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2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Anyone going to bother ever taking Raphael and Hawley to task for their bullshit or do they get a free pass because, reasons? Pisses me off to no end those two cunts keep talking shit and Dems don’t say a fucking thing except AOC’s tweety rant to Vulverine .

Not saying the impeachment trial is the place to do it but figured most people were checking this thread so posted it here.

Democrats must never let Cruz forget his own words:

Donald Trump now has a consistent pattern of inciting violence," Cruz said. 

 Texas Senator called the threats and intimidation against Steve House, the Colorado GOP chairman, in the wake of Cruz's 34 delegate sweep in Colorado as perhaps "the most troubling" incident involving the Trump campaign thus far.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cruz-trump-now-has-a-consistent-pattern-of-inciting-violence/

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Cornyn is gunning for a 2025 GOP President to put him on a U.S. Court of Appeals on which to wither and die.  Don't discount that move.  

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1 hour ago, ChiTownDoc said:

This is a serious question - how hard would it be to boot Cruz?  I mean for you bastards to vote that MF out.  Is it impossible?  I'm guessing if the last election was 60/40 there has to be a real chance to put him out on his ass.  Fucker makes my blood boil.  

Well, Beto had a gigantic groundswell of support and lost nearly 51/48, so yeah, it's impossible.  Texas sucks.

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23 minutes ago, Lobo said:

Cornyn is gunning for a 2025 GOP President to put him on a U.S. Court of Appeals on which to wither and die.  Don't discount that move.  

 

that mofo is racking up govt pensions !

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5 hours ago, hayden_horn said:

what the fuck? cnn reported that republican senators, including lindsey graham, are meeting with the trump lawyers in a strategy session. 

no shame.

i'm sure john cornyn will have a tweet about it shortly

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Texas - as a state of mind and heart - definitely does not suck. 

but Texas political leadership absolutely does.

criminal OAG out front shoulda told ya...

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The Senate isn't catastrophically flawed.  The root problem is money.  The money problem manifests in a political party system where politicians are increasingly not able to vote their own conscience.  They are cogs to the party machine if they wish to continue their career.

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We officially entered the era of mafia rule four years ago with the election of a family crime syndicate and are now going to be the part of history where future generations lament our hubris, ignorance, and greed.

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1 hour ago, bernorange said:

The Senate isn't catastrophically flawed.  The root problem is money.  The money problem manifests in a political party system where politicians are increasingly not able to vote their own conscience.  They are cogs to the party machine if they wish to continue their career.

The Senate is flawed, by design.  It was set up as an aristocratic veto against the House (actual representative democracy). The framers of the constitution were scared of giving the people too much power over the wealthy landowners (them) so they divided the first branch of government to protect the rich (them).  So in a way you are correct, the root problem is money, going back to the beginning.  
 

ETA: IMO the Senate is the wrong body to adjudicate a House impeachment for the corrupting reasons you mentioned.  If anything, a House impeachment of the President should be decided by the Supreme Court. 

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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The Senate is flawed, by design.  It was set up as an aristocratic veto against the House (actual representative democracy). The framers of the constitution were scared of giving the people too much power over the wealthy landowners (them) so they divided the first branch of government to protect the rich (them).  So in a way you are correct, the root problem is money, going back to the beginning.  
 

ETA: IMO the Senate is the wrong body to adjudicate a House impeachment for the corrupting reasons you mentioned.  If anything, a House impeachment of the President should be decided by the Supreme Court. 

The powers of the House and Senate should be flipped entirely.  Given the Senate makeup and mission, it should also be appointed by state governments rather than elected. It is the American equivalent of the house of lords. 

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12 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

Grassley didn't even show up yesterday.  And Cornyn?  Bill has his head up his ass if he thinks Cornyn might vote guilty.

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1 hour ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Okay, Bill can cross Inhofe off his wish list.

 

Didn't Don Winslow have a ton of great dirt he said he was going to spill before the election? Guess that never happened. 

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3 hours ago, bernorange said:

The Senate isn't catastrophically flawed.  The root problem is money.  The money problem manifests in a political party system where politicians are increasingly not able to vote their own conscience.  They are cogs to the party machine if they wish to continue their career.

Money in politics is an enormous problem but it has little to do with why Republican officials have all bowed down to Trump.

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2 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

The Senate is flawed, by design.  It was set up as an aristocratic veto against the House (actual representative democracy). The framers of the constitution were scared of giving the people too much power over the wealthy landowners (them) so they divided the first branch of government to protect the rich (them).  So in a way you are correct, the root problem is money, going back to the beginning.  
 

ETA: IMO the Senate is the wrong body to adjudicate a House impeachment for the corrupting reasons you mentioned.  If anything, a House impeachment of the President should be decided by the Supreme Court. 

The Supreme Court is an even more conservative and democratically-unaccountable institution than the Senate is.

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Objecting election results in the house and in the courts is not attempting to over throw election results and the govt 

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Did they...

Did they use Joe Biden shutting down Dem' objections in 2017 as a.... defense of what Republicans did? 

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1 hour ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Okay, Bill can cross Inhofe off his wish list.

 

Glass half- over flowing interpretation: they didn't want to watch the pathetic defense and/or they intend not to vote at all

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4 hours ago, bernorange said:

The Senate isn't catastrophically flawed.  The root problem is money.  The money problem manifests in a political party system where politicians are increasingly not able to vote their own conscience.  They are cogs to the party machine if they wish to continue their career.

The root problem of democracy is politics itself.  It's too easy to get people who vote to value the wrong shit.

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What sort of idiot thought Inhofe might even slightly consider doing the right thing? He's doing what they all do. Slobbing trumps knob and not even acknowledging what trump did, just playing the "he's not president anymore so I can't constitutionally convict." He knows that's a lie, but they all know that they're lying and don't give a single fuck.

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13 hours ago, bernorange said:

Cornyn will do what the turtle does.

Actually, that's my read on it, too.  If McConnell votes to convict, I think he brings with him a dozen senators (certainly including Cornyn).

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34 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

The Supreme Court is an even more conservative and democratically-unaccountable institution than the Senate is.

True, but a simple majority adjudicates cases instead of the insane 2/3 threshold of the Senate. 

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22 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Did they...

Did they use Joe Biden shutting down Dem' objections in 2017 as a.... defense of what Republicans did? 

This guy reminds me of why I went from a litigation position to an in-house position....

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spacer.pngIt's the dems. They're mean ol' haters and liars.  Donald is the reasonable, honest one who respects the law!

Showing Warren saying fight actually shows the difference between how she uses it and how the arch-villain Trump does.

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17 minutes ago, Ojo Rojo said:

The root problem of democracy is politics itself.  It's too easy to get people who vote to value the wrong shit.

Democracy is fragile, it is easily corrupted, but it gives society the opportunity to govern itself and determine its own destiny.    

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