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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 #44055 on: July 23, 2020, 04:34:42 AM »
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« Reply #44056 on: July 23, 2020, 04:40:38 AM »
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« Reply #44057 on: July 23, 2020, 05:47:35 AM »
OK opening day, a bit of normalcy returns.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #44058 on: July 23, 2020, 06:39:55 AM »
The new scoreboard:

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« Reply #44059 on: July 23, 2020, 06:48:47 AM »
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Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the murder of George Floyd, has also been charged along with his wife with nine counts of felony tax evasion.

The Washington County prosecutor's office announced Wednesday that Chauvin and his wife, Kellie May Chauvin, underreported their joint income from 2014 through 2019 by $464,433, including more than $95,000 that Derek Chauvin earned from off-duty security work.

That's probably pretty common.  And since these folks are fairly well-paid and sworn to uphold the law, police departments should keep track of this and ensure that their officers are paying tax on their outside security work (during which they usually are uniformed and armed and have police authority).
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #44060 on: July 23, 2020, 07:33:52 AM »
Stop marching!
Go home!
Stay home!

Look at them setting fire to govt buildings...etc...and wondering why the President is sending people to stop them.
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« Reply #44061 on: July 23, 2020, 08:01:36 AM »
Coincidentally this is occurring in an election year.

And folks are wondering why essentially secret federal police are detaining citizens (against the wishes of the city and state government).

This is basically Trump's 3rd attempt at having his own private militia.  First Trump called on right wing militia types to intimidate state govt's into reopening ( way too soon).   Then he planned to have the military patrol Washington DC, until the military pushed back hard and said that wasn't how things work in the USofA.  And now border agents and homeland security troops are operating in Portland against the wishes of the local and state gov't.  And now Trump plans to expand such secret police operations to Chicago.

It isn't too hard to see the fascist impulse behind all of this.  Especially in a an election year with a hugely unpopular president who says he's not sure he'll respect the election results.  Trump could still rally the armed white nationalist militia folks for some nefarious purpose.  Possibly combined with the homeland security/border guards.  It doesn't take too much imagination to see this all go real sour and threaten democracy.  Fortunately the genuine military wasn't up for such Trump shenanigans and seem like a bulwark against any possible takeover.  But do we want to/can we really rely on the military.

Yeah, it's not likely Trump stages some armed takeover.  Though it's not hard to posit some disputed election scenario where he refuses to leave.  (and armed supporters would come in handy then).  But if you don't see the Trump threat then you aren't really paying attention.
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« Reply #44062 on: July 23, 2020, 08:13:25 AM »
Here's Tom Ridge, America's first secretary of homeland security and a former two-term Republican governor of Pennsylvania on Trump sending federal agents into Portland:
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"The department was established to protect America from the ever-present threat of global terrorism. It was not established to be the president’s personal militia," Ridge said, alluding to the department's creation after the 9/11 attacks. Ridge did say he would "welcome the opportunity to work with any federal agency to reduce crime or lawlessness in the cities" if he were governor. But "it would be a cold day in hell before I would consent to an uninvited, unilateral intervention into one of my cities," he added, specifically calling out how the federal authorities were unwelcome in Portland.
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« Reply #44063 on: July 23, 2020, 08:13:52 AM »
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« Reply #44064 on: July 23, 2020, 08:15:33 AM »
Latest from Lincoln Project:

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Trump Virus.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #44065 on: July 23, 2020, 08:25:08 AM »
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« Reply #44066 on: July 23, 2020, 09:25:07 AM »
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« Reply #44067 on: July 23, 2020, 09:30:17 AM »
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #44068 on: July 23, 2020, 10:41:05 AM »
Quote from: Echo4 on July 23, 2020, 12:49:17 AM
Tell me more about how the federal law enforcement folks are "just" protecting property and dealing with lawbreakers.

https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98/videos/204172907677626/

These guys are totally out of control.  And unlike when a member of a municipality's police force can be ID'd and possibly face ramifications for doing something like this, these guys act with total impunity.  And clearly know it.

Trump is having Americans beaten for exercising constitutionally protected rights.  If anyone tries to put it any other way than that, they are lying.

And while this is bad enough, their plan is to expand the operation. 

Barr loves it!

https://twitter.com/dougmillsnyt/status/1286042037943521280

Disgusting trolls.  Every one of them.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #44069 on: July 23, 2020, 10:46:01 AM »
Quote from: luee on July 23, 2020, 05:47:35 AM
OK opening day, a bit of normalcy returns.

Yes

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