SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 14, 2023 8:53:45 GMT -5
"Republicans" are truly morons. An honest man visited the House of lies this week. He did not like what he found there. “Insane.” “Absurd.” “Ludicrous.” Those are the actual words FBI Director Christopher Wray used to describe House Republicans’ crackpot conspiracy theories. “The American people fully understand,” Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) informed Wray at Wednesday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, “… that you have personally worked to weaponize the FBI against conservatives.” Right. Hageman, the election denier who ousted Liz Cheney in a primary, would have you believe that Wray — senior political appointee in the George W. Bush Justice Department, clerk to a noted conservative judge, contributor to the Federalist Society, Donald Trump-appointed head of the FBI — is part of a conspiracy to persecute conservatives. “The idea that I’m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background,” he replied. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/fbi-conspiracy-theories-house-gop-wray-hearing/
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Post by Massholya on Jul 14, 2023 11:34:09 GMT -5
"Republicans" are truly morons. An honest man visited the House of lies this week. He did not like what he found there. “Insane.” “Absurd.” “Ludicrous.” Those are the actual words FBI Director Christopher Wray used to describe House Republicans’ crackpot conspiracy theories. “The American people fully understand,” Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) informed Wray at Wednesday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, “… that you have personally worked to weaponize the FBI against conservatives.” Right. Hageman, the election denier who ousted Liz Cheney in a primary, would have you believe that Wray — senior political appointee in the George W. Bush Justice Department, clerk to a noted conservative judge, contributor to the Federalist Society, Donald Trump-appointed head of the FBI — is part of a conspiracy to persecute conservatives. “The idea that I’m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background,” he replied. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/fbi-conspiracy-theories-house-gop-wray-hearing/One really has to admire the planning and ingenuity of the Democrats that they were able to pull this off. Talk about playing the long game! They’ve had a sleeper conspirator positioned as a conservative bureaucrat for years and managed to convince a Republican president who wouldn’t listen to them or agree with anything else they say to appoint him director of the FBI so they could use him to attack conservatives. Wow. If they can manage something like that, imagine what they might be able to do with things like managing the economy, rebuilding infrastructure or creating jobs - you know things that are important to the average American.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 14, 2023 18:42:48 GMT -5
"Republicans" are truly morons. An honest man visited the House of lies this week. He did not like what he found there. “Insane.” “Absurd.” “Ludicrous.” Those are the actual words FBI Director Christopher Wray used to describe House Republicans’ crackpot conspiracy theories. “The American people fully understand,” Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) informed Wray at Wednesday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, “… that you have personally worked to weaponize the FBI against conservatives.” Right. Hageman, the election denier who ousted Liz Cheney in a primary, would have you believe that Wray — senior political appointee in the George W. Bush Justice Department, clerk to a noted conservative judge, contributor to the Federalist Society, Donald Trump-appointed head of the FBI — is part of a conspiracy to persecute conservatives. “The idea that I’m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background,” he replied. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/fbi-conspiracy-theories-house-gop-wray-hearing/I hope that the vast majority of the American people aren't the imbeciles that Rep. Hageman seems to think they are.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 14, 2023 18:59:36 GMT -5
"Republicans" are truly morons. An honest man visited the House of lies this week. He did not like what he found there. “Insane.” “Absurd.” “Ludicrous.” Those are the actual words FBI Director Christopher Wray used to describe House Republicans’ crackpot conspiracy theories. “The American people fully understand,” Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) informed Wray at Wednesday’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, “… that you have personally worked to weaponize the FBI against conservatives.” Right. Hageman, the election denier who ousted Liz Cheney in a primary, would have you believe that Wray — senior political appointee in the George W. Bush Justice Department, clerk to a noted conservative judge, contributor to the Federalist Society, Donald Trump-appointed head of the FBI — is part of a conspiracy to persecute conservatives. “The idea that I’m biased against conservatives seems somewhat insane to me, given my own personal background,” he replied. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/fbi-conspiracy-theories-house-gop-wray-hearing/I hope that the vast majority of the American people aren't the imbeciles that Rep. Hageman seems to think they are. IIRC, 74 million Americans voted for the Mango Mussolini in 2020 so there's that.
