Comments by "possumverde" (@possumverde) on "Fox News" channel.

  1. Zelenskyy was polite, diplomatic, and respectful in his criticism of President Trump. Trump's response was an embarassing childish temper tantrum on social media... which of those two is atrocious?
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  2. That's because, short of the Civil War, this is the biggest threat we've faced. We've been relatively good/lucky enough to avoid outright coups attempts in the past.
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  3. When you can't prove anything specific, irregularities is all you can say.
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  4. Harsh answer...Because single digit polling this late in the cycle means he isn't relevant.
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  5. Everything other than the handful of Fox News highlights was a complete dumpster fire for him. He never has learned how to control his temper or when to stop talking...
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  6. ​ @loricondon2561 Except it's already been revealed that he put his retirement paperwork in months before the deployment order came down...try again.
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  7. And Trump would have been impeached the first time avoiding all of this mess...
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  8. We currently have no such Justices sitting so your point is a bit moot.
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  9. And rightfully so. These suits and the earlier ones they dismissed are complete garbage. To legitimize them by hearing them would set a precedent allowing future elections to be ground to a halt simply by spamming lawsuits without the need for any factual basis to support them.
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  10. Gotta love the comment section... It takes a special kind of stupid to condemn someone sworn to uphold the Constitution for refusing to break that oath when asked to do so by the President...
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  11. Indeed. She only interprets the law and sets precedent as to it's actual meaning...
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  12. I guess this is his way of saying he isn't going to run for President...
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  13. @L T If you want to go the legal route, then they have to address their being contacted via phone by the White House prior to their wanting to rescind their vote. That's a pretty big no no.
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  14.  @dannywilliams6643  Those were state matters. If you have a problem with how they were handled then speak with the governors etc. of those areas. When idiots storm our capitol building in a violent attempt to prevent our country's government from doing their constitutional duty, that's a national matter which should be investigated thoroughly and prosecuted if necessary to discourage future such actions. To be against such investigation is simply un-American.
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  15. Unless he held a gun to the President's head and forced him to violate his oath of office numerous times (which I doubt the Secret Service would allow), Biden has nothing to do with the President's impeachment. Trump's own arrogance and delusional mind are solely to blame for his troubles.
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  16. Attacking one's allies and biggest trading partners for pointless self aggrandizing reasons rarely goes well... just wait til not only Mexico and Canada, but the EU as well counter tariffs our goods and the layoffs start...
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  17. It's the missile defense equivalent of the French Maginot Line from WWII...Research the cost and manufacture time of it's missiles and that of most of the rockets being spammed from Gaza and you should eventually see the fatal flaw of the system.
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  18. They were never intended to work for "the people." They are a court of law, not public opinion.
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  19. They aren't.
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  20. Everyone (including all of the dipshit AGs who supported it) knew from the start that the Texas suit had no legal grounds and would be tossed. The Pa suit was the strongest Trump had and it didn't even come close to warrant SCOTUS picking it up.
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  21. Like all of Trump's executive orders so far, it was poorly written and thus led to much confusion. Miller's only mad because he writes most of the orders so anything wrong with them hurts his fragile little ego.
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  22. Personally, I'd rather Americans exercise better judgement than he did that night. He should never have gone there to begin with and especially not in the capacity of an armed security guard. His decision to go it alone rather than team up with one of the other "guards" once there was also foolish. Even a 17 year old should know better than to put themselves in such a position. That said, he did handle himself well afterwards. His parents should be proud of him for that but not for his decision to get involved in the first place.
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  23. There comes a point when even biased sources like Fox can no longer in good conscience maintain their support of certain aspects of their chosen side.
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  24. Fox survives mostly on Trump's personality cult and their love for Tucker and Hannity. Airing anything that would challenge their narrative would be suicidal.
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  25. A better question would be why do people who have clearly never read the Constitution keep making claims such as yours?
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  26. They don't want someone who has written articles supporting basing legal decisions on religious beliefs. I as a moderate don't either.
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  27. They've investigated the claims that had at least some foundation in reality. It's not their job to be glorified fishing poles for a President who can't accept being legitimately defeated.
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  28. The impeachments didn't fail. Both more than made their case. The Senate Republicans simply decided to vote the party line rather than their consciences.
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  29.  @stonecold7919  Bill Clinton's biological father served in the army and Hillary's father the navy during World War II. Edit: Also, Obama's maternal grandfather served in the US army air forces during WW II. Edit: The closest a Trump ever came to doing so was when Donnie dodged the Vietnam draft.
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  30. Nah, it's a single triangular object (probably a drone of some sort) viewed through some kind of laser range gate imaging system being tested. The other two are just backscattered images of the same object. That's why the actaul paper report is classified while the video wasn't. The latter is such poor quality that there's really no important information about the system that can be gleaned by seeing it.
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  31. A better angle would be the attempt at tampering by the White House calling the two.
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  32. They gave him more total speaking time. He tried to turn it into one of his rallies rather than a Presidential debate and it was their job to rein it in. They cut off both candidates many times. The difference was that Harris stopped talking and he didn't. Also, when asked simple yes or no questions and younl refuse to answer and just start repeating the same rhetoric you've already said three times, you're not debating. You're evading. There's no point to a moderator allowing such nonsense with limited time.
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  33. Go watch the full thing instead of Fox highlights and you'll change your mind...
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  34. Trump made an 🫏 of himself. So did Vance. It was embarassing.
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  35.  @dalegehrking2862  Which isn't watched by nearly as many of the general public as their general "news." Tucker and Hannity didn't have the balls to show it and what bits they have addressed were heavily edited and out of context. Fox has become completely un-American. There's a reason they've been hemoraging employees over the last few years. Some people like to be able to look in the mirror in the morning and actually respect what they see.
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  36. Agreed. As long as they meet the requirements to be on a state's ballot as laid out in that state's constitution, they should be on the ballot. If there is any question of disqualification under section 3 of the 14th Amendment, that should be addressed at the federal level by the US Congress (most likely as grounds to challenge states' electoral college votes during the count) and, if necessary, appealed to SCOTUS to interpret the law and determine if Congress's use of it is constitutional.
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  37. Some people need money and Fox is paying...
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  38. If God backs Israel, he deserves to be mocked for his poor judge of character.
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  39. No one's ever told him he needs to actually do that. They think their "rallies" represent a much greater percentage of the voter pool than they actually do. His campaign did the same thing last time, and it's one of the main reasons they lost. You've got to pull the independent/moderate vote, and they're usually the level-headed ones who expect an actual plan...
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  40. Licking boots...
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  41. 1/20/29 maybe...
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  42. At least their party is still allowed freedom of thought and opinion... just saying.
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  43. Cuts to SSI staff will means slowdowns and higher inaccuracy (especially if they implement Musk's garbage AI to handle things.) They don't have to directly cut it to cut it... just saying.
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  44. He's just saying what every legitimate economist in the world is saying...
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  45.  @scottvincent3062  He was definitely scamming. The differences between his high ball estimates and low ball estimates were ridiculously huge. He got greedy and he got caught. Now he has to pay for it.
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  46.  @mattmills5145  You don't do one right before an election or a run off. You do them during the offseason. Anytime you try to run one through quickly like this, it smells funny.
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  47. We did. We just have a spoiled brat in the White House who can't stand losing.
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  48. She's a Trump endorsee and has seen what happened with Oz when he ignored Trump's orders to declare victory even when it's obvious you're going to lose. No one wants to be the target of one of Trump's mania induced tirades as such could essentially mean the end of their political career.
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  49. The full bill can be found online with a little effort. It's a little under 600 pages but it can be skimmed rather quickly since a lot of the length is due to legalese.
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  50.  @jumpieva  You forget that Trump lost the popular vote...
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  51. The laptop's a dead issue. None of the emails the various audits have been able to verify contain any real useful evidence. Combine that with all the evidence of tampering occurring when it was no longer in Hunter's possession and it's overall shady chain of custody and no prosecutor in their right mind would ever consider using it as evidence.
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  52. Someone has to keep the wealthy wealthy...
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  53. ​ @loris3595 Because there was no embezzlement...
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  54. She (like Jordan and Nunes) is just another dishonest politician with little integrity and an apparently low (but sadly accurate) opinion of her constituents intelligence.
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  55. Yes they can...The number of SCOTUS Justices isn't set or addressed by the Constitution. That leaves it up to legislation passed by Congress. There's no such legislation which requires all three branches to agree.
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  56. That's because she's written numerous articles for legal publications supporting using her religious beliefs to make legal decisions and has been a member of some less than reputable political based groups in the past.
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  57. Play stupid games...win stupid prizes applies to politicians too.
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  58. For once, she has a point here. This is one of the most disingenuous decisions to come out of SCOTUS in a while and it's becoming increasingly difficult to defend them against such accusations given all of the other issues some of them have gotten themselves into...
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  59.  @mikefowler301  She's pretty much right. The reason such affidavits aren't unsealed prior to an indictment is because the information they contain can potentially allow the person being investigated's legal team to compromise the effectiveness of the investigation.
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  60. They allowed him more total speaking time and both candidates were cut off numerous times. His opponent simply had the decency to stop talking and he didn't. Quit making excuses and just admit he did a bad job, was clearly unprepared and got trounced as a result. Don't worry, Fox's moderators will likely allow him to turn it into one of his rallies rather than a debate like he tried and failed to do on ABC.
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  61. It's not just the Dems. Moderates, Centrists, and many Independents see through this ruling as well, and aren't happy. The argument made by SCOTUS is about as disingenuous as it could possibly be and they know it. SCOTUS was never intended to be a rubber stamp for any particular ideology and that's what they appear to have become these days.
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  62.  @johnlamas5880  There's not always a right way...
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  63. Read the bill. It only allowed abortion beyond viability (20 to 22 weeks depending on the doctor) if the doctor in good faith determines that carrying to term would pose a risk to the mother's life...
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  64. He did the same thing last time too. I don't think he's capable of shutting his mouth.
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  65. The warrant was specific and was shown to his lawyer along with an inventory of what was taken and it was executed well within the legal timeframe after it was signed. In other words, the warrant was legitimately obtained and executed. Conservatives should start looking for another Presidential candidate to back as former President Trump has allowed his arrogance to ruin any chance he had of being a legitimate candidate in 2024. He'll only avoid prison due to the complications putting a former President in prison would cause.
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  66. The truth hurts sometimes kid.
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  67. I'd rather Zelenskyy replace Trump. Far more respectable leader.
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  68. The Abrahamic God comes across as a bit of a bloodthirsty psychopath in the bible. Not quite up to my standards when it comes to potential allies.
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  69. Choosing to rule based on law rather than public opinion does not make them derelict of duty.
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  70. That would require the kids at DOGE to actually know how to audit. Don't hold your breath.
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  71. Honesty would be much more attractive...
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  72. Grown adults don't need pep rallies to motivate them to vote and strong candidates don't need their ego's constantly stroked by a personality cult to be confident.
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  73. Any judge would have done it. You don't do purges right in the middle of an election or run off. You do them during the offseason.
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  74. Women yes. The mixing of church and state...not so much.
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  75. Mixing religious beliefs with the law has done wonders for Iran...
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  76. They offered factory space only. Finding the workers needed to retool and then operate the plant would be Cuomo's responsibility were he to accept. He does not have the power to conscript labor and would have to rely on volunteers (many of whom would need to be skilled.) The President however could simply order Remington Arms to retool and do it themselves. The latter would be a far more productive approach.
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  77. Much less than if they had greenlighted Trump's blank check version of the bill.
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  78. The SCOTUS justices have already demonstrated such. The cases they've been presented with and dismissed have been complete garbage. Despite knowing how mentally unhinged many Trump supporters have become, they still chose to rule appropriately and not placate the mob by legitimizing such frivolous suits.
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  79. Reining in the unnecessary corporate price gouging would go a lot farther than tax cuts would.
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  80. If you want election laws changed, take it up with the individual states. The Constitution intended there to be very little Federal involvement with elections. With the majority of that little bit belonging to Congress. SCOTUS was meant, and has always tried, to remain as far out of it as possible. Especially with cases as pathetic as those they were presented with concerning the recent election.
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  81. I'm curious. Have you read any of the articles she's written for legal publications, looked up interviews, etc.? He's definitely exaggerating a bit but there is reason for concern if she gets put on SCOTUS.
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  82. Extrordinary claims require extrordinary proof, and Musk has offered none... just saying. His history with honesty isn't exactly the greatest either.
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  83. Supply isn't the issue. It's artificial price increases hiding behind cost increases that leveled off quite awhile ago. All the grocery stores I know have plenty coming in yet corporate keeps raising prices almost weekly to boost their stock prices. It will level off when they find the sweet spot of how much they can charge without sales going down. In other words, how much blood they can suck without killing the victim.
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  84. An impeachment inquiry is the equivalent of a grand jury. Grand juries are not open to the public. If something is deemed worthy of going to trial, the trial is public. You only fight a grand jury/impeachment inquiry if you want to prevent things from going public. You are being played for a fool by these representatives and their childish little publicty stunt. and these representatives should be ashamed of themselves and resign in disgrace.
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  85.  @donnastokes-manning6175  Gramatically perhaps. Legally, it's laughable.
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  86. All Trump's team has ever needed to do was to present a lawsuit that had actual evidence backing it. They chose to spam unsupported garbage instead hoping something might stick. So far, SCOTUS has ruled appropriately in their dismissals. What they're being presented with now is no more legitimate than the others and will likely be dismissed accordingly. Were they to placate the mob and legitimize such garbage by hearing it, it would set a precedent allowing future elections to be ground to a halt simply by spamming lawsuits with no need for any factual basis supporting them.
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  87. She's not that competent. South Dakota has some of the worst covid numbers in the country relative to their population. Despite being 6th lowest in population density, they are 8th in covid deaths/100k. They account for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. That's ~37% more than their fair share of covid deaths (at least ~600 potentially unnecessary dead.) What's worse is that she touts her inaction when it comes to precautions as a great accomplishment.
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  88. She didn't need to. He did more for her campaign with his bizarre answers and behavior than anything she could have accomplished there. Wise move on her part.
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  89. ​ @ltdc426 You can read it as the initial count in Florida being inconclusive due to the margin of victory (~500 votes) being less than the margin of error for such counts and thus the winner cannot be determined legitimately without a recount. Even if flipping Florida would not have changed the outcome of the overall election, a recount was still necessary to legitimately determine who actually won the state. Also, Gore's challenge occurred before the vote had been officially verified and he bowed out honorably once "safe harbor" day came along essentially making it official. Had he been trying to overturn the election, he would have continued his challenge beyond that point because prior to that it had yet to be officially determined and thus there was nothing to overturn.
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  90. Wealthy people create the illusion of the American Dream by offering you indentured servitude in the guise of a job. Edit: You'd be surprised at how many working people are living in their cars these days thanks to corporate price gouging and the crap wages those same corporations pay those who actually do the work they profit from.
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  91. Read some history logical thinker
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  92. Nah, bill's decent. Making Donnie wait for a reconciliation bill to get his blank check to skyrocket our debt again was the right thing to do.
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  93. Why did the President elect who campaigned on cutting spending demand a blank check provision? Who knows why politicians suck?
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  94. And that is why we fail...
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  95. The relevant law is unenforceable unless the individual steps foot on the Justice's property or impedes travel to or from it. It's prohibitions are tied to being "in or near" the property but no specific distance is provided to define "near." A first year law student could get charges based on being "near" the property dropped easily. That's all assuming that the law itself isn't unconstitutional to begin with. Which it likely is as certain elements do appear to violate the 1st amendment. If the Justices can't handle the heat, no one's forcing them to remain in the kitchen...
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  96. ​ @randallhughes5687 He put his retirement paperwork in months before the deployment order came down... That's not abandonment.
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  97. Probably not. Trump however could If anyone wanted to bother looking into his various market manipulation schemes while he was in office.
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  98. They're just trying to stay in the will...It's pretty pointless though. After his fines for tax fraud are dealt with and all his creditors paid, there won't be anything left for them to inherit...well, maybe a few MAGA hats...
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  99. The one that lied about everything having been turned over is going to get more recognition than they want and will definitely need financial support once they get disbarred...
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  100. Kool-Aid...it's a hell of a drug.
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  101. Threatening to take away their allowance is about that can be done when SCOTUS decides to behave like disingenuous 12-year-old's trying to rules lawyer a friend out of trouble with the kind of argument no parent would fall for.
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  102. Cultist or scammer? Hard to tell sometimes...
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  103. ​ @williamwilkins3084 He's gone his entire life dodging accountability and throwing people under the bus to save himself (including his own father.) It's time that he answer for at least some of his actions regardless of what his cult of personality thinks.
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  104. Any true American would know that you don't rush a purge during an election or run off. You do it during the offseason. Any judge would have blocked this.
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  105.  @terrystevens3998  You speak for progressives, not liberals in general...
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  106.  @jameslewis1458  Yeah, but it's getting noticeably purple lately. What the GOP should be worried about is the fact that they have an incumbent who has managed to increase the blue in Texas.
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  107. Bah, that's why the authors of the constitution included the 2nd amendment. Maybe now the anti-gun side of the Democratic party will understand why trying to disarm the population is the last thing they need to be doing right now.
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  108.  @paulvarn4712  They informed him in advance and he could have been there if he had wished. He chose to send one of his ambulance chasers instead.
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  109. Pretty much
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  110. Stupid would be more like it. Disney World owns ~27,000 acres (~42mi²) of land of which the four theme parks encompass ~1,000 acres combined. In other words, there would be a significant buffer zone between the parks and any development by the state near DW's property line. Also, the cost of land near Disney World's property is quite high which would make a prison built there far more expensive to construct. Overall, Disney World would see little to no difference while those owning land nearby would see their property values drop significantly and any living in the area would be subject to the usual safety risks that come from having a prison nearby...
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  111. It's not something you do at the last minute. Purges are supposed to take place well in advance. When you do them late, you run the risk of dropping legit voters accidentally with no recourse but an unreliable provisional ballot.
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  112. Quit feeding your cattle bullsh*t Fox. Trump violated the Presidential Records Act and you know it. The more lies/disinformation you spread, the more responsible you'll be for any violence your idiot viewers commit over this. Don't think it won't come back on you. You're quickly aporoaching the realm of treason and you will be held accountable eventually. Grow up, admit the truth and move on.
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  113. I doubt your neighbor has access to the personal information mail in ballots require you to provide...
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  114. @pefo1674  His lies are pretty transparent actually.
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  115. Especially if politicians keep opting for quick fixes designed to last just long enough to get them re-elected. As usual, the current economy isn't backed by anything. It's just another bubble filled with political hot air that will eventually pop. The only question is whether it will collapse before or after the elections...
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  116. ​@BB4liffe 60% of the funding was spent by the US and was never handled directly by Ukraine. Zelenskyy's statement on how much aid they have received was based solely on what has passed directly through their control. If you research our history of supplying aid to warring countries where we aren't directly involved militarily, you'll find that split on spending to be pretty standard.
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  117. ​ @minethulhufhtagn7239 I'm not exactly a Trump fan, but he's not a convicted rapist. Exaggerated bs comments like that only makes you look foolish.
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  118. The President can temporarily withhold the release of funds/aid under certain conditions. Congress must be informed and will have 45 days to address the matter via new legislation that alters the original deal. If no action is taken by the end of that period, the aid must be released as originally intended. It's meant to be a failsafe for time sensitive concerns like a fear that the aid will be used in an unacceptable/illegal manner (the argument Biden's administration is making in this case.) The primary issue here is whether Congress was properly informed in a timely manner. While that remains to be seen, the aid will remain temporarily delayed thus serving the administration's purpose. In other words there's a gray area and the worst that can happen will be the delay being determined to be in violation of the ICA as the Trump administration's withholding of aid to Ukraine was eventually ruled to have been (well after the point became moot.) Just like with Trump's administration, it's unlikely that the Biden administration will receive more than a slap on the wrist if their withholding of aid ends up being ruled a violation of the ICA. Edit: ICA=the Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
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  119. Actually, by making direct contact with election officials in an attempt to tamper with election results, Trump has a better chance of prison than Biden.
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  120. Yep, because he packed it himself and knew they would consider nullifying his attempt. It's very unlikely that they will bother though. Strategically, going after the filibuster rule would be a much better approach. The public backlash from trying to stack the court wouldn't be worth the benefit.
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  121. Dancing all around the question of why he caved... within two days.
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  122. Israel burned their own bridge in their quest to be king of the pariah states. No skin off our backs though as it was mostly a one way street anyway.
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  123. With his history of not paying his attorneys, I doubt they're interested in putting anymore effort into this than they are legally obligated to. Besides, they'd lose anyway as he's guilty as sin on this one and he knows it.
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  124. Everyone has a right to an opinion. That does not mean that there should be no professional consequences for expressing that opinion. Allowing flags with religious/political connotations to be flown over your property as a SCOTUS Justice brings your impartiality and thus job competence into question.
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  125. It's not really election interference. It's just him finally having to answer for crimes he's was once allowed to get away with. When he was just a "businessman" the justice system allowed him to get away with his scams as it would be more trouble than it was worth to prosecute him. When he became political, his target demographic was those who have no clue about the law, economics, foreign relations, or generally anything more complicated than fantasy football and then turned them on those who do understand those things. The problem is, those are the same people who looked the other way and allowed him to get away with his scams. Essentially, he bit the hands that fed him, and now they're biting back. Since he is actually guilty, calling it election interference is silly.
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  126. The mortality rate of this virus is far too low to be an engineered bio weapon.
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  127.  @letsgobrandon9936  Under less volatile circumstances, the suits wouldn't really merit a hearing by any SCOTUS roster. If they don't dismiss, it will only be to placate Trump's more delusional followers.
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  128. None. In fact there's little to no foreign aid involved (I couldn't find any after multiple read throughs) and everything except perhaps the $15 federal employee minimum wage, is at least distantly related / complimentary to national recovery. The entire bill is available online with a little search effort.
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  129. She's been VP. They are to be seen but rarely heard. They're on the ticket to pull a demographic or two. Little more.
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  130. I guess they could blend in the loaves and fishes bit... though I don't think anyone has ever quite figured the maths of that out. Physics teachers are the ones I feel for...
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  131. Watch the full thing, not just the fox highlights... Their job is to turn this dumpster fire into something... less dumpster firish. Overall, he made a complete 🫏 of himself.
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  132. Deus ex Musk perhaps
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  133. I wonder how Fox News will spin it when Pence finally has to invoke the 25th amendment due to Trump's untreated bi-polar disorder and the looming psychotic break it's in the process of causing?
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  134. Yep. A small handful of voters were told that the system had them marked as having already voted and were given provisional ballots which will be counted when/if they are determined to be legitimate voters. Small issues like that are common in elections (one of the main reasons provisional ballots exist to begin with.) Especially in elections which had less than average amount of time to prepare.
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  135. The VP is sworn to uphold the Constitution not placate a delusional/dishonest President. The Constitution simply doesn't give a VP the power to do what Trump wanted him to do. He's lucky Pence was as patient as he was. Had he pulled that bs on someone else, he'd probably still be looking for some of his teeth.
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  136. The three "pyramids" video is likely the result of some sort of laser range gated imaging system targeting a single triangular drone of some sort. With the two faint "pyramids" just being backscattered artifacts of the target.
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  137. The entire impeachment will end up costing us far less than Trump's $500k+ per day trips to his various rathole "resorts." As for waste of time, McConnell holds that crown. The man simply can't be bothered to deal with the hundreds of bills passed by the House gathering dust on his desk...too busy fluffing the President to do his job...
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  138. Yeah, getting fired for being honest about things your boss doesn't want to hear is extremely complicated...
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  139.  @rogerrodgersen7702  Lying doesn't help your cause...The Chief Justice isn't presiding because he only presides over the trial of a President and Trump isn't President. While there's precedent for impeaching an official no longerl in office (the impeachment of William Belknap for example) none involved a former President. With no precedent for who presides over the trial of a former President, the Chief Justice interpreted the rule literally.
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  140. No such political entity exists. Edit: In other words, there is no Lugansk People's Republic. It's just a bunch of armed separatists Putin's using for a conveinient excuse to invade. Of course they're going to spout such unfounded claims.
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  141.  Jack 1984  The level of stupidity needed to believe such bs is what's really astounding...
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  142. Grown adults have better things to do than attend pointless rallies and have no desire to worship the candidate they choose as if they were the some kind of saint.
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  143. Judging by the stock market today, he failed in his convincing. Maybe he should stick to what he knows. Real estate scamming and selling his now useless name.
