Joined: 15 Sep 2012 Posts: 29353 Location: La La Land
Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 1:55 pm Post subject:
DaMuleRules wrote:
Halflife wrote:
FernieBee wrote:
CNN
(Why Smerconish says he can’t see Biden running in 2024)
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CNN's Michael Smerconish says President Biden faces a category five political storm and argues that he should consider announcing he's not running again in 2024.
unfortunately, there isn't anyone for dems to wrap their arms around.
They cant throw anyone up there and expect to win unless trump runs again. If biden isn't running they better hope its not someone from far left.
This comment reminds me of this description of voting:
Voting isn’t marriage, it’s public transport. You’re not waiting for “the one” who’s absolutely perfect: you’re getting the bus, and if there isn’t one to your destination, you don’t not travel- you take the one going closest.
Reminds me of:
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Quoting Vice President Joe Biden, Obama effectively laid out his reelection strategy, saying "Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative.".
(AOC: U.S. Funds Israeli Forces That Killed Palestinian-American Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh)
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, discussing the murder of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh on Instagram Live, suggests that the us government cut military aid to Israel In response: "She was killed by Israeli forces. You know, we can't allow this stuff to be happening with our resources. We can't even get healthcare in the U.S.-and we are funding this."
(There Are Limits To What China Can Do’ Without Facing ‘Consequences’ From US: Daalder)
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Former U.S. ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder, New York Times Pentagon Correspondent Helene Cooper, and NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell join Andrea Mitchell to discuss President Biden’s comments that the United States would support Taiwan if China invades. “In a world in which major powers start using force against neighbors without being provoked, there are consequences,” says Daalder. “The President is signaling to the Chinese that the kinds of things we're seeing in Ukraine are the kinds of things we will be prepared to do with regard to Taiwan, a long standing very close partner of the United States."
(What to watch for in the Georgia and Texas primaries)
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CNN political director David Chalian joins Alisyn Camerota to discuss Tuesday's primary elections in Georgia and Texas. Then, CNN political commentator Scott Jennings looks at the power of former President Donald Trump's kingmaker status in Republican primaries.
('He made it racial': Van Jones reacts to David Perdue's Stacey Abrams attack)
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CNN political contributor Van Jones reacts to controversial comments made by Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue about presumptive Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams.
(Opinion: Why are some refugees more welcome than others?)
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Human Rights Watch UK Director Yasmine Ahmed explains how the West's unprecedented hospitality towards Ukrainian refugees has highlighted stark differences in treatment given to refugees from other conflicts.
(Pelosi: Far Right Uses Abortion As A Cover For Other Things They Want To Accomplish)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins Morning Joe to discuss a decision from the Catholic archbishop of San Francisco that Pelosi will no longer be allowed to receive Communion due to support for abortion rights. Speaker Pelosi also discusses the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade.
After losing in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Arizona’s attorney general appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. During those oral arguments, state prosecutors repeatedly argued that “innocence isn’t enough” of a reason to throw out Jones’ conviction.
On Monday morning, by a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court concurred: Barry Jones’ innocence is not enough to keep him off of death row. The state of Arizona can still kill Jones, even if there exists a preponderance of evidence that he committed no crime.
Anyone remember the term "Activist Judges" Conservatives have yelled about for 20+ years? We now have 1984-Orwellian Judges. Our school system produced the idiots that vote for these scum.
Once again.. REMOVE THOMAS from the court until he turns his lunatic wife into the authorities for her Insurrectionist activities.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2022 3:36 pm Post subject:
If Merrick Garland wasn't so pusillanimous these Traitors wouldn't have to be concerned about running for office as Insurrectionists.. I hate that guy.. They would be behind bars!!!!!!!!!!!!
Candidates who take part in an insurrection may be barred from holding public office under the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled, overturning a lower court judge’s decision.
The US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Tuesday in a challenge to former North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy for the House of Representatives. Cawthorn lost his bid for a second term in the Republican primary race last week.
(Abbott Under Fire For Pushing Gun Sales After 18 Children Killed In Deadliest Mass Shooting Of 2022)
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Just ten days after the deadly mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, an even deadlier mass shooting has occurred at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Eighteen children and three adults were killed in the shooting. MSNBC’s Ari Melber breaks down how Republicans have pushed to end gun safety laws and explains how easy access to guns makes it easier for criminals to use them for murder.
(Racism And The Georgia Governor’s Race | The Mehdi Hasan Show)
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Following Donald Trump’s example, Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue took up the “Go back to where you came from” torch, aiming the slur at Democratic hopeful Stacey Abrams. It’s a phrase many people of color have had hurled at them, and its racist meaning is clear, Mehdi says. Wajahat Ali, author of the relevantly titled “Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American,” weighs in.
What do cops do in this country do except bill overtime, beat their wives, harass minorities, and indiscriminately shoot dogs? _________________ Under New Management
(Trump-backed candidates lose key races in Georgia primaries)
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Georgia incumbents Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger held off challenges from candidates backed by former President Donald Trump to win their Republican primary races.
Carrying a gun in public has been coded as a white privilege. Advertisers have literally used words like “restoring your manly privilege” as a way of selling assault weapons to white men. In colonial America, landowners could carry guns, and they bestowed that right on to poor whites in order to quell uprisings from “Negroes” and Indians. John Brown’s raid was about weapons. Scholars have written about how the Ku Klux Klan was aimed at disarming African Americans. When African Americans started to carry guns in public – think about Malcolm X during the civil rights era – all of a sudden, the second amendment didn’t apply in many white Americans’ minds. When Huey Newton and the Black Panthers tried to arm themselves, everyone suddenly said, “We need gun control.”
When states like Missouri changed their laws to allow open carry of firearms, there were parades of white Americans who would carry big long guns through congested areas of downtown St Louis, who would go into places like Walmart and burrito restaurants carrying their guns, and they were coded as patriots. At the same time, there were all the stories about African American gun owners who would go to Walmart and get tackled and shot.
_________________ On Lakersground, a concern troll is someone who is a fan of another team, but pretends to be a Lakers fan with "concerns".
Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 17249 Location: In a no-ship
Posted: Wed May 25, 2022 10:36 am Post subject:
ChefLinda wrote:
In case you think people like me and Omar are making this stuff up or being alarmists -- here they are telling us explicitly:
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Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 @RonFilipkowski
GA GOP Gov candidate Kandiss Taylor today: “We’re gonna do a political rally and we’re gonna honor Jesus .. They’re not gonna tell us ‘separation of church and state.’ We are the church! We run this state! .. The church runs the state of Georgia!”
Here's another snippet:
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GA Gov candidate Kandiss Taylor says she will execute Sheriffs by firing squad if they don’t “do the will of the people. I don’t mind handcuffing them either .. The Constitution says when you commit treason, it’s death by firing squad. I didn’t write it - it’s in there.”
She's not running for some school board seat. SHE'S RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
Update -
This crazy won 3.4% of the vote and came in third place in the GA primary. Also, Trump's endorsed candidate - Perdue, came in second at just 21.8% (Kemp won with 73.7%)
As a whole, Trump didn’t have a very good night last night with his candidates
Carrying a gun in public has been coded as a white privilege. Advertisers have literally used words like “restoring your manly privilege” as a way of selling assault weapons to white men. In colonial America, landowners could carry guns, and they bestowed that right on to poor whites in order to quell uprisings from “Negroes” and Indians. John Brown’s raid was about weapons. Scholars have written about how the Ku Klux Klan was aimed at disarming African Americans. When African Americans started to carry guns in public – think about Malcolm X during the civil rights era – all of a sudden, the second amendment didn’t apply in many white Americans’ minds. When Huey Newton and the Black Panthers tried to arm themselves, everyone suddenly said, “We need gun control.”
When states like Missouri changed their laws to allow open carry of firearms, there were parades of white Americans who would carry big long guns through congested areas of downtown St Louis, who would go into places like Walmart and burrito restaurants carrying their guns, and they were coded as patriots. At the same time, there were all the stories about African American gun owners who would go to Walmart and get tackled and shot.
I know none of us are shocked by this stuff any more, but still -- Trump was rooting for crowd to go ahead and "hang Mike Pence" like they were chanting.
Shortly after hundreds of rioters at the Capitol started chanting “Hang Mike Pence!” on Jan. 6, 2021, the White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, left the dining room off the Oval Office, walked into his own office and told colleagues that President Donald J. Trump was complaining that the vice president was being whisked to safety.
Mr. Meadows, according to an account provided to the House committee investigating Jan. 6, then told the colleagues that Mr. Trump had said something to the effect of, maybe Mr. Pence should be hanged.
It is not clear what tone Mr. Trump was said to have used. But the reported remark was further evidence of how extreme the rupture between the president and his vice president had become, and of how Mr. Trump not only failed to take action to call off the rioters but appeared to identify with their sentiments about Mr. Pence — whom he had unsuccessfully pressured to block certification of the Electoral College results that day — as a reflection of his own frustration at being unable to reverse his loss.
The account of Mr. Trump’s comment was initially provided to the House committee by at least one witness, according to two people briefed on their work, as the panel develops a timeline of what the president was doing during the riot.
Another witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Mr. Meadows who was present in his office when he recounted Mr. Trump’s remarks, was asked by the committee about the account and confirmed it, according to the people familiar with the panel’s work. It was not immediately clear how much detailed information Ms. Hutchinson provided. She has cooperated with the committee in three separate interviews after receiving a subpoena.
Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O'Rourke interrupted a press conference where Gov. Greg Abbott and other officials were providing updates on the Uvalde elementary school shooting.
(Texas Has Loosened At Least 25 Gun Laws Since 2007)
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Since 2007, there have been at least 25 bills signed into law in Texas that loosen gun restrictions, with "The most recent — and some might argue, most extreme" all coming in the past year, says Chuck Todd.
What do cops do in this country do except bill overtime, beat their wives, harass minorities, and indiscriminately shoot dogs?
This country needs cops . . . to keep harassing, arresting, jailing, or shooting Black and Brown people at inordinately high rates.
At bets they're here as a crime deterrent. The idea that they stop crimes as it happens is garbage. They don't do (bleep)...just sheer probability means they won't be anywhere near a crime as it's being committed. They can sure right some mean reports after the fact. _________________ KOBE
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