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One update on my opinion. I thought Trump would be held accountable. But he got lucky and drew Aileen Cannon as the judge. She’s the MAGA sycophant appointed by him. She has already proven she will do anything to help him, so who knows now. Maybe she can slow play the trial until after the election. Maybe her appointment can somehow be appealed by the prosecution since she’s already proven to be a biased clown. But it does throw a wrench in things.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
RJ, seriously. You need to stop listening to that Russian stooge, Tucker. Didn’t a bunch of operatives have the laptop? You don’t think we would have seen something damning by now besides a bunch of nude picks of Hunter’s cock?
Ah, yes, the FBI — running cover for Democrats. The latest mantra from conservatives, despite the fact that every single person that has ever run the FBI — going back 100+ years — was appointed by Republicans; despite the fact that the guy running it now was literally appointed by Trump himself; despite the fact that law enforcement folks tend to be conservatives. It really takes some serious mental gymnastics to conclude the FBI is biased towards Democrats and covering for them.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
Anyone remember this? It’s a 20 second video of Trump in 2016. He says he’s going to enforce all lars [sic] concerning the protection of classified documents.
In 2018 he then signed into law a bill that increased punishments for those who mishandle classified documents.
In the meantime, he lead countless “lock her up” chants. And we had to hear about Hillary’s emails every f*cking day on conservative media for years.
It’s not a double standard. This is the Trump standard. He made this a big deal. You all parroted it for years. And now you don’t like that it’s being enforced. At least have some integrity.
If Hillary or Biden did something this egregious and tried to cover it up, then throw the book at them too. But they’ve been investigated to death by Republicans and so far it’s all a bunch of malarkey.
Here’s the latest one: House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden
After months of investigation and many public accusations of corruption against Mr. Biden and his family, the first report of the premier House G.O.P. inquiry showed no proof of such misconduct.
So many accusations, investigations, and innuendo. But it always turns out to just be a lot of projection. Meanwhile Kushner gets $2 BILLION dollars from the Saudi’s after the Saudi’s bragged they had him in their pockets, but not a f*ckng peep about it. Nope. Just more “Hunter Bidens laptop” BS and Hillary’s emails.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
It became a banana republic when we elected Trump. These indictments are pretty damning. If Biden or Obama did anything remotely similar, conservatives would be shouting from the rooftops. And I’d be agreeing with them. If any Democrat did these things they should be held accountable. Don’t let your partisanship blind you.
Trump’s goose is cooked. I suggest Republicans start figuring out another candidate to get behind.
Of course, I could be wrong. I thought conservatives would see what a raging moron Trump was back in 2016. I later thought they would finally get a clue on January 6th, 2021. And there was a brief period where even conservatives seemed to agree that Trump had gone too far. But the Kool-Aid drinking started again shortly afterwards. So who knows. You’d think the Trump cult members would eventually get a clue, but then again they are cult members, so it remains to be seen. I admittedly have overestimated the intelligence of many Republicans, who can’t seem to stop suckling the Trump teat.
My prediction is that Chris Christie gains momentum. It’s a long shot bet. But as far as I can see, he’s the only adult in the room of terrible Republican candidates. The other obvious choice — DeSantis — needs a personality transplant, as Trump accurately described. His poll numbers were relatively high to begin with, when he was just a faceless alternative to Trump. But the more people see of him, the worse his poll numbers are. But maybe he’ll finally grow a pair and start criticizing Trump now that it’s safer to do so.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
Matt Gaetz saying the quiet part out loud:
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
Economic terrorism by Republicans. Spend money then refuse to pay the bills.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
I don’t want him to run. But I’ll vote for Weekend at Bernie’s over a fascist prick any day of the week.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
Yes.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
I hope there’s more to the case than meets the eye, otherwise I agree it’s a bad precedent. I don’t think any President should be above the law, but I am more concerned about his attempts to overturn the election than something like campaign finance. Now I just need you guys to find 11,780 reasons to agree with me.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
I’m in the Bay Area. I’m in the process of adding a gas line to my BBQ. Ironically, I just added a lot of solar panels (got 82.5 kWh today), but have no interest in an electric grill.
I’m agree some of these things are a bit much. But on the flip side there are some federal, state, and local rebates and tax credits that offset thousands of dollars. But at a minimum I think there should be waivers for low income people who can’t take advantage of the tax credits or pay for electric upgrades to their home. And probably the mandate in general should be scrapped. It should be a carrot and not a stick approach. If the tax credits and rebates aren’t enough to incentivize someone, then it shouldn’t be mandated.
I’m less worried about the grid, though (mentioned in the article) — at least long term when there are many home batteries that can act as a virtual grid from which the utilities can draw from as needed. I think they already have pilot programs going where they are paying homeowners for energy from batteries.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
Let’s not forget we’ve had 15 years to get this right. Regulators have been securing our banking system since 2008 with reflated balance sheets, untold capital infusions and stress tests.
Stress tests were indeed put in place via Dodd-Frank. But they were subsequently removed for banks under $250 billion, like SVB, under the Trump administration (bill S.2155), when Republicans controlled Congress. Diane Feinstein had a prescient warning at the time. The vote was:
- Republicans: 50 voted in favor, 0 voted against.
- Democrats: 16 voted in favor, 31 voted against.
Paul Volker warned against the repeal, as well, among many others.
Maybe we should repeal the repeal.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
Replying to Neodymium who wrote, “The purpose of the Jan 6 Commission was to win an election. Otherwise it would have been bipartisan.”
Well, it was McConnell (Republican leader) who decided against a bi-partisan Senate commission. And McCarthy pulled the plug on participating when Pelosi vetoed a couple of MAGA nutcases, but accepted three others nominated by him.
I think just about every key witness in the investigation was Republican, so there were endless opportunities for them to testify and make their case. But many of them refused to cooperate. The ones who did cooperate, though, made it quite clear that Republicans were culpable.
And to your point, Neodymium, that I want censorship: no, I believe the government has no right to censor, but private companies do have the right to determine what is on their private platforms. Maybe it’s not always a good idea. There’s an argument to be made that exposing bad ideas to the daylight, instead of shunting them over to some dark-web, is the only way to allow people to change minds. But I nevertheless support the right of private companies to determine their own content policies.
To your point about Elon Musk, I support his right to kick Kanye West off Twitter. I’m curious where you come down on that.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
It turns out there’s an interesting explanation for the popular vote disparity.
In the 2022 election, there were many more uncontested House districts held by Republicans (14) than by Democrats (3). And there were another 10 districts in which the GOP had no major-party opponents, compared with just three for Democrats.
Thanks to California’s top-two primary system, there are also another six districts in which Democrats have the votes all to themselves, because the two finalists are both Democrats.
So effectively, there are more than 20 districts in which the GOP could run up the score, compared with a dozen for Democrats.Excluding these districts, the popular vote apparently would have been much closer.
When you understand "the deep state" simply refers to the rule of law, it makes much more sense.
