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#3211619 27-Mar-2024 16:50

One thing I don't understand about the January 6 uprising is why the cops didn't use guns. Considering how heavily armed and trigger happy they are when a suspect has their back turned I would have thought this would have been a good time to mow down some terrorists.

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#3211625 27-Mar-2024 17:13

I get the impression that the police were greatly outnumbered on that day, and the trigger-happy thugs doing the insurrection would have just declared open season on any policeman that fired on them.

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#3211651 27-Mar-2024 17:58

Texas Republican Matt Gaetz allegedly part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.

NBC News: Fireworks in House after Democrat says 'insurrectionists' should be banned from leading Pledge of Allegiance

A routine House committee meeting erupted into a heated, nearly hourlong debate Wednesday over the Pledge of Allegiance, with one Democratic lawmaker saying that "insurrectionists" who backed former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election should be banned from leading it.

The fiery back-and-forth took place in a House Judiciary Committee meeting where members set rules for the current Congress. It began after Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican, offered an amendment that would give the committee the opportunity to begin each of its meetings with the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Representative. Jerry Nadler, Democrat, immediately objected, arguing that House members already recite the pledge on the floor every day. "I don’t know why we should pledge allegiance twice in the same day to show how patriotic we are," he said.
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Representative David Cicilline, Democrat, said he was introducing an amendment to Gaetz's amendment that clarified that the pledge cannot be led by anyone who has supported an insurrection against the United States in any way.

"This pledge is an affirmation of your defense of democracy and the Constitution," Cicilline. "It’s hard to take that claim seriously if in fact, an individual in any way supported an insurrection against the government."
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"I’m talking about elected officials who swear an oath to the Constitution of the United States, who in any way participated, supported, facilitated, encouraged the insurrection against the United States," Cicilline said. "That’s not too hard a standard."
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#3211654 27-Mar-2024 18:14

kingdragonfly: Texas Republican Matt Gaetz allegedly part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.

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What is this in reference to?

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#3211668 27-Mar-2024 19:01

Just emphasizing that Republican Matt Gaetz is about as deplorable as you can get.

Long time close friend Joel Greenberg agreed to cooperate in the federal probe of Matt Gaetz.

Joel was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to crimes ranging from wire fraud to sex trafficking a minor. Four individuals have been indicted in part due to Greenberg's cooperation.

But Gaetz is still free.

Gaetz's investigation stalled, somewhat ironically, because multiple key witnesses against Gaetz were deemed to be bad people. It's a bit ironic because typically good people don't witness sex trafficking.

Anyhow prosecutors decided juries wouldn't trust the witnesses, thereby making a conviction difficult.

I put Gaetz in the same crowd as Epstein and Rolf Harris, as unpunished sex offenders.

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#3211670 27-Mar-2024 19:11

Reminds me of this cartoon I saw a while ago:

If he does end up going to jail I imagine Ron De Santis would just put another (maybe better?) Republican in his place. But on second thought, who am I kidding?

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#3211702 27-Mar-2024 21:02

kingdragonfly: Texas Republican Matt Gaetz allegedly part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.

NBC News: Fireworks in House after Democrat says 'insurrectionists' should be banned from leading Pledge of Allegiance

A routine House committee meeting erupted into a heated, nearly hourlong debate Wednesday over the Pledge of Allegiance, with one Democratic lawmaker saying that "insurrectionists" who backed former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election should be banned from leading it.

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Except that claim is not in the article you linked.

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#3211998 29-Mar-2024 07:57

The NY Times - Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison

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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange who was convicted of stealing billions of dollars from customers, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday, capping an extraordinary saga that upended the crypto industry and became a cautionary tale of greed and hubris.

Mr. Bankman-Fried’s sentence was shorter than the 40 to 50 years that federal prosecutors had sought after a jury found him guilty of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering - charges that carried a maximum penalty of 110 years behind bars.

