Andy1

I do remember Waters who did not act appropriately. Any incitement of violence is wrong. Can we agree on that? The Dems went on to choose Biden, who is about the least radical politician they could find. My comment really pertains to the messaging politicians are sending to their followers. Many Republicans are following a bad path.

Unfortunately, America has a history of race related riots. Tulsa massacre, Detroit, etc. No, there is no comparison on the right though Tulsa was plenty bad. Democrat leaders opposed the violence too.

This is something I have been thinking about for a while. First, let me preface this by saying that by no means do I think that all republicans support violence. I know plenty, including gun owners, that are fine people. Second, I support the right to own guns, with limits. Third, all political violence is wrong, regardless of which side is doing it. However, there is a significant and apparently growing segment of the R party, including politicians, who promote the symbols of violence in their messaging. Others are actively forming alliances with violent groups. This is beyond the usual political rhetoric of “fighting” for a cause. Specific things I am referring to include: Politicians using assault weapons in political messages on all media platforms Politicians holding guns, talking of “hunting down” their opponents Armed right wingers with assault weapons occupying public spaces at political events Politicians forming alliances with militia thugs like Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, etc. or white supremicist groups Politicians mixing guns with religion, like “Christmas photos of our armed family”, Flags saying God, Guns and Trump, etc. Death threats against Fauci Death threats against Dominion Voting CEO Death threats against J6 committee Death threats against J6 witnesses Death threats against election administrators and volunteers Death threats/ violence against FBI Death threats against anyone who speaks out against Trump All of this is normalizing the idea of using violence to achieve political goals. While there has certainly been instances of violence or excessive rhetoric on the left, there really isn’t a comparison to how the right is using guns in political messaging. Examples of such messaging are here https://www.americanprogressaction.org/article/guns-and-political-violence-play-central-role-in-maga-republican-campaign-ads/ Politicians need to debate issues without using guns to enhance their macho factor. Get the guns out of politics! Nothing good is going to happen if politics follows this path.

Why couldn’t the Trump ninja army find any evidence? Because it isn’t there.

The whole voter fraud issue is about preventing the counting of votes from people in cities. People act surprised when election results change when large numbers of votes from cities are tallied. If there was any evidence of fraud, it would have been uncovered in 2020 with all the scrutiny and law suits but not a single court found any credible evidence. The concern is always about “fraud” in cities. Why not look at rural or suburbs? It’s never been a real issue and you would have to be a moron to commit a federal crime to help a sleazy politician, who may not even win.

Common sense may apply to most people but not to narcissistic psychopaths.

Here in communist democrat controlled NYS, they are stringing broadband cable up all over the hills to provide high speed internet. I’ve seen it on roads where the houses are a half mile apart with nothing but woods and fields, miles from the nearest city and they are running cable to those houses with Trump flags.

This is dumb. There are plenty of people in poor rural, red America receiving government money. Everyone wants the government money when it helps them and their community or businesses. Everyone thinks the government is wasting money when it is spent to help the “other” people.

Another Trump lie…

I would replace steal with possess, but that is ultimately the million dollar question. What was his intended purpose to have them? With who did he or his associates share them?

I agree.

That sucks for Zach and the Jets fans. There was a time pre-Allen when the Bills “could never have anything nice” so I can sympathize with them.

I believe they are legal. I’m not sure if the drive to succeed would be different if you risked your life to get here illegally through Mexico. Most just want to keep their head down and work. Although, I'm sure there are some bad apples as there are in most any group.

Most immigrants I know work their ass off to carve out some modest success in this country. They emphasize education for their children so they can have a better life. It doesn’t surprise me at all that US citizens have a higher arrest rate. A lot of Americans are lazy, doped up entitled addicts who don’t seem to care about working to succeed in this country.

Any connection to the $2,000,000,000 that Jared got from the Saudis?

Why so offended? Trump himself has said he could shoot someone in the head on 5th Avenue and his followers would still support him. It is a cult where the dear leader can do no wrong and he knows it.

I think ultimately, Trump is just fine with all of this. He loves playing the role of the poor victim. He will have a whole bunch of new material for his act at his rallies. He can use it as a call to action to suck more money from his cult. It keeps him in the news. The angrier his followers are, the happier Trump is. No one loves playing the role of the victim more than billionaire Donald.

It appears in this case that a crime was committed. That is the removal of documents from the White House in violation of the Presidential Records Act. I haven’t seen anyone dispute the report that he removed at least 15 boxes of documents. So you mean like when James Comey and Andrew McCabe were targets of an intensive IRS audit.

No one disputes that Trump removed over a dozen boxes of documents when he left the White House. Everyone knows when you take the job that all records stay in the archives. You are there to serve the nation and you leave with nothing other than what you brought in. There have been reports of Trump shredding, burning and flushing documents while he was President. So why would he be taking classified, secret documents with him to MAL? Anyone there to serve the nation would make sure that all documents are left for the records. There are literally no good reasons to take the documents, unless he wants them for illegal purposes. I’m sure at some point, we will learn what this is about. Let the legal wheel turn.

My understanding is the warrant would also describe the items sought in the search.

I’m sure Trump will use this unfortunate day as an opportunity for fund raising from his loyal supporters. In that sense, it may be a net plus for him.

At this point we just need to trust the process. I’m sure the FBI had to present evidence of the likelihood of a crime to get the search warrant. Maybe Meadows flipped. Will be interesting to see what comes of it.

The difference in health between democratic vs republican areas apparently is a real issue. I remember hearing about it recently on radio. I would think that as more laws impacting our health get shifted from federal level to state level, that the disparity in the health gap will widen. https://www.forbes.com/sites/madelinehalpert/2022/06/07/republican-counties-have-higher-mortality-rates-than-democratic-ones-study-finds/?sh=7fbeefb65c6a https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104529561/the-partisan-divide-can-undermine-americans-health-researchers-say

Regardless of the exact number of listeners he has, he has made millions of $ pushing lies about dead children. It’s hard to get more evil than that.