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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Pretty much.
And for Warren, I admit I'm more than a little skeptical of the promises that rely on Executive Orders - that's the same shit that we've reasonably criticized Trump for, and how Trump was so easily (and legally) able to roll back DACA protections. If it goes through one person, all it takes is for the next person to decide it's not good policy.
I fully appreciate that it'd be nigh-impossible to get any of her ideas through Congress with the fucking Turtle in charge of the Senate, but it still rubs me the wrong way, much as I like her ideas.
Edited by ironballs16 on Jul 5th 2019 at 3:15:22 PM
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"I think keeping Warren away from Sanders ended up being for the better. Having more time to distinguish herself with mainly middle to low-tier profile candidates surrounding her while Sanders, Biden, and Harris spend more of their time softening each other up is exactly what she needed to break through into the upper tier.
Also it avoided her getting crowded out, Bernie did very little in the second night in part because Harris and Biden had their conflict, Warren could have easily been a background character either in the second night live or in the coverage of the second night.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranBeyond being great for the obvious reasons this will also hopefully address her critical lack of support amongst people of color, especially African-Americans.
If she can't work on drawing them away from Sanders and Biden she probably won't have an opportunity to win.
Still, this is exactly the sort of thing Warren needs and I hope she does well.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangWell, she's been doing things like these for a while now. If she doesn't gain the minority demographic then she needs to do some kind of shift in tactic, or pray Biden's gaffes finally take root. I'm hoping the reliance on Executive Order is primarily rhetorical for now, because while the plans do seem good and I appreciate them building upon preexisting infrastructure, actually carrying them out is indeed going to be tricky.
Trump is considering altering the Census with an EO; something he likely doesn't have the authority to do, but who knows with US courts these days...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/05/politics/census-citizenship-question-deadline-donald-trump/index.html
7.1 Earthquake strikes near Ridgecrest, California around the same area as yesterday's 6.4.
Edited by tclittle on Jul 5th 2019 at 11:12:34 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."So far it doesn't seem like too much damage. That's a relief.
I'd like to remind everyone to keep a disaster preparedness kit
handy. You never know when emergency supplies will be needed.
It's not unusual for a small quake to ... erm... shake things loose, opening the way for a larger one.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Because I feel everyone needs to laugh and cry at just how stupid our president is, President Trump Said Revolutionary War Troops 'Took Over the Airports' in His Fourth of July Speech
.
He blamed it on a bad teleprompter.
Discussion of the earthquakes is more appropriate for this topic
.
If Trump tried an EO it would get canned in record time by Federal Court and the time would be too short to delay up until SCOTUS can rule
He also admitted the Question is for 'redistring', making a gift to every lawyer opposing it
Edited by 3of4 on Jul 6th 2019 at 12:12:35 PM
"You can reply to this Message!"Epstein has been arrested for trafficking minors. For those unaware he’s a billionaire sex offender who is friends with Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and others, with Trump having once said that Epstein likes girls younger than Trump does.[1]
A past attempt to charge Epstein was derailed when the prosecutor gave Epstein the deal of a lifetime and granted immunity to co-conspirators, that prosecutor is now the secretary of labour.
Edited by Silasw on Jul 7th 2019 at 9:57:52 AM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranIt sickens me to ask my first question is, "The same minors or new ones?"
But yes, Epstein is a slaver and a rapist.
Pretty much every one of his big name celebrity friends (Bill Clinton and Trump both) are damned in my eyes.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Here's the Wikipedia entry on Affluenza
Scroll down to the bit about Ethan Crouch.
Yeah, it's for real.
Edited by M84 on Jul 7th 2019 at 10:33:08 PM
Disgusted, but not surprised

What you eat says a lot about according to some judgemental people,its really arbitrary
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