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  144.  @scottbrady7499  If you have proof that he was getting some sort of kickback, then present it. Otherwise, you're just parroting the delusions of our President (whose mental status is at best questionable.) When you actually look into it, you'll find that Hunter's salary, while appearing odd, was completely legit. The monetary aid from the US did indeed go to " energy related companies" in the Ukraine. The company Hunter worked for however was one of the few that were already operating in the black and as such recieved little if any of that aid. They requested none. Hunter was indeed hired because of who his father was. However, that was the point. They wanted someone on the board that would raise their image. In other words, he was the equivalent of a paid spokesperson. He had few duties (though he did assist in some deals) and was mostly there for his name. American companies do that all the time and usually pay such spokespeople a good deal more than Hunter was making. The company's records have been gone over with a fine tooth comb and no incriminating evidence has been found concerning Biden. If being paid to use your name is a crime, then we need to lock Trump up and throw away the key. That's been his primary source of income for well over a decade or so. Edit: Just to make it clear, I'm not a fan of the Bidens. I am however, a fan of fair play and find this bs about Hunter to be petty and vindictive. The Dems at least had evidence when they went after Trump.
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  145. Don't know about those facts but they are 49th on the national education ranking... and apparently gunning for 50th, so I wouldn't be surprised of you're right.
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  146. Trump is the only thing that matters in Trump's world. This is just an attempt to draw attention away from his impeachment. Any benefit to the "war machine" is purely coincidental.
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  147. If the ambulance chaser is smart, he'll have at least demanded one hell of a retainer...he's representing Trump though...so he's probably not very smart.
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  148.  @stuarth4296  Having once been a janitor at the public defender's office doesn't exactly qualify you as a legal expert either...If an anonymous tip leads to evidence used at trial, not knowing the identity of the person who gave the tip does not make the trial invalid.
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  149. But it doesn't state which god... If you'd look just a little deeper, you'd find that many of the founding fathers were not Christians (they were deists) and held disdain for organized religion.
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  150. 10 moves in the wrong direction maybe.
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  151. It's not illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts as they are not classified information. The leak will likely only face professional consequences.
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  152. Yep, they'll soon go from 49th in education to 50th... and there was much rejoicing...
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  153. Bernie's only really popular with the vocal minority of the party. The silent majority have no interest in replacing one delusional radical for another (Trump for Bernie.) If the leaders of the Dems want any chance at all at beating Trump, they'll have to go with Bloomberg.
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  154.  @angelabaiers5055  Calling something you don't want to hear false with no argument to back it up doesn't work for our President and it won't work for you. If you can't be bothered to back your claim with an actual argument, don't make it. It's childish and, as it does with our President, makes you look foolish...
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  155. Can't be bothered to double check his AI program's list of cuts leading to 750 essential nuclear facility safety workers along with a bunch of immigration workers needed for the deportation plan getting fired... then gets his official government website hacked within days of launching it... I feel awful safe with him having access to sensitive data... not.
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  156. Concerning these hostilities, few if any so far. The rocket spam is meant to force Israel to use ~$40,000, slowly produced missiles to intercept ~$1,000 (on average) garbage rockets that are easy to manufacture. If some actually get through it would just be a bonus. The goal is attrition and the eventual depletion of the "iron dome" missiles to clear the way for more powerful missiles supplied by Palestinian allies (or directly fired by said allies) that are currently being held in reserve.
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  157. They're also 49th in education about to be 50th...
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  158.  Peaceforall  If it wasn't for Trump, only around 100k Americans would be dead... Edit: Because of his lying to State Governors and Mayors of high population density cities about it being nothing to worry about, proper actions to prevent early spread were not taken. That's why we have one of the highest infection rates in the world. Were it closer to average, our lower than average mortality rate would have led to about half as many deaths.
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  159. I don't know about that now that the debate is over. Even Fox analysts were admitting she beat him. Personally, his fear of, and desire for approval from Putin was made very apparent by his own words. It was painful to watch as an American.
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  160. Perhaps. Not with this bill though. It's far more legit than the previous two.
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  161. At least it's cost him 20%+ of his net wealth so far... and rising.
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  162. The Constitution gives power over holding elections to the states. It's one of the few rights they have left. If Texas is ok with drive through voting, then that's that. If anything, they should aplaud the judge for defending their state right.
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  163. If you ever get any parasites, remember that you have no right to do anything to harm or remove them as they have a right to feed on you regardless of your wishes.
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  164. If jewish people want to avoid such persecution over this, they should openly disavow the actions of Israel. Those who don't, risk being seen as tacit supporters of Israel's genocidal campaign against Palestinian civilians.
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  165. Thankfully the blank check provision was left out... Sorry Donnie, you'll have to wait for a reconciliation bill to skyrocket our national debt again.
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  166. Nah. The law is practically unenforcible due to it's vague wording (it uses "in or near" but does not specify what distance constitutes "near.") As long as one doesn't step foot on the forbidden properties and doesn't impede travel to and from those properties, a first year law student could get such charges dismissed.
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  167. Another is his total disregard of the law/arrogant belief that it shouldn't apply to him.
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  168. They are talking quite a bit about the only the important accomplishment he's had. He has single-handedly destroyed the Republican party. He should be proud. The Dems have been trying for decades to pull that off and it only took Donnie three years...
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  169. Get used to disappointment.
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  170. Considering the lopsidedness between the Russian invasion forces and the Ukraine defense, the Russian military has done a pretty poor job so far. They've taken significantly more time and losses than they should have with this and shown themselves to not be a force for countries on a more even footing with them to be concerned about. Had Biden had the balls, we could have sent air power only and forced a Russian withdrawal with little effort or losses. A handful of our A-10s alone could have wiped out half their forces in a day when they got hung up in that ridiculous stalled convoy.
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  171. When former President Trump decided to partially comply with the subpoena, he gave investigators all the probable cause they would ever need to get the search warrant. They have evidence that at least 30 boxes of records were sent to Mar-a-Lago. He only turned over ~15 boxes to the National Archives when subpoenaed. Those boxes contained Presidential records from his term (which he could only have had if he had violated the Presidential Records Act) along with classified documents (also a crime to have had in his possession if not officially marked as being declassified) mixed in. Since, it was known that he had not turned over everything, getting a search warrant to look at whatever he still possessed for the types of records he had turned in was a slam dunk. He most likely ignored advice from his lawyers when it came to the subpoena since they would have told him that, unless he was prepared to turn it all over, he shouldn't turn any over as that would give the investigators all the probable cause they would need for a warrant.
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  172. What's even more shameful is how many people make claims and assumptions about this bill having never read it for themselves...
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  173. He doesn't like himself...at least not anymore.
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  174. I can't really agree there. What if a state's women vote 51% to 49% to have it be illegal? Even if there were a much larger difference, how is it right to overrule a woman's own decision on the matter? There are plenty of subjective arguments but the law should not be subjective. Minority views should still matter especially if the difference is close. Currently ~48% of the population thinks abortion should be legal with some restrictions. How is it right for the other ~52% to dictate otherwise when it's a decision that won't even effect most or all of them?
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  175. Donald Trump the private citizen is not being impeached. Impeachment is an administrative process/punishment that only pertains to one's role (current or future) as a professional government official. It has no effect on one's role as a private citizen. In this case it's similar to deciding whether or not to revoke someone's medical license for something done when they were a practicing doctor even if they aren't currently practicing. The outcome won't affect that person's role as a private citizen. It will only come into play if they should want to resume their practice at some point.
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  176. Read it...
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  177. If he has found all these things, why is DOGE fighting being subject to FOIA? They should stand and deliver. Transparency and all that.
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  178. Long live the tyrants...
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  179. ​ @debslee3165 The court is supposed to be impartial. He can fly whatever he wants, but that doesn't necessarily mean there won't be professional consequences for choosing what they fly poorly.
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  180. You and everyone else will know when/if he's indicted. Until then, the affidavits should remain sealed (or at least heavily redacted) just like with other criminal investigations. The trial phase is where warrant challenges belong.
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  181. We aren't talking about Congress, we're talking about a SCOTUS Justice. They're required to be as impartial as possible. Members of Congress aren't. A SCOTUS Justice allowing a flag with both religious connotations as well as a strong association with particular political party to be flown on their property is...concerning.
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  182. If they keep on the tyranical path they're on, there will eventually be some loons out there who will be more than happy to to remove the "long" aspect from their appointments.
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  183. Yeah, Gore eventually conceded for the good of the country. Trump however is actively doing as much as he can to sabotage our national security before he goes...
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  184. Nope. You should actually read it before making such proclamations.
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  185. I doubt they're seriously considering it. In the past, the end result of such changes had very little effect. Nowhere near enough to make up for the public backlash they caused. It's more likely that they're just floating the idea around as misdirection. They might make a half-assed attempt at it for the same reason but it's not going to be high on their list of priorities.
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  186. Sorry but there's no way any judge in their right mind is going to compromise the effectiveness of an investigation by revealing important information from the affidavits while said investigation is still ongoing. The unredacted affidavits will be unsealed when/if former President Trump is indicted. Just like with other criminal investigations.
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  187. And break our word to defend them like we agreed to If Russia ever invaded them? If we can't keep our word, what good are we? If they want to keep fighting for their survival, then we support them. Besides, i we just allow Russia to have their way, it will be extremely detrimental to us and the free world in the long run. They will never stop unless they are stopped and they're weak now. If allowed to be successful, they will only get stronger and other countries will face their oppression. Countries full of children.
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  188.  @DBMorris  Even so, the full vote count was completed prior to 12/1/20 with the vast majority of it being finished within two weeks of the election. The rest of the time was spent letting various deadlines for things like military votes, provisional votes, etc. expire. Which was necessary before the count could be officially considered complete. (The latter is the reason so many states, including California, were stuck at 99% reporting up until certain dates.)
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  189. Tesla's crashing because it's valued at 6 times it's real value (~$45/share). Tariffs or not, it's going to fail.
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  190. That or those he owes money don't think he did enough damage the first time to warrant forgiving the full amount.
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  191. Russia...
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  192. Years ago races were rarely ever as close as they currently are in some states. The initial quick counts that get/got released early are notoriously inaccurate (usually somewhere in the 1% range.) Most of the time, that's not much of an issue since most races end up with a victory margin of well over the expected inaccuracy rate. However, these days many races are close enough to make slow, accurate counts necessary.
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  193. It will take eight to twelve years to undo the damage he's done in under two months...
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  194. Among the 50 states, South Dakota ranks 8th in covid deaths/100k while being 6th lowest in population density. California's deaths/100k is ~30% lower with a population density ~2,500% greater. Also, SD accounts for 0.37% of total US (edit: covid) deaths while making up only ~0.27% of the US population. That's nothing to brag about.
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  195. It's as legal as trying to change your vote after being contacted and pressured by one of the candidates.
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  196. Quit hiding from the tariff story with fluff like this Fox. You have nothing on your channel about it yet. 🐔
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  197.  @WhyHandleYouTube  This isn't about the truth. It's about Trump's legal team wanting to see information which could potentially allow them to compromise the effectiveness of the investigation along with the News Media caring more about ratings than the integrity of said investigation. There's no reason Trump or we the people can't wait until an indictment to see the unredacted affidavits. Just the same as with other criminal investigations.
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  198. Here's an even better twist. The claims made in the report have since been backed with evidence and corroborating testimony from many people. Whether or not there's a whistle-blower is irrelevant.
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  199. Considering that Lincoln violated the Constitution far more often than any other President, his quote probably isn't the best one to use...
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  200. Founding fathers said we're free to choose...
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  201. Because he's running for President in 2028.
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  202. They had to show the same ID etc. they would have to vote in the main election. Unless you're against early voting entirely, I don't see the issue. The Constitution gives states power over handling elections. One of the few rights they have left.
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  203. "Our nation ensures the rule of law prevails." Too bad the same can't be said for our President...
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  204. There have been a lot of misleading headlines etc. concerning the Remington Arms offer. They only offered factory space. Finding workers to both retool and then operate the plant would be Cuomo's responsibility. Since his office has no authority to conscript workers, he'd have to rely on volunteers. The President however does have the power to essentially force the company to retool and do the manufacturing themselves. The latter would be the better approach.
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  205.  @davidclark1566  There's plenty of corrupt Dems. Just none as foolish as Trump when it comes to hiding it (or as delusional.)
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  206. Being outnumbered and surrounded doesn't mean you're under siege...it just means you're outnumbered and surrounded.
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  207. They're not in the White House yet.
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  208. The judge gave Trump far more leeway than any of us would have received, and put up with a ridiculous amount of bs from his lawyers and witnesses He even went so far as to remove the jury before having to deal with a partucularly disrespectful witness so that it wouldn't cause jury bias, and Trump supporters are calling him corrupt and want him removed from the bench? It doesn't get much more delusional than that... seek help people, you're acting and thinking like cultists and things rarely end well for such.
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  209. Yep, Trump's built in excuse for losing. He's made it pretty obvious by his behavior over the past year that's he's tired of being President. He doesn't want the religious nutters turning on him for walking away so he came up with some prophetic sounding bs, faked an illness, and is taking himself a vacation rather than deal with the hassle of the election. The man's true genius has always been getting what he wants then getting out while the gettin's good...leaving others to clean up the mess.
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  210. Not anymore. At least not in Pennsylvania. He's already betrayed them and he's not even taken office yet.
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  211. And it should.
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  212. Trump was lucky. Under him, the same number of people were crossing the border but doing so by sneaking in rather than turning themselves in at the border like they are now. Those who sneak in disperse across the country and avoid the current problem of being heavily concentrated in an area that can't properly handle it. Moving some to facilities on our other border is pretty much a necessity if we're going to allow asylum seekers to remain here while their requests are pending. They'll still be in custody so it's not like we won't know where they are...
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  213. Or just move to Austin. The only place in the state that isn't a complete sh*thole...
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  214. SCOTUS is a court of law, not public opinion. Any line up of justices, past or present, would have handled the election cases the same way. They were tossed because they were either far too weak or lacked legal standing. It's that simple. Those who want changes should focus on the individual states. That's where the Constitution intended the majority of election issues to be handled. SCOTUS is meant to stay as far out of it as possible.
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  215. This bill spends less over it's time period than any of Trump's budgets did his first term... and that's without factoring in inflation. And it doesn't give him a blank check to spend us into oblivion again. Good bill.
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  216. The leaked ruling proves that the majority of them apparently aren't very smart to begin with... While the argument in favor of the original decisions weren't that legally sound, there are other constitutional arguments that are and they know it. Their other excuse...er... "argument" was that public opinion had changed on the issue. For starters, the law isn't about public opinion. Were public opinion to matter concerning the law and those who make/interpret it, then they should toss both Congress and themselves out as well since the approval rating of both are currently lower than the percentage of the population who think abortion with some restrictions should be legal (SCOTUS ~40%, Congress ~20%, abortion with some restrictions ~48%.)
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  217. People really should look up articles she's written, interviews, etc. before hopping on her bandwagon...
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  218. ​ @ishtarlew598 The billionaires pocket the tax breaks and raise prices to hire/pay more. In the end the working class does not improve it's wealth, while the upper class just get richer. In other words, they just live off of our backs.
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  219.  @jonathanfarley2023  They were doing their jobs. The National Archivist went to them with concerns that former President Trump had violated the Presidential Records Act along with the discovery of classified documents that shouldn't have been removed from government custody mixed in with the small amount of documents he did send in. They in turn, started an investigation which eventually led to executing a search warrant due to Trump's refusal to turn over all of the documents being sought. As for the guns, law enforcement at all levels go armed when executing search warrants (especially if there's any concerns for national security involved.)
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  220. It's much ado about nothing. Packing the court will cost them the votes of left leaning/centrist independents and many moderate democrats. Which would, in turn, likely cost them their majorities in Congress and ultimately the WH. They may float the idea around and possibly take a half-assed shot at it for misdirection purposes but going after it in earnest is not strategically sound and thus doing so is very low priority.
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  221.  @thomasdonner2495  PA was the only state where there's even a remote argument that they didn't go through all the proper hoops and SCOTUS declined hearing that case. This bs from the Texas AG is just that...bs. He knows it and so does SCOTUS.
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  222. Going by one of the executive orders he wrote, he doesn't even know what a woman is...
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  223. ​@Brianmoniz_cryptozoology Like Musk's "efficiency" system worked at Twitter? Cheap doesn't equal efficient. Cheap equals cheap.
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  224. It's going to be fun watching Fox contort themselves trying to normalize Trump's chaotic madness... good luck guys.
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  225. Personally, I'm not a fan of tyrants. I think I'll vote for those who had the wisdom to know that it's not the government's place to criminalize things based solely on subjective beliefs.
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  226. I'm so sure... They can estimate the number sneaking in at whatever they want.
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  227. Keep dreaming. Georgia will stay with Biden as will the rest of the states he won.
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  228. Yet he continually cries whenever people don't treat him with kid gloves, lob him only softball questions, worship him like a messiah, etc. and generally resorts to calling such folk names. He's a little boy in a big man suit and just like his first four years, if he somehow gets elected, he'll spend the entire time crying and pitching tantrums over people not being nice to him.
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  229. Lol, says the cult channel... Keep up your delusions kids.
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  230. Those numbers would rise even higher if more people would actually bother reading the bill.
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  231. You don't do a voter purge this late in. It's something you do in the offseason. Trying it was a little underhanded to begin with.
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  232. This hack should stick to chasing ambulances. He obviously has no clue when it comes to Constitutional law. Regardless, I hope he demanded one hell of a retainer. Trump has a nasty habit of stiffing his lawyers.
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  233. If you live in a red state, then New York is one of the nine blue states whose taxpayers pay for a large portion of your federal benefits.
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  234. No need to. Trump's fraudulent attempt to sabotage the USPS and then discourage his supporters from voting by mail hoping to cripple his opponent's chances ended up backfiring and costing him the election. Why complain about an opponent's unethical acts when said acts actually benefit you?
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  235.  @stanleywheeler404  So far, it has killed ~2%/3% of those infected. The rest suffer minor to severe flu-like symptoms. If it were engineered to be weapon, the team that did so should find a new line of work as they obviously suck at their current one...
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  236. There was nothing for them to do about the elections. They're a court of law, not public opinion. The cases they were presented were either too weak or had no legal standing. Besides, they're meant to stay as far out of election issues as possible. To get them involved requires a very strong case. Short of that, they will defer election issues to the States.
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  237. They don't need to dig. Articles she's written supporting making legal decisions based on religious beliefs speak for themselves.
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  238. Had they taken any of the cases, they would have immediately (and correctly) dismissed them for lack of standing/evidence. They merely skipped an unnecessary step by not picking them up to begin with.
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  239. Playing stupid games often ends up with your family partaking of the stupid prizes you win...
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  240. ​ @breezybreeze12 Say his political opponents twisting soundbytes. Grow up.
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  241. Trump made that decision for them when he signed the executive order removing liability protection from social media. If they can be sued directly for content they allow, then they have to be able to censor their content. That puts them where they've always been, squarely in the private sector where freedom of speech isn't protected. Ironically, Trump's hissy fit over being censored is the very reason he signed an ex order which will force social media to further censor their content for legal protection.
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  242. He's seems like a relatively capable ambulance chaser. He was probably intelligent enough to at least demand a large retainer up front...He is working for Trump though, so intelligence might not be his strong suit.
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  243. The Russian air force is a joke these days. Inconsistent training, poor maintenance, and unnecessarily complicated designs have taken their toll over the years. Edit: Their A-10 clone is about the only thing they have that performs well but even it is unnecessarily complicated (especially compared to the original) and prone to maintenance problems as well.
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  244. What's funny is that even if he did verbally declassify all of what he had, he still committed a crime by sending the documents to Mar-a-Lago. There's a law that documents still marked as classified cannot be removed from government custody/destroyed/etc. until they have been officially marked as declassified. That applies even if they've been verbally declassified by the President. None of the classified documents he had in his possession had been officially marked as declassified. Thus all were in his possession illegally.
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  245. He worked ~25 to ~30 hr./week at Wendy's and started in February. His co-workers said he told them he was saving up to buy guns and that he quit (no two week notice) after claimimg he had reached his goal. I don't know what his pay rate was but in my area (which has a pretty low cost of living) fast food pays at least $10/hr and ~$12/hr on average. He was living with family so he had no room and board costs and he also received some money as a birthday present. Coming up with ~$4,000 over the period he was employeed would be feasible.
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  246. There is but unless the individual set foot on one of the prohibited properties or impeded travel to and from said property, it's pretty much unenforceable due to it's vague wording. It uses "in or near" but doesn't give a specific distance for "near." Also, most constitutional law experts doubt it would survive a challenge due to parts of it most likely being in violation of the 1st amendment.
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  247.  @hanshansen3885  It's a moot point unless an individual sets foot on one of the prohibited properties or impedes travel to of from those properties. The lack of a specific distance defining the "near" bit of "in or near" pretty much makes it unenforceable.
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  248. Hannity doesn't pass for journalism to the majority of Americans. Most see him for the sycophant he is.
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  249. Once former President Trump has been convicted of violating the Presidential Records Act (and likely many other things if his arrogance won't let him cut a deal), how are you going to explain it to your audience? They may be completely ignorant of the various laws and procedures involved with all of this but you're not. You and everyone at Fox know that the investigation is completely legitimate and that Trump has made a mess which no one can save him from this time. Rather than try to spark a civil war, maybe you should start preparing your audience to accept the cold hard truth about the man, what he's done, and why he will likely never be able to hold public office again.
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  250. SCOTUS is a court of law, not public opinion. They did their job properly concerning the election. If you don't like it, get over it or leave.
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  251. If Biden's guilty then anyone who so much as hit a joint or consumed alcohol underage in high school/college then went on to answer "no" to the same question, are as well...
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  252.  @johnf3442  The grammar's too accurate and it's not capslocked. Definitely didn't come from Trump.
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  253. Too bad, such sentiment is entirely lost on Trump. He's only tolerating him for the ~1% of the vote he'll get from the few supporters he had who care who he endorses.
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  254.  @andrerichards7808  His pocketbook loves us. We keep it well fed.
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  255. @Suzy Ortolani There's a big difference between postponing dealings until after an election and using the office of President to coerce a foreign power into investigating a potential opponent in an upcoming Presidential race. The latter is expressly forbidden by law while the former is simply political wisdom.
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  256. That's a good point. It's technically possible in my state (never been tested) so I never thought to check for Michigan. Essentially this is all just a whole lot of nothing...much like the future of these representatives' careers.
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  257. The prices at the pump are artificially higher than the actual supply and barrel price would dictate. High volume speculation (often via bot) is the real culprit. Even before Covid hit, prices were being significantly affected by it. Get a commission going to take a deep look into such trading, enforce/legislate regulations to clean it up, and prices will drop significantly. Even with all of the environmental legislation and Ukraine war, there's no reason for it to be much over ~$4.00 per gallon.
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  258. Correction: He promised to weaponize it against his detractors and has already done so. That's why so many attorneys have resigned on moral and ethical grounds.
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  259. ​@leilamiller8201 They weren't. They spent the day delivering then returned to the warehouse to help unload and sort supplies for future deliveries. They were attacked on their way back to their housing afterwards. The IDF had been informed that their convoy was heading to said housing but fired on them anyway.
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  260. I find it dificult to label anyone at Fox as smart, but Tucker definitely has a better grip on reality than most of his coworkers...
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  261. We still back them financially/militarily/politically as part of an "unspoken" agreement where, by doing so, Israel agrees not to resort to using their nuclear weapons when hostilities come along.
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  262. Someone just forgot to tell Trump that it's generally a bad idea for a Presidential candidate to tell their supporters not to vote... His campaign's decision to actively discourage mail in voting is what caused all of this. It lost him a lot of easy votes from right leaning moderates/fence sitters who might have bothered to mail in a ballot but weren't interested enough to vote in person. Biden's campaign however, picked up those votes from their left leaning counterparts giving him a slight advantage. On top of that, it fully explains the odd behavior of the vote count (with no need for silly conspiracy theories.) It caused the in person vote to be skewed toward Trump and the mail in vote toward Biden. In the swing states that could do little or no early counting of mail in votes, the in person vote was tallied first. Being skewed toward Trump that made it look like he had a strong lead. However, once that was tallied and it moved to the mail in vote (skewed toward Biden), Trump's percentages could only fall and Biden's rise from then on. From there, it was just matter of whether Trump's exaggerated early leads could survive the mail in surge. Thanks to the aforementioned votes Trump threw away and the votes Biden gained, they couldn't. So slowly but surely, Biden overtook them. The end.
