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rikalous World's Cutest Direwolf from Upscale Mordor (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
World's Cutest Direwolf
#113576: Feb 27th 2016 at 11:24:47 PM

@Protagonist: Trump did, with 32 and a half percent to Cruz and Rubio's 22 and change. Which apparently nets him all fifty delegates.

Bush managed to beat out Carson and Kasich despite not actually running anymore, so good on him I guess.

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#113577: Feb 27th 2016 at 11:37:17 PM

Basically Trump as long as this is a plurality race is going to win by Cruz and Rubio and Kasich and Carson splitting the Tea Party and Movement Conservative votes.

And there's no sign Cruz or Rubio is going to drop out to let the other win. Mexican Standoff. Cruz and Rubio have no reason to see the other's political rival win. Cruz can't drop until it becomes obvious because he'd just become another empty suit in the eyes of the Hardcore GO Pers he represent. Rubio has no reason to fold to Cruz's radicalism and betray Movement Conservatism.

Oops.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#113578: Feb 28th 2016 at 12:03:20 AM

A federal judge potentially limited First Amendment free-speech rights to take video of police activity in public places.

District Judge Mark Kearney wrote that videographers must establish a more credible reason for filming

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#113579: Feb 28th 2016 at 12:14:30 AM

Like what?

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#113580: Feb 28th 2016 at 12:24:39 AM

The judge cites several cases where someone was originally filming or photographing something unrelated to police activity, but either caught it within frame or switched focus. He argues these cases do not justify first amendment protections.

Under this ruling, many of the citizen-journalism videos used as evidence in police abuse cases of late would not receive First Amendment protection, wrote Radley Balko for The Washington Post. The videographer or photographer would have needed to inform police of their political intent.

The circumstances that would limit a citizen's videotaping rights under this case are complex and unusual, and free-speech advocates are expressing concerns.

"According to Kearney’s logic, standing silently and recording the police is not sufficiently expressive to warrant First Amendment protection," wrote Adam Bates for Cato Institute via Newsweek. "The reasoning behind this distinction is bizarre and is out of step with rulings in several federal circuits that recording police in public is constitutionally protected without regard for whether the recorder is attempting to make a statement or issue a challenge to law enforcement."

edited 28th Feb '16 12:28:48 AM by SolipsistOwl

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United Earth
#113581: Feb 28th 2016 at 12:27:29 AM

That's bullshit.

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Vampire Hunter
#113582: Feb 28th 2016 at 12:56:03 AM

It is bullshit since it is Freedom of the Press.

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Achaemenid HGW XX/7 from Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1 Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
HGW XX/7
#113583: Feb 28th 2016 at 1:34:44 AM

Oh, I'm afraid that the firewall is quite op-e-rational.

edited 28th Feb '16 1:54:39 AM by Achaemenid

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V
#113584: Feb 28th 2016 at 1:40:41 AM

@ Handle: Similar incidents have happened in Britain.

Keep Rolling On
TerminusEst from the Land of Winter and Stars Since: Feb, 2010
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#113586: Feb 28th 2016 at 3:32:34 AM

How much greater of a time commitment is caucusing than primarying? Until recently, I thought Nebraska Democrats did primaries, and they did until recently (changed to caucses in 2008), and I was all ready to a primary (which I understand is basialy just filling and submitting a ballot), rather than caucus (which I'm not entirely sure what it entails).

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#113587: Feb 28th 2016 at 5:17:01 AM

Caucus basically involves taking sides in a room.

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Lost in Space
#113588: Feb 28th 2016 at 6:58:54 AM

Hey, ~Ramidel, regarding this post. Just because people didn't take the bait doesn't mean it's okay to passively bait them. We can note that Reddit-crawling young folks tend to be blindly reactionary without bringing banned topics up.

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carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#113589: Feb 28th 2016 at 7:10:09 AM

@Klan melee, it may work out in the Klan's favor in the end. It's being reported that the counter-protesters started beating one of the Klan assholes with a 2x4 before the Klan retaliated (apparently they speared one guy with a flagpole).

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A procrastination in of itself
#113590: Feb 28th 2016 at 7:14:53 AM

Dammit, we keep having that over here too, people start fights with the reactionaries instead of letting them start the fight, thus meaning that the racist assholes gain sympathy.

edited 28th Feb '16 7:15:03 AM by Silasw

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#113591: Feb 28th 2016 at 7:21:27 AM

Following the endorsement we've all talked about, Trump tries to claim that he knows nothing about white supremacists. Maybe for VP he'll pick Jon Snow. Emphasis and potholes mine.

Donald Trump wouldn't disavow David Duke's support for his presidential bid, saying Sunday that he knows nothing about the white supremacist leader. "Just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK?" Trump told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."

"I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists," he said. "So I don't know. I don't know — did he endorse me, or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke; I know nothing about white supremacists." The Anti-Defamation League had called on Trump to repudiate the support of Duke, the former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, and other white supremacist groups.

