Elected representatives who have their constituents removed by force because they don’t like what the constituent is saying are not exercising a hecklers veto. They are denying the protestors 1st amendment rights in real time. It should be an abomination to this nation to do so.
Any of our free speech absolutists want to weigh in on MTG having her constituents removed and tased for expressing dissent with the policies she supports?
If the time line is correct he was granted his legal status well before Biden came into office. Which means it’s a further lie to say it’s Biden’s fault.
That’s a lie Jay. He presented to immigration authorities, applied for and received a legal status while his asylum application was working its way through the system, was granted asylum and continued to abide by all the conditions that status granted him. The people you purport to see as opposition are lying. Lying liars who lie. They need to be called out for lying and probably publicly mocked for lying. As lying liars.
But you just want o play games with people lives so granting liars equal status makes sense to you. It’s ugly Jay but sadly unsurprising.
Lone wolves don’t act just because. And differentiating a lone wolf from a pack based on underlying politics sounds an awful lot like differentiating people based on skin color. And then concluding that those with more melanin are less intelligent or more crime prone or the like.
It hasn’t sunk in because we keep being fed arm wavy tripe and no real data. But sure, blame Biden for the trade decisions made by all his predecessors.
Not for nothing but trade policy that ramps up the instability, coupled to foreign policy that denies the effectiveness of soft power is probably not a good idea either. And yet here we are.
When you normalize political violence by pardoning those who attacked the capitol you should expect t more of this. What’s even worse is a lot of vaguely online right type people want to paint this guy as a Democrat so they can talk about liberal on liberal violence and thus deflect.
What pray tell do you think the Right in the US is correct about? I mean Democrats borrowed the right’s ideas on health insurance reform and STILL to this day get pilloried for implementing what no less then the Heritage Foundation said should be done. So it’s not like we haven’t tried.
Over at Substack, Thom Hartmann points out that ordering the DoJ to investigate truth tellers is at the very least unconstitutional. Not that it seems to matter much anymore.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025”
That’s funny. You want her to do her constitutional job? Hahahahahaha.
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Elected representatives who have their constituents removed by force because they don’t like what the constituent is saying are not exercising a hecklers veto. They are denying the protestors 1st amendment rights in real time. It should be an abomination to this nation to do so.
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You’d rather discuss hypothetical Limits then implications of actual events? And you wonder why people think you are a bad faith troll.
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We may yet find out if the judiciary has any teeth:
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/g-s1-60696/judge-contempt-alien-enemies-act?
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Any of our free speech absolutists want to weigh in on MTG having her constituents removed and tased for expressing dissent with the policies she supports?
On “The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego Garcia”
I doubt it. Why would the GOP risk loosing its hold on Congress?
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And equally obviously a judiciary that wasn’t willing to give a sitting president a blank check.
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And I will still happily call them liars. Because they are. And deserve to be mocked and derided as such.
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If the time line is correct he was granted his legal status well before Biden came into office. Which means it’s a further lie to say it’s Biden’s fault.
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That’s a lie Jay. He presented to immigration authorities, applied for and received a legal status while his asylum application was working its way through the system, was granted asylum and continued to abide by all the conditions that status granted him. The people you purport to see as opposition are lying. Lying liars who lie. They need to be called out for lying and probably publicly mocked for lying. As lying liars.
But you just want o play games with people lives so granting liars equal status makes sense to you. It’s ugly Jay but sadly unsurprising.
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You really believe - after J6 - that they will allow themselves to be thrown out? And you are willing to endure whatever comes in the meanwhile?
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You’d think our many many law and order supporters on OT would be up in arms about this. Sadly …
On “Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect Arrested”
Lone wolves don’t act just because. And differentiating a lone wolf from a pack based on underlying politics sounds an awful lot like differentiating people based on skin color. And then concluding that those with more melanin are less intelligent or more crime prone or the like.
On “Panamanicans: U.S. Troops in Panama”
It hasn’t sunk in because we keep being fed arm wavy tripe and no real data. But sure, blame Biden for the trade decisions made by all his predecessors.
Because clearly the current guy has no agency.
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Not for nothing but trade policy that ramps up the instability, coupled to foreign policy that denies the effectiveness of soft power is probably not a good idea either. And yet here we are.
On “From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective””
Or raising revenue … ya know like a business would to meet expenses.
On “Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Residence Attacked, Suspect Arrested”
When you normalize political violence by pardoning those who attacked the capitol you should expect t more of this. What’s even worse is a lot of vaguely online right type people want to paint this guy as a Democrat so they can talk about liberal on liberal violence and thus deflect.
On “From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A Point”
What pray tell do you think the Right in the US is correct about? I mean Democrats borrowed the right’s ideas on health insurance reform and STILL to this day get pilloried for implementing what no less then the Heritage Foundation said should be done. So it’s not like we haven’t tried.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025”
Welp. I guess he has now had his due process.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-khalil-deported-judge-rubio-antisemitism-immigration-court?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20250411&utm_term=10083208&utm_campaign=breaking-news&utm_id=30913392&orgid=305&utm_att1=
On “Why Trump is Losing the Trade War”
He.
Does.
Not.
Care.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025”
We’re gonna need a link for that.
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Over at Substack, Thom Hartmann points out that ordering the DoJ to investigate truth tellers is at the very least unconstitutional. Not that it seems to matter much anymore.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/is-this-the-moment-american-democracy-345?r=v677&utm_medium=ios
On “What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Trade War”
What do you expect will change as a result?
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025”
Right, because the President isn’t currently doing that now?
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Which SCOTUS now appears to have paused. Along with a whole bunch of other things.