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  263.  @Gone_Gaming0  When it comes to illegal market manipulation and insider trading, Trump makes these kiddies look like complete amateurs.
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  264. That only applies to the $5M punitive damages. Edit: The $10M for compensatory damages is not reduced.
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  265. He lost the popular vote making him nothing more than the GOP's little bitch (and they don't like him much so you can be assured that his leash will be tight...) The last I checked his website, he's already dropped almost all of his campaign promises because the GOP leaders pointed out that many were childish and unrealistic. I understand why you hate Clinton but I'll never understand what you see in this charlatan...unless it's just desperation...This entire election had both sides behaving like pathetic little children...There's nothing to celebrate...unless you enjoy embarrassing the country...
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  266. People fall for your bs everyday Tucker. Is it really that surprising that they'd fall for Smollet's?
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  267. Fake news
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  268. At least it's a proposal. Trump won't touch the issue since he made his living via real estate scamming.
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  269. ​ @InumanNa Trump's background is in real estate scamming. He won't touch the housing issue with a ten foot pole. Unless he decides to make it even worse perhaps. My area now has a ridiculous amount of full time hard working people living in tents and cars because corporations have been buying up all forms of housing in the area and then gouging the prices well beyond legitimate markup for inflation and other legitimate costs plus a reasonable profit. The only way many of the aforementioned people can put any significant money back each month is to essentially be homeless...and the cops harass them all constantly. Employers have started to allow them to stay in their parking lots for safety...from law enforcement. It's ridiculousness for the sake of greed and somethings going to have to give or the economy will crash. People can't buy anything if everything's going towards the roof over their heads or they have nowhere to put it.
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  270. ​ @cheesys8706 Link said report.
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  271. Cry harder
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  272. In all fairness, that's one of the parts of the Constitution that wasn't very well worked out. Especially since they decided to not enforce it for the original inspiration behind it.
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  273. I don't think extorting the government of a country we're supposed to be helping into assisting in your re-election campaign counts as a fair and balanced deal...
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  274. I take it you failed US Government and have never bothered to educate yourself on the subject either... You're going to get a nasty surprise once the investigation is complete and the indictments come.
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  275. Certain members of SCOTUS have been asking for it for awhile now and have known that it would eventually come (or at least should have if they're smart enough to be on the bench.) Unlike the rest of our government, it's nearly impossible to hold rogue justices accountable for their actions and behavior. If they'd police themselves better and do their jobs properly, they'd have nothing to worry about. Besides, that so called assassination attempt was obviously staged. Not even a braindead progressive would take a taxi loaded for bear like that and then admit everything immediately when questioned.
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  276. If you like the smell of bullsh*t I guess...
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  277. Said addresses were never hard to find. Besides, the Justices are public servants and need some method for the public to hold them accountable for their actions.
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  278. Quit copy pasting your garbage on every Fox comment section...or at least sell completely out and get paid to be a bot.
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  279. Jim needs to explain what business the legislative branch has in trying to interfere in an active criminal prosecution at the state level.
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  280. ​ @zaegomez26 The majority at least leans left and Trump has made no effort whatsoever to attract the interest of left leaning independents and moderates. He hasn't even paid any mind to the centrist vote. All of which combined cost him the election last time because he ignored them.
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  281. They're wrong. If nothing else, bans on abortion (at least before viability) violate the 13th amendment's prohibition of involuntary servitude (one can't be forced or coerced to do work against one's will for the benefit of others.) In the hundreds if not thousands of cases where one party sought to prevent a woman from having an abortion, the courts have consistently (and at many different levels) held that the woman gets the final say because she's the one who will have to do the work of carrying and giving birth. If the courts consider it work, then the 13th amendment prohibits forcing women to do it against their will (which is essentially what an abortion ban does.) If the 13th amendment applies, the 10th amendment doesn't. Thus SCOTUS has no constitutional grounds to send the decision to the states.
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  282.  @aaronsmith6603  I'm all for state rights. The problem with this ruling is that the 13th amendment's prohibition of involuntary servitude would be violated by an abortion ban. The courts have consistently considered carrying and giving birth to be "work" in hundreds if not thousands of decisions at many levels. If it's work, then the 13th amendment prohibits forcing women to do it against their will. Bans on abortion would essentially force women to carry and give birth against their will. With the 13th amendment applying, the 10th can't. Thus, it isn't a state issue.
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  283.  @hanshansen3885  All while having the 6th lowest population density (and only a dozen or so cities with populations greater than 10,000) no less. Also, when you compare the percentage of total US covid deaths with the percentage of the total population SD accounts for, they end up with ~37% more than their fair share of covid deaths (edit: ~0.37% of total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population.)
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  284. They offered factory space only. The workers needed to retool and the operate the plant would be Cuomo's responsibility. As he has no authority to conscript labor, he would have to rely on volunteers (many of whom would need to be skilled.) President Trump however could use his powers and essentially force Remington Arms to retool and do the manufacturing themselves. That would be a far more productive approach.
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  285. You thought wrong.
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  286. He all but said in the debate (by unnecessarily mentioning the fact that Putin had nukes) that he feared Putin and thus resigned himself to bargaining from a position of weakness. This is what you voted for.
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  287. A government pressing a particular religion on the people by law is the legal equivalent of establishing a religion. Try again.
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  288. No distraction is necessary. When a child pitches a hissy fit, you can either spank them or ignore them. Despite Trump desperately needing a good spanking, the secret service wouldn't take too kindly to that so we ignore him instead.
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  289. At least it keeps things interesting.
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  290. Of course the inquiry hasn't proven anything, that's not it's job (the Senate trial is where proving comes into play). What it has done is gather more than enough testimony and evidence to make a case for bribery. With the Republicans on the committee having to resort to demanding that people not relevant to the procedings be called to testify rather than effectively build any real defense of the President's actions with their questioning of the witnesses, I'd say a pretty strong case at that. It won't really matter though as The President will likely survive the Senate trial due to jury nullification (Senate Republicans up for re-election will likely vote their career rather than their consience.) That will come at the cost of any political pull he still has though, so at least some good will come of it.
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  291. Given Putin's propensity for throwing people out of windows if they disagree with him and paranoia that would rival that of his Idol Stalin, his definition of "threatened" is likely going to be quite broad. It's mostly moot anyway however, since the vast majority of his nukes are not going to be functional (thanks to poor maintenance due to grift) while those of the weat will all function properly. Thus, his launching would probably cause some annoyances for the west but it would come at the cost of Russia ceasing to exist after the counterstrike.
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  292. Over our history, there have been plenty of instances where one party's Presidential candidate was so pathetic that their voters jumped ship but still voted for their Congressional candidates.
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  293. Nah. They're likely wishing that more Americans would bother reading the Constitution and learning how our government works before bitching about the actions of the court...
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  294. There's a bit more to the world than just Russia and China... Though It is amusing that Trumpists have been complaining that Biden was in China's pocket and are now complaining because he isn't. At least the concern over Russia is to be expected. After all, Trump was a dutiful wife to Putin for four plus years. It's only natural That Trump's personality cult would see Putin as a father figure...
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  295. Going by articles she's written, she's not big on the separation of church and state bit of the constitution.
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  296. Impeachments are one of the resposibilities of the legislative branch so I'm not seeing how their doing their jobs is anti-democratic. Now withholding aid which has been approved by elected representatives from an ally solely for personal gain...that's undemocratic.
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  297.  @FishHeadBiologist  The Republicans will be able to call all the relevant witnesses they want at the trial. Assuming the Republican led Senate bothers having said trial (they aren't constitutionally bound to do so.) If the Republicans in the house have a problem with how inquiry was conducted, they can simply vote against the articles of impeachment when the bill is introduced.
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  298.  guatito1  I wouldn't call him a double agent. He's not qualified. Pawn would be more accurate.
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  299. They can't. The Bidens have no relevance to the case. This is about the President's actions not theirs.
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  300.  @doesthisfacemakemelooklike535  I would suggest that you look a little deeper into the so called confession tape of Biden. There's a great deal of the story the hacks at Fox are conviently leaving out to fit their narative. One key point being that there was pressure on the Ukrainian government to remove that prosecutor from multiple countries (and the Ukrainian people themselves) before Hunter Biden even joined Burisma. Said prosecutor was draging his feet when it came to investigating members of the prior Russia friendly regime for corruption and had some conflicts of interest when it came to that regime. That aside, whether or not the Bidens are guilty of some crime has nothing to do with the case against Trump. By precedent concerning the definition of bribery as it pertains to the impeachment clause of the Constitution, Trump solicited a bribe. His original witholding of aid likely violated the Impoundment Control Act as well. On top of that, he further abused the power of his office in order to impede the investigation of his actions. The Bidens played no role in any of that and thus there's no reason to call them as witnesses.
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  301. If law enforcement recieves an anonymous tip that a crime may have been committed, they investigate, find evidence, and go to trial, the identity of the tipster becomes pointless. They simply made claims. It's the evidence and testimony gathered during the investigation that matters. The whistle-blower would only need to reveal their identity if their report is used as evidence at trial. There's no reason for that to happen so they can remain anonymous.
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  302. Personally, I prefer the separation of church and state...
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  303. Nah, an insurrection would have already dragged the old farts out of their mansions and had a...spirited conversation with them.
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  304.  @paparooster9569  Not since Reagan's first term (when the Presidential Records Act went into effect) they don't. Also, none of them have ever been dumb/dishonest enough to violate the law which prohibits classified documents which have not been officially marked as declassified from being removed or destroyed (which applies even if a President has verbally declassified them.) None have been silly enough to try and pull Trump's "standing order to declassify" nonsense either. Unlike Trump, other Presidents actually bothered to educate themselves on what a President can and can't do.
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  305. Fired yes. Unless the leaker obtained it illegally (hacking or obtaining it when their job doesn't grant them access to it etc.) there's not really much to prosecute them for. Such drafts are not themselves classified information, thus simply leaking them to the press isn't actually illegal. Something in the "government property" family of charges might be possible but that's likely as far as it could go.
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  306. Evil requires intelligence. The people supporting the President on this do not meet that qualification.
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  307. It'd be a shame if blue states started exercising their right to secede...Who would pay for all the forced children that will be overflowing all of the red state trailer parks...
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  308. Last I checked, the God of the Abrahamic religions wasn't very fond of liars. Mr. Dershowitz knows full well that his arguments in the Senate were completely false and contradictory to the intent of the constitution's authors. Still, he made them. The man chose money and fame over honesty. Nothing to admire or sympathize with there...just good old fashioned greed.
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  309. Get Kentucky to lay off the Jim Beam long enough to sober up and ditch McConnell and maybe New York will consider it.
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  310. There is no fence. The only arguments in favor of criminalizing abortion (prior to viability) are subjective in nature and laws should be based on objective arguments. I'm not a fan of abortion myself but to base laws on subjective beliefs is wholly tyranical and leads directly down the path to a pseudo-theocratic government which this country was never intended to be. People should follow their beliefs and let other's follow theirs unless a strong objective argument can be made against said beliefs. Edit: Also, the pain argument doesn't work as it is subjective. Mothers feels quite a bit of pain and for a much longer time when giving birth. Prior to that, there are months of discomfort etc. as the fetus feeds off of the mother's body while providing no benefit in return.
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  311.  @lavalord96  Unfortunately, in a strictly objective sense, prior to viability if the fetus is to be considered a unique organism, the best description of it would be a parasite. A parasite is a unique organism which can't live without a host and offers no benefit to that host. I personally don't like looking at it like that but at the same time, how I look at it is subjective and since I don't think laws should be subjective, I don't see it as my place to fault those who do see it that way. I consider myself to be more or less pro-life personally but pro-choice when it comes to politics and the law. I just don't see it as my or anyone else's place to overrule the mother's decision regardless of their motivations. At least not up until viability perhaps.
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  312. March
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  313. It was a veteran who got DOGE'd and became suicidal... everybody knows that nobody's home over the weekend. They're busy spending taxpayer money for the President to play golf.
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  314. Nope. That's only in movies and television. In reality lie detector tests are not reliable. That's why they aren't admissible at trial.
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  315. ​ @Pete_952 Very little is written in plain english in the Constitution... That can be easily seen simply by comparing the current interpretation of the 2A to the original intent/interpretation of those who wrote and ratified it. While the problem is worse with the original amendments due to the authors decision to use flowery poetic language for esthetics rather than precise "legalese" for clarity, even later amendments (like the 14A) have enough unnecessary vagueness in them to be a nuisance to interpret (as we are now discovering.)
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  316. He's resigning so that Trump can't pull any temporary replacement shenanigans to get Patel in without confirmation.
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  317.  @ct000374910  The law is practically unenforcible due to it's vague wording. It uses "on or near" but never specifies a distance for "near." Unless one sets foot on the properties given or impedes travel from going/returning, a first year law student could get such a charge tossed. Were that not the case, "intent" would still need to be proven and intent is one of the hardest things to prove in most cases. Also, it's not really been tested and many if not most constitutional scholars consider it a potential violation of the 1st amendment.
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  318. If you had a better understanding of the laws involved and how the legal system works, etc. you'd understand why such affidavits should remain sealed until he's indicted. There's nothing shady about it, it's how things are supposed to work in criminal investigations. Long story short. The affidavits will contain specific information concerning the investigation as a whole. Information which the defense team could potentially use to compromise the overall effectiveness of the investigation. For example, knowing precisely which laws are being focused on or who a confidential informant is might lead to the realization that other evidence/witnesses which investigators may not yet know exist will eventually become relevant. Thus, pre-emptive actions can be taken to deal with them (likely denying investigators from building as strong of a case as they otherwise could have.
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  319. Independents, centrists, and moderate conservatives don't like him much either after this childish and felonious stunt. I guess that means he has acheived nirvana... Dude just traded his chance at being President for a chance at doing time...
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  320. Ask her why her state has the 6th lowest population density and yet is 8th in covid deaths/100k. SD accounts for ~0.37% of US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. That's ~37% more than their fair share of such deaths.
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  321. Grow up
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  322. While Stefanik, Nunes, and Jordan (when not babbling on about people who aren't relevant to the case) are acting like 12 year olds with their stunts and grandstanding.
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  323.  @DoAllUCan2StanD  His staff definitely deserve some credit. Were it not for them following behind him quietly cleaning up his messes and undoing the stupid things he does, things would be even worse than they currently are. I seriously doubt they will be able to continue doing so if he gets re-elected. His mental issues combined with the stress of the job will eventually send him completely off the rails.
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  324.  @TheMovieMasturmind  The first clip is just a single triangular object (likely a drone) seen with some sort of laser range gated imaging system the Navy's testing (the reason the written report is classified.) The other two are just backscattered images of the same object. The low quality image, camera angle, panning, and the fact that it's being viewed from a moving ship, are the only reason it's movement seems so fast and erratic.
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  325. When the recount is done, Biden will still be the winner. What's troublesome is Trump's spiteful sabotaging of our national security on his way out.
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  326. There was no false conviction. The ruling does essentially state that it only applies to official Presidential capacity. Only a corrupt/incompetent judge along the lines of Cannon would even think any of the charges he was convicted of are covered by it. (Though the way SCOTUS worded their decision does open the door wide for corrupt judges to abuse it.) No competent judge would rule that it applied in Georgia either. Trying to convince a state official to find a way to change the outcome of a state election is not part of a President's official capacity. That was done entirely by Donald Trump, private citizen who lost a recent election.
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  327. If we were at war, Pooty would have already tried to launch nukes and been removed by a military coups or the Russian people themselves. The sorry state of the Russian military may be enough to deal (in a very sloppy fashion) with a country like Ukraine but against the military of a country on more equal footing, they wouldn't hold long at all. Poor training, maintenance, and over reliance on conscripts pretty much negate any advantages they may otherwise have. Nukes would be the only option...and likely the end of Russia.
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  328. I read his children's book... he's an excellent pick for a dictator... not so much for a President of a democracy...just saying.
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  329. Trump's about as opaque as one can be...
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  330. ​ @pep590 He put his retirement paperwork in months before the order to deploy came down... after 24 years of service. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. Vance's behavior on the other hand is shameful...and then there's the draft dodger who had the gall to disparage a Vietnam POW for getting shot down and captured.
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  331. @MarkTodd-q2k  A man who had 24 years on the job and whose retirement paperwork was already in and being processed before the deployment order ever came down. He didn't abandon his men. He retired and was replaced with someone else. It happens all the time.
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  332. With one of SCOTUS's excuses for throwing out a ~50 year old law being public opinion, can we throw SCOTUS and Congress out as well? Their approval ratings are both significantly lower than the percentage of the public who think abortion should be legal with some restrictions... (SCOTUS ~40%, Congress ~20%, abortion ~48%)
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  333. Not saying much. Florida's always been a sh*t hole.
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  334. Hopefully he'll stay out of it and just let them fight it out.
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  335. Indeed. Separation of church and state. Also, his choice to get nailed to a tree rather than avoid it doesn't speak wonders for his decision making skills.
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  336. Better question. Why does the President still have his?
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  337. To be that happy about completely destroying his reputation and credibility as a legal scholar seems a bit...delusional. I hope this isn't a sign that Trump's mental disorder has somehow become contagious...
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  338. Someone's going to have to find some way of fixing the housing problem or the economy will fail for sure. People can't buy anything if the vast majority of their pay is simply going towards a roof over their heads. Sadly, Trump won't touch the issue with a ten foot pole since he made his living via real estate scamming. The corporations slowly but surely buying everything up and unreasonably gouging on the pricing are his buddies. So who's left to choose from?
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  339. If you remove journalists from war you'll only have more wars. They put a human face to conflicts and keep them from becoming just numbers on a screen.
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  340. I'm not saying I agree with the mandates but in a strictly legal sense, OSHA did have the power to make such mandates. SCOTUS got it wrong and it really shows when you compare the arguments in the majority opinion to those in the dissenting. This ruling had more to do with politics than Constitutional law.
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  341. Among the 50 states, South Dakota ranks 8th in covid deaths per 100,000 while having the 6th lowest population density (with only a dozen or so cities with populations above 10,000.) That's not exactly something to brag about... For perspective, The deaths per 100,000k rate is ~30% lower in California whose population density is nearly ~2,500% greater. Also, SD accounts for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. Perhaps a few more precautions should have been taken...
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  342. If you can make an objective argument as to why abortion should be illegal (prior to viability) let's hear it. Otherwise it's not your place to force your subjective beliefs onto others. You do you, and let others make their own decisions.
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  343. You're not necessarilly correct about them showing hard evidence if they had it. The investigation committee can't prosecute/punish anyone as a result of the hearing. As a result, if revealing such evidence in committee could potentially damage an actual criminal investigation by the DoJ, then it would be in the commitee's best interest to leave it out. Especially in a situation like this where the committee has already shown enough circumstantial evidence to warrant reccomending that the DoJ perform such an investigation.
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  344. Bah. They've added and subtracted justices many times in the past. In the end, the effect is far less pronounced than the side doing it would hope for. That's why it's been awhile since the last change. The public backlash outweighs the benefit. I seriously doubt it's being strongly considered now. More likely it's being floated around as a bit of misdirection.
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  345. Repeatedly spouting false statements intended to anger the audience while strategically throwing in the word fight is more than enough to warrant impeachment. Actually, the repeated lies about the election being stolen are enough all on their own.
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  346. Most war journalists are freelancers. Media outlets don't like risking their own or paying hazard pay and thus prefer to get coverage from freelancers when they can. Using old credentials is also common as it can help get them closer to the action and get people talking.
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  347. He may get sentenced to more than 4 years.
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  348. It wasn't necessarrily difficult to find their addresses to begin with.
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  349. Trump decided for them when he signed the executive order removing liability protection from social media. If they can be sued directly for content they allow, then they have to be able to censor their content. They're publishers and can refuse to print whatever they like (or whatever makes them vulnerable to a law suit.) Ironically, his own order will likely lead to even more censoring of his tweets (out of legal necessity) and probably the eventual suspension of his account if he can't stop acting like an edgy 12 yo...
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  350. The kind that has his portrait on our $20 bill...
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  351. Considering how often Trump bent over and spread his cheeks for the Saudis, a reach around was the least they could do.
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  352.  @pamthetraveler7224  Do a little research on all of the favors Trump did for them with little to nothing in return. Whether he asked for it or not, he bought that ego stroke at the expense of the American people.
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  353. ​ @charlestomlinson3236 and did everything he could to sabotage it... of anyone's a traitor, it's a commander in chief who goes out of their way to destabilize NATO and shut down vital facilities in Europe that are needed for rapid response both in Europe and the Middle East.
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  354. Someone should strongly consider ordering temporary psych observations for the five justices who voted to do this...they're clearly suicidal.
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  355.  @simoncohen9323  They made a ruling that violates the 13th amendment's prohibition of "involuntary servitude" and is guaranteed to put them on the hit list of many...extreme patriots...and all with no discernable reason other than to force their personal/political/religious views into law above the constitution. In other words, they're inexplicably asking to be assassinated by those who care a bit more about such things than others. Such behavior can be seen as suicidal. Edit: Especially when they recently ruled that essentially anyone can go around in public armed. Thus making it even easier for some radical to knock them off.
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  356. Because affidavits contain specific information concerning the case which could compromise an informant, give a heads up as to the full scope of an investigation allowing for evidence to be destroyed, potential witnesses/accomplices to flee, etc. Nearly all affidavits remain sealed until indictments come down as that is traditionally seen as the end of the investigation phase and the beginning of the trial phase (where discovery becomes a thing etc.)
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  357. SCOTUS decides what a law actually means which is far more powerful than the legislative body who made the law.
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  358. @RicFlair-yn1mm  Mine's 31st. Not great, but at least more than 25% of 4th graders can pass the reading requirements here... unlike OK.
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  359. Moderates aren't interested in swapping one delusional radical for another. They will be voting Bloomberg.
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  360. No surprise, the son is as dishonest as the father...Unless one of the Bidens was holding a gun to the President's head forcing him to violate the Impoundment Control Act, misuse high security servers, illegally order people to ignore legal subpoenas, etc., this has nothing to do with them. The President's current problems are solely of his own doing. I somewhat feel sorry for jr. and the other kids...all their lives spent trying to placate their dad in hopes of remaining in the will and in the end there will be nothing left for them after the fines for tax fraud and his creditors get paid...
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  361.  @coreycoleman177  Hardly. I never said I liked Bloomberg, just that he's the only one with a chance. He's a bit too liberal in certain areas for my liking but nowhere near as bad as the other Dem candidates. With no better options out there, he'll have to do. If nothing else, given the President's fragile ego when it comes to appearing successful and wealthy, Bloomberg is the perfect choice psychologically.
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  362.  @thomasfitzpatrick6392  Bernie's honest and means well, but democratic socialism simply won't work for a country the size of the US. The bureaucracy needed to administer such a system would collapse under it's own weight. Also, scientific and technological advances tend to stagnate under such systems due to complacency and lack of incentive to innovate. Capitalism, even with all it's drawbacks, is much better suited at such large scales due to it's relative simplicity. The current imbalance in the system is as much our fault as consumers as it is the corporations'. We grew too fond of our toys and were willing to overlook the growing corruption rather than risk having to sacrifice them. It's not too late to turn things around but if we decide to throw the baby out with the bathwater and go all in on democratic socialism, the road back when it inevitably implodes will be a very dificult, if not nearly impossible, one to traverse.
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  363.  Mrreciprocat  Look at the bureaucratic nightmare that our half-assed attempts at socialist programs (welfare etc.) have already created. Now imagine if we go all in...With our population, the bureaucracy needed to administer such programs would essentially require us all to work for some aspect of it (assuming we want such programs to even remotely function.) Personally, I don't see a purpose to living in such a system. It would just be communism with a more acceptable name but the same bleak future. As far as health care goes, there's a reason why so many people from countries with socialized health care systems come to the US and pay out of pocket for important surgeries/treatments. The waiting lists in their own countries are ridiculous and the quality of care is mediocre at best due to the lack of incentive that comes from capped pay for their medical professionals, limitations on what equipment they can afford, etc.. Also, without people in non socialized health care countries like the US paying the R&D costs for new meds etc. Those countries with socialized health care would not have access to them due to caps on how much their governments will pay for such things. Someone has to pay the difference. If we go with socialized health care, who will that someone be? No one. R&D is expensive and if no one pays for it, it will simply cease to occur (or slow to a snail's pace at best.) Similar issues arise when it comes to science, technology, manufacturing, etc. Socialist programs become increasingly inefficient with population increase and thus require that more and more resources be allotted to them just to maintain mediocre results. Resources that could otherwise be used to further the growth of tech/manufacturing etc. Essentially, such systems stagnate as the workforce spends all it's efforts just trying to maintain the bureaucracy. Currently, ~40% of yearly published scientific papers come from the US/are co-authored by US scientists and are often funded by private business (often by the much maligned corporations.) That will not be maintainable if we transition to a socialist system. The resources to fund such things will have to go to inefficient socialst programs instead.
