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@kelvin0mql

I do not question any of that. My point is, the republican party has been stirring this pot a long time, and as long as the money keeps pouring, they cant be arsed, as the brits say.

It's got to be stopped at the source. We're already at the point that guys are like this everywhere. One stands in the foyer of the Kroger just about every afternoon 3 blocks from my house.

Wearing a ball cap with a thin blue line flag, armed to the teeth, in a flag-wrapped t-shirt, glaring at anyone who walks by with a smile their face.

His body language, the sidearm he's wearing, his clothes - it all screams that if you're aren't mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, you must be a fuckin' democrat.

That is a feature of the republican party. If it isn't addressed soon, some sort of war will be the only way it gets addressed.

There are a lot of people who would like you to think that disinformation is harmless; that if you buy into bullshit that it's your own fault; and that the 'people that matter' know the truth.

This man bought into the fire hose of shit that is continuously, endlessly spewing a mixture of exaggerations, half truths and outright lies. He took it all very seriously, and he paid with his life.

Ask yourself, do you think this man was one of the 'people who matter' to his family? It sounds like some of them agree with, and listened to him and the fire hose.

This is a fucking tragedy. This man is a casualty of the fight for democracy, and it is a damn fight when people are getting shot for it. Not because he bought into some bullshit; but because he was fed a line of shit by people he trusted. His political party.

This has got to stop, and I think that it surely will.

Let's hope it doesn't have to be at the expense of another man's life.

Another husband, father, grandfather, uncle or brother. Or worse, whole families.

@Madison_rogue

As I mentioned elsewhere, if any one or group of the 70+ federal charges he is currently facing meets the legal definition of Insurrection, then the requirement of the 14th amendment is met and he becomes immediately ineligible.

This does deviate from the norm, and that is intentional; because sedition in a political crime that threatens the existence of the nation. However, it is quite explicit, unlike many other amendments people would as soon ignore. Once the definition is met, it's party over.

@IHeartBadCode

It's really the thing that drives a lot of wars. It's a worldwide problem, not just an American one. The subhuman assholes are just the shiny enriched face of it in America.

@Arotrios

Jail isn't good enough for them. They are pushers and murderers on an unbelievable scale. They should face the same penalties as any other junk pusher who has been caught.

We aren't talking about Little Joey down on the corner selling dime bags of kind bud; we're talking about a family who got together and gamed the system, lied through their teeth, and created more fucking junkies than the Vietnam war.

Firing squad or Gas Chamber is where I'm at.

@Gargleblaster

It's even worse for them than that. There's is a whole lot of overlap among those groups.

@downpunxx

I've not editorialized the headline, nor have I modified it's original text. What I have done, is added an introductory comment. That you don't care for the content of my comment is just not a 'me' problem.

I understand that his presence was excused. That's my whole complaint.

@dd97843

She needs to demand Trump appear as well. This isn't a jaywalking case, and the OrangeShitGibbon needs to have it registered clearly in his mind that this is not an opportunity for publicity, this is his just deserts coming, and that they unstoppable, that it is just a matter of time.

Honestly, I think everyone, and I do mean everyone, already knows that.

We're at the point where the gamesmanship needs to be exposed as a central thesis and problem, and addressed accordingly. A problem. This is all about putting paid to the problem; not appearances to the effect. In my mind, Trump's lawyers are not being charged; are not the ones making threats on Truth.Social, Trump is.

His ass needs to be toeing that line before the Judges desk.

Nah, I meant exactly what I said.

@Heresy_generator

Yeah, they also said that Trump wouldn't appear, and gave no explanation. His ass needs to be standing there sheepish and red-faced and staring down at the floor, just like last time.

@Nougat

@girlfreddy @CoffeeAddict @Madison_rogue @andyburke

Judge Chutkan's handling of previous Jan 6 related cases suggests that she is well aware of this. I hope she has the courage to put that awareness into appropriately firm action.

She has not failed to disappoint with the other crooks.