ChiGoose

I’m not sure what you think I’m “fighting for” but I’m just trying to explain how elections work. What made 2020 take so long was that different states have different laws about when to count mail in ballots. In a pandemic, more people voted by mail than usual. That’s it. Nothing nefarious. Just that some states count ballots as they come in, some wait until Election Day, and some wait until after all of the election day vote. It’s not some big scary conspiracy, it’s just following local laws.

Seems like a lot of people are confusing the media (who they claim to distrust) calling the elections and the election boards and officials calling the elections. Media calls are projections. The actual calls happen later. It just rarely matters unless an election is very close.

There’s actually a lot of ways to prevent these sociopaths from murdering people with guns. Side bonus: several of them also reduce suicides and accidental deaths:

2016 was a fair election that Donald Trump won. 2020 was a fair election that Joe Biden won. Incontrovertible facts that some people have trouble accepting.

Good for him. Loved watching his dad on the Bills back in the day.

If an NDA was created to benefit a campaign, it would be a thing of value and thus be required to be reported to the FEC. If Trump had created the NDA through the campaign and paid through the campaign, but failed to disclose it, NYS could not charge this case. It would be up to the FEC, which would likely do nothing. Because it was the Trump Org instead of the campaign that funded the NDA, it creates several problems for Trump. It was still a violation of election law, both for non-disclosure of the NDA and likely liability because corporations generally cannot contribute to a campaign. Additionally, to cover up these violations of election law, the Trump Org business records were falsified. This is what creates the legal exposure under NY law. They allegedly violated NYS law to cover up violating election laws. Your point about why do an NDA if you’re required to disclose it is a good one. It appears they thought they would get away with it. As I said, they should have just paid from the campaign funds because even if they lied on their disclosure by saying it was legal services, they wouldn’t have criminal exposure in NY and would get a slap on the wrist at worst from the FEC (this is what happened to the Clinton campaign). He hasn’t finished testifying and I haven’t had time to go through all of his testimony. So I’m not going to rule it out but I can’t say I believe everything he said if I don’t know everything he said.

He’s definitely a problematic witness for the prosecution. Which is why they saved him for later so they could have other witnesses provide evidence for what he’s going to testify about. If most of what he says was already backed by other witnesses, they jury may find him credible. If not, or if he goes off like Stormy did at the beginning of her testimony, they might not. After all, basically everyone who has testified about Cohen so far has said he’s a POS. Ultimately, I think the weight of the evidence strongly points to Trump both being involved in the payments and that the purpose was to help the campaign. Trump can always testify to the contrary but him taking the stand would be a terrible idea.

And here’s testimony claiming that Trump told him the story would be bad for the campaign: And here’s Trump saying it would be bad for his campaign and Cohen should work with ***** to fix it Yes, if the purpose of the NDA is to benefit the campaign.

Tommy Eyerolls sticking to his script. Locking in the talking points to keep himself from having to actually think.

Just trying to get a better understanding of your position while also trying to arrive at root causes that may be actionable through policy. It’s very common for people to say “you’re a conservative so you believe X, Y, and Z” or “you’re a liberal so you believe A, B, C,” and I think that’s bad for discourse and understanding where people are actually coming from. I would rather let them tell me what they believe than for me to just assume it based on what bucket I’ve mentally sorted them into. Additionally, I find root cause analysis tools like the 5 Whys to be helpful at drilling down at what’s actually causing an issue. Helps to avoid just retreating to priors.

Now that’s what I’d call a bad fact for Trump.

Why do you think that people commit crimes?

Well, wishing isn’t really an effective policy. Maybe if there were better safe storage laws across the country, fewer guns would be stolen to be used in crimes. Mandatory reporting of stolen guns would probably help as well.

How come they are able to steal so many guns?

How’d they get the guns?

If your contention is that Republicans cause violent crime, the fact that urban liberal areas have high crime rates proves you wrong. If your contention is that Democrats cause violent crime, the fact that it is states run by Republicans that have the highest homicide rates proves you wrong. If your contention is that more guns means more gun deaths, the fact that the most violent places are urban areas where guns are easier to obtain fits your theory quite nicely.

Wrong. I never claimed it was only republicans causing violence. That’s just projection on your part. My claim is that more guns = more gun deaths. Which is correct and supported by the data. The only reason I mentioned anything about parties is to refute the obviously wrong claim that Dems drive violence.

And why do you think this is the case? Do you have any proposed solutions?

You answer but your answer makes no sense and isn’t backed by reality or data. I find it hilarious that you accuse *me* of cherry picking when that’s all you’ve got. It’s literally what you’re doing right now. We know state laws do have impacts on crime, studies show this. You ignore it because it doesn’t fit the answer you want to be true. If Dems caused violence, NYC would be the most violent place in the country. The most dangerous places would be ones controlled entirely by the Dems. But they aren’t, so you’re just flat wrong. The ones with the guns.

Let me ask you in a general sense - if Dems cause crime, why are the most dangerous counties in the country not in states run by the Dems?

It’s a bit on the nose for you to accuse me of cherry picking data while literally picking two specific locations to make a dumb point instead of looking at the data. More guns = more gun deaths. The data proves it. It’s only a partisan thing because you want it to be.

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An opinion held only by the ignorant.

I feel bad for him. Last I checked his profile, it was almost entirely the insane ratings that, if a loved one was doing it, you’d check in on them to see if they were ok. Half the time I check into this page, most of the top topics have him as the last poster. He must be spending an awful lot of time here. I imagine he’s probably pretty lonely.