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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Roy Moore announces he'll run for he Senate again in 2020.
Edited by LSBK on Jun 20th 2019 at 2:56:09 PM
In the latest installment of "Republicans hating democracy," Oregon Senate Republicans are in hiding or have fled the state, in order to deny the quorum needed for the Senate to function and thus prevent the Democratic-controlled body from passing a cap-and-trade bill.
State troopers have been authorized to bring back the absent members,
with one senator threatening to shoot them.
Edited by Eschaton on Jun 20th 2019 at 1:01:16 AM
> they will destroy Trump in the Court of Public/International Opinion.
He's already done that by the nature of being well,Trump,so there's really no need for them to do
And once again a reminder that Trump can't declare without the backing of congress
Well,I'm glad they're not in Rome
Edited by Ultimatum on Jun 20th 2019 at 8:03:29 AM
have a listen and have a link to my discord serverThe problem isn't that they're going to extreme measures to prevent legislation they disagree with (as has been pointed out, Democrats have pulled similar tricks in GOP-controlled states and generally been cheered for it), the problem is that the legislation they're so dead-set against is environmental protection legislation.
Taking a principled stand for your beliefs is only admirable when your beliefs aren't complete shit.
And of course, threatening to shoot law enforcement officers over it is just batshit insanity.
Edited by NativeJovian on Jun 20th 2019 at 4:11:44 AM
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.I was about to post this, darn
I dearly hope that the Republican primary voters prove themselves to be exactly as vile and wretched as I know them to be.
If he wins the primary then the odds of Jones holding the seat would increase significantly, and that would entirely change the calculus for Democrats taking control of the Senate.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
Yeah, the problem with that...
As Willamette Week has reported, Boquist is a U.S. Army veteran whose businesses include military training and an international operation that journalists described in the 1990s as a paramilitary force of armed American and Russian ex-military officers.
Boquist contends that state troopers only have the power to enforce criminal violations and arrest warrants, not to compel absent lawmakers to return to the Capitol during a legislative session.
So the guy has the training, and seemingly the willingness to actually do it. The hypocrisy at play here, though, is astounding - whatever happened to "Blue Lives Matter"?
And the shitty thing is, the guy has actually done some good - a quick Googling of him led me to a hard-line Oregon firearms association (on-par with the NRA for stance) in which he defiantly told them to piss off while he tried to help prevent suicides legislatively, especially those of former military personnel.
Edited by ironballs16 on Jun 20th 2019 at 4:22:38 AM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"He's going to shoot at LEOs who come to make him do his job. You know what, I'm at the point where I'd be happy to see that. Go right ahead, bud.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It's a pretty boilerplate center-right free market solution to an environmental problem. Republicans hate it anyway.
Edited by NativeJovian on Jun 20th 2019 at 4:22:23 AM
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Well, that's true on a personal level. At the very least.
But that's why Moore winning in the primary would be a great thing. It would give Jones a very real chance of holding the seat.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jun 20th 2019 at 1:58:10 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
x2 Except they won't, because Trump is going to be on the ballot. It could be possible for them to Vote for Trump and Jones, but there's no way Trump won't be telling Alabamans to vote for the Republican, be it Moore or anyone else, and Trumpeteers won't go against their man.
Our only hope is to (miraculously) flip the State Blue, at least Nationally.
Edited by DingoWalley1 on Jun 20th 2019 at 5:21:28 AM
Our only hope is to (miraculously) flip the State Blue, at least Nationally.
Then Moore wins and Alabama has a Republican whose policies are no worse than others.
I'll concede that I wasn't accounting for the Presidential election, so it probably won't help us. But it can't hurt us.
And if Moore wins then he'll do stupid shit that embarrasses the Republicans.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Jun 20th 2019 at 2:52:13 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

They know that pretty much the entire international community and most of the United States doesn't want this war to happen. We're already in the shit internationally over Trump breaking Obama's deal with them.
Iran doesn't actually want a war with us. It would be costly, brutal, and one-sided. They aren't anywhere near stupid or suicidal enough to declare one.
But if Trump attacks them? It makes them into the clear and inarguable victims of an unjust war started by an unprecedentedly unpopular American President. So long as they can avoid complete annihilation in the shooting conflict, they will destroy Trump in the Court of Public/International Opinion.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Jun 20th 2019 at 1:54:01 PM
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