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Planit said:
"We can do it but you can't" is not a winning legal strategy.

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Gedunker said:
Awaiting MAGA screams of "DEI overload" in response to Ken Burns' The American Revolution in three, two, ....
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I haven't seen it yet, but I presume there is actual truth being told about the fundamental foundation of our pre/post-revolution society and economy.

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mendelman said:
I haven't seen it yet, but I presume there is actual truth being told about the fundamental foundation of our pre/post-revolution society and economy.
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Indeed. There is even fair treatment of George III, buffing some of the unfair tarnish from his reputation.
 
Suburb Repairman said:
That was probably a voting error, best guess.
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Nope...

  • “I have been a principled ‘NO’ on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today,” he wrote in a post on X after the vote. “It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America.”
  • He continued, “As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote.
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The Fix Is In As Senate Leader Thune To Help Trump With Epstein Files Cover-Up

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) made it clear while speaking to reporters that Senate Majority Leader Thune is going to kill the bill to release the Epstein files in the Senate. As soon as Trump flipped his position on the House vote to release the Epstein files, it was an omen that Republicans had a plan to kill the legislation that would force the Department of Justice to release the files.


Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Monday that he never tried to kill the Epstein files discharge petition, which is laughable, because Johnson kept the House closed and delayed the swearing in of the member who became the 218th vote on the discharge petition for nearly two months.

Republicans are trying to bury the Epstein scandal in the hope that time will make it go away.

Trump fought and tried until the final moment to pressure one of the four Republicans who had signed the petition to remove their names. None of them budged, because Trump’s pressure campaign was so suspicious that it caused the House Republicans to dig in more.

The president is heading for a massive defeat in the House, but Trump and Mike Johnson had a backup plan.

They are turning to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to kill the legislation that would compel the DOJ to release the files.

Trump said he would sign the bill if it came to his desk, even though he knew it never would.

While speaking to reporters ahead of the House vote, Speaker Johnson made it clear that the fix is in.

While speaking to reporters, Johnson said that he has enlisted Thune in the Epstein files cover-up.
 
And for Dick Cheney's last act, he brought republicans and democrats together... but excluded Trump. Life... and death... are grand.
 
Planit said:
This is a good read:

Ken Burns doc on the American Revolution, 250 celebration & today's politics

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The point of the article is really good. But I cannot connect with her style of ramblings.

But the foundational point she is trying to make is spot on.

In regards to the Ken Burns Doc, there are a couple of things that I question. One for example is they appeared to simplify Paul Revere's ride. Reality is there were far more people then mentioned and even confrontation with British scouts as one of the riders was heading out. We are half way through but it is really good.
 
The comments on Andy Borowitz's FB - Mark Kelly vs Pete Hegseth: Astronaut vs Space Cadet

Moon shots vs Jell-O shots 1.7K Likes
Super Hero vs. Super Zero 360 likes
Fighter pilot vs desk jockey 209 likes
Astronaut vs Assclown 111 likes
Courage vs. cowardice 111 likes
 
Just in case you need a visual to explain gerrymandering to your relatives this Thanksgiving
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WTF

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Trump teases major National Mall makeover to address 'Biden filth and incompetence'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has planned a National Mall makeover and complained how the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial was "filth" — and he wants to renovate it. Trump shared a post on Truth Social with a video of the site and his plans to change the location...
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Never mind that Biden didn’t build the pool. Or that it was completed in 1923.
Trump’s message was loud and clear: If something is historic, modest, or not gilded like a Vegas buffet, he wants it gone.
 
Let us see if we can now sum up the timeline here.
First, yeah, Hegseth issued the kill order because he will always stand up to defend America.
Then, he didn’t issue the kill order. But he totally supports the guy who killed all the people in the incident that, before Monday night, he was happily taking credit for but isn’t now but still he’s proud of America’s warriors.
 
Who's the admiral Hegseth is trying to turn into the fall guy for giving the 'double tap' order (that the White House gleefully confirms/admits happened)? Whatever golden retirement they offer this guy they better explain it comes with the condition that he can never travel to the Netherlands, specifically to The Hague.
 
Cheetolini went wild two nights ago on his Truth Social account and reposted 150 times…after midnight. He spent half his cabinet meeting yesterday trying to stay awake.
 
I have a feeling the Sept 2 "double-tap" is going to come back to bite SSecretary Hegseth (deservedly). The bus they are trying to throw the admiral under might just bounce off the dude: he looks the part of ST6 that he was previously.
 
Are we killing drug smugglers in boats, then pardoning their bosses?

Is that the new policy/executive order?
 
A new report from consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, found layoffs this year have topped 1.1 million — the highest since, coincidentally, 2020, when Trump was also president.
 
Planit said:
A new report from consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, found layoffs this year have topped 1.1 million — the highest since, coincidentally, 2020, when Trump was also president.
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I don't think 2020 was Trumps fault as much as COVID was... this time it absolutely is.
 
michaelskis said:
I don't think 2020 was Trumps fault as much as COVID was... this time it absolutely is.
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Indirectly it was given the bubbling issues before February 2020, but impossible to tease out due to the massive disruption COVID caused. The willingness of Congress to deploy a huge stimulus package is what kept everything from tanking and actually helped a lot of households in 2020.
 
fringe said:
Bondi directs her staff to pursue "Antifa" with no clear def of just who makes up such a group.
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I had to laugh at her stupid presser on this. We’re gonna find the leaders of ANTIFA and go after them.

Ma’am, spell it out….anti-fascist. Anti = against. If you are anti anti-fascist you are admitting to being fascist.
 
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