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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 11, 2020 3:50:33 GMT
2017 Naval Academy grad!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 4:07:24 GMT
Jill Twiss
“It is just insane how many of the norms that hold our entire country together rest entirely on the assumption that we will elect a decent human being to the presidency.”
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Post by rodeomom on Jul 11, 2020 5:00:48 GMT
Jill Twiss “It is just insane how many of the norms that hold our entire country together rest entirely on the assumption that we will elect a decent human being to the presidency.” Yes! I had way more trust in our checks and balances than I should have had.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 14:23:42 GMT
NPR. link“Police Viewed Less Favorably, But Few Want To 'Defund' Them, Survey Finds”July 9, 202010:55 PM ET ”In a survey of Americans' attitudes toward law enforcement, two-thirds of respondents said that individual officers should be held legally accountable for using excessive force, but few of those polled said they would support cutting police budgets. Unsurprisingly, however, the results of the survey conducted by the Pew Research Center were significantly skewed by the race and political persuasion of those answering the questions. The poll, conducted from June 16-22, took the temperature amid nationwide protests over police brutality sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. The survey asked questions of 4,708 adults. On a point advocated by many of the protesters, only a quarter of those surveyed (25%) said that funding for the police should be decreased. Seventy-three percent said they thought funding for the police should either stay about the same (42%), be increased a little (20%) or a lot (11%). Pew's findings show that, overall, opinions of the police are less favorable today than in a similar poll conducted by Pew four years ago. Two-thirds (66%) of those surveyed rejected the notion of "qualified immunity," that individual officers should be shielded from lawsuits unless they commit clear violations of the law. That majority agreed that "civilians need to have the power to sue police officers in order to hold them accountable for excessive use of force or misconduct." Parsed by race, 86% of Black respondents agreed with the statement, while 60% of whites and 75% of Hispanics did. There was a similar gulf along party lines, with 84% of those who consider themselves Democrats or lean that way agreeing with the statement. By contrast, a majority (53% to 45%) of those who identify as Republican or lean Republican disagreed with ending qualified immunity. Of those surveyed, 58% believe the police do a "good" to "excellent" job of protecting the public from crime. That figure is down from 62% who answered that way in Pew's 2016 poll. The respondents also held less favorable views of the police in a number of areas. On using the right amount of force in each situation, only 35% agreed that police do today, a drop of 10 percentage points from four years ago. Just 34% agreed that the police treat racial and ethnic groups equally, down from 47% in 2016. And 31% said they believed that police are doing a good to excellent job of holding police officers accountable when misconduct occurs. That's down from 44% in the previous survey. But on all of those questions, Black respondents were much more likely to rate the police as doing a poor to only fair job than white respondents. Hispanics tended to fall roughly between the other two groups. Likewise, Democrats were more critical of the police than Republicans. And the partisan divide has only grown in the past four years, Pew found. While the political and racial gap carried through to a series of proposals and possible policy changes for law enforcement, there was nonetheless considerable agreement all around. Ninety-two percent either agreed strongly or somewhat strongly that police should be trained in nonviolent alternatives to deadly force, for example. Nearly as many agreed overall that a federal government database should be established to track officers accused of misconduct. Roughly three-quarters agreed strongly or somewhat strongly that it should be a crime for police to use chokeholds and strangleholds. The same number said civilian advisory boards should investigate and discipline officers accused of misconduct or inappropriate use of force.“
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 14:28:38 GMT
Asha Rangappa
”Worth noting that Stone’s admission that he could have incriminated Trump would make Trump’s pardon an act of obstruction, even under Barr’s legal view — Barr (in his dumb long 2018 memo) acknowledged that if POTUS were attempting to conceal evidence, it would be obstruction”
“For the same reason is also *no doubt* that Trump’s firing of Comey was clearly obstruction: He was trying to prevent evidence incriminating him from being uncovered, and we know that because Stone has admitted that he had such evidence to give and Trump knew it“
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 14:31:23 GMT
The Lincoln Project...
”This election we are putting aside partisanship and uniting as Americans to remove the single greatest threat to our democracy and institutions: Trump and Trumpism.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 14:36:32 GMT
George Takei...
”The 7-10 day delay in testing and the shortage of PPE around the country are an indictment of the White House’s criminal mismanagement of the pandemic. We are the greatest power on Earth, but we cannot protect our own people, even while all our allies have done so. Disgraceful.”
The man has a point.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 11, 2020 15:55:44 GMT
Jonathan Lemire “With dark, ominous clouds ahead, President Trump boards Air Force One for very short flight from Miami to Ft. Lauderdale” I checked, it’s 30 miles. Probably close to the same mileage back and forth to the 'airports' ! OH wait did he go on Marine One to the airports? Why not for the whole trip?!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 18:25:34 GMT
Sarah Mucha...
