January 6 - How much do you care?

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January 6 - How much do you care?

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Re: January 6 - How much do you care?

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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:12 pm Bipartisan U.S. Senate group introduces bill intended to head off another Jan. 6
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced two bills on Wednesday to reform election laws, seeking to block a repeat of then-President Donald Trump's failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden.

The legislation, among other things, would make clear that the vice president has only a ceremonial role in certifying election results, after a mob of Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to force then-Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election result.
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Introduced by the group led by Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Republican Senator Susan Collins, the two bills address a range of issues, from the handling of election results and presidential transitions to mail-in ballots, election record security and threats against election workers.
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1) Holy Sh!t, there are adults in Washington.
2) If January 6 weren't a big deal then this legislation wouldn't be needed and wouldn't have gotten bipartisan support.

Please no "but the AnTiFa riots", those were a big deal too and should have been handled as attacks on our Republic as well.
The pending SCOTUS North Carolina ruling slated for the next session may play a huge roll in future elections too.
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Re: January 6 - How much do you care?

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AZGrizFan wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:28 pm
UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:12 pm Bipartisan U.S. Senate group introduces bill intended to head off another Jan. 6

2 Thoughts ...
1) Holy Sh!t, there are adults in Washington.
2) If January 6 weren't a big deal then this legislation wouldn't be needed and wouldn't have gotten bipartisan support.

Please no "but the AnTiFa riots", those were a big deal too and should have been handled as attacks on our Republic as well.
Please. The only reason this legislation exists is it’s the swamp protecting their swamp.
Who's the bigger sucker? The person who believes our government is there to help or the person who believes that Trump was really trying to drain the swamp?
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UNI88 wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:30 pm
AZGrizFan wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:28 pm

Please. The only reason this legislation exists is it’s the swamp protecting their swamp.
Who's the bigger sucker? The person who believes our government is there to help or the person who believes that Trump was really trying to drain the swamp?
Whether Trump was trying to drain it or not is irrelevant. This legislation is the swamp protecting their swamp from another interloper.
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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



Have you dealt with government before? I wouldn't call them the most tech savvy folks across the board. I'm hoping we're really good in the forward facing tech stuff that deals with other countries. I don't have as much faith in things like the DMV or other things. Heck, the IRS is still months, if not more than a year behind on tax returns. We're not terribly efficient at the government level.
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Re: January 6 - How much do you care?

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GannonFan wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:57 am
kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



Have you dealt with government before? I wouldn't call them the most tech savvy folks across the board. I'm hoping we're really good in the forward facing tech stuff that deals with other countries. I don't have as much faith in things like the DMV or other things. Heck, the IRS is still months, if not more than a year behind on tax returns. We're not terribly efficient at the government level.
Yes…quite a bit including a few weeks researching 30,000 documents of discovery in a legal matter.

The USSS is not the DMV. For starters, cyber-security is one of their things.
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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



Did you post with these same concerns over the Mueller team wiping their phones?
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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



Three thoughts on this:

1) It would be interesting/good to hear Ibanez and Cid's thoughts on it.

2) It doesn't seem right and should be looked into.

3) The irony of illiberals caring about data-retention and cyber-security after pooh-poohing it in 2016 is as rich as death by chocolate mousse.
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UNI88 wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:34 am
kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



Three thoughts on this:

1) It would be interesting/good to hear Ibanez and Cid's thoughts on it.

2) It doesn't seem right and should be looked into.

3) The irony of illiberals caring about data-retention and cyber-security after pooh-poohing it in 2016 is as rich as death by chocolate mousse.
1) I’m in record for Hillary being prosecuted if that dog hunts. The Trump DOJ had 4 years to do it.

2). The illiberal left is also pointing to this as an actual instance of what Hillary and the rest were accused of.

Death by chocolate mousse is in the movie Top Secret. And/or it’s also more of Z thing. :D

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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:50 am
UNI88 wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:34 am
Three thoughts on this:

1) It would be interesting/good to hear Ibanez and Cid's thoughts on it.

2) It doesn't seem right and should be looked into.

3) The irony of illiberals caring about data-retention and cyber-security after pooh-poohing it in 2016 is as rich as death by chocolate mousse.
1) I’m in record for Hillary being prosecuted if that dog hunts. The Trump DOJ had 4 years to do it.

2). The illiberal left is also pointing to this as an actual instance of what Hillary and the rest were accused of.

Death by chocolate mousse is in the movie Top Secret. And/or it’s also more of Z thing. :D
Links to the illiberal left is pointing to this as an actual instance of what Hillary and the rest were accused of?

My guess is that they're willing to do that now because they want to point out the MAGAt hypocrisy (just like MAGAts are pointing out illiberal hypocrisy) and Hillary is out of flavor and so it's safe to throw her under the bus.

What were illiberal Democrats saying and doing in 2016 when their words would have mattered?

