3 hours ago, brabus said:

// ...which I am all for while we wait for the Dems to come around to honestly debriefing their epic failure and redirecting the party in a way that brings us back to a centrist, “shared” control gov. But until they do that, it’s likely a GOP controlled gov. The question is how long does it take them to do this - 2 years, 4 years, 12 years?

Power is addictive, Dems will re-org before next opportunity...chiefly, the midterm elections.

22 minutes ago, Swizzle said:

Dems will re-org before next opportunity

Seems very optimistic, but certainly possible.

On 11/14/2024 at 4:30 PM, TreeA10 said:

Some district in CA has successfully counted 76% of ballots.   I'm envisioning some 90 year old dude with an abacus pulling sacks off the dusty delivery donkeys before dragging the bags into a 1930s vintage country store counting a few ballots between conversations with the locals about that new fangled telephone on the wall.  

Flash Flash, 100 yard dash!


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For anyone adding to the list of events that made voters rebuke the Dems, we now have a woman imprisoned for 9 years because she argued 2020 voting machines were compromised*, but we have several Dems in Pennsylvania outwardly admitting to violating voting law because they want to count invalid votes. Literally breaking the law trying to sway an election in their favor and not one mention of bringing charges. The gross imbalance of legal action depending on party affiliation is sickening and a major reason voters have walked away from the Dems. I will happily eat crow in the future if every one of them ends up in prison for years.

*For those interested in what actually brought a 9 year sentence:

“Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state.” Of note she didn’t actually manipulate any vote counts, unlike the Pennsylvania people mentioned above. So I guess they need over 9 years of incarceration…

 

 

Edited November 19, 20241 yr by brabus

53 minutes ago, brabus said:

For anyone adding to the list of events that made voters rebuke the Dems, we now have a woman imprisoned for 9 years because she argued 2020 voting machines were compromised*, but we have several Dems in Pennsylvania outwardly admitting to violating voting law because they want to count invalid votes. Literally breaking the law trying to sway an election in their favor and not one mention of bringing charges. The gross imbalance of legal action depending on party affiliation is sickening and a major reason voters have walked away from the Dems. I will happily eat crow in the future if every one of them ends up in prison for years.

*For those interested in what actually brought a 9 year sentence:

“Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state.” Of note she didn’t actually manipulate any vote counts, unlike the Pennsylvania people mentioned above. So I guess they need over 9 years of incarceration…

 

 

Not saying it happened here but so many infractions it seems especially at the federal level have the potential for some pretty draconian penalties. Prosecutors love when something can carry a 25-year sentence even when they rarely get that much because it's a really big club to coerce a plea deal and they don't have to actually prove anything in court. Trial penalty is real especially when most of us can't afford a high-priced legal team to keep the government honest. They have unlimited taxpayer money and will go home at the end of the day no matter the outcome. 

Will be very interesting to see how the rhetoric about hitting the cartels will come to fruition.

Sounds far fetched but some serious questioning in public, under oath would do some good of retired GOs and SES types

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/11/19/trump-reportedly-has-a-radical-plan-for-accountability-on-afghanistan-and-the-press-are-furious-n2182215

10 hours ago, uhhello said:

Will be very interesting to see how the rhetoric about hitting the cartels will come to fruition.

Hopefully something like this. 

 

Trump wants the Senate to kill the PRESS act, already passed by the R House, which protects reporters from revealing sources, etc.  Does Trump know something his fellow Rs don't know?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/media/trump-press-act-journalists-media-freedom/index.html (sorry, WSJ and NYT links were pay-walled).

Also, Ds are pushing judicial appointments through because some Senators are not doing their current job but rather their future job. 

And some people are pushing Biden to resign now so Harris can get a few months at the wheel.  I bet Jill prevents that move.

It really does feel like the Ds are trying to stick the gas pedal to the floor and bail out and watch the ensuing wreck.

33 minutes ago, disgruntledemployee said:

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It really does feel like the Ds are trying to stick the gas pedal to the floor and bail out and watch the ensuing wreck.

As-in the rapidly declining economy, and escalating UKR-Russ war, amoungst several other matters....checks they are accelerating near-term-end actions/decisions. To be fair, so do most administrations.

Watch them blame the other party next election cycle, and skirt accusations of their policies driving over a preverbial cliff then handing over the controls midair. Will they be in the seats upon 'impact'? Probably not, that's next guy's problem! Very short sided however. Hopefully unlike Americans' memories.

MSNBC admitted it was "unaware" that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign paid $500,000 to Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit ahead of a friendly interview with the Democratic nominee ahead of Election Day.

18 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

MSNBC admitted it was "unaware" that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign paid $500,000 to Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit ahead of a friendly interview with the Democratic nominee ahead of Election Day.

I’m old enough to remember when the progressives would complain about all the money in politics/how much was spent on elections…now they’re leading the pack wrt all the spending.

23 minutes ago, HeloDude said:

now they’re leading the pack wrt all the spending.

And by a substantial margin

Daddy Biden pardons Baby (Hunter) Biden. Calls it an unfair witch hunt.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/joe-biden-issue-pardon-son-hunter-biden-rcna182369

 

Tell me you’re a family of slime bags without telling me you’re a family of slime bags..

 

 At least the laptop story was fake……..right?

Should have taken the Frank Costanza approach, “Hunter we've had it with you. Understand? We love you like a son, but even parents have limits.”

Guess nepotism is in, baby!

Joe’s legacy is complete dogshit. He had no face to save by not pardoning Hunter, so from his POV might as well - probably the most logical thought/decision he’s had in decades.

Biden didn't pardon Hunter.  He pardoned himself.  I’m confident the Bidens are easily one of the most corrupt families in the history of this country.  Hopefully, when history writes itself, the truth and evidence come out.  

These people make me sick.  I hope they pay.  Even if it is just in the history books.  

Biden said he would not pardon his son, but did it anyway.  I always predicted this would happen.  Anyone who is surprised by this, well, they shouldn’t be.  To be fair, I truly think Trump would have done the same if he were in a similar situation.

Not even remotely surprised.  First, as many have said, Joe's a corrupt politician at his core and closing all investigations into this would protect himself as well.  Second, his son was facing a potential lengthy prison term.  I get that the right thing to do was to let justice happen, but I doubt many fathers would have been able to let justice run its course when they could just sign a pardon.

Because the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree?