ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face
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The Constitution does not protect incitement to riot. This has been settled case law for nearly two centuries.
Trump's behavior was criminal.
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Trump actively engaged in sedition and conspiracy. His seeking co-option of the pro forma ratification of the EC report to Congress was high treason at worst, and in direct violation of his oath of office, regardless of his failure to act to forestall an assault on the Capitol, at best.
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1A doesn't allow you to talk about a criminal fucking conspiracy.
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I’m really fucking sick and tired of this bullshit doomerism. If what you said had any merit, why are democrats still winning elections?
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It would be easier to be optimistic about the chances of a free and fair election, if Trump would stop "joking" about things like taking control of elections or canceling them entirely.
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Make sure nobody takes notes, which is hard when you're giving an internationally televised address.
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Of course he’s going to say that shit. Doesn’t mean he can actually do it
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Now look up what it takes to prove incitement to riot, under current precedent. You basically have to lead them there and orchestrate every step of the process. Just getting the crowd riled up isn't enough, otherwise you'd have protesters being arrested for it constantly.
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Republicans also sure aren't acting like the fix is in. If it was, why would they bother with all this panicky last-minute redistricting?
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That Secret Service agent, the one that Trump choked, prevented Trump from actually being part of the mob storming the capitol. At this point I'm not sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.
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And then there is the evidence that Trump and his allies paid for many of the Proud Boys and other insurrectionists to come to DC for the speech and subsequent events.
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On the other hand, the elections just held in Texas suggest the re-districting isn't working the way they hoped
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That's the hazard of redistricting, at least the way they're doing it. You create more seats that lean toward your party, but you also dilute your margin in what would otherwise be safe districts. It potentially leaves you vulnerable to a wave election, although that's not really a realistic concern in Texas.On the other hand, the elections just held in Texas suggest the re-districting isn't working the way they hoped
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The first one is a state Senate seat, though; did they even redistrict those? I thought it was just their US districts.
Regardless, people promise me Blue Texas every election year and every year the state just gets more red, so I'm not going to get my hopes up. I'm pretty sure the governor would burn the state to the ground before letting it go blue.
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Oh, I'm with you on not reading too much into it. As for Abbot burning the state to the ground, that is a tempting offer...
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See, for years I was told that the Latinos in Texas would eventually hand it to the Dems. Then last election cycle Latino voters lurched to the right and gave Trump the biggest margin since George W. Bush. I don't believe anyone who says they know how it's going to go this time, but after a lot of disappointments my money is always on red states getting redder.
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Anecdotal but one of things I'd heard that caused that lurch was good old fashion misogyny. Trump was the big strong manly man (absolute lol) while Harris was a woman and therefore could never do the job.
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It's pretty obvious. Trump is a terrible candidate and yet we're 0-2 running qualified women against him. The one time we ran a man against him, the man won.
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Except Texas high off the 2024 election was so super aggressive in redistricting they cut the margins in many district to almost nothing and those margins were based on 2024 when record Latino vote propelled Trump to the white house. The same Latinos who have now soured on him. Lets ignore how stupid those voters were for a second (Latinos for Trump really?). The larger point is the redistricting wasn't based on the AVERAGE Republican vote but the high water mark.
Now will Texas flip blue in 2026/2028? Probably not but Republican stupidity likely cost them 3-4 seats because they gamed the system based on 2024 results rather than be a little <cough cough> conservative and base them on average results over the prior half dozen elections.
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No, I’m saying he’s not capable of doing half the things he says. Does that mean he won’t try? Of course not. But he’s not going to be able to succeed
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Easy... Because I still believe in humans being human. You have to use the flexibility part of your executive functions to see it though.
Edit: just dug a bit in my memory. I used to travel to the states a lot for work. I was still young, had all my hair and was pretty skinny. Especially to American standards. Had a very nice conversation with a TSA officer. According to my colleague she said I was cute... Definitely human...
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I don't know if that beats the time the Chinese analog to the TSA pulled me aside and a female agent at the Beijing airport searched me extremely thoroughly, while her also female counterpart, automatic weapon at the ready, watched, smiling. The shorts I was wearing made access to all... subject areas, shall we say, readily available.Easy... Because I still believe in humans being human. You have to use the flexibility part of your executive functions to see it though.
Edit: just dug a bit in my memory. I used to travel to the states a lot for work. I was still young, had all my hair and was pretty skinny. Especially to American standards. Had a very nice conversation with a TSA officer. According to my colleague she said I was cute... Definitely human...
I toyed with the idea of asking if I needed to buy her dinner as she concluded, but chose to simply bow politely and move on.
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If that's the case, DHS is violating the terms of their contract. Of course who will enforce it?
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It is exactly on point for a certain class of flag-shaggers.
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Now try telling that lie to the various Christian and Jewish democratic members and congress-people.
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