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 15, 2023 3:44:33 GMT -5
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jul 17, 2023 19:01:39 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 18, 2023 20:12:01 GMT -5
That's simple. Because this is the only way for Trump to get back at all of the people who are unjustly attacking him in an ongoing WITCH HUNT. So what if these are the signs of an incipient autocracy. It's all good, because it's Trump, and Trump is perfect.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jul 18, 2023 22:01:24 GMT -5
That's simple. Because this is the only way for Trump to get back at all of the people who are unjustly attacking him in an ongoing WITCH HUNT. So what if these are the signs of an incipient autocracy. It's all good, because it's Trump, and Trump is perfect. I can wrap my head around Trump's sociopathy. I still can't wrap my head around Americans supporting his blatantly authoritarian agenda. Getting back at "the man" is one thing. Supporting a criminal and a wanna-be dictator to do it is several bridges too far for me to comprehend. And, all, apparently, with the idea of Trump being like those that support him. Nothing could be further from the truth. I can conceptualize that that's, likely, a sign of desperation and anger that hasn't yet been addressed by either side of the aisle. But, still, at what cost?
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 19, 2023 20:07:59 GMT -5
That's simple. Because this is the only way for Trump to get back at all of the people who are unjustly attacking him in an ongoing WITCH HUNT. So what if these are the signs of an incipient autocracy. It's all good, because it's Trump, and Trump is perfect. I can wrap my head around Trump's sociopathy. I still can't wrap my head around Americans supporting his blatantly authoritarian agenda. Getting back at "the man" is one thing. Supporting a criminal and a wanna-be dictator to do it is several bridges too far for me to comprehend. And, all, apparently, with the idea of Trump being like those that support him. Nothing could be further from the truth. I can conceptualize that that's, likely, a sign of desperation and anger that hasn't yet been addressed by either side of the aisle. But, still, at what cost? I hear this argument from my wife on an almost daily basis, and my unfortunate conclusion is that many Americans are, sadly, fools and idiots. They don't seem to care that his agenda is to throw American democracy in the trash heap (because, of course, it's actually those that are attacking him that are doing that, donchaknow), they really think Trump speaks for them and cares about them, which is a total pile of hooey, and they're willing to gladly finance his grifting.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jul 19, 2023 20:58:32 GMT -5
I can wrap my head around Trump's sociopathy. I still can't wrap my head around Americans supporting his blatantly authoritarian agenda. Getting back at "the man" is one thing. Supporting a criminal and a wanna-be dictator to do it is several bridges too far for me to comprehend. And, all, apparently, with the idea of Trump being like those that support him. Nothing could be further from the truth. I can conceptualize that that's, likely, a sign of desperation and anger that hasn't yet been addressed by either side of the aisle. But, still, at what cost? I hear this argument from my wife on an almost daily basis, and my unfortunate conclusion is that many Americans are, sadly, fools and idiots. They don't seem to care that his agenda is to throw American democracy in the trash heap (because, of course, it's actually those that are attacking him that are doing that, donchaknow), they really think Trump speaks for them and cares about them, which is a total pile of hooey, and they're willing to gladly finance his grifting. It's entirely possible that it's just that simple and that you're correct. I just find it difficult to chalk it up to just that if only because Trump is such an awful con-man that I find it baffling that that many people could fall for his transparent nonsensical schtick. Maybe it's because I grew up in NY and we've all known that he's entirely full of crap for over 30 years.
