US Politics Thread

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Thought this was an awesome rant. Well worth the read just for the erudition

 

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FFS, Fox News is shameless. This is a landmark combination of lies and whataboutism.

I’ve been switching to Fox every now and then over the last few days to see if they have been showing any of the impeachment, and haven’t seen one second, unlike MSNBC & CNN which have shown every second. But I’d bet my life once the defense begins, Fox will start showing it nonstop.

Hey, kids, guess what Fox is showing every second of today?

 

[Federberg]

Hey, kids, guess what Fox is showing every second of today?

the Trump defence? Or breast milk?

 

[GameSetAndMath]

The House has finished presenting their part of the impeachment. I think they did an excellent job, especially Reps. Raskin, Plaskett, and Neguse.

Neuse did a really great job imo.

 

[Federberg]

unbelievable...

 

[Moxie]

unbelievable...

This is that girl you posted in the joke thread. She grew up and became Cruz's director of communications.

 

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unbelievable...

I suspect even someone as uncaring and slimy as Ted Cruz won’t like what she did here.

 

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This is that girl you posted in the joke thread. She grew up and became Cruz's director of communications.

I think her name is Marie “Let Them Eat Tacos” Antexas.

 

[Moxie]

I think her name is Marie “Let Them Eat Tacos” Antexas.

Surely, somewhere in her list of names is "Karen," too.

 

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Surely, somewhere in her list of names is "Karen," too.

Speaking of Karens ...

 

[Federberg]

Speaking of Karens ...

what privileged folk are allowed to get away with in the US In all seriousness, since the victim didn't want her punished further it's probably not a bad thing. But it does make one think about all the black folk that are rotting in jail for trivial crimes. Where's the mercy or sense of proportionality there

The prosecutor, Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, said Ms. Cooper had participated in five therapy sessions that focused in part on how racial identities shape people’s lives. Her therapist had reported that the sessions were “a moving experience” and that Ms. Cooper “learned a lot,” Ms. Illuzzi-Orbon said.

 

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what privileged folk are allowed to get away with in the US In all seriousness, since the victim didn't want her punished further it's probably not a bad thing. But it does make one think about all the black folk that are rotting in jail for trivial crimes. Where's the mercy or sense of proportionality there

I’m hoping Biden/Harris will make significant progress with this problem. The disparity between how whites and blacks have been treated for the same crimes is mind blowing. A first step would be to eliminate these for-profit prisons, which have encouraged the justice system to prosecute as many people as possible, and it’s no mystery who has been targeted the most.

 

[Jelenafan]

Texas: everything is BIG there, including rolling blackouts and an independent power grid that when it fails in a freeze , fails very big. Natural gas and being the largest energy producer didn't save them from an inherently flawed and self serving state utility company.

But hey, blame it all on wind turbines!!

Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar power as the culprits of the state's massive power outages, as millions of the state's residents face below-freezing temperatures without power or...

www.cnn.com

Now In their defense, it was an unusually harsh cold front , but it's just that you hear Texan politicians boast for years how their power grid is exempt from federal regulations, uhhh...there is a reason for certain regulations such as winterizing their facilities precisely for this type of situation.

 

[kskate2]

Misled much?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...oter-fraud-probe-wants-money-back/vi-BB1dQDz2

 

[Federberg]

Trump Is Guilty of Pandemicide

History will show the former U.S. president was staggeringly negligent during the pandemic’s deadly third wave.

foreignpolicy.com

 

[Federberg]

I didn't disagree with everything Trump said. I agreed something needed to be done about China, he was incompetent in his execution. I agreed that the media are a bit shite these days (see below), he was a bit self serving...

 

[Moxie]

unbelievable...

 

[Federberg]

so.. Trump is talking at CPAC. It's like he never left. I guess this was inevitable. I'm curious to see how Biden handles it, and how often Trump tries to drive the. headlines. I'm guessing Biden will just pretend he doesn't exist. Probably for the best. This is virtually unheard of. I have a feeling this won't work well for Trump...

 

[Moxie]

so.. Trump is talking at CPAC. It's like he never left. I guess this was inevitable. I'm curious to see how Biden handles it, and how often Trump tries to drive the. headlines. I'm guessing Biden will just pretend he doesn't exist. Probably for the best. This is virtually unheard of. I have a feeling this won't work well for Trump...

I had to turn it off when he said, "we're battling for our identity as Americans." Coded racist language. That was about 5 sentences in. Biden should ignore him. Let the Republicans fight it out for the identity and soul (if they still have one) of their party.

 

[Federberg]

Isn't it amazing how fast things change for those who at one time or another set themselves up as the de facto counterpoint to Trump. We had:

• Michael Avenatti - went up in flames, going to jail for fraud probably. His antics in the Kavanaugh hearings seemed to be a step too far
• Lincoln Project - blowing up so fast it's making my head spin. One of the founders was a sexual predator of young men and even boys. Now we hear that the members were grifting the political donations they were getting
• Governor Andrew Cuomo - when the pandemic started, he was the most visible politician in a governing position who seemed to show how things should be done. Not looking so good now with the nursing homes, and now accusations of sexual harassment. Gavin Newsome isn't looking to clever either by the way.

It's just stunning how all these anti-Trump's have or in the middle of blowing up. It just highlights how incredibly resilient Trump himself still is. He truly is a political cockroach