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  364.  Mrreciprocat  No one can truly know anything 100%. If that's what you're getting at, it's a bit childish. Otherwise the answer is already included in my previous posts. Simply do some research into countries that have been somewhat successful with such programs and those that haven't and then compare their conditions with those in the US. You won't find a successful outcome in any country with a population to land area ratio similar to that of the US. You're welcome to draw your own conclusions as to why, but if you bother researching things, the reasons tend to be rather obvious.
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  365. @WEEIRISH  There are no actual receipts on their website... just partial screenshots of non descript forms with dollar amounts and their written claims of what said dollar amount represents. No different than me showing you a piece of paper with a number on it and then making a claim as to what that number represents. Edit: To put it another way, simply look at the screenshots provided without reading the description provided. If you can't figure out from that alone what you're looking at, then it isn't a receipt.
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  366. The unofficial ruling is that they decided the original ruling was so flawed in it's arguments that it couldn't even be used to address the question of whether or not the court can overrule the FDA. They sent it back hoping that it never returns or if it does it will at least have legitimate arguments that can be addressed.
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  367. If only that were true...
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  368. I don't think an unethical hack of a "legal expert" knowingly making dishonest arguments for pay in something as important as a Senate impeachment trial is much to be happy about...regardless of one's political beliefs.
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  369. Not if the government put a cap on the price gouging going on with housing thanks to corporations buying up all they can and then charging whatever they want.
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  370. This ruling has nothing to do with the law. It's purely political. The Constitutional arguments made in the dissenting opinion are far stronger than those in the majority opinion (of which some are borderline absurd.) That's why all three dissenters attached their names to the dissenting opinion while only one of the six who voted the majority did so for the majority argument. They know their arguments are garbage and are already trying to distance themselves.
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  371. Research Neville Chamberlain and what happens when you opt to ignore behavior like Putin is demonstrating and hide behind the excuse of domestic issues
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  372. They attempted to work it out without having to get the search warrant within that time period. Trump and his representatives ceased returning the FBI's calls. If I were Garland, that would tell me that they had no intention of voluntarily handing over the disputed records. From there, a search warrant would be the only course of action left. As for the scope of what was to be looked for, if you read the Presidential Records Act, you'll understand why any Presidential records from his time in office was indeed a legitimate specific item to look for in this case. Having any such items in his possession (classified or not) would be a violation of said act and thus a crime. Also, I'll take your word for the two receipts with different names since I don't feel like looking for it at the moment but, given the sheer size of the search area (any areas of the residence which Trump or his representatives had access to), splitting into two groups wouldn't exactly be an odd way to go about it.
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  373. They already have term limits. It's called elections. If people don't want life long politicians in the house and senate they can simply stop voting for them.
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  374. So far, none of them have violated it either. Ignoring them however would.
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  375. Those who base laws on subjective beliefs are tyrants...nothing more.
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  376. Trumps done. They have him dead to rights on violating the Presidential Records Act and likely a few other laws as well. If he's smart (and his arrogance allows him to) he'll end up cutting a deal which will likely include a ban from holding public office.
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  377. There have been many instances where a party's Presidential candidate was so pathetic that their voters jumped ship in that race but stayed true for Congressional candidates.
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  378.  @NPC-9361  The various resistance groups during World War II used methods that would be classified as terrorism today and their actions occasionslly caused enemy retalliation on civilians yet they are seen as heros. When it comes to being underdogs versus a much more powerful enemy, only fools would fight fair. That has been known at least as far back as the David and Goliath tale where David chose to abandon tradition and cheat by using a long ranged weapon in what was supposed to be an honor duel.
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  379. It's a shame that Stanford still affiliates themselves with such a skid mark of an institution.
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  380. Gaetz will not get the Senate seat. He'd be a blacksheep who would not get any committee positions of value and the President cannot afford to insult more than three Republican Senators if he wants to get anything passed. He won't go back to the House either since that would bring the ethics committee report back into relevance. He's tainted goods now, and done.
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  381. Lol Had he been honest with state leaders at the start, the spread of the disease could have been better mitigated. If we had an infection rate close to the world average, we'd have about half as many deaths than we currently do. The only people who deserve praise in the US are our healthcare workers. They've somehow managed to keep our fatality rate far lower than the world average despite us having one of the highest infection rate.
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  382. His supporters were mostly voting against Trump and Biden, not for him (As evidenced by his losing nearly half of them to Harris when Biden dropped out). I'm not sure why he or Trump think his endorsement is of any political significance. He bent the knee for nothing.
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  383. Nope. It went down nearly exactly like the first guy predicted (his writers need a raise) and Trump got trounced.
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  384. Trump is a mediocre con artist at best. When you adjust for inflation, He's currently worth less than he started with (and might actually be broke given the amount of outstanding debt he has.) All he really knows how to do is exploit loopholes and isn't above backstabbing his business "partners" if there's some profit in doing so. Definitely not the kind of person who should ever be put into a position where they can manipulate the economy.
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  385. Well, other than the separation of church and state bit anyway...
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  386. You should also remind them that that film was made by a convicted felon whom Trump pardoned and thus might be a bit...biased.
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  387. And yet she's already achieved "control"...It's always been known that Senate Republicans (enough to prevent a supermajority anyway) will vote the party line no matter how strong the case against the President may be. Pelosi's holding back the articles until assured that the trial will be fair, etc. is simply meant to force said Republicans to do what McConnell has already been dumb enough to do...openly abandon their constitutional responsibility to conduct an impartial trial in good faith and vote their conscience based on the evidence and testimony delivered during said trial.
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  388. I'm just curious to see what happens when Biden is still the winner...
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  389. Dr. Raoult's studies involved 36 and 80 subjects respectively (not the thousands mentioned here.) They were not randomized and the one with 80 had no control group (among many other glaring problems concerning their methodologies.) While the one you speak of (and she mocks here) did have a slightly smaller sample size, the rest of it's methodology was far better than the study it refutes. Regardless, you're free to think what you will, but Raoult's study would not have been acceptable to the schools you attended while the other would have at least warranted consideration.
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  390. Because it was a secret investigation began under, and essentially working for, then President Trump and tasked with proving his allegations that a lab leak was responsible. Combine that politically motivated bias with the investigators habit of removing anyone involved with the team who questioned their methods/conclusions on scientific grounds, and you end up with unreliable information concerning the issue at best. In other words, similar to Cyber Ninja's farce of an audit in Arizona, the process of the investigation was so tainted and questionable that any conclusions ultimately coming from it would be meaningless.
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  391.  @OverlandOne  People from red states really shouldn't bring up tax related arguments. Unless you all want to start paying for your own federal benefits rather than leech off of blue states.
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  392. Probably because they haven't provided any evidence...
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  393. Voting irregularities are common period. The number they're disputing is no more than you would find with a close look at any past election...and ~0.2% of what would be needed to change the result.
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  394. Fell asleep in civics class I see...
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  395. He's already started betraying them... and he hasn't even taken office yet. Gotta watch out for the Leopards Eating Faces party.
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  396. Last I checked, Donald Trump was elected President, not Pope. It's the latter who supposedly becomes infallible upon election. The former is simply an employee of the American people, can be held fully accountable for their actions, and if such actions warrant it, they can, in effect, be fired. People (especially Republicans) should be disturbed by Sen. McConnell's blatant contempt for his responsibilities under the Constitution. Regardless of his personal views on the matter, his duty is to conduct an impartial trial in good faith and vote his conscience once all the evidence and testimony have been delivered. The fact that he's been making the rounds on right wing media announcing a verdict before the trial and actively assisting the defendant should disgust anyone who has any love for this country. Especially his constituents. Since he's apparently unable or unwilling to do the job he was hired to do, one would hope that those who hired him will exercise their right to hire someone more dedicated to the responsibilities of the position next time around. Impeachment aside, the man can't even be bothered to perform the basic duties of his position. There's an ever growing stack of legislation passed by the House just gathering dust in his office while he's out there mugging for the cameras ffs...
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  397. The keyword there is "if." Since no such thing actually occurred, your comment is pointless.
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  398. There are but, like the left, the radicals can be an embarassment to avoid being connected with.
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  399. Graham must have a very low opinion of his constituents' intelligence (or be expecting a large sum of cash from the President at some point in the future) to make an argument this absurd. The whistle-blower is completely irrelevant now. The claims in their report have been supported with evidence and corroborating testimony from others making the report itself unnecessary as evidence in the future trial. He's essentially arguing that a criminal trial would be invalid if someone who made an anonymous tip which led police to evidence used at trial never revealed their identity...idiotic Anyone unfortunate enough to be represented by this man should do themselves (and the country) a favor and vote him out of office next time.
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  400. He has the power yes. However, such hasn't been done this late in an election year since the 1800's. It's bad enough that McConnell made a mockery of the Constitition by rushing through the Senate impeachment trial. Now he's going to rush a SCOTUS nomination through without properly vetting them simply as a parting shot from the outgoing Trump administration.
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  401. If Trump's supporters insist on treating the impeachment process as if it were a criminal trial (despite the fact that it isn't and therefore many rights that apply in criminal court don't in an impeachment), the whistleblower would still only be required to reveal their identity if their actual report or any testimony they may have given during the inquiry were introduced as evidence in the Senate trial. Until that happens, the whistleblower would not be an "accuser" of the President in a legal sense as it applies to the 6th ammendment. Mr. Paul is correct about there being no law preventing him or anyone else naming the whistleblower (assuming no gag order is issued before that naming.) However, he didn't mention that there could be some significant consequences to doing so. If one were to (out of spite and knowing the media storm/smear campaign that would follow) give the wrong name or the correct name when it turns out that the named was never legally obligated to reveal themselves, one would likely get the bleep sued out of them...and lose. The right to free speach dosen't protect one from legitimate consequences that arise from what one says.
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  402. It's all moot anyway since Michigan election law doesn't allow them to rescind their votes now anyway. Whatever Trump paid them, he wasted.
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  403. While he's definitely been far more lenient with Trump than most judges would be, calling him corrupt is a bit much.
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  404. On some planet maybe. Your weak link is...this is Earth.
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  405. Lol
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  406. Yep, they destroyed the integrity and legitimacy of our entire government and legal system by forcing their subjective beliefs onto ~48% of the population...bravo...
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  407. It's called personal choice. The murderer doesn't have the right to make that choice. A mother does...or should if weren't for the tyranical right doing everything they can to make this country a pseudo-theocracy. When you base laws on subjective beliefs, you undermine the legitimacy of our government and our legal system.
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  408. How? The cases would have been tossed for lack of evidence/standing either way. Accepting such weak cases simply to placate people who have no clue what they're talking about however, would have definitely damaged their credibility. They're a court of law, not public opinion.
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  409. It's not going to matter. The special master is just a pointless stall tactic and will ultimately have no significant effect on the case... other than perhaps annoy the DoJ enough to not cut former President Trump any slack when it comes to his eventual plea deal.
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  410. Nope. It took them about four years but they finally figured out the proper way to handle someone like Trump. You stay out of their way and let them defeat themselves. Worked like a charm.
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  411. Said before realizing it's fatal flaw...
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  412. President Trump is going to need the military vote this time around if he wants to remain in office and his firing of Vindman combined with his complete mishandling of the Gallagher affair is not a good way to go about earning it. Being a draft dodger doesn't exactly help either...
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  413. The DOJ will just remind him that, as long as the individual doesn't set foot on the Justice's property or impede travel to and from said property, the relevant law is unenforceable due to it's vague wording...and likely to violating the first amendment as well. The prohibitions in the law are tied to being "in or near" the property but it doesn't provide a specific distance to define "near." A first year law student could easily get such charges dropped. The only thing that could be successfully prosecuted would be direct threats of violence and so far the protestors seem to know that and are not crossing that line.
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  414. The military industrial complex got most of what wasn't actually sent to and used in Ukraine.
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  415. Why is the President contacting election officials pressuring them to act on his behalf?
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  416. Wouldn't matter anyway. The House could have impeached him after he left office and it would still be legal. Edit: The precedent is the impeachment of William Belknap (a Sectetary of War in the 1870s.) He was both impeached by the House and convicted in the Senate after having already resigned his office.
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  417.  CERN is a Halo array  Railguns require an absurd amount of electricity to fire and the round can't be guided in flight. Israel is already losing to attrition when it comes to cost by having to waste ~$40,000 missiles to intercept a ~$1,000 (on average) rockets. The expense of using a railgun(s) would be even greater.
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  418.  @turktokati5534  They've also been using $40,000 missiles that are slow to manufacture to intercept $1,000 rockets which can be manufactured quickly. Once they run out of their "iron dome" missiles, the path will be cleared for the more powerful missiles Hamas etc. have in reserve as well as those from Israel's other enemies should they decide to join in with direct launches of their own.
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  419. You should read the actual bill before commenting. It's a good way to prevent looking stupid.
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  420. It's not actually illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts. Most likely all that the leak will face are professional consequences.
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  421. Because coordination between the incoming and outgoing administrations concerning covid 19 will be more beneficial to the American people than intentionally making it difficult out of childish spite.
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  422. except for the separation of church and state bit that is
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  423. She should be disturbed as should anyone who cares about this country regardless of political affiliation. Sen. McConnell's behavior has been reprehensible in this matter and in other aspects of his duties as well. His contempt for his Constitutional responsibilities is sickening. Regardless of his personal views, his duty is to hold an impartial trial in good faith and vote his conscience once the evidence and testimony have been delivered. Instead he's out mugging for the cameras, announcing a verdict before the trial, and assisting the defendant's attempts to further obstruct a legitimate trial. And all the while, the stack of legislation passed by the House continues to grow and gather dust in his office...If he doesn't want to do his job anymore, he needs to retire. If he won't, then those who hired him need to let him go. I'm sure they can find a Republican candidate who will actually honor the responsibilities of the position to replace him with. At this point, a ham sandwich could probably do a better job...
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  424. Every state has done what they did at some point. For expediency, the governor, state court, or some other official depending on the state, will make a change to the election law. If the State Legislature doesn't agree with it they can easily override it. Otherwise, their lack of opposition is considered their approval. In the end, it is the state legislature's decision and the spirit of the law is not broken. Texas has done the same on multiple occasions over the last few elections with no one complaining about it. It's simply Trump's team trying to take a common accepted practice out of context and use it as a technicality to negate lawful votes. Typical ambulance chasing attorney ethics common amongst Trump's oompa loompa legal team.
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  425. Get ready to live in your car if Trump is elected. Housing prices are the most important issue and he won't touch that issue with a ten foot pole. After all, he makes or more accurately made, his living via real estate scamming. The very people effing us over are simply following in his footsteps.
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  426. Trump gave them anything they asked for (including sensitive nuclear tech) trying to buy their "friendship." The least they could do was stroke his ego a bit.
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  427. It isn't far from it. That's not really the issue though. She has written multiple articles in favor of mixing religious belief with the law. One doesn't need to be anti catholic to be concerned about potential violations of the separation of church state.
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  428. Despite having the 6th lowest population density, your state is 8th in covid deaths/100k. You account for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. In other words, her policies have led your state into having ~37% more than your fair share of covid deaths (at least ~600 potentially unnecessary deaths.) For comparison, Oregon has nearly 70% fewer than their fair share of covid deaths. Worth it?
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  429. There's nothing in any of the current gun control bills being considered that would infringe on the rights protected by the 2nd amendment. Militia manchildren are just pissed that they may have to find some other way of compensating for their... shortcomings if assault weapons get banned.
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  430. That's the rumor going around. It actually appears as though the block came from Truth Social's end however.
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  431. Not really. Israel has a history of only listening to those who tell them what they want to hear. They're so hellbent on achieving their final solution to the Palestinian question, that they're fully prepared to cut their alliances and become a pariah state to do so.
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  432. Trump didn't get confused and think he was at one of his rallies on CNN. He did on ABC. Had he behaved the same on CNN, their moderators would have had to wrangle him as well.
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  433. He's fired or driven off enough experienced intelligence personel as it is. If he keeps it up, he may find himself in a similar situation as Stalin after his military purges. Besides, President Trump has a habit of picking the absolute worst person for the job when it comes to his appointees so better he leave this well enough alone.
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  434. He crashed and burned on this one... What was he thinking?
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  435.  @mr_happy999  At least a few hundred (possibly thousand) violations of the Presidential Records Act for starters (if the prosecutor were to charge him for each individual Presidential record he illegally sent to Mar-a-Lago.) There's also a law that prohibits documents marked as classified that have not been officially marked as declassified from being removed or destroyed (which would apply even if one were to believe that he declassified it all.) None of the classified documents in his possession had been so marked so each one could be a separate felony charge. Also, his making law enforcement get a subpoena and then refusing to fully comply with it, sets him up for obstruction charges (among other things.) By the time they're done with their investigation, there will likely be more charges thrown in as well. He really has gotten himself into a serious mess this time and with this being a criminal case, the Senate Republicans won't be able to rescue him like they did with the impeachments.
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  436. Indeed, they want someone like Trump who will give them anything they ask for little in return.
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  437. Nope. That's actually happened quite a bit in the past in both directions. It's just a sign that one party backed a dipshit for President but still had some decent candidates for Congress.
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  438. If they'll pay for the shipping and handling, they can have him. A warning though, he's not fully house broken, doesn't play well with others, and leaves orange stains wherever he goes.
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  439.  @cobiemccoy  The impeachment of William Belknap. He was both impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate after he had already resigned his office. Also, there's absolutely nothing in the constitution which prevents ex-officials from being impeached and/or tried if they leave office. The removal from office penalty becomes pointless in such situations but the potential ban from holding future office can still be applied. Impeachment is an administrative punishment tied to and only affecting the person's role (past, present, or future) as an elected/appointed official. It in no way violates a private citizens rights. (EDIT: In cases where the person in no longer in office) It's more along the lines of disbarring a non practicing attorney for past offenses committed when they were practicing. Their role as a private citizen is unaffected. It only becomes relevant should they wish to resume their practice.
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  440. If you would actually support a President who would committ such an unconstitutional act, then move your happy a** to Russia where it belongs.
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  441. He has more pull than many people think. He's the one holding back the Democrats in Congress from simply forcing the covid bill through with budget reconcilliation (something they could do whenever they want without the need for any Republican votes.) He's at least trying to play nice. He's not going to call off the impeachment though. He wants it kept short because the Senate Republicans have already let it be known that they will once again be breaking their oaths of office by shirking their constitutional duty to be impartial in the trial by promising to acquit Trump even though the trial hasn't even started. There's no point in wasting much time on something that's already rigged to fail. He just wants them to go through the motions so that the Senate Republicans will be forced to let their corruption show and then move on to other matters.
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  442. Personally, I prefer the separation of church and state...
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  443. If the State of Texas allowed it then they had jurisdiction. The Constitution gives states control over elections.
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  444. It's sad to see someone like Dershowitz damage their well earned reputation out of a desperate need to remain relevant long after the world has passed them by...
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  445. ​ @cat101fw34 Walz served for more years than necessary to retire. That's enough for me. Besides, running for office is just another way to serve his country. He's put more than enough years into service in one way or another. Far more than people like Trump who spent most of his life scamming others and living high on the hog off the proceeds.
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  446. Forcing private businesses to perform services against their will is a very tricky path to go down...In the case of social media, it essentially leads to government controlled media.
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  447. Why hire a con artist? They helped get plenty put into power already.
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  448. No, that's how our courts work. Affidavits almost always stay sealed until indictments are made.
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  449. They do when the court is currently 4/4.
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  450. Speak for yourself. SCOTUS is a court of law, not popular opinion. They've done their jobs properly.
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  451. Listen up children. It's time to grow up (though Tucker's gone so far off the rails, he may be a lost cause at this point.) The "they got away with it, why can't we" argument ceases to have any legitimacy once you're around 10 or 11 years old...if not sooner. If you ever want to be taken seriously by adults, you'll quit using it. Also, the riots in the cities and the riot at the Capitol Building have a major difference between them that negates the aforementioned childish argument anyway. The riots in the cities happened in...the cities. Aside from protecting federal property, it's not federal law enforcement's job to deal with them. If you have a problem with how they were handled, take it up with the relevant state and local governments. The attack on the Capitol Building was a direct attack on the country as a whole. While people living in insane places like Portland, Seatle, Atlanta, etc. may not care enough about their cities to protect them or at least hold their local/state leaders accountable for their pathetic handling of them, the same cannot be said for the country as a whole. That crossed a major line and to be fair, those who participated in it are getting off very light considering the severity of their actions.
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  452.  @danross395  The relevant law isn't enforceable unless the individual sets foot on the Justice's property or impedes travel to and from said property. The prohibitions are tied to being "in or near" the property but no specific distance is provided to define "near." A first year law student could get such charges dropped easily. Also, regardless of whether or not intimidation is involved, if any part of the law in general violates the first amendment, the law would be unconstitutional and some aspects of it do appear to violate it. Only direct threats of violence would not be protected and most of the protestors seem well aware of that and have adjusted their approach accordingly.
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  453. Yep, he and the "yes men" running this and his last campaign still haven't figured out that catering only to those who were always going to vote for you doesn't work. Independents beat him last time, and they'll beat him this time, too.
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  454. Apparently you are stupid. Affidavits almost always remain sealed until indictments are made.
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  455. No they're not. At least not as long as they don't set foot on the Justice's property or impede travel to or from it. The prohibitions in the law are tied to being "in or near" said property but no specific distance is provided to define "near." Without such, the law is pretty much unenforceable. Edit: Besides, the law is most likely unconstitutional in it's current form. It's just never really been challenged.
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  456. Got your bar set pretty low there...
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  457. Executive orders have the same legal standing as laws in instances where such would matter. All they are are policy directives to agencies within the executive branch. The actions of those agencies in fulfilling those directives is where legality usually come into play.
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  458. Between the ridiculous arguments/behavior of the Republicans on the Intelligence committee and the poor advice from Trump's "strategists", I can't help but wonder if they're intentionally setting him up for a fall. At this rate, the only hope the President really has is that the Senate Republicans will not vote to impeach for political reasons despite knowing full well that he's guilty.
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  459. That's been debunked as extremely exaggerated Israeli propaganda. That organization was making it difficult for them to achieve their final solution to the Palestinian question.
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  460. Or we can simply read the articles she's written supporting basing legal decisions on religious beliefs...
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  461. It'll be interesting to see what happens after midterms when he loses the House and Senate.
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  462. Because the law does not grant an attorney the right to observe. They have to be shown the warrant and the list of items confiscated. Nothing more.
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  463. I'm an independent and can't speak for Democrats but I don't have a problem with the Palestinians burning our flag. We are the primary source of the 2,000 lb. bombs the IDF has been criminally misusing on the civilian population of Gaza. We've earned their enmity. As for the upside down US flag, I'd rather not see one flying over a SCOTUS Justice's property but it simply means distress and isn't right or left wing exclusive so fine. A SCOTUS Justice allowing an Appeal to Heaven flag be flown over their property however, is very concerning... It not only has religious connotations, but is also strongly associated with the hard right. A double whammy for someone who's job is suppose to require them to be as unbiased as possible.
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  464. There will still be plenty of other firearms legally available if assault weapons are banned. Many of which are better suited to civilian uses than ARs etc. anyway. It shouldn't be too dificult for assault weapon owners to find an alternative method to compensate for their...shortcomings
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  465. Between his abysmal performance so far and his increasingly apparent cognitive decline, the party and/or his family will talk him out of running again. They know that the majority of those who voted for him were voting against Trump/for the democratic platform in general, not for Biden himself and they know that many of those votes won't be there next time. I wouldn't be surprised if he were to annouce that he will not be running again (or perhaps resign/get removed by the 25th amendment) shortly before campaign season comes along.
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  466.  @daveruckert7926  Unenforceable unless the individual sets foot on one of the prohibited properties or impedes travel to or from such properties due to the law being tied to "in or near" without a specific distance provided to define "near." A first year law student would get such a case dismissed.
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  467. ​ @Joshua-fg8mz Nah, they'll just delude themselves further and blame or all on anyone other than Trump. He's already set up for it. The whole reason he picked useless people for his cabinet is to have scapegoats to blame his policy failures on.
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  468. @rl5579  Careful, MAGA are allergic to facts.
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  469. Good riddance
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  470. If nothing else, after what Trump has said about him in the past and how the Trumpublican party purged the moderates and centrists like him over the last eight years to be replaced by unqualified sycophants, an honorable man would have given no endorsement and simply respected his supporters' ability to decide for themselves. To bend the knee like he has really is just sad. I guess the Dems could have taken pity on him and taken him in, but they already have the majority of his votes on their side anyway and who wants to deal with the added distraction of Trump continuing to mock RFK if they did?
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  471. He can use the military slush fund for it. That's why he falsely declared it an invasion.
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  472. Considering how strategically unsound the President's decision was in this, he should count himself lucky if the only consequence ends up being a bit of well deserved vocal "bashing."
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  473. Still got a long way to go before he's ready to be a President... If Florida can put up with him long enough, and he quits committing felonies with some of his stunts, he might get there one day... or he may end up in prison... or both.
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  474. They're buying their success at a far higher price than they should be due to the sorry state of their military. Had any other country with a competent military come to Ukraine's aid early on, Russia would have been forced to withdraw. The US could have sent in air power only and driven the out. A handful of A-10s could have wiped out half their force in a day due to that ridiculous stalled convoy
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  475. Her killer is already dead.
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  476. Something's got to give and Trump won't touch the issue since he made his living via real estate scamming.
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  477.  @cthulhu8977  and usually stay down just long enough for Trump's friends (those he has yet to throw under a bus) and family to buy low...
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  478. You should request that a portion of your tuition be returned.
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  479. Executive power/privilege plays no role in any of this and is just a bullsh*t attempt to manipulate his supporters into rallying to his defense and rouse some of his more unstable followers to commit/threaten acts of violence in hopes that such actions will discourage any charges being brought. All of this is perfectly legitimate and his violation of the Presidential Records Act is a slam dunk case (that he'll likely seek a plea deal on.) The only thing left to decide is if he violated other laws (like the espionage act etc.) as well. Also, the Legislative branch has no reason or Constitutional authority to get involved in criminal investigations like this. The relevant legislation already exists and is pretty clear on the matters involved.
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  480. His arguments were directly contradictory to the known intent of the authors of the Constitution. Why is it that people who use "patriot" in their screen names never seem to know anything about the Constitution...?
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  481. A ~2% mortality rate is far too low to be an engineered weapon.
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  482. They will be appreciated for finally growing a conscience.
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  483. Well, she's written articles and given her views in past interviews. Do some research on her and you might just answer your own question.
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  484. Probably a freelancer. Uncontracted journalists often make their way into war zones to do freelance work and offer it to media outlets.
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  485. I can't speak for the liberals, but a little hell needs to be raised when a President makes such an unnecessary strategic blunder. Especially when circumstances are such that said blunder may have been influenced more by that President's personal political problems than by the security of the nation.
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  486.  @jayclark5034  There are only two conclusions that can be drawn from Trump's behavior after his loss leading up to the capitol uprising. He's either a complete moron or he intended for such an uprising to occur. Neither option defends his actions and both are clear signs that he has no business being allowed to try again.
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  487. but...muh 200 affidavits...
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  488. Putting someone in SCOTUS who has no qualms making legal decisions based on their religious beliefs will not be good for the country.
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  489.  @SamtheMan0508  The fast counts that allow for quick release to the public are always inaccurate (usually somewhere in the 1% range.) In most races that's not enough to worry about and they can be comfortable announcing them. In very close races however, a slower more accurate count is called for. In both your Kentucky and the OP's Florida, the races weren't even close and thus both were able to announce the results quickly.
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  490. Fox is just as guilty of bias as the leftwing media. Dr. Raoult's studies involved 36 patients in one and 80 in the other (not the "thousands" mentioned here.) Both had glaring issues with their methodology and neither have been independently verified. The study she mocks here (that found no benefit but did find a potential risk) was conducted with far better methodology and thus is the more reliable source of information of the bunch.
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  491. He had more total speaking time than she did. He simply had a bad debate that he was clear unprepared for and lost his cool a couple of times. All the excuses anyone can come up with won't change that.
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  492. ​ @danielwickman75 Suffering from delusion is far worse.
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  493. Lie as much as you want Rudi, it won't keep you from joining your pals in prison.
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  494. No.
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  495. Many wartime journalists are freelancers who offer their work to media outlets. It limits risk for the outlets as they get coverage of it without having to risk their own employees/pay hazard pay etc.
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  496. The constitutional excuse for her inaction concerning precautions is garbage. The police powers granted to the states by the 10th amendment allow them to establish and enforce laws protecting the welfare, safety, and health of the public. Her inaction regarding precautions led to South Dakota being 8th in covid deaths/100k (despite having the 6th lowest population density) with ~37% more than their fair share of such deaths.
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  497.  @mr.aerial1885  Or they could point out how her inaction during the pandemic led South Dakota to have some of worst covid numbers in the country (relative to their population.) As it stands, SD accounts for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. That comes out to be ~37% more than their fair share of such deaths. For comparison, California has ~10% of the total US covid deaths and ~12% of the total population. Leaving them with ~20% fewer than their share.
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  498. As much as Donnie likes to sue people, I doubt she would risk breaking an nda (which could potentially cost her more than she'll make off the book.) just for fame/money.
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  499. There's no mess. The whole thing is explained by Trump's fatal tactical blunder of actively discouraging mail in voting. Had he not done that, he might have had a chance. When you take the effects of that decision into account along with some of the unique conditions involved, the results are what would be expected and the statistical anomalies only exist if you cherry pick your data to make them exist.
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  500. It's actually MAGA that doesn't understand the issue at all... but they will, and they're in for a rude awakening. Eight digit millionaires like Hawley and Kennedy won't be as negatively affected as the working man will.
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  501. Don't be so sure. The damage she did to his reputation and thus career was low ball estimated to be ~$40M. That $10M compensatory award might hold up.
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  502. Managing elections and the 10th amendment police powers are about the only things the federal government hasn't usurped from the states...yet. Give them time.
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  503. There was no fishing going on. Any Presidential record in his possession would be a violation of the Presidential Records Act. Thus, the warrant included "any Presidential records" as they would be direct evidence of a crime. Classified documents were included because there being such documents in the small amount of what he did send in was enough probable cause to suspect that there might be more among what he kept. He brought this all on himself and I don't envy his legal team as his choosing not to follow some of their advice concerning this has likely left them with no feasible defense.
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  504. Indeed. Go to jail Mr. President. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go and do not collect $200...
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  505. The average US citizen would already have been arrested and made a plea deal if they had done what former President Trump has. The DoJ/FBI as well as the judges involved so far have all given him far more special treatment on this than any of us would have received.
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  506. Show the video timeline released by the committee Hannity or gtfo.
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  507. Immigration is federal jurisdiction not local. Cities are not required to spend their resources on a federal law enforcement matter.
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  508. Nah, it's better that people not know the secret ingredient is Soylent Green...
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  509. All his dumb a** had to do was comply with the subpoena and then simply take the 5th if he didn't want to answer a question. His arrogance earned him his convictions. There's no reason to sympathize with him over a self inflicted wound...
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  510. Bah, they'll come to their senses when Trump's checks bounce...
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  511. The law they passed primarily extended the existing protections for a Justice to their family members as well.
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  512. It's a shame that her ethics are so poor...
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  513. The last thing anyone wants (including her) is for Harris to become President right now. Her understanding of foreign policy and politics is worse than a completely senile Biden's and there's a lot of tricky foreign s#<t going on atm.
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  514. Among the 50 states, South Dakota ranks 8th in covid deaths/100k despite being 6th lowest in population density. Also, SD makes up ~0.37% of total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the population (meaning they have ~37% more than their fair share of deaths.) If that sounds like a place you'd want to live, then by all means, go.
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  515. And he can face the backlash and consequences for choosing his flags poorly or allowing his wife to.
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  516. He's completely full of it here. An eight digit millionaire like him won't be hit by the consequences of mass deportation so he doesn't care about lying for political points.
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  517. I just hope they made sure Trump's checks cleared before throwing away their careers and the safety of their families.
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  518. Describes Trump perfectly. Thankfully he's finally made himself a mess he can't get out of and from which noone can save him.
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  519. Only his deluded disciples are foolish enough to follow him all the way down the drain. Anyone with any honesty, integrity, and sanity can clearly see that the last opportunity to save themselves will soon be gone.
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  520. I doubt they're in much of a hurry. It's not actually illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts as they are not classified information. Most likely, when eventually found, the leak will suffer only professional consequences anyway.
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  521. Morality should have nothing to do with the law... It's subjective and laws should be objective. There is no objective argument to support abortion being illegal (at least not until fetus viability perhaps.)
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  522.  @feline707  Considering that ~48% of the population think it should be legal with some restrictions, it should be close. It should have been passed. The only arguments against it (up until viability perhaps) are subjective in nature and laws need to be objective to have any real legitimacy.
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  523. I wonder if she let them know that their state has some of the worst covid numbers in the country relative to their size...that, despite having the 6th lowest population density, they are 8th in covid deaths/100k or that they make up ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population (giving them ~37% more than their fair share of such deaths.)
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  524. Why keep up the charade of Trump being an innocent victim? It's only going to make things more baffling and painful for your audience when he ultimately gets arrested, tried, and convicted of violating multiple laws pertaining to Presidential as well as classified records. You really should start telling them the truth concerning the laws he's violated and the complete legitimacy of the investigation into those violations. To continue feeding them your disingenuous rhetoric at this point is just cruel.
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  525. Applying the arguments made in the majority opinion, OSHA now has no authority to regulate worker exposure to contaminants (chemical, radioactive, biological, etc.) since they pose a threat both in the workplace and without (if carried home by a contaminated worker for example.)
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  526. What do you expect? US public opinion is split ~50/50 on the matter. A nightmare situation for politicians and leaders in general.
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  527. @wonderfulnmarvelous Shh...talking sense will get you nowhere with Trump's disciples. They live in their own little fantasy world where anything they don't want to hear is a lie and their mesiah can do no wrong...
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  528. Yep
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  529. You and people like you are the reason our legal system is such a joke. You can't base the law on morality as everyone's morals are different. Laws need to be objective and with this particular issue, there is no objective argument against it (up to viability perhaps.) Go around trying to force your morals onto others and you're asking for trouble... and trouble there will be if SCOTUS and Congress don't drop such childishness and start thinking like reasonable adults.
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  530. She has plenty of flags. The main thing missing from her events compared to Trump's are the 1,000+ paid non local "supporters" he busses in for crowd "thickening" and cheer tracks. Also, you'll find a great deal more undecided voters at her events as they aren't designed to be the campaign equivalent of a ⭕️ jerk.
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  531. He loves his pick. The ultimate toady.
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  532.  @dominicj7977  Detroit maybe
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  533. Unfortunately, that could easily lead to Israel using their nukes at some point and that would lead to an even bigger sh*t show than what we currently have.
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  534.  @Parker_World_Tv  This is not about defending their country or the hostages or any of their other bs excuses. It's an attempt at a land grab, nothing more. They've been methodically herding the Palestinian civilians south like cattle the whole time with the intention of driving them into Egypt and never letting them return. Egypt, to their credit, knew exactly what they were up to and decided not to let them achieve it.
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  535. For a minister maybe...not a SCOTUS justice.
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  536. Good. Now Trump can't pull any temporary replacement nonsense to avoid confirmation for Patel.
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  537. Long live the tyrants...
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  538. Good luck getting the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to let you call a witness who has nothing to do with the case other than being the unknowing target of our President's delusional conspiracy theories...
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  539. At least he didn't take it on the face like Trump did in his dealings with them.
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  540. Sue Israel for corrupting your religion with the stink of genocide/ethnic cleansing.
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  541. You and the rest of Trump's supporters are going to be in for a nasty surprise. The investigation and warrant are completely legitimate and they have him dead to rights on violating the Presidential Records Act. It's only a matter of determining if he violated any other laws in the process. Media outlets like Fox have just been playing his supporters for fools and feeding them false explanations of the situation to boost ratings/likes. The illusion will fall once the indictments come and it will be interesting to see how Fox and others spin it.
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  542. ​ @Simply_seeking It's easy to explain. It's a scam.
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  543. You're not a fan of the 1st amendment I gather.
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  544. The only thing that would have brought sanity would have been to mute Trump... Just like last election, he seems hellbent on sabotaging his own campaign via saying idiotic things.
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  545. ​ @DayLight_Era  I guarantee you his own campaign people were begging them to cut it short... before he did irreparable damage with his big mouth.
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  546. Were it anyone other than Trump (or perhaps any former President in general), they would likely have gotten the warrant at least 6 months ago. They definitely would have gotten it as soon as he refused to fully comply with the subpoena (especially since said refusal essentially gift wrapped probable cause for such a warrant.) They bent over backwards trying to get him to obey the law and turn over the documents voluntarily.
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  547. If he can't handle "rude" (or more accurately, non softballs) without going off the deep end like he often did, then he has no business being President.
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  548. Meh, Trump used his business accumen as one of his qualifications when he ran the first time as well as promised to release his returns only to change his mind once elected. He opened the door concerning his financial status so having evidence of it released to the public seems fair as it gives them a chance to determine the validity of his claims. I'll save my sympathies and outrage for something more eggregious.
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  549. Disparage? He outright tried to sabotage it when he was in office.
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  550. ​ @shellylivingston343 Yes he is...just not a very good one.
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  551. The red states should decline federal benefits which cost more than they pay in federal taxes.
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  552.  @guitarpley08  The election was called before all votes had been counted. That said, the full count was completed prior to December 1st 2020. The "2 month" claim probably comes from some social media rumor.
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  553.  @otange599  Except for the Chinese plant... and the parts and raw materials they get from Canada and Mexico...etc.
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  554. There's no such thing as a good felony conviction either...
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  555. It should be pointed out that, due to cost per missile and manufacturing time, there's no way the "iron dome" can keep up with the cheap, quick to manufacture rockets being spammed by Hamas for very long. Once they start running low, they'll be vulnerable to the more powerful missiles Hamas has in reserve as well as those of Israel's many enemies should they decide to take advantage of the situation and launch theirs too. The "iron dome" may well end up being called the missile defense equivalent of the French Maginot Line by future historians...
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  556.  @masonrieber8674  They're supposed to always be based on the Constitution. This one was political. From a constitutional view point, the arguments in the dissenting opinion are far stronger than those in the majority opinion (some of which border on the absurd.) Those in dissent also appear to be the ones most confident with their arguments as they all attached their names to the dissenting opinion while only one of the six who voted the majority did so for theirs. They know their arguments are garbage and are already trying to distance themselves.
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  557.  @mountainstream8351  Anyone competent in basic statistics...
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  558. ​ @JohnDoe-ew3xt Social media conspiracy theory.
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  559. Idiot
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  560. Definitely dangerous.The more people without permanent addresses or that have to move often, the less likely they are to be able to vote.
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  561.  andrew zgoda  How much are you getting paid to spam Boehners book?
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  562. As with the Impeachment trial, McConnell has already let it be known that she will be approved and quickly with little to no vetting.
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  563. Nothing prevented the state legislatures from striking any of the changes made to their election laws that they didn't agree with. Their lack of action to do so implies that they agreed with the changes and thus no law was violated. However, it wouldn't be a bad idea for states to further clarify the process for changing/adding laws concerning elections. The constitutions of the states at the center of this (as well as most other states) are woefully vague when it comes to outlining a specific framework for the process. Edit: States that wish to keep it possible for a quick "emergency" change can simply inact an amendment allowing the State Legislature to delegate their power to the governor etc. under specific conditions. Nothing prevents a state legislature from doing so as it would still be them deciding how to handle elections. They would simply be deciding to let someone else do it.
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  564. Lol. The strategic thinking behind this assassination wasn't even on par with checkers, much less chess.
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  565.  @edwardwood9572  You give him far too much credit. The man couldn't strategize his way out of a wet paper bag. It's obvious from his reaction that he was expecting praise for his decision and is so far out of touch with reality that he can't even comprehend why the Iraqi government (along with a sizable chunk of the US population and most of our allies) would be less than pleased with his poorly thought out decision. This is just one more example of his arrogance overwhelming his intelligence and, as usual in these situations, he will now go into hissy fit mode and make ridiculous threats which will serve no purpose other than to make us even more of a joke to the world. Trump is actually giving McConnell a run for his money when it comes to whose arrogance and stupidity will manage to completely ruin them first...Either way, I doubt the Dems could have even imagined how effective their little check/raise trap of delaying the sending of the articles of impeachment to the Senate would end up being...At this rate, they may not ever need to send them. Why get in your opponent's way when they're doing a fine job of kicking their own asses...?
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  566.  @edwardwood9572  Giving your own comments a thumbs up when you post them is pretty pathetic kid...at least wait awhile before doing it so it won't be so obvious.
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  567. They left out the part where Ukraine voluntarily gave up the nuclear weapons in their possession in return for Russia agreeing never to invade them. As well as the explanation that the Ukraine sought out NATO due to concerns (based on his behavior) that Putin would cease to honor that agreement.
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  568. Good luck with that nonsense. Hopefully you and we won't have to learn the folly of such a misguided mindset the hard way.
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  569. That's not how it's going to work and you know it.
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  570. If Trump's team/others would present a suit that wasn't complete garbage, they'd hear it. Were they to legitimize these and the others they've dismissed by hearing them it would set a precedent allowing future elections to be ground to a halt by spamming lawsuits without the need of any factual basis to support them.
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  571. Considering Michigan election laws don't allow them to rescind their votes anyway, they essentially ruined their careers and their family's privacy for absolutely nothing. The fact that Trump contacted them via phone will probably lead to some legal trouble for them as well...I bet their Thanksgiving dinners are going to be a bit...awkward.
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  572. Of course. He supports the Israeli pogrom of the Gaza people.
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  573. The public analog to an impeachment inquiry is a grand jury. They're closed to the public as well. They deal only with the relevant parties involved. From there the decision is made whether or not a trial is warranted. If there's a trial, it will be public. You only fight a grand jury/impeachment inquiry if you're afraid of things going public. Every one of these old frauds know this full well and are playing you and their constituents for fools with this little publicity stunt. I thought the democrats were pathetic, but this is just sad. Grown adults acting like children and being praised for it...Don't vote for these frauds again. They don't deserve it.
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  574.  @JBomb517  So was slavery and it isn't a state's decision...
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  575. The law shouldn't be based on morals as everyone's are different. It needs to be objective not subjective and there simply isn't an objective argument to be made against it (otherwise I'd vote pro-life rather than pro-choice.) At least not until the fetus is viable at least. Also, it most certainly does not belong to the states (and this is coming from a states rights advocate.) Given the potential amount of our population that it could affect (over 6 million pregnancies per year or well over 15% of the population if you include all women of child bearing age), it needs to be a federal matter.
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  576. The fact that she might be breaking an nda and risking a law suit, only helps show how important she felt it was to get the truth out there.
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  577. It may have been a bit mishandled, but the idiot cultists ultimately brought it upon themselves. It was a shame about the children but when parents play stupid games, the stupid prizes they win often go to their children as well.
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  578. You aren't deplorables. You're just lazy minded and easily duped.
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  579. Nah, this ruling is finally unjustifiable enough to at least warrant inquiry into possible impeachment. It comes across like a 12-year-old trying to rules lawyer a buddy out of trouble with a ridiculously disingenuous interpretation of said rules. The Justices behind it need to explain themselves... and some of their other actions while they're at it. Checks and balances were supposed to apply to all three branches and impeachment is about the only recourse available when it comes to SCOTUS.
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  580. I don't. At least not until he's indicted anyway.
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  581. Megan Kelly probably failed debate class...if she even took it. Trump was the source of all his own problems last night and Fox knows it. Both candidates were cut off multiple times. The only difference was that Harris was professional enough to stop talking. Also, they conceded on multiple occasions by giving him extra rebuttal time that they didn't give her as often (he ended up with more total speaking time). He came in and tried to treat it like one of his rallies rather than a Presidential debate and it cost him. I'm sure Fox will let him do whatever he wants on their debate. Maybe even do a little song and dance routine.
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  582. ​ @ronaldacebuche585 They had to. He tried to turn it into one of his rallies rather than a Presidential debate. Complete with rambling, wild claims, etc. He was totally unprofessional and yet they still gave him more rebuttal time than they gave her. The man couldn't even answer yes or no questions and just kept rambling. Many moderators would have been harsher in their time controls and clarifications than they were.
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  583. It says nothing. She's a VP. She has no authority to do anything other than what her boss allows. Now Trump's immigration plan of mass deportation will be disastrous just like what happened in Georgia years ago when they drove off their illegal immigrants. Everyone wants them gone until they're gone. Then they realize they needed them. That's not mentioning the cost of it and of keeping them out (which isn't possible.)
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  584. Her lack of response to the covid 19 pandemic has led to South Dakota having some of the worst covid numbers in the country. They have the 8th highest deaths/100k while being the 6th lowest in population density. Also, SD accounts for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the population (~37% more than their fair share of covid deaths.) For comparison, California accounts for ~10% of US covid deaths and ~12% of the population (~20% less than their share.) Her actually bragging about her handling of the issue just makes her look worse.
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  585. Nothing illegal there. With our system of temporary leaders, it's a given that important negotiations are generally put on hold when elections are coming up. That's not even remotely the same as actively trying to manipulate a foreign power into directly assisting with a sitting President's re-election campaign.
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  586. The same Miller who wrote the biologically illiterate executive order that makes it technically impossible to choose male or female of federal forms? Who cares what he has to say?
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  587. @sl4983  Nah, the 50.1% of Americans who were against this foolish administration seizing power aren't going anywhere. You can though.
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  588. There are probably 30 to 40 people with legitimate access to the draft and many more who could have been able to access it illegitimately. A little backbone and a good poker face would make it quite difficult to nail down the source. Edit: Also, since it isn't illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts due to their not being classified information, professional consequences will likely be all that comes of this when they find the leak. As such, they're probably not in a huge rush to get it done.
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  589. No it's not. It's four years. Maybe next time maybe both parties can find someone worth a s**t to run.
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  590. If half the country would stop supporting Israel's final solution to the Palestinian question, he wouldn't have to continue dancing around the issue.
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  591. If the Dems want any chance of beating Trump, they need to get behind Bloomberg. He's the only one of the bunch that moderates might vote for and moderates will likely be the deciding factor this time around.
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  592. If people are willing to overlook Trump's blatant manipulations of the market to the benefit of his friends and family, I don't see why they're so outraged concerning the actions of these representatives... Actually, I bet I know why the people at FOX are so outraged...They probably made the mistake of believing Trump's original claims that there was nothing to worry about, waited too long to dump their holdings, and got hosed when the market finally fell.
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  593. If Trump doesn't lay off on the lebensraum nonsense with Greenland, the wunderweapons nonsense with his "iron dome", and get down to actually doing something about cost of living, Republicans are going to get their butts kicked royally in 2026. Just saying.
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  594. Any American who actually understands the laws and procedures involved with this knows that there's no fishing involved and that Garland has former President Trump dead to rights on violating the Presidential Records Act. The only question remaining is whether or not any other laws were broken as well. The reason the search warrant included any Presidential records from Trump's term in office is because any such records found in Trump's possession would be a violation of the Presidential Records Act. That's not fishing, it's looking for a specific form of evidence that violates a law.
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  595. Congress members are not required to be impartial... SCOTUS Justices are.
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  596. No one's allowed to intimidate/slander witnesses, jurors, or court personnel.
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  597. CNN should simply counter sue for all the times he's slandered them on twitter etc. Unfortunately, it would be a bit of a pyrrhic victory since Trump's current "fortune" likely wouldn't even cover their attorney fees.
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  598. The flu isn't going to be anywhere near as bad this time due to the precautions in place. Covid 19 however will still be doing it's thing.
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  599. ​ @MauriceGiles-o6b  -0.99% today
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  600. You can hate the left all you want but you'll miss them when they secede.
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  601. No problem with a delay. They have around two months before electors must be chosen. Knowing the winner before them isn't really necessary.
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  602. She showed us last night with her defeat of her opponent in the debate.
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  603. Her views are out there in articles she's written, past interviews, etc. Though Trump supporters didn't bother actually researching his past before putting him in office, I doubt they'll bother with her either...
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  604. Had they clamped down on his scams decades ago, this wouldn't have been necessary. Neither would his joke of a Presidency.
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  605. Or launch pump and dump meme coins like Trump did...
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  606. The two impeachment attempts were not criminal proceedings and thus could not have sent him to jail. This is a criminal investigation and will be the first time he might face jail time. Despite the case concerning his violation of the Presidential Records Act being a slam dunk, he'll likely see no jail time (due to the obvious complications that would cause.) At most, he'll be looking at house arrest and/or probation with the potential for a ban on holding public office.