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 20, 2023 18:07:38 GMT -5
I hear this argument from my wife on an almost daily basis, and my unfortunate conclusion is that many Americans are, sadly, fools and idiots. They don't seem to care that his agenda is to throw American democracy in the trash heap (because, of course, it's actually those that are attacking him that are doing that, donchaknow), they really think Trump speaks for them and cares about them, which is a total pile of hooey, and they're willing to gladly finance his grifting. It's entirely possible that it's just that simple and that you're correct. I just find it difficult to chalk it up to just that if only because Trump is such an awful con-man that I find it baffling that that many people could fall for his transparent nonsensical schtick. Maybe it's because I grew up in NY and we've all known that he's entirely full of crap for over 30 years. Trump knows his base better than you do. Remember the shooting on 5th Avenue quote. I only heard this on MSNBC in passing, so I'm somewhat sketchy on the details, but apparently someone who was recently in Florida asked Trump supporters how they felt about the various charges against him, and every single one of them said it was a witch hunt, and that there was nothing to them. They're like a bunch of parrots.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jul 20, 2023 22:18:38 GMT -5
It's entirely possible that it's just that simple and that you're correct. I just find it difficult to chalk it up to just that if only because Trump is such an awful con-man that I find it baffling that that many people could fall for his transparent nonsensical schtick. Maybe it's because I grew up in NY and we've all known that he's entirely full of crap for over 30 years. Trump knows his base better than you do. Remember the shooting on 5th Avenue quote. I only heard this on MSNBC in passing, so I'm somewhat sketchy on the details, but apparently someone who was recently in Florida asked Trump supporters how they felt about the various charges against him, and every single one of them said it was a witch hunt, and that there was nothing to them. They're like a bunch of parrots. This makes complete sense to me. Thank you, rooter.
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Post by hoyajinx on Jul 21, 2023 4:09:05 GMT -5
Trump knows his base better than you do. Remember the shooting on 5th Avenue quote. I only heard this on MSNBC in passing, so I'm somewhat sketchy on the details, but apparently someone who was recently in Florida asked Trump supporters how they felt about the various charges against him, and every single one of them said it was a witch hunt, and that there was nothing to them. They're like a bunch of parrots. This makes complete sense to me. Thank you, rooter. The greatest irony in all this is that the electoral college was created in large part to limit the influence of low-information voters and to prevent populist demagogues from becoming president. Obviously, the only reason Trump ever won in the first place and even has a shot to win again is because of the electoral college giving low-information voters an outsized influence in electing a populist demagogue.
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tashoya
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Post by tashoya on Jul 21, 2023 8:15:17 GMT -5
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 21, 2023 8:41:50 GMT -5
Racism and fascism now an important part of the "Republican" brand.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Jul 21, 2023 18:05:39 GMT -5
We all knows that life was just a bowl of cherries for dem blacks on de plantations. Why de waz treated jus like members of de family, only one step below de coon dogs. Seriously, WTF. How low can Florida go?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 21, 2023 18:53:37 GMT -5
We all knows that life was just a bowl of cherries for dem blacks on de plantations. Why de waz treated jus like members of de family, only one step below de coon dogs. Seriously, WTF. How low can Florida go? FL is in a race to the bottom with TX. Abbott is challenging DeSantis for which governor can best exemplify demonstrative cruelty and racism.
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Post by tashoya on Jul 21, 2023 20:21:55 GMT -5
We all knows that life was just a bowl of cherries for dem blacks on de plantations. Why de waz treated jus like members of de family, only one step below de coon dogs. Seriously, WTF. How low can Florida go? I learned while trading years ago to never ask questions like, "Well, at least it can't get any worse, right?"
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Post by SSHoya on Jul 25, 2023 3:38:36 GMT -5
The Ohio GOP’s bold abortion gambit has imploded The year 2022 put Republicans in a pickle on abortion rights — and nowhere was that clearer than on ballot measures. First, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving the issue to the states. But then every state in which the issue was put to voters directly wound up supporting abortion rights — and often by large margins. The six states included swing-state Michigan, but also red states Kansas, Kentucky and Montana. That cued up what may be the biggest ballot-measure battle of 2023 — in Ohio, where Republicans quickly signaled they’d forge a brazen strategy to prevent themselves from joining the other states in enshrining abortion rights in their constitutions. That strategy appears to be going up in flames. It turns out that not only do voters overwhelmingly oppose changing the rules for amending the state constitution, but also that the abortion rights measure might have gotten to 60 percent anyway. Suffolk University provided the data. We learned last week that Ohioans opposed State Issue 1 — raising the ballot measure threshold, among other restrictions on the process — 57 percent to 26 percent. Now Suffolk has released numbers on the abortion measure specifically, and the deficit for the GOP is similarly lopsided: Ohioans support the amendment 58 percent to 32 percent. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/24/ohio-gops-bold-abortion-gambit-has-imploded/
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Post by tashoya on Jul 27, 2023 10:00:14 GMT -5
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