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#184026: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:16:58 PM

Well, all Trump has to do is make racist or sexist attacks against every judge who might rule against him, then demand they recuse themselves. Doesn't work that way, and Curiel has said in no uncertain terms what he thinks of that idea already. Although, if he gets away with it, I have a great idea for how I can get out of future traffic tickets.

[nja]

edited 20th Apr '17 4:19:02 PM by Fighteer

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#184027: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:17:22 PM

[up][up]You say that like it'll stop conservatives from trying

edited 20th Apr '17 4:17:47 PM by sgamer82

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#184028: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:19:29 PM

[up]Or I say it like them complaining about it will have any effect at all on whether or not Curiel will recuse himself. Their complaints are likely to be ignored. And even if they're not, that doesn't guarantee a friendly judge or make their case about the DREAMER guy any stronger.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184029: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:21:07 PM

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edited 20th Apr '17 4:29:34 PM by megaeliz

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#184030: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:37:38 PM

Oh man, Assange being taken out/arrested would be sooooo satisfying.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#184031: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:39:36 PM

Maybe but I'd be wary about Trump doing it. If he's behind it he might try to pin this whole scandal on Assange.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#184032: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:45:28 PM

Considering how long he's been irrelevant and how his recent public appearances have just been him grasping for attention, I really don't fucking care if he's arrested at this point. I don't think I ever really did. He's just annoying at this point.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
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#184033: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:48:54 PM

I'm kind of in the same camp as Ace.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#184034: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:50:17 PM

Assange being arrested would be lovely payback for last year. He helped get Trump elected.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#184035: Apr 20th 2017 at 4:57:02 PM

Not to mention smuggling Snowden to Russia.

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#184036: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:02:40 PM

Personally, I won't be satisfied until I see Trump being led away in handcuffs and an orange jumpsuit (to match his fake hair and spray-on tan.)

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184037: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:03:47 PM

Jeff Session hates Hawai'i, or how to insult both a federal judge and an entire state at the same time

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329763-sessions-amazed-judge-sitting-on-an-island-in-the-pacific-can-stop#bottom-story-socials

edited 20th Apr '17 5:16:43 PM by megaeliz

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#184038: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:12:07 PM

Fuck Sessions honestly. The guy's a loathsome racist who tries to use his (exaggerated) role in a KKK case YEARS ago to try and disregard all the criticism directed at all the other times he opposed civil rights and acted like a general asshead. Much like he's doing now.

Cannot wait for him to be gone.

edited 20th Apr '17 5:13:28 PM by Draghinazzo

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184039: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:29:24 PM

Wait, he was in the KKK? I didn't know that.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#184040: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:30:15 PM

It sounds more like he was involved in a case with the KKK. Presumably as a prosecutor or similar if he's using it to dispel claims of racism

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#184041: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:30:21 PM

No, they meant he was probably involved in prosecuting a KKK case, not that he was a member himself.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#184042: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:31:20 PM

No, I meant the case where he helped prosecute a murder commited by a member of the KKK. He likes to point to that to display his commitment to racial justice or whatever, but some articles have pointed out that he embellishes the details and didn't even want to take it to court in the first place. This ignoring all the other times he voted against civil rights for women, LGBT people, etc and was generally an ass to people of color by most accounts.

He did make the joke about the only reason he hadn't joined the KKK was because they smoked weed, which IF entirely a jest, is an extremely distasteful one to say the least.

[nja]

edited 20th Apr '17 5:32:52 PM by Draghinazzo

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#184044: Apr 20th 2017 at 5:48:34 PM

I can guarantee you that a ton of people have no idea about that case. That's why it's not a good idea to try and coast on a relatively minor news item. Eventually people will forget about it and it will lose any value it once had.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#184045: Apr 20th 2017 at 6:06:19 PM

VERIFY: Inappropriate, suicide-themed joke at Democratic Party event

http://www.wcsh6.com/mb/news/local/verify/verify-inappropriate-suicide-themed-joke-at-democratic-party-event/432616664

A video featuring Democrats laughing at a joke involving a spike in the suicide rate is catching dems some flak.

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#184046: Apr 20th 2017 at 6:16:51 PM

Everything I learn about Sessions makes me despise him more.

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#184047: Apr 20th 2017 at 7:02:22 PM

So today the Attorney General at the head of the Department of Justice expressed surprise that the legal system did its job. Yeah...You know what I'm still not drinkin yet. Senator Hirono's and Chelsea Clinton's responses say it best though:

Hey Jeff Sessions, this #Islandinthe Pacific has been the 50th state for going on 58 years. And we won’t succumb to your dog whistle politics.

Someone please tell Sessions that Hawaii is a state. An American in Hawaii is as American as one from Alabama. Or Indiana.


And the bit about judges psychoanalyzing Trump. (Riotous laughter). That's completely unnecessary if said Trump states his intentions on live tv, say at a Trump rally, multiple Trump rallies.
(Sessions does seem to be counting on Gorsuch to push the order through though, which, oddly means that stopping this piece of nonsense is up to Kennedy.)

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#184048: Apr 20th 2017 at 7:22:04 PM

I wonder if Obama birthers think Hawai'i isn't a state.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
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#184049: Apr 20th 2017 at 7:25:12 PM

No, they do. They just say he was born in Kenya

Oh really when?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#184050: Apr 20th 2017 at 7:26:00 PM

Wasn't it not a state at the time of his birth? Of course this isn't a disqualifying factor because territories also count for citizenship.


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