Total Members Voted: 11
Voting closed: February 15, 2022, 10:51:36 AM
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/steve-stivers-resigns-ohio-republican-congressman/index.html
https://www.preview.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/maxine-waters-derek-chauvin-trial/index.htmlNot helpful by Rep. Waters, IMO.There is a difference between acknowledgment of motivations for violent protest and urging folks to become more "confrontational."
Quote from: josh on April 19, 2021, 10:22:49 AMhttps://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/politics/michael-ellis-resignation-nsa/index.htmlMichael Ellis was appointed to be the top NSA lawyer right before Trump left office. It was a blatantly partisan move done at a sufficiently unusual time as to raise eyebrows, but sufficiently common that there is a name for the practice: burrowing.He was placed on administrative leave on the first day of the Biden administration, pending completion of a DoD investigation and has been on that same leave for 90 days, now, without any discussion or direct involvement in the investigation, he says.He's resigned.I hate the ability of an outgoing president to appoint people to such positions in that way. I think it's wrong and any appointments to civil service positions after one has lost an election should automatically be temporary.That said, I think this freezing of a man's life by an incoming administration without apparent cause other than politics for an ostensibly non-political position is at least equally problematic.Not that my opinion matters a can of beans.If there were any logical consistency to Mitch McConnell, he would vigorously oppose burrowing and sponsor legislation to end it.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/18/politics/michael-ellis-resignation-nsa/index.htmlMichael Ellis was appointed to be the top NSA lawyer right before Trump left office. It was a blatantly partisan move done at a sufficiently unusual time as to raise eyebrows, but sufficiently common that there is a name for the practice: burrowing.He was placed on administrative leave on the first day of the Biden administration, pending completion of a DoD investigation and has been on that same leave for 90 days, now, without any discussion or direct involvement in the investigation, he says.He's resigned.I hate the ability of an outgoing president to appoint people to such positions in that way. I think it's wrong and any appointments to civil service positions after one has lost an election should automatically be temporary.That said, I think this freezing of a man's life by an incoming administration without apparent cause other than politics for an ostensibly non-political position is at least equally problematic.Not that my opinion matters a can of beans.
At some level, like it or not, there is a public relations aspect to getting the change which is needed and sometimes kicking the door down is the way to go. Sometimes. I don't think the urging of more violence is the way to go this time.
Quote from: Yankguy1 on April 19, 2021, 03:10:36 PMAt some level, like it or not, there is a public relations aspect to getting the change which is needed and sometimes kicking the door down is the way to go. Sometimes. I don't think the urging of more violence is the way to go this time. I agree. Urging violence is never a good thing .*It’s not the way to go this time.Or last time.Or the time before that.. etc, etc, etc.*Dont tell that to the Sons of Liberty.
He is literally blaming Floyd for getting himself killed.
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