”Latest coronavirus stats in the United States, per John Hopkins University:
At least 3,210,955 cases
At least 134,349 deaths”
Now remember, trump thinks people are deliberately catching COVID-19 and dying from it to make him look bad.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 18:29:06 GMT
On the East Coast you have this...
”Water pours through a subway station in New York as Tropical Storm Fay brought heavy rains to the region. The storm has since been downgraded to a tropical depression”
And on the West Coast you have this..
”Heat signature triggered an alert from GOES satellite. A quick look at @alertwildfire show this smoke plume east of San Jose. #cawx @calfirescu”
”A fire ignited in the grasslands on Mt. Hamilton Saturday, sending skyward a large smoke plunge that was visible for miles and bringing crews from Santa Clara County and Cal Fire to battle the blaze.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 18:37:08 GMT
Pete Buttigieg...
”This presidency is not just dangerous—it's exhausting.
Let's remember that it doesn't have to be this way and push all the way through November 3rd.”
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Post by hop2 on Jul 11, 2020 19:01:02 GMT
Jill Twiss “It is just insane how many of the norms that hold our entire country together rest entirely on the assumption that we will elect a decent human being to the presidency.” Yes! I had way more trust in our checks and balances than I should have had. Unfortunately it also depends on who you elect to be your senator. They also have to be a decent & moral human being It doesn’t matter if there is a D an R or an I after their name if they are amoral and out for their own enrichment it will screw you over.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2020 19:10:49 GMT
Yes! I had way more trust in our checks and balances than I should have had. Unfortunately it also depends on who you elect to be your senator. They also have to be a decent & moral human being It doesn’t matter if there is a D an R or an I after their name if they are amoral and out for their own enrichment it will screw you over. TRUE!! I've learned my lesson about picking a spot on a map and just moving there to live!!!!!! Next time I'd check the people in government (makes a big difference--we're so screwed here in FL!!), I'd check the quality of medical care for that State... Those are the 2 most important things to us right now.
We've been stuck with Gov Rick Scott, who created a fraud Medicare scam, and yet remained in office! Now he "became" the Senator. Amazing, huh?? Now we're stuck with DeSantan (DeSantis) as "Governor", and he's just as bad, if not worse! These people keep getting "voted" in and they're scamming the State, making billions of dollars and we all suffer.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 11, 2020 23:59:32 GMT
Do we all remember the couple who pulled and pointed guns against the BLM marchers in St Louis? Seems they are not so nice neighbors!!! Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at protesters, have a long history of suing their neighbors, a lengthy investigation by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch found.The newspaper found that the two personal injury lawyers have been in litigation with their gated neighborhood almost continually since they moved into their home in 1988, which they obtained after winning a lawsuit. The McCloskeys filed suits over small neighborhood issues, such as accusing neighbors of breaking neighborhood rules by allowing an unmarried gay couple to live there. The McCloskeys appealed all the way to the state Supreme Court. The couple also reportedly sued a synagogue near their home for setting up beehives on their property to harvest honey for Rosh Hashanah celebrations. Mark McCloskey allegedly smashed the beehives, and the next day the children in the synagogue cried, the congregation’s rabbi told the Post-Dispatch. ** The couple made headlines after they pointed guns at a swath of Black Lives Matter demonstrators on June 28 who were en-route to Mayor Lyda Krewson's (D) home to call for her resignation because of comments she made during a livestreamed briefing. On Friday, St. Louis authorities executed a search warrant of McCloskeys home, with a local news station reporting that law enforcement seized the rifle that Mark McCloskey was seen holding the day of the protests. ** More at link: thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/506916-st-louis-couple-who-pointed-guns-at-protesters-have-a-history-of-suing
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2020 0:13:16 GMT
Republican Voters Against Trump (RVAT)
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2020 0:16:03 GMT
Quick one!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 0:22:33 GMT
So BunkerBoy finally wore a mask today during a visit to Walter Reed.
The response from his campaign advisors...
Boris Epshteyn...
”Goodnight, @joebiden.”
Brad Parscale.. (under a picture of BunkerBoy walking and wearing the mask.
#AmericaFirst
Jason Miller..
”Joe Biden is finished..
Who knew you could win an election simply by wearing a mask weeks after most Americans and leaders have been wearing masks.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 12, 2020 0:53:45 GMT
I don't think so!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 1:46:13 GMT
PoliticsVideoChannel..
