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What do you expect on Wednesday?

Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.
- 5 (45.5%)
A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.
- 5 (45.5%)
A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.
- 0 (0%)
More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.
- 0 (0%)
A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.
- 1 (9.1%)
More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.
- 0 (0%)
DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.
- 0 (0%)
Huge disruption to the day.
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM


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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14055 on: May 21, 2019, 12:19:09 AM »
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14056 on: May 21, 2019, 01:04:51 AM »
https://www.ecowatch.com/texas-bill-pipeline-protests-felony-2637605986.html?utm_campaign=RebelMouse&socialux=facebook&share_id=4618421&utm_medium=social&utm_content=EcoWatch&utm_source=facebook

Because pipelines are as important as an individual's life, so protests should be treated the same as murders.

I think the fossil fuel fascists are getting desperate.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14057 on: May 21, 2019, 01:11:14 AM »
Quote from: LarryBnDC on May 21, 2019, 12:19:09 AM
Achtung, bitches!

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1130631604475486208?s=21

The link works, more proof that Larry is several rungs up the evolutionary chain from Kiid who can’t post a Twitter link any more successfully than he can find a moral compass or make a persuasive argument about anything. 
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14058 on: May 21, 2019, 02:59:38 AM »
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14059 on: May 21, 2019, 03:11:39 AM »
I don't get it.

I mean, I suppose I do - too many men just do not value women/girls, unless it's their own family/gf. So, we have judges making these sorts of decisions. Male judges.

https://abc7.com/5281861/?fbclid=IwAR3mjTL2mYyn2QtV9krYmdEq2BNS_ZzDQK7rUbVqemi7uxkoAJp-RZXZDOA
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14060 on: May 21, 2019, 07:02:32 AM »
First dem to express her stance on immigration.

Gillibrand Says She Would Not Detain Illegals at All — Just Release Them into the Community

https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/gillibrand-says-she-would-not-detain-illegals-at-all-just-release-them-into-the-community/?utm_source=below-article-related

Brilliant! Liberal elitist run amok. Little chance of winning the nomination why not make a splash?
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14061 on: May 21, 2019, 08:22:32 AM »
Quote from: luee on May 21, 2019, 07:02:32 AM
First dem to express her stance on immigration.

Gillibrand Says She Would Not Detain Illegals at All — Just Release Them into the Community

https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/gillibrand-says-she-would-not-detain-illegals-at-all-just-release-them-into-the-community/?utm_source=below-article-related

Brilliant! Liberal elitist run amok. Little chance of winning the nomination why not make a splash?

Nothing like a Laura Ingraham internet 'zine as a source for accurate information.  Particularly on Immigration!

Trash masquerading as news is a serious problem, though curiously, not for the people who complain the most about it.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14062 on: May 21, 2019, 08:23:23 AM »
Wow - that is a tough HIT piece

And I dont think it is all accurate

I had not heard til now that Kirsten wanted to abolish ICE.  I think they took a liberty with facts there.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14063 on: May 21, 2019, 08:42:43 AM »
If McGahn were to defy Trump and testify before Congress, it could endanger his own career in Republican politics and put his law firm, Jones Day, in the president’s crosshairs. Trump has mused about instructing Republicans to cease dealing with the firm, which is deeply intertwined in Washington with the GOP, according to one White House official and a Republican close to the White House not authorized to speak publicly about private conversations.

https://apnews.com/8a1adbd3b44b47b1821a13fb302f6bdc

If true this is straightforward witness tampering/obstruction.

But this kind of shit doesn't even register anymore.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14064 on: May 21, 2019, 09:54:35 AM »
I'm posting the last tweet in the line but this whole thread, and the original thread it is referring to, are great reading:

https://twitter.com/justinamash/status/1130533772951207937

The interesting thing to me about Rep. Justin Amash is not that he is the lone Republican calling for an impeachment inquiry (though as is the case whenever a Republican acts in a sane matter, the fact that there is only one is of course telling) but that he has articulated the case more clearly than just about any Democrat.

And unlike other people in his party who claim to know what Mueller concluded, Amash seems to have actually read the report.  These days, when a congressperson does their job, its notable.
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« Reply #14065 on: May 21, 2019, 10:07:39 AM »
 Good stuff.  It's unfortunate that Amash is contemplating leaving the GOP to become a Libertarian.....GOP could certainly benefit from a non-sheep member.   



Regarding McGahn...

Imagine if Obama or Clinton had mused about witness tampering.  You're spot on re the national numbness to painful levels of perfidy.
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« Reply #14066 on: May 21, 2019, 10:10:12 AM »
McConnell blocking any election security efforts in the Senate, and his explanations for doing so are exceedingly weak:

McConnell’s unwillingness to tackle election security isn’t just sending a political message, however; it also has massive consequences.

As a result of this inaction, the US Senate — which allocated $380 million in election security funds last year — is now effectively promoting a do-nothing approach to a subject that special counsel Robert Mueller and countless national security officials have raised as a serious threat that requires additional action. While US intelligence agencies and other bodies are doing what they can to bolster American defenses before the 2020 election, Republican leadership appears content to sit idly by despite numerous warnings about the need for more resources to prevent potential breaches

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/21/18629428/election-security-mitch-mcconnell-donald-trump-russia

Why is he really doing this?  The answer is simple enough when you remember that his primary motivating force is and always has been Republicans winning elections.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #14067 on: May 21, 2019, 10:12:39 AM »
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« Reply #14068 on: May 21, 2019, 10:16:10 AM »
Trump accuses Democrats and the FBI of treason, and brags that he has politically weaponized the DOJ through his Attorney General:

After Trump accused Democrats and the FBI of treason Monday night, he stepped away from the podium to bask in a “Lock Them Up!” chant. When he returned to the microphone, he reminded his supporters that Attorney General William Barr is in his pocket, and that the new, compliant head of the Justice Department is going to “give it a very fair look” to jailing of those involved in the Russia investigation for treason.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-rally-pennsylvania-authoritarianism-837999/

Remember how Republicans shit their pants (or pretended to, for years)  after Lynch briefly talked to former President Bill Clinton?

Now...silence.

And make no mistake, this isn't about 2016 anymore.  The plan is to do it all over again in the 2020 election, and Trump & Co. are doing everything they can to preemptively kill any investigation into their plans to steal it.
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« Reply #14069 on: May 21, 2019, 10:25:26 AM »
Quote from: Barton on May 21, 2019, 10:07:39 AM
Good stuff.  It's unfortunate that Amash is contemplating leaving the GOP to become a Libertarian.....GOP could certainly benefit from a non-sheep member.   



Regarding McGahn...

Imagine if Obama or Clinton had mused about witness tampering.  You're spot on re the national numbness to painful levels of perfidy.

Cohen testified to Congress that Jay Sekulow, a lawyer for our "President" acting in his interests, instructed him to lie in his testimony about the timing of the Moscow Tower negotiations.  That is one step removed from the President directly tampering with witness testimony, on an issue that is central to their investigation of Russian interference in our elections.

And the news covered it for what, a day?  Half of one?  And what has Congress's response been to that testimony?

Almost every single day there are new revelations that would be bombshells in any other administration.  We've become numb to it.  Our Democracy is dying by a thousand cuts (more like gashes) and its becoming increasingly clear that the Democrats elected to protect it aren't up to the task.
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