated under both Federal and state constitutions and laws; thus the Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry/NRA claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which became the Second Amendment, which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [Here I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" Congress debated was that last clause -- "but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service" -- and it was obviously dropped from the proposed Amendment before it was ratified. Thus the Second Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring the legislative history -- Congress' Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to . . . SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS. The Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" rebellion was suppressed by the state's legitimate well-regulated Militia, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. And under the Constitution, AFTER the Second Amendment was ratified, the "Whiskey" rebellion was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the rebels charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn "Heller". PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  13393.  @engelbert4433  You aren't making sense: 1. It can't be proven that "God" exists. 2. The First Amendment separates "religion" from gov't. 3. The 6 extremists on the Supreme Court REJECT the right of privacy, even though that is essential to the freedom of conscience and belief, including choosing whatever "religion" one wants -- or none. 4. The English CLERIC -- the United States is NOT under English Law -- Alito bases his religiosmut decision on DID NOT prohibit abortion until "quickening -- when the woman can feel the fetus moving and kicking. You are agreeing with 6 LIARS. To the contrary, your "God" COMMANDED -- no mere "request" or "suggestion": THOU SHALT NOT LIE.
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  13394.  @danielviets4427  1. It can't be proven that there's a "creator". 2. The First Amendment separates "religion" and gov't. 3. You wouldn't know what rights to claim if they weren't secured IN WRITTEN LAW. Again, I have an education in law -- and you are a law-illiterate who REJECTS the rule of law and the Constitutionally-established LIMITS on their exercise.-- which, ironically, rejects WITH THE LAW the very rights you like to claim. ___ "No Collusion"? Trump's July 27, 2016 Solicitation of Crime with Russia. This is Webster's definition of "collusion": "Secret agreement or cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose". How many Trumpeters lied about their contacts with Russians during the Trump-Putin COLLUSION? THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: We have Trump on video, in broad daylight, soliciting Russia: "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing." To "find" those emails required computer hacking. Computer hacking is a felony. In fact, he solicited a series of felonies, beginning with computer hacking and stealing private property, through to receiving and possessing that stolen property. And we know that on the same day as Trump's solicitation, within hours thereafter, Russia hacked computers and stole the emails. That made Trump a co-conspirator with Russia. That conspiracy is an additional felony. ____________ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  13395.  @JayPlateFaceVideos  The closest to "state run media" -- a concept you do not understand -- is such as FOX propaganda. Nor are they "in bed with" -- one of the superficial newbie's favorite buzz phrases -- "the military industrial complex". Nor do you comprehend the media literacy -- and basic standard -- of distinguishing between facts, on one hand, and on the other "opinion". The media that tells you what to think -- don't deny it -- preaches against vilified word combinations -- "military industrial complex" and the flat out LIE "state run media". The world is much more complex than you yet realize. And among the least informed are the current young people who don't yet know the error of their entitled know-it-all bigotries against, as example, "Boomers". There was an alleged "generation gap" when I was in my teens and twenties; but not all of us ignored the wisdom, both of experience and knowledge, of our elders. We were not, that is, self-dumbed down.
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  13396.  @JayPlateFaceVideos  No, they did not. It was the politics that drowned out the media. The "New York Times" reported from the nuclear scientists that the "aluminum tubes" could not be used for nuclear purposes as the G. DUI Bushit/Cheney administration were claiming. You don't know that because you wallow in far-Left sloganizing. During the 1960s as a full-time "anti"war activist I saw the "New Left" ALIENATE the MODERATES we needed to reach in order to get the US out of Vietnam. And by causing that alienation they got NIXON elected, and that prolonged the war into the mid-1970s. You fools ignored the facts -- as example, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Trump doing his own serial lying about releasing his tax records -- and bought into Sanders' demagoguery, he being the exact opposite extreme of Trump. And when he lost, having smeared the majority of MODERATE "centrists" as "corrupt," thus ALIENATING THEM, because the Democrats voted for the ACTUAL Democrat, you decided to "blow up the system" -- and now "Roe" and a series of other decisions based on the RIGHT OF PRIVACY, which the Trump court has ERASED, are GONE. Ask yourself how you narrow-minded pseudo-"progressive" know-it-alls succeeded in causing such radical REGRESSION. Look at the damage done, and continuing, and ask yourself how your childish simpleton's rants about buzz-phrases has IMPROVED the situation. I opposed every US military action beginning with Vietnam, while I was in high school. I was the only member of my class to do so and took the heat. But the support of Ukraine is exactly right, and the first time the US has been right on an issue of military action, since WW II and Korea. I learned of climate change in junior high science in the early 1960s. My "Boomer" generation, and our elders, established "Earth Day" in 1970, and we established the ecology movement. But what do we get now? -- younger generations who are ignorant of HISTORY -- which is not slogans -- bashing THEIR elders as having fucked up the world. The world is fucked up because humans are imperfect. And look at the cluster fuck YOUR generation has caused: instead of bashing your elders based on age discrimination, focus on the assholes in YOUR generation -- those are who you will have to live with after we are gone.