”BREAKING: Florida Commissioner who Voted Against Masks has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in the hospital in critical condition.”
Karma is a bitch..
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 2:17:24 GMT
Bill Kristol...
”In Donald Trump's America, Roger Stone is rewarded for lying and Lt. Col. Vindman is punished for telling the truth.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 2:45:18 GMT
Norm Ornstein...
”Memo to all House committees: compile a comprehensive list of Trump regulations and executive orders that need to be either repealed immediately on January 21 or that need to have the process started toward reversal. Make sure it is in the hands of the Biden transition team!”
No kidding.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 4:47:55 GMT
So BunkerBoy finally wore a mask today during a visit to Walter Reed. The response from his campaign advisors... Boris Epshteyn... ”Goodnight, @joebiden.” Brad Parscale.. (under a picture of BunkerBoy walking and wearing the mask. #AmericaFirst Jason Miller.. ”Joe Biden is finished.. Who knew you could win an election simply by wearing a mask weeks after most Americans and leaders have been wearing masks.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 4:50:40 GMT
PoliticsVideoChannel.. ”BREAKING: Florida Commissioner who Voted Against Masks has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in the hospital in critical condition.” Karma is a bitch.. "Paul Waldron—the commissioner for St. Johns County just south of Jacksonville, Florida—has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in the hospital in critical condition. Last week, Waldron voted against a countywide order requiring all residents to wear face masks as a way to prevent coronavirus infections. According to News 4 Jax, Waldron wasn't "necessarily opposed" to the face mask requirement, but wanted county administrators to clarify the types of masks required and whether the county could provide sufficient supplies for employees and citizens entering government buildings. In a Facebook post written by his daughter, she said he was in the "most critical of conditions," adding that because of "complications from the virus, he went into septic shock and many organs are struggling." "The hospital is working hard to keep him comfortable and continuously monitoring him," she wrote in a follow-up post on Friday evening. "His blood gas levels have improved today and numbers are holding." Waldron has served as St. Johns County Commissioner since 2016 and had planned to run unopposed for the office again in 2020. "We are aware of Commissioner Waldron's situation and are praying for his health and his family. We also ask each of you to pray for him and his family during this time," St. Johns County Administrator Hunter Conrad wrote in a statement." www.newsweek.com/florida-county-commissioner-who-voted-against-masks-hospital-covid-1517121You go ahead w/the praying. I'll stick w/the masks. Sure, you can do prayer AND masks but when it comes to either or, I' know which I'd choose.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 4:52:49 GMT
4 more years?!?!?
Pardon me?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 6:04:26 GMT
George Takei...
”It took 95 days for us to reach 1,000,000 cases of Covid-19.
It took 43 days for us to reach 2 million cases.
It took 28 days for us to reach 3 million cases.
The virus is accelerating. Even someone with 1/100th of a brain should see that.”
If these numbers are accurate, we really are doomed.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 12, 2020 8:30:21 GMT
So BunkerBoy finally wore a mask today during a visit to Walter Reed. The response from his campaign advisors... Boris Epshteyn... ”Goodnight, @joebiden.” Brad Parscale.. (under a picture of BunkerBoy walking and wearing the mask. #AmericaFirst Jason Miller.. ”Joe Biden is finished.. Who knew you could win an election simply by wearing a mask weeks after most Americans and leaders have been wearing masks. Why is he wearing the mask UNDER his nose?!
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Post by artgirl1 on Jul 12, 2020 11:38:56 GMT
Why is he wearing the mask UNDER his nose?! I noticed that also. Because science is wrong? Because he knows best? Because he thought it was better to cover his wobble neck? Maybe just because he is a stupid whiny toddler, and and since he was told he had to wear a mask, he decided he would do it his way - a little passive aggressive behavior. My real answer is truly censored.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 12, 2020 12:57:17 GMT
So BunkerBoy finally wore a mask today during a visit to Walter Reed. The response from his campaign advisors... Boris Epshteyn... ”Goodnight, @joebiden.” Brad Parscale.. (under a picture of BunkerBoy walking and wearing the mask. #AmericaFirst Jason Miller.. ”Joe Biden is finished.. Who knew you could win an election simply by wearing a mask weeks after most Americans and leaders have been wearing masks. Of course he can’t wear it right. Why bother to put it on at all, asshole
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Post by gsquaredmom on Jul 12, 2020 13:11:57 GMT
If he can put a square peg in a square hole, why can’t he get a mask on his nose?
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Post by peasquared on Jul 12, 2020 16:43:50 GMT
If he can put a square peg in a square hole, why can’t he get a mask on his nose? Guess that wasn't on the Cognitive Test.
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