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“by 2024 the country will be forced to choose between two dug-in, do-nothing parties.”

One do-nothing party and Will Hurd isn’t going to even make it out of the starting gate.

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Merrick Garland is either the most brilliant, disciplined, Attorney General ever for keeping the DOJ airtight with no leaks from the most consequential investigation in U.S. political history, OR a complete coward unwilling to defend the rule of law.

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Will Hurd (who is he??) said: "...by 2024 the country will be forced to choose between two dug-in, do-nothing parties."

In spite of many Non-Trump conservatives who claim that Uncle Joe swung too far to the left, the Dems are not a "do-nothing" party. Dems are not controlled by the progressive/liberal wing.

Good middle-class Dem policy has been stymied by the ReTrumplican'ts in Congress, who only want to see non-white America fail as does their god-king, who sees himself as replacement for the one true God, (who, BTW, knows what a burner phone is.)

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As a lifelong Cincinnatian, I'm very familiar with Phil Heimlich. My liberal preferences often diverge from his, but he would be a very worthy replacement for Warren Davidson.

I also think he's be a strong voice in opposition to the current attempt by Ohio Republicans to hijack the redistricting process underway in Ohio. It's a drama worthy of *way* more attention than it's getting in the national press. The NY Times has a good explainer (https://nyti.ms/3wIIibr); the latest fiasco happened in the last 24 hours (Ohio Capital Journal: https://bit.ly/3wJ6rOT).

Keep in mind that creating maps that fairly reflect Ohio voters' preferences over the past decade would still give Republicans the edge in this state. What Republicans are fighting for is to maintain their super majority. So far all that's delivered is increasingly partisan legislation and the biggest scandal in Ohio's history (and perhaps the largest, at the moment, in all 50 states: https://bit.ly/3uE4d0x).

In short, we're in a constitutional crisis in Ohio with no clear road ahead at the moment and no set districts for the May 3 primary. Whatever my policy disagreements with Heimlich, he'd be a welcome antidote to the crazy that's infected way too many Republican politicians, in Ohio and elsewhere.

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Some pretty deft ignoring of history. Roll back to 1700 and look at Russia’s wars. I see that we have forgotten about Napoleon. Remember that the Russian Pacific fleet was destroyed by a sneak attack from Japan before war was officially declared. Sound familiar? Russia has not been plagued with bad soldiers. Just bad leaders.

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Mediators Proposal for Ukraine settlement:

Make the two fake people's republics real. Make Crimea another people's republic. The three would agree to the same terms regarding neutrality and offensive weapons as Ukraine would. They would have the ability to grant Russia access to the Black Sea just as Ukraine has granted Russia the ability to ship gas to the EU.

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I'm sorry, Charlie, I could only read a bit of the Trump statement. I, just, I, damnit... WHO CARES?! Phil Mickelson can make a hole-in-one and no one cares.

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Today while we're slapping backs and high fiving for spending billions on billions on the southern border, there is this (despite billions on billions for keeping non-white Christians [sic] in their places):

"J.D. Vance: Republicans Wouldn't Give Trump $4 Billion For A Border Wall, Just Gave Biden $14 Billion For Ukraine" [Actually Trump Inc. spent over 11 billion on that dinky piece of now easily breached debacle.]

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2022/03/21/jd_vance_republicans_wouldnt_give_trump_4_billion_for_a_border_wall_just_gave_biden_14_billion_for_ukraine.html

Further proof the GQP cesspool is unfathomably deep, dark, and vile.

PS And that Very Strong and Tremendous 11+ Billion Dollar Border Wall Brought to You by Trump Inc.?

"Trump's wall: Winds [30 mph] blow over section of US-Mexico border fence"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51307868

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Re: the 1/6 Plan. Let's not forget the piece where the Secret Service, at the command of a an ardently Trumpist agent, tried to whisk Pence to safety so that Chuck Grassley could take the gavel and execute the scheme. Grassley spilled the beans in a Roll Call inteview.

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Mar 29, 2022·edited Mar 29, 2022

Some of Merrick Garland's former co-workers described him as a bit of the silent assassin type. He doesn't seek glory, doesn't make much noise, but he is very lethal for the bad guys.

Hopefully that's what's going on here.

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RE: Merrick Garland

Pretend you're a big shot prosecuting attorney. One who's in charge of a very large office with vast resources. You're in a position to initiate investigations / indictments / prosecutions. You're sitting in that big, overstuffed, comfy desk chair in your office, perusing the news of the day on the tube and in the newspaper and on the screen on your desk, the same as you've done daily for more than a year. You even occasionally look through your in-box to see what might be happening within the organization you're in charge of.

There's a copious number of indicators in all of these sources of very serious crimes that have occurred within your jurisdiction, reaching all the way back to a time well before you even got your job. Not proof, now mind you. Not 'legal, courtroom-ready proof. But definitely substantial and confirmed evidence.

The boss to whom you answer has no legal or ethical authority to direct you to initiate actions such as those forenamed, so, being a fairly `competent and ethical boss, he hasn't called up and said, "Get your ass up out of that chair and get on with it."

What do you do? The work required to check out that evidence may be a bit touchy and sensitive, requiring some extra effort to ensure it's done correctly. And even if it is, it may cause some controversy in some quarters, and you're a pretty low-key kind of guy. So, it all might be a bit taxing.

Well, it's a pretty darned comfortable chair. So, I guess you just fall asleep.

Perhaps the wrong public servant got saddled with that "Sleepy" sobriquet. It may just be a crapshoot on whether or not he sees that judge's "memo", or if he will rouse himself long enough to read it, much less do anything about it.

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There's a new poll out there that shows Trump beating Biden in 2024. I think I'll go back to bed - the day is already too depressing.

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Whether DJT’s insanity following the 2020 election is a crime or not is immaterial to me because it’s probably impossible to litigate to a decision, given his wealth. In any case what matters most is keeping that person out of the White House, and preferably away from the National discourse, an impossibility because he will not shut-up and the press keeps poking him. Legality aside, there’s no doubt DJT and his enablers acted like ‘keystone cops’ and should be, at minimum, soundly rebuked and expelled from politics and especially government. That said, Mr. Sykes and other DJT haters, always fail to report the Machiavellian actions of the January 6th committee. It’s not just that they ask for documentation well beyond the investigation scope, to be used for political purposes, they leak in that way in which Democrats are expert. The Ginni Thomas leak is particularly infuriating. There’s no arguing that her association with the January 6 lunatics is foolhardy, but she has the right and she’s not he. It’s an attempt to sideline Justice Thomas from cases in which Dems hope that ‘wishy-washy’ Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh can be convinced or intimidated into voting their way. It’s straight from the Adam Schiff playbook!

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Donald Trump official announcement that he hit a hole in one- Melania should stick that one on the fridge door.

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Methinks Judge Carter gives TFG far too much credit for thought and insight. Making a case that TFG "knew" what he was urging is a very heavy lift. Most of what comes out of that small mouth is random BS lacking much coherence. If what comes out of the mouth is indicative of what goes on in the head, then it isn't likely that TFG could "know" whether his desired actions & outcomes are illegal or not. And that's the problem for DoJ in bringing charges. Even if TFG was advised that something he wanted wasn't kosher, would that even register in his mind? He assumed that the presidency was omnipotent, though it's really not. Proving illegal acts is easy. Proving intent is likely impossible in this case, especially given all the witnesses who "can't remember".

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Do you think he bought everyone on the course, and in the clubhouse a round as is the custom when you hit a hole in one?

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