USA Politics Thread |OT| Cleaning up the town

[benjipwns]

 

[Nintex]

Trump confirms he has his passports back.

[benjipwns]

The Evers administration has reversed course on the recent appointment of a convicted felon, who is awaiting trial on five additional felony and misdemeanor charges, to the Governor's Juvenile Justice Commission.

Aundray Evans, 24, of Milwaukee, was a member of the 19-member commission. He was charged in September 2019 with five criminal counts including armed robbery, motor vehicle theft, possession of a firearm by a felon, cocaine possession and obstructing an officer.

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Evers re-created the Juvenile Justice Commission in 2019. It is Wisconsin’s State Advisory Group, required by the federal Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act.

The commission includes law enforcement, corrections professionals, attorneys, judges, mental health practitioners, and non-profit organizations dedicated to youth programming. One-fifth of members are also under the age of 28 when they are appointed.

Cudaback said in order to receive certain federal funds for juvenile justice improvement, federal law requires every state to establish a panel comprised of more than 20% of members who are under the age of 28 and at least three members who have been or are currently under the jurisdiction of the juvenile justice system. 

That is how Evans was chosen.

[Nintex]

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Cheney vows to continue to lead the resistance

[Sman]

By the way things are going, Trump might have singlehandedly destroyed the Trump dynasty as well.

 

[Pissy F Benny]

I just hope he was paid compensated for selling those big beautiful state secrets

[HaughtyFrank]

By the way things are going, Trump might have singlehandedly destroyed the Trump dynasty as well.

 

Are you saying the Trump university degree might become worthless?   

[Maiden Voyage]

Well they keep leaking to the press so might as well go directly to the source.

https://www.salon.com/2022/08/17/everyones-saying-no-hires-florida-insurance-lawyer-as-top-attorneys-refuse-to-work-for-him/

Poor guy can't catch a break.

[Nintex]

"Several people said Trump was nearly impossible to represent and that it would be unclear if they would ever get paid," the Post reported.

"This is not good," one Trump confidant told the outlet. "Something big is going to pop. Somebody needs to be in charge."

[Phoenix Dark]

Who knows if he'll be charged or not but the DOJ is certainly acting like this is an active case where charges will come into play. IF he gets charged and the trial is in DC, he's going to jail. If he gets charged and the trial is in Florida, there will be a mistrial or he'll walk.

[Mupepe]

Trump confirms he has his passports back.

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If Roosevelt was livin, he wouldn’t let this be! No no no!

[Phoenix Dark]

ayyyo Mupepe
 

[Maiden Voyage]

https://twitter.com/chron/status/1559561427173646336

Jesus Christ.

[Maiden Voyage]

https://twitter.com/FrankFigliuzzi1/status/1560039403262730240

[Occam]

Welcome to Gilead.

Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/17/book-ban-restriction-access-lgbtq/

Florida court rules 16-year-old is not ‘sufficiently mature’ for abortion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/17/florida-teen-abortion-denied-mature/

[Potato]

Welcome to Gilead.

Students lose access to books amid ‘state-sponsored purging of ideas’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/08/17/book-ban-restriction-access-lgbtq/

Haven't got time to click through and read. Did they finally get Harry Potter books banned?

[Nintex]

I'm against censorship.

Still this thing is a self-inflicted wound. Teachers and schools taunting the parents with poorly written drivel about their ideology of the week. With some of these books it's like learning the kids internet search through pornhub.

[Uncle]

I actually like that parents get an email with whatever books the child checked out

depending on the phase or temperament of the kid, finding out what they do or enjoy can sometimes be like pulling teeth

there have been big strides recently in terms of data that can be shared with parents including homework, units being covered, and individual grades, and this feels like a natural extension of that

if you find out they're checking out a lot of fantasy books or graphic novels or whatever, it primes you to be able to recommend more, or know what might make a good gift

I understand the implication that this is for parents who want to catch kids reading "So You Think You're Trans" but situations like that feel like an edge case compared to the benefits of having an avenue to find out what your kid is interested in

plus the other thing this does is promotes responsibility on the parents' part to take an active role in their kid's education and upbringing, there are so many shitty absentee parents and anything along these lines just adds another vector to encourage them to pay more attention

[Nintex]

I actually like that parents get an email with whatever books the child checked out

depending on the phase or temperament of the kid, finding out what they do or enjoy can sometimes be like pulling teeth

there have been big strides recently in terms of data that can be shared with parents including homework, units being covered, and individual grades, and this feels like a natural extension of that

if you find out they're checking out a lot of fantasy books or graphic novels or whatever, it primes you to be able to recommend more, or know what might make a good gift

I understand the implication that this is for parents who want to catch kids reading "So You Think You're Trans" but situations like that feel like an edge case compared to the benefits of having an avenue to find out what your kid is interested in

plus the other thing this does is promotes responsibility on the parents' part to take an active role in their kid's education and upbringing, there are so many shitty absentee parents and anything along these lines just adds another vector to encourage them to pay more attention

That is what worries the people against it the most.