Asked if he'd broadly distance himself from those groups, Trump demurred, saying he knew nothing about their support for his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. "I have to look at the group. I mean, I don't know what group you're talking about," Trump said. "You wouldn't want me to condemn a group that I know nothing about. I'd have to look. If you would send me a list of the groups, I will do research on them and certainly I would disavow if I thought there was something wrong. You may have groups in there that are totally fine — it would be very unfair. So give me a list of the groups and I'll let you know."

Tapper responded: "OK. I'm just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here, but —" And Trump said: "Honestly, I don't know David Duke. I don't believe I've ever met him. I'm pretty sure I didn't meet him. And I just don't know anything about him."

Trump's comments came two days before 12 states — largely Southern — vote on Super Tuesday. If he defeats Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in most or all of those states, Trump could become a near-lock for the Republican nomination.

He detailed what he'd look for in a vice presidential nominee, saying he'd want someone with "a little bit of an inside track" to getting legislation approved by Congress — an indication Trump could pick a current politician. "Conceptually, I like the idea of a political person to go along with my abilities," he said.

Trump also said he has no plans to release his tax returns, despite pressure from Cruz and Rubio, because IRS audits are ongoing. He said he has been audited "almost every year for 10 or 12 years." "Maybe it's because I'm very conservative, maybe it's because I'm tea party. ... I don't know what it is, but I have been singled out," Trump said. "Until the audit is completed, obviously I'm not giving my papers."

He did say, though, that his campaign is likely to release a list of his charitable contributions "sometime in the next week."

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Lost in Space
#113592: Feb 28th 2016 at 7:24:39 AM

Trump "knows nothing about white supremacists"... yeah, right. I believe that like I believe Trump doesn't know how much money he has.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113593: Feb 28th 2016 at 7:39:03 AM

He wouldn't repudiate the KKK when directly called upon to do so on national television; gotta get the racist southerner demographic out to the polls I guess.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#113594: Feb 28th 2016 at 8:10:59 AM

I can't help but feel a little disgust and concern when I stop to think about the fact that this is what Donald Trump thinks will get him elected , is being proven right as far as Republicans go, and what that says about us as a country.

Granted, there's hope aplenty in that he should have little to no chance in the General Election, but still...

SolipsistOwl Since: Jan, 2016
#113595: Feb 28th 2016 at 8:24:29 AM

A leader of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Sunday that she is stepping down from her post to support the presidential candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), who currently serves as a vice chairwoman of the DNC, announced her endorsement in an interview with NBC's “Meet the Press” that aired Sunday morning.

"I think it’s most important for us, as we look at our choices as to who our next commander in chief will be, is to recognize the necessity to have a commander in chief who has foresight, who exercises good judgment, who looks beyond the consequences, looks at the consequences of the actions they're looking to take, before they take those actions, so we don't continue to find ourselves in these failures that have resulted in chaos in the Middle East and so much loss of life," Gabbard said.

Gabbard is the fourth member of Congress to endorse Sanders in his battle against Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. She is his most high-profile congressional endorsement to date.

The Hawaii Democrat's tenure at the DNC has not been without controversy. In October, she complained she was “disinvited” from a debate after she urged the party to hold more debates. Sanders later offered her a seat with his campaign.

Top DNC official leaves post to back Sanders

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Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#113596: Feb 28th 2016 at 8:50:11 AM

Trump's father was arrested at a Klan rally and he's really trying to tell us that he doesn't know anything about them?

Oh really when?
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Lost in Space
#113597: Feb 28th 2016 at 8:52:38 AM

If the DNC is excommunicating members who back Sanders, the Democratic Party apparatus is deeply sick. Of course, we've known that for a while, what with the party's abject cowardice in backing Obamacare in 2012. Are they trying to lose elections over ideological purity? That's supposed to be what Republicans do, not Democrats!

/sigh

edited 28th Feb '16 8:54:08 AM by Fighteer

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113598: Feb 28th 2016 at 8:55:42 AM

I think she left of her own accord, as Sanders is technically an independent Senator and a sitting member of the DNC should probably be supporting a Democrat. To compare this to what happens in a parliamentary system; this sounds like a Cabinet member standing down because they disagree with the Prime Minister and can't reconcile their views. So they step down, but stay in the party, so they can follow their conscience at the cost of influence.

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Lost in Space
#113599: Feb 28th 2016 at 8:57:08 AM

No, no, she was frozen out back when she wanted more debates. The DNC is unabashedly shilling for Clinton and is using all the dirty tricks at its disposal. It's become the progressive movement's albatross.

edited 28th Feb '16 8:57:56 AM by Fighteer

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#113600: Feb 28th 2016 at 9:01:09 AM

Ah, so this was a longer process. And it is troubling (though understandable, from a political point of view) how the DNC is doing all that it can to ensure that their favorite candidate gets the nod. But then again I think the entire primary process is a joke that only serves to make your elections last two years and bring out the most toxic elements of the political spectrum into the spotlight. Compared to that; party bosses deciding who gets in sounds fine. But as it stands now, the party bosses are being major hypocrites in pretending that this is a fair race.

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