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  607. What you should be worried about is how the red states will pay for all of the forced children that will be overflowing their trailer parks once the blue states realize that SCOTUS's incompetent decision in Dobbs can also be applied to the matter of secession... On the whole, blue states pay significantly more in federal taxes than they receive in assistance. It'll be interesting to see how long those abortion bans hold once the states with said bans actually have to pay for the consequences...
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  608. Why? The Bidens have nothing to do with it other than being the unknowing targets of one of Trump's delusional conspiracy theories and the whistle-blower is irrelevant now that there is testimony and evidence to support the original claims. What we want to see is a President who will take responsibility for his actions for once in his life and step down rather than further embarass the country by forcing us to boot him out.
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  609. Indeed. Abbott and Costello...er...DeSantis were made for one another. They'll really enjoy their time in federal prison together.
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  610. Beautiful...Pointing out that your opponent may have had profitable business with the Chinese when you personally owe ~$900M to Chinese creditors...
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  611. Yeah, but if you have to go that far, there's no point in bothering as the country will fall either way.
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  612. Amazing how someone would risk breaking a nda which could cost them more than they'll make from the book just to get the truth out there.
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  613. If only Biden would grow a pair and get us involved militarily... Allowing this to happen and replying only with pointless political virtue signaling is shameful.
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  614.  @killyain123  Higher voter turnout all around. He received more overall votes but a lower percentage of the total than last time.
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  615. It's not illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts as they are not classified information. If the leaker had legitimate access to the draft and depending on exactly how they transfered the information, there very well have been any crime committed. Most likely, whoever they eventually trace it to will only face professional consequences. If so, they may just be taking the investigation a bit slower than an eager for blood public might like.
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  616.  @nancyhewitt858  Lie detector tests are extremely overrated. That's why they can't be used as evidence in a trial.
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  617. Then go out and buy one dipshit.
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  618. But it's so much fun...lol
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  619. Sociology and psychology of any sort should not be taught until college and should always come with the disclaimer that neither are sciences and should not be taken any more seriously than creative writing classes...
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  620. No SCOTUS roster would bother hearing these suits under less volatile circumstances. If they don't dismiss, it will be to placate the more delusional of Trump's followers.
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  621. They're not supposed to favor any side. Besides, SCOTUS currently has a lower approval rating than the law they want to overturn. They have other things to worry about.
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  622. Like the fact that many founding fathers were deists, not Christian and held disdain for organized religion...
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  623. They already have everything they need to charge him with violating the Presidential Records Act. Now it's just a matter of determining if any other laws were broken as well.
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  624. Don't worry, when former President Trump ultimately takes a plea deal, it will almost certainly include a ban on holding public office at which point he will no longer be relevant enough to bother targeting anymore.
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  625. Put down the Kool-Aid and educate yourself. There's already existing precedent for impeaching someone no longer in office. William Belknap (a Secretary of War in the 1870s) was both impeached by the house and convicted in the Senate after having already resigned his office. Impeachment is an administrative punishment tied to and only affecting the person's role (past, present, or future) as an elected/appointed official. Trying an ex-official for actions committed while they were in office in no way infringes on their rights as a private citizen. It's more along the lines of disbarring an attorney for past offenses made when they were practicing when they're no longer practicing. It does nothing to their role as a private citizen and only becomes relevant should they wish to resume t their practice.
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  626. Can't be much or the checks would bounce.
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  627. They should have thought about that before they attempted to subvert the will of the people by trying to stall the results of an election for bs reasons...play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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  628. In reality, that law is very difficult to actually get a conviction on. As long as one is not on the Justice's property and doesn't impede vehicles coming and going to the residence, your left with having to prove intent (edit: to intimidate) and intent is one of the most difficult things to prove in most legal cases. Also, it prohibits protesting "near" the property but does not provide what distance would constitute near. Vague laws are the bane of enforcibility. Were they to bother with arrests, the low conviction rates and overall costs wouldn't really be worth it in the end.
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  629.  @ukmedicfrcs  For one, his sending Presidential records (classified or not doesn't matter) to Mar-a-Lago when he left office was a direct violation of the Presidential Records Act. While he has not been charged or convicted for doing so yet, the fact that he had such documents to turn over when subpoenaed in the first place is proof of said violation since the only way he could have possessed them would be by violating the act.
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  630. Not true at all. Harris has also spoken of it. Trump is the only one completely ignoring that there's a housing and food crisis going on. He just calls those that do communists. RFK is a fool for siding with him if he really cares about the issues he claims to. Trump will continue to ignore them. The ~1 ish% of the vote RFK will ultimately bring to Trump will not be significant enough to get Trump's attention on the matters.
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  631.  @jimf.625  Just wait until the amateur clowns take over in January. The usual circus is at least amusing. The new idiots will burn down the tent and release the animals.
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  632. And they're just a fair weather friend.
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  633. Yep, and impeaching an ex-official for their actions while in office is perfectly legal under the constitution. Now, the Senate Republicans abandoning impartiality by promising to acquit when the trial hasn't even begun goes against their constititional duty and should lead to consequences for any of them dumb enough openly admit their impartiality.
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  634. ​ @firebir11 What would be the point? The Dems got 3% of RFKs 6% of the vote when Biden dropped out and will get at least 1% of the 3% he still had when he bailed. That leaves Trump with 2% at best from the deal. Not enough to matter and 2% that would have never gone Dem anyway. All the Dems would get from RFK is more distractions from Trump mocking him constantly for not endorsing him. Besides, RFK never had any intentions of moving to the Dems side. Any talks would have been in bad faith and both sides knew it. He's only making a thing of it for political reasons. He bent his knee and now follows his master's orders at least in front of the press. An honorable man would have endorsed no one and simply trusted that his supporters were wise enough to decide for themselves...which many have regardless of his endorsement
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  635. ​ @carbebcarbeb8335  Not going to happen. Regardless of his endorsement, many of his voters will go to Harris like almost half did when Biden dropped out. The 1.5% or so that he will ultimately bring to Trump is not significant enough for him to have any real relevance in Trump's eyes. Especially since most would have gone Trump anyway with RFK out. There's also Trump's proclivity to surround himself only with yes men. Which RFK is definitely not. His political career is pretty much over now and once he's no longer useful campaignwise, he will be unceremoniously discarded.
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  636. When they quit refusing to answer their subpoenas...
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  637.  @garycoulier  No ones going assassinate him...unless he arranges it himself. Why make a martyr out of the old crook? Then all his past misdeeds would get politely overlooked by history.
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  638. If the Saudis were involved in any coming, it would have been on Trump, not to us...
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  639. Pending bills are available to all online...
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  640. The party purged all moderates and centrists on Trump's order to be replaced by sycophants who never question the great leader. A similar thing occurred in Germany in the past.
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  641. The 25th amendment exists to protect American citizens from a mentally ill / compromised leader. President Trump has shown many signs of mental illness both before and since taking office (he meets far more of the criteria for a potential diagnosis of bi-polar disorder than many people institutionalized for said disorder.) As such, not only is it not treasonous for those involved to discuss the potential use of the 25th amendment, it's their duty to the American people. Edit: You'll notice that, though considered as a potential option, it was never acted upon. Apparently they decided his behavior did not meet the burden necessary to invoke the 25th amendment. No treason or attempted coup etc. there. They were simply doing their jobs.
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  642.  @sharoncole4868  The subpoena wasn't fully honored. Some were handed over but not all. While they could have gotten the search warrant then, nobody wanted to cause the mess they knew would happen if a search warrant were executed on a former President. They decided to try to convince him to return it all for a little longer so they requested that the disputed records be held under better security in the meantime. Garland only sought the warrant after Trump and his legal team ceased returning the FBI's calls and it was clear that there was no intention of turning the rest over voluntarily. Edit: Trump and/or his representatives likely thought that the FBI would never seek a search warrant out of fear of the backlash and thus decided they were in the driver's seat concerning the matter. Hence, their decision to quit cooperating. They were wrong.
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  643.  @hybridyd1305  Despite having the 6th lowest population density (and only around twelve cities with populations over 10,000), South Dakota is 8th in covid deaths/100k. They account for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. That's ~37% more than their fair share of such deaths (at least ~600 potentially unnecessary deaths.) That's not exactly something to brag about and yet she touts her handling of it like she's done something good and deserves a cookie. She's lucky she's in charge of a very low population state whose residents don't realize how many unnecessary dead her inaction in regards to precautions is responsible for. In a mid to high population state, they'd be calling for her head by now as she would have thousands of unnecessary dead on her hands.
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  644.  @squadrin  Actually, there is an interesting comparison between the two. South Dakota has ~37% more than their fair share of covid deaths (~0.37% of total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population) while California has ~20% fewer than their fair share (~10% of the total US covid deaths with ~12% of the total population.)
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  645. Lol What Trump's actually doing is sabotaging our national security out of spite while he has his supporters chasing phantom voter fraud. There may be a handful of bad votes for both parties out there. There always are in every election if you look hard enough. However, the overall result isn't going to change. Biden won.
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  646. Put Noem in charge of a blue state/city if you want to get rid of Democrats. Her policies are responsible for ~37% of the covid deaths in South Dakota. In a state/ city of higher population, she could really sate her hunger for killing.
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  647. Ah... Nice propaganda spin... took your writers long enough to imaginie it.
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  648. From the Clinton impeachment up until this testimony, he has consistently argued that a President does not need to have committed an indictable crime to be impeached...I guess he'll have to add a "unless that President happens to be Donald Trump" clause now. Though Trump's violation of the impoundment control act actually is an indictable offense...guess Turley overlooked that aspect when preparing his testimony. Don't be fooled by this hack. He has (edit: almost) always been on the prosecution side in cases involving Dems and the defense for Republicans...I guess the Republicans pay better.
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  649. Checks and balances applies to all three branches.
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  650. They're doing their job dipsh*t.
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  651. Yep. They aren't, however, allowed to use the power of their office to manipulate a foreign entity into assisting in their re-election campaign.
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  652. If they don't dismiss, it will only be to placate some of Trump's more delusional disciples. The suits on their own would not really merit a hearing by any SCOTUS roster under less volatile circumstances.
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  653. Lol. All official interactions between POTUS and foreign powers are recorded. Most Presidents know enough to use illegitimate back channels for their criminal dealings...It's arrogance, not espionage.
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  654. It was a goof. They found them at the office when going through one of the seized boxes and had already informed Trump's lawyers and arranged to return them before Trump had even made his first social media post about it. Edit: Technically though, passports can be seized during an investigation even without charges being filed yet. Some agency has to ok it first (can't remember which one.) Interestingly, the government actually owns your passport not you.
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  655.  @cats5351  Nah, he'll be doing that at home. Any prison time he would get will be replaced with house arrest.
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  656. Yep. Under conditions created by Russia commiting a crime. In the end that puts the responsibility on them regardless of whether or not they directly killed him.
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  657. Cheap, rapidly manufactured rockets: How many missiles you got?
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  658.  @lhasaroadrat9374  Yeah, but they sure looked cool.
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  659. There's already precedent for impeaching someone after they've left office (the impeachment of William Belknap.) Trump's new ambulance chaser is just bullshitting to earn a buck and get some face time. Well, hopefully he demanded a large retainer up front. If not, the earn a buck part might not work out for him...
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  660. Checks and balances applies to all three branches and impeachment is about the only method to enforce it when it comes to SCOTUS. They brought this on themselves with too many sus decisions along with personal behavior. They've needed a looking at for a while now.
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  661. Nothing. He hasn't got the balls to stand up to Putin unfortunately... but at least he isn't praising Putin for his actions like his previous opponent has been...
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  662. I disagree. In the time that the articles have been held back, the Republican party and the President have been doing an excellent job of kicking their own asses. Why get in the way of that? You have a Senate majority leader who has publically announced that he will be ignoring his constitutional responsibility to hold an impartial trial in good faith (an impeachable offense btw.) So far that has cost him at least two Senators with more becoming increasingly disgusted with his corruption daily. Not to be outdone, you have a President who ordered a strategically idiotic assassination (illegal under the constitution) and trampled the sovereignty of an ally in the process. He seems poised to trample it further by refusing to remove our troops despite said ally's government voting to expel them. Seems to me like the Dems strategy is working quite well. The only thing that they could do to improve their position would be to throw in a third article for the President's violation of the Impoundment Control Act and perhaps a fourth for the assassination...
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  663. Miraculously cured by the powdered silver spoons of Studio 54...
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  664. Which is why we need to get Trump out this time. It may still be possible to get 4 years of his cheap spray tan residue out of the White House furniture and linens. Add another 4 years and it'll likely have to all be tossed and/or burned.
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  665. I doubt McConnell will be in much of a mood to celebrate considering his support of the President will most likely cost him his seat in the Senate come election day. Sad really. The man sacrificed his career and good name defending a President who doesn't deserve it and all he'll end up with in return is a poorly written foreword by Trump in his soon to be published book. Hope it was worth it...
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  666. Or he has more important things to do than participate in one of Trump's circle jerks.
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  667. If you think Trump is innocent and that the investigation isn't legitimate then you are indeed an idiot and in for a nasty surprise once the indictments come.
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  668. It was probably a friendly fire situation. Never would have happened had Putin not invaded though so responsibility ultimately lies with Russia.
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  669. Apparently selling out his own country isn't enough for this "man." He's not going to be content until he has stabbed every back and burned every bridge of our friends as well... I hope he at least got a reach around while he was taking it in the rear from the Turks...
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  670. Culture back then was a little...one sided. Let me guess which side you descend from...
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  671. Get used to disappointment.
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  672. Hopefully this one was smart enough to demand a large retainer up front...I'd hate to see another poor abused ambulance chaser go hungry because his client stiffed him...
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  673. There really is no hope for you fools...
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  674. Or...It sure took Fox News long enough to grow a conscience...
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  675. Yep, if you look hard enough at any election you'll find a tiny amount of irregularities.
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  676. Trump did not get much of a popular mandate so expect pushback against his more disastrous concepts of policies... which is most of them.
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  677. @Rathkryn   It's called circumstances. Reality isn't simple. What happens at any given time is the result of many factors, some set in motion well in the past. I look at what they did with the hand they were dealt. From that viewpoint, Trump was the worst of the three you mentioned. The best thing that ever happened to the country and Trump himself was his 2020 loss. We would be multiple times worse off now under his chaotic "leadership" had he been the one to have to deal with the mess he left for the Biden administration to clean up.
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  678. Oh it definitely will... but it's not going to be what you think and you're not going to like it.
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  679. When the shoe fits...
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  680. Derpowitz is a hardcore pro-Israel nutjob. The President's joke of a "peace deal" is all the motivation he needed to sell out. The pay is just the cherry on top.
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  681. Speak for yourself. The system has some flaws but all things considered, it works a lot better than those of most other countries.
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  682.  big guy  Unfortunately, the Senate Republicans look like their going to abandon their oaths of office and constitutional duty to be impartial and just acquit him for partisan reasons like last time. Doing so will still hurt them a little by demoralizing the sane, honest, conservative voters who are sick of what their party had become. But it probably won't do enough damage to put the party out of it's misery. Poor thing. It's sad to watch it suffer so...
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  683. Unless the individual steps foot onto the Justice's property or impedes travel to or from said property, prosecuting the protestors will be a waste of time and resources. Due to the wording of the relevant law, it's pretty much unenforceable. The prohibitions in the law are tied to being "in or near" the property but no specific distance is provided to define "near." A first year law student could get such charges dropped easily. Also, the law is most likely unconstitutional anyway as in it's current form aspects of it do appear to violate the 1st amendment.
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  684.  Freedom 2020  Go read her articles in legal publications...
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  685.  @jamesvanscoy7717  Unless he can find a case that could potentially change the outcome, they will, at best, not overrule the states and only address the case once it's moot.
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  686. @TuhljinTampergauge  His Ketamine addiction for one... If you're proud of voting for that, then, well...
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  687. Bot
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  688. The debate was fine. Candidate Trump simply did a pitiful job. Especially when it came to the military side. He even came across as a snivelling coward a couple of times. From his own mouth regarding Putin. He should have been more prepared.
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  689. It's fake...
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  690. They were hoping that at least 60% of the Senate would vote objectively rather than base their decision on their subjective personal beliefs... The cowardice of the GOP Senators and turncoats like Manchin will bring an end of this country if they continue to walk the path of theocratic tyrany.
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  691. Nah, the original ruling was hot garbage that could never have been upheld by SCOTUS. The reason they sent it back is because it's so flawed in it's argument that it can't even be used to address the issue of whether or not the courts have the power to overturn an FDA ruling.
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  692. Compared to the 220 Trump signed, Biden's ~50 is still pretty low. Let's see if he continues at such a pace or was just getting some specific things dealt with quickly, before considering him a dictator.
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  693. Yeah, some of the ones that have been made public so far make them sound like complete idiots. I seriously doubt any judge will give them much weight in their decision.
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  694. Self enrichment is not inherently illegal. If crimes are found to have been committed, then we'll see what happens. As bad as things seem now, incompetence is easier to mitigate than insanity. So the economy etc. will work itself out well before the GOP manages to purge all of the loons they've allowed in. Said loons being one of the factors making it difficult for independent/centrist/moderate voters to risk voting for a Republican Presidential candidate in 2024 despite the mess the current administration will have made by then.
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  695. Well the President has behaved very poorly and is now doing everything he can to sabotage our national security before he goes. Maybe Fox News finally grew a conscience...
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  696. ​ @hxhdfjifzirstc894 JD Vance made a complete 🫏 of himself. Besides, that was the most obvious political PR ambush I've seen in a long time. Even had Russian state media there.
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  697. It worked didn't it?
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  698. He's making sure Trump can't pull any temporary replacement shenanigans to get Patel in without confirmation.
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  699. He bit off more than he can chew this time. They have him dead to rights on violating the Presidential Records Act and probably a handfull of other violations as well. He's not getting out of this one.
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  700. I've read it. It's essentially just a weak rehash of the PA suit SCOTUS already declined to hear and refused an injuction over. It'll be declined accordingly.
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  701. Why? Unlike our good buddy Israel, they're not using our aid to committ genocide.
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  702. Enjoy it while it lasts. The Senate Republicans went against the wishes of the majority of their constituents by refusing witnesses and evidence. It will most likely cost them control of the Senate when the elections come. Trump will likely win because the Dems have no one electable running, but he won't be getting much done with the House and Senate controlled by the Dems...
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  703. Hate to break it to you, but Trump isn't going to seriously run again in '24. He's just milking his supporters for donations. He'll be as old as Biden was at the beginning of his term and isn't in great health himself. Do you really think he's going to want to spend his last years putting up with four more years of the bullsh*t he went through the first time? He'll stay in long enough to decide who to endorse (likely DeSantis) and then he'll bail and take the donations with him.
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  704. It's the missile defense equivalent of the French Maginot Line from WWII...Israel's losing the war of attrition by having to use $40,000 missiles which are slow to manufacture to intercept the ~$1,000 easily manufactured garbage rockets being spammed at them. Eventually they will be unable replace their missiles fast enough and that's when the real missile attacks from Hamas and likely their allies as well will start.
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  705. No. He got impeached because he had no legitimate justification for the withholding of the Ukranian aid and took numerous steps to hide that he had even done it. A president can temporarily withhold aid. They just need to inform Congress that they are doing so and why. Congress then has 45 days to address the issue via legislation altering the original deal. If they do nothing over that time period then the aid must be released as originally intended. It's a failsafe for time sensitive situations such as a fear that said aid might be used in an unacceptable/illegal manner etc.
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  706. Or, they know that it's not illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts as they are not classified information. Most likely all that the leak will face are professional consequences. As such, there's not exactly a need to rush the investigation other than public interest.
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  707.  @YourXellency  Trump not telling people what they needed to know is why we have 208k dead instead of around the 100k we would if our infection rate were closer to the world average. One of the very few times we would have been better off with him not keeping his mouth shut...
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  708.  Maria Herrera  Read the bill. McCarthy's full of it. He and the others are against it due to it's source, not it's content. Apparently Republicans put petty party politics before the American people. Probably why their party is well on it's way to becoming irrelevant.
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  709. You all do know that people have eyes, right? The South Bronx rally was a complete flop. The whole point was to woo the Hispanic and Black communities, which make up ~98% of the population in the South Bronx into voting for Trump. Once you remove the paid attendees of said ethnicities which were bussed in from elsewhere, along with footage of those ethnicities attending the Democratic rally nearby which some media outlets tried to pawn off as attendees of Trump's rally, you end up with a crowd that was close to 98% white (who make up ~1% of the South Bronx population and less than 50% of the population of the Bronx in general.)
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  710. What are you going to have to say when the affidavits turn out to be completely legit and former President Trump is indicted, tried (assuming his arrogance prevents him from pleading guilty) , and convicted of violating the Presidential Records Act for sure and likely a few other laws as well? If you have any integrity left in you, quit playing your audience for fools with your disingenuous rhetoric and do something useful for once like explaining the Presidential Records Act to your viewers so that they can clearly see how Trump has violated it.
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  711. She's lucky she's not being sued for the at least ~600 unnecessary covid deaths her policies have led to in South Dakota. They're 8th in covid deaths/100k despite having the 6th lowest population density. They account for ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. That's ~37% more than their fair share of covid deaths. In comparison, California has ~10% of the US covid deaths and ~12% of the population for ~20% fewer than their share. Oregon has ~0.4% of the US covid deaths and ~1.3% of the population. Over 2/3 less than their share of deaths.
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  712. Due to her inaction concerning precautions, South Dakota has some of the worst covid numbers in the country relative to their population. They have ~37% more than their fair share covid deaths (at least ~600 potentially unnecessary deaths.) Put someone like her in charge of a middle to high population state and you're looking at thousands of unnecessary deaths...
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  713. They're setting themselves up to get trounced in the mid terms. Especially those supporting Trump's spiteful sabotaging of our national security on his way out.
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  714. There's very little in it that doesn't tie into covid relief at least distantly. Some of it might require viewing it from a long term perspective to see the connection though. Regardless, whether the Republicans get on board or budget reconcilliation is used, it will almost certainly be passed before mid March (when many of the previous bill's benefits are set to expire.)]
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  715. Im not seeing your point. The former administration was equally power hungry.
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  716. ​ @ropeblaster420 Radiation sickness is hard on the brain.
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  717.  @quirk8841  Former President Trump was nearly $1B in debt to Chinese sources (both government and private) while in office (still so as a Presidential candidate) and no one batted an eye. Such huge debt would be a far better motive to sell us out than the claims made about the Bidens (assuming they're true.)
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  718.  @pauthang1767  The US's best period of economic growth was the 9 years leading up to the 1929 crash. The economy is always good...until it isn't. A handful of people were trying to warn others for years back then and noone listened because the economy was "great." The current economy is based almost entirely on optimism (much like back then.) Theoretically that could hold forever. Realistically, all it will take is a moderate market correction in some sector and optimism will become concern and uncertainty. Both of which are excellent at popping bubbles. People think we have some economic genius in the White House and therefore assume that we have a strong economy. We don't. Trump's true skill is in exploiting loopholes in the tax code to make himself rich. He's rarely, if ever, shown any skill or economic understanding when it comes to making others wealthy along with him (other than family.) In fact, his success usually comes at the expense of everyone else. If people in his staff hadn't managed to convince him that his initial trade war plans for China were...not very well thought out, the American farmer would have been ruined. A flaw in the plan that any economics major would have instantly recognized, Trump completely missed...That's your economic genius. Go forth in blind optimism at your own peril...and don't complain when you get burned.
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  719. ​@artiefount The US makes up ~34% of the total population of NATO members but pay only ~16% of the general operating budget. One might ask why can't we pay our share? There are many different metrics to look at when determining who's pulling their weight. The agreement for members to spend 2% of their GDP on home defense is merely one of them. That agreement was made well before covid 19 came along and was feasible within ten years for all at the time. The economic issues caused by the pandemic however essentially put it out of reach (at least before the end date) for many members. All members made good faith efforts to do what they could afford to and all saw at least some amount of increase each year. Currently, all those who didn't reach the goal are on pace to do so within the next year or two. Former President Trump is simply continuing the assault on NATO he began while in office using the same disingenuous argument to support it. Unfortunately, the majority of his constituents aren't known for doing any fact checking on his claims and generally have little to no understanding of how NATO functions thus they are easily duped.
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  720. ​ @sinkorswim866 no amendments were added.