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  13397.  @JayPlateFaceVideos  Learn the difference between FACT journalism and "OPINION". And dump burn-out Chomsky: he's defending the fascist Putin based upon false history. Vietnam didn't attack us. Meanwhile, the Republicans are working in the present to destroy the country, and you're living in the past.
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  13398.  @dthrust9037  Who are "they," confused dupe? I'd ask you to make sense but that will take years of maturing before you're able to make the CHOICE to do so. Prove me wrong.
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  13399.  @SRose-vp6ew  And you are "trained" in what, dupe -- spreading paranoid delusions because totally illiterate in law and in how our gov't is structured and functions? I read 1984 many decades ago: terribly written. And I've read other FICTIONS about totalitarian and authoritarian "theories". The only people who buy into your paranoid nonsense are the uneducated, the mentally ill, and the juvenile.
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  13400.  @jimmyswollnuts7662  Cute fake name: bet it makes you feel encouraged to try to feel manly.
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  13401.  @larsord9139  Because you don't know how to discern fact from paranoid garbage.
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  13402.  @dthrust9037  “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard.
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  13403.  @dthrust9037  _Trump's Solicitation of Crimes from Georgia Election Officials_: THIS IS THE LAW: The Model Penal Code defines solicitation as commanding, encouraging, or requesting another person to engage in conduct that constitutes a crime or an attempt to commit a crime (with the intent that the crime be committed). Model Penal Code S. 5.02(1) (1962). Generally the code provides that solicitation be as punishable as the crime solicited. Id. at S. 5.05(1). Law Dictionary, Giffis, at 446. THIS IS THE EVIDENCE: 1. Sixty-Seven Minute Taped Conversation with Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger, and Others. 2. Taped Conversation with Trump and Georgia Elections Investigator Frances Watson. ___ PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT
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  13404. So you want to pretend to be "Ministry of Truth" while pretending you aren't "Ministry of Truth"?
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  13405. Republican'ts aren't wrong; they are LYING.
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  13406. Googe and read this about how Trump, in the days leading up to the DC crash, eliminated air safety as a favor to Musk -- american prospect Trump's Second Term Begins with a Crash
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  13407.  @88mike6  False. The non-fascist pro-democracy world is relieved that President Biden isn't anti-American. NATO is the first line of defense OF THE UNITED STATES against historically-imperialist Russia. It exists to prevent wars among European nations that twice sucked the United States into world wars. And it has been a total success at that. It also established a unified Europe against Russia's history of imperialism against East and West European nations. You can be an adult and put in the effort to learn the actual history. Or you can continue to be a silly and stupid anti-American illiterate.
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  13408. I'm still waiting for the "Zoom" fundraiser by "Felons and Rapists for Trump".
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  13409. Amazing how competitive and hateful these "Christian" schools are and teach.
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  13410. No maybe.
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  13411.  @ralphgazda6735  Those Republicans continue to increase the gun violence as warning: challenge our CONTROLLINGS of you and we will ESCALATE our controllings. January 6th was a violent insurrection that actually happened. That's what these Republicans are THREATENING to impose on those who challenge their CONTROL.
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  13412. How much military weapons were dumped into the ocean at the end of US involvement in Vietnam by Republican Nixon?
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  13413.  Sunshine 🌠 Sunshine 🌠  Bigot.
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  13414. Give Trump time to buy up sufficient paper towels.
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  13415. It was not a shooting or mall in Nashville.
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  13416. I'd like to see the phone records of Cannon and Trump compared.
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  13417. If Trump doesn't drink then why is he always drunk on cheap whine?
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  13418. Elderly + Health Issues = Landline. Wireless is unreliable, and "smart" phones need recharging during blackouts.
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  13419.  @defendandprotect-om5hv  That "thank you" costs nothing to those who utter it. It is meaningless.
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  13420. What is happening right now with Biden? have you EVIDENCE -- or are you simply and dishonestly trying to change the subject? Clue: Trump is a third generation New York con-man and career criminal. And you emptied your pockets for him. SUCKER!
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  13421.  @bertthompson4748  Know what I call those like JoeOfCourse who defend criminals like Trump? Criminals.
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  13422. The "tenuous system" was the Electoral College -- which is being attacked by Leftist morons -- and subverted in Arizona, Georgia, and Texas by fascists.
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  13423. This is not a time to put a gloss of entertainment on a dangerous disaster.