The data will show, as it always does, that kids will flock to Harry Potter, books about adventures, science fiction, magic, history, animals and whatnot and other things they enjoy and not politics^TM, race theories or gender studies.
Likewise on the other side of the spectrum there will be dissapointment that their kids didn't pick "The Bible" or "Mike Huckabee's Children Guide to American Greatness" or whatever but Alladin.

[james]

I'm against censorship.

Still this thing is a self-inflicted wound. Teachers and schools taunting the parents with poorly written drivel about their ideology of the week. With some of these books it's like learning the kids internet search through pornhub.

The "Nintex is a theocratic evangelical who thinks all books that reference magic should be banned" is a new twist

[Nintex]

I'm against censorship.

Still this thing is a self-inflicted wound. Teachers and schools taunting the parents with poorly written drivel about their ideology of the week. With some of these books it's like learning the kids internet search through pornhub.

The "Nintex is a theocratic evangelical who thinks all books that reference magic should be banned" is a new twist

Don't blame me when the kids are educated in the Critical Sonic Theory

[james]

I'm against censorship.

Still this thing is a self-inflicted wound. Teachers and schools taunting the parents with poorly written drivel about their ideology of the week. With some of these books it's like learning the kids internet search through pornhub.

The "Nintex is a theocratic evangelical who thinks all books that reference magic should be banned" is a new twist

Don't blame me when the kids are educated in the Critical Sonic Theory

FACT CHECK: Teachers play Animal Crossing not Sonic

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/AndreaBNYC/status/1560269250681798662

I think this has a bigger chance of blowing up in Trump's face than the documents tbh

[Maiden Voyage]

https://twitter.com/AndreaBNYC/status/1560269250681798662

I think this has a bigger chance of blowing up in Trump's face than the documents tbh

I think he's fucked on multiple fronts. The bigger question to me is when does the GOP start to distance themselves. The longer they support, the worse they will look. A bit surprising, as DeSantis would be a very easy pivot for them.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/AndreaBNYC/status/1560269250681798662

I think this has a bigger chance of blowing up in Trump's face than the documents tbh

I think he's fucked on multiple fronts. The bigger question to me is when does the GOP start to distance themselves. The longer they support, the worse they will look. A bit surprising, as DeSantis would be a very easy pivot for them.

How long did it take them to distance themselves from G.W. Bush and his band of neo-cons?
I think it was the last year of his presidency and mostly because the economy had tanked too.
And they never really got rid of the neo-cons in their orbit.

If they didn't distance themselves from the neo-cons over fake WMD's, torture camps, tanking the world economy and two failed wars.
Why would they distance themselves from Trump over tax fraud or classified documents.

The walls have actually closed in.
https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/1560317211402817537

[Propagandhim]

always vouched that Stelter's weird smile should've been an emote here

[Nintex]

All sorts of great Stelter content surfacing now that he has passed away in Minecraft



The audience has spoken

https://twitter.com/claireatki/status/1560305568929222659

[Maiden Voyage]

How long did it take them to distance themselves from G.W. Bush and his band of neo-cons?
I think it was the last year of his presidency and mostly because the economy had tanked too.
And they never really got rid of the neo-cons in their orbit.

If they didn't distance themselves from the neo-cons over fake WMD's, torture camps, tanking the world economy and two failed wars.
Why would they distance themselves from Trump over tax fraud or classified documents.

Fair point.

[benjipwns]

I think one of these polls may turn out to be inaccurate.

[Maiden Voyage]

https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1560348866167422978

[HaughtyFrank]

What's interesting is that it seems irrelevant whether the documents were classified (or if Trump declassified them) as none of those potential crimes mention that it's solely regarding secret documents.

[Phoenix Dark]

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I think one of these polls may turn out to be inaccurate.

But what are the unskewed numbers.

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[benjipwns]

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion coalition in Michigan filed a challenge Thursday against a potential ballot initiative that seeks to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution, claiming that 60 errors in the proposed amendment should disqualify it from the November ballot.

The alleged 60 errors deal with spacing and result in “strings of gibberish,” making the amendment “impossible to understand,” the coalition said in a statement. Examples flagged by the group in the ballot language include the lack of spaces in phrases such as "DECISIONSABOUTALLMATTERSRELATINGTOPREGNANCY," "THEREISASIGNIFICANTLIKELIHOOD," or "OFTHEFETUS'SSUSTAINEDSURVIVALOUTSIDETHE."

“Some people would say, ‘Oh, they’re just spaces,’ but amending the constitution is pretty serious business and the correct number of typos to put in your constitution is zero,” Christen Pollo, a spokeswoman for Citizens to Support MI Women and Children, told The Associated Press.

But Richard Primus, a professor of constitutional law at the University of Michigan Law School, said he believes the amendment’s language could be cleaned up and that typographical problems wouldn’t cause legal issues.

“There’s no reason to think that anyone didn’t understand what the petition was saying,” Primus said. “There have been typographical problems with things drafted for constitutions as long as there have been constitutions in the United States.”

We'll fix it in post.

[jorma]

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I think one of these polls may turn out to be inaccurate.

But what are the unskewed numbers.

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[Nintex]

Republicans will literally run any candidate 
https://twitter.com/HerschelWalker/status/1559929130875080705

[Maiden Voyage]

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1560716419922333699

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1560448820374298625

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1560449991981862915

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1560450407700348928

She looks good on TV but she's a terrible attorney

"President Trump believed it was safe... I mean the team believed it was safe"

"I will have to ask maintenance if the room was secure"

Did you just incriminate your boss during a series of soft ball questions Christina

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/ACTBrigitte/status/1560768312770011137

 

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1560441335944978432
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1560444836108443650

 

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tfw when you gotta stop sending your candidates on Hannity to protect them from themselves

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[Nintex]

Kristi is babysitting Herschel and Trump is going to do a rally in PA to help Oz in September.
DeSantis is also holding rallies in support, but he's mostly talking about himself.

With that said Fetterman has issues too, serious issues, recently recovered from a stroke issues.

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1560796625102159872

Poor Christina she was doing such a great job

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1561387408381313024

https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1561374279471611907

lmao

You should thank President Trump for the ratings

[benjipwns]

Always weird when journalists think they were never criticized before they or journalists they like got criticized.

[Transhuman]

On Australian television the only American news programs we get are PBS NewsHour and ABC News, and yet I still manage to stay informed of all current events. Really easy to see how pointless CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News are when you're on the outside looking in.

[Nintex]

After Mitch doubts the "candidate quality" of the likes of Dr. Oz and Herschel Walker can win the election, Trump opens fire

[Joe Molotov]

Wasn't his crazy wife in your cabinet? Always the best people.

[benjipwns]

Always weird how the guy whose entire selling point is "I'll hire the best people" spends so much time saying how the people he hired suck and people he could have fired should be fired.

[Nintex]

So that's what happened with the Mar-A-Lago nuclear codes secrets

https://twitter.com/VelshiMSNBC/status/1561363966512832515

[Nintex]

Well, Trump has decided to represent himself in the most bonkers lawsuit of all time titled Trump v. The United States Government

https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1561824853166116865

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

https://mobile.twitter.com/willsommer/status/1561772958548361217

 

[Phoenix Dark]

https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1561859030339002370

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Have you ever had the feeling

That the world's gone
and left you behind?
Have you ever had the feeling
That you're that close
to losing your mind?

You look around each corner,
Hoping that she's there.
You try to play it cool, perhaps.
Pretend that you don't care.

But it doesn't do a bit of good.
You've got to seek 'til you find.
Or you'll never unwind.

Try to think that loves not around.

Still it's uncomfortably near.
My old heart, ain't gaining no ground.
Because my angel eyes ain't here.

Angel eyes that old devil sent.
They glow unbearably bright.
Need I say, that my love's misspent?
Misspent with angel eyes tonight.

So drink up all you people.
Order anything you see.
Have fun you happy people.
The drink, and the laugh's on me.


Pardon me, but I've got to run.

The fact's uncomfortably clear.
Got to find who's now number one.
And why my angel eyes ain't here.

Tell me why my angel eyes ain't here.

Asking why my angel eyes ain't here.
Excuse me, while I disappear.

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[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/CaseyDeSantis/status/1561872752222535681

[Nintex]

DeSantis has to do better if he wants to beat Trump

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/DeForestNews6/status/1562242537334755328

[HaughtyFrank]

So, not conceding is becoming part of the standard playbook, huh?

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/peterkellyOKAY/status/1561426347112935425
https://twitter.com/peterkellyOKAY/status/1561426919651885056
https://twitter.com/peterkellyOKAY/status/1561427967389188097

[james]

Fuck Biden my parents paid for college so what do I get???

[Nintex]

Smart move by Biden and it's pretty cheap to do compared to many other things that the progressives complained about he didn't do.

Meanwhile at the GOP
https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1562525364919775235