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  721. ​ @seven719 Dems didn't write the 1,500 page bill...
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  722.  @Rathkryn  The pay raise was removed from the final version.
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  723. It won't matter in the long run anyway. Only a handful of the total emails could be authenticated and none of them contained anything that would really be useful. Combine that with the evidence of tampering that was found and no prosecutor would even consider going to court with it.
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  724.  commie killah  Because it's not a proven cure...one study, paid for by the company that makes it, found some "benefit" when dozens of other independent studies failed to do so. With some finding the side effects to actually make some patients worse. He won't be taking it because a) he's faking the illness so he'll have an excuse to get out of having to be President for four more years and b) because he knows about it's side effects and wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole.
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  725.  @politicjunkee  Yep, and the people with diseases that it has been shown to have a benefit worth putting up with the side effects for, ate having a hard time getting it since our doofus of a Persident starting spouting ignorant bs, that some idiots apparently believed...
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  726.  @politicjunkee  Interesting that you bring up the paper in the Lancet. According to the authors', the retracted paper's initial finding was that hcq had no benefit. Conspiracy theorists apparently heard a paper concerning hcq was retracted and just assumed the reason why (3 out of the 4 authors officially retracting their names from it was the final reason...mostly due to poor data handling making it unreliable.) If anything, getting rid of it was actually beneficial to their "theory"...Also, no direct study, other than one paid for by the company that makes it, has found any benefit from it concerning covid 19 (quite a few found the side effects made some cases worse.) All those doctors who claim to have successfully used it, did so as part of various cocktails of drugs. They have no way of knowing what was doing what (one of the drawbacks of such treatment approaches.) If it weren't for shortages for those with conditions it is known to benefit, it wouldn't be a big deal. As it is, it's ridiculous to waste it based on rumors and weak science.
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  727.  @politicjunkee  Putin has gotten his way the whole time Trump's been in office without even offering our President so much as a reach around. You tell me how it's going...
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  728. Leaking a draft of a SCOTUS decision isn't on it's own a crime. If it was obtained illegally by hacking into information the leaker was not authorized to access that would be criminal. There's also the potential (though a long shot) for theft of government property. Beyond that, consequences would be limited to things like termination of employment, getting disbarred, or perhaps impeached if it turned out to be one of the Justices who did it.
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  729. FOX News = a much overdue grown conscience
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  730. Behind the scenes it was likely more along the lines of "Daddy Putin, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, would you maybe consider, coming to our little get together? There'll be punch and pie!!... but not apple... too American."
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  731. Not accurately. They can be comfortable releasing quick results however, since none of their races were close. You'll find the same in any states without close races. The states currently taking their time counting all have very close races. Thus, a slow accurate count is necessary. Edit: Also, Florida is one of the states who allow counting of mail in/early voting to be done prior to election day.
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  732. Probably when they put everyone who hit a joint or consumed alcohol under age in high school/college but answered "no" to the same question Hunter did. Edit: The form asks "are you" not "have you ever been." The last actual evidence of Hunter's drug usage came five years before he filled out the form.
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  733. Sounds like a couple of nobodies being bought off.
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  734. @Brianmoniz_cryptozoology  Observe what happened to Twitter under Musk's "efficiency" plan... down ~75% of its value and being propped up by the same stupidity that's propping up Tesla.
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  735. What about all the moderate and centrist Republicans voting for her. Are they delusional too? Or are they just tired of the abuse from MAGA and just want someone willing to work with those of other viewpoints?
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  736. Because they know that the indictment is legit and unlike the impeachment attempts, this is a state matter so there's no way for them to rescue him this time anyway.
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  737. They should make him fire them. Getting fired by a known fool actually looks good on a resume.
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  738. Israel used more 2,000 lb. bombs in a seven month stretch than the US did in any seven month stretch of the either the Iraq or Afghanistan war and did so in a manner that the militaries of the civilized world that use them called indiscriminate and misuse. Dropping them like candy on heavily civilian populated areas and killing many of the hostages in the process. Biden held back a shipment that was over 60% 2,000 lb. bombs with the rest being mostly 500 and 1,000 lb. bombs. If Johnson thinks that was wrong, then he is not an American and should move to Israel and enjoy their version of a "stable democracy" for himself. With his hard right views and their state run press, I'm sure they'll let him babble on to his heart's content and praise him for his ignorance.
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  739. Too easy for the government etc. to abuse. Bumping the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles/shotguns to 21 (to go with handguns) might be a better approach. That would provide a three year period after becoming an adult for someone potentially dangerous to pick up any charges, mental diagnoses, etc. on their adult record before being able to legally buy weapons with a high rate of fire. The intent behind allowing rifles/shotguns to be bought at 18 was to allow for hunting. Semi-automatic weapons are not necessary for that. Bolt action rifles can handle such just fine.
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  740. We have one of the lowest CFR (case fatality rate) and likely IFR (infection fatality rate) as well in the world. Our problem is just that we have one of the highest infection rates in the world. As a result, we have lost roughly the same percentage of our overall population as everyone else (with reliable data.)
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  741. After his failure in the debate last night, he won't be anymore.
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  742. ​ @Parker_World_Tv and it's been a one sided relationship all along. They brought this on themselves and now we're stuck in a no win situation. If we leave them to themselves, their nukes will likely start flying sometime in the near future. Whereas, if we continue to back them, we'll be complicit in their genocidal campaign against the Palestinian civilians in Gaza (and the West Bank as well.)
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  743. Indeed. Were I as dirty as the President, I'd be trying to fill the benches with eaually corrupt judges as well. A little extra protection against all the legal troubles to come once out of office.
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  744.  @marthaplunkett2013  evidence please, or gtfo
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  745.  @marthaplunkett2013  The conversation you're referring to was just Biden embellishing his role in the matter to stroke his ego (a trait he shares with President Trump.) In reality, he was merely the messenger. The threat to withhold aid came from President Obama and had nothing to do with the Bidens. The US along with other countries supplying aid to the Ukraine (and the Ukrainian people themselves) wanted that prosecutor removed from office because he refused to launch any investigations into corruption in the Ukrainian government. Ironically, had the Bidens actually been up to no good, replacing a prosecutor who wouldn't investigate with one who would would have been the last thing they would have wanted to do.
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  746.  @williamwilkins3046 Little would likely be done were it Republicans either. The reason they're not making arrests is because getting convictions would be difficult for any who were not on the Justice's property and didn't try to impede any vehicles from leaving and returning. Without those actions, it would require proving intent (edit: to intimidate) and intent is one of the most difficult aspects to prove in any case. Also, the relevant code prohibits protesting "near" the Justice's residence but does not provide what distance constitutes "near." Vague wording is the bane of enforcible law. In the end the low number of convictions, cost of trials etc. probably wouldn't be worth it.
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  747.  @williamwilkins3046  18 U.S.C. § 1507 Whoever, with the intent of interfering with, obstructing, or impeding the administration of justice, or with the intent of influencing any judge, juror, witness, or court officer, in the discharge of his duty, pickets or parades in or near a building housing a court of the United States, or in or near a building or residence occupied or used by such judge, juror, witness, or court officer, or with such intent uses any sound-truck or similar device or resorts to any other demonstration in or near any such building or residence, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Nothing in this section shall interfere with or prevent the exercise by any court of the United States of its power to punish for contempt "In or near" is not the same as "in front" Edit: "In" is easily defined as being on the property. "Near" is the problem. To really be reliably enforcible, there needs to be a specific distance set. It's like campaign sign rules when it comes to polling places. A rule that merely says no signs may be placed near a polling place tells you nothing. One that says no signs may be placed within 200 ft. of a polling place tells you everything.
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  748. According to articles she's written supporting legal decisions based in whole or part on religious beliefs, she doesn't seem likely to uphold the separation of church and state bit from the Constitition...
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  749. The system should not have allowed Trump to run his scams for decades with little to no consequences.
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  750. Fewer than half the states have universal background checks. Most don't require them for private sales/transfers and many only require them for certain types. Also, the deadline the FBI has to complete such checks is very short and needs to be extended.
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  751. It's essentially just a rehash of the PA suit that SCOTUS declined to hear and denied an injunction for.
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  752. I take it you're from West Virginia and are glad that your state will soon be switching places with OK as the penultimate last place in education ranking in the country...
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  753. It's an unenforcible law to begin with (the wording is far too vague.) A first year law student could get such cases dismissed as long as the individual did not set foot on the Justice's property and didn't impede travel to and from said property. In other words, it wasn't being enforced because trying to do so is a waste of money and court resources.
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  754. It's actually a smart move. It will prevent Trump from trying to pull any temporary replacement shenanigans to get Patel or some other lackey into the position without confirmation.
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  755. And there will likely be a great deal left over for this one as well. A lot of the discretionary funding for various agencies is greater than they will likely need. It's generally better to overfund something and get the extra back than to underfund it and make a mess.
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  756.  @whs2220  Well, technically they were threatened with being doxed and some info was leaked. It doesn't really matter though since Michigan election law doesn't allow them to rescind their votes anyway. This is all about nothing.
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  757. He didn't answer because it's a question whose answer would depend on future circumstances. When it comes to leadership, politics, life in general, etc., always leave your options open even those you don't think will be necessary.
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  758. Funny, I wonder how anti-Americans with nothing but contempt for the Constitution like McConnell keep getting voted in...
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  759. @RayRoy-u9s  You're not going to get a balanced budget under Trump. He want to remove the debt ceiling entirely so he can spend as much as he wants like his first term.
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  760. I can definitely see why her husband's a lush...
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  761. Study Jim Jones...
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  762. Herd immunity will require at least 70% of the population to have antibodies for it. To reach that without a vaccine is possible but our health care system would be overwhelmed long before we got there.
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  763. That law is nearly impossible to get convictions on. As long as they aren't on the Justices property and don't try to impede traffic to and from the residence, it comes down to proving intent to intimidate/influence and intent is generally the most difficult aspect to prove in most cases. Also, it prohibits protesting "near" the residence but does not provide what distance constitutes near. Such vague wording is the bane of enforcibility.
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  764. Considering how poor Republican voter turnout was compared to the Democrats, I'd say at least some of them care enough to just stay out of it.
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  765. You Mexican or Canadian?
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  766. A hearing.
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  767.  @thomwessels2281  Given the evidence and witness statements so far, Trump is either a completely clueless moron, or he intentionally pushed his supporters to attempt a coups. No other conclusions can be drawn from his behavior and neither of those conclusions say much for those who still support him.
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  768. You'll get what the law requires and like it.
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  769. Trump is done. DeSantis will have to be the consolation prize for Trump supporters in 2024.
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  770. And South Dakota is now 8th in covid deaths/100k despite having the 6th lowest population density. They also have ~37% more than their fair share of US covid deaths.
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  771. Because most doors like that can be set to require a key from the outside but be unlocked from the inside (fire safety etc.) Generally only custodians and such know where to look to see if the outer lock has been disabled (hence the teacher propping it open when retrieving something from their car.) There may have been a "normal" way to lock it from the inside or maybe not. Either way, teachers etc. get used to not worrying about it since it should remain locked from the outside regardless. Most likely someone disabled it at some point (likely when carrying stuff in and out) and just forgot to reset it. Which would mean it would've been unlocked even if that teacher had never propped it. The real question was why were that classroom's doors not closed and locked when district policy was that they should be at all times when class was in session (not just if a lockdown was implemented.) Edit: Also, the money was meant to cover all three schools in the district. Going by the district's protocol, it was specifically stated that the high school and middle school should have a dedicated officer stationed there. The elementary school was not specifically named. With that in mind, it's likely that they put most of the security funds into the other two schools as well. They just didn't imagine that the elementary school would be as likely a target as the others (statistically, they'd be correct.)
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  772. They have some of the worst covid numbers in the country relative to their population. Despite having the 6th lowest population density, they're 8th in covid deaths/100k. They make up ~0.37% of the total US covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the total population. That's ~37% more than their fair share of such deaths.
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  773. They're not going to go there. If they did, their being directly contacted by the candidate who stands to benefit from their actions before they decided to take those actions becomes an issue...
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  774. No witch hunt will be needed if he continues to pull childish stunts that include him committing numerous felonies and misusing state funds... Like Trump, DeSantis is his own worst enemy.
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  775. Worth it when it brings down the person being snitched on.
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  776. ​ @Luckyrider1958 Trump will toss RFK aside the moment the campaign ends and never mention him again...kindly anyway.
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  777. ​ @mbishop5954 We have a signed agreement to defend them from Russian invasion. As long as a Russian soldier or vehicle remains on Ukrainian soil, and the Ukrainians wish to continue the fight, then we are honor bound to aid them. Especially since it was Trump's destabilization of NATO and sabotage of our European rapid response hub In Germany that allowed Putin the window of opportunity to invade in the first place.
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  778. ​ @richardtrowell8812 It's not dirty. It's intelligent (and necessary given Biden's deteriorating mental state). Trump's losing because of his own poor campaign strategy, not dirty tricks. Just like last time, he's ignoring those who lean toward the center more than his opponent is and they decide Presidential elections.
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  779.  @Luckyrider1958  You're right. He's just your run of the mill backstabber and thrower of people under busses.
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  780. If you're referring to the Dominion machine issue in Atrium County, they cherry picked that particular county because that's the county that didn't update their software. As a result, all knew that the error rate would be high as a result of fixing the issue. Audit any other counties with Dominion machines and you'll find no such error rate. They simply took something everyone already knew (and knew the cause of) and tried to argue that all Dominion machines would be the same. Typical ambulance chasing attorney tactics. Very fitting for Trump's team.
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  781. Nope.
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  782. @MiniatureMashUp  I'm left... His definition is off, and it doesn't take much research to know that. They put no effort into making sure their comment was accurate, so I put minimal effort into pointing it out... Edit: Actually, the "left" these days usually means far left and implies laughable naive children, so I'll say I'm a bit left of center instead.
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  783. They were holding up an election with a margin of over 100k votes over ~140 votes. I'm surprised the bullying wasn't worse than it was. Hopefully they were smart enough to wait until Trump's checks cleared before throwing away their careers.
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  784. Cool story bro... Complete bs, but an amusing read. In the real world, Garland has Trump dead to rights on thousands if not tens of thousands of violations of the Presidential Records Act. Any charges from the secondary investigations involving the classified documents will just be overkill. Former President Trump is going to have to cut a plea deal with everything they have on him and that deal will likely include a ban from holding public office. His arrogance has finally done him in.
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  785. Her campaign knew he would lose it and go off the deep end if he participated so they baited him into doing just that. Brilliant move on their part.
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  786. Well...it's not actually illegal in and of itself to leak such drafts as they are not classified information. Depending on how the information was transfered, they might be able tp charge the leak with something in the "government property" family of crimes (probably not though as the leak will know the law and avoid that possibility.) Most likely they'll face professional consequences and that will be it.
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  787. ​ @MrEkzotic Statistically, they don't get very far on average. The American Dream has pretty much always been an illusion meant to keep the working class in their place.
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  788. ​ @loganmanderfield1162 The way he brought about the fall is what led to a lot of our monetary woes though. He realized we could simply out money them because we could go into as much debt as we wanted and they couldn't.
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  789.  @fossils-z9d  Cost of "iron dome" missiles: $40,000 Manufacturing time: Slow Average cost of rockets being spammed by Hamas: ~$1,000 Manufacturing time: Very fast. Money well spent...in a Maginot Line sort of way...
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  790. Somebody really should point out to Graham that Trump is broke. He'll never see a dime of the money he's been promised for his continued idiotic defense of the undefendable. He's just throwing what little reputation he had left away for nothing.
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  791. What he doesn't want to hear is pointless babble about the whistleblower and the Bidens when they're irrelevant to the case. Childish stunts like what Stefanik and Nunes pulled with their yield time bs (just to get some video for Fox to creatively edit to serve their dishonest narrative that Republicans aren't being allowed to question witnesses) as well as Stefanik using her question time later that day to read news articles about Schiff rather than do what she's there for and interview the witness probably make him wish he was deaf as well.
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  792. Hope you like the taste of crow...
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  793. He made no effort to address the lopsidedness of our immigration policy which makes illegal entry the far better option for those coming from South and Central America. People coming from politically important regions can easily get refugee/asylum status and the fast tracked process that comes with it. Even if the conditions they're "fleeing" are equal or even better than that of the average American. However, we have been intentionally making the normal process increasingly slow and complicated (to discourage immigration) for decades. Over that same time, it has been nearly impossible for anyone wishing to come here from South/Central America to get refugee/asylum status. Even when the conditions they're fleeing are far worse. Thus, leaving them with years of waiting, ridiculously complicated paperwork, etc. and no garuantee that they'll be admitted in the end. The obvious intent of such a policy being to stall any who might want to come here legally long enough for whatever hardships they were fleeing to finish them off (taking care of the problem for us.) Rather than address that issue, Trump claimed that those wanting to come here from south of our border were rapists, murderers, and theives and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on that ridiculous and functionally useless wall (further driving home the message that people from South/Central America specifically weren't welcome.) Biden's policy is definitely a poorly thought out flustercluck but at least it has good intentions behind it. Trump's was just intentionally biased and unfair.
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  794. He's bending the knee because he thinks the Republican party will let him come back to the fold...for future political backing. After the things Trump has said about him in the past and the way the Trumpublicans have treated him, an honorable man would have dropped out with no endorsement and left it up to his supporters to decide who to turn to. Most have already, and went to Harris. The majority were never voting for him to begin with. They were voting against Trump and Biden. Harris isn't Biden, but Trump is still Trump.
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  795. ​ @MIForrestguy The Dems already have the majority of his "supporters" in their corner (nearly half jumped ship for Harris when Biden dropped out and probably half of what was left will as well now that RFK has dropped) and simply didn't want the distraction of Trump constantly mocking him if they took him in. He had right leaning moderates and centrists who have watched Trump order purges of the their kind from the party to be replaced by unqualified sycophants over the past eight years and understand that they are not wanted in his vision of America. The Dems are far more accommodating to the center so that's where their votes will go.
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  796. And the sorry excuse for a President the majority of us didn't vote for.
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  797. ​@milsimgamer You request a write in ballot and choose whoever you want (as long as they meet the requirements like age and residency etc.)
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  798. You obviously haven't bothered to read it...
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  799. The human element has already been removed from war enough. Take more out and you'll have more wars.
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  800. The form asks "are you" (implying currently) not "have you ever been." Interpreting "are you" to include past usage would make everyone who so much as took a hit off a joint or even consumed alcohol under age in high school/college but answered "no" to being a user guilty of lying as well... You really don't want to go there.
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  801. Allow the investigation to run it's proper course.
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  802.  @warpuppy4528  It covered all Presidential records from his term because all such records are required by law to be given into the custody of the National Archives upon his leaving office. Thus, having any such records (classified or not) in his possession would be a crime... In other words "any presidential records" are a precise type of evidence to be searched for. Also, the warrant listed any areas former President Trump or his representatives had access to within the specified building. All of the areas searched met that description. Thus, the warrant was completely legitimate. Edit: If all one had to do to hide evidence from a search order was to toss it in one's wife's closet, then hardly any evidence against a married man would ever be retrieved... He obviously had access to his wife's closet. Therefore searching it was completely legitimate.
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  803. Protective tariffs are a necessity for any country (even the US has them). Especially against a country with government subsidized industries that overproduce certain goods (dairy in the US for example). It's just part of international trade. Trying to force your excess production onto other countries at the expense of their domestic industry is unfair trade.
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  804. You're assuming there is some significant fraud...Trump simply made a critical blunder when he actively discouraged voting by mail and it lost him the election. It happens. What we need to worry about is Trump sabotaging our national security on his way out.
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  805.  @warrenp8877  You do realize that Trump's executive order removing liability protection from social media will force them to censor content far more than any liberal could have ever dreamed of... Someone needs to explain to the man that you're supposed to make sure your gun isn't pointed at your foot before pulling the trigger. He's seems to have it backwards.
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  806. Remington only offered factory space. Finding the workers needed to retool and operate the plant would be on Cuomo. He has no authority to conscript labor so he would need volunteers. The President however could simply order Remington to do it themselves. The latter would be the more productive approach.
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  807.  @TheRedMooncorp  They took out one relatively slow recon drone. With our manufacturing potential, we could produce much cheaper "dumb" drones / missiles at a faster rate than they could rearm their defenses if we wanted to. Wouldn't be worth the hassle though and would only lead to their "friendly" neighbors coming in and carving up what's left...trading one nuisance for another.
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  808. They've got him dead to rights on violating the Presidential Records Act and likely a handfull of other things pertaining to the classified documents aspect of the investigation as well. He's practically gift wrapped himself for them.
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  809. Generally one would wait until the end of a trial to give a verdict... I hope old Mitch is getting more than just a poorly written foreward by Trump in his book for his services. I'd hate to think he'd sell out his integrity and good reputation for something of such little value.
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  810. They won't uphold this.
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  811. Do some research...
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  812. If he ends up being the Republican nominee, it will guarantee a Dem victory. Especially if the Dems don't run Biden again. The Dobbs decision will lead to massive Dem voter turnout (and likely more independent votes as well) while Trump's legal shenanigans will cost him votes from Republicans who prefer an honest candidate with more maturity than a 12 yo.
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  813. Definitely, they would have impeached Trump by now. Also, they would have no issue here as no law is being broken.
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  814. They'll fully unseal it if/when Trump is indicted. Just like in other criminal cases.
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  815. Whether he's convicted or not, it's lose/lose for the GOP. The mature, honest, conservative voters will only be further disillusioned if their party let's Trump off the hook again for partisan reasons and Trump's personality cult will pitch a party destroying hissy fit if he's convicted...
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  816. The Republicans have no defense for Trump. Why else are they relying on personal attacks, complaints about the management of the proceedings, babbling on about the now irrelevant whistle-blower, staging publicity stunts like "storming" a secure room that they were legally allowed to enter the whole time, and pretty much everything but addressing the actual case? The Dems may be milking it for all it's worth but at least they're not insulting the intelligence of their constituents like the Republicans...
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  817. The US could go over and push the Russian army out of Ukraine and it wouldn't lead to WWIII. Putin simply isn't in a position to instigate such. The only thing he has is nukes and neither his people or his military are going to allow him to do something that stupid over a failed bluff attempt. A bluff he only tried because he knew the west would be full of people afraid to stand up to him.
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  818. The judge is simply doing his job. In order to dismiss the case, there needs to be evidence of entrapment as defined by law or some other misconduct of a sort that violated Flynn's rights. It is entirely possible that a case can remain legitimate despite some form of professional misconduct on the part of law enforcement. The judge has a set deadline to make a ruling so let them take their time, thoroughly review the evidence, and make as informed a decision as they can.
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  819. She was only being truthful. A significant number of Trump supporters are, for the most part, clowns. I mean, they'd have to be in order to think his South Bronx rally was a success. The goal was to woo the Hispanic and Black communities, which account for ~98% of the South Bronx population into voting for Trump. Once you remove the paid attendees of those ethnicities who were bussed in from elsewhere and disregard the footage of those attending the nearby Democratic rally which certain media outlets tried to pawn off as being attendees of Trump's rally, you end up with a crowd that was ~98% white. A demographic which makes up ~1% of the South Bronx population and less than 50% of the Bronx population in general. Compared to the intended goal of the rally, the result was obviously a complete flop and yet many of his supporters deemed it a success.
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  820. The Secret Service can't allow someone to give Trump the spanking he so desperately needs so people have to beat him at his own game...fair's fair.
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  821. It's an unenforcible law to begin with due to the vagueness of it's wording. A first year law student could get such cases thrown out as long as the individual didn't set foot on the Justice's property and didn't impede travel to and from said property. The law uses "in or near" but doesn't specify what distance constitutes "near." Even if it did, a successful prosecution would have to prove "intent" which is generally the most difficult aspect of a crime to prove due to the amount of subjectivity involved. The reason it wasn't being enforced was because trying to do so would be a waste of money and law enforcement resources. Also, that particular law has never really been challenged and many if not most constitutional scholars consider it a violation of 1st amendment in it's current form.
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  822. If you want to live in a theocracy, Iran can accomodate you.
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  823. No, they weren't...