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#3212016 29-Mar-2024 10:21

The NY Times - How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His Law Clerk

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Justice Clarence Thomas gave Crystal Clanton a home and a job after she left a conservative youth organization in controversy. Then the justice picked her for one of the most coveted positions in the legal world. ...

The Thomases and Ms. Clanton, a 29-year-old conservative organizer turned lawyer, have built such a close relationship that the couple informally refer to her as their “nearly adopted daughter.”

Ms. Clanton has lived in the Thomas home, assisted Virginia ["Ginni"] Thomas in her political consulting business and joined her in a “girls trip” to New York.

In 2019, at the Thomases’ urging, Ms. Clanton enrolled at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University in Virginia, where Justice Thomas has taught. ...

Her upcoming Supreme Court clerkship is one of the most coveted jobs in the American legal profession ...

For Justice Thomas’s critics, his selection of Ms. Clanton as a clerk is blatant favoritism, if not nepotism, particularly for a justice already under an ethics cloud for revelations about his gifts and travel from wealthy benefactors.

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#3212272 30-Mar-2024 12:19

https://au.news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-says-forcing-him-214455363.html >> oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

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#3212273 30-Mar-2024 12:59

quickymart:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/rudy-giuliani-says-forcing-him-214455363.html >> oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

And look what I just found: NYC’s Homeless Crisis Editorial by Rudy Giuliani who was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001.

How Bloody ironic ❗️

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#3212384 30-Mar-2024 19:53

While we're waiting for Alex Garland's latest film "Civil War" to open in a matter of days, some commentators have thought out loud on the possibility of a real-life 2nd American Civil War.

I'm increasingly of the view that the OG Civil War never fully ended to begin with. Rather, it went mostly cold for a century & a half, and warmed slightly during the Civil Rights era, and more so during the Trump regime. If everything flares up again, it'll probably be more an American Troubles than a 2nd American Civil War.

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#3212496 31-Mar-2024 14:27

NBC News: A US state Republican Party official voted illegally nine times, judge rules

A judge ruled this week that a top Georgia Republican Party official, who has promoted former President Donald Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, has repeatedly voted illegally.

Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and a conservative talk show host, was fined $5,000 for voting illegally and registering to vote while serving a sentence for a felony conviction.
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#3212551 31-Mar-2024 17:58

"March Madness" is a US men’s basketball tournament, with 68 college basketball teams

They compete in a series of American games to determine the national champion.

CNN: Fact check: US Republican legislator posted about ‘illegal invaders’ at Detroit airport. It was a March Madness basketball team

A Republican state representative in Michigan, Matt Maddock, claimed on social media on Wednesday night that he had photo evidence of “illegal invaders” arriving at Detroit Metro Airport.

One of the two photos Maddock posted on the platform called X, formerly known as Twitter, showed airliner with three buses. Maddock wrote: “Happening right now. Three busses just loaded up with illegal invaders at Detroit Metro. Anyone have any idea where they’re headed with their police escort?”

Maddock continued to dig in on Thursday morning. He wrote a new post saying, “We know this is happening” and that hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants are “pouring into our country.” He added: “Since we can’t trust the #FakeNews to investigate, citizens will. The process of investigating these issues takes time.”
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Maddock triples down

Maddock made his false claim in a month during which false and misleading claims about airplane flights involving migrants have proliferated on the political right.

Hundreds of social media users quickly disputed Maddock’s post on Wednesday, but Maddock refused to concede. He replied to one of the many people who pointed out the plane and buses were likely for NCAA basketball teams: “Sure kommie. Good talking point.”
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#3212655 31-Mar-2024 20:25

kingdragonfly: NBC News: A US state Republican Party official voted illegally nine times, judge rules

A judge ruled this week that a top Georgia Republican Party official, who has promoted former President Donald Trump's claims of widespread voter fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, has repeatedly voted illegally.

Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and a conservative talk show host, was fined $5,000 for voting illegally and registering to vote while serving a sentence for a felony conviction.
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Funny how all the "election fraud" the Republican party jumps up and down about is usually on...the Republican side 🙄

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