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I think the Christians are in trouble judging by the fighting squad behind him.

Can't believe the DOJ had concerns about the security of our classified documents

LOL. Come the fuck on. If everything is declassified, can we file FOI Act requests so we can all see what Donny had in his basement? I'm guessing no.

Yep. This is where I land.

What makes you say that? Maybe this is my cold hard political heart talking, but I don't think a damn thing would happen. To be sure, democrats would rage at CNN and google how to move to Canada, but I doubt there would be an ounce of real violence. Similarly, democratic law makers would clutch their pearls and complain about norms being broken and the rule of law, but republicans would get away with it. They literally stole a supreme court seat in front of God and everyone and did not pay a single political price for it. Their base cheered. There was an armed uprising against the government and, not only was Trump not prosecuted, there's a significant chance he's elected again. Someone posted a tweet a couple of days ago that compared republicans to the school shooter and democrats to the Uvalde cops. It's the perfect metaphor.

Gerry has also intimated he's "immature", which I took to mean maybe Austin wasn't the best place for him.

I think 247 also weights their rankings a bit more than the other services in its composite.

Wait...Cajoe will enroll at 16 years old?!

Yep. And the rationale (as I remember it being explained to me) was that it prevented poor kids from feeling bad that they didn't have brand name clothes. That seems a bit too liberal of explanation for the Forney I grew up in, but that was the party line.

I went to Forney High School years ago. They've had a dress code that was basically this as far back as I can remember (late 90s?). People would try to get around having to wear a logoless polo by putting on a hoodie, jacket, etc. Not sure why this is a news story now?

Today was a horrible day for folks who care about the rights of women to choose what goes on in their own bodies and for people who care about a SCOTUS with any air of legitimacy. That being said, can you imagine how much more volcanic it would have been had that draft opinion not been leaked? People were ready for it and had already let off some steam. A conservative judge leaked it - wouldn't be surprised if it was Roberts himself.

Actually, #1 is brilliant.

This is also true.

I don't disagree with the premise that old people (including old people I like, like RBG) shouldn't get to pick and choose when they deem themselves ready to step down. There's mandatory retirement ages in almost every major law firm for exactly this reason.

I don't disagree with the premise that the Republican gloves were off and the Democrats failed (and are continuing to fail) at addressing it. That being said, I don't know how you can fault them for not anticipating that McConnell would refuse to hold a hearing, contrary to how every other supreme court justice nominee has been treated to my knowledge, with 1+ year left in Obama's presidency.

There was no urgency until McConnell broke the game when Scalia died.

Uh huh. Yeah. That totally would have worked. Did you miss the whole Merrick Garland thing?

Suspiciously well timed abortion ruling.

To be fair to the police officer here, that's literally an impossible question to answer.

Per the NYT, the Border Patrol swat team unit was there at noon - far earlier than previously disclosed - and was ordered by the UPD not to go in (Border Patrol had no idea why).

Maybe we could also shift some of that police funding to teachers. If we expect them, on top of teaching overcrowded classes with limited resources, navigating all the testing bureaucracy, etc. to risk their lives to protect their students (including by being armed and exchanging gunfire with shooters!), maybe we should pay them more than $40k/yr.

Agree with all of this. To be clear, I'd be scared shitless. I have no idea what I do or how I would react when bullets started flying. I hope that I'd be brave and risk my life for the kids, but really, I have no idea. I'm just a pencil pusher and everything I've read about combat is that you just don't know what its like until you're there. That being said...there was a lot of self congratulation, "I'm thankful for the police officers", everyone did a great job!, etc. from the police captains that were all over TV after the shooting, and it sounds like we should really only be thanking the border patrol of all people. From the WSJ/NYT reporting on this, the cops basically "secured the perimeter", handcuffed some parents trying to get in and stop the shooter, and called it day.

Presumably not everyone would use grenades and nuclear weapons if they were readily available either, but that's not a reason they shouldn't be banned. The evidence is irrefutable that we have an insane amount of violent gun crime, and that's correlated to our high levels of gun ownership. Britain had a mass shooting in a school decades ago. You know what happened? They cracked down on guns and magically the problem has diminished significantly. If you own guns, ESPECIALLY the tactical stuff and you're against regulation, what you are saying is that the level of death due to gun violence (including the murder of children) is at an acceptable level to you where you don't feel like you should be inconvenienced. I mean, that's what it is, isn't it? So spare me the thoughts and prayers. It's a result that, while sad to you I'm sure, is an acceptable horse trade. So spare me the "mental health" (which we don't invest in and no R would ever support raising taxes for) and "video games". At the crux of it, this is our faustian bargain in America.

I know Patrick is a nut and we're all desensitized to him at this point. But MY GOD. This is insane. His proposal is turn our ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS into armed fortresses instead of putting forward any sort of restriction on firearms. What civilized society does this?

I mean, sheesh, sounds like a citizen of legal age purchased a gun, and golly, no history of mental illness on his record it seems (not that it matters, we wouldn't invest to support that anyway). Guess there's really nothing we can do here aside from turn our elementary schools into forts and arm the teachers. Stupid libs for politicizing this.