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  13424.  Dicky Jones  Your CORRUPTION is showing, infant. Name-calling is stupid. It is an alternative used to avoid the FACTS: Schiff is a seasoned prosecutor who deals with the EVIDENCE straightforwardly and directly. That's why you assholes hate him: he isn't a liar like Trump and his cultwho makes your sociopathic hate "acceptable" to barbarians.
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  13425. @Moderate American His cover-up of his attacks on the rule of law. The motive is his belief in the UNCONSTITUTIONAL "unitary executive" totalitarianism. The ENTIRE Constitution is in effect AT THE SAME TIME -- and that includes the Impeachment Clause, which LIMITATION on the presidency is ALSO located in Article II.
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  13426.  @johnwilletts3984  European Liberalism is the foundation for Western democracy. The US's Founders rejected English law in favor of their own domestic version.
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  13427. They are incompetent as concerns complying with the rule of law. But they are competent in their anti-democratic intents: they've been working out how to do that for more than 30 years.
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  13428.  @keithbowe784  One can return the empty cartridges. But none of this consumer-as-slave to corporate fascism.
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  13429. It's greed for money.
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  13430. I tank destroyed on repeat is not "tanks" plural.
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  13431. The Republican Party has since at latest Reagan been wearing a mask to obscure its white supremacism. The only difference is that Trump tore the mask off.
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  13432.  @notyourroad  The interviewer was talking about real estate developers NOT being exactly moral -- and yet they looked DOWN on TRUMP.
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  13433. The KEY is to ask the anti-Americans for EVIDENCE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkM44gym1c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cN0hQ2eJYA
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  13434. Because it's "intellectual".
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  13435. It's a simple case: Trum STOLE gov't property, some of which is classified.
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  13436. Refuting the NRA's Two Second Amendment Lies The gun industry's propaganda arm NRA tells two lies about the intent of the Second Amendment. 1. That the Second Amendment protects an "individual" "right" to possess guns. Comparison with the several prior Supreme Court decisions, and the legislative history -- the Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment, which are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- shows that Scalia's Heller decision is an outlier. In Heller he falsely held that the Amendment protects an individual right -- for which he was excoriated by legal experts across the political spectrum for ignoring this adjudicatory standard: When a conflict over the interpretation of a law cannot be resolved within the text of the law, one reverts to the legislative history of the law -- in this instance Congress's Debates of the writing of the Amendment. The facts from those Debates: The purpose of the Amendment was to establish a National Defense, relying on the well-regulated Militia, as substantiated by the Militia Act of May 8, 1792: "An act more effectually to provide for the NATIONAL DEFENCE by establishing an uniform MILITIA throughout the United States." The Militia is not an individual; it is a public institution and an arm OF gov't, regulated and governed under both Federal and state constitutions and laws. The Amendment is irrelevant to the issue of private, individual gun ownership: James Madison is called "the father of the Constitution," and the gun industry, via its propaganda front NRA, claims that Madison wrote the Second Amendment. If both of those are facts, then the word "people" is consistent in meaning from the beginning of the Constitution to the end of the first 10 Amendments. The first three words of the Constitution are "We the people," not, "We the individual". This is the first draft of that which the gun industry/NRA calls the "Madison" Amendment, which became the Second Amendment -- but which it never quotes. [In brackets I clarify it for the logic-impaired]: "The right of the people [PLURAL] to keep and bear arms [this phrase is the well-regulated Militia, and was drawn from four state constitution Militia Clauses] shall not be infringed; a well armed, and well regulated militia being the best security of a free country: but no person [INDIVIDUAL] religiously scrupulous of [AGAINST] bearing arms [in well-regulated Militia] shall be compelled [INVOLUNTARY] to render military service [in well-regulated Militia] in person." Source: Creating the Bill of Rights: The Documentary Record from the First Federal Congress (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, Paperback, 1991), Edited by Helen E Veit, et al., at 12. (This volume is readily available from Amazon.) Note the word "compelled": Militia service was a DUTY -- not a "right". And note the words "people" and "person": if a person -- individual -- claimed "religious" exemption from that DUTY, his case was scrutinized individually. The only "individual" "right" debated regarding the amendment was the last clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- That clause is clarified by this provision in the New York constitution adopted on April 20, 1777: "XL. And whereas it is of the utmost importance to the safety of every State that it should always be in a condition of defence; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society to be prepared and willing to defend it; this convention therefore, in the name and by the authority of the good people of this State, doth ordain, determine, and declare that the militia of this State, at all times here-after, as well in peace as in war, shall be armed and disciplined, and in readiness for service. That all such of the inhabitants of this State being of the people called Quakers as, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to the bearing of arms, be therefrom excused by the legislature; and do pay to the State such sums of money, in lieu of their personal service, as the same may, in the judgment of the legislature, be worth.