All purpose news and politics thread part v: The quickening

[kidfresh512]

These Republicans don't seem to get it. We are essentially at the Grand Jury stage of impeachment proceedings. And in a Grand Jury, the public is not allowed in the room, because no one is on trial yet. The Grand Jury is considering whether or not there is enough evidence to go to trial. So I would advise Republicans to be patient. If the Democrats decide to impeach, the Republicans will get a chance to examine evidence and cross-examine witnesses. If they decide not to impeach, it's no harm, no foul as far the Republicans are concerned.

They know exactly what they are doing. They don't need advice they are just trying to taint the public with hints of unfairness. They know what the rules are they just want to be able to pretend they are victims its easier than examining the truth of what the actual testimony has been so far. Arguing over "procedure", or some unfair "due process" is so much easier to do than have to face questions about all the evidence so far.

They walked into a secure room where they KNOW you aren't supposed to be recording holding up cameras. Its witness intimidation, its childish, and ridiculous. Schiff had to call the Sergeant at arms and delay the hearing

[Theleviathan]

Yes the Chic-Fil-As in NYC are always busy, mores the pity.

Yeah, I've never seen a Chic-Fil-A without a line. Even at off hours. The company might be evil, but the deliciousness of their food is trumping that for consumers.

[AnakinFlair]

Yes the Chic-Fil-As in NYC are always busy, mores the pity.

Same in St. Louis. It used to be the only time you could find them were in mall food courts. Now, stand alone restaurants are popping up all over the place. And they are always busy.

[GindyPosts]

Yeah, I've never seen a Chic-Fil-A without a line. Even at off hours. The company might be evil, but the deliciousness of their food is trumping that for consumers.

Meanwhile, I still want that sandwich from Popeye's, but none of the places in Indianapolis have it. I wish I was joking, but resource management has been laughable on their end.

[Gray Lensman]

This is just too funny. <link goes to twitter. you have been warned>

Lisa Murkowski claims she hadn't read Bill Taylor's opening statement when asked about it, so Igor Bobic handed her a copy.

[kidfresh512]

This is just too funny. <link goes to twitter. you have been warned>

Lisa Murkowski claims she hadn't read Bill Taylor's opening statement when asked about it, so Igor Bobic handed her a copy.

Its funny on one hand the Gaetz Possee is barging into secure rooms on the weak claim that they want to know whats going on and Dems are being secretive.

And the other Senators that will be participating in the trial cant be bothered to read the publicly available statements from witnesses

[PaulBullion]

Thank you, jetengine. Now I'm just left wondering what horrible conservative causes Mets won't reflexively defend.

Actually, he only cares about fairness in gaming journalism.

[jetengine]

Actually, he only cares about fairness in gaming journalism.

Lets not forget those t shirt slogans

[Moon Ronin]

Most of the Tiananmen protestors were also radical socialists, who were protesting Deng Xiaoping’s market reforms as a betrayal of the working class. The pro-Western liberals that we like to focus on were a tiny minority of the protesters and if they had in fact been the leaders, it would have been easy for the government to single them out as foreign collaborators and destroy the movement’s credibility without resorting to force. It was precisely because the protesters were communists whose stance highlighted the ruling clique’s hypocrisy that made them such a serious threat that had to be squashed by any means necessary.

Thats really not it, and totally down plays the influence that Fang Lizih and Hu Yaobang had on the Chinese bourgeois liberalization movement and the protest at Tiananmen Square. Hu's death was one of the reasons that students started gathering in the first place. The use of force was largely due to Li Peng "the Butcher of Beijing" who was one of the most hardline communists in the Chinese Government and strongly opposed any Western influences on the economy. And called his actions "a historic victory for Communism". I don't think the reason he push for marshal law was that the protesters were communists.

[Tami]

This only makes sense to a Republican

TWELVE of the Republicans who protested are actually on the committees doing the impeachment investigation so they could already get in the SCIF and have been in the depositions already

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Republicans Stormed Into The Impeachment Investigation's Secure Room, And It Was Absolute Madness

Notably, among the Republicans who joined the protest, 12 of them are members of the Oversight or Foreign Affairs committees — including Rep. Jim Jordan, the ranking member on the Oversight Committee — meaning they have been allowed to sit in on all depositions held in the SCIF in recent weeks.

[Astral Disaster]

This only makes sense to a Republican

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Republicans Stormed Into The Impeachment Investigation's Secure Room, And It Was Absolute Madness

About as cravenly disingenuous as it gets.

[InformationGeek]

Meanwhile, with that person challenging Omar...

Stella failed to show in court on charges that she shoplifted thousands of dollars in items from an Edina Target.

Republican Danielle Stella’s campaign to take down Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has hit a bit of a snag. There is currently a warrant out for her arrest after she failed to appear for a court hearing on Tuesday morning.

She was supposed to answer to charges that she had attempted to shoplift a few thousand dollars’ worth of stuff from an Edina Target. According to court documents, she told police she couldn’t remember what had happened in the store due to her post-traumatic stress disorder.

“[She] says that normally she goes to Target with someone because of anxiety around people,” the complaint says.

So, what is Trump up to?

TRUMP: "We're building a wall in Colorado. We're building a beautiful wall. A big one that really works." https://t.co/tVgO95VIdW

[Tami]

Meanwhile, with that person challenging Omar...




So, what is Trump up to?

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[Jackalope89]

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Glad someone else posted this, I was about to myself.

I guess I better let the New Mexico Lobo fans know they're actually not from the US. No idea what this will do to the Mountain West Conference.

But seriously, the Orange Menace needs to go back to 1st grade or something to learn some BASIC geography.

[worstblogever]

‘Beyond parody’: Matt Gaetz and dozens of his GOP colleagues try to barge into secret hearing in latest anti-impeachment stunt

Incredible. Gaetz and the rest of those asshats should've been arrested for that stunt. Reminds me of last week when Gaetz tried to barge into an impeachment hearing so he could report back to Trump about any dirt he dug up there.

This only makes sense to a Republican

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Republicans Stormed Into The Impeachment Investigation's Secure Room, And It Was Absolute Madness

It's even dumber... several of these Republicans have voted to ban filming of any kind on cellphones on the floor of the House...

They brought cellphones to crash a classified hearing. GOP Rep. Michael Conaway quickly realized these chucklef***s were committing a crime, and ran to the edges of the room to confiscate their phones.

Trump is the King of the Lemmings, and he's got these dumb s***ts running off cliffs now, officially.