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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
SO, Pelosi is making a commission about the 25th Amendment being invoked.
At this point, it's pretty obviously just a tool to make Trump explode like that guy at the end of Big Trouble in Little China after Lo Pan was killed, but as political strategies go it's not bad.
Every hour Trump is distracted is one more for democracy.
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Yeah, what she's doing is creating a commission that would take the role of "such other body as Congress may by law provide" in the 25th Amendment.
It can't possibly be used to unseat Trump because the creation of the commission would be a "law" and therefore require passage from both houses of congress and will be subject to Presidential veto.
And the commission still wouldn't be able to unseat a sitting President without the concurrence of the sitting Vice President.
And of course even if all of that happened, the President could still unliterally revoke the declaration. At which point it would have to be affirmed by 2/3rds majority of both houses of congress for the President to be unseated.
At most this is likely one of many pieces of legislation aside that are going to have to be put in place under Biden's administration to make the rise of another Trump far more difficult.
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Steroids are designed to kill everything it comes in contact with, in order to force the body to go into overdrive to compensate for the massive attack against itself.
Consider it a "nuke" and you get the idea.
Other than that, side-effects of steroids may include:
(Insomnia), mood swings, weight gain (from increased appetite), acne, increased sweating, thinning skin, bruising or discoloration, slow wound healing, headaches, dizziness, spinning sensations, nausea, stomach pain, bloating, changes in the shape or location of body fat (especially arms, legs, face, neck, chest, waist...)
And that is not to mention what happens when mixed with other drugs on top or together with them...
Trump was already in drop-bottom bad shape as it was before Covid-19 grabbed him by the-/...got a hold of him.
I don't want to imagine what he shape he will be in once the treatment wears off.
Edited by TitanJump on Oct 9th 2020 at 7:59:44 PM
It seems the House has reached a conclusion on big tech monopolies:
Damn. It is impressive that Congress found so comprehensively against these companies. I'm still thinking about the article, but it has huge implications for the future... or none, if action isn't taken.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"For the love of shit, can’t they stop focusing on Clinton’s emails for five goddamn seconds?
She’s not even running!
Edited by SatoshiBakura on Oct 9th 2020 at 3:05:41 PM
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Those who tried were told Clinton and Biden performed a "Freaky Friday" Flip.
Edited by sgamer82 on Oct 9th 2020 at 12:13:58 PM
It's pretty obvious that they are looking for a hot-button issue that will flip the narrative. Since there is none (unless the Biden-Harris campaign has some massive face-plant in the final stretch), they are left grasping at straws.
They're throwing red meat at their base in the hopes of getting it out to vote, but they fail to understand that they've gotten as much reach as they're going to out of the die-hard reality deniers.
Their only real hope at this point is voter suppression. Expect all the focus to be on that in the next four weeks.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It really says everything that they had nothing but misogyny and racism to campaign on.
I mean, it's weird they can't even think of ANYTHING to oppose Biden on.
What are these guys being paid for?
I think they should maybe focus on not dying of coronavirus first.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Oct 9th 2020 at 12:24:24 PM
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Edited by JamieBGood on Oct 9th 2020 at 4:59:29 PM
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