ChiGoose

Maybe Ginni isn't the only QAnon follower in the Thomas household...

Congress IS full of idiots.

That used to be my argument when friends said they wanted to get rid of the filibuster during the Obama administration. That they would regret it when the GOP took over. But at this point, we are so polarized, so divided into our "us vs them" two party camps, that there is zero incentive for senators of one party to do anything that might benefit the other. You could propose a bill that 80% of Americans support but you'd get few people from the other side to join you and reaching the 60 vote threshold, even on a popular bill, would be next to impossible. Congress doesn't actually legislate on anything important any more. There's just no incentive for them to cooperate. But all the American public sees is those bums in Washington not doing anything for the average American. So do away with the filibuster entirely. It will allow the parties to actually pass meaningful legislation AND it would make it very clear to the American public who is responsible for it. If the Dems somehow manage to pick up two senate seats in the Fall, they should immediately do away with the filibuster and pass the legislation they believe they were elected to enact. And if they overreach or don't do what the public wants, then the GOP will take over in 2024. And then the GOP can pass what it wants to pass with no obstruction from the Dems. And the voters can judge them on that. But in the current environment, so long as the filibuster stands, the senate will obstruct meaningful legislation from either party. And the public will blame everyone instead of those doing the obstruction. It's a recipe for nothing getting done and increasing division. [EDIT] Addendum: Removing the filibuster may actually create an incentive for bipartisanship. If the minority party knows that the majority party can pass any legislation it wants, then the minority party may be incentivized to be involved in the legislation to help shape it in a manner they find more acceptable. Currently, there is no incentive for this as the minority party can just block the legislation outright.

I used to think that too. Now I believe it’s too dangerous to keep the filibuster.

They constantly blabbed about it. They wouldn’t shut up about it, raised $200 million from gullible people on it, and tried to pressure Mike Pence to join in on it.

Good. They should get rid of the filibuster entirely.

Trump’s DoJ investigated 2,000 Miles and found it to be a joke. It also investigated all of the conspiracy claims and found them to be not true. In fact, the leaders of the DoJ and Trump’s Campaign Chair and campaign lawyers are on the record as stating there was no widespread fraud and that Trump lost. Also, it’s not that hard to find voter fraud. For example, if the claims of double scanning ballots in Georgia were true, that would have been discovered in the hand recount. If the mules claim was true, it would have been discovered during the verification process when signatures didn’t match. The independent legislature doctrine is a crazy theory that has no history in our country but would allow states to override the will of the voters.

Lol. SCOTUS changed constitutional law enough this term that the bar exam had to release a statement:

Well, this isn't good... On the independent state legislature theory: Somehow, I'm not optimistic that SCOTUS will end up ruling in a way that's good for democracy...

I'm so tired of the gerontocracy.

I am incredibly skeptical of a blue wave: GOP won the redistricting fight, Dems couldn't even fight to a draw Midterms of a first term presidency Inflation & gas prices Right now, we're going to see things really turn around for the Dems as the bottom drops out for the GOP on suburban women voters, but it's not even July yet. When Roe is five months in the rearview mirror and it still costs $90 to fill their gas tank, I'd expect we'd see things return to the expected GOP wins in the Fall. It might not be as big as it would have been without Roe but I just can't see a Dem win in the midterms, not to mention an actual blue wave.

What's weird about this is that the rule at the heart of this case wasn't even in effect. It had been revoked during the Trump administration. This probably should have been mooted out. But SCOTUS gonna SCOTUS.

Yes, I think we can all agree that Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and John Eastman are idiots. Glad we found this common ground.

Maybe you should look into how prosecutions work… Also, there is currently a grand jury in Georgia looking at this.

Well there’s a grand jury in Georgia looking at it now. But I imagine that professionals would want to make sure they could absolutely prove their case before they make a Durham of themselves…

Here ya go Trump quote from around 51:45: Around 1:01:17: Here's the text of 52 U.S.C. 20511: So we have Trump on the record saying he won by 400,000 votes but asking the Secretary of State of Georgia to just add about 11,000 votes because that's what he needs to win. If Trump truly believed that he won by 400,000 votes, that is a crime.

Right back at ya. Would be really embarrassing for you if there were tapes of Trump committing a crime. Oh wait...

The Ray Epps stuff is dumb as ***** because even if it was true, Trump would still have committed crimes. It's just a distraction from people drinking from the right wing conspiracy fire hose.

In @716er's defense, @DRsGhost is probably the single dumbest person on this board and has not only never added anything of value, but actively works to make the board as bad as possible. If the purpose of this board was to facilitate good discussion and discourage trolling, they would be banned.

I don't think that @DRsGhost could pass the Turing Test.

This is some real tinfoil hat *****. I have a golf course in Scotland I'm selling if you're interested...

I think that there is good room for common ground of a majority of Americans. Prevent unwanted pregnancies that lead to abortions: Comprehensive sex ed Easy access to free contraceptives Make it easier to choose life: Re-enact the child tax credit from last year Universal free pre-natal and post-natal healthcare Parental leave Free or affordable childcare Free or affordable meals for kids If we focused on why we have abortions, we could make progress towards both reducing the number of abortions and starting a pro-natalist movement in the US. We could remove the messiness of doctors needing lawyers to tell them what they can and can't do to help their patients while making it far likely that someone would seek an abortion for non-medical needs. But if we leave it to the states, then women in some states are going to have to make some very difficult choices about their lives and their legal liability.

Ah, gotcha. We should believe members of the committee when they say things we agree with, but they are a farce when they say something we disagree with? As I've stated, I am skeptical that the DoJ would or could secure a guilty verdict of Trump on incitement. But they have shown plenty of evidence that he committed other crimes.

For the record, I think an incitement charge against Trump has a big hill to climb. But to claim that simply saying "peacefully" negates any other context or history around his other words and actions is laughable. That would be a loophole so big as to allow criminals to run wild. "I want you to go deliver a message to that other gang, but do it peacefully..." Ultimately, in the real world (not the fabulous world of criminal conspiracies being impossible to prosecute that you seem to think we live in), this would be up to a jury to decide. As I said, I am not confident they would decide it against Trump, but to dismiss it out of hand is ridiculous.

Personally, I don't think it should be up to politicians as to whether people live or die. But that's just me.