[FN 13] And that a proper magazine of warlike stores, proportionate to the number of inhabitants, be, forever hereafter, at the expense of this State, and by acts of the legislature, established, maintained, and continued in every county in this State. "FN 13. This exemption-fee was fixed at £10 per annum by the act of April 3, 1778, organizing the militia of the State." And that clause -- ": but no person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." -- was obviously voted down before the proposed amendment was submitted to the states for consideration. Thus the Amendment obviously does not protect "individual" ANYTHING. Only by ignoring not only the existing state constitutions and laws which eventuated in the US Constitution, and the Congress's own legislative history -- the Debates of the writing of the Amendment are LEGAL AUTHORITY -- could Scalia falsely hold that the Amendment protects an "individual" "right". 2. That the purpose of the Second Amendment was to establish a "right" to "take up arms" against the gov't -- which is refuted by the Constitution itself: "Art. I., S. 8., C. 15. The Congress shall have Power To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute [ENFORCE] the Laws of the Union, SUPPRESS INSURRECTIONS, and repel Invasions". And on May 2, 1792, the Congress enacted this Militia Act: "An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions." And the Founders themselves twice established the precedent on the point: Under the Articles of Confederation, "Shays's" insurrection was suppressed by the state's Militia, reinforced by a DRAFT, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. Under the Constitution -- more than two years AFTER the Amendment was ratified -- the "Whiskey" insurrection was suppressed by Federalized Militia, lead by George Washington, and the insurrectionists charged with, tried for, and convicted of, TREASON, and sentenced to death. The Congress, as a co-equal branch of gov't, has the authority and power to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Overturn outlier Heller and its progeny. PLEASE CIRCULATE INTACT.
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  13437. Make Accountability Great Again. INDICT AND PROSECUTE Gym Jordan.
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  13438. There are limits to free speech -- which those who are about creating mayhem refuse to recognize. They love to yell "THEATER!" is crowded fires. In other words, law-illiterate Musk is wrong that the right of free speech is "absolute". NO "right" is absolute.
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  13439. Trump DOES NOT WANT testing because he doesn't want us to know how bad it is. So either Trump has the authority to order states around, or he's irrelevant and they're on their own. How does he expect to get re-elected? Are the ventilators he's giving to Russia a down-payment for another subversion of the United States to benefit a wholly anti-American criminal enterprise?
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  13440. The president has frequent "private" meetings with people. Using the word for them as "secret" is inflammatory. The right-wing will co-opt and run with that. The stupid in playing into the sleaze-politics of the right-wing is arrogance-based lack of thought of consequences.
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  13441. Yep -- after Garland called Trump's bluff.
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  13442. The reason these suck-ups put on their show is that the supporters aren't showing up -- which the media reported early on -- and the family isn't showing up -- which the media has more recently reported. Trump is all IMAGE -- and THAT is why this is the most important of the trials: it is SHREDDING his public image, exposing the actual predatory character that Trump is behind the bullshit con.
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  13443.  @sqc1726  Who wrote the alleged "Documents" -- which you do not either identify or provide?
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  13444.  @SuperOdyss  Either inform yourself of where the FOUNDERS put you subjectivists, or admit that you reject the rule of law: ___ From the North Carolina constitution adopted on December 18, 1776: "XXXI. That no clergyman, or preacher of the gospel, of any denomination, shall be capable of being a member of either the Senate, House of Commons, or Council of State, while he continues in the exercise of the pastoral function. . . . . "XXXIV. That there shall be no establishment of any one religious church or denomination in this State, in preference to any other; neither shall any person, on any pretence whatsoever, be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary to his own faith or judgment, nor be obliged to pay, for the purchase of any glebe, or the building of any house of worship, or for the maintenance of any minister or ministry, contrary to what he believes right, or has voluntarily and personally engaged to perform; but all persons shall be at liberty to exercise their own mode of worship:--_Provided_, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt preachers of treasonous or seditious discourses, from legal trial and punishment." ___ From the constitution of Georgia adopted on February 5, 1777: "Art. LVI. All persons whatever shall have the free exercise of their religion; provided it be not repugnant to the peace and safety of the State; and shall not, unless by consent, support any teacher or teachers except those of their own profession." "Art. LXII. No clergyman of any denomination shall be allowed a seat in the legislature." ___ From New York constitution adopted on April 20. 1777: XXXIX. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. ___ Those provisions, and their equivalents in other state constitutions, eventuated in the First Amendment separation of "religion" and gov't. That the Constitution is EXPRESSLY_ the SUPREME Law of the Land - there is no other law equal to or higher than that.
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  13445. After Judge Manchen hammered him for contempt, Trump didn't bloviate to the media. He should thank the judge for the opportunity to rest his yap.
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  13446. "Obamacare" originated in the Republican "Heritage Foundation," and was established in Massachusetts by Republican romney.
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