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  824. All epidemics/pandemics start off slow in a new population. This particular disease has a high infection rate (already approaching 10x that of the SARS outbreak in 2003/04) and a longer incubation period (during which it can be spread without out the carrier even knowing they have it) making this strain far more difficult to counter. Currently, it's reproduction number (average number of those infected by each individual case if no effective effort is put into containing it) is estimated to be between ~1.5 and ~6.5. If we do a poor job of containing it, and the rate turns out to be somewhere in the middle of that range, that would mean that, on average, the ~60 known cases will each have infected 4 others and each of those 4 an additional 4 etc. It wouldn't take many generations for the overall amount of infected to reach very high levels (as much as 1 million US cases by the time it's run it's course is a legitimate possibility.) This strain doesn't appear as deadly as the 03/04 outbreak (so far ~2% compared to ~10% previous) but the greater number of infected could potentially lead to as many as ~10k/20k deaths in the long run if not properly dealt with. It may not seem like much now, but we already have US cases that can't be traced back to a known source. That means, we don't really know how many are currently infected and thus how much it has already been spread.
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  825. Almost all search warrant affidavits remained sealed until indictments come down. Early release can not only compromise an investigation, it can potentially harm the defendent as well by poisoning the jury pool etc. In general the rule of thumb is for them to remain sealed until the initial investigation phase of a case is complete. This is an example of the media taking something completely mundane and making it out to be something sinister.
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  826. SCOTUS isn't compromised, the cases they're being presented are simply garbage.
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  827. Good luck with that. Considering he'll likely be banned from holding public office by then.
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  828. People working in intelligence do not make whistleblower complaints lightly. Especially against a President. It could mean the end of their career even when completely justified. "Fake News" isn't going to cut it this time. By law, his lackey is going to have to turn the complaint over to the intelligence commitee eventually. After that, winning a second term will likely be the least of his concerns. Avoiding impeachment and possible criminal charges will be the only thing on his agenda. For the sake of the country, I really hope he didn't do what it sounds like he did...Sadly, it wouldn't surprise me if he did.
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  829. Abortion may be evil in your eyes but your eyes aren't the only eyes around. Unless someone can come up with an objective argument against abortion (up until viability anyway) there's simply no legitimate reason for it to be illegal.
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  830. Putin is a delusional fool who thinks himself the second coming of Stalin on a mission to return to the (mythical) "golden days" of the Soviet Union. The idea that NATO even gives a sh*t about Russia (beyond their nukes) since the fall of the Soviet Union is silly. Russia as a country simply isn't relevant enough to concern the west anymore and thus the west (NATO included) is not out to get them. Putin's delusional paranoia, overestimation of the importance of his country, and access to nukes combined with his threatening behavior towards neighboring countries he'd like to force back into his imagined new version of the Soviet Union (and those countries seeking protection against such) are the only thing that NATO is concerned about. Not dominating Russia. It's Putin who's preventing Russia from joining the 21st century and thriving. He's also the one doing the threatening and intentionally sabotaging Russian relations with the world (his entire foreign policy has always been to see what side the US takes and then take the opposite regardless of the effect on his country.) Like an abusive relationship, if one side manages to alienate/isolate the other from friends/family etc., it makes dominating them that much easier. Putin needs Russia cut off from and afraid of the rest of the world in order to secure his hold on it so he invents (or imagines) threats that aren't there then uses his control of Russian media to sell those false threats to the people. In this particular case, he's the one who drove Ukraine to seek alliances with western countries and thus he has absolutely no right to complain about potentially having NATO on his doorstep... NATO has no interest in Russia here. Just with their leader. If the Russian people would do what they should have done long ago (before he took steps to essentially make himself President for life) and boot him out of power, all of this would be a non issue...
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  831. The problem is, your opinion on what you should and shouldn't subsidize is subjective. There are all sorts of things that my tax dollars go to that I personally don't agree with. However, looking at things as a whole, it's part of the compromise necessary for a large number of people with diverse views to fuction as as a group. This ruling is going to greatly damage an already fractured nation and will only serve to polarize things even more than they already are. Where's the sense in that?
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  832. Packing the court isn't strategically sound. Getting rid of, or at least nerfing, the filibuster is a far better option with much less potential for public backlash.
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  833. If you research articles she's written, interviews she's given, political groups she's been a member of etc. you'll understand whete the concern is coming from.
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  834. It isn't going to backfire. Former President Trump really messed up this time. Unlike the impeachment trials, where Senators were not required to base their decisions on the evidence, this is a criminal case. He may get some favors from judges he appointed early on but none will be able to completely rescue him.
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  835. It was a small handful of voters and they were all given provisional ballots which will go through a vetting process and be counted if found to be legit. Small issues like that happen in every election.
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  836. Considering how bad South Dakota's covid numbers actually are, her bragging about not taking many precautions brings her ability and integrity into question. SD ranks 8th in covid deaths/100k despite being 6th lowest in population density. New York's deaths/100k is only ~15% higher with a density nearly ~4,000% greater. California's deaths/100k is ~30% lower with a density ~2,500% greater. Also, SD makes up ~0.37% of the nation's total covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the population.
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  837. Not the best ticket, but as long as Trump continues to disinterest independent and moderate voters with bad speaking appearances that only appeal to those who were always going to vote for him, it shouldn't hinder a clear Harris/Walz victory.
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  838. The affidavits will be released when the indictments are made. Just like they are with other cases.
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  839. What mess. Blue states still pay the bulk of the federal taxes while red states receive the bulk of federal assistance. With all the forced children who will be overflowing the trailer parks in red states thanks to their abortion bans, their parasitic drain on the blue states will only increase. Well... until the blue states realize that the argument SCOTUS made in Dobbs equally applies to the matter of secession and start leaving the red states to wallow in their self righteous poverty... Any mess this country is in is at least equally to blame on the right arguably more so.
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  840. They already have them.
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  841. Indeed. We finally elected a President with the balls to at least try to call them on their bullsh*t. Our entire relationship with them has pretty much been a one way street and not in our direction. If they are so hellbent on achieving their final solution to the Palestinian question, they can do so on their own.
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  842. No they couldn't bot. They may look impressive on paper but in action the Russian military is a bit of a joke these days. Poor training and maintenance along with over reliance on conscripts have taken their toll over the years (not to mention the politics/corruption behind appointments of Generals, syphoning of military funds into private accounts etc.) That's why Putin's been making childish threats towards any countries who might get involved. You only threaten from a position of weakness. He knows that even an incompetent Russian military can eventually take Ukraine (albeit at a far higher price than should be required of such a sizable force) but would have to withdraw should anyone on a more equal footing get involved. Imagine if just one of a handful of other countries with sizable, competent air power had gotten involved early on. They would have easily driven out the Russian air force (the weakest link in Russia's military) and had a field day on that ridiculous stalled convoy. The invasion would have lost at least 1/3 of it's force within a couple of days. That level of military incompetence is inexcusable but apparently par for the course for the Russian military.
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  843. They did their jobs. Moderators moderate. Candidate Trump was all over the place treating it like one of his rallies rather than a Presidential debate. It's a moderators job to rein in such behavior. I'm sure Fox's moderators will let him rant and ramble to his heart's content so he can have the rally he wanted rather than a debate.
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  844. ​@isaiahm6005 I'm not either but they did their jobs. He was trying to treat it like one of his rallies rather than a Presidential debate and they reined him in as they should. Heck, he ended up with more total speaking time than she did and they cut her off plenty of times. She was just professional enough to stop talking when they did. He wasn't.
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  845. ​ @bidensenile4196 Because he's a dictator at heart. An executive order like that fixes nothing and can't be maintained indefinitely. A real long term fix is needed. He thinks the President can simply sign a piece of paper and all will be well. He tried that his first term and that's what led to a lot of the problems of the last four years. Quick fixes break down quickly and only lead to bigger messes.
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  846. He'll either announce that he won't be seeking re-election, resign due to health, or be removed via the 25th ammendent sometime before campaign season for the 2024 election comes along. Edit: We can easily survive that long and more.
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  847. The spice must flow...
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  848. Throw enough crap out there and something's bound to stick...I guess.
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  849. She's also a bit full of it...South Dakota's covid numbers are actually pretty horrible. Among the 50 states, they have the 8th highest deaths/100k while being the 6th lowest in population density. California's deaths/100k is ~30% lower with a population density ~2,500% greater. Also, SD accounts for ~0.37% of the nation's covid deaths but only ~0.27% of the population.
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  850. I personally can't stand either party and Trump is worse than both put together but if you people want any chance of saving your President, get off of the whistle-blower bs. It's exactly what they want you focusing on because nothing involving the wb directly will be admitted as evidence in the Senate trial (meaning that the wb will not be called to testify and will not have to legally reveal their identity). You're wasting ammunition firing at a ghost while you are being flanked by their actual case. The claims in the report now have evidence and corroborating testimony backing them and therefore the report itself is now irrelevant and unnecessary to the case. If you continue with the current strategy of obsessing on the wb and counter attacking with claims against others rather than actually addressing the very real evidence against the President, the Republicans in the Senate (at least those with any integrity left) will have no choice but to vote to impeach or risk appearing corrupt.
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  851. Nah, we've got enough virtue signalling attention whores in Congress as it is. We don't need anymore.
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  852. Two wrongs don't make a right. Going from one extreme to another is not the answer. If you want to live off of government cheese so badly, there are plenty of useless countries in Europe with populations small enough to handle the bureaucracy needed for such a bloated and stagnant political system you can move to. There's no need to ruin this one.
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  853. I'm not a big fan of mixing church and state personally.
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  854. Law enforcement is best deployed where the crime is...regardless of the status of the criminal. The only thing unusual about the execution of the search warrant is how long Garland was willing to bend over backwards to accomodate the former President. The warrant could have been obtained and executed within a few months of Trump leaving office with the evidence they had to work with. He gave Trump far more time to comply with the law than would be given to someone who wasn't a former President.
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  855. I'm curious. When Trump finally gets booted out of the White House and New York is free to convict him of the various crimes he's committed, how does the Secret Service handle an ex President in prison?
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  856. Not seeing your point... Russia commited a crime which led to the conditions under which he was killed. Friendly fire or not, responsibility still rests on them.
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  857. It's not falling apart. They have him dead to rights on violating the Presidential Records Act. It's just a matter of determining if any other laws were broken as well.
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  858. Nah. It's just taking another shot at a diplomatic solution to the nuclear deal Trump pulled us out of. If it were to fall through, the sanctions can always be reinstated.
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  859. For once, she has a bit of a point. There's no legitimate excuse for a ruling this bad. I've defended SCOTUS rulings in arguments with the far left for quite a while, but I can't defend this one. SCOTUS has brought enough suspicion upon themselves with this and other questionable private concerns to justify at least a close look at possible impeachable offenses.
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  860. While I don't agree with her on impeachment...yet, it's only because the SCOTUS ruling essentially said nothing of any real importance to any of the charges involved. It was basically a long winded cop out that just kicked it back to the lower court to do the actual work. It's by far one of the most disingenuous rulings they've staley farted out in a long time. Reading it was like reading a 12-year-old trying to rules lawyer themselves out of a mess with an argument no parent would buy... Unfortunately, in their 12-year-old's "wisdom", they did open the door wide for corrupt lower court judges to pretzel any act a President commits into being allowable (which is shameful). The fact that anyone from any party or no party would celebrate it is just plain sad.
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  861. The laptop is bogus. The information on it completely contradicts reality and is easier to trace to Giuliani and Bannon than to Hunter. Also, the fact that it was released to a tabloid "news" agency first instead of the authorities shortly before election day should tell you something about it's legitimacy. Don't be surprised if Giuliani flips and admits it was faked once he's arrested for his other crimes against the US.
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  862. Trying to buy their "friendship" by giving them pretty much anything they asked for (including sensitive nuclear tech) with little to no significant return, isn't exactly what many would consider helpful to us...
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  863. It takes a special kind of scum to support a criminal and make fun of someone for actually doing their job.
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  864. Not all dems are against the cop on this one.
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  865. No fishing involved. The primary investigation is focused on his violating the Presidential Records Act. Under that act, any Presidential records found in his possession would be a violation. Thus, the warrant specifically targets any Presidential records from his term.
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  866. We're not missing anything of equal or greater importance. This particular issue is the keystone when it comes to whether or not this country will take the path of theocratic tyrany or become a land that values personal freedoms. Now that they have chosen the former, the dominoes will fall and things will only go downhill from here.
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  867. This same joke of a man acted like Clinton lying to cover up an extra-marital affair was the most heinous crime a President could commit and now defends a President whose crimes are directly related to his duties as President...Pathetic. I hope whatever he's been promised for his support is enough to cover a future of having to look himself in the mirror each day and know what a fraud he is.
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  868.  @krafttee1  Assuming that declassification holds up. While not technically required, the full process of declassification would have been the only way he could actually prove he declassified them before leaving office as there's no written "standing order" or any other physical evidence of his having done so...and he's not exactly the kind of person whose word alone can be trusted.
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  869. Failed US Government I take it... probably best if you stay out of such conversations.
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  870. A military coups or popular uprising removing Putin would be more likely if he tries to take things that far.
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  871. Because as far as existing law/precedent is/was concerned, the half they got right was actually the healthcare worker mandate. Regardless of personal views on the issue, an unbiased examination of the actual legal arguments involved will find that those made in the dissenting opinion are by far, the strongest. While those made in the majority opinion border on being absurd in some areas (the idea that OSHA can't regulate a threat to worker health/safety in the workplace if that something happens to pose such threats off site as well for example.) I'm not saying I support the mandates, just that legally OSHA does/did have the power to set them. This ruling was more about politics than Constitutional law.
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  872. The relevant law is unenforceable as long as the individual doesn't set foot on the Justice's property or impede travel to or from it. The prohibitions are tied to being "in or near" the property but it doesn't provide a specific distance to define "near." A first year law student could easily get such charges dropped...and then there's the law's likely violation of the first amendment to consider as well. Unless direct threats of violence are made by someone, the Justice's are just going to have to deal with the nuisance. If they can't take the heat, no one's forcing them to remain in the kitchen...the job is voluntary.
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  873. Because Musk, like Trump, is a con man.
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  874. There's always corruption where humans are involved. It's just a matter of keeping it in check as much as possible. This particular bill however has very little pork compared to the usual. I think McCarthy and others are opposing it more for it's source than it's content.
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  875. He's also in the middlie of a complete economic collapse, a severe water crisis, rapidly growing civil unrest, and the party will soon be determining if he gets a third term. He can't afford to get into any real scuffle over this.
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  876. How has the President's right to due process been violated? (Not that it matters since due process doesn't actually apply to impeachments...but I'm curious.) Republicans complained that the inquiry was behind closed doors so it was made public. They then complained about it being public and the President not being allowed to defend himself when he was free to participate in the inquiry and give his side of things anytime he wanted. Instead, he chose to decline that option and tried to force others not to give their side as well. If anyone violated President Trump's right to due process, it was the President himself. Now, if you simply must have a target for your righteous fury, then Sen. McConnell is your man. Regardless of his personal views, his duty is to hold an impartial trial in good faith and vote his conscience once the testimony and evidence have been presented. Instead, he's been mugging for the cameras, announcing a verdict before the trial, and actively assisting the defendant in his efforts to further obstruct the proceedings of a legitimate impeachment process. All while the stack of legislation passed in the House by the supposed "do nothing Democrats" continues to grow and gather dust in his office...Very unproffessional and downright disgusting.
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  877.  @sennet3590  The President will have his chance to face his accusers when other defendants do...during trial (something he's not actually entitled to in an impeachment but which will likely be allowed just to nullify one of his many bs excuses.) There is no due process during the investigation (inquiry) or grand jury (debate/vote on the articles) phase of any proceeding. Now, it was very unprofessional of the Dems to leak testimony during the closed door inquiry but then again, they were eventually asked to make the hearings public so crying over that is a bit dubious. Try not to buy every bit of bs FOX tries to pass off as truth. Like the other mainstream media companies, they're not exactly known for their honesty. Trump's rights have not been violated. His pathetic little victim act is just that...an act. He knows full well that he violated numerous laws and is simply falling back on the tricks that saved him in the past. Sadly, they'll likely save him here as well.
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  878.  @sennet3590  By delaying the release of the aid to the Ukraine without informing Congress, he violated the Impoundment Control Act. His ordering people to ignore Congressional subpoenas was unlawful as well. Also, his smearing witnesses on social media while they were testifying comes very close to being witness intimidation if not actually crossing the line. Then there's the asking of a "favor" in return for releasing the aid which meets the definition of bribery as it pertains to impeachment. The use of his personal attorney as part of a "shadow government" in the dealings likely broke a few laws as well, but that mess is so convoluted that Trump will likely be out of office by the time it gets sorted out. There are other nitpick arguments to be made but the above are the most blatant offenses.
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  879.  @sennet3590  Just because someone doesn't agree with you, it doesn't mean they're some socialist Dem...I, for example, am an independent who believes in a free market economy, support gun ownership rights, and can't stand the progressives who hijacked the party I was once a member of many years ago. What I can't support is a washed up con artist thumbing their nose at the law and making a mockery, not only of the office of President, but of the constitution and the country in general. Trump's had more chances than he deserves to straighten up and fly right and it's obvious now that he is either unable or unwilling to perform the duties of his office in a manner consistent with the constitution's guidelines. It's time for him to go.
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  880. Lol
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  881. So failed, ethically questionable, borderline unconstititional policies headed by a grown man who behaves like a 12yo internet troll are an improvement?
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  882. ​ @CityBoyNYC You'll get the majority of the moderate, centrist, and independent vote because Trump has made it clear that there's no place for such mindsets in his vision of America, but it would be nice if you all could eventually come up with some better candidates/cabinet members etc. Inclusiveness is all well and good, but a little more talent and skill would get more done.
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  883. No, they shouldn't have. They're a court of law, not public opinion.
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  884.  @will-rd6rt  Unlike most of former President Trump's supporters, the OP probably at least read the Presidential Records Act... Presidents are required to transfer custody of their non classified Presidential records to the National Archives upon leaving office. Thus, Trump having any Presidential records in his possession would be a crime (unless he has them with the National Archives permission...which he didn't.) Ironically, his partial compliance with the subpoena by turning over ~15 boxes of such records on it's own was essentially a guilty plea when it comes to violating the aforementioned act since he couldn't have had them to give without such a violation.
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  885. An insurrection would have already dragged the old farts out of their mansions and...had words with them...
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  886. The Representatives aren't the real problem. There are simply too many Trump voters in the party to make standing up to the corruption anything other than political suicide.
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  887.  @joankamp4513  No. Many Senate Republicans who are up for re-election know full well the President's guilty. Unfortunately, there are just enough delusional Trump supporters left in the Republican party to make voting their conscience career suicide. The Republicans need to do what the Dems should have done long ago and take their party back from the idiotic radicals currently infesting them.
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  888. Trump was the backstabber. The Constitution simply doesn't give the VP the power to do what Trump wanted him to do (and Trump knew it.) Politically, I don't like Pence. However, I have to respect his patience. If I were VP and the President put a hit out on me based entirely on lies, I'd have beat on his sorry behind for however long his secret service detail felt he deserved.
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  889. Nope. The aid wasn't released until after Trump found out about the IG's report to the intelligence committee months later. That was also when the Ukrainian President abruptly cancelled the scheduled press conference where he was to announce the investigation into the Bidens.
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  890. ​ @patriotpatrol3709 Keep telling yourself that kiddo. The sheer amount of lies that right wing tabloid media outlets like Fox have had to push concerning that flop of a rally just to make it seem like slightly less of a joke than it really was is nothing to be jealous of. In fact, it's kind of pitiful. If that's the best Trump's campaign managers can do, then the Dems have less to worry about than they thought.
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  891.  @holoholohaolenokaoi2299  It's not just Democrats who are fed up with the President's arrogant, incompetent, and often delusional bs (as well as that of his diehard supporters.) Outside of internet echo chambers, there are plenty of voters from both parties as well as independents who, while not fond of the "progressives" are even less so with the President's behaviour and that of his supporters.
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  892. @Tron Nort What exactly is Biden supposed to testify about concerning the charges against the President? The only possible way he would be relevant is if the President were attempting some sort of justification defense. Such an attempt would be very...ill advised as it essentially admits that he did what he's charged with. The oppisition would simply have to point out that there were plenty of transparent and perfectly legal ways to go about doing what the President chose to do in secrecy (while unnecessarily breaking a few rules/laws in the process) and the President's defense becomes nothing but a guilty plea. The overpaid hacks acting as his defense counsel, while highly unethical, aren't stupid. The mentioning of Biden and his son are just red herrings meant to draw attention away from the President's foolish behavior. They know full well that there's no legal obligation for either to respond to a subpoena and thus no chance that they will be involved with the trial. It's all moot anyway since McConnell lived up to his promise, ignored his constitutional responsibilities, and put on a sad joke of a trial. At least it looks like he may well lose his Senate seat come re-election as a result. If he thinks, that the President will throw him some scraps from the table by giving him a position in his administration, he might want to consider what happened when Mr. Sessions sacrificed his seat for such a position...Donald Trump is not known for giving reach arounds...once he's gotten what he wants from you, you get shown the door.
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  893. He's well over 50% in all but a handful of polls which are known to be heavily biased towards conservatives. Even in those, he's barely under 50%. For comparison, Trump was at ~42% approval by his 100th day in office...
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  894. The same Rand Paul who broke into the closed congressional gym and had close quarter meetings with his peers all while awaiting the results of a covid test (which came out positive) and without warning them that he might have been exposed? Like many of his fellow Kentuckian representatives, his word isn't good for anything.
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  895. Doesn't really matter much. Michigan election law doesn't allow them to rescind their votes anyway. They ruined their careers and cost their families their privacy for absolutely nothing.
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  896. Who said he was a hero?
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  897. Very true. As soon as I finished reading it at 11, I immediately quit attending church as it was one of the most messed up things I've ever read... The problem with your argument is that since 75% of OK 4th graders fail the national reading requirements, it will be read to them. Thus preventing the proper critical thinking that comes when you examine something for yourself.
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  898. ​ @aaronmiller5012 When you remove Covid costs from the picture for both, Biden still spent less than Trump did in his first term...
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  899. The moderates have been humoring the far left for votes. If they ever try to bite the hand that feeds them, they'll be swiftly put down.
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  900. They've already been informed that they can't legally rescind their votes and likely reminded that having direct contact with the candidate who stands to benefit from their attempted illegal action doesn't exactly help their case any...
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  901.  @hattmarvey1989  OK kid.
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  902. It's interesting watching this after the debate in which she trounced him by doing exactly what the lead off guy said. Granted, Trump was just bad in general in the debate.
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  903. Exactly. Everyone knows that you light your zippo first, then yell fire.
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  904. By publishing her book, she may be breaking a nda which could cost her more than she'll make from the sales. I seriously doubt she would risk that much just for some fame.
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  905. They obviously aren't denying what's going on if they're trying to find a way to diminish it...
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  906. About 115 years ago. Jacobson vs Massachusetts
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  907. ...and what happens when the affidavits are released and are found to be completely legitimate? The agents who swore them (and likely their families as well) will be targeted by some of former President Trump's more mentally unstable followers while his relatively stable supporters will simply move the goal post again and nothing beneficial for any involved will have come of it. Releasing them after any indictments are made as is done in nearly all other cases, is fair enough.
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  908. There's barely any pork in it. Go read it for yourself. McCarthy and the other Republicans are against it due to it's source, not it's content. They're banking on their constituents just taking their word for it without bothering to read it themselves.
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  909.  @Jimmy-yu9xy  That would require them to actually read the bill. Which, were they to bother, would contradict their claim.
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  910.  @adambussert3383  Actually, this one has very little in it that doesn't go towards national recovery in some way (some of it is meant for long term benefit.) The $15 federal employee minimum wage scaled over 5 years doesn't really need to be in there. Other than that, it's actually a pretty good bill. Far more on point than the previous two.
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  911. Surgeon General is more of a political position these days and the CDC is a government agency.
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  912.  @JohnDoe-ew3xt  Due to the law's vague wording, it's pretty much unenforceable unless an individual sets foot onto one of the prohibited properties or impedes travel to or from such properties. The prohibitions in the law are tied to being "in or near" the listed properties. However, it does not provide a specific distance to define "near." As a result, the court would have to choose some arbitrary distance and arbitrary aspects in laws are the bane of enforceability. Edit: An example of why specific distance matters A law says campaign signs can't be placed within 200 feet of a polling place. Simple, when I go to place my sign, I know where I can legally do so and if I break that law, it will be easy to fairly prosecute me. If a law says such signs cannot be placed "near" a polling place however, there's a problem. What if I decide 100 feet is far enough to not be considered "near" only to later have the court choose 200 feet instead?
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  913. I notice that you don't have anything on Trump imposing his tariffs up on your channel Fox... Grow a pair.
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  914. Perhaps on some planet your statement would make sense...your weak link is ...this is earth.
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  915. The legislative branch has no power to put anyone in prison...
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