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That's what they want you to think.

Except Q has access to prototype quantum computers which can decrypt it.

Someone from surly had a billboard at some point and I missed it? What was it? Fire Mack Strong Herman Barnes Shaka Sark?

A decade ago that would have been an assholish concession statement since it doesn't mention Ossoff's name and congratulates the Democratic Party instead, while also patting himself on the back for "winning" the general election. These days that concession statement seems like a breath of fresh air and full of grace.

Is that even constitutional without the 25th or removal? So now the military can withhold nuke codes from our elected commander in chief? Thats a slippery slope. We have constitutional measures to limit his access. Its time to use them. Enough of the kid gloves shit and being afraid of his followers. His followers showed us who they are. Fuck em. Follow the rules and get him out the right way.

You can't unify behind or with hate. If people on the hate side like Boebert want unity then they need to stop the hate, kick the hater in chief to the curb, and move to the middle.

They could have blast doors that drop down over the glass doors. There would have been plenty of time to activate it. With practically unlimited money, there are plenty of options to make it impenetrable at a moment's notice while allowing it to retain its openness most of the time. Even the corner store manages to have a security gate that hides up under the awning when the store is open.

I think a neck is required as well. A noose slides right off that triple chin.

Officials said it was a cap police officer that made the shot though. It was the last defensive position before Congress. CHPD would have had their best officers there as well.

Good start. To make it more manageable as an amendment, I'd say that Presidents should only be able to pardon in the first 3 years of the term. This puts all the pardons ahead of the election in the first term, and also eliminates late pardons in the 2nd term. Potentially, a true miscarriage of justice would need to sit in jail for a year sometimes, but that's been happening anyway with the last minute lame duck pardons. Plus, pardon considerations could be part of the transfer of power, and a leaving President who may want to pardon somebody could give the next President solid reasoning as to why he wants to issue a pardon. If it looks just, the next President could do it. I'd also eliminate self pardons and extend that to family of the President. Again, if there is a miscarriage of justice affecting a family member, then the next President can pardon them. Finally, I'd eliminate blanket and non-specific pardons. They can be for uncharged crimes, but the crimes being pardoned need to be detailed. No "any and all" clauses. I'd love to eliminate quid pro quo, but I don't know how you do that successfully.

I doubt they were thinking that far ahead. Even an independent Florida, Texas, or Mississippi isn't going to install Trump as their dictator in the aftermath. They'd install some other assholes instead. Most Trump voters aren't storming the capital. They voted for Trump to stick it to "libs" while having some understanding that current Presidential power is limited, probably don't want Trump to have dictator powers, and prefer whatever shitheel governor they have to Trump. I could be wrong on Florida though. They probably have a majority that wants Trump as dictator.

Surprised he hasn't pardoned himself already. But then I guess he wants to make sure the crimes he commits over the next 2 weeks are covered too.

The skinny euro style Christmas tree is unexpected.

Hell no. You don't yield to terrorists. You hold the inauguration and you secure it properly. It is a show, but shows do make a shit. You arrest as many terrorists as you can before the inauguration, and you arrest or kill the ones that show up during the inauguration by greeting them with overwhelming force. The mall cops from yesterday can sit this one out.

Wait. Did he actually say he was going to resign?

Climb up the secret service ranks only to be assigned to be a prison guard at ADX Florence. Sucks for the guys that get that gig.

He seems to be a bit of an asshole, but he is just telling it like it is. We aren't at the point in American white nationalism to where people are being conscripted into it with little choice. We are at the point where people like Ashley actively choose to be white nationalists and also actively chose to storm the capital. In a way, Ashley is akin to one of the true believers who followed Hitler before he took power. You simply can't feel sorry for those people. I'm sure many of them also had parents who wondered where they went wrong. And at earlier points in their lives, perhaps they could have been saved. But once you are engaging in an active attempted revolt in order to create or preserve a white nationalist country under the command of a single demagogue, you can no longer be saved. But I actually do feel some sympathy for the later Nazi grunt who was conscripted, perhaps against his will, and thrown into battle against the US or especially the Soviets. I have less sympathy for the ones that were conscripted against their will, yet manned the concentration camps, even if I can also consider the fact that I might have made the same choices under the same circumstances in order to save my own life. We all like to think we would go out like a hero instead, but the truth is that most of us wouldn't. However, I have no sympathy at all for the ones who chose that path whether brainwashed or not. The ones who worked by choice early on so that later they could force others into doing unthinkable things. That isn't to say that Ashley is the only one to blame. She clearly thought that there would be no repercussions for storming the capital. She did deserve to die for storming the capital. So did everyone else that did it. But she should have expected this risk because revolution always carries the risk of death. And she didn't expect it. Her leaders, Trump, Cruz, Hawley, and other politicians who carried on the charade which goaded her into action should be tried for their leadership in orchestrating this attempted coup. Revolutionaries, whether bad ones like the Nazis or good ones like the Americans, don't get to lose and go home. They either win or they die. Trump's followers think they can just fuck around without finding out. Heads need to be busted and blood needs to be shed, and when that is done, many will quit and we can see how many actual revolutionaries there are and how many were just fucking around. You don't see left wing groups that may want revolution attacking the capital for a reason. They know they can't win and they will die doing it. The response to Trumpists needs to be the same so they can finally understand the same.

Had a Muslim posted that, he'd already be in jail. So what are we waiting for with this guy? We try to stop other terrorism before it occurs so why can't we also try to stop white nationalist terrorism before it occurs?

One cop comes in swinging. They werent all soft. Zero cops in riot gear. Half of them seem unarmed. I'm not gonna fault the response of the few cops in that clip, although some of the ones inside the building can go fuck themselves. The fault is with the leadership who knew this protest/riot was going to take place and decided that a handful of stadium entry screeners were all the security that was needed.

He posts those under the John Barron account.

Every senator gets a speech? So 100 speeches before we get this shit done?

Progressives can and should take issue with Biden's lack of progressiveness. Conservatives who have enabled Trump and have been silent for 4 years should shut the fuck up. They dont get to start caring about spending and deficit now. They dont get to start talking about Presidential decorum now.

Dems will compromise. It's what they do. "If we work with them, maybe they wont rape us when they have power." Pubs get power and immediately rape Dems. Dems finally get it back and its right back to "If we work with them, maybe they won't rape us when they have power." A kicked dog needs to learn when its time to bite. If Ossoff hangs on, the Dems need to tell the GOP to fuck off and actually get shit done this time. No compromises. Won't happen though.

Yep. Same with Brexit where they thought they could restrict EU citizens from doing anything in the UK while still enjoying free rein on the continent.

They bitch about fireworks and dogs in Texas too? Thought that was just an NYC snowflake thing. Nextdoor is the worst. Everything is "destroying the neighborhood." Housing values up. Its unaffordable! Housing values down. Its becoming a shithole! Businesses opening. We don't want that type of business. The same type of business closing. Deblasio is killing us! A dying type of business like a florist closes. I remember when Mr. Smith used to give us white kids a flower for free. It will probably be another Latino restaurant. That's why I moved to Florida. They keep their Latinos separate down there.