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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 #15000 on: June 11, 2019, 03:13:22 PM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/abortion-supporters-have-made-trumps-reelection-more-likely/2019/06/10/1dd4b9c4-8bb9-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html

Interesting take on Biden vacillation from Michael Gerson....



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  .....This has left nearly monolithic parties to appeal to a more ethically complex country. A 2018 Gallup poll found 29 percent who believe abortion should be legal in all circumstances, 14 percent in most circumstances, 35 percent in few circumstances and 18 percent in no circumstances. So nearly 8 in 10 Americans believe that abortion should be available in all or some circumstances. And nearly 7 in 10 believe that abortion should be restricted in all or some circumstances.

Biden’s traditional position on this issue — that there should be a difference in government’s role in “the first day and the ninth month” — could effectively appeal to a country with these views. And his opposition to federal funding of abortion was one of the last remaining ways for a Democratic politician to tell Catholics (and others) that their ethical concerns have some degree of merit. Now, a Democratic presidential nominee is not allowed even a hint of reticence. Abortion must be supported and funded as a positive good.

The moral question is obvious: How does this allow Biden to live with his Catholic conscience? But the political implications are also relevant. Biden has made it harder — significantly harder — for cultural conservatives who are disturbed by Trump’s cruelty and prejudice to vote for Biden, should he be his party’s nominee.     
Well, the radical shift to the right on state laws restricting abortion is going to cause people who support it to rethink the way they view abortion. Advocating for greater protection as a response strikes me as natural.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15001 on: June 11, 2019, 10:25:44 PM »

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15003 on: June 11, 2019, 11:19:36 PM »

https://twitter.com/whitneyq/status/1138424555305951232

On why there is a 6 point gap between disabled folks' voting and the non-disabled.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15004 on: June 12, 2019, 12:16:25 AM »

https://twitter.com/whitneyq/status/1138424555305951232

On why there is a 6 point gap between disabled folks' voting and the non-disabled.

Is this being pushed as an anti-trump issue? Sounds like something on a liberal elitist plate. 
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15005 on: June 12, 2019, 12:51:15 AM »

https://twitter.com/whitneyq/status/1138424555305951232

On why there is a 6 point gap between disabled folks' voting and the non-disabled.

Is this being pushed as an anti-trump issue? Sounds like something on a liberal elitist plate.

WTF, Luee?

It's being "pushed" as a democracy issue. It predates Trump, for all that he has done nothing to alleviate it.

And yeah, us "liberal elites" think making it possible for people to vote is a good thing.

You seem to disagree.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15007 on: June 12, 2019, 01:07:43 AM »

https://twitter.com/whitneyq/status/1138424555305951232

On why there is a 6 point gap between disabled folks' voting and the non-disabled.

Is this being pushed as an anti-trump issue? Sounds like something on a liberal elitist plate.

As a rule, the disabled are not big supporters of baby cages, graft, discrimination, rewarding pollution, and drunk ass foreign policy.

The biggest pocket of trump support seems to be with child molesters. Maybe he can turn them out like he did in Alabama.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15008 on: June 12, 2019, 01:15:49 AM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-48592711

Record rains in China have resulted in millions being stranded.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15010 on: June 12, 2019, 02:01:29 AM »

Ya don’t say?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/us/missouri-traffic-stops-black-drivers-trnd/index.html

Just a few bad apples, Larry. Nothing to worry about.

If you're white, that is.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15011 on: June 12, 2019, 03:09:37 AM »

Ya don’t say?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/us/missouri-traffic-stops-black-drivers-trnd/index.html

"Using stops as a policing tool for crime prevention needs to cease," Pruitt said. "The fact that somebody is driving in a particular area, and a police officer feels that that person or individuals are out of place -- that, in itself, should not justify them impeding or intruding on their lives by stopping them and searching their vehicle."

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Why not?
Crime prevention.

The report also looked at data on arrests and searches during vehicle stops. About 6.37% of the stops of blacks and 6.26% of the stops of Hispanics resulted in arrest, compared with about 4.25% of the stops of whites, the report said.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15012 on: June 12, 2019, 07:11:15 AM »

https://twitter.com/whitneyq/status/1138424555305951232

On why there is a 6 point gap between disabled folks' voting and the non-disabled.

Is this being pushed as an anti-trump issue? Sounds like something on a liberal elitist plate.



As a rule, the disabled are not big supporters of baby cages, graft, discrimination, rewarding pollution, and drunk ass foreign policy.

The biggest pocket of trump support seems to be with child molesters. Maybe he can turn them out like he did in Alabama.

Deplorable, dirty filthy low lifes, against progress? Trump seems to be for keeping illegal migrants from child abusing societies out of the USA.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15013 on: June 12, 2019, 07:21:05 AM »

Child-abusing societies! What a clown you are.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #15014 on: June 12, 2019, 09:08:07 AM »

Ya don’t say?

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/11/us/missouri-traffic-stops-black-drivers-trnd/index.html

"Using stops as a policing tool for crime prevention needs to cease," Pruitt said. "The fact that somebody is driving in a particular area, and a police officer feels that that person or individuals are out of place -- that, in itself, should not justify them impeding or intruding on their lives by stopping them and searching their vehicle."

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Why not?
Crime prevention.

The report also looked at data on arrests and searches during vehicle stops. About 6.37% of the stops of blacks and 6.26% of the stops of Hispanics resulted in arrest, compared with about 4.25% of the stops of whites, the report said.

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