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BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:30 am
kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:38 am To high Heaven…



Just taking after Hillary...
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Don't forget Mueller and his whole investigative team. Wiped something like 20 phones after being told to keep them intact.
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SeattleGriz wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:49 am
BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:30 am
Just taking after Hillary...
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Don't forget Mueller and his whole investigative team. Wiped something like 20 phones after being told to keep them intact.
Yep. The hypocrisy is laughable..
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GannonFan wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:08 pm
houndawg wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:05 am

...the base that Republicans are fighting to represent and exactly who LBJ was talking about when he said that if you can convince the lowest white man that he is higher than the highest black man, he will empty his pockets for you... :ohno: :thumb:

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he's a perfect VP pick :thumb:
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houndawg wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:46 am
GannonFan wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 12:08 pm

Our problems, our real big problems, transcend race and racial politics. And Sanders is a fool, and he's spent most of his political career pouring gasoline on others trying to solve the problems that we have. He's far from the calmer head for leadership I was talking about. And no way he goes second place on a ticket - he'll run for the Dems again and take whatever they give him again to leave the race and moderately support whomever they decide to run. And Liz Cheyney is a lightweight - her opposition to Trump (not his policies, but the person) is admirable, but she hasn't really come across as someone I'd get behind to be the leader of the whole nation. She's an above average Congressperson, and she's likely to be looking for a job as the Wyoming GOP has made it clear she's not getting re-elected, but being Dick Cheney's daughter and a 3x time member of Congress hasn't shown enough to me yet.
he's a perfect VP pick :thumb:
If he would do it, sure. And if someone picked him for it, sure. Who's going to do that, though? Who would comfortable with him upstaging them and possibly contradicting the platform of the Presidential nominee? It's certainly not a ticket with Cheney at the top of it, it would have to be someone on the left, and likely far enough away from the middle. That puts you into Warren territory or ones like that. You won't see it on a Harris or a Buttigieg or a Klobuchar ticket (or a, god forbid, Biden in '24 ticket).
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BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 10:43 am
SeattleGriz wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:49 am
Don't forget Mueller and his whole investigative team. Wiped something like 20 phones after being told to keep them intact.
Yep. The hypocrisy is laughable..
Kind of like the hypocrisy of MAGAts who were apoplectic over Hillary's email server but don't think this is a big deal? The hypocrisy on this goes both ways.
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UNI88 wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:26 am
kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:50 am

1) I’m in record for Hillary being prosecuted if that dog hunts. The Trump DOJ had 4 years to do it.

2). The illiberal left is also pointing to this as an actual instance of what Hillary and the rest were accused of.

Death by chocolate mousse is in the movie Top Secret. And/or it’s also more of Z thing. :D
Links to the illiberal left is pointing to this as an actual instance of what Hillary and the rest were accused of?

My guess is that they're willing to do that now because they want to point out the MAGAt hypocrisy (just like MAGAts are pointing out illiberal hypocrisy) and Hillary is out of flavor and so it's safe to throw her under the bus.

What were illiberal Democrats saying and doing in 2016 when their words would have mattered?

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We may have a misunderstanding of what/who the illiberals are. If you’re referring to pro-establishment Dems than I might agree.

* my representation of chocolate mousse was way better. :kisswink:
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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:04 am
UNI88 wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:26 am
Links to the illiberal left is pointing to this as an actual instance of what Hillary and the rest were accused of?

My guess is that they're willing to do that now because they want to point out the MAGAt hypocrisy (just like MAGAts are pointing out illiberal hypocrisy) and Hillary is out of flavor and so it's safe to throw her under the bus.

What were illiberal Democrats saying and doing in 2016 when their words would have mattered?

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We may have a misunderstanding of what/who the illiberals are. If you’re referring to pro-establishment Dems than I might agree.

* my representation of chocolate mousse was way better. :kisswink:
Are there any establishment Dems left besides Manchin and Sinema? Biden, Pelosi and the others have sold part of their souls to the extremists.
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UNI88 wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:12 am
kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 11:04 am

We may have a misunderstanding of what/who the illiberals are. If you’re referring to pro-establishment Dems than I might agree.

* my representation of chocolate mousse was way better. :kisswink:
Are there any establishment Dems left besides Manchin and Sinema? Biden, Pelosi and the others have sold part of their souls to the extremists.
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kalm wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:42 pm
SDHornet wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:41 pm
Nah. Their plan is to sow as much chaos and destruction as possible. The leftist offenders that are getting off are being let off on purpose. This has happened in history before, we know what happens next.
But you agree that people who break the law should be prosecuted, right?
Of course, unfortunately leftist offenders are getting off easy, or in some cases scott free.
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SDHornet wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:27 pm
kalm wrote: Tue Jul 05, 2022 7:42 pm

But you agree that people who break the law should be prosecuted, right?
Of course, unfortunately leftist offenders are getting off easy, or in some cases scott free.
As are rightist offenders, yes?
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kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:52 pm
SDHornet wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:27 pm

Of course, unfortunately leftist offenders are getting off easy, or in some cases scott free.
As are rightist offenders, yes?
They are the ones in jail, no?
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SDHornet wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 8:10 pm
kalm wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:52 pm

As are rightist offenders, yes?
They are the ones in jail, no?
Which rightist and leftist